Fifty-eight: Expedition
The front hall of Changle
Liu Ying raised her head, her eyes were clear and looked directly into Liu Bang's eyes, "Father, my son wants to ask for orders to lead the army to Yingbu." β
Liu Bang sneered, "Nonsense." It's good for you mother and son, one wants to fight, the other doesn't want to fight, it's fun to march and fight, so you can come when you say you come, and go when you say you go? β
"Not this time." Liu Ying replied firmly, "As long as my father can agree, I will say it myself where the queen mother is." β
Liu Bang was stunned for a moment, and took a closer look at his son in front of him.
It turned out that he had grown so tall before he knew it. His forehead was broad, and it seemed to follow me. And a pair of eyes, but they are the same as the queen.
Liu Bang suddenly palpitated, waved his hand, and said, "Go down, go down." If you are willing to fight, I am willing to save trouble. But if you are defeated, I will not see your son. β
"Nonsense."
The intention of the Emperor Gao of the current hall has come down, and Lu Pheasant, who has just learned the news, trembles angrily, and only turned around after walking a few steps back and forth in the Jiaofang Palace, looking at his son with a tired expression, "Ying'er, you have always listened to the words of the queen mother, why are you so self-assertive this time?" The battlefield is dangerous, if you have a case-"
"But the queen mother," Liu Ying knelt on the couch and looked up at her mother, "my son wants to give it a try." β
Lu Pheasant was stunned.
"The son knows that if he gives birth to his mother, the queen mother cherishes her sons, and most of them refuse to let her sons go. Only then did I go to my father and beg for it. "The queen mother," he said earnestly, "the son wants to go by himself." β
Lu Pheasant looked at the son in front of him, and only felt that there were all kinds of tastes in his heart. Over the years, while hating her son for not having her own fortitude, she has become accustomed to what she says, and this son will obey the orders to do it. Suddenly one day he came to him and said to himself. "I want to do what I want." She has a sense of relief that her son has finally grown up, but more of it is still lost, as if the child who has been under her protection has finally sprouted and stupidly wants to get out of her sight.
On the eve of the expedition, Liu Ying studied this battle strategy with his staff in the East Palace, and suddenly heard a report from the palace people, Liu Chu, the lord of Chu State, came to visit, and Hou was outside the palace gate.
He came out and saw the Maiden in Mai standing with her back to him in the distant hall, and he was a little stunned for a while.
In memory. This cousin is always associated with the Angry Horse in Fresh Clothes, flying and jumping. But he had to dress himself in plain clothes during the one-year filial piety period, and the whole person looked bland.
"Brother Prince." Liu turned his head suddenly. When I saw him, I was overjoyed, "I heard that you will go out on the same day, and I will come here to see you off." Are you happy? β
Liu Ying said with a smile, "I don't have to ask my sister to come here on purpose." β
"How is this possible?" Liu Chu shook his head stubbornly. "Brother Prince, you are going out to fight for the first time, I always think that you must be sincere, so that the spirit can bless you. Bless you with a victorious start. β
Her expression was sincere, and Liu Ying was a little moved when she saw it. smiled, "Thank you sister for that." β
"That's right," Liu said, glancing behind him. His expression couldn't hide his disappointment, and he asked with a frown, "I heard that Zhang Kai has also been here with you the prince brother these days, does he know that I came this time?" β
"Yes."
"Then he won't come out to see me?" She said sadly.
"Pluck." Liu Ying turned around slightly, hiding the impatience in her words. "I know that you have a heart for Zhang Kai, but now that the expedition is imminent, it is not the time for your children to fall in love."
"I just knew that you were about to go on this trip." Liu Chuyi said, his expression was intense, "You are not going to Fenghua Xueyue, but to fight." I always wondered what I would do if he was injured or couldn't come back at all. Brother Prince," Liu Chu grabbed his arm and begged, "Would you let him come out to see me?" β
Liu Ying sighed, only to feel that one head and two big ones had beckoned a palace person, and ordered heavily, and asked the deputy general Zhang Kai, be sure, come over and appease the lord of Chu State.
Later, Liu Ying vaguely heard that Zhang Kai had a big quarrel with Liu Chu.
"Inexplicable." Zhang Kai complained angrily, and only when he was extremely angry, did this young man show a fresh life, "She didn't know where she heard that I was friendly with the eldest lady of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, and she actually asked me if I was interested in her." β
"Ah Yan?" Liu Ying was stunned and said, "What are you kidding, how old is Ah Yan?" β
"yes." Zhang Kai smiled slightly, "How old is that little girl?" β
"Kai," Liu Ying said curiously, "The lord of Chu is good-looking, and she is the daughter of the king of Chu, and she has always been the first beauty of the Liu family before Ruyi was born. I have always been in love with you, and I have been persistent for many years, and I am really a good match with you, why don't you like her? β
Zhang Kai was stunned and sighed, "There is no way to turn the heart back." β
"Alright, alright." He shook his hand and said, "On the occasion of the battle of the army, we still focus our minds on the Huainan rebels.
Xinyou day, suitable for travel, suitable for fighting.
This day is the day when the great army goes out on the march.
More than 2,000 pieces of stainless steel are densely stacked like fish scales, and the chest and back are fixed with yin lines, only revealing a very short rope section, which can be firmly encircled; On the arms, the waist uses yang threads to make them flexible and mobile. Chen Hu stroked the cold-lustrous armor on the tray, sighed, and turned around to put on the fish scale armor for Liu Ying. Under the crown of armor, Liu Ying's face was heroic.
Liu Ying hung her sword at her waist, shook his wife's hand, and said with a smile, "Don't worry." I will win this battle and come back safe and sound. β
After speaking, he let go of his wife's hand, walked out of the inner room, walked out of the East Palace, and walked out of the Changle Palace.
Above the gate, in the view tower, Emperor Gao Liu Bang looked at his son in military uniform with blazing eyes.
"Go ahead." He waved his hand.
So Zhao Yao, the imperial historian, walked down from the gate with the tiger talisman in his hand, "His Royal Highness the Prince." He smiled slightly, and bent his back a few points lower than the prince kneeling in front of him.
Liu Ying stretched out his hand, lifted half of the right tiger talisman from the lacquer plate with the dark brocade cloth, and respectfully held it in his hand.
"The son thanks his father for the talisman, and this will definitely live up to his father's expectations." He bowed again, got up, got on his horse, and waved, "Let's go." "A thousand soldiers of the Northern Army in bright armor accompanied them with halberds, marched through the streets of Chang'an, and went straight to Bashang.
"Your Majesty." Zhao Yao smiled, "The prince has already gone far away. β
"I know. - I know. Liu Bang tapped the Guanlou Gan with his hand, "I wondered if I had done something wrong." β
"Your Majesty said this," Zhao Yao laughed and said, "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, how could the Son of Heaven be wrong?" β
Liu Bang smiled slightly, didn't care what he said, still looked at the smoke and dust left by the northern army from a distance, "Ying'er is going." He was glad to have won me, but his position as prince was also secure; If he loses, if he losesβhe is my son after all. Can I really bear to look at him embarrassed? β
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Ying arrived at Bashang, the propaganda sounded in unison, the beard whistled for a long time, and the door of the barracks on Bashang was opened. Wuyang Marquis Fan Xu led the crowd to greet the prince and pay homage to the prince with a military salute.
"Since you are in the barracks," Liu Ying waved her hand and said loudly, "I will only talk about the military position, regardless of the prince." Lonely is no different. β
Fan Xu smiled and arched his hand, "Yes." General Liu. A stubble-bearded face was lifted under the armor, and the two looked at each other and smiled together.
"Your Majesty is still good to the crown prince." Among the handsome tents. Fan Hao pointed to the map on the case and said, "There are a total of 9,000 men and horses in the Bashang military camp, and the general has brought another 1,000 northern troops. Shang requisitioned and transferred the army of the princes, and sent out all the death row prisoners across the country. Huainan is just pouring the strength of a country, although Yingbu is good at fighting. But how could the Han army be vegetarian? It must be handy. β
"Does the prince believe what the Marquis of Wuyang said?" After the resignation of the Marquis of Wuyang, one person came out of the tent behind the scenes. Said lightly.
He was dressed in white, with his hair tied up as a crown, and a small green bag hanging from his waist, and the whole person was clean and comfortable.
Liu Ying was not surprised, and smiled slightly, "What does Mr. Xu mean by this?" Wuyang Hou is a lonely uncle, and there is no reason to deceive. β
Xu Xiang laughed and said, "The kid didn't dare to say that the Marquis of Wuyang had the intention of deceiving the prince, the kid just said that the prince should not take this battle lightly because of the words of the Marquis of Wuyang." β
Liu Ying took off his uniform, handed it to Chang Liu, and asked sharply, "Didn't Mr. say that Yingbu had four inevitable defeats before, why did he retort at this time?" β
Xu Xiang smiled slightly, "At this time and that time, even if Yingbu has thousands of defeats, none of them is the Han army's underestimation of the enemy. At that time, the prince was not sure whether he wanted to fight, so the boy naturally had to persuade him; Now that the crown prince is about to go to war, it is always good to be cautious against the enemy. Since the kid is the prince's adviser, he will naturally plan for the prince everywhere. β
"Mr. Xu knows how to fight?" Liu Ying scrutinized sharply.
"I don't understand." Xu Xiang said pleasantly, "But most of this victory and defeat are not the strength of war." β
Liu Ying suddenly laughed, "Isn't it ridiculous to fight instead of the power of war?" β
"Not ridiculous." Xu Xiang's eyes were like torches, and he looked straight into Liu Ying's eyes, "Does the prince remember the reason why Shangshan Sihao opposed the prince's leader?" β
"Didn't the gentleman refute them one by one?"
"There are very few things in this world that can distinguish between right and wrong. The kid thinks that the prince should fight, and this has not changed until now, but the kid must also let the prince know that this battle is much more difficult for the prince to fight than for His Majesty. β
At the mention of Emperor Gao, Liu Ying was stunned and said gently, "My father has been through a hundred battles, and he is finally the emperor, so he is naturally inferior to the son of man." β
"Not really." Xu Xiang shook his head, "Although Your Majesty has experienced a hundred battles, he may not know how to fight. β
"Xu Xiang-" Liu Ying patted the case, "you are bold." β
The young man's finger pointed directly at his forehead, Xu Xiang's eyes did not blink, and he said lightly, "I didn't say this, it was said by the Marquis of Huaiyin." The Marquis of Huaiyin once said that His Majesty is not good at generals, but good generals. Does the prince think that you will be the means of your majesty? β
Liu Ying sat in front of the desk, slightly depressed, "No." β
"Therefore, Your Majesty leads the army, and nine out of ten stops are put on the battle itself, and the soldiers are fierce, so it is naturally easy to win. The prince led the army, but he had to spend five successful husbands on convincing the generals, or even more. So the kid said that it is more difficult for the prince to lead the army than His Majesty. β
After the candle flame was finished, Liu Ying sat in the tent for a long time, and suddenly raised her head, but Xu Xiang had already left the tent.
On the second day, at the Bashang military camp to worship Chiyou, the Youhan army won the rebellion and won the victory. After that, the army marched to Huainan.
In the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, the eldest princess Lu Yuan led the three-year-old Zhang Yan to walk in the courtyard, and unconsciously traveled thousands of miles.
"Mother, mother." Zhang Yan called out repeatedly.
"Ahh Lu Yuan suddenly came back to his senses.
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