In the third year of Jin Jianxing and the fifth year of Jiaxing in the Han Dynasty, there was a thunderclap on the land of China, thunder landed, and the boat and horse galloped, spreading a major news to all parties, triggering a series of chain reactions-

The prime minister of the Jin Dynasty, the governor of the Chinese and foreign military, and the king of Langya, Sima Rui, mobilized the soldiers and horses of Yan, Henan, Xu, Yang, Jing, and Jiang, and gathered 140,000 troops, with Sima Pei, the king of the East China Sea, as the governor of the northern capital, and Zu Ti, Pei Gai, Tao Kan, Dai Yuan, etc. as generals, swore to the Northern Expedition to restore the old capital, repair the mountains, and rescue Chang'an.

When the news reached Chang'an City, Emperor Sima Ye of Jin couldn't help but cry with joy: "Uncle has finally raised his troops and is coming to save me!" ”

However, the ruling hussar general and the left servant shot the suo Suo Juxiu but poured a scoop of cold water on the emperor: "Your Majesty, don't believe his words. King Langya seized Jiangzuo, committed to annexing Jiangnan, did not obey the king's order for several years, and was repeatedly edicted before not sending troops, why did he repent today? Moreover, the Jiangnan soldiers are few and weak, and the rebellion of the thieves in Jing and Hunan is difficult to settle, so how can they have the spare strength to send tens of thousands of troops to the north to Qinwang? The ministers are just empty stories. ”

When Sima Ye heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Suo Qing thinks that my uncle has no intention of rescuing Chang'an?" 140,000 soldiers or big words, 780,000 soldiers are always there, right? ”

Suo Qi sneered: "The fifth Sheng Changcai was captured by Pei Wenyue and killed by Wang Chuzhong, does Your Majesty still have the luxury of Jiangdong?" Sima Pi Huangkou Ruzi; Pei Wen is a scholar, and there are only thousands of soldiers in Xuzhou; Tao Shi Xing in the south of the wet place to lift the water, or have a strength, the Central Plains gallop, this is not talented...... I expect that the main force of the Northern Expedition is only the Yuzhou soldiers of the ancestors. However, as for the former ancestor of a certain soldier, although Liu Cang was broken, the damage was also heavy, how could he have the strength to come back before he was half a year old? However, King Langya wants to use this name to recruit the Central Plains scholars to Jiankang! ”

He analyzed it very well, but in this way, not only the emperor, but also the ministers present all changed miserably. Situ Liangfen asked repeatedly: "What if it seems to be like this?" ”

Suo Qi spread his hands: "What else to do?" It is about the matter, and only we and other Kansai people can share the worries for Your Majesty. The former minister had already attacked and killed Zhao Ran...... "In fact, Zhao Ran, the general of the Hu army, was just defeated by his army, and was shot by Lu Yunbu soon after, Suo Qi honestly and unceremoniously took the credit to himself-" Liu Yao was terrified. Now the king of Langya has confused people with the northern expedition, or the thief will draw Liu Yao's soldiers and horses, gathered in Henan, take this opportunity, dare to ask His Majesty to come to the aid of the king of Nanyang, and the minister and the general of Koji will break it together, so as to avoid the misfortune of Chang'an being besieged! ”

When he came down from the court, Shizhong Zongchang approached Suo Qi and asked him in a low voice: "What the general said is true?" Will the Southern Army be able to enter Henan? Do you want to order Song Ping to go east and echo it, or you can tie up some more thieves' soldiers and horses......"

Suo Qi shook his head slightly: "What I said to Your Majesty is a half-truth. If it is true, the king of Langya must not be sincere to save Chang'an, and there may not be 50,000 in the Northern Expedition; If they are lucky enough to win in Henan, will there be no reason to roar west? However, I am afraid that I am not here to save the Son of Heaven, but to rob the Son of Heaven! How can you order Song Zhe to go out and make Dongyi gain power?! ”

Zong Chang persuaded and said: "General, now Liu Yao has broken Feng Yi, showing a high-rise situation, threatening Chang'an, the general is responsible for the military responsibilities of the capital governor of the palace, and he must not stay away. Once the accident happens, the Son of Heaven will fall into the hands of Hu Lu, when this critical moment, how can Yun Dongyi? Unless the general can give up his old suspicions with the king of Nanyang and join forces to defend against the thieves......"

Suo Qi nodded first, and then shook his head: "I also want to work with the king of Nanyang, but his heart is different from mine...... If the king of Nanyang is willing to enter the east from Xia Tai and enter the king of Guanqin, he can ignore the past. "I have to bow to me first, and then I can talk about fighting the enemy with one heart!

Zong Chang sighed softly, and wanted to persuade again, but suddenly saw a scholar with a frightened face, running all the way, and came head-on. Suo Qi scolded: "In the palace city, Ande is running fast, without etiquette? What's the alarm?! ”

Na Shangshu rushed to the front, took a deep look at Suo Qi, and replied breathlessly: "Legend has it from the west that the king of Nanyang sent his army to cut off the Longdao, and the grain and materials supplied from all over Guanxi have been intercepted by him for his own use!" ”

When Suo Qi heard this, his thick eyebrows were raised, his eyes were wide open, and he was really angry: "Zhuzi, how dare you act so boldly and recklessly, can't he starve the Son of Heaven to death?!" Zong Chang stomped his feet and turned the grinding, and said repeatedly: "How to deal with it?" How? Suo Qi said hatefully: "Even if the Son of Heaven is returned to Dongyi or even taken captive by the thieves, I can't make Nanyang profitable!" ”

Then he turned his head to take care of Zong Chang: "Qing quickly played two books for me, and presented them to the Son of Heaven: one of them summoned Zhang Anxun of Liangzhou to lead the army into King Qin, so that he could break the Longdao Break, I promised...... Allow him the position of the three dukes, the title of the princes! The second sent a letter to Zu Shizhi, ordering him to go straight to Luoyang, in order to divide the momentum of the thief, if it can succeed, it can be allowed by the governors of Yan, Henan, Si and Hebei, and enter the service! ”

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The same news naturally spread to Pingyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty, and was presented to the desks of Xiangguo and Da Dan Yu Liu Cang.

Since last year, Liu Cong, the lord of the Han Dynasty, has entrusted all the state affairs to his son Liu Cang, and he hid in the harem to create people desperately. But even so, Liu Cang did not dare to act arbitrarily and arbitrarily related to this kind of military affairs, and had to report to Liu Cong, so he hurriedly summoned his cronies and central protector Jin Zhun, first discussed a set of general strategies, and then entered the palace side by side.

Before entering the forbidden palace, he was stopped in front of someone, and Liu Cang recognized that it was Liu Cong's favored and trusted Zhongchang Wang Shen and Xuanhuai. The two eunuchs saluted the two respectfully, and Liu Cang asked, "Where is Your Majesty?" ”

Wang Shen always maintained a smiling face, as if he was wearing a clown mask, and immediately replied: "I'm drinking with the queens." "Liu Cong has a large number of queens, when he first ascended the throne, he canonized the princess Hu Yanshi as the queen, after Hu Yan's death, changed to Jin Zhun's daughter Jin Yueguang as the queen, and then one day a happy one, changed the name of Queen Jin to the queen, and named the concubine Liu as the left queen, and Jin Yuehua, the sister of Queen Jin, the right queen...... But this is not the end, he has canonized seven queens in his life, and four of them reigned at the same time, including the adopted daughters of Wang Shen and Xuanhuai, in addition to three posthumously crowned queens......

Liu Cang ordered Wang Shen and Xuanhuai to pass the word quickly, saying that I have important military affairs to report to Your Majesty. Xuan Huai approached, smiled and lowered his voice and asked, "I don't know what the matter is?" I also hope that Da Shan Yu will reveal some news first, lest His Majesty ask us and don't know how to answer. ”

Liu Cong now lives in the harem, and it is easy not to see the courtiers, and the internal and external documents and edicts are passed by the king, Xuan and other permanent servants, so when it comes to any national affairs, the emperor does not ask the courtiers, but first consults the opinions of the eunuchs, and it is commonplace in the court. When Liu Cang heard this, he was not annoyed, he turned his head and glanced at Jin Zhun, and Jin Zhun immediately approached and whispered the news of the Northern Expedition of the Jiankang regime.

Wang and Xuan couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "The Jin people have an army of tens of thousands of people to invade, I don't know how to resist it?" Can a big order have a belly case? ”

Liu Cang pouted: "It is claimed to be 140,000, according to a certain calculation, it is only 50,000 or 60,000 at most, and there will be no intention of rescuing Chang'an, but Sima Rui wants to be famous." Only Yuzhou Zu Shizhi is a strong enemy, before in Chenting, Jiaxian, Wang Shi twice defeated, the army heard the ancestral word, all frightened, I am afraid that there will be a vicious battle in Henan...... I wonder if Your Majesty is willing to take the royal conquest in person? ”

Wang Shen shook his head and said, "Before that, His Majesty rode a horse in the palace, and fell because of the heavy body of the emperor, but said: 'Doesn't the heavens want me to return to war?' Fortunately, I have Xiangguo and King Shi'an here, but I am not afraid of Jin captivity. If it is inconvenient for Your Majesty to personally conquer, you should lead your army to the enemy, right? Is there a way to win? ”

Liu Cang smiled coldly: "I want to make others be sharp first, and then I will take advantage of the enemy's fatigue, and I will naturally win." ”

Xuan Huai asked in a low voice: "I don't know which one Da Danyu wants?" West, or in the palace? ”

Jin Zhun replied instead of Liu Cang: "Go to the nearest first, and then it's not too late to slowly figure it out." ”

Wang Shen and Xuan Huai were the first at the same time: "If we know it, we will help the big single." "Then he said, please wait a while, and we will go into the palace to spread the word to Your Majesty.

The time was not long, so Liu Cong summoned Liu Cang and Jin Zhun to meet him. The two of them entered the hall with their hands, only to see the Han lord Liu Yao standing on the couch, his cheeks were red, and he had clearly drunk a lot of wine, and he was already drunk. Liu Cang's eyes swept over the faces and figures of several concubines, and secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Jin Zhun was the first to report the military situation to Liu Cong, and Liu Cong couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Does Wu'er have a strategy to resist the enemy?" Without waiting for Liu Cang to answer, he said to himself: "It's better to summon King Shi'an to return east quickly......

Liu Cang hurriedly said: "No." Then he bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, King Shi'an has obtained Feng Yi, Chang'an can be seen at a glance, and if it is recalled at this time, I am afraid that the work of several years will be ruined in one fell swoop." When the king of Shi'an rushed to attack Chang'an, if he could capture the Jin lord, the ministers expected that the southern army would retreat. ”

Liu Cong frowned and said: "Lord Jin, I have captured one before, but I can't settle the world, and if I capture another one now, can it help?" If they stand again, what will they do? ”

Liu Cang said: "If you conquer Chang'an and capture the Jin lord, you can replace him as the monarch, only Jiankang Sima Rui'er." He is located in the east of the Jiangdong, afraid that our army will take advantage of the victory to advance, and will inevitably recall the northern conscription troops and horses, and retreat to the Yangtze River. The emperor and the Han can settle up and down the river, and then wave their troops into Shu to exterminate the thieves, which is the image of the confrontation between the Jin and the Eastern Wu in the past - the Jin Dynasty destroys Wu, and the momentum is like a broken bamboo, and the Emperor Han destroys the Jin, and it should be the same. Therefore the king of Si'an should not return lightly. ”

Liu Cong nodded and said What you said is reasonable, so if you don't order Shi'an Wang Donggui to resist the Jin division, who should you send to lead the troops?

Jin Zhun pinched the opportunity and glanced at Wang Shen and Xuanhuai, who were standing beside him. Wang Shen nodded in understanding, then bowed to the ground and said to Liu Cong: "The old slave has a word, I implore Shengming to listen." ”

"Thou said."

"My emperor and Han took the world with a bow and horse, and when the first emperor was there, there was no year without levy, no levy and no visit to the former enemy, so as to destroy the old Jin Dynasty and build a foundation. His Majesty is also heroic and heroic, defeating thousands of people, destroying the enemy and breaking the formation, all of them are trapped. However, now the emperor's younger brother has been crowned for many years, but he has not tasted the battle, and the generals in the army are not convinced, so why should he inherit the great cause of the first emperor, pursue the glory of His Majesty, and make the emperor and Han mix all over the world? Today is a good opportunity, please Emperor Zhao's brother to lead the army to resist the enemy, in order to grow its strength, and its prestige. ”

Although Liu Cang is Liu Cong's eldest son and is in charge of the court, he is just the king of Jin in terms of title, not the prince, and the real prince is Liu Cong's half-brother Liu Yi. Thinking that Liu Yuan died of illness that year, the crown prince Liu He ascended the throne, and wanted to kill all the kings, but he was killed by Liu Cong, and then Liu Cong pretended to give up the throne to Liu Yi - although Liu Yi was young, he was born to Queen Shan, and his son was more qualified than Liu Cong to inherit the throne - Liu Yijian refused to accept it, Liu Cong ascended the throne, and immediately canonized Liu Yi as the "imperial brother" as his legal heir.

Wang Shen proposed to let Liu Yi lead the army to resist the enemy, because he was going to be the emperor of the Han State in the future, but now that he is in his twenties, he has hardly been on the battlefield, and he has no military merits, so how can he serve the public? Give him a chance to make a difference.

Liu Cong hesitated, turned his head and asked Liu Cang, "Aren't you going?" ”

Jin Zhun replied: "Da Dan is in the president's internal and external military and political affairs, and he should not leave Pingyang lightly, and please send the emperor's younger brother to it." If the war is unfavorable, it is not too late for the big order to be reunited. ”

Liu Cong stroked his beard, looked at his son and courtiers, and then looked at the two eunuchs beside him, and said in a deep voice: "I should have driven the imperial expedition to destroy the Jin Kou, but Liu Kun is in the north, ready to move, and I can't leave Pingyang...... However, the emperor's brother didn't know the battle formation after all, and the thieves were very powerful, so it was difficult to guarantee victory......"

Liu Cang pouted: "No one is born to win a battle, they must always be trained." Your Majesty, but send a hundred generals to assist the emperor's younger brother. ”

"Do you want to summon Shile from Hebei to the south to scratch Jin Kou's back?"

Liu Cang and Jin Zhun glanced at each other, and said in their hearts, ah, and Shi Le, let's forget about that slave...... The key thing is that after that guy annexed Wang Mi, he ran to Hebei thousands of miles away in one go, and refused to listen to the tune, so who would have thought that he might also be able to come in handy?

Xuan Huai peeked at Liu Cang and Jin Zhun's expressions, and turned his head to suggest Liu Cong: "Your Majesty, instead of ordering the Shangdang County Duke to go south, it is better to order him to go west and threaten Jinyang, so that Liu Kun will not dare to act rashly." Otherwise, if Liu Kun echoes with the Southern Army, I am afraid that Pingyang will be unstable, and Your Majesty will have no leisure for Youyou. ”

Liu Cong said "oh": "That's right...... In this way, he followed the Qing and others, Zhao Shi'an Wang rushed to attack Chang'an, Shi Lexi exceeded Taihang to attack Jinyang, and the emperor's younger brother led the army south to resist the Jin Kou - but the order is still a draft edict, and Zhao Cheng does not have to be presented to me, and my son can sign himself. "After speaking, I flicked my sleeves, which means that you can go out, don't delay me from drinking with my wives......