An Jun naturally didn't want the city to be built, but he was beaten back by Li Hao several times when he sent troops.
Once, Li Hao almost found an opportunity and counterattacked into Ziyang Pass.
Since then, Anjun has slowly calmed down, and will only send small teams to harass them symbolically.
So far, the An Army's attack on Su State ended in complete failure. Among the nearly 100,000 troops who attacked, less than 10,000 were organized and retreated. The remaining ones fled sporadically and more returned, but less than 20,000. , nearly 70,000 soldiers and horses were lost in the first battle.
Emperor An's Li Xun's prestige was greatly damaged, and he was unable to muster troops to counterattack. In addition, Chu State was invited by Su State to launch an attack on An State.
Moreover, he is now facing a big problem, which is the Queen's questioning about his affair with Beipan.
Due to the war between Ansu and Su, Queen Shen Tuhui temporarily tolerated the situation for the sake of the overall situation.
Originally, Emperor An and Li Xuan relied on the prestige of defeating the Su Kingdom to suppress this matter.
But this time he lost his troops and generals. Once this incident broke out in the court, his throne would be really unstable, and he had to think about it in advance.
So Emperor An chose to leave Hedong Marquis Xue Andu to command the troops, while he led a group of people back to the capital to deal with Chu's attack and stabilize the court situation.
After Emperor An left, Xue An didn't want to cause trouble, and even the previous harassment stopped.
From then on, the construction of the city embarked on a rapid process, and Li Hao had time to rest and deal with things that he had no time to deal with before.
For example, I have been detained in Hezhou City for more than a month.
Wang Kun had already written a letter to Li Hao, telling him about Duke Chu's violent beating of Zheng Zhuo, and asked Li Hao what he wanted to do with him.
It's just that Li Hao was busy with war matters at that time, so he didn't reply.
Immediately, Li Hao sent a message back and asked Wang Kun to send Chu Yuan to Yeyang City.
While Li Hao was waiting, the good news about Ziyang Pass finally reached the capital.
Prior to this, the battle report that Li Hao defeated the An army in Hezhou City and regained Bizhou and Yeyang along the way had been sent back.
Cui Ming and Wang Yi were extremely happy to know that Li Hao had escaped from danger and had shown great success in the war.
Wang Yi was frightened for a moment, so she wanted to ask Li Hao to come back quickly, but Cui Ming finally persuaded him.
After all, as the crown prince and the one who led the victory of this war, how could he leave before the war was over.
And now that Su Guo has taken the initiative, the frontline war is no longer so dangerous, and there is no need to recall him.
Of course, they are not the only ones who are happy. The princelings in the DPRK are also ecstatic about this.
For example, Zhang Han did not show it on the surface after his father brought the news of the battle.
But after returning to the boudoir, she still smiled. After all, who wouldn't want their husband to be a young genius with both civil and military skills.
And if something really happens to Li Hao this time, even though she hasn't officially gotten married yet, I'm afraid she won't end up well.
In ancient times, the name of Kefu was not something that ordinary women could bear, not to mention that she was married to the royal family.
However, some people were happy while others were disappointed, especially Concubine Zheng in the palace.
After all, with Li Hao's victory, her ambitions finally turned into bubbles.
Now she can only hope that her father can be gentler when he finally falls and retain some vitality for herself.
Li Hao waited for five days in Yeyang before Chu Yuan was sent over.
During this period of time, Chu Yuan also figured out that since Li Hao had left him behind, he would definitely not kill him. Either he was escorting him back to the dormitory to ask for credit, or he wanted to get something from him.
Being escorted here this time made him more inclined to the second type, so after seeing Li Hao, he said directly: "Your Highness sent someone all the way to escort me here, it is definitely not without purpose.
But let me make it clear in advance that we, Shaxi, have been loyal to Anguo for generations and there is no possibility of surrender. "
Li Hao smiled and said, "As I said before, I know Duke Chu's loyalty, so naturally I won't embarrass you with this.
In fact, I don’t want much. If you give me three thousand horses, I will let you go. "
As soon as Li Hao spoke about three thousand war horses, Chu Yuan immediately lost his composure: "Your Highness, you are so loud. Three thousand war horses are not enough. I can't bring out so many, so you should lock me up." Bar."
Li Hao ignored his complaints and continued with a smile: "Shaxi is one of the three major regions of Anguo. It owns more than ten horse farms and tens of thousands of horses in Anguo.
Although it hurt a little to take out 3,000 war horses, it would not hurt the muscles and bones. Why should the Duke be so excited? "
Chu Yuan replied: "What you said is easy. The price of a war horse in Anguo is forty taels of silver. Three thousand horses are one hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver. When converted into gold, it is twelve thousand taels."
And this is still in Anguo. The price will at least double when you go to Suguo. It is really not worth so much money here. "
Li Hao replied: "The public calculations of Chu Guo are good, but compared to the entire property of Sha Xixi, these should be only a small number."
When Chu Yuan heard this, his expression changed and he asked, "What do you mean?"
Li Hao said: "You should know better than me how mean and ungrateful Emperor An is. This time he sent troops to Anguo and suffered heavy losses, including his most trusted Sha Zhong.
In this case, he will definitely find a way to regain his strength as soon as possible, but now that Anguo is powerless to start a war, he can only look inward to make up for it.
Compared with Shadong, which is protected by Cui Guogong, Shaxi will naturally become a piece of fat without you. In other words, do you think that with your son's ability, you can protect Shaxi? "
Chu Yuan knew very well what his son was capable of, and he didn't have that ability at all.
At that moment, he began to feel relieved, but doing business must involve bargaining, so he tried it out.
"But now Ziyang Pass is completely closed. Before the war is completely over, the pass is blocked, so I can't deliver it to you even if I want to.
But when the road is cleared, I'm afraid the matter has already been settled, and it will be useless for me to go back by then. Maybe you are willing to let me go back first. "
Since Li Hao raised this point, he naturally thought of a solution and immediately said: "I naturally trust the character of Duke Chu, but when doing business, you still have to hand over the money and deliver the goods. You can't Breaking the rules.
As for how to deliver the things, Duke Chu doesn't need to worry. He only needs to send the horses to Wuyuan and someone will naturally take over.
I remember that there is a horse farm in Shaxi near Wuyuan, which is convenient for trading, and I can let you go as soon as possible. "
Chu Yuan mentioned Wu Yuan twice and seemed to have thought of something: "You want to transport the horses back through Qi State. Qi State can agree to this."
Li Hao did not explain, only said: "How to transport it back is my problem. As long as the things are delivered to the hands of the person who handed them over, I will send you off immediately."
Chuyuan was silent for a while, then made up his mind and said: "Two thousand horses, if you agree, I will write a letter immediately and let them prepare.
After all, I have mobilized a lot of military horses for this war, and the number of military horses in the ministry is not large to begin with.
And of these two thousand horses, I can only give you one thousand horses first, and the remaining thousand horses will have to wait until I step into Anguo before handing them over to your people. "
Li Hao said: "Chu Guo Gong is not sincere, and the counteroffer is not like this. Moreover, you are the one who is the swordsman now, so you can't be so stingy.
But since you mentioned it, I can't completely refuse to surrender. I have to give you this face.
This will deduct 500 horses from the total number for you. After the first batch of 2,000 horses is handed over, I will let you go and keep 500 horses as collateral. "
Then seeing that Chu Yuan still wanted to bargain, Li Hao added: "This is the final condition. If you continue to disagree, I will take you back to the capital to offer you as a prisoner for merit."
When I first saw Li Hao's strong words, he finally agreed and said, "Okay, then I'll do what you want."
When Li Hao saw this, he immediately changed his smiling face and shouted outside: "
Chen Xi, prepare the best paper and ink for Duke Chu. "
Chen Xi agreed upon hearing this and immediately brought up the paper and ink.
The speed was so fast that Chu Yuan's eyelids twitched, and he said, "It seems that His Highness is strategizing. I will agree to it."
Li Hao smiled and said: "The main thing is that this is a win-win situation. What reason does Duke Chu have to refuse?"
Chu Yuan snorted coldly, then came to the desk, started writing on it, and attached his own monogram.
Afterwards, he handed the paper to Li Hao and said, "You have people pass the letter to Wuyuan and give it to Wuyuan's commander Chu Yuanji. I believe this should not be a problem for you.
Then just ask your people to contact him and he will arrange it. "
After Li Hao took it, he took a quick look at it and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with it, then handed the thing to Chen Xi.
"Everything will be done according to Duke Chu Guo's instructions. In addition, all the supplies provided by Duke Chu Guo in Yeyang will be of the best quality. Don't let Duke Chu Guo suffer any injustice."
Chen Xi smiled and said, "Yes, I will tell you when I get back that I will serve Duke Chu well."
Chu Yuan didn't say anything to this, he just stood up and left. After all, he had paid so much, wouldn't it be normal for him to get a higher treatment?
After Chen Xi arranged for someone to send Chu Yuan away, he came to Li Hao again and asked, "Why did you agree to let him keep 500 horses as security? What if he doesn't give it back when he returns?"
Li Hao waved his hand and said: "I originally expected two thousand horses, which is probably the number of military horses that Wuyuan Racecourse can produce.
The reason why we say three thousand horses is to give him room for bargaining. If he has the best of the five hundred horses, he can accept it if he doesn't.
You should spread the letter quickly. This matter must be resolved as soon as possible to avoid any accidents. "
Just as Chen Xi was about to leave, he was suddenly stopped by Li Hao and asked, "By the way, where is Li Xun now and how far is he from Andu?"
Chen Xi replied: "Yesterday, there was news from Jinyiwei Feige that Li Xuan has arrived at Fengshan City. Calculating the distance, it will take at least half a month to reach Andu."
Li Hao was still thinking about Shen Tuhui's incident at this time. Although the conflict between Li Xun and Shen Tuhui had already appeared, Li Hao could not determine the specific time when it broke out.
After all, Shen Tuhui's father, Cui Guogong, is by Li Xun's side now, and Fengsha Dongfang also suffered a loss of troops this time. With the communication time this way, it is not difficult to achieve unification.
And if something happens to Shen Tuhui at this time, maybe it can divert the conflict for Li Xun, which can be said to be a lot of benefits.
But in order to control the situation to develop in the direction he wants, Li Xuan must be close to control. Therefore, the closer Li Xun is to Andu, the more dangerous Shen Tuhui is.
So Li Hao said: "Inform the Jinyi Guards in Andu to strengthen surveillance of the palace. If there are any abnormalities, report them in time. Also, do you have any news about Ren Xin? Is she in Andu?"
Chen Xi shook his head and replied: "This is really not the case. Zhu Yiwei has always been secretive in his actions. What's more, Ren Xin is also Zhu Yiwei's left envoy, specializing in assassinations."
Li Hao also expressed his understanding and asked Chen Xi to do the work.
But Li Hao didn't know that when he was asking questions, Ren Xin was indeed in Andu.
However, she soon received the edict, and Li Xuan called her to rush to Wudeyuan at night, where she would wait to welcome him.
Then when Li Xuan arrived, he punished Ren Xin and blamed her for not killing Li Hao before.
If she succeeds, there will be no big defeat outside the city of Hezhou. An army will definitely be able to successfully capture Hezhou, then sweep across the northern border of Su State and make great military exploits.
Of course, this is what he thinks in his heart, and he must not put it out in the open, otherwise it will appear that he is narrow-minded.
Anyway, he is the emperor, and if he finds other reasons to punish an unpopular leader of the guest organization, no one will feel sorry for Ren Xin.
After the punishment, Li Xuan directly gave the order: "You go to Yeyang City immediately. Cui Hao is there now. If you can't kill him this time, then you don't have to come back alive."
Ren Xin was forced to accept the order
, with the injuries on his body, he started to rush to Yeyang City.
But in fact, Li Xun didn't have much expectations for Ren Xin's assassination.
After all, the first unsuspecting assassination failed, and now that the war has just ended, Li Hao is on the front line, and the defense around him must be tighter, so the chance of success will be even lower.
The reason why he did this this time was to find a way to transfer Ren Xin away to create time for himself to deal with Shen Tuhui.
In addition, he was concerned about the influence and did not want to do it himself, so he sent people to the capital to spread the news, saying that he intended to make the second prince born to Shen Tuhui the crown prince. The reason was that he wanted to establish a direct heir to stimulate the eldest prince.
After the news spread, he took out the second prince and gave the place to the eldest prince, giving him a chance to take action.
Of course, if the eldest prince did not take action, he would have prepared a second plan.
Li Hao did not know about the news that Ren Xin was coming to Yeyang to assassinate him for the second time. He only knew that Li Xun stopped at Wudeyuan and would not leave.
However, the news from Wu Yuan came back quickly. After confirming that it was Chu Yuan's handwritten letter, Chu Yuanji decisively chose to cooperate.
If the caravan didn't need some time to arrange manpower, the transaction could be moved forward.
After the handover of the horses was completed, Li Hao immediately came to Chuyuan and asked him how he planned to leave.
