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Voluainst Them

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In the fifteenth year of the sixty-year cycle, Northern Han’s Long Tingfei breached the da’s Prince of Qi was defeated The Marquis of Chu, Jiang Zhe, fled into the countryside,Xuan by chance in the wilderness At the tirave illness Zhe forcibly invited hi his skill as a divine physician to treat the illness

When Northern Han fell, Xuan was ordered to an audience with the Yong Emperor When the Eh rank, Xuan declined under the pretense that a loyal subject does not serve a second ifted Xuan with gold, silk, and land Accepting the gold and silver, Xuan withdrew and established a school in Bashang¹ As a renowned expert of the Classics, Xuan had rounds of his students, Xuan taught thehout all levels of society and the court

The Marquis of Chu was i court sessions on pretext of illness However, everyone feared his intelligence and none dared to reprimand him, aside from Xuan Each ti Zhe Strangely, Jiang Zhe would hang his head and listen without trying to explain hiood

In the beginning, Xuan was a subject of Jin On the Jin Emperor’s order, he was dispatched to serve as an Aide to the Magistrate of Taiyuan and was deeply valued by Liu Sheng In the fourteenth year of Zhenyuan, the Jin E At the sa, Xuan said, “The State has collapsed and there are no loyal subjects in the world I cannot reduce rity to serve another”

In sorrow, Xuan returned to his ho unified the world and attempted to recruit Xuan with riches and honor, Xuan always refused, using the gifts that he received to help fund scholars with iins Until his death, he lived in a si Emperor and had a collection of ten thousand books With no excess wealth, there weren’t enough funds for the funeral and burial, causing all who learned of this to sigh

—raphy of Ji Xuan</e Duan, I iood idea to re Who knew if Duan Lingxiao would send other experts to try to intercept and assassinateback Ji Xuan and Zhao Liang, forcing Duan Lingxiao to retreat in defeat without garnering any deep ani suffered a shock and still ill, Ji Xuan was unable to ride a horse Using a drug I had personally concocted, I put Ji Xuan into a co hi remained by Ji Xuan’s side to attend to him In this e rushed directly for the Prince of Qi’s ar the massed banners within the army camp from a distance, I felt myself relax Before we had even arrived at the entrance, the gates swung open Like a tide, soldiers and horses poured out from within Afterwards, the Prince of Qi, in a flaed out of the camp upon a horse I felt ardless of how haughty and willful his temperament I was more amused than irritated by the way he teasedback to our firstin Southern Chu I would absolutely not allow anyone to frahtforward ed his horse over, as I unhurriedly guided my horse forward to o In any case, as long as eren’t galloping, I wouldn’t fall off When ere several apart, the Prince of Qi reined in his horse and studiedheartily and saying, “Good, good! It seems you fled quickly, and are uninjured and did not suffer any hardshi+ps”

I rolledthat I had fled quickly? With an annoyed tone, I replied, “It’s all due to Your I a few hness, I will likely be the Ar ed looks of ah the Prince of Qi and the Marquis of Chu were always fond of jokes, they were always courteous and polite in public Who would have thought that the tould banter right before the entrance to the caenerals orried that the court would take disciplinary action All this changed after seeing the two superiors joke, causing everyone to relax

Froenerals relaxed, which hted Over these last several days, he had been worried about the defeat and was also worried about Jiang Zhe’s safety He could not help beco a nervous atmosphere within the army camp As a result, Li Xian had deliberately co Zhe and speak a feords in jest Sure enough, it had a clear i that he had achieved his goal, Li Xian did not tarry Pulling on Jiang Zhe’s cloak, Li Xian said, “All right, let’s head in to talk business Hoas it? Did the journey go off without a hitch? Did you acco Zhe had sent Su Qing back in the hopes of attracting assassins Now that Jiang Zhe had returned safe and sound, Li Xian naturally wondered how ood and made public, then it would serve to boost h I understood his intentions, I could not say that I had deliberately released Duan Lingxiao and Ling Duan As a result, I only played things down, “Although there were several assassins, they weren’t any iht their heads back?”

As we spoke, the two of us entered the ca in front of the er Guard off to arrange tents, in addition to Ji Xuan and Zhao Liang As both Huyan Shou and Su Qing held positions as generals, the two of theenerals and entered the marshal’s tent With this, the first real an

Although we had just suffered a disastrous defeat and the generals were soone on for, victory and defeat were coenerals were calh I was not a h I adance after victory and the lack of despair after defeat, I could not help but s how they probably had all suffered h we suffered a grave defeat at Anze,” stated Li Xian with a set off scot-free At least the fortifications at Anze have been destroyed Moreover, Duan Wudi’s troops have suffered heavy losses Hoh the Northern Han arees to Qinyuan and adopted a scorched earth policy, their provisions will be consuees It is not necessarily the case that they have the advantage

“Although we have been defeated, our main force remains This Prince has already submitted a request for reinforcements In a month’s time, a reinforcement fleet will arrive When the tie war against the enemy At present, the enemy has retreated to Qinyuan That is where Northern Han’s ht the decisive battle against Long Tingfei at Qinyuan I wonder, what does everyone think?”

Everyone knew that the Northern Han army had retreated to Qinyuan As such, if they didn’t attack, were they going to wait here? Of course none of the had private worries Rising, he spoke, “Marshal, it is said that an arh a fleet is co to reinforce us, they do not address our ih Anze and Qinyuan are separated by a erous and difficult, winding ruggedly through theprovisions by land will be enorh provisions to last half a month, the follow-up resupply probably won’t arrive in time It is best to teenerals to repair the roads and prevent the Northern Han ar south We can launch our assault when our reinforce Xuan Song speak, Li Xuan knew that this was the proper way of dealing with the present situation However, he could not adopt such a plan Just as Li Xian was pondering how to phrase his rebuttal, I spoke up leisurely, “General Xuan speaks correctly However, our ar at Qinyuan Although we don’t know the situation, based upon General Jing’s hastiness, he will likely arrive at Qinyuan within ten days If our troops do not arrive at the rendezvous at that time, not only e not be able to pincer Northern Han, if Long Tingfei takes advantage and first defeats General Jing, then this ill drag on⁴ Although we have difficulties with our provisions, they should be able to last twenty days As for the supply train, Zhe is willing to take personal responsibility and ensure that the ar found h he was still uneasy, Xuan Song could not directly oppose the decision with the co, especially as he did not have definite reasons for his opposition and had been advanced by Jiang Zhe to his present rank as general Just like this, the ar why, Xuan Song stole a furtive glance at Jiang Zhe and saw the faintly languid srand strategy was unfolding and that he did not yet have the qualifications to learn of it

After all of the generals had been sent away to make preparations, Li Xian frowned and said, “Suiyun, I’ve already done as you asked and sent a request for reinforcements It should reach the Emperor in these next few days However, our army only suffered a minor setback Why did you claim aprovisions and reinforcehtly At present, it was best to keep this matter hidden fro’s moves, as it was the emperor’s wish Neither of us wanted to see Li Xian be distracted Besides, it was already enough that Li Xian had participated once in internal discord between brothers I did not want the Prince of Qi participate in such an affair again As a result, I only tranquilly replied, “This is the Emperor’s wish At present, there are some within the court who are treacherous If the ed, these individuals would definitely stir up havoc Rather than allowing them to wreck our plans, it is best to allow thee as soon as possible Therefore, since we are destined to lose several battles, isn’t it best to seize this opportunity to submit a request? No matter how sensitive their ears, they will definitely be fooled and hoodwinked”

Li Xian tre within the court? Could it be that even with Imperial Brother’s methods, he can’t stably administer the Empire and someone dares to cause trouble?</e families, Li Xian came to the conclusion that he was the only one who could potentially revolt Li Xian had overlooked Li Kang, not taking his third brother seriously After all, what could Li Kang do with Hanzhong and the few troops that he had? Besides, Li Kang’s standing within the military was much lower than Li Zhi and Li Xian, let alone enerals No matter how he racked his brains, Li Xian could not think of the one ould rebel Although he knew that the eed secret correspondence, Li Xian had simply assu Jiang Zhe surreptitiously reportZhe wouldn’t harn unawareness Besides, he was disinclined to pay attention to the goings-on within the court Very few high-ranking officials were aware of as going on in Hanzhong As such, it was no wonder that Li Xian could not find an answer to his questions

Seeing his nificant, only the reyi Sect There are those who have seized the opportunity to assail Your Ihness That is why the Ehness to know to prevent suspicions”

Hearing this, Li Xian found hi In any case, these kinds of rumors had never stopped since he arrived in Zezhou to co Zhe had spoken in such a manner, Li Xian found hi, “It doesn’tas it doesn’t hamper our invasion of Northern Han Once we have captured Jinyang, Ie between Li Xian and the e I could do to help It already wasn’t an easy thing to have Li Xian recover his past liveliness However, I also had to reply With a hint of complaint at heart, I deliberately mocked him, “Zhe had always assunificent feat of conquering Southern Chu Who would have thought that Your Ihness also does not wish to lead an arently responded, “What are you saying? You’re talking about a southern invasion? Has the Ehts?”

With a baffled tone, I answered, “What of it? Once Northern Han has been conquered, can a southern invasion be far off? The Emperor’s anan unconquered”

Suddenly seeing the light, Li Xian despaired, “So that is the case I do not know if Imperial Brother will send me to command the southern invasion However, when the time comes, it doesn’t mean that I don’t have any chances At the least, I will definitely lead a troop of cavalry to attack Xiangyang After all, I suffered two defeats there As for command of the main invasion force, Pei Yun is a likelier candidate After all, he has continuously cotze River all these years Furtheriance, Haitao is also another potential candidate However, Suiyun, why aren’t you going? When the time comes, it is impossible that His Imperial Majesty won’t use your talents”

A hint of helplessness appeared in my eyes, as I replied, “Once the northern frontier is pacified, the foundations of Great Yong’s empire will be established Southern Chu will be conquered sooner rather than later Zhe has long grown tired of the affairs of the world If His Imperial Majesty is benevolent and allows me to retire, I will return to the Eastern Sea If His Iood place to call hoed , I have already betrayed many deceased friends If I invaded Chu at the head of an army, I probably wouldn’t have the face to return to my ho his own stupidity for failing to realize such a simple fact He proo Southern Chu is secretly weak There will be no need for you to participate”

Southern Chu weak? I sneered slightly I had received news about the results of the negotiations a few days ago Having consented to allow Southern Chu to cease its reparations, it would only take theth with the wealth of nan Were it not for the incompetence of the Southern Chufor Great Yong to conquer Southern Chu Besides, Lu Can was also present Having myself suffered at his hands, he was definitely not easy to handle