The reason why Li Xiong was afraid of Li Liu was because after Li Te's death, Li Liu's prestige in the army was much higher than that of Li Xiong's son.

original...

Li Liu actually became the commander-in-chief of the refugees, and as a result...

After learning that King Qi was dying, this guy directly gave him the position of commander of the refugees and encouraged him to become the leader of Han.

the reason is simple.

This guy is afraid of death, and he also wants to enjoy it.

If Li Xiong is just a general in Zhenbei and a refugee commander, then what Li Liu can enjoy is one level lower than that of a refugee commander.

But if Li Xiong becomes the leader of a country, then he can enjoy the treatment of a prince.

Afraid of death, but wanting to enjoy it, this is Captain Li Liu.

Li Liu had a very high reputation in the army, and many of his father's subordinates only followed Li Liu.

This left Li Xiong with a knot in his throat.

Fortunately, within the past year, he had been able to win the loyalty of many of his father's former generals and the recognition of the local forces in Yizhou through his courtesy and punishments.

original...

All this will slowly get better, and he will take Yizhou into his hands step by step, and even...

He once captured Hanzhong County and almost swallowed half of Liangzhou.

result...

The King of Qi was put down, and Luoyang sent troops to Yizhou.

The first to panic were the local families in Yizhou.

Originally they were coerced by Li Xiong and had to obey, but later they were subdued by Corporal Li Xiong Lixian. In addition, the emperor expelled the representatives of the local Yizhou families in Luoyang, allowing him to take over the local forces in Yizhou and progressed rapidly.

but...

After learning the news about Luoyang's troops, most of these aristocratic families were not calm.

They were afraid.

Instigated by the aristocratic family, he had to write a letter asking for surrender to stabilize the mood of the local aristocratic family.

He needs a certain amount of time to turn Yizhou into a monolith first.

so...

Some people have to die.

Thinking about these questions, Li Xiong narrowed his eyes.

Who can live, who can die, and how to die are already brewing in his heart.

He now has an excellent reputation in Yizhou.

However, no matter how good the reputation is, people will still kill people, especially when they have to kill people.

He didn't have much time left to get from Luoyang to Yizhou.

.....

Luoyang.

Guangyuan Houfu.

Princess Guangping looked at the nearly overflowing pile of gifts in the inner courtyard. Although she was proud of her husband, her brows furrowed slightly.

"Husband, there are so many rewards, my family can't use them all."

Wang Sheng shook his head slightly and said: "Make two sets of four-season clothes for each person in the house. For those who have more, make them all into four-season clothes. They are always useful. As for the gold..."

As if something suddenly occurred to him, Wang Sheng patted his forehead and said: "If you have extra four-season uniforms, you can bring some five baht, grain and rice, and give them to the families of my fallen soldiers as compensation."

Since there are so many things, there is no point in keeping them. It is better to make the best use of them and gain a reputation of loving soldiers as sons.

Wang Sheng is no longer in the army, so he can only maintain his reputation in the army through this method.

He seemed to be doing a useless thing by sending things to the families of those fallen soldiers.

actually not...

After all, more than one person in a family is in the military, especially military households.

Except for one person who stayed, almost all the others went to join the army.

Wang Sheng gave them clothes, rice, and five baht, which naturally had the effect of winning people's hearts.

"I'm afraid this will trouble the embroiderers in my house again."

"Didn't you say you're too free? I'm trying to find something for you to do."

Princess Guangping glanced at Wang Sheng angrily and pouted.

"In a few days, I will go to Longmen for an outing with the ladies, and in a few days I will go to Baima Temple to pray for peace..."

Princess Guangping waved her little finger as if she was very busy.

"Okay, okay."

After scraping the bridge of Princess Guangping's nose with his hand, Wang Sheng took her hand again.

"Thank you for your hard work, princess. I will just work harder tonight."

"snort!"

Princess Guangping's face suddenly turned red.

"It's not a good idea. I have to take care of Zhong'er at night, so I don't have time to care about you."

"Then I'll just go to the Red Sleeve Room."

Wang Sheng waved his hand, looking indifferent.

"You...it's okay to go to Sister Hongxiu's place."

"Hahaha."

It's nice to have time to joke with beautiful women.

After appeasing Princess Guangping for a while, Wang Sheng returned to the study.

"Your Majesty seems to have rewarded the lord with many things. It seems that your Majesty still relies on the lord very much." Zhang Bin said at the side.

"The reward of ten thousand gold is certainly a lot."

Wang Sheng did not take the emperor's reward seriously.

"After all, in the southern expedition to Yizhou, I suffered the biggest loss on the surface. Not only was my right-hand man judged, but the important military positions of the governors and governors who were rewarded last year were also removed. If your majesty does not compensate me, I will

I feel that His Majesty no longer needs me."

"It's just that although the amount of ten thousand gold is large, it is of little use to the Lord."

Wang Sheng nodded in approval.

When he was conducting military campaigns in Sili, Yuzhou, and farming, he often played the role of bandits to eradicate those disobedient families.

The wealth obtained is naturally countless.

In addition, if there are people in the family who want to be officials, they usually bribe Wang Sheng.

Wang Sheng accepted almost all bribes from these aristocratic families, except for their women.

It's okay to accept money, but if you accept a woman, you will have an in-law relationship with the aristocratic family, which is more dangerous than having a Taiyuan Wang family standing behind Wang Sheng.

After all, Wang Sheng knew in his heart that what the emperor wanted him to do was to be a lonely minister!

If his connection with the aristocratic family is too deep, I am afraid that when the emperor deals with the aristocratic family, he will also deal with him.

"It's useless if it's useless, but you can see His Majesty's intentions from these rewards, and... based on my understanding of Your Majesty, his compensation should be more than this, but there is no excuse now

It’s just a reward.”

After cutting off both his left and right arms, and his reputation in the court was greatly reduced, if Wang Sheng wanted to act seriously, Sima Yu would not treat him badly.

When it's time to treat Wang Sheng badly, that's when Wang Sheng becomes useless.

"It's just...now, we have to watch the changes on the front line."

Wang Sheng nodded slightly.

There are not many things he can do now, and waiting is one of them.

This kind of waiting is a month of waiting.

Within a month, North Road coach Zhang Hong finally stabilized Hanzhong. After disposing of many local aristocratic families and obtaining sufficient money and food, he began to use troops against Yizhou.

To the east, Zhang Guang's situation was not so optimistic.

For a full month, not only did not many state and county soldiers come from various states, but also very little money and food were shipped from various places.

Let alone tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of accompanying soldiers and civilians.

Zhang Guang's current situation is...

He is about to run out of food.

And the culprit of all this was naturally the King of Huainan, Sima Yun.

Sima Yun, the king of Huainan, was famous in Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yanzhou and other places.

The forces of his feudal country, that is, around here, are fighting at home.

He resented the emperor's humiliation in the court, and now as a supervisor, he directly and secretly hindered Zhang Guang's progress in gathering troops to collect grain.

Originally, King Huainan's energy was not that great.

No matter how bad the situation is, it is impossible for the 20,000 soldiers Zhang Guang brought from Beiying to be without food and grass.

The essential...

It was the emperor's operation in Luoyang Court last year that completely offended the family.

Especially the aristocratic families in Jingzhou and Yangzhou.

Originally, they seemed to be doing something wrong and didn't want to contribute anything.

Now, with Sima Yun, the king of Huainan, taking advantage of him, the aristocratic family has come to the fore, and they will not get rid of anything.

now.

In the Chinese army tent, Zhang Guang's expression was very gloomy.

Originally, he thought that coming here would be a good opportunity to make contributions!

But when he got here, he realized that things were not that simple.

He is almost alone in this land of Wancheng.

That he is the coach?

In the army, he was not as powerful as Sima Yun, the king of Huainan.

Your Majesty~

Zhang Guang sighed in his heart.

You are looking for a problem for me!

If the King of Huainan was not the supervisor of the army, his trip would certainly not have been so difficult.

"Here comes someone."

"exist."

A soldier walked outside the tent.

"Go and invite the supervisor over."

Today he received a military report from Zhang Hong from Hanzhong. In ten days, Zhang Hong will start to use troops against Yizhou.

Zhang Hong has used troops against Yizhou, and his side will definitely follow suit.

The King of Huainan has been fooling around for a month, is it time to get rid of his anger?

Considering how smart the King of Huainan is, he should know that this southern expedition was personally ordered by His Majesty. Your Majesty takes it very seriously. If something goes wrong, even if he is the King of Huainan, he will be blamed.

Zhang Guang kept silent about King Huainan's misdeeds this month, just to give King Huainan a chance.

actually...

It also gives him a chance.

After all, he is a miscellaneous general, while King Huainan is a clan king and has great reputation among the government and the public. Compared with his status and reputation, he is far inferior to King Huainan.

Moreover, this place is still within the sphere of influence of King Huainan. If the King of Huainan turns against him, the dispatch of troops from Wancheng may be far away.

After all, Hanzhong is close to Luoyang.

But Wancheng is still too close to Jingzhou and Yangzhou.

After almost a quarter of an hour, the soldiers came back.

"Commander Qi, the King of Huainan has arrived."

Zhang Guang nodded.

"Please come in, King Huainan."

"promise."

The King of Huainan was dressed in a white robe, holding a feather fan in his hand, and his expression was very indifferent. He did not look like he was here to fight, but on vacation.

Actually...

Within a month of his coming to Wancheng, he actually came for vacation.

He left all the matters of supervising the army to his staff.

"The commander-in-chief called me here, what are your instructions?"

"Your Majesty has a noble status, how dare you give me orders?"

Zhang Guang doesn't want to offend King Huainan now.

"This is a military report from Hanzhong. Hanzhong will begin to march in troops in ten days. What I mean is that our side should also prepare quickly. After all, His Majesty's big plan is to encircle on two sides.

.”

The King of Huainan snorted coldly and said, "We will send troops over there in ten days."

Zhang Guang's fists hidden in his sleeves suddenly clenched, and his expression became a little ugly.

"Your Majesty, you are the supervisor of the army. Don't you understand the situation in the army? There is a severe shortage of auxiliary soldiers in the army, as well as a shortage of money and food. Under such circumstances, how can we send troops?"

King Huainan waved his hand, with a puzzled look on his face.

"Commander, since we don't have enough food and troops, we naturally have to talk to Wang Dun, who is in charge of the military in each state, and let him coordinate the situation. If it still doesn't work, we should submit a memorial to Luoyang."

Seeing the Huainan King looking like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, Zhang Guang also made it clear.

"Your Majesty, you should understand that it is His Majesty's wish to march from the east. If something goes wrong along the way, I, as the coach, will naturally die. But with a scar as big as a bowl on my head, I am just a reckless person.

, if you die, you will die, but the king is a rich man, if you offend your majesty..."

Hearing Zhang Guang's threatening words, King Huainan suddenly thought of what happened in the court, and his whole body became angry and crazy.

"Are you threatening me?"

"How dare I?"

"Hmph!" King Huainan snorted coldly and said angrily: "Since you are not threatening me, then I will excuse you."

After all, in the army, Zhang Guang is the commander-in-chief.

What the King of Huainan dared to do was to obey the law and violate the law.

After all, he is only supervising the army. Whether the food, fodder and soldiers arrive has nothing to do with him from the outside.

As for the evidence?

Wancheng is his territory. How can Zhang Guang, an outsider, even if he is the coach, collect his evidence?

"King Huainan, I advise you not to act out of anger. I have not yet reported to your majesty what you did in Wancheng. If your majesty is willing to cooperate, I will be willing to give the first victory to your majesty in the eastward deployment of troops. But if

If the king is unwilling to cooperate, then you and I will inevitably die."

Having said this, King Huainan also stopped and turned around to look at Zhang Guang coldly.

"Just a few generals dare to threaten me. You must know that this is Wancheng, not Luoyang."

"Isn't it the king's land in the whole world? Is it the land of the king? Is it the king's ministers? Is it okay for the king to disobey His Majesty's edict when he is in Wancheng?"

King Huainan stared at Zhang Guang, and Zhang Guang also stared at King Huainan.

After staring for about half a quarter of an hour, King Huainan's attitude softened.

"I am only a supervisor of the army. Regarding the matter of food, grass and soldiers, we should talk to the governor and state officials. If you tell me, what can I do?"

"How can the king be willing to cooperate?"

Zhang Guang resisted the urge to kill.

The overall situation is important, the overall situation is important...

He kept reminding him in his mind.

"Actually, I don't have much grudge against you, so naturally I won't embarrass you too much. In this case, it will take time to send out troops, provide food and personnel, and mobilize them after twenty days."

The 20th?

In other words, the attack time will be ten days slower than that of Hanzhong.

Or even longer.

Based on Zhang Guang's understanding of King Huainan, this guy might be trying to delay time.

"Twenty days is too long."

King Huainan waved his hand and looked helpless.

"The 20th is already the fastest."

After saying that, King Huainan turned around and left. After leaving the tent, King Huainan's voice came in again from outside the tent.

"General Zhang, it's not that easy to make achievements in the east."

This guy~

Zhang Guang punched the desk in front of him hard.

no!

It is impossible to be soft with the King of Huainan.
Chapter completed!