Although Shao Xu was very worried about his son's safety in the future, in order to deal with Shi Le, he still endured his grief and agreed to Wei Shuo's proposal. Wei Shuo and Liu Yao intended to persuade him to give up, but Shao Xu cried and refused: "Since I embarked on this path, I have long put the safety of myself and my family at risk. ”

"I finally found an opportunity to defeat Shile, which gave me hope of recovering the lost territory, how could I give up this rare opportunity because I cared about my son's safety?"

Shao Xu's spirit of sacrificing the ego to fulfill everyone is certainly admirable, and in the eyes of the ancients, it is a typical sacrifice for righteousness. It's a pity that Wei Shuo is not a saint, and obviously can't understand Shao Xu's behavior of sacrificing his family for the sake of his ideals, but he can't change Shao Xu's decision. Fortunately, there is still some time before the start of the war, and they still have a chance to rescue Shao Yi.

After discussing the plan of cooperation to retreat from the enemy, Shao Xu was worried about Leling's safety, so he submitted his resignation to Wei Shuo. Wei Shuo looked at the mighty and majestic Liu Yao, and couldn't bear to let him go, his eyes rolled and said: "Lord Shao, now that we are both allies, I will say anything directly!" ”

"Shile is a formidable enemy, and he has the cavalry of the Qiang tribe under his command to help, and unless we have equally powerful cavalry, it will be difficult to defeat him completely. Although we have more than 10,000 cavalry in Liaodong, not to mention whether we can beat the cavalry of the Qiang nationality, it is a big problem to get it to Jizhou. ”

"In order to deal with the Hu cavalry, I am secretly training a Modao team, but this force is currently lacking a warrior to sit in. I admire the bravery of your son-in-law Liu Yao very much, and I want to leave him in Liaodong as a Mo sword general. I know that Lord Shao is reluctant to Liu Yao in his heart, but he really can't find a more suitable candidate to serve as the Mo Dao General than Zhengchang. ”

"The Modao team has high hopes that it will take on the heavy responsibility of dealing with the Hu cavalry in the future. In the future, after the war starts, although the Liaodong cavalry will not be able to land in Jizhou on a large scale to help you resist the Hu cavalry, the Modao team can easily enter Jizhou by sea, and will definitely be able to help Lord Shao at that time. ”

"This ...... What kind of Mo Dao team is really so amazing that Lord Wei said? ”

Although Shao Xu is very reluctant to give up the very capable Liu Yao in his heart, in order to defeat the Hu people, he can even sacrifice his own son, let alone his son-in-law? The only thing he was worried about was whether the strength of the Modao team was as good as Wei Shuo said.

"Of course, this thousand Mo swordsmen were carefully selected by Wei from hundreds of thousands of young people in Liaodong, and with the Mo knives specially built by the craftsmen, they will definitely be able to bear the burden of sniping Hu Qi in the future." Seeing that Shao Xu was a little moved, Wei Shuo immediately patted his chest and reassured.

"Masang, what do you think?" Shao Xu had made a decision in his heart, but he still had to ask his son-in-law's opinion.

Liu Yao is naturally willing to move from the crisis-ridden Leling to the stable and peaceful Liaodong, and there is also Wei Shuo who seems to value him very much, and finally he also wants to see the Modao team that was blown by Wei Shuo. However, although he was very willing in his heart, he still had to be humble on his face.

"Father-in-law, what if I stay in Liaodong and get tired of it?"

"You don't have to worry about it, Shi Le won't notice us in a short time, and besides, aren't there still Shao Cun them? Since you have no opinion, then this matter will be arranged as such, and when I return to the disgusting time, I will send my daughter here so that your family can be reunited. Master Wei, I have entrusted the chief to you, if he offends you in the future, I hope you will not be like him in front of me! ”

When Wei Shuo saw that Liu Yao finally agreed to stay in Liaodong, he was overjoyed, and he was so busy that he assured Shao Xu: "Oh, it's really good! Please rest assured, Lord Shao, I promise that Zhengchang will not be wronged in my Liaodong. ”

Before Shao Xu left, he told his son-in-law: "Zhengchang, Master Wei is a person who really does great things, you must have a better future with him than with me, you have to take advantage of this opportunity, don't live up to my expectations of you." ”

"Please rest assured, father-in-law, the son-in-law will do his best to assist Lord Wei!"

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Just when the situation in the two states was treacherous, Sima Ye, the king of Qin, who had escaped his life from Luoyang, ascended the throne in Chang'an. On the first day of the fourth month of the seventh year of Yongjia (313), after receiving the news of the death of Emperor Huai of Jin, Guanzhong Xingtai immediately held a mourning ceremony.

On April 27, Sima Ye changed his name to Sima Ye, that is, the emperor's throne, granted amnesty to the world, and changed the year name to "Jianxing", which is the Jin Emperor in history.

At this time, after the sacking of the Xiongnu army led by Liu Yao last year, and the natural disaster, "there was famine in Guanxi, white bones covered the wilderness, and there were no survivors of the people", and the "warehouse was exhausted" in Chang'an City, the lack of food and materials, the desolation, artemisia grass, and thorns were everywhere, and Sima Ye, who had just become the emperor, wanted to eat a full meal became a luxury.

The Chang'an court, which was struggling to survive natural disasters and wars, faced a huge crisis from the beginning. All the cars of the imperial court are gathered together, there are only four cars, and the court officials have neither official seals, nor court clothes, and even the board is temporarily sawed some mulberry wood boards to write the official name for improvisation.

The new emperor Sima Ye is just a twelve-year-old child, and in the eyes of others, he is just a little child, even if he becomes the emperor, but the powerful factions of all parties do not take him seriously at all.

Besides, Sima Ye has no henchmen, and the power of the court is in the hands of General Wei Liang Fen, Yongzhou Thorn Shi Luyun, Feng Yi Taishou Liang Wei, Jingzhao Taishou Suo Qi and others.

The two heroes who supported him as the crown prince Yan Ding and Jia Kai have long been gone, and last year Jia Kai accidentally fell from his horse when he went out to Lu Shuihu and was killed by Peng Fuhu, the leader of Lu Shuihu; Yan Ding, on the other hand, offended the Liang clan of Anding because he killed Jingzhao Taishou Liang Zong for power, and was driven to Yongzhou by the Liang family and Lu Yun, and was later killed by the Di people.

Although Sima Ye is very young, he has great ambitions. Seeing that the power in his hands was falling, he was worried that he would be at the mercy of others, so he immediately issued an edict appointing two clan vassal kings as auxiliary ministers, that is, Sima Bao, the king of Nanyang, as the right prime minister, and the governor of the Shaanxi military; Sima Rui, the king of Langya, was the prime minister of the left and the governor of the military of eastern Shaanxi.

At the same time, Sima Ye also made a great meritorious service, appointing the Wei general Liang Fen as Situ, Yongzhou Assassin Shi Liyun as the envoy, the leading general, and the Lu Shangshu, and Jing Zhao Taishou Suo Qi as the right servant of the Shangshu.

After ascending the throne, Sima Ye was high-spirited, and when he was hot-headed, he ignored the actual situation, and even took it for granted that he wanted to command the heroes. He issued an edict that was bigger than the sky: ordered You, Bingzhou to assassinate Shi Wang Jun, Liu Kun and others to raise 300,000 troops to attack Pingyang; ordered Sima Rui, the prime minister of the left, to lead 200,000 troops to attack Luoyang; Ordered the right prime minister Sima Bao to lead 300,000 troops to defend Chang'an.

This edict issued by the new emperor Sima Ye not only frightened the enemy, but also his own people. Anyone with a discerning eye knows at a glance that this is a complete bluff and a daydream.

With good wishes, Sima Ye waited for the two clan vassal kings to respond to his call. But he didn't know that since the Yongjia Rebellion, the royal family and family of the Western Jin Dynasty have moved from Luoyang, the capital to the south of the Yangtze River, and the Central Plains Dynasty of the Western Jin Dynasty has long existed in name only.

This time, after receiving Sima Ye's edict to send troops, Sima Rui immediately excused himself to the undecided south and did not move. In Sima Rui's eyes, the throne under Sima Ye's ass should be inherited by him, so he is unwilling to give his life to a little brat.

Sima Rui, who is the strongest, has different intentions, and he disobeys Sima Ye's edict, but he doesn't want someone to directly slap Sima Rui in the face soon, this person is Zu Li. Zu Ti responded to Sima Ye's call in Xuzhou and prepared to send troops to the Northern Expedition!

Zu Ti's choice made Sima Rui feel extremely embarrassed, and Zu Ti set aside King Langya to form a 'Zu Family Army' that was completely loyal to him, which made King Langya gradually alienate Zu Ti and reduce his little support. But Zu Ti, who was bent on the Northern Expedition to recover the lost land, did not realize that the contradiction between him and King Langya was irreconcilable.

In the face of Sima Ye's edict to send troops, not only Sima Rui, who was far away in Jiangdong, did not move, but even Sima Bao, who was close at hand, did not make any reaction. However, his edict really angered the Xiongnu emperor Liu Cong. In order to eliminate the Jin forces in Guanzhong, Liu Cong sent Zhao Ran, Liu Yao and Qiao Zhiming, the captain of Sili, to attack Chang'an.

When Sima Ye saw that his edict not only did not get a response from the other two clan vassal kings, but instead attracted the Huns, he immediately remembered the tragic experience when he was in Luoyang, and he trembled with fright. Fortunately, although Lu Yun, Suo Qi, Liang Fen and others were not strong, they did not lack integrity, and everyone was unwilling to surrender to the Hu people, so they had to send troops to fight Liu Yao and others.