At the beginning of March, the officers and men of the battalions in northern Xinjiang finished their rest and recuperation as scheduled, and returned to their respective garrisons one after another, and they began to reorganize the army in accordance with the orders of the general of the expedition to the north. ∮ Yanmoxuan∮ no advertisements∮ from the Liao River to the Great Wall fortress, from the Lishicheng camp to the Juzhu fortress, a group of foot soldiers marching rapidly can be seen everywhere on the galloping road, and the tense atmosphere of the imminent war shrouded the land of Bingzhou.

Li Hong ordered Li Wei to lead part of the history, and Yan Liang led six battalions to assemble in Mayi, Yanmen County, to build a conquest of the general of Peking University.

Li Hong ordered Xian Yufu to lead his troops to assemble at Longshan Daying, Zhang Yan to lead his troops to assemble at Juzhu Fortress, Lu Yi to lead his troops to gather at Duliao, Xu Rong to lead his troops to gather at Shan Yuting Meiji, Zhao Yun and Yang Feng to lead his troops to assemble at the Great Wall Fortress, Yu Shi to lead his troops to gather at Wuzhou in Yanmen County, and Yan Rou to lead his troops to gather in Pingcheng in Yanmen County. Li Hong demanded that after the Eighth Army was assembled, it would immediately start training and wait for the order to attack.

At the same time, according to the decree of the Son of Heaven, Li Hong conquered 10,000 iron cavalry of the Xiongnu, with Liu Bao, the king of Zuoxian, as the commander, and was controlled by Xu Rong. Levy 10,000 horsemen from Shanggu and Daijun Karasuma, with Loulu, the king of Shanggu, as the commander, and be controlled by Yan Rou. Li Hong ordered Liu Bao and Lou Lu to assemble by the end of March, and then enter their respective stations.

Just when the northern army of Zhengbei was busy reorganizing the army and changing its defense, the Xiongnu rebel Xubu Gudu Marquis and Dongqiang leader Xu Kui led their troops to Chen Bing Huanghe and threatened Meiji, while Baima Tong and Tuoba Wei led their troops to attack Wuzhou Heping City.

Li Hong immediately ordered Lu Yi and Liu Bao to lead their troops to garrison on the south bank of the Yellow River, and ordered Jade to garrison Wuzhou and Yan Rou to block Baima Tong and Tuoba Curtain in Pingcheng.

The intention of the Xiongnu rebels and the Xianbei people to launch an attack at this time was obvious, they wanted to take advantage of the fact that the reorganization of the northern Xinjiang provinces had not yet been completed, and hit the Han army fiercely, so as to delay the progress of the Han army's reorganization and delay the time for the Han army to attack. If there was a drastic change in Luoyang, the Han army might lose the possibility of fighting out of the fortress.

Li Hong was very anxious, and continued to play the Son of Heaven, imploring the Son of Heaven to immediately launch the Northern Xinjiang War. The Hu people are so rampant, how can they bear it?

The Son of Heaven replied and returned to Beijing to discuss again.

Li Hong was helpless, and ordered Xian Yu to lead the military of the Peking University generals on behalf of the auxiliary and take charge of the Peking University General's Mansion. Ordered Zhang Yan to guard the counties of the state in case of accidents. At this time, if the victims who poured into the state made any trouble, it would be even more difficult to fight out of the city. After Li Hong made the arrangement, he handed over all the affairs of the northern Xinjiang to Xian Yufu, and quickly went south to Luoyang with a light rain, accompanied by Zhu Mu and Tian Chou. Pound led a hundred Black Panther retinues to escort him.

In late March, Li Hong arrived in Luoyang.

Leaving the city to greet Li Hong were Shang Shu Ling Lu Zhi, Wei Wei Liu He, and Hu Ben Zhonglang General Yuan Shu. The four of them exchanged pleasantries and then entered the city.

Li Hong and Lu Zhi walked together, the two chatted a few words, and immediately talked about the Great War in Northern Xinjiang. Li Hong said bluntly: "Lord Lu, it has been three months since the Battle of Youzhou ended, why hasn't Shang Shutai come up with a specific strategy for fighting out of the fortress so far?" I've been playing in a hurry, why haven't you ever answered? Now that the army, money, food, ordnance, and civilians are all ready, they are waiting for the imperial court's war strategy and His Majesty's holy decree. I really don't understand, is it so difficult to determine the strategy of this out-of-Cyprus operation? ”

Lu Zhi sighed: "This matter is not only the general who is anxious, but we are also anxious. Shang Shutai made seven strategies for the Northern Xinjiang War, but every time it was discussed by the three governments and one station, it could not be passed, and we had no choice but to revise it repeatedly, in vain. ”

"Can't get through?" Li Hong asked in surprise, "Why?" What are the main reasons? Is it the rebellion or the empty treasury? ”

"Now that the Xiliang rebels have been defeated, the Qingxu ant thieves are gradually losing their attack power due to famine, and it is estimated that they will be defeated in two months, and the money that supports the war in Northern Xinjiang is from His Majesty's Wanjintang, and it has nothing to do with the treasury, so these things you said are not the key, the key is that the attack time of the battle out of the fortress cannot be unified." Lu Zhi glanced at Li Hong and said with a smile, "You proposed two attack times in the plan of the Imperial Court, one is May and the other is August, and the focus of the ministers' argument is this attack time. ”

Li Hong immediately understood the crux of the problem. Lu Zhi avoided the important and did not tell the truth at all. The delay in the outgoing operation was not because the attack time was difficult to determine, but because the attack time was directly related to the issue of imperial unification and the fate and future of the various powers in Luoyang.

"And now?"

"Your Majesty knew that the general had already left for the capital, so he simply dismissed the matter. His Majesty said that everything would be decided when the general returned. Lu Zhi said with a smile, "The general has returned to Beijing this time, can you determine the time of the attack?" ”

"I am anxious to ask that the attack be brought forward to mid-April." Li Hong smiled bitterly, "I have already determined the time of this attack, but the ministers still have different opinions, what is the use of me coming back?" Can I still convince everyone? ”

Lu Zhi smiled: "It's not to convince everyone, it's to convince Your Majesty." ”

Li Hong didn't make a sound. What does His Majesty think, who knows? What he knows about the situation in Beijing is only the surface, where is he clear about the undercurrents inside? However, if the emperor is unstable, Luoyang will be unstable, and if Luoyang is unstable, there will be no guarantee for the army to attack, and there will be no guarantee for this battle. Li Hong planned to do everything possible to persuade His Majesty to establish the imperial system as soon as possible, and quickly solve the great general He Jin. There is no longer any time left to delay the matter.

Li Hong stopped talking about it, and he immediately talked to Lu Zhi about the Youzhou Battle last year and the results of the recent army reorganization. After carefully inquiring about some details, Lu Zhi asked: "Judging from the recent deployment of the armies in Northern Xinjiang, does the general plan to attack in two directions?" ”

Li Hong said with a smile: "It's not two roads, it's three roads, in order to ensure the complete recovery of the four northern counties and rescue the captive population, I plan to capture Wuyuan in advance, march to Yinshan, and complete the encirclement of the Hu coalition army in the shortest possible time." ”

Lu Zhi looked at Li Hong in surprise and said cautiously, "Does the Great General remember the Battle of Sunset Plains twelve years ago?" In August of the sixth year of Xiping, the Son of Heaven took Tian Yan, the general of the Xianbei Zhonglang, as the main commander, and led the general Zang Yu to protect the Huns, Xia Yu, the captain of the Karasuma School, and the Xiongnu Dadan Yu Tu Teruo's corpse, a total of 50,000 troops went out of the fortress to fight in three ways, and the result was that the enemy was lured by Tanshihuai to gather and annihilate in the Sunset Plain. Although you have 200,000 troops this time, there are only 100,000 troops who actually go out to fight, so this is ...... to attack."

"Although we went out to fight, we stopped at Yinshan. The distance between the front and back of the battlefield was about 1,500 miles. Due to the huge number of our troops, there is still a great guarantee for the three armies to support each other in the case of advancing layer by layer. Li Hong explained, "If we don't adopt the method of attacking by different routes, we will not be able to cut off the retreat of the Hu people, and we will not be able to form an encirclement of the Hu people." In other words, the Hu people will safely retreat across Yinshan under our persecution, so that although we have recaptured the lost border counties, we have also lost the people of the Dahan border counties, and at the same time, we have not been able to annihilate the Hu people's forces in large numbers. The strength of the Hu people still exists, which is a huge hidden danger for the security of the border counties, and the war in the north will continue in the future. We have spent such a large price to fight in the fortress, and we must ensure at least ten years of tranquility in northern Xinjiang, otherwise, even if we win this battle, what difference will there be between defeating it? ”

Lu Zhi pondered for a long time and said slowly: "The general has a very good discussion. Tomorrow, the three governments will listen to the general's report in the Jiade Palace, hoping that the general's northern Xinjiang strategy will soon be approved by His Majesty and the ministers. The general will go to war as soon as possible, and my Han Kingdom will wash away the shame as soon as possible. ”

The Son of Heaven arranged for Li Hong to live in Zhangyuetai. Lu Zhi and Liu He said goodbye to Li Hong and went back to the palace to play the saint. Yuan Shu ordered Lu Ben to order Wei Duan to lead two hundred guards to guard around the post house.

Li Hong was very happy to see that it was Lu Ben who ordered Wei Duan to be in charge of his own guards, and specially called him to chat a few words. Wei Duan was very excited, and he didn't know what to say. Li Hong took his hand and said to the guards of the Southern Army who were surrounded by him, "When I returned to Luoyang the year before last, you Lord Wei and I used to kill the enemy side by side on the long street. He and I are friends in life and death. After Li Hong left, Wei Duan was immediately surrounded by his subordinates, and everyone asked endlessly. There is a team leader who said that the adult is a friend of the general of the expedition to the north, and it will not be a smooth rise in the future. Wei Duan scolded, if you want to rise to prominence, you have to go outside the Saiwai to kill Hu Ren, you want me to die. Who do you think the general of the expedition to the north is? Will I give you an official to do it?

Yuan Shu has been accompanying Li Hong. The two have not met since they parted ways in Jizhou. The past is tacitly known to each other, no one mentions it, and the two are like old friends for many years, very affectionate, talking and laughing. Yuan Shu smiled and said to Li Hong: "Your Majesty is worried that something will happen to the general, so he specially ordered me to send people to be responsible for the safety of the general during his stay in Luoyang. However, as in the past, the general and his subordinates were not allowed to go out without the orders of His Majesty. ”

Li Hong shook his head, pointed at Zhu Mu and said, "Brother Highway, Brother Gongding wants to go home to see, are you accommodating?" ”

Yuan Shu smiled and said, "The general has an order, how dare I disobey, but ......" he looked at Zhu Mu and said, "Gongding, do you want to stay in the post house for the time being, and then talk about it in a few days." Now the status of the general is special, and you are a Zhonglang in the General's Mansion of the Great Expedition, and there are people watching every move, and if Your Majesty knows about going out privately, it will not be good for you and me. ”

Zhu Mu and Yuan Shu have been friends since childhood, of course they won't pay attention to Yuan Shu's set, he hugged Yuan Shu's neck and threatened with a smile: "Highway, I'm going back now, can you let it go?" ”

Yuan Shu teased: "Gongding, you haven't touched a woman in more than a year, right?" Forget it, spare you once, go home and hug your wife and kiss your child. ”

Zhu Mu was overjoyed, scolded him twice, bowed to Li Hong and said goodbye and was about to leave. Yuan Shu grabbed him, pointed to the back door and said, "Don't make trouble for me, go through the back door honestly." The two laughed and cursed each other as they walked out.

Xiaoyu and Tian Chou were both in Luoyang for the first time, and the two of them were excited and fresh and curious, standing on the high place of the post house and watching. Tian Chou pointed to a few buildings and asked Li Hong what kind of place it was, and Li Hong said I don't know. I've been here once, but I've basically stayed here and never gone anywhere. You go and ask Lord Wei, he is from Luoyang, he must know. After Tian Chou walked away, Li Hong took Xiaoyu's hand and said that he would enter the palace tomorrow to meet the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother. Xiaoyu was nervous and scared. She grew so big, she never thought that she would go to Luoyang one day and go to the palace to meet the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother. Li Hong said, don't be afraid, the Son of Heaven is very gentle, and the Queen Mother is also very kind. There is also a little prince and a little princess in Yongle Palace, both of whom are very cute. Xiaoyu asked timidly, when you first met the Son of Heaven, were you afraid? Li Hong said with palpitations, not only was I afraid, I was very scared at that time, and I was in a cold sweat all over my body. Xiaoyu was even more scared when she heard that the flowers were discolored.

The next day, Xiaohuangmen Jian Shuo came to Zhangyue Platform very early with a few palace maids.

The Son of Heaven was very thoughtful for Li Hong, and he asked Jian Shuo to send a complete set of gorgeous clothes to Li Hong's wife, as well as gifts for Li Hong to give to the Queen Mother, the little prince and the princess. When Li Hong saw the clothes and jewelry that the Son of Heaven had given to Xiaoyu, he could only describe it as dumbfounded. He had originally prepared some gifts, but compared to the reward from the Son of Heaven, it was too shabby.

Xiaoyu walked out surrounded by several palace maids, and Li Hong and a group of subordinates looked stupid. No matter how beautiful this person is, his clothes without clothes are still much inferior. Jian Shuo exclaimed: "The general's wife is really stunning, especially those eyes are ......."

Jian Shuo immediately explained to Xiaoyu some things to pay attention to in etiquette, and then took them into the carriage and hurried into the palace. This time I went directly to Yongle Palace.

Xiaoyu was extremely frightened in her heart, her face was pale, and she was almost suffocated. Jian Shuo saw that she was too nervous, and was worried that something would happen to her if she went in to meet the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother like this, so he hurriedly comforted her in a low voice: "Madame, don't be nervous. If you are too nervous, you may lose your manners, and if you lose your manners, you will damage the general, so please be sure to relax your mind. You can think about the great general's great exploits, think about the glory and wealth in the future, so that your mood will be much lighter. ”

When Xiaoyu heard that her fear and gaffe might hurt Li Hong, she suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and then miraculously calmed down. For Li Hong, she can not want her own life, not to mention that this is not a matter of life.

Li Hong took Xiaoyu to meet the Son of Heaven, the Queen Mother, the Little Prince and the Princess in turn.

The Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother haven't seen Li Hong for two years, and they are very affectionate when they meet again after a long time, and the little prince sits next to Li Hong and asks non-stop. Princess Liu Xiao has grown into a great beauty, although she is only twelve years old, but that amazing beauty still surprises Li Hong. The Son of Heaven was very emotional, and pointed to Liu Xiao, who was sitting with Xiaoyu talking and laughing, and said that when I see her now, it is like seeing her mother, she looks almost exactly like her mother, except for those eyes. Her mother's eyes were full of dreams and joys, but unfortunately I ......

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