As the saying goes, there is no diamond, no porcelain work. Since Li Tong dared to take over the post of the Great Sikong, he naturally had some confidence.

Song Hong didn't dare to move the grain reserves, because he really didn't have any support, and Li Tong dared to move the grain reserves, and he had a bottom in his heart.

Li Tong has always been cautious in doing things, and he is cautious to the extreme, if such a person did not rely on it, how could he dare to mobilize 200,000 stone of grain reserves in the first place?

If something really happened, his princess and wife, and even his brother-in-law Tianzi, couldn't protect him.

Originally, Nanyang Tuntian was to support the Southern Expedition, but the Southern Expeditionary Army led by Cen Peng also had Tuntian while deploying defense in Nanjun, and led the local people to actively open up wasteland.

The grain production of Nanjun was enough to support the Southern Expeditionary Army, and Li Tong's tuntian in Nanyang had not been used. Of course, the grain obtained from Tuntian could not be used, so of course it could be sold, but Li Tong was far-sighted and accumulated all the grain.

He knew very well in his heart that if there was no money, it would not pose a mortal threat to the imperial court, but if there was no food, it would be fatal.

If the imperial court really encountered difficulties in food, the food they had hoarded could solve the urgent need.

Facts have proved that Li Tong is very forward-looking, and his preparation has not been wasted, especially after he has become a big sikong, the 200,000 stone of grain is his killer weapon, the magic weapon to press the bottom of the box. Now it really comes in handy.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Liu Xiu deliberately left Li Tong, in the Qingliang Palace, Liu Xiu looked at Li Tong with a smile and said: "Dimension, your kid is still playing with me now." ”

Of course, Li Tong understood why Liu Xiu said this, but he deliberately pretended to be confused, with a blank face, and asked puzzledly: "Why did Your Majesty say this?" ”

"You secretly hoarded 200,000 stone of grain in Nanyang! And he didn't even reveal the slightest bit of his tone to me beforehand! Liu Xiu is angry and funny. Li Tong Zhengse said: "Your Majesty, in fact, these 200,000 stone grain is not hoarded for the imperial court, but hoarded for the Southern Expeditionary Army

Soldiers can be more confident! ”

After a pause, he said helplessly: "But now that the imperial court is in urgent need of food, Weichen has no choice but to take out these grains hoarded for the Southern Expeditionary Army for disaster relief!" ”

Liu Xiu smiled, nodded Li Tong with his finger, and said: "No wonder the original dimension was so bold and dared to mobilize 200,000 stones to prepare grain, it turned out that the confidence of the dimension was in Nanyang!" ”

If Song Hong also knew that Nanyang had hoarded 200,000 stone of grain, it is estimated that he would have dared to use the reserve grain!

It's a pity that Song Hong's relationship with the military has not been very good, and it is impossible for Li Tong to go up the pole to tell Song Hong that he has hoarded 200,000 stone of grain in Nanyang.

Speaking of which, being an official is not just based on personal ability, but also emotional intelligence.

The bigger the official, the more aspects involved, and the higher the emotional intelligence required. Song Hong did not possess this, and his dismissal seemed to be accidental, but in fact it was inevitable.

Liu Xiu said to Li Tong Zhengse: "Dimension, since Nanyang has hoarded 200,000 stone of grain, can you extract tens of thousands of stone from it and send it to Daijun?" When Li Tong heard this, he shook his head solemnly and said: "Your Majesty, Nanyang Tun grain is 200,000 stones, plus 100,000 stones of emergency grain, a total of 300,000 stones, whether it is enough for disaster relief, it is not yet known.

Pay for one's whistle! ”

If the disaster relief work is not done properly because tens of thousands of stones of grain are withdrawn, then the imperial court will not only lose a lot of grain, but will also be scolded by the people in the end, which is indeed more than worth the loss.

Li Tong pondered for a moment, and then added: "Your Majesty, the victory or defeat of Daijun is far less important than the will of the people!" ”

After Liu Xiuding the capital of Luoyang, it was really smooth, no disaster and no difficulty, this time Hongnong was affected by the disaster, which was the first time to deal with a large-scale natural disaster since the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The people of the world are watching the actions of the imperial court, and if it is not handled properly, the blow to the prestige of the imperial court will be too great.

Seriously pondering Li Tong's words, Liu Xiu nodded thoughtfully, yes, compared with the hearts of the people, what is the victory or defeat of Daijun! He asked faintly: "In the opinion of the dimension, I should let Ziyan withdraw the army......

Li Tong owed to Liu Xiu and said: "Lu Fangjun is already at the end of the crossbow and has suffered heavy losses, even if Da Sima withdraws now, Lu Fangjun is no longer able to expand in Daijun!" Liu Xiu sighed lightly, fighting on three fronts, the pressure on the imperial court is too great, if the imperial court imposes heavy taxes, it can also deal with it, but the people of the world have suffered for so many years, and the people have been living for so many years, he really can't bear to collect heavy taxes from the people again.

Let the people's lives be more miserable and difficult.

"Withdraw your troops!" After thinking about it, Liu Xiusi shook his head helplessly and smiled, and said: "With the current predicament faced by the imperial court, we can only withdraw the army!" ”

Li Tong has known Liu Xiu for so many years, what kind of person he is, and how can Li Tong not understand. Liu Xiu is not an aggressive person, but he is definitely a strong person.

Lu Fang repeatedly invaded Daijun, and Liu Xiu was very eager for the Han army to defeat the main force of Lu Fang's army, smash Huanglong, and completely eliminate Lu Fang's forces, but the imperial court really did not have extra money and food to support the Han army to do this.

In fact, it is also very interesting to see the movements of Lu Fang's forces.

Lu Fang's roots are in Bingzhou, but now, Lu Fang's forces occupy the northern counties of Bingzhou, such as Shuofang County, Wuyuan County, Yunzhong County, and Yanmen County.

As for the southern counties of the annexed prefectures, such as Shang County, Xihe County, Taiyuan County, and Shangdang County, they were all under the control of the Luoyang Imperial Court.

Lu Fang's forces did not attack the southern counties of Bingzhou, but they marched to Youzhou one by one and attacked Youzhou Daijun, which was obvious that Lu Fang was relying on the Huns.

But wherever there was a border with the Xiongnu, Lu Fang dared to send troops to attack, but without a border with the Xiongnu, even if it was the southern counties of the state, Lu Fang did not dare to go deep easily.

It can be seen from this that Lu Fang's own strength is not very strong, and what he relies on is not the soldiers and horses under his command, but the Huns.

The Han army led by Wu Han defeated Lu Fang's army in Daijun, and it stands to reason that the Han army was the winning side, but it was the Han army that was forced to withdraw in the end.

There was no way, the Luoyang Imperial Court couldn't come up with the money to buy grain, and it couldn't take out the grain to give to Wu Han as military rations.

No matter how good Wu Han is, no matter how good he is at fighting, no matter how capable he is, no matter how capable he is, when the whole army runs out of food, he has no choice but to obey Liu Xiu's edict and lead the army to retreat.

At the beginning, Wu Han led 50,000 Han troops to Daijun, and when he came back, Wu Han came back alone.

The Han army did not follow Wu Han back to Luoyang, but was broken up by Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu sent Hou Jin to lead a part of the Han army to garrison Yuyang County, and let Wang Ba lead a part of the Han army to garrison Shanggu County.

This was the first line of defense against the Huns in the north. Liu Xiu also ordered Zhu You to lead a part of the Han army to garrison Changshan County, and ordered Wang Chang to lead a part of the Han army to garrison Zhuo County, which was the second line of defense against the Huns.

Because the Han army did not have many soldiers and horses, it was divided into four parts, which were stationed in four counties, and the food and grass needed in the army were solved by the local county government, and the imperial court could not even take out a grain of grain anyway.

Liu Xiu's will is somewhat rogue, but it is not too strong, and the county governments of the four counties are working hard, and each county can still afford to support thousands of garrisons.

On the other side, Luoyang, Li Tong was ordered to go to Nanyang to transfer grain, but before the others left Henan County, they only walked to the new city of Henan County, and an accident occurred, Li Tong was assassinated by assassins and was seriously injured.

The assassin who assassinated Li Tong was mixed with the county soldiers, and when Xincheng Ling greeted Li Tong, a nearby county soldier suddenly attacked, picked up a crossbow machine, and shot an arrow at Li Tong.

This arrow came too fast and too suddenly, even though Li Tong made a dodge action, he couldn't completely dodge, and the left side of his neck was cut open by the edge of the arrow.

It was not fatal, it was just a skin injury, but the arrow was quenched with severe poison, and Li Tong was poisoned, and he was unconscious on the spot.

The dignified Sikong was assassinated in Xincheng, and Xincheng made Chen Fang so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, and hurriedly asked people to rescue Li Tong.

Although the arrow poison is powerful, it was not directly shot into Li Tong's body after all, and Li Tong's poisoning is not deep, but even so, Li Tong is still unconscious.

Of course, the assassin who had infiltrated the county soldiers did not run away and was captured on the spot.

When the news reached Luoyang, it was late at night, and Liu Xiu was resting in Changqiu Palace.

Listening to the knock on the door outside, Liu Xiu and Guo Shengtong woke up. Guo Shengtong said with some complaints: "In the middle of the night, who will disturb His Majesty's rest!" ”

Liu Xiu rubbed his forehead, sat up, and said in a hoarse voice: "Zitong continues to rest, I'll go out and have a look!" As he spoke, Liu Xiu got out of bed, picked up a large coat casually, and draped it on his body.

He walked out of the dormitory, went to the main hall outside, raised his head and said, "Come in!" ”

As the door of the hall opened, Zhang Kun walked in from the outside in small steps, and when he came to Liu Xiu, he said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, I just got the news, big ...... Da Sikong was assassinated in Xincheng! ”

"What?" When Liu Xiu heard this, her eyes widened in disbelief, she grabbed Zhang Kun's clothes, and asked, "Say it again!" ”

"Da Da Sikong was assassinated in Xincheng!"

Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment before coming back to his senses, and asked urgently, "How is the dimensional now?" ”

"It is said that Da Sikong is highly poisoned and still ...... Still in a coma! Zhang Kun said in a trembling voice.

At this time, Guo Shengtong also came out of the dormitory, and Li Tong was assassinated, the news was too shocking, and Guo Shengtong was also pale. She looked at Liu Xiu nervously and said, "Your Majesty, this is ...... Isn't there any danger in the dimension? ”

Liu Xiu was silent for a moment, and said to Zhang Kun in a deep voice: "Block the news!" Don't let anyone know about it! Especially Sikong Mansion, we must not let the news reach Sikong Mansion! ”

The life and death of the dimension are uncertain, if this matter is known to Boji, it will have to be turned upside down, and when the time comes, there may be some chaos!

Zhang Kun hurriedly bowed in response. Liu Xiu said: "Fate Hospital, immediately send the doctor to Xincheng!" After a pause, he waved his hand again and said, "That's it, I'll personally take the imperial doctor to Xincheng." ”

When Guo Shengtong heard this, his face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly grabbed Liu Xiu's arm, and said with a worried face: "Your Majesty, the new city is dangerous!" ”

Even Li Tong was assassinated in Xincheng, wouldn't it be even more dangerous for His Majesty to go?

Liu Xiu frowned and said: "When the dimension arrives in Nanyang, there is a major matter to deal with, and now that he has been assassinated halfway, I am afraid that I will not be able to go to Nanyang, and I will have to solve the matter of Nanyang myself." ”

Li Tong is the big Sikong and the old boss of the Nanyang Tun Army, he went to transfer grain, and no one in the army dared to stop him, but if he changed someone to transfer grain, it would be strange if he could transfer it.

Taking away the grain from the hands of the soldiers is like taking away their life, if you don't get it right, there will be conflicts, or even mutiny, and now that Li Tong has been assassinated, Liu Xiu must go in person. Liu Xiu suddenly thought of something, and said hurriedly: "Also, bring Jiang Shiyun and let her enter the palace to see me!" ”