Chapter 719: The Southern Expedition Has Not Ended

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Liu Xiu led Zhu You back to the sleeping tent.

Hearing the movement outside, Yin Lihua immediately walked out of the room, and when she saw that it was Liu Xiu coming back, she couldn't wait to ask: "Your Majesty, the concubine heard that Yuan Zhi took the initiative to come down!" ”

Liu Xiu nodded and said, "He has been imprisoned now." ”

Yin Lihua asked a little nervously, "What does Your Majesty plan to do with Yuanzhi?" ”

Before Liu Xiu could reply, Zhu You, who was standing behind Liu Xiu, bowed his hand and said, "Wechen meets the Yin nobles!" ”

Yin Lihua turned her eyes, and then she saw Zhu You. She was surprised and delighted and said, "Ayu, you're back!" ”

Seeing Yin Lihua's surprised expression, Zhu You's heart warmed, he grinned, and said in a brisk tone: "Ayou is back, this time has made Lihua's sister-in-law worried!" ”

When they were in Nanyang, Liu Xiu and Zhu You were inseparable, Yin Lihua and Zhu You were very familiar, and Yin Lihua also liked Zhu You's arrogant temperament. She asked, "Was it Motozhi who put Ayu back?" ”

Liu Xiu nodded and said, "Deng Feng was desperate and had to surrender, so in order to show the sincerity of surrender, he sent Ah You back!" ”

Yin Lihua first looked at Zhu You with concern, and saw that he had not changed much from before, and felt a lot more relieved. She waved her hand to Zhu You and said, "Ayou, sit down!" ”

Zhu You said with a smile: "Thank you Yin noble." ”

After Zhu You sat down, Yin Lihua looked at Liu Xiu again, and continued to ask, "What does Your Majesty plan to do with Yuan Zhi?" ”

Zhu You looked at Liu Xiu, who was silent, and said helplessly: "Your Majesty is also very embarrassed about this matter!" The officers and men in the army have repeatedly admonished, hoping that His Majesty can execute Deng Feng, but His Majesty has promised Ziling before that he will spare Deng Feng's life. ”

Yin Lihua whispered: "Yuan Zhi is at fault, Your Majesty can punish him heavily, only open the net to Your Majesty, and spare him from death." ”

She and Deng Feng have a deep relationship, there is no love between men and women, but they also have more than ten years of friendship with childhood sweethearts.

What's more, during Liu Xiu's conquest of Hebei, it was Deng Feng who took care of her and protected her here in Nanyang, and it was Deng Feng who escorted her all the way to Luoyang.

Now that Deng Feng is in prison, life and death are tied to the front line, and if Yin Lihua wants to sit idly by, she can't do it.

Liu Xiu took a deep breath and said: "I have ordered that Deng Feng be escorted back to Luoyang to await trial, at the moment, I can't issue an order to exempt Deng Feng from the death penalty, wait until I return to Luoyang, and then find another opportunity!" ”

Hearing this, Yin Lihua's mood finally calmed down. It can be heard that Liu Xiu also wants to spare Deng Feng's order, but the emotions of the generals and soldiers in the army are very great at the moment, and Liu Xiu can't open this mouth.

On the same day, Cen Peng received the remnants of Deng Fengjun's army, more than 10,000 Nanyang veterans, most of whom wanted to stay in the Han army, and a small number of wounded veterans chose to disarm and return to the field.

According to Liu Xiu's wishes, Cen Peng scattered the veterans who were willing to stay in the Han army and distributed them to various departments, and the veterans who refused to stay were not embarrassed, and collected their weapons and armor, distributed food and coils, and let them leave on their own.

The atmosphere was tense, and the fierce battle was about to break out, but with the surrender of Deng Fengjun, the calm of the past was restored. The Han army, led by Liu Xiu, left Xiaochang'an and went to Wancheng in the north, and the army was stationed outside Wancheng.

Although the war in Nanyang is over, the war in the south is not over, after all, there is still a henchman in the south, Qin Feng. Last time, Qin Feng assisted Deng Feng to encircle and suppress Wu Han, but he fought with Wu Han's army, Qin Feng's elite was beaten to a fine beating, and Qin Feng almost lost his life

Nanyang.

This time, Deng Feng and Liu Xiu fought to the death in Nanyang, and Qin Feng didn't dare to send a single soldier, what he thought was that it was best for Deng Feng and Liu Xiu to fight to defeat both, so he could live in peace in Nanjun. As a result, Qin Feng did not expect that Deng Fengjun, who had won many battles in Nanyang and was in full swing, was defeated again and again by the Han army under Liu Xiu's personal command, and there was no power to fight back, and it didn't take a month for the coalition army composed of Deng Feng, Yan Cen, and Dong Xun

It fell apart and disappeared, and Nanyang County also fell into the hands of Liu Xiu.

At this time, Qin Feng panicked. You must know that Nanyang is the northern barrier of Nanjun, Nanyang is gone, and next, Nanjun will directly face Liu Xiu's Jianwu court.

So when Yan Cen fled to Nanjun like a lost dog, Qin Feng not only did not beat the water dog, but also treated him as a guest. At the same time, Qin Feng actively co-opted the Tian Rong forces in the south.

Tian Rong was also one of the leaders of the rebel army at the end of Wang Mang, when the rebel army led by Tian Rong conquered Yiling in Nanjun in one fell swoop.

Then Tian Rong claimed to be the general of sweeping the floor, based on Yiling, expanding everywhere, Wuling and Changsha counties in the south of Nanjun were basically under the control of Tian Rong, and there were more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command.

Qin Feng didn't dare to fight Liu Xiu alone, so he wooed Yan Cen and Tian Rong in every possible way.

In order to unite the two and join forces with him to fight against Liu Xiu, Qin Feng also married his two daughters to Yan Cen and Tian Rong respectively, and these two also became Qin Feng's sons-in-law.

Qin Feng's marriage is still very effective, at least in the matter of joining forces against Liu Xiu, Yan Cen and Tian Rong are unswervingly on Qin Feng's side.

Liu Xiu had just eliminated the Deng Feng coalition army in Nanyang, and not long after that, Qin Feng formed the Qin Feng coalition army in Nanjun, and the soldiers and horses under Qin Feng's command, plus the troops under Tian Rong, should not be underestimated.

For Qin Feng's forces, Liu Xiu certainly couldn't tolerate their existence.

The seven counties of Jingzhou, since he has recovered the most difficult Nanyang, as for the remaining six counties of Nanjun, Changsha, Guiyang, Jiangxia, Wuling, and Lingling, he must also subdue them in one go.

Liu Xiu issued an order in Wancheng to continue to appoint Cen Peng, the general of the southern expedition, as the commander of the southern expeditionary army, and appointed Fu Jun, the general of the crossbow, Zang Gong, the commander of the cavalry, and Liu Hong, the commander of the cavalry, as the deputy commanders, commanding 200,000 troops, and conquering Qin Feng in the south.

Cen Peng had just left Wancheng and headed south, and the sacrifice led the troops back to Wancheng, and at the same time brought back Deng Zhong, who was captured alive by the sacrifice and zunsheng.

Liu Xiu still has some appreciation for Deng Feng, but he has no good impression of Deng Zhong at all. Liu Xiu didn't see Deng Zhong when he saw it, but he just asked Deng Zhong to be taken into custody together.

Deng Feng and Deng Zhong, the two brothers and sisters, did not run away, and now they are all prisoners of the Han army.

During the battle of Nanyang, Wancheng has been in a state of siege, Liu Xiu is very concerned about the livelihood of Wancheng, the second day he entered Wancheng, he changed into civilian clothes, took Zhu You, Fu Di, Long Yuan and others, to the market in Wancheng. Although Wancheng was trapped for a long time, there was not much war during the period, and there was no damage in the city

Bustling with stalls of all sizes, food, clothing, necessities and groceries.

Liu Xiu came to a stall selling mats, squatted down, looked at the various mats placed in a row, touched it casually, and felt that it was not badly prepared, he looked at the vendor who sold mats, and asked with a smile: "Brother, how do you sell this mat?" ”

The hawker is in his thirties, with dark and rough skin, and at first glance he knows that he is born in rough work.

Seeing that Liu Xiu and the others were dressed well, the vendor also introduced very enthusiastically: "This is the best mat, eight hundred yuan!" These mats, five hundred dollars, and here there are two hundred dollars, one hundred dollars......"

Listening carefully to the hawker's introduction, Liu Xiu was also comparing the prices with the prices when he was in Nanyang before.

I feel that the price of Wancheng is a little more expensive now, but it is not too expensive, and ordinary people naturally can't afford to use a mat of eight hundred yuan, but a mat of one or two hundred yuan, ordinary people are still very easy to use.

After listening to the hawker's introduction, Liu Xiu nodded with a smile, stood up, and walked to the next one.

Most of the ordinary people will come to the market to shop, and as for the shops in the prosperous areas of the city, they are all boutiques, and the customers they face are not the powerful, or the nobles, businessmen and wealthy people, but they are not places where ordinary people can go to consume.

Liu Xiu walked very seriously, from the head of the market, one by one to the end of the market, he also had a general judgment on the prices in Wancheng. Liu Xiu was about to leave the market when there was a noise not far away.

He looked up and saw a large number of people standing in front of him. Zhu You is a person who is easy to join in the fun, he tiptoes and stretches his neck to look, but there are too many onlookers in front of him, and he can't see what is happening clearly.

He whispered, "Childe, let's go over and have a look!" ”

Liu Xiu smiled and walked over. Zhu You was in front and helped Liu Xiu open the way, don't look at his wide body and fat body, but the flesh on his body is not white and long, his strength is amazing, he is in the crowd, he just squeezes a passage, Liu Xiu follows him very easily, almost unblocked

Walk into the crowd. In the center of the crowd, there were two people, an old man and a young man. The old man was fifty years old, with gray hair, and the youngest was a little girl, who looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old when she had just reached her prime, with wheat-colored skin and beautiful features

The little girl knelt on a mat with a small wooden table in front of her, on which were three bowls and three beans.

The old man walked around and shouted as he spoke, and everyone could come and guess how many beans were in the bowl, guess five coins once, and as long as they guessed correctly, they could return ten dollars.

Many people around are eager to try, after all, it only costs five dollars, and it doesn't look too difficult to guess.

Soon, a young man stepped forward, sat down opposite the little girl, took out five coins from his bosom, slapped them on the table, and smiled at the little girl: "I'll try it!" ”

In front of everyone, the little girl put the three beans in the three bowls, and then buckled them, and her little hand pressed the three bowls and stroked them around. After a short time, she stopped and said with a smile: "Guest officer, please guess!" ”

Young people are happy, do you still need to guess? There's a bean in every bowl! He casually pointed to one of the bowls and confidently said, "There's a bean in there!" ”

The little girl said happily: "The guest officer has taken a closer look! As she spoke, she slowly lifted the bowl that the young man was pointing to, and the young man and the people around him looked at it, and there were two beans under the bowl.

Everyone present was surprised, and no one could see clearly when the little girl secretly stuffed an extra bean into the bowl.

The young man was stunned for a moment, scratched his hair, unwillingly took out another five coins, and said, "Do it again!" I don't believe in evil! ”

This time he was concentrating, staring intently at the little girl's hand. As a result, he guessed wrong, and when the little girl opened the bowl, there were still two beans inside.

The young man guessed three times in a row, without exception, all of them were wrong. He shook his head and stood up and walked away dejectedly.

As soon as he walked on his front foot, someone went over to guess, guessing one bean, opening the bowl was two beans, guessing two beans, opening the bowl was one bean, people guessed more than ten times in a row, but no one guessed correctly.

Zhu You turned his head to look at Liu Xiu, who was happy but didn't say anything. The little girl's hands were fast, so fast that if he didn't pay close attention, he couldn't see the small movements of her hands. "Childe, I'll try!" Zhu You's face was excited, and he said eagerly.