It was rumored that the guards entered the hall and reported loudly: "Sima Liu Xiu of the Han Dynasty broke through Handan, and his subordinate Wang Ba killed Wang Lang." The first emperor named Liu Xiu as the king of Xiao". Ouyang Xuan listened, waved his hand to let the guards retreat, turned to Hong Fang and said, "Yuan Chu, how do you look at it?" ”。

"Liu Yuanjun is going to break with the beginning, how can he start to be powerful across the river, and he is not yet able to stand on his own. Now Guanzhong is already an empty land, and there is no need for more than a month's worth of food, if the king intends to help the king succeed, he can let Guanzhong, Hanzhong and the beginning of the change." Ouyang Xuan stretched out a thumbs up, I have to say that this is a high trick, if Liu Xuan is greedy, he will inevitably move the capital to Chang'an, and the population here is now so small that it is not enough to sustain 10,000 people with a month's worth of food, so it can only be transported from abroad. Except for some big wealthy families and Confucian scholars, most of the people moved to China, after all, the policies there were also quite attractive. The population of the entire Guanzhong is now less than 50,000, and the entire Chang'an has been ten rooms and nine empty, this is the plan proposed by Huang Tingzhong at the beginning, which can not only help Liu Xiu, but also solve the suffering of the people in Guanzhong, and can also suppress the arrogance of the wealthy people in Guanzhong. According to Huang Tingzhong's plan, there was also the idea of sending troops to Shandong from the sea to drive the Red Mei Army to Guanzhong, but Ouyang Xuan rejected it. The Red Eyebrow Army does not need to be driven away, it will march towards Guanzhong, after all, it is a peasant army, and without a long-term goal, it will naturally breed fatigue and lose its fighting spirit. If you send troops to Shandong and give them a goal, they will fall into a quagmire.

"Sir's opinion is exactly the strategy offered by the commander of Xuan Yulin, including the march into Shu, and the immigration to Qingye is also the mystery of this." Ouyang Xuan poured a cup of tea for Hong Fang and said.

Wang Mang looked at the two of them blankly, and lowered his head silently, he now realized that his intelligence was far from being the opponent of these people in front of him, and it could even be said that it was a game of cat and mouse, and he was the poor mouse, and the first emperor, Liu Xiu, the Red Eyebrow Army and many anti-kings in the world were all mice in the hands of others. Only standing still in the palace, and winning thousands of miles away. In this kind of formation, how Wang Mang wishes he was the big cat. But now he can only be a prisoner and watch people be surprised. The desolation in his heart disturbed his heart, what he hoped most now was that Ouyang Xuan could give him death, but Ouyang Xuan didn't seem to have enough fun with him.

Ouyang Xuan summoned the deacon's guards in front of Hong Fang and Wang Mang, dictated, and the guards wrote an edict on behalf of the guards, informing the first emperor Liu Xuan to give up the Hanzhong region, and Chang'an returned to the Han family intact. The Huaxia army retreated to the original border pass and returned Chencang and Gaoping to the Han family at the same time. As for the land of Shu, it will be returned when the world is settled, and the people of Guanzhong will be reduced sharply due to the war, and the grain and grass will be insufficient, so the surplus grain will be left to meet the needs of the million army for half a year, and the jade seal and gold (copper) million catties will be left behind, and this edict will be announced to the world at the same time.

Hong Fang closed his eyes and wore his white beard, quietly listened to Ouyang Xuan's dictated edict, and said: "King Xia's plan is very clever, money and food are bait, luring the enemy to take the bait, and the world is against Wang Yan and has a tendency to be blushing."

Wang Mang didn't hear the hidden strategy behind this edict, and only through Hong Fang's words did he suddenly realize. said silently: "There are gods such as King Xia and Mr. Xia in the world, and there is no reason for us to survive ordinary people, please give the king a death."

"Haha, Wang Mang, I told you in front of Yangling that your world has only been twenty years, and it has only been like this for a few years. Come and take Wang Mang down, give Bai Aya a zhang", "No! ”。

"Thank you, King Xia! Only this half a year in this life did he wake up, and it was also the most relaxing half a year. Say goodbye to the King of Summer." After speaking, he knelt on his knees, kowtowed to Ouyang Xuan three times in a row, and then turned around and walked out of the palace with the guards.

At the same time, Ouyang Xuan gave Zhong Zhao in Bohai County an order to raise troops to help Liu Xiu, and Zhong Zhao now has 100,000 elite light cavalry, using horse equipment provided by the Northern Chinese Army, coupled with strict training, its elite degree is no less than that of the elite division of China, the only thing missing is hot weapons such as artillery fire.

"I didn't expect King Xia to have this ambush, and the first emperor will not die, and the sky will not obey", Hong Fang said after listening to Ouyang Xuan's order.

Half a month later, a blockbuster news spread all over Luoyang and the Central Plains: the current Holy Emperor of China will return the occupied Guanzhong and Hanzhong to the Han Dynasty, and at the same time give millions of stones of grain and millions of catties of gold.

Liu Xiu, who was in Handan, was very depressed when he heard the news, he never thought that Ouyang Xuan actually gave Liu Xuan such fat for nothing, which suddenly enhanced Liu Xuan's strength, that is, those money and food were enough to recruit millions of troops. Liu Xiu informed his generals of the news he had received to discuss countermeasures. Everyone expressed strong dissatisfaction with Ouyang Xuan's approach, and some even began to scold Ouyang Xuan for aiding and abusive. Only the two of them were silent in thought, with a slight joy on their faces, one was Kou Xun and the other was Feng Yi. Liu Xiu saw that the two of them were silent, and asked: "Gongsun, why is Ziyi silent, but laughing back, could it be that there is something wrong with words?" ”。

Kou Xun stood up and saluted: "Congratulations to the envoy, you can gain momentum." Feng Yi also got up and saluted: "The similarity and difference are congratulations to make you take the land of Hebei with peace of mind." The two of them were confused, looked at the two of them in a daze, and suddenly said thoughtfully for a long time: "Oh, I see, it seems that I am wrong to blame Xia Wang." After speaking, watching the two laugh, the original look of distress suddenly disappeared, and they returned to their former demeanor, and the generals were all inexplicable. I had no choice but to ask Feng Yi and Kou Xun, and when I learned Ouyang Xuan's true intentions and Luoyang's status, I suddenly became enlightened.

Half a month later, Liu Xuan took Luoyang's officials and family members, counting the millions of soldiers and horses to move the capital to Chang'an, and happily took over the grain and grass and Chang'an City in the hands of Xian Yushun, because the celebration was still Chang'an, and it was another round of kingship. At the same time, he completely handed over the power to his father-in-law Zhao Meng to take care of, and with so much money and food, Liu Xuan was a little confused, squandered it, and continued to live a life of drunken gold fans who surpassed Luoyang. I used to ask about political affairs, but now I don't even ask. It's just that he goes back and forth between Weiyang and Changle every day. Before leaving, Ouyang Xuan brought Queen Wang and Liu Ying back to Xia Gu and bought a mansion for them, which Ouyang Xuan paid for.

Liu Xiu sent Kou Xun and Feng Yi to guard Hanoi County, the granary of Liu Xiujun, Hebei, to resist Zhu Kun and Li Yi, who were guarding Luoyang. sent Deng Yu to lead the troops westward, and personally led his men and horses north to pacify Hebei.

A.D. 24 July Gui Tuo Ling. Ouyang Xuan got the report, Liu Xiu attacked Youlai, Dagun, Wuman and other peasant rebels in the north, a big victory, Liu Xiu won another big victory on the north bank of the Shunshui River, Liu Xiu took advantage of the victory to lead the army to advance, but was defeated by the Youlai army, and under the pursuit of the righteous army, he had fled into the mountains. The reason why Ouyang Xuan chose to wait for Liu Xiu here was because Ouyang Xuan knew that in history, Liu Xiu was chased by the rebels by jumping off a cliff here, and the lucky mulberry tree saved Liu Xiu's life.

Standing for a long time, a familiar figure on the mountain road in the distance rushed towards the Turtle Ridge, the pursuers behind followed closely, seeing that there were thousands of people, Ouyang Xuan now only had a hundred guards around him, but he still didn't pay attention to these more than a thousand people.

In less than half an hour, Liu Xiuyi ran to the cliff opposite Ouyang Xuan, sighed in the sky, and jumped off the cliff. should also be fateful, just like the historical legend, a lush mulberry tree on the mountainside caught Liu Xiu and slowly fell on the thick leaf paving, Ouyang Xuan immediately ordered someone to hang the rope to go down to the bottom of the cliff to rescue Liu Xiu, who was already in a coma. The You Lai rebels on the cliff could only watch Liu Xiu being rescued by the rainforest guards. An officer suddenly remembered something, and ordered the soldiers who were in a daze on the cliff wall to release arrows, but it was too late, and after Liu Xiu was simply bandaged, one of the guards carried Liu Xiu on his back, and the other two guards were responsible for covering and quickly climbed up the cliff along the rope. At this time, Ouyang Xuan ordered to use an assault rifle to shoot at the Youlai rebels.

Because the distance was too far, a mile away, it was already beyond the shooting range of an assault rifle. But this position has scared away the rebels, Ouyang took the unconscious Liu Xiu back to the Baligou camp not far from here, the current Baligou is much more beautiful than the scenery of later generations, pine and cypress, mountain springs murmuring, birds and flowers, a charming scenery, Ouyang Xuan and the guard camp live in the open space on the edge of the cliff in Baligou, there is no one living here now, Ouyang Xuan's base is not far from here, and the approximate location is near Guoliang Village in later generations. Because Ouyang Xuan didn't want to expose his base, he temporarily set up the camp next to the small waterfall in Baligou, which had disappeared in later generations, leaving only some traces.

Ouyang Xuan carefully examined Liu Xiu's injuries, it was only some skin injuries, no major problems, and after treating the wounds with the graupel energy body, he placed him in the camp under the mulberry tree next to the waterfall. At this time, it was reported that Zhong Zhao had taken dozens of county towns with men and horses, and swept Hebei from the north. Ouyang Xuan ordered someone to inform Zhong Zhao that Liu Xiu was in the camp, and after repelling You Lai's righteous army, he would lead the army to join here.

In the evening, Liu Xiucai woke up from a coma, and when he saw the things in front of him, he was not confused. After eating something, he came to Ouyang Xuan, who was playing the piano by the waterfall, and gave a deep salute: "Thank you Holy Ancestor for saving me!" ”。

"Uncle Wen doesn't need to worry too much, he has prepared a large army for Uncle Wen and is on his way here. When people inevitably make mistakes, this defeat should be an experience."

"Thank you for the teachings of the Holy Ancestors".

"I haven't seen him for more than a year, Uncle Wen has tried his best, surrounded by loyal and high-energy people, and now he is also in the land of Hebei, when will it be done?"

"The timing, early, the weak, the late lost time".

"Haha, smart. Are you waiting for the beginning of the rebellion, and you are going west with your bare eyebrows? ”。

"Just as the Holy Ancestor expected, it is still strong at the beginning, and if it is declared emperor too early, it may cause all parties to encircle and suppress it, so that it has a target to be found, and it will also cause it to be as solid as a rock inside."

"Well, that's true. Come on, throw away your troubles, and enjoy a song with loneliness". After speaking, he ordered the guards to prepare a wooden stool and a wooden table for Liu Xiu and put them opposite him. Ouyang Xuan casually stroked the piano and played the ancient song "Mountains and Flowing Water", now Ouyang Xuan's piano skills have reached the realm of supernatural perfection, nothing else, just this time experience is not something ordinary people can have. The piano is no longer the kind of crude product that was made when he first came, it is made of the best sycamore water wood and alloy strings, the sound is simple and melodious, and Liu Xiu is deeply addicted to it, feeling that he is wandering between the mountains and rivers with the sound of the piano, and his mind is suddenly open-minded. When Liu Xiu was still intoxicated, Ouyang Xuan ordered someone to make him a cup of excellent tea, and the fragrant tea fragrance made Liu Xiu even more intoxicated.

After playing the song, Ouyang Xuan played another song "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night", coupled with the sound of the waterfall, Liu Xiu closed his eyes and quietly appreciated the beautiful sound played by this celestial man. Until the pass of the guards to report to Zhong Zhao to lead the army to Baligou, now the army is stationed in the valley, in the mountain pass Zhong Zhao defeated You Lai 100,000 righteous army, beheaded You Lai and several generals under his command.

Ouyang Xuan waved his hand to let the guards retreat, "Uncle Wen, please come with me and take a look at the elite division that Gu has prepared for you." Liu Xiu just came back from the gloom, followed Ouyang Xuan in a daze, and walked straight along the path on the cliff to a platform not far from here. "What does Uncle Wen think of this elite soldier?"

"The Holy Ancestor uses soldiers like gods, and this training is also very human. Show admiration".

"These soldiers are nothing more than helpless villagers and exiles in the mountains and wilderness of the Han region. After General Zhong took in the training, there is such a trend, and now this army is owned by Uncle Wen, and I hope that Uncle Wen will treat him well." Before he finished speaking, he saw Zhong Zhao and the two of them coming up from the path on the edge of the cliff, and gave a deep salute in front of Ouyang Xuan, "Zhao Ling's order and Bohai Zhuo County recruited troops to help King Xiao in trouble, and now that the army is complete, please publicize it."

"There is a lot of hard work in the pious book, and the generals will be handed over to Liu Yuanjun, and the soldiers under his command will go to Massachusetts to recuperate for some time, and I will have another appointment." "No!" Zhong Zhao got up, pulled the two people behind him, and saluted Liu Xiu: "Envoy, Zhao's mission has been accomplished, these two are the excellent and loyal generals recruited by Zhao in Zhuo County. One is Gai Yan and the other is Wang Liang, both of whom are from Zhuo County, and are now the deputy generals under his command." After speaking, he turned around and said to the two: "Juqing, Jun Yan, this is the King Xiao I often mention, Liu Xiu and Uncle Liu Wen, today Zhao will hand over the soldiers to King Xiao, and I hope that the two of you will serve more, and he will seal you and I will drink bitterly." "No!" After speaking, the two stepped forward and saluted Liu Xiushen: "Zhuojun Gai Shiyan has seen King Xiao", "Zhuojun Wang's Liang has seen King Xiao". Liu Xiu hurriedly stepped forward to help the two of them up, Gai Yan got up and said: "Yan Chang heard General Zhong talk about King Xiao, and said that King Xiao has the style of an elder. Extend the monarch's strict swear of allegiance to King Xiao to the death". After speaking, the two knelt down on one knee and bowed deeply. Liu Xiu was still a little stunned, so he hurriedly helped the two of them up again, and said with some excitement: "Now when Xiu is in trouble, I can get the help of two generals, and I am fortunate to have three lives, and I will be worshiped by Xiu here." After speaking, he bowed deeply to the two, and then took the two of them to turn around and salute Ouyang Xuan: "Xiu has thanked King Xia for his kindness again, and he will definitely live up to King Xia in this life."

Ouyang Xuan smiled slightly and said, "If Uncle Wen wins the world of the Han family, please follow the existing Huahan covenant and protect my Huaxia clan from the scourge of war."

Xiu remembered the teachings of King Xia, and the appointment of Huahan was made when Xiu did the world. It's just that General Zhong can stay for Xiu, Xiu's side only lacks such a capable person as Qianshu."

Ouyang Xuan looked at Zhong Zhao, still nodding silently like last time. It can be seen that the friendship between him and Liu Xiu is very strong, after all, they are also teachers and friends together, and Liu Xiu also grew up under Zhong Zhao's watch, and there is some family affection in this. Of course, Ouyang Xuan understood, he just didn't want Zhong Zhao to work so hard, after all, Han Land is different from Huaxia, there is more deception here, and the heart is more tired than the body. Seeing that he also agreed, he also got off the donkey. "Since Uncle Wen insists, the soldiers under the command of Qianshu will be left in the Han land for the time being."

After listening to this, Liu Xiu knelt down on one knee and bowed deeply. "Xiu hereby vows that no matter what the world is like in the future, he will live up to the help of King Xia and Huaxia." Ouyang Xuan nodded with satisfaction, this is what he wants, and he takes it as the best.

Liu Xiu stood on the stone platform, looked at the military camp in the valley, full of emotion, the battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu because of the help of the army, became famous in one fell swoop, when he went north to pacify Hebei, Liu Xuan killed Liu Xiu's brother Liu Yan, Liu Xiu went back to the funeral and asked for the crime, was named the marquis by Liu Xuan, took away the military power, Zhong Zhao and others were also compiled under Liu Ci, Liu Xiu endured humiliation, Taoguang and obscurity, and later Liu Xuan moved the capital to Luoyang, and sent Liu Xiu to repair the palace siege. Later, under the strong recommendation of Liu Ci and others, Liu Xiu was sent to Hebei by Liu Xuan to do a great job, Liu Xiu once again broke away from Longtan Tiger **, like a fish in water, and successively got acquainted with Feng Yi, Cho Period and others, Liu Xiu's classmate Deng Yu also rushed over to help Liu Xiu appease Hebei, just when the cause was in full swing, Wang Lang pretended to be the orphan of the first emperor and called the emperor, and vigorously pursued Liu Xiu in Hebei, Liu Xiu had to start a half-year escape, fortunately the old man in white said, only to be able to enter the Xindu, united with Geng Yi of Zhuo County, Kou Xun of Bohai County, With the assistance of Ren Guang, the Taishou of Xindu County, and Pi Tong, the Taishou of Xindu County, he began to crusade against Wang Lang, so that he had today's power in Hebei, and he never thought that he would personally lead the army to crusade against other rebels.

Zhong Zhao glanced at Gai Yan and Wang Liang, the two of them immediately understood, took out a flag, played a string of flags, and the camp under the mountain immediately moved, and after a while, more than 100,000 troops lined up in the valley according to the formation, and with another string of flags, the soldiers under the mountain shouted in unison: "Ping thief Kou, Fu Han Room, glorious Qianqiu, King Xiao is mighty."

The formation of more than 100,000 people shouting in unison can be described as earth-shattering, resounding through South Taihang. made Liu Xiu even more enthusiastic, and an ambition also emerged leisurely