In the Yonghe Palace, the princess Liu Xijun was dressed in regular clothes, and was pruning a potted plant with scissors, lazy and a little charming. () The eldest princess of the Han Dynasty has completely transformed into the princess of Anyang in just a few days.

And Zhao Yinhua is a few years older than Liu Xijun, and now the two of them are both dressed as women, but Zhao Yinhua is obviously slightly inferior to Liu Xijun.

"Sister Yinhua, are you here today as Lord Zhao Weng, or as Liu Xijun's friend, my good sister?" Seeing that Zhao Yinhua walked in directly without being informed, Liu Xijun put down the scissors in his hand and slowly walked towards Zhao Yinhua. The two of them used to have an extremely good personal relationship, but since Liu Xijun became the princess of Anyang, these two sisters, who once had a very good relationship, have never met alone.

"Your Royal Highness the Princess, I am here on behalf of my father-in-law." Zhao Yinhua didn't have a smile on his face, but said seriously. She did not call Liu Xijun by her name, nor did she call her a princess, but called her a princess.

If commensurate with the princess, Zhao Yinhua is a generation shorter than Liu Xijun, but this title is unusually formal.

"I'm curious, why are you here?" Liu Xijun asked with some confusion on her face, it seemed that she guessed that someone would appear at this time, but she didn't expect it to be Zhao Yinhua.

"Because we used to be good sisters!" Zhao Yinhua approached Liu Xijun and stopped in front of her, with a smile on his face.

Zhao Yinhua's grandfather was Zhao Guang, the king of Cangwu in South Vietnam, and she did not regard herself as a Han in her consciousness since she was a child. It is also a trick of fate, Zhao Yinhua used to hate Huo Guang the most, but now he regards Huo Guang as his father, and even became the Zhao Weng master of Anyang Kingdom.

"Is my sister here to catch up with me?" When Liu Xijun heard the words "good sister", she also said with a light smile on her face, she still called Zhao Yinhua a sister.

"Then it depends on whether you want to be the princess of Anyang, or continue to be the eldest princess of the Han Dynasty?" Zhao Yinhua looked at Liu Xijun, the two looked at each other, and their eyes directly intersected.

"What do you mean by that?" Liu Xijun's gaze did not dodge, and asked in front of Zhao Yinhua's gaze.

"Just when the emperor issued an edict to marry you and your father-in-law, two other secret decrees were issued at the same time, one was for King Liang, and the other was for the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Wushilu. As far as I know, tens of thousands of cavalry of the Southern Xiongnu are already moving in the direction of Juyanze, and the army of King Liang may be able to reach Anding at any time, right? Zhao Yinhua calmly said an astonishing news, it seems that a few months ago, when Huo Guang wrote to the emperor to set the plan to go out of the pass to attack and rest, Liu Jin was also preparing and deploying.

"So there are still people in Weiyang Palace?" Liu Xijun also seemed to be a little surprised, but it seems that these are reasonable.

"You probably don't know yet, do you? In fact, not only the emperor needs time, but also the father-in-law. After all, the land west of the river is too small, and it may be able to burst out with considerable power in a short time, but it is not as good as the Han after a long time. He must control the Western Regions and the territory of rest before the Han Dynasty returns to the prosperous world. Zhao Yinhua said with a very solemn face, but he said an answer that no one expected.

"I didn't even think of these Yin Hua, did my husband ask you to tell me? Is it because of these that the husband agreed to the emperor's marriage? Zhao Yinhua's words finally made Liu Xijun's face show a look of emotion.

Zhao Yinhua said it very simply, but in fact, very few people can realize it. It can be said that when Huo Guangxi went out of the two passes to recover the Western Regions, it was the best time for Liu Jin to move his army westward to take the land of Hexi. And if Huo Guang keeps the status quo, after a few years or even a dozen years, Hexi's development potential will be exhausted, and the Han Dynasty is likely to return to its peak, and at the same time, Olobazo's rule over the Western Regions will make him stronger and stronger. At that time, Anyang completely lost the qualification to compete with the two empires, and the only result between the two empires was to be annexed and destroyed. Huo Guang only when the Han Dynasty was weak, and Olobazo also had an unstable foothold, and at the same time, when the Western Front was attacked by Sula, he sent troops to recover the Western Regions and occupy the territory of Anxi.

"This is what Aunt Tang said to me, the following words are what my father-in-law asked me to convey to you, I hope you can persuade the emperor well, and I hope the emperor will not make any unwise decisions at this time. Maybe he can take the opportunity to take the land west of the river, but once his father-in-law returns to his teacher, the river will no longer be a natural danger at that time. I hope he doesn't bet on the big Han Li Min. Zhao Yinhua finally said what she meant, she just conveyed Huo Guang's words, hoping that Liu Xijun could persuade Liu Jin.

"I understand that I named this temple Yonghe, and I believe that my husband also understands me." Liu Xijun nodded and said, at the same time, she was actually a little happy in her heart, because these words were not what Huo Guanglai told her, but Zhao Yinhua, her former best friend.

"It's best to be so natural, and I'll tell you one more thing as a friend." Zhao Yinhua's expression also became relaxed, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.

"What's the matter?" Liu Xijun asked curiously.

"The original Great Moon Clan had already defeated Great Xia, but in the war, the Great Moon Clan's Kushan tribe was dominant, and at the same time annexed other Great Moon tribes, and now they have occupied most of the territory south of the Western Regions. As early as half a year ago, when the father-in-law was still in Chang'an, Aunt Tang had formed an alliance with the Emperor of the Kushan Empire, this time the father-in-law not only had to share peace with Sula, but also had to share the poison with the Kushan Empire, and Hyderabad would become the territory of Anyang State" Zhao Yinhua was about to leave, but before leaving, he said something shocking to the world.

"So I know what to do." Liu Xijun was already in turmoil in his heart, but he still said with a calm look on the surface.

"Then don't bother the princess, I hope you will become the real princess of Anyang." Zhao Yinhua said seriously, did not salute Liu Xijun, and turned around and left directly after finishing speaking.

Looking at the back of Zhao Yinhua leaving, Liu Xijun suddenly showed a smile on her face, she was the only one in the hall, no one knew why she was smiling, and she didn't have the habit of talking to herself, but after Zhao Yinhua left, she picked up the pen and wrote a letter, and then ordered someone to send it to Chang'an quickly.

It has been more than half a month since Huo Guang's army left Yangguan in the west, except for the battle in Bailongdui, there have been no larger-scale battles since then, and now his army has reached the middle of the Western Regions, where Wu'an City was originally located.

It was originally a military fortress with few inhabitants, and it has been dilapidated after several wars. Huo Guang was temporarily stationed here, and the troops were also repairing for a short time, and Olobazo had already retreated with his army to the area of Mulu City, the easternmost line of the original Sabbath Empire.

In Huo Guang's temporary camp, in addition to him and Huo Tang, there were also major generals such as Li Ling and Bai Zheng. They were surrounding a huge map, and Huo Guang was marking lines on the map.

Because the sand table is not easy to carry, and it is time-consuming to make it on the spot, this kind of map is more practical on the march.

"We don't have to worry about the land of the Western Regions that have been recovered for the time being, and the rest of the matter will be handled by Yin Huajun. White government listens to orders. The red pen in Huo Guang's hand drew a large circle south of Lucheng, which happened to be connected to the Western Regions, and the west side of the red circle was the territory of the Kushan Empire, and to the south was the Indian subcontinent of later generations, most of which was now controlled by poison, and within the circle was a large territory centered on Hyderabad.

"The minister is here." Bai Zheng clenched his fists and bowed.

"Order you to lead 30,000 cavalry to Lucheng to join Luchengjun, and you are still the commander. When you attack these places in the south, you must keep Hyderabad in our hands. Bring the token of the Courtyard Monarch, the army of the Kushan Empire will assist you in this operation, and at the same time, after occupying this territory, you must also cooperate with the Kushan Empire to continue to invade the south and completely destroy the poison. The territory south of the Red Circle would later belong to the Kushan Empire, and it was a matter of negotiation with their Emperor. Huo Guang pointed to the map and said step by step, a huge super plan involving tens of thousands of miles of territory has already been formulated by them, and this western expedition is not only as simple as defeating the Rest Empire, but also a full-scale war in which several forces redefine the sphere of influence in Eurasia.

"When they arrive in Lucheng, there are already Kushan's envoys there, and they will understand when they see this. Although the territory of the body poison is vast, it is actually not very powerful, and your army, together with the army of Kushan, should destroy this country very quickly. After Huo Guang finished speaking, Huo Tang took a delicate small wooden box from the white-clothed maid behind him, and then took out a golden thing from the wooden box, like a half-faced tiger talisman.

Huo Tang directly handed this tiger talisman to Bai Zheng, and after Bai Zheng respectfully took it, he found that it was a gold nugget carved into a luan bird, and it was indeed only half, thinking that this should be the same use as the tiger talisman. Sure enough, when Bai Zheng took the Luanniao gold nugget, Huo Tang said: "This is only half, the other half is in the hands of Yu Hou of Guishuang, he is the executor of Guishan in this operation, Yu Hou is similar to one of the left and right ministers in their country, you can directly discuss with him if there is anything." ”

"Obey." Bai Zheng put half a piece of gold luanniao into his arms and put it away closely, and solemnly received the order.

"Let me tell you about the next plan, which is also the combat intention of our Anyang Kingdom." Huo Guang glanced at the generals in the tent, and drew several huge circles on the map with the red pen in his hand.

"This is a complete, currently known map of the world. You basically know these places in the Han Dynasty, Hexi, and the Western Regions. Now to the west of us, this area is even wider than the territory of the Han Dynasty is the Empire of Anxi. To the west of the Rest Empire, there is a place known as the Mediterranean, which is surrounded by the Great Qin, and to the southwest of us is the Kushan Empire. At present, we still have the Great Qin and the Kushan Three Kingdoms have reached an alliance, we continue to move westward, and the Great Qin also continues to march eastward, and finally completely divide the Anxi Empire, on the other hand, we cooperate with the Kushan Empire to move south, and they will occupy this place that is not inferior to the size of the Great Han Territory. In the end, our territory is Hexi, the Western Regions and this territory, our west is Daqin, and the south is Guishan. Huo Guang pointed to the map and drew large circles one by one, and in a few simple words, he divided up this known Eurasian continent. According to the intention that Huo Guang said, then after this all-out war, there will only be four regimes on this continent: Dahan, Anyang, Guishan, and Rome.

The generals in the tent looked at Huo Guang's plan one by one, and they were all excited. This is no longer a simple war, it is an epoch-making prologue, these people are already standing at the top of this era, but how have they ever seen the real world. What they are doing now is not to fight for the gains and losses of one city and one land, but to usher in an era, a real world ruled by the four great empires.

"We will swear to follow the king to the death." All the generals in the tent clasped their fists together, and they all wanted to immediately leap on their horses and whip up their whips to continue westward.

"This may be a very long process, three or five years, or even ten years or a lifetime, but with all the kings with you, you are not alone to go down and prepare, and continue to travel west tomorrow." Huo Guang raised his head, his heart was also looking forward to it, he said to the generals sincerely, Huo Guang believes that as long as there are these civil and military generals to follow, there are more than 100,000 elite cavalry, the grand plan he and Huo Tang formulated will be realized.

When the generals prepared their own preparations, only Huo Guang and Huo Tang were left in the tent. Compared with in front of the generals and courtiers, Huo Guang is much more casual and relaxed in front of his sister, of course, only at this time will Huo Guang show a little fatigue that a normal person should have.

"I don't know what happened to Yinhua?" Huo Guang looked to the east, and his mind returned to Dunhuang, thousands of miles away.

"Did the second brother ever think that maybe your princess knew that his younger brother might make a dangerous move, so she proposed to use her and relatives? Only in this way will the second brother not refuse this harmony. Maybe you don't really know your proud disciple! Huo Tang stood up and rolled up the map in front of him, but said a seemingly impossible guess in his mouth.

"If that's the case, I'm a lot more relieved, at least so that she can keep the emperor from losing his mind." Huo Guang turned around, smiled self-deprecatingly and said, maybe he also admitted Huo Tang's words in his heart, he didn't really understand Liu Xijun.

"Second brother, don't worry, I have already arranged it, even if there is a change in Hexi, the queen and An'er can immediately withdraw from the two passes, as long as we are here, as long as these hundreds of thousands of troops are there, the momentary gains and losses are not important. Besides, this is only the worst plan, isn't there still Dongfang Shuo and Du Yannian in Hexi? And isn't your Queen of the Northern Huns still living in Yanze? Huo Tang rolled up the map and said to Huo Guang with a calm and confident face. Before this war, when Huo Guang was still far away in Chang'an, Huo Tang had actually begun to plan all this, and almost any possible situation had already been deduced countless times by this unparalleled courtyard monarch.

"I have a Tang sister in this life, which is better than a million army" Huo Guang never claimed to be lonely in front of Huo Tang, and he also knew Huo Tang's important position in his life.

"Of course, Xiaomei said a long time ago, I will be irreplaceable." Huo Tang showed a sly smile, she was still like the girl she was many years ago in front of Huo Guang.

"But there is one sentence, the little sister has always wanted to ask the second brother, when we complete this plan, how will the second brother deal with himself? Are you still the king of Anyang of the Han Dynasty? Huo Tang asked without hesitation, this question is not so much Huo Tang's question, but the doubts in everyone's hearts.