Liu Xiu was sitting in the main hall, Zhang Kun walked in from the outside, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, General Right asks to see you." ”

Hearing that Deng Yu was coming, Liu Xiu's spirit was shocked and said, "Xuan." ”

Deng Yu also heard the news of Pang Meng's rebellion, but he couldn't determine the authenticity of the news, so he rushed to the palace and confirmed it with Liu Xiu.

Soon, Deng Yu walked into the main hall and saw Liu Xiu, he bowed down and said, "Weichen greets Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Xiu waved his hand to Deng Yu and motioned for him to sit down.

He smiled bitterly: "Zhonghua also heard the news, right?" ”

Deng Yu asked with concern: "Your Majesty, Pang ...... Did Pang Meng really rebel? ”

Liu Xiu handed Deng Yu the song from Chu County and Gai Yan's battle report.

The latter hurriedly took it from Zhang Kun's hand, looked at it carefully, and looked at the content of the dismissal and the battle report, he couldn't help but gasp, he didn't expect that Pang Meng really rebelled.

He slowly put down the song and the battle report, and said, "Pang Meng is ashamed of his kindness to His Majesty! ”

Liu Xiu smiled bitterly when she heard this, stood up, and said, "Zhonghua accompany me out for a walk!" ”

Seeing that Liu Xiu was in a bad mood, Deng Yu owed a debt, followed Liu Xiu, and walked out of the hall together.

Outside, walking into the garden, Liu Xiu took a deep breath and said quietly: "From Nanyang to Luoyang, this way, stumbling, going through dangers, many brothers, following me, never abandoned, there are also many brothers, carrying me, but, I didn't expect that Pang Meng would do this." ”

Deng Yu glanced at Liu Xiu and whispered: "Such a thief, Your Majesty doesn't have to be sad." ”

Liu Xiu shook his head and muttered, "Pang Meng! ”

Pang Meng is different from Peng Chong, different from Deng Feng, he has an excellent character, humble and low-key, and since he took refuge in Liu Xiu, he has been by Liu Xiu's side, born and died, and fought in the south and the north.

Later, he participated in the Eastern Expedition, and even conquered the city, repeatedly defeated strong enemies, and made great achievements.

Even such a person can betray himself, which is a great blow to Liu Xiu, and even makes Liu Xiu wonder who else he can trust?

Deng Yuzheng said: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to lead the army to crusade against the thieves!" ”

Liu Xiu pondered for a moment, waved his hand, and said, "I want to drive the expedition in person!" ”

Deng Yu was taken aback and said: "Your Majesty ......" Liu Xiu said: "Juqing was defeated in the East China Sea, losing troops and generals, 100,000 troops, only more than 10,000 remained, and the Eastern Expedition has failed. ”

Deng Yu lowered his head, the actual situation was like this.

Liu Xiu continued: "Now, Dong Xian's morale is high, and he has Pang Meng's help, no matter who leads the troops to the conquest, this battle is not easy to fight, this time I must drive the conquest in person." ”

Deng Yu said worriedly: "Your Majesty is in person, this is too risky. ”

In fact, Dong Xian is more difficult to deal with than Liu Yong, don't look at Liu Yong as the emperor, the territory he controls is much larger than Dong Xian, and he has a large number of generals, but Liu Yong himself does not have much military talent.

And Dong Xian is different, this is a master of using soldiers, through the battle report of the Battle of Lanling, it is not difficult to see Dong Xian's military talent.

One Dong Xian is difficult enough to deal with, and now there is another Pang Meng by Dong Xian's side.

Others may not be familiar with Liu Xiu, but Pang Meng is not too familiar with Liu Xiu, after all, he has followed Liu Xiu for so long, and he has long been clear about the characteristics of Liu Xiu leading troops to fight.

Dong Xian, who is good at leading troops to fight, and Pang Meng, who is extremely familiar with Liu Xiu, these two are now in cahoots, Liu Xiu wants to drive the expedition in person, can it not be dangerous?

Liu Xiu knew what Deng Yu was worried about, and he said: "Pang Meng knows how I fight, and he also knows every minister in the court.

In this battle, I don't feel at ease for others to go, I have to go in person. ”

Seeing that Deng Yu still looked worried, Liu Xiu smiled and said, "Pang Meng knows me, but why don't I know him." ”

Deng Yu pondered carefully and nodded thoughtfully, His Majesty said this, it is not unreasonable.

He asked, "Who does Your Majesty plan to take with you?" ”

Liu Xiu said: "Ziyan and Juqing, you can go with me!" ”

Although Gai Yan was defeated, Liu Xiu did not think that Gai Yan was incompetent because of one of Gai Yan's defeats.

When Deng Yu asked who he was going to take on the expedition, Liu Xiu's first thought was Wu Han and Gai Yan.

Deng Yu said: "The Eastern Expeditionary Army was almost wiped out, and the soldiers and horses in Luoyang were also insufficient!" ”

At present, there are only 100,000 troops in Luoyang, and if Liu Xiu wants to go on an expedition, it is impossible to take all 100,000 people away, at least 20,000 or 30,000 must be left to guard the capital, that is to say, Liu Xiu's personal expedition this time can bring 60,000 or 70,000 people at best.

Liu Xiu had already considered this issue and said, "Ziyan can recruit 100,000 soldiers and horses in Chenliu and Dongjun. ”

Deng Yu pulled his fingers and calculated, frowned and said, "Your Majesty, even so, this battle is ...... Our army is still insufficient! ”

Dong Xian's soldiers and horses have 200,000, and Pang Meng's soldiers and horses have 30,000, but as Pang Meng captures Chu County, through the conscription in Chu County, Pang Meng's troops will increase, and it is estimated that there will be about 50,000.

The combined strength of the two sides is 250,000.

This is only the strength of Dong Xian and Pang Meng, not counting Zhang Bu's soldiers and horses.

If Zhang Bu also participated in the battle and put the main army into it, then the enemy's strength could even reach 400,000, and it would be difficult to win against the enemy's 400,000 with less than 200,000.

Liu Xiu said: "Zhang Buqi is cowardly and selfish, let Zhang Bu move out of all his family and help Dong Xian fight to the death with us, he will never do this!" ”

Liu Xiu has always been more accurate in seeing people, of course, he also has times when he is blind, such as Peng Chong, Deng Feng and now Pang Meng.

But most of the time, Liu Xiu rarely makes mistakes when he looks at people.

Zhang Bu was a good friend of Peng Pet before, and the two sides also made an alliance, but when Liu Xiu sent Geng Yi to attack Peng Pet, did Zhang Bu send troops to help?

Even the Huns sent troops to aid Peng Pet, but Zhang Bu did not send a single soldier.

Zhang Bu bowed his head to Liu Yong and swore allegiance to Liu Yong, but when Liu Yong was besieged by the Han army in Suiyang, did Zhang Bu send troops to reinforce him?

He didn't send a single soldier.

Zhang Bu and Dong Xian are allies and are each other's lips and teeth, but when Dong Xian and the Eastern Expeditionary Army were inextricably fought, did Zhang Bu send reinforcements?

He still didn't send a single soldier.

Through these examples, it is completely possible to judge what kind of person Zhang Bu is, and Liu Xiu's evaluation of him is timid and selfish, which is not wrong at all.

Liu Xiu and Deng Yu were talking, Zhang Kun hurriedly walked over, and when Liu Xiu approached, he whispered: "Your Majesty, the queen is about to give birth!" ”

Hearing this, Deng Yu was startled and subconsciously looked at Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu leaned forward, but he still didn't take a step after all, he nodded and said with an indifferent expression: "I know." ”

Deng Yu looked at Liu Xiu in surprise, and after thinking about it, he understood what was going on.

Some time ago, Kui Huan, who was sent to Luoyang, was tortured, and Deng Yu also heard a little about it.

After that, the relationship between Liu Xiu and Guo Shengtong dropped to the freezing point, and now looking at it, the rumors are somewhat true.

It stands to reason that foreign ministers are not qualified to interfere in the affairs between the Son of Heaven and the queen, but Deng Yu and Liu Xiu are not only the relationship between the monarch and the minister, they are also old classmates and old friends.

Deng Yu cleared his throat and whispered: "Your Majesty, between husband and wife, how can there be an overnight feud!" Even if the queen has done something wrong, Her Majesty should take care of it more. ”

Liu Xiu was upset, waved his hand, and said, "Some mistakes can be forgiven, but some mistakes are unforgivable." ”

Deng Yu asked rhetorically: "Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, has he never made a mistake?" ”

Liu Xiu raised her eyebrows and glared at Deng Yu in displeasure.

Deng Yu shook his head and smiled: "Your Majesty has made a mistake, and he often uses himself as an excuse not long after he ascended the throne!" ”

You are the first time to be an emperor, and Guo Shengtong is also the first time to be an empress, you have made a mistake, you can use the fact that you have just been involved in the profession of the emperor and are not familiar with everything around you as an excuse, so why can't you tolerate others making mistakes?

That's roughly what Deng Yu meant.

As the so-called persuasion and not persuasion, Deng Yu has no prejudice against Guo Shengtong, Yīn Lihua and even Xu Xiling and Xi Cheying, and he hopes that Liu Xiu can handle the relationship between him and Guo Shengtong.

One is the emperor and the other is the queen, if these two people are not harmonious, the harem will not be stable, and the harem will not be stable, which will directly affect the emperor and then the state affairs.

Liu Xiu glanced at Deng Yu and said, "There are some things that Zhonghua doesn't know!" ”

"Your Majesty can tell the minister."

Liu Xiu was amused by his words.

He was silent for a moment, patted Deng Yu's shoulder, and said, "Let's go, accompany me to Changqiu Palace to have a look." ”

Deng Yu muttered in a low voice: "This ...... I'm afraid it's not right! ”

No matter how good the relationship between him and Liu Xiu is, he is still a foreign minister, if in normal times, it would be nothing if he followed Liu Xiu to Changqiu Palace, but now that the queen is about to give birth, what will happen to him.

Liu Xiu said with a smile: "Don't you want to hear what happened?" ”

After speaking, he walked out, looked back, and saw that Deng Yu was still standing in place, he waved impatiently, signaling Deng Yu to follow quickly.

Deng Yu had no choice but to follow Liu Xiu to Changqiu Palace.

On the way, Liu Xiu told Deng Yu about Kui.

After listening to Liu Xiu's narration, Deng Yu had a general understanding of the whole thing.

He thought for a moment and said, "Of course, the queen is wrong, but how can Your Majesty be wrong?" ”

Liu Xiu blinked, raised his hand and pointed back at his nose, and asked, "Am I still at fault?" ”

Deng Yuzheng said: "Your Majesty pampers the nobles and snubs the queen, is it true?" ”

Liu Xiu was stunned, shook his head and smiled, and said, "Zhonghua and non-smoke's words are exactly the same!" ”

Deng Yu said: "The minister doesn't know what the flower beauty thinks, but the minister's words are the minister's true thoughts." ”

Hua Feiyan and Deng Yu both said this, which made Liu Xiu also have to re-examine whether he had really done something wrong.

Deng Yu glanced at Liu Xiu, and reminded meaningfully: "Your Majesty, the queen is one year younger than the nobles, Your Majesty should be more considerate and responsible for the queen, and should not be angry with the queen!" ”

After listening to Deng Yu's words, Liu Xiu felt that his mood was better.

He nodded with a smile and said, "Zhonghua, thank you." ”

Seeing a hint of relief in Liu Xiu's eyes, Deng Yu said: "It is also the responsibility of Weichen to solve problems for His Majesty." ”

If other ministers spoke for Guo Shengtong, Liu Xiu might not be concerned.

Because Liu Xiu has always been accompanied by Guo Shengtong during the Hebei campaign, Guo Shengtong has a very good relationship with the generals under Liu Xiu.

And Deng Yu is different, Deng Yu went to the west early, and he didn't have much contact with Guo Shengtong, so when facing Guo Shengtong and Yīn Lihua, he often stood on a more fair position.