Xiao Huang thought to himself, I'm afraid someone is coming to compete for favor.
Qin Tian ignored the confrontation between the two men and turned around to fly down.
"This place is very beneficial to my practice. You can play around by yourself. When I wake up, I will naturally ask you to come with me."
Tan Xinfu nodded repeatedly.
After the explanation, Qin Tian closed his eyes and began to appreciate the wonders of this place.
This kind of natural formation formed by the right time, place and people is very rare, so Qin Tian is ready to understand it.
That's right, in Qin Tian's eyes, this is a natural formation!
Since his cultivation, Qin Tian has done everything according to his heart. He can only carve a few talismans and never borrow anything from outside.
But the formation that formed naturally between heaven and earth in front of him gave Qin Tian a lot of inspiration.
Perhaps in many cases, casting spells doesn't require so much effort at all.
Depending on the environment between heaven and earth itself, or even by changing the surrounding environment, the effect of the formation can still be achieved!
All formations are actually inseparable from Yin Yang and the Five Elements.
In addition to the balance of yin and yang in this place, Qin Tian also discovered after in-depth understanding that the five elements in this place coincide with each other, including metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, which are all the same!
This was an unexpected gain.
Seeing Qin Tian immersed in cultivation, Tan Xinfu did not dare to disturb him, but just watched from a distance.
However, Xiao Huang was very familiar with Qin Tian's state.
After getting off Qin Tian, Xiao Huang stretched and planned to leave.
But she was immediately caught by Tan Xinfu.
"Be good, my lord is practicing, you can't run around!"
Xiao Huang rolled his eyes: Stupid humans, my master does not need to stand aside and watch.
I thought I could easily escape from this stupid woman's control with a casual struggle, but soon a tingling feeling came from my tail, and Xiao Huang's body suddenly became limp and he didn't want to move.
How could this stupid woman feel... so comfortable when touched?
Xiao Huang narrowed his eyes and soon shrank into Tan Xinfu's arms, motionless.
Seeing Xiao Huang being comforted by him, a proud smile appeared on Tan Xinfu's face.
When she was still alive, her favorite things were all kinds of small animals, including puppies and kittens, and she kept a lot of them at home.
But then he became seriously ill and never saw his little pets again.
"After all these years, my skills are still new!"
At first, Tan Xinfu still stayed by Qin Tian's side, but after a month, he found that Qin Tian was still motionless, and there was no trace of dirt on his body.
Tan Xinfu finally understood that Qin Tian really didn't need anyone to protect him.
During this month, she and Xiao Huang also became familiar with each other, and the two of them were as harmonious as sisters.
Under the leadership of Xiao Huang, they ran to settle in a small mountain village at the foot of the mountain.
The small mountain village occasionally has merchants coming and going, so life is not boring.
The excuse of Tanxinfu was that he came to seek refuge with his relatives, but for some reason the village was abandoned.
The village was abandoned decades ago, and the people in the village basically have no memory of what happened at that time.
But seeing that Tan was pitiful, he rented a house to her in the village and let her live there first.
It was said that it was rented to her, but in fact, no money was taken. It was almost like giving it away for free.
Anyway, no one lived in that house. It belonged to an old man's old house that I didn't know before.
Soon we got to know the people in the village through heart-to-heart talks.
If she really wanted to say that, she had watched everyone in this village grow up, so she naturally knew what each of them liked.
It's not easy to get to know the people in this village.
This experience also fascinated Tan Xinfu.
Because this was a feeling he had never experienced before, either in life or after death.
In this small village, the two of them lived quite happily.
In the blink of an eye, three years passed by, and Tan Xinfu seemed to be completely accustomed to life as a human being.
In the past three years, she has become like a fish in water in the village, and many people have fallen in love with her.
Because Tan Xinfu is not only good-looking, but also has no airs about a young lady. He actually opened a piece of land by himself and planted vegetables behind the yard.
She managed this small family in order all by herself.
Who doesn't like a good-looking daughter-in-law who can also work? Many people want to come to propose marriage.
The reason for rejecting the proposal is also very simple. I haven't found any relatives yet, so I can't make the decision myself. I have to wait for my family to come back.
Relying on this method, Tanxinfu rejected countless people who came to propose marriage.
…
"A great victory, a great victory!"
The battle report from the front line was sent back to Chang'an City, and countless people celebrated it!
As early as two years ago, Huo Qubing, who had just turned twenty, was promoted to General of Cavalry.
With the help of Wei Qing, he successfully commanded the Battle of Hexi and captured tens of thousands of Huns!
In addition, he also took the Qilian Mountains directly. After two battles, Huo Qubing annihilated and surrendered nearly 100,000 Xiongnu in Hexi.
You know, the entire Xiongnu tribe only had two million people. Suddenly, there were one hundred thousand fewer people. The entire right side of the Xiongnu suffered a heavy blow.
Dealing with these 100,000 people was also a difficult problem. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty thought for a long time and sent the Xiongnu to the border fortress to migrate separately, let them settle down, and assimilated them into the common people of the Han Dynasty.
Later, five vassal states were established, and not long after, four counties in Hexi were established in the original place.
The emergence of these places provided a good connection between the inland and the Western Regions, and had a very significant impact on the growth and decline of the Western Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu power.
After controlling these places, the power of the Xiongnu gradually declined, and the Han Dynasty gained an advantage on the battlefield.
But the Huns still had the strength to fight and were not completely defeated!
However, just this year, Huo Qubing and Wei Qing led their troops deep into Mobei, and in the Battle of Mobei, they wiped out more than 70,000 of the main force of the Zuoxian King among the Xiongnu!
Not only that, they even pursued the Xiongnu army as far as Langjuxu Mountain and Guyan Mountain.
This is not the most egregious thing. The most egregious thing is that these two people "offered sacrifices to heaven and earth and returned to Hanhai"!
And this battle was the Fenglangjuxu that everyone in later generations would be familiar with!
The significance of this battle is undoubtedly very important. Judging from the results alone, this battle caused "the Huns to flee far away, and there is no royal court in Monan."
This also means that the Huns are no longer a threat to the Han!
The troubles of the Xiongnu in the north took hundreds of years to finally be put down!
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very happy about this.
"If you want to be promoted to a higher rank, you must give Huo Qubing a higher rank!"
"Be granted the title of Grand Sima Hussar General!" Liu Che said excitedly.
If he wasn't worried about being unable to seal his title later, Liu Che would have wanted to directly give Huo Qubing his full salary!
You know, Huo Qubing is only twenty-two years old this year!
And the Grand Sima Hussar General is already the highest rank among military attachés. If it goes higher, it will really be lower than one person and higher than ten thousand people!
Although they all performed meritorious services, except for Huo Qubing, others received few awards, especially Wei Qing. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty basically ignored him.
Of course Wei Qing knew why, so he wouldn't say much.
In fact, although the results of this expedition were very fruitful, the losses of the Han army were also very serious!
The biggest result of the Battle of Mobei was to defeat the main force of the Huns in the south of Mobei, causing the Huns to gradually migrate to the northwest, and ensuring that the Huns would never have any southward force for more than ten years.
In addition, the Han army also occupied a large area of land from the west of Shuofang to Zhangye and Juyan!
But this greatly ensured the security of the Hexi Corridor, making it impossible for the Huns to invade!
But at the same time, the losses of the Han army were also huge!
It can even be said to be a tragic victory, almost equivalent to a loss for both sides.
Speaking of horses alone, of the 140,000 horses that went on this expedition, after the war ended, only about 30,000 were left to return.
As for the soldiers, there were a total of 500,000 infantry as the logistics supply corps for this expedition, and Wei Qing and Huo Qubing each led 50,000 cavalry!
In addition, there are more than 100,000 infantry and troops transporting supplies.
After the war, the Han army suffered heavy losses, with hundreds of thousands of casualties!
Among them, the cost of water and land transportation of weapons, armor and other items has not been included in the calculation.
This leads to an extremely serious consequence.
When you win a battle, you have to give rewards and provide pensions to the soldiers who died in battle. If the war horse dies, you have to replenish the war horses to increase the combat effectiveness.
What is the result of such a huge loss? Even though the entire Han Dynasty had spent all its money and tax revenue, it was still not enough to give rewards and pensions to the soldiers!
Helplessly, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty actually set up a martial arts lord in order to raise military expenses!
What is a martial arts title? To put it bluntly, it means spending money to buy a title and an official position!
This is enough to show how empty the Han treasury is now!
This method of raising military expenses would only greatly reduce the court's prestige and credibility, but even so, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty still had no intention of repenting.
The income brought by Lord Wu Gong blinded his eyes. What he wanted was not that the Huns did not dare to invade, but that the Huns should be eliminated once and for all!
The Xiongnu were frightened and were driven away, but the root problem was not solved. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw this very clearly.
If the other party is given ten or twenty years, the Huns will definitely make a comeback!
Even if the opponent's vitality was severely injured by then, he would definitely not be a match for the Han Dynasty, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not want to give up the war against the Xiongnu at all!
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't even wait for Wei Qing and Huo Qubing to come back, and he had already started preparing to start recruiting troops again for the next war!
This gave Wei Qing and Huo Qubing a bad feeling in their hearts.
Huo Qubing, in particular, felt extremely depressed.
The battle was won, but Huo Qubing was not happy at all.
Mayor Sun suffered such a heavy blow, so what if the enemy was beaten and fled?
There is no winner in this war, so Huo Qubing is not happy at all.
The most important thing is, maybe it's because of the reward? Perhaps it was for other reasons, but his uncle had become increasingly estranged from him in the past few years!
The two of them seemed to have become a pure superior-subordinate relationship, not even worse than superior-subordinate!
Someone told him that maybe Wei Qing was jealous of his achievements and jealous that His Majesty rewarded Huo Qubing but not him!
Huo Qubing pretended to have this guy hung up and whipped, and then cursed loudly.
"Damn it for trying to sow discord between me and my uncle!"
Another thing happened during this period.
Li Guang's son Li Gan fought with Huo Qubing and was favored by Huo Qubing. However, Li Guang committed suicide and did not realize his wish to become a marquis until his death.
Li Gan blamed Wei Qing, and later rushed into the army and injured Wei Qing.
Wei Qing did not publicize this matter.
It turns out that this person is Huo Qubing's subordinate. He doesn't want to overstep his bounds and helps Huo Qubing to discipline his subordinates.
Secondly, Li Guang's death was indeed not honorable.
Not to mention his biological son Li Gan, Wei Qing himself felt very unhappy to die like this.
No matter what, he is still a strong general, although sometimes he is a bit unreliable.
So Wei Qing kept silent.
But somehow, this matter reached Huo Qubing's ears.
Huo Qubing was young and energetic, so he couldn't bear it. During a hunting, he had a conflict with Li Gan. Later, he became so angry that he shot Li Gan to death!
Before the news spread, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty suppressed it, claiming that Li Gan was accidentally hit and killed by a deer while hunting!
Such news is really laughable!
It is precisely because of this incident that Huo Qubing's reputation in the military seems to be somewhat bad.
Everyone was not angry that he killed the hero who had been following him, but they just felt unworthy of Li Gan.
Obviously his father died and he was angry and vented his anger. Wei Qing didn't say anything, but you, a nephew who doesn't have a good relationship with him, are rushing to curry favor with him!
It is no secret in the military that Wei Qing and Huo Qubing have a bad relationship, so everyone is confused about Huo Qubing's actions.
Your uncle is not willing to communicate with you anymore, so why is he still holding on to you? According to the speed at which Huo Qubing gained military exploits, he would be able to catch up with Wei Qing sooner or later.
At that time, he no longer has to live under Wei Qing's protection, but can compete with Wei Qing!
Some people think that Huo Qubing values love and righteousness, but some people think that Huo Qubing is too timid and will only rely on his uncle's wings to survive.
Wei Qing naturally knew about these rumors, but he was very careful and tried his best to prevent these news from reaching Huo Qubing's ears.
This is the limit that he, as an uncle and an elder, can do to protect his younger generations.
No matter how you say it, Huo Qubing is just a young man in his twenties. He is too young and stands too tall to see many things clearly.
In the future, when he can really take charge of his own affairs, he will be able to understand what he did today.
With different thoughts, the two finally decided to return to Chang'an City and prepare to accept the reward.
But just as the two were preparing to set off, the Huns' final counterattack began.
The Huns were unwilling to just push out Monan and Mobei. This kind of failure was not what they wanted.
Therefore, they decided to launch a suicide attack for the last time on the Han army's way back.
Regardless of whether they succeed or not, after this time, for at least the next fifteen years, the Xiongnu will no longer have any power to fight back against the Han.
In the next twenty years, the competition will be who can recover faster, the Xiongnu or the Han.
If the Huns are faster, they will once again become a frontier trouble for the Han. If the Han is faster, the Huns will be completely out of control!
Neither Wei Qing nor Huo Qubing expected that the enemy would be so crazy and dare to go deep alone and ambush the Han army!
And they succeeded!
(End of chapter)
