In the palace of the king of Huainan in Shouchun City, Liu Xi, the king of Huainan, was supported by everyone and sat down in the council hall. After drinking two bowls of honey water, it was considered to be relieved. Seeing the demeanor of King Huainan, the strategists sitting together had already guessed that the trip to the mountain was not going well. At that moment, a strategist said to Liu Xijin: "Your Highness, now the two armies are deadlocked, and the victory and defeat are not clear. Mr. Yan Zheng is still serving in the army, so do you want him to come back? He is the elder of Mr. Wu and Mr. Gui, and for Mr. Yan's sake, there may be a turning point in this matter. ”

"Turning ......" Liu Xi smiled a little strangely, and then ate two mouthfuls of meat soup under the service of the waiter, which gave him some energy. Then he waved his hand to the strategists and said, "The matter is not as serious as everyone thinks, and now the two gentlemen have not returned from visiting friends. A few days later, the king will look up at the Tianshan Mountain again, and look at the past master and apprentice and worship feelings, Huainan Kingdom will definitely be blessed by two gentlemen. Everyone was tired of following this king, and the minister of state left to explain to this king the pre-military battle report of the past two days, and the rest of the people could retreat. ”

After watching everyone retreat, the prime minister said to King Huainan: "Your Highness, the Han army has not made any major moves in the past two days, but our army has no reserve army to replenish. If we continue to stalemate, the war will be unfavorable to our army sooner or later. The minister has a plan, taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the Han army is in my Huainan country. It's better to unite with the Xiongnu's Yizhi Xiandanyu and the Nanyue State ......"

When he said this, the prime minister kept his mouth. looked at the reaction of Liu Xi, the king of Huainan, and saw if he said the next words according to his reaction. Liu Xi stopped when he heard the prime minister say half of it, and immediately looked up at the prime minister, and said: "If you want to speak, your lordship, do you want this king to guess what you will say?" ”

Seeing that King Huainan had no intention of attacking, the kingdom gave Liu Xi a half-salute, and then bowed his head and continued: "Your Highness, now the imperial capital is empty. Take advantage of this time to join forces with the Xiongnu and South Vietnam, as long as it is necessary to cede Hetao, Echizen and other places. ...... then"

Before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly heard the sound of a sword unsheathed. Just when the prime minister looked up, he saw that the king of Huainan had already slashed at him with a sword in his hand. After a flash of cold light, the sword was facing the head of the prime minister. However, at this time, Liu Xi had no strength left to cut off his head, and the sword was stuck in the head of the prime minister, and he fell to the ground along with the dead body.

At the same time as the prime minister was killed, a teenager and a half-year-old man walked in outside the conference hall. The person who came was Liu Xi's crown prince Liu Qian, a teenager who had the style of his father's youth. After seeing that the prime minister was killed, he immediately closed the door of the council hall, and then helped his father to sit down. He also asked his personal chamberlain to quietly bury the body of the prime minister in the garden of the palace by taking advantage of the night, and told him not to tell anyone about tonight's events, because killing the prime minister between the two armies was afraid that it would affect the chief general of the army.

After everything was arranged, Liu Qian came back to pay tribute to his father. After listening to his crown prince's words, Liu Xi sneered at the place where the prime minister fell to the ground, and finally said to his son: "Do you know why I killed the prime minister with a sword?" ”

"If the father kills the prime minister, there must be a reason for the father." After Liu Qian draped a large piece of cloth on Liu Xi's body, he continued: "However, in recent days, there have often been some Xiongnu and South Vietnamese people in the Prime Minister's mansion, and the death of the Prime Minister is inseparable from his words and deeds. ”

Liu Xi pointed to the position where the prime minister fell to the ground and said: "This thief wants to borrow the soldiers of the Xiongnu and Nanyue, and Liu Che and I are just an internal dispute between the Liu Han family." Attracting foreign soldiers is to subvert the chaos of the world, and the words of conspiring with the tiger and taking chestnuts from the fire can actually come out of the mouth of my Huainan Prime Minister, I was also blind at the beginning, and reused such a traitor! ”

"Erchen understands that the death of the prime minister is to blame." Liu Qian picked up the rice bowl full of meat soup, waited for his father to eat two bites, and then continued: "And now that the victory or defeat of the two armies is not clear, his words can be regarded as disturbing the morale of the army......

"The winner is not clear yet?" Without waiting for his crown prince to finish speaking, Liu Xi smiled bitterly, asked Liu Qian to sit in front of him, and then continued to say to him: "The soldiers and horses that my Huainan Kingdom has gathered all over the country are only one-tenth of the imperial court. Our army can only win by taking advantage of its unpreparedness to suddenly attack, and with the cooperation of the king's friendly army, it will have a chance of winning directly into the capital. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xi moved his phlegm and coughed a few times, and after taking a few sips of the honey handed over by Liu Qian, he could be considered to suppress the phlegm. Then he continued: "It was not my intention to use my Huainan Kingdom to recruit troops in recent years, but to use my Huainan Kingdom to attract the attention of the imperial court, so that other kings and allies could secretly develop their forces. Since the attempted rebellion of Liu Bi, the king of Wu, and others, the imperial court has overwhelmed the kings. None of the princes and kings attracted the attention of the imperial court, and the other kings did not dare to develop their own strength at all.

Originally, when the imperial court attacked our Huainan Kingdom, it was the best time for them to raise troops. Taking advantage of the emptiness of the capital, several kings happened to raise troops to storm the capital. It's a pity that those people are too bold...... Now it seems that the two armies of Huainan and the imperial court are stalemate, but in fact, the Han army is waiting for their reinforcements to arrive. When the time comes, there will be a round of soldiers and horses. At the latest, the army will be forced to my Shouchun City......"

After listening to his father's words, the crown prince's face changed color. Originally, he had already calculated that the battle situation was not good, who would have thought that it would be so bad. At that moment, after taking a deep breath, he said to King Huainan: "Then there is no turnaround?" ”

"Many years ago, there was a help, but now it is difficult to help ourselves, and we can't take care of our small Huainan country." After Liu Xi sighed slightly, he continued: "Originally, on this trip to Tianshan Mountain, I also hoped that Mr. Gui and Mr. Wu could sneak attack the Han army camp. Kill the main general of the Han army, take advantage of the chaos, our Huainan army can break through the camp, avoid the reinforcements of those roads, and go straight to Chang'an. It's a pity that the two gentlemen are outsiders, and they are so sad about the trivial matters in this world? ”

When he said this, Liu Ai looked at his son who was not yet an adult. After a long sigh, he continued: "Now I only hope that the two gentlemen can look at the past feelings and protect the integrity of your mother and son on the day the city is broken......

Almost as the King of Huainan expected, three days later, the five reinforcements of the imperial court arrived on the battlefield. The already exhausted Huainan Kingdom collapsed at the touch of a button, and then the cities under the jurisdiction of the Huainan Kingdom were lost one by one, and another five days passed. The 200,000 horsemen of the imperial court came to the city of Shouchun.

However, in terms of details, it is still a little different from what Liu Xi expected. Shouchun City held on for seven days after the city was broken, and on the day the city was broken, the crown prince Liu Qian was supervising the battle at the city gate. An arrow pierced Liu Qian's throat, and after seeing the death of the crown prince, the officers and soldiers who held the city gate had no intention of defending the city, and the city gate was breached by the Han army a moment later.

After hearing the news that the city gate was broken and the crown prince was killed in battle, Queen Huainan threw herself into a well and died on the spot. Liu Xi spat out a mouthful of blood. At this time, everyone in the palace was fleeing, and they didn't think of him, the king of Huainan.

Looking at the already empty Huainan Palace, Liu Xi laughed miserably, and then staggered around the Huainan Palace. At this time, the shouting and killing outside shook the sky, and it seemed that the Han army would kill here in the blink of an eye. Unconsciously, Liu Xi walked to the bedroom before his wedding, next to the bedroom of Wu Mian, Gui Bugui and Xiao Rensan. Suddenly, I remembered every bit of my childhood encounter with the three of them. In an instant, King Huainan's tears couldn't stop flowing.

At this time, there was a noisy sound of footsteps outside, and Liu Xi understood that this was the Han army breaking into his palace. At that moment, he walked a few steps briskly and walked towards the bedroom of Wu Mian and the three of them. It is still the same as when the three of them didn't leave, but at this time, Liu Xi has no heart to remember. At that moment, he grabbed a sheet and put it on the beam......

Just when Liu Xi was trembling and was about to tie a single knot, a familiar voice suddenly sounded behind him: "Is this leaving?" ”