In the western suburbs of Yecheng, in the military camp, the restless soldiers looked at the direction of the gate.

Early this morning, a military officer summoned the generals to enter the city to discuss matters, so everyone was looking forward to the court giving rewards.

The southern thieves had retreated, and Yecheng was in danger. They left their hometown before the New Year and followed the army to the capital to garrison. They had never had the year, and they slept in the open again, which was very hard.

When I arrived in Yecheng, I couldn’t live well and I was worried and I couldn’t live there. I didn’t have the Lantern Festival. I don’t know what the situation at home is.

They finally got rid of the Southern thieves. Although they did not fight, they had no contribution and worked hard. The court should reward them.

Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a waste of hard work for us to come to the capital to serve the king?

Many people think so, and there are rumors everywhere in the army that the court will reward the soldiers who are serving the king.

So everyone was eagerly waiting for good news.

Today, a department convened military generals to discuss matters, and this matter must be implemented!

In a corner of the military camp, a soldier was telling his companions the rumors he had heard.

"I heard, I heard that, just say that, everyone just listened..."

He deliberately slowed down his speech and piqued his companions' appetites, "The court rewarded the army, except for the wine and meat, at least ten pieces of cloth, two thousand coins, and two stones of wheat per person!"

Some people don’t believe it: “Really, can an official be so generous?”

Although I didn't believe it, I was quite looking forward to it: If this is the case, it would be great.

"I just heard that believe it or not, it's up to you." The soldier spread his hands, "Anyway, we might be able to see the truth today."

After he said this, others became more and more eager for the court to give some rewards so that everyone would not work in vain.

After all, everyone has never had the New Year, so it is really hard to come to the capital to blow the north wind and feel scared.

Seeing that his companions were full of anticipation, the soldier stopped talking about the current affairs, and he listened to his companions discussing current affairs, thinking about things in his heart, but he felt that he could not understand:

What's going on? The official army clearly occupied Liyang and was not far from Yecheng. If we work harder, we can attack Yecheng. Why did we withdraw our troops?

He couldn't figure it out.

However, as a lurking work, he and his companions received an order: spread rumors as much as possible, saying that the "morning court" wanted to reward the soldiers who were serving the king.

This order made him increasingly confused: Isn’t this an obvious matter? The Chu army retreated and Yecheng turned danger into safety. The Qi court must reward the soldiers who were serving the king!

Otherwise, so many soldiers, and the young and strong soldiers, came to Yecheng from afar before the New Year, had not had a year, and they would have to be scared and fearful. If they were not rewarded...

If you don’t reward, who is willing to contribute next time?

He believed that rewarding the army was inevitable and did not understand what the "top" arrangement was meaningful. However, since the "top" requested this, he did as he did.

Therefore, with the efforts of him and his companions, the news of the imperial rewards spread throughout the army in Yecheng, and today, it seems that the conclusion will be announced.

After a while, the barracks became hustle and the soldiers who were looking forward to it gradually learned a piece of news:

The court would send people to bring wine and meat to reward the king's army, and then each army would return to its garrison.

Now, many people were disappointed: Is it done with a meal of wine and meat?

What about rewards? Didn’t you mean you need to pay money and food?

Everyone worked hard to go to Beijing to serve the king, and they were given a meal of wine and meat?

As the saying goes, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. At the beginning, the soldiers actually didn't expect any reward, after all, they didn't fight.

But when the rumors were well known, everyone had hope and hoped that the court would send money and food, and more or less.

As a result, there was only one meal of wine and meat, and they were about to leave after eating.

Many people were indignant: "Let's go, who cares about staying here!"

......

Outside Yecheng, the originally large-scale camp had disappeared. The troops of the king set up camp and returned to their respective garrisons. Because they walked very quickly, the scene was in a mess.

General Hu Luxian, the cavalry general, felt uncomfortable when he looked at the empty camp.

Not long after the Chu army invaded the north, the emperor suddenly ordered the army to leave the capital.

Hu Luxian thought this move was inappropriate, because although the Chu army retreated, the Yellow River had not yet thawed, so the other party could make a comeback at any time.

However, the emperor insisted on his own, so the troops dispersed.

At the same time, his brother Huluguang returned from Henan, but the emperor ordered the army not to return to Beijing. After arriving in the designated area, the court would send envoys to reward him.

Then the army was disbanded on the spot and returned to the headquarters.

Such an incredible decision made Hu Luxian feel unbelievable and was very angry at Heshi Kaiwang.

He thought this must be the result of He Shikai urging the emperor. Hu Luxian felt it was inexplicable at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he came up with a possibility:

The other party was probably worried that his brothers would use their troops to force the palace and force the emperor to "stay away from the villain".

But is this possible?

Hu Luxian and his brother Hu Luguang did not openly get into evil with He Shikai, and they had no holidays on weekdays. Although they had complaints about this person's power, they did not clearly reveal it.

Hulu Guang's high position and power represent the interests of the Jinyang Wuxun. No matter who is in power here in Yecheng, as long as the interests of the Jinyang Wuxun are not harmed, they do not care whether the other party is loyal or traitor.

At the beginning of last year, Zhao County King Gao Rui and others impeached He Shikai, which was a huge news, but the Huluguang brothers did not participate.

Therefore, Hu Luxian felt that he was so careful about Shikai's two brothers.

The troops from other places who came to Beijing to serve the king were nominally ruled by Hu Luxian. Hu Luguang returned to the court from Henan. He Shikai was probably guilty of being a thief, so he was too anxious to dismiss the troops who served the king.

He also asked Huluguang's army, who had just crossed the Yellow River, to not enter Beijing, and waited for the imperial envoys to reward him in designated areas, and then disbanded on the spot.

This is to treat his brothers as thieves.

The more Hu Luxian thought about it, the more annoyed he became, but he had no choice but to deal with the misunderstanding.

The Hulu family was rich and prosperous. My father was a little worried when he was there, worried that if his granddaughter (the daughter of Huluguang) became the queen, if he was favored, he would be jealous. If he was not favored, he would be disliked by the emperor.

Now, the emperor seems to not like Queen Hulu very much. For many years, Mu Zhaoyi, who was recently favored, has a big belly.

Hu Luxian felt that the emperor had been wary of the two of them, so he and Shi Kaicai followed the trend and made trouble.

If so, he decided to wait until his brother returned to Beijing and take good care of it.

Huluxian was about to return to the city, but a follower came hurriedly, bringing him a message: After the army of the King of Xianyang crossed the river, regardless of the emperor's will, he came to Yecheng without stopping.

The envoy did not even see the King of Xianyang. After receiving the message from the front army, he had to return to Beijing overnight to his life.

The envoy returned to Beijing last night. Now, the emperor sent an envoy again, asking the King of Xianyang to stop returning to Beijing, and the army set up camp on the spot, waiting for the imperial court to reward him.

Hu Luxian was shocked after hearing this: Brother is so angry? Even if he resists the order in this way, the emperor will be unhappy!

He didn't know why his brother was acting like this, but he didn't think he wanted to do anything "big" with him, otherwise he would not have been able to communicate with him in advance.

Now, perhaps the elder brother couldn't swallow this, or wanted to win the emperor's personal reward for the meritorious soldiers, so he led his army back to Beijing.

But this behavior itself is full of threat.

Now that things have come to this point, Hu Luxian cannot send someone to find Hu Luguang, so as not to be suspected of his brother's intentions.

Therefore, you must enter the palace immediately, apologize to the emperor, and let the emperor deal with it.

He also defended his brother's behavior so that the emperor would not think that his brother was going to rebel, which led to the deeper and deeper misunderstanding.

He ordered his left and right: "Come here! Take the seal and military talisman, and I want to enter the palace to apologize!"
Chapter completed!