Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Cao Bin learned from Xiaozuo that Liu Jixing was really planning to burn down the palace in Xingwangfu! The army approached the city, and the moats of the Southern Han Dynasty were changed into ponds to plant lotus flowers. It is said that all the weapons and armor were embroidered. The king of the Southern Han Dynasty did not want to prepare the army for war, but wanted to burn his own palace property.

Cao Bin had to admit that Liu Jixing's move was somewhat effective. In the past two years, the imperial court had spent a lot of money on military expansion and successive wars. The monarchs and ministers all attached great importance to the property that would be "confiscated" from the capital of the Southern Han Dynasty.

In addition to fighting a war with the Wu Dynasty (Vietnam), the Southern Han Kingdom has also recuperated for many years, and has accumulated a lot of wealth from trade with other countries and overseas trade, and its wealth is very considerable.

But Cao Bin couldn't agree to Liu Jixing's conditions because of this... The army has traveled thousands of miles all the way, and it has already reached not far from the capital; and Xingwang's mansion does not have military equipment, and even the city walls are flashy. It is absolutely impossible for Cao Bin to withdraw his troops at this point!

Just when Cao Bin was in a dilemma, Qian Niu prepared himself to meet Lu Duan.

Lu Duan offered advice: "Mr. Cao's matter of persuading him to surrender can only be solved by one person."

Cao Bin was helpless, so he asked tentatively, "Who is it?"

"Fan Huzi." Lu Duan said.

When Cao Bin heard this, he suddenly realized. Cao Bin felt stupid and took it for granted that Lu Duan made comments on military affairs last time, but this time he felt it was more clever. Cao Bin was even a little annoyed: Why didn't I think of such a simple thing? Maybe he is not good at thinking about slanting swords.

Who is Fan Huzi? She was originally a witch and witch who pretended to be a ghost and sold talismans to cure all diseases. Once, the so-called Jade Emperor entrusted her with a dream, saying that she was a national teacher, and the emperor needed her to protect the country and the people. The ruler of the Southern Han Dynasty believed it to be true, and hurriedly worshiped him as the national teacher.

Fan Huzi also recruited a group of women and eunuchs as party members, spoke on behalf of heaven, and recommended these people to Liu Jixing. The Southern Han Kingdom had another female prime minister, Lu Qiongxian.

If Fan Huzi could really win over and let her speak for the gods, she might really be able to listen to him as dizzy as the Lord of the Southern Han Dynasty.

Cao Bin hurriedly asked: "How do you win over this kind of people? What conditions do you need?"

Lu Duan looked calm and composed, as if he had completely forgotten about being scolded for speaking up last time, and said, "I don't want anything."

He continued: "It's enough to wake her up."

Cao Bin asked again: "Which sentence?"

Lu Duan said: "When King Xing's mansion was shattered, the ruler of the Southern Han Dynasty might still be crowned king and homage. How could she escape?"

After hearing this, Cao Bin took a few steps in the tent, turned to look at Lu Duan and said, "Lu Qianniu is going to Xing Wang's Mansion as an envoy. If I can do it right now, I will personally ask for credit for you!"

Lu Duan looked embarrassed, as if he didn't want to do this job... Cao Bin knew the reason very well. Now that Zhou Jun was fighting with the Southern Han Army, no matter what, going to the capital of the Southern Han Kingdom would definitely risk his life.

Cao Bin persuaded again: "Does Lu Qianniu know about Lu Duoxun? In my opinion, Lu Duoxun will become prime minister sooner or later."

Only then did Lu Duan say: "The lower official takes fame very lightly. But since this plan comes from the lower official's mouth, it's inconvenient to shirk it to others."

Cao Bin nodded in praise and said, "Lu Qianniu is very sensible."

Lu Duan said: "To tell you the truth, the lower officials are quite confused."

...After more than a month, the ruler of the Southern Han Dynasty suddenly changed his attitude and sent a letter expressing his willingness to surrender! Cao Bin looked at Lu Duan with admiration for a while.

Seeing Lu Duan again, Cao Bin said: "People like Fan Huzi are not short of money. The court of the Great Zhou Dynasty is not the Southern Han Dynasty, so it is impossible to give an official position to a woman who pretends to be a ghost. Apart from asking for protection of her family and life, what conditions did Lu Qianniu agree to Fan Huzi?"

Lu Duan said: "Fan Huzi wants to meet His Majesty with his followers."

"That's it?" Cao Bin frowned and pondered for a moment, then asked, "You saw Fan Huzi, how does he look?"

Lu Duan said: "Milao, Xi Nv disguises herself as a man."

Cao Bin was even more puzzled and asked Lu Duan.

Lu Duan replied: "The lower officials are confused, and I don't know why."

Cao Bin couldn't figure it out all the time, so he said, "As long as you don't withdraw troops, you can find a solution for other conditions. Although there is no order at this time, but if you let His Majesty meet in person, you will save more casualties and obtain a large amount of goods from the Southern Han State treasury. Your Majesty definitely agrees."

Lu Duan said: "The lower officials think so too."

...

The Southern Han War ended, and the fighting intensity was not intense. When Guo Shao received the good news, his troops had already entered the Central Plains and were about to arrive in Beijing soon.

At this time, the season has entered autumn, and the east wind is blowing in the sky, and there are already chills. However, the timing of this western tour was ingenious. The time to leave the northwest was just right, otherwise the northwest would be colder now.

After Cao Bin captured Shaozhou, Guo Shao just looked at the map and knew that the Southern Han Kingdom had nothing to start with. Now that the news came, he wasn't surprised either, it was just that he was playing very fast, which surprised him.

The accompanying Wei Renpu, Lu Duoxun and others entered the camp to congratulate the victory.

Someone mentioned Wuyue Kingdom. Now Wuyue Kingdom is isolated in the southeast, but it still has no intention of surrendering. A general asked for an order to lead troops to besiege Wuyue from north to south with Cao Bin, but Guo Shao refused without hesitation: "It is not necessary."

After a while, Guo Shao said again: "When our dynasty captures Youzhou, if Wuyue Kingdom doesn't take the initiative to ask for surrender, then it is ignorant of current affairs; if we attack now, there will be an unnecessary war for nothing."

After hearing this, everyone fell silent for a while, because of Guo Shao's intention, another Northern Expedition has been decided!

After a while, Wei Renpu and others discussed rewards for meritorious deeds.

Guo Shao's eyes turned to Lu Duoxun all at once, without any entanglement, Lu Duoxun should definitely be promoted this time. There are also Cao Bin and others, the rewards are very clear, and they only need to be based on the degree of credit.

Some people are not easy to be promoted, for example, Wei Renpu presided over the western tour, and he has done a lot of hard work, so he can add honorary positions and increase his salary.

There is only one person, which makes Guo Shao feel a little difficult: Lu Xiaoniang.

Although the Southern Han Dynasty was weak, this time Cao Bin had bad luck and was trapped by miasma. If it weren't for Lu Xiaoniang, the outcome of the battle against the Southern Han Dynasty is hard to predict.

Lu Xiaoniang is a woman, she cannot be appointed as an official, nor can she be ordered, and she is not married yet. But Guo Shao is very grateful to her in his heart. He can't talk about clear grievances and grievances, but he is very clear about those who are really kind to him.

Concubine in the palace? Now the positions of the first queen and the fourth wife are full, and Lu Xiaoniang can at most be made a concubine. According to Guo Shao, apart from a few concubines with higher status, how different are other palace women and concubines; and once they have status, is it really a good thing for Lu Lan to be locked up in the palace for the rest of their lives?

Many folk women still want to enter the palace, and it would be a great thing if they can gain some fame in the palace... That's because ordinary women lack fine clothes and food, so they care.

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