Dahan first prince

Chapter 257 I'm old~ I'm all old.....
The battle of Yongcheng was temporarily suspended, and the two sides withdrew their forces. On that day and tomorrow, there was no battle.

On the side of the Huainan rebels, Ying Bu slept until dusk, and when the generals in Huainan were feeling a little uneasy, he finally issued the military order to "discuss matters in the account";

On Yongcheng's side, Li Shang, Wang Ling, and even the generals of the Han army, including Marquis Cao Can of Pingyang, held a brief meeting in the morning under the leadership of Liu Ying, and then went away to rest.

However, the difference from Huainan's "big camp" which had a serious atmosphere and was even faintly hopeless was that the military discussion in Yongcheng came to an end in joy.

As for the reason...
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In the autumn and August of the 11th year of the Han Dynasty, Xinmao (28), on the other side of the Huai River.

As the sun slowly set from the west, night fell quietly on the land of Huainan.

The old and young women and children who finished the autumn harvest and collected weeds and stalks in the fields also returned home early, drank half a bowl of corn porridge comfortably, and immediately fell asleep in the company of their families.

Huainan Wang Yingbu came out of the whole country, which also made Huainan's domestic defense forces in a very weak state.

The county magistrate, which originally could have 800 people stationed, is now full of only a hundred old and weak soldiers; in the rural village, where there could be hundreds of young and strong, there are hardly any young faces.

The most terrible thing is: Even the local officials from all over the country, after Yingbo raised troops, "chicken and dog ascended to heaven", they were promoted to the ranks of the county magistrate and the county guard to the captain, and became the "generals" under the command of Yingbo .

In the area close to Liuyi, the capital of Huainan, there even appeared a mythical incident of "Originally just an official with a hundred stones, but once he was able to wear a general seal around his waist"!

The domestic defense force is weak, and there are not enough officials in charge. Naturally, all parts of Huainan, especially the northern border of Huainan, Huaiyang County, and the border of Huainan and the northern border of Chu State, dare not relax their vigilance for a moment.

——Lu'an, the capital of Huainan, has been under curfew every day since the day the Yingbu army set out!

The Baili area around Lu'an is home to the last family property of Huainan Kingdom - tens of thousands of "old and strong" who have retired and returned home due to old age or disability, and thousands of young men who are less than fifteen years old .

With such an 'shocking' defensive force, even if the Huainan country is unable to go to war, self-protection is no problem.

But what left behind all the Huainan officials, generals, and even Yingbo himself never imagined is that at this moment, just before dark, the south bank of the Huai River is only five miles away from Yuyong City. Not more than two hundred miles away, a soldier dressed in a Han army robe and wearing an old Qin hairpin quietly appeared!

He saw the soldiers quietly coming out of the mountain nest where they had been hiding before, turned around furtively, and then turned around, whistled loudly to the mountain col behind them.

Then, one after another figures in the same attire, and one after another a group of well-equipped Guanzhong military soldiers, poured out from the mountain depression, and continued to walk eastward along the Huai River.

If Yingbo himself were here, he would have noticed that a very familiar face was whispering something to the people beside him at a position slightly behind the team.

And whether it is the person who is talking or the person who is frowning and listening, Yingbo knows each other...

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"Marquis of Yingyin."

Patting the dust off his body, and frowning, he took a bite of the stiff 'rice cake'. Chen Bi complained slightly: "The army has been lurking day and night, and has been raiding for several days."

"Let's work night shift today, so there will be a big fight."

"Will the Marquis of Yingyin give an order so that the sons and daughters can rest for a while and recharge their energy so that they can attack the enemy without getting hurt?"

Hearing Chen Bi's words, Guan Ying just smiled, and was about to speak when he heard a slight 'click' sound in his ears.

Turning sideways with some doubts, Chen Bi spit out the food in his mouth with an angry face, and immediately poked his fingers towards the position of the molars, Guan Ying couldn't help shaking his head and laughing in embarrassment.

"In the past few days, you have worked hard, Boyang Hou..."

Anwei Chen Bi made a sound with a smile, and Guan Ying raised his head naturally, took Chen Bi from his shoulder to his direction, and said in a slightly lower voice, "However, this is also a helpless thing."

"The Marquis of Boyang has been in the army for many years, and he won the Marquis with his martial arts. He should know the reason here..."

Hearing Guan Ying's gentle voice of persuasion, Chen Bi subconsciously twisted his face!
Bringing back the aftertaste, he finally let out a muffled snort, took his hand out of his mouth angrily, and spit without hesitation in his image.

"Someone knows it!"

"—If the reinforcements do not arrive, the crown prince will be in danger, His Majesty will not spare us lightly!"

After saying these words angrily, Chen Bi couldn't hold back his anger and stretched out his hand. He kept walking, but his outstretched hand stopped Guan Ying slightly.

"But this time, the prince is trapping himself in Yongcheng!"

"Even if the prince is far-sighted, it will not be so risky that we are so tired of running around that we don't have time to eat?"

Saying that, Chen Bi did not forget to raise the 'rice cake' in his hand with annoyance, and immediately threw the rice cake out with lingering anger.

In the past, even though Chen Bi complained annoyedly, Guan Ying still greeted him with a smile.

But after seeing Chen Bi's action of throwing rice cakes, Guan Ying's complexion suddenly sank, and his footsteps stopped suddenly.

Regarding Guan Ying's stop, Chen Bi didn't realize it immediately, so he took another two steps by himself.

After realizing it belatedly, Chen Bi turned around with doubts on his face.

After seeing Guan Ying's gloomy face and the cold eyes looking at him, Chen Bi couldn't help but froze, not knowing how to resolve the embarrassment.

"Uh...uh..."

Being stared at by Guan Ying for a long time, he finally saw Guan Ying gave Chen Bi a meaningful look, then turned around with a cold smile, came to the side of the forest path, and threw the rice ball that Chen Bi threw out. Pie pick up.

As if discovering some treasure, Guan Ying stared at the rice cake for a long time with deep eyes, before turning around again, he came to Chen Bi with a light smile.

"Boyang Hou's talented move..."

"Ah······"

"really."

"Your Highness is only a crown prince now, and Marquis Boyang's move is not a matter of resentment."

With a strange 'talk to himself', Guan Ying smiled and handed the rice cake in his hand to Chen Bi.

"Don't worry about the Marquis of Boyang."

"I will never tell outsiders about this matter."

"Just look at Marquis Boyang, and think about the Queen Mother for a while..."

"Oh no, no no no."

"A certain slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue..."

"Also look to Marquis Boyang, think a little of the empress' love for his son, and do a little work on the prince's affairs."

"So, when we return to Chang'an, would it be better for someone to speak to the Empress face to face, and to have some good words for Marquis Boyang?"

Speaking of the profound meaning of this paragraph, but at first hearing some inexplicable words, Guan Ying moved his upper body forward a little, and stared deeply into the depths of Chen Bi's eyes.

And standing only half a step in front of Guan Ying, seeing Guan Ying's gaze looking at him, Chen Bi couldn't help being stunned for a while while being startled.

"Prince... Your Majesty... Resentment..."

"Empress····································"

"Speak for me..."

"Marquis of Boyang."

"Marquis Boyang?"

Just as he was wandering in thought, Guan Ying's soft calls came to his ears, which made Chen Bi startled.

Guan Ying changed into his previous smiling, harmless face, and stretched out the rice cake in his hand, even touching Chen Bi's chest.

"Today, the whole world is waiting for prosperity, and the country and the people are poor."

"These rice cakes are millet obtained by the people of the world after working for one year. They are collected in the national treasury in the name of agricultural tax, and then steamed and dried by the Shaofu repeatedly. Finally, they are used as military rations for His Majesty."

"What the people earn is the anointing of the people; what comes out of the treasury is public property; what is done by the Shaofu and allocated by your majesty, this is the king's favor..."

"Ok?"

After leaving this sentence, Guan Ying smiled and nodded when Chen Bi took the rice cakes with a dull expression, and immediately walked towards the direction of the army.

After a while, Chen Bi heard Guan Ying's deep and penetrating sigh in the distance.

"The order!"

"——The army is rushing at full speed. Before midnight, we must reach the south bank of the Huai River, which is directly south of the rebel camp in Yongcheng!"

"When we reach the river bank, if there are no thieves, set up camp immediately. At dawn, the whole army should enter the camp and rest!"

"If there are thieves on the banks of the river..."

"—In a moment, take them all!!!"

"Here!!!!!!"

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Guanzhong, north of Chang'an, Ganquan Palace.

After several months of recuperation, the emperor Liu Bang's body, which was nearly exhausted, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although in his heart, he still knew that his life was numbered, but the rest of the past few months had at least made Liu Bang feel better.

——Even if you can't live longer, you can suffer less, right?

But as the saying goes, in his position, seek his own government.

Even though he came to Ganquan Palace more in the name of "summer escape" in order to rest at ease and stay away from the turmoil of the court, Liu Bang didn't worry less about what he should worry about.

To be honest, the only advantage of Ganquan Palace over Changle Palace is that it may be able to look at Lu Zhi less and lose his temper a few times...

And now, Liu Bang, the old emperor who thinks that he can't take care of himself better, is finally sitting in the side hall of Ganquan Palace with a rosy face, watching the maids and eunuchs coming and going in the hall with a smile on his face. Luggage, the hands covered with dry lines, are also slapped on the knees one after another, showing a sense of comfort.

"Hi..."

"My life..."

"rare."

"Rare~"

"It's rare to have such a comfortable day, allowing me to enjoy the happiness~"

With a look full of enjoyment, he sighed a few times, and Liu Bang patted his thigh lightly, and got up from the imperial couch.

"Hey! Yo~"

"It's okay to refuse to accept the old..."

Before Liu Bang finished speaking, he felt that the figure at the gate of the hall had already taken off his cloth shoes and sword, walked to the center of the hall extremely slowly, and knelt down towards Liu Bang.

"Old~~old~chen..."

"Cough cough cough..."

Seeing that the old man couldn't speak well, and even opened his eyes with great difficulty, Liu Bang couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"Ok!"

With a slightly annoyed low hum, without Liu Bang's winking, the eunuch at the side hurried down the imperial steps and gently helped Xiao He who was kneeling on the ground to his feet.

"Please, Prime Minister..."

Hearing the eunuch's soft words, Xiao He was stunned for a long time, then slowly turned his head and cast a glance at the eunuch.

Seeing Xiao He's appearance like this, Liu Bang couldn't help raising his head, pretending to sigh, and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, although he wanted to maintain his demeanor.

"Ugh······"

"It's only been a few months, huh?"

"You Xiao He!"

"Hey!"

"hey-hey······"

"Old~"

"It's getting old..."

Smiling, and shaking his head with a smile that seemed to be relieved, Liu Bang didn't hold on to the emperor's airs anymore, strode down from the imperial steps, and sat down cross-legged in front of Xiao He.

"Come on, sit down, sit down and talk."

Resisting the soreness on the tip of his nose, he beckoned, and lightly pulled Xiao He to sit down in front of him. Seeing Xiao He's trembling appearance, Liu Bang couldn't say anything when he rushed to his lips.

One of them had a red face, but he also showed his old age, and the other looked like he might lose his breath at any time, propping up his eyelids tiredly.

The two monarchs and ministers just looked at each other in silence.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao He blinked his eyes a few times in vain, and then slowly grinned.

"Your Majesty~Your Majesty~It's~Meaning~...Old Minister~~I Know~It..."

"Your Majesty~ Your Majesty~ But~Go~~~"

"朝~·····················································································

Seeing that Xiao He seemed to have exhausted all his strength before he uttered this incomparably short sentence, the tears that Liu Bang had suppressed just now flowed out of his lacrimal gland like a spring.

But for some reason, the tears that were constantly flowing from his eyes did not prevent Liu Bang from squeezing out a smile that was extremely stiff and mixed with tears from time to time...

"Hey······"

"hey-hey!"

"Okay~"

"With you Fenghou here, what worries me when I'm away from home?"

"Ok?"

After saying this last word, Liu Bang couldn't hold back the sorrow in his heart any longer, he propped up the floor, and stood up from the ground again.

At this moment, Liu Bang also forgot all the questions he planned to ask and the words he planned to explain.

At this moment, in the heart of the old emperor, there is no longer the composure that is different from ordinary people in the past, and the unique grace of the emperor.

At this moment, Liu Bang is more like an ordinary old man who is getting old and about to see his old friends go away first.

What makes Liu Bang feel like a knife is that even at this point, he still can't completely abandon his identity as the "son of heaven", and "seriously" is sad for a while, sad for a while.

"Leave Hangu now, and return to Chang'an..."

"Ugh······"

"Bring Cao Shen back to the capital, and who will be asked to be the Prime Minister..."

Full of bitter thoughts, Liu Bang finally did not forget to turn his head again, and looked at Xiao He who had not been able to straighten up from the ground full of sorrow.

In the end, the old man subconsciously rushed to the phrase "Xiao He, who do you think to send?" ', but turned into a plain, yet intimate explanation.

"Even if you come, don't rush back."

"When I set off from Ganquan, I will go to Chang'an on the way to inspect the imperial court."

"From Ganquan to Chang'an, this journey, let's go with me on the same chariot..."

Hearing Liu Bang's words, Xiao He had to react for a while before reacting.

Subconsciously put on a look of panic, and was about to wave his hand to refuse, when he saw Liu Bang's eyes full of hot tears, Xiao He thought about it for a while, finally closed his eyes slowly, and kowtowed to Liu Bang.

"Old minister..."

"Thanks···"

"Thank you~ Your Majesty~..."

(End of this chapter)