The great man will live forever

Chapter 64 The Power of Faith

On this day, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty summoned the generals to discuss matters, including Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Liu Han, Li Xi, Zhao Shiqi, Guo Chang, Xun Shen, Lu Bode, etc., and discussed preparing to send troops again to expedition against the Xiongnu. Warlike, otherwise how could he be called Emperor Wu?
He sat cross-legged on the blanket and sighed, "It's a mistake in hiring people. I resent myself and Wei Qing. The Great Chanyu retreated to the north of the Gobi. This was a trick that Zhao Xin played for him and for me." It’s a difficult problem, are we just going to wait like this?”

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said, spreading his hands, very angry, "Wait ten more years, twenty years? Wait until my hair is gray, wait until you Wei Qing is too old to ride a horse, wait until the Huns recharge their batteries, wait until they raise When the cavalry is strong, will you turn around and attack us?"

In fact, Liu Han wanted to say that in terms of population and land area, the Xiongnu could not defeat the Han Dynasty, but he did not dare to challenge Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The generals around looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't dare to speak.

At this time Huo Qubing spoke, "Although my [-] hussars can traverse the grasslands, to cross the desert, we need supplies from the baggage troops."

There is no reason why Huo Qubing didn't say so. Generally speaking, the Central Plains army that conquered the Huns would go out of the Great Wall, first sweep down Monan, then cross the desert, and then attack Mobei.

The "Mo" here is the geographical indication that distinguishes Mobei and Monan. The so-called Mobei and Monan are actually the predecessors of Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia.

The deserts they want to cross are the vast deserts in today's East Gobi Province, South Gobi Province, Gobi Altai Province in southern Mongolia, and in the western area of ​​Xilingol in Inner Mongolia.

The Gobi Desert is so huge. Starting from the eastern boundary of the Gobi, 1600 kilometers to the west is the Xinjiang region. It is a huge basin surrounded by the Tibetan Plateau to the south and the Tianshan Mountains to the north.

This desert occupies a vast arc-shaped area 1609 kilometers long and 483 to 966 kilometers wide, covering an area of ​​approximately 130 million square kilometers. It is the second largest desert in Asia and the fifth largest desert in the world.

The boundary of the Gobi reaches the Altai Mountains and Hangai Mountains in the north; the western edge of the Greater Khingan Mountains in the east; the Altun Mountains, Beishan Mountains and Yinshan Mountains in the south; and the eastern Tianshan Mountains in the west.

It is far from being comparable to the Tengger Desert, Ulan Buh Desert and Badain Jaran Desert when we first set out to Hexi Province. These three deserts add up to only about 11 square kilometers, and the Gobi Desert is 13 times that of them. You can imagine it. How old is it.

Even small deserts such as the Ulan Bhe Desert and the Badain Jaran Desert were extremely difficult when Liu Han and Huo Qubing crossed them to conquer Hexi, and almost escaped death.

But the current difficulty is equivalent to ten times magnification. Without supplies, it is completely impossible. It is even worse than Huo Qubing, who has to say that he needs supplies. This shows how difficult this journey is.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked: "Can't our cavalry cross the Gobi Desert?"

Gongsun He on the side said, "The journey is long, the environment is harsh, the water is scarce, and the march is difficult. Your Majesty, this is almost impossible. Even if our army does it, by the time our army crosses the desert, it will already be exhausted and weak." At war."

He was a close confidant of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and was once the prince Sheren. He grew up with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In order to win over him, Emperor Wu also ordered Gongsun He to marry Wei Junru, the sister of Mrs. Wei.

After all, he was related to the Empress Wei Zifu, the General Wei Qing, the Cavalry General Huo Qubing, and even the emperor.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was silent for a moment and shouted to Wei Qing who was standing aside: "Wei Qing, do you think it can't be done even if you are rare? You don't believe it either?"

"Your Majesty, I think that now that the Huns have fled far away from Mobei, they are frightened and their vitality is severely damaged. This is the perfect opportunity to carry out the final blow."

After Wei Qing finished speaking, he immediately changed his words and said: "Just to fight across the desert, as Huo Qubing said, sufficient logistics supplies must be prepared. I have already budgeted. If a cavalry is equipped with three horses to carry the logistics supplies, , then it should be possible to achieve desert warfare."

Liu Han on the side wanted to speak several times, but he held back for the time being.

Li Xi sighed, "Your Majesty, how much food do we need? How many horses? How many people? To be able to cross the Gobi, across the desert, and directly attack the royal court of the Huns? This is too difficult."

"I don't believe it can be done in a short time."

"Yes."

Zhao Shiqi, Guo Chang, Xun Shen, and Lu Bode also expressed emotion.

"How difficult is this?"

"That's right, this is harder than climbing to the sky."

"Impossible."

At this time, Liu Han couldn't help but speak, "As long as we think about it, we can do it with the strength of the whole country. Before the Battle of Hexi, did we ever think that we could get Hexi so quickly? How long did it take us?
In spring and summer, we go out to Hexi, and in autumn we accept the surrender of the Hunxie King and capture all of Hexi. It is done in one year. How can we say it can't be done before we fight?
Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as people are willing, Jingwei fills the sea, Kuafu chases the sun, Dayu controls the floods, and Foolish Old Man moves the mountains all illustrate this point.

Because we believe, we see that behind us there are tens of millions of people of the Han Dynasty and the vast land of the Han Dynasty. Let alone crossing the desert, we can even go to the end of the world. As long as we want to, we can definitely do it.

We can’t do it, and we still have our sons, and sons and sons, and descendants and descendants, endlessly.

The Han will definitely destroy the Xiongnu. Even if they are not eliminated, they will assimilate and make them a part of us, just like the surrendered Hunxie King. The Han will live forever. Even if it is thousands or thousands of years later, the Han people will still be the masters of this land. This land will forever be bathed in the civilization and glory of China! "

Liu Han's words were spoken loudly and with special power.There are some things that can only be seen if you believe. He is more sensitive to these things from later generations. The power of faith can transcend the body and time. Therefore, faced with the pessimistic words of most of the generals in the court, he did not hesitate to refute them.

He suddenly thought of a passage from later generations:

We look at our revolutionary ancestors from the perspective of historical descendants and feel that they are too great, but their greatness and tragedy are far heavier than what we can see and imagine.

Because we only know their victories in history, and they cannot predict the future when they sacrifice.

They don't know how much their sacrifice means to China's victory. They don't know how many years it will take them to win. They are not even sure whether they can win.

They were full of passion, and all they could rely on at the time of sacrifice was their own faith. They believed they would win, but they couldn't see it.

I once couldn't understand why someone would betray the country?

When talking about this topic with others later, he said that they did not know whether China would succeed. Under the circumstances at that time, the final victory was more like a dream.

Most of the country was lost, Northeast China, North China, Central China, South China...

Shanghai, Peking, the capital...

Retreating again and again, defeat after defeat,
Usually when a division goes up, the enemy will bombard us with warships, tanks, planes, and artillery. The enemy will get whatever they want. After the bombing, only half of us are left. If we charge again, there won't be much left in the division.

And we, with millet and rifles, lack everything, food, medicine, bullets, and even clothes...

Some soldiers wore straw sandals or even bare feet and went to the battlefield holding rusty swords.

After the war, only seven provinces were not occupied. Sichuan, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Gansu, Tibet, Qinghai and Xinjiang were all extremely backward and poor regions at that time.

If you don’t know history, do you think you can win?

Everything we take for granted today is definitely not the inevitable result of the historical process. It is the result of all the ancestors who shed their lives and blood, and the result of their beliefs that transcend the physical body.

The bad guys at that time could not have imagined that we would be here today, and those ancestors who became heroes probably could not have imagined that they just had a belief that victory would belong to our Chinese nation!

"Okay, well said. The Han Dynasty will live forever, and this land will always be bathed in the civilization and glory of China. He is indeed my good nephew. Bring wine, bring the blood of the Huns, and I will drink it with everyone."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty laughed and even danced a little.

"This is the Xiongnu blood brewed by Shui Chehou. I like it very much. You may have drank it. How do you feel?"

"Very good, very strong."

"Gugu!" Liu Che drank a few gulps in the hall and praised, "Zhuangzhi eats Hulu meat when he is hungry, and laughs and talks about drinking Hun blood when he is thirsty. What a Hun blood, what a waterwheel Hou."

He drank, and other generals drank too, and several of them secretly looked at Liu Han.

Probably a little drunk, Liu Che took Liu Han's hand and said, "In the past, I admired Qu Bing the most, but now I have you. You are really similar to him. If you were my son, I would make you the prince." .”

"Your Majesty! You are a little drunk." Wei Qing reminded quickly.

Liu Han's whole body was trembling. He knelt down and said bravely: "I will always be your Majesty's nephew and your Majesty's general. I am willing to keep fighting until the end of the world. Being an emperor is very tiring. I will not have that." Never dare to think such a thing.”

He buried his head very low.

"I know that you will always be my general from now on. They don't believe it. That's right. They can't think of it, not even Zhao Xin, nor the Xiongnu Chanyu. I just want to do things that others dare not think of and can't do. "

"Your Majesty, the great Han will live forever!" Liu Han immediately shouted.

"Your Majesty, the great man will live forever!"

Other generals also shouted...

　Why is Feng Langju Xu the highest honor among military commanders?Why is it so difficult to find?Because this is the accumulation of the rule of Wenjing of the Han Dynasty. It was an expedition carried out by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for more than ten years of reform and emptying the treasury with the help of the whole country. He completely defeated the Huns and displayed the style, glory and self-confidence of a nation. It is also It created the blood and soul of a nation.

　　To be able to do this, first of all, the general must have superior abilities, secondly, the dynasty behind him must have a strong economic foundation and confidence, and also, the entire dynasty must be united from top to bottom and have the belief that it can fight the enemy to the end. In this way Only then can we achieve the great feat of sealing the wolf away from Xu!
　　
　
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