After receiving the order, Huo Guang followed the people in the palace and left the General's Mansion, riding a big black horse directly to the South Camp.
now.
An army of soldiers and horses allocated to Huo Guang from the South Camp have been lined up and are waiting for Huo Guang's arrival.
The strength of the Han Dynasty's army was approximately five thousand.
When Huo Guang arrived, the five thousand soldiers burst out with an overwhelming shout: "Welcome to the General Chariot and Cavalry!"
Huo Guang frowned slightly, not knowing what to say.
At this time.
The eunuch from the palace said to Huo Guang: "Marquis Bolu, are you satisfied with this scene?"
"Um"
Huo Guang snorted from his throat, not even bothering to open his mouth.
Hearing Huo Guang's snort, the eunuch from the palace immediately said: "Since Marquis Bolu is satisfied, can you please put on the general's armor?"
Finished.
The eunuch then gave the person behind him a look.
immediately.
The special armor of the cavalry general was brought up.
Huo Guang nodded, then walked to the tent and changed his armor.
After coming out.
The eunuch immediately flattered him and said, "Hey, Marquis Bolu looks so majestic when he puts on this armor. He has the demeanor of a hussar general and a great commander."
graceful
The corner of Huo Guang's mouth twitched, and then he said, "What else should we do next?"
This time the eunuch said: "Marquis Bo Lu, it's time to order the general!"
Said.
The eunuch took out wooden cards one by one and said to Huo Guang: "These are all good captains of Nan Daying. Whoever Marquis Bolu wants to name, just point him!"
Duwei is actually the school captain.
However, compared to the captain, the captain has a little more freedom.
Huo Guang randomly named four captains, and the last spot was reserved for Lin Yaoqing.
But the problem is.
Huo Guang did not see Lin Yaoqing's name on the roster, so he asked: "I want to name a captain, why is there no name on it?"
When the eunuch heard this, he said: "Marquis Bolu, tell me who it is, and I will check it for you."
"College Captain Lin Yaoqing!"
Hearing Huo Guang's words, the eunuch nodded.
immediately.
The men under him went to check, and soon the person came back and said: "Report to Marquis Bolu, Lin Yaoqing is the deputy captain and is not on the roster."
"Deputy captain?" Huo Guang raised his eyebrows and asked, "I will directly promote him to captain. Do you think it's okay?"
When the eunuch heard this, he immediately replied: "Of course you can."
immediately.
Lin Yaoqing was brought over.
Huo Guang glanced at Lin Yaoqing, nodded to him, and then began to review the five thousand soldiers on the school field.
among these soldiers.
Half of them were veterans who had experienced the Battle of Mobei.
The other half were newly recruited soldiers.
To this.
Huo Guang was quite satisfied.
After doing this, Huo Guang and the five thousand soldiers under his management will have a preliminary understanding of each other. Afterwards, without delaying for too long, they set off directly from South Camp and headed towards Xiliang.
Xiliang.
Also known as Liangzhou.
It was the person who changed the ancient name of Yongzhou. As for the person who changed its name.
There is no doubt that he is Liu Che, the current Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Almost eighty-nine years ago, in 126 AD, it was renamed Liangzhou.
Why change the name to Liangzhou?
It is said that among the five elements, Yongzhou belongs to the position of gold, and the land is cold, so it was renamed Liangzhou.
This land is located in Hexi.
At the beginning, the Huns had invaded Liangzhou many times.
but.
His wise and martial brother Huo Qubing had two great victories in the Battle of Hexi, and the Huns had not touched this land for many years.
The army set off from Nanda Camp and headed for Liangzhou.
Because they are marching to the west of the city.
The road happened to pass by Huo Guang Paper's industrial park and stopped. The army continued to advance, and he rode to the racecourse.
Dong Xun is still responsible for guarding the racecourse here.
After the two met.
Huo Guang jumped off the big black horse. Looking at Dong Xun's face that gradually grew longer, Huo Guang smiled and said, "Are you tired?"
Dong Xun shook his head, and then asked: "Your armor?"
"Armor?" Huo Guang glanced down at himself, then spread his arms, showed them to Dong Xun, and asked, "Do you think my chariot general's armor looks handsome?"
Dong Xun frowned and said, "What does handsome mean?"
"Well, it means the combination of majesty and good looks." Huo Guang said lightly.
At this moment.
Dong Xun nodded, looked up at Huo Guang, and said, "Huo Guang, I haven't seen you for a while. You are so tall, you are almost a head taller."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"Why don't I grow any longer?"
Looking at Dong Xun's pitiful little appearance, Huo Guang touched her hair with his hand and said, "You are not short among girls, you are considered tall."
Dong Xun's height is estimated to be about 1.65 meters.
Huo Guang's height is already 1.8 meters.
According to the Western Han Dynasty, he should be more than eight feet tall. Huo Guang is only fifteen years old now. If he continues to grow taller in the future, he might be able to reach over nine feet, the same height as Confucius.
but.
Some people stop growing after a period of rapid growth.
Huo Guang doesn't know if he will grow taller after he turns fifteen.
Dong Xun shook his head and said, "I hate it. I messed up my hair again. I'm not a puppy. Why do you keep touching my head?"
Huo Guang shrugged and said, "Okay, no more words, I'm leaving with the army."
Hearing Huo Guang's words, Dong Xun had a hint of disappointment in his eyes and asked, "Where are you going?"
"There is some turmoil in Liangzhou. It may be due to the influence of the Xiongnu, or it may be caused by the severe drought in the past few years and the rampant bandits. Your Majesty made me a general of chariots and cavalry, leading an army of soldiers and horses to quell them." Huo Guang explained.
The words fell.
He mounted his horse again.
At this time.
Dong Xun walked up to the big black horse, straightened the smooth and shiny hair on its head, and said, "Dahei, you must bring Huo Guang back safely!"
Huo Guang was riding on the horse, with his feet in stirrups, he leaned down, approached Dong Xun, and said with a smile: "Hey, little girl, you are wrong, I should be the one who rode it back safely."
"Hahaha."
"gone!"
The words fell.
Huo Guang rode away, leaving Dong Xun with a handsome figure on horseback.
soon.
He met up with the marching troops in front. Since these five thousand soldiers were infantry, the marching speed was not very fast.
In the Battle of Mobei, tens of thousands of horses in the Southern Camp were lost in the charge with the Huns cavalry.
That battle.
The most serious loss was not the loss of soldiers, but the loss of two-thirds of the horses that had been painstakingly trained.
This made it difficult for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to conquer the Xiongnu in the later period, as he did in the Battle of Mobei, with a sufficient number of horses.
Now Huo Guang is leading the troops of Nanda Camp to Liangzhou to annihilate the rogue bandits, not to deal with the Huns cavalry. Therefore, the only troops allocated to him by the imperial court were infantry.
Chang'an and Liangzhou are not too far apart. In one day, the army has arrived at Anding County, and then entered Wuwei County from Anding County, where they rested for a while.
Huo Guang's five thousand soldiers and horses were sent by the imperial court. As soon as they entered Liangzhou, they were supposed to be known by the Wuwei County prefect, and they were treated with hospitality immediately.
The next day.
After resting for a night, Huo Guang wanted to lead the army and set off.
At this moment.
The prefect of Wuwei County informed him that the governor of Liangzhou was coming today, which prevented Huo Guang from continuing to lead the army on the march at dawn.
If the county is regarded as a modern city, the state is regarded as a province.
So.
The prefect is equivalent to the mayor, and the governor is today's senior official.
As soon as the governor arrives.
Huo Guang glanced at him and asked directly: "Are you the governor of Liangzhou?"
The governor replied: "Marquis Bo Lu, I am the governor of Liangzhou, Zhou Bo!"
Being able to sit in the position of governor shows that he is also a person with some skills.
Huo Guang looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and asked calmly: "Since you are the governor of Liangzhou, I won't mince words. Let me ask you directly, why is there such a serious turmoil in Dunhuang County? "
Zhou Bo, the governor of Liangzhou, said: "General Huo, I don't want what happened in Dunhuang County."
"A few years ago, there was a severe drought. The crops were harvested and the people were displaced."
"A few years ago, the Huns invaded southward. Not to mention Dunhuang, even the people here in Wuwei County had no fixed place to live."
"These people cannot live and work in peace and contentment, but if they have to survive, they will naturally fall into trouble."
Hear this.
Huo Guang suddenly frowned and scolded: "Prince Zhou, it doesn't matter if you say this in front of me. If it reaches His Majesty's ears, I will worry about your head."
"Three years ago there was a severe drought, and the court allocated a lot of money."
"That money is enough to keep the people of your state fed. Why would they still become bandits if they have food?"
After listening to Huo Guang's words, the Liangzhou governor looked sad and said, "Bo Luhou lives in Chang'an and doesn't know anything."
"After the drought, food prices are getting higher day by day."
"Besides, water from afar cannot quench the thirst that is near."
"The imperial court requires approval for appropriations, the transportation of funds requires approval, the receipt of money requires approval, and the use of the money to purchase food requires approval."
"Once the food is purchased and delivered, the drought will be mostly over."
"How can we, the people of Liangzhou, have so much food rations to sustain us until the food comes later?"
Hearing this, Huo Guang frowned slightly.
he thought.
The so-called approval is not just a game between various departments in modern society, right?
but.
Soon Huo Guang shook his head and said: "Prefect Zhou, what you said is not quite right, is it? When a drought happens, special things should be done, so how can you make things difficult everywhere!"
However, the governor of Liangzhou shook his head and said: "General, this governor did not say anything about making things difficult. He only approved the matter because it was a special matter."
"If it's not something special, we'll do something special."
"It probably won't even be approved."
Huo Guang glanced at Zhou Bo, the governor of Liangzhou, raised his left eyebrow slightly, and asked: "With the disaster relief money three years ago, there is no corruption among officials in Liangzhou, right?"
After hearing this, Zhou Bo immediately swore: "I, the governor, swear to God that there will never be an official in Liangzhou who is greedy for this money out of conscience!"
The words fell.
Suddenly a bright light flashed, and soon a violent roar sounded in the sky.
"Boom~"
There was thunder in the sky.
Huo Guang looked at the governor of Liangzhou, grinned slightly, and said: "There are so many officials in Liangzhou. Even if you, the governor of Zhou, are capable, how can you be sure that none of them have embezzled the money?"
"besides."
"On rainy days, it's better not to swear randomly."
Zhou Bo, the governor of Liangzhou, heard this and immediately changed his words: "I have checked the officials below, and I really haven't found any corruption or perversion of the law."
"Don't talk about those petty officials."
"Anyway, officials have never done this."
Officials refer to officials.
petty official.
Those are the law enforcement officers who are as small as they can be, such as some of the policemen and government servants of later generations, who were all minor officials in the Han Dynasty.
Um.
That's right.
Huo Guang's father, Huo Zhongru, was a minor official.
these people.
Huo Guang would still believe you if you said you took an extra bag or two of rice grains.
Are you saying they are greedy? Haha, what can they be greedy for? They don't even have access to money for disaster relief, they are just greedy!
There was still lightning and thunder in the sky.
Huo Guang stretched out his hand to interrupt the chattering Liangzhou Governor, and then asked: "Okay, I won't ask about money matters for now."
"Now, do you have anything to report to me about the bandits in the northwest?"
When Zhou Bo heard this, he immediately pulled someone beside him and said, "General, just ask Liu Bei, the prefect of Dunhuang County, about this matter."
"Wait a minute, Liu Liu Bei?" Huo Guang's eyes widened suddenly, as if he had seen a ghost.
Seeing his appearance, Zhou Bo immediately said: "General, please don't misunderstand. His surname is Liu, but he has little relationship with the royal family. Otherwise, he would not have become the governor of a bitter and cold place like Dunhuang."
It is clear.
Zhou Bo, the governor of Liangzhou, thought he had mistaken the governor of Dunhuang for a member of the royal family.
actually.
Huo Guang had been living in Chang'an before. He had seen many people with the royal surname Liu, so he shouldn't be surprised by it.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, had seen Huo Guang countless times. Even if he was a member of the royal family, someone with the surname Liu would not make Huo Guang look like this.
Mainly because it was the first time I heard the word Liu Bei.
This had to remind him of a certain imperial uncle in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
The population of the Han Dynasty was not large.
But one very interesting thing is that there are too many people with the same name.
Taking the surname Liu as an example, there are countless descendants of princes and princes with the same name.
Under the orders of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, those princes were busy creating people every day.
There are too many artificial ones, and naming is difficult. Like some descendants who are not in power, they basically just choose a name at random, and don't bother to check whether other princes' descendants have had this name.
If you traveled through time and became Liu Xun, you were born into a poor family and lived a life of exile. Your family never tells you about the royal family. Do you think that you are the future Emperor Xiaoxuan?
Won't!
Because there were too many princes and heirs with the same name and surname as you at the same time.
You can grab a lot of them from King Jing of Zhongshan, the ancestor of Liu Bei.
After figuring this out, Huo Guang no longer bothered about this Liu Bei and not the other Liu Bei.
Just looking at the governor of Dunhuang County, Huo Guang was a little curious and asked in a deep voice: "Since you are the governor of Dunhuang and should stay in Dunhuang County, why did you come to Wuwei County?"
Dunhuang County is where the rogue bandits started to wreak havoc in the northwest.
Because at this time, the Western Region Protectorate had not yet surrendered to the Han Dynasty.
so.
Dunhuang County was undoubtedly the border area of the Han Dynasty.
The border areas were miserable and chaotic.
It is normal for rogue bandits to breed. But just because of the turmoil caused by rogue bandits, the governor of Dunhuang County should be stationed in Dunhuang. Why is he still running around?
At this time.
The prefect of Dunhuang County gave the answer.
"General Huo, Dunhuang County has been lost. Eighteen groups of bandits jointly occupied Dunhuang. I, the governor, escaped in panic!" (End of Chapter)
