On July 16, the 23rd year of Hongwu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, as the commander of the army of the Luoyang rebels of the Third Western Expedition, the youngest son of Li Ji, the youngest son of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the ninth prince and the king of Anle, Li Shou, set out on the expedition.

Oh, it's not appropriate to call him King Anle now, Bi Jing's son Li Ji has issued a holy decree, temporarily appointing Li Shou as the general of Anping, and temporarily governor all the wars in the Luoyang area.

As the commander of the guards beside Li Shou, Xie An was pulled up by Liang Qiu Dance early.

In view of the fact that he was going to go to Luoyang today, Xie An came to the Donggong Mansion after sweeping the tomb yesterday, and wanted to be intimate with Liang Qiu Wu and Yi Yi Er, but he didn't expect that Liang Qiu Wu was stunned to talk to him all night, and told Xie An one by one about some things to face when he stepped into the battlefield and matters to pay attention to, and repeatedly told him.

It is undeniable that Liangqiu Dance is well-intentioned, but it can only be said that this woman is too ignorant of taste.

In Xie An's opinion, his husband is about to set foot on the battlefield, so as a wife, he naturally has to cherish this short night more, such as sleeping together, sleeping together, sleeping together...... As a result, this woman was good, and Jing told him to stay overnight.

Isn't that putting the cart before the horse?

When it was dawning, when Liang Qiuwu and Yi Yi put on the armor for Xie An, Xie Anxin was still complaining.

The armor belonged to Liang Qiu Wu, although Xie An said in every possible way that the court had distributed him a set of armor, but Liang Qiu Wu ignored it and put on her most precious armor for Xie An.

Think about it, according to Liang Qiu Wu's serious and stubborn xìng style, how can she tolerate her husband wearing an armor that doesn't know how to defend to go to the battlefield?

Thanks to Xie An's weak body, otherwise, Liang Qiu Wu would probably want to arm him to the teeth, although Xie An would not personally go into battle to kill the enemy after all.

The time to set out is getting closer and closer.

Although Xie An had finished putting on the armor, Liang Qiuwu didn't know why, she always walked around him, looking at her expression, it seemed that she wanted to peel off the armor on Xie An and put it on for him again.

Her stupid way of caring made Xie An laugh and was very moved in his heart.

Gently holding Liang Qiuwu in his arms, Xie An said softly, "Don't worry, I'm fine, isn't there still Brother Yan and them!" ”

"Hmm!" Liang Qiuwu nodded, then raised his head, looked at Xie An and said, "It is better to know your husband and wife for your husband, but the battlefield is not as good as other places...... Don't be reckless, if you encounter danger, ...... Run for your life! ”

"O?" Xie An laughed, he never thought that from his wife's mouth, Jing Ran would say the word escape.

Liang Qiuwu's face was slightly red, and she knew that as a general, it was really inappropriate for her to say this, but ...... Looking at her embarrassed expression, Xie An smiled softly, nodded and said, "O, I will!" - Nothing else, but when it comes to running for your life, I'm good at it! ”

Looking at Xie An's pretended smug appearance, Liang Qiuwu couldn't help laughing, and after finishing the armor on Xie An's body at the end, he said in a low voice, "Be careful......

"Hmmm! - Then I'm leaving......

Taking a deep breath, Liang Qiuwu took two steps back, and under Xie Anbe's inexplicable gaze, he clenched his fists heavily, and said in a deep voice, "I wish my husband and my husband good luck for my wife!" ”

Beside her, Yi Yi also bowed down, with a little stalk, and said in a low voice, "The concubine wishes her husband a smooth sailing on this trip, and everything will turn into an ancient ......."

Huh?

How is this?

It shouldn't be like this, right?

Xie An looked at Liang Qiuwu and Yi Yi Erjin a little dumbfounded, shook his head angrily, stepped forward, kissed her Erjin on the lips, and said with a smile, "That's right!" - Then I'm leaving! ”

Yi Yi was so ashamed that his face was red, even if he was Liang Qiu Wu, he was a little overwhelmed, reached out and touched his somewhat moist red lips, and nodded slightly.

Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she looked at Xie An's departing back and shouted loudly, "Remember to write a letter to your family!" - One rì one! ”

一rì a letter...... Xie An, who was in the distance, stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

He couldn't help but complain.

This stupid girl can do anything, but he is too tight, just like a child...... But this feeling is ...... For Xie An, who has been lonely since he was a child, it is really good.

In the eyes of this era, it helps to improve the morale of the expeditionary army, but in Xie An's view, it is simply stupid to go out against the sun at noon in July.

It is said that the army is open, but in fact, in addition to Liang Qiuwu's two thousand Beirong wolf cavalry for Xie An and Zhang Luo, there are only 20,000 soldiers, and these 20,000 soldiers are still the local city garrisons that the imperial court mobilized from the area of Bingzhou when they heard that the battle situation in Luoyang was unfavorable some time ago.

To put it bluntly, it is just a group of soldiers who stand guard on the city wall or open and close the city gates, and Xie An really has no hope of how much combat strength this kind of army can have.

But then again, Xie An didn't believe that the crown prince Li Wei would hand over the real strong master to him and Li Shou.

As soon as the time came, on the temporary platform set up in the west of the capital of Hebei, Li Shou, who served as the commander of this army, read it for nearly half an hour according to the sacrificial text prepared by the Ministry of Rites.

Then, amid the roar of his army, 20,000 soldiers raised their weapons and shouted.

Facing the summer sun and feeling the high morale of those soldiers, Xie An really had some doubts, these soldiers shouted and shouted, in fact, they wanted to rush to the point of the general platform and beat Li Shou, who had told them to stand under the poison for half an hour.

At least, Xie Anxin had this impulse.

So much so that when Li Shouyang proudly asked Xie An if he was handsome when he gave a speech just now, Xie An gave him a disdainful look.

From Jijing to Luoyang, there was a distance of more than 2,000 miles, in other words, according to the normal marching speed, every 60 miles, they had to walk more than 30 miles, that is, more than a month.

Bi Jing, in addition to the two thousand Beirong wolf cavalry, the two who were handed over by the imperial court to Li Shou and Xie An were infantry, or a group of local garrisons who had not necessarily participated in several battles.

It is worth mentioning that Yan Kai, Chen Gang, Xiang Qing, and Luo Chao did not go to Luoyang with the army at this time.

The reason is very simple, the longest limit of leave in the imperial court is only three months, and it will take more than a month to go to Luoyang with the army, so it will naturally take more than a month to return, in other words, in less than a month left, how can the four generals of the Shenwu Battalion of the Eastern Army ensure that the rebels are quelled?

For this reason, Xie An came up with a good idea, that is, let Yan Kai and other four generals postpone the time of leave, let him and Li Shou go to Luoyang with the army first, and after leaving for more than 20 years, then call the four generals of the Shenwu Battalion to take leave to the court under various excuses, and he will enter the four and ride to Luoyang.

According to Chen Gang's description, they were confident that they could ride from Jijing to Luoyang on horseback within seven days, which was simply incredible in Xie An's opinion.

Seven rì rushed to Luoyang, in other words, they had to rush at least three hundred miles per rì, and it is very likely that these seven rì required them to stay awake and travel all night, which is not something that ordinary people can do.

But in the final analysis, this is the best way, aside from the half-month travel time back and forth, the four generals still have two and a half months to help Xie An and Li Shou quell the Luoyang rebellion, which makes Xie An a little moved.

If he hadn't entered by himself, who would have sacrificed his life to help him like this?

But then again, this method also has a certain risk, not to mention whether the 20,000 accompanying army is mixed with the fine work of the crown prince Li Wei, just the 2,000 Beirong wolf riders are enough for Xie An to drink a pot.

If it weren't for Liang Qiuwu, before Xie An set out on the expedition, he sued these outsiders in a stern tone; If it weren't for Li Shou taking out 20,000 taels of silver, he rewarded these outsiders in advance; If it weren't for the fact that there were still 300 soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion of the Eastern Army pretending to be Wai Rong in the army, Xie An really wouldn't dare to lead this group of Wai Rong wolf riders alone without Liang Qiu Wu and the four generals of the Shenwu Battalion.

Of course, if these guys dare to do this, there is no doubt that what they will face is the crazy pursuit of Liangqiu Dance, which is even more terrible than in the battlefield in northern Hebei, and they will not die.

But what surprised Xie An was that although the Beirong wolf riders were disdainful of Li Shou, they listened to him Xie An's words very much, and they were more obedient than the 20,000 troops.

Later, he learned that Liang Qiu Wu had conveyed her relationship with him to these in, in other words, the reason why these Beirong wolf riders were obedient and obedient in front of Xie An was only because he was the husband of [Yan Hu Ji] Liang Qiu Wu, and that's it.

As for the eldest grandson Xiangyu, this woman was mixed with the three hundred soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion of the Eastern Army, pretending to be Xie An and Li Shou's guards, and went out with Erjin, without taking any matters of portal control to heart.

This made Xie An vaguely worried, Bi Jing went to Luoyang for at least a few months, and if the eldest grandson family learned that the eldest grandson Xiangyu was not in Jijing, it would not be good.

Yin Gong is easy to explain, but Xie An heard that the father of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, when he was the head of the military department, Changsun Jing, he was very strict with his daughter, and even almost broke off the father-daughter relationship several times, if it wasn't for Yin Gong's maneuvering.

Xie An believed that if the soldier learned that he had abducted his daughter and went to Luoyang together, he would probably tear him apart if he was alone and widowed, and he would probably tear him apart...... To get back to the point, in view of the fact that there was a journey from Jijing to Luoyang, which was more than a month, slower or even two months, Xie An asked the eldest grandson Xiangyu about the Luoyang rebels on the way.

According to the explanation of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Xie An was shocked to find out that the rebels in Luoyang turned out to be the people and military households in the Nanyang area, and what shocked him even more was that the rebels had raised the anti-flag as early as three years ago...... It was in the summer and autumn of the following year of the Northern Expedition of the Four Princes Li Mao and Liangqiu Wu, and heavy rains fell in many areas of the Great Zhou Dynasty, resulting in major river bursts in Hanoi, Guandu, Dongping, Jinan and other areas, causing large areas of farmland to be flooded and a large number of crops to be harvested destroyed.

From May to August of the same year, large-scale locust plagues occurred in Shangyong, Yiyang, Gwangju and other places, affecting all counties and counties, which made the already small grain output of the Great Zhou even more stretched, and the people in many counties and villages were busy for a year without harvest.

The order refers to the fact that among the merchants all over the country in the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were many evil businessmen who secretly accumulated grain and grain, raised the price of rice, and made a fortune without conscience, and would rather burn the excess grain in the treasury with a fire than give it to the desperate people, so that the local people accumulated resentment and hatred, and frequent riots.

In November, a rebellion of 100,000 people first broke out in Nanyang, Jingzhou, and Zhang Changji, the county guard of Nanyang, was killed by the excited people in the process of persuading the rebellious people.

After a chaos, Juncheng Sun Yang died in the chaos, and before being washed into his own house by the chaos, the superintendent Shi Han Zhan wrote a letter in the study, and ordered his henchmen to rush to Jijing overnight.

Hearing that the people of Nanyang were rioting, not long after the fourth prince Li Mao pacified the northern border, the great Zhou Xiaozi, who had planned to hold a feast, was shocked and angry after receiving the recital of the superintendent Shi Han Zhan.

Surprisingly, Han Zhan, the superintendent of the imperial history, wrote in the recital [The people have no food, hunger is all over the field, and Yi Zi cannibalism]; Angry, the rebels in Nanyang dared to kill the imperial court officials.

Fortunately, the young son Li Ji was not a dumb king, and after thinking about it, he ordered his favorite eighth prince Li Xian to go to Nanyang instead of him, appease the local soldiers and civilians, and urgently ordered 2,000 carts of grain and grain to be requisitioned from all over the country to be transported to the place immediately.

Therefore, a month and a half later, when Li Xian, the eighth prince who was only 16 or 7 years old, rushed to Nanyang from the south of the Yangtze River, he was shocked to find that most of the 100,000 people in Nanyang had fled to Luoyang and Chang'an.

It was too late to chase, and besides, Li Xian had no intention of pursuing it, so he gave up and distributed the grain to the refugees who remained in Nanyang, and at the same time, he also began to track down the culprits who hoarded grain and raised the price of rice, and hundreds of merchants who had no conscience were beheaded according to the law.

After the news spread, the status of the eighth prince Li Xian in the eyes of the people everywhere was greatly improved, and his reputation was on a par with that of the fourth prince Li Mao.

But this matter is not over, at that time there were nearly seventy or eighty thousand rebellious people in Nanyang, fleeing to Luoyang through Luoshui, along the way for some reason, spread the news that [the imperial court is about to send a large army to encircle and suppress the mob in Nanyang], which made the people nearby, one after another, so that when this group of refugees came to Luoyang, there were no less than 200,000.

At that time, the Luoyang Mansion Yin was called Chu Bin, and after seeing such a large number of refugees, how dare he open the city gate, and immediately ordered the Luoyang city gate to be closed and the refugees were kept out of the city.

As for food, due to the severe drought that year, Luoyang also had no harvest, relying on the grain stored in the treasury to feed the people in the city, and where was the surplus grain to supply the refugees.

After the negotiation failed, more than 200,000 angry refugees outside the city began to organize and prepare to attack the city.

You must know that among these refugees, many of them were generals of the local army in Nanyang, or the official offices, errands, and officials of the government office, only because their hometowns, wives, and children were cornered by rice merchants, so they rebelled, and thus committed a mortal crime, so they had to flee to Luoyang with their families.

They were originally officials of the imperial court, and naturally knew that the imperial court would never give up, for this reason, they urgently needed to blend in with the people of Luoyang, Bi Jing In their opinion, even if the imperial court wanted to investigate afterwards, it could not kill hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Luoyang.

However, Yin Chubin of Luoyang Mansion closed the city gate tightly, which ruined their only hope, which made them have to take risks.

Finally, the largest rebellion of the Great Zhou Dynasty broke out, under the command of the original officers and officials of Nanyang, more than 200,000 people cut down trees to make siege equipment, and attacked Luoyang on a large scale.

It stands to reason that Luoyang has 40,000 garrisons, and there are a total of 60,000 troops such as Hangu Pass and Bishui Pass nearby, and it is almost impossible to fall.

But for some reason, Luoyang still fell, and more than 200,000 crazy Nanyang people rushed into the city and killed Yin Chubin of Luoyang Mansion and many other officials.

Afterwards, with the mentality of not doing two endlessly, in order to protect themselves, the rebels began to attack Bishui Pass and Hangu Pass, and at the same time as the imperial court organized the conquest of the army, Bishui Pass fell, and soon after, Hangu Pass, known as the first Xiongguan, was also lost.

As a result, from the initial Nanyang rebellion, it evolved into a major rebellion across Liangzhou and Sizhou, so that the imperial court could no longer sit idly by, so that a two-year stalemate was launched in Bishui Pass and Yiyang.

It's not that this rebel army is so powerful, but because the Great Zhou Dynasty has been fighting outside the country for many years, and then there have been disasters in various parts of Ga, which is really a bit of a big loss of vitality, so it has not requisitioned troops and fought against the rebels on a large scale.

Until an opportunity happened...... The general of the rebel army who guarded the Bishui Pass suddenly surrendered to the imperial court.

You must know that Bishui Pass is the gateway to Luoyang, once this pass is taken, it means that a large area of Sizhou including Luoyang can be recovered, for this reason, the son Li Ji issued a holy decree, called the son of Nanguo Gong Lu Song, Lu Fan, Lu Keting, led 20,000 southern troops to fall into the camp and tens of thousands of accompanying troops to attack the rebels.

At first, due to the surrender of the rebel generals of Bishui Pass, Lu Fan led the army all the way to capture the city, not only captured Luoyang, but also once hit the Hangu Pass, fluttering the flag of the Great Zhou Army Lu Fan army sang all the way, morale was great, no one would have thought that a battle of Hangu Pass completely buried the previous good situation, Lu Fan died in battle, and the army lost more than half.

The rebels began a counteroffensive, pursuing the Western Expeditionary Army all the way, not only recapturing Bishui Pass, but also hitting all the way to Daliang.

Finally, Li Ji, the young son who was already in the twilight of his twilight, could no longer tolerate the arrogant momentum of the rebels, organized the army again, and ordered the general Wu Bang to march west again.

To tell the truth, this western expedition is the real battle to the death, unlike the previous time when Lu Fan's soldiers took the Bishui Pass without blood, the general Wu Bang fiercely attacked the pass for more than ten rì and sacrificed countless soldiers, so he forcibly took this pass, and then took advantage of the victory to pursue, all the way to Hangu Pass.

Chenggao, Gongcheng, Yanshi, Luoyang, Gucheng, when the general Wu Bang led the army to conquer five heavy cities and more than ten small cities, it hit the Hangu Pass, but what I didn't expect was that under the Hangu Pass, the general of the Great Zhou Dynasty also followed in the footsteps of Lu Fan and was killed by the same rebel general on the battlefield.

And now, the third wave of the Western Expeditionary Army, commanded by Li Shou, is approaching the city [Yanshi] that the Great Zhou army is holding to die, here, there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the first two Western Expeditionary Armies...... "I really didn't expect it, Jingran is like ......this" After hearing the explanation of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Xie An shook his head in disbelief.

Beside Xie An, Li Shou also sighed.

"Jiān Shang mistaken country o A!"

"Really?" The eldest grandson, Xiangyu, smiled faintly.

Xie An and Li Shou glanced at each other and said in surprise, "What do you mean by this?" ”

I saw the eldest grandson Xiangyu, who was wearing the armor of the guard, snapped the folding fan in his hand and laughed softly, "Don't you think the whole thing is too coincidental?" ”

"Coincidentally?"

"O," the eldest grandson Xiangyu nodded, holding the reins of the horse in one hand and the folding fan in the other, and said in a deep voice, "Nanyang County guards Zhang Changji's death document, I have seen it in the Ministry of Officials before, he was on the way to pacify the rioting people in Anyang, and the local people killed him by mistake...... This entry is the beginning of this whole thing! ――If this entry is still alive, there will be no Luoyang rebels now! ”

Hearing this, a strange look appeared on Xie An's face, and he said in surprise, "You don't think that there is instigation behind your back?" ”

The eldest grandson Xiangyu smiled slightly, did not comment on Xie An's words, and said lightly, "The little woman just thinks that this matter is probably not as simple as we thought, from the death of Zhang Changji, the guard of Nanyang County, to the capture of Luoyang by more than 200,000 Nanyang people, the whole thing is too coincidental, too logical...... Why didn't those refugees flee to Jingzhou? Rather, to flee to Luoyang? You must know that the Sizhou area was also plagued by disasters back then, where is there any surplus food to supply these refugees......"

"What do you mean......"

The eldest grandson Xiangyu let out a long breath, the corners of his mouth raised a little smile, and muttered, "If my guess is right, behind the whole thing, there must be an instigation ......" As she spoke, she looked up at Xie An and Li Shou, and said with a smile, "Do you know why I came to Luoyang?" ”

Xie An and Li Shou glanced at each other and shook their heads.

"That's because, Miss Ben sensed something very incredible from this whole thing...... You know, if it weren't for the fact that I knew very well that I had never intervened in this matter, I really had some doubts that this was the handiwork of my eldest grandson Xiangyu......

"......" Xie An and Li Shou looked at each other.

"What a coincidence, what a coincidence!" The folding fan was opened with a snap, and the eldest grandson Xiangyu's eyes flashed a little jīng, as if he had met a strong enemy, and muttered with a little joy, "First called in and pretended to be a mob to kill Zhang Changji, the guard of Nanyang County, causing the Nanyang Mansion to send troops to suppress it, and then instigated the mob to rush to Luoyang, which was short of food, so that Yin Chubin of Luoyang Mansion had to close the city gate, thus forcing the 200,000 refugees to storm Luoyang in order to survive, and completely broke their hearts of surrender...... The whole thing is interlocking, as if everything has already been arranged, this kind of conspiracy...... Interesting, interesting! Licking her lips, she chuckled, "I really can't imagine that in addition to my eldest grandson Xiangyu, there is such a scheming woman in the world!" ”

"Woman? Even if there is really instigation behind this incident, how can you be sure that it is a woman? Xie An had a strange expression on his face, he didn't think that there was a woman in the world who could be called a demon like the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

"Because it was so perfect, the whole layout was ...... It makes me wonder if it is the handiwork of my eldest grandson Xiangyu......"

"Hey, hey, hey, you didn't boast about yourself like that, did you?" Xie An sneered angrily.

Ignoring Xie An's ridicule, the eldest grandson Xiangyu raised his right hand holding the folding fan, blocked the fan on his forehead, glanced at the sky, and a sneer appeared next to the corner of his mouth.

"Wait, unknown woman, I'll get you out! ――A woman with beauty and wisdom, it is enough to have my eldest grandson Xiangyu in this world! ”

"......" glanced at Li Shou, who had a strange face, and Xie An shook his head slightly.

There is no cure for madness!