"I will have to consider the choice of the crown prince, but I can promise you. On the fifteenth day of next month, we will tell the ancestors and ancestors at the Taimiao Temple and decide on the candidate for the crown prince. Emperor Wu of Han's gaze swept over His Royal Highness's courtiers, he knew that it was impossible not to appoint a prince, and this matter could not be delayed any longer. However, he did not announce it immediately, but chose to directly worship the Taimiao on the fifteenth day of the next month.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Liu Anguo took the lead and bowed.

In the matter of canonizing the crown prince, this old sect is selfless, and he doesn't even care who the emperor wants to appoint as the crown prince, as long as it is a clan surnamed Liu, as long as it is canonized as soon as possible. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty delayed the time for more than thirty days, Liu Anguo didn't want to be too anxious, as long as the emperor set a date.

The new emperor's enthronement and the canonization of the crown prince and queen are the most important things in a country, and these three things not only need the emperor's edict, but also need to be sacrificed to the temple to be truly completed. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was planning to arrive on the fifteenth day of the next month, but this short interval made most people curious, who is the emperor's favorite prince?

Liu Quyu's eyes changed slightly, now that Li Guangli is no longer in Chang'an, the crown prince is also close at hand, but now no one knows whether there is a candidate in the heart of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. If so, who would it be? If not, how can Liu Ji, the king of Changyi, get the crown prince?

"As for the matter of King Qin's edict, I don't need to see it. Passing on my will, all men who are over the age of sixteen and under the age of forty will be given the third class to be trained into the army. If there is no danger to defend outside Chang'an, let me fight a decisive battle with Wei Youqu and Uwei in Chang'an....." Emperor Wu of Han stood up with his body. This time he did not compromise, he would not issue the edict of King Qin, and he made the decision to recruit all the adult men of the entire division and school captain into the army.

How many men will be over 16 years old and under 40 years old? In addition to the nobles with titles and officials with official positions, there are more than 200,000 at least. However, these 200,000 are just civilians, they are either merchants, or farmers, or craftsmen, but they are definitely not soldiers, and Emperor Wu of Han made the most helpless and tragic decision.

"Ministers obey the order......" At this time, no one questioned it, although they didn't want to see such a result, but in today's situation, this result may also be inevitable. Now only Weishan, who pinned his hopes on Guangcheng, could hold back Weiyouqu, and Li Guangli could stop the menacing Huns in Fushi, and as for Huo Guanghe's 250,000-strong Anxi Empire, people ignored them.

Ou Luobazo led the 250,000 troops of the Eastern Expedition to rest in peace, and carried out a high-intensity attack on the second pass of Yumen Yangguan for two or three days, and the final result was not as expected by Huo Tang, the 250,000 troops did not capture any pass, and on the third day, they had no choice but to retreat 200 miles and went to Puchanghai for repairs.

For Olobazo, he has conquered the Western Regions, and Dunhuang in front of him may not be so eager to be occupied. In fact, he was also a little depressed in the attack in the past few days, Yangguan and Yumen Pass were like two huge turtle shells, although he had twice as many as the Han army's legions, but the defensive capabilities of these two passes were beyond imagination.

When faced with an unfamiliar defense system, even a wise man as Olobazo takes time to adapt and analyze.

When Olobazo retreated to Puchanghai, Yangguan and Yumen Pass also began to step up repairing the city walls, replenishing supplies, and so on. At that time, Huo Tang's idea was that as long as the two levels were guarded, Ouluobazo would be unable to achieve uninterrupted siege because of the water source, so the two levels could be continuously repaired, and with the four counties of Hexi as the backing, the two levels could always be kept in the best condition. Even if you can't defeat the 250,000 troops of Olobazo, there is no problem in defending.

In the Governor's Mansion of Dunhuang, Huo Guangzheng was flipping through a business newspaper he received, which was passed on by Lu Shu from Guangcheng. And the day when the business newspaper was issued was more than ten days ago, it was the day when Xun Yuzhong's army was annihilated.

"Lu Shu doesn't know how you are now? After nearly two years of preparation, I hope you can buy more time....." Huo Guang lowered his head and muttered to himself. Although he did not come to Guangcheng in person, Huo Guang knew that the pressure of 20,000 people to defend a lonely city was huge, even if Lu Shu had been preparing for two years of construction there, it was still destined to be a tragic and tragic war.

Lu Shu is not a well-known figure in the original history, if he hadn't discovered it by accident back then, maybe Lu Shu would still be just an ordinary workshop worker. He can't become the richest man in the Han Dynasty, let alone the Marquis of Wanguan, but it is such a person who should have been nameless, but now he exudes a brilliance that shines through the ages.

Huo Guang is glad for himself, glad that there are so many people who are already famous and follow him, and fortunately there are so many people who are originally unknown and have become important figures in the Han Dynasty because of themselves. He is not a great character, but he has always agreed with the saying 'good is good for the world, and poor is good for himself'. Originally, he just wanted to control his own destiny and not become a person who sacrificed for the imperial power, but when he had the ability to change the world, he found that because of his change, the world was also changed!

Since the world has changed because of itself, let yourself lead these people who are willing to follow you, and let this country, this civilized country called Han, stand on top of the world in advance!

Let this country stand on a higher height than the original, this is what Huo Guang is doing now!

"Second brother..... Big things are wrong! Just when Huo Guang was full of thoughts, Huo Tang hurriedly walked in.

"What could make my sister Tang so panicked?" Huo Guang rarely saw Huo Tang look like this, and it was rare to put down the business newspaper and joke at Huo Tang.

"News from Chang'an..... The Xiongnu had broken through the defense line of the five counties in Wuyuan Yunzhong, and the Marquis of Fuli was defeated and martyred...... The 200,000 Xiongnu army has been in Fushi, and the emperor transferred Li Guangli to bring 90,000 troops to Fushi to defend against the enemy. The emperor ordered that all men over the age of 16 and under the age of 40 be organized into an army. Other than that..... On the fifteenth day of the next month, the emperor will pay tribute to the Taimiao Temple and announce the canonization of the crown prince. Huo Tang said the recent great changes in a few simple words.

"Fu Lihou ......" When he heard that Lu Bode had killed himself, Huo Guang subconsciously supported his hands on the desk, with a sad face. As for the other earth-shattering news, it seems that in Huo Guang's opinion, the death of Lu Bode is not as important!

Huo Guang didn't say anything more after calling out Lu Bode's title, and this man who dedicated his life to the Han kept coming up in his mind.

The first acquaintance of the Battle of Mobei, outside the Taimiao, I watched Lu Bode lead the three thousand iron horsemen of Youbeiping to fly away, which was Huo Guang's former example. At the time of the Chang'an Order, Lu Bode, who had already entered the court as a guard lieutenant, maintained Huo Guang everywhere. Later, Beiping Nanyue Lu Bode has always played an important role behind Huo Guang.

In Huo Guang's heart, Lu Bode was not his subordinate, even if Lu Bode always regarded himself as a subordinate later, Huo Guang always regarded him as a friend who was also a teacher and friend. Now this famous Han general, who can be Huo Guangshi and Huo Guangyou, ended his life with a gloomy ending.

Huo Guang closed his eyes and was silent, and after a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes and said something inexplicable: "So it's less than thirty days before His Majesty canonizes the new crown prince?" ”

"Twenty-six days to go." Huo Tang didn't know why Huo Guang suddenly said this, and she also answered subconsciously.

"Order all officials above 1,000 stone in Hexi to immediately go to the Dadu Governor's Mansion and summon the two guards back." Huo Guang suddenly stood up and said in a commanding tone.

"Little sister, I'll do it." Huo Tang's expression was solemn, she could see that Huo Guang had some big plans to arrange.

When Huo Tang left to prepare, Huo Guang called Huo Qi and Huo Ba in again, and he handed over a seal letter of his own and a portable jade pendant to the two of them. Then the two of them rode out of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion with dozens of horses, heading in two different directions.

Half a day later, the main hall of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was crowded. Not only all the Hexi dignitaries who were in Dunhuang attended, but even Bai Zheng and Li Ling and others from the front line of the two passes returned to Dunhuang. There were no less than forty or fifty people in the main hall, all talking in low voices, guessing what Huo Guang had done at this time when he had gathered so many people.

"Yin Huajun, do you know what the Metropolitan Governor is talking about?" Dongfang Shuo and Du Yannian sat at the top of the main hall, and Zhao Yinhua also appeared in the main hall, sitting beside Du Yannian at the same time.

"It happened suddenly, and I don't know!" Du Yannian replied with a blank face.

Dongfang Shuo looked at Zhao Yinhua beside Du Yannian again, because of Zhao Yinhua's identity, she did know some things in advance than ordinary people, but this time Zhao Yinhua just shook his head helplessly at Dongfang Shuo, saying that he didn't know.

"It's strange, everyone who should be here is here, why don't you see Sima Qian?" Dongfang Shuo's face was puzzled, and at the same time, he also found that Sima Qian had not appeared until now.

"The Metropolitan Governor is here....." a guard of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion shouted loudly, and then everyone saw two figures, a man and a woman, appear outside the hall.

Everyone in the hall immediately stopped talking and stood up one after another, and at this time, Huo Guang and Huo Tang also walked into the hall one after another. The people on both sides bowed their hands one after another, saying, "Welcome to the Metropolitan Governor...... I've seen the courtyard ....."

Huo Guang walked straight to the main seat of the main hall, which was like the imperial steps of Weiyang Palace, a jade table three steps above the ground of the main hall. And Huo Tang sat at the head of Dongfang Shuo and Du Yannian, where there was only one seat, a seat that belonged to the Privy Council alone.

The place where Huo Tang is located is second only to Huo Guang, and the status of the head of the monarchs and the head of the three courts is vividly reflected.

"Dayuan-kun, let's get started." Huo Guang sat down and immediately spoke.

Huo Tang stood up, faced His Royal Highness, and said in her heavenly voice: "The Xiongnu have broken through the defense line of the five northern counties, and the Fuli Hou soldiers have been defeated and martyred, and now the Xiongnu army has been killed. The emperor transferred Li Guangli to lead an army of 90,000 troops into Fushi to defend against the enemy, and at the same time ordered that all men over the age of 16 and under the age of 40 be organized into an army. The emperor has scheduled to pay tribute to the Taimiao on the fifteenth day of the next month, announcing the canonization of the crown prince. ”

Huo Tang's voice fell, and he didn't wait for everyone in the hall to come back to their senses. Huo Guang also stood up and said to his subordinates who were still digesting these shocking news: "I have mobilized all the subordinates of the Western Regions, and Xutuo is bringing 30,000 Wusun cavalry to Dunhuang by detouring to Zhuo Evil Mountain. The 20,000 Hun cavalry of the Juyan Department were also ready to go, plus the 30,000 cavalry of Dunhuang, a total of 80,000 troops. This time I'm going to lead the troops myself....... Enter Chang'an ......"

Huo Guang's words were even more shocking than the previous news, everyone didn't expect that Huo Guang would make the decision to lead troops to Chang'an at this time, including Huo Tang. Huo Guang's decision was not told to anyone beforehand.

"This ...... If you go to Chang'an at this time, the governor of the capital needs a name, in the name of King Qin? Huo Tang found that the army taken by Huo Guang would not have an impact on the existing arrangements in Hexi. Because Ouluobazo has reached the two passes, the Xiongnu Shan Yu and the Right Xian King are both in the Shuofang and Zhou area. The Wusun cavalry and the cavalry of the Juyan Department have lost their pinning, and they can indeed leave the defense area at this time.

"It's not King Qin..... It's the Qingjun side...... Come in, come in! Huo Guang's words completely caught everyone off guard. At this time, except for a few people such as Huo Tang and Dongfang Shuo, who probably guessed a little bit of Huo Guang's intentions, most of them were dazed and shocked.

Just as Huo Guang's words fell, a young man walked into the main hall, and there was a man and a woman behind the boy. Everyone in the male hall is no stranger, it is Sima Qian, who has rarely appeared recently, and few people know the woman.

"This ..... Enter Your Highness..... And the fine gentleman..... When did you guys get here? Zhao Yinhua took two steps forward excitedly, looking at the teenagers and girls other than Sima Qian, her face was excited, happy, and a little incredulous.

For a long time, many people thought that the emperor's eldest grandson and Princess Jiangdu were dead, and even Zhao Yinhua thought so. Among the people in Hexi, Zhao Yinhua is one of the few people who know these two people, although they haven't seen each other for a few years, but people who know each other can still recognize each other at a glance.

"Meet Her Royal Highness the eldest grandson, and meet Her Royal Highness Princess Jiangdu." Zhao Yinhua stood up straight and bowed to the two of them. She is also a thoughtful person, and when these two people appeared, she probably guessed what Huo Guang's Qingjun side meant, so she solemnly saluted the two.

"Sima Qian, you used to be the Taishi Ling of Chang'an. Now tell the people in the temple, who is this? Huo Guang looked at Sima Qian and pointed at Liu Jin.

"Minister Sima Qian..... Meet His Royal Highness the eldest grandson of the Great Han Emperor! Sima Qian didn't say anything to everyone in the hall, but stood in front of Liu Jin, straightened his clothes, and then bent down and bowed, showing the identity of this young man with his actual actions.

"The ministers meet His Royal Highness the eldest grandson!" Sima Qian was still bowing, and everyone in the hall reacted. Qi Qi bowed to Liu Jin, and even Huo Guang walked down the jade steps, standing side by side with Huo Tang and bowing to Liu Jin.