Wei Xiang's hand tightly held a battle report, and his fingers turned white due to force. He murmured: "Liu Xiujun was defeated on the Eastern Front. He defeated all 400,000 people in Kunyang. Why can't he take Xin'an with 400,000 people?"

At this time someone ran in and shouted anxiously: "General, the Jianshi Han army has sent troops to Longshan!"

Wei Xiang sat down dejectedly and muttered, "It's over, it's over, the general situation is gone!"

On September 19, 2018, the first day of the second year of Jianshi, Emperor Jianshi's army marched into Longshan.

Before entering the Longshan Pass, a group of people suddenly came across from the opposite side, about 3,000 people, all wearing the costumes of Longxi soldiers.

The emperor said, "Ho! Wei Xiang actually dared to send troops to intercept... Wei Xun! Wei Xun!"

"Your Majesty, I am here!" Wei Xun was so scared that he knelt in front of the emperor's horse, and his body began to tremble constantly. "My father dared to offend His Majesty's power, but he was really bold and arbitrary. I apologize to Your Majesty on his behalf."

The emperor pointed at him with a whip and said, "Your father is so brave, why are you so timid?"

"I am born timid and accomplish nothing. I hope Your Majesty will give you mercy. Don't blame me for my father's faults. I am a useless person."

The emperor looked at him and sighed. This kid is really not good. Unfortunately, Wei Xiang's generation of heroes gave birth to such a cowardly son.

Wang Meng ordered the Yulin Army to prepare for war, with the crossbow on its strings and the spear raised. Before he could start, he saw the other party stop and then ran out of the team. The knight on the horse shook the flag in his hand while running.

The two ran closer and shouted: "Niu Hante, the general of Wating Dao, led his army to join His Majesty the Emperor!"

Wang Zun, who was beside the emperor, suddenly turned red and said, "Your Majesty, Niu Han is my good friend. I have sent me several times to persuade him to surrender... I will lead him to see you."

Niu Han was an important general under Wei Xiang. He had always defended on Wating Road. For him, the emperor specially left 30,000 troops in Shi County to prevent him from rushing out of Wating Road and causing trouble to Guanzhong.

After a while, Wang Zun came over with a long beard and red-faced old man, and smiled and said, "Ruqing, why don't you come to pay homage to Your Majesty?"

Niu Han bowed down and said that he was late to welcome him, and he was guilty of death. The emperor comforted him with kind words and immediately threw an official hat over.

The emperor suddenly turned around and shouted again: "Wei Xun! Wei Xun!"

The unlucky Wei Xun had just climbed onto the horse, so he had to jump down again and fell to the ground.

The emperor said, "I almost forgot that I want to reward you. I will grant you the title of "Qianhou of Qiang!"

Wei Xun thanked him tremblingly, but in fact he was not happy at all.

He is like a bird in a cage, a fish in a net, and he can do whatever he wants.

Little Banden said to Wugai: "It's strange, is it going to fight or not? Why have you sent troops to Longshan and you still have to be named Wei Xiang's son?"

Wu Gai said, "I don't know that Your Majesty's plan is as deep as the sea, and it is not something that the ministers can do to make a mistake."

In fact, Wu Gai felt like a mirror in his heart. The emperor was in a big fight and acted in a big fight, suppressing Wei Xiang to submit. At the same time, he rewarded Wei Xun and expressed his attitude to Wei Xiang that as long as he was willing to surrender, the emperor would not do anything to him, but would reward him heavily.

Wu Gai knew that the emperor didn't like to be guessed correctly by his subordinates. Although he could see everything clearly, he had to pretend to be confused appropriately. Smart people seemed to be powerful, but in fact they could easily live short.

There is a living example in later generations. Because Cao Cao's master Bo Yang Xiu was too smart, he guessed that Cao Cao had all the thoughts. After guessing a few times, he was killed by Cao Cao.

The emperor's army continued to advance. At this time, news of the great victory of Jianshihan Eastern Front had reached Longxi, and people continued to join forces along the way.

When the army arrived in Lueyang, ten counties including Longxian, Lintao, Shouyang, Didao, Jiequan, Wangyuan, Mianzhudao surrendered, and more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians were sent. Shen Tugang, Su Heng, Du Ling and others all came to join us.

The emperor entered the Lueyang Road, and Liu Mao and Sun Yi both came to pay their respects. The brothers and ministers had not met for a year, and they were all a little excited.

The emperor patted Liu Mao on the back and said, "Second brother, is your mutton delicious? I just happened to have a good wine, so let's get together."

The emperor glanced at the Yulin Army generals and lowered his voice and said, "If you don't have enough wine, just two brothers will not take them!"

Banden curled his lips from the side and muttered, "Showing out the height of wine everywhere... I'm still so stingy!"

The emperor glanced at him coldly and shouted angrily: "Get out!"

There were 100,000 Han troops stationed near Lueyang Road, and there were more generals and county magistrates from all over the country who came to join him than the stones on the mountain.

The emperor looked at it and said, "How can there be so much food for so many people?"

So he ordered the generals and county magistrates to disperse most of their troops, leaving only some elite soldiers under the tent to listen to them, and ordered them to transport the stored grain from the county in Zhonghe for the army to eat.

Sanfu's grain was also continuously transported across Longshan, and the consumption of a war was astonishingly large.

Because the two counties had to supply a large army, the emperor issued an order to exempt Tianshui County and Longxi County from the calculation of the two years. The tuition and land rent were heard, and the sound of long live was endless.

The official hat was thrown a lot and the taxes were exempted. Both the military and civilian generals were grateful to His Majesty the Emperor. The people secretly said in those counties that had not surrendered, "The other counties have been exempted from rent and taxes, but our county will not surrender. General Wei ordered people to collect food and grass, but they don't have to pay them. Why are we so miserable?"

The scholars and people who originally praised Wei Xiang's kindness instead complained about him.

After about ten days, more and more counties surrendered, and some counties bypassed the Wei Xiang army controlled the area from afar to Lueyang. A total of fifteen counties have expressed their support, and the emperor's territory in Longxi has exceeded Wei Xiang.

But Wei Xiang still had no news. The emperor's will to meet him in Lueyang was like a mud cow entering the sea, leaving no trace.

After the Han army gathered, Wang Jie of Qingshui County withdrew his generals and defended himself in the county, allowing the emperor to summon him and refused to surrender.

Wang Yuan and Wang Jie both advocated Wei Xiang's independence. Wang Yuan died, and the most resolute anti-Han faction was Wang Jie.

The emperor pointed to Qingshui County from afar and said, "Wei Xiang will not cry until he sees the coffin. It seems that he has to fight a war. Take down Qingshui County!"

Seeing how the emperor said so easily, Ma Yuan, Niu Han, Wang Zun and others were all surprised.

Because of the confrontation with Liu Mao, Qingshui County has been continuously repaired and has been built into a solid fortress. How easy is it to destroy Qingshui County?

Ma Yuan said: "Your Majesty..."

The emperor waved his hand, "Stop talking! I am impatient and waited for Wei Xiang endlessly. It's time to give him some great taste!"

Niu Han said: "The city of Qingshui County is strong and the soldiers in Longxi are strong, so it is really not easy to attack. If you stop under the strong city, it may affect our army's morale. Please think twice!"

The emperor said, "I have thought about it. If you want to fight, you can attack the strong city. What's the point of attacking those small broken cities? Wang Jie dares to fight against the heavenly soldiers. If I don't deal with it, I may be laughed at by the world!"
Chapter completed!