"Liangzhou soldiers and horses are strong and used properly, and they are indeed a powerful force, but civil and military skills are different, especially for Liangzhou soldiers, who are mainly cavalry, gentle and elegant people cannot use their arms as their arms. If they do not have strong force, wanting to command Liangzhou soldiers is like a child who uses a knife to hurt others and hurt himself before he hurts others. Although the emperor is proficient in military tactics and martial arts, after all, he cannot let go of the pride in his bones when he grows up in the palace. Without taking off a few layers of skin, he cannot become a real emperor."

Guo Jia paused and said, "Liu Ye and others are no exception. The contempt of the Kanto people for the Kanto people has penetrated into their bones and it is difficult to abandon them all in one go. It is not necessarily a good thing for them to be very noble and take charge of the center."

Sun Ce turned around and glanced at Guo Jia. "Fengxiao, don't underestimate them. There is nothing that cannot be given up in the face of life and death. A few years ago, could you think that Xun Wenruo would look like this now?"

Guo Jia raised his eyebrows lightly and nodded. "What the lord said is very much." He paced back and forth on the slope twice, and said, "Even if they can return victoriously, the lord does not need to be afraid. The court is just to survive and cannot leave Wuguan and Hangu. He led the Qiang and Hu troops to the Central Plains. The emperor is no longer the emperor of the Central Plains. The Han Dynasty will not perish. Unless he stung in Guanzhong for ten years and successfully educated the Qiang and Hu."

Sun Ce couldn't help laughing. Even if he was unruly like Guo Jia, he would feel psychological pressure when he faced the emperor and always had to find some reasons for himself. In contrast, he was more indifferent to this. If he hadn't been to become the emperor in the future, he would not know what he would say.

The two of them said a few gossips, and Guo Jia briefly said the news that Jiang Gan found, which was similar to Sun Ce's previous expectations. Xun stayed in Guanzhong, and the emperor personally fought. Huangfu Song was the supreme commander of the Taiwei to assist the emperor in commanding the troops. Ma Chao, as the general of the Yulin Central Army, led the Yulin cavalry to follow the battle. Lu Bu led the Bingzhou army as the Jinwu. Han Sui, Niu Fu and others who had returned to Liangzhou were no exception.

There was only one surprise to Sun Ce: Cao led 20,000 Yizhou troops out of Wudu.

"Cao is so loyal to the court?"

"No," Guo Jia shook his head. "Cao was defeated by his lord and went west to Chang'an. He originally broke up with Yuan Shao with the help of the court's title. When he went to Yizhou, he also relied on the appointment of the court. Now that the court's expedition is in the west, how can he not help? But I don't think he will fully support the emperor's expedition, unless the emperor is going smoothly and everyone returns to his heart. In fact, when he arrived at that department, the emperor also needed to use Yizhou to balance Liangzhou, and he had his own place to use martial arts. In addition, he said he was going to Wudu, how could he know not to go to Hanzhong and fight Zhou Gongjin?"

Sun Ce laughed silently. The great man is right, there are no factions within the party, and there are all kinds of strange things. There will be factions in places where there are people. No matter how big the power is, the real unity does not exist. Having such extravagant hope is a childish disease.

Sun Ce returned to the central army, sat for a while, then got up and left the tent and went to the water camp. Liu He was leaning against the bedside reading a book. When he saw Sun Ce walking in, he was a little surprised and quickly put on his clothes and got up.

Sun Ce told her not to worry. He had nothing else to do when he came, but just told her the news of the emperor's Western Expedition. Leave the life and death of the imperial court, the emperor is her only remaining relative, and it is necessary to notify him of his movements. Although she can't help, maybe she has to worry about the emperor.

After hearing this, Liu He was not surprised. She had long estimated that this day had arrived. The emperor made so many concessions, with the purpose of expeditioning the west, to pacify Liangzhou, stabilize it, and then to go east. Although the hope was slim, he had to give it all his strength.

Liu He held the quilt and half lying on the bed, staring at Sun Ce for a while. "I hope he can return triumphantly and have a chance to compete with his husband."

Sun Ce originally planned to leave after saying this, but after hearing Liu He's words, he was stunned for a moment, sat down next to the bed again, and touched Liu He's face. "Why?"

Liu He's cheeks were a little hot. It was the first time she had a skin-loving relationship with Sun Ce for so long. She was a little embarrassed, but she couldn't bear to let go. She reached out and grabbed Sun Ce's hand and held it in the palm of her hand. "The Qiang** of Liangzhou has been a chronic disease of the court. If he can pacify Liangzhou, it will not be a waste of his hard work in the past few years. His husband is invincible in the world, and it is not a shame to defeat him under your hands. If he can defeat one or two matches, there is no need to be ashamed of the previous emperors under the nine springs."

Sun Ce couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't you want him to defeat me, ZTE?"

"Think, but this is impossible." Liu He lowered his head. "I think he knows it himself, but he just refuses to say it." After a while, she raised her head again, her face flushed a little, but her eyes became much more firm. "Husband, can I have a request?"

Sun Ce pondered for a moment. "Speak and listen."

"If you have to kill him and let him die like a emperor, don't humiliate him, can you?"

Sun Ce raised the corner of his mouth slightly. "If he has the chance to stand in front of me, it is worthy of my respect." He pulled out his hand and gently patted Liu He's back of his hand. "I respect every opponent who deserves respect."

"Thank you, my husband." Liu He smiled with tears, got up and got out of bed, and bowed respectfully to Sun Ce. When he got up, Sun Ce unexpectedly found that Liu He in front of him had become more plump and mature, as if he had grown up overnight, completely different from Liu He who had just arrived in Pengcheng a few months ago. He usually dressed neatly, but he was wearing a single dress, and there were hills and valleys between the opening and closing of the clothes.

"What month did you...date your birthday?"

“February 8th.”

"Oh." Sun Ce nodded. So, she will be a grown-up in four months. The genes of the Liu family are actually pretty good, but intermarriage between close relatives is too harmful. Emperor Ling was a foreign vassal and was not affected by this, but he died too early, otherwise the world would not collapse so quickly.

"Do you still remember who your mother is?"

"I don't know." Liu He shook his head. "She died shortly after I was born. I can't even remember what she looks like. When I became sensible, the palace was already in charge of Empress Lingsi, and no one dared to say it." She smiled bitterly: "It's a blessing that I am a daughter, otherwise it's impossible to say whether I can grow up. There are too many children in the palace who died in those years, and I only know several."

"Empress He did it?"

"Some are, some are not. During that period, the disease outbreak in the palace caused a lot of epidemics, and Empress He was unable to protect herself, so she had to foster the emperor's eldest son in Shi Taoist family, hoping to use Taoism to raise adults."

Sun Ce's heart moved and suddenly realized a problem: According to previous research conclusions, the recent epidemic may be related to the so-called envoys of the Great Qin Dynasty, which indirectly proves that Central Asia may be in the high stage of the epidemic. The palace also sacrifices to the Futu, and An Shigao and others entering and leaving the palace are also one of the channels for the spread of the epidemic? It would be a bit simplistic to throw the blame for the death of many children in the palace on Queen He in history books. Fan Ye was from the Liu Song Dynasty, but the materials he based on were written by people between the Han and Jin Dynasties, and many of the original materials were written by party members, such as Cai Yong.

The history books written by these party members are indeed not very reliable. The history books written by Lao Cai must be separated from each other, and he cannot be fooled by him.
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