Choosing the prince and the prince is actually equivalent to choosing a helper for the prince.

This helper not only has to teach the prince, but also assists the prince, but also has to strengthen the prince's position, suppress the competition of other princes, and so on.

Therefore, choosing the prince and the prince is by no means a simple matter.

Hearing Chen Zhi's words, Guo Shengtong's face also became solemn.

Originally, His Majesty wanted to choose Da Sima as the crown prince, but he didn't agree, and now he has to regret it, which is really a bit difficult to say.

Guo Shengtong sighed, slowly closed his eyes, and said, "When I find a suitable opportunity, I will talk to Your Majesty!" ”

Let's talk about Liu Xiu, he arrived at the Zhongde Palace, and not long after, a dusty lieutenant walked in.

After he entered the main hall, he knelt down on one knee, intervened in the salute, and said, "Zhang Rong, the military captain of Weichen Daijun County, meet Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Xiu asked, "Captain Zhang, what happened to Daijun?" ”

Zhang Rong's eyes turned red, and he choked up and said, "Lu Fang...... Lu Fang led the army to invade Dai County, and has now conquered the county seat, Tai Shou ...... Mrs. Liu was martyred! ”

As soon as he said this, Liu Xiu's face changed suddenly.

He narrowed his eyes and asked in a condensed voice, "How many soldiers and horses did Lu Fang send to invade Daijun?" ”

Zhang Rong said in a trembling voice: "Back to Your Majesty, Lu Fang has 80,000 soldiers and horses, and there are 20,000 Xiongnu soldiers and horses led by King Ori of the Xiongnu, and nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses of Wuhuan, totaling more than 100,000 people. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Rong couldn't help it anymore, and cried bitterly, crying while crying: "Liu Taishou knew that he was invincible, but he refused to abandon the city and retreat, but just asked Weichen to return to Beijing to report the news, Liu Taishou also said...... Eat the king's lu, repay the king's kindness, he died for the country, Fang ...... is worthy of the Han family......" In the end, Zhang Rong couldn't cry.

After Liu Xiu heard this, her eyes were also red.

There was also a Liu Xing at that time, who was a clan relative to Liu Xiu, and was once named the king of Changsha, but the blood relationship with Liu Xiu was too far away, and he was later removed from the throne and renamed Hou.

Liu Xing, the Taishou of Daijun, under the command of Liu Xiu, who is a capable person, belongs to a little-known one, but this does not mean that he is a mediocre talent.

There are too many capable people under Liu Xiu's command, and the portraits are hung in the palace, there are 28 generals of Yuntai, and later increased to 32 generals of Yuntai, which can be said to be bright and bright, covering the light of many people, Liu Xing is one of them.

In the face of a strong enemy, Liu Xing was in danger, first transferred the people in the city out of the city, and then he personally led the county army to defend the city, resisting the strong enemy, and would rather die than retreat.

Even if Daicheng was broken by the enemy, Liu Xing did not think about surrendering or fleeing, but organized the remnants and continued to fight the enemy in the city to the end.

Liu Xiu slowly clenched his fists and asked, "Captain Zhang, how is the situation in Daijun now?" ”

Zhang Rong knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't know the specific situation of Daijun now, Weichen only knows that Daicheng fell and Liu Taishou died."

The counties of Dai County are probably in danger now. ”

Liu Xiu nodded, raised his head and said, "Xuying!" ”

"The subordinates are here!"

Xuying walked in from outside the main hall and intervened to give a salute.

Liu Xiu said: "Send Captain Zhang out of the palace and rest in the post house." ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

Xu Ying agreed, walked up to Zhang Rong, and said softly: "Captain Zhang, please get up!" ”

Zhang Rong kowtowed to Liu Xiu again, then stood up tremblingly, and then limped out of the hall with the support of Xu Ying.

After Zhang Rong left, Liu Xiu slapped the table case hard.

Lu Fang is like a poisonous snake, either he can't bear it, and once it is launched, it will be a fatal blow.

The difference between Lu Fang and Kui Huan and Gongsun Shu is that he is not alone, he has two powerful helpers, one is a Hun and the other is a Wuhuan man.

During the period of Emperor Wu, the Han army broke the Xiongnu and expelled the Xiongnu people from Monan, and from then on, Wuhuan surrendered to the Han, and the Wuhuan people went south one after another, migrating to the north of Shanggu, Yuyang, Liaodong, Liaoxi and other places in Youzhou to settle.

At the same time, they also took on the task of helping the Han Chinese defend themselves against the Huns.

After Wang Mang usurped the throne, the relationship between the Central Plains and the surrounding states began to deteriorate in an all-round way.

Judging by Wang Mang's actions, he is a typical nationalist with a strong desire for racial discrimination.

In his eyes, except for the Central Plains, the surrounding states are all lowly and low-class, and out of this psychology, Wang Mang did a series of unthinkable things.

For example, if Goguryeo was changed to Lower Guryeo, and the king of Goguryeo was changed to Lower Juryo, the result was that Goguryeo could not bear the humiliation and started a war with the Central Plains.

Also, Wang Mang looked at the jade seal of the Xiongnu Shan Yu unpleasantly, deceived the jade seal of others, and returned a Xiongnu Shan Yu seal, the result was that the Xiongnu were humiliated and went to war with the Central Plains.

During Wang Mang's reign, he didn't do a few serious things, but he did a lot of things like this that fanned the flames and didn't pay attention.

The resurgence of the Central Plains and the Xiongnu broke out after Wang Mang took power.

The Wuhuan people also failed to get Wang Mang's kindness, and were deeply exploited by Wang Mang's court.

The Wuhuan people helped the Han people to guard the border and resist the Xiongnu, but they were also oppressed and exploited by the Han court.

This is the reason why Lu Fang was able to find the two helpers of Xiongnu and Wuhuan at the same time.

This time, Lu Fang sent his general Jia Lan to attack Daijun unexpectedly, and Jia Lan was accompanied by the Xiongnu Army and the Wuhuan Army, the three-way army, marching together, with lightning speed, attacking Daicheng, the county capital of Daijun, resulting in thousands of defenders of Daicheng, as well as Liu Xing, the Taishou of Daijun, who was killed in the front.

The Lu Fang army, the Xiongnu army, and the Wuhuan army, who conquered Daicheng, began a comprehensive ransack of Daijun.

The coalition army of more than 100,000 people burned, killed and looted in the territory of Daijun, and did all kinds of evil, and the originally peaceful and peaceful Daijun became a purgatory on earth almost in just a few days.

The next day, urgent letters from the counties of Daijun continued to enter the palace one after another.

Liu Xiu sat on the throne, his face sank like water, and asked: "Lu Fang led the Xiongnu and Wuhuan to invade Daijun, the modern city fell, the eleven counties of Daijun, seven counties have fallen, and four counties are in an emergency, who can solve the danger of Daijun?" ”

At present, the most powerful looting in Daijun is the Xiongnu army and the Wuhuan army.

Lu Fang's subordinates are basically Han people, for the people of Daijun, they are not enough to kill them all, and the Huns and Wuhuan people are different, they enter Daijun, it is really like locusts crossing the border, kill people when they see them, rob things when they see them, and what is worse is that most of the Huns and Wuhuan people are cavalry, and the speed of the attack is extremely fast, in just a few days, they will even connect the seven counties of Dai County, and the ferocity of expansion is staggering.

Wu Han looked at the people behind him, he stepped out of the ranks, and arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to lead the army to rescue Daijun!" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to go to the rescue of Daijun!"

Deng Yu, Jia Fu, Geng Yi, Gai Yan and others came out one after another, please come out to fight.

Liu Xiu looked at the people who were asking for battle and was silent for a long time.

Whether it is to send Wu Han, or to send Deng Yu, Jia Fu and others, the troops to go out must come from the garrison in Luoyang, and Liu Xiu is reluctant to use Luoyang's Jingshi army.

Even now that Lu Fang has attacked Daijun, Liu Xiu does not regard Lu Fang as his main enemy, and his main enemies are still Kui Huan and Gongsun Shu.

Zhu Fu has been the master bookkeeper by Liu Xiu's side for so many years, and he has a very thorough understanding of Liu Xiu, and when he saw Liu Xiu's hesitation, he immediately guessed what Liu Xiu was thinking.

He walked out of the ranks quickly, arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that it is most suitable to solve the danger of the county and the general of Zhengxi. ”

As soon as he said this, Liu Xiu's eyes lit up.

Wu Han frowned, and said: "Gongsun is stationed in Sanfu, and the Western Army is going north to rescue Daijun, Sanfu is empty, once the enemy army attacks, what should I do?" ”

Zhu Fu smiled slightly and said: "Gongsun Shu has already lost troops in Sanfu many times, and now the Shu army will never dare to attack Sanfu easily!" ”

"What if Kui Huan invades Sanfu?"

"If Kui Huan really dares to attack Sanfu, it will give the imperial court the pretext to send troops to Liangzhou, and the imperial court can justifiably send a large army to conquer Kui Huan, does he have the courage to do so?"

Zhu Fule asked rhetorically.

A person's character and talent are completely different things, and Zhu Fu is the most obvious example.

If you want to talk about character, Zhu Fu is really not very good, with a small belly and chicken intestines, a belly of bad water and crooked thoughts, but when it comes to ability, Zhu Fu is really a generation of capable ministers.

Wu Han listened to his words and fell into deep thought.

Liu Xiu's eyes were shining, he looked around at the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, and asked, "Zhi Jinwu proposed to let the Western Army go to relieve the danger of Dai County, what do you think?" ”

Instead of mobilizing Luoyang's Jingshi Army, but mobilizing Chang'an's Western Army, most of the ministers had no objections, and all the ministers raised their wat boards and said in unison: "Weichen seconded the proposal!" ”

Even Deng Yu thought Zhu Fu's proposal was good.

If Kui Huan really dares to invade Sanfu, then he has indeed given himself the truth, and he can stand on the commanding heights of morality, play the slogan of 'crusade against non-subordinates', and send troops to Kui Huan.

If Gongsun Shu sent troops to Sanfu, it would also be a good thing.

Gongsun Shu retreated in Shu, his own side from the outside to fight in, it is not easy to fight, if Gongsun Shu's troops can come out, their own troops will attack again, but it is much easier to fight.

Seeing that the generals who took the initiative to ask for help were silent, and most of the ministers agreed with Zhu Fu's opinion, Liu Xiu nodded, and was about to make a decision, Wu Han suddenly arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the strength of the Western Army is 100,000, and Lu Fang's soldiers and horses are more than 100,000.

In this battle, the Western Expeditionary Army did not have an advantage, and if it started, I was afraid that it would be extremely difficult. ”

That's a problem.

All the ministers nodded one after another, indicating that Wu Han was right.

Zhu Fu smiled and said: "Lu Fangjun, only a rabble, where can it be the opponent of the Western Army, where can it be the opponent of the General of the Western Army?"

Xia Guan knew that Da Sima was worried about the Xiongnu army and the Wuhuan army. ”

Seeing Wu Han nodding slightly, Zhu Fu smiled and said: "But don't forget, Da Sima, next to Daijun is Shanggu County, and Shanggu County has a general who has never lost a battle against the Huns!" ”

Hearing this, the eyes of the ministers present lit up, and Liu Xiu also showed joy.

Under Zhu Fu's reminder, people remembered that Zhu Fu was right, Shanggu County did have a little expert in fighting the Huns, and that person was the younger brother of Geng Yi, the general of Jianwei, Geng Shu.

In the past, when Liu Xiu was not yet the emperor, Daijun fell to Liu Xiu, and the Huns invaded Daijun, and it was Geng Shu who led Youzhou to storm and break the Huns.

Later, Peng Pet led the Huns into Youzhou, and Geng Shu led the Youzhou Raid, broke the Huns, and killed two Hun kings in a row.

In fact, Geng Shu's ability to lead the army to fight is not particularly outstanding, but I don't know for what reason, as long as he encounters the Huns, this buddy's combat power will rise in a straight line, and they have reached the point where they use troops against the Huns like gods and beat the Huns around.

Zhu Fu looked around the crowd with satisfaction, and then bowed his hand to Liu Xiu and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that if you break Lu Fang's army, you can conquer the western general, and if you break the Xiongnu and Wuhuan, General Geng Shu can do it!" In this battle, General Zhengxi and General Geng will join forces to fight, and they will definitely be able to break the thieves and protect Dai County without worry! ”