Royal Road - Chapter 175

[Chapter 174 | City]

“Xitai has fallen.”

In the Shangdang Mansion, everyone was silent.

The great battle that has been fought for nearly a year has finally come to an end. It stands to reason that it should be a good thing.

But for Liang Feng and Shangdang, it was nothing to celebrate.

The breach of Chang’an City meant that the Sima Clan’s long-standing internal struggle came to an end.

Ma Teng of Dongying Company, who was out on the expedition, has also completed his mission, and it is no surprise that he will be promoted to rank.

Although the Bingzhou army was newly defeated, Shangdang County was safe and sound, and Yangyi was recaptured.

If he could borrow some soldiers and horses from the East Sea King, Sima Teng would most likely return to Bingzhou.

This is tantamount to adding a rope to everyone’s neck.

Whether they can keep the Guantian troops that 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 also the best way to break the game.

As long as he is married to the Taiyuan Wang family, Liang Feng can immediately gain a firm foothold in Bingzhou.

Even Sima Teng couldn’t take the risk of offending the Taiyuan Wang Clan and openly attack him.

In this way, precious time can be obtained to further stabilize the territory of Liang Feng’s subordinates.

How could Liang Feng not understand this truth?

He has already received Wang Wen’s reply.

Even though the situation of the solar eclipse taking over the city was truthfully explained, the other party still did not have any opinions about it. Instead, after comforting her warmly, she proposed the marriage again, without even changing anyone, she was still the most suitable Wang’s girl. .

This is the second time that the other party has handed over an olive branch. If they refuse, the marriage will not be successful and it will become an enemy.

And the situation of the party has reached an imminent moment.

Taking such a big risk just for a little bit of grudge?

Only then did Liang Feng really 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 for the greater good, what is the point of sacrificing some freedom of love?

Who would have thought that reincarnation would be reincarnated once, and after going round and round, he also embarked on this old road.

After a long time, he slowly nodded and said, “Then let’s prepare for the wedding.”

Hearing that the lord finally settled down, Duan Qin couldn’t help but be overjoyed: “How should the etiquette be arranged? Do you want to worship the time?”

Liang Feng is now Jin Jin Fengxiang Hou, is also a member of the Liehou.

The wedding process must follow the “six rites”, that is, the six steps of accepting, asking for the name, accepting, accepting the levy, reporting the date, and welcoming the bride in person can only be married and returned 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 have less trouble, an expedient measure has emerged.

As long as the gauze is covered on the bride’s head and sent to her husband’s house, the husband will take off the gauze by himself and pay his respects to his uncle and aunt.

This simple ceremony is called “time worship”.

Although it does not conform to the ancient etiquette, there are many people who marry like this in the world.

Liang Feng was originally married, and the bride was another branch of the Wang family, not the family.

In addition, Wang Wen and others avoided their hometowns due to the war, and it was really reluctant to perform six rituals.

It is indeed the best way to simply use “worship time” to complete the wedding before Sima Teng returns to Bingzhou.

Cui Ji on the side immediately said: “It’s inevitable that ‘the time of worship’ is in a hurry. Let’s simplify it a little. When you get married, you will pay for the marriage, and when you welcome the marriage,

you will pay the levy.”

get married.

It would be too rude to marry someone so empty-handed.

Just in time for the marriage, I sent a letter over, and took this opportunity to get Najib, that is, the matter of coming to the door to propose marriage.

The other party wrote back and informed the woman’s name and surname and her birthday. When the date is set to welcome her in person, she can also bring a dowry gift to pick up the bride.

Although the six rituals are rushed, they are still much more solemn than “time worship”.

Hearing Cui Ji say this, Liang Feng didn’t know what he meant: “That’s okay. As soon as you apply for the ceremony, you have to prepare it as soon as possible.”

At this time, getting married was also a costly affair.

For aristocrats like the Wang family and the Liang family, a marriage cannot be done without a million dollars.

But now the two places are quite far apart, and there are wars and wars, so I’m afraid it can’t be done.

After the nine items fixed by the levy are ready, add some precious jewelry and silk.

Everyone in the audience was delighted to be recognized by Liang Feng.

The Liang residence 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 a little disillusioned, and a marriage was finalized in a few words, which was really not something to be happy about.

With a light sigh, he said: “But this way, the Leping country’s suppression of bandits will not be delayed.”

This kind of land grabbing thing, if the main owner is not grabbing it, he will grab it, and then he will install an aristocratic family like Wen Qiao. Son, let Sima Teng not be able to find fault.

But if you waited for Sima Teng to come back, it would be impossible to start again.

This Leping must be laid as soon as possible.

I just hope that the cavalry under Yiyan can go to battle.

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“Your Majesty, there are locusts in the west of Zhongyang!” The newly appointed Da Sinong of the Han state said with a terrified expression.

Liu Yuan’s expression darkened.

It’s only April now, how come locusts are born?

And it is still west of Zhongyang, and it will not take long for the locusts to fly to the capital Lishi.

If there is a locust plague, let alone food, even grass may not be left.

This is a matter of life and death for a country!

“Can you organize the eradication of locusts?” Liu Yuan asked in a deep voice.

Da Sinong shook his head: “There are too many locusts, and they can’t be wiped out. And…” He hesitated for a while before saying, “…And there are rumors among the people that the locust plague will only come from the sky because of the rash attack on the Party… “…”

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

“But, there is no locust plague in Shangdang…” Da Sinong said in despair.

This made Liu Yuan shut his mouth.

Locust plagues have always appeared in patches, sweeping across a state at every turn.

Even if the Shangdang terrain is higher and there are mountains that can block it, it is impossible for it to be free of disasters!

The solar eclipse was like this at the beginning, and now the plague of locusts has come again, so people can’t even send out fire.

After a moment of silence, he finally said: “The order is to move the capital. Send someone to stay in Lishi

, and move the platform to Pingyang, where the grains in the east of the river will be used.”

It is obviously more convenient for him to control the five troops and horses by moving the capital here.

However, someone else played: “Pingyuan County is still stable, and other counties may not be easy to attack. When the King of the East Sea attacked Chang’an before, the Jin army camp was in Hongnong.”

In the past two months, the Xiongnu’s forces have actually tilted towards Sizhou.

Pingyuan County was originally the seat of the Xiongnu’s left and southern parts, and it did not take much effort to gather up a county.

However, Hedong County next door, and Hongnong County further away, are not so easy to deal with.

“Hedong is a salt-producing place. If it can be captured, it will be of great help to the country. As for the camp in Hongnong County…” Liu Yuan smiled coldly, “If Chang’an is conquered, the King of the East Sea will naturally not be there. Throwing troops. Neither the King of Hejian nor the King of Chengdu were caught, so he had to be prepared for the two to make a comeback.”

When they attacked Luoyang before, Sima Ying, the King of Chengdu, took the lead and escaped cleanly.

After fighting Chang’an, Sima Yong, the king of Hejian, fled to Changbai Mountain overnight, and has not yet been found.

If these two people are not removed, how can Sima Yue feel at ease?

But that’s just not enough.

After thinking for a moment, Liu Yuan said: “General Jianwei, you dash forward with light cavalry, cross Hedong County, and ambushed in the back of the Jin army camp. If there is a chance, you might as well give them some trouble.” There

is no chance of winning against the camp.

But harassing the army’s back path and creating chaos for those Jin troops is not a bad idea.

Today, the forces opposed to the King of the East Sea still exist, and there is a rebellion against the old part of the King of Chengdu in Yizhou.

Even if there is a sneak attack, the other party may not be able to find the culprit.

Liu Yao came out in response: “My son takes orders!”

This was the first time he had received a general since Shangdang’s defeat, and a pair of tiger eyes immediately shone with brilliance.

Seeing that the adopted son was not killed by Liang Zixi, Liu Yuan nodded secretly in his heart.

This world is just bullying the soft and fearing the hard.

Since it is not easy to develop in the state, it is better to fight the idea of the state.

When the Sima Clan was completely finished and Chang’an City was empty and powerless, it was time for them to move westward.

As for Shangdang… Liu Yuan squinted slightly, leaving such a difficult opponent to Sima Teng to deal with.

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“What? The Xianbei troops have started looting again? Does General Qi care?” Hearing the messenger’s report, Sima Teng couldn’t help frowning.

The thousands of Duan Xianbei sent by Wang Jun were like hungry wolves.

Powerful is powerful, but also greedy and disobedient to discipline.

When they captured Yecheng, they looted and looted.

Now that Chang’an has been conquered, it has become so noisy that this important town cannot live in peace.

It’s not as easy as Tuoba Xianbei’s use.

When the staff below heard this, they were all wise and did not answer.

It is not necessarily only the Xianbei people who burned, killed and looted in Chang’an City.

After fighting for several months, Qi Hong also wanted to console his soldiers.

Blame it on King Hejian and Zhang Fang, for transporting the Son of Heaven to Chang’an well, they had to pay some price.

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

“The Son of Heaven will travel, I’m afraid it will take some time.” The messenger replied quickly.

It’s okay to wait a few days after waiting for so long.

Sima Teng said generously: “Tell General Qi to wait for the imperial driver in Hongnong Camp alone.”

This was also an errand that Sima Teng finally got.

Unlike his brother Sima Mo, who helped out in the capture of Luoyang.

Although the Bingzhou soldiers he brought were of great help, they had been following the army and had no chance to occupy the city.

However, the credit is still there after all. His elder brother Sima Yue has asked for the title of Dongyan King for him.

With such an official position to protect himself, no matter how much more troops and horses are requested from the court, it should be able to repel the Huns.

However, he really didn’t make up his mind whether to return to Bingzhou or not.

The news of the defeat came before, it seems that the others are still not the best, only that Liang Zixi can win one or two games.

He was conflicted about this man.

I don’t want him to monopolize the limelight, and I have to rely on him to stay in the party.

Alas, maybe the only way to stabilize the situation is to return to Bingzhou…

But his thoughts just drifted away, and Sima Teng returned to his complacent appearance.

The matter of Bingzhou can be discussed later.

Today, it is still more important to drive.

When the imperial car was welcomed back, his brother-in-law was able to completely control the government.

In a few days, it would not be too bad to replace the Son of Heaven.

At that time, my own reward was even more.

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