"Is that Wang Wengxu?" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard Wei Zifu say that Liu Jin was about to become a father, and he was also interested for a while. In addition, it is also because Wei Qing was also very concerned about Liu Jin and Wang Wengxu when he died, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty always kept this in mind.

"It's this woman. However, Jin'er is still only the status of the emperor's grandson, and he can't give this woman a name. Wei Zifu also sees Wang Wengsu from time to time, and he also likes this woman who knows how to be polite.

For the wives and concubines of the emperor's grandson, the Han Dynasty did not have the corresponding titles and positions, even if Wang Wengxu was already pregnant with Liu Jin's flesh and blood, her identity was still only the son of the prince's family, and she was just an ordinary palace person in terms of status.

"Sooner or later, there will be a name or something." Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said noncommittally, he really likes Liu Jin, but even if he is the emperor, he can't cross Liu Jin's status as the emperor's grandson and canonize Wang Weng in advance.

"Now that the war in the Western Regions has started, will Your Majesty still go to Shanglin Yuan this year?" Wei Zifu suddenly asked Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, she never talked about the affairs of the previous dynasty, although the focus of this sentence was to ask Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty whether to go to Shanglin Yuan, but still mentioned the war in the Western Regions, which was rare for Wei Zifu.

Emperor Wu of Han sighed heavily, and then said: "There should be no problem with Huo Guang in the Western Regions, this kid is more tolerant than his brother." However, it is precisely because of this that I can see that many ministers in the court are very jealous of him, afraid that he will become the second Marquis of Huaiyin...... And now there is no Wen Zhonghou in the DPRK! ”

Wei Zifu's face changed slightly when he heard this, it stands to reason that Emperor Wu of Han should not say these words to her. And Wei Zifu could feel that although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said that the ministers of the court were afraid of Huo Guang and feared that he would become the second Marquis of Huaiyin, in fact, this was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's own jealousy.

According to Wei Zifu's previous handling standards, she would never talk about this kind of problem, but today she took over the words of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for the first time: "There is no Marquis Wen, but there is Your Majesty." Besides, Huo Guang's kid has always been cautious, and he is also loyal to His Majesty, so I am afraid that he will become the Marquis of Huaiyin with ulterior motives........ And anyway, he's also the prince's cousin! ”

Wei Zifu's meaning is naturally that Huo Guang will not be a rebel. When Wei Qing died, the power of the entire Wei Huo's relatives was greatly reduced, and there was originally Gongsun He, the prime minister, who was still in the court, but now there is the matter of Gongsun Jingsheng, and Gongsun He, the prime minister, is not as good as before in terms of prestige and status in the heart of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It can be said that now there is only Huo Guang in the entire Wei Huo relatives who is the one who takes the lead!

For the future of the crown prince and the glory of the Wei Huo family, Wei Zifu had to choose to support Huo Guang. Of course, there is another sentence that Wei Zifu did not say, that is, Huo Guang is Liu Jin's de facto teacher.

Chang'an City is as before, and Huo Guang has been fighting with the Sabbath army in Guishan City for more than a month, and the ravines outside the city have long been filled by the Sabbaths, but Huo Guang basically does not go out of the city to fight with the Sabbath army, although Ou Luobazo has launched several sieges in the past month or so, but in the end it has not succeeded.

In the camp of rest, Olobazo was sitting at a round table with the five kings, and on the table was a map, which was the map of the Western Regions.

"Prime Minister, why do we have to spend time here with this Anyang Hou Huoguang? We can completely bypass Guishan City and go straight to its capital Dunhuang. "The reign of Characeni, a young monarch who had always been known for his bravery and warlikeness, had a different idea in his heart, and that was to take Dunhuang directly.

Olobazo looked at the map of the Western Regions, with a consistent smile on his face, and thought for a while before saying to the monarch of Zaraceni: "There are two passes in the west of Dunhuang, one is called Yangguan and the other is called Yumen Pass. Both were built by our opponent Hou Huoguang of Anyang, and it is said that these two passes cost hundreds of thousands of catties of gold to build, and they are the strongest passes in the west of the entire Han Empire. And in their capital city of Dunhuang, there are no less than 60,000 of the most elite cavalry troops under the command of Huo Guang, Marquis of Anyang, which is their real elite, and their combat effectiveness is still several times that of the army in Guishan City. If we bypass Guishan City, the army of Dunhuang will stop us at Yangguan or Yumen Pass, and the army of Hou Huoguang of Anyang in Guishan City will cut off our supply lines, which are so far away that if we lose our supply lines, we will lose the war. ”

Olobazo's finger pointed at the sheepskin map, and now they have a deeper understanding of the Western Regions Governor's Mansion and even the entire Han Dynasty, and even know the distribution of troops in Guanguan Pass well.

"But this Guishan City can't be defeated, do we have to stay here and consume with them?" Monarch Characeni continued, somewhat unwillingly.

Olobazo didn't care, and still said with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, don't worry...... We defeated the Otsutsuki Clan, and the materials that the Otsutsuki Clan had saved were enough for us to spend here for three years. In addition, what we have prepared will be completed in a few days, and it will surely surprise our enemies! ”

"Uhhh

At the head of Guishan City, Huo Guang would make a routine inspection every day, although the ravines outside the city were filled in, and at first they also thought about digging the ravines again, but every time they went out to try, Anxi would send troops to attack and disturb, and in the end it was gone. Fortunately, at that time, the Dawan Kingdom spent some effort in building this capital, the city wall was both tall and strong, and the materials, grain, grass and soldiers in the city were sufficient, so the battle to defend the city was not difficult.

"Do those blast furnaces still smoke every day?" Huo Guang looked at the resting camp from afar, and still saw thick black smoke rising from the back of the resting camp.

It has been more than ten days since this abnormal situation appeared, and Huo Guang had sent people out of the city to quietly investigate, and found that the source of these black smoke was the blast furnaces behind the camp of rest, like the kind used for smelting iron. And since the blast furnace appeared, it has been smoking every day, and it has not stopped for a moment.

"yes, I don't know what the hell are these Sabbatarians doing? It's been almost half a month. Bai Bing said with a puzzled face, he was the vanguard officer of the city, and he was usually guarded on the city wall by himself.

"Do you know what they're doing?" Huo Guang couldn't understand what Anxiren was doing, so he asked Dongfang Shuo, who had always been known for his erudition and strong memory.

Dongfang Shuo frowned slightly, since the strange blast furnace appeared, Dongfang Shuo had been faintly uneasy, but he really hadn't seen that thing, he could only roughly guess that it was used for iron smelting, what it was for, and he didn't know what Ou Luobazo's plan was.

"The Sabbatarians must have prepared something, maybe some kind of siege equipment, I think it should be some kind of siege equipment made of iron." Dongfang Shuo can't guess what he doesn't understand, but he can also analyze the possibility from the clues, but the truth of the matter is actually not different from Dongfang Shuo's analysis!

"It seems that it is not a simple thing..... The smelting technology of the Sabbatarians is indeed much higher than ours..... "Huo Guang also has similar thoughts to Dongfang Shuo. It can be seen from the iron armor that their metal smelting technology is very high, and now it seems that they are refining some equipment, it can be said that the rest is a civilization that has developed iron tools to a high level.

"Our news should have reached Chang'an a long time ago, but the imperial court has not moved, it seems that the emperor does not plan to give us assistance!" Dongfang Shuo said with some concern, for Chang'an's attitude, they, the Hexi officials, were still a little chilled in their hearts.

"By the way, what is the progress of Gongsun Jingsheng's imprisonment last time?" Huo Guang seemed to suddenly remember something, and continued to ask about the news of Chang'an.

"Judging from the recent news from Miss Tang, the prime minister is arresting Zhang Anshi, but Miss Tang seems to have found something suspicious, and it seems that Li Guangli, the lieutenant of Shui Heng, is secretly promoting this matter." Dongfang Shuo is the only person in Hexi who knows the inside story of Li Yan's incident, and he doesn't know if Li Guangli is Huo Guang's person, but since Huo Tang has mentioned these doubts many times in the news, I am afraid that there is another hidden secret.

"Oh? How could he be so unwilling to be lonely? Has the king of Changyi become a country? Huo Guang didn't expect that he had always looked down on Li Yan, the eldest brother who didn't learn and didn't know how to do anything, but now he is not only getting into trouble, but also seems to be stirring up trouble in Chang'an.

"Not yet, it is said that the king of Changyi is also very dependent on Li Guangli's uncle, almost to the point of obeying his words." Dongfang Shuo replied in a low voice. Liu Ji should have had nothing to do with the Li family, but now almost everyone who knows about this is almost dying.

"Hmm..... Changan...... It's never been peaceful! I don't know what Huo Guang remembered, and suddenly sighed.

When Huo Guang and Olobazo fought against Guishan City, Sulla, who was far away in Rome, finally completely controlled the whole of Rome in nearly three years, and an unprecedentedly large army of 170,000 people was finally formed.

"Your Excellency, our legion is ready, and the news from Anxi indicates that the 180,000-strong army led by Anxi Prime Minister Olobazo is engaged in battle with our eastern ally Anyang Hou Huoguang in Guishan City." In the Roman Senate, Sulaga sat in the center of the rotunda with a solemn face from a young man of twelve or thirteen beside him.

The young man is very young, but from his face, you can't see the immaturity that should belong to his age, but his eyes have a calmness and wisdom that is difficult for adults to achieve.

"Caesar, what's going on in Pontus in the north now?" Sulla held his chair with both hands, and the whole person exuded the majesty of a king, and the Senate had long since become Sulla's hall, where as long as Sulla decided, the Senate was only a symbolic authorization.

The young boy was none other than Caesar, who was now Sulla's lieutenant, and although he did not yet hold any prominent official position, his name was already a household name in Rome. Hearing Sulla's question, Caesar replied without hesitation: "Mithridates VI has conquered the kingdoms of Colchis and the Bosphorus, and now borders the vassal states of the republic, Bithynia and Cappadocia, and has created a threat to our north!" ”

"Then before the Eastern Crusade, let's go and deal with this northern wolf first!" Sulla slowly stood up, but made the decision to fight the capital first, rather than go east as agreed.

Outside the Senate, Caesar followed Sulla, and after thinking for a long time, the young Caesar still mustered up the courage and asked Sulla about the doubts in his heart.

"We have already agreed with Hou Huoguang of Anyang in the east to attack and rest together, if we are now caught in a war with the capital country in the north, won't we miss the agreed time?" Caesar asked with some puzzlement, he knew that his consul had always attached great importance to the covenant with the East, and Sulla would not do such a betrayal of the covenant.

"Actually, this is a good opportunity, my friend from the east is now holding back the 180,000 troops of Olobazo, and the pressure on Asia Minor has been sharply reduced, and now is the perfect time for us to sweep away the north. Send someone to tell our friends in the East about the situation, and he will understand all this! Sula explained to his lieutenant Caesar that in his opinion, Huo Guang had held back nearly half of the main army that had rested in peace, and that it was precisely by providing him with an opportunity to deal with the newly rising kingdom of Pontus.

Different people will see different results for the same thing, and in order to stabilize his rear, Olobazo united with King Mithridates VI of Pontus to start a war in the north of Rome, with the aim of making it impossible for Sulla to look east. In Sulla's opinion, Huo Guang contained nearly half of Anxi's troops, so that Anxi could not attack the provinces of Asia Minor with all his might, which just gave him an excellent opportunity to conquer the northern part of Rome. In the eyes of King Mithridates VI of Pontus, with the help of rest, it was an opportunity for him to invade the territory of Rome and increase his strength again.

While everyone was sparing no effort to calculate, Huo Guang also saw the messenger sent by Sula.

"The Grand Doge, Sulla said that the crusade could not be carried out as planned for the time being, a country called Pontus in their north was rising, and not long ago they had united the kingdom of Pontus, and now the war was raging in the north of Rome, and Mithridates II, the king of kings, also led an army of 200,000 to threaten the province of Asia Minor." Su Wu translated the news from Rome to Huo Guang, which was a change that no one expected.

"From what you know, will Sulla be able to handle it?" Just as Sula thought, Huo Guang did understand his situation, a country that dared to directly challenge Rome would definitely not be weak, coupled with the pressure exerted on the Eastern Front, Sula was equivalent to fighting on two fronts at the same time, and the pressure he faced could be imagined.

Su Wu thought for a moment, and then said uncertainly: "It should be no problem!" The province of Asia Minor has the Euphrates River as a natural barrier, and now it should be Sulla's favorite general Mulena, if the eastern front can block the rest of the army, with the ability of His Excellency Sulla, it should be able to quell the war in the north soon! ”

In fact, Su Wu's idea can be said to coincide with Sulla, but when Sulla led the Roman legions to the northern front of the republic, the army of King Mithridates VI of Pontus had already reversed course and appeared directly in the northern part of the province of Asia Minor. While Mulena was still trying his best to deal with the rest army, there was already a steady stream of Pontus ** teams in his rear.

By the time Sulla learned of this, Asia Minor, the place where Sulla had been made, was now owned by Mithridates VI, and even Sulla's favorite general, Mulena, had been killed in the battle, and the 60,000 eastern legions loyal to Sulla had been almost wiped out.......