sunny.
In the dormitory, Liu Qing used a lot of perseverance to open his eyes and look at the sky.
Three poles in the sun.
Feeling a little sore and sore, Liu Qing bit his lip and remembered the night before Huo Qubing left. He sat up on the couch with his right hand and frowned slightly.
After a while, she lay down on the couch again, covered her face with the quilt, and whispered to the maid outside the door:
"Go and tell Xiu Yi that I won't be able to go there today. If there are any major matters to be dealt with, please pass them on to Ru Bohuzhang."
The voice was very low, but the waitress outside the door heard it clearly and hurried away.
Liu Qing closed his eyes and decided to take a nap.
She slept until noon and felt much better when she woke up again. She washed herself and put on an apricot brocade skirt. The charming Princess was back again.
"Your Highness, someone from the clan is here."
"He is the sixty-ninth son of the Wang family in Zhongshan, Prime Minister Liu."
Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan, was fond of drinking and seducing, and he would have many heirs if he did not fight or rob.
There are more than a hundred historical records that can be verified, and it has been passed down all over the world. Later generations, Uncle Liu Huang.
"Let him wait in the main hall of the front hall for a while."
Huo Qubing didn't have many friends, and he only had one, Liu Xiang, whom he had known since childhood.
Liu Qing, accompanied by the maid, came to the front hall to receive guests.
Liu Xiang was still the same as before, dressed like a noble prince, with a fair complexion, but his face looked like he had been hollowed out.
When he saw Liu Qing, he stood up and saluted: "I have met Her Royal Highness, are you here?"
"Well, my husband is going out to fight and won't leave until this morning."
Liu Qing glanced at Liu Xiang: "You use Qu Bing to call your husband, big or small, you should call me uncle."
"??"
Liu Xiang blinked.
Liu Qing is the youngest princess in the clan, and is called elder brother to the emperor and Zhongshan King Liu Sheng.
Liu Xiang is Liu Qing's eldest nephew, so there is nothing wrong with calling Huo Qubing his uncle.
Liu Xiang said with a sullen face: "We can discuss our own issues. Qu Bing and I are on good terms. How about calling Her Royal Highness A-sao?"
He wants to give himself a lifetime.
"Come to see your uncle for something?" Liu Qing ignored his eldest nephew's suggestion.
Uncle, just uncle, Liu Xiang said: "I'll tell Qu Bing... My uncle, the clan wants to deal with him."
"how do you know?"
Liu Xiang was not in Chang'an during this period and returned to his father Liu Sheng's fiefdom in Zhongshan Kingdom.
"Several branches of the clan wanted to unite, and the King of Jiaodong came to see my father in person to lobby. They felt that Wei and Huo were together, and the power of the relatives had expanded too much, so they wanted to unite with my father to suppress the relatives."
"Brother Liu Sheng, have you ever agreed?"
"of course not."
Liu Xiang said matter-of-factly: "My father's temperament should be clear to you, and he does not want to get involved in these struggles for power."
Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan, was a clean figure in the clan. Apart from eating, drinking and having fun, he was mostly not interested in serious matters.
Historical records record that he often cursed each other with his half-brother Zhao Wang Liu Pengzu:
"My elder brother is the king, and he specializes in managing affairs on behalf of the officials, with harsh methods. As the king, he should listen to dance music and admire beautiful women every day."
Liu Pengzu retorted: "You only know luxury and pleasure, and you have countless children. How dare you say that I am the only one in ancient and modern times who is so stupid!"
Liu Sheng showed no signs of weakness: "If I am stronger than you, I will not have children and I will not like women. It is against human ethics."
The two of them bickered when nothing happened.
"When will my uncle come back?" Liu Xiang shouted more smoothly.
"It will take half a month and a month."
"Okay, I'll come back when my uncle comes back."
Not long after Liu Xiang left, someone came to visit the Hou Mansion again. This time it was Roshna who had just returned to Chang'an from the Western Regions and deliberately delayed her trip.
…
Huo Qubing's team marched southeast after leaving Chang'an, crossing Runan, Jiujiang and other major counties, and arrived at Kuaiji County near the sea in the afternoon.
Xiu Yi's new deputy Shi Sixiong is waiting here by mirage number.
"Xiu Yi's subordinate Si Xiong has met Da Sima!"
Si Xiong looked intently at this most legendary young commander today.
But I saw that he was tall and straight like a big gun, with silver armor and red robes, a cold face, and bright eyes that seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts. His temperament is sharp and has a heart-wrenching bearing.
In addition to the Mirage, there are three sea-going ships. They are all newly built ships in the dock and have only been launched not long ago.
The ship's manufacturing method is based on the secret pattern ship Dong Zhongshu obtained from the imperial tomb.
The three ships are less than half the size of the Mirage, but each can carry more than five hundred troops.
A group of people boarded the ship and greeted each other.
Si Xiong then said: "General Yingyang Zhao Ponu followed the order of the Great Sima and landed in the Kingdom of Yamato, so my subordinates are here to pick up the Great Sima."
Huo Qubing walked into the main cabin on the first floor.
Si Xiong followed and spread out a cowhide map: "This is the map of Yamato that we drew after our survey.
We go eastward along the road and will pass these two islands after hundreds of miles..."
Huo Qubing glanced at the map, which basically matched the Japanese national boundaries in later generations.
Japan's national border is generally long and narrow, like a seahorse with its head facing east.
"Yamato has elites who are lying in ambush at the western end of the country's border closest to my big man. They are ready to attack at any time." Si Xiong introduced.
Huo Qubing looked at the map:
"The location where you mentioned that the other party stores troops is called Kyushu Island. Going west from it, closer to the direction of my big man, there is a smaller island called Nagasaki, which can also be used to garrison troops.
Have you investigated? "
Si Xiong said unexpectedly: "It turns out that the Marquis knows the borders of Yamato Country quite well.
I was about to say that they are here... The hidden garrison in Nagasaki echoes what the Marquis said about Kyushu Island. There are about five thousand troops. "
Huo Qubing mentioned Japanese place names from later generations, and Si Xiong also used them.
"We can meet General Ying Yang and Colonel Zhao Anji's men by going east.
Excuse me, Da Sima, which way should we take? "
The route taken by Zhao Anji, Zhao Ponu and others was to start from the coast of Han Dynasty, pass through the waters south of the Bohai Sea, cross the Korean Strait, and land at the northern end of the island country.
When Huo Qubing gave them marching orders, the overall combat plan had already been formed in his mind.
At this time, he took over the pen and sketched the borders of Yamato.
In the cabin, Gongsun Hong, Si Xiong, Bai Nanyu, and the military commander Fu Luzhi, Yao Zhao, and Chen Qing who followed the cabin all focused their attention on the picture.
Huo Qubing drew a total of four combat routes.
Two of them correspond to the current marching directions of Zhao Ponu and Zhao Anji.
The route taken by Zhao Ponu will reach the east of Kyoto.
There is an important pass connecting the east and west ends of the entire island country. If it is cut off militarily, it will make it impossible to connect the east and west ends.
Zhao Anji's team has already revealed its traces to the north of Honshu Island, and will contain the opponent's main force in Honshu.
The third line drawn by Huo Qubing was very long. It was the combat route they were about to take on board the Mirage. It was different from the route chosen by Zhao Ponu and Zhao An. It went east from Kuaiji County of the Han Dynasty and passed through the sea south of Japan. , drove straight in, hit his back, and stabbed Honshu Island.
Si Xiong looked at the map and thought that this prince knew the terrain of Yamato very well, and he used his troops to attack all vital points.
The teams of Zhao Ponu and Zhao Anji were actually all false moves.
The purpose is to cover the main attack route.
The strange thing is that although the two are feints, the position of the attacks forces the opponent to guard against them.
Otherwise, a false move can turn into a real move at any time.
If any of the three routes chosen by Huo Qubing succeeds, Yamato will be very passive.
Si Xiong looked at the fourth final route, the combat route.
Judging from the map, the last route is a reverse march route from the westernmost tip of the island country to attack the Jiaodong area of the Han Dynasty.
"What is the purpose of this route? Please give me your advice." Si Xiong asked humbly.
He needs to know the role of the marching route so that Xiuyi can follow him to pass on information and cooperate.
"This is the route that Yamato will use to attack our great Han."
Huo Qubing said: "After Zhao Anji takes action, the people of the island country will know that it is no longer necessary to continue to hide the intention of mobilizing troops.
Their troops and horses dormant in Nagasaki should have moved westward by now, preparing to test our eastern seaboard defenses and look for opportunities to attack the Han.
Ignore this journey and let them go fight Jiaodong. The clan asked Li Gan to lead his troops and stay there. If a few people from Yamato were not allowed to pass, the clan would have to wait for a while, which would go against His Majesty's original intention of seeing the heavy cavalry forward.
Give up thousands of Yamato soldiers to be eaten by the clan members. "
Gongsun Hong said with a smile: "Then Lord Marquis, you have to make more concessions, otherwise they won't be able to eat enough and they will make even more noise when they return to Chang'an."
Huo Qubing said: "A few thousand people is the limit, and Zhao Ponu's people will also take action later.
As soon as his position changes, Yamato's troops on Kyushu Island and Hiroshima will be attracted and restrained, and it will be impossible to add more troops to attack our big man.
The country of Yamato is surrounded by the sea on all sides, and it can be landed and fought everywhere. There is no place that is stable and defensible, and its territory is not vast and lacks strategic depth.
Even if you give him millions of soldiers and horses in an offensive and defensive war, he won't be able to defend it. "
Huo Qubing took out the concentric lotus leaves and gave an order to Zhao Ponu's troops: "Get started."
On the other side, hundreds of miles east of Hiroshima in the country of Yamato, in the rolling hilly area, Zhao Ponu received the order and said: "Get ready, set off in a quarter of an hour, and launch according to the battle plan."
afternoon.
On the other side of the island country, there is the mountainous area in the northern part of Honshu Island.
After Zhao Anji's team was exposed, the troops of Yamato responded quickly and sent teams to the nearest area to carry out encirclement and suppression and search into the mountains.
In the dense forest, Zhao Anji was observing the approaching tribesmen from the island country through the gaps between the trees.
They wore vine armor made of fine long vines. Only a few leaders wore bronze armor, lined with orange-red robes, and held slender pointed spears.
Their rattan armor has a special texture and its defense is not weak.
The rattan is in the form of horizontal fine lines, protecting the entire chest area within the armor, and the back is connected with a leather buckle.
"It's different from our armor. It's not full armor. It has an attack gap on the back."
Zhao Anji observed while saying: "Looking at the strength of their troops, their energy is soaring into the sky, which shows that the soldiers have no fear and high fighting spirit. They are all elites."
The deputy general sneered: "You will be afraid after fighting us, I promise to beat the shit out of them.
In this dense forest environment, they have few archers, and all they carry are longbows, which are far less fast and more practical than our light crossbows. "
When Yamato's soldiers and horses continued to approach, the two sides started a desperate battle in this mountainous forest.
You must know that Zhao Anji and others had been dormant and investigating in the island country for more than half a month before taking action. They were fighting a prepared war and there were many traps laid here.
However, Yamato can be organized in a short period of time, and only four to five thousand troops can enter this area to encircle and suppress them.
When they entered the mountainous area, Zhao Anji immediately gave the order to fire intensively with short crossbows to start the battle.
…
Midoriki Ueno is an elite native of Yamato Country. He is twenty-four years old this year.
He was advancing with a team of a hundred people in the mountains and forests holding spears.
The thousands of people on their side formed two formations, one at the front and one at the back, with rows of thirty feet each on the left and right, echoing each other and advancing like a net.
Their garrison guarded the royal capital south of Honshu and was equivalent to Yamato's imperial army. They had always fought bravely and had no fear of the incoming Han army.
Midoriki Ueno walked at the back of the team, his eyes were reserved and he was quite alert.
He suddenly heard the bowstring vibrating in front of him, and someone was shooting at them.
Green Tree Ueno bowed his body and lowered his center of gravity, almost in a prostrate state, and charged forward with his spear.
However, not far away, on a tree that had not seen anything unusual before, a figure suddenly appeared and slid down, volleying down from the air.
Green Tree Ueno swung his spear and stabbed it out with his backhand.
The opponent was in mid-air, using a short blade at a very tricky angle to slash at the green tree from above.
Green Tree Ueno moved sideways, and at the same time, stabbed straight with his spear.
But he suddenly felt weightless under his feet.
"There is a trap..."
His feet were tightened by tree vines.
There is a trip wire trap on the ground made from local materials and made of bark.
The moment Midoriki Ueno lost weight, the opponent had already pounced on him. From top to bottom, he strangled his neck with one arm and cut open Midoriki Ueno's throat with a short blade.
These sudden rises and falls were so fast that the winner was decided in the blink of an eye.
Midoriki Ueno could even hear the subtle sound of the blade slicing his throat and bones.
"Giggle..."
He was whimpering incoherently, blood all over his body was gushing out from his neck, and life was leaving him.
The last thing he saw was that Han troops rushed forward one after another, using close combat and crossbows to cover up and kill their small group.
In the dense forest, fighting broke out.
On the sea, the Mirage was carrying Huo Qubing and others, sailing east quickly!
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