When he heard that the emperor was coming, Xu Xuan sat up from the couch and was about to put his shoes on the floor, but he stopped moving and slowly lay back. It was not until the moment the emperor pushed the door and entered that he struggled from the couch and made a gesture to go down to the ground to salute. The little emperor stepped forward and pressed his shoulder.

"Prime Minister, sit down, don't get up. I heard that you are sick, so I'll come to see you."

"I occasionally feel cold and cannot go to the palace to serve Your Majesty, but instead I have to work on your Majesty to visit him in person. I am really ashamed."

"Where can't people get sick if they eat grains and grains? Who can think of getting sick? The prime minister doesn't have to blame himself too much." The emperor did not let him get up, just like he was at his own home, took off his shoes and put his long legs on his face, sat face to face with Xu Xuan.

This action can be said to be very reckless. Who would have visited someone like a surprise attack, and take off his shoes and go to the kang as soon as he entered the house? Is it annoying?

But who made him the emperor? The emperor has any reason to do anything.

The little emperor was very unaware of sitting on the couch outside, which made Prime Minister Xu feel a little kind. He felt half relieved after hanging for a long time. Looking at His Majesty's black face so close, he felt quite handsome.

Xu Xuan suddenly had a strange idea: If it were the Xi'an Marquis Liu Xiao, could he get along with him so freely? That pretentious guy would definitely put on his airs, which would make people feel annoying when he thinks about it.

The emperor rubbed his hands and said, "Well, Prime Minister, I came back to your house for the first time. Should you entertain the hospital?"

Xu Xuan was stunned for a moment. How to entertain him?

Before he could react, the emperor smiled and said, "I haven't had time to eat for a long time, I'm hungry!"

Xu Xuan suddenly realized and smiled and said, "As soon as Your Majesty comes, my illness has been cured most of my illness. I suddenly feel hungry. I will accompany you to have dinner!"

"If you have beef and mutton at home, let the kitchen cut the meat slices thinly, cook them in boiling soup, and dip them in sauce. The taste is really rare in heaven and rare in the world!"

Liu Pengzi remembered the various hot pots he had eaten in his previous life. He was so greedy that he was about to flow down his saliva. He even shamelessly ordered dishes at other people's houses. Do you think Prime Minister Xu's house is a restaurant?

But strangely, the more shamelessly he made a request, the more relieved Prime Minister Xu was, and he thought to himself: "After all, he is a child who grew up in our camp, without any airs, and is not seen, just like his own family, if this is the Marquis of Xi'an..."

Liu Xiao would probably feel a fever in his ears at home, and he would lie down several times for no reason, and he could be called the king of guns.

After the two chatted for a while, Yang Yin came, and the emperor smiled and said, "Did the Grand Secretary smell the meat from the Prime Minister's house?"

The kitchen packed up the copper "warm cauldron" and the soup was boiling. It was hot in summer, so the emperor simply asked someone to move the cauldron to the yard. Three people sat around a large hot pot. The beef and mutton had been cut very thinly according to the emperor's requirements. They were put into the pot and started with a rinse. Dipped in the sauce and put it in the mouth. Liu Banzi couldn't help but breathe a long sigh. It was so cool!

The emperor told two important officials a story while eating:

"An old man on the grassland gave his two sons a flock of sheep before his death. After the eldest son got the flock, he killed sheep and ate meat every day, and lived a very happy life. The second son carefully took care of the flock, sheared wool and milked sheep every day. Except for his own expenses, the rest were sold at the market. Two years later, the eldest son's flock was slaughtered, and he became nothing and became a pauper. However, the second son had already become rich and the flock expanded several times. As long as he wanted to eat mutton, he could pick one to kill and eat it at any time."

The emperor held a piece of mutton with chopsticks, held it in front of him and said, "Prime Minister, Grand Marshal, what if you were you, would you take this group of sheep? Will you slaughter it and eat it happily? Or should you fatten it first and take it slowly?"

The two of them are not fools, so of course they understand what the emperor means. Xu Xuan said: "Does Your Majesty want to manage Guanzhong and make long-term plans?"

Yang Yin said: "It should have been like this long ago! We have been tossing for so many years since the uprising. Apart from the increasing number of people, we are just a bandit hat that cannot be removed! Your Majesty, Prime Minister, I will never hide it from you. I always think that it may not be possible for any battle. I, Yang Yin, have to pay my life. These feet will never be able to step on the land of my hometown again!"

Xu Xuan patted his shoulder, "Dashi Yuan, don't say that, we are not very good now. We have mutton and so many brothers. Chang'an City is right in front of us, not much better than our hometown? What's in Qingzhou? It's so troubled that I can't even grow crops. Are you waiting to starve to death when you go back? Dashi Yuan, let's go to Chang'an and serve Your Majesty as the world, and don't go home."

When he was in Puyang, the Red Eyebrow Army was about to finish its food and had to leave. Yang Yin strongly advocated going back to Qingzhou, but was persuaded by Fan Xu and others, and insisted on taking him to Chang'an. Now, when Yang Yin said this, Xu Xuan felt a little uncomfortable.

"Prime Minister, Grand Minister, we are going to Chang'an, we are going to sit in the world, and of course we are going to go back home!"

The little emperor said: "A real man wanders away to the world, seek wealth and honor, and grant his wife and son. Now he is not successful in his achievements and is as anxious as a dog who has lost his family. How can he go back to be laughed at by his neighbors? If I ask me, if I don't go back, I will go back with glory, with brocade hats and sable furs, high carriages and four horses, return home in glory, and return home with glory!"

Yang Yin slapped his thigh, "Your Majesty, you said this very well! If I, Yang Yin, can return to my hometown as honored as Your Majesty said one day, I will be willing to die."

The emperor said: "Prime Minister and Grand Marshal, if you can defend Guanzhong and manage it with your heart, think that it is the foundation, and wait for the world to change, and lead the troops eastward to sweep across Guandong with a hundred thousand sharp brigades, and take Qingxu directly. By then, the whole world will belong to us, let alone a small Qingzhou! By then, you will return home, and the counties will be cleaned up and waiting for the elders, and how glorious it is!"

Liu Banzi drew a super big cake while eating mutton.

Yang Yin said: "Your Majesty, you said it well, and farming is also a long-term strategy. However, Chang'an City has not been broken, and the outcome is unknown. Now it is too early to talk about how to defend it?"

The emperor said: "It is easy to break Chang'an City, but it is difficult to keep it."

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, how to break it? How to defend it?"

"First, let me tell you about the strategy of guarding Chang'an for the two ministers, and bring rice!"

What to do with rice? Make sand tables.

According to historical records, the earliest sand table in China was made by Ma Yuan, General Fubo of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Guangwu was not good at his expedition when he was in the west of Wei Xiang. The army marched to Qi County, because of the dangerous mountains and rivers, so he did not dare to go further. In a dilemma, Ma Yuan came, so he used rice to pile up mountains and rivers in front of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, indicating the dangerous and narrow areas, and indicating how to advance and how to fight. When Liu Xiu saw it, he had a clear judgment on the situation of the battle. According to Ma Yuan's analysis results, he rushed forward and successfully captured Wei Xiang and pacified the land of Longyou.

Now Ma Yuan’s first initiative is to give way to His Majesty the Emperor Jianshi of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Banzi simply piled up the terrain of Guanzhong with rice. Guanzhong is known as the Four Passes, and the Four Passes are four heroic passes. There are several statements about the Four Passes in Guanzhong. During the Han Dynasty, there were no Tongguan. It generally refers to the East Hangu Pass, the West Dasan Pass, the Nanwu Pass, and the North Xiao Pass. Guanzhong in a broad sense refers to the west of Hangu Pass, and Guanzhong in a narrow sense is within these four passes.

There are three main attack routes from Guandong to Guanzhong, two of which have been passed by the Red Eyebrow Army. One is Wuguan to the south. Fan Chong took this road, which was also the road that Liu Bang entered the pass. It was all mountain roads and was difficult to walk through. The other is the most important road that Xu Xuan led his army to enter the pass, which is from Hangu Pass to the east to west, passing through the narrow and long Guhan Road. In addition to these two roads, there is also a way to enter Guanzhong, which is to cross the Yellow River from Hedong (now south of Shanxi) to the west, and you don’t need to go through any checkpoints to attack Chang'an.

Liu Xiu sent Deng Yu to cross the Yellow River from the east and west to Chang'an. Liu Penzi asked Tian Kuang to go north to Jin and intervened in the battle between Deng Yu and Gong Chengshe. It was also for Chang'an. To guard Chang'an, it was necessary to seize the land of Hedong. Without Hedong, Chang'an was a woman's boudoir without windows. She was broken into the window by lustful people at any time. Without Hangu Pass, the door of the boudoir was gone. All kinds of hooligans could swagger into the door and step on the door.

As for the Hangu Pass in the east, it can be said to be the most important gateway in Guanzhong. After leaving Hangu Pass, you can go straight to Luoyang City. At this time, Luoyang City was still under the control of Gengshi Grand Sima Zhu Yu and others, and claimed to be stationed in 300,000 troops. If history had not changed due to Liu Penzi's travel, Liu Xiu would have taken Luoyang shortly after the breaking of Chang'an City, and then sent Feng Yi, the general who was invaded in the west, to break Hangu Pass, and the destruction of the Red Eyebrow Army would not be far away.

Liu Xiu made a big profit when entering Luoyang. At that time, Luoyang City was besieged by Liu Xiu's army. With the destruction of the Gengshi regime, Zhu Yu could not wait for reinforcements and had no choice but to surrender.

It can be said that if there is still a way to go, Zhu Yu will not surrender because he has a grudge against Liu Xiu and a big grudge.

When the Green Forest Army and the Chongling Army had an internal strife, Zhu Yu, as the mastermind, designed to kill Liu Xiu's brother Liu Yan. After that, Liu Xiu returned to Luoyang and pretended to be a grandson under the nose of Emperor Gengshi Liu Xuan, and was in a panic all day long. Zhu Yu kept encouraging Liu Xuan to get rid of Liu Xiu to eliminate future troubles, and firmly opposed releasing him out to pacify Hebei. If Liu Xuan had not been indecisive, Liu Xiu would have died long ago.

Liu Penzi was very glad that he was a history enthusiast in his previous life. Although he was not as professional as a historian, he was clearly remembered in his mind for major events. With this prophet's advantage, he could make arrangements in advance, prevent certain events from happening, and guide the situation in a direction that is beneficial to him.

For example, the grudge between Zhu Yu and Liu Xiu is very useful. If Liu Penzi can maintain a military presence near Luoyang, leave a gap for Luoyang City and give Zhu Yu more choices, history is likely to change.

Liu Penzi was very anxious and didn't leave much time for him. History reached the most important juncture. If Liu Xiu was allowed to occupy Hangu Pass and Feng Yi broke through the pass according to the historical process, then Guanzhong would continue to fight. What kind of fields would he still be stationed? Liu Penzi would become the first failed time traveler and be nailed to the pillar of shame at the starting point forever.

At this time, his main strategy was to take Chang'an, pacify Guanzhong, cultivate land and accumulate valleys, and raise soldiers and people. At the same time, he guards Hangu Pass eastward, peeks at Luoyang, guards the Yellow River line northward, wait for an opportunity to enter Hedong, wait for his strength to improve, and then go east to Luoyang and enter the world.
Chapter completed!