For example, the most prosperous place today is not Chang'an, Luoyang, nor Xuchang, nor health.

It's Yecheng.

When the well-dressed monarchs and ministers of the Jin family were still using the bamboo fence as a healthy city wall, Yecheng was already full of traffic, the market was lined up one after another, the crowd rubbed shoulders, and the palace tower towered into the clouds.

In the west, there are continuous green mountains dotted with the background, and the Qinghe, Dihe, Huanshui, Zhangshui, and Gushui that wind down from the foothills are like five long snakes around Yecheng.

The Yellow River, which flows day and night, comes out of the south of Yecheng like a dragon.

Cao Cao, the king of Wei, attacked the Yuan brothers that year, based on Yecheng, repaired the white ditch and the Licao canal, and Yecheng became the place where the water and land meet, and the boat from Yecheng entered the white ditch from Zhangshui through the Licao canal, and could reach the north end of the Hebei Plain to the north, and to the south could reach the Jianghuai River by the Yellow River.

Whoever sits on Yecheng will master Hebei and the Central Plains, and even Jianghuai!

The capital of Zhao was originally Xiangguo, but in view of the geographical advantages of Yecheng, Shi Le used Cheng Yao's strategy to build the Ye Di Palace, and took the prince Shi Hong to town, with 10,000 forbidden soldiers, 54 battalions of soldiers, and rebuilt Tongque, Jinfeng, and Bingjing three.

In the second year of Jianwu (336 years), Shihuying built the east and west two palaces, the base of the platform is two zhang eight feet high, sixty-five steps long, seventy-five steps wide, extremely majestic.

The palace is magnificent, the roof tile walls are all painted with lacquer, the tiles are decorated with gold, the pillars are decorated with silver, the bead curtain jade wall, ingenious workmanship.

However, in the prosperous Yecheng, there are "Chinese people" wearing rattan hats, narrow sleeves and left-straight shirts, deep eyes and high noses, while the Han people are ragged and have a sad and hungry yellow color.

At this time, in the execution chamber of the prince's east palace.

Prince Shi Xuanzheng watched Liang Qian being tortured with torture tools with an intoxicated expression, "If you don't do a good job, you will be punished, do you have any complaints?" ”

Liang Qian was sweating profusely, his whole body was naked, and his knotted muscles were trembling, "Belong, subordinate admit punishment!" ”

When retreating, Liang Qian captured more than a dozen stunning men and women to sacrifice to Shi Xuan, which saved his life.

As for Tianwang Shihu, he didn't have the heart to pay attention to this small defeat at all.

Last year, Liangzhou Thorn History, the general Ma Qiu attacked Liangzhou, and was defeated by the famous general Xie Ai, beheaded his generals Du Xun and Jiyu, and won the first 13,000 captives, and Ma Qiu fled to Daxia on a single horse.

This year, he regained his strength and sent the general Shi Ning to raise the division and the army of the two states to support, and Ma Qiu regained his momentum, supported 100,000 troops, and confronted Xie Ai across the river.

The eyes of the entire Later Zhao Dynasty and the opposition were focused on Liangzhou.

In order to ensure that this battle was foolproof, Shi Hu sent Sun Fudu and Liu Hun to lead 20,000 elite Chinese troops to aid Maqiu.

The total strength of the Zhao army reached 120,000, while Xie Ai only had 20,000 foot cavalry.

Compared with the battle of Liangzhou, a small Black Cloud Mountain is naturally not worthy of their eyes, and the prince Shi Xuan deliberately blocked and blocked the news, and no one in the court dared to mention it.

"Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and it doesn't hurt to lose once, but you can't lose one after another like Ma Qiu's old man, do you know?" Shi Xuan picked up a piece of red-hot iron, smiled and walked in front of Liang Li.

Before Liang Li could answer, he heard a "bang", followed by a scorching smell.

The guards around them trembled as they watched.

But Liang Qian gritted his teeth, didn't let out a scream, and the cold sweat on his forehead fell like raindrops, "My subordinates know!" ”

Before the Western Expedition, Shi Xuan reminded Shi Hu that although Liangzhou was small, it sent strong troops, and Ma Qiu's repeated defeated generals had lost their spirit, so they could not be generals, and it was best for Shi Hu or him to command 200,000 Chinese and foreign armies, and kill them with one blow.

However, today's Shi Hu has long since lost the courage of the year, in the fourth year of Xiankang (338), Shi Hu personally led hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops to attack Yan from all sides, the thirty-six cities of Liaodong fell to the wind, the capital Thorn City was besieged, and Murong Hao was ready to abandon the city and flee.

But under the persuasion of Xiangguo, Feng Yi and others, he persevered.

The Zhao army continued to attack for more than ten days, but it was not defeated, the morale was frustrated, the soldiers were tired, Murong Ke led two thousand elite cavalry to assault it, and the Zhao army was disturbed, abandoned the armor and fled, and the whole line was defeated.

Murong Ke took advantage of the victory to chase after him and won more than 30,000 levels.

This battle defeated Shi Hu's arrogance, and since then, Shi Hu no longer led his troops to fight, but shrank in Yecheng, just like Dong Zhuo entered Yiwu back then, and began to enjoy life......

As the sun is shining, the fortunes of the country have begun to decline.

And Ma Qiu is the participant in all the defeats, Miyun Mountain was surrendered to Duan Liao, Murong Ke was ambushed in Ma Qiu's 100,000 army, and returned defeated, Sima Yangyu and General Xian Yuliang were captured, and Duan Liao's troops were all returned to Yan State.

In today's battle of Liangzhou, Ma Qiu was also defeated again and again......

Shi Xuan admonished Shi Hu, but in fact, he wanted to command the army himself and get the military power.

The position of the prince of Zhao is not secure, Shi Hu is desolate and drunk, moody, intimidating, and the suspicion is getting heavier and heavier, the previous prince Shi Di was often whipped by Shi Hu for trivial things, several times a month, Shi Ti's cruelty is not under his father, he likes to eat beautiful women, cook it with beef and mutton, and give it to the people to eat.

Shi Di was resentful, and complained to his subordinate officials in private: It is difficult for the official family to be called, I want to do something rash, I care?

The whole family was brutally killed by Shi Hu, and 26 men, women, and children were chopped into pieces and stuffed in a coffin......

Shi Xuan witnessed the whole process.

Another witness was Shi Tao.

At the beginning, Shi Xuan and Shi Tao were incompatible, and now Shi Xuan and Shi Tao are the same.

Shi Hu obviously doted on Shi Tao more, and after establishing Shi Xuan, Shi Hu often regretted it, but the lesson of abolishing the long and young made Shi Hu hesitate.

Once Shi Xuan did not violate Shi Hu's wishes, Shi Hu openly said in front of the ministers: "I regret not standing up for Shi Tao." ”

This sentence made Shi Xuan's position as the crown prince in jeopardy, and Shi Tao became even more arrogant, constantly provoking Shi Xuan.

So Shi Xuan fell into a deep uneasiness, once he fell from the position of the crown prince, the lesson of his brother Shi Manmen's tragic death was close at hand.

"Now Da Zhao, there are not many people as kind as Lone, don't disappoint Lone next time." Shi Xuan put down the iron, picked up the wine bottle and drank it all.

Liang Li's chest has an extra burn scar, "more...... His Royal Highness Xie, this time only two thousand high-strength guards, his subordinates will definitely slaughter all the thieves in Heiyun Mountain! ”

He didn't snort from beginning to end, because he knew that the worse he screamed, the more excited Shi Xuan became......

"You're healed, the scar forgot the pain." Shi Xuan stretched out his hand and twisted it on Liang Li's scarlet burn.

Ground flesh fell to the ground along with blood.

Liang Li's sore teeth clicked, but he still couldn't hold back his screams.

The guards around them were secretly impressed.

"Use your pig brain, you haven't taken Heiyun Mountain inside and out, this time two thousand people can take it? There are many heroes in the Central Plains, don't provoke them first, after he ascends the throne, it's not too late to pay attention to it! ”

"Your Highness...... Wise. Liang Qian complimented.

Shi Xuan seemed to forget the torture he had just given Liang Qian, patted him on the shoulder, and laughed: "Work hard, he will be rich with you every day!" ”