Zhao Ling stroked the three short whiskers under his chin, and said unhurriedly: "Since the three strong are established, Yu Culture and will definitely be heavily deployed on the line from Longxi to Fufeng, and the counties of Xiping and Jincheng will inevitably be empty. Baidu search: read the novel // Once our army captures Jincheng, Yu culture will inevitably be shaken. In order to avoid being attacked on the back of the abdomen, Yu Wenhua will definitely mobilize a large army to fight a decisive battle with me, and when the time comes, the cavalry will be useful! It's just that one thing is missing. ”

Liu Ziqiu asked, "What is missing?" ”

Zhao Ling smiled: "There is still a name missing!" I don't know if the lord plans to support Yang Hao, or does he plan to support Yang Gao? ”

Liu Ziqiu had already thought about this question, but he never said it, and he laughed unconsciously: "Yu Wenhua, Yang Xuangan, and Li Yuan can each support a little emperor, can't Liu?" Liu neither supports Yang Hao nor Yang Gao, Liu wants to support Yang Hao! ”

……

"No! I'm going to see Liu Ziqiu! Hearing that Liu Ziqiu wanted to support Yang Qi as the emperor, and then declare war on Yu Wenhua, Fan Lihua became anxious and said loudly, "Liu Ziqiu wants to treat Yang Qi as a puppet, and Yu Culture and they are all the same dog, I will never agree!" ”

Wen Hao said disappreciably: "The lord wants to avenge his brothers, but he just borrowed the name of that baby, why do you say it so ugly." ”

"No! I'm going to ask Liu Ziqiu face to face! Fan Lihua ignored Wen Hao's obstruction, and walked out.

Although she has not been with Yang Guang for a long time, she is used to seeing the weak family affection and deceit of the royal family. Yang Qi was saved by her desperate life, and deep down in her heart, she already regarded Yang Qi as her own child, she only hoped that Yang Qi would live well, but she didn't want Yang Qi to be an emperor.

Some time ago, under the auspices of Liu Ziqiu, Fan Lihua was already married to Wen Hao. The young couple competed in martial arts and talked about the art of war in their spare time, but they were also very affectionate, and they never blushed because of anything. Now seeing that Fan Lihua suddenly became angry, Wen Hao was a little at a loss, and only after a while did he stomp his feet vigorously and said, "That's it, I'll go with you!" ”

However, Wen Hao, this kid, was a little afraid of guilt, so he really asked him to stop Fan Lihua from going to see Liu Ziqiu, and he didn't have the guts.

……

After figuring out the intention of Wen Hao and his wife, Liu Ziqiu did not explain why he wanted to support Yang Qi as the emperor, but said solemnly: "Miss Fan, Liu has always had doubts about the emperor's death in Dadou Tu Gu. ”

Fan Lihua said coldly, "What questions do you have? ”

Liu Ziqiu groaned: "At that time, Mrs. Wen was separated from the brigade because she protected the emperor's eldest grandson, but there were still many guards around the emperor, and Laihu'er and Changsun Sheng were all famous generals in the world, and these people were all folded in the hands of the rebels with the emperor, and even Empress Xiao was not spared. And Yu Wenhua, Yu Wenzhi and these two brothers are all children who only know cockfighting and dogs, but they are unharmed, isn't it suspicious? ”

Fan Lihua still didn't pretend, and replied in a stiff tone: "What does this have to do with you?" ”

Liu Ziqiu was not angry, and said lightly: "The emperor's death is not clear, Liu Mou, as a child of the Great Sui, do you say it has anything to do with me?" This matter, Liu will find out one day! ”

This is not a lie. According to Liu Ziqiu's plan, he still had many things to prepare slowly, and as a result, Yang Guang's death completely disrupted his steps. Although Liu Ziqiu took this opportunity to break out in the West Sea, it was not what he wanted after all. Therefore, Liu Ziqiu has always been worried about Yang Guang's sudden death.

Fan Lihua sneered: "You have such a good heart! ”

Liu Ziqiu was stunned, then laughed and said, "It's been so long, it's rare that Mrs. Wen still remembers the matter of Xiyuan." ”

Fan Lihua snorted coldly and turned her head to look at Wen Hao.

Wen Hao smiled and said, "Lord, I know everything about Yu'er in Xiyuan. ”

"Who said you know it all." Fan Lihua rolled her eyes angrily.

Although she is a woman, she acts above board, just like her martial arts, and does not let her eyebrows be shaved. After getting married, Fan Lihua did not shy away from her past. Including the fact that she once served as the wife in charge of Shanglin Xiyuan, if it weren't for the chance to become Yang Guang's personal maid guard, it was inevitable that she would have to serve Yang Guang with the pillow This experience was not hidden from Wen Hao. only omitted the detail that Liu Ziqiu was an assassin.

Because Fan Lihua can see that Liu Ziqiu and Wen Hao have a good relationship, Liu Ziqiu really treats Wen Hao as a brother. And assassinating the emperor is a great crime of rebellion, Fan Lihua can't bear to let this matter destroy the relationship between the two of them, so she has to bury this secret deep in her heart.

Wen Hao didn't know what to do, and he received Fan Lihua's white eyes, and grinned to himself.

Liu Ziqiu was stunned, and said: "Liu and Wen Hao are brothers, and everything must be said to brothers!" Since Brother Wen already knows the general situation, then Liu will tell the truth, and the assassin who broke into Xiyuan is Liu! ”

Wen Hao was really stunned, but only after a moment, he laughed, raised his thumb, and said: "Only a hero like the lord dares to break into the palace, Wen admires!" ”

Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said, "When Rì Liu forcibly broke into the forbidden garden, it was actually for a reason. Yang Guang robbed Liu's woman, how could Liu abandon it. If it is a brother, if someone wants to be unfavorable to Mrs. Wen, presumably my brother will not sit idly by. ”

Wen Hao gritted his teeth and said: "If there is such a thing, no matter who the other party is, I will fight to the death with him!" ”

"What nonsense are you talking about, dead and alive." Although Fan Lihua drank Wenhao on her mouth, her heart was sweet.

Her attitude towards Liu Ziqiu is sometimes admiring, and sometimes she is cold, but in fact, it is because Liu Ziqiu's assassination of Yang Guang is a knot in her heart. In the past, she only knew that she had to be loyal to the emperor, and anyone who assassinated the emperor was a great rebellion. Now, she also has her own family and her own lover, and her mind has naturally changed. Now that I have listened to Wen Hao's words again, I can finally understand what Liu Ziqiu did at that time.

But Fan Lihua is not so easy to fool, she quickly remembered her intentions again, and arched her hand and said: "Lord Liu, even if I blamed you wrongly in the past, you can't take advantage of Yang Qi as a child." ”

Liu Ziqiu shook his head and said, "Liu is not using him, but letting him take the responsibility he should bear." ”

Fan Lihua said disdainfully: "What responsibility can a child bear?" In short, he can't be made emperor. ”

Liu Ziqiu said with a smile: "Mrs. Wen don't worry, Yang Qi is still Yang Qi, Liu is just borrowing his name from the outside world, and he definitely doesn't mean to treat him as a puppet." In Liu's eyes, this world should not belong to a family and a surname, but to the world of people. As soon as Yang Guang died, the world was in turmoil, and the people suffered. The sooner this turmoil ends, the sooner the people can live. Yang Qi is the eldest grandson of Yang Guang, and he also has the responsibility to help Liu end this troubled world as soon as possible! ”

"The world of the world?" Fan Lihua looked at Wen Hao, her eyes were full of confusion, she couldn't understand such a profound truth for a while.

Wen Hao said arrogantly: "It doesn't matter whose world he is, it's right to follow the lord anyway!" ”

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On August 16 of the fourth year of the Great Cause, the army was assembled outside the city of Weiding. In fact, as early as five days ago, Liu Ziqiu had already unified his thinking with the generals and made a decision on Xiangyu culture and the use of troops. It's just that considering that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, Liu Ziqiu still let the soldiers and their families reunite before embarking on the journey. Although most of the Xihai people do not regard August 15 as their major festival, there are more than 5,000 Han Chinese among them, and Liu Ziqiu also has to take care of their feelings. However, after his arrangement, the Mid-Autumn Festival officially became a major festival of the Xihai tribe.

On this expedition, Liu Ziqiu did not recruit people from other tribes. In fact, after these few months of operation, the entire Xihai tribe has been completely merged into the Xihai tribe, except for the eight tribes of the party and the Tiele Hun Luo tribe. Liu Ziqiu's strength has also been unprecedentedly strengthened, in addition to the six thousand troops composed of the Sui army that remained, the young and strong people in the clan can also form twelve nomadic cavalry thousand teams, and another 5,000 standing army, the entire strength has reached 23,000 people.

At its peak, the number of troops reached more than 50,000. But the more than 50,000 people were a rabble composed of various tribes, and Liu Ziqiu's 23,000 people were all the Xihai clan's own army, and their real strength was far above Murong Fuyun. Although Yu Wenhua's troops were far superior to his own, Liu Ziqiu did not exert his strength, he only ordered 13,000 men, including 5,000 standing troops, five 1,000 nomadic cavalry teams, 1,000 pikemen and two 1,000 sword and axe men.

This crusade against Yu Culture will inevitably lead to siege warfare. The 5,000-strong standing army was actually also a nomadic cavalry, and the siege was not their forte, so the other 3,000-man troops were specifically responsible for the siege mission.

Of the twelve nomadic cavalry thousand-man teams, five thousand were composed of freed slaves from the original Xianbei tribe. These slaves turned over and became masters, and their gratitude to Liu Ziqiu was like a surging river, endless. As long as it is an order issued by Liu Ziqiu, there is no need for any mobilization, and they will not hesitate to carry it out. In this expeditionary operation, Liu Ziqiu ordered these five thousand-man teams, led by Tumulu and Jiaoliyan, and let them serve as the vanguard.

They were also cavalry, but thanks to the great steel smelting in the past few months, the equipment of the 5,000 standing army was much better than that of ordinary nomadic cavalry, and they were the main force in this operation. There has been no official commander of this standing army, but this morning, Liu Ziqiu officially appointed Wen Hao as the commander of this team. From this appointment, it can be seen that Liu Ziqiu's trust in Wen Hao is not only his loyalty, but also his ability.

Wen Hao finally took his ideal one step further, imagining his arrogant spirit of commanding thousands of troops, he couldn't help laughing.

Suddenly, I heard a ** shouting next to me: "Wait for me!" ”