After receiving Li Xiang's reward, Fatty Liu had a look of surprise on his face, and then his heart suddenly lurched again, and he secretly said:
Yes, what is stated clearly is indeed correct. Not to mention the ministers in the court, even I have never considered the possibility of defeat in this battle. I only think that taking Hebei is reasonable.
But in fact, there are tens of thousands of bandits in Hebei, and there are also barbarians outside the Great Wall to help. If you think about it carefully, even counting from the time I ascended the throne, this can be regarded as a rare war.
But I never seemed to think about what might happen.
Not to mention whether you are worried or not, whether you are nervous or not.
I remember that during the Battle of Guanzhong, the prime minister's father led the Hanzhong army to confront Sima Yi at Wuzhangyuan. His brother-in-law alone led the Liangzhou cavalry and penetrated Sima Yi's back.
I couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep well, so I went to the Ancestral Temple many times to pray.
What now?
The opponent is still the same as before, but his father-in-law has passed away, and his brother-in-law is fighting against Sima Yi alone. He only thinks about when the good news will come from the front, and he has no other thoughts.
The mentality has changed.
It's floating, it's indeed floating.
After thinking about it for a while, Adou couldn't help but feel ashamed secretly in his heart. His brother-in-law was still able to keep his composure. He did not let his father-in-law entrust him with anything.
As for Da Sima's mention of things like if something unexpected happened and the situation got violent, Adou didn't take it seriously at all.
Which of the five tiger generals has never failed before the battle?
Just based on the success or failure of a battle, all previous achievements will be erased. Ji Han does not have such a rule.
And don’t look at the current Shu faction, the Liangzhou faction and the Jingzhou faction in the DPRK. Both of them want to compete for the right to bark dogs, but when it comes to the interest group with the loudest barking, it must belong to the Xinghan Society.
As for the members of the Xinghan Society, they are really diverse, and there are people from all factions.
In the past, whoever had money, food, and people could shout the loudest.
Unexpectedly, today's young people, led by a certain country bumpkin, have no sense of martial ethics at all.
In addition to having money, food, and people, we also need to have channels, organization, and efficiency.
In terms of resource utilization and production, the Xinghan Society is a crushing existence for aristocratic families.
Why is Feng Yanxi such a special being in Adou's heart?
Because as long as the royal family and the Xinghan Hui join forces, they can suppress all opposition voices both inside and outside the court.
Court meeting?
If the emperor and Da Sima don't talk, then it's called a court meeting.
Whatever the Emperor and Da Sima decide, let’s call it a process.
As an emperor who ascended the throne in a crisis at the age of sixteen, no matter how stupid Adou was, he still understood that as long as Feng Lianyin did not rebel, his throne would be as stable as Mount Tai.
Will Brother Feng rebel?
A Dou doesn't know and isn't sure.
Because he knows that his talent is mediocre and not smart.
So he chose to believe in the arrangement of his brilliant father-in-law.
Just as the late emperor entrusted all the powerful men to his father-in-law, Adou didn't mind imitating his example and having a good talk about the emperor and his ministers with Feng Lianyin.
After all, he had been lying down until he had "returned the old capital and recovered the two capitals." Adou felt that it was good to continue lying like this without changing to other positions.
Thinking of this, Liu Adou said to Li Xiang:
"Shulong, originally you were traveling between Chang'an and Taiyuan. It was a long and hard journey, so you should rest for a while. But I think it's best for you to handle this matter. I'm afraid you'll have to make another trip."
Li Xiang said quickly:
"The soldiers are fighting to the death at the front, and they are not afraid of being attacked by swords and guns. I am just running on the road, so how can I dare to say that I am suffering? Your Majesty has given orders, and I must serve you to the death."
"It's not that serious. I just asked you to help me bring some messages to Da Sima."
Adou felt relieved for a moment, then pondered for a moment, and said, "Go and tell the Great Sima that the battle ahead will be shouldered by the Great Sima alone. It will be very tiring, so he must pay attention to his health."
"I am in Chang'an. I only read the battle reports and do not ask about the war. If Grand Sima needs something, I and Shangshu Ling will do our best to find ways to arrange it."
Having said this, he hesitated for a moment, and finally continued:
"Even if the treasury is insufficient, there is still some money and food in the inner government. Although it is not much, it can still cope with emergencies."
Li Xiang was stunned.
If your Majesty's words really get out, Pei Qian and his ilk will be devastated.
Why are you fighting against Sima Zhirui in the middle of the court? Just dream about it!
In order to support Da Sima in fighting at the front, His Majesty even spent the money he had saved...
For the emperor to be able to do this, he is truly a wise and virtuous king.
The minister can do this, it's really... that he can enter his mother's body, which makes people envious and jealous!
Seeing that Li Xiang didn't react, Adou probably felt that what he said was too much for people to trust his brother-in-law, so he changed his words:
"Forget it, I'd better write a letter to Mingwen. Shulong, please help me deliver it to Da Sima."
"My lord, take your orders."
Li Xiang was excited and quickly responded.
In the fortress, the emperor of the Han family had a frank and in-depth exchange with Da Sima in front.
At this time, outside the Great Wall, the strings were sounding loudly.
"Peng!"
"Don't run, you bastard, get off your horse quickly and get restrained!"
Not far from Juyong Pass, a small group of light cavalry was chasing a group of Hu cavalry.
The horse's hooves stepped on the muddy grass, causing mud and water to splash everywhere.
The tender yellow grass shoots that had just grown up and had just seen the outside world were trampled by horse hooves into the muddy water.
Due to the muddy ground, both sides were not very fast and could even be said to be jogging, making the chase look more like a slapstick and a bit comical.
But from time to time, arrows whizzed through the air with a "puffing" sound, and the shouts and curses behind them reminded the barbarians in front that they were running for their lives.
The two teams of men and horses, one in front and one behind, chased and escaped, and soon arrived at the towering Juyong Pass.
The barbarian shouted excitedly in nonsense, slapped the horse's butt hard, and made his horse run forward with all its last strength.
"Cao! Why did you run so fast and let them run away!"
The cavalry in the rear saw Hu Qi rushing towards Juyong Pass desperately, so they had to stop at a distance and did not continue to follow.
The leader of the team glanced at his somewhat frustrated subordinates and said:
"You just ran away. What's the hurry?"
As he said that, he glanced at Juyongguan again and said, "It's not like they ran to other places. They entered the fortress. They can't just get out of the fortress if they want to."
The subordinates still sighed:
"That's true, but who knows who will take credit for these people in the future? It's better to fall into our hands now, and each of us might be able to get two or three dollars..."
Looking again at his subordinate who was about to fall in Qian's eyes, the captain clicked his tongue and said, "You have gained a lot from joining the army this time, right? How can these two or three things make you lose your composure like this?"
"Liu leads your family to have a big business, so naturally you don't care about it, but I am poor! My wife and children at home are pointing at me to have enough to eat."
This subordinate is from Liangzhou, and he was mixed into his own team from the Yi Congjun these days.
Although Hu Qi Yicong bears the name Hu Qi, there are actually many Han people among them.
And basically they all come from Bingzhou, Liangzhou, where they live together with barbarians.
The folk customs in these places were fierce, and they were infected with the habits of the barbarians. They were unwilling to cultivate their land in peace and order. In addition, the Han style was martial, so there was no way to be selected into the Han army.
So I simply took advantage of the mixed situation of Han and Hu people and joined the Yicong army directly, which would increase my chances of joining the regular army in the future.
This person in front of me is exactly like that.
After this battle, if the Eighth Army of Guanzhong wants to recruit more soldiers, this man will most likely be selected.
Regarding this temporary comrade and possible future comrades, the team leader is willing to know more about each other's situation.
As he led the team around, he asked:
"Judging from your tone, you have a lot of children at home, right?"
Unexpectedly, the subordinate shook his head: "There are not many children. Counting the ones in the belly, there are only three."
"Three? With what you gained from this trip, isn't it more than enough to raise three?"
This subordinate has superb riding skills, flexible agility, and quick thinking. Every time he goes into battle, he gains more than others.
So whether it’s the accumulated achievements or the harvest, it’s definitely not just old or young.
How can it be difficult to raise three children?
The subordinate sighed quietly: "It's okay to raise children, but it's not enough to raise a wife..."
"Huh?" Team leader frowned a little when he heard this, so you have to marry a virtuous wife!
As a leader, the team leader asked with concern and tactfully: "Is it possible that your wife is not very good at running a house?"
"Not really, she is quite diligent and thrifty. In fact, she is a Qiang girl. Like me, she comes from a poor family and is not so particular."
The subordinates looked calm and showed no shame.
The captain nodded, his face unchanged.
It is not uncommon for poor families in frontier areas to marry Hu women.
Even General Ma, one of the Five Tiger Generals, had a Qiang girl.
Because General Ma's master had no money to get married, he had no choice but to marry a Qiang girl.
Besides, the great Han people are all the same now, and even the great Sima’s house has some barbarian girls.
There is even Liu Hanzi who was born in the royal family, tsk tsk!
Anyway, he has always been a hot topic among the fighting men in the army.
Envy, extremely envious!
Over the years, one of the biggest benefits that the imperial court has given to the soldiers who are fighting Han is to find ways to help them get married.
Most of the time they were Hu women, and many of them settled in the frontier for this reason.
The lower-class people in Guizhou, later generations had a more insulting term, called hanging silk.
It can be seen from this that social science is very unscientific, because sometimes society not only fails to progress, but also regresses.
In this era, the opportunity for Guizhou leaders to marry a wife and even carry on the family line is a gift from God - the emperor is also God's son, and the emperor's gift is the same as God's gift.
If the fighting men at the bottom want to stand up, they have no other choice but to risk their lives for military glory.
"That's strange..." The team leader looked at his subordinates with an increasingly strange look.
The subordinate's face actually looked a little embarrassed, and he coughed:
"Isn't this not so particular? There are many sisters in my wife's family, and my wife is soft-hearted and doesn't want to see them suffer, so she always brings people into the house..."
Pretty!
Am I pretty?
The team leader received a critical hit of 10,000 points and groaned.
As expected, the humanoid beast was really not particular about his mother!——
"Beast, you are simply a beast!"
Compared to the captain who was cursing twice in his mind, Tuoba Xulu was already frightened, angry, angry and frightened, trembling all over and speaking incoherently in a house in Yecheng far to the south:
"How dare he? How dare he do this? He is so vicious and has such disregard for human ethics. He is worse than an animal!"
The Xianbei reinforcements that Taifu Sima had been waiting for for a long time finally entered the fortress.
Tuoba Xilu's long-awaited support within the clan is finally coming.
But it was not a surprise, but a shock.
When reinforcements and support arrived, they also brought the most shocking news on the grassland:
Tuoba Desert Khan defected to the Han Dynasty, and together with Tuoba Xianbei's in-law tribe Wuluhui tribe, they became the leading party.
He led the Han army to raid the wintering place of Tuoba Xianbei. In addition to the 50,000 elite cavalry who went south in advance, the remaining Tuoba tribe who remained on the grassland were partly captured and most of them were forced to surrender.
Only a few escaped.
This news made Tuoba Xilu turn as pale as snow on the spot, his whole body was shaking like a sieve, and his eyes were dull and lifeless.
For a moment, I didn't dare to accept this fact.
After repeatedly confirming the news, he almost flew into a rage and almost used the most vicious words to attack his elder brother.
What is this?
He was the one who asked the adults to send reinforcements to Wei to fight against the Han, and then his family was captured by the Han?
Are you homeless?
Tuoba Xulu was nearly collapsed from the blow, trembling and muttering nervously to himself:
"Beast, cruel person, you are a real cruel person..."
Tuoba Xulu felt that the most he wanted to do was kill his eldest brother, but Tuoba Desert Khan killed hundreds of thousands of Tuoba Xianbei in one breath. Even his biological father was trampled to death in front of the battle.
Meat puree.
Such a careless humanoid beast, how could I have ever thought that he was someone to be bullied?
what to do?
What should I do in the future?
Tuoba Xilu's eyes were blank, looking at the spring-filled courtyard in front of him, but his heart was extremely sad.
This is Wei State, not a desert.
No matter how beautiful the scenery is, it cannot compare to the desert.
The desert is the true destination of prairie warriors.
But now that I don’t even have a tribe anymore, what will I do in the future?
Where will it stand?
Countless thoughts surged in like a tide, making him increasingly fearful of the future.
After an unknown amount of time, a voice pulled him back from his wandering thoughts:
"Second prince? Second prince?"
Tuoba Xulu looked at the visitor blankly:
"What? What did you say?"
"Second Prince, the Grand Tutor is here. He is outside and wants to see you."
"Taifu? Taifu is here already?"
As soon as Tuoba Xulu heard that Sima Yi was outside, he suddenly became a little confused again.
In the past, he relied on Sima Yi to seek help from the Tuoba clan, and was disrespectful to Sima Yi.
But now, he and his 50,000 elite cavalry have lost the support of the tribes outside the Great Wall. Although this was not intentional, they have truly become dependent on others.
Food, grass, clothing, and food. If I lose the support of Taifu Sima, I am afraid I will starve to death?
Tuoba Xilu didn't bother to adjust his clothes and ran out in a hurry. From a distance, he bowed to Taifu Sima and saluted:
"Hu people are vulgar. I didn't know that Master Taifu came, and I missed you from a distance. Please forgive me, Master Taifu."
