The Great Han Dynasty: From Feng Lang Juxu to the Eternal Emperor

Chapter 277 Wuwei Urgent Report

Qin Ziyu was stunned, and Qin Taishou was also a little stunned. He didn't react for a long time.

Wei Ning: "Master Qin, what do you think?"

Qin Ziyu hurriedly pulled Qin Prefect's sleeve, thinking, Dad, they are asking you something, so you should speak.

Qin Taishou hurriedly said: "Well, this... Ziyu, didn't you tell me yesterday that you had made up your mind?"

Qin Ziyu said anxiously: "Dad! How can I make the decision about marriage? It's all the orders of my parents, so you can make the decision."

Qin Taishou thought to himself that's not what you said yesterday. You told me yesterday that you made the decision on your own marriage. If you want to marry, let me marry myself.

But Qin Taishou took a deep breath, and he finally felt relieved. He only had a daughter, and nothing was more important than her daughter's lifelong events.

It's not that he doesn't know that his daughter has been missing Wei Ning, but Wei Ning's identity has changed now. In the eyes of Qin Taishou, there is no hope for this matter.

But who could have known that Wei Ning would take the initiative to bring up marriage today.

Wei Ning said: "Master Qin, I am really in a hurry. I have military affairs to attend to. I can't give you any betrothal gift. I can only give you a verbal promise. When I return from the northwest, I will come to Shuofang County to marry you in style."

"Maybe the elders in the family will come too."

Isn't your elder the General Wei?

"well!"

Qin Chuan nodded: "Then it's settled, I'll be waiting for you."

"Okay, you guys have a chat first, I'll ask someone to arrange a dinner."

"it is good!"

……

This afternoon, Qin Ziyu and Weining talked about many things, and there was always endless topics to talk about.

The two of them went to the familiar plum garden again. Many flowers were in bloom and it was so beautiful.

In the evening, Wei Ning followed Qin Ziyu to the prefect's mansion for a dinner.

While they were eating, Zhao Ce came over hurriedly and said a few words in Weining's ear. Wei Ning's expression changed slightly.

He apologized and said to Governor Qin, "I'm leaving tonight."

After finishing speaking, he said to Qin Ziyu: "Wait for me to come back."

Qin Ziyu told Wei Ning to be careful in everything, and Qin Taishou also told Wei Ning to return safely.

Wei Ning nodded and quickly left the prefect's mansion with his hands behind his back.

After coming out, Wei Ning asked Zhao Ce: "What did you say? The Huns took the initiative to attack?"

Zhao Ce said: "The source of the information came from the Governor's Mansion. The Huns should have started attacking Wuwei County five days ago."

"I don't know how Wu Wei is doing now."

Now that the information has reached Shuofang Governor's Mansion, the troops from the other two groups will march non-stop towards Wuwei. Wei Ning could not stay in Shuofang County anymore, so he said to Zhao Ce: "Go back and inform the army that we will leave tonight! "

"Here!"

……

There is still more than 200 miles to go from Wuwei County to the west of Shuofang.

The baggage troops moved relatively slowly, and fortunately nothing happened along the way. However, even so, Wei Ning was extremely cautious to prevent any mistakes in the baggage troops.

After another five days or so, the baggage troops finally arrived safely on the outskirts of Wuwei.

As soon as they arrived at the outskirts of the city, they were surrounded by a large army.

However, it was a false alarm. The opponent was Li Guang's army. After identifying each other, Wei Ning walked towards the Chinese army.

He was also very surprised. Since Li Guangda's army had arrived in Wuwei, why did they station themselves in the suburbs instead of entering the city? Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty announced that he would send 200,000 troops this time, but in fact it was less than 150,000.

A continuous army of 150,000 people was encamped on the outskirts of Wuwei County. Wei Ning, led by Li Guang's personal soldiers, arrived at the Chinese army's tent.

As soon as they walked outside, they heard quarreling in the big tent.

After Wei Ning entered, Gongsun Ao, Li Ju and others saw Wei Ning and looked happy, saying, "Master Wei, are you here?"

"Are you okay?"

Huo Qubing also came to Weining's side excitedly and said, "Cousin, you're here. How was the journey?"

There were too many things happening along the way, and Weining didn't say much.

He found that the Chinese army's tent formed three camps, one was Li Guang and his men, the other was Gongsun Ao, and the other was affiliated with Wang Hui's southeast military group.

Wang Hui was previously the minister of Honglu Temple and had some friendship with Weining, so when Weining arrived, strange changes occurred in the camp.

Wang Hui and others took the initiative to approach Weining and say hello.

Li Guang glanced at Wei Ning slightly and snorted with an unkind expression.

Wei Ning first asked Gongsun Ao what they were arguing about.

Gongsun Ao told Wei Ning a shocking story with a red face.

Wuwei was captured by the Xiongnu two days ago!

Wei Ning was shocked.

The Huns learned a lesson this time. Since they were driven away by Weining when they attacked Shuofang last time, their tactics have changed this time.

They stuck to Wuwei County and did not come out to fight. They relied on the strength of the city wall and continued to defend the city.

The city of this first city in the Western Frontier is very solid. It is made of rammed earth and marble. It is extremely solid, towering into the clouds, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It is undoubtedly very difficult to attack this city, and one does not know how many lives it will cost.

The disagreement arises here. Li Guang does not recommend spending a lot of time fighting Wuwei now. He suggests that the army bypass Wuwei and go directly out of Hexi to fight the Xiongnu outside the wall.

Gongsun Ao and others suggested taking down Wuwei first and then talking about other things.

There are more than 50,000 civilians in this city. As an army of the Han Dynasty, the common people are abandoned like dirty shoes. From now on, if word spreads, they soldiers should just die.

What else are we talking about about defending our country?

Even if you don't want your own people, you still go to fight the Huns. Is it okay to sacrifice more than 50,000 people in order to fight the Huns?

Those were more than 50,000 living people, people of the Han Dynasty, people of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!

If we give up on them, what will happen even if we capture the Huns in the future? This shame will never be washed away in my lifetime!

Li Guang hummed: "You are all soldiers, and you all have your own judgment on military affairs. How many troops are needed to conquer this city?"

"How many people need to be sacrificed?"

"Having lost half of our troops before we even set off for the expedition, as the commander-in-chief, how can I explain to His Majesty?"

Gongsun Ao said coldly: "Your Majesty asked you to kill all the Huns. You can't kill the 20,000 Huns entrenched in this city. Why are you talking about killing all the Huns?"

"Can I explain to His Majesty now that I'm out of the west?"

Li Guang said sternly: "Don't change the subject, just tell me how many troops are needed to capture this city! How many people need to die!"

Gongsun Ao said: "No matter how many people are sacrificed, we will win!"

Obviously Gongsun Ao also knew that if he wanted to capture this city, there might be tragic sacrifices, and the scale was not small, so he avoided the important and took the easy.

As a soldier, he could not watch his people being slaughtered in the city.

Aren’t the lives of more than 50,000 people not lives?

Can they be sacrificed for the great cause of the empire?

There is no such truth!

Li Guang looked at Wei Ning and said, "Take care of your people. If you didn't know the seriousness of the situation, I could have explained it to you in detail."

Wei Ning shook his head and said, "No need, I know how serious it is."

(End of this chapter)