Chapter 57: Descendants of the Cao Kingdom
The burden that Ying Yushu wants to hand over, he will not pick it up, and it is impossible to pick it up. The Li family is the Li family, and he Li Yuan is Li Yuan, and he will not deliberately avoid the identity of the original body, but he also doesn't want to use the Li family to achieve any purpose.
The great emperor who made China unification for the first time has died, and the Qin state, which he single-handedly established, has also died, and as for the Legalist disciple who came out of the poor people, the former prime minister of the Great Qin State, Lord Li, is now in a cage, trapped by the prison cart woven by his own selfish desires.
Xianyang has been completely controlled by Zhao Gao, and during this time, Ying Yushu has sent guests to Xianyang three times to try to rescue the trapped Li Si, but the result is more and more lonely every time.
Li Si has run into a dead end.
The Li family is also hopeless.
Faced with a mournful surviving bride, a woman who had been kind to him, Li Yuan felt a heavy sense of guilt that was both pity and pathos.
"Princess Yu Yuan, there is the grace of help, I dare not forget it, I came here today, it is also for the righteousness of gratitude, as for the rest, let it pass!" The Li family, the only thing that makes Li Yuan still nostalgic is that in the face of this delicate woman with a prominent identity, he is indeed grateful to Ying Yushu, which is one of the few bright colors in the memory of the young Li Yuan.
"Really not saved? San Lang, why are you so ruthless? Even if the Li family has no relationship with you, the grace of birth and nurturing will always be repaid. Ying Yushu looked desperate, these days, she was physically and mentally exhausted, and she couldn't muster the courage to beat the drum to help the battle. Li Yuan's "ruthlessness" also caught her by surprise, originally thinking that as long as Li Yuan recognized the bloodline, she could also smoothly hand over the burden of the Li family, but now that it is clear, this is obviously impossible.
All she wanted was a comfortable and peaceful life, just a noble woman in a peaceful world, these were originally in front of her, but now they have been away from her for a long time.
Li Yuan shook his head and said: "Actually, the princess also knows that it is a dead end, where can it be solved, the Li family has declined, the princess should let it go, as for the future of Daqin, this chaotic world is competing for power, if you don't get to Zuihou, who can say clearly." Li Yuan's voice was as calm as a stranger's narration, without a trace of emotion.
Compared with Ying Yushu, Li Yuan is just an outsider from later generations, and after seeing the separation and unification of more than 2,000 years of dynastic changes, he is no longer surprised.
Ying Yushu finally decided to give up, just as she had made in history.
When leaving the Li Mansion, Li Yuan took away the soap album of the Li family's contacts in various parts of the Qin State, which recorded the names of the officials of the Li Si family, as well as some of their important records, the importance of this soap book is self-evident, with its existence, Li Yuan can more easily gallop across the territory of the Qin State.
No matter what Li Yuan's thoughts are, he is always the blood of the Li family, and Ying Yushu handed over the soap book to Li Yuan, and finally had a wish.
After this, there is no eldest princess of Daqin, no eldest daughter-in-law of the Prime Minister's Mansion, maybe a green lantern and a book of Taoism will accompany her for the rest of her life.
Ying Yushu thought so, and when she handed the soap book to Li Yuan, her mood suddenly calmed down, and her pretty face gradually showed a holy and flawless brilliance.
Li Yuan's eyes were full of light, and at this moment, he suddenly had an urge to hug this woman regardless of it.
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Five days.
It's enough for Liu Bang to gamble again.
December 1st, morning.
Liu Bang's army, which had been reorganized, once again raised the horn of attack, and this time, Liu Bang, who was no longer restrained by the intrigue within the coalition army, decided to make a desperate bet.
In the city of Xingyang.
Under the efficient operation system, the emergency mobilization order was issued in an orderly manner, and Li Yuan's command once again gathered 7,000 soldiers.
These soldiers are divided into three grades, the first is Li Yuan's personal barracks, the guests of the original Li Mansion, although their number is only four hundred, but they are the essence of the guards in the city, this elite army will become the key to the victory or defeat of the war; There are more than 2,700 soldiers in the second rank, mainly including the original officials, the surrendered soldiers of the former Zhao Benbu, and some servants of large households; The third gear is also the largest number of people, organized by Fan Jia, Guan Yue, and Hou Xi, the young and strong women in Xingyang City, these auxiliary soldiers are mainly responsible for the transportation of baggage in the city, of course, in the case of tight troops, they will also be sent to the city to fight the enemy.
North Gate.
In the ranks of Li Yuan's personal soldiers, there were a few more unfamiliar faces, in addition to Li Bi, there were also a few selected front doormen of the Li Mansion.
Li Si has been the prime minister of Qin for more than ten years, and there are more than 1,000 people in the peak of Fuzhong, Cao Da, Mingxin, Shangcai people's clan, the same nationality as Li, because of the eldest in the family and was called Cao Da.
Speaking of Cao Da's ancestor Wugong Cao Sheng, he was the monarch of Cao in the Spring and Autumn Period, and participated in the alliance and conquest convened by the overlord Jin State at that time many times, and it can be regarded as a generation of princes in the middle of Cao State.
By Cao Xin's generation, the Cao family is no different from ordinary civilians, and the only thing that can represent the glory is that most of the men of the Cao family are powerful and burly, and they do not live up to the name of their ancestor Wugong; Cao Xin has been in the Li Mansion for five years, and he has not shown any outstanding talents, but he is also loyal and does not leave at the first sight like other snobs.
Cao Xinren is tall and big, but he is simple-minded, when he was a young ranger in the township, with a pair of iron fists, as a guest when he was strong, relying on the strength of a handful, this time, it was after seeing that Ying Yushu did not have the intention of leading the Li family to recover, Cao Xincai followed Li Bi to Li Yuan, for him, Li Yuan and the Li family still have a trace of connection after all, so that his move to switch is not a betrayal.
The drums of war roared.
Causing the bluestone city wall of Xingyang to tremble, this important town has experienced more bloody rain than ever before in just two years. Protected by the solid walls, the soldiers and civilians of the city succeeded in repelling the enemy troops who came to sack them, and this time, they were just as confident.
In just one month, Xingyang City issued two conscription orders, when Zhao Ben was in power, the decision to forcibly conscript made people angry, and now, Li Yuan has the same order, the purpose is the same, but the result is completely different. Zhao Ben's perverse behavior caused him to lose the support of Xingyang's father, and Li Yuanjun's army barely brought any major damage to the city during the more than ten days of occupation of Xingyang.
Among them, it also benefited from the implementation of a series of civil affairs measures before Li Yuan, and also benefited from the full support of officials such as Fan Jia, Guan Yue, Hu Zhuang, and Zhang Ying.
Where the city is, there is wealth, and no one can take it away at will.
When the city falls, people and property will be destroyed, and Liu Bang's soldiers can burn and loot at will.
For this result, the people of Xingyang can see it really clearly.