The war in Shandong has entered a white-hot stage, Zhang Han's army marched all the way east, from the theater, to Luoyang, and Xingyang is close at hand, but Zhang Han did not continue to march, but stationed troops under Luoyang City, preparing for the New Year.

At this time, it was the beginning of October, according to the Qin law, just after the New Year, Hu Hai went to court, accepted the congratulations of the ministers, and held a banquet, the ministers celebrated each other, celebrating the past year and the new year, and the Qin State was even stronger.

At this time, in the Xianyang Palace, hundreds of officials knelt on the ground, and the mountain shouted: "Long live your majesty my emperor, long live, long live." ”

An attendant stepped forward and shouted, "Your Majesty has a decree, open the table." ”

The ministers sat down in turn, the hall was extremely quiet, Hu Hai had not been to the court for a long time, only because of the New Year, Hu Hai would come out for a walk to appease the officials, and after that, he would still hide in the harem as always, accompanied by beauties, singing and dancing, wine glasses.

At this time, Li Si was very excited, he hadn't seen Hu Hai for a long time, and Zhang Han defeated Zhou Wen again, raising his eyebrows for the Qin army, just taking this opportunity to persuade Hu Hai to make an order, and order Zhang Han to march immediately to relieve the siege of Xingyang, otherwise, after a long time, Li Si is very worried that his son Li You will not be able to hold on to Xingyang.

At this time, hundreds of palace maids began to busily serve food and pour wine, Li Si took this opportunity to walk out of the court, came to the center of the main hall, raised a roll of bamboo slips in his hand, and said: "Your Majesty, Hangu Pass is urgent." ”

Hu Hai was so frightened that his hand loosened, and the chopsticks "clanged" and fell to the ground, at this time, Li Si realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing, so he changed his words: "Your Majesty, don't panic, Hanguguan is a great victory." ”

This time, when Hu Hai heard the word "great victory", his heart was relieved, and he couldn't help laughing and said: "Tell me quickly, how is the battle situation at Hangu Pass?" ”

Li Si saw that Hu Hai was in a good mood, and his heart was overjoyed, as long as Hu Hai was happy, everything was easy to discuss, so he handed over the bamboo slip in his hand to the attendant who came over, and then said with a smile: "Since Zhang Han sent out his troops, he broke Zhou Wen's 400,000 army in the theater, and then, Zhang Han continued all the way to capture Hangu Pass, and then broke Zhou Wen again outside Hangu Pass, forcing Zhou Wen to die in Mianchi. ”

Speaking of this, Hu Hai applauded, and on the side, Zhao Gao walked out and said with a smile: "This is all thanks to Your Majesty Long Wei, so that the bandit army can be wiped out and Guanzhong can be pacified in one fell swoop." ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Gao glanced at Hu Hai, and seeing that he was in a good mood, Zhao Gao said again: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Zhang Han should be rewarded." ”

Hu Hai had already picked up the wine glass at this time, took a sip, looked at Zhao Gao, and couldn't help laughing: "Tell me, how should you reward him?" ”

Zhao Gao squinted at Li Si, at this time, Li Si was already anxious, Zhao Gao of course knew in his heart, Li Si wanted to ask for help for his son Li You, so he would be flattering, before himself, he played a newspaper and won a great victory, but in the past few years, Li Si has gradually become obsessed with the matter of the sand dune edict, and he is no longer under his control, taking this opportunity, Zhao Gao decided to take care of him, let him know, what is pain, so that he will not dare to go against himself in the future.

Thinking of this, Zhao Gao arched his hand and smiled: "Zhang Han's achievements at this time are very small, and it is not easy to be rewarded, Your Majesty may wish to add him to his official position, let him command the army, continue to suppress bandits outside the pass, and after leveling the rebels from all walks of life in one fell swoop, it is not too late to be crowned in the Hui Dynasty." ”

After Hu Hai heard this, he nodded slightly, and Zhao Gao said again: "Zhang Han also wrote a book, hoping that the imperial court would add reinforcements, and he is willing to lead the army south to approach Chen County, the capital of Zhang Chu State, please Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Gao blocked Li Si's words in advance, preconceived, and asked Hu Hai to transfer Zhang Han to the south, at this time, it would be difficult for Li Si to interject again, but for the sake of his son's life, in order to understand the siege of Xingyang, Li Si had to bite the bullet and said loudly: "Your Majesty, what Lord Zhao said is extremely true, but the minister thinks that the siege of Xingyang is incomprehensible, Hangu Pass is still precarious, and the rebels will raid Guanzhong at any time, and Guanzhong will still be immersed in the war again. ”

Li Si and Zhao Gao insisted on their own words, Hu Hai hesitated slightly, and at this time, Zhao Gao said again: "Your Majesty, Zhang Chu is destroyed, and the siege of Xingyang can naturally be solved, why bother to fight Xingyang first, and then attack Chen Sheng?" ”

Zhao Gao's words are not unreasonable, Hu Hai was about to decide, on the side, the imperial historian Feng Zao walked out of the court, his voice was loud, and he sighed: "If Your Majesty orders Zhang Han to go south, this battle will be lost!" ”

Hu Hai listened to Feng Zheng's words, hesitated slightly, and said in surprise: "Why did Feng Aiqing say this?" ”

Feng Zheng pretended to be melancholy, glanced at Li Si, and then at Zhao Gao, and then said: "Your Majesty, if Zhang Han goes south, there are no reinforcements behind, and there are many obstacles ahead, how can you win?" Moreover, once the army of Xingyang suddenly moves south, breaks the retreat of Zhanghan, and besieges Chen County, who will His Majesty send to relieve the siege? ”

Speaking of this, Feng Zai deliberately paused for a while, giving Hu Hai time to think, and after a while, Feng Zai continued: "Besides, I heard that in the land of Shandong, the Wei State and the Qi State have already established themselves, and north of the Yellow River, the Zhao State has also established its own side, such a chaotic situation, does General Zhang Han have the certainty of victory?" If you don't win, and then you want to go back and fight for Xingyang, I'm afraid that the morale will be difficult to use, how can you not be defeated? ”

At this time, he no longer hesitated, put down the wine glass in his hand, and ordered loudly: "Order, Zhang Han is the captain of the army, Sima Xin is the long history, Dong Yi is the captain, send 50,000 troops, reinforce Zhang Han, march to the east, immediately relieve the siege of Xingyang, and enter after the map." ”

Everyone sang promises one after another, and Zhao Gao's eyes were full of anger, but Feng Zai and Li Si had already hugged each other, and he couldn't refute them at this time, so he had to endure his anger and sing promises, and Hu Hai added: "Also, if you don't destroy the rebels, Zhang Han will not return to the dynasty!" ”

There is a meeting in the mountains and rivers, Zhao Gao knows that he must protect this hatred in the future, but at the moment, Hao Gao has to make a gesture of approval and bow his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister will arrange it." ”

Hu Hai nodded and said with a smile: "The New Year has just passed, and the secretaries don't have to be polite, today, you can get drunk and rest." ”

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Under the city of Xingyang, Wu Guang's military camp is surrounded by all sides, although after dozens of battles, both sides suffered heavy casualties, but after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, Wu Guang has not yet reached the point of exhaustion of mountains and rivers, and the army is defeated like a mountain.

But in the same way, Li You's losses were far greater than those of the martial arts, and he was cut off by Wu Guang several times, cutting off the grain transportation from Aocang to Xingyang, which made Li You miserable.

Now that the New Year has just passed, the two sides have also stopped the war and each has taken a break to recuperate.

For Zhang Chuguo, they did not cancel the laws of Qin, and still used the chronological method of Qin, and it is precisely because of this that although there was no joy of the New Year in Wu Guang's military camp, it also temporarily swept away the haze brought by the war.

In an inconspicuous tent, the left general Tian Zang and the right general Li Gui sat at the table, holding wine glasses and toasting each other.

Although the war stopped shortly after the New Year, the mood of the two did not relax because of this, and they still remained in the tension of the war, and on the night of the New Year, Zhang Chujun, who was supposed to be a family reunion and returned to Chen County, had to stay under Xingyang City and stay here for the New Year, so the two of them had a deeper resentment towards Wu Guang.

Moreover, Wu Guang sent troops to Xingyang, and it has been almost three years, and in the past three years, Zhang Chujun has suffered countless casualties and spent countless military funds, which is the most unwilling fact for the officers and soldiers of Zhang Chujun who wholeheartedly supported Chen Sheng.

Tian Zang also advised Wu Guang many times, transferred to Luoyang, entered the Guguan, and reinforced Zhou Wenjun, who triumphantly entered the Guanzhong all the way, if the soldiers and horses of the two roads are combined, there will be no less than 700,000, and who can compete with the Guanzhong?

However, Wu Guang insisted on besieging Xingyang and refused to obey half a point, resulting in the enemy army in front of Zhou Wen, and no reinforcements in the back, and he was defeated in Guanzhong, and in the end, he died tragically in the area of Mianchi, and Zhang Han also took the opportunity to advance eastward and gather troops and horses in Luoyangtun.

It can be said that Zhang Handun's army in Luoyang echoes Xingyang from afar, as long as they wave their army to the east and join forces with Xingyang, Wu Guang will be defeated, thinking of this, Tian Zang couldn't help but slap the table angrily, and "bang" made a muffled sound.

"If Wu Guang was willing to listen to me, why did he come to this?" Tian Zang took a sip and complained, at this time, Li Gui's eyes narrowed slightly, stared at Tian Zang, and sighed: "If Zhang Han leads the army eastward, you and I should make plans as soon as possible, don't die here." ”

Li Gui's words were in Tian Zang's heart, and he couldn't help but look at Li Gui and said in surprise: "You say, why hasn't Zhang Han gone east for a long time?" ”

was asked by Tian Zang, Li Gui also fell into deep thought, this question, it seems, he has never considered it.

But Tian Zang asked on purpose, because, Tian Zang had already considered this matter, Zhang Han had 400,000 troops, and it was not difficult to annihilate Wu Guangjun, but he was stationed in Luoyang and stopped, if he said that he was for the New Year, I am afraid it would be difficult to convince people, after all, Zhang Han is also a general, he will not understand, the soldiers are fast, so why is he unwilling to go east directly? There is only one explanation, Zhang Han is waiting for reinforcements.

If this is the case, Zhang Han's purpose of waiting for reinforcements is very likely, he wants to eradicate Zhang Chujun in one fell swoop.

Thinking of this, Tian Zang looked at Li Gui and saw that he didn't seem to have a clue, so he couldn't help but smile and said: "I think that Zhang Handun's army in Luoyang has only one purpose, he wants to wait for reinforcements." ”

Li Gui couldn't help but be taken aback, Zhang Han already had 400,000 troops, if there were any more reinforcements, I am afraid that Wu Guang's army would be difficult to contend with, it was possible, it would be surrounded on all sides, and all of them would be annihilated here, thinking of this, Li Gui couldn't help but sigh lightly.

But a bold idea sprouted in Li Gui's heart, and he couldn't help laughing and saying: "Since ancient times, the arrogant army will be defeated, if Zhang Hanzhen is waiting for reinforcements, in the short term, he will not advance eastward, we might as well take this opportunity to storm Xingyang with all our might, as long as we take Xingyang, we will stick to the city, maybe, there will be a slight chance of victory." ”

Li Gui's words are not unreasonable, but how can he move Wu Guang, thinking of this, Tian Zang couldn't help but sigh lightly: "I'm afraid Wu Guang won't agree." ”

"How about we kill him, seize the power of the army, and order the three armies?" Li Gui stared at Tian Zang, his eyes burst with cold light, at this time, Tian Zang was startled, and said softly: "If this thing gets out, it will kill the head!" ”

Li Gui already had a belly case, he couldn't help sneering: "Wu Guang and Chen Sheng raised troops at the same time, the two of them are on par with each other, since ancient times, the merit is high, I think, Chen Sheng also hopes that Wu Guang can be killed or defeated, give him the truth, kill Wu Guang, and at this time, if we take the first step and get rid of Wu Guang, Chen Sheng will not only not blame us, but will also add you and me as an official, and let you and me command the army." ”

Speaking of this, Li Gui's eyes were like torches, staring at Tian Zang tightly, and seeing that Tian Zang was already moved, Li Gui forced him to say: "Without further ado, we must make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

After a long silence, Tian Zang nodded and said, "You say, how do we start?" ”

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