Hearing his uncle mention his mother, a trace of loneliness flashed through Yang Xun's eyes, and the corners of his eyes could not help but heat up.
"You're such a bastard, what are you talking about on this big day?"
At this moment, an old man with all white hair walked out of Liu's house with a cane. After glaring at Liu Tianxi fiercely, he was about to kneel down in front of Yang Xun.
"Old Liu Tuo pays homage to the prince!"
Yang Xun quickly stepped forward, supported the old man who was about to kneel down, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, there is no need to be polite. Is grandpa in good health?"
"Okay! Don't stand here, go inside and stay for dinner tonight!" The old man grinned and looked at Yang Xun with kind eyes.
"I'm going to buy vegetables!" After Liu Yao said that, she ran away with the vegetable basket in hand.
"This girl is always in trouble." Liu Tianxi said angrily.
Yang Xun smiled and said nothing, and entered the Liu Mansion with his grandfather and uncle.
As soon as he arrived at the main hall, the old man looked back at Liu Tianxi and said, "Go and take out the two jars of good wine in the cellar."
Liu Tianxi responded, turned and left.
After Liu Tianxi left, the old man grabbed Yang Xun's hand and mysteriously pulled Yang Xun aside.
"Grandson, how many soldiers and horses did you bring this time?" the old man asked in a low voice.
"Including the 80,000 Xuanjia Army, there should be about 300,000, but there are 100,000 in Chuzhou." Yang Xun said truthfully.
"So many?" The old man was a little surprised, "It seems that I am worrying too much."
Three hundred thousand soldiers and horses were enough to give King Ping Nan a fight. No wonder Yang Xun dared to march into the capital unscrupulously.
"Grandpa is worried about King Pingnan?" Yang Xun asked.
The old man nodded and said: "Originally, I still thought that King Pingnan was powerful. Your best choice was to continue to accumulate strength in Beiyan. There are many military strongholds in the north. Even if King Pingnan captured the capital, he would not be able to go north. Wait. After a few years of development, we can then send our troops south to unify the Central Plains."
"But now it seems that your power is almost the same as that of King Pingnan, and your old ideas are still too conservative."
As he said that, the old man sighed again: "Grandson, there is a saying that I don't know whether to say or not?"
"Grandpa, please tell me."
The old man suddenly looked solemn and said: "King Pingnan colluded with the barbarians in the south to take advantage of our Han people. He is actually a traitor to the country. The barbarians are cruel by nature. Wherever they go, all the Han people are slaughtered. The heads of the four southern states are rolling and blood is flowing. Chenghe has become a purgatory on earth!"
"The imperial court is fatuous, and the people of the Central Plains are complaining. Now that a woman has become emperor, all the strength of the Qian Dynasty has been exhausted. If we can destroy the traitors in the country at this moment, save the common people, and bring the people of the world back to their hearts, then we can achieve hegemony!"
"I sincerely ask the prince to send troops south to prevent King Pingnan from taking over the Central Plains. First, it is to protect the people of the world from being bullied and massacred by foreigners. Second, it is to unify the country and achieve hegemony!"
The old man said and bowed deeply to Yang Xun.
"Grandpa, what are you doing?"
Yang Xun quickly supported the old man, and the corners of his eyes twitched. The old man was asking him to destroy King Pingnan and become the emperor himself!
The old man did not recommend Yang Xun to go south before because he felt that Yang Xun was not strong enough and was not a match for King Pingnan, and he was also afraid that Yang Xun would be restricted by the court and follow in the footsteps of Yang Huai.
But today he also saw with his own eyes that Yang Xun didn't pay attention to the empress at all. Where did the restriction come from? Now that he knew that Yang Xun had 300,000 soldiers and horses, how could the old man still sit still?
As the former Minister of the Ministry of War, the old man is also a man who can bring peace to the world with his pen and a man who can decide the world with his horse.
Although he had retired from office, he still cared about the people. Seeing King Pingnan gradually advancing northward, the imperial army was defeated repeatedly. The old man was so anxious that he could not sleep all night long.
He was not worried about the Li family's power, but he couldn't bear to see the Han people being massacred and ravaged by those southern barbarians.
For his own ambition and for the barbarians to sacrifice their lives for him, King Pingnan repeatedly indulged the barbarians and allowed the devils to burn, kill and loot.
According to the people who fled from the south, the barbarians killed everyone they saw and robbed everything they saw. The four states in the south had become mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and the water in the rivers was red.
The old man only regrets that he is too old and frail to mount his horse and kill all the foreigners.
But now, his grandson has this ability!
If Yang Xun can really destroy these barbarians and restore the Han Dynasty, what if he becomes the emperor? Who in the world would dare to say no?
"Grandpa, don't worry. My grandson has a grudge against King Pingnan for killing his father. This time he comes to Beijing and plans to have a chance encounter with King Pingnan!" Yang Xun said coldly, with murderous intent in his eyes.
"Seriously?" The old man's eyes lit up and he was a little excited.
"My grandson doesn't dare to deceive his grandfather, but before that, he plans to capture the four states of the Central Plains to prevent a clown from sneaking up from behind when he fights with King Pingnan!"
The clowns mentioned by Yang Xun naturally refer to the King of Qi and the King of Qin.
These two guys have been accumulating strength since the beginning of King Pingnan's rebellion. Yang Xun had sent people to check on the two of them before, and both of them were very unfriendly to Beiyan.
If they are not taken down first, Yang Xun is likely to be attacked from both sides.
However, now that the imperial army has withdrawn from Wuzhou to Qizhou, King Pingnan will definitely take Qizhou and Dongyu next.
King Dongwu of Dongyu was crippled, but with King Qi and the imperial army in Qizhou helping Yang Xun hold off King Pingnan, Yang Xun could free up his hands to deal with King Qin.
The old man stroked his beard and thought for a while, and soon understood the stakes involved, so he nodded and said: "Of course I am, because I am impatient. This matter needs to be discussed in the long run. It will only cause suffering to the people in the south."
Yang Xun sighed and said helplessly: "Grandpa, the matter has come to this, there is no use worrying. As long as the King of Qi and the imperial court join forces, at least the people of Qizhou will have no worries. After my grandson takes Qinzhou, he will send troops to Qizhou. I will definitely do it then." Give those southern barbarians a hard blow!"
Speaking of this, Yang Xun couldn't help but feel worried. What if King Qi and King Pingnan join forces?
At that time, not only the imperial army will be in danger of being destroyed, but once Qizhou is defeated, even Qianjing City will be exposed to the axes of the southern barbarians!
It seems that we need to speed up the control of the four states of the Central Plains. I still have 450,000 points. When I go back, I will explode my troops. I will take down the three states of Chu, Qin and Spring first!
I just hope that guy Qi Wang doesn’t do anything stupid!
At this moment, Liu Yao jumped into the yard holding a basket of vegetables in her left hand and a chicken in her right hand.
"Cousin, I've bought the vegetables. I'll make you some chicken stewed with mushrooms later so you can have a taste of my cooking."
"Yes, yes, try your sister's cooking. Her cooking is delicious."
Seeing Liu Yao, the old man immediately calmed down the sharpness on his face and turned into a kind-hearted old man again.
"Thank you for your hard work, cousin." Yang Xun smiled.
"No hard work, no hard work."
Liu Yao chuckled, seeming to remember something, and said: "By the way, cousin, there are many noble people outside, saying they want to give you gifts..."
