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From Jia Xu's words, it is not difficult to deduce the identity of the handsome man. After all, there is only one person in the world who can be called "the lord" by him, and this is Li Li and Li Wenchang, the lord of Xiliang.

as early as a month ago.The Battle of Hanzhong is over.After the war, Li Li lingered in Hanzhong for half a month, and then returned to Chang'an with three soldiers and horses, Jinyiwei, Shuofengying, and Wushuang cavalry.at the same time.Incorporate Hanzhong soldiers, after screening and screening, reorganize into [-] prefecture soldiers, under the command of Zhenxi General Guo Bang.Stationed in Yangping Pass.Under the control of Hanzhong prefect law and justice.

This means that although the Hanzhong War is over, the Western Expeditionary Army still remains, forming a strong deterrent to Yizhou.Once the fighter plane appears, Guo Si's troops stationed in Yangping Pass, Yang Ang's troops in Wudu County, and [-] county soldiers in Hanzhong County can go to the front line of Jiameng Pass at any time to join forces with Huang Zhong's Qin Gong Battalion. There are still [-] troops in the rendezvous, which is enough to attack Yizhou.

Therefore.Liu Zhang of Yizhou recruited a large army to station at the pass of the Shu Road and defended it heavily.Be on guard against the Xiliang Army at all times, and there will be no peace for a moment.

So far, the land passages between Yizhou and the states and counties of the Central Plains have been completely blocked, and business travel has been cut off. The only port of Yizhou for foreign trade is in Berkshire, which goes to Jingzhou by water and transfers to the Central Plains.However, there were still many caravans entering Yizhou through the Qiang tribes, and most of these Qiang tribes were attached to Xiliang. Recalcitrant in the corner.In view of the current situation, Li Li has no intention of sending a large-scale army to recover the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for the time being. He still adopts the strategy of gradually encroaching, steadily and steadily, step by step, and gradually compress the nomadic space of the Qiang and Xiaoyue tribes.When the time is right, Li Liteng will send troops to recover the plateau and march into the Western Regions.

After the Battle of Hanzhong, the entire Xiliang Army rested, and there would be no more large-scale battles in autumn and winter.After returning to Chang'an, Li Li took his family members on a tour eastward after dealing with the squeezed military and political affairs, and arrived at Hangu Pass five days ago.Last night, Li Li led 500 personal guards to the Xingyang camp on light horses. As soon as they entered the gate, more than [-] "thieves" entered the camp with a large amount of gold and silver.

Early this morning, Li Li and his entourage of more than [-] riders set off from Daying, led by scouts, climbed up the mountain ridge, and watched closely the progress of the emperor and all the officials returning to the east.

Looking down at the dilapidated Taoist temple expressionlessly, Li Li turned his head to look at Xu Chu beside him, and asked calmly, "How was the battle last night? Did any innocent people be hurt?"

"Innocent?" Xu Chu shrank his neck when he heard the sound, his eyes wandered, he didn't dare to meet Li Li's eyes, and didn't know how to answer.Then he slightly turned his head to look at Jia Xu, his eyes full of pleading for help, obviously hoping that Jia Xu would come forward to make things right, otherwise he really didn't know how to explain to Li Li.

Last night, Xu Chu personally led five hundred soldiers pretending to be thieves to ransack the emperor and officials. He originally planned to rob money and not kill people.Unexpectedly, more than 300 emperor's guards were unwilling to give up their horses and packages, and then rose up to resist, so a fight was inevitable.It wasn't until after the war that Xu Chu knew that these soldiers really regarded them as thieves and gangsters, so they fought bravely.It's a pity that these days, the emperor's guards encountered difficulties, and were beaten up by Xu Chu's personal troops in a short while, and fled for their lives in a hurry.

After a massacre-like battle, Xu Chu and others beheaded more than a hundred people on the spot, intercepted all the horses, boxes and packages, and captured more than 100 officials and female relatives alive, capturing and killing nearly 300 people in total, returning with a full load.Unexpectedly, when he returned to the camp, he happened to meet Li Li and his party unexpectedly, so Xu Chu avoided going to meet the lord Li Li all night, but now that Li Li brought up the matter again, he couldn't avoid it .

Seeing that Xu Chu's face was flushed and his eyes were evasive, he eagerly asked Jia Xu for help, but Jia Xu pretended not to see it, and didn't mean to speak at all.Li Li couldn't help laughing out loud, and said loudly: "The majestic leader of the Qinglong camp, one of the five tiger generals under my general's command, pretended to be a thief to rob refugees and kill them wantonly. Zhongkang, how do you think I should punish you? Three hundred lives, and they are all starving people, why don't you even have a little compassion, how can you do it?"

Xu Chu's expression changed when he heard this, and he hastily argued: "My lord, the general has been wronged! How can there be three hundred lives? Those old men and female relatives are still alive and well, and the general did not kill them!"

Li Li's expression changed, and he said with a straight face: "No, you still want to argue?"

"No, really not." Xu Chu shook his head again and again, denied it, and said without hesitation: "Military Master Wenhe has ordered him not to hurt those old men and women, so even if he has a hundred guts, he will not dare to disobey the military order!"

Li Li said in a deep voice: "If you don't kill them, why did you arrest more than 100 old men and young women and bring them into the military camp? Could it be that you take them to the military camp to live for the rest of their lives?

"This..." Xu Chu was startled when he heard the sound, his expression was at a loss, he didn't know what Li Li meant by what he said, did he ask me to execute those officials secretly?

Seeing the blank look on Xu Chu's face, Li Li stared at him, and said in a deep voice, "Even so, why do you arrest so many young women? Tell the truth, or you will be severely punished!"

Seeing the lord Li Li's serious expression, sharp eyes, and faintly revealing a strong murderous intent, Xu Chu realized something, nodded lightly knowingly, and said respectfully: "The general dare not hide it, those young women in the military camp were originally planning to use it as a maiko For the purpose. If the lord has other arrangements, I will wait for orders."

Li Li nodded slightly, and said to Jia Xu: "These people must be dealt with properly, what do you mean by peace?"

After hearing the sound, Jia Xu thought for a moment, then respectfully said: "These young women are mostly concubines or the daughters of refugees, it doesn't matter what you do with them. As for those who are nearly fifty years old, they all died at the hands of thieves and robbers. After death, it’s just a decent burial, just do a little bit of human affairs.”

"Well, what Wen He said is true." Li Li nodded slightly, then turned to Xu Chu and said, "You have heard what the military adviser said, and then deal with it properly without leaving any trouble. As for those women, maiko No need, there are many generals in the Qinglong camp who have made many military exploits. Reward them as wives and concubines. But the background of these women must be investigated clearly. Those whose backgrounds are unknown can be used as maikos, so that there will be no hidden dangers afterwards. From now on, please remember not to Wantonly rob women's family members, do not disturb the people, and those who disobey the order will be killed without mercy!"

"No, the last general will take orders!" Xu Chu readily agreed.

Li Li nodded slightly, and pondered: "This place is not far from Luoyang, but our army has no battles in autumn and winter, and the whole army rests for drills. The goal has been set, so it is not easy to change it. Can Wenhe have a good plan for this?"

Jia Xu smiled slightly, pointed towards Luoyang, and said with a smile: "This matter is easy to hear. As far as I know, in this mountain forest to the east, there are at least a dozen gangs entrenched. There are as many as two or 300 of them. Five or sixty people lived by robbing houses. Afterwards, the minister asked the scouts to leak the news to them one by one, and blocked them one by one. Presumably, the two hundred miles journey would be as dangerous as the jungle. It was difficult and even more dangerous than the jungle. In this way, they will not be able to reach Luoyang within four months or even half a year, and they may return to Luoyang when the spring is warm and the flowers bloom in the coming year. I wonder what the lord will do?"

"Well, let's do it this way." Li Li nodded slightly, thinking about it and said: "You must ensure their safety. Except for Dong Hou and that person, the rest of the people don't care about life or death. The matter has come to this point, I can't wait to feel sympathy Heart, you must be decisive, and you can't make a mistake in one step, otherwise we will be in a worrying situation."

Jia Xu's expression changed slightly, and he said solemnly: "The lord is saying that there is chaos in Chang'an, did anyone know that the emperor and the officials were ready to move after they fled?"

Li Li nodded and said: "The centipede is dead but not stiff. Although the emperor and the officials are useless to us, their influence in Chang'an has not completely faded away, and it is inevitable that people's hearts will fluctuate. However, this is all These are trivial matters that have nothing to do with the overall situation. A few grasshoppers just jump around occasionally, and they can't make big waves, so they can be settled. Afterwards, Dong Hou is bound to issue an edict to King Qin. At that time, Wenhe must pay more attention. The news can be leaked out, it is best to spread it from far to near, so that we will have enough time to prepare and avoid unnecessary troubles."

Jia Xu nodded happily: "No, I know what to do, my lord, please rest assured."

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Chapter 892 Young Son of Heaven, Rebuke Fang Qiu

The setting sun is fading, and the rustling autumn wind is chilly.

"Cuckoo!"

Gululu's rumbling stomach rumbling one after another, forcibly waking up all the sleeping people.

At this moment, the bowel sounds from the chest to the back became the main theme, and hunger overcame the fatigue of the body.

The northwest wind howled and raged, and the unstoppable chill enveloped the crowd. After waking up from hunger, they curled up, hid under the broken low wall to resist the cold wind, and rubbed their hands and exhaled to keep warm.

However, their gazes were unprecedentedly unanimously looking at Dong Cheng who was sitting on the stone steps of the Taoist temple, but they didn't know that Dong Cheng had been sitting on the stone steps for most of the day, as if he had passed away, his body motionless, dazed Looking into the distance absently.

What is there in the distance?It is still a mountain, rolling and majestic mountains, and a golden jungle.

The footsteps of "Tom tom" came to Dong Cheng's ears, he didn't turn his head, he didn't get up, but he knew who it was.

"Dong Hou is awake, why not sit down and take a look at the scenery. The view here is wide and the scenery is charming. Weichen,,, uh, I haven't seen such a beautiful scenery for a long time."

After hearing the words, Dong Hou and Liu Xie frowned, his face was very displeased, he turned his head to look at the hundreds of eyes full of hope behind him, he tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and said softly: "My dears... Looking at you, waiting to eat!"

"En." Dong Cheng nodded slightly, turned his head and said to the people in the courtyard: "The horse meat is in the soldiers' baggage, let's take it out and share it, there is no need to keep any more. No fire is allowed, just enough to fill the stomach. Otherwise, the Xiliang cavalry chasing us will rush over when they see the thick smoke, and no one will be able to escape!"

Seeing that everyone got up to untie their burdens one after another, they divided and ate the horse meat cooked a few days ago.Dong Hou swallowed, and sat beside Dong Cheng with difficulty.

"Dong Cheng, you are still in the mood to look at the scenery at this moment. This is clearly an excuse. I,,,, I don't believe it. Tell me, what are you looking at?"

"Dong Hou is wise, that's right. I really don't want to look at the scenery. I'm looking at the smoke."

"Cooking smoke? What do you do with cooking smoke? Oh, I understand. Where there is cooking smoke, there are houses or villages. In this way, we will have food and clothing to keep out the cold!"

"Dong Hou is extremely smart, that's true. However, Dong Hou is only half right. There are homes and villages where the smoke rises. But this does not mean that we will have food and clothes."

"Why is this? It's on the territory of my great Han. I,,, do I want anything, do these unscrupulous people dare to refuse to pay food and clothing?"

After Dong Cheng heard the words, his expression was astonished, he rolled his eyes straight away, shook his head slightly dumbfounded, looked sideways at Liu Xie who was full of indignation, and said in a low voice: "We have always been on the territory of the Han Dynasty, why should we flee? Dong Hou is very handsome. Smart and wise, he will surely be able to reorganize the imperial court and rejuvenate the Han Dynasty in the future, but right now we must not forget where we are, and what kind of situation we are in?

Dong Hou must have seen it too. All the gold, silver, soft and rare toys I brought when I left the palace were all taken away by horse thieves, and more than 200 people were abducted or killed by horse thieves.The accompanying guards suffered heavy casualties, and now there are less than [-] people left, and each of them is skinny, with broken weapons and no armor, and they are no longer as brave as before.

Now, all we have left is the scraps of silver and jewelry in our bags, and we have nothing left to use.Therefore, in the future, I will have to cut back on food and clothing, otherwise I will not be able to support Luoyang with this little money, and I will become a refugee begging along the way.At the same time, if the villages along the way can't buy food and clothes, we can't use force; otherwise, these villagers may sue the officials or fight with us.Dong Hou should know that the border between Sili and Xiliang, the people here are aggressive, and they are by no means weak and bully; once they push them into a hurry, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to escape unscathed. "

Speaking of this, Dong Cheng solemnly said to Liu Xie: "As long as I don't arrive in Luoyang, Dong Hou can't reveal my identity, otherwise I may not be able to return to the Eastern Capital alive. In addition, there are many thieves and bandits along the way. , we must remember not to make it public, we can only continue to pretend to be refugees, so as to deceive people and prevent them from being targeted by Xiliang secret agents and thieves."

"Okay, everything is according to what Dong Qing said." With a perfunctory look on his face, Liu Xie got up and walked into the yard, and went straight to the "bedroom".

Turning his head to look at Liu Xieyi's waning back, Dong Cheng's expression was gloomy, his eyes were quite worried, and he whispered to himself: "After all, your majesty is too young, not experienced in the world, often bold and bold, high-spirited, but he doesn't know that this is a frivolous and immature expression. , think everything is too beautiful and too simple. What can we do if we leave Xiliang? Although there are many princes in the world, it is difficult to distinguish loyalty from traitors. Ambitious people can be found everywhere. Zhongxing Han Dynasty, it is easier said than done, and the task is heavy. Where is it!"

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In the "bedroom" behind the main room of the Taoist temple, Liu Xie gnawed on the cold and hard horse leg meat with disgust on his face, chewed it dryly for a long time, and then swallowed it with difficulty, making him roll his eyes from choking, and his throat was itchy unbearably. Can't help retching a few times.

Although horse meat is also meat, the taste is really not very good. It is dry, rough, and has a strong smell, which makes people sick and difficult to swallow.What's more, the horse meat in Liu Xie's hands still didn't add any seasoning, it was cooked a few days ago, and it had been slightly moldy after being placed in the sweaty bag for many days.One can imagine how this horse meat tastes.As a result, Liu Xie wanted to vomit when he saw the horse meat, but he was so hungry that he had to eat it, otherwise the feeling of being hungry would be even more uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty, eat slowly and drink some water." Empress Fushou handed over a bowl of water, and said softly while wiping away the debris from the corner of Liu Xie's mouth with a silk scarf.

Fu Shou and Dong Guiren eat a small amount of food, and they will not be hungry after eating a few bites slowly.But Liu Xie is different. He eats a lot. Although the horse meat is rough and hard to swallow, he still holds his nose and eats a piece of horse meat the size of a palm.

"Gudu Gudu!" After drinking a bowl of water in one breath, Liu Xie's painful expression improved slightly, and he let out a long sigh of relief: "I'm choking to death! This,,, meal is too rough. Don't want to see it either."