Seeing Bai Gui coming in a hurry, Zhou Bian's heart suddenly cooled down after the big victory, although he was in a high position, although he was not young in his heart, but at this time, when he saw the important ministers of the royal family coming from Luoyang, he was still weak for a while. www.biquge.info I don't know if the Queen Mother will kneel in the temple to pray for herself, I don't know what the Master is tired of, and if the ministers are chattering.

Unexpectedly, Bai Gui did not come to ask, and after meeting and saluting, he first asked, "The king, yesterday our army won a great victory, and the royal family already knew about it. ”

"Calling for battle? It's called. Zhou Bian replied.

Bai Gui shook his head, "The king still doesn't know what he means, I'm afraid that the king won't ask the Han army to come and start a fight like this, but instead gave Han Hou an excuse, you must know that in the past, in the land of my Wangji, there were also princes and armies passing by, but my royal family has never used military affairs to deal with it." ”

"That's people swaggering past my door, can't we stop it?" Hearing Bai Gui say this, Zhou Bian couldn't help but feel a little angry.

"The king is angry, isn't our royal family still not much power? If you really suddenly attack the soldiers of the princes who pass by, I am afraid that the world will not stand on the side of my royal family, after the king of Ping moved eastward, Zheng Guo was disrespectful to my royal family, and King Heng sent troops to ask for it, but he was hit by an arrow, and since then my royal family has almost never fought with the princes. Therefore, including the Queen Mother, they are all worried that our Wang Shi will attack him without a name. ”

According to what Bai Gui said, it is true, but seeing that other people's armies are arrogant in the land of Wangji, but they can't crusade against it, the royal family is indeed aggrieved. Of course, Zhou Bian knew that this was because the royal family was too weak, so Zhou Bian took a deep breath and said slowly, "I knew that you would ask this, I just wanted to confirm it from you." Of course, I asked Wang Yufei to lead the Gongyi soldiers to ask first, asking why Han Jun offended the land of Wangji, and the other party replied that it had long been rumored that he wanted to restore the country for the heirs of the first Zhou princes. And before he finished answering, someone in the South Korean army rushed over, and it was the South Korean army who made the first move, and they did not dare to deny it. ”

Feeling the desolation in the king's words, Bai Gui hurriedly knelt down, "Let my king not be able to do great righteousness in the world, but I want the king to bother to conquer in person, but after the great victory, it is the fault of the ministers, please punish my king!" ”

"It's okay, Bai Aiqing has said it, my royal family can have today, such as Aiqing and others have contributed a lot, and it is too late for this king to praise him, how can he punish him?" Saying that, Zhou Bian stretched out his hand to help him up, and asked with a little weakness, "Bai Aiqing, after I left a few days ago, are the Queen Mother and the others okay?" ”

"Please rest assured that everything in Luoyang City is carried out in accordance with the king's plan, except for the price increase of the grain merchants in the city, the rest are carried out smoothly. Coupled with the house slaves sacrificed by the nobles in the city, as well as the newly recruited 3,000 soldiers, a total of 7,000 people have started training outside the city, and the repair of the city wall gate under the jurisdiction of Sikong is also carried out in order, and thousands of people from the suburbs of Luoyang have been recruited, and the city wall can be repaired for two miles every day. Moreover, the order between the wells in Luoyang city is good, and there are no bad people. Please rest assured. Bai Gui replied methodically.

However, Zhou Bian's focus of concern is obviously not here, or there are more important things worth caring about, so Zhou Bian asked hesitantly, "You know, on the day of watching the army, this king sneaked away. I don't know what happened to the Queen Mother, the Taishi and others? ”

"Oh, didn't the king already arrange for the Taishi to sit in Luoyang, the Taishi has been diligent in the past few days, which has caused everything to go smoothly in Luoyang City. After the queen mother learned that the king left with the army, she moved into the temple, saying that when the king would not come back, the queen mother knelt down in front of the ancestors. Bai Gui replied slowly.

"Huh? What about the queen mother? It's been a few days, is the queen mother okay? Why don't you go back to Luoyang? Zhou Bian was immediately anxious when he heard this.

"It's all right, king, after Gongyi's victory came into the palace last night, the Taishi went to the Taimiao to invite the Queen Mother back. I heard the queen mother say the same thing after learning that the king left that day, and after hearing that the king defeated the Korean army last night, the queen mother said the same thing, does the king want to know? Bai Gui smiled slightly.

Of course he wanted to know what his mother said, Zhou Bian suddenly said urgently, "Say it quickly, don't deceive this king." ”

After he didn't dare to say anything, Bai Guifang arched his hand and said, "What the Queen Mother said is that the child can't help it!" ”

Maybe it's really his weak age and strength, which brings the queen mother a strange feeling, maybe his own ingenuity has made the sensitive queen mother even think that this will not be her son, but when she travels into the situation of this era, she can't help but not play extraordinarily. If you don't work hard, can the royal family return to the royal city of Luoyang, can the royal family accept the envoys of the four countries to visit, and can the royal family stop the army of the princes who offend the land of Wangji? The answer is obviously no, so Zhou Bian, who has the wisdom of later generations, naturally will not give up his strength in order to please his mother and be a good baby by his mother's side.

In the blink of an eye, he thought about a lot, so Zhou Bian turned his head and smiled, "In this case, then the king of Ben is not in a hurry to return to Luoyang, so he will lead the army to rest in Gongyi." In addition, although Gongyi has a lot of rations, but there is very little meat, can you trouble Bai Aiqing to run for this king and drive some pigs and sheep from Luoyang? ”

Seeing the mystery of the king's smile, Bai Gui naturally didn't know what the king was thinking in his heart, but then Bai Gui still arched his hands, "Yes, the king, your majesty is willing to serve my king!" ”

For Bai Gui and others, how can they care if the king needs to be a child, and they don't need to care how old the king is, and for them, the stronger the king, the better, because the stronger the king, the more worthy of people with lofty ideals to follow.

seemed to be very satisfied with Bai Gui's attitude, Zhou Bian continued, "Bai Aiqing is really the king's left and right arm, without Bai Aiqing, how can this king let go of his hands to do so many things." Also, there are many people who have won military merits in the army this time, and they need to be enthroned, and our royal family will not be untrustworthy, and no money will be indispensable for rewarding soldiers. There are more than 1,000 people killed in battle, and they also need to make a compensatory method, Pang Xing has a first draft here, and Bai Aiqing needs to take it back to the palace to discuss it with the young master and other ministers, and then make a decision. Bai Aiqing, it's better to clean up my royal family savings, which can be used. ”

As he spoke, Bai Gyu nodded again and again to indicate that he had written it down.

"Also, Bai Aiqing, this Korean son-in-law left these more than 6,000 corpses behind, and now Gongyi Minfu is tidying up by Luoshui. Naturally, the fallen soldiers of our army should be collected and sent back to their hometowns, but there are so many corpses of the Korean army, how do you say to deal with them? Zhou Bian continued to ask.

"Well, the king, the minister is about to say to the king that after this great victory, why don't you send an envoy to South Korea to accuse Han Hou, and also glorify the righteousness of my royal family, forcing Han Hou to stop. Since the envoy was sent to South Korea, it is better to mention the corpse of the Korean soldier by the way, and it can be returned to the south bank of Luoshui, which also shows that my royal family is benevolent. But the equipment of the Korean army has to be left behind, the king. ”

"It's an idea, if this king remembers correctly, Wang Sunman is already about to arrive in Zhengdu, so why don't you let the fast train catch up and let him meet Han Hou directly. What does Aiqing think? ”

"The king is wise!" Bai Gui arched his hand. "My lord, the minister took the liberty to ask, after this great victory, did the king ever think about the impact on the current situation of my royal family? Or what attitude will Han Hou have towards my royal family again, and will he send troops to attack again? ”

This, Zhou Bian really didn't think about it, he was so tired, how could he have the energy to think about it? So Zhou Bian nodded modestly, "Please teach me Bai Aiqing." ”

"Last night, the Taishi urgently convened urgent deliberations such as the young master, the ministers, and Dr. Ning, and finally the ministers thought that this was a rare victory for the royal family, and it should be rewarded to the world.

"Okay, just wait for Aiqing." It's good to have someone to worry about yourself.

So the two monarchs and ministers looked at each other and smiled, and the mood of victory was filled with their faces at this moment.

In fact, the royal family's defeat of the Korean army also brought a series of unexpected reactions. First of all, the day after the big victory, the news just came to Luoyang, at the beginning people didn't believe it, although they saw the mighty royal army going south to stop the Korean army, but no one would have thought that the royal family actually won a big victory, but as more and more people from the east talked about this big victory, and some people cursed that they saw the corpses of the Korean army all over the ground, so there were more people who believed it. On the third day after the victory, more and more people believed in the victory of Gongyi, so they flocked to the main gate of the palace, and expressed their joy and admiration to the royal family without hesitation. At the same time, the price of grain in Luoyang, which had just risen, fell sharply, and even fell lower than before the news of the Han army's attack came out, so Bai Gui, who was instructed by Zhou Bian, bought a large number of them as a backup, and Zhou Bian always felt that Han Hou would not just forget it.

And the confidence of the people of Luoyang has also returned, walking in the market, everyone's face is shining with a kind of self-confidence, many foreign merchants who moved out of the city earlier and wanted to escape also began to retreat, and the villagers who hid in the city and wanted to take refuge also returned to their homes and were busy with their own work.

But what didn't stop was the repair of the walls and the training of recruits.

At the same time, Bai Gui's return also reached Gongyi, and in this big victory, the royal family had to reward the soldiers with 600,000 yuan, more than 200 yuan per capita, and the bereavement of the fallen soldiers also had more than 500,000 yuan, 500 yuan per capita. Of course, this is only a short-term investment in this war, and as for what Zhou Bian said about raising the orphans of the fallen soldiers, it is a long-term effort. In an instant, more than a million were spilled out, and the royal family's savings were about to bottom out again, but fortunately, the reward could be remembered first, and there was no need to cash it out immediately.

Also receiving the results of this battle, in addition to Han Hou, one of the parties, there was also Wei Hou, who was closer to Luoyang, and the messengers of the rest of the princes were still on the way. After throwing down this express, Wei Hou laughed disappreciatively, "The decline of the Han army is so important? So Wei Hou stopped thinking about it, but continued to look at the music in his hand, studying whether the next target of attack would be Zhao or Qi.

Besides, Han Zhao, who had a declining face, finally returned to Zhengdu on the seventh day after the war, and stepped on the high palace, and he was greeted by the wrath of his father.

Sure enough, as soon as he entered the hall, before he knelt down, he heard an angry roar, "Zhao, you are still willing to come back, if it is not for the widow to recruit you, you still refuse to come to see the widow?" ”

was so panicked that Han Zhao rolled to the ground and kept kowtowing, "The monarch is above, it is really the Luoyang people who are cunning, regardless of benevolence and righteousness, and attack half-crossing, and the child can't be guarded, so he is defeated." ”

"Hmph, don't blame the Zhou people for not paying attention to benevolence and righteousness, but the widow heard that it was your soldiers who chased after him without a shield, so light the enemy, how could he not be ambushed? Also, why did you cross the river with the spearmen first, but leave the crossbowmen on the south bank, so that they were overpowered by the bows and arrows of the Zhou? Zhao, so careless, I don't know how you can lead the troops? Anger filled the hall.

Han Zhao was busy stumbling, and said uncontrollably, "The child will never be like this again, and please ask the monarch to give the child another chance, and the child will lead the rest of the army again, and he will not be ashamed of the past, and he will not return to the court." ”

"You're going to die? Hum! Anger came up, and Han Hou couldn't help coughing.

There was a violent cough, and a panicked attendant rolled forward, but Han Hou waved his hand to order him to retreat. After a while, the cough was relieved, and he didn't want Han Hou to open his hand to cover his mouth, but he saw a little red, and hurriedly asked the attendant for a piece of silk cloth to wipe it.

After passing his breath, Han Hou couldn't help but ask again, "After you crossed Luoshui, did Gongyi soldiers come up directly to tease, or did they make remarks?" How do you answer? ”

"I've inquired about it, the child is naturally according to what he said before, and he said that I, South Korea, want to restore the country for the first Zhou Gong."

"Bastard, if you don't say that, we'll have a chance to quibble, saying we're just passing through. Now that the Zhou people have grasped the reason, if you win, it will be easy to say, but you are defeated, how can I face the princes of the world? Anger came up again, and Han Hou threw away the silk cloth in his hand to wipe his mouth.

Han Zhao, who was panicked, hurriedly climbed forward two steps to pick it up, but saw that the piece of silk cloth was a bright red color, and immediately stayed there.

Gongsun Yan, the minister on the side, took two steps forward, saluted and asked, "Your Majesty, what should I do with Korea now?" Originally, there was a follow-up army, should they continue to march or send an envoy to make amends to the royal family? ”

"No, let's wait and see what happens." Han Hou shook his hand tiredly, and with the support of his attendants, he left first.