The west wind blows the leaves all over the lake, and the first change of autumn clothes is alone.

It has been more than a month since I returned to Chang'an from Ganquan Palace, and the weather after autumn is always pleasant, and the autumn is high and refreshing, which is a good time to fly kites.

Looking at Wang Erjiao who was bouncing around with Xiao Liu Yu in the distance, Wang Wan shook her head, this is like a mother who gave birth to two children. I thought it was Wang Erjiao who brought my good son, but later I found out that under the leadership of my son, my sister has a tendency to become more and more crazy.

Retracted his gaze and looked at Princess Guantao who was sitting on the side drinking tea, Wang Wan was full of doubts. Recently, this eldest sister-in-law has been running to this Hongning Palace, and she doesn't say anything, every time she drinks tea and leaves, which makes people confused.

"Gillian, I've come to see Wang Meiren." Princess Guantao beckoned to the dozen or so palace maids brought behind her, and a little girl with pink carvings walked out.

Wang Wan was stunned for a moment, as if she had thought of something, and said with a happy face: "This is the eldest daughter of the princess's mansion?" Gillian Chen? ”

Princess Guantao smiled and bowed.

Wang Wan stepped forward, hugged Gillian and looked at it carefully, and praised it pointedly: "What a handsome person, I heard that I haven't been allowed to marry someone else, I don't know who will have such a blessing in the future?" ”

"Cai Ju, go and call Biao'er." Wang Wan turned to the personal palace maid and ordered.

Princess Guantao didn't hear it, but she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the teacup and continued to taste it.

A moment later, Liu Yu ran over.

"Aunt Huang, are you here?"

"yes, come and see us." Princess Guantao smiled and picked up Xiao Liu Yan, put it on her lap, and asked, "Does Yu'er want to ask for a daughter-in-law when she grows up?" ”

Oh my god! Here it comes!

Liu Yu has been waiting for this day for a long time, and there is a feeling of fear and expectation. The story of "The Golden House" has been passed down for 2,000 years, and it is a marriage legend that people talk about and envy - the young emperor and the empress Qin Se are in harmony and share weal and woe. But the result is not good, this Chen Ajiao is an infertility patient. According to the records in the history books, Gillian was born a noble, has been extremely honored and favored since childhood, has an arrogant and frank surname, and is kind to Emperor Wu, and refuses to give in to every meeting, and the rift between husband and wife gradually arises. At the same time, the years passed, but there was no child, Emperor Wu liked the new and hated the old, and was disgusted with her.

However, if Liu Yu refuses now, he may not have a chance to ascend to the throne of the crown prince again in the future. Without the help of Princess Guantao, relying on the strength of her mother Wang Huan, she would never be able to pull the current prince Liu Rong off the horse. No matter, anyway, I know that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty lived to be seventy years old in the end, and Gillian is a few years older than him, so she must die before herself, and she has no chance to be the queen mother, so it doesn't matter if she can't have children. As for the surname of the flying and domineering, let's train it slowly, we are high-IQ people from the dragon group, and it's not easy to train a little Lori?

Princess Guantao saw that Xiao Liu Yu was fascinated, and couldn't help but smile again and asked: "Does Yu'er want to ask for a daughter-in-law when she grows up?" ”

Liu Yu had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Yes." ”

Princess Guantao pointed to the maids of the palace and asked Liu Yu: "Which one does Yu'er want?" ”

Liu Yu looked at it for a while and said, "I don't want it!" ”

Princess Guantao's smile became more and more obvious, pointing to Chen Ajiao in Wang Wan's arms and asking, "Then is Chen Ajiao in my house good?" ”

Liu Yu glanced at his mother without a trace, and saw that Wang Wan nodded slightly, so he replied with a smile: "Okay! If she can marry Gillian as a wife, she will definitely build a golden house for her to live in. ”

Wang Wan echoed: "Yes, Gillian is really likable, if the princess doesn't dislike it, would it be good for the concubine to ask His Majesty for marriage?" ”

Princess Guantao chuckled and said: "This is very good, I will go to Changle Palace to discuss with the queen mother, Wang Meiren does not have to bother the royal brother, it is more appropriate for the queen mother to come forward in this matter." ”

"It's still the princess who thinks about it." Wang Wan nodded in agreement. lowered his head and kissed Chen Ajiao, who blushed in his arms and said nothing.

At this time, Liu Yu had the opportunity to take a good look at his future queen. **A little girl who is not fully grown, her eyebrows are a little similar to Princess Guantao, her big watery eyes, and her pretty face with puff puffs, but she can't see any signs of flying and domineering. Could it be that there is a mistake in the history books? Or is it her future experience that led to a big change in her surname?

In short, Liu Yu is still very satisfied, this is a complete beauty embryo. It seems that the royal bloodline that has been piled up with generations of beauties is really not covered. Although Liu Yu is not greedy for a good woman, Gillian will be her own queen in the future after all, choose a crooked melon and split dates, and she must not wronged herself to death, what kind of emperor should she be?

Ten days later, the Empress Dowager Dou held a lively family banquet in Changle Palace. Emperor Jing, Wang Huan, Princess Guantao, Tangyi Hou Chen Wu, Jiaodong Wang Liu Yu, and Chen Ajiao attended the family banquet. The atmosphere of the family banquet was harmonious, the discussion was lively, and the results were enormous. With the successful conclusion of the family banquet, Liu Yu and Chen Ajiao's marriage agreement was settled, and the marriage was completed when Liu Yu became an adult.

Except for Liu Yu, no one who attended the family banquet this time realized that the marriage contract of "Jinwu Zangjiao" was a turning point in the politics of the Han Dynasty. Because her daughter's marriage contract had been decided, Princess Guantao turned to fully support Liu Yu's ascension to the throne, laying the first solid foundation for Liu Yu to finally win the crown prince.

The winter of the fourth year of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty was particularly cold. Liu Yu was well aware that the Han Dynasty was in a period of drastic climate change, especially the invasion of cold and drought would become more and more serious.

The impact of this climate upheaval on the nomadic economy of ethnic minorities in the north is enormous. When the cold and dry periods come, the grasslands dry up and livestock yields are greatly reduced. This is why after the Han Dynasty, the nomads in the north continued to attack the farming peoples of the Central Plains, and they were only forced to live.

Sitting on the hot kang, Xiao Liu Yu was worried about the country and the people. Looking at the Wang Wan sisters and Chen Ajiao, who were happily playing against the landlord, he frowned: "Mother, can't you just change places to play?" ”

Wang Wan was just about to open her mouth, but Wang Erjiao had already shouted: "You conscienceless little guy! Did you want to freeze me and your mother to death by kicking us out?! ”

“…… Didn't I send you all a couple of stoves? ”

"How can the stove be as warm as your big kang?!" Wang Er's lips pursed, looking unhappy.

"You won't let your father make a big kang for you?"

Don't mention this stubble, it's just that Wang Erjiao is angry when she mentions it: "You stinky boy is deliberately angry, isn't it?" Do you have the support of the Queen Mother when everyone is like you? It is against the ancestral system to break ground in the palace at will, do you know? If it weren't for the Queen Mother's hard standing on a few imperial histories, could she find someone to plate this kang for you? Even the emperor didn't dare to pan kang in Weiyang Palace. ”

Obviously, when she proposed to Emperor Jing to Pan Kang, she was beaten down.

Liu Yu sneered at this kind of behavior of his father who wanted to save face and suffer the crime, and said disdainfully: "Cut~~ How can there be a pen on the ancestral system that can't be written?" If the ancestors knew how to plate the kang, they would have already put a few on the plate in each palace. Our Emperor Gaozu also slept on a straw mat, who dares to say that he is not wise and martial, who dares to say that he violates the ancestral system? ”

"Ahem...... ahem" Wang Wan saw that the two of them were talking more and more, coughed a few times, squeezed her eyes at Xiao Liu Yu, and signaled that there was still a Chen Ajiao in the room.

In the main hall of Weiyang Palace, Emperor Jing looked at the courtiers arguing below, his face gloomy.

The main hall was very warm, and the stove offered by Liu Yujin, the king of Jiaodong, burned vigorously, which was much better than the effect of the charcoal pot, but Emperor Jing's heart still felt a biting chill.

This year's winter is much colder than ever, and after a heavy snowfall, the whole Han does not know how many people will freeze to death. The Xiongnu began to move again, and once the war began, the people on the northern border would really be in trouble.

There is a minister who proposes to make peace again? Emperor Jing felt deeply humiliated, and after four years on the throne, he actually made peace with the Xiongnu twice. Just two years before he ascended the throne, he sent his two biological daughters on the chariot to the Xiongnu, but he did not exchange the slightest sincerity from the Xiongnu. In last year's rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, the Xiongnu colluded with King Wu, and Chen Chong was on the northern border. If it weren't for Emperor Jing's precautions, once the Xiongnu army crossed the Great Wall, the Central Plains would have been devastated.

"Your Majesty, this time the Xiongnu Zuoxian King led tens of thousands of horsemen to besiege my Shangjun, his ambition is not small, and he will not give up because of his affinity." Prime Minister Zhou Yafu was born in the door, and he already hated his relatives, so he spoke out against it at this time.

Emperor Jing was silent for a long time, looked at Chen Xiao, who was in charge of foreign affairs and internal minority affairs, and asked slowly, "What does Aiqing think?" ”

Chen Xiao was resigned, and said with a humble heart: "The Xiongnu envoys asked for 6 million stones of millet (1 stone = 200 catties) and 100,000 horses of silk before they could retreat." ”

"Six million stones?!"

The ministers were all shocked, in this era when the yield per mu was only two stones, 600 stones was equivalent to 3 million acres of high-quality fertile land, and the highest yield in the year of wind and rain.

"Your Majesty, you can't give it! There are 300,000 border troops in our Han Dynasty, and last year we consumed only 8 million stones. The Huns have more livestock, and if six million stones are given, there will be more than 300,000 Hun iron horsemen next year, and then my Han will be in danger! ”

Taiwei Dou Ying bowed to the ground facing the emperor, and his voice was poignant and firm.

"Your Majesty, you really can't give it!" Tai Nongling, who was in charge of food and finance, also spoke out against it, "There was a great drought in Hanzhong this summer, and my land rent was less than 40 million stones. Now that the snow is falling heavily in northern Xinjiang, it will not be long before all localities will ask for disaster relief. If there is no food to use at that time, the lives will be ruined, and it will be difficult to thank the world for the death! ”

"The great line made Chen Xiao want to kill my people and make enemies! The minister must have killed Chen Xiao this fang! ”

For a time, the crowd in the court was excited, and the minister who originally had a gap with Chen Xiao was even more down, wanting to kill him.

Emperor Jing rubbed his eyebrows, waved his hand to signal the ministers to stop arguing, and said loudly: "I have made up my mind, and Li Guang, the commander of the cavalry, will be appointed as the Taishou of the county, train the soldiers, and fight against the Huns."

Sun Kunxie, the prince of the pawn country, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty Chen Qi, Li Guang leads the troops, and it is indeed unparalleled in the world. However, he was quite conceited, and repeatedly fought hand-to-hand with the enemy, and this time he led the troops, and he had to be ordered not to go into battle in person. ”

Emperor Jing smiled and nodded, and said, "Aiqing is thoughtful, and she is supervised by the eunuchs and eunuchs. ”

The middle-aged eunuch standing on the side walked down the steps, turned around and knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty has an order." ”

Emperor Jing instructed: "This time, you must not interfere in military affairs, you only need to save Li Guang's life." If he dies, you don't have to come back. ”

Chun Zhizhi kowtowed again: "No! ”

The heavy snow in Shangjun closed the road, and only a white expanse was left between the sky and the earth, and a long team was struggling to move forward.

"General, the scouts have come to report that a small number of Huns have been found thirty miles to the east." The baby-faced soldier chased after him on horseback and reported to a burly Li Guangyu.

"Oh? The personal guards will go with me, kill a few Hun barbarians, and warm up! Li Guang's eyes lit up, and he pulled out his saber and shouted.

The baby-faced guard rode his horse in front of Li Guang and said loudly: "General, the Lord of the Prison Army said that you don't need to go into battle in person, he will take dozens of horsemen to check, and half an hour has passed at this time." ”

Li Guang became angry as soon as he heard it, and thirty miles away, the elite cavalry could fight back and forth in a moment. Obviously, this pro-soldier was instructed by the prison army to deliberately delay the time for reporting.

"Grandma's bear! Zeng Quan, you eat things inside and out! If it weren't for Lao Tzu, you would still be watching the gate in Beigong right now! ”

"Lord Jian Jun said, this is the emperor's will!" Zeng Quan was unmoved, he knew that the supervision of the army was to protect the safety of General Li Guang. This is also his responsibility as a personal guard, and he has always adhered to the principle to the end. Li Guang was the patrol guard of Weiyang Palace back then, and he took a fancy to him. When the rebellion of Wu Chu was quelled, Li Guang was transferred to the rank of lieutenant of Xiaocai, and he was transferred to his own account as a personal guard.

Now it seems that this stubborn temper and admitting death is also a headache for Li Guang.

Li Guang looked at the somewhat gray sky helplessly, and ordered the whole army to suspend its advance, camp on the spot, and wait for the news that the prison army came back. At this moment, Chun Zhizhi appeared in front of him covered in blood.

It turned out that Chun Zhizhi brought dozens of cavalry, galloped on horseback, and encountered three Huns walking in the snow, and was about to come forward to arrest them. Who knew that the three people turned around and shot arrows, wounding Chun Zhizhi, and the dozens of cavalrymen were also shot to death. It can be seen that the archery skills of the three of them are superb, and they are the top figures in the Hun army.

Li Guang pondered for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he said, "This must be the condor shooter among the Huns." ”

The so-called condor shooter is the best archery among the Huns.

Prairie eagles, generally with a wingspan of two to three meters, like to stay at an altitude of two or three hundred meters, and ordinary archers simply cannot shoot arrows so high. Moreover, the feathers of the steppe eagle are shiny and smooth, and if the bow and arrow do not penetrate the eagle's body vertically, it will immediately slip on its feathers, and it will be difficult to stab or kill it.

Therefore, the eagle must not only be accurate, but also be able to pull a strong bow to shoot the eagle. The Condor Shooter has outstanding abilities, and is basically an ancient special forces, specializing in special tasks in the army, such as detectives, killing opponents with cold arrows, and so on. In addition, people who are skilled in archery generally have a very agile ability to dodge arrows.

Generally, two or three Hun condor archers can wipe out hundreds of semi-professional Han soldiers, not that they are very strong, the Huns and their descendants are fighting and fleeing, and shoot you to death when you chase them.

Fortunately, it was the prison guards who went to investigate first. Even if Li Guang approached the three condor archers without prior understanding, it would not be much better than Chun Zhizhi's fate. In the unlikely event that the Lord will be captured or killed, the situation of the Great Han will be critical. I have to say that Chunzhi's approach is still safe, and it can be said that his arrow was taken for Li Guang.

If you can get rid of these three eagle archers, the battle merit will be much greater than killing a thousand Hun iron horsemen.

Li Guang waved his hand and motioned for the guards to take the prison army down for treatment. Then he secretly took a hundred personal guards cavalry, galloped wildly, and chased after these three people.

The three men had no horses, and they only walked a few dozen miles on foot. Looking at them from afar, Li Guang ordered the cavalry to disperse and copy from the left and right.

Li Guang did not approach rashly, but took out the iron tire bow that Emperor Jing ordered someone to build especially for him. This three-stone strong bow, since it was made, no one has been able to pull it apart except Li Guang himself. I only heard him put his arrows on the wind, and he shouted, and the muscles of his arms were raised high, and his bow was like a full moon.

Shout!

The black iron arrow crossed a beautiful arc, and the distance of a hundred zhang away came in an instant, and one of the Huns fell to the ground in response, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

Seeing this, the personal guards cavalry couldn't help but boil with blood and shouted loudly.

The remaining two hurriedly took their bows and fired back, but the arrows couldn't hit the Han cavalry a hundred feet away, let alone shoot through the armor on their bodies. When the cavalry saw this, they couldn't help laughing.

Finally, when Li Guang shot one person again, the remaining one of the condor archers threw away the bow and arrow in his hand and was captured by Li Guang and the others. Stopping the cavalry guards who wanted to kill people and vent their anger, Li Guang ordered: "Take care of it and send it back to Your Majesty, it will be of great use." ”

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