Liu Wei's explanation to Sun Shangxiang made Sun Shangxiang completely understand that there was no room for confrontation between the Sun family and the imperial court in Jiangdong. 、

The only thing they have to do is to keep the Han court, as long as the court is still there, their families and descendants will be taken care of even more thoughtfully than when they were alive.

Leaving the small village, Sun Shangxiang followed Liu Wei and walked to several other villages.

The villagers in each village are different, and in two of them, although there are many men, the men in the village are all disabled people with missing arms and legs.

From Liu Wei's mouth, she learned that these disabled men were all soldiers of the Han Army who came down from the battlefield.

They were cut off in the fight, picked up a life and returned to Luoyang, and the court did not treat them badly, marrying and settling down for them, so that although they were disabled, they would not be left without a place for the rest of their lives.

Think about the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army, who returned home from their injuries, and all they got was the pitiful subsidy issued by the Sun family.

The subsidies issued by the Sun family were simply not enough to buy a family business, and many disabled Jiangdong Army officers and soldiers could only live on the streets after leaving the army.

The two armies fought, and in order to save their lives, and even in order not to be disabled in the battle, it was impossible for them to use all their strength to fight.

And the soldiers of the Han army have no such concerns at all, although people have the instinct to survive, but once they encounter a situation where they know that they cannot survive, the only choice for the Han army is to fight to the end!

After walking through a few villages, I had lunch in one of them, and when I left the last village, the sun was already deflecting to the western horizon.

The orange remnant sun cast a thin layer of blood on the village behind him.

The bloody village seems to be telling a long story to the world, the story of the Han army's soldiers conquering the world in the south and the north!

Liu Wei did not embark on the road back to Luoyang, but walked straight south.

A short walk to the south is the Luo River.

Swinging Luoshui, from Xi'erdong, the rolling waves, glowing with golden luster in the sunset, are a little more profound than the daytime.

"It's been a long time since I've been to Luoshui's edge!" Standing on the bank of the river, looking at the bank of the rolling waves, Liu Wei said to Sun Shangxiang who followed behind: "Miss Sun is in Jiangdong, and she often goes to the bank of the Yangtze River when she thinks about it. ”

"Although the little girl grew up on the bank of the Yangtze River, she rarely goes to the river to play!" Her cheeks were slightly red, and Sun Shangxiang said with some guilt: "Mother often says, girls, stay at home, don't always run to the water......"

"Miss Sun is very bold and dares to come to Luoyang alone, but she doesn't want to be afraid of her mother!" Looking at Luoshui, Liu Wei said to Sun Shangxiang: "When I come to Luoyang, if I want to give up attacking Jiangdong, the only way is for the Jiangdong Sun clan to give up power. ”

Liu Wei's words made Sun Shangxiang's face suddenly full of loneliness.

Giving up Jiangdong doesn't mean anything special to her.

Even if the Jiangdong Sun family has no territory and army in the future, when they arrive in Luoyang, they can still live a prosperous and wealthy life, as a Sun woman, she will marry someone in the future, and it is impossible to marry ordinary people, and the in-law family must also be an official family with a certain status and wealth.

But for Sun Quan, the meaning of giving up Jiangdong and keeping Jiangdong is completely different.

As the lord of Jiangdong, Sun Quan has a heavy army and has the power to kill many people, but once Jiangdong is returned to the imperial court, he is no longer the overlord of the party who covers the sky with one hand, at most he is just a nominal prince who eats the court, and it is impossible to have real power.

The gap is too big, Sun Quan must not be able to bear it!

Sun Shangxiang didn't say anything, but Liu Wei continued: "Miss Sun can return to Jiangdong tomorrow and inform Sun Quan that I will give him a month, and if Jiangdong is not returned after a month, I will send an order to the army to go south to attack Jiangdong!" Once Jiangdong is breached, his head, I will be decided! ”

These words, Liu Wei said lightly, but in Sun Shangxiang's ears, it made her shiver.

When she came to Jiangdong, she was carrying the responsibilities arranged by Wu Guotai, trying to find a way to get close to Liu Wei, and finally get married to him.

Liu Wei gave her a chance to get close, but he didn't give her a chance to make further contact!

Facing this emperor who turned the tide when the Han Dynasty fell and almost completely disappeared, Sun Shangxiang only felt that what she was facing was not a specific person, but a fog, a fog that she could not see clearly even if she spent her whole life.

The descendants of the soldiers who died in the war are like relatives, and they are also extremely generous to the people, but they have no mercy for the Jiangdong Sun family and the heroes who were defeated in the past.

Sun Shangxiang was a little puzzled whether the emperor standing in front of her should be regarded by her as a benevolent monarch or a tyrant!

The Jiangdong Sun family is entrenched on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and it has been some years, and Sun Shangxiang has also seen many people of all kinds, but she has never seen such a complex as Liu Wei.

There was no response, Sun Shangxiang's mood was extremely complicated.

Walking through several villages on the shore of Luoshui, Sun Shangxiang became more and more curious about Liu Wei.

She really wanted to stay by the emperor's side for a while longer, and study carefully why Liu Wei was able to turn the tide and gradually recover the Han from the hands of many heroes.

But Liu Wei obviously didn't intend to give her a chance, and he continued to urge her to return to Jiangdong.

With a hesitation on his face, Sun Shangxiang waited for a while before he tentatively asked Liu Wei: "Your Majesty, can the little girl stay in Luoyang for a little longer?" ”

"Spend more time?" Looking back at Sun Shangxiang, Liu Wei smiled slightly, and said lightly: "After January, I will send troops to the south, if Sun Quan does not plan to hand over Jiangdong, you should also go back and inform him, and ask him to take precautions as soon as possible." If you delay in Luoyang, aren't you afraid that Jiangdong will be caught off guard at that time? ”

What Liu argued did not make Sun Shangxiang change his mind.

Her cheeks flushed slightly, and she whispered to Liu Wei: "Your Majesty, the little girl came to Luoyang and found that this place is very different from Jianye. Although Jianye is prosperous, it is not like Luoyang, where businessmen from all over the world gather, and there are all kinds of businesses in the market. The village where His Majesty took me to the previous place made people feel that this place was very different from other places. Whether the elder brother can keep Jiangdong can be seen clearly by the discerning people in the world at a glance, but the elder brother can't see through it himself. If His Majesty is not to blame, the little girl will return to Jiangdong and inform her brother by letter! ”

Glancing back at Sun Shangxiang, the corners of Liu Wei's mouth twitched slightly, and he said lightly: "That's it, even if Miss Sun is determined to do this, it is inconvenient for me to be strong." You will stay in Luoyang for a little longer, and in the letters you write to Sun Quan, you can write down everything you have seen and heard. ”

Having said this, Liu Wei turned his head to look at the rolling Luoshui, and said lightly: "What you see is just a surface, if you want to know anything about Luoyang, you must live here for ten or eight years!" ”

Sun Shangxiang didn't respond again, but her face showed a mixture.

Wu Guotai asked her to find a way to get close to Liu Wei, and now she has done it, but she doesn't know what to do next.

Even if the next step can be achieved, will it prompt the imperial army to give up the southward march as Wu Guotai hoped?

After accompanying Liu Wei outside the city for a whole day, Sun Shangxiang seemed to have a little understanding of the emperor in front of him.

He is not an emperor who will give up the country because of a woman.

He will protect women and will not let his women be hurt in the slightest, but in the same way, he will not give up the country for a woman.

Only the rivers and mountains are the source that supports him to protect a qiē!

On the day that Liu Wei took Sun Shangxiang out of Luoyang City, the Jingzhou army besieging Jiangxia moved.

The soldiers of the Jingzhou army set up many wooden shelves outside the city.

The shelf is very tall, only more than a hundred steps away from the city wall, which happens to be outside the range of the Jiangdong Army's bow and arrow on the city wall.

Standing on the city wall, looking at the huge wooden frames erected by the Jingzhou army outside the city, Ling Tong was at a loss.

He had never seen such strange tools before, but he had seen a lot of siege warfare, and it was nothing more than ladders, high platforms, and battering rams.

The wooden shelves in the distance felt very thin and unsturdy at a glance, and Ling Tong really couldn't understand what role such a high platform could play in battle?

Pushing those high platforms under the city walls?

Stop it!

Not to mention that it is not easy for the Jingzhou army to climb up such a shelf, even if the Jingzhou army climbs up very smoothly, pushing them under the city wall is much more difficult than carrying a ladder to charge.

The Jingzhou army has already served the imperial court, and the wooden frame they built must be designed by a capable person in the imperial court, and it must have a special function, but Ling Tong can't figure it out.

The wooden frames built by the Jingzhou army made Ling Tong confused, and the clerks who presided over the construction of these wooden frames were very clear about their functions.

Holding a pattern drawn on Cai Hou paper in his hand, Wen Ping, accompanied by Liu Qi and others, inspected the wooden frame that was being built.

"General, I don't know if these catapults are useless when they attack the city!" While walking, looking at the tall wooden frames, Liu Qi said with some uncertainty: "A certain leader has been leading the army for many years, and he has never seen such an ancient monster!" ”

"The prime minister just asked someone to send the pattern!" His eyes stayed on the catapults, and Wen Ping said to Liu Qi on the side: "The last general is also the first time to build such a thing, it is said that when attacking the city, you only need to pull down the machine spring, and you can blast a huge stone into the city wall. No matter how thick the city wall is, it will definitely collapse under the bombardment of boulders! ”

Liu Qi didn't respond to Wen Ping, looking at the catapults, he was still a little unsure in his heart.

This kind of thing is just a pattern drawn by His Majesty on a whim today, and there is no room for the slightest deviation on the battlefield, and whether the so-called catapult has any effect or not, it is still impossible to say!