"Li Xi?" The emperor was slightly stunned. He hadn't heard anyone mention this name for a long time.

Calculate the time, it's almost twenty years, right?

Thinking of this, this Majesty couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Thinking back to the beginning, he had just ascended the throne and was full of energy and sat upright in the Xuanshi Hall, hoping to achieve great things, so he summoned the then Prime Minister Wei Qihou Dou Ying and asked, "Prime Minister, how many famous generals are there today?"

Dou Ying bowed respectfully: "I heard from Your Majesty. When the late emperor died, he ordered General Li Guang. Cheng Buzhi was appointed as Weiyang Guard and Changle Guard. He visited Chang'an to defend the young master. He also ordered General Li Xi to lead the army to station Juzhu. General Li Ju led the army to station Feihu to guard the Xiongnu to prepare for external troubles. Therefore, I thought that the famous generals in the world were probably led by General Cheng Buzhi, Li Guang, Li Xi, and Li Ju!"

That was the first time he heard of the general's name.

A few years later, in June of the second year of Yuanguang, when Mayi was planning, the government and the country promoted the generals to lead the troops.

The Censor Han Anguo strongly recommended the then prefect of Yanmen, Li Xi, General Juzhu.

He even said: "It is not enough to command the army and suppress the inside and outside!"

So he ordered Li Xi to come to Beijing to meet him.

That was the first time he saw that general, Optimus Prime at Yanmen Pass of the Han family.

The general was very tall, more than eight feet tall, and his walking was powerful, which made him happy to see him.

Unfortunately, Mayi's plan failed and its plan to encircle and annihilate the Shanyu in the Great Wall was leaked due to trivial matters. The main force of the Huns jumped out of the encirclement before the Han army surrounded him.

Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered, but they didn't even find a single hair from the Huns.

The government and the public were furious and held accountable.

As the mastermind, Wang Hui resolutely resisted all the responsibility and washed away the other people's guilt with his own blood.

Even so, other participants were labeled as unreliable and inadequate.

It was also Mayi's plan that made him realize that the situation of the war must be completely reformed.

The old large corps battles are no longer competent in the face of the new war.

The Han army had to take the decisive battle of the cavalry and expedition for thousands of miles.

To achieve this, the old military system, old tactical applications and old strategic ideas, and even old officers and old nobles must be abandoned.

Because, they cannot and cannot keep up with the development of the new era.

Facts also proved his original judgment.

Those once famous Han generals, including Cheng Bushi, Li Guang, and Han Anguo, were all eliminated in the face of the new war situation.

The old nobles who were used to fighting in the inside and did not understand cavalry movements, and pursued the old generals had little use except to pull the hind legs.

Young generals of the new era, such as Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Zhao Ponu, and Lu Bode, have perfectly adapted to the new era of war and developed countless dazzling cavalry tactics.

However, there is a veteran who is impressive to see Li Xi!

In the spring of the second year of Yuanshuo, the Xiongnu invaded western Liaoning, tore through the defense of the Han army from their flanks, attacked Yuyang and Youbeiping, defeated Han Anguo's army, and marched straight into the entire north, even threatening the hinterland of Yan and Zhao.

When the news reached Chang'an, the government and the country were panicked, and there were even soft-legged crabs, so scared that they wanted to ask for peace.

But as a king, he could not accept the humiliation of being forced to kneel down and begging for peace with someone with a knife.

So he made a bold decision to defend and attack from the east and the west.

On the eastern battlefield, he ordered Han Anguo to retreat to Pinggang City in Youbeiping, and use the fortress to resolutely block the attacking situation of the Huns cavalry.

At all costs, the main force of the Huns must be blocked from Yan and Ji.

At the same time, on the western battlefield, the Han Dynasty mobilized heavy troops.

Wei Qing, who had just risen at that time, was appointed as General of the Cheqi and Cavalry, and led 30,000 cavalrymen to Izumozhong County, and detoured along the north bank of the Yellow River to the flank of the Henan land (Hetao) of the Huns.

On the front, Li Xi commanded a mixed army of tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry, leaving Dai County, and attacking the Huns Dragon City.

In fact, in the initial tactical design, no one in the court was optimistic about Li Xi's troops.

Even as the emperor, he did not expect Li Xi to achieve much success. Li Xi's troops could attack Longcheng and mobilize the Henan troops of the Huns according to the scheduled plan.

Even at that time, many people in the court had the expectations of the Wei Qing army, which only attracted the main force of the Huns to return to help and relieve the difficulties of Youbeiping.

As for seizing the land of the new Qinzhong in Henan, restoring Gaoque, and rebuilding the Qin defense system, it was just a dream and an ideal at that time.

At that time, the Hun Empire was at its peak.

The nomadic empire with 400,000 strings was a majestic and arrogant empire.

All challenges to the known world and the unknown world were once shattered by the Huns.

Even the Han Dynasty could only rely on the Great Wall Fortress and the Corps to conduct an area confrontation with the Hun cavalry.

Taking the initiative to fight against the enemy is a dead end in the hearts of many people.

Even if it is his king, his heart is still up and down.

At that time, it was the strongest fist of the Han army. Seventy percent of the 30,000 cavalrymen under Wei Qing's troops were newly recruits who had just joined the army and had only been training for two years.

Therefore, on the day Wei Qing passed away, he even felt panic and nervous.

The army set out on the expedition, the success or failure is unknown.

The fate of the Han Dynasty was almost entirely based on this plan.

However……

Wei Qing delivered a nearly perfect answer!

In one battle, he went down to Gaoque and surrounded and annihilated the Hun cavalry in the entire Henan region. He had thousands of battle formations, tens of thousands of prisoners, seized war horses, and millions of cattle and sheep.

Li Xi's subordinates also handed over a nearly perfect answer.

But at that time, Wei Qing's light was extremely dazzling.

Under his glory, all famous generals and warriors were just like mortals who met gods.

Even Li Xi was completely overwhelmed by Wei Qing's light at that time.

Only a little more advanced than passers-by A, B, C and D, he is considered a super soldier.

But now, looking back, Li Xi's tactical use and decision in the Henan Battle was almost every time.

It can even be said that without Li Xi, there would be no brilliant victory for Wei Qing.

In this battle, after Li Xi's troops left Dai County, they deviated three hundred miles south along the Yellow River. They first made a threat to Longcheng. After attracting the cavalry stationed in Longcheng and Ziling, the main force of its headquarters unexpectedly suddenly bypassed the Xiongnu's defense in Munan and attacked Yinshan, blocking the route of escape from Henan's enemies, forcing the Xiongnu to gather heavy troops to defend Yulin Pass in a hurry.

As a result, Wei Qing's troops seized this favorable opportunity and attacked Ziling. After succeeding, they quickly entered the hinterland of the Huns. Within three days, the cavalry marched 800 miles, crossed the Beihe River, captured Honghu Pass, and the troops were approaching Gaoque.

It was not until this time that the Huns woke up as if they were dreaming.

But, I was powerless to turn things around.

Because of the main force of the Youxian King, Han Anguo's army was entangled in hundreds of miles between Pinggang City and Yuyang Pass.

The force that defends against Henan Xin Qinzhong is only part of the troops of the Aries tribe and the Loufan tribe.

Even if the herdsmen in Xinqin were included at that time, the total number was only 50,000.

However, it has been divided and surrounded by the Han army in a narrow area of ​​more than 300 miles north of Gaoque and south of Yulin Pass.

The connections between their respective divisions have been cut off by the Han cavalry, and their escape routes have been blocked by Li Xi's troops.

By this time, the victory or defeat of the Henan Battle had been decided.

The Huns lost everything.

When the Xiongnu Right King under Pinggang City heard the news, he was furious and immediately ordered the main force to break off contact with the Han army regardless of everything and go south to rescue Gaoque's siege.

But, it's too late.

Two days later, Wei Qing's troops climbed to Gaoque Fortress.

This hometown of the Qin Empire, the fortress of King Wuling of Zhao, returned to the Xia century later.

Three more days later, Li Xi's troops broke through Yulin Pass and reoccupied Yinshan, and the Henan Battle ended.

In this battle, the Han army's formation killings were not large. The combined results of Li Xi and Wei Qing's troops were only more than 3,700 beheads.

However, the strategic significance is beyond doubt.

It completely changed the offensive and defensive momentum of the Han and the Hungarians.

From then on, the Han army took the initiative in strategic offensive.

More importantly, in this battle, Wei Qing's troops and Li Xi's troops seized countless war horses, cattle and sheep, and countless cheeses and furs that the Huns had hoarded on the Hetao Plain.

The number of livestock alone is as large as one million!

From then on, the era of the Five Barbarians of the Han Dynasty arrived!

Thinking of this, the emperor was slightly moved.

"Are I too harsh on Li Xi?" he thought to himself, lowered his head and looked at the servant in front of him again.

General Li Xi died of illness and had been almost thirteen years.

In other words, when the general died of illness, the servant was about to learn to speak and just started to speak.

In other words, this Shizhong official and General Li Xi have no relatives or reasons.
To be continued...