Wang Xiao in the air saw Huo Qubing's army roaring towards the north like a strong wind.

Those who stayed there were nearly 100,000 at a loss.

"I'm pretty brave." Wang Xiao followed with a smile on his face and said, "Like me."

Although it was the first time to go to the battlefield, Huo Qubing was not panicked at all. He was almost 20,000 troops heading north, but there was no large-scale fall behind.

The various arrangements made during the march also made the generals who were not convinced in their hearts unable to pick them up.

Among the Huns brought out by Huo Qubing, some knew how to find water on the grassland, some knew how to be a veterinarian to treat horses, some could repair armor and weapons, and some knew everything among the Huns.

When his army left the side wall of Beidi County, it was like a bird flying out of a cage and flew straight to the north.

Unless necessary, we do not stop at all along the way.

The speed of his march was so fast that it had reached a terrible level of 500 in three days and 1,000 in six days.

Before the infantry corps led by Cheng Bushi arrived in Yunzhong County, he was still waiting for Huo Qubing to come and join him. Huo Qubing's army had already advanced north and rushed to the edge of the Yellow River.

His marching was so fast that he was even faster than those of the Hun messengers who reported to the north.

Huo Qubing's army crossed the Yellow River near Shuofang, which was the first time they had really slowed down along the way.

This time he crossed the river, it was not a sheepskin raft, but a real official boat crossing the river.

Wang Xiao had already established a huge fleet.

In addition to sea boats going to Nanyang to transport grain, spices, fish, etc., there is also a large fleet on the inland river, which is mainly used to transport materials.

Although Wang Xiao has been building roads everywhere in Dahan every year, the road level is still not worth mentioning.

Sending grain from the mainland to the border, eight stones of corn must be eaten on the way.

After switching to water transportation, the freight volume and the loss are unbelievable.

Before Wang Xiao had not decided on the strategy, but when he was discussing the current situation with Huo Qubing in his spare time, Huo Qubing took the initiative to ask for the battle, and asked Wang Xiao to mobilize the inland fleet that transported military rations to set out first. After going up the Shuohe River to deliver supplies to Yunzhong County, he walked west along the Yellow River to wait for him.

Wang Xiao agreed to his request, and then waited for Huo Qubing's army in Shuofang.

Nearly 20,000 cavalry crossed the Yellow River and appeared directly in front of the troops of King Aries and King Loufan at the foot of Yinshan Mountain.

The tribes of King Aries and King Loufan were both direct tribes of the Huns. Their residence was in Henan.

They also heard that the Han Dynasty was going to send troops to attack Henan, but their eyes were all on Cheng Bushi, who had not yet reached Yunzhong County.

As for Huo Qubing, how could they know which onion Huo Qubing was?

Because the Han army was still far away, the two large tribes were not prepared at all. The herdsmen were scattered in various pastures to graz.

Although the Huns can be said to be a soldier in the entire nation and have strong mobilization capabilities, the shortcoming is that they are basically militias. There are no standing troops, so it takes time to mobilize.

And Huo Qubing's arrival did not give them time to assemble herders.

The battle later became simple. Huo Qubing didn't care about the herdsmen, cattle, sheep and horses scattered everywhere, but rushed directly to the camp of King Aries and King Loufan.

Before the herdsmen were assembled, there were only a few thousand people in the camps of the big tribes with tens of thousands, or the number of people including men, women, young and old.

In this case, the outcome of the war is also obvious.

Contemporary King Loufan died on the spot, while King Aries fled to Gaoque in a crazi manner, trying to escape from this mountain pass to the north to the prairie.

Huo Qubing pursued him relentlessly. Two days later, when he was about to arrive at Gaoque, he caught up with the remnants of the Aries King and destroyed it in one battle.

When Cheng Buzhi received the notice of the war, he rushed over and left him with some finishing work to deal with the battlefield.

In this battle, Huo Qubing killed more than 5,000 people, including King Aries and King Loufan, and more than 100 nobles from the tribe were killed.

More than 3,000 people were captured alive, because Wang Xiao said that if he could catch the prisoners, he would catch them. All mines and road construction places were screaming and waiting for people to replenish them.

As for the spoils, there were more. After sweeping Henan, it was calculated that there were as many as one million cattle, sheep and horses.

The scale of this war is not large, but it is of extraordinary significance.

The recovery of Henan land means that the Han army's defense line will advance northward to the Yinshan land in one breath.

From then on, the Huns were no longer able to threaten Chang'an City through Henan, eliminating the threats faced by Chang'an and Guanzhong areas.

This is not the end. From then on, the Han army can go directly to the north through the Gaoque entrance.

The place Gaoque is a huge gate gap by the name.

Its specific location is at a mountain fault in the Yinshan Mountains near the Yangshan Mountains. Henan is located to the south, and vast grasslands are located to the north.

The Huns occupied the place and could continue to move south to harass them.

When the Han army occupied this place, they could attack the grassland anytime and anywhere.

It can be said that whoever occupys this place will take the initiative in the battlefield.

As early as the Warring States Period, when King Wuling of Zhao built the Great Wall, this was the end of the Great Wall.

Later, Meng Tian defeated the Huns and also came here to build a pass to prevent the Huns from coming again in the north.

Now after a hundred years, this crucial strategic location has returned to the hands of the Han family.

Wang Xiao's order soon caught up, and he divided the newly recovered Henan into two counties, namely Shuofang County and Wuyuan County.

That’s right, it’s Lu Fengxian’s hometown, Wuyuan County.

Later, Cheng Bushi was directly ordered to garrison, and his official position was also transferred from Yanmen Prefect to Wuyuan Prefect, and he also stationed in Gaoque Pass to defend against the Xiongnu recapture.

Among the many generals of the Han Dynasty, when it comes to stable defense, Cheng Bushi is one of the best ones.

Then Huo Qubing marched westward and arrived at the bend of the Yellow River, and headed south along Helan Mountain.

The reason I took this road instead of returning the same road is because it was going to investigate and deter the Hexi Corridor along the way. It was to prepare for the next expedition to the Hexi Corridor.

Junchen had just arrived in Liaodong County not long ago, and before he had time to plunder the Han area, he received news that Henan area was attacked and in danger.

The military ministers who knew the importance of Henan were shocked and did not care about everyone's complaints about the hurried return.

When I was halfway through, I learned about the fall of Henan, which was said to be so angry that I vomited blood.

However, when he retreated, he passed by Wei Qing's troops who were rushing over, and even Li Guang, who was about to harass his retreat, could not find him.

The flying general got lost again.

The Huns were robbers, and the emphasis was on thieves not leaving empty-handed.

This trip between the tribes and tribes went out to fight with him, but they couldn't get any benefits. Instead, they ran back and forth and suffered a lot of losses. Naturally, they were full of resentment.

When the military minister forced everyone to rush to the Yinshan area to attack Gaoque Pass, all the tribes shouted loudly, but few of them were really working hard.

Seeing that he could not defeat Gao Que, the military ministers who were angry and eager to attack him fell ill directly. Then the Hun tribes scattered and returned to their homes.

This is the case with tribal alliances. When there are benefits, they rush up. When there are no benefits, they run faster than anyone else.

After taking over Henan, the battle will be over.

Except for the border troops stationed on the side wall, all the other troops involved in the battle returned to Chang'an City.

One of the reasons why the Han Dynasty was brave in war here was that they were rewarded enough.

As the saying goes, rewards will be rewarded if you have merits, and punishments will be punished if you have mistakes.

If you make a contribution, you naturally need to give enough rewards, otherwise no one will work hard for the emperor next time.

The Han people and the soldiers are very simple. If I make contributions, you have to reward me. This is a great truth.

"In this battle, Huo Qubing won the entire army, you have no objection."

In Weiyang Palace, Wang Xiao summoned civil and military nobles to discuss the reward.

This time, only Huo Qubing's troops fought against the Huns.

Cheng Bushi failed to catch up with the other departments, Li Guang got lost, and Wei Qing even passed by Junchen.

Speaking of meritorious service, except for Huo Qubing, all other ministries returned without success.

"Your Majesty said very much."

The generals had nothing to say. Huo Qubing regained Henan with his own strength, and no one could blame this merit.

"That's OK."

Wang Xiao nodded with satisfaction, then looked at the young Huo Qubing, "Since you have won the entire army, then I will be named the champion marquis! There are three thousand households in the fief!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Huo Qubing had already known the fact that he could be a marquis, and he didn't really care about titles and other things, so he was not excited when thanking him.

"In addition, I will reward you with another 10 million yuan. I will also grant you the title of General of the Cavalry."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Huo Qubing finally smiled. He didn't care about money or something. Wang Xiao already had a lot of rewards on weekdays. What really satisfies him was General Cavalry, which represented his identity and status in the army. This is what he valued the most in the army.

"His Majesty."

Huo Qubing said, "In this battle, all my subordinates have made military contributions. I hope Your Majesty will reward you."

"This is natural." Wang Xiao nodded directly and said, "A person who has made meritorious service, write a list. If you are promoted to a title according to meritorious service, I will not share one by one. You can share half of the money you seized this time after the sale."

During the battle of Henan, Huo Qubing's troops seized as many as millions of cattle, sheep and horses.

Even if there are a lot of losses on the way to Guanzhong and a large amount of goods entering the market will lead to price suppression, it is still an unprecedented huge sum of money.

This money is worth at least hundreds of millions of dollars. Half of Huo Qubing's office can be at least tens of thousands of dollars per person on average.

This is definitely a huge sum of money for Dahan.
Chapter completed!