There is no higher merit than saving the driver, and the crime is extremely simple. The greatest merit in this world is to save the emperor, the emperor is also a human being, and he also has likes and dislikes, and expanding the territory is not as good as saving his life. And the biggest sin in this world is not beyond the dynasty, everything is easy to discuss, as long as you recognize me as the emperor, then everything is easy to say, but you hold back and kick me down to be the emperor yourself, then there is nothing to say, all dynasties, the dynasty usurped the throne is the end of the nine clans, unless the emperor is gracious, life and death are between the emperor's thoughts.

Whether it is a feudal system or a democratic rule of law, in fact, there is not much difference. People-oriented, no matter how good the system is, people are implementing, and everyone has selfishness, once they have selfishness, they will use power for personal gain. There are very few truly selfless people in this world. Just like the ratio of clean officials to corrupt officials, corrupt officials always account for the vast majority.

Liu Xie never expected that all the officials under his command were moral models, clear as water and as famous as mirrors, which was unrealistic. You are allowed to be greedy, but you must first do your job. Local officials should not only maintain local stability, but also strive to improve the quality of life of local people. The people in a poor area have lived a well-off life under the leadership of a corrupt official, so be greedy, but you still have to be greedy in a place where you can't even reach food and clothing, so who will you kill if you don't kill you?

It's a bit far...... Let's talk about Pang Tong's own initiative, bearing the infamy on behalf of Liu Xie. Pang Tong's step is very correct, although he will definitely suffer some grievances in a short time, but in the long run, he is more beneficial than suffocating. The competition around Liu Xie is still very fierce, Xun Yu is Liu Xie's old minister, without his assistance, Liu Xie can't go today, many policies of the imperial court, most of them are Liu Xie's ideas, and then Xun Yu to improve the implementation, so the position of the first minister around Liu Xie is none other than Xun Yu.

The second is Jia Xu and Li Ru, these two are in charge of the eyes and ears of the imperial court, Li Ru is now dead, and he has no heirs, and his influence on Liu Xie ends here. But Jia Xu is still alive, although Liu Xie has already adjusted Fa Yan into the Heavenly Eye to balance, but the second position, Jia Xu is also firmly occupied.

The remaining third has become a hot spot for many strategists to compete. There are Xun You and Zhong Xuan, who took refuge in the early days, and Sima Yi and Fa Zheng, who have close personal relations with Liu Xie, and people like Pang Tong and Xu Shu, who only joined in the middle of the period, do not have any advantages in Liu Xie's mind.

Who isn't self-motivated? Pang Tong was Liu Xie who defected with Sima Yi at the beginning, although he did not have the idea of replacing Sima Yi, but he still wanted to occupy a favorable position in Liu Xie's mind. This is an opportunity, and if you have received it on behalf of you, you will definitely make Liu Xie never forget. As for bringing Guan Ping to ask for guilt at this time, it is just to block everyone's mouth, as long as Liu Xie, the son of the Han Dynasty, remembers his own goodness, those losses are irrelevant.

To do a full set of plays, Liu Xie also knew that Pang Tong and Guan Ping came to ask for guilt to make a play for outsiders, and just as Pang Tong thought, Liu Xie was very grateful to Pang Tong for coming forward. Liu Xie believed that Hao Zhao did not mean to embarrass himself, but Hao Zhao's act of ordering someone to invite him to the city did put him in a dilemma. Liu Xie will not ignore Hao Zhao's mistakes, but he will not forget the credit that Pang Tong has received for standing up on his behalf.

A drama of harmony between monarchs and ministers ended perfectly, and the demotion and retention of Pang Tong and Guan Ping was the final result. But everyone knows that the demotion and retention of Pang Tong and Guan Ping are only temporary, and after defeating the Xianbei people, the two will be rewarded for attacking, and the official reinstatement is not to mention that it will also be prosperous in the future.

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At the same time, Kobi, who had failed in the siege again, blamed Hutuha for his bad intentions. Hutuha was very aggrieved, but he didn't dare to defend himself when Kebi was angry and wanted to find a punching bag, but what he didn't expect was that he admitted his mistake and still didn't let Kebi let him go, and he was beaten to death by eighty whips in public.

Seeing that Hutuha was carried back to the camp to "raise the corpse", the Xianbei people were silent, and their dissatisfaction with Kebineng also quietly grew in their hearts.

The people living in the grassland are very realistic, the strong are respected, and the power is king, which is determined by the cruel living environment. To put it more bluntly, only those who can bring benefits to others will be followed. Kebineng led his clansmen to merge into the state before, and those Xianbei people who followed Kebineng really made a windfall, but with the Han army and the fierce battle against the party, those who originally led the people to follow Kebineng also suffered a lot of losses.

Raiding in the south, the main force is naturally the young and strong of the clan, and the tribes of the grassland are not like the Central Plains Dynasty monarchy, but live on the grassland in the form of tribal alliances. It can be said that every tribe in the steppe is a kingdom, and many tribes elect a leader, and the leader has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of the tribe in ordinary times, and only has the power to convene the tribes when it is external. If it weren't for the fact that Hutuha also had his own tribe, Kebineng would not have simply let people beat him with eighty lashes.

Seeing the miserable experience of Hutuha, many leaders of the Xianbei tribe couldn't help but ask themselves, if it was themselves, would Kebi be spared, the answer was no.

The Han army of Shangdang is tenacious, and at least for the time being, the Xianbei people have not seen any hope of breaking the city. Coupled with the worries of the clansmen in the rear, many people have the idea of retiring from the army. It's just that Kebi can accumulate power for a long time, and no one dares to put forward the idea of withdrawing troops in front of Kebi for the time being, but the phenomenon of "passive sabotage" in the subsequent siege is also becoming more and more obvious.

Kebi can see this, but he also dare not be angry, after all, the relationship between him and many Xianbei tribe leaders is not a monarch and a minister, but only a cooperative relationship, if it really forces people to be anxious and unite to rebel against him, it will also be a troublesome matter. If you want to talk about the idea of retiring from the army, Kebineng has long been there, but he swore in public before that he would break the party, and this oath forced Kebineng to say that he could not say the words of withdrawing the troops, and he had the intention to let others put it forward, but those cowards made turtles with shrunken heads one by one, and no one refused to be a bird. Things just got deadlocked, but the longer the time dragged on, the more obvious the uneasiness in Kebineng's heart became.

The Huns can no longer be counted on, Huchuquan and Qubei were captured, and only the remaining Liu Bao hid in the deep mountains and old forests with the remnants, and now only the Xianbei people can be relied on by Kebi. Bu Dugen and Pu Tou have already led their troops to deal with Ma Chao's Fubo army, and the only one who can discuss big things with Kebi is Su Li's slippery head.

"I decided to withdraw my troops." Suli, who was considered slippery by Kebineng, suddenly announced his decision at the military meeting of the Xianbei people. Kebineng couldn't help but be ecstatic in his heart, and finally waited until someone took the initiative to propose it, but as the leader of the alliance who sent troops for this time, his attitude still had to be shown. Kebineng slapped the table and scolded Su Li angrily: "Su Li, do you want to shake the heart of the army? ”

"I said Kebineng, don't hold on at this time, we can't attack the party, while the Han army has not completed the siege, it is the best policy to withdraw the troops as soon as possible. Anyway, it's your business whether you withdraw or not, I'm going to withdraw, if anyone wants to follow you Kebi can wait for death here, I won't stop it, but I also hope you don't stop me, so as not to hurt your peace with me. "Sully didn't let the threat of Kobi say in the slightest.

“…… Sully, do you want to rebel? ”

"Huh...... Kebineng, you are not my master, how can you rebel? When I went south with you, it was because there were benefits to be gained, but now I can't reap the benefits of continuing to follow you, so why should I waste time here with you. You ignore the army sent by the Han army to attack our rear, and you don't feel sorry for the deaths and injuries of your own people, but I feel sorry for it, so I'm leaving, and I'm going to leave immediately. Those who are willing to go with me, I welcome, and those who are unwilling, I will not force it. After saying this, Su Li ignored Kebineng's attitude, turned around and walked out of the tent.

"Stop! The king of my family hasn't spoken yet, I see who dares to go! Yu Zhujian blocked Su Li's way and shouted angrily.

"Hmph, Yu Zhujian, do you think that you are the only warrior in Xianbei?" Su Li can snort, Cheng Lugui and Micah immediately stepped forward to prepare to make a move with Yu Zhujian.

"Stop!" Kobi can shout.

Seeing that Kebineng stood up and looked around at the people in the tent, everyone looked at each other, unwilling to look at Kebineng. Seeing this situation, Kebineng knew why Su Li dared to be so bold today, it turned out that except for his own cronies, everyone else had already communicated with Su Li in private, and was ready to attack him together.

“…… Since most people believe that troops should be withdrawn, then withdraw them. But there must also be a charter for the withdrawal of troops, if it is a swarm of retreat, it will not give the Han army an opportunity to pursue the victory. ”

Seeing that Kebineng was soft, everyone in the tent couldn't help but soften, and the only one who felt weak was Su Li, with his understanding of Kebineng, Kebineng's performance at this time was not in line with his previous character. I just went toe-to-toe with him, and the ghost knows how he will look good behind his back. After leaving Kebineng's camp, Su Li immediately found Cheng Lugui and Mica as a pair of henchmen, and told the two to gather their men and horses immediately and set off first. No matter how Kebineng intends to take revenge on himself, he must first reach himself, and the farther away from Kebineng, the safer he will be.

Knowing that Su Li's troops had left the camp, Kebineng only shook his head slightly, and did not let Yu Zhujian lead his troops to chase after him. Leave or go, through the previous dispute in the camp, Kebineng has already found out that Su Li is the leader of those people under his hands, without Su Li, those people have no leader, and they dare not disobey their orders for a while.

To say that there is no anger in the heart, it is impossible. In the past, I always followed the back of the ass to flatter the horse, and in the blink of an eye, I did it against you, and it would be uncomfortable for anyone to change. But Kebineng also knew that this was not the time to clean up those wall grasses, and if he wanted to lead his troops back to the grassland safely, he also needed the power of these wall grasses.

For the sake of completeness, and in order to protect the hard-earned gains of this southward trip, everyone agreed to Kebineng's proposal to wait for the root of the foot and Putou to lead the troops to converge and then withdraw the troops.

In order not to call the Han army of Shangdang to detect his intention to withdraw his troops, Kebineng still ordered people to continue to attack Shangdang, but the Xianbei people who were in charge of the siege knew the news that they were about to withdraw their troops, how could they still have the heart to attack the city, and as a result, Hao Zhao, who was defending the city, found a flaw.

After defending the city these days, Hao Zhao has already counted the strength of the Xianbei people's siege, but today's siege, the Xianbei people don't look at the momentum, but the actual action is hastily ended. Hao Zhaodang, who felt that something was wrong, even asked people to report their findings to Liu Xie in the city.

When Liu Xie heard about it, he immediately rushed to Dongcheng with Pang Tong and others, and just after a glance at the battlefield after the war, Liu Xie agreed with Hao Zhao's guess. There are fewer dead people in the city, in the past, the Xianbei people attacked the city, and they never collected troops without leaving a single corpse, instead of lying down so many people sporadically like now.

"Lord, will Kebineng deliberately withdraw his troops?" Pang Tong reminded Liu Xiedao loudly.

"There is this possibility, if he can't attack for a long time, and the rear is restless, he may indeed choose to withdraw his troops." Liu Xie nodded and replied.

"Lord, should we pursue it?" Pound immediately asked.

"It's not busy, withdrawing troops is just a possibility, and it's also possible that this is just a trick to lure the enemy." Liu Xie said when he heard this.

"Can we do it then?" Pound asked.

"Don't be in a hurry, take a look first, and then talk about it, so as to respond to all changes. Even if Kebi can withdraw his troops at this time, according to the time calculation, it will be too late for him to go back. ”

Liu Xiezheng was discussing with everyone, and Yang Wei suddenly hurried over and reported to Liu Xieyu: "My lord, General Gao Shun sent someone to deliver a message, saying that Su Li's banner was missing outside the East Gate. ”

“…… Shiyuan, what do you think? Liu Xie asked Pang Tongdao.

"Hmm...... As the Lord said earlier, we should respond to all changes with the same. Pang Tong thought for a moment and replied.

Although Pang Tong's suggestion made Pang De and Dian Wei feel a little disappointed by the militants, Liu Xie was the one who took the idea, Liu Xie felt that Pang Tong's suggestion was suitable for the current situation, and Pang De and the others could only stay in the city honestly.

Shangdang City's unchanged response to all changes frustrated Kebi's plan to lure the enemy out of the city, and he had no choice but to withdraw his troops. After the Budugen rate came to converge, Kebi could see that only the Budugen came back, and couldn't help asking: "Budugen, where is Putou?" ”

"Uh...... Putou has already led his troops back to the grassland. Budugen hesitated for a moment, and said to Kebineng truthfully.

"What? He dared to act on his own. Hearing this, Kebineng was furious, first Suli, then Putou, and it seemed that his prestige had been challenged.

"Uh...... In fact, Putou can't be blamed for acting without permission. His clan is about to be wiped out by the Han army, and if it weren't for my lack of strength, I would have wanted to learn from him one step ahead. Kebineng, don't delay any longer, let's hurry back to the tribe. ”

Hearing Bu Dugen say this, Kebineng's brows furrowed and asked, "What?" The tribal losses in Putou are serious? ”

"It's not just serious. Listening to the tribesmen of the Putou tribe who rushed desperately to report the news, the Han army has lost its humanity, killing people when they see them, and burning tents when they see them, but all the tribes that are discovered by the Han army are almost completely wiped out. Kebineng, this time the Han people are really angry, and we need to deal with it carefully. ”

For the reminder of the step root, Kebi can scoff at it, and use your step root to remind? From the reaction of the Han army during the attack on Shangdang during this time, it can be inferred what the Han court intended to do. It's a pity that the "teammates" around him didn't give their best, which led to their passivity, stealing chickens and rice, not catching the Han emperor, and losing the old book.

These things are inconvenient for Ke Bi Neng to say to Bu Du Gen, don't look at Bu Du Gen and Ke Bi Neng brothers are better at this time, but Bu Du Gen belongs to the descendants of the Tanshi Huai family, and Ke Bi Neng belongs to the side line, if it is really determined by the distance of blood, Bu Du Gen is more qualified to settle in the Danhan Mountain Royal Court than Ke Bi Neng. Jian Man is now able to stay in the royal court of Danhan Mountain, also because of the secret support of the step root in front of him.

To treat the root of the step, Kebineng is to cooperate and not be unguarded. But from the current point of view, it is still more cooperation than defense, especially when the Han army is obviously trying to cut off the foundation of the Xianbei people, sincere cooperation is the best choice to tide over the difficulties.

The Xianbei people withdrew, and the Han army of Shangdang did not pursue, after all, the defense of Shangdang could take advantage of the city, but after leaving Shangdang, the advantage of the Han army was gone, and the Xianbei people who were good at riding in the field with the superior number of people let go of the battle, even if they could win in the end, it would only be a residual victory, Liu Xie did not want to hold on for so many days, and in the end it was a result of a residual victory, so he took the initiative to give up the temptation of pursuing the Xianbei people.

In this way, it is good that their own losses are smaller, so it is convenient for the next arrangement. Just let the Xianbei people return to the grassland safely to pay tribute to their dead relatives? It's not that cheap! Since you are here, then don't think about leaving, if you can't keep your soul, then leave your life behind.

With the withdrawal of the Xianbei people, the leaders of the Huns such as Hu Chuquan and Qubei, who had been captured by Ma Chao and his troops, were also sent to Shangdang. After this period of hearsay, Hu Chuquan, Qubei and others have a preliminary understanding of the current Han Emperor, knowing that this is a different from the previous Han Emperor, it seems to be more practical, and it seems that it is not very realistic to rely on the past to tide over the difficulties.

As soon as they entered the city, Hu Chuquan and the others were taken into the prison, visited the various torture tools prepared by Liu Xie's people for them, and listened to the people in charge of greeting them explain the specific use of various torture tools and the effects that could be achieved, and the faces of Hu Chuquan and the others turned green.

How much hatred does it have to be to come up with such a way that people can't survive and die?

With this question, Hu Chuquan and others met the real-life demonstration arranged for them by Liu Xie. Xiu Wulu, the youngest son of Kebineng, Hu Chuquan and others had seen and knew each other before, but at this time, the high-spirited Xianbei Xiao Wang was tied to a pillar and asked people to pour water into their noses. At this time, chili peppers have not yet been introduced to the Central Plains, and they can be poured water from the nose, and the taste can be imagined.

"Mr. Pang, please report to the Holy Lord, just say that I really know my mistake, and please give me a chance to atone for my sins." Hu Chuquan asked Pang Tong in a low voice.