Chapter 225: Struggle for Rights and Interests

The Han Dynasty's policy of 50,000 troops to the west has been issued, and the imperial decree has arrived in Qishan with the flying pigeon, and the formal decree of the emperor will take some time, and the journey will not be one or two days.

Zhao Chongguo, the generalissimo of the Western Expedition, obtained the imperial decree through Wang Guifei's only carrier pigeon, so he issued a marshal's order in Qishan City, read out the imperial decree, and the mighty army of 50,000 went their separate ways.

30,000 troops under the leadership of Zhao Chongguo went straight to the Western Regions Protectorate, 5,000 soldiers stayed in Qishan City under the leadership of the vanguard general Xu Yanshou, the vanguard general Xu Yanshou is a close subordinate of the generalissimo Zhao Chongguo, Zhao Chongguo gave a special order when he set off, that is, if the Qishan army is in trouble, just save their lives, Qilong City and the Western Regions are not the final destination of the two of them, the vanguard general Xu Yanshou of course knows the express instructions of General Zhao Chongguo, and nodded his head.

General Qin personally led 15,000 soldiers to escort Wang Guifei straight to Shanjun City, the two of them have already intersected, they are familiar with each other, there are talking and laughing along the way, and they are very relaxed.

It is said that the people of Loulan have been temporarily sheltered in Qishan for four days, life is quite inconvenient, and it is inevitable to suffer crimes, and the "hussar soldiers" and military detectives from various countries are also outside the Qishan Pass to keep an eye on the movements of the Han army and the situation of the people of Qishan.

The Han army got the emperor's order, moved, and the nearly nine-layer army left Qishan City, this news was noticed by the soldiers of various countries, of course, the more concerned about the movement of the people of Qishan, the news soon arrived in the north of Qishan.

The eighteen "hussar soldiers" Lan Qi'er was given a special task, because in the Loulan court, the generals had already analyzed, knowing that the Han army would definitely withdraw from it, and the next task of the eighteen hussars was that once the Han army withdrew from Qishan City, no matter what the number of personnel, it was necessary to always pay attention to the movement, in case the Han army withdrew from the army and turned back.

Lan Qi'er now has no father's strong backer, everything needs to be handled more carefully, the Han army withdrew eight out of ten soldiers, Loulan temporary court meeting began, the civil and military generals are all involved in politics, come up with their own opinions, some ministers see that the people are suffering all the time, many people have been sick, of course, the political opinion is to immediately counterattack a small number of Han troops in Qishan City, bravely recapture Qishan City, so as to stick to the pass?

There are a few generals who have dissenting opinions, that is, the Han army has just left Qishan City, and if the Han army stationed in Qishan is immediately counterattacked, who can guarantee that the Han army will not come back, and if it does not turn back and strike at it, then the people of Qishan will be completely in danger when they are hiding in Qishan, but they will not be able to repeat the illusion that the people as a whole are out of Qishan, and they will not be able to confuse the Han army.

Lan Qi'er and Princess An Ran listened carefully and carefully, Lan Qi'er is the emperor and is going to make the final decision, of course, he heard that the political opinions expounded by the generals are reasonable and feasible, so they issued the emperor's decree, that is, no matter how hard the people are, they must hold on for two days, and then counterattack Qishan City after two days.

Lan Qi'er then issued a holy decree in the court, that is, all the doctors of the medical hall in the country must first unconditionally treat the sick people, and the officials of the six ministries must always pay attention to the emotional dynamics of the people and must stabilize the people's hearts.

Five days of hard life finally passed, the night came, Lan Qi'er issued the imperial decree to counterattack Qishan City, why should she give the imperial order at night?

Here Lan Qi'er is deliberately for the future, that is, she knows very well in her heart that although the Qishan City is not a Han army, the number of soldiers is still relatively equal, the only difference is that the Han soldiers in Qishan City should definitely not have strong combat power, and the generals should be very few, and the Han army should not be evenly matched with the Qishan army in terms of combat power, and the Qishan army will definitely win, it will definitely be.

With the battle of the Han army, most of the Han army will take the initiative to withdraw from the Qishan Pass, so as to rush to the Shanjun City and the Western Regions Protectorate, and will definitely report the situation, and the emperor's order at night is to let the Qishan soldiers take advantage of the night to move from the hideout in the north of Qishan to the deep forest in the south, and a surprise attack tomorrow morning can objectively reflect that the Qishan army is from the south of Qishan, which proves that the people of Loulan are not hidden in Qishan, and they are expelled from Qishan by the Han army!

The general Soha, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, Tulong, the generals of the left and right banners and all the deputy generals knelt down to receive the order, and thousands of soldiers took advantage of the night to go out of the dark passage and lurk in the primeval forests in the south, waiting for the dawn to come.

The sun rose a little slower, and the sunlight had not yet been sprinkled into Qishan City, but the sky was bright, and the general Suoha gave an order, and dozens of horns were blown at the same time, and it was very loud in Qishan, with the sound of the horns, thousands of soldiers began to shout and charge, and in a moment they went out of the primeval forest in the south.

Han general Xu Yanshou and several deputy generals, all leaders did not wake up, the deafening horn and shouting to kill immediately reached everyone's ears, of course, all the Han troops were panicked, from time to time standing guard soldiers reported to the Han general Xu Yanshou, a large number of Qishan soldiers appeared in the primeval forest in the south of Qishan, and rushed to Qishan City to kill.

The Han general Xu Yanshou had already received a clear indication from the general Zhao Chongguo, who doesn't love life, who doesn't want to live, Xu Yanshou immediately got under the general's command, and all the Han soldiers did not do anything to resist it, and all of them withdrew from Qishan City.

For a while, the Han soldiers were in chaos, and the fast ones were ridden by war horses, and the slow-moving horses were gone, so they could only run to the gate of Qishan Pass by their legs, and they were resigned to fate.

The Han general Xu Yanshou finally led nearly 4,000 soldiers to flee to the city of Shanjun first, and after a day of rest, he went straight to the capital of the Western Regions.

Xu Yanshou led the army to withdraw from Qishan City, Wang Guifei was Huo Guang's person, and immediately used a flying pigeon to report to Huo Guang, Huo Guang can be said to be the first to grasp the movement of the Western Regions, because Xu Yanshou ordered in time, did not cause a large number of casualties in the Han army, Huo Guang did not provoke trouble in the court, and the matter was over.

The general Zhao Chongguo naturally also sent a messenger to report to the Han Emperor Liu Xun, and Liu Xun recognized the general Zhao Chongguo's approach, after all, he was preserving his military strength!

Qishan City has returned to the hands of the people of Loulan, and it has been stable for some time, although the Han army is very strong, but the Han Dynasty has not been able to grasp the best opportunity, and missed the destruction of the Loulan Kingdom.

Now it can be said that "the Han army is full of armor, three or four to ask for Loulan, 50,000 soldiers when they come, when they go, how many families are scattered, parents are in tears, military generals want to kill the West, literati are mindful, beheaded, beheaded, Loulan, the main concern, seems to be partial, Loulan girl, into Chang'an, clarifying the reason, the country is difficult, how can I do it, the strong bullying is barbaric, I can't understand, and the people are uneasy"!

As the Han army took the initiative to withdraw from Qishan City, a small number of garrisons were expelled from Qishan City, and the general Zhao Chongguo sent an envoy to the Han Emperor Liu Xun to request that he attack Qishan City again in order to destroy the Loulan Kingdom.

Emperor Liu Xun of the Han Dynasty is distressed every day in the imperial study because of Huo Guangquan's suppression of the ministers, because his family controls the army and is afraid, everything in the court is like walking on thin ice, he now has a heavy army on the border of the Western Regions, and he can no longer let the soldiers under his own control have accidents, and his heart has changed slightly, that is, the outside must first be settled inside, everything can sit on the throne, there is no sovereignty of the court, there is no throne, how much can the national border push outward, whose is it, it will not be their own at that time!

Liu Xun was busy with the court after many days of political discussions, but he was thinking in the imperial study, thinking about how to develop his intermediate power in the court, and it was difficult for him to have a chance in the army, because Huo Guang was a general of several generations of the Han Dynasty, or a great Sima, and there were countless generals under him, his son Huo Yu, his nephew Huo Yun was still the commander of the palace guard, Huo Yun's younger brother Huo Shan commanded the cavalry of the country, and the two sons-in-law also had important positions in the army, which can be described as the complete control of the central military power.

Liu Xun also knew that Huo Guang had already controlled his own generals in the border of the Western Regions, on the one hand, it was a restriction on his rights, on the other hand, once a war broke out in the Western Regions, General Zhao Chongguo's success or failure in the war against Xinjiang was his crime, and it would not affect his central control of the army, and his family members would not be affected by the war, and as the emperor, he could only praise and punish General Zhao Chongguo, and there was no opportunity to praise and belittle his family, and Huo Guang's central military power could not be shaken for a while.

Liu Xun didn't think in vain, he thought of a pretty good strategy, which really played a decisive role in the stability of his throne, that is, to use women, use women's change of direction to secretly cultivate power in the court, win over civil ministers and military generals, and play politics.

At the same time that Emperor Liu Xun of the Han Dynasty used women to win over Wenchen military generals, he lost his childhood sweetheart's wife, that is, the queen Xu Pingjun at that time, what happened?

The specific thing is like this, after Liu Xun had the idea of playing politics, he began to take the initiative to make a holy decree, and he played to choose the beauties of the harem by himself, and wanted to accept concubines.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty issued a holy decree to accept concubines, which is of course a major event of the country, and the momentum can be described as huge, and it is known to the whole people for a while.

Liu Xun said that it was the national selection of concubines, in fact, it was not the case, he had already inquired about a number of goals through his cronies and eunuchs in the imperial study, and the target women were all the children of the court's important ministers, because there were as many as ten concubines and concubines, and the children of some military generals were also included.

The Han Dynasty Liu Xun's selection of concubines came to an end three months later, and ten beauties entered the palace and became concubines, which naturally included Huo Guang's daughter Huo Chengjun, Huo Chengjun's entry into the palace was Liu Xun's helpless move, in order to peacefully stabilize the power of the Huo family.

Facts, Liu Xun's concubine was never expected, at this juncture, his queen Xu Pingjun is about to give birth, and now the harem has the Huo family to join, the harem is right and wrong, Liu Xunzhi's queen Xu Pingjun did not escape the murder of the Huo family, Huo Guangzhi's wife is a vicious woman, and used Huo Guangzhi's full power to threaten the female medical officer and family of the court at that time, which led to Xu Pingjun being poisoned to death after childbirth.

The sons of Liu Xun and Xu Pingjun are lucky, they are female doctors in the court and a little doctor benevolence, so they didn't take medicine in advance, and this lucky person is another emperor of the later Han Dynasty, Emperor Yuan of Han.

Liu Xun was sad, Huo Guang and other important ministers put pressure on him, Huo Chengjun stayed in the East Palace as he wished, became the new Queen Huo, and ruled the harem, all this was a victory for the Huo family, and his family did not know that Liu Xun knew that Xu Pingjun was killed by the Huo family, and the resentment was greater in Liu Xun's heart.

Huo Chengjun is a woman, as a queen, Liu Xun wants to take care of him more on the surface, but he has no chance of getting pregnant, this is what Liu Xun must do, if Huo Chengjun has an heir, the life of himself and Xu Pingjun's son will definitely be guaranteed, which he knows deeply.

Emperor Liu Xun of the Han Dynasty through getting along with many concubines in the harem, slowly exploring his family situation, the inner tendencies of each woman, and finally selected a few concubines, as the cornerstone of his own development of the power of the court, through a few concubines secretly control the power behind him, that is, a part of the civil and military generals in the court began to have a secret political position, Liu Xun in the court has a part of the pro-faction power!

The great Sima general Huo Guang over time, the age is high, people always have birth, old age, sickness and death, Huo Guangquan leaned towards the government and the opposition for many years, and finally withdrew from the Han court due to illness in 69 BC, Liu Xun saw that the opportunity to control his power came, so he gradually with the help of his secret courtiers, slowly gathered the power of civil and military, especially the central military power.

Huo Guang, the great general of Sima who was lying in Huo Mansion, was now unable to ascend to the court, and it was far from enough to speak out in the palace to lose his effect, and he was depressed all day long, and finally died in the mansion alive, and died in 68 BC, and the Huo family of the Han Dynasty slowly withdrew from the political stage of the Han Dynasty and collapsed.

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Liu Xun passed six years of lying on salary and hiding his courage, and finally completed the inheritance of the great unification in the true sense, and a generation of heroes began to implement the court reform with great pride, and began to strengthen the country and the army!

Six years have passed, the countries of the Western Regions have been relatively peaceful in the past few years, the Xiongnu because of the Han general Zhao Chongguo stationed heavy troops in the Western Regions Protectorate, occasionally sent cavalry into the Han border to plunder and disturb it, the result is not ideal, often by the Western Regions Protectorate and the Han soldiers in the city of Shanjun, the casualties are huge, and in recent years, the cold climate in the Tianshan Mountains has intensified, the Xiongnu people's materials have been very scarce, and life is very difficult.

Due to regional differences, small climate change and special geographical location, the area of commercial gatherings outside the city has more than doubled, and it has reached its peak of prosperity, and the economy of Loulan is strengthening, and the population has grown rapidly.

Loulan Empress Lan Qi'er is over fifty years old at this time, but her face is still extremely beautiful, enough to compare with Princess An Ran, because her father has passed away, after dealing with the state, she often goes in and out of her own mother's house and accompanies her mother!

Lan Zhenshan is also more than ten years old, his martial arts and strength have increased greatly, although there is no General Lan in the art field, but now General Loulan Soha has taken over the responsibilities of General Lan and has become the child king, and he is doing his own thing!