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On April 11, Liu Zhuang issued an edict: due to the drought this year, each man in the world will be given a second-class title; Displaced people who have renaturalized each have a first-class knighthood; Widows, widows, loneliness and other socially disadvantaged groups have 3 taels per person. Pai Chin envoy to investigate the wrongs. The officials of the two thousand stones went to the five mountains and the four desecrations to pray. Each county in the world has famous mountains and rivers that can bring clouds and rain, and they also send people to pray... Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty reigned for 18 and a half years and issued a total of 6 edicts. A total of 13 knights can be obtained by men in the world; The three elders, filial piety, and Litian can get 17 knighthoods. With such frequent and large number of knights, I am afraid that everyone in the world can be full of 20 titles. Therefore, starting from Liu Zhuang, the government clearly stipulated: if the title exceeds the eighth level of public ride, it must be transferred to brothers and nephews. But it is precisely because of the stipulation that the people are not allowed to take public rides, so in the face of the 'generous gifts' of the Eastern Han government, the people are not happy to be knighted and are not afraid to lose their titles. The Knights have exposed their obvious deception. Shang Ying's military merit system is about to complete its historical mission, and in the hands of the Sima clan, it will return to the previous 'duke and prince' fifth-class lord system.

Geng Gong knew: As long as the Northern Xiongnu rested, they would come back. Geng Gong also believes that Jinpucheng is not a place that can be defended. If you want to wrestle with the Northern Xiongnu for a long time, you must move your troops and move. Where to move? Geng Gong has already thought of a place: Shule City!

There is a kingdom of Shule in the Western Regions. But Shule City is not a Shule country, Shule City is in the territory of Cheshi Hou Kingdom, and it is really not ordinary far away from Shule Country. The two are separated by the Tien Shan Mountains and the Taklamakan Desert... The reason why Geng Gong chose Shule City as the place to garrison troops was because there was something extremely precious here. In the desolate Western Regions, there is nothing more precious than water! Under the city of Shule, there is a stream passing by, which is not only a natural moat to stop the cavalry attack, but also can be used to quench thirst, which is said to kill two birds with one stone.

In June, Geng Gong led his subordinates to Shule City. As expected, a month later, in July, the Northern Hun wolves came to forage again.

Since you're here, let's fight! The Northern Xiongnu did not expect that after Geng Gong arrived in Shule City, he had recruited thousands of people in the city. The Northern Huns were approaching the city, and Geng Gong opened the city to meet them! In this battle, the Northern Xiongnu were defeated again and each fled. After the lessons of these two failures, the Northern Xiongnu found that if you want to deal with fierce people like Geng Gong, more people and fewer people are not the way to solve the problem at all. There's only one way: outwit!

No matter when, it is better to use more brains than to use more hands and feet. The Northern Huns touched their heads and quickly found a good way to deal with Geng Gong.

Geng Gong thinks: Relying on the streams and rivers outside the city, even if he fights with the Northern Huns to the end of the world, he is not afraid. But what if the Northern Huns blocked the river? What do you rely on to fight? If you don't have water to drink, don't talk about people, cattle, horses and sheep will all die!

What a terrible military loophole this is. Unfortunately, the Northern Huns have pinched Geng Gong's weak ribs! The Northern Huns, who had been scattered by the Han army, regrouped upstream of the Shule City stream and began to block the river. After the completion of the interception project, they all breathed a bad breath in their hearts. There is reason to believe: without water, Geng Gong can't survive this hot summer!

The Northern Xiongnu really pinched the lifeblood of the Han army. A few days later, the city began to run out of water. It didn't rain in the sky, and Geng Gong thought of digging a well. But after a long time of passing through the well, the wellhead is bottomless, but there is still no water... This is a big problem!

The Han soldiers, who were hungry and thirsty, could only pile up horse dung and squeeze water to quench their thirst. They don't drink horse manure juice, but perseverance and strength! In the vast land of the Western Regions, it is difficult for people to fight heaven and earth, and they can only pray for miracles to happen. And a miracle happened!

Geng Gong looked up to the sky and shouted: "Back then, Li Guangli, the general of the Second Division, pulled out his saber and stabbed the mountain, and the flying spring gushed out; Now that the Han is re-prosperous, is there no god to protect "the road is walked out, and the water is dug out; The human heart is the most powerful place. As long as you have faith, there will be hope!

After Geng Gong finished shouting, he cleaned up his clothes, and suddenly knelt down towards the deep well that had been dug for 15 zhang, bowed his head and prayed... Geng Gong's kneeling deeply moved his subordinates! Everyone picked up the shovel again, cheered each other on, and continued to dig into the deep well...

It didn't take long to dig it, and suddenly clear spring water gushed out from the well, and the soldiers of the Han army shouted long live! In the realm of endless people, Geng Gong finally witnessed the miracle of life!

After everyone had quenched their thirst, Geng Gong sent someone to carry a few buckets of water and sprinkle it on the city. He seemed to be telling the Northern Huns: You cut off my water, but you will never cut my way! Recognize it, god Hand!

The Northern Xiongnu could only admit it. When they saw the Han army splashing water from the wall with cheers, they immediately wilted. This is indeed a terrible group of people blessed by the gods! The Northern Huns watched it for a while, but they couldn't stand it, so they had to withdraw their troops in disgrace...

Victory always belongs to those who persevere to the end! Including Geng Gong, all the soldiers of the Han army probably thought that their worst days were over, and the future would belong to them...

It's a pity they're all wrong! The bad days are just over, and the worse days are yet to come. Soon, a very bad news will seriously destroy the dream of Geng Gong and other Han soldiers to rebuild the Western Regions!

On August 6, only a few days after Geng Gong repelled the Northern Xiongnu in Shule City, thousands of miles away. On this day, a very important figure left: he was Liu Zhuang, the Emperor of the Han Ming Dynasty, who sponsored the expedition to the Northern Xiongnu and the Western Regions! Liu Zhuang left an edict before his death: no dormitory, no temple. Everything is simple, and the tablet is placed in the room where the clothes are stored in the Queen Mother's Yin Lihua dormitory. Unassuming, jealous of luxury, Liu Zhuang's life is like a simple verse: he went quietly, without taking a cloud, just as he came quietly...

The Han Dynasty summed up the political legacy of Liu Zhuang's life, and many of them are remarkable, among which the most praised by scholars may be the two "whatever" thoughts: all the rules and regulations formulated by Liu Xiu will remain unchanged; All relatives, not a single one will be promoted...

After Liu Zhuang's death, the 18-year-old crown prince Liu Wei ascended the throne as Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty. Respect the mare queen as the queen mother. Among the 14 emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty, only the first two Liu Xiu and Liu Zhuang ascended the throne as adults. Emperor Liu Wei of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne as the third oldest among the 14 emperors, but he did not reach the age of the weak crown. So, starting from Liu Wei, the history of more than 110 years since then has fallen into a cyclical circle: relatives and eunuchs took turns to merge, until the Eastern Han Dynasty was no longer recovered...

On October 2, Emperor Liu Wei of the Han Dynasty granted amnesty to the world. Bestow the people of the second class each; filial piety, Litian, and the latter are each a third-class knighthood; Those who do not have a hukou and those who have re-naturalized as displaced people each have a first-class knighthood. Widows, widows, loneliness and other socially disadvantaged groups have 3 taels per person. Then he appointed Zhao Xi as the Taifu and Sikong Mu Rong as the Taifu, and recorded the Shangshu affairs. On November 24, Shu County Taishou Wulun was appointed as the secretary.

After the funeral, Liu Wei officially started to work. Everything seems to be going well, the palace is calm, Luoyang is fine, the sky is clear, and the weather is pleasant. But no one expected it: a huge storm was quietly moving towards the Western Regions. It disturbed Geng Gong, and even the Luoyang City Palace was stirred up by it!

The cause of the incident was the rebellion of the Qiuci Kingdom on the northern route of the Silk Road. The Qiuzi Kingdom united with the Yanqi Kingdom and jointly attacked the Western Regions Capital to protect Chen Mu, resulting in the annihilation of Chen Mu's entire army. Immediately afterwards, the Northern Xiongnu also took advantage of the fire to loot and besieged their own schools in Liuzhong City.

I have to say: all this happened by no means accidental, and the opponents are all colluding! Why don't you rebel sooner or later, but at this time there is a collective rebellion? There is only one reason: Liu Zhuang died!

The Han Dynasty was like a big company, Liu Zhuang was the big boss, and Dou Gu, Ban Chao, Geng Bing, Geng Gong, etc. were all senior workers. For the Northern Xiongnu and the countries of the Western Regions, it is not terrible for senior workers such as Ban Chao, but it is Liu Zhuang, the big boss behind it, who is terrible! The boss said that he wanted to invest in the Western Regions, and the Northern Xiongnu would only be beaten if they grabbed business. If the countries of the Western Regions dare not support investment, it is estimated that they will not be able to take the turn of the beating, and they will be beheaded directly! Boss Liu Zhuang is very strong, but unfortunately this boss only lived to be forty-eight years old and died too early. Liu Zhuang died, and the whole country of the Han Dynasty was immersed in great grief, which was an excellent time for the Northern Xiongnu and Qiuci to start!

The Northern Xiongnu have already made a calculation, and this time they will jointly dispatch, and they will only make money and not lose. Liu Wei, the new boss of the Han Dynasty, is only 18 years old this year, and his milk smell has not dried up, how bold can he be? Courage is not born, but experienced, Liu Wei is still tender... Those who know the Han Dynasty are no better than the Huns. The Northern Xiongnu really did not deal with the Han Dynasty for so many years in vain. This time they didn't look away, Liu Wei was indeed very tender.

There are bad things every year, and this year is especially numerous. After the Northern Xiongnu besieged Guan Pet, the queen of the Cheshi saw that the general trend of the Han Dynasty had gone, and he also followed the rebellion and sent troops together with the Northern Xiongnu, preparing to clean up Geng Gong!

It is estimated that Geng Gong has had many nightmares, but he has never been so miserable as today. But his choice is still to continue to hold on to Shule City! The food was gone, the warriors had nothing to eat, everyone had to boil the armor and eat it, and when they ran out of the armor, they boiled the leather from the bow and arrows to eat ...

The Western Regions were thousands of miles away from Luoyang, and at that time there were no planes and could not be airborne, and if you had to wait for the Han Dynasty reinforcements to arrive, it would have to last for at least a few months. How long are these months? One month? Or two months? Nobody knows. Everything has to be left to fate!

After Geng Gong was cut off from the water source by the Northern Xiongnu last time, he did not despair. This time, however, he really couldn't see hope...

After months of stubborn resistance, the soldiers of the Han army were still vindictive, and no one was afraid of death and retreated. In the end, only a few dozen people remained to play with their lives. The city of Shule was filled with dead people inside and out, and an inexplicable horror. This is not a desperate situation, but a terrible hell!

There is no hope in the world, hope is only in the hearts of people. Geng Gong's heart is like a spark in a ghost town, swaying in the cold wind of the night, and it may be swallowed up and extinguished at any time... What kind of power is this? This is not only the desire for life, but also the insistence on freedom and dignity!

Northern Xiongnu Shan Yu was also shocked by Geng Gong's spirit of standing up to the sky. As an iron general, Geng Gong is very content to be in awe of his opponents on the battlefield. But he resolutely does not accept all mercy from the enemy! It's just that Shan Yu doesn't understand this.

The Northern Xiongnu only knew that the reinforcements of the Han Dynasty were far away, and Geng Gong could defend today, but he couldn't hold tomorrow. There is always a day when the camel will be crushed! But at this time, Shan Yu didn't want to overwhelm Geng Gong, but was ready to ambush him! So Shan Yu sent an envoy to negotiate with Geng Gong.

When the envoy arrived at the city, he shouted to Geng Gong in the city, "We only admire your courage and want to spare you from death." If you are willing to join you, I will make you the king of the white house, and marry the princess to you" Geng Gong heard this in the city, and smiled at the messenger, "Yo, there are such good things?" Then come up, let's have a good talk."

The messenger thought that there was a play, and he was so excited that he threw himself on the ground and climbed the wall. However, as soon as he climbed the wall, he immediately regretted it! Geng Gong didn't wait for him to understand what was going on, and directly killed him! What made the Northern Xiongnu Shan Yu even more angry was that Geng Gong actually set up the body of the envoy and barbecued it in the city...

Geng Gong is simply a big madman! And the Northern Xiongnu Shan Yu is also going crazy. He increased his forces and intensified the siege. A few days have passed, and I still can't take the madman in the city... At this moment, everyone is going crazy. It's just a matter of who can make it to the end!

Geng Gong was not driven crazy by the Northern Huns, but I think: if he knew everything that happened in the palace of Luoyang City at this time, he would definitely be mad!

At this time, the information that the Han army was encircled and suppressed had been sent to the capital by Guan Pet, the captain of his own school. But guess what Liu Jin's reaction was after receiving it? He unhurriedly summoned everyone to a meeting to discuss!

At the meeting, some people said, "It's all at this time, what else can I save?" People, we give up, and the Western Regions simply give up" The person who said this was the fifth Lun who had just been promoted to Sikong!

Speaking of which, Fifth Lun is also a legend. When he debuted in his early years, he was just a township husband, and to put it bluntly, he was a township cadre. The main job is to collect rent and tax. Fifth Lun did a very good job, but he worked for many years and did not get promoted. In this way, even he himself was depressed: could it be that he has been squatting in the countryside to collect rent all his life, but he has been in this life? That's a no-no. So he was depressed and unhappy, so he decided to leave with a package and move with his whole family. Where did you move? Nobody knows. Later, I learned that he had moved to Hedong and had changed his name and surname, no wonder his relatives and friends didn't know which mountain he was hiding in. Later, the fifth Lun was filial piety, and Liu Xiu finally discovered this talent. In this way, he took one step at a time, went through three emperors, and finally got mixed up. From a township cadre to one of the three princes of the Han Dynasty, the ups and downs of life, the fifth Lun can be said to have tasted them all!