Dahan first prince

Chapter 201 My son is gone, what's the return...

When Lu Zhi went to Changle Palace in person and reached an agreement on "Liu Ying's expedition, Liu Ruyi's country", the side hall of Xuanshi Hall of Weiyang Palace was a slightly weird scene.

As Liu Ying's closest and most trusted uncle, Jiancheng Hou Lu Shizhi did not sit next to Liu Ying, but found a corner far away, closing his eyes and thinking about something gloomy.

Liu Ying also seemed to turn a blind eye to this, and only talked with Li Shang and Guan Ying with a smile on her face.

After a brief greeting and a few chats about Dai and Zhao Zhan, Liu Ying saw that Li Shang did not show any respect for her, so she chuckled and turned her upper body to Li Shang's direction quietly.

"Father Huang Ping Chen Xi, Qu Zhouhou followed; now Father Huang's class teacher, Qu Zhouhou will return to Chang'an."

"However, Marquis Qu Zhou is returning to Chang'an, so I'm afraid he won't be able to sneak away for a long time?"

Seeing Liu Ying say this in a mysterious way, Li Shang thought for a while, then chuckled and leaned back his upper body.

"The family doesn't have to worry about the minister."

"This time, Your Majesty will return from Handan first, and let your ministers accompany you."

"Later, Peng Yue sat down and exterminated the family, and the queen also imprisoned and killed Huaiyin in Chang'an..."

Said a word with a little joy in the tone, Li Shang did not forget to bow his hands to Liu Ying with a little gratitude, and then said: "When the old minister returned to Chang'an with your majesty from Handan, he knew: this time back to Chang'an, the minister , I'm afraid I won't be able to stay for a long time..."

Having said that, Li Shang smiled meaningfully at Liu Ying, then lowered his head, and played with the seal on his waist.

"Eh~"

"Your Majesty has worked hard for several years, and the disadvantages of the princes with different surnames in the Kanto region are finally eliminated~"

"When Yingbu is appointed as the head, the old ministers should also be free for three or five years. After a little recuperation, it is better to be at home, and enjoy the joy of children and grandchildren around their knees..."

Speaking in a relaxed tone, Li Shang's eyes quietly locked on Liu Ying's smiling face, as if he refused to let go of the slightest change in expression!

Hearing that Li Shang seemed to be revering, when talking about her future arrangements, Liu Ying could also hear the hint of temptation that seemed vague.

But after weighing it over and over again, Liu Ying finally did not give a positive answer to Li Shang's 'problem'.

——Because some words, or some promises, cannot be controlled by Liu Ying's current status.

However, such a small problem can't trouble Liu Ying, who is now more and more proficient in tactics.

Seeing that Liu Ying nodded with a smile that seemed appropriate, she immediately changed the subject without bluntness.

"Qu Zhouhou thinks that if Yingbu is rebellious, when will it be?"

"On the contrary, how should the court respond so that the disaster of war does not have to spread too far, but is limited to Huainan?"

Seeing that Liu Ying didn't answer her 'question', Li Shang's expression was filled with depression.

But after thinking about it for a while, Li Shang realized that it might be too early to ask such a distant question.

Thinking of this, Li Shang looked at Liu Ying with a little more caution and a hint of indistinctness...
Awe!

Because in Liu Ying's temperament, as well as his speech and behavior, Li Shang can clearly feel that the young man in front of him is probably no better than the old emperor sitting in the Changxin Hall of Changle Palace. Where can he deal with...
"Um······"

"Young and old..."

"Yu Chaotang and Yu Sheji don't know if it's a blessing or a curse..."

With a secret exclamation, Li Shang adjusted his sitting posture, thought carefully for a moment, and then looked up at Liu Ying.

As the topic was brought to war, Li Shang's temperament also changed 180 degrees in a moment!
The previous gentleness that made people feel like a spring breeze disappeared in an instant; what was replaced was a chill that made people faintly feel palpitations!

"Now that Huaiyin and Pengyue are all dead, the only princes with different surnames in the Guandong are Yan, Changsha, and Huainan!"

"And King Lu Wan of Yan, His Majesty has been sworn brothers since he was a child; Wu Chen, King of Changsha, is also responsible for Nanjie Zhao Tuo."

"Thus today, although there are three princes with different surnames in the Kanto region, there is only one person left in Huainan if your majesty wants to get rid of them and the court should be removed!"

When he said this with a serious expression, Li Shang paused and pondered for a while.

After a while, Li Shang nodded to himself before raising his head to look at Liu Ying.

"Huainan Wang Yingbu was originally a general of Xiang Yu's army. Since he surrendered to the Han, he has been rebellious, and he likes to fight dangerously with strange tactics. He has heard that he is among the princes with different surnames!"

"The old minister thought that Yingbo must rebel!"

"And on the contrary, it must be within ten months!"

Seeing that Li Shang came to the conclusion that 'Yingbo will definitely raise troops within a month' in a few words, Liu Ying felt a little surprised.

What followed was an inexplicable admiration!
——According to the memories of Liu Ying's previous life, it was in the autumn and July of the 11th year of the Han Dynasty that Huainan Wang Yingbu raised his troops!

And now, it is the end of summer and May; there is just over a month left before the autumn and July when Yingbu started his army...
Just as Liu Ying was silent in Li Shang's precise and speechless prediction, Li Shang said another word, which shocked Liu Ying even more, and she ran in the direction of 'horrified'!
"Ten months..."

"Um······"

"Today, summer is in May; autumn harvest is in August..."

Seeing Li Shang talking to himself for a while, he looked up at Liu Ying again, with a strong determination in his eyes!

"According to Yingbu's past practice, if it is reversed, it must be the first to surprise!"

"Also, in any war, we must first raise food and grass; therefore, Yingbu's rebellion must be before the autumn harvest!"

"And Yingbu knows that there are many generals who know Yingbu's art of war and war practice in the current court, so Yingbu may also do the opposite, pretending to be 'not in a hurry to raise troops and wait for the autumn harvest'!"

With that said, Li Shang's expression became more and more determined.

"Ok!"

"It must be so!"

"Knowing Peng Yue's death, Yingbu must first pretend to 'gather the army to wait for the autumn harvest'; after that, he will violently fight back before the autumn harvest comes!"

"in this case······"

With a slight hesitation in his tone, he dragged Xiao Chang'an, and Li Shang's big fan-like hand finally slapped him on the thigh!
"July!"

"Yingbu but against, must raise troops in autumn and July!"

Throwing down these words confidently, Li Shang added hesitantly, "If I'm at a loss as expected, it will be in the middle or late July of autumn."

"In this way, before the autumn harvest, Yingbufan can 'surprise'."

"In autumn, in the middle and late July, there is still less than a month before the autumn harvest; even if there is not enough food and grass when the army is raised, Yingbu can go north first, and when the autumn harvest is harvested, he will get food, and then send it to the army!"

Li Shang's gradually high-pitched voice made everyone in the side hall prick up their ears involuntarily.

On the side of Li Shang, hearing that Li Shang had precisely limited the time of Yingbu's rebellion to 'the middle and late autumn of July' based on his own inferences, Liu Ying only subconsciously opened her mouth slightly, with a dull expression on her face. in place.

——In the previous life, when Yingbu rebelled, it was the Autumn and July Xinhai ([-]th)!

At that time, Liu Ying, who was trying to supplement war knowledge in an attempt to gain power from the barrel of a gun, was extremely puzzled by this.

Didn't everyone have to prepare enough food to rebel?

Just like last year, Chen Xi Yu Dai and Zhao Qibing, even at the time when Chang'an had already begun to dispatch troops, and when Yu Yan, Liang and other countries summoned heavy troops, Chen Xi still obediently waited until the autumn harvest.

After the autumn harvest, when there was grain in hand, Chen Xi raised the flag to rebel.

And Yingbo's behavior of "rebelling one month before the autumn harvest" once caused Liu Ying in her previous life to fall into deep self-doubt.

At that time, Liu Ying couldn't understand the logical relationship in this incident at all, so she simply thought that she really didn't have any talent in war.

But now, when Li Shang personally said the phrase "Yingbu always likes to be surprised, if he raises troops to rebel, he will definitely not follow the routine", Liu Ying finally understood.

Last year, Chen Xi made great fanfare in Zaidai and Zhao Qibing, why did they fall into the rhythm of slow death without any accident in the end?

——Because during the months when Chen Xi was waiting for the autumn harvest, the Chang'an court had already turned on the switch of the war machine!
First, in autumn and July, when the Supreme Emperor passed away, Chen Xi passively activated the Chang'an court to launch a campaign plan against Chen Xi's rebellion because he "claimed that he was sick and would not go to court"!

When the time came to autumn and August, when Dai and Zhao finished the autumn harvest, and Chen Xi finally gathered enough food for the rebellion, the Chang'an Central Committee's response plan had already been distributed to the armed forces in various places in an orderly manner!

What's more, when Liu Bang led his army from Chang'an on his own conquest, Chen Xi hadn't had time to formally raise the flag!
This is why Chen Xi's defeat was so 'smooth', without any hindrance to Liu Bang's army, and even at the beginning of the war, he lost most of the country of Zhao.

——If Chen Xi wanted to rebel, he had to wait for the autumn harvest to gather enough food and grass for the army.

But for the Chang'an court, which is rich in the world, there is no need to wait for the autumn harvest at all for the grain and grass of hundreds of thousands of stones!

Just like last year, before the autumn harvest in Guanzhong, when the national treasury could not allocate the food and grass needed by Liu Bang's army, the prime minister Xiao He said that "officials' salaries are temporarily paid half", which enabled Liu Bang to lead his army from Chang'an before the autumn harvest was over. .

In Liu Ying's previous life, Ying Bu had fully learned the lesson of Chen Xi's defeat, and came up with a "pre-emptive attack" to raise troops one month before the autumn harvest.

But it's a pity: Yingbu's habit of "preemptive strikes" still failed to escape the temple calculations of the Chang'an court...

"Autumn in July..."

Although she was fully sure of the timing of Yingbo's rebellion, Liu Ying still did not forget to put on an expression of "that's how it is", and murmured thoughtfully.

After a while, Liu Ying looked at Li Shang with a sudden solemnity.

"Since this is the case, according to Qu Zhouhou's intention, how should the court respond?"

This is what Liu Ying needs to focus on.

--How to do!
As expected by Liu Ying, in the Changle Palace at this moment, Empress Lu Zhi is having specific discussions with the emperor Liu Bang on the matter of 'the prince's expedition to quell the chaos'.

If there is no accident, when Lu Zhi returns to Xuanshi Hall, Liu Ying's expedition to quell the chaos will be officially put on the agenda.

Under such circumstances, what Liu Ying urgently needs to master is undoubtedly to come up with a feasible plan for quelling the Yingbo rebellion.

And for this, Li Shang obviously knew it well.

Seeing that Liu Ying's expression became serious within a moment, Li Shang couldn't help but smile meaningfully.

Then, Li Shang turned around with a faint smile and nodded slightly to Liu Ying.

"There's nothing to worry about at home."

"As the saying goes: the husband fights, the temple counts."

"The one who wins the temple before a battle must be considered more; the one who is invincible without a battle must be considered less."

"If Yingbu turns against him, he will follow the 'surprise', but turn back when the autumn harvest has not yet arrived."

"However, now that I know Yingbo's desire and Yingbo's temple is counted, I can't talk about 'surprise'..."

Li Shang said something with a relaxed expression, and lowered his head with a chuckle.

After a while, Li Shang raised his head again and looked at Liu Ying quietly with a little seriousness in his eyes.

"Ping Yingbu, take it seriously!"

"However, if you want to trap the disaster of war in Huainan, the court should move first, and Yingbu will be trapped in Huainan before he can raise his troops!"

"And today, Yingbu is about to raise his troops."

"If the family wants to move first, and is afraid of the moment, then start planning..."

Listening to Li Shang's slightly solemn words, Liu Ying's expression could not help but be a little dignified.

The atmosphere in the hall also became agitated inexplicably following Li Shang's words that did not deliberately suppress the volume.

After only a moment, everyone in the hall cast their fiery gazes on Liu Ying's slightly nervous face.

--war!
For every political figure in the Han Dynasty, every war is an opportunity to make great strides forward!
As long as you hold on to a thick enough thigh while ensuring that you are brave enough, that war can basically be equated with a feast!

In today's world, the only thighs that are thicker than the prince Liu Ying are only the emperor Liu Bang who is sitting in the Changle Palace and is about to usher in the last moment of his life...
"What is it that makes all the princes act like this?"

With a gentle questioning sound, everyone in the hall couldn't help turning their heads and looking at the door of the hall.

After seeing Lu Zhi's slightly worried face, everyone hurriedly turned around, bowing their hands to Lu Zhi with different expressions.

However, Lu Zhi only waved his hand with little interest, and then walked forward with a complicated expression, and came to Liu Ying's side.

Seeing Liu Ying's vigorous and submissive face all the time, Lu Zhi was about to speak, but in the end he couldn't say a word.

Seeing this situation, everyone in the hall couldn't help but look at each other for a while, and immediately turned their probing eyes to the mother and son who were under the imperial steps.

——Where Lu Zhi went just now, everyone in the hall had their own guesses...
So silently staring at Liu Ying for a long time, Lu Zhi finally let out a sigh, then stretched out his hand, and touched Liu Ying's head with eyes full of reluctance.

"My son, it's time to travel far..."

"I left Chang'an, I don't know when I will see my son again..."

She said a word with a desolate expression, and before Liu Ying could speak, she saw Lu Zhi forced a smile and turned sideways, looking at everyone in the hall.

"Today's dinner, you can return home after enjoying yourself."

"When you wake up tomorrow, all the princes should prepare their armor and followers to prepare for war."

After speaking in a calm tone, Lu Zhi finally turned his head and patted Liu Ying's head lovingly again.

"My son, you are strong..."

"My son is my husband..."

(End of this chapter)