Chapter 23: The King of Huainan and the City of Huaiyang

Liu An, the king of Huainan, is now twenty-five or sixteen, dressed in black linen Hanfu and wearing a black square Yuanyou crown. Square face, eagle nose and small eyes, and a short black and shiny beard under the chin. He wears a black sheath short sword on his waist, inlaid with green jade, and a red and yellow cyanosis four-color ribbon with the waist. Because Ouyang Xuan annihilated Wang Sui's 50,000 elite Wu army in Ruyin, he avoided Huainan from being attacked by the Wu army. I don't know if the historical prime minister deceived the military power or not, and I don't know what Quyang Hou Gu Jie saved Huainan now. Liu An walked out of the crowd and said with a smile: "This king is grateful to Hu Hou for intercepting Wu Jun and Ruyin, so that Huainan will not be harmed by the sword soldiers."

"This is a matter entrusted by His Majesty, and it is within the general's share, but it is the fault of this general to make His Royal Highness the King of Huainan worry." Looking at the smile of the king of Huainan, Ouyang Xuan felt a little uncomfortable, he didn't smile at the flesh, that's it, in history, this guy was supposed to rebel against the king of Wu, but he was deceived by the minister of the state to get the military power, and he defended Huainan, and finally with the support of Angjie, he survived, and his younger brother King Lushan also followed him to send troops to support Liu Bi, and finally because Liu An did not move, and did not take shape, he kept Lu Jiangguo, and his younger brother King Hengshan resolutely disagreed, and finally Liu Qiyi was happy and changed the title of King of Jibei. When Ouyang Xuan came, because he wanted to take the rear of Wu Chu directly, and directly led the troops to attack, he did not need to transfer troops to various counties and counties in various countries, so he did not disturb the princes and kings along the way. Unlike Zhou Yafu and Dou Ying, they need to transfer troops from various counties and vassal states, so one is a captain and the other is a general, only Ouyang Xuan is only a third-class general of Zhengnan, but he also has a lot of power, but he is not used for the vassal states, and the places where he is used are all pawns.

Let Hu Houjian smile, Huainan is small, weak, damp, and not good at fighting. If we don't rely on the Wu and Chu coalition forces this time, the country may no longer exist."

"I heard that the minister of Huainan is good at the conquest of the imperial army, I don't know if I will make a difference this time?" As he spoke, Ouyang Xuan stared at Liu An's face. Liu An's expression was extremely unnatural, as if he had a feeling of poor stool.

"What does a small country say about military affairs, Hu Hou invited, this king set up a thin wine and vegetarian banquet in this Purple Mountain (now Bagong Mountain) for Hu Hou and other people to see off the wind."

"In this way, His Royal Highness has been thanked by His Majesty. Someone came, and ordered the soldiers to camp at the foot of the Purple Mountain today." "No", Lang swore to come out.

The team marched forward in an orderly manner according to the marching formation, and the horses were released according to the law. In less than half an hour, they have traveled to the foot of the Purple Mountain, selected a flat land, buried the stove and set up camp, and the labor and military products given by the king of Huainan to the army were also presented in time, and the cooks and butchers were responsible for the meals. After Ouyang Xuan unloaded the equipment and materials, he led Lang Xuan, Zhao Zhou, Zhang Jian and the white wolf brothers and sisters, and carried a single-lens reflex camera backpack to follow Huainan Wang and his party. Looking at the mountains in the distance, the clouds and mist are shrouded, and the grass and trees and mountains have shown a faint yellow-green color. Look closely at the murmuring of mountain streams, the singing of grass and cranes, and the steep mountains and rocks. It is no wonder that later generations of celebrities have recited poems here, it is indeed a fairyland-like feeling, and now there are not so many buildings in later generations, it is a pure natural scenery. Ouyang Xuan's current identity, even if he took out something strange, no one dared to ask, so he unscrupulously took out the SLR camera, and kept clicking and shooting, whether it was a landscape or a person, it was a rare beauty, and others could only be curious, and they didn't dare to ask.

Walked in the mountains and forests for less than half an hour, came to Huainan Wang Mountain, it is a basin plain, there are streams flowing on both sides, and the flat land in the middle was built by Huainan Wang, covering an area of dozens of acres. The pavilions and buildings are all made of green bricks and green tiles, which match the surrounding environment, and there are several Taoist temple-like courtyards around the perimeter, shrouded in light mist, like a fairyland. In the reception hall, the banquet has been set up, and the guests and hosts are seated, and Ouyang Xuan is naturally the main guest on the left. Lang Oath, Zhao Zhou, and Zhang Jian sat in the back of the first case in turn. The dishes are all dried vegetables, as well as some seasonal wild vegetables, winter bamboo shoots, etc., fortunately, there are bean sprouts to supplement protein and not a little meat.

"Hu Hou smiled, this king likes to cultivate, and he doesn't eat meat stars, please forgive me."

"Where the words come from, the method of self-cultivation is what everyone is good at. The vegetarian diet reminds me of Western Buddhism, where there is a rule prohibiting killing."

"Oh, what is the meaning of the Buddhism that Hu Hou received?"

"Buddhism originated in the Tianzhu Kingdom in southeast China, and now it has spread to the Qiuzi countries in the Western Regions.

"Oh, it seems to be similar to Taoism. I heard that Hu Hou came from the Western Regions, have you ever learned it? "I have only heard about it, and I have never participated in the Buddha's retreat."

After a polite gesture, the guest and host officially began to drink and feast. Because Liu An is not good at swordsmanship, he is a cultivator, and singing and dancing are also abolished, and the qin music is an indispensable entertainment program, and the zhengqu and flute music are also masterpieces. In the center of the table is a piano table with a very good guzheng on it. The musicians also play very good timbre. After a few songs, everyone was almost eating and drinking, and one by one, under the hypnosis of low-alcohol wine, their faces began to redden.

"I heard that Hu Houqin's painting is a must today, I wonder if I can offer a song?" Said the prime minister, who was sitting opposite.

"This king has also heard that His Majesty has exchanged 2,000 stone official positions for a painting, and the art of piano music has long been heard, so why not take this opportunity to make a song and paint a painting through this landscape?"

"Thanks to the love of the princes, then it will be ugly."

After speaking, he got up and gestured to Liu An and the people opposite, walked to the piano table and sat down, tried a few notes, and the timbre was much better than the piano he used. Fuqin in hand, calmed down, started to play, a good song "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" with the gesture sounded, played more times, whether it is proficiency, skills have a qualitative leap, listen to the people who understand the sound are as drunk as infatuated. Then there was a song "Erquan Reflecting the Moon", which can now be said to be perfect, followed by the ancient song "Alpine Flowing Water". After the three songs, the table has been set up in front of the piano table and the paper has been paved, which are all high-grade papers for calligraphy and painting that Nie hired recently.

When everyone was still intoxicated by the sound of music, they got up and came to the desk, picked up the pen and painted, according to the scenery they saw on the road, combined with the freehand style of Chinese painting, it took two hours to complete the painting and calligraphy of "Immortal Tour of Purple Mountain". The mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist, the two rivers meander and the mountains in the clouds, in the middle of a high mountain cloud, an old man holds a tent to overlook the mountains and rivers, and the other hand holds the Tao Te Ching, and there are fishermen in the mountains looking up at the mountains by the river. On the fishing boats on the river, there are also people who look up at the clouds. After painting, I thought about it for a long time, and then I put down the famous words of Lao Tzu: live in a good place, have a good heart, be kind and benevolent, be good in words, be good in governance, be good at things, and move well. The husband is indisputable, so there is no especially. Side-by-side: Hu Hou Ouyang Xuanping sentenced Wu Chu, and was ordered to return to the Huainan Purple Mountain inscription and the king of Huainan, thank you for the banquet, and the second day of the Wuzi year. Sealed.

Everyone also admired this painting, King Huainan was still very excited at first, when Ouyang Xuan finished the payment, his face was obviously a little unnatural, and he secretly looked at the prime minister, of course, all this could not escape Ouyang Xuan's eyes.

Returning to his seat, he arched his hand to King Huainan and said: "This painting only needs to go to Chang'an Nie's shop to frame it for a long time, if His Royal Highness likes it, you can send someone to apprentice to frame it."

"So, thank you."

The banquet ended with everyone's sycophancy, and when they returned to the camp, it was already evening, and since they were all vegetarians, they came back and asked the cook to burn two leg of mutton for the white wolf brothers and sisters. After completing the day's tasks, Ouyang Xuan fell asleep deeply. Due to the effect of the poor potential energy of space-time and space, and the body's strong self-healing ability, wine is no different from water to Ouyang Xuan. It's just that there are more problems to consider, and the oxygen consumption of the brain increases, so you need sleep supplements. Ouyang Xuan, who has never dreamed since this era, actually dreamed today, dreamed of aliens, dreamed of the five-dimensional space, dreamed of the old man, as if he was talking to Ouyang Xuan, but he couldn't hear it. At three poles in the sun, Ouyang Xuan got up.

Bidding farewell to the king of Huainan, the group continued to hurry, this time there were more ministers of Huainan, Liu Qi's edict asked him to follow the Yulin army back to Chang'an to report on his work, which said Ouyang Xuan knew it. Liu Bi's father and son always wanted to see King Huainan, but they were rejected by Ouyang Xuan, and King Huainan only looked at Liu Bi's cage expressionlessly from a distance. I wanted to come forward to speak, but I was pulled back by the prime minister. When Shouchun came out, Liu Bi's father and son were obviously in a much lower mood.

Ouyang Xuan rode a horse to accompany Liu Bi's cage, watched the white wolf running and playing in the mud, and said, "His Royal Highness King Wu, this trip to Huainan has disappointed you, right?" Your Majesty understands that the edict is nothing more than a test of the King of Huainan. Ben Hou didn't want to kill the princes and kings, so he couldn't let you and the others meet."

"He is worthy of being a disciple of Guiguzi, and he has this scheming. It's a pity, if you can follow this king, you must be the talent of the king to expand the land."

"Ben Hou once met the descendants of Han Xin, the king of Chu, in the Western Regions, so that Ben Hou understood that those who take charge of the army to win the world for the lord may not have a good end, if they follow King Wu, Ben Hou may be the second Han Xin."

"It's a pity, you are just a lord and an eagle dog in the end, and you have wasted your talent to learn."

"Haha". Ouyang Xuan didn't continue to talk, hit the horse forward, returned to the white wolf's car, and played a song "Ambush on All Sides", although the tune was rusty because of the age, but in line with the mood, it was also free. Only Liu Bi can understand this off-string sound, and the others just listen to the tactful music. Lang Oath and other people who have been in battle for a long time heard the taste of Jin Ge Iron Horse in the music. Liu Qi and Ouyang Xuan are still relieved, and they won't do anything to themselves, but now Liu Che, who is still a milk doll, Ouyang Xuan is very worried, it is not easy to spend safely under him, it seems that he has to prolong Liu Qi's life when he goes back, and it is a pity that he died in his 40s.

After the group went straight to Huaiyang after leaving Shouchun, Ouyang Xuan had passed by here when he marched, and it was the capital of the Huaiyang Kingdom. At that time, I was in a hurry and didn't visit. If it weren't for the defeat of Wang Qu's 50,000 elites in Ruyin, the northern part of Huainan Kingdom, it is estimated that Huainan Kingdom and Huaiyang Kingdom would really face military disasters. Ouyang Xuan himself was a little glad that he didn't delay the time, otherwise it would be really difficult to explain to Liu Qi.

After two days of marching, the brigade finally came to Ruyin County, where they had experienced the first battle when they came, and the personnel recruited here were disbanded and returned to their hometowns after completing the merit vouchers at the Gong Cao. After a day's rest, the army marched west along the river, and arrived at the south gate of Huaiyang at noon a few days later. Ouyang Xuan ordered to set up camp here, and let Zhao Zhou lead a thousand cavalry to search for fluorescent meteorites within a radius of five hundred miles. He took Lang Shou and Zhang Jian to lead thousands of foot soldiers across the ruins and went to the Huainan Palace. When I came, I was going east along the Yingchuan River, and there were still more than 200 miles away from Huaiyang City. Standing on the tower of the city that has not collapsed and overlooking the whole Huaiyang City, there are several big pits in the city, and there are also many big pits outside the city, and they are all very large, all of them are inclined pits. I asked a few locals, and all the pits were caused by the natural fire last month, and now the river water has formed an earthen wall after the natural fire, and there is a tendency to pour back.