The moon is like water.
Outside Weiyang Palace, there was a team preparing to set off.
The team was composed of scholars, priests, their attendants, and the embroidery team led by Sima Qian and Cao Qiao.
Sima Qian took the initiative to remove the poison from his body and first find out the person in charge of the army and get rid of him.
At this time, Huo Qubing said to the scholars and priests: "You should know how you performed during the trip to the imperial mausoleum.
The whole process was fruitless. "
Scholars and priests looked embarrassed.
The two wanted to show their worth at the time.
Unexpectedly, the underground imperial tomb is not a place where people can enter and exit.
They became very cautious after that. They really didn't show much and had no chance to show off.
"This time I sent someone to kill the body, and the target to be dealt with is closely related to the remaining Buddhist forces. Those of you who assist me are also responsible for monitoring him, so you understand what I mean."
Huo Qubing's last sentence meant that he still trusted the two of them.
The scholar and the priest were slightly refreshed: "This time the two of us will definitely lead the Brahmans and do the things assigned by the Grand Sima, and we won't dare to make any mistakes."
It’s too late to learn... Huo Qubing thought.
The two heard that the Imperial Guards called Huo Qubing Da Sima, and they also changed their names and started calling him Da Sima.
The team set out, left the city from the south gate, and took a boat southward.
They took the same path that Huo Qubing took when he first attacked his body and became the Ancient Tea Horse Road in later generations.
"I would like to thank Grand Sima for helping my son avoid exile."
Sima Tan was also on hand to see him off. Seeing the carriages and horses leaving the city heading south, he bowed and saluted Huo Qubing.
Although Huo Qubing suggested castration, it sounded no better than beheading.
But after all, it is much better for a person to still be alive than to be exiled and forced to die without a future.
What's more, he also got the opportunity to make meritorious service.
Sima Tan added: "In the future, if Grand Sima has an order, my subordinates will not dare to shirk it in the slightest."
He took out something and presented it to Huo Qubing: "This is the practice method of our historian lineage. It is the accumulated experience of our Sima family ancestors from the Zhou Dynasty onwards. It can be regarded as a secret that is not passed down by our historian lineage.
Mr. Hou may wish to take a look, maybe he will gain something. "
"Some of my ancestors were also military strategists. I unexpectedly discovered that if you integrate the practice of historians, you can observe history!
When military strategists look at history, does the Marquis know what changes will occur?
At certain special moments when you are in touch with heaven and earth, you can watch some military strategists in history in a targeted manner, in line with the imprint left by heaven and earth, such as watching the true appearance of some mythical battles in history. "
Huo Qubing was surprised and took the secret volume of the historian's practice from Sima Tan.
"My son went astray because he actually wanted to follow the path of becoming a historian... Alas."
Sima Tan shook his head and excused himself: "I hope that the Marquis can forgive my son's sins, say a few words of kindness in front of Your Majesty, and spare my son's life."
It was already midnight when Huo Qubing returned home.
Liu Qing practiced sitting skills in a quiet room and waited for him to come back.
"Husband."
The two returned to the dormitory, and Liu Qing snuggled next to Huo Qubing's body, but stopped talking.
Huo Qubing looked at his wife and guessed, "Did someone from the clan find you here?"
"Well, I don't want my husband to change his decision because of me, and I don't want to worry about making too many enemies." Liu Qing said gently.
The halo of the lamp shone over and fell on her face. Her eyes were shining brightly under the slender eyelashes, and her pretty face was radiant.
Huo Qubing smiled and said, "You want to persuade me to take a step back, what will the clan say?"
"The root of this matter is that they have a strong sense of crisis. Members of the clan have been reprimanded by His Majesty one after another, and even the country has been closed. It is impossible for them to remain unresponsive.
At present, everyone in the clan is quite insecure, so they want to unite to cope with the changes. "
Liu Qingdao:
"There are two ways to solve this problem. One is that the clan's youngest daughter, Liu Chan, wants to marry into our family. This will form an in-law relationship so that they will not be able to get along in the future and target their husbands.
If King Xian's daughter marries, King Xian will feel that her husband has become one of his own, and the two of us together can withstand most things. "
It means to use the marriage relationship to join forces with the clan, to make friends at a distance and attack at a close distance, in exchange for a stable rear area.
"King Xian's young daughter seems to be only fourteen, right?
This method is not good and should not be used. Huo Qubing frowned.
Liu Qingyan said: "Another way is for your husband to give in appropriately.
I heard that they had been screening for a long time, looking for a few talented people, and wanted to support them to take up some positions in the government.
Having someone you can use for yourself always makes you feel safer. If someone wants to join the Forbidden Army, how about your husband giving in appropriately? "
Huo Qubing thought about it and realized that the emperor would give in appropriately on this matter.
After all, he also needs the support of the clan.
Moreover, the clan members are all relatives of the emperor, and the emperor does not want to be truly alone.
The next day.
It started to rain lightly in the morning.
After the rain stopped, even the air was filled with the fragrance of earth.
At noon after the morning court, Wang Yan quickly walked into the Imperial Palace: "Master Sima, I have been ordered to send a message to the clan. I will send you a response over there."
"The clan wants to support several generals to join our imperial army.
But he didn't want to serve under Da Sima, but wanted to be with the Weiwei, and he didn't know how to serve under the general. "
Huo Qubing thought as expected: It is indeed so.
Liu Qing mentioned it last night.
If the other party wants to send people to the Forbidden Army, most likely they will send them to Cheng Bushi's command.
The Central Forbidden Army was run by Huo Qubing like an iron barrel, weatherproof, and they were all his die-hard loyalists.
The other party wanted to serve under Changle Weiwei Cheng Bushi, because he was eyeing Cheng Bushi's old age and wanted to make preparations in advance.
Their fundamental goal is to serve as guardsmen in the future.
That was the real second-in-command of the Chang'an Forbidden Army.
The guards are also called the Southern Army among the Forbidden Army, second only to the Central Army of the Chang'an Forbidden Army under Huo Qubing.
The clan wanted to place generals in Weiwei's Southern Army so that they could take over the Southern Army in the future.
“This is the list submitted by the clan, they want to activate a few people.
If Grand Sima agrees and signs and seals it, the people they arrange will soon join our Imperial Army and serve in the Southern Army. "
Wang Yan handed over a list.
Huo Qubing took it in his hand and looked through it: "Cheng Xian, Xiao Shehu, Liu Chai, Jin Xu..."
"Yes, Cheng Xian is the youngest son of General Cheng Bushi. He is twenty-six years old this year. He had served in the army for a long time. The clan promoted Cheng Xian to serve as General Zuo Zhonglang of the Southern Army in order to please General Cheng Bushi."
Wang Yan said: "Da Sima looks at the second and third names.
What they mainly want to promote is Xiao Shehu and Liu Chai to join the Southern Army.
I have inquired about it and found out that Xiao Shehu was a frontier soldier in his early years. He was a good fighter and had many victories, but he used his troops brutally and did not care about consumption. He was not liked by the general, and was promoted to the rank of Zhonglang General. However, the general discovered that he had concealed battle losses and captured him, so he was demoted to the rank of captain.
Unexpectedly, he was attracted by the clan and took refuge there.
Liu Chai was also quite talented in military affairs. He had a good family background and studied military affairs since he was a child. He was arrogant. Jin Xu..."
"This needs no introduction."
Jin Xu still has some impression of Huo Qubing, who is the younger brother of Concubine Jin in the palace.
Jin Xu had been placed under the command of the Southern Army before, and among that batch of new recruits, he was considered pretty good.
Jin Xu was also on the list they sent and was nominated by the clan for promotion to the position of captain.
This also means that Concubine Jin wants to gain support from the clan and further establish a foothold in the harem.
She teamed up with the clan in exchange for her younger brother's chance to be promoted in the Forbidden Army.
These people... Huo Qubing smiled.
"The clan sent us a list, and several elders of the clan went to the palace to meet the saint in person." Wang Yan said.
His Majesty will grant their request, which can balance all parties... Huo Qubing thought.
He stamped the list and wrote the word "yes". If you are willing to do the hard work, just go to the Southern Army and do the hard work.
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King Liu Duan of Jiaoxi, King Liu Ji of Kang, King Xian of Changshan Liu Shun, and other most important members of the clan gathered together.
Liu Shun, the king of Changshan, was the fourteenth son of the late emperor and the younger brother of Liu Che.
When the late emperor was still alive, it is said that he even issued a will, instructing him to take good care of his young son.
Liu Shun was only one year older than Liu Qing. His mother was Wang Haojie, the biological sister of the late emperor and empress Wang Nuan.
According to historical records, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty doted on his youngest son the most. He was arrogant and lazy, engaged in many lewd and promiscuous affairs, and repeatedly violated laws and regulations, but the emperor often pardoned and pardoned him.
The three princes gathered at a palace in the city.
During this period, the situation changed and the situation was turbulent.
The emperor had the intention to strengthen the centralization of power and take back the clan and the country. All the princes felt themselves in danger. Several princes gathered in Chang'an to find out the direction of the situation and to communicate with other branches of the clan.
There were also several clan elders in the room, all with extraordinary status, most of whom were the emperor's elders.
Members of the clan were dismissed and sealed off from the country one after another, all related to Huo Qubing.
The clan naturally became alert, and dividing their military power was their response.
Several generals they elected were also in the hall, accompanying the last one.
Xiao Shehu, Jin Xu, and a long-faced young man named Liu Chai.
The three of them were the generals that the clan planned to support and take away military power, as well as several civil servants who were preparing to serve in the court.
Xiao Shehu is a muscular man with a scar on his neck left by an arrow.
He had long eyebrows and tiger eyes, and was dressed in military uniform. He looked quite majestic when he sat there.
He is twenty-nine years old and has been in the army for more than ten years. When he was young, he was well-known throughout the army and was highly used.
Later, Wei Qing rose up and became invincible.
After Wei Qing took power, he was idle for several years, wasted in the army, and was depressed and frustrated.
This time he was found by the clan, and the two parties hit it off.
"We have informed your majesty, and your majesty also agrees that you will lead the southern army and join the war in the west.
Are you confident that you can win the battle? "
The somewhat fat King Jiaoxi glanced at a few people and said in a deep voice:
"Why does Your Majesty have so much faith in the Champion? The most important thing is that he can dominate the battlefield and is indispensable."
There was an old man on the side who expressed emotion and said: "Who would have thought that a child born by a maid would become an invincible general who everyone in the world must avoid."
Xiao Shehu is quite experienced in the military and is not in a hurry to speak.
Jin Xu was excited because he was about to become a captain of the Southern Military Academy, and couldn't help but express himself:
"I have deduced the general's war strategy in the northwest and Parthia many times.
The report sent back said that the opponent had a kind of heavy cavalry with men and horses wearing armor, which could push light cavalry horizontally and was very powerful.
However, it is difficult for the heavy cavalry to turn around, it is not flexible enough, and it is not conducive to a long battle. If I fight with it, I will use a roundabout flanking attack method. The queue will split and rejoin, not giving it a chance to confront me head-on. This can stabilize the opponent's pressure. "
What he said was clear and logical, but it was nothing new.
Because of the battle reports sent back to Chang'an during this period, this is how Wei Qing dealt with Parthia.
Wei Qing's tactics indeed led to consecutive victories, severely defeating the prestige of the Parthian armored army.
Several clan elders and princes nodded slightly.
Jin Xu's response was quite satisfactory. We will have to wait and see on the battlefield to find out the details.
Several people's eyes were focused on Liu Chai and Xiao Shehu.
Liu Chai was a thin man with a long face. As a soldier, he had a strong spirit and spoke eloquently:
"The reason why champions win consecutive battles is because they rely on surprise attacks to defeat the enemy in one battle.
His ability to discern the battle situation is truly amazing.
However, after Dayuezhi's map was sent back, I reviewed it many times and found the weak points of Parthia's defense.
I will adopt the same style of play as Huo Qubing, carry out a rush strategy, and directly seize the important town. In one battle, I can form a huge advantage in the battle. If successful, you can help my great man achieve unparalleled achievements and recapture the Great Yueshi.
If this battle is fought, the effect will not be worse than that of the champion, and the Parthians will be afraid of our Han army. "
Several clan members were old, and the prince turned his attention to Xiao Shehu.
"Victory and defeat can only be known after fighting. Talking about war on paper is useless. When we fight on the battlefield, you will know the merits of my troops." Xiao Shehu said firmly.
Time flies.
In late July, the Southern Army dispatched an elite force, with Xiao Shehu as the main general, Liu Chai, and Jin Xu as deputy generals and vanguard, and rushed to the northwest battlefield.
The Confederate Army had many troops serving on the battlefield before.
Xiao Shehu and the others hurried all the way, staying overnight at dawn, and finally arrived at the border of Dayuezhi to the west of the Western Region and took over the military power of the Southern Army.
For a time, a war was about to break out between Han and Parthia.
On the battlefield where the enemy and we are facing each other, soldiers are everywhere and the wind is roaring.
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