After Su Mao left Gai Yan's army, he was stationed in Huaiyang. Huaiyang belongs to Yuzhou, is located to the south of Luoyang, east of Yingchuan, and borders Yingchuan County. At present, Huaiyang County has been attached to the Luoyang court. Su Mao led his army
After entering Huaiyang and stationed there, what everyone did not expect was that Su Mao unexpectedly led his army into Chen County, the county seat of Huaiyang, and killed Pan Jian, the prefect of Huaiyang. After that, Su Mao used Chen
Taking the county as the center, they successively captured several cities such as Guangle.
Afterwards, Su Mao sent people to Suiyang to surrender to Liu Yong. Hearing that Su Mao had rebelled against Liu Xiu and brought several cities in Huaiyang County to surrender to him, Liu Yong was overjoyed and immediately conferred the title of King of Huaiyang on Su Mao.
Appoint him as Grand Sima.
Of course Liu Yong had a purpose for giving Su Mao such a heavy reward. With his current strength, he felt quite powerless against Liu Xiujun alone.
If we can get help from Su Mao, it will be different. Su Mao's department can at least contain Liu Xiujun from the side, distract Liu Xiujun's energy, and just relieve the pressure on our side.
Currently, Gai Yan is leading his army to advance towards Suiyang, Liu Yong's home base. Along the way, Gai Yan leads his troops to win consecutive battles and advance with great momentum. The only thing that is annoying is Su Mao's rebellion.
While Liu Xiu was carefully reading Gai Yan's letter, the soldiers who came to report the news also told Liu Xiu the situation of the battle ahead in detail.
After Liu Xiu heard this, he didn't feel anything. Yao Qi slammed the table and said angrily: "What a shameless villain! Your Majesty, Hong En, not only did not kill Su Mao, but also allowed him to stay in the army.
But Su Mao is not only ungrateful, but now he even commits rebellion! Such things, death is not a pity!"
"Su Mao is just a small person, there is nothing to worry about!" Liu Xiu put down Gai Yan's letter, nodded to the soldier who reported the message, and said, "You have worked hard all the way, go down and rest!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After the soldiers who reported the news exited the camp, Liu Xiu picked up Gai Yan's letter again and read it carefully. Gai Yan's letter was straightforward and told the whole story without containing too many emotions.
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It can also be seen from this that Su Mao's rebellion did not have a big impact on the advancement of Gai Yan's army. To put it bluntly, for Gai Yan's army, one more Su Mao is not too much, and one less Su Mao is not a lot.
Even if he plots rebellion now, he will not pose a direct threat to Gai Yan's army.
The actual situation is indeed like this. After Su Mao's rebellion, Gai Yan's army continued to advance step by step, constantly approaching Suiyang. Liu Yong sent three generals to block the advancement of Gai Yan's army three times. As a result, three battles were fought.
Liu Yongjun all returned in defeat.
Gai Yan's campaign against Liu Yong turned out to be so smooth, which probably exceeded Liu Xiu's expectations.
The reason why Liu Xiu sent Gai Yan to conquer Liu Yong was very simple. It was just to create pressure on Liu Yong so that he would not be able to take care of himself and continue to carry out these small actions in secret.
But the actual battle situation was that in front of Gai Yanjun, Liu Yongjun had neither strong enough combat power nor high enough morale. After several battles in succession, they all ended with a complete victory for Gai Yanjun.
Liu Xiu, who originally just wanted to create pressure on Liu Yong, suddenly realized that he seemed not only able to create pressure on Liu Yong, but could even crush the scourge Liu Yong was in one fell swoop.
Liu Xiu immediately wrote a reply to Gai Yan. In the letter, he first praised Gai Yan and his soldiers for their achievements and rewarded them, and then ordered Gai Yan not to give Liu Yong a chance to breathe and strive for success.
The army made great efforts to capture Suiyang and capture Liu Yong.
When Liu Xiu finished writing the letter, Yao Qi sighed: "Ju Qing, you are so handsome and talented!"
In the past, Gai Yan didn't have many opportunities to act alone. Most of the time, he acted as a fierce general who charged into battle.
This time Liu Xiu entrusted him with an important task and asked him to lead Ma Wu, Wang Ba, Ma Cheng, Liu Long and other generals to attack Liu Yong. Only then did Gai Yan truly show his style as a general and prove to the world that
He Gaiyan is by no means a reckless man who only knows how to charge into battle, he is also an outstanding general.
Liu Xiu and Yao Qi chatted until late at night, and then they went back to their tents to rest. Liu Xiu went to Yin Lihua's tent, and when he reached the door of the tent, he suddenly stopped and walked aside.
The three people following him, Long Yuan, were all startled and looked at each other, but no one asked any questions and followed Liu Xiu silently.
After walking a certain distance, Liu Xiu stopped and said to Long Yuan: "Tonight, I will go to Xi Ling's place to rest. You go to Lihua's place to see if she is asleep. If she is not asleep yet, tell her not to wait for me.
If she's already asleep, don't disturb her."
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Long Yuan bowed and responded. Although Liu Xiu didn't say it clearly, Long Yuan could feel it. His Majesty was very satisfied with Xu Meiren's performance today, so he made a special trip to Xu Meiren's tent in the evening.
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Liu Xiu didn't let anyone report to Xu Xiling. He lifted up the curtain, ducked and entered the tent directly. There was no electric light in the tent, and it was so dark that he couldn't see his fingers, but Liu Xiu could clearly see everything in the tent.
Seeing that Xu Xiling was resting on the bed, Liu Xiu stepped forward slowly and walked forward slowly. Even though his movements were very gentle, due to the armor on his body, the friction between the armor plates still made a soft rustling sound.
Xu Xiling was very alert. When she heard a strange noise in the camp, she immediately turned over from the bed and sat up. At the same time, she grabbed the sword on her pillow and asked in a deep voice: "Who is it?"
Liu Xiu sighed lightly, took out the fire stick, blew it, raised it up, and said, "Xiling, it's me!"
Xu Xiling took a closer look, showing surprise and surprise, and said: "Your Majesty? Why...why did your Majesty come to Xiling here tonight?"
Even though Liu Xiu went on an expedition with his two concubines, Yin Lihua and Xu Xiling, he basically spent the night in Yin Lihua's sleeping tent. Even if he didn't go to Yin Lihua's place, he would stay in the central military tent and handle military affairs all night long.
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Liu Xiu lit the lampstand with a fire stick, walked to the bed, sat down, and said with a smile: "It's been so long since I left Luoyang, and I haven't spent the night at Xi Ling's place. Xi Ling won't blame me, right?"
His words made Xu Xiling's eyes turn red, he lowered his head and said, "I don't dare, I, my concubine."
"It's because I don't dare, rather than because I don't, it means Xi Ling still blames me!" Liu Xiu took off his helmet and put it aside, then raised his hand and gently stroked Xu Xi Ling's cheek.
There were nails on the back of his hands, and when they touched Xu Xiling's soft skin, she shivered. Liu Xiu said, "Xiling, help me remove my nails."
"Yeah!" Xu Xiling sniffed, with a smile on his face, and helped Liu Xiu unbutton the leather straps on his armor one by one.
Taking off her armor, Xu Xiling looked to the side. There wasn't even a shelf for her armor in her sleeping tent. She was holding the cold armor and didn't know what to do.
Liu Xiu reached out to take it, threw it aside casually, and said, "Don't worry about it." Then he turned around and pulled Xu Xiling to lie on the bed with him.
Xu Xiling stretched out her white and slender green fingers and gently drew circles on Liu Xiu's chest. She whispered: "Today, I pretended to be Your Majesty. Your Majesty, don't you blame me?"
Liu Xiu smiled and felt an itch on her chest. He grabbed Xu Xiling's restless fingers, put them in front of his lips, kissed them, and said: "Xiling is calm and responsive in times of crisis. She strives to keep the camp intact for her husband and her husband."
It's too late for you to be honored, so how can you blame Xi Ling?"
His words made Xu Xiling extremely happy, and he took the initiative to approach Liu Xiu and offered his sweet lips. Liu Xiu took her into his arms, and the two were entangled on the bed.
Tonight, Xu Xiling's place was a warm spring night in the hibiscus tent, while Yin Lihua's place was deserted. Long Yuan followed Liu Xiu's wishes and came over to ask if Yin Lihua had rested.
Xueying, who was guarding outside the camp, said that Yin Guiren had gone to bed, and Long Yuan was about to leave. Xueying hurriedly stopped him, "General Long Yuan!"
Long Yuan bowed and asked, "Is there anything else, Miss Xueying?"
Xueying asked cautiously: "Your Majesty won't be coming tonight?"
"Yes." Long Yuan nodded. Xueying pondered for a moment and then asked: "Then... where will your Majesty spend the night tonight?"
Long Yuan frowned imperceptibly. Xueying also realized that she had made a mistake, and it was a taboo to inquire about His Majesty's whereabouts. She said happily, "My servant made a mistake, please don't blame General Long Yuan."
Everyone was an old acquaintance. The sharpness in Long Yuan's eyes flashed away. He smiled calmly, looked left and right, approached Xueying, and whispered: "Tonight, His Majesty will spend the night at Xu Meiren's place."
"Thank you, General Long Yuan, for telling me." Xueying saluted again.
Long Yuan waved his hand, turned and left.
After Long Yuan left, Xueying entered the tent and said to Yin Lihua, who had not yet fallen asleep: "Your Majesty, your Majesty went to Xu Meiren's place tonight!"
After a pause, she muttered angrily: "Beautiful Xu is really eager for quick success and quick success, and she won't miss any opportunity!"
Xueying also had a bad impression of Xu Xiling. She was different from Guo Shengtong who hated Xu Xiling. The latter felt that she was being taken advantage of and that Xu Xiling stepped on her shoulders to rise to the top.
Xueying hated Xu Xiling because she felt that they all had the same background and were all servants. Why could Xu Xiling become the emperor's concubine while she was just a little palace maid?
Don’t worry about scarcity, but worry about inequality. This saying is aptly applied to Xueying.
After listening to Xueying's words, Yin Lihua didn't say much. She put down the book in her hand, yawned and said, "Since His Majesty won't be coming tonight, Xueying, you should go back and rest early!"
Xueying frowned and said: "My lord, please be careful about Xu Meiren in the future. Xu Meiren is not a simple person. My lord, you must not be taken advantage of by her in the future..."
Yin Lihua smiled and said: "In many aspects, Xu Meiren has done better than me. It is natural for Your Majesty to favor her."
"Noble man!"
"Okay, Xueying, go and have a rest!" Yin Lihua waved to Xueying with a smile.
Seeing the peaceful look on her face, Xueying's original anger gradually disappeared, and her mood calmed down. She shook her head helplessly, turned around and walked out of Yin Lihua's bed tent.
Yin Lihua has a magical power that can calm people down. The longer you stay with her, the deeper you will feel.
She doesn't fight or grab, and she is very indifferent in her behavior, which makes people feel a little unwilling to make progress. But in fact, the more she doesn't fight or grab, the more she will get in the end.
The next morning, Yaoqi was about to return to Yecheng, and Liu Xiu personally escorted him out of the camp. Xu Xiling went to Yin Lihua's camp to pay her respects.
Xu Xiling looked particularly radiant today, with rosy cheeks and spring in the corners of her eyes. Not to mention Xu Xiling, the soldiers in the army couldn't help but be stunned when they saw her. Even Xueying and Hong Jian couldn't help but take a few more glances when they saw her.
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After pouring a cup of tea for Xu Xiling, Xueying and Hongjian exited the tent. When they got outside, Xueying muttered in a low voice: "Bah! Hu Meizi!"