Dahan: A 100-year-old veteran, I will build the strongest family

Chapter 32 Concubine Wang is Pregnant (Long Chapter)

Yes, it’s a big deal!
The Queen poisoned Concubine Wang, who discovered the poison. Then Wang Bao failed in his attempt to assassinate the Queen, and Concubine Wang burned herself to death out of fear of the crime.

The news quickly spread throughout Luoyang City.

The noble families and officials in Luoyang City were in an uproar.

This is definitely the most explosive thing that has never happened in the Han Dynasty in decades.

Liu Hong was furious and wanted to banish the queen to the cold palace.

Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other ten eunuchs hurriedly tried to dissuade him.

The queen also admitted her guilt and accepted the punishment with a good attitude, saying that she would never do it again. In addition, Liu Hong really liked the queen, so in the end he did not send the queen to the cold palace. He only imprisoned the queen in Changle Palace for one year, and she was not allowed to leave the palace within a year.

In the end, Liu Hong did not kill Wang Bao and his crime of assassinating the queen.

The incident started because of the Queen, and in the end Concubine Wang ended up burning herself to death out of fear of punishment.

Wang Bao and all members of the Wang family were dismissed from their official posts and driven back to Handan.

.........

Luoyang City, an ordinary mansion in the southwest corner.

In the living room.

Li Hong sat steadily, while Concubine Wang was a little anxious and walked back and forth in the living room.

"Tap tap~"

Suddenly, footsteps were heard, and Li Hong and Lady Wang looked over.

However, Huang Zhong's majestic figure came into view.

"My lord, Wang Bao and his family were all sent back to Handan. Zhong secretly escorted them out of Hulao Pass for a distance and then returned."

Huang Zhong entered the hall, took a look at Concubine Wang, and then spoke respectfully to Li Hong.

Li Hong smiled as he listened to Huang Zhong's report.

After he kidnapped Concubine Wang from the harem, he arranged for Huang Zhong to protect Wang Bao and his family.

Li Hong still has great trust in Huang Zhong.

Now that Huang Zhong is back, there is no doubt that everything has been settled.

Li Hong waved to Huang Zhong, and Huang Zhong went out without hesitation.

Lady Wang on the side was so happy that she cried and threw herself into Li Hong's arms, hugged him tightly, and said to him with tears of gratitude:
"General Li, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid my Wang family would really be wiped out. You have done a great favor to my Wang family."

Li Hong looked at the tearful Wang in his arms, and his heart melted.

Lady Wang is such a stunning beauty that even if she were in the arms of any other man, I'm sure everyone would be unable to resist loving her.

Li Hong straightened Lady Wang's body, looked at the stunning, graceful and beautiful Lady Wang who was so close to him and smiled:
"Fang'er, are you still calling me General Li?"

When Lady Wang heard what Li Hong said, she immediately reacted, her face slightly flushed, and a mosquito-like voice sounded.

"Husband...husband!"

Lady Wang was quite shy and changed the way she addressed Li Hong.

"Haha, I like this name." Li Hong laughed loudly, and then said to Lady Wang:
"Remember, from today on, there will be no more Lady Wang in this world. But don't worry, Fang'er, I will take care of the Wang family of Handan and Xie'er in the future."

Lady Wang listened to Li Hong's words, and her beautiful eyes looked at Li Hong, both filled with affection.

"Fang'er remembers this. From now on, I will do whatever my husband asks me to do!"

Lady Wang spoke softly to Li Hong.

Ever since Li Hong rescued the Wang family from the palace and saved them, and saved their entire clan from being executed, Concubine Wang fell in love with him.

However, even though Li Hong said that even if she faked her death, she still couldn't let Liu Hong pardon the Wang family, and Li Hong would also help rescue Wang Bao and the others, but she was still worried.

It was not until this moment that she was completely relieved, but she also decided to follow Li Hong wholeheartedly.

"Oh, Fang'er does whatever I tell her to do? My husband won't believe it unless you prove it to me..."

Li Hong smiled and whispered into Lady Wang's ear.

Lady Wang’s delicate, fair face instantly turned red.

The door to the living room was quickly closed from the inside.

……

For the next period of time, Li Hong spent most of his time in this mansion accompanying Concubine Wang.

For Li Hong, the most important thing is to expand the family as quickly as possible.

And in Concubine Wang, Li Hong also found the drive he had in his youth.

And so, just like that, half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

This day.

Li Hong held Concubine Wang's hand, hugged Concubine Wang, and read the military book at the same time.

Suddenly, Li Hong's expression changed and he reached out to feel Lady Wang's pulse.

"Uh...husband, what's wrong?"

Lady Wang was stunned by Li Hong's actions and asked him softly.

After spending this period of time together every day, Concubine Wang completely surrendered to Li Hong.

Although Li Hong looks a bit old, he is more energetic than a young man in his twenties or thirties.

Moreover, gentle and domineering.

Made Concubine Wang fall deeply in love with Li Hong?
Li Hong took Lady Wang's pulse, and the joy on his face could no longer be concealed.

"Fang'er, you are pregnant!" Li Hong stroked his gray beard and smiled at Lady Wang.

"What? I'm pregnant?" When Concubine Wang heard Li Hong's words, she was stunned and stared at Li Hong in a daze.

She is actually pregnant?

With Li Hong's child?

"Husband, is it true? Am I really pregnant?" After Wang Meiren reacted, a smile from the heart blossomed on her face and she confirmed with Li Hong.

Li Hong looked at the joy on Lady Wang's face and said with a smile:
"Yes, Fang'er, you are pregnant. This is good. When I am away on the battlefield, you will not be too bored if you have a child."

"Hmm." Lady Wang couldn't help feeling a little happy when she heard what Li Hong said. She raised her little head and said to Li Hong in admiration, "My husband, you are amazing!"

"Uh, haha, good, thank you Fang'er for the compliment!" Li Hong was stunned for a moment, then he couldn't help but burst into laughter. Li Hong was also happy from the bottom of his heart, and he didn't know what kind of child Concubine Wang could give birth to?
Is it male or female?

Can I scam the civil or military officials with the surname Li?

In the next few days, Li Hong spent more time with Concubine Wang.

However, the peaceful days did not last long.

Bad news, which happened almost once a year in the Han Empire, once again swept across Luoyang from the north, causing the overall atmosphere in Luoyang City to become depressed.

……

Luoyang City, Li Mansion, inside the hall.

"Grandpa, I just got the news that the Xianbei and Xiongnu tribes have joined forces with 100,000 cavalrymen to plunder Yanmen County. Yanmen County may be trampled by foreign tribes and the people may suffer."

In the hall, the third-generation eldest grandson Li Ding reported to Li Hong, who was sitting in the main seat, with a grim look on his face.

Hearing Li Ding's words, Li Hong, Li Wen, Li Wu, Li Li and other direct descendants of the Li family all looked livid and angry.

Since Li Hong, the Li family has often guarded the border to block the foreign races. Therefore, the Li family members are more aware of the cruelty, tyranny and inhumanity of the foreign races.

The development of the Han Dynasty in this world is almost similar to the development of the Han Dynasty in history.

However, because of this big man, the world is not just for ordinary people, but also for martial arts, and the area of ​​the world is more than twice as large as before.

Therefore, there are still some places that are different after all.

The area of ​​the Han Dynasty is about one and a half times larger than before, and its population is also much larger than the same period in history. Now the population of the Han Dynasty is as high as 80 million.

Correspondingly, the grassland area is one and a half times larger. The larger the grassland area, the more ethnic minorities it can support.

Xianbei.

This new grassland overlord replaced the Xiongnu and reoccupied the vast grasslands south and north of the desert.

As a result, the Xianbei population once reached an astonishing two million.

This population is very powerful for a nomadic people.

Because, in the era of cold weapons, nomadic peoples could mobilize all their citizens to become soldiers.

You can imagine that the Xianbei tribe could easily mobilize 500,000 or 600,000 real cavalry. What a terrifying thing this is.

In fact, it is precisely because of the strength of the race.

After unifying the grassland, the Xianbei showed their sharp and bloodthirsty fangs towards the Han Dynasty.

Tan Shihuai, a name that has been heard on the grassland for decades.

Almost every year, the news would spread to the Han Dynasty, making people terrified.

This was caused by Tan Shihuai's invasion and plunder of the Han Dynasty.

For decades, the Xianbei and other ethnic minorities left a history of invasion that humiliated the Han army.

In July of the second year of Yongshou (156 AD), Tan Shihuai led cavalrymen to invade the Yunzhong County of the Han Dynasty, burning, killing and looting.

In the first year of the Yan Xi reign (158), the second year of the Yan Xi reign (159), and the sixth year of the Yan Xi reign (163), the Xianbei invaded the Han borders many times.

In the summer of the ninth year of Yanxi (166 AD), the Xianbei sent cavalrymen to enter the nine counties along the border of the Han Dynasty, killing and looting officials and civilians. The Han court sent Zhang Huan to attack the Xianbei, and the Xianbei people left the border. The Han court was worried about the long-term invasion of the Xianbei, but could not control it, so it sent an envoy with a seal to make Tan Shihuai the king and marry him. However, Tan Shihuai not only refused to accept it, but also invaded and looted the border fortresses of the Han Dynasty even more severely.

Tan Shihuai set up three tribes, namely the Eastern Xianbei, the Central Xianbei and the Western Xianbei, along a border line of more than 10,000 to 20,000 miles from Youbeiping in the east to Dunhuang County in the west, which were specifically used to invade and plunder the border counties of the Han Dynasty.

Since the first year of Jianning (168 AD), when Liu Hong ascended the throne, the border counties of Youzhou, Liangzhou and Bingzhou were invaded by tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Xianbei cavalry every year, and countless Han people were killed or looted.

In the sixth year of Xiping (177 AD), that is, four years ago, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty finally could not bear it anymore, and ordered Xia Yu, Tian Yan, and Zang Min to lead cavalry each, totaling cavalry, to march out of the Great Wall in three routes to conquer the Xianbei.

This was the first war launched against foreign tribes with tens of thousands of troops after Liu Hong ascended the throne.

Unfortunately, all three armies of the Han Dynasty were defeated, and only one in ten survived.

It has been four years since the sixth year of Xiping (177 AD).

(This is a true historical event. The Xianbei invaded the border counties of the Han Dynasty for decades.)
Almost every year, the Xianbei people sent more than 100,000 cavalrymen to invade the border counties of the Han Dynasty, burning, killing and looting Han civilians. This was a crazy revenge for the Han Dynasty's attack on them.

Almost every invasion by foreign races would bring great massacre to the border counties. It is no exaggeration to say that it was a landslide.

"Grandpa, these damn foreign races trample and plunder the Han people and bully us. We listen to it every year, but the court does nothing. It's really heartbreaking!" Li Ding said with some pain.

Li Hong narrowed his eyes slightly as he listened to Li Ding's sad words.

Li Ding's sadness and heartache are real.

In fact, most of the Han men in the Han Dynasty were brave and wanted to kill foreigners. It was just a pity that the court was politically unclear and incompetent, and most of the money was embezzled. Weapons and armor were probably more likely to be seen in the Wubao of the aristocratic families.

Most of the officials from aristocratic families only care about their own interests.

The Han Dynasty is strong! Really strong!

But such a powerful Han Dynasty eventually perished.

"Countries often fall because of their weakness, but Han alone fell because of its strength!"

The powerful Han Empire collapsed due to the struggle between powerful separatist forces at home.

Simply put, the various forces within the Han Dynasty are too powerful and no one wants to work together to face the outside world.

Just think about it, the national treasury has no money, but the major families are asked to pay to organize 100,000 cavalry to fight against the aliens.

Would wealthy families like the Yuan family and the Cao family be willing to do so?
"I have already known about this matter. Immediately take inventory of the family's horses, iron and stone, silver, money, grain and other supplies. I will see whether these guys who are doing nothing are determined to challenge me to a fight with the aliens!" Li Hong stroked his gray beard, his face serious, and snorted coldly.

Li Hong intended to take advantage of this foreign invasion to completely establish the Li family's reputation in one fell swoop, but of course he still needed the imperial court to step in and take the lead.

After all, the reputation of fighting against foreign races comes faster and is more respected.

For example, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing became famous in the Han Dynasty for their attacks on the Huns.

Then why can't Li Hong do it!
Li Wen, Li Wu, Li Ding, Li Li and other members of the Li family were all very excited when they heard Li Hong ask them to count the family's horses, iron and stone, silver, money, grain and other supplies.

They understood what Li Hong meant.

It seems like there is a war going on!!

This excited them.

The Li family is not short of money. In fact, if the Li family needs and is willing, they only need to say a word and the Zhen family, Mi family, Wei family and other families in various states will give them money. The Li family can double their family assets in a very short period of time.

Therefore, even if it means consuming some family assets, they are willing to do so as long as they can fight against foreign races.

However, from what Li Hong said, he wants to see whether the many guys in the court who are just sitting there doing nothing have the determination to fight against the alien race?

(End of this chapter)