Yang Xiu hurriedly came to the imperial tent, and saw Zhou Yu at the door of the tent going back and forth at a glance, he was just about to look for a greeting, Zhou Yu hurriedly greeted him, signaled him not to speak, and then pulled him to the side, turned his head to look at the closed tent door, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty doesn't know what's wrong, I haven't eaten for a day, I haven't even participated in the military conference, I stay in the tent alone, and no one is seen." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"What's going on?" Yang Xiu asked puzzled.

"I just don't know." Zhou Yu spread his hands and said with a sad face: "I can't even enter the big tent, how can I know what's going on?" I only heard that after yesterday and Lord Weng came, His Majesty went to the Queen Mother's tent, and after coming out, it was like this. ”

Yang Xiu stroked his chin and pondered for a moment: "Could it be related to the hussar general?" ”

"I can't say." Zhou Yu scratched his sideburns, puzzled. "It stands to reason that the hussar general can bring back Lord Heweng, which means that he still intends to reconcile with His Majesty, but somehow...... Alas, I can't figure it out either. ”

Yang Xiu glanced at Zhou Yu and didn't say anything. He and Zhou Yu had a different idea. The hussar general sent his daughter over, just to show reconciliation? Not necessarily, maybe this is to ask His Majesty to marry his daughter as the queen, he himself is a good general, and rightfully controls the government of the whole country, and then, step by step, hollow out His Majesty's foundation, turn His Majesty into a puppet, and when he grasps all the power and turns the court into his court, there will naturally be someone who will report auspiciousness and persuade him to advance, just like Wang Mang on behalf of the Han. However, he is even simpler than Wang Mang, he was originally a clan, the son of the king of Chu, and he was only one step away from the throne.

Yang Xiu asked quietly, "Did the Queen Mother know?" ”

"Reported."

"What did the Queen Mother say?"

The Queen Mother said. Your Majesty is a little tired these days, so it's good to let him rest for a day. ”

"What are these words?" Yang Xiu looked at Zhou Yu in amazement: "The army is about to besiege Pingyu City, and many affairs are waiting for Your Majesty to decide." How could he rest at this time? ”

"You ask me, who do I ask?" Zhou Yu rolled his eyes, "Military affairs." Duan Gong and Xun Jun conspired with them to discuss, and His Majesty only listened to it, and he didn't need to make a decision. ”

Yang Xiu smiled bitterly and did not speak again. This is the problem, Duan Cheng is Liu Xiu's husband, Xiliang is the force that Liu Xiu is most concerned about, and Xun Yu is originally Liu Xiu's military strategy, he came here. It was Liu Xiu's hand that reached out to His Majesty's side. This battle was lost, the Son of Heaven had no light on his face, and he won, and Duan Cheng and Xun You contributed the most.

"I'll go in and have a look." Yang Xiu no longer paid attention to Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu was indeed talented in the use of troops, but he was not sensitive enough in this regard, and he often ignored the invisible pressure brought by the hussar general to the Son of Heaven, intentionally or unintentionally.

Yang Xiu walked to the imperial tent. He coughed and signed up loudly. There was silence for a moment inside, and a hoarse voice came out: "Is it Yang Xiu?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's a minister."

"Come in."

"Yui." Yang Xiu responded loudly and lifted the tent door. Walked in. When I looked up, I was taken aback. Xiao Tianzi's eyes were red, his face was tired, his hair was messy, and his clothes were stained with a lot of stains. There were wine jugs and meat plates on the desk, and a sharp knife was stuck in the desk. There was a mess in the tent, and it seemed that no one came in to clean up the day and night.

Xiao Tianzi didn't raise his head, pointed to the seat, and motioned for Yang Xiu to sit. Yang Xiu sat cautiously and asked, "Your Majesty, are there any ministers who can serve?" ”

Xiao Tianzi raised his head and glared at his blood-red eyes: "Yes, I will give an edict to the hussar general as a young master, come here to teach me how to use soldiers, and be fully responsible for commanding the battle of besieging Pingyu." ”

Yang Xiu was taken aback and thought nervously for a moment: "Your Majesty, is this what the Queen Mother means?" ”

"You don't care who you mean." Xiao Tianzi said angrily: "The problem now is that if the hussar general doesn't nod, there won't be enough strength to contain Yuan Shao, and we won't be able to take down Pingyu as quickly as possible, and we will inevitably fall into a predicament where we can't advance or retreat." In this world, the only one who can command Ruoding is the hussar general, what Duan Gong, what Xun Junmou, are just his minions. In that case, why not be more direct? ”

"But ......"

"Nothing." Xiao Tianzi rudely interrupted Yang Xiu: "You draft an edict according to my wishes, and then you go to Xincai and let him come immediately." ”

Yang Xiu saw that Xiao Tianzi had made up his mind, so he didn't dare to say more, so he immediately wrote the edict, used the seal, and rushed to Xincai to spread the edict.

Xiao Tianzi sat in the tent in a daze, like a mud puppet. But his heart was overturned, and the words of the Empress Dowager Song were like a muffled thunder, which had been lingering in his mind.

It turns out that I am really the son of a hussar general, and the Yuan family is not slanderous? Xiao Tianzi thought of Yuan Guifei who died tragically, Yuan Kui and Yuan Shao who raised the anti-flag, and the first emperor who had unpaid ambitions, and suddenly laughed.

No wonder she was so sure that Liu Xiu would not usurp the throne.

Empress Dowager Song has always given people the impression that she is more easy-going and weak, otherwise she would not have fallen out of favor at the beginning, who would have thought that she would make such a big move. In fact, even she herself couldn't think of it, everything was just an impulse, the impulse of a woman who wanted to keep the glory of the family, she couldn't even talk about the conspiracy, but she deceived everyone because of it, the first emperor was in the dark, his own mother Wang Chu was kept in the dark, and Liu Xiu was still fighting in the north at the time, and there was no way to know.

So the princess became the lord of Weng, and he, the grandson of the king of Chu, became the crown prince. No, at that time, he was not the grandson of the king of Chu, he was just the eldest son of General Wei.

The eldest son. Xiao Tianzi wants to cry without tears. He knew why Empress Dowager Song dared to tell him this truth. Because he is only the grandson of the king of Chu, if the truth is leaked, the Song family may be ruined, but he will not end well. He is just Liu Xiu's concubine, Liu Ye is the grandson of the king of Chu, if Liu Xiu goes one step further and usurps the world, then the throne is also Liu Ye's and has nothing to do with him.

He understood why the eldest princess supported Liu Xiu without hesitation, and he now believed that Liu Xiu really didn't know about Yizhou, because he didn't need to know that there was an eldest princess sitting in Chengdu. How could it be possible to allocate a grain of money and grain to him?

The eldest princess can't wait for him to die on the battlefield now.

So what does Liu Xiu think? He's still in the dark, and he doesn't know who he's fighting against. He also cultivated Liu He as his own daughter, in order to make her the queen. racking his brains in order to become a great general himself, he had no idea that the people he persecuted step by step were also his flesh and blood.

What would he do if I told him now. Will he turn to help me? No, he won't, I'm just a concubine, and a disobedient concubine, in addition to me, he also has a concubine, even if Liu Ye dies, it won't be my turn. He also has my half-brother Liu An, and that Hu'er Liu Yuan, no matter which one he chooses, it is better than me.

However, I am now the Son of Heaven, and if I continue to be the emperor, he will not have to bother at all. You can turn the bloodline of the King of Chu into an emperor, is there anything more secure than this?

But will the King of Chu agree? Will the eldest princess agree? He...... My father, will he agree?

What if he doesn't agree?

He doesn't know that I am his flesh and blood now, only that there is an emperor here who is suspicious of him, will he come? Does he dare to come?

Xiao Tianzi pondered. Shilly-shally.

……

To the surprise of the little emperor, after receiving the edict, Liu Xiu quickly came, he left the army, and rushed to Dingying with only two thousand guards on foot, and lived in the camp prepared for him by the queen mother. His large camp was close to the royal camp and was surrounded by other battalions. But Liu Xiu didn't hesitate at all, and immediately ordered to settle in.

As soon as Xun You heard the news, he rushed over as soon as possible. Looking at Liu Xiu's calm face, Xun You's mood was very complicated. Liu Xiu rushed to the imperial camp of the Son of Heaven at this time, which can be said that he is loyal, or that he wants to seize power and completely turn the Son of Heaven into a puppet. For Xun You, both of them are what he wants, and neither of them is what he wants, he doesn't want Liu Xiu to be hurt, and he also doesn't want Liu Xiu to take that step.

"General?" Xun Yu wanted to speak and stopped, his heart was up and down, and he didn't know what to say.

"Gongda, don't be nervous, it's nothing." Liu Xiu smiled calmly: "The four cities around Pingyu have been taken, and now there is only one lonely city left in Pingyu, and Pingyu can be taken as soon as possible, so that he can go north and pacify Yuan Shao." Sooner or later, I will have to come to meet Your Majesty. ”

Xun You didn't say anything more, he knew from Liu Xiu's expression that Liu Xiu had made up his mind, no matter what choice he made, it was no longer something he could control. In that case, he didn't say it, so it was better not to say it.

"Is Your Majesty talented in the use of soldiers?"

Xun You frowned: "Your Majesty is very intelligent, resourceful and decisive, and very hardworking, and he has made very rapid progress in the use of military strategies. Zhou Yu, Yang Xiu, and Cao Ang around him are also young people, and if they are pondered carefully, they will be a generation of wise men and virtuous ministers in the future. It's just that...... He could not devote all his mind to the use of soldiers, and paid more attention to power and strategy than to the art of war. I heard that no matter how tired he was, he would read a Legalist classic like "Han Feizi" for a while every day before going to bed. ”

Liu Xiu nodded and smiled disapprerovingly. When the first emperor was alive, he liked to play with this set of imperial techniques, and as a result, he was exhausted to death, and he probably passed this set of things to Xiao Tianzi, so Xiao Tianzi is now also addicted to this set of imperial techniques, and he thinks about how to clean up his arrogant and domineering ministers all day long.

"I see." Liu Xiu waved his hand, "What is the situation in Jizhou?" ”

"Yuan Shao is recruiting troops in the direction of Hanoi, Huangfu Song has just sent an urgent military report, Yuan Shao has gathered 100,000 cavalry in Yecheng, it seems that he wants to recapture Liyang and force Hanoi."

Liu Xiu nodded, "In this way, we must take down Pingyu as soon as possible, if the time drags on for a long time, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses." ”

Xun You smiled bitterly: "General, not only Pingyu, but also Hefei, Lu'an and other cities, now that Pingyu is besieged, can the 30,000 Yuan troops in Guangling sit idly by?" At this time, the most important thing is to rescue Yuan Kui. We're in danger of being flanked soon. ”

"What are you afraid of?" Liu Xiu snorted contemptuously: "It's just a matter of peace, it's not a matter of one drum?" ”

Xun You frowned, he felt that Liu Xiu was a little different from his usual caution. In the past, Liu Xiu fought a war, less than seventy or eighty percent sure that he would never act rashly, he always had to be prepared and had enough advantages before making a move, so he rarely had the kind of battle example of winning more with less, and most of the time it was an expected victory. But now everyone's troops are here, Yuan Kui has 20,000 or 30,000 troops in Pingyu City, and there are 30,000 reinforcements outside the city, and Yuan Shao's 100,000 army is eyeing Hebei and ready to attack at any time, what can he rely on to take Pingyu City in one go?