Chapter 68: The Expedition

It's autumn again, the business style is admitted to the hospital, and the leaves are Xiaoxiao.

At the beginning of dawn, Qinghui had not yet penetrated the window, Han Yuan slowly lifted the quilt and put on his clothes and pants, he had developed the habit of getting up early.

In the couch, Lin Miao still slept sweetly after a long night, her hair was a little unkempt, and the corners of her mouth were smiling, as if she was dreaming something.

Han Yuan lowered his head to look at her, couldn't help but touch her face gently, and then retracted his hand again.

Han Yuan suddenly remembered Jiang Luoyue again, once upon a time, when he woke up, the person around him was her, not Lin Miao.

Lin Miao was touched by him, and somehow woke up, she struggled to open her sleepy eyes, and then looked at him stupidly.

"It's still early, you can sleep a little longer." Han Yuan pulled the futon and covered it for her.

Lin Miao hesitated for a moment, closed her eyes obediently, and retracted into the bed.

Han Won got up, put up his shoes, and slowly walked out of the bedroom.

The autumn morning was very cold, Han Yuan couldn't help but feel a little nervous, he was about to go back to the room to add some clothes, but turned around and saw a familiar figure not far away.

"Yue'er, is that you?" Han Won couldn't help but scream.

"Brother-in-law, I'm Luoshuang." The man said a little shyly.

Only then did Han Yuan remember that since the death of his father-in-law, he had already taken Jiang Luoshuang over to live.

"Oh, Sister Shuang'er, did you get up so early?" Han Won said embarrassedly.

Jiang Luoshuang's tone was a little sad, and said, "Since my sister and father left, I feel that the whole world is empty. Here, if you have nothing to do every day, you may feel better when you get up early in the morning and take a walk. ”

Han Yuan felt a little pity for her, and said: "Sister Shuang'er, if you are usually bored, you can find Miao'er to play with, and Xiaoxian, although he doesn't talk much, he is a very good person." ”

Jiang Luoshuang smiled shallowly and said, "Hmm." Brother-in-law, you are the same, you have to be good. ”

Her shallow smile made Han Yuan's heart mixed, he didn't look over, he didn't look at Jiang Luoshuang anymore, he was afraid that if he looked at it again, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Sister Shuang'er, it's cold, you better go back to your room, don't freeze and catch a cold." Han Yuan said something hurriedly, and walked away quickly with his back to her.

Han Won changed into a military uniform, and several guards accompanied him to the school grounds.

At this time, the sun has risen, and under the school field, more than 40,000 Chu troops have been assembled, they are stubborn and vigorous, and they will only wait for Han Yuan to give an order, and they will go out to rebel.

According to the previous procedure, the soldiers had to drink a bowl of oath wine before going out to strengthen the army. However, Han Won did not plan to do this, more than 40,000 soldiers, one bowl of wine per person is not a small number.

On the altar, Han Won recited the text and said loudly: "Soldiers! We will not drink the oath wine first, and save it for the next celebration banquet. I would like to say once again that the previous rules on rewards and punishments are true and effective. This time out of Yuezhou, as long as you are not afraid of death and fight bravely to kill the enemy, the opportunity to change your fate is in front of you! ”

"The Chu army is up and down, and I am willing to die for the Hou Ye!"

"Death! Death! Death! ”

More than 40,000 Chu troops shouted like thunder, and Han Yuan couldn't help but perk up, and ordered: "Go out!" ”

Yizhou.

Sun Xun and the others finally withdrew to the old nest, and did not dare to relax at all, so they hurriedly waved their troops north and fought to the death with Zhang Qin's troops from Qinzhou.

What Sun Xun didn't expect was that the Yizhou Heavenly Soldiers, whom he was so proud of, were often at a disadvantage when fighting against the Qinzhou Army.

Zhang Qin and his Qinzhou disciples were really violent, and when they started fighting, they didn't know what to die for. It is no wonder that Liu Zhiyuan did not dare to provoke him after taking Jinzhou, but turned his head to seek to seize Qizhou.

Sun Xun was also a little panicked at this time. First, the Qin army had forcibly seized most of the northern part of Yizhou, and there was no disadvantage in terms of geographical advantages. Second, his Yizhou soldiers and horses are not opponents of others, and he does not have an advantage in people. The geographical advantage and the person do not occupy it, if you really fight with the other party, I am afraid that my head will be broken.

But Sun Xun is a smart man, since he can't beat him, then find a way to make peace. In order to curry favor with Zhang Qin, Sun Xun wrote a letter to Zhang Qin, in which he begged for mercy. On the other hand, he ordered people to go to various places in Yizhou to find money and beauties, and sent them to Zhang Qin and his subordinates. In addition, Sun Xun also specially sent Huang Su to envoy Qinzhou for himself, relying on Huang Su's three-inch incorruptible tongue, he was not afraid that the reckless men in Qinzhou would not be fooled.

In fact, Sun Xun's series of measures really worked in a short period of time. Most of the soldiers under Zhang Qin were from poor men, and Sun Xun secretly gave them a large amount of gold and silver, and some even gave women. They accepted Sun Xun's gifts, and they were short-handed, so they naturally said good things about Sun Xun in front of Zhang Qin.

And Zhang Qin also had his own considerations, although he captured the northern part of Yizhou, but it was all when Sun Xun was defenseless. Now that Sun Xun has returned with his army, if he wants to attack, he is afraid that he will have to pay a lot of price. And he is Liu Zhiyuan's forces in the east, and there are Kun people in the north, if he can destroy Sun Xun's tens of thousands of Yi troops in one battle, it is fine, if it is a tug-of-war, then the situation will be greatly unfavorable to himself.

After thinking about it again, Zhang Qin still decided to slow down for a while, wait for his forces to become stronger, and his troops to be more sufficient, and then slowly try to Yizhou. However, for the northern part of Yizhou, which the Qin army had already occupied, Zhang Qin would never return it to Sun Xun.

In this regard, although Sun Xun was resentful in his heart, he didn't dare to say anything on the surface. Now he only begged the main force of the Qin army to withdraw from Yizhou first, and as for other matters, he would slowly take care of them later.

Yanzhou.

Prime Minister's Mansion, a brocade-clothed man with a short beard and phoenix eyes, holding a chess piece, slowly fell to the chessboard.

This man is Liu Zhiyuan, who owns the two states of Yan and Jin, and is ordered by the Son of Heaven to be a minister, and now he is self-proclaimed prime minister in the name of the Son of Heaven, and he is fighting against Zhou Ning, the king of Wu in Zhongzhou.

The game against Liu Zhiyuan was an old man with white hair, who looked like a fairy. This person's surname is Sima, and his single name is a humble character.

Sima Qian was originally an official in Zhongzhou, Zhou Ning raised troops to usurp and rebel, and after breaking through Zhongzhou, Sima Qian, who cherished his feathers, was unwilling to be with him, and left Yanzhou in time before the capital was breached.

In fact, the most important reason why Sima Qian was reluctant to take refuge in Zhou Ning was because of Bai Jingwen, the prince of Zhongguo. The fact that Sima Qian and Bai Jingwen did not deal with each other was known as early as when the old emperor Zhou Kang was still alive. Sima Qian knew that Bai Jingwen had colluded with Zhou Ning for a long time, and he had not reminded the former emperor Zhou Chengyun before, but there was no real evidence, and he could not bring down the old fox.

Then Zhou Ning successfully invaded Zhongzhou with the cooperation of Bai Jingwen, and Sima Qian knew that Bai Jingwen would definitely take revenge on himself if he gained power, so he took the opportunity to take refuge with Liu Zhiyuan in Yanzhou.

"Mr. Sima, I have a question for you." Liu Zhiyuan suddenly spoke.

"Prime Minister, please speak." Sima Qian said busily.

Liu Zhiyuan asked, "I heard that Sima Zhen, the commander originally sent by the imperial court to Yuezhou, is your own brother?" ”

Sima Qian nodded and said, "That's right." But the prime minister also knew that my unlucky brother had died. ”

Liu Zhiyuan said again: "Then Mr. Sima, do you know if there is still Marshal Sima Zhen in Yuezhou?" ”

Sima Qian thought for a while and said, "By the way, my younger brother also has a son named Sima Qing, who went to Yuezhou with his father last time, and should still be alive." ”

"Then this Sima Qing can serve in the army?" Liu Zhiyuan said with interest.

"Well, maybe." Sima Qian said uncertainly: "Prime Minister, you know, my Sima family has been a civil servant for generations, and my brother was originally a civil official, but because the first emperor was not worried about the warriors leading the troops, he ordered him to lead the army to crusade against the traitors in Yuezhou." His son, even if he really served in the army, was probably a civilian position such as a staff member. ”

"Well, that's it." When Liu Zhiyuan heard this, he immediately showed disappointment.

"However, I can repair a book and explore the situation in Yuezhou for the prime minister." Sima Qian said.

Liu Zhiyuan nodded and said, "That's fine." ”