"The king of Changyi can't inherit the order of heaven, worship the ancestral temple, and the surname of the son is ten thousand, so it is abolished."
In the first year of Yuanting, on the first day of November, in the east and Micheng, Bingji read out the edict of the empress dowager and briefly finished the abolition of the emperor.Zhao Chongguo and Han Zeng looked at each other, abolishing the emperor, an incident that has never happened since the Han Dynasty, is the "little thing" in Bingji's mouth?
However, it is indeed small to say that it is small, Liu He's resignation will not even affect the plan of the two generals to return to China, and the world is still stable, but this matter cannot be known to the soldiers for the time being, so as not to affect the morale of the army due to rumors.And Ren Hong also pretended to be surprised, but he smiled in his heart: "Ah He finally stepped down." ”It's a pity that Bingji said that the general slaughtered An Le by the way, so that Ren Hong lost the opportunity to slash this guy.Zhao Chongguo and Han Zeng are concerned about the next thing, although it is now the queen mother's post-government, since there is a waste, there must be a stand-up, right?
Bingji said slowly: "The general and the prime minister are equal to the book, the great-grandson of Emperor Xiaowu has an edict to raise his eyes, and until he is eighteen years old, he can inherit Emperor Xiaozhao, flatter the ancestral temple, and has sent Zongzheng and others to Shuofang County to welcome him." ”As soon as this remark came out, Zhao Chongguo's head should be that no matter who the new emperor is, it has little to do with him.Han Zeng was slightly stunned, but he still did a good job of hiding the surprise in his heart.Ren Hong was not surprised, but sighed in his heart, although it has changed from twenty-seven days to seventy-two, although Liu Yi has gone to Shuofang for a trip, but the history that was changed under his influence has finally been corrected after skimming the differences in details?
Calculating the time, Huo Guang sent someone to welcome Liu Ai on August 14, although Shuo Fang was far away, but Pegasus galloped, back and forth for half a month at most, he should be on the throne now?
It's just that according to Bingji, he was sent to the west after this, and what happened after that is unknown.Bingji said with a smile: "I went out of Chang'an on the same day as Zongzheng, and I was ordered to come to the west to deliver a message to the two armies of Pu and Qiang.Who expected that the two generals would be so fast, the general asked you to wait for 2,000 miles, and the two walked more than 3,000 miles, swept the right land, and broke the Huns.I ran to one place, only to know that Jun and the others had left the camp and went to the next place, only to chase all the way, and they could meet here. ”Bingji came to look for the army, and he was tired of riding a horse, and he was relieved that the Western Regions were so vast.If every general is like Tian Shun, he will turn back after 800 miles, and this huge attack on the Huns by the five generals will become a joke vacated by the five armies, which is very unfavorable to the generals.But when I came to Zhao Chongguo and Han Zengjun, I read their merit booklet, and just the capture of cattle and sheep was as many as one million, and the recorded beheadings were more than 10,000, which was enough to write a book.Not to mention Ren Hong's great achievement of galloping thousands of miles to save Wusun, destroying the mud, and killing the head of the right valley Li in seven battles and seven victories, so that the court can blow it well.When the edict was over, Bingji followed Zhao Chongguo to reward the soldiers, and at night he came to Ren Hong's side, and when he walked around the camp with Ren Hong, he suddenly held Ren Hong's hand!
Hey, Uncle C, what do you want to do!"
Xi'an Hou, the general has a secret order for General Zhao and you."
Bingji stuffed a silk book to Ren Hong and told him: "The general has an order, before entering the fortress, keep an eye on the strong crossbow general!"
”The next day, the army left Dongyimi, leaving a Qu to guard this place, as a fortress to operate the North Court in the future, and the rest of the tens of thousands of people slowly returned east along the snow-covered northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains.The secret order brought by Bingji, Zhao Chongguo must have also received it, and the order before and after the march really changed, Ren Hong was arranged to the front of the army and continued to be his Xingjun, while Han Zengjun was sandwiched in the middle, and Zhao Chongguo thought he was the rear of the headquarters.Yang Yun and they didn't know what was going on in the court, and they should be on guard against the unwillingness of the right sage king, and they attacked south from Hujiedi, but they didn't know that it was a friendly army.Ren Hong knew very well why Huo Guang would give such a secret order.Because Han Zeng's father, according to Daohou Han, died during the witch curse.In the second year of Zhenghe, Wu Gu was greatly revitalized, with Jiang Chong as the mainstay, and with the assistance of Daohou Han Shuo, Huang Mensu and others, he dug around the palace to find Gu, and finally found Empress Wei and Prince Wei.On the afternoon of July, Prince Wei took advantage of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in Ganquan Palace, and had already decided to make a move, but to make the doorman as a messenger to arrest Jiang Chong and others.Han said that he first suspected that the envoy was fraudulent and refused to accept the edict, but was killed on the spot by Prince Wei's disciples, and Han Xing, the eldest son of Han Shuo, escaped and assisted Prime Minister Liu Quyu to quell the chaos.If Prince Wei wins the witch Gu matter, the Han family, which has been rich and noble in the Han Dynasty for several generations, may be the end of the clan annihilation, but even if Prince Wei fails, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty will turn around and find excuses to clean up the most active group of people who killed Prince Wei's party one by one, and Han Xing, the heir, is no exception, and he will be punished without guilt.Fortunately, Han Zeng was a Lang official in Ganquan Palace at that time, and he was not implicated by his father and brother, and after a few years, Huo Guang interceded for him and restored his title.Because of this level of grievances, now that Prince Wei's grandson is expected to succeed to the throne, it is impossible for Han Zeng not to have any ideas.But Zhao Chongguo was not worried at all, and suddenly said to Ren Hong one day: "The former general is a smart person, and the general only makes us cautious." ”Ren Hong understood Zhao Chongguo's meaning, whether it was the reign of the abolished emperor Liu He, or Liu Ai had inherited the treasure, as long as the general was in one day, the Han Dynasty would have the final say, and Han Dajia did not have to worry about the retaliation and suppression of the new emperor.As long as Han Zeng doesn't think about it, he honestly leads the army into the fortress, and when he returns to Chang'an, he will take advantage of this battle to rise.The situation has changed, and Han Zeng is likely to move closer to the general, from an ally who wanders around the Huo clan to a hardcore henchman of the Huo clan.Maybe he will surpass Zhang Anshi in one fell swoop and become the No. 2 person in the DPRK."
It's a real headache to think about these things."
Ren Hong hasn't thought about these intrigues for a long time, it's still good in the Western Regions, if he is allowed to choose, he still likes the life of Rongma Biansai, simple and happy.When you open your eyes, you will see the majestic and magnificent Tianshan Mountains, the Western Regions are vast, not as complex and secluded as the streets and alleys of Chang'an, you have to be on guard against people all the time, be careful of every word you say, fight and fight, and the pattern will be small.His mother-in-law is now the Empress Dowager Wusun, the door to the vast world has been opened, and Ren Hong is free to advance and retreat in the future.Liu Ill is no longer good, the young man who wants to be the "general of the expedition to the west" has already taken the first step to leave Chang'an, but he was still dragged into the Weiyang Palace by the line of fate.Ren Hong couldn't help but sigh: "Liu Sick is already sick Liu is already sick Liu, next, you have to face the people I don't want to provoke, and you have to deal with General Huo all day long!"
”The right part of the Xiongnu has been defeated by Zhao Chongguo in a battle, although the descendants of the right Xianwang and Hujie and Jiankun are still there, but they are no longer able to go south.There was no more fighting on the way back to the east, and the soldiers were eager to go home, even in the snow, they were able to ride the horses captured from the Huns, and travel dozens of miles every day.From Dongjimi to Youxian Wangting, and then eastward to the grassland Silk Road to reach Juyansai, it took them more than 2,000 Han miles, and it only took them a month.Finally, on the first day of the twelfth month, on the edge of the desert and the Gobi, a vast lake appeared in front of me, and Juyanhai arrived, at this time the lake surface had begun to freeze, and everything was lonely, and only a long line was seen in the distance."
It's the Great Wall!""
Home!"
The Han soldiers endured the hard work to the present, and finally could not bear the joy, they took off the iron and felt scarves, threw them into the sky and cheered, some sang the song of their hometown, some danced by the bonfire, this long expedition, finally came to an end.More than 60,000 horsemen of the two armies left the fortress in August, returned in December, and after four months of battle, because of repeated victories, the number of dead in the battle was not much, but as many as one-tenth of them died of disease, and almost half of the 80,000 or 90,000 mules and horses brought out were exhausted.Fortunately, a large number of horses were captured in the right field, and a good wave was replenished, and a little money was actually earned.Otherwise, the foundation accumulated by the Han for more than ten years will be all empty in a battle.Even if this battle is completely won, at least in three or five years, the Han Dynasty will not be able to conduct a large-scale conquest of the Xiongnu like this, which will cost money and effort.Behind their victory are hundreds of thousands of people who have been feeding grain for thousands of miles and transporting it to Juyan and other places to wait, and behind these people, hundreds of thousands of families have lost labor and their lives have been greatly affected.Times have changed, after all, Huo Guang is not as desperate for victory as Xiaowu, the Xiongnu are to be destroyed, and the Western Regions are to be developed, but this must not affect the livelihood of the people in the country.When the Han army arrived in front of the barrier, the commander of Juyan had already come to greet them, and a messenger from Chang'an came with him, bringing the latest edict to the two generals.In September, the emperor's great-grandson entered Weiyang Palace, saw the queen mother, and was named the Marquis of Yangwu.On the first day of October, the ministers presented the seal and ribbon, that is, the emperor's throne, and the temple. ”The envoy smiled and said, "The Han has a new son of heaven." ”Tsk, it's really the son of flowing water, the iron-clad general."
God bless the man."
Zhao Chongguo and Han Zeng were so emotional, they could announce this "happy event" to the soldiers.And Ren Hong has also breathed a sigh of relief for Liu Ai, it seems that the process of his recall and succession to the throne is smooth, and there really is no accident, right?
After entering Juyansai, Zhao Chongguo and Han Zeng discussed and decided to take the army to rest in Juyan and Zhangye for the winter in accordance with the requirements of the court, and then bring it back to Chang'an to be rewarded in the spring.But someone had to rush back to Chang'an with Bingji immediately and report to the imperial court."
When we are old, we want to eat meat on the fire in Juyan in winter, or let the youngest and most meritorious cavalry captain go."
Zhao Chongguo nodded at Ren Hong and said with a smile: "The two armies of Daoyuan and Qiang, holding the head of the right valley Liwang Xianxian Shan, will return to Beique and report to the Queen Mother, the Son of Heaven and the general!"
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