In the Spring Festival of the seventeenth year of Hongde, Zhao Hongrun spent it in Zhengyang County, in the territory of Chu State, and this was the first time he had celebrated the New Year alone without his relatives so far.

I remember that in the past, when he was in the Great Wei court, whenever this season, he and his younger brother Hongxuan would first go to Ningxiang Palace to meet their mother concubine Shen Shufei and kowtow to her. But before that, Concubine Shen Shu would remind him to light a stick of incense on his biological mother's spiritual shrine first.

To be honest, Zhao Hongrun has no impression of his biological mother, because his biological mother died in childbirth when he gave birth to him, and since then, his biological mother has raised him on behalf of Shen Shufei, a good sister in the palace, and it is this kindness that makes Zhao Hongrun regard Shen Shufei as his mother from the bottom of his heart.

and his younger brother Hongxuan, the younger brother who is one year younger than him but always serious and looks like a little adult.

It is undeniable that this mother and son are the relatives with the highest status and the heaviest weight in Zhao Hongrun's heart in the past.

However, this year, because of many things that have happened, some other people have gradually entered Zhao Hongrun's heart, such as Zhao Hongrun, who has always had prejudices, his father Zhao Yuanxi, and Zhao Hongzhao, the sixth brother who has been as good as "someone else's child" since he was a child, and Miss Su, the first woman in Zhao Hongrun's life.

In addition, there are also Yongwang Hongyu, the imperial sister Princess Yulong, the Chinese book Zuo Cheng Yu Ziqi who is a confidant of each other, and so on.

may be a long-standing relationship after leaving the capital of the Wei Dynasty, Zhao Hongrun is starting to miss those relatives and friends who are still in Liang.

Of course, it is not that he is alone in Zhengyang County, in fact, during the Chinese New Year, Shen Yu, Zhang Biao and their twenty Zongwei have temporarily separated from the army and are always with him.

Besides. There is also the thirteen-year-old girl who claims to be "Zhao Hongrun's concubine".

Not to mention, Yang Yu Xing is simple and well-behaved, even Shen Yu, Zhang Biao and others are very satisfied with her, and even those sect guards occasionally show an expression of 'it should be so', as if Zhao Hongrun, who is only fourteen years old. should be matched with a sheep's tongue apricot who is one year younger than him, instead of looking for the Su girl who is six or seven years older than him.

Now that His Royal Highness has "lost his way back", it seems that Shen Yu, Wei Jiao, Mu Qing and other sect guards can see that they are very pleased, but Zhao Hongrun, who is the party concerned, hates it so much, and he really can't wait to demote these bad guys to the barracks to brush the pot.

Too lazy to ignore the gang, Zhao Hongrun took care of himself on the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, and bowed in the direction of the northern Daliang, which should make up for the regret of failing to express filial piety to his deceased biological mother and the adoptive mother who was far away in Daliang.

Wait until noon. The general of the Junshui Army, Bailiba, brought his generals Li Qi and Wu Ben, as well as Qu Cheng and Yan Mo of the Pinghui Army, to eat and drink here.

There are not many people, just a few generals who are still in Zhengyang, and the rest of the Junshui Army's Gong Yuan, Cao Jue, Yu Chun, as well as Chen Shi, Wang Shu, and Ma Zhang of the Yanling Army, as well as Zuo Xunxi, Hua Yu, Gongyesheng, Zuo Qiumu, Gu Liangwei, Wu Ma Jiao, Wu Ji and other generals of the Pinghui Army, all of whom led troops to guard in Runan, Shangcai, Pingyu and other counties.

"Cao Jue has sent the news."

After sitting down on Zhao Hongrun's side, Bailiba waved his hand and asked Shen Yu and other juniors of Zongwei to serve wine and food. Immediately said to Zhao Hongrun: "According to Cao Jue, Chen County." Wu Ji has prepared some warships, and when the spring of the next year begins, he can slowly transport some belongings and the people of Chu to the territory of our Great Wei. ”

Speaking of this, he paused and proposed, "Your Highness." I think that the people of Chu Land will be transported to my Great Wei, and those warships alone may not be enough. ”

Zhao Hongrun showed a puzzled look on his face when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Qu Cheng, who had been in charge of this matter. He asked, "Qu Cheng, according to your estimates, how many Chu people are willing to return to Great Wei with us?" ”

I saw a wry smile on Qu Cheng's face: "I'm afraid there are more than two or three hundred thousand." ”

"So much?" Zhao Hongrun was both surprised and worried when he heard this. He was pleasantly surprised that the Great Wei had obtained a population of more than 230,000 out of thin air, and believed that it would definitely play a pivotal role in the construction and development of the entire Great Wei, but he was also worried that if such a huge floating population, if the Great Liang side did not prepare in time, it would probably be a disaster at that time.

"What did the girder say?" Zhao Hongrun turned his head to look at Bailiba.

Bailiba shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "This matter is recorded in the good news, and the last good news has been sent in early December, but so far I have not received the news sent by Da Liang. …… It may be because of the heavy snow and the closure of the road, and besides, you have to cross the border between Wei and Chu, Your Highness can relax, even if you can't get the news, I believe that Daliang has been prepared. ”

"I hope so." Zhao Hongrun nodded.

You must know that the daily consumption of more than 230,000 people is an astronomical amount, and now their consumption in the Runan area is all based on the rice and grain hoarded by Zhao Hongrun from the granaries of those big clans such as the Peng family and the Lu family, but once such a huge population is sent to the territory of Great Wei one after another, and the Great Wei side has not yet made corresponding preparations, at that time, these Chu people are hungry, and it is very likely to cause unnecessary tragedies.

This is contrary to Zhao Hongrun's original intention of relocating these Chu people to the territory of Great Wei.

"What do you say over there? Is there any latest news coming in? ”

Zhao Hongrun set his sights on Yan Mo.

It may be that he has gradually integrated into the relationship in this circle, Yan Mo is no longer as restrained as he was at the beginning, shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's still the same...... Obviously, Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, refused to admit defeat, and couldn't wait to recruit strong men in Xuancheng, believing that after the beginning of spring this year, even if His Royal Highness King Su did not attack Xuancheng, Xiong Tuo might also lead an army to attack this Zhengyang County. ”

"Does he have the guts?" Li Qi, the general of the Junshui Battalion, sneered.

Now Yan Mo and Li Qi have a good relationship, and during this time in Zhengyang County, they have also invited each other to drink many times without permission, and they have become friends, so after Li Qi finished speaking, Yan Mo corrected solemnly: "General Li Qi should not be underestimated. …… The sergeants of the state of Chu were by no means opponents of the Wei soldiers in terms of strength, but their strength was ...... Don't forget, right now I'm waiting in Chudi, Xiong Tuo has a steady stream of troops. Speaking of this, he sighed slightly, and said worriedly: "But what the last general is most worried about is the attitude of the king of Chu. ”

Hearing this, everyone in the room was silent.

In their minds, the news that their Wei army had invaded the territory of Chu should have reached the ears of the king of Chu, but so far, there has been no news from the side of the king of Chu, Du Shouying, as if they are still debating whether to send reinforcements to Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, or whether to stop and make peace.

Even Zhao Hongrun is not sure about this.

They didn't know that in fact, Shou Ying's side had already sent a scholar doctor to the city where Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, was currently located.

After a few days like this, Zhao Hongrun was happily eating and drinking with his generals every day, waiting for the beginning of spring, in Xuancheng, which is more than 100 miles away from Zhengyang County, Xiong Tuozheng, the king of Xuancheng, was angry and angry.

Anyway, these days, Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, has broken many precious porcelain and jade, and those subordinates and domestic slaves in his house have long been strange.

Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, was very irritable, he couldn't help but be irritable, because Zhao Hongrun, who he hated so much, was in Zhengyang County, which was only more than 100 miles away from Xuancheng, at the moment, drinking and enjoying himself with his subordinates every day, while waiting for the spring to attack Xuancheng after the new year.

As for him Xiong Tuo's side, although he has successively formed an army of about 20,000 or 30,000 people, he has not yet raised all the weapons, armor and other armaments of the sergeants.

It is undeniable that there were many blacksmiths in Xiong Tuo, the king of his city, who could make weapons by themselves, but the problem was that those blacksmiths did not belong to him directly, but belonged to big clans like the Peng clan and the Lu clan.

But right now, those big clans of the Peng family and the Lu family have already been served by Zhao Hongrun, where will he Xiong Tuo prepare weapons?

In desperation, Xiong Tuo had no choice but to send a letter to Shou Ying again to ask for assistance.

But this second epistle, like the first epistle, is rocky and unanswered.

Because of this, Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, became more and more anxious in his heart, so that sometimes even if the house slave in the house did a small thing wrong, he couldn't help but be angry, and took the opportunity to vent the bitterness and anger in his heart.

But today, before he could smash all the things in the house that could be broken, a house slave in the house hurried into the hall and knocked on the ground to say, "Son, Lord Huang Arsenic asks to see you." ”

"Yellow arsenic? Which yellow arsenic? Xiong Tuo asked with a glare, he said in his heart, which guy who doesn't have long eyes sent to the door by himself when Ben Gongzi was angry?

The house slave kneeling on the ground shrunk his neck in fear and whispered. "That Lord Huang Arsenic is from Shouying."

"Shouying?" Xiong Tuo was slightly startled, and then his face turned happy, and he hurriedly said: "Hurry, hurry up, please." ”

It didn't take long for Dr. Chu Guoshi Huang Arsenic to come to Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, with snowflakes all over his body, and after patting the snow on his shoulder, he smiled and bowed to Xiong Tuo and said, "Tuo Gongzi, don't come unharmed." ”

"Sure enough, it's him......"

Xiong Tuo also bowed his hand and returned the salute.

He knew very well that this yellow arsenic's identity was extraordinary.

The Huang clan is a branch of the Ji Lian clan, and the ancestors of the Ji Lian clan and the ancestors of the Xiong clan were each other's siblings, so the Huang clan is a branch of the Chu state.

What's more, his Xiong Tuo's father, Wang Xiongxu, and his queen are the women of the Huang family.

Therefore, although this Huang Arsenic is not from the Xiong clan, Xiong Tuo must give the other party enough respect, after all, in terms of clan background, the Ji Lian clan is not under the Xiong clan.

"But what is he here for?"

Xiong Tuo was a little puzzled, and asked in wonder: "Lord Huang Arsenic came this time, but what kind of dispatch did the king send?" ”

"Exactly." Huang Arsenic smiled slightly, and said to Xiong Tuo: "The king has decided to make peace with the Wei State. …… Huang came this time to assist Tuo Gongzi and negotiate peace with Na Ji Run. ”

"What?!"

Hearing this, Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, turned red with anger, and stared at Huang Arsenic in disbelief.

"You actually want this son to bow his head to that Ji Run child and ask for peace?!" (To be continued.) )