At the beginning of the year, he had already set up his eldest son Liu He as the crown prince, and determined that he was the rightful heir of the Han State, but he also knew his son's temperament, stingy, and regardless of the overall situation, but he had outstanding military achievements and a very high prestige in the court.

At the beginning of the year, he ordered Shi Le, the general of Han Zhendong, to cross the Yellow River and conquer Baima, Wang Mi led 30,000 horses and Shi Le to attack Xuzhou, Yuzhou and Yanzhou. In February, Shi Le attacked Juancheng, killed Yanzhou assassin Shi Yuan Fu, conquered Cangyuan, killed Wang Kan, and then crossed the Yellow River to the north, attacking the counties of Jizhou, and making more than 90,000 people dependent.

In July, Liu Cong, who had been crowned King of Chu, Liu Yao, Shi Le, and the general Yue Guo of Anbei surrounded the Taishou Pei of Hanoi, and killed the captured general Song Chao who came to the rescue, and most of the Hanoi people surrendered.

And when the news of this victory reached Pingyang, Liu Yuan was already bedridden. The Han State is gaining momentum, if it continues to develop according to this trend, within three years, they will be able to replace the Jin Dynasty, but he can't hold on, although his sons are promising, but they will inevitably fight in the future, if they ignore the overall situation, drag down the entire Han State with internal strife, then he is dead and will not be blind.

Liu Yuan was uneasy in his heart, looked at Liu He who was accompanying him, and had to say a few more words: "In the future, if you are the emperor, the most important thing is still the affairs of the Han Kingdom, and the rest of the personal enmities must be put down, and the brothers will work together to make great things." ”

Liu He smiled on his face, and even claimed: "What my father taught me is that my sons have written it down." ”

Liu Yuan looked at Liu He, the smirk on his face was really contrived, Liu Yuan knew that his words were not listened to by Liu He, but he was afraid that as soon as he died, Liu He would liquidate Liu Cong**. But the overall situation has been decided, if he changes Liu Cong at this time, Liu He will be opposed, and the forces behind him should not be underestimated, not to mention that Liu Cong and Liu Yao are not in Pingyang at this time, and he doesn't even know if he can wait for them to come back.

Liu Yuan lay on the bed weakly, he was still like those ordinary old people when he was gone, he couldn't be the master, and no one was willing to listen to him anymore, he could only lie on the bed alone, helplessly waiting for the last moment to come.

Liu He this year can be described as a spring breeze, since he was announced as the prince of the Han State a few years ago, the smile on his face has not retreated, and then Liu Yuan was seriously ill, Liu Cong and Liu Yao led the troops outside, he premiered the affairs of the Han Dynasty, as if he was already the lord of the Han State, he gathered people's hearts, installed his henchmen, in a short period of time, determined that he said the status of the same, and now he, just waiting for Liu Yuan to breathe, he sat on the highest throne of the Han State, and opened the era of Liu He.

Out of Liu Yuan's dormitory, Liu He put away his smirk, asked the people around him, and said, "Liu Cong, where are they?" ”

"I will be able to reach Binh Duong in about five days." The people around them replied: "They heard that His Majesty was seriously ill and that after the army was cut off, the two brothers hurried back with only a few people. ”

What do they think they can do if they rush back? The old man didn't know if he would survive five days. Liu He sneered and said, "When the time comes, stop them outside the city gate, don't let them come in so smoothly." ”

"What does Your Highness want to do?" The people around me were puzzled.

"Hehe," Liu He stretched out his arm and said, "What don't you want to do, let them know who is in charge of this Han Kingdom now, let them be vigilant, otherwise don't blame me for being polite." ”

Sure enough, Liu Cong and Liu Yao were stopped outside when they rushed back to Pingyang City, they knew that their father was seriously ill when they were outside, and they hurried back for fear of missing this last side, who would have thought that they would be stopped outside and couldn't enter the city, Liu Cong was angry and scolded outside, but it was useless, they were surrounded by a group of Liu He's personal soldiers, and they couldn't break out at all.

Liu Yao was anxious and asked one of the people around them, "How is Your Majesty's condition now?" ”

"I don't know." The man was expressionless.

Liu Yao was angry and said, "What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mean by stopping me to wait outside this city?" You have to give an explanation for such an unclearness, right? ”

But the group just surrounded them, ignoring them, and even less talking. Liu Cong knew that it was useless to be angry here, so he simply grabbed Liu Yao and said to one of them: "Tell your leaders to come out, I have something to ask them." When he saw a few people looking at each other, he didn't answer, so he said: "Anyway, I am still the king of Chu in the Han Kingdom, and you are surrounding us for no reason, and I am afraid that it will be impossible to escape the death penalty if you report it." ”

Finally, a person understood the threat in Liu Cong's words, and ran into the city tower, and after a while, a person walked out of it, and it seemed that he was indeed the leader of this group, he stepped forward quickly, and saluted Liu Cong and Liu Yao with a smile, and said: "He Da has seen His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and he has seen His Royal Highness the King of Shi'an. ”

"How?" Liu Cong raised his eyebrows and said, "Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in power, he will be disowned by his six relatives so soon?" Don't say that Your Majesty is still here, even if Your Majesty dies, he is afraid that he will be attacked by the world if he does not think about brotherhood, if you can see Liu He, tell him a word: If you do more injustice, you will kill yourself. ”

"The King of Chu is serious." He Da groveled, looking extremely respectful, but Liu Cong did not let go of the smile on his face, which was a slightly sarcastic smile: "It is the people below who have no form, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already ordered that the two princes are allowed to enter the city and return to the house to rest." With a wave of his hand, the crowd dispersed. Cool Record Literature

Liu Yao frowned and asked, "Back home?" We are going to visit His Majesty in the palace. ”

"Nature, nature." He Da still smiled and said: "But Your Majesty has rested today, it is so late, the two highnesses want to enter the palace to disturb Your Majesty's dreams, how can he withstand this toss if his old man is not in good health?" The two highnesses can rest assured, Your Majesty has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince by his side, everything is fine, and tomorrow, the two highnesses will be able to enter the palace to see the driver. ”

Liu Yao looked at the sun that was already setting in the west, and was speechless, they arrived outside the Pingyang City Gate in the afternoon, and they were surrounded outside for several hours. He glanced at Liu Cong and saw that he was also ugly, so he said, "Let's go in first." ”

Liu Cong nodded, and under the escort of that group of people, he entered Pingyang City, and went straight back to his Chu Palace, which followed him all the time, and after seeing him and Liu Yao enter the mansion, they surrounded the Chu Palace.

"What do you mean? Is this going to house arrest me? Liu Cong was furious and roared.

"Don't dare," He Da followed Liu Cong into the mansion and said, "Now that Your Majesty is seriously ill, martial law is imposed everywhere in Pingyang City, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also afraid that it will be inconvenient for the two princes to travel tomorrow, so he ordered the humble to bring people to accompany him to provide convenience for the prince." ”

"Attendant?" Liu Cong knew that it was useless to worry more about a subordinate, so he didn't bother a lot, just said: "I'm going back to sleep, do you want to follow?" ”

He Da immediately shook his head, glanced at Liu Yao again, and asked, "Is King Shi'an staying in the Chu Palace's mansion today?" ”

"What? Do you want to take care of it too? Liu Yao asked.

"Don't dare, don't dare." Seeing that the faces of the two were not good-looking, He Da did not dare to stay in this house longer, so he quickly retired and hid.

Liu Cong and Liu Yao glanced at each other, sighed at the same time, and the two were silent for a while before Liu Yao asked, "What is the fourth brother going to do?" ”

"What else can I do? Now we have to look at other people's faces when we see our father, and I am afraid that the road ahead will be even more difficult. Liu Cong hung his head, he didn't expect Liu He to be so arrogant, his father was not dead yet, he couldn't wait to do something to them.

"Fourth brother, I still say the same thing," Liu Yao said: "I will follow you whatever you plan to do." ”

"Good brother." Liu Cong patted Liu Yao's shoulder and asked, "What?" You trust me like that? You must know that we have not been in Pingyang for so long, but I am afraid that Liu He's power in his hands is more stable now, and it is not easy for us to make a move. ”

"So what? We sit back and wait for death to die, it's better to give it a go, even if we fail, we have finally tried, if we die like this, I am not reconciled. ”

"Okay, with your words and your determination, I will no longer have any worries, and we will make a decision after entering the palace tomorrow. Although my Liu Cong is not as powerful as Liu Cong, I am followed by people who are desperate, they are people who can die for me, I don't believe that if we fight to the death, we will lose to him Liu He. Liu Cong was a little ruthless in his confidence, and he couldn't wait to resist after being bullied for a long time.

"I don't know what happened to Ling'er." Liu Yao was a little worried, they were all outside these days, Liu Ling was orphaned and widowed in Pingyang, her father was seriously ill, she didn't even have someone who could speak for her, and she didn't know what it was like to be bullied.

"Ling Er doesn't pose any threat to Liu He, he won't do anything to Ling Er at this time." Liu Cong paused and said: "After seeing my father tomorrow, I will take Ling'er to your house to live, don't let Liu He take advantage of the loophole." ”

"Fourth brother has made up his mind?" Liu Yao asked with a smile.

"For your sake, this determination must be made." Liu Cong nodded affirmatively and said, "Actually, I was prepared a few years ago, but the situation was unclear at that time, and the preparations I made could only be carried out secretly, and now, I have nothing to take care of." Just do it vigorously. ”

The two brothers slapped their palms, and the decision to fight with Liu He head-on was thus made, Liu Cong has always been confident, since he was a child, he felt that Liu He was stupid, and today, his impression of Liu He has not changed, especially today's matter, the competition between them has not yet begun, he first showed himself, and made it clear that it was going to be unfavorable to Liu Cong and Liu Yao, so stupid, he didn't believe that Liu He would win in this battle.