Liu Ziqiu said angrily: "I persuaded you with good words, but you didn't listen, do you think I really don't dare to kill people, I want to leave you a whole corpse for the sake of Brother Wen Hao, and someone will come to take poisoned wine."

Wen Hao hurriedly said: "Yu'er, you will promise Your Majesty"

Fan Lihua's attitude was very resolute and said: "If you don't use poisonous wine, I will drink poisonous wine."

Xue Ye'er also panicked, and hurriedly said: "Sister Yu'er, sister and sister will definitely listen to you in the future, and will never dare to make the slightest transgression, and I hope that my sister can accept her sister."

Fan Lihua closed her eyes and didn't speak, looking like she was just waiting to die quickly

Gao Xiu'er didn't expect Fan Lihua to be so stubborn, she didn't want to really hurt Fan Lihua's life, she couldn't help but hesitate and whispered: "Husband, forget it."

Liu Ziqiu still had an angry face and brushed his sleeves and said: "My words are golden mouths and jade words, how can they be changed"

At this time, Vanilla had already walked over from behind, holding a lacquer plate in his hand, and a black porcelain bottle with Vanilla on it, came to Fan Lihua and said in a deep voice: "Mrs. Wen's poisonous wine is here, you can drink it quickly."

Fan Lihua opened her eyes, turned her head to look at Wen Hao, sighed, grabbed the porcelain vase, raised her head, and drank a big gulp

Xue Ye'er was taken aback when she saw this, and instantly burst into tears and said, "Sister, I hurt you."

After saying that, she also grabbed the porcelain vase and drank a big sip

Wen Hao didn't expect that these two people were so fierce, he was stunned, and he grabbed the porcelain bottle and took a big sip, and suddenly knelt down towards Liu Ziqiu, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister can no longer follow Your Majesty, help Your Majesty make meritorious achievements, please treat Your Majesty's children well after the minister's death."

Things happened too fast, Empress Xiao and Gao Xiu'er were dumbfounded, Liu Ziqiu's face was full of anger, but Vanilla secretly smiled

Fan Lihua didn't expect that Xue Ye'er and Wen Hao would rush to drink the poisoned wine, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "Sister, husband, you two are so stupid, after I'm gone, poor child, alas"

Wen Hao didn't have the slightest worry, and whispered: "Rest assured, Your Majesty will definitely take care of our children."

Liu Ziqiu suddenly stood up, walked in front of the three of them and said, "Fan Lihua, do you regret it now?"

Fan Lihua wanted to say that she didn't regret it, but thinking that her husband and wife and Xue Ye'er had already drunk poisoned wine, her son was lonely and bitter from then on, and said that she didn't regret it, it was false, and she was speechless for a while

Liu Ziqiu said again: "It's a pity that I don't have an antidote, I just want to ask, if I find an antidote and save the lives of the three of you, are you still willing to accept Miss Xue as your sister?"

Fan Lihua shook her head and said, "Since the emperor doesn't have an antidote, what else do you say?"

Liu Ziqiu said lightly: "I'm just curious"

Fan Lihua thought about it seriously and said: "Actually, Ye'er and I are sisters, and she is willing to live in the house, and I have no opinion."

Liu Ziqiu laughed and said: "Isn't it right to think like this earlier, don't be rash in the future."

Wen Hao came to his senses and asked repeatedly: "Your Majesty is saying that there will be a future for the ministers?"

Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said: "How can there be no future, there is still a long way to go, I hope that the three of you will be kind and loving, and grow old together, what do you think of the taste of that bottle of poisonous wine?"

The three said in unison: "Sour"

Gao Xiu'er was also curious: "Husband, what did you give them to drink?"

Vanilla covered her mouth and smiled: "My sister is my brother-in-law, so I poured a bottle of old vinegar"

Liu Ziqiu laughed breathlessly for a long time before saying, "Mrs. Wen, if you do this again in the future, I will give you jealousy."

Fan Lihua knew that she was in Liu Ziqiu's time, but what she said boldly was like water spilled, and naturally it was counted, but she was not stupid, and she reacted quickly and said loudly: "The emperor will not happen to this kind of thing again in the future, so the emperor can't threaten me."

Liu Ziqiu was stunned and asked, "Why?"

Fan Lihua stretched out her hand and pointed at Wen Hao, and said with a blushing face: "Because the emperor said that he would only let him marry two wives."

Liu Ziqiu remembered that he had indeed said something like this just now, and couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Mrs. Wen, you win."

Xue Ye'er's matter was finally resolved, and it could be regarded as an explanation for Gao Xiu'er, but Liu Ziqiu was a little worried about Wen Hao in his heart, but he was afraid that his rì would not have a good time tonight

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Up to now, except for Hebei Province, Liaoxi Province, and parts of Hedong and Henan Provinces, other places have been under Liu Ziqiu's control, he is not in a hurry to complete the great cause of dominating the world, but has adopted a strategy of rest and recuperation, after all, after Yang Guang's abuse of civil power and years of war, many places have been people's livelihood, and a relatively calm environment is needed for them to recover slowly, Liu Ziqiu is thinking about at least not carrying out a major campaign before the autumn harvest, so that the people can enjoy a relatively peaceful time

But things didn't always go according to his plan, and an emergency report quickly broke the peace, and Liu Wuzhou's army poured south, too anxious

The north of Taiyuan borders the two counties of Loufu and Yanmen, Liu Wuzhou occupies the three counties of Mayi, Loufu and Yanmen, and if he wants to continue to expand his strength, it is his inevitable choice to go south to capture Taiyuan, the last time Liu Wuzhou wanted to capture Taiyuan with the help of Turkic power, and later Liu Ziqiu led the army to break into the Mobei grassland, and made a move to encircle Wei and save Zhao, so that the crisis of Taiyuan was solved, and it was precisely because of this that the Taiyuan royal family was like the Li family in Longxi, and completely fell to Liu Ziqiu

The geographical location of Taiyuan is extremely important, it is an important barrier to prevent Liu Wuzhou from going south, so Liu Ziqiu immediately sent troops to take over the city defense of Taiyuan after repelling the Wagang army, and now there are both local troops adapted from the old army of the Sui Dynasty stationed in Taiyuan City, as well as the regular army transferred from Luoyang, but the number of regular troops is not much, relying on the local army, I am afraid it is difficult to stop Liu Wuzhou's full attack

After receiving this urgent report, Liu Ziqiu was silent for a moment and said: "I want to drive the expedition in person."

Driving in person is Yang Guang's favorite thing to do, I heard that Liu Ziqiu is also going to drive in person, and all the civil and military forces have persuaded each other, Zhao Ling arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty is now a daughter, how can you personally take risks, Liu Wu Zhou Zhou Jiecao Kou'er can be captured with his hand raised, and His Majesty will do it himself."

Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said: "I also want to live in peace for a few days, the world is undecided, the people are poor, I can't sleep and eat, Liu Wu, Zhou Fei, Lu Mingyue, Wang Bo and others are comparable to Song Jingang under him, Yu Chi Gong is brave and crowned with the three armies, Wei Chi Gong is still my righteous eldest brother, I can't bear to kill each other, I have to go through it myself."

Zhongwen and Wu knew that Liu Ziqiu was affectionate and knew that they couldn't persuade him, but from a large point of view, the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty was all tied to Liu Ziqiu, and from a small point of view, their glory and wealth were also from Liu Ziqiu, so everyone should not be careless

Pei Lin muttered: "Your Majesty wants to drive the royal family, and the ministers dare not disobey the order, but please bring more people and horses to be prepared."

Liu Ziqiu laughed and said: "Since ancient times, the Taoist soldiers have been in jīng and not in Duoxirì Yang Guang has five or six hundred thousand troops every battle, and it is very unwise to raise troops and move the people, labor and money, and it is very unwise for me to drive and personally recruit 50,000 soldiers and horses."

According to the new military system formulated by Liu Ziqiu, the regular army of the Han Dynasty was very small, and the total strength was only 240,000 people, which was much less than the million army of the Great Sui, and even the Wagang army has now grown to 200,000 people, but these 240,000 people are real professional soldiers, and their task is to train and fight, except for some important checkpoints and passes, the guards of ordinary cities do not need them at all, so the combat effectiveness of the army is much stronger than that of the Sui army

Of course, among the 240,000 people, there are 50,000 nomadic cavalry, Liu Ziqiu will not use them to fight in the Central Plains casually, on the one hand, these nomadic cavalry are composed of foreign races, Liu Ziqiu does not want to do the thing of slaughtering the Han people by the hands of foreign races, on the other hand, he exercises loose control over Mobei, and still needs a strong armed force to maintain pressure on Mobei at all times, so as not to regenerate those strong and powerful people on the grassland

In addition, fighting in the Central Plains, 20,000 naval troops are useless, only 170,000 people can really be used, 40,000 of these 170,000 have been stationed in various passes, if Liu Ziqiu sends another 100,000 troops to the Northern Expedition, there will be only 30,000 troops stationed in Luoyang, Chang'an and other places, so Liu Ziqiu is not willing to adopt Pei Lian's opinion, only willing to take 50,000 people to the battle

Although there were only 50,000 men, the strength of this army should not be underestimated, including 20,000 jīng sharp cavalry and 10,000 Mo sword soldiers, the army left Luoyang and marched north, still playing the usual style of the Han army, marching all the way, and marching all the way without making the slightest stop, connecting the three counties of Hanoi, Changping, and Shangdang, and then entering the territory of Taiyuan after five days

At this time, Jiaocheng, Fenyang, Mujing, and Shouyang north of Taiyuan City had all been lost, and Liu Wuzhou gathered 200,000 troops to besiege Taiyuan City

Mayi and Yanmen are border counties, and often deal with the nomads in the north, so the local people are more accustomed to riding shè, and the folk customs are also extremely strong, Liu Wuzhou is not lacking in soldiers, on the other hand, when the Ji Shi hurriedly retreated back to Mobei, the looted property, food and women were left to Liu Wuzhou, so that Liu Wuzhou did not have any difficulties in terms of money and food, he could recruit troops and buy horses, in order to win the hearts of the people, he also gave a large number of women to his subordinates, and won the support of the three armies for a while

There is another important reason for Liu Wuzhou's strength to be greatly increased, that is, when Du Jishi retreated, Wei Chigong intercepted the Turkic rearguard troops, and robbed a large number of war horses, these war horses are good horses on the grassland, and it took countless costs to get such horses in the Great Sui Dynasty, and now Liu Wuzhou has obtained more than 20,000 horses at once, which is enough for him to form a powerful cavalry force, and it is thanks to this cavalry force that Liu Wuzhou was able to show off his might in Taiyuan and trap the defenders in the city