February of the sixth year of Zhongping of the Great Han Dynasty (189 AD). ∮ Yan Moxuan ∮ ad-free ∮

Xiaoyu pillowed Li Hong's arm, her long black hair was messily draped on her fair and delicate face, and her body was slightly curled, like a tame kitten lying quietly in Li Hong's wide and sturdy arms. Li Hong gently smoothed the long hair scattered on Xiaoyu's face, looked at Xiaoyu's beautiful face motionlessly, love swelled in his heart, and couldn't help lowering his head to kiss Xiaoyu's long eyelashes, tender cherry lips, and warm cheeks.

From Lulongsai to Hengling, from Hengling to the Sentence Note Fortress, from the Sentence Note Fortress to Jinyang, it has been nearly 2,000 miles. Along the way, the wind and snow were blowing, the weather was cold, Xiaoyu didn't say a word of bitterness, but just silently followed Li Hong and galloped. Li Hong felt sorry for her, and often held her in his arms and galloped wildly. After Xiaoyu followed him, there were no more peaceful and peaceful days like before, there were just continuous wars, endless worries and anxieties, but as long as Xiaoyu no longer had pain and no longer loneliness, Li Hong would be very satisfied.

Whenever they camped in the ice and snow, Li Hong and Xiaoyu hugged each other tightly, and the sweetness and happiness at that moment made Li Hong difficult to control. More than five years of bloody career have already withered Li Hong's soul. In addition to pain and anger, he had forgotten other emotions, but the love transformed by these years of concern and longing was like nectar falling from the sky, suddenly moistening Li Hong's dry heart, and colorful emotions erupted from his heart like a spring. For the first time, he felt that life could be so good. Li Hong was afraid that this happiness would be fleeting, so he hugged Xiaoyu all night and sat by the fire for a long time and did not want to sleep.

Zheng Xin was very envious, and once asked Li Hong, Zimin, does it feel good to hold Xiaoyu? Do you ride with her during the day and sleep with her at night, and don't feel tired? Li Hong laughed, hugged Xiaoyu, who was so shy that his face was red, and said, Shouyan, when I return to Jinyang, I will ask the boss to marry Mrs. Fang for you, and you will know. Tian Chong, who was sitting on the side, stretched out his hand and slapped Zheng Xin on the head, and said with a smile, what do you know besides fighting? Small children should not talk nonsense. But you're twenty years old, and it's time for you to have a woman. Zheng Xin was overjoyed when he heard this, and he dreamed of it.

Back in Jinyang, Zhang Yan specially arranged a house for Li Hong. Li Hong asked Xiaoyu whether he would rather live in the city or in the barracks. Xiaoyu was very scared and said that he would live with Li Hong in the barracks. She had been alone for a long time, and she was afraid to live alone in an empty house, and the feeling of loneliness terrified her very much. Li Hong saw Xiaoyu's frightened appearance, and he loved and pity him in his heart, so he left with Xiaoyu.

When they arrived at the camp, Yan Wuxing, beard, Xiao Lazy Leizi and a group of people came to visit Xiaoyu, and Li Hong took advantage of the fact that all the generals in Youzhou were in the camp, and invited everyone to a drink. He also specially invited dozens of Lu Longsai veterans such as Lao Gui. At the banquet, Li Hong said, I married Xiaoyu today, and this wine is a happy wine. Everyone was overjoyed and congratulated. Xian Yufu was very dissatisfied, saying that you married Xiaoyu into the family so simply, I'm sorry. Li Hong said with emotion, compared with those comrades-in-arms lying underground, I am still alive, I can still marry a wife, I am very, very satisfied.

Xiaoyu was awakened by Li Hong's kiss, she stretched out and hugged Li Hong, let Li Hong kiss her white and slender neck, let Li Hong's big hand move on her chest, and a strong sense of happiness and satisfaction violently impacted her body and mind. She lay weakly in Li Hong's arms and moaned coquettishly.

Li Hong gently bit Xiaoyu's earlobe and said in a low voice: "Don't sleep, come with me to Jinyang today." ”

Xiaoyu lay on Li Hong, face to face, and whispered: "I'm not going, I don't like ......"

"I'm going to stay in Jinyang for a few days, so you might as well go with me." Li Hong smiled and said, "Xiao Lan came to pick you up in person today, it's not good not to go." When we arrived in Jinyang, we stayed at Zhongyuan's house. If you don't want to move around, stay at Zhongyuan's house and look at the scrolls. Without you by my side at night, I am not steady and can't sleep. ”

Xiaoyu was intoxicated, she hated to turn into a drop of sweet rain and flow into Li Hong's heart, become one with Li Hong, and be with Li Hong all the time.

After Li Hong returned to Jinyang, the main generals of various localities and departments were successively recalled to the Longshan battalion, first, in order to report to the Zhenbei General's Mansion on the situation of the previous battle, find out the gains and losses, and sum up the lessons and lessons. The second is to rectify the army and enforce discipline. The generals of the unified army of all parties and the principal historians of the Zhenbei General's Mansion also discussed the specific operational strategy of the Northern Xinjiang War proposed by the Zhenbei General's Office, so as to improve the plan and play the Son of Heaven and the imperial court as soon as possible.

Since Sikong Ding Palace was recalled to Beijing, the General Mansion of Zhengbei and the General Mansion of Zhenbei were temporarily under the command of Xu Rong, and the subordinates of the two governments could be requisitioned and transferred by Xu Rong at will, so the number of Peng Shi has greatly increased. Li Wei and Xiao Lan were recalled by Xu Rong after the new year, and the Northern Expedition Camp in Xihe County from Shicheng is currently presided over by Huang Ting, the chief of Zhang Yan, the general of Pingnan. After Li Wei and his wife returned to Jinyang, Xiao Lan submitted his resignation to the Zhenbei General's Mansion on the grounds of physical discomfort. At present, the power of General Zhenbei is getting bigger and bigger, and there are many talents in the house, Xiaolan thinks that if he and his wife fill important positions in the government at the same time, they will be criticized, and it is not appropriate for one of her daughters to mix with a group of big men to discuss state affairs for a long time. Xu Rong didn't dare to agree rashly. Xiao Lan was recruited by Li Hong as a senior in the mansion, and he played an important role in the early days when there was a shortage of talents in the Zhenbei General's Mansion, and he was a pivotal figure in the mansion, and whether or not he could agree to Xiao Lan's resignation was not within Xu Rong's authority.

After Li Hong returned, he immediately vetoed it. The war in Northern Xinjiang is about to begin, where can a staff member like Xiao Lan, who is familiar with all things in Northern Xinjiang and the affairs of the government, go to find it? In the past two years, Xiao Lan has participated in all kinds of government affairs in the Zhenbei General's Mansion, and some things are still presided over by her personally, once she goes to work, it is not a question of whether there is anyone to do it, but a question of whether Li Hong, the person who did it, can be trusted. Many of the secrets of the Zhenbei General's Mansion must not be leaked.

Xiao Lan personally found Li Hong and told him about the many shortcomings of his wife serving in the mansion at the same time. Xiao Lan said, now there are rumors that our Zhu family controls the entire Zhenbei General's Mansion, which is very detrimental to the general's cause. Li Hong didn't care, and said that once the Northern Xinjiang War was over and the northern border counties were recovered, I, the general of Zhenbei, would have to go to work, and everyone would go their separate ways. Where is there any great cause? You'd better go ahead and do it. You are working for the Great Han Kingdom and not for me, so why do you care about other people's gossip? Zhong Yuan and I are brothers, brothers for life, and I trust you.

Xiao Lan had no choice but to continue to take the position of Zhonglang to handle the official affairs of the government. Li Hong took into account her living habits and specially arranged for her to preside over and coordinate the affairs between the prefectures in Jinyang City. These things are numerous and complicated, all-encompassing, and belong to the kind of hard work that is both tiring and does not see results. However, these things seemed to Xiao Lan to be very easy, and she took dozens of officials from the Zhenbei General's Mansion to handle them in an orderly manner.

Recently, the victims of the disaster in Jizhou and the scattered ant thieves have poured into the territory of Jizhou in droves, and in order to prevent chaos, the prefecture governments have invested a lot of manpower and material resources to provide relief and resettlement to the victims. Due to the lack of money and food, Zhao Qi, Zhang Yan and Ding Yuan asked for help from the Zhenbei General's Mansion. For this reason, Xiao Lan repeatedly begged Li Hong to go to Jinyang, because matters related to relief and the allocation of money and grain had to be negotiated by the governments and finally agreed by Li Hong.

On this day, Xiao Lan personally rushed to the Longshan camp to supervise and invite Li Hong to leave for Jinyang. In the morning, Li Hong took Li Wei, Zhao Yun Pang De, and a hundred black panther Yi out of the camp from the longitudinal horse, and Xiao Lan and Xiaoyu followed closely behind in a carriage.

Li Wei saw that Zhao Yun was also there, and was a little strange, so he asked Li Hong in a low voice: "Why did the adults bring Zilong with them?" We all know that adults prefer Zilong, but now that the generals of all departments are in the camp, you have to pay a little attention to Zilong even if you prefer Zilong, so you don't have to be so swaggering, right? ”

Li Hong smiled: "Zhong Yuan misunderstood. Yesterday when Zilong and I played against each other, I was a little absent-minded, so I asked him what was the matter, and he said he wanted to go home and see. I'm very strange, saying that all the soldiers have been taking turns to rest recently, why haven't you gone back yet? Zilong explained that the soldiers of the Changshui battalion were all Karasuma and Huns, far away from home, and it would take a long time to go back and forth, so he asked the other soldiers to go home one after another, but he gave up this opportunity. However, Zilong has been away from home for more than a year and is very homesick. At the end of last year, when Zilong led his troops from Jizhou to escort Mr. Cai back to Bingzhou, he took his parents from Zhending City to Jinyang by the way. Speaking of which, he only has more than 40 miles to go home, how can you make him miss home at all? ”

"So the adults brought him today, both public and private?" Li Wei shook his head with a smile and said, "The adults really like Zilong, and it's no wonder that the generals have complaints." ”

"Why do I like Zilong?" Li Hong said with a look of wrongedness, "Is it a preference for me to help you rob Xiaolan in Luoyang?" ”

Li Wei bowed again and again and said, "My lord, that's a preference, that's a preference." Zilong's intelligence, martial arts, and combat achievements are obvious to all. The lord recommended him to the imperial court as a general and let him lead an army alone, which everyone can understand, and they also think that Zilong has this qualification, but how did Zilong's military exploits come about? ”

Li Hong smiled and said nothing, he didn't admit it but knew it in his heart. He let Zhao Yun lead the army alone several times, and Zhao Yun won all of them, and of course Zhao Yun's exploits were more and more concentrated. Because others did not have the opportunity to lead the army alone, they naturally gained very few combat achievements. Generally, generals act with the army, and even if they have military exploits, they are not as outstanding as Zhao Yun.

It's actually very strange for people to be together, and Li Hong can't tell why he likes Zhao Yun and why he trusts Zhao Yun. From the first time he saw Zhao Yun raising his horse and raising a gun to single-handedly challenge Yan Liang, he liked this fierce general, and he trusted him without any reason. He has always been full of confidence in Zhao Yun, and he thinks that as long as he explains to Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun will do it. Li Hong did not have this kind of confidence in others, even Zheng Xin and Yan Wuxing, who came out of Lu Longsai together.

"I think Zilong is lucky." Li Hong looked at Li Wei and said seriously, "This time I asked him to rush to the aid of Lucheng, but he led his troops to attack, and in one breath he went down to Wuzhong and Xu Wucheng, and finally approached Lu Longsai. Although Lu Longsai was later given up by the Xianbei people on his own initiative, not by Zilong, he was the first to enter Lu Longsai, and the credit for recapturing Lu Longsai naturally should be credited to him. Opportunity is important, but it takes strength and luck to succeed. So, now it's not just everyone who has complaints, I also have complaints, why did Lu Longsai be beaten down by Zilong, not me? ”

Li Wei looked at Li Hong's regretful appearance and couldn't help laughing.

Xiao Lan lifted the curtain to look at Li Wei, who was laughing on the horse, turned back to Xiaoyu who was sitting beside him and said, "The general is telling a joke." Does he usually joke with you? ”

Xiaoyu smiled lightly and shook her head. Xiao Lan looked at her eyes intently, and praised in a low voice: "My sister is so beautiful, her eyes are like a pool of autumn water." In the past, the old man often praised you in front of me, saying that you have clear eyes and water, and people are also smart, and it is true. The general has you in his heart, no wonder he hasn't married for so many years. ”

Xiaoyu blushed and hung her head silently, with a happy smile on her delicate face.

"The General passed out once during the attack on Jicheng. I heard that he kept calling your name after he passed out, do you know that? ”

Xiaoyu was stunned, sweet and bitter in her heart. All kinds of tastes came to my heart for a while, and my eyes were quietly moist.

Xiao Lan smiled: "My sister's blessing is really enviable. ”

Li Hong and Li Wei talked in a low voice about the situation in Luoyang as they walked.

"The general is in a catastrophe this time." Li Wei said in a low voice, "Even if he wins the battle in Jizhou, His Majesty will kill him." It's just that I don't quite understand His Majesty's intentions. Now the Northern Army has left Beijing, and the Xiyuan Army is stationed at the Eight Passes of Gyeonggi. There is only the southern army in Luoyang City, and His Majesty is very safe now, why didn't he take the opportunity to issue an edict to kill the general? Does Your Majesty still have to wait for the general to complete the army and lead his troops south to arrest the general? ”

"Although Your Majesty and the imperial court continued to send food, salaries and ordnance to Bingzhou after the beginning of the year, have you noticed that Shang Shutai has never discussed with me about the Great War in Northern Xinjiang since Lord Huangfu left. What is especially strange is that His Majesty urged me to return to Merge Prefecture three times and twice, but Shang Shutai has not given me a detailed battle plan so far. "What does this mean?" To fight or not to fight the Great War in Northern Xinjiang? Do you fight immediately or delay it until after the establishment of the imperial system? Luoyang looks chaotic now. The struggle between the powers of all parties for the imperial throne is fierce, and His Majesty and the imperial court may have no intention of fighting in the near future. ”

"We don't know about Luoyang at the moment, and there are all kinds of statements and estimates." Li Wei said, "After all, we are not in the court, and we don't know the specific inside story, but two things are certain. First, His Majesty did not want to kill Zhongguan in exchange for the support of the gate lord clan, and second, His Majesty did not want Luoyang to fall into a bloody storm because of the matter of imperial reunification, so he transferred both the Northern Army and the Xiyuan Army out of Luoyang, completely eliminating the possibility of mutiny. But in the current situation, His Majesty could have summoned the general back to Luoyang and killed him instead, why didn't he do it for a long time? ”

Li Hong thought for a moment and said with a wry smile: "What is Your Majesty's mind, where can we guess?" In fact, the matter of imperial control seems very simple to me. Your Majesty only needs to let me rush to Luoyang with 20,000 iron horsemen, and he can do whatever he wants. Kill the ** eunuch, kill the general, kill the gate lord clan, it's all fine, isn't it just to set up a prince, is it so complicated? The reason why the battle for the imperial throne is so complicated and so dangerous is, in the final analysis, because His Majesty does not trust me. ”

Li Wei smiled: "You really know how to tell jokes." At this time, if Your Majesty orders you to ride into Beijing with 20,000 iron, do you dare to go? ”

"Idiots will enter Beijing." Li Hong lowered his voice and said, "I killed the general in front, and I was the one who lost my head in the back." Your Majesty doesn't trust anyone, so he trusts himself. But then again, Your Majesty will not let me lead my troops into Beijing under any circumstances. ”

"Of course, the general's subordinates are either Hu people or Yellow Turban Army, and then they are rebel prisoners, this kind of army, Your Majesty will not even let you cross the Yellow River, let alone enter Beijing." Li Wei sighed, "How does His Majesty plan to establish this imperial rule?" What is the purpose of His Majesty's refusal to kill the general so far? Could it be that His Majesty wants to force the general to rebel? ”

"How did the general rebel?" Li Hong asked, "The soldiers of the Northern Army are all children of Gyeonggi, and they have received the favor of the emperor, even if the general tricks them back to the capital, as long as Your Majesty gives an edict, the soldiers of the Northern Army will immediately turn the spearhead and kill the general." Wasn't this how the great general Dou Wu launched the Beigong Mutiny? Don't the generals know? If the general wants to rebel, he can only use other armies, not the Northern Army and the Western Park Army. It's okay for these troops to threaten people, but when it comes to a critical time, it is still up to Your Majesty. Could it be that the soldiers of the Northern Army and the Western Garden Army will attack the Imperial Palace? Dream on. ”

"Then why did Your Majesty repeatedly urge the general to return to the state? What to do with dividing the Northern Army in two? What do you want the general to lead the army for? Since Lord Huangfu Song can go on the expedition, then my teacher can also go on the expedition, and Lord Lu Zhilu can also go on the expedition, why did Your Majesty agree to let the general go on the expedition? Li Wei frowned and said, "Your Majesty is either a genius or a ......."

"What do you mean?" Li Hong asked.

Li Wei leaned into Li Hong's ear and whispered: "Your Majesty should have only one purpose in doing this, that is, to force the rebellion against the general, take the opportunity to wipe out all the people who support the general in the court, completely eliminate all those who oppose the abolition of the emperor, and clear all obstacles for the future inheritance of the great unification of Xiao Donghou." ”

Li Hong was taken aback, "Then why does Your Majesty try your best to win over scholars?" Do you want to recruit a large number of scholars into the court? ”

"In this way, Your Majesty can see the true colors of more scholars, can kill more scholars who oppose him, and can kill more scholars who may endanger Xiao Donghou in the future." Li Wei hesitated, "It's just that Your Majesty is too risky to use the method of forcing the rebel general to eliminate dissidents and establish the imperial system, so I said that Your Majesty is either a genius or a ......."

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