After Qian Mingguang defeated Zhou Xing for the first time, about half an hour later, the army sounded the horn of departure.

Qian Mingguang, Sun Ming and more than a dozen other personal soldiers had rushed to Li Tian's side as quickly as possible, and then under the leadership of Huo Quzhi, the army slowly set off towards Longxi, which was already very close to them.

In less than two hours, under the full advance of the army, the 10,000 horsemen led by Huo Quzhi arrived at the Longxi fortress in the afterglow of the setting sun.

After the defender of Longxi passed, Huo Qubing ordered the whole army to repair here for a day, starting from Longxi tomorrow, crossing the Yellow River from Lanzhou Rope Bridge, and then crossing Wuting against the water, arriving at Wusheling Ridge, which also means that Huo Qubing officially stepped into the land of Hexi.

That night, Huo Qubing ordered the army to be rewarded, and the Longxi guards sent people to send truckloads of pigs, sheep and wine for these soldiers who were about to go to the battlefield.

In the Han army camp at night, the bonfire is rising, the wine is overflowing, and the smell of meat is coming to the nose, and the soldiers of the Han army enjoy this rare and beautiful moment, sitting by the fire and eating roast sheep, drinking spirits, and laughing with their brothers holding wine glasses.

Huo Qubing also had a lively time with the soldiers tonight, after killing six bowls of wine in a row, Huo Qubing left, not that he was drunk, six bowls of wine, for the champion Hou, it was simply a trivial matter, he was the only commander of the army, and he had a lot of other things to consider and deal with.

After Huo Qu's illness left, Zhang Taishu and others began to organize the soldiers to carnival, just one word tonight, play!

Play hard, because who knows how many people will return to Chang'an alive after tonight.

The more than 10,000 Han soldiers obviously knew this, so they indulged in revelry, drunk and dreamed of death, and frantically poured those fine wines into their throats.

I don't know if there will be a chance to drink such sweet and spicy wine again next time.

In this carnival, Qian Xiaopang, that is, Comrade Qian Mingguang, was finally able to let go of his belly and eat it for a good time, only to see him holding a leg of mutton in his hand, sitting next to Sun Ming and Li Tian while eating a roast leg of lamb, while drinking the wine handed over by the soldiers next to him.

Drinking and drinking, Qian Mingguang was a little drunk.

Holding Li Tian's arm, he blew the cowhide indistinctly with drunken eyes.

"General, I won't brag to you, when I get to the battlefield, I don't dare to say it, I will definitely cut off the heads of ten Huns for you."

Looking at Qian Mingguang's drunken appearance and boasting to himself, Li Tian smiled helplessly, "Yes, then I would have been looking forward to your performance at that time." ”

Qian Mingguang shook his big oily hand and patted his chest, "Don't worry, I've handed it over to someone with money, and I won't be ashamed of you, come on, come on, why don't you drink." ”

As he spoke, Qian Mingguang went to Sun Ming and other soldiers to drink again.

Li Tian held a bowl of wine in his hand, and looked at Qian Mingguang, who was drinking and laughing loudly with Sun Ming and others, and after watching for a while, Li Tian took a small sip of the wine in the bowl, and at the same time said a word involuntarily in his heart.

"Mingguang, although you are now considered a qualified soldier, you are still just a recruit, just a recruit who has never seen blood, I hope you will not repeat my mistakes in the future."

This night was spent peacefully with the laughter of the soldiers of the Han army.

Early the next morning, when it was still high up, 10,000 soldiers of the Han army had already lined up and stood outside Longxi City.

Huo Quzhi drove to chase the wind, slowly walked in front of the array, staring at the warriors in front of him who were about to go to the battlefield with him, looking at the Chinese character banner fluttering in the wind, Huo Qubing turned the horse's head, and the long whip in his hand was raised high.

"Let's go!"

"Drive!" Huo Qubing took the lead, like a white lightning, rushing towards the turbulent Yellow River in the distance.

"Drive, drive!" Ten thousand iron horsemen followed, dusty, horses' hooves, and followed Huo Qubing to the unknown distance.

In the same place, bursts of yellow sand covered the sky.

After Huo Qubing rode through the Lanzhou rope bridge to cross the Yellow River, the army did not stop, and continued to advance on the solid ground, with sparse population and not many residents along the way, so Huo Qubing could adjust the marching speed of his army to the maximum.

In the afternoon, Huo Qubing led the army to Wuting against the water, which is now the Zhuanglang River, across the Zhuanglang River, Huo Qubing still did not order repairs, today, he wants to rush to Wusheling, he did this for a reason, he believes that the Huns must have known that they arrived in Longxi yesterday, so he must be the first to appear in front of the Huns before they arrange everything, and take them by surprise.

"Hurry, hurry, give me a little faster!"

On the way of the army, the sound of Huo Qubing urging the soldiers to speed up could be heard constantly.

After crossing the Zhuanglang River, Huo Qubing continued to advance to the northwest, and as he got closer and closer to the west of the river, the surrounding scenery began to become wonderful.

The meadow, the blue sky, the sky is clean and clean, the leisurely green grass is even more endless, the air seems to be extraordinarily beautiful, on the grass, Huo Qubing can often see deer and wild wolves chasing and running in front of his eyes.

Huo Quzhi knew that he was getting closer and closer to Hexi, because in the afternoon, he could already vaguely see the Qilian Mountains in the distance, which went straight into the blue sky, hidden and white clouds.

For Qian Mingguang, the continuous march throughout the day may be tiring, but he enjoys it because he has seen many scenery that he has never seen before.

The Yellow River, the grasslands, the free wildlife, and the fresh air that takes a deep breath and makes him feel a lot more relaxed, so interesting.

Qian Mingguang completely regarded the march and battle as an outing.

In this whole day, in the non-stop march, at about nine o'clock in the evening, Huo Quzhi led the army to a rolling and green mountain range, Wusheling Ridge.

Arriving at Wusheling Ridge also means that Huo Qubing has come to Hexi.

And this time, Huo Qubing finally ordered the whole army to rest for one night, and continued the march along the grassland north of Wusheling early tomorrow morning.

That night, the army was in the grassland under the Wusheling Mountains, camped, fortunately, at present, Huo Qubing is only at the very edge of the Hexi Corridor, so here he did not meet the Xiongnu or minority tribes, but he has also seen a lot of minority herdsmen, for those herdsmen, Huo Quzhi's army did not pay any attention, in their shocked and frightened eyes, quickly drove away, simply treated them as air.

Abandon the service and stop at it.

Huo Quzhi strictly followed the six-character policy proposed by Li Tian, but since it was to win people's hearts, why didn't Huo Quzhi pretend to be a savior, such as sending some food and drink to the compatriots of ethnic minorities?

There is only one reason, that is, under the propaganda brainwashing of the Huns, the Han army has become no different from the imperial army, and it is understandable to kill people and set fire to grab food, just look at the army under Cao Cao and Liu Bei at that time.

They say that they eat people here, and they say that they eat people over there, but it turns out that no one really eats people every day

This kind of propaganda brainwashing is easy to understand, making the local people hate and fear the Han army, so that although it is impossible to cause any losses to the Han army, it can at least create some trouble for them, such as ventilating and reporting information.

Therefore, what Huo Qubing wants to do at present is not to win people's hearts, but to first let the local ethnic minorities have a better view of the Han army, which is also one of the tasks of his trip, he wants to let the ethnic minorities in Hexi know that the king of the Han Dynasty is not a group of unscrupulous people, but a real righteous teacher.

Earlier, when the herdsmen saw that they were leading their army in their field of vision, the herdsmen were so frightened that they screamed and shouted loudly in their own words.

"Run, the Han army is coming!"

Immediately, these herdsmen didn't even care about sheep and cattle, and ran away one by one, but they all stopped before they could run a few steps, because there was no sound of horses' hooves chasing behind them, and six or seven herdsmen who were frightened by the Han army turned around and stared blankly at Huo Qubing leading the army away.

At this moment, the six or seven herdsmen said that they were a little dazed, why is this not the same as what the group of grandsons of the Huns said, not that the Han army killed men when they saw them, and went up when they saw women, and their eyes lit up when they met cattle and sheep, but why did they leave without even looking at us?

Are they too lazy to leave us, or are they not so vicious? Of course, it is also possible that you look down on yourself and are too lazy to grab it.

Huo Quzhi's policy of ignoring the disease played a role, relying on the spread of these six or seven herdsmen, some scattered ethnic minority tribes living on the border of the Hexi Corridor at least had a better view of the Han army, at least in the future, they would not be upset when they saw the Han army, just like seeing the devil coming

At the foot of the Wusheh Ridge, between the green meadows, Huo Qubing began to arrange for the soldiers to repair, and after a day of continuous progress, he must also let the soldiers rest, because in the future, Huo Qubing does not know when he will have the opportunity to stop and repair and sleep well, at the same time, in addition to resting, he also needs to arrange the next marching plan.

Huo Quai's handsome tent.

After scouting, a slightly improved topographic map of Hexi appeared on Huo Quzhi's bookcase, and it can be seen that about 80 miles north of Wusheling is a vassal state of the Xiongnu, that is, a tribe of the local ethnic minorities, the Invite Zi tribe.

This is a serious local minority tribe, and the relationship with the Huns will not be too good, otherwise he would not stand here alone.

Even if the place where the Invite Zi tribe is located can be regarded as rich in water and grass, it is too different from other natural pastures in Hexi with abundant water and grass, if this tribe has a very good relationship with the Xiongnu, they will never choose to graze here to survive.

And this will also be the location of Huo Quai's trip to show the great Han Tianwei, and he also needs to learn more about the situation in Hexi with the locals.