In August of the fourth year of Qianyou, the autumn was high.

On the vast plains on both sides of the river, the autumn grain harvest has come to an end. In order to prepare for the war, the imperial court issued a special order, urging the provincial governments to rush to harvest the autumn grain, collect it in the treasury for the specified year, prepare it in Tokyo, and send it to the warehouses in various places.

So far in the middle of autumn, most of the rice and wheat fields in the Central Plains and Hebei have only traces of harvesting, and there is no longer a golden scene, but the farmers of the Han Dynasty have more smiles on their faces.

The sky can see mercy, relying on the past two years, the wind and rain have been smooth, especially this year, the harvest is good. In particular, the Qianshou of Liangjing, Gyeonggi and its surrounding imperial courts, even though they paid a lot of two taxes to meet the basic life, finally had some surplus food.

Tokyo, when the officials and people of the city were preparing to welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival, in the imperial city, the emperor of the Han Dynasty was still divided into two halves, intending to the north and south.

In the Chongzheng Palace, there are still a group of old military ministers, Gao Xingzhou, Wei Renpu, Zheng Renyu, Wang Pu, Murong Yanzhao, plus a Shang Hongqian, after all, he is the palace marshal.

In addition to Zhang Dejun and Wang Shu, there was another young official, Li Fang.

This year, Liu Chengyou has started the system again, and there are 237 scholars in various disciplines, and the champion Liu Chengyou appointed this Li Fang. After a variety of investigations, this person has outstanding humanities, quick thinking, and is a talent, Liu Chengyou is a bachelor of Hanlin to fill the position of a general secretary, and he is also responsible for helping to sort out official documents and play sparsely.

"Hunan has changed!" Liu Chengyou's words pointed out the theme of this palace meeting.

This time, it was Zheng Renzhi who introduced the situation: "Your Majesty, your lords. According to the reports of the Military Intelligence Department of the Privy Council and Cao Yin, the defense envoy of Lizhou, there was a mutiny in Changsha just seven days ago. Xu Wei, the general of the Chu army, abolished the pseudo Chu king Ma Xicao, imprisoned in Hengshan County, and immediately Xichong stayed for the Wu'an army, and plundered Changsha! ”

"Hengshan commanded Liao Yan and Ji's father to patrol Kuang Ning, united with Ma Chufan's general Peng Shiwei, and was deposed by Ma Xicao's length, which was inevitable, and supported Ma Xicao as the king of Hengshan, gathered thousands of villagers, townsmen and barbarians, and went north to Tanzhou."

"Ma Chu Jingjiang Jiedu made Ma Xiyin and Mengzhou Assassin Shi allow Qiong to hear the changes in Changsha, and also according to the soldiers and horses, because of the pseudo-Liu soldiers and horses Chen Yu Lingnan, they did not dare to move lightly!"

"The Wuping Jiedu who stole Langzhou made Liu Yan hear about the changes in Chu, and sent someone to pass a letter to Lizhou, asking Cao Defense to present Tokyo on his behalf, intending to lead the army south, attack Changsha, and crusade against Ma Xichong. However, it is reported that after Liu Yan wrote the letter, Wang Kui and Zhou Xingfeng, the commanders of the Langzhou soldiers and horses, had already sent troops to Changsha to denounce Ma Xichong's crime of usurping the throne. ”

After Zheng Renzhi finished his introduction, the hall was silent for a moment, and the civil and military people were digesting the news.

It was still Wang Pu who took the lead in getting up and speaking: "Your Majesty, the situation in Hunan is already very clear, and between the forces of Ma and Chu, I am afraid that there will be another civil war, and the situation will definitely and completely collapse." Nama Xichong is also a drunkard and promiscuous person, and he is based in Changsha, and it is difficult to defend his place! ”

Wang Pu's words fell, Wei Renpu also stood up, and said in an unusually affirmative tone: "The most important thing is that the pseudo-Tang will definitely not delay any longer this time, they sharpened their knives and went to Hunan, for six months, and they have not missed a good opportunity in the situation of Hunan." As soon as the puppet Tang Dynasty moved, the puppet dynasty in Lingnan would inevitably follow suit, taking the land of Gui and Mongolia in the north and taking Lingnan as much as possible. ”

As he spoke, Wei Renpu got up and gestured on the map of Hunan hanging on the side of the hall. This map is relatively simple, with only large prefectures and towns in Hunan, and several main rivers and tributaries. However, after Wei Renpu's explanation, it is not difficult to understand the situation.

After Wei Renpu finished speaking, Zheng Renzhi said: "After many investigations, it can now be determined that the puppet Tang Dynasty has stationed troops in the north and south of Yuanzhou and Ezhou respectively, and the movable army has at least 50,000 land and water troops. ”

"The ministers guessed that it must be dominated by the Yuanzhou border pickaxe army on the southern road. In the north, there are our Lizhou Tun army and Langzhou Chu soldiers, and the Ezhou division should only be used as a reserve for the partial division. Yuanzhou is less than 200 miles away from Liling, the southeast gateway of Changsha, and there are tributaries of the Ganshui River to rely on, and it can also avoid many troubles in the north. ”

"According to investigations, there are three reasons why the Tang army did not move, one is the intentions and threats of our DPRK, the second is the famine in Huainan, and the third is the situation in Ma Chu. At this point, Tang Zhu has no reason to hesitate. ”

Zheng Ren's words fell, and Wang Pu actively added: "According to the deduction of the ministers and others, once the Tang army marches from Yuanzhou, with the situation that the Hunan soldiers are tired and the people are lacking, and the people's hearts are lost, the two brothers Ma Xicao and Ma Xichong will have no possibility of holding it at all. At that time, I am afraid that the central part of Hunan will really be as expected by the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty. ”

"And the land of Gui and Meng, the region is barren, there are few Dingkou, and there is no one to rely on, so I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist the attack of the puppet Liu army. At that time, the most likely situation in the Hunan states is that the pseudo-Liu occupies the land of the ten states in Lingnan, and the pseudo-Tang occupies most of the central and northern parts of Hunan, and only Langzhou in the north and Lizhou in our army can temporarily resist it! ”

"Do you overestimate the Langzhou Army?" After Wang Pu finished speaking, Liu Chengyou finally spoke: "As Qing and others said, if the puppet Tang Dynasty is based on most of Hunan, only the rebel army in Langzhou can fight against the Tang army?" They are a group of rebels, it can be said that they are a rabble, not like Ma Xicao at the beginning, and the identity of the descendants of the Ma family, and the opponent is not a fool like Ma Xiguang! ”

Wei Renpu stood up at this time and explained: "Your Majesty can't underestimate the current Langzhou soldiers, they seem to be a rabble, but they are actually the most elite and strongest army under Ma Xixu at the beginning, although the number is not large, but the courage is abnormal. The generals who controlled the Lang soldiers, mainly Wang Kui and Zhou Xingfeng, had a deep friendship and became "ten brothers". ”

And although they started from humble beginnings, they also had no lack of scheming, especially that week. In June, after the abolition of Wuping Festival to make Ma Guanghui, because of who took the throne, the 'Ten Brothers' suddenly had a conflict. It was Zhou Xingfeng who proposed to welcome Li Yan as a moderation, avoiding contradictions and possible civil strife, so that Langzhou could still work together and turn outward. ”

While Langzhou surrendered to the Han Dynasty, he also accepted the pseudo-Tang Dynasty's books, which were not offended, and the left and right were the source. It is said that it is also Zhou Xingfeng's suggestion, although there is a suspicion of both ends of the first rat, but it cannot be completely treated as a vulgar man with shallow virtue. ”

"Zhou Xingfeng ......" Liu Chengyou muttered in his mouth, since this year, he has heard this name several times, and he is already a man of the year in Hunan.

However, Liu Chengyou vaguely has some memories, it is this name that has made some famous names in the original history.

Wei Renpu continued: "And although Langzhou is friendly with the puppet Tang at the same time, if the Tang army really occupies the land of Hunan, with their style, it is impossible for them to directly surrender their weapons. And if the Great Han and Jing Nan support them from behind, they will naturally be able to fight against the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, and it will not be so easy for the Tang army to solve the troubles of Chu Land......"

After listening to the analysis and report of several courtiers, Liu Chengyou stood in front of the map for a long time, turned around, raised his finger and said solemnly: "Zhuqing, the drastic changes in Hunan are imminent, and the Han must be ready for the final response!" ”

He talks about the south, but Liu Chengyou is facing the north, and he knows very well in his heart that no matter how Hunan changes and how chaotic it is, the impact on today's Han is limited.

In the autumn of the fourth year of Qianyou, with the Ma Chu Rebellion, the great changes in the situation in the world officially kicked off, and the vast soup came.