In the afternoon, Yuan Xi asked Sun Li to drive the carriage, and he took Cao Xian and Cao Jie to Guangling City to buy new year's goods.
Before leaving, he went to see Zhen Mi, but Zhen Mi was much sicker than Cai Zhaoji. She had not been able to recover for more than ten days. After the two had a conversation, Yuan Xi asked Zhen Mi what she wanted to bring back.
Zhen Mi said with a smile: "Husband, you can buy whatever you want, but you have to pay attention to safety to avoid anyone with evil intentions."
Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Don't worry, since Yuan Long became the prefect, he has established relationships with most of the nobles in the city, and now the city is much more stable."
"It's a pity that you need to recuperate now. You can't go out for the time being, and you can't see the lively scene in the city."
Zhen Mi also had a look of regret on her face and said, "Then please ask your husband to take a look at it for me."
Cao Xian and Cao Jie sat in the carriage and looked curiously at the scene inside Guangling City through the carriage window.
Although the two of them had seen the scenes during the New Year when they were in Yecheng, there were many differences in the customs between the two places, which made the two women feel quite novel.
Especially here, there is a custom of worshiping ancestors during the New Year. The bustling crowds carrying sacrifices in their hands were walking out of the city, making the streets of Guangling City seem overcrowded.
At this time, some government servants wearing linen clothes of the same color came out and stood on both sides of the road to maintain order. Yuan Xi saw it and felt a familiar feeling in a trance.
Roadside stalls were lined up one after another, offering a variety of local specialties, embroidery, velvet flowers, jewelry, powder, lacquerware, candy, snacks... a dazzling array of things to see. Cao Xian and Cao Jie were lying on the car window, their eyes shining brightly.
When Yuan Xi saw it, he stopped the carriage and said with a smile: "Get off the car and have a look. You can buy whatever you want."
The two women cheered, opened the car door and rushed out.
Yuan Xi looked at the beaming people in the city and found it hard to imagine that this was a city that had changed hands several times within half a year.
The thinking of the people is actually very simple. They will support whoever can make them live a good life.
In the future, if someone takes this city away from Yuan Xi and treats the people better, the people will be at ease.
Yuan Xi thought there was nothing wrong with this, who wouldn’t want to get better and better?
Just as the city of Guangling was welcoming the New Year in peace and tranquility, several wars broke out in Caoyang, Sili, thousands of miles away.
Since the battle between Li Jue, Guo Si and Yang Feng in Hongnong last month, and many officials and ministers were killed, Yang Feng was defeated and escaped with the emperor Liu Xie along the way.
Li Jue and Guo Si pursued him closely and caught up with Yang Feng at the border of Caoyang. The two armies held a stalemate for dozens of days, fighting one after another. Dong Cheng and Yang Feng gradually lost their battle.
Now in Emperor Liu Xie's tent, Dong Cheng was standing on the ground, lowered his head slightly and said to Liu Xie: "Tianjia, the situation is urgent, I'm afraid I have to be prepared to escape alone!"
Everyone in the tent was stunned after hearing this. Dong Cheng's words made it clear that no one else except Liu Xie could take him away!
After hearing this, Liu Xie looked slightly sideways and saw Fu Shou beside him, with a hint of panic on his face.
His eyes swept over and landed on another young concubine.
Dong Guiren, the daughter of Dong Cheng.
At this moment, her face was much calmer. When she looked at Fu Shou, there was even a hint of mockery at the corner of her mouth.
When Liu Xie saw it, he knew what he was doing and made a good calculation.
Dong Cheng took him to escape, so naturally he would not abandon his daughter. If Fu Shou is left behind, the position of queen will be vacant, and Dong Guiren can naturally take the opportunity to ascend to the throne.
Liu Xie felt a little angry. Even at this time, he was still using such petty thoughts. He really didn't take himself seriously.
However, he had no choice but to say: "According to the general's opinion, how long can we last?"
Dong Cheng hesitated for a moment and then said: "It can take as long as three to five days, and as long as one or two days."
Liu Xie heard this and said, "How about we break camp at night?"
Dong Cheng responded: "The terrain here is complex. If you make a mistake on your journey at night, your Majesty will be in danger of life."
After hearing this, Liu Xie asked again: "The month before last, I announced to the world that the princes from all over the world would come to protect me. Is there any news?"
Dong Cheng lowered his head and said, "No."
He thought that at this time the Han Dynasty was already dead in name only, would anyone really come to help?
Moreover, His Majesty is also out of his mind, and has issued edicts not only to the princes of all parties, but also to the remaining Yellow Turbans such as the Baibo Bandits and Black Mountain Bandits, and even to the Southern Huns!
After Liu Xie heard this, he sighed, thinking that the Huns from the south would not come. Now Shanyu Yufuluo died inexplicably, and his younger brother Hu Chuquan succeeded him. He was waiting and watching. How could he express his position so quickly? What if he died?
Well, wouldn’t it be like trying to draw water from a bamboo basket but in vain?
The other princes are too far away. I am afraid that the edict has not yet been sent. What I can rely on now is the Baibo bandits hundreds of miles away. The key is, will they really come?
Speaking of which, Yu Fuluo had close friendship with the Baibo bandits during his lifetime. According to Wang Shen's "Book of Wei", "Yu Fuluo then left his followers in China. Due to the chaos in the world, he joined forces with the Baibo bandits of Xihe River and destroyed Taiyuan and Hanoi.
Copy the counties and turn them into bandits."
While Liu Xiezheng was thinking, he heard the sound of a horn in the distance. It was Li Jue and Guo Si who were attacking again!
Dong Cheng cursed secretly, but without having time to speak to Liu Xie, he turned around and left the camp, and ordered the soldiers and generals to come out of the camp to attack.
Not long after, Liu Xie heard the shouts of killing Zhentian outside, stood up and said to Fu Shou: "Come out with me and take a look."
The two of them led each other out of the camp. Behind him, Dong Guiren looked at Liu Xie and ignored him, and a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes.
Liu Xie ignored the dissuasion of his personal attendants and took Fu Shou to the watchtower. He saw a melee between the two sides in the distance. Yang Feng and Dong Cheng had already joined the battle in person. Over there, Li Jue and Guo Si were also riding forward, each refusing to give way.
Bingliang's military generals were all very brave. Guo Si had once challenged Lu Bu in a duel, and he was not a mediocre fighter. Now he and Li Jue charged in personally, while Yang Feng and Dong Cheng were unable to support their side and were beaten back steadily.
Even Liu Xie could see that the defeat was obvious, and he was afraid that the situation was over.
At this moment, a general from Yang Feng's army rushed out, holding a long ax, and charged directly at Li Jue and Guo Si's formation. Li Jue and Guo Si were not prepared, and the general rushed forward. They were so frightened that the two of them quickly rode away and gave orders.
The lower part of the hand surrounded the people who stood up.
Liu Xie recognized that it was Xu Huang, one of Yang Feng's subordinates. He failed to make a single attack and was surrounded by people. He rushed left and right, but he did not show his weakness.
But that's it. More and more people surrounded Xu Huang. Seeing that he could no longer escape, Liu Xie felt regretful. Could this fierce general be left here like this?
At this moment, I saw that the two wings of Li Jue and Guo Si began to become confused.
This chaos began to slowly spread to the central army, and Li Jue and Guo Si also began to realize that something was wrong, and quickly ordered the army to shrink, but the defeat of the two wings was faster than they imagined!
Liu Xie took a look and couldn't help but be overjoyed. It turned out that Li Jue and Guo Si were attacked by two troops and horses that suddenly appeared. One side was flying the flag of the Baibo Army, and the other was flying the flag of the Southern Huns!
The person he was waiting for finally came!
"The Biography of the Southern Xiongnu in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty" - Chanyu Huchuquan, established in the second year of Xingping. Yi brother (Yu Fuluo) was expelled and was not allowed to return to the country, and several copies were copied by Xianbei. In the first year of Jian'an, Emperor Xian returned east from Chang'an
, King Youxian went to Bei, together with Baibo bandit commander Han Xian and other guards to guard the emperor, and refused to attack Li Jue and Guo Si.
The collapse of the two wings of Li Jue and Guo Si has spread to the central army. They tried to reorganize their army several times, but found that the situation was over, so they had to lead their subordinates to resist the pursuit and retreat slowly.
Liu Xie stood on the watchtower and laughed.
The title "Emperor" still has some use after all!
Everyone thinks the big man is doomed, but Liu Xie will never give up!
Guangling City finally ushered in the New Year’s Day and the Spring Festival.
During the day, Yuan Xi took Chen Deng, Taishi Ci Tianyu and others, first inspected the barracks, gave New Year's gifts to the soldiers, and then returned to the city guard's house to meet the visiting noble officials.
Then came the seven-day spring break. Except for the officials and soldiers who were on duty, everyone else went home happily to celebrate the New Year.
However, Yuan Xi and Taishi Ci Tianyu and others inspected the outside of the city again. Because in the late Han Dynasty, many major battles took place during the New Year's Day, with the purpose of taking advantage of the opponent's unpreparedness, so Yuan Xi did not dare to be careless.
After all the spies came back and said they found nothing strange, Yuan Xi returned with peace of mind. By this time, the sun was almost setting in the sky.
Yuan Xi returned to the house and found that everyone in the house was waiting for him to have New Year's Eve dinner.
Everyone was gathered together, and Huan, as the only elder in the family, was naturally responsible for hosting the banquet.
As soon as Yuan Xi came in, he noticed that everyone was looking at him and laughing. This scene seemed familiar. He thought to himself that no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like Kong Yiji, right?
He glanced around and saw that Zhen Mi was pouring wine for Huan. She was just recovering from her illness and was still a little weak. She had to hold the wrist of the other hand with one hand to hold the wine bottle steady.
Cai Zhaoji was sitting at the bottom, with several tubes of bamboo slips beside her. Nowadays, all the classics were almost copied, and only a few rare ones were left. Except for Cai Zhaoji, who could understand it more clearly, everyone else was confused.
Even Cai Zhaoji had to look at it for several days before she came up with some clues, so she kept thinking about it without leaving the bamboo slips.
Cao Xian and Cao Jie were squatting aside, playing with Cao Hua and Madam Cai's daughter.
Yuan Xi turned around and found that Mrs. Cai was also present. She thought it was Huan who invited her.
His eyes lingered on Mrs. Cai for a moment, and he was attracted for a moment.
In terms of figure, Mrs. Cai is somewhat similar to Cai Zhaoji, maybe a little more concave and convex. With good maintenance, she looks like she is under thirty years old, which is when women are most attractive.
Moreover, although Mrs. Cai's appearance is slightly inferior to Zhen Mi's, she is still extremely outstanding, and her gestures and even her eyebrows have a mature charm that Zhen Mi does not possess.
Yuan Xi thought to himself that it was no wonder that Mrs. Cai was kidnapped by Sun Ce. In this era, women with such appearance would be in trouble if they could not protect themselves.
Yuan Xi stepped forward to pay homage to Mr. Huan and took Zhen Mi to sit down again. At this time, Mrs. Wu came up with a wine pot and poured wine for the two of them.
When Huan saw it, he hurriedly asked: "How can you let Madam do this?"
Mrs. Wu whispered: "Young Master saved us, mother and daughter, and I have never had the chance to thank you. Please let me express my feelings."
Yuan Xi also declined: "I accept Madam's suggestion, but I can't drink this wine."
Mrs. Wu said apologetically: "Does the young master still want to patrol the city? It's because I was arrogant."
Yuan Xi smiled and said: "I did a tour during the day, so I won't go out tonight, but I really can't drink."
Zhen Mi also smiled beside her and said, "Madam, I don't know, but my husband really can't drink."
After hearing this, Mrs. Wu felt her heart beating. She had actually heard that Yuan Xi had a poor drinking capacity, so she came to persuade him to drink. The purpose was to see if she could make Yuan Xi drunk!
Because things were different from what she expected, Yuan Xi didn't patrol the city, so wouldn't he have to stay in the house all night?
This will cause big trouble, because she is planning to escape tonight!