[Hanwu Huo Wei] There are trees in the mountains

Withdrew all the soldiers, Huo Qubing stayed alone in the big tent, looking at the map and recalling his marching route in a daze.

Longxi...Zhangye...Gaolan Mountain...the entire Hexi Corridor.

Huns.

His eyes suddenly became fierce, and a murderous aura erupted from his whole body.

He drew out his saber, and his indifferent eyes were printed on the silver blade of the famous ancient sword.

Memories from the past seem to reappear before my eyes.

Since childhood, he was pampered and spoiled by his family. Even if he entered the palace and became the emperor's protégé, he was still a tyrant in the palace. When did he encounter such a predicament?

"Qubing, anything can happen on the battlefield. Although you are a novice after all, you have to..." He thought of the gentle man patting himself on the shoulder and whispering softly, but Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by his high-spirited self.

"Could it be that uncle doesn't believe in Qubing?" He stared closely at the gentle eyes of the uncle he had longed for since he was a child, eager to see the trust in himself from those gentle black eyes like water.But... only worry, which frustrated his self-esteem.

"Hey, you kid doesn't listen to anything... In short, be careful in everything." At that time, his uncle told him so, just because he thought that his uncle didn't trust his ability and was angry at that time, so he left everything behind.

"General." The scout who came in interrupted Huo Qubing's thoughts. He didn't even lift his head, his eyes were still hidden behind the blade.

"how?"

"Currently, the troops of King Zhelan and King Luhou don't show any signs of attacking Gaolan Mountain." The scout carefully considered the words, how to express the meaning accurately without letting the general take his anger out on him.General Hussars is the emperor's protégé, so he should have a good way of imitating the emperor's anger.

"Oh?" Huo Qubing sneered, "Are they trying to trap my Han army cavalry to death in this barren mountain?"

"It seems to mean that." The scout wiped his sweat secretly. Even in a difficult situation, their general remained ruthless.

"General, should we..." The scout swallowed the words after seeing Huo Qubing's murderous eyes from behind the sword.

"Go back."

"No." The scout didn't dare to say anything, so he had to back down.

……

Zhao Puonu led the soldiers looking for the water source back again, Huo Qubing's expressionless face finally showed a trace of emotion: "Have you found it?"

Unfortunately, Zhao Puonu brought back disappointing news.

"No, we searched every corner of Gaolan Mountain, not to mention the water flow, not even a spring."

"It's all a bunch of trash, and I can't even find a piece of water!" Huo Qubing frowned tightly and clenched his hands under the desk, making a "creak" sound when his bones rubbed against each other.

"The order continues. Except for the sergeant on duty, the rest of the people have taken off their armor to save energy. If they are really thirsty, they can always handle it by digging some grass roots and bark."

Chang'an at this time——

The emperor of the Han Dynasty is playing chess with the general.

Liu Che raised the corners of his mouth, he was clearly in a good mood but deliberately said in an angry voice: "Zhongqing, did you find out that this bastard Qubing has never reported to the army when he fights?"

After a leisurely fall, he saw his general immediately kneel down as expected.

After taking away Bai Zi's right hand that was about to fall, Wei Qing bowed his head and knelt down to plead guilty: "It's because the minister's discipline is not strict, and the minister's crime should be punished."

"Get up, will I ask you, the great general, to plead guilty even if I just talk about it?" Looking at Wei Qing amusedly, he urged with his hand clinging to the chess pieces: "Don't be dumbfounded, it's your turn."

"I don't know when he will change his willful temperament." Wei Qing shook his head helplessly as he spoke.

"What to change? I think this is good! I just like him like this, very similar to when I was young!" The corners of Liu Che's mouth were curved even more, and his dark eyes were full of smiles.

"..." Wei Qing lowered his eyes, pursed his lips and remained silent.

"None of my sons are like me, only this bastard is like me." He shook his head and sighed.Let go of the hand holding the chess, the chess pieces fell and rolled a few times, disturbing the whole chess game.

Liu Che stood up and looked at the palace in the distance with his hands behind his back. "If only this bastard was really my son."

Wei Qing knew that Liu Che was routinely complaining that his son was not like his father, so he remained silent and chose to listen quietly to His Majesty's complaints.

Liu Che continued: "In my opinion, this bastard is afraid that I will report to the army and interfere with him."

With a wave of his robe sleeves, he was full of pride.

"That's fine, the general's fate is not acceptable, let me see how this bastard plays!"

……

The night was getting dark, it was already very late, and the lights in the study room of the General's Mansion were still on.The servant neglected to close the window, and the night wind blew into the house and blew out the candles.Wei Qing frowned slightly, put down the letter in his hand, got up and closed the window, and was about to relight the candle with a flint, when suddenly a thunder that didn't fit the season made him freeze, and he seemed to hear something, "Uncle... …what do I do……"

"Qubing!" Wei Qing turned around abruptly, the worry that could not be concealed in his eyes.

The fifth day when the army was besieged on Gaolan Mountain.

Huo Qubing regularly arranged for each battalion to search for water and food every day.He seemed to be sincerely letting everyone know the current situation of the army.The [-] cavalry had a huge daily military requirement, and the remaining supplies were dwindling. Coupled with the fear of lack of water, the entire barracks was already in panic.

"How?" Huo Qubing asked lightly.

The answer was, as always, disappointing.But he still didn't care, just clenched the sword on his waist, and his cowhide boots made a sharp sound when they stepped on the gravel.

The sergeants standing in front of him all had ugly faces. They had completely lost the arrogance they had when they first entered Hexi and fought against the Five Kings tribe. They also went from initial admiration to suspicion to the current anger towards this young coach.

The other sergeants only wore single clothes, but Huo Qubing was the only one who was still neatly wearing the general's armor.The scarlet cloak clung to his straight back like a lifeless one, and the crisp sound of armor colliding became ironic at this time.

Incompetent general.At this time, the sergeants had only one thought in their minds.Their lives may be buried here.

Some people threw away their weapons and raised their heads to stare at Huo Qubing's pitch-black eyes with hatred. However, they shuddered all over after touching the bottomless blackness.

Those eyes obviously didn't have the fear and uneasiness when they were in a desperate situation, but they were even more shining.There the deep pool stirs ridicule and inquiry, like a hawk eyeing its prey.

They can feel the gaze on their backs.

"You." Huo Qubing, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

All the sergeants raised their heads, not knowing why.

He curled the corner of his lips, and rarely showed an inexplicable smile: "Did you forget something?"

Several people in the crowd moved uneasily.

"Tie him up for me." The cold eyes shot straight at one place, and the person froze in place immediately, unable to move.The people around didn't know when it happened, but they followed the order and dragged him quickly into the general's tent.

"General?" Zhao Puonu glanced at the person who was pushed in.

Huo Qubing glanced at Zhao Ponu, and then looked at the person kneeling on the ground with a half-smile.

He asked, "Where are you from?"

The tied man glanced at him, turned his head and said nothing.

It's pretty tough.

"Where are you from?" With a snort, Huo Qubing asked again without being annoyed.

Zhao Ponu hurriedly said, "He is from Hengshan. He was transferred from the Hengshan Palace to the general's tent last year. You have selected him to bring him out for this expedition. This person has some ways to cure the diseases of soldiers and horses."

No wonder it's hidden so deep.

The veterinarian who is a rare baby in the military camp, if he hadn't investigated carefully, he probably wouldn't have been able to find it.

Huo Qubing snorted coldly.One Huainan King was missing, and another Hengshan King came out.These uncles of the emperor are dishonest one by one.

"Lock him up."

"General?" Zhao Puonu didn't know.

"He is a spy who leaked our army's military situation."

Without wanting to say more, Huo Qubing stepped out of the big tent.He ordered the people from the camp just now to lead the way, and walked all the way through the place they just found.Sure enough, a small roll of sheepskin was found under a pile of troubled times at a hidden mountain pass, on which was written the recent situation of the army.

Even how many knights and horses suffered from diseases are recorded. The Huns have a very loyal dog.

The secret work was imprisoned together with the evidence, and Zhao Puonu still didn't understand why Huo Qubing could easily find the secret work with the naked eye in the tens of thousands of troops.

Regarding this, Huo Qubing only said indifferently: "The white marks on his cuffs should be left by the goat's milk that the Huns often drank, and there are crumbs of mustache on the skirt. People who lack water have chapped lips covered with blood, but he But it is very smooth, and the look is much more normal than other people, not like the description of a person who is short of water and food."

"Ah?" Zhao Puonu looked up and down carefully for a long time before discovering the crumbs of the mustache that Huo Qubing said.Those small things that are easily overlooked, if you don't have extraordinary powers of observation, you won't find it.

As a result, Zhao Ponu admired this leader who was several years younger than himself even more.

"The most important thing—" Huo Qubing became playful and dragged out the tone.

Zhao Puonu followed behind him and listened carefully.

"He's afraid of death."

Afterwards, Zhao Ponu thought about it carefully, and it was indeed the case.If that Xi Zuo was thirsty and hungry for several days like them, making everyone look like a ghost, no matter how keen the observation of Hussar General was, it would be difficult to find that he was actually Xi Zuo.