Gao Wuxian raised his eyes and looked at Liu Xiu without saying a word.

Liu Xiu turned his head sideways and said, "Zhang Kun! ”

Zhang Kun held the bamboo slip in his hand, walked up to Liu Xiu, bowed and saluted, and said, "Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Xiu stretched out his hand, picked up the bamboo slip held by Zhang Kun, waved his arm outward, and the bamboo slip flew out and landed on the table in front of Gao Wuxian, only to hear a loud bang, and even the dishes and bowls on the table were smashed and scattered to the ground.

This sudden change shocked everyone present.

Liu Xiu said indifferently: "Take a look!" Let's see if I can hold the territory of the Han Dynasty! ”

Gao Wuxian stared at Liu Xiu for a long time, Fang lowered his head, looked at the bamboo slips on the table, he slowly picked them up, untied the rope, and unfolded the bamboo slips.

This bamboo slip is a war report, a war report from Lelang County, Youzhou.

The battle report was written by the new Liaodong Taishou Sai Wei, and the content was not much, only telling that the Sai Wei heard that the next sentence of the beauty invaded Lelang County, so he led his troops to encircle and suppress it.

The Liaodong Han army led by Sai Wei encountered more than 2,000 people in the area of Fanhan and Zengdi in Lelang County.

Sai Wei led the army to attack, killing more than 600 Goguryeo thieves and capturing more than 400 others.

The thieves who are now captured have been ordered to be beheaded by the priest, and the rest of the thieves have all fled back to Xiajuli.

Because this war happened earlier, when Sai Wei wrote the war report, he still used the country name of Xia Juli.

This battle does not seem to be on a large scale, there are more than 2,000 Goguryeo talents, and the number of Han troops in Liaodong cannot be too much.

The battle of a few thousand people is really nothing compared to the Central Plains Campaign, where tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people are fighting.

The Goguryeo people who died in battle, as well as the Goguryeo people who were killed after being captured, added up to only about 1,000 people, and only a few people died, which is nothing compared to the Central Plains battlefield.

But Goguryeo was not a great man, and the loss of 1,000 people in the battle was definitely a heavy loss for Goguryeo.

Gao Wuxian read the battle report, stunned, Liu Xiu said quietly: "I once said that those who dare to invade the territory of my Han Dynasty must be prepared to have the consciousness of no return.

"King Zhuliu said, you can't control your people, so now, I can tell you clearly, since you can't control it, I, as the son of the Han Dynasty, will take care of it on your behalf, and anyone who violates the territory of the Han Dynasty will be killed in the future!"

Speaking of this, Liu Xiu stood up, opened his arms slightly, and said loudly: "The great Han is prestigious, the world is gracious, the sun and the moon shine, the wind and rain are coming, don't obey, if you Goguryeo dare to be the enemy of the Han Dynasty, the mantis arm will be used as a car, and you will destroy yourself!" The soldiers and horses of a county in Liaodong can destroy your country! ”

Gao Wuxian and Gao Xie Zhu heard the words, and they all sweated like rain.

Gao Wuxian and Gao Xie Sezhu are both ambitious and ambitious people, and they can be calm in the face of strong enemies, but in the face of absolute strength, the two of them have to be short of breath and have to surrender.

Goguryeo is also a very powerful country, at least it beat Buyeo to death, but compared with Han, the difference in strength between the two sides is indeed too great.

Liu Xiu said that one county in Liaodong can destroy the country of Goguryeo, which is somewhat exaggerated, but Youzhou can destroy the country of Goguryeo with the power of one state, which is indeed more than enough.

At that time, the Han army was too powerful, with the savagery and fierceness of a nomadic people, the strategy, tactics and tactics of a civilized country, and the most advanced armor and weapons in the world.

Such an army is unstoppable by any country in the world, including the Huns.

On the frontal battlefield, the Han army simply beat the Huns to the point where they had to move west.

The Huns, who were defeated at the hands of the Han army, moved west to Europe, setting off a bloody storm, which not only blocked the eastward movement of the Germanic people, but also caused the Germanic people to move west.

The westward migration of the Germanic peoples set off a new bloody storm in the Roman Empire and became one of the main factors in the fall of the Roman Empire.

The pattern of the world, from ancient times to modern times, is all involved in the whole body, the Han Empire defeated the Xiongnu, just such a thing happened in the East, but in the end it deeply affected the West, and even affected the fall of the Roman Empire.

To be fair, neither the Han Empire nor the Han army have ever been weak.

Wang Mang's usurpation of the throne was not through war, when Wang Mang was in power, the famous general Chen Tang was still alive, and Chen Tang was the one who said the famous saying through the ages - those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away.

Even in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, the combat power of the Han army was still very strong, and the once powerful Wuhuan was destroyed by Zhang Liao's army during this period.

Guoheng perishes with weakness, and Han Du perishes with strength! All dynasties and dynasties all perished when they were weak, but the Han Dynasty perished when they were strong.

In this private banquet held by Liu Xiu, Gao Wuxian and Gao Xie Sezhu didn't know how they finished eating.

When the two of them walked out of the palace and went outside the palace, they both felt cold from the inside out.

The outside is cold because the clothes are soaked with sweat and feel cold, and the inside is cold because the heart is cold.

Gao Wuxian calculated very well, and wanted to fight a dozen in Lelang County, make a fuss, and force Liu Xiu to either send Lelang County away or sell Lelang County.

As a result, now, the 2,000 elite soldiers he sent did not make trouble in Lelang County at all, but were killed and injured by others, which was something that Gao Wuxian never expected at the beginning.

Gao Xie Se Zhu asked in a trembling voice, "Brother Wang...... This...... Can this be true? ”

Gao Wuxian was silent for a long time, and laughed out loud, but his laughter was more ugly than crying, and he shook his head and said, "It won't be fake, this matter can't deceive people!" ”

The war is a matter for both sides, Liu Xiu has already received the battle report, and it is estimated that it will not take a few days before he will receive the war report.

"Liaodong Taishou is obviously not a sacrifice! Where did this sacrificial creature come from? ”

Gao Xie Sezhu couldn't help but shake his head again and again, they didn't know anything about the replacement of Liaodong Taishou.

"Underestimate the enemy! This time I'm too underestimated! ”

In the past, he often sent troops to invade Lelang County, and every time he could return with a full load, and by the way, he could also catch a lot of Han Chinese and serve as slaves in Goguryeo.

Looking at it now, I am afraid that such days will be gone forever.

The two of them glanced at each other, lowered their heads in unison, and were silent with solemn faces.

After a long time, Gao Xie Sezhu suddenly said: "Brother Wang, since Liu Xiu is so unreasonable, according to the minister's brother, the marriage will be stopped!" ”

Gao Jinghui, who was following the two of them, heard this, her face changed suddenly, and she looked at her father and uncle nervously.

"No!"

Gao Wuxian waved his hand and said, "This marriage can't be canceled now!" ”

In the past, he planned to rely on this marriage to stabilize Liu Xiu, but now, he has to rely on this marriage to win over Liu Xiu.

Anyway, marrying Han is imperative and beneficial to Goguryeo.

Seeing that her father objected to the cancellation of the marriage, Gao Jinghui secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension on her face disappeared.

Three days later, Gao Wuxian finally received a battle report from Goguryeo, which was similar to the battle report of the sacrifice, and his side did lose 1,000 elite soldiers in this battle, but the battle report also said that they also killed more than 2,000 Han soldiers.

After reading the battle report, Gao Wuxian was so angry that he slammed the bamboo slip to the ground.

If you only look at this battle report, where is this war report of defeat, it is obviously a battle report of victory, your own 1,000 soldiers for 2,000 soldiers of the Han army, isn't this a victory?

If that's the case, then it should be the Han army that is running, what else are you running?

This is obviously an exaggerated and false war report, and the reason why it is written like this is that the commander of the army is afraid of being punished for his responsibility.

Gao Wuxian sulked for a long time, and then left for the palace to ask to see Liu Xiu and discuss marriage.

Liu Xiu met with Gao Wuxian, and after some discussion, the two sides set the date of marriage five days later.

Before the day of marriage arrived, a war report came from Liangzhou, and the Western Expeditionary Army led by Feng Yi broke the Shu army and the remnants of the Shu army in Yuxian County, and fled to Luomenju.

Luomenju is located near Jicheng, the reason why the remnants of the Shu army failed to escape into Jicheng and converge with Kui Chun is mainly Geng Yi, Gai Yan, Ma Wu, Wang Chang, Liu Shang, and Lai She, who are leading the Han army to besiege Jicheng.

Zhao Kuang, the chief general of the Shu army, was afraid of the Han army, so he could only flee into Luomenju with the remnants of the Shu army.

The Western Expeditionary Army led by Feng Yi did not give up, and pursued all the way to Luomenju, so far, the battle in Liangzhou was mainly concentrated in the area of Jicheng.

In addition to the battle report sent back by Feng Yi, Liu Xiu also received letters from Geng Shu.

Geng Shu explained in his letter that the health of the general Zhengxi was getting worse and worse, and he hoped that His Majesty would transfer the general Zhengxi back to Beijing to recuperate.

The general of the expedition to the west is Feng Yi.

At present, Feng Yi not only serves as the chief general of the Western Expeditionary Army, but is also appointed by Liu Xiu as the Taishou of Hanyang.

Feng Yi has two positions, and he wants to transfer Feng Yi back to Beijing, which has a great impact.

After some thought, Liu Xiu did not directly issue an edict to recall Feng Yi, but wrote a letter to Feng Yi, in which Liu Xiu first commended Feng Yi's merits, and then said that the battle was hard, and he hoped that he could return to Beijing to recuperate.

After Feng Yi received Liu Xiu's letter, he read it carefully several times, and then wrote a reply to Liu Xiu.

In the reply, Feng Yi's attitude is very resolute, now is the most critical juncture of the Western Expedition, at this time, he must not return to Beijing, not only can he not return to Beijing, Geng Yi, Gai Yan, Ma Wu, Wang Chang, and the generals of Lai She cannot return to Beijing.

If you can't grit your teeth and hold on at this critical moment, then the third western expedition of the imperial court will be wasted and will end in failure again.

After receiving Feng Yi's reply, Liu Xiu sighed for a long time, of course he knew that now was the critical period of the Western Expedition, but he was even more worried about Feng Yi's body.

Sacrifice is a lesson from the past, he died of illness in the army, and he didn't want Feng to follow in the footsteps of the asynchronous sacrifice.

He wrote a letter to Feng Yi again to persuade Feng Yi to return to Beijing.

Feng Yi replied again and refused.

Liu Xiu wrote three letters to Feng Yi in a row, urging him to return to Beijing to recuperate, but Feng Yi also rejected Liu Xiu three times in a row.

If such a thing happens to other monarchs and ministers, it will be terrible, the Son of Heaven continues to send books to let you return to Beijing, but you continue to refuse, what does this mean?

Want to raise an army to rebel outside?

It's just that the relationship between Liu Xiu and Feng Yi is different from the relationship between ordinary monarchs and ministers, the personal relationship between the two is too deep, and when Liu Xiu was the most depressed and suffering, it was Feng Yi's bowl of bean porridge that saved Liu Xiu's life.

Liu Xiu was also very helpless about Feng Yi's refusal to listen to his own arrangement and refusal to return to Beijing to recuperate, picking up Feng Yi's letters from time to time and sighing again and again.

When Hua Feiyan walked into the Qingliang Palace, he found Liu Xiu sitting behind the table, looking at the letter blankly.

She stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty! ”

"Non-smoke is coming."

Liu Xiu raised his head and pulled the corners of his mouth at Hua Feiyan.

"If Your Majesty is very worried about General Feng's health, it is better to directly issue an edict and declare General Feng to return to Beijing!"

Hua Feiyan persuaded him.

Liu Xiu shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate to do this!" ”

He knew Feng Yi's temper, even if he issued an edict, he was afraid that Feng Yi might not obey.

What if this happens?

Send someone to Hanyang to arrest Feng Yi and cure him for his crimes?

Gongsun is dedicated to the country and to him, and he is eager to win this long-lasting battle for the west! Liu Xiu refused to issue an edict directly, because he was worried that Feng Yi would not obey the order, so that it would be difficult for him to protect Feng Yi.

He put down Feng Yi's letter, looked at Hua Feiyan, changed his words, and asked, "How is Gao Jinghui in the palace?" ”

Gao Jinghui has now married into the palace and has been named a beauty by Liu Xiu, although she has been in the palace for almost a month, Liu Xiu has not been to the Jiande Palace where Gao Jinghui is located.

Hua Feiyan said: "Feiyan heard that Gao Meiren often goes to the West Palace and gets along well with Yin nobles. ”