The battle of Yongcheng was temporarily suspended, and the two sides each gathered back their forces, and there was no battle that day and day.

On the side of the Huainan rebels, Yingbu slept until around dusk, and when the Huainan generals were a little uneasy, he finally issued the military order of 'Zhonghu Meeting';

On the Yongcheng side, the generals of the Han army, including Li Shang, Wang Ling, and even Pingyang Hou Cao Shen, under the leadership of Liu Ying, held a brief meeting in the morning and then dispersed to rest.

However, unlike the Huainan 'big camp' with a solemn atmosphere and even a faint tendency to despair, this military discussion in Yongcheng ended in joy.

As for the reason······

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In the autumn and August of the eleventh year of the Han Dynasty, Xinmao (28), the other side of the Huaishui.

As the sun slowly sets from the west, the night is quietly sprinkled on the land of Huainan.

The old and young women and children who had finished the autumn harvest and collected weeds and straw in the fields also returned home early, drank half a bowl of corn porridge comfortably, and immediately fell asleep in the company of their families.

Huainan Wang Yingbu came out of the country, which also made the garrison force in Huainan in a very weak state.

The county, which could have been garrisoned by 1,800 people, is now full of 100 old and weak soldiers; In the village where hundreds of young people could have been made, there were basically no young faces in sight.

The most terrible thing is that even the local officials in various places have been promoted to the rank of captain by county order and county guard to captain after Yingbu raised troops, and have become 'generals' under Yingbu.

In the area close to Liuyi, the capital of Huainan Kingdom, there was even a mythical event of 'originally just a hundred stone officials, but once he was able to tie the seal around his waist'!

The domestic garrison was weak, and there were not enough officials in charge, so naturally all parts of Huainan, especially around the northern border of Huainan, Huaiyang County, and the northern border of Huainan bordering the Chu State, did not dare to relax their vigilance for a moment.

——Lu'an, the capital of Huainan Province, has been curfew every day since the day the British army was launched!

The hundred-mile area around Lu'an is home to the last bit of Huainan - tens of thousands of 'old and strong' who have returned to their hometowns due to old age or illness, as well as young men who are less than fifteen years old for thousands of years.

With such a 'jaw-dropping' garrison, even if Huainan is not capable of going on an expedition, it should not be a problem to protect itself.

But what all the officials and generals left behind in Huainan, and even Yu Yingbu himself, never expected was that at this moment, just before dark, only five miles away from the south bank of Huaishui and no more than two hundred miles away from Yuyongcheng in a straight line, a soldier wearing a Han army robe and an old Qin hairpin quietly appeared!

I saw the warrior quietly come out of the mountain nest where he had been hiding before, and sneakily turned around for a long time before turning around and whistling loudly at the col behind him.

Then, one after another, the same dressed figures, and one after another well-equipped Guanzhong soldiers, poured out of the col, along the Huaishui, and continued eastward.

If Yingbu himself were here, he would have noticed that a little further back in the line was a familiar face, whispering something to the person next to him.

And whether it was the one who was talking, or the one who was frowning and listening, Yingbu knew it······

·

"Yingyin Hou."

After patting the mud and dust on his body, and frowning and biting down a bite of the stiff 'rice cracker', Chen Bi complained slightly: "The army has been out day and night, and it has been attacking for several days. ”

"Today's night shift, there will be a big battle in Bento."

"Does the Marquis of Yingyin give an order, so that the sons and daughters can rest for a while, recuperate, and attack the enemy without being hurt?"

Hearing Chen Bi's words, Guan Ying only smiled, and just as he was about to speak, he heard a slight 'click' sound coming into his ears.

Turning sideways with a little doubt, he saw Chen Bi spit out the food in his mouth with annoyance, and immediately probed his fingers to the position of the molars, and while the baby was embarrassed, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

"In recent days, the Marquis of Boyang has worked hard······"

With a smile in his tone, Chen Bi naturally raised his head, took Chen Bi from his shoulder slightly in his direction, and lowered his voice slightly: "However, this is also a helpless thing." ”

"The Marquis of Boyang has been in the army for many years, and he has won the marquis with martial arts, so it is ······ to know the principles here."

Hearing the gentle persuasion of the baby, Chen Bi only subconsciously twisted his face!

brought back the taste, and finally snorted, took his hand out of his mouth angrily, and spat without any scruples.

"I know!"

"——If the reinforcements do not arrive, the crown prince is in danger, and Your Majesty will not spare us!"

Angrily said this sentence, Chen Bi stretched out his hand a little uncontrollably, and kept stepping under his feet, but the outstretched hand stopped the baby slightly.

"But this time, the prince is trapping himself in Yongcheng!"

"Even if the prince is far-sighted, he will not be so dangerous that we are so tired of running that we have no time to eat?"

As he spoke, Chen Bi did not forget to raise his hand with annoyance, the piece of 'rice cake' that was still engraved with a tooth mark, and immediately threw the rice cake out in anger.

In the past, even though Chen Bi was complaining with annoyance, the baby was still smiling.

But after seeing Chen Bi's action of throwing rice cakes, Guan Baby's face sank suddenly, and his footsteps stopped when he buzzed.

Chen Bi didn't notice it for the first time, and walked out two steps by himself.

After reacting in hindsight, Chen Bi turned around with a puzzled face.

After seeing the gloomy face of the baby and the cold gaze looking at him, Chen Bi couldn't help but stiffen, and he didn't know how to resolve the embarrassment for a while.

"Hmm······ Uh······"

was stared at by the baby for a long time, but finally saw the baby look at Chen Bi meaningfully, and then turned sideways with a cold smile, came to the side of the forest path, and picked up the rice cake that Chen Bi threw out.

As if he had found some treasure, he looked at the rice crackers with deep eyes for a while, and then turned around and came to Chen Bi with a chuckle.

"The ······ of Boyang Hou's talent"

"Huh······"

"Indeed."

"His Royal Highness is only the body of the crown prince, and the Marquis of Boyang's move is not enough to talk about resentment."

With a strange expression of 'muttering to himself', Guan Ying smiled and handed the rice cake in his hand to Chen Bi.

"Don't worry, Marquis Boyang."

"This matter will never be known to outsiders."

"I only look at the Marquis of Boyang, and miss the Queen Mother for a while······"

"Oh no, no, no, no."

"A slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue ······"

"I also hope that the Marquis of Boyang, a little bit of the queen's beloved son, and a little bit of effort in the prince's affairs."

"In this way, when you turn back to Chang'an, it is better than the queen in person, and she will have some kind words for the Marquis of Boyang?"

Saying this meaningful and somewhat inexplicable word at first glance, Guan Ying moved his upper body forward slightly and stared deeply into the depths of Chen Bi's gaze.

And in the position of only half a step in front of Guan Ying, looking at the gaze of Guan Ying looking at him, Chen Bi was shocked, but also couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

"Prince······ Your Majesty······ Resentment ······"

"Queen······ Queen Mother······ Slip of the tongue ······"

"Speak for me······"

"Boyang Hou."

"Boyang Hou?"

Just as he was thinking about it, a few light calls came into his ears, which made Chen Bi a little surprised.

saw that Guan Ying changed into his previous smiling and harmless face, and stretched out the rice crackers in his hand again, and even touched Chen Bi's chest.

"Today, the world is 100% ready to prosper, and the country and the people are poor."

"These rice cakes are the millet obtained by the people of the world after working for one year, and they are put into the treasury in the name of agricultural taxes, and then steamed and dried by Shaofu repeatedly, and finally used as military rations for Your Majesty."

"The income of the people's labor is the people's anointing; What comes out of the treasury is public property; What Shaofu did and His Majesty aplocated, this is even more of a gentleman's grace······"

"Huh?"

Dropping such a sentence, when Chen Bi took the rice cake with a sluggish expression, Guan Ying smiled again, and immediately walked in the direction of the army's advance.

After a while, Chen Bi heard a low and penetrating sound from a distance from the baby.

"Herald!"

"——The army is rushing at full speed, before the time comes, be sure to enter the south bank of Huaishui directly south of the rebel camp in Yongcheng!"

"When you arrive at the riverbank, if there are no thieves, then immediately set up camp, and when the day dawns, the whole army should enter the camp and rest!"

"If there be a thief on the riverbank······

"—In one moment, take all the !!"

"!!!!!"

·

Guanzhong, north of Chang'an, Ganquan Palace.

After a few months of recuperation, Liu Bangben, the son of heaven, finally breathed a sigh of relief when his body was almost exhausted.

Although in his heart, he still knew that he had not much to live, but the recuperation in the past few months had at least made Liu Bang feel a little better.

- Even if you can't live longer, you can suffer less, right?

But it is the so-called in his position, seeking his government.

Even if he came to Ganquan Palace more in the name of 'summer vacation' in order to rest and recuperate with peace of mind, in order to stay away from the chaos of the court, Liu Bang did not worry much less.

If you really want to talk about it, the only advantage of Ganquan Palace over Changle Palace may be that you can look at Lu Pheasant a few times less and lose your temper a few times······

And now, Liu Bang, the son of heaven who thinks that he 'can't recuperate better', finally sat in the side hall of Ganquan Palace with a ruddy face, smiling and watching the palace maids and eunuchs sorting out their outfits in the palace, and his hands covered with withered lines were also slapped on his knees, showing a sense of comfort.

"Hey······"

"I'm ······ in this life"

"Rare."

"It's rare~"

"It's rare to have such a comfortable day, so that I can enjoy Qingfu~"

With a few sighs full of enjoyment, Liu Bang patted his thigh lightly and got up from the couch.

"Hey! Yo~"

"It's not okay to be old······"

Before Liu Bang's words fell, he felt that the figure at the gate of the palace had already taken off his cloth shoes, untied his sword, walked to the center of the hall very slowly, and slowly knelt down towards Liu Bang.

"Old~~Old~······"

"Ahem, cough, ······"

Seeing that the old man's words were not good, and even his eyes were very difficult to open, Liu Bang couldn't help but feel a little twitch in his heart.

"Hmm!"

With a slightly annoyed snort, without Liu Bang's eyes, the eunuch on the side hurriedly walked down the imperial steps and gently helped Xiao He, who was kneeling on the ground, up.

"Prime Minister, please ······"

Hearing the eunuch's whisper, Xiao He was only stunned for a long time, and then slowly turned his head sideways and glanced at the eunuch.

Seeing Xiao He like this, even if Liu Bang had the intention to maintain his demeanor, he couldn't help but raise his head, pretended to sigh, and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"Alas······"

"It's only been a few months, huh?"

"You Xiao He!"

"Hey!"

"Hey······ hey"

"Old~"

"It's all old······"

seemed to be smiling, and shook his head with a smile as if relieved, Liu Bang didn't hold the shelf of the Son of Heaven anymore, strode down the imperial steps, and sat down cross-legged in front of Xiao He.

"Come, sit, sit down."

Holding back the bitterness on the tip of his nose, he beckoned, pulled Xiao He to sit down with his hand in front of him, looking at Xiao He's trembling appearance, Liu Bang rushed to his lips, but he couldn't say anything for a while.

One of them was red, but he was also old, and the other looked like he might turn his back at any time, and he held up his eyelids tiredly.

The two monarchs and ministers just looked at each other, silent.

I don't know how long it took, Xiao He blinked his eyes a few times, and slowly grinned the corners of his mouth.

"Your Majesty~Xia~Zhi~Meaning~··· Lao Chen~~Known~······"

"Your Majesty ~ Down ~ But ~ Go ~~~"

"Chao~····· Chao~中~··· Shang ~ De ~ Chen ~ in ······"

Seeing that Xiao He seemed to use all his strength to say this extremely short sentence, the tears that Liu Bang had just held back only flowed out of the tear glands like a spring.

But for some reason, the tears that were constantly flowing from his eyes did not prevent Liu Bang from squeezing out a smile that was extremely stiff and mixed with crying from time to time······

"Hey ······"

"Hey, hey!"

"Okay~"

"With you here, I am out of the house, what is there to worry about?"

"Huh?"

In the end, Liu Bang couldn't hold back the grief in his heart anymore, propped up the floor, and stood up from the ground again.

The questions he planned to ask and the words he was going to confess were all left behind by Liu Bang at this moment.

At this moment, in the heart of the Son of Heaven, there is no longer the composure that was different from ordinary people in the past, and the unique grace of the Son of Heaven.

At this moment, Liu Bang is more like an ordinary old man who is dying and is about to witness his old friend go away first.

What makes Liu Bang feel like a knife is that even at this point, he still can't completely abandon the identity of the 'Son of Heaven', and be sad for a while and sad for a while.

"This letter to the valley will be returned to Chang'an ······"

"Alas······"

"Take Cao Shen back to Beijing, who is the Qi Xiang······"

Full of bitter thoughts, Liu Bang finally did not forget to turn his head sideways, and looked at Xiao He who had not been able to get up straight from the ground with grief.

In the end, the Son of Heaven subconsciously rushed to his lips with the sentence 'Xiao He, who do you think to send?' But it became a bland and intimate confession.

"Even if you come, you will not rush back."

"When I set off from Ganquan, I will go to Chang'an and inspect the court."

"From Ganquan to Chang'an, this way, let's go with me······"

Hearing Liu Bang's words, Xiao He reacted for a while before reacting.

Subconsciously put on a panicked look, and was about to wave his hand to refuse, but when he saw Liu Bang's eyes full of tears, Xiao He finally slowly closed his eyes after several thoughts, and kowtowed to Liu Bang.

"Old Minister······

"Thanks..."

"Xie ~ Your Majesty ~ ······"