The plum blossoms were three times, and Xiang Zhuang felt a little overwhelmed. After that, he hugged Widow Qin and fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, Xiang Zhuang was suddenly shocked by a huge noise. He quickly put on his clothes and sat up from the couch. Widow Qin also sat up naked and quickly put a big cloak on Xiang Zhuang. It was already autumn and the night was cold. If the king caught a cold, wouldn’t the queen and the concubines in the harem be skinned?

Xiangzhuang hurried out of the cabin with a big cloak, and met Jin Xiang standing solemnly with his knife in front of him.

"Zicheng, what's going on?" A gust of night wind blew, and Xiang Zhuang instinctively tightened his cloak.

"Your Majesty, look." Jin Xiang said with his finger to the northwest, "There are fires there, and there are people fighting. Jin Zhong has already rushed over with Hu Ben's left camp. I believe the news will be coming back soon."

Xiang Zhuang looked in the direction of Jin Xiang's finger and saw a fire rising from the sky in the northwest direction.

After waiting less than half a quarter of an hour, a tiger-bearing warrior reported that a group of thousands of thieves tried to attack Ao Cang, but they had been repelled by the soldiers guarding Ao Cang.

"Thousands of thieves?" Xiang Zhuang said with a sniff, "The thieves in the Wei State are so rampant?"

After pondering for a while, Xiang Zhuang ordered Jin Xiang again: "Zicheng, immediately condemn the flying cavalry to Xingyang, and let Gao Chu come to Ao Cang overnight to meet me. I have to ask him carefully how he governed the Wei State."

"Yes!" Jin Xiang replied with a loud bang and took the order.

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Xingyang is only thirty miles away from Aocang, and Gaochu quickly arrived soon after the horse whipped up.

Due to Daliang and Dingtao, after Xiang Zhuang was granted the title of Wei State, Wei King Wei Cuo chose the capital of the country in Xingyang City, which had a relatively complete city.

When the king and his minister saw the courtesy, Xiang Zhuang asked, "Shizhi, why have the thieves in the Wei Kingdom not been eliminated yet?"

Gao Chu smiled wryly and said, "Master, you are not afraid of laughing when you say it. I led my troops to clean up several times. As a result, not only did not eliminate these thieves, but it became increasingly rampant."

Xiang Zhuang said: "Why does this happen?"

Gao Chu said: "There are two main reasons. One is that the combat effectiveness of the Wei army is too low. The other is that most of the thieves who fought for houses and houses in the Wei State were defeated soldiers, and there were a large number of them!"

After the Han army was defeated in the Mianshui War, more than 200,000 people were killed in battle. More than 200,000 people were captured and died one after another. The remaining more than 100,000 people fled to various counties in Wei and became thieves who occupied the mountains and became kings and robbed their families. Xiang Zhuang knew about this situation, so he sent Gao Chu, the general, to take charge of the State of Wei.

However, in recent years, Gao Chu has not been able to quell the bandits in Wei, which is somewhat beyond Xiang Zhuang's expectations.

Xiang Zhuang said: "Shizhi, most of the soldiers of the Wei army were veterans under the tent of King Peng Yue of Liang. More than ten years ago, these were all a group of tigers and wolves. Why have they now become a group of sheep?"

Gao Chu said: "I guess there may be two reasons. One is that they are older. Most of these soldiers are over 40 years old, and the youngest is over 30 years old. But this is not the main reason. The main reason is that I feel that these soldiers have no trace of fighting spirit in their hearts."

Xiang Zhuang nodded silently, and he seemed to understand a little.

If an army wants to maintain strong combat power, it must have a soul, that is, a military soul. For the Liang army that was once, Liang Wang Peng Yue was undoubtedly their military soul. However, with Peng Yue's decay and with the demise of the Liang Kingdom, the military soul of this army had disappeared.

The army that has lost its military spirit is like a group of tigers and wolves that have lost their sharp teeth and claws, and has no ferociousness at all. This is probably the main reason why these tens of thousands of Liang army prisoners can no longer recover their combat effectiveness. In other words, these more than 40,000 Liang army prisoners can no longer join the army, and they will only be farmers in their lives.

Gao Chu said again: "King, if you can transfer 20,000 troops from Jiangdong, I will be confident that I will eliminate the bandits in three months."

"I won't mention this matter for now." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said, "The left and right generals and military advisors are coming back from Liaodong. Let's go back and make a decision with them. You will also attend at that time and strive to establish a general strategy." After a pause, Xiang Zhuang said, "Since Wei became the King of Wei, have you not made any small moves in Xingyang, right?"

"Just him?" Gao Chu said sneering, "He doesn't even come out of the palace!"

Xiang Zhuang would have misunderstood Gao Chu's meaning, and said hypocritically: "Hey, Shizhi, this is wrong. No matter what, he is the King of Wei. Once the news of you putting him under house arrest in the palace is spread, your reputation will be bad."

"I didn't put him under house arrest, but he didn't want to go out." Gao Chuyu said disdainfully, "Your Majesty, you absolutely can't imagine what this guy has done." Without waiting for Xiang Zhuang to ask, he continued, "This guy didn't even allow his dozens of concubines and palace maids to wear clothes. Are you ridiculous?"

"He can go." Xiang Zhuang smiled, "Hehe, let him go."

While the king and his ministers were chatting, a large group of people continued to drive away. They first entered the river from Ao Cang, then moved into the Luo River from near Chenggao, and walked westward of the Luo River less than fifty miles before reaching outside the east gate of Luoyang.

Xiangzhuang stood on the bow of the boat and looked from afar. He saw dust flying inside and outside the city of Luoyang City, and teams of craftsmen and servants were walking through. The entire busy large construction site, the dozens of concubines in the harem who were also standing on the bow of the boat and looking at Luoyang, suddenly sighed. Obviously, the first impression that the new capital Luoyang gave them was very bad.

Xiang Zhuang didn't care at all. The conditions in Luoyang were a bit bitter, but it was conducive to the great cause of unification!

What's more, the hardships of Luoyang are only temporary. In Chinese history, Luoyang is a famous ancient capital of the ten dynasties, and its potential is absolutely incomparable to Ziling. In at most ten years, Luoyang will develop into a prosperous city that is not inferior to Ziling. By then, its population size is likely to exceed 500,000!

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Dou Yifang woke Liu Heng up from his sleep and said softly: "King, it's time for you to go to court."

Liu Heng turned his head and looked out the window. He saw that it was still dark, so he said unwillingly: "It's still early. My dear concubine, please let me take a look for a while. I was exhausted last night."

Dou Yifang's beautiful pretty face turned slightly red, and he insisted: "King, this is the day of the moon today, and the Prime Minister has returned from Hexi."

"It's bad." Liu Heng suddenly turned over and sat up, slapped his forehead and said, "Why did I forget this? If I look back late, my father will definitely scold me again. Hurry up, take my cloak over."

Dou Yifang got up and took the big cloak to put it on for Liu Heng, and then served Liu Heng to wash it up and put it on his crown. Then Liu Heng hurried out of the bedroom and headed straight for the main hall of Weiyang Palace.

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The bell sounded brightly, Bai Mo and Chen Ping were the first, and all civil and military officials followed him, picked up the white marble steps, and then entered the Weiyang Palace Hall. Bai Mo and Chen Ping looked solemn, talking about something while walking.

Bai Mo said worriedly: "Taoshi, I heard that Xiang Zhuang has arrived in Ao Cang, and it is a foregone conclusion that Chu State has moved its capital to Luoyang."

Bai Mo was very insightful about Xiangzhuang's motivation to move the capital to Luoyang. Obviously, Xiangzhuang thought that Ziling was too far away from the Central Plains. After moving the capital to Luoyang, the distance between the Chu court and Han, Han, Zhao, Qi and other countries was greatly shortened. In this way, once something happened around the country, Chu could react quickly.

There is another wonderful use that cannot be ignored when Xiangzhuang moved the capital to Luoyang.

As Chu moved its capital to Luoyang, in order to protect the security of the court, the defenses of Sanchuan County and Wei State will definitely be greatly strengthened. If the Han army, Han army, Zhao army, and even Qi army want to invade Chu, it will not be so easy. Then the most prosperous Jiangdong counties in Chu State will become the real rear of Chu State.

In addition, moving the capital to Luoyang can also greatly drive the development of three counties and Wei territory. Once the Sanchuan County and Wei territory develop, the national strength of Chu will usher in another leap. Since the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, Sanchuan County and Wei territory have become the real Central Plains, and the fertility level of its land is not comparable to that of Guanzhong.

So, moving the capital to Luoyang is a wonderful chess that can beat three birds with one hand!

Chen Ping also saw the pros and cons, and sighed: "Yes, I really didn't expect that Xiangzhuang would do such a big deal to move the capital easily. It's amazing, how amazing."

Bai Mo sighed: "From now on, my Han Kingdom will be exhausted from defense."

Chen Ping nodded silently and then said, "What does the Prime Minister go to Hexi here, what does the Yuezhi King say?"

Bai Mo shook his head and said in a deep voice: "The attitude of the Yuezhi King is much ambiguous than before."

Half a year ago, the Huns suffered consecutive blows, especially the Zhuli tribe, which was the core of the Huns, almost lost all the cattle, sheep, women and children. In order to compete for the remaining women, children, cattle and sheep, the Zhuli tribe broke out in a large-scale melee with hundreds of small Hun tribes. No matter what the final result of this melee, the Huns were definitely finished.

The Huns were about to be defeated, and King Yuezhi had a different idea of ​​the grasslands in the north of the Mo River.

King Yuezhi was also an ambitious tribe leader. If Yuezhi could occupy the desert of Guangmao, within thirty years, the Yuezhi people would become another powerful "Huns".

However, the ambition of the King of Yuezhi obviously touched the sensitive nerves of the Han monarchs and ministers. Bai Mo did not want to take all his efforts to defeat the Huns, but the Yuezhi collapsed. Therefore, when the Yuezhi had just occupied Xiu Tuze and Hun Xieze, and slightly showed his ambition to try to erode the entire Hexi grassland, Bai Mo decisively came forward to warn him.

However, the results of this mission did not seem to be satisfactory.

Chen Ping frowned and said unhappily: "The threat of the Huns has just been lifted, and King Yuezhi is planning to destroy the bridge across the river? He really thinks his wings are already hard?"

Bai Mo nodded and said in a deep voice: "It seems that we must give the Yuezhi people a stern warning. Taking advantage of this opportunity of the salt and iron franchise, you might as well hit them. You should see if there is no salt, how many days can the Yuezhi people last?"
Chapter completed!