Donghu invaded last year, but the offensive was not as sharp as expected, which may be the reason why the losses in the Northern Expedition were extremely heavy.

The Donghu people did not seek to engage the main force of the forbidden army, nor did they plan to conquer Yanjing, but looted on the roads of Hedong and Hebei.

After its withdrawal, the monarchs and ministers of the Great Wei suddenly realized that the Hu people in the Middle East were also seriously injured in the Northern Expedition, and this entry was to recover their vitality, they robbed millions of money and goods, cattle, sheep and livestock, and at the same time plundered more than 300,000 people in Dingkou, snatching these things and Dingkou, but it made the Great Wei suffer more than ten times the loss, and the northern part of the country was even weaker after this battle, which is why the imperial court had no way to conquer the Liukou on the Henan Road...... It is really human, financial and material resources that have reached the verge of exhaustion, and there is really nothing that can be done.

In fact, although the Southern Zhulu, under the leadership of Xu Zixian, more or less reduced at least thirty percent of the taxes, the rest of the taxes were still paid to the center, and the imperial court used the money to make weapons and armor, recruit new soldiers, and try to make up for the gap of 200,000 elite forbidden troops in a short period of time.

In addition to copper coins, various sources will also pay taxes in kind to the center, including grain, silk, silk, tea, straw bundles and other practical materials, which are also not used on the blade.

This is also the reason why Xu Zi wants to reduce taxes first, although the imperial court is burdened with the northern defense line and the pressure is heavy, but there are too many shortcomings, execution, strategic vision, Han Zhong is very ordinary, after Han Zhong left, the Son of Heaven personally operated, this person's ability to deal with military and political affairs is far worse than Han Zhonglai.

The more the Son of Heaven managed, the harder he tried, the faster the Great Wei lost blood, and the closer he was to death.

Xu Zixian has been watching from the sidelines, he doesn't want to contribute, nor does he want to sit back and watch the north fall, regardless of whether the north and the south are China, Xu Zixian is not so cold-blooded. But there is nothing he can do, now that he is going north, his original good reputation will be gone, officials everywhere will regard him as a careerist, the stable and peaceful south may be repeated, and the gentry and forbidden army in the north will also resist desperately...... This is the righteousness of the human heart.

Although the Son of Heaven is incompetent, he is also the Son of Heaven for nearly 20 years, the battle between the Nan'an Hou Mansion and the Son of Heaven has spread all over the world, people can regard Xu Zi as the southeast pillar first, and also appreciate everything he has done in the south, and even execute Xu Ziwei, and then King Zhao hanged himself angrily, Zhao Wangfu is equal to destruction, these things can be understood by everyone in the world, the cruelty of the clan is like this, what can the old Nan'an Hou and the old Zhao Wang still be brothers, it is not the same fratricidal? Xu Zixian avenged his father and ancestors, and it was nothing to go too far, not to mention that King Qin's actions were not too much, and no one was dissatisfied with this matter.

But if Xu Zixian wants to replace the Son of Heaven now and go north, then the hearts of the people in the world will be disgusted, and the name of righteousness will be insufficient, and then it will be half the effort.

Therefore, Xu Zixian can only endure and watch, which is also the price that must be paid.

"Shandong is dangerous next, and Hebei is difficult to say." Jin Baoyi handed the report to others and sighed: "It's a pity that we can't do it now." ”

"Wait for Brother Liu to gather more than a million soldiers and horses, and form a million troops with the northern disciples of Hebei, Hedong, Henan, and Shandong, you southern Yankees' government army, I don't think it's an opponent!"

After Li Kaiming was defeated, military discipline was in shambles, so he had a very bad reputation in the south and was hated by many people.

After being arrested in Qiongzhou, he was beaten many times, and his face was bruised and swollen at this time, but he still held his head high and did not lose his majestic demeanor.

"You ridicule like this, it's nothing more than a mouthful of resentment in your heart, but victory is victory, defeat is defeat, we beat you twice, and you didn't seize the opportunity twice, what else do you have to complain about?"

Deng Maoqi, who was behind Li Kaiming, was also arrested, and the remaining ten or so people were all generals among the thieves

At this time, everyone looked confused and even numb.

Deng Maoqi was tied behind his back, and there were iron shackles hanging on his feet, and he raised his voice: "Brother Li, what Qin Dongyang said makes sense, we are also well-known names in the rivers and lakes, and there is no need to ask people to make irresponsible remarks when we are dying!" ”

Deng Maoqi's force is amazing, when he captured him, the soldiers of the government army lost more than a dozen people, everyone originally hated him very much, the iron shackles were smashed very tightly, the skin of his feet was numb, and it must be painful when he walked, but this person frowned at most, and his steps were still very brisk when he walked, and he didn't even snort, although everyone still hated him for his bravery, killing many government soldiers, but he also had to nod secretly, although this person was a thief, but he could be regarded as a man.

Li Kaiming's face was hideous at first, and after listening to Deng Maoqi's words, he first struggled for a moment, and then his face twisted, but he gradually became calmer.

After a long time, he sighed and said to Qin Dongyang: "Please be your Royal Highness the King of Qin, the brothers of the Liu family are not afraid, there is no need to rush north, settle down in the south first, and wait for the situation to change again, according to my estimate, in two or three years, the brothers of the Liu family will still be on Henan Road and Shandong Road." ”

"Oh, why do you say that?"

"The brothers, and the group that followed them, didn't have much foresight or ambition. If my estimate is correct, after a while, the Liu family brothers will ask the Son of Heaven to be crowned as a prince and cut the south road to them, so that they will be satisfied. If the imperial court does not allow it, they will consider laying down Shandong Road and entering Hebei Road. Li Kaiming said proudly: "If I am replaced, at this time I am already ready to enter the Guanzhong, Hedong, Shandong, the troops are divided into multiple roads, taking advantage of the tight strength of the imperial court, guarding against the north, quickly get the roads in hand, if the imperial court sends troops, with elite soldiers will be strong in Henan Road and the main force of the imperial court will fight, a successful battle will not be delayed, directly north to take Yanjing, so that you can win the world of Wei in the shortest possible time." ”

Jin Baoyi snorted coldly and said, "You have to be a great Wei world, do you take our King Qin in your eyes?" ”

Li Kaiming nodded, and said in a deep voice: "This is my previous thought, now that I have the King of Qin, I will not be able to go south after all, even if I go down to the capital and have to go all the north, I will not be able to go south, I am not the opponent of His Royal Highness the King of Qin." ”

This hero, more than ten years in the Great Wei, the Son of Heaven can not be feared, even he is the most resolute and ambitious one among the Liukou, before he was defeated by Xu Zixian, he reads every day, talks about martial arts, trains soldiers, knows the general trend of the world, has the strictest military discipline, and is also the most valued and wary of the Liukou. This kind of rogue is much more alarming than those rogue leaders who have money and money and enjoy themselves excessively.

At this moment, this gangster in the rogue finally lowered his arrogant head and admitted that he was far inferior to Xu Zixian, the king of Qin, which also made many of the generals present smile, and their faces also showed a look of satisfaction.

If Xu Zi was here first, he would have sighed with great emotion, and sure enough, there is nothing more satisfying and proud of a man than conquering the enemy and making him submit.

"You're talking so much." Qin Dongyang looked at Li Kaiming and said, "Have you ever thought that if you take advantage of the weakness of the imperial court to get the Beijing Division, your advance is too fast, the local foundation is insufficient, and you have not mastered the prefectures and counties at all, so the foundation is too thin?" ”

"It doesn't matter." Li Kaiming said: "As long as you get the Beijing Division, the north can be passed on, and it will take a few years to stabilize one after another, so don't worry." ”

Qin Dongyang nodded and said: "What you said is also true, but you only consider that after the death of the Great Wei after the Beijing Division, all roads will be slowly pacified, which is not bad." But if a foreign enemy comes in, you have no foundation, as long as you are defeated, you will have no chance to hold on, you can only become a rogue again, chased by the enemy all the way, there is no chance to stop breathing, and in the end you have to break into zero, if you are lucky, you can hide for ten or eight years, and when you come out, the world has been decided, and there is no chance for you. If you are unlucky, you may die at the hands of mountain bandits or even Orion mountain people, have you ever thought about it? ”

"Foreign enemy, you mean the Donghu people?"

"That's right." Qin Dongyang said indifferently: "You can take advantage of the weakness to attack the Beijing Division because a large number of forbidden troops have to be placed in the border town. After you get the Beijing Division, the forbidden army will be in chaos, I admit that there will be a forbidden army to surrender and attach, but in the short term, the forbidden army is difficult for you to use, the defense line of the 300,000 forbidden army is almost collapsed, you need to send troops to garrison in separate ways, the Donghu people are the forbidden army can not stop, they came once last year, and they will definitely enter the pass again in two years, if you beat the Beijing Division, Yuguan will be difficult to defend, and when the Donghu soldiers swarm in, what should you do? You have just won the Beijing Division, there is no righteousness in the hearts of the people, there is not enough food and grass, you have no foundation outside, and there is no endless army of King Qin to guard, you have no way to defend the Beijing Division and wait for help, either once you defeat the main force of Donghu, or you can only abandon Yanjing and flee, after leaving, you will have no chance. And at that time, the original defense system of the Great Wei in the north was broken by you, the Son of Heaven died, the Great Wei died, the hearts of the northerners were scattered, the forbidden army was scattered, the Donghu people could not only enter the customs, but this time they would come in again, they would never quit again, they could easily get the north and the world, if there was no king in the south, the Donghu people could easily get the south. I Huaxia since Yanhuang founded, King Wen of Zhou, King Wu set the legal system, Confucius Laozi determined the hearts of the people, Qin Emperor Han Wu Ding established the approximate border, and then there are two Han Sui, Tang and Tang Dynasty so far, although there are five nonsense Hua, but the legal system is not lost, but it was almost destroyed by you. ”

Li Kaiming was shocked at first, but then silently, probably accepted Qin Dongyang's statement, but after a long time, Li Kaiming still raised his head and said: "You southerners don't know how we people in the northwest live, there are loess slopes everywhere for thousands of miles, and drinking water is dozens of miles away to be carried on our shoulders. The rain can not be more or less, too much will wash away the land, less will be too dry, even the seed grain can not be harvested, even if the wind and rain are good, one acre of land will receive a maximum of 200 catties of grain...... Seven out of ten years were famine years, and he could barely survive by relying on the savings of three years of abundance. Let's not complain about anyone, our ancestors have lived here for generations, and we can't live in our hands? We don't expect the court to do anything, let's endure it in the disaster year, we can survive the famine, and if we die, we will accept our fate, and life and death will be up to our fate. But the court didn't give compensation, no relief, that's it, the taxes are still more and more year by year, the dog officials sent down are more ruthless than the other, and they have to pay all kinds of miscellaneous taxes in addition to the regular endowment, more miscellaneous taxes than his mother's straw bunches, and if they can't pay it, they will be shackled, go to prison, beat the board and whip, if they want not to be tossed to death, seed grain, sell wives, sell dolls, this can live. In the past ten or twenty years, we have come over from all walks of life in the northwest. What righteousness, what nonsense, they are indeed burning, killing and looting, killing our people, robbing our things, and treating Ding Zhuang as a slave, but we don't believe it, they can murder our court? Saying that I am a sinner in burning, killing and looting in the south, I admit that the people in the south have not sinned against us, have not made us suffer, and they should not be harmed. In the north, killing the gentry and the big food, robbing those rich households, and killing those officials, my hands are stained with blood, and there is no fault in the slightest! ”

Qin Dongyang and the others were silent for a while, and finally Jin hugged him: "Since you admit that you are guilty of the southerners, killing you is not only in line with the law, but also in line with the hearts of the world. ”

The thieves present are all wandering for more than ten years, accustomed to life and death, although it is their turn to be frightened, but still hold on, everyone is sitting cross-legged in the square, eating meat and drinking, after half an hour, the knife and axe hand arrived, Li Kaiming and others were escorted to the flag pavilion, respectively, drank and knelt, and then beheaded them one by one, Li Kaiming and Deng Maoqi finally beheaded, both of them were smiling on their faces before the execution, calm, the people around the people hated the thief, at first scolded more than once, and later saw that the two people were not afraid when they were about to be executed, Even talking and laughing, the scolding suddenly stopped, but when the two giants were cut off and blood was splashed, tens of thousands of onlookers still broke out into a landslide and tsunami-like cheers.