At the end of the year, heavy snow fell.

The people of Jinyang closed their doors and closed their doors, ushering in the moment of alternating the old and the new in the wind and snow.

This year, a lot has happened in the world.

In Henan, Li Mi and Wang Shichong fought one after another, and Yu Wenhua led his troops into the Henan battlefield, so in the dazzling deceit, Li Mi and Wang Shichong resumed the confrontation situation.

In the western part of Lianghuai, Zhu Cang was stabbed to death, so there was one less hero in the world, and Xiao Mo took the opportunity to exterminate the remnants of Zhu Cang and grew stronger in the western part of Jianghuai.

Immediately, Xiao Milling took advantage of the late autumn and early winter when the water flow slowed down, Shuojiang went up, captured Kuizhou, and the trend of entering Shu has been completed.

The Tang army was defeated in Shuzhong, and between the defeat and retreat, the control of Shuzhong was greatly reduced, the Southern Barbarian rebellion revived, and the chaos in Shuzhong gradually became a reality.

This was the heaviest blow to Li Tang after the fall of Jinyang.

The chaos in Shuzhong will inevitably shake Guanzhong, and Li Tang's rise almost came to an abrupt end after suffering a heavy setback.

Dou Jiande in Hebei is also uncomfortable, lack of food has become his most fatal weakness, and Wang Shichong and Li Mi are both wooing him.

Dou Jiande, who had already proclaimed himself emperor, was in a dilemma, and the suggestions of his subordinates to cross the river to the south and capture Luoyang had been placed on his table.

At this time, the Turkic envoys arrived in Hebei.

Dou Jiande has developed the habit of bowing to people, but unfortunately, the heads of Yu Wenhua and his brothers have been sent to Luoyang by him, in order to subdue Wang Cong in the river, he also set up a sacrifice for Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, and recruited Wang Cong and others, and got Yu Wenhua and the civil and military ministers who were coerced to Hebei.

There are more talents around Dou Jiande, but the internal struggle is also getting more and more intense.

Wang Cong and others were almost incompatible with Dou Jiande's subordinates, and Dou Jiande's sacrifice for Emperor Yang Guang of Sui also made his subordinates very dissatisfied.

If people in other places can still call Yang Guang an emperor, then Shandong people and Hebei people all call Yang Guang the dog emperor.

If Dou Jiande can get the grain and grass in Youzhou, he can also suppress the complaints of his subordinates with his prestige.

The grain and grass of Zhuo County were swept away by the Daizhou army, but at this time, the chaos within Dou Jiande's department was aggravated.

The arrival of the Turkic envoys seemed to make Dou Jiande see the rescuers, although there was no Yu Wenhua and his brother's head as a gift, but there was Empress Xiao there.

So, Dou Jiande reluctantly sent Empress Xiao to the envoys, and once again reaffirmed his intention to be a vassal to the Turks, and after getting some promises, he respectfully sent the envoys to the Taihang Pass.

The arrival of the Turkic envoys did bring good news to Dou Jiande.

When he heard that the Turkic Khan was about to become the princess of the Great Sui Yi, most of his old tribesmen, who could not read a single word, finally admitted that their Dou Da Leader was still very far-sighted.

It's just a pity that the flower-like Xiao Niangzi......

How beautiful Queen Xiao is, the people of the time called her the first beauty in the world, but not just because she is the mother of the country, even if she is now the eldest and not small, it is said that she is still charming and charming, and she has an extraordinary charm that makes people unable to move when they see it.

Dou Jiande breathed a sigh of relief, and the matter of distributing the land was more determined.

Obviously, this is a guy who doesn't have many big ambitions, and now he just wants to eat a full stomach, which is a bit similar to Li Po before, but the place where he is represented is a few points worse than the two states of the same generation.

Population and grain and grass are the only two criteria to measure the strength of each family in these years, according to this calculation, Dou Jiande is undoubtedly the weakest one among the world's heroes.

Shandong and Hebei have the longest period of turmoil, and under natural and man-made disasters, they are simply white bones everywhere, barren everywhere, and hundreds of thousands of troops account for more than half of the population under his rule.

Of course, if he wins the entire Hebei in the coming year, the population will increase a lot, and Hebei and Shandong, which have no strong enemies, will not be a soft persimmon.

In general, the turmoil in the world is still very violent.

Although the land of the Central Plains has been plunged into darkness for several years, it seems that the war will continue, but I have to say that for the Central Plains, this is actually a good thing.

Because the more chaotic it is, the sooner the opportunity for reunification will be born.

If you really let everyone stabilize and make a situation of seven heroes and five hegemons, or the three kingdoms come out, the season of war will be prolonged.

In other words, everyone has not yet gained a firm foothold, and the secession regime is not stable at all, and the easier it is to be eliminated in a fight.

Of course, it's just a black joke.

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This year's New Year, no matter what other people do, anyway, Li Po put aside military and political affairs, returned to the back house of the governor's mansion, and spent the New Year with his family.

The governor's mansion in Jinyang is not decorated with lights, but there is still some joyful atmosphere.

After all, the hostess of the Governor's Mansion is pregnant.

Outside, the snow is flying, the north wind is howling, and in a hall in the back house of the governor's mansion, the lights are flickering, the wine and food are complete, and the family gathers in one place, drinking and eating happily.

As the night deepened, Li Po drove away the red-eyed beads and Li Chun without hesitation.

Between the dimming of the lights, Li Po's smile faded away, revealing some sorrow.

Li Bi saw that his expression was different from before, so he asked softly, "What are your worries...... Aren't you worried about next year's war? ”

Li Po shook his head slightly, pulled his wife to his side, and said, "Since I led the troops to fight, who have you been afraid of when you see me?" ”

Li Bi was a little relieved, leaned on her husband, and muttered, "That's thinking about political affairs again?" ”

Li Po smiled and hugged his wife's body tightly, but his voice sounded very heavy.

"At the beginning, we led the Hengan Town Army...... At that time, I just thought about how many battles I could fight and ask for peace, but I didn't think about being a big official, as long as I could take you and my sister to be safe and sound, it didn't matter what I did. ”

"But now it's a little bit unsuccessful, so many people follow me, I can only keep walking, and it has become a luxury to want to have a little leisure work."

"Besides, I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I'm afraid our children won't be able to grow up happily and worry-free......"

Li Bi looked up, she seemed to have a premonition of what her husband was going to say.

Li Po looked down, smiled comfortingly, and continued: "The children you gave birth to, whether they are male or female, we can't be too doting, these days, the heart is soft, I'm afraid that I will have to be eaten by others, and it is for their good to teach and hone carefully." ”

"And you're going to have to do some preparations...... The greater the inheritance I have laid, the more outstanding the inheritor will be, and it is inevitable that there will be sibling rivalry in the future. ”

"When that time comes, don't blame them for not remembering brotherhood and sisterhood, and don't blame me for being ruthless...... After all, this path was chosen by you and me together, and when it comes to sadness, we can only blame us for being born at the wrong time......"

Li Bi was a little worried, and a little frightened, she grabbed Li Po's clothes, then sat up straight and looked directly into her husband's eyes.

After a long time, she smiled and said, "In order to arouse my husband's ambition that day, I said a lot of things and did a lot of things...... If there is really a day when the husband says, what can the concubine say? ”

Li Po nodded slightly, looking at her slightly bulging lower abdomen with some distraction, today's words were indeed thoughts that he had thought a lot about after being happy.

Then there were some worries in my heart, and those words were not only for my wife, but also to warn myself not to be too soft-hearted towards my children.

Born in troubled times, they can't be too fragile, in fact, this is quite contrary to some of his thoughts back then, and when he thinks about it, these little beasts are likely to stage a cannibalistic drama.

In addition to making Li Po dare not imagine, he was also a little unhappy.

After Li Bi finished speaking, she looked at her husband's face, and said cautiously after being frightened: "That is more than ten or twenty years later, why does my husband mention it now?" But what did someone say? ”

Li Po twitched the corners of his mouth, "It is said that people must have near-term worries if they have no long-term concerns, and it is always right to think long-term, some time ago, there were many people who wanted me to be the king...... When I think about it, I think of our children......"

"After this battle, if it really hits Chang'an or Luoyang one day, do you still want to stop and hand over the throne to others?"

Li Po breathed a sigh of relief, leaned over and hugged his wife's shoulders again, "Don't think about it, the child is born, like you more, when he grows up, he will be thrown into the army, like me, hehe, let me teach ...... in person"

Li Bi shook her shoulders, barely returned to normal, and squinted at her husband, "Why, where is your father so eccentric?" Hmph, whether men or women, whether they succeed or not, they must invite some talented people to teach, and what happens in the future depends on their own creation. ”

Li Po nodded, deliberately easing the atmosphere, "You remember, don't give birth to a son like Yang Er, that's terrible......"

"Could it be that the husband really has ...... What does it mean to be the emperor? ”

"You and I are willing, it makes no difference whether to be the king or the emperor when the time comes, when we come to this step, where is there any room for retreat for our husband and wife, when we were in the Hengan Town Army, if we were to serve others, there would be people to accept it."

"Who have you bowed your head to now, it is all the fate of people and me for fish and meat, even if you can't die, how many days can you and I stand that person's wretched spirit under the low eaves?"

"I've been holding back my strength before, I just don't want to come to this point, but Li Yuanji's bastard thing gave Jinyang to me, do you think I can take it?"

"The so-called Qin lost his deer and chased the world together, haha, now we are also one of the princes, not to mention that the children need to be cultivated, our husband and wife are almost the same, one step forward, it is a stormy one, one step back, but it is a cliff."

"Do you say you want to go forward and face the wind, or do you want to fall back and fall into pieces?"

At this point, Li Bi completely shook off the previous heaviness, and she swung her fist vigorously.

"To be an emperor is to be an emperor, first the Yuan family, then the Gao family, Yuwen, and then the Yang family, and now it should be our turn to be surnamed Li."

(Commuter Pass) (To be continued.) )