Mythical big man, champion soldier saint

Chapter 341 The Champion Returns, Unprecedented 【Request】

January is cold but sunny.

In the study of Weiyang Palace, there is warmth.

The emperor asked Huo Qubing to play the note about returning to Chang'an from the Western Regions, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

When the minister returns from the expedition, he must first obtain the emperor's permission and formally submit the playbook before he can leave.

The emperor readily approved the reply, and issued several imperial edicts to welcome the general and return to court!

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Huns.

Under the high ground where the royal court was located, people and horses shuttled back and forth, and the shouts could still be heard clearly even in the royal tent.

The batch of supplies sent from the North brought Ulaanbaatar back to life, and it was much more lively than before.

Yi Zhi looked away from the window, and saw Xin Zhao walking in from outside the tent.

Xin Zhao was a general who surrendered to the Han and then returned to the Xiongnu. With his understanding of the Han, Yi Zhixie entrusted Xin Zhao with some relevant investigations about the Han.

"Reporting to the Great Chanyu, according to the new news, the champion Hou has set off for Chang'an from the south of the Western Regions where he fought with Shendu."

Hearing the news that it was Huo Qubing, Yi Zhixie subconsciously straightened her back:
"During Han's battle with Shendu, he withdrew and returned to Chang'an as the main general... Without him in command, he would not be afraid of Shendu taking the opportunity to attack and suppress the Han army.

His itinerary should be top secret, how did you find out? "

"Champion Hou's itinerary, not only did not hide and keep it secret, but also flew to all parties in the Western Regions, without concealing it." Zhao Xinhui reported.

Snapped!
Yi Zhixie thought for a while, then slapped the short table in front of her with her hands, and said, "This champion is really crazy."

As a general of the Han army, Huo Qubing returned to Chang'an during the war. Without his command in the Han army, it would logically increase the instability.

Huo Qubing went in the opposite direction, left openly, and made it clear to all parties.

This is obviously a warning, clearly telling all parties that anyone who dares to make a change will be beaten.

"He's so flamboyant, knowing the news of his departure, can he take any action?" Yi Zhi asks obliquely.

Xin Zhao smiled wryly: "No, there is no movement from the body poison.

Another piece of news came not long ago, one of the seven world-incarnated Buddhas who were poisoned, Kong Sanmai was killed by Huo Qubing himself. "

"Shen Poison shocked the whole country. Huo Qubing's deterrence is enough to make people who are poisoned dare not take action easily, because they have to consider the consequences of offending him and weigh the gains and losses."

Yi Zhixie snorted coldly: "The attack caused by body poison only killed a prefect, which shows that he is incompetent.

If Huo Qubing or Wei Qing could be attacked and killed, the situation would be completely different. "

Xin Zhao thought to himself: Everyone knows that killing Huo Qubing or Wei Qing is equivalent to destroying half of the Han army, but it's not that easy.

"The great shaman said that the Poisonous Kong Sanmai practiced very deeply and was attacked and killed by Huo Qubing. We, the Huns, should also be vigilant and raise our defense level to ensure our own safety."

Yi Zhixie touched his chest almost reflexively.

A year and a half ago, Huo Qubing entered the royal court, and the wound that stabbed him in the chest was still there.That killing intent...Yi Zhi's heart shuddered slightly, and she waved Xin Zhao back.

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Huo Qubing made arrangements to keep Zhang Cigong, and King Hunxie led the Western Xiongnu and Han troops in Puli respectively, and then set off for Chang'an.

On the Hexi Corridor north of Qilian Mountain, a large chariot was surrounded by more than a thousand Han soldiers.

Inside the car, Dong Zhongshu and the old prime minister sat opposite each other.

The two gave in to each other, and Huo Qubing took the main seat.

Dong Zhongshu lifted the curtain of the car and looked out.

Along the way, the sound of jingling and clanging continued. Jiuquan, Dunhuang and other four counties are being developed and built along the Hexi Corridor, and there are also racecourses under construction. It is very lively along the way.

Carts carrying all kinds of supplies, and merchant teams traveling to and from the Western Regions and the Han Dynasty, came in an endless stream.

There are also captives who have been escorted and supervised to go to the big man for hard labor.

Most of these captives were captured by defeating the Da Yue Clan. In the Lan Clan City alone, 40 were captured at one time.

Later, the rest of the Great Yuezhi was wiped out, and the total number of prisoners was already astronomical.

Such a large number of captives will be escorted to various parts of the Han Dynasty in a period of several months to contribute to the strength of the Han Dynasty.

In this day and age, there is no such thing as human rights. Captives are a by-product of defeat and an inevitability under the social structure.

Along the Hexi Corridor, there will be nearly 20 captives, and four counties will be built here to move earth and rocks.

These captives can greatly increase the construction progress of Han.

Huo Qubing and others came along the road, and there were many prisoners.

"The earliest batch of captives has arrived in the northeast mining area and started mining.

As for the last batch of captives, Da Yueshi still hadn't had time to leave.This journey has traveled thousands of miles and captured millions of prisoners. "

Dong Zhongshu put down the curtain of the car, and looked back: "Huo Hou defeated the Dayue Clan this time, and captured many and many people, which is of great benefit to our Han."

Gong Sunhong also said: "What the champion marquis has done can be a benchmark for future generations of generals."

General's benchmark... Counting the time, it's almost time for the wolf to live in Xuxu after the beginning of spring... Huo Qubing smiled.

The historical champion Hou Jiang went to the foot of Langjuxu Mountain, where he planted a flag, and the Xiongnu lost their helmets and armor, and fled far away and dared not come back.

However, in the later years of Emperor Wu, after the death of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, the Xiongnu returned to their ancestral land Ulaanbaatar after years of recharging their energy and strength, and resumed their threat to the Han.

If there is another war with the Xiongnu this time... Huo Qubing will do it more thoroughly.

"How to supervise these many captives is a big problem, and we must avoid causing mutiny." Dong Zhongshu thought about it.

"As for captives, they can earn work points by working hard, and the more you work, the more you get.

Individuals who performed well could also be promoted to foremen among the captives, their treatment could be improved, and their sentences could even be exchanged for commutation of centimeters. "

Huo Qubing combined the experience of later generations and casually gave advice:
"The advantage of doing this is that it gives them hope and reduces mutiny. Otherwise, there is no hope, and there will be many people who dare to fight desperately if they have to work hard until they die of old age."

"With the hope of freedom, even if the hope is small, the mutiny and desperate things will drop sharply."

"Secondly, the treatment of some captives can be improved, similar to how my uncle used the Hungarians to control the Hungarians.

Create divisions within the captives, and promote some people to become "bureaucrats" among the captives. They don't have to work, and their task is to supervise and supervise other captives.

If other captives perform poorly, these 'bureaucrats' will be deducted, and their interests will be equated with ours. "

He also said: "In order to keep their positions and interests, these people will devote all their minds to guarding and oppressing other prisoners.

While other captives work hard, part of the value generated should be attributed to the 'bureaucrats'. They don't have to work, but they also monitor and exploit other captives. The two sides will naturally become hostile and antagonistic, and the transfer will increase their internal conflicts.

To put it simply, it is to restrict captives with captives and save a lot of our own consumption. "

Dong Zhongshu and Gongsun Hong's eyes widened slightly in amazement.

The two of them have been worrying about state affairs, thinking about how to arrange prisoners and other related issues of the defeated country, and they have been thinking about it for some time.

But it only determined the general direction of related matters, and how to do it is not as clear as Huo Qubing's proposal.

Huo Qubing secretly smiled.

He combined the experience of later generations, and it took no effort to get it.

The team moved forward all the way, and soon passed through the Hexi Corridor and entered Longxi.

Passing the Great Wall of Xiguan is considered to have entered the hinterland of the Han Dynasty.

In the counties and counties of Longxi, people along the way will show sincere reverence when they see the imperial guards of the Han Dynasty riding by.

The common people's love for and sense of identity with the Han army is increasing day by day.

This is directly related to the fact that in recent years, the emperor has repeatedly sent Huo Qubing to lead the imperial army, Wei Qing led the frontier army, and the news of breaking the Xiongnu and other neighboring countries has been spread to the world time and time again.

Doing so allows more Han people to keep abreast of the battle situation, and through eating melons, knowing that the Han army has repeatedly wiped out foreign enemies, they will naturally have a stronger sense of national pride.

This time the prefect of Xiguan was killed, the champion Hou Nu defeated the enemy country, beheaded the king of Yuezhi, and penetrated the Lanshi city.The emperor issued an edict again to inform the people, but also to deter all parties.

When the Han people heard about it, they were very excited and ran around to spread the word.

All over the Han Dynasty, all walks of life have been discussing related matters for a long time.

In Longxi, where the prefect Zhang Jun ruled, seeing the Han army returning from the expedition, the people rushed to pay attention and watched the majesty of the Han army.

It was already the afternoon of early February when the team arrived in Chang'an.

The first snow in Chang'an.

In the snowflakes all over the sky, hundreds of officials lined up to welcome them, waiting outside the city gate.

The [-] imperial guards who stayed behind also gathered outside the north city gate, and greeted them in armor.

Every forbidden soldier's face showed a bit of excitement, pride and reverence.

Huo Qubing himself didn't know that the emperor had arranged such a grand ceremony to welcome him back.

When his chariot appeared far away, the Han army roared loudly, and the sound shook the sky:
"The champion is mighty! The champion is mighty! The champion is mighty!"

The uniform shouting caused the snowflakes all over the sky to shatter into snow powder, which were scattered one after another.

Outside Chang'an City, the crowd was boiling.

In fact, this time Huo Qubing broke the Yue clan, forced Kangju to surrender, and destroyed Dawan. Whether it was the actual harvest or the influence he had on all parties, he expanded the border of the Han Dynasty more than any other time in the past.

It is not surprising that the emperor personally issued an edict and let all the officials come out to welcome him.

Most of the people in Chang'an left the city spontaneously after hearing about it.

In the era when there were many foreign races, Huo Qubing carried too many people's hopes that the Han country would be prosperous and the people strong, and that the Han people's prestige would be promoted.

On this point, the emperor, officials, and common people are all the same.

Outside the snow-falling city of Chang'an, there was a huge crowd.

Snowflakes condense on people's faces, heads, eyebrows and eyes.

Some fathers raised their children high and looked at the team returning from breaking through the snow, while more eyes were on the chariots in the middle of the team.

"This kind of situation, meritorious deeds, is the first time for a great man to found a country, and it is estimated that it will never happen again in the future."

Standing among the officials, Taichang Zhou Ping felt a little emotional, and his heart throbbed unconsciously.

The person who brought all this is only, I have to say, a miracle.

"This won't be the last time... Can you be sure of what the Champion Hou will be able to do in the future and what feats he will achieve?" Li Cai on the side gave Zhou Ping a cross-eyed look.

This year is the second year of Gengshen, Emperor Wu Yuanshou.

In the cold winter of this year, when the champion Hou returned from an expedition, the common people lined the road to greet him, and the team stretched ten miles outside the city.

In this year, the Han people invented the revolving lantern.

Weiyang Palace.

When Huo Qubing came to the study, the emperor Liu Che's eyes were bright, and the smile spread from the corner of his mouth.

Dong Zhongshu and the old prime minister Gong Sunhong came back together, but they didn't follow in immediately, but waited outside and let the two monarchs and ministers talk first.

"I will grant you any reward you want." The emperor smiled happily.

"Being loyal to the great man and His Majesty is the right thing to do, I dare not ask His Majesty for a reward." Huo Qubing said frankly.

"How about I grant you nine thousand households food town?"

Huo Qubing said: "Your Majesty, please don't do this. I have today, mostly because of your Majesty and my uncle's cultivation and teaching. There are [-] households in the city, three hundred more than my uncle. I am ashamed to accept it."

Just because he was concerned about Wei Qing's feelings, he would rather not confer generous rewards, this kind of disposition made the emperor like it even more.

"Then I will first write down your credit, and when Wei Qing and you have made great contributions, we will reward you together."

The emperor said again: "I will give you the honor of entering the court first."

In ancient times, when meeting with the emperor, the ministers had to bend down and walk quickly with small steps. They should be respectful and modest, and they should not be rude, and they should not look directly at the emperor.

After enjoying the privilege of "entering the court and not following", you can straighten your waist, face the emperor upright, and walk normally.

It's more of a symbolic honor.

Entering the court without going, wearing swords in the palace, and edicts without names are all "privileges" for ministers to meet the emperor. They have little practical effect, but they are very few.

It is usually given to those who have made great contributions to the world.

Later generations have concluded that there are four highest honors that a subject can have, and entering the court is one of them.

With a long history of 5000 years, there are only a handful of famous officials and generals that can be obtained in all dynasties.

The emperor took out another utensil and handed it to Huo Qubing: "I also reward you with this item."

Huo Qubing got up and said: "I dare not accept it."

"No charge."

The emperor said: "You went out this time and swung your army to defeat the Da Yue clan, so you know what you brought to me?
After the news spread to all parties, the Nanyue Kingdom in the southwest quickly handed in its credentials and asked for orders to come to Chang'an to meet me and proclaim its minister.

In ancient and modern times, people from all over the world can claim to be ministers, and when they think it is difficult to stop our Han army, Wei Qubing is under my rule, and Wei Qubing, you have done this, which makes foreigners frightened! "

"South Vietnam surrendered."

Huo Qubing thought to himself that this is good news, half of the reason why I came back this time is because of South Vietnam.

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