Royal road

"The West Terrace has fallen."

In the Yamen of the Shangdang Mansion, everyone was silent.The big battle that has been fought for nearly a year has finally come to an end. Logically speaking, it should be a good thing.But for Liang Feng and Shangdang, it was not something worth celebrating.

The breach of Chang'an City meant that the Sima Clan's long-term infighting had come to an end.Ma Teng of Dongying Company, who is away on an expedition, has completed his mission, and it is no surprise that he will be promoted to a noble.Although the Bingzhou army was newly defeated, Shangdang County was safe and sound, and Yangyi was regained.If he could borrow some soldiers and horses from the King of the East China Sea, Sima Teng would most likely return to Bingzhou.

This is tantamount to putting a rope around everyone's necks.Whether they can keep the garrisons they have been operating for more than a year, and whether they can gain more strategic space in the cracks has become an urgent question.

"My lord, the marriage with the Wang family cannot be delayed any longer!" Duan Qin spoke first.

This is the best way to break the situation now.As long as he marries the Taiyuan Wang family, Liang Feng will immediately gain a firm foothold in Bingzhou.Even if it was Sima Teng, it was impossible to take the risk of offending the Taiyuan Wang family and attack him blatantly.In this way, precious time can be bought, and Liang Feng's territory can be further stabilized.

How could Liang Feng not understand this truth?

He has received Wang Wen's reply.Even if the situation of the solar eclipse seizing the city was explained truthfully, the other party still didn't have any opinion because of it. Instead, after warm words of comfort, he raised the matter of marriage again, without even changing the person. She was still the most suitable girl from the Wang family .This is already the second time that the other party has offered an olive branch. If they refuse, the marriage will be bad or they will become enemies.

The situation of Shangdang has also reached an imminent moment.To take such a big risk just for a little grudge?Only then did Liang Feng truly understand how his parents felt when they got married.It's not that I don't know that the other party is not suitable for me, but for the sake of the family and the greater good, what is it worth sacrificing a little freedom of love?

Unexpectedly, after being reincarnated in reincarnation, after going around in circles, he also embarked on this old road.

After a long time, he nodded slowly and said, "Then let's prepare for the wedding."

Hearing that the lord finally made up his mind, Duan Qin couldn't help but be overjoyed: "How should the etiquette be arranged? Do you want to 'worship'?"

Liang Feng is now Jinfeng Township Marquis, and he is also a member of Liehou.The wedding process must follow the "six rituals", that is, to complete the six steps of accepting, asking for names, najib, accepting, telling the date, and welcoming in person before we can marry the bride and go home.However, since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there have been many wars and disasters. In order to complete the wedding as soon as possible and reduce complications, an expedient measure was created.As long as a gauze is covered on the bride's head and sent to the husband's house, the husband will remove the gauze with his own hands and pay a visit to the uncle, which is considered a ceremony.This simple ceremony is called "time worship".Although it does not conform to ancient etiquette, there are many people who marry like this in the world.

Liang Feng was originally remarried, and the bride was another branch of the Wang family, not the main family.In addition, Wang Wen and others avoided their hometowns because of the war, and it was really reluctant to perform the six rituals.It's really the best way to use "time obeisance" not to mention, but also to complete the wedding before Sima Teng returns to Bingzhou.

Cui Ji immediately said: "It's inevitable that the 'time of obeisance' is hasty. You might as well simplify it a little bit, accepting auspiciousness when making a marriage appointment, and accepting a levy when welcoming a marriage, it is also considered a full courtesy."

In this marriage, after all, there is some unequal family status, and it is the Wang family who married.It would be too impolite to marry someone so empty-handed.It happened to be a marriage appointment and sent a letter to take advantage of this opportunity to deal with Najib, that is, the door-to-door marriage proposal.The other party wrote back, telling the woman's name and birthday, and when a date is set here to welcome the bride in person, she can also bring the bride price to pick up the bride.Although the six ceremonies are hasty, they are much more solemn than the "time salutation".

Hearing what Cui Ji said, Liang Feng didn't know what he meant: "It's okay. Once you apply for the ceremony, you must prepare as soon as possible."

Getting married at this time is also a costly affair.For gentry families like the Wang family and the Liang family, a marriage cannot be done without a million dollars.But now the distance between the two places is quite far, and there are military disasters and wars, I'm afraid it can't be done.After the nine fixed items of Nazheng are ready, add some precious jewelry and silk.

Everyone present was delighted to be recognized by Liang Feng.The Liang family has a new mistress, and the prefect has married the daughter of the Wang family. No matter what it is, it is worth celebrating.

However, Liang Feng himself was somewhat dispirited, and it was really not something to be happy about finalizing a marriage in just a few words.Sighing lightly, he said: "However, in this way, the matter of suppressing bandits in Leping Kingdom will not be delayed."

This kind of land grabbing matter, if the rightful owner is not there, he will grab it, and then install a child from a family like Wen Qiao later, so that Sima Teng can't find fault.But if Sima Teng came back, it would be impossible to do anything again.This Leping must be laid down as soon as possible.I only hope that Yiyan's cavalry can go to battle.

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"Your Majesty, migratory locusts have appeared in the west of Zhongyang!" The newly appointed Da Sinong of the Han Kingdom reported with a look of panic.

Liu Yuan's expression was grave.It's only April now, why are migratory locusts born?Moreover, it is still west of Zhongyang, and it will not take long for the locusts to fly to Lishi, the capital city.If there is a plague of locusts, let alone food, even grass may not be left.This is a matter of the survival of a country!

"Can you organize the extermination of locusts?" Liu Yuan asked in a deep voice.

Da Sinong shook his head: "There are too many locusts, and they are inexhaustible. And..." He hesitated for a moment before saying, "...and there are rumors among the people that the plague of locusts fell from the sky because they attacked Shangdang rashly... ..."

Liu Yuan was so angry that he slapped the case: "How unreasonable! He Liang Zixi is not the emperor, how can there be such rumors?!"

"But, there was no locust plague in Shangdang..." Da Sinong said dejectedly.

These words made Liu Yuan shut his mouth.Locust plagues have always appeared in patches, sweeping across a state at every turn.Even if Shangdang's terrain is higher and there are mountains that can block it, it is impossible that there will be no disaster at all!The solar eclipse was like this at the beginning, but now the locust plague is coming again, which makes people unable to even get angry.

After a moment of silence, he finally said: "Order to move the capital. Send people to stay in Lishi, move the platform to Pingyang, and use grain from the east of the river."

Pingyang is the base camp of the left part of the Xiongnu and Liu Yuan's hometown.It is obviously more convenient for him to control the five soldiers and horses by moving the capital here.However, another person said: "Pingyuan County is still stable, and other counties may not be easy to attack. When the King of the East China Sea attacked Chang'an before, the camp of the Jin army was in Hongnong."

In the past two months, the Xiongnu's military strength has actually tilted towards Sizhou.Pingyuan County was originally the residence of the left and south of the Xiongnu, and it didn't take much effort to gather a county.But Hedong County next door and Hongnong County further away are not so easy to deal with.

"Hedong is a place of salt production. If it can be conquered, it will be of great benefit to the country. As for the camp in Hongnong County..." Liu Yuan sneered, "If Chang'an is captured, the King of the East China Sea will naturally not lie there. Throw troops. Hejian King and Chengdu King have not been caught, so he has to guard against their comeback."

When attacking Luoyang before, Chengdu King Sima Ying took the lead and escaped cleanly.After attacking Chang'an, Hejian Wang Sima Yong fled to Changbai Mountain overnight, but no one has been found yet.If these two are not eliminated, how can Sima Yue feel at ease?

But that's not enough.After thinking for a moment, Liu Yuan said: "General Jianwei, you lead Qingqi to charge forward, cross Hedong County, and lie in ambush on the back of the Jin army's camp. If you have the opportunity, you might as well make trouble for them."

Attacking the camp has no chance of winning.However, it is not a bad idea to harass the army's back and create chaos for the Jin army.Today, the forces opposing the King of the East China Sea still exist, and the old part of the King of Chengdu in Jizhou is rebelling.Even with a sneak attack, the opponent may not be able to find the culprit.

Liu Yao came out in response: "Your servant takes orders!"

This was the first time he received a general after the defeat of Shangdang, and his tiger eyes immediately glowed with brilliance.

Seeing that his adopted son was not killed by Liang Zixi, Liu Yuan also nodded inwardly.This world is nothing more than bullying the weak and fearing the hard.Since Bingzhou is not easy to develop, it is better to play Sizhou's idea.When those Sima Clans were completely defeated and Chang'an City was empty and powerless, it was time for them to advance westward.

As for the Shangdang... Liu Yuan squinted his eyes slightly, and let Sima Teng deal with such a difficult opponent.

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"What? The Xianbei troops started looting again? General Qi doesn't care?" Sima Teng frowned when he heard the messenger's report.

The thousands of Duan Xianbei sent by Wang Jun are like hungry wolves.He is powerful, but he is also greedy and disobedient.When they captured Yecheng, they plundered wantonly.Now that Chang'an has been taken down, this important town in Guanzhong is also disturbed.It's not as easy as Tuoba Xianbei's use.

When the staff below heard this, they were smart and didn't answer.The Xianbei people were not necessarily the only ones who burned, killed and looted in Chang'an City.After several months of fighting, Qi Hong also wanted to comfort his own generals.The only ones to blame are King Hejian and Zhang Fang. They had to pay a price to transport the emperor to Chang'an.

Sure enough, Sima Teng just complained and didn't care, and asked, "When will General Qi send His Majesty back to Luoyang?"

"I'm afraid it will take some time for the emperor to go out." The messenger quickly replied.

Well, after waiting for such a long time, it doesn't hurt to wait a few more days.Sima Teng said magnanimously: "Tell General Qi that I will be alone in the Hongnong camp waiting for the imperial concubine."

This is also an errand that Sima Teng managed to get.Unlike his brother Sima Mo, who contributed to the capture of Luoyang.Although the Bingzhou soldiers he brought were of great help, they followed the army and had no chance to occupy the city.However, the credit is still there after all. His elder brother Sima Yue has already asked him to be the king of Dongyan for him, and he will also supervise the military forces of Bingzhou in the future.With such an official protection, if you ask for more soldiers and horses from the court, you should be able to repel the Xiongnu.

But whether to return to Bingzhou to sit in town, he really didn't make up his mind.There was another news of defeat before, it seems that other people are still not up to the task, only Liang Zixi can win a battle or two.He was ambivalent about this man.I don't want him to monopolize the limelight, but I have to rely on him to guard the Shangdang.

Alas, maybe only by returning to Bingzhou can the situation be stabilized...

However, his thoughts just drifted away, and Sima Teng returned to his complacent look.The matter of merging the state can be discussed later.Nowadays, it is still more important to drive.When Yu Jia was welcomed back, his elder brother was able to completely control the government.In a few days, it is not impossible to take the emperor and replace him.

At that time, his own rewards were even more.

Gently stroking the short mustache on his lips, Sima Teng no longer bothered with these military affairs, and went back to his tent to rest.