Yuan Shao crossed the river in August, worshiped his ancestors in September, and crossed the Huai River in October. He was first defeated in Lujiang, and then he immediately fought in Pengcheng and Sheyang.
In December, Yecheng was in a hurry, Yuan Shao withdrew his troops and hurriedly retreated back to Hebei.
A bleak ending in the Central Plains journey, which surprised countless people in the Central Plains.
Seizing Yuan Shao's opportunity to retreat, Liu Bei, the governor of Xuzhou, took advantage of the situation to advance and seize the southern part of Peiji. He wanted to take the Liang Kingdom with the situation, but was defeated by Shen Pei. In the battle of Dangshan, Liu Bei lost more than a thousand people. Shen Peiji's success
The troops chased Pei County and defeated Liu Bei again, winning Pei County.
Shen Pei was originally planning to take down Pengcheng in one fell swoop, but Chen Deng led his troops from Sheyang to defend Zhuyi to the death. Liu Bei relied on the ground and sent troops again.
Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Shen Pei took the initiative to retreat to Pei County.
When he heard that Shen Pei had withdrawn his troops, Cao Cao, who was about to take the opportunity to attack Chen State, immediately gave up his operation, plundered the nearby area, and brought it back to Chenliu.
Yuan Shu, the governor of Yangzhou, ordered the general Ji Ling to lead his troops to enter Yuzhou for 30,000, but was warned by Cao Cao and Liu Bei at the same time. He was very angry, but he did not dare to offend Cao Cao and Liu Bei at the same time, so he came up with an idea.
He wrote a letter to the Emperor and submitted that the prefect of Kuaiji, Sun Ce, was the governor of Yuzhou.
At the foot of Fenglin Mountain, Shiraishi River Valley.
Liu Xie wore a sheepskin cloak and put on her sheepskin boots, and climbed the snow-capped Fenglin Mountain step by step, overlooking the river valley, and couldn't help but be amazed.
No wonder Song Jianhui chose to build his capital here, which is indeed a good place. When the mountains were filled with heavy snow, there was only a thin layer of snow in the valley, and the river surface was not frozen, and the water was still flowing. There were even green grass on both sides of the river bank for cattle and sheep to eat.
Food.
Liu Xie speculated that there might be geothermal heat nearby.
Xun Wenqian was amazed. "I didn't expect that there was such a warm place in the snow and ice. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be hard to believe it." As she said, she untied the tightly wrapped snow-white fox fur to reveal the inside
A bright red knight suit was embroidered with a phoenix on his left shoulder, spreading his wings and trying to fly.
Liu Xie glanced at it and smiled and said, "Is this the newly sent winter clothes from Hedong?"
Xun Wenqian's eyes flashed a little, and she whispered: "Yes, I didn't dare to wear them, but I really couldn't find the right clothes."
"Why don't you dare?" Liu Xie smiled and reached out to touch the phoenix and Xun Wenqian's shoulders under the phoenix. "It's not a phoenix crown."
Xun Wenqian bowed slightly. "Vei."
"The weavers in Chenliu came to live a stable life, otherwise they would not be in the mood to embroider such exquisite phoenixes."
"It is said that Hedong has achieved good harvest this year. All craftsmen from Kanto can eat enough, so they are very motivated. According to His Majesty's edict, many women have also started to learn embroidery, and the yield has increased rapidly. The problem now is that there is not enough sericulture, and spring is in full swing.
, maybe even pioneering.”
Liu Xie nodded and said nothing.
Speaking of which, although Fu Shou is also scheming, he is not as clever as Xun Wenqian. Taking this opportunity, a phoenix will become a body. If he gives birth to a legitimate son in the future, Feng Guan will inevitably think about it.
No matter how smart a woman is, she cannot ignore her reputation as a mother, and she will fight for her as long as she has the opportunity.
However, with the current situation, Xun Wenqian is not so explicit. The real phoenix crown and phoenix suit have probably been sent to Fu Shou. If he asks, he will definitely not find any flaws.
So he simply didn't ask.
"Your Majesty, why can this valley be evergreen?" Cai Yan walked over with his hands and feet, followed by two agile female knights, holding painting tools in their hands. Judging from their appearance, they should be Qiang people.
, it is very stable even when walking on the snow-covered mountain road.
"It's hard to say." Seeing that Cai Yan was unsteady, Liu Xie reached out to support her and led her to his side. "Maybe there is a hot spring nearby, or maybe the mountains block the cold air, so you need to investigate it before you can make it clear."
The hillside was narrow, and three people stood there and they were a little crowded, so they could only lean side by side. Seeing this, the two female knights looked at Cai Yan in embarrassment and asked where to set up the drawing board.
Cai Yan looked around but couldn't find a good place.
"What are you going to draw?" Liu Xie asked.
"I was entrusted by someone to draw a picture of the emperor's personal expedition and the general in the west to suppress the rebellion." Cai Yan smiled, with his slender eyebrows raised. "A hundred gold pen, and it is cash, I will be a minister for ten years.
The salary.”
"You share my money and I will give you this Feng Shui treasure land." Liu Xie stamped his feet.
Cai Yan swayed her body and her feet slipped, and she almost fell down. Fortunately, Liu Xie was quick-eyed and quick-handed, so he grabbed her.
"For life-saving, add twenty golds, isn't it too much?"
"Those who see each other will have a share." Cai Yan stood firm carefully and followed the trend to Xun Wenqian's side. "Your Majesty has fifty gold, and the nobleman has thirty gold, and I will keep twenty gold myself."
"If you don't receive any reward, how dare I accept your money?" Xun Wenqian said with a smile, and glanced at Liu Xie again. "Your Majesty does not pay your salary, so the Shi can only paint for others and receive someone to moisten your pen. You still have to do it from it.
Spending money will lose the dignity of the emperor.”
"The emperor has no money, where does he get his dignity?" The emperor sighed deliberately. "Actually, my paintings are also a family-leading craft, but no one asks me to paint."
Xun Wenqian and Cai Yan smiled at each other and covered their mouths at the same time.
Liu Xie is not entirely joking.
He is indeed good at painting, and it is not the skill he brought in his previous life, but the family-born craftsmanship of his deity. Emperor Ling of Han and the beautiful Wang were both very talented in artistic talent, especially Emperor Ling of Han, who was good at calligraphy and painting, and even opened Hongdu
Many people ranked him alongside Emperor Huizong of Song, the standard artist emperor.
Another point is that he is really poor. As the New Year is approaching, giving year-end bonuses to civil and military ministers has become a big problem.
I encountered this last year. This year is a little better, but it is not much better.
He solved the problem of food and clothing, but his hands were still very tight. Fortunately, he had some hope this year. There was a batch of property in Hedong and Guanzhong that had already set off. As long as it could be delivered in time, there were still some rewards to the ministers, but there were only a few.
As a joke, Liu Xie gave up his foothold to Cai Yan for painting, while he took Xun Wenqian's hand and looked for another place.
"Your Majesty, I can leave by myself." Xun Wenqian said, but her hands tighter.
"What I am walking on now is not a mountain road, but a kingly way." Liu Xie said seriously: "If you don't want to, I have to go domineering."
"Puchi!" Xun Wenqian laughed out loud, then whispered: "Then your Majesty should go the kingly way, I can't take such a responsibility."
Liu Xie found another place to stand, led Xun Wenqian into it, and asked her to grab the snow-filled pine trees. The pine trees swayed, and the snow on it fell down, and some fell into Xun Wenqian's.
Xun Wenqian hissed and sucked the cold air in her collar. Liu Xie reached out to get it, but the snow had melted.
"It's okay, I'm not cold." Xun Wenqian shrank her neck. "It's just a little hot all the way."
"Wen Qian, when you first came, I really didn't expect you to be able to adapt to life in the army."
"I didn't expect it." Xun Wenqian raised her head and looked at Liu Xie, her eyes like spring water. "As long as I can follow Your Majesty, even the higher the mountain, I will be willing."
Liu Xie nodded, suddenly realized something, and forgot to say something for a moment.