When Liu Ling returned to the Han Dynasty, the housekeeper Lao Wu was still waiting at the door as usual. Lao Wu was getting older, but he seemed to be in good spirits as before. He walked over and took the reins of the red lion.
Taking it, Old Wu said with a smile: "The prince is back." The red lion rubbed against Old Wu and seemed to like the old man very much.
Liu Ling smiled and said: "Old Wu, haven't I told you many times that you are so old, you don't have to wait for me at the door every day. It's freezing cold, and your body and bones are not as good as before."
Old Wu said with a smile: "I will always feel uneasy until I wait for the prince, and until I personally take over the reins of Teller Fat from the prince. I am indeed old, but I still have no problem doing these things. The prince can't
Let me do everything, then I will feel older."
Liu Ling smiled gently and said, "It's up to you, but there's one thing. Don't stand at the door from now on. Just wait in the concierge."
Old Wu nodded vigorously and said: "I understand, wait in the concierge."
Liu Ling brushed off the falling snow on his body and asked as he walked: "Last time you said you wanted to go back to your hometown for a visit, why didn't you leave?"
Old Wu was silent for a while and said: "I won't go back. Last time I asked someone to inquire, everyone in my hometown is no longer here. Your Majesty knows that my hometown is in Daizhou... Two years ago, the Khitans went south to attack Daizhou.
The village was burned down by Khitan wolves, and few of the villagers survived. I didn't marry, and all five members of my brother's family died... No one looked at it, and I won't go back."
Liu Ling stopped, looked at Old Wu's old wrinkled face, and said solemnly: "I will make you a promise. After two years when the national strength of the Han Dynasty slows down, I will still conquer the Khitan in person. The Khitan people committed
For your crime, I will demand an explanation tenfold and a hundredfold. When the Khitan's Linhuang Mansion in Beijing is defeated, I will take you to see the Khitan emperor's golden tent, and we will set it on fire together!"
Old Wu wiped away his tears and nodded vigorously with a smile: "Let's set a fire together and burn it!"
Liu Ling patted Old Wu on the shoulder, feeling inexplicably heavy.
In the snow, Princess Lu Yuzhu stood at the door of the study waiting for him. The two little maids held umbrellas and lowered their heads shyly, not daring to look at Liu Ling's face. After so many years, Xun'er and Xun'er, who had been adopted as side wives by Liu Ling for a long time,
Jia'er is still as pure as a newly bloomed bud. They don't like to be helpless and helpless, and they always like to be around Lu Yuzhu and Chen Ziyu. The two of them are Lu Yuzhu and Chen Zi
Yu's personal maids are now married women, but they still look as naughty as they did back then.
"The prince is back!"
Jia'er stuck out her little tongue and smiled, opened her umbrella and stood next to Liu Ling. However, she was only as tall as Liu Ling's shoulders, and the way she struggled to hold the umbrella looked particularly cute.
Liu Ling took the umbrella, took Jia'er's cold little hand and said, "It's snowing so hard, why don't you wait in the house to come out."
"The young lady said... I guess the prince will be back soon. Xun'er and I accompanied the young lady and wanted to pick up the prince at the door. Unexpectedly, the prince came back just after we left the house."
Liu Ling rubbed Jia'er's little head, and he felt a little itchy in his heart when he thought of the girl's slightly greenish response last night.
Lu Yuzhu came over and blessed her with a smile: "Your Majesty."
Liu Ling stretched out his hand to caress her and said, "Come into the house quickly, it's cold outside."
Pushing open the door, a rush of heat rushed out. The temperature in the room was so different from that outside, it was like two worlds. On the bed in the room, Chen Ziyu and Liu Meier were teasing each other.
Little Liu Xian, the tiger-headed little guy raised his head. Perhaps it was because of the cold wind that suddenly rushed in. He shivered, looked up, and called out in a sweet voice: "Daddy...Daddy."
Liu Ling laughed heartily and felt a sense of satisfaction.
Chen Ziyu recovered very well after giving birth, and both her figure and spirit were better than before. After recovery, her waist was still so slender, but her breasts were plumper. The slimming of her waist and breast enlargement simply made several other women
They were so jealous that they wanted to give birth to a child immediately. Of course, they really wanted to give Liu Ling a child. Nowadays, several women and a large family love one child, and it is extremely precious.
Chen Ziyu and Liu Meier stood up and gave Liu Lingfu a kiss. Liu Ling smiled and went over to pick up little Liu Xian and give him a kiss. Lu Yuzhu pulled him and said, "It's covered in snow, don't freeze Xian'er."
Liu Ling smiled coquettishly, lowered his head and kissed Liu Xian's forehead. The little guy wrinkled and wiped it on his face every day, then stretched out his hands and opened his arms: "Hug...hug."
Lu Yuzhu helped Liu Ling take off his cloak, then took out a clean coat and waited for Liu Ling to put it on. There were two proud men in the room, Liu Ling and Xiao Liu Xian.
Liu Ling sat down by the bed, picked up Liu Xian and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"
Chen Ziyu straightened Liu Ling's collar and said with a smile: "We are waiting for the prince to come back. Everyone is not hungry."
Liu Ling smiled apologetically and said: "The fighting is going on over there in Shu. I didn't expect the Shu army to resist so fiercely, but fortunately, they have almost reached Chengdu. Peace talks with Xixia are also in full swing.
We must also vigorously promote the farmland. There are too many things in the court, so I came back late. You don’t have to wait for me to eat together from now on. You can eat when you are hungry. There are not so many rules in our family."
Lu Yuzhu said: "It's not a matter of irregularity. Everyone wants to wait for the prince to have dinner with him. It's hard for the prince to stay at home for so long. Those who wanted to have dinner together before have no chance."
Liu Ling hummed: "I will stay in Jinzhou for a while this time. It is time for the Han Dynasty to regain its vitality after years of fighting. After two years when the national strength becomes stronger, I may not leave Jinzhou."
He smiled apologetically, and he still felt very sorry for his wives. He had been fighting in the south and north for these years. It had been more than four years since he went south to attack Jinzhou. He and his family were always together and away from each other.
After a while, after making an appointment with Xixia, Liu Ling will leave Jinzhou for a short time to form an alliance with Wei Mingxiao. The navy has begun to take shape, and Liu Ling also wants to ask the navy to find him.
A place to practice beach landings and so on. The best place is Liuqiu. When the navy sets off, Liu Ling also wants to go and see if there are any areas that need improvement.
In the future, the navy will always have to travel around the world. In fact, large scale and combat power are sometimes not directly proportional. They must enhance their own strength through constant actual combat. The Beiyang Navy of the Qing Dynasty is known as the fourth in the world. As a result,
He was blocked in the dock and beaten until he couldn't hold his head up. The hardware facilities are powerful, but people are even more powerful. A three-year-old baby, even if you give him an AK47, he can't beat a strong man.
There is no doubt that before the Northern Han Dynasty, it was a weak country. Not only was its national power weak, but its people's character was also weak. Over the years, the Han army's combat effectiveness has become stronger and stronger. Even without firearms, it rarely encountered opponents. Why? Because Liu Ling instilled in him
They have a belief that you are the strongest!
Just as he was about to tell the meal to be served, the door was suddenly pushed open again. Then a pretty and graceful figure rushed in like the wind, shouting as briskly as a little swallow: "Sisters, look what I caught for little Liu Xian.
of?"
Her voice was as crisp as an oriole, and her figure was slim and graceful. Although she was wearing thick clothes, it still couldn't hide the girl's beautiful figure. She was not tall, just a little taller than Jia'er. Feng Feng Huo Huo
After rushing in, the girl stopped suddenly when she saw Liu Ling in the room.
Unable to conceal her embarrassment and panic, Huaduo called out: "Your Majesty, why are you here!"
The little girl woke up after saying this. This is Liu Ling's room...
She smiled awkwardly, lowered her head and looked at her toes, not daring to look into Liu Ling's eyes.
"Duoduo, let's see what we caught."
The women in the room laughed kindly and looked at the embarrassing flowers.
"No...nothing, just a...hare."
Liu Ling smiled and said: "It's snowing so hard to catch rabbits, so I don't have to worry about freezing."
Huaduoduo said awkwardly: "It's nothing... I was caught by the enemy, I just... I just watched."
After saying that, Huaduoduo dropped the little rabbit, turned around and ran away with open arms: "I'm going back to the room first, and I'll chat with my sisters later!"
Seeing Huaduo twisting her butt and running away, Liu Ling touched her nose and said with a smile, "Why is this girl so weird?"
The women naturally knew why, but Liu Ling looked like a piece of wood. Lu Yuzhu smiled and said: "She just doesn't see the prince often, so it is inevitable that she will be a little rude. Don't blame her, the prince, she is still a little girl."
Liu Ling smiled and said, "When did I say I blamed her?"
The family had dinner together, and Liu Ling had to summon officials from the Ministry of War in the afternoon. The war against Shu had been going on for two months. Although there were secret spies from the Supervisory Council to help, the internal affairs of the Shu Kingdom were in a mess. But he did not expect that the Shu Kingdom was in a mess.
The guards at each pass were very powerful and almost no one surrendered. The Han army was not advancing very fast, but it was unstoppable on the waterway. In any case, the Han army still had an absolute advantage.
Wu Zhaoyi falsely conveyed the imperial edict and had Wang Zhaoyuan executed. Then he accepted Chu Gui's appointment as the Marshal of the Army, ordered not to leave, and sent envoys to negotiate peace with Mao Yuan, the Marshal of the Han Army.
Wu Zhaoyi still foolishly believes that the Han army launched the offensive against Hou Shu in order to cooperate with him to usurp the throne and seize the dynasty.
Mao Yuan was a gentleman. After the Shu army sent someone to request peace, Mao Yuan agreed. The generals of both sides agreed on a good place to discuss the details of the truce. Chu Gui, the leader of the Shu army, came with full hope and sincerity, but was killed by Mao Yuan's ambush.
They were caught off guard. Chu Gui died in battle, and the Han army took advantage of the situation to advance towards Chengdu.
Liu Ling asked the officials of the Ministry of War about logistics and supplies in the study. As for the battle report from the front, the news from the Ministry of War was not as fast as the report from the Supervisory Yuan. Hou Shu was not easy to fight. This was something Liu Ling knew from the beginning. As soon as he came,
The terrain of the Shu Kingdom is dangerous, and the most powerful cavalry of the Han army cannot be deployed. Secondly, the civil war ended not long after the founding of the Shu Kingdom, and the combat effectiveness of the army is still very strong. The generals have not been worn away by the comfortable life, so
The battle for Shu was much more difficult than attacking Southern Tang, Wuyue, and Southern Han.
After dealing with the affairs of the Ministry of War, Liu Ling sent someone to summon Zhao Da. The peace talks with Xixia were what Zhao Da had been doing. The alliance with Xixia was the basis for Liu Ling's preparation for the second northern expedition to Khitan.
The Overwatch Council was not far from the Han Palace, and soon Zhao Da braved the snow and rushed to Liu Ling's study.
"Has Weiming Xiaoxiao replied?"
Liu Ling motioned for Zhao Da to sit down and asked.
Zhao Da yawned and sat down and said: "The people from the Ministry of Rites of the two countries are struggling with the level and location of this alliance. These trivial matters always give people a headache. However, Weiming Xiaoxiao is also concerned about the affairs of the Han Alliance.
We are very concerned about it and have sent veteran general Chen Tiexiao to be in charge and is in contact with our people."
Liu Ling smiled and said: "The people in the Ministry of Rites are idle when they are idle. Let's fight for it. As for the location of the alliance, is Wei Mingxiao worried about Fuzhou? Not far to the north of Fuzhou is Xia.
The country's military fortress, Swan City, has hundreds of thousands of troops there, what is he afraid of?"
Zhao laughed and said: "My subordinates thought, Wei Mingxiao is not afraid, because the prince sent troops to seize Fuzhou, Wei Mingxiao must be feeling uncomfortable. People from the Western Xia Rites and War Departments insisted on staying there
The prince knows that Swan City is extremely strong and has an army of more than 100,000 people. It is absolutely unacceptable to go there to meet with the alliance."
Liu Ling snorted and said: "Let the officials from the Ministry of Rites tell the officials of Xia State that if you are in Fuzhou, you will be in Fuzhou, otherwise we will not meet. Although I proposed the alliance, I want them to know one thing.
, this is not begging them, but taking care of them. The big man is not afraid of anyone now and does not need to look at anyone's face."
He smiled and said: "If the entanglement continues, I will go to Yelv Xiongji to discuss jointly sending troops to attack Xixia. It is true that Yelv Xiongji hates me, but he hates Wei Mingxiao even more."
Zhao Da hesitated for a moment and asked: "Fuzhou is close to Xijing of Liao Kingdom... If the Khitans find out that the prince is going to have an alliance with Wei Mingxiao in Fuzhou, the Khitans will definitely not watch helplessly."
Liu Ling smiled: "I can't hide it. Just know it if you know it. Ye Luxiongji is old, but he is still a lion. Let the secret agents of the Supervisory Council keep a close eye on him. The Khitan people... will be in a hurry to get married with Wei."
Xiao Xiao. Of course, you should also be prepared. The envoy from the Khitan people who came to see me may already be on the way."
He smiled confidently: "Where can there be any alliance? Weiming Xiaoxiao, Yelu Xiongji, Gu... who can trust whom?" (To be continued)
