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Xie Qing was used to looking at Chang'an palaces since he was a child, and seeing the desert scenery suddenly, it is really special.The setting sun is flying frost, thousands of miles are vast, if it is not for the military order, Xie Qing really wants to spend some time here.But no matter how good the scenery is, he is not in the mood to look at it at the moment. Even if he just keeps his head on the road, he has to remember the direction at all times, and he has to ask his guides to identify it from time to time.

One of Xie Qing's strengths is his photographic memory and his excellent sense of direction.His vision is very poisonous, and he can hardly make a mistake in the general direction.But trekking long distances in this vast desert, a wrong direction may lead to losing the way.Therefore, Xie Qing is very cautious, and every time he walks a certain distance, several guides will carefully identify them at the same time.

After a day and a night of traveling without incident, a strong wind suddenly blew up the next morning.For a moment, sand and rocks flew away, hitting Xie Qing's cheeks with pain.The war horse was frightened and struggled violently. Others were fine, but Xie Qing was almost thrown off by his own horse.He had to use all his strength to hold on to the rein firmly in order to stay on the horse for a while.

Probably Xie Qing pulled the rein too tightly, making the horse uncomfortable, and the horse suddenly raised its front hooves.Xie Qing panicked for a while, and subconsciously hugged the horse's neck tightly. He felt that he was about to fall.

No matter what is considered exhaustive, it does not count that he will be thrown out by his mount and fall to death.Xie Qing still did not forget to laugh at himself at this juncture, he must be the most weird general in history.

Probably, if he died like this, he wouldn't even count as a death on the battlefield.

At the critical moment, Wei Zhi drove his horse, which had calmed down a little, and galloped to Xie Qing's side.He grabbed Xie Qing's horse by the reins with one hand and Xie Qing's belt with the other, and lifted him onto his own horse.

Xie Qing felt dizzy for a while, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw the ground covered with green and yellow mixed grass.He was lying on Wei Zhi's horse, his posture was not as majestic as the coach's.This time, several of Xie Qing's personal soldiers had restrained his horse.Xie Qing's horse was carefully selected by Zhao Yanzhi for him, it can be said to be a BMW selected in a thousand miles, but in fact, under that circumstance, it was already much calmer than other horses.

Just like what Wei Zhi said jokingly after getting Xie Qing, who was still in shock, back to his own horse: "Xie Xiaowei, your riding skills are so bad, you can't even see a horse, and I don't want you to ride it."

Xie Qing also heaved a sigh of relief after going through a small farce with no danger.But the next thing made him difficult-they couldn't remember the original direction.

If the weather is fine, it is not difficult to distinguish.But now the yellow sand is flying all over the sky, and people within ten feet can't be seen clearly. How can we identify the direction?

But it's not a problem to sit still like this.If the Huns found out their whereabouts, their lone army would probably never return.

Sure enough, he was still too young, considering the favorable location and harmonious people, but he didn't expect what to do if the weather was not fair.

Xie Qing was in trouble, a soldier rode over and said to Xie Qing: "Lieutenant, a guide wants to see you!"

Not long after, a Han guide was brought in front of Xie Qing.This man is a merchant who has been doing business in the territory of the Xiongnu all year round, and he is very familiar with the terrain, water and plants in this area.The treatment for Zhou Jun as a guide is very generous. If he has meritorious service, he is expected to get rid of his humble status and even be allocated land.

The guide named Li Shang claimed to have a way to find the right direction, and the eyes of everyone present lit up.

"It was also at this time last year that I came to this place. Because there is a small piece of water not far away, many Huns herd horses here. At that time, I traded a lot of things with them and made a lot of money." Probably all year round Because of his dealings with all kinds of people, Li Shang was not stage-frightened at all: "The water area is shaped like a gourd, and the direction pointed by the mouth of the gourd is Langya City!"

Xie Qing regained his energy when he heard the words. He ordered 800 people to search for the water area, and the others stood by and took a rest.

Li Shang's memory is very good, and the gourd-shaped waters were quickly found.After Xie Qing finished drinking the horse, he galloped away in the direction of the gourd mouth.

The weather in the desert was treacherous. After a group of people rushed for a certain distance, the wind and sand quickly became smaller, and the weather was bright and sunny again.Xie Qing was in a good mood, he identified the direction with the guides, and it was almost the same as the original direction.Langya City is not far away!

The morale of the Zhou army soared, and they arrived at the city of Langya one night earlier than the original plan.Xie Qing originally thought of going to the vicinity of Langya City to rest for a while, after all, the long-distance raid, the exhausted army, let the Huns wait for work, after all, it is not good for oneself.And for a sneak attack, it is always good to have the cover of night.But now, rushing to the city of Langya that night, resting for a whole night will delay the fighter plane, and it is very likely that they will be discovered by the Huns.Seeing that the morale of the Zhou army was still high, Xie Qing weighed the pros and cons, and ordered: "Siege the city!"

There were less than a thousand defenders in Langya City, and almost all of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, and they couldn't resist Zhou's trebuchets at all.In a few blows, the Huns were crushed to death, and a large part of the city wall was missing.

Seeing this, Zhou Jun's morale was higher, and he felt a strange pleasure of bullying, and then fell into a vicious circle of fighting more and more bravely.When the sky dawned, the Zhou army had already captured Langya City, with few casualties, and with an unsatisfactory posture.

Xie Qing won the battle and was in a good mood.He didn't care about the three minor injuries he suffered, and the wound on his face was still bleeding; he couldn't care less about his disheveled and disheveled image, and was busy commanding soldiers to repair and strengthen the city wall, assign defenders, deal with prisoners, count the spoils, etc. In response to the business, he ignored Wei Zhi's suggestion to let him take a break several times.

Xie Qing was so excited that he didn't feel any discomfort; Wei Zhi was experienced.Xie Qing's thin body, two days and one night of long-distance raids plus a night of fierce fighting-although he didn't fight in person, he just took the command from the command-now he has been busy all day, if it wasn't for the tense mind He could no longer support the string he was holding.

Sure enough, Xie Qing's high fever persisted that night.

If the situation is not stable, the general will fall ill first, and the soldiers must not know this.Otherwise, once this matter is spread, it will easily cause unrest in the army.In the event of an attack by the Huns, no matter how fortified Langya City is, it is not impossible for it to fall short.

So, the next day, Wei Zhi announced to the entire army: General Xie Qing will not see outsiders for the time being, and the school lieutenant Wei Zhi will handle all affairs.What?Why do you ask?Don't you all know that Captain Xie is disfigured!

If Xie Qing found out about the crappy lie of not wanting to meet people because of his disfigured appearance, he would definitely faint from anger.It's a pity that he is now in a coma, and he can't stop all of this, let alone stop more and more people from believing Wei Zhi's statement - Captain Xie looks better than women, and one should cherish his appearance!

Wei Zhi had no intention of teasing Xie Qing, he had no choice but to make up this lie, so the rumor that "Prime Minister Xie loves appearance more than women" has been widely circulated in the court for many years, it is really unexpected.As for the doubts about "why Xiaowei Xie avoids everyone but Wei Xiaowei alone", it is that the benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise sees wisdom.

Xie Qing had been ill for three days, and finally woke up under the effect of tiger wolf medicine prescribed by the accompanying military doctor, while Wei Zhi was so anxious that he had several blisters on his mouth.

Before Xie Qing recovered from his illness, he received a secret report from the spies: the day before yesterday the Huns went to the border town of Daijun to plunder, and most of them were beheaded and killed by the defenders.Sima Feng sent a group of people to quietly follow the remaining group of people, but they fled back to the base camp, so Zhou Jun learned of the whereabouts of the main force of the Huns on the right.Calculating the time, if there are no accidents, the main force sent by Zhao Yanzhi will reach Daijun in just one or two days.

God help me too!Xie Qing's eyes lit up suddenly, the opportunity to form a siege is fleeting, so it is necessary to make preparations in advance to ensure nothing goes wrong.Xie Qing's legs and feet were no longer weak, and his head was no longer dizzy. He immediately ordered the three armies to stand by at any time and prepare to go out of the city to meet the enemy.

The news was tightly blocked. At the beginning, there were less than a thousand defenders in Langya City, except most of them died in battle, and the rest were executed because they wanted to keep the secret.At least at this time, the Huns don't know that Langya City no longer belongs to them.

If the Zhou army in Daijun can catch the Huns by surprise, that would be good; if not, it doesn't matter.Once the Huns were attacked by the Zhou army and were at a disadvantage, as long as their general had a bit of common sense, they would choose to retreat to Langya City without hesitation to preserve their strength.As for the lost place, you can grab it back at any time.Because the territory of the Xiongnu is a large area of ​​grassland and desert, and there are not many cities at all, no matter how many places the Zhou army captures, they will not be able to defend them.

When the Huns arrived at the city of Langya, they could taste the feeling of being pinched from inside and outside.

Xie Qing thought of this, a smug smile appeared on Huibai's face.

Two days later, the 2 troops from Chang'an arrived at Daijun and joined the 1 troops stationed at the border of Daijun. The leader of the army was actually the emperor himself!The prefect Sima Feng was astonished, but he didn't dare to say anything.Sima Tong almost fainted when he saw the emperor scanning the crowd unwillingly over and over again but still did not see the person he was looking for.He was trying to think of a countermeasure—in fact, he didn't know what countermeasure he was thinking of—but he was tricked by his biological father.Sima Feng obviously believed that the military situation was urgent and urgent, so he quickly revealed the whole plan.Zhao Yanzhi nodded at the beginning, apparently very satisfied; but after learning that Xie Qing was the one who led a mere [-] lone troops deep into the territory of the Huns, Sima Tong could almost see the veins on the emperor's forehead beating slightly, obviously Desperately suppressing an emotional outburst.

Zhao Yanzhi gritted his teeth fiercely, and it took a lot of effort to force out a sentence: "Head the order, immediately send troops to attack the right side of the Xiongnu!"

The author has something to say:

About merchants: Merchants in the Qin Dynasty belonged to the humble family, and merchants in the Han Dynasty belonged to one of the seven families. Anyway, their status was very low, so the author directly wrote the humble family here.