Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 775
"What can I do?"

"Wu Wang is Shaozhi, Feng Jing is foolish, and Shen Tujia is slow."

"It can only be that I dealt with them and negotiated with the local nobles for them. If it wasn't for me, they would have started a fight. Let's just talk about the King of Wu, who will kill these people at every turn. They all support it. Your Majesty, if they are all killed, then the only ones left in the Peacock Kingdom are those who want to rebel and get close to the Anxi people? How can this work? I am a general, and my strategy is not as good as that of Xiao He and Chen Ping. But now, for His Majesty's great cause, I can only continue to display my talents."

General Allie's face twitched a few times, and gradually calmed down again.

Xia Houzao continued: "Isn't it because of my merit that the prince can inherit the throne this time?"

"With my own strength, I persuaded those nobles to accept the crown prince, so that the crown prince received His Majesty's blessing and became the master of this peacock. If it weren't for me, I don't know how many people in this peacock country would be kings!"

"I have made such great achievements, but those people are very jealous of my talent. Feng Jing became the peacock prime minister, Shen Tujia became the poisonous governor in charge of the military and government, and even the king of Wu personally presided over the ceremony of conferring the king. I have no reward?"

Ariel hesitated for a moment, "Because you are a minister of the Xiting Kingdom, it has nothing to do with being poisoned?"

"But we are close! Your Majesty often says that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors!"

Ariel said helplessly: "General, you are busy here, you must not be rewarded by the Peacock King. We have to think about the strategy to deal with the Anxi people while the chariot general led the army to come and die! If it can make the Anxi people have a long memory, it will be a great military achievement!"

Xia Houzao shook his head, "I understand what you mean, but Zhou Yafu is not as brave as us, he is very timid. I persuaded him to go to Anxi several times and cut off the head of King Anxi, but all He rejected it, he was very afraid of King Anxi, and felt that he was no match for King Anxi, and he also prevented me from proposing to send troops without authorization."

"The chariot general drove straight in and defeated the Xiongnu army with thousands of soldiers. He was famous for being poisonous and capable of fighting. It is well known in the world. How could he be a cowardly person? I think he was cautious in using troops and did not want to rush into the army. , I heard that you and General Chariot are siblings. Although I know him well, I am from a barbarian family after all."

"What nonsense. When we interact with people, we never look at their origins, as long as we have a father who is a lord."

Xia Houzao said something, and then patted A Lie on the shoulder, "Although you are not the father of Chehou, you are a Chehou yourself. Who dares to despise you? Don't look at Yafu's indifference to you. I think he looks down on you, he treats everyone like this, His Majesty often calls him rigid and stubborn, if you really think you want to attack and rest in peace, I can meet General Cheqi with you, the three of us are poisoned, What are Anxi people? Even if the Marquis of Huaiyin comes, we will not be afraid at all!"

Ariel said: "Earlier, Duke Feng received information that the Parthians were going to bypass Bactria when the crown prince ascended the throne, borrowing from the territory of the Huns, and attack important commercial routes including Stone City. I think that if the plan Properly, we can savagely ambush them, they will attack from a long distance, we are waiting for work, if we are frustrated, they want to escape, but it is not that simple."

"The Huns?? Are the Huns still there?"

Xia Houzao was taken aback for a moment, he hadn't heard about the Huns for many years.

Aleigh took out a map and put it in front of Xia Houzao.

"Look, this is the border of the Xiting Kingdom, Congling. From here to the south, you can go around the mountain to reach Shendu, and from Puli to the west, after crossing the mountain, it is the territory occupied by the Huns today (now in China The Parthians (present-day Persia) detour from here, and can bypass Bactria (present-day Afghanistan)."

Xia Houzao looked at it for a while and asked, "Who is the current Shanyu of the Huns?"

"I heard that he is the son of the old Chanyu."

Xia Houzao pondered for a long time. He seemed to remember the other party's name, but he couldn't remember it. He waved his hand, "It doesn't matter who he is, if the news is reliable, doesn't it mean that the Parthians and the Huns have formed an alliance? That's fine." ? Let's hurry to find Zhou Yafu!"

The two left here in a hurry, and at this moment, the three ministers from the big man were also continuing their dispute.

Feng Jing frowned, "Let the crown prince inherit the position, and we lose the opportunity to further expand our rights and interests. If those nobles take the position, they will give us whatever we want. They don't care about it. They only need to live well, but the prince is different, it is not easy to get benefits from him, we are not here to govern here, we are here to get their supplies!"

Shen Tujia sneered, "If your current thoughts can be spread to the temple, His Majesty will definitely call you a fisherman!"

"This poisonous body has a vast land and rich resources, and has many household registrations. Your Majesty asked you to come here and sent troops there many times. You are not here to be a robber. Even if you don't manage this place, you can't hand it over to a group of lunatics to govern it? Those who can understand the truth and know how to govern the country can't be too poisonous, but they can't just collapse! When the nobles rule this place, the peacocks will fall apart immediately. They can do anything. I never deal with fools. , because Chinese people cannot understand their thinking.”

"Look, among us, Xia Houzao is the only one who gets along with them the most harmoniously. Doesn't that make sense? When they suddenly come out to rebel, you probably won't be able to understand the reason for their rebellion in your entire life."

"I'd rather give up short-term benefits, and develop stably, so that I can keep up with the development of the big man. I am poisonous, like animal husbandry. I can't just cut the meat, but also have to feed grass and water. If you die, what meat do you eat? "

Feng Jing knocked on the case in front of him, and said loudly: "What kind of a good man do you think the prince is? Do you know what he told me? He said that caste and prostitution would be abolished, official schools and assessments would be abolished, and the aristocracy would be abolished The land, the establishment of counties, counties, and townships, if he does this, the peacock can still be peaceful? It’s better to let the nobles take care of it. Anyway, they don’t care about state affairs. We can treat them as puppets and manage it ourselves. "

"The prince's idea is a bit radical, but at least after persuasion, we can distinguish between priorities, but the nobles you mentioned, we can't even communicate! We can't communicate!! It's just nonsense!!"

Both sides insisted on their views, and they quarreled hard.

Liu Heng sat on the side very calmly, listening to the quarrel between the two.

Liu Heng knew in his heart that the two were not arguing, but praying for his own support. Facing the situation in Peacock's country, Liu Heng had his own ideas, but no matter if he said he would support either party, he would offend the other party. Heng interrupted their quarrel.

"You two, don't quarrel. Our quarrel is unnecessary. What should we do with this matter? We still have to follow His Majesty's order. We don't have the right to decide such a big matter in private."

"When I left Chang'an, His Majesty was very dissatisfied with King Xiting, and you probably know the reason. That's why he sent me here. When I left, he ordered me three things. The first thing It means that there should be no disputes within us, lest outsiders benefit. The second thing is about this prince. His Majesty said that he summoned princes from all over the world to Chang'an to cultivate their knowledge, so that they can assist the big man in doing things. His Majesty said The third thing I have many expectations for the prince is to be vigilant against the Parthians, Your Majesty thinks that the Parthians will collude with poisoned traitors, let me be on guard."

Liu Heng didn't express his position clearly, but upon hearing these words, Feng Jing shook his head helplessly, for he was about to lose.

Shen Tujia smiled all over his face, "Your Majesty is right, the timely establishment of a prince is the kingly way, and he can practice His Majesty's idea of ​​enlightening King Hu, and can integrate the country in time to deal with the invasion of the Parthians."

The three finally agreed with each other.

Now that it is confirmed, there can be no further delay, and the enthronement ceremony must be carried out quickly.

Liu Heng still gave those nobles some thin noodles. The enthronement ceremony was a half-peacock and half-manly enthronement. When the peacock country was busy welcoming the new king to the throne, Zhou Yafu also started to discuss the matter of resting with the two generals.

In fact, Zhou Yafu already knew the information provided by A Lie.

But he was not as excited as Xia Houzao. After hearing the two men's suggestion to send troops, Zhou Yafu asked back: "If this is the enemy's strategy, deliberately lure us to go, attack halfway, cut off our front and rear troops, and continue to attack us." What should we do if we use cavalry to harass us and make us unable to advance or retreat?"

Xia Houzao was stunned immediately, he shook his head, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"The Parthians came from such a distance to ambush us??"

"What if they arrived early and have been resting all the time? What if they have already joined forces with the Huns and used the main force of cavalry? The Northern Army I brought out is only more than 1 people. If it is damaged here, Do we still have the face to meet His Majesty?"

"How dare the Anxi people use their main force to deal with us? Why do you think so dangerously?"

Xia Houzao didn't understand very much, but Zhou Yafu said calmly: "If I were the commander-in-chief of the Parthians, I would never let go of this good opportunity. Together with the Huns, both sides will use large-scale cavalry to swallow up the attacking army. The benefits of looting are huge, even if you fail, you can quickly evacuate, and the impact will not be great."

"But they are not you, how can they have such courage?"

"Zao, don't underestimate any enemy. The Huns back then, even with the Marquis of Huaiyin leading us, were extremely difficult to deal with. It took them several years of fighting to force them back, but they couldn't be wiped out completely. In a short period of time, it has expanded to the current state, and defeated enemies that are many times stronger than itself. With today's scale, don't they have outstanding generals in the country? Even the body is poisoned. Anyway, you can't underestimate yourself. enemy."

Zhou Yafu originally wanted to use A Lie as an example, but he thought it was inappropriate.

Aleigh didn't care about Zhou Yafu's teasing about Shendu. He frowned, thinking seriously about what Zhou Yafu said just now. Standing up, the Poison Man is much taller, a huge chunk. At the beginning, His Majesty led the elite northern army to fight against the Parthians. They were still in the state of attack, and the casualties were not small. Now there is no such fierce general as His Majesty, Xiahou Although the stove is not bad, it is still far worse than His Majesty!
Moreover, the number of their troops is not large. If they rashly send out troops and get entangled by cavalry on the grassland, it will be a big trouble.

Xia Houzao asked: "Then what should we do? Should we leave them alone?"

"The Anxi people have their own style of play, and of course we also have our own style of play."

"What we have to do is to give up the intelligence that seems to be beneficial to us and choose our own strategy. How to send troops is in our best interest? We send troops from Pakistan to directly destroy the sentry towers and defensive buildings built by the other side along the road. There is no need to worry about the threat of the Parthians to the country of Pakistan. There is no need to worry about the mountain pass here. No matter how many people there are, they will not be able to rush in. This place is not suitable for cavalry warfare. It is the soldiers of the Xiting Kingdom, the general called Li Guang, although he is not suitable for the battle, he is still able to defend the city, he guards here, and the Anxi people cannot enter at all."

Xia Houzao was at a loss, "It's the first time I heard that you can't read intelligence when fighting. When the Marquis of Huaiyin fought, he sent cavalry everywhere to scout for information and then made a decision."

"You don't understand. Many times, a steady attack, a comprehensive defense, proactively forgetting those tactics, and using the safest method to attack to achieve your own strategic goals, such a battle looks unsightly and dull, just like the Marquis of Huaiyin. The style of play is different, but it is very practical, there will be no mistakes, and there will be no big defeats. This is the tactic adopted by prudent people."

"I have never heard of any famous general who achieved himself through such tactics!"

Xia Houzao said displeasedly.

But Zhou Yafu said: "In the past, the Marquis of Wucheng in the Qin State fought like this. He fought steadily and steadily. It doesn't look as exciting as the Marquis of Huaiyin, but his record is not bad."

"I haven't heard of it, but anyone I haven't heard of is definitely not a very powerful person."

Xia Houzao was still very dissatisfied with not being able to send troops to ambush, and said angrily.

Zhou Yafu ignored him, and looked directly at Ariel, "General, I need you to gather your army. We are going to fight the Parthians from Pakistan. We don't ask for any great credit and destroy their defense measures. Just remove their threat to Pakistan. We will send troops there after the enthronement ceremony is over."

"Since we are going to fight, why not send troops now and catch the opponent by surprise?"

"That's not necessary. The soldiers are not familiar with the local climate and need to rest. They can win if they fight steadily. Why take risks?"

Ariel seemed to understand something, stood up, and bowed to Zhou Yafu, "Teach me!"

Xia Houzao cursed and followed Ale out of the tent, "Let me tell you, Zhou Yafu is cowardly, but he dared not send troops. Such a good opportunity was wasted by him. What kind of grand victory is he? Such a person will be defeated by the enemy sooner or later, and I will write to the Marquis of Huaiyin later when I go back to sue him, saying that he thinks the Marquis of Wucheng is better than the Marquis of Huaiyin!"

The crown prince's enthronement ceremony officially began. Liu Heng had never seen such a weird ceremony. As the host, he couldn't stand it anymore. Anyway, after a ceremony full of chicken feathers, the prince was crowned as the Peacock King, and the nobles He seems to be extremely dissatisfied with him. As for the original Peacock King, he has also successfully obtained the posthumous title Peacock Li Wang from the Han Dynasty.

This really can't be blamed on the big man's side, even the prince can't refute it.

Because the Peacock King's throne came from a very bad form, from regicide and usurpation of the throne. When these kings of Hu were drafting their posthumous titles, they felt that they knew about this king of Hu. When they opened the first piece of paper, it was written that he killed his own monarch and inherited the throne. The officials immediately threw these things in the Aside, okay, don't read any more, just click, Li.

The prince, who was deeply influenced by the Gongyang School, was not surprised by this result.

It's regicide after all.

The prince can only hope that his posthumous title will be better, not seeking a beautiful posthumous posthumous title, just a flat posthumous title will do.

After inheriting the throne, the prince launched his own plan to save the peacock. The first step was to follow the example of the great man and set up counties and townships.

The prince believes that this is the easiest policy to implement at present, without too much resistance, and it is also a policy that can quickly change the domestic status quo.

However, the prince himself did not expect that after he ordered the implementation of this policy, the nobles in the country would rebound violently. On that day, more than 30 nobles blocked the gate of the palace, clamoring to abolish this decree. He took off his official robe in front of the palace, expressing that he would never accept the order of the new king.

The crown prince panicked, he didn't think of this at all, and immediately summoned Feng Jing and several reliable ministers.

"My lord, the land of the Peacock Kingdom is in the hands of those nobles. Although the nobles are canonized by the king, they are just titles. If you just want a name, it's fine. You want to appoint officials to serve them. How can they allow you to take control? They don’t want you to meddle in local affairs, and let you just take care of your own direct control. This policy is not the easiest to implement, but the hardest. Alas, you It’s better to order it to be abolished, don’t cause so many people’s resistance just after taking office.”

Bai Hongyi was dumbfounded, could he object to this? ?

Then if he proposed more radical ones, wouldn't they just rush in and kill the king? ?
Only then did he understand that it seems that it is not so easy to promote enlightenment here.

At the same time, Zhou Yafu, Xia Houzao, and Alei led the army and left Huashi City, and Shentu Jia came to sit here.

(End of this chapter)