On the straight road in the north of Pingding County, Xihe County, the dust brought up by the oxen and carriage and the footsteps of the army did not stop for a long time, and the banner of General Sima Wei had disappeared, but the people who saw them off outside the city did not disperse for a long time, and they laughed and laughed when they were sent, but at this moment the mother and wife began to cry secretly in the places where the father, brother and husband could not see.Xihe Taishou Du Yannian sighed: "The Marquis of Xi'an took away six thousand good sons and daughters from my Xihe County in one go, I don't know how many people will be able to return after the war?"
”In early March, the Son of Heaven declared war on the Xiongnu, and in mid-March, the Great Sima Wei General Xi'an Hou Renhong was the "Beihai General", taking the Tiger Ben, Tuncai, and the new Eighth Colonel of Xiyuan, the Captain of the Auxiliary Army, a total of about 5,000 people from the four schools went north, and went to Yunzhong County through the West River.The emperor arranged 60,000 soldiers along the way to Ren Hong, most of whom had to be gathered from the clouds, and Dingxiang from the United States, Youyou, Ji Dynasty, and Dingxiang.Among them, the Shangjun Xihe Jingyong and the county soldiers belonged to the national cavalry, and they were recruited by the county guard, and let the lieutenant take them to the Xi'an Hou.And the state of the side of the Hu, the number of Kou, its people are uneven, the atmosphere is completely different from the Kanto, but more similar to the six counties of Liangzhou, the people are jealous of the sword skills, Ren Xia is a traitor, fighting at every turn, do not like to do agricultural business, and because of the imminent Beiyi, the division and brigade are urgent, enlisting as a soldier has become a good way out, the era of filial piety, and the state has also produced a large number of military merits.Wei Qing's Bahu general Guo Chang is from Yunzhong, Zuo general Xun Yu is from Taiyuan, Huo Quzhi's Fubo general Lu Bode is from Xihe, and Junji's general Zhao Ponu is from Wuyuan.Therefore, the people who came to send their children were reluctant to return, but they were not as pessimistic as Du Yannian, in the past ten years, the Han Dynasty won many battles against the Xiongnu, covering up the three defeats of Xiaowu in his later years.What's more, he is still with the Marquis of Xi'an, who is considered to be a "lucky general", just look at how many people in his old department in the court are marquis, you can know that this prince is not only good at meritorious service, but also never lets his subordinates suffer, and the world is recognized as the second Wei Qing."
But Xi'an Hou is not the main force in this battle."
The speaker was Duchin, who was hemianblind in one eye and could only see with his left eye.Among Du Yannian's sons, the eldest son, Du Huan, attacked the right side of the Xiongnu with Zhao Chongguo, and accumulated merit as the captain of Shuofang.The second son Du Tuo was a lieutenant by the side of the Son of Heaven, and the middle son Du Qin had just reached the crown, the most intelligent, good at scriptures, but because of eye disease, he had no interest in entering the court as an official, so he followed his father.Xiao Duqin talked about the affairs of the DPRK and China, but he said: "On the side of General Zhao of Shuofang County, there are two old schools, infantry and Hu cavalry, led by Xinyang Marquis Xin Qingji.The four new schools, the lower military academy captain Yangdu Marquis Zhang Pengzu, the right lieutenant Han Bao, the right lieutenant Liu Anmin, and the left lieutenant Su Tongguo, all from General Zhao."
Sanfu, Sanhebing, and Liangzhou recruits of the six counties, who have always been the main force of the Han Dynasty, also followed Zhao Chongguo, and they will come in a few days, with a total strength of 80,000 people, which makes Xihe County have a lot of logistical pressure.Therefore, Du Qin thought that the Son of Heaven was deliberately based on Zhao Chongguo, supplemented by Ren Hong.But Du Yannian felt that things were not necessarily the case.Thinking about the battle of Mobei that year, although Wei and Huo both rode 50,000 horses, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was partial to Huo Quai, and those who dared to fight deeply were all hussars.At the beginning, it was decided that Huo Qu was sick and Dingxiang faced Shan Yuting, and Wei Qing went out of Dai County as the left, and later learned the information that Da Shan Yu was on the left, so he replaced Wei and Huo with the two armies, but it was destined that Wei Qing and Yi Zhi would have a battle, and after the two armies went north, Shan Yujun ran to the opposite side of Wei Qing.This is an expedition of thousands of miles, separated by the infinite Gobi Desert, even if the scouts are lucky enough to find out the arrangements of the Huns.No one can guarantee that when the two armies cross the desert in a few months, Hu Lu will meet them in the same formation.But if Du Yannian is elected, he still hopes that Zhao Chongguo will make great contributions to this battle, he and Zhao Chongguo are colleagues and old friends, and because of the meritorious service by the veteran, it is more conducive to the stability of the court, and the emperor thinks so too, right?
Looking at the court, since the death of General Huo, who can still suppress Ren Hong?
Zhang Anshi only has qualifications but no merits, Han Zeng is the same, Fu Jiezi is still a little worse, and only Zhao Chongguo can stand up for a few years, after all, he is over seventy years old."
Taking Ren Hong's partial teacher as the left is precisely the Son of Heaven's preference for Ren Hong, I hope he won't be rewarded for his merits."
Indeed, compared to Zhao Chongguo's abundant soldiers, Ren Hong's side was indeed a little pitiful, and he only brought four captains out of Chang'an with a mere 5,000 people.Han Dangdang was left in Chang'an by the emperor to guard the palace, Xin Qingji was arranged to Zhao Chongguo, and among the lieutenants under him, except for the three old people, the rest were fresh faces.One of the deceased was Zhao Han'er, as the captain of the five original subject countries, and took the three thousand cavalry of the five original countries as Ren Hong's left wing.The second of the old people is Yicheng Hou Gan Yanshou, as the "Captain of the Army" in the new Eighth School, most of his subordinates are cavalry composed of Wuling teenagers, which is considered the elite under Ren Hong.The third of the deceased is Fu Jiezi's eldest son Fu Chang, whose father is the "Auxiliary Left Captain" of the new Eighth School, and whether he has his father's skills and courage still needs to be slowly considered.Speaking of which, Fu Jiezi sent a letter asking Fu Chang to "serve Xi'an Hou as a brother", and Fu Chang was also obedient, shouting "big brother, big brother" in private.But in this way, Ren Hong is invisibly younger, and he always feels that he has suffered a loss, so it is better to be polite and commensurate with his official position.The army walked on the "highway" of the Han Dynasty, with a straight road of 50 paces wide, hidden with golden cones, trees with green pines, and buried in mountains and valleys along the way, unimpeded, and the road surface was smoothed and tamped by Du Yannian last year, and even Ren Hong's car did not feel bumpy.The speed of the army's advance can be increased from 40 to 60 miles per day.It is conceivable that when Henan was still in the hands of the Xiongnu, it was like a sharp sword hanging above the head of the Han Dynasty, and Da Dan Yu could take the cavalry south to threaten Chang'an at any time, just like what King Wuling of Zhao planned to do to Qin in the past.With a straight road, once there is a police in the north, the Han army in Guanzhong can arrive quickly.In the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han army used this road to gather troops dozens of times, and then divided the troops into multiple ways to attack the Xiongnu at the same time.Shangjun, Xihe a total of more than 10,000 people, led by the two armies have been merged into the army, the rest of the departments can only be seen in the clouds, and so the 60,000 army is assembled, it is afraid that it will be April, and the soldiers have to rest and train, the Xiongnu will be in the city in May, and the various tribes are concentrated in Mobei, it is easy to levy and assemble, and this time must be staggered."
It is most appropriate to send troops from June to August, I only hope that by then, the training and preparation of the three armed forces will be completed."
Ren Hong has hidden worries in his heart, he has been fighting in the army for nine years since he started as a captain to protect Qiang, and he is no longer a novice who is still struggling to command more than 1,000 people, and there are more and more generals, and he is also handy with 30,000 or 40,000 people in Anxi, and after a few more exercises, it is estimated that Liu Bang has the ability to "be able to command 100,000 soldiers".But this time the opponent is the Xiongnu, and there is no Dabansai as a barrier, the Han army has to cross thousands of miles of desert, run to the home field of Dadan, and fight a decisive battle in the field.And this kind of patchwork army is naturally incomparable with the Xiliang soldiers and Sanfu light warriors brought out by Ren Hong back then.As Fan Mingyou's old subordinates, the imperial court needs a general to control the commander, and finally Liu Xun chose Ren Hong, and the more elite and reliable Sanfu Sanhe pawn let Zhao Chongguo lead, and maybe there is also the idea of using Zhao to suppress Ren.Xihe County has passed, at the end of the straight road ahead, a relatively clear river is impressive, the vegetation is lush with reeds, there are two pontoon bridges on the river, on the opposite bank is Zhang Qianqiu in the clouds and tens of thousands of soldiers in the clouds and Dingxiang County, who are camping and waiting for Ren Hong.Ren Hong looked at the somewhat chaotic army in the distance, and even the color of the armor was different, and he laughed at himself: "I don't know the soldiers now, and the soldiers don't know the generals" But when he heard the north bank of the pontoon bridge, after seeing his flag, there were bursts of drums, trumpets and cheers.And when Ren Hong rode a radish onto the pontoon, the feeling was even more obvious.The pontoon bridge is quite wide, in order to welcome the Marquis of Xi'an, there are still county guards standing every few steps, and their sun-tanned faces are not only sweat, but also longing and admiration.Or stared at Ren Hong with wide eyes, or secretly looked up at him, whenever Ren Hong passed by with a smile, his waist was straight, and as soon as Ren Hong walked by, he excitedly exchanged glances and gestured.In the two large camps on the other side, it was even more crowded, and the soldiers crowded in the camp tents and scrambled to look out, they knew who they were going to take to the north to attack the Huns, and they were all asking in their respective dialects: "Is it really the Marquis of Xi'an?"
”When the horse's hooves of radish finally stepped on the land of Yunzhong County, the atmosphere also reached its peak, and in the two camps of Yunzhong and Dingxiang, there was a sudden burst of noisy shouting, a little uneven shouting, and the shouting became louder: "The young man wears a Wu hook with a brocade and rides alone to find the marquis!"
”When the voice came, Gan Yanshou, Fu Chang and others behind Ren Hong looked at each other, and they all laughed, these Dingxiang soldiers in the clouds actually knew that Xi'an Hou Dazuo.This was sung by Ren Hong when he was recruiting troops in Liangzhou eight years ago, and the spread was actually wider than his copied side poems.The low-level soldiers have never seen gold, and they don't know where Loulan is, but they must know the "feudal marquis".This dream is out of reach for them, but it is within reach, isn't Xi'an Hou the best example?
Optimism and enthusiasm are on the north bank of the Yellow River, and morale is quite high.But it's not good to be too optimistic, behind the young marquis, there is a more realistic sentence that Ren Hong did not write.When I go, I only follow the military music, not the blank head of Guanshan!"
Probably taught by Taishou and Duwei, who want to please me."
said so, but seeing that the soldiers all knew him and recognized him, Ren Hong's hanging heart finally let go, and said with a secret smile: "Ah Hong, Ah Hong, what are you worried about." ”"To this day, who in the world doesn't know you?"
PS: Chapter 2 in the evening.