Many years later, in the prosperous city of Chang'an, people all over Chang'an stood on the roadside and looked at an old man respectfully.
The old man on the bullock cart has wrinkles on his face and gray hair.
There seemed to be a glimmer of light in those eyes that had been deeply buried by time.
The old man looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar gate of Chang'an City, feeling slightly absent-minded...
"Ah, what a long time that was..."
The light was flowing, and he seemed to see a heroic young general walking towards him with a smile.
"..."
In the fourth year of Yuanshou, that year was the military peak of the Han Empire. At that time, his nephew Huo Qubing was only twenty-two years old.
That year, he, Wei Qing, personally supported hundreds of thousands of troops and fought a decisive battle with the main force of the Xiongnu in the desert, defeating the Xiongnu.
Huo Qubing led more than 50,000 elite cavalry deep into Mobei, and conducted a long-distance attack. Using a large roundabout tactic, they raided the Huns' rear 2,000 miles away.
He fought to the Xiongnu holy places of Langjuxu Mountain and Guyan Mountain, offered sacrifices to heaven and earth, and returned with a horse whip near the Hanhai Sea.
After this battle, "the Huns fled far away, and there was no more royal court north of the desert!"
The Huns lamented: "The loss of my Qilian Mountains has deprived my animals of their ability to feed; the loss of my Yanzhi Mountains has deprived my married woman of color."
That battle broke the backbone of the Huns and forged the soul of the entire Han nation.
"..."
Time is really the greatest enemy of the proud man.
Twenty years ago, he was at the main entrance of Chang'an City, waiting for his nephew Huo Qubing to return in triumph with his army.
He still vaguely remembered that that day, first the ground shook slightly, and then there was a rumble of horse hooves in his ears.
The continuous sound of horse hooves is like the purple thunder rolling across the sky on a rainy day, shocking the heart and soul, and taking away the soul.
In the distance, a fast-moving black line that stretched for miles appeared on the official road ahead.
Under the illumination of the sun, it looked like a black dragon swimming up and down with its teeth and claws.
The thunderous, continuous sound of horse hooves reached my ears, and the earth was constantly shaking.
The dark cavalry group gradually began to slow down as it approached Chang'an City.
The vast, cloud-like flag made bursts of sound breaking through the air in the strong wind.
The red tasseled helmets on the heads of the cavalry symbolized the flourishing fire virtues of the Yan Han Dynasty. From the nostrils of tens of thousands of horses, the white air spurted out, forming a continuous sheet, like mist and frost!
"woo woo woo woo!!!"
The loud trombone sounded throughout Chang'an City.
The black-armored cavalry who were marching side by side just now spread out to both sides like a tide, revealing a young general riding a sweaty horse in the center of the army.
As the young general moved forward, the cavalry in black armor followed up calmly, moving at full speed like a strong wind.
In the weapon slots of each hussar and war horse, there are Chinese-made spears and hanging quivers, arrow feathers and other killing weapons.
These killing weapons, flashing with a chilling light, are the top cold weapons in the world at that time.
According to the rules for princes entering the capital, a team of cavalry will stop every thirty meters five miles away, all the way to the gate of Chang'an City from a distance.
"..."
"It's the Champion Marquis, the Grand Sima, and the General Hussar is back!"
Following Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, at the front of the queue of ministers welcoming Huo Qubing's triumphant return, an official whispered nervously.
Wei Qing still remembers the pride and pride he felt at that time as Huo Qubing's uncle and Huo Qubing's master.
He was proud and proud not only of his nephew Huo Qubing's unprecedented military achievements.
He even saw it with his own eyes and helped create the "Yanhan Cavalry Corps", the most powerful cavalry military group in the history of the Han Empire!
At its peak military period, the Han Empire had 800,000 regular troops, but the number of Yanhan cavalry had always remained below 50,000, and its consumption of financial and material resources was no less than that of a large army of 200,000 people.
These hussars wearing hundreds of tempered steel armor and red cloaks on their backs were called a murderous army by the Huns, people from the Western Regions, and even people from other countries.
Because this army not only defeated the Huns, but also destroyed more than a dozen countries in the Western Regions and Central Asia.
The general who commanded the Yanhan cavalry regiment dismounted in front of the city gate of Chang'an and strode towards Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che and others.
He took off his ferocious helmet, revealing the appearance of a handsome twenty-two-year-old boy with clear eyebrows, red lips and white teeth.
The young general is wearing a battle armor, with a long sword on his belt, his eyes are like stars, his steps are steady and powerful, and he is high-spirited.
Behind him were the trophies obtained from conquering the Holy Land of the Xiongnu, such as the Xiongnu Crown, the Xiongnu Holy Relics, the Heavenly Wolf Sacred Stone, the Wolf Pattern Golden Pagoda, etc.
When Wei Qing reflected this scene in his eyes, he remembered the afternoon when he met his nephew Huo Qubing for the first time.
"………………"
That was when Wei Qing was sixteen years old.
That year, because his sister Wei Fuzi entered the palace to serve Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing went from being a riding slave to becoming a Jian Zhang Supervisor and an Attendant.
"…………"
The Wei family was originally a family of poor tenant farmers. They were the kind of people who had lived in poverty for three generations.
When it comes to people of Wei Qing's generation, it's even worse. They don't even have enough to eat.
In order to have a mouthful of food to survive, Wei Zifu, Wei Shao'er, Wei Qing and other siblings were sold by their parents to the princess's mansion as slaves since they were young. They lived a very hard life.
And these miserable days of silence were not completely over until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, was lucky enough to make Wei Zifu pregnant.
Of course, misfortune and good fortune depend on each other. If there is good fortune, there will naturally be misfortune.
Logically speaking, when the emperor is lucky enough to be pregnant, it is a great joy for women.
Not only will this woman's identity change, but her family will also become rich.
Once a woman gives birth to a child, it becomes even more remarkable.
Because this child can at least become a prince, a princess, or even the next emperor!
However, there happened to be a person in the middle who refused to give birth to Wei Zifu.
She is the mother of Chen Ajiao, the empress of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who is also the aunt of Emperor Wu, the eldest princess of Guantao, Liu Gutao.
In order to keep his daughter's position as queen, Liu Prostitute did not want Wei Zifu to give birth to a dragon seed.
So, she came up with a plan that she thought was good.
That is to send people to kidnap Wei Qing, hoping to force Wei Zifu to abort the child in his belly.
At that time, Wei Qing was still working as a guard in Jianzhang Palace and his status was low.
Under Liu Piao's manipulation, he was soon put in jail on unfounded charges.
Seeing that the matter was about to be completed, what Liu Qing never expected was that Wei Qing's good friend Gongsun Ao personally led people into the prison and rescued Wei Qing.
