Hou Tianzhou was not good at fighting, but he was a good escaper. He left the Black Flag Khanate as an ally and led his people to escape Chen Hongyi's attack. He has been hiding in Chang'an City and sent heavy troops to guard Tongguan to stop Chen Hongyi. Hou Tianzhou and Hou Zhaosheng were afraid that the Guanzhong clan would betray them and surrender.

Chen Hongyi then forced the three surnames of the Yang family of Hongnong, the Cui family of Qinghe, and the Li family of Zhaojun to send their children to the army as hostages. The three major surnames were also afraid that Chen Hongyi would weaken their strength after entering the pass and plunder their farmhouses and forts.

They had no choice but to forcibly support Hou Tianzhou. Although Hou Tianzhou was not good at fighting, it was still better than them going into battle themselves to fight.

In order to prevent Chen Hongyi from advancing, the three major surnames secretly sent people to Jinling to give gifts to bribe the Xiao family and Xie family, so there was an imperial edict for a truce. Hou Tianzhou was also well aware of this, but Hou Zhao and other generals were not convinced and asked for a fight.

Hou Tianzhou also invited the three major surnames and generals to a banquet on the first day of the first lunar month of the ninth year of Xianchu. The people at the banquet were divided into two groups. One group advised Hou Tianzhou to take advantage of the Black Banner Khanate's vitality to be severely weakened and raise troops to seize Pajaqili's royal court.

The other faction advised Hou Tianzhou to reorganize his army and attack the land of Huainan. Hou Tianzhou, the king of Qin, was fighting in the middle. In fact, he knew that with his ability, no one could fight. But at this moment, if he didn't find a family to fight,

If you fight, you run the risk of being replaced. Hou Tianzhou cleared his throat and rolled his eyes: "I feel that all the wise men are right. I have listed three strategies, the upper, middle and lower. The best strategy is to advance westward and open up the Western Regions.

Trading with Persia and Rome can ensure our dynasty's prosperity for thousands of years. The middle strategy is to capture Youzhou in the east and annex Goryeo. The rich merchants of our dynasty can float on the sea and trade with other countries through large ships. The next best strategy is to go south to capture Jinling.

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The three families of the Cui family, the Li family and the Yang family looked at each other and said together: "The Heavenly King's plan, we fully support it, and all the ministers second it!"

Hou Tianzhou was riding a tiger now. He originally thought that after everyone was perfunctory, the matter would be settled and they could just hang out for a while. Who knew that the three families all chose this best strategy. Although the military pressure of the westward march was much smaller,

Hou Tianzhou's army is indeed too unqualified. As the saying goes, they never win in battles and never lose in escapes. They basically run away as soon as they engage in battle.

At this time, Hou Tianzhou could no longer veto this consensus, so he had to ask shamelessly: "Dear ministers, who is the general who can take on this important task in this expedition to the Western Regions?"

Hou Tianzhou first looked at Hou Zhao, who quickly waved his hands and knelt down and said that he was not qualified and was not qualified. Then he looked at the three families, and the people from the three families all said that it was up to the King of Heaven to decide. Hou Tianzhou got angry and started talking nonsense.

Sentence: "I will appoint the enemy's Li Xiaofei as my general! Don't shirk the blame!"

Unexpectedly, everyone cheered and agreed, and Hou Tianzhou couldn't laugh or cry. Since ancient times, this is the only example of appointing an enemy general as his own general!

Hou Tianzhou was also upset: "Then let's appoint Li Xiaofei as the general of the expedition to the west. Let's continue drinking and eating meat!"

The three families of the Cui family, the Li family, and the Yang family were also dumbfounded. If they were not afraid of being suppressed by the Xiao family, they would not have supported Hou Tianzhou to rebel against the separatist party.

Hou Tianzhou looked at Hou Zhao, and Hou Zhao nodded. After all, Hou Zhao was a first-rate tactic in bullying the common people, but when he met Chen Hongyi, he had no choice but to run for his life. Hou Zhao couldn't help but ask: "We have more than ten people more than Chen Hongyi."

Times, but we can't always beat him, why is this?"

Hou Tianzhou rolled his eyes at him: "Chen Hongyi is a famous general in the world. If you can defeat him casually, what kind of famous general is he?"

Hou Zhao had no choice but to hold his tongue and the Hou family's army also lowered their heads. They were indeed completely defeated on the battlefield. When they heard Chen Hongyi's name, they were scared to death.

Hou Tianzhou asked everyone again: "There are Black Flag Khanate, Green Flag Khanate, and Koryo Kingdom in the north. How should we get along with them?"

Although the three people had previously said they supported Hou Tianzhou's three strategies, no matter which one, Hou Tianzhou could not do it. He had no choice but to bring the topic to the Black Flag Khanate, the Green Flag Khanate and the Koryo Kingdom.

All the families and generals said they wanted to defeat the enemy and dominate the world. Only Hou Tianzhou knew that he was lucky not to be defeated by the enemy. But in this situation, he was helpless. The most elite soldiers were in each fort, and Hou Tianzhou's subordinates were all

Each family selects what is left, so it is very rare for Hou Tianzhou to escape with his life every time.

Hou Tianzhou was worried and said shamelessly: "My old troops are all old and useless. I hope that all the pillars of the imperial court will contribute money and efforts to help me conquer the Western Regions."

As soon as the three families heard this, they all fell silent. If they did not agree to Hou Tianzhou, Hou Tianzhou would suffer repeated defeats and lose his troops. If they agreed to Hou Tianzhou and gave him all the elite troops, they would be afraid that he would turn around and threaten them.

Three families.

Hou Tianzhou was not in a hurry and picked up a wine flask to drink. Cui Hong, the head of the Cui family, stamped his foot: "I will allocate three thousand of the Cui family's five thousand servants in Qinghe to follow the king!" Li and Yang also followed closely.

After that, each sent a thousand soldiers and horses to Hou Tianzhou.

After Hou Tianzhou obtained these five thousand elite soldiers, he made no move. He was also looking for suitable people to choose to envoy the two khanates and Daliang. He was also afraid that if he went to the west to conquer, others would take his back.

Hou Zhao privately discussed with Hou Tianzhou that the last time he attacked Xiangyang, the Black Banner Khanate lost its troops, so it would be better to take advantage of the Black Banner Khanate's weakened vitality and the raging wind and snow to raise troops to destroy the Black Banner Khanate this time. Hou Tianzhou

Not confused at all, he immediately rejected Hou Zhao's suggestion.

Hou Zhao's suggestion was not adopted, and he was afraid that the Black Banner Khanate would accuse him, so he refused to do anything and attacked and killed Hou Tianzhou at night.

When Hou Tianzhou died, the three major surnames were at a loss. Hou Zhao had always been insidious, and everyone refused to accept him. After a fight, Hou Zhao was also killed, and everyone supported Hou Tianzhou's nephew Hou Dong to become the king of heaven and inherit Hou Tianzhou's power.

Hou Dong also had no soldiers, one pawn, one piece of paper or one tael in hand. All military affairs could only rely on the three major families and General Longxiang Hu Jian. Hu Jian controlled all the troops and horses left by Hou Tianzhou, so he had great power for a while. Everyone thought that Hu Jian would take over the Hou.
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