As a major transportation route connecting the Central Plains and Jingchu, Sui County is not as valued as Xiangyang, because it is originally a hilly area between Green Forest Mountain, Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain. Because the mountains are counties, the rocks are narrow and the roads are intertwined, it is said that there are 99 hills in the county, which are easy to enter but difficult to exit. With more than 10,000 troops, they cannot be spread out here.

This kind of mountainous land was a weak area under the rule of government in all dynasties. During the Xin Dynasty, the Green Forest Army developed northward in this area. Emperor Gengshi Liu Xuan committed an accident and fled here to hide. He joined the Green Forest early and had the opportunity to meet later.

After the collapse of the Green Man, neither the Red Eyebrow nor the Wei army could fully control Sui County. The powerful hiding in the Ninety-Nine Roofs, and it was normal for Wei officials to order not to leave the county town. In the spring, Liu Xiu sent people to sneak into Nanyang to incite the matter. His hometown Chongling did not stir up splashes, but Sui County made a big splash. The former Green Forest Old Ministry and local tyrants responded one after another, and the county was almost not owned by the Wei State.

Cen Peng's clone was too skillful and his Yin consciousness was beyond reach. The rebellion in Sui County was delayed. In this situation, it was no surprise that Liu Xiu easily fought back with less than 10,000 troops.

After many years, the Yanyan Han Banner was planted back to Nanyang for the first time. After several wars, this remote county became more and more poor. You could see begging people all over the streets. The Han army went to the countryside to search for grain, but it was difficult to find any food. The fields with green millet seedlings emerged and were abandoned again due to the war.

"What are the people?"

Liu Xiu saw it, which means that if he wanted to defend Sui County, he had to transfer rice and grain from Jiangxia to meet the needs of the garrison and local powerful armed forces.

Compared with Xiangyang, which decided to take the lead in the Han and Wei dynasties, Suixian was like a meatless chicken rib. He was reluctant to throw it away, but he couldn't chew the meat. Liu Xiu just didn't want it to remain in the hands of the enemy. This time, he further restrained the fifth reunion in Nanyang, and relieved the pressure of Feng Yi and Deng Yu on the front line of Xiangyang. At this time, Liu Xiu didn't know Deng Yu's defeat and Feng Yi's withdrawal.

Qiang Hua, a Confucian scholar who followed the army, found Liu Xiu an extra reason to guard Sui County.

"Your Majesty, there is a township in Sui County called Lingshe Township, and there is a small hill called Duanshe Hill!"

Qianghua was Liu Xiu's roommate when he was in the Imperial College in Chang'an. He happened to be from Sui County and was half a fellow villager with Liu Xiu. When he was studying, he was very interested in the Five Classics, but instead worshiped hermits and alchemists from all over the world and studied the study of prophecies and divination. When Liu Xiu became emperor, he traveled thousands of miles to present the "Chi Fu Fu" to provide a theoretical basis.

Liu Xiu also reciprocated his favor and asked him to be a "doctoral priest". This time he guided Sui County, he asked him, a local, to be a guide.

But Qianghua tasted the sweetness and spared no effort to find more evidence for Liu Xiu to prove his return to the sky. Now he is eyeing the Duansheqiu in Sui County.

Qianghua began to tell the story of that place: "Hundreds of years ago, Sui County was granted the title of Suihou Kingdom. When the tenth generation of Suihou was in power, he passed by the water and saw a big snake. It was injured and interrupted, but its head and tail were still moving. Suihou suspected that this snake was a god, so he sent someone to use medicine to help it. The snake could walk, so he called it the "Broken Snake Hill".

"After one year, the snake returned and carried a pearl in its mouth to repay it. The pearl was full of inches of diameter, and there was light at night, like the moon shining, and it could be used to be candles. Therefore, it was called Suihouzhu. This thing later fell into the hands of the King of Chu, and it was the treasure of the southern country, as famous as the Heshi Bi."

Liu Xiu listened with relish. He was quite enthusiastic about these prophecies and divinations, and also asked about Sui Hou Zhu's whereabouts later.

Qianghua said: "After Qin destroyed Chu, Sui Houzhu also fell into Qin Shihuang's hands, and there was no more scout. Some people said that Sui Houzhu was buried with Qin Shihuang and was buried in the tomb instead of candles."

"But..." Seeing Liu Xiu's face showing regret, Qianghua presented the good things he got after returning to Sui County at the right time: "There is also a saying that there is more than one Sui Hou Zhu, but many. After I returned with Your Majesty, I accidentally got this thing in the Shifang, and I suspected that it was Sui Zhu!"

After saying that, Qianghua presented the "supreme treasure", but saw that the thing in his hand was indeed small beads with an inch diameter, with very beautiful colors, and the surface was covered with concentric circles of different colors, with blue and white colors. It was quite cold and smooth when pinched in his hand.

Although the night does not shine, there are indeed some flickering lights under the sun and candlelight, and the color is like a dragonfly's compound eyes. If a person looks at it for a long time, he will feel that his eyes are also staring at him, which makes him feel even more mysterious.

Liu Xiu showed this thing to his confidants, and they all amaze, saying that they had never seen it before: If the fifth reunion is here, they would definitely laugh out loud. Isn’t this thing just a glass bead?

This object is called "Dragonfly Eye", which is lead-barium glass invented in the Spring and Autumn Period. It was buried in the tomb as an ornament. Later, this technology was lost with the war. Occasionally, the tombs were stolen in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the dragonfly Eyes were flowed out and sold as "Suizhu". After Qianghua obtained it, he regarded it as a treasure.

He insisted that this was Sui Houzhu!

Qianghua began to sublimate the matter: "Your Majesty, when Emperor Gaozu killed the white snake, he became prosperous in the former Han Dynasty. Today, Your Majesty cut the snake hill in Sui County and gained the treasure Suizhu that had been lost for hundreds of years. Isn't this the will of the Yan Han Dynasty again?"

General Zang Gong, the general of Suizheng, disagreed with it and questioned: "Wait, Emperor Gaozu killed the white snake in Pei County to cut the long snake with one sword and two swords; but this broken snake hill was Suihou who combined the broken snake into one, and the two things were completely opposite. How can it be?

Qianghua laughed loudly and said that Zang Gong didn't know how to do it, and then mysteriously talked about a prophecy: "When I was in Pei County, I heard from the local old man that in the past, the white python actually spoke in front of the high emperor killing the snake!"

"The python said, if you kill my head, your family will die from the head. If you kill my tail, your flesh will rot from the bottom to the top."

"As a result, the Emperor Gao cut off the white python from the middle. As the white python struggled, he still said wildly: Your country should also be cut off from it!"

Speaking of this, Qiang Hua explained his story clearly: "The former Han Dynasty was passed down to Emperor Ping, and a 'python' usurped the Han Dynasty as a new one. Fortunately, the Han Dynasty had never been defeated. His Majesty reorganized the mountains and rivers and re-created the Han Dynasty in the southeast. However, in this way, the Han Dynasty was indeed broken into two halves like a spiritual snake. Isn't it necessary to bridge the prophecy of the Snake Hill to wipe out the princes and make the Han Dynasty continue the country?"

These two stories that had nothing to do with each other were forcibly stitched together. General Fu Wei Zang Gong was stunned, but it was difficult to refute. He was just a traveler in Yingchuan County in the past, and he could only barely understand the text and snippets to discuss how prophecies and divinations are the opponents of Qianghua?

Among the ministers who were listening, some even made a sudden realization and believed Qianghua's words.

From beginning to end, Liu Xiu only played with the "Suhou Zhu" in his hand, and listened to Qianghua's bragging with a smile. At the end, he smiled and said, "There is such a prophecy. It seems that I should pay homage to the Broken Snake Hill to build a monument for Sue Hou and Lingshe."

The story is bizarre and far-fetched. He is indeed superstitious, but he is not confused about this. However, Liu Xiu's small court is too weak, and the climax of people's hearts has passed. He must use the power of prophecies and divination stories as a helping force to unite people's hearts.

By the way, if someone proposes to abandon Sui County because of fear of the enemy, Liu Xiu can also use this story to block their mouths.

However, the acquisition of "Suihouzhu" did not bring any good luck to Liu Xiu. After only one day, Jingxiang's defeat spread to Sui County.

When he heard that Deng Yu had lost more than 10,000 troops and escaped with only twenty-four people, Liu Xiu's fist suddenly became hard, which meant that the Han army had lost one eighth. He was only angrily cursed: "Deng Yu, return it to my brigade!"

But Liu Xiu still maintained a good cultivation, and did not completely deny Deng Yu because of his anger. He just endured it until he learned the next bad news.

Ma Wu was captured and died in this battle!

Liu Xiu was stunned at first, then suddenly stood up, then covered his chest with his hands, grabbed his clothes tightly, and burst into tears!

...

As a great hero in the Green Forest, Ma Wu was very fond of wine and talked without any choice, laughing and scolding, and there were many enemies and friends. His death greatly inspired the fighting spirit of Liu Xiu. For a time, former Green Forest generals and ministers who participated in the Battle of Kunyang came to ask for their orders.

Especially General Fu Wei Zang Gong, who joined the Green Forest Army as a junior official in the Xin Dynasty. He worked under Ma Wu for a while, and was later recommended to Liu Xiu by Ma Wu, and had the best relationship with him.

The old boss died in battle, and Zang Gong was so sad that he was dead. His eyes were red, and it was not bloodshot, but hatred. He bowed three times, hoping that Liu Xiu could continue to march from Sui County to go north and attack Wancheng, thinking that Ma Wu was resentful.

"I am willing to be the vanguard of the front and capture the fifth reunion in front of you."

This is a big talk. Although Liu Xiu was also sad, he was not overwhelmed by anger.

He was wearing squids and although he was related to Ma Wu, he was already a great favor as the emperor to mourn his ministers. In addition, Liu Xiu insisted on keeping a guard for Ma Wu, and all the ministers were moved.

But when Liu Xiu helped Zang Palace up, he sighed, "To the north of Sui County is the Baishui Township of Chongling, where my ancestor and father's tomb are located. Xiu looked north day and night, how could he forget it for a day?"

"General Ma is my wife and brother-in-law. He has been with him for many years. Now he loses his brother, and he feels like a broken arm. He is painful day and night, and he tossed and turned and cried. This love and hatred is the same as you."

However, the current situation is extremely unfavorable to the Han Dynasty. With the great defeat of Jingxiang, Feng Yi retreated south to protect the new force and was unable to support him for a while. Liu Xiuruo raised an army and became an isolated army...

On the other side of the enemy, General Zheng Tong of Hengye had already moved south from Yingrun, just north of Sui County.

Cen Peng also stopped pursuing Feng Yi and began to consolidate Xiang and Fan, to the west of Sui County.

In addition, the Fifth Reun also has many troops in Wancheng. Liu Xiu was going to be attacked from three sides, so that the dispute between Han and Wei ended early!

"Great revenge will be avenged, and hometown will be restored, but you must not be too anxious. If this happens, you will be able to get the fifth trick and make more soldiers die in vain."

After finally appeased his ministers, Liu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, but was quite excited. He felt depressed in his heart. After thinking about it, he only smiled bitterly and said, "If my brother Bosheng is still here, he will definitely go straight to Wancheng regardless of everything."

But he was different from his brother. He dared to fight for 300,000 in his early years. Yu Kunyang became famous in one fell swoop, became the King of Wu, and became the emperor. With more and more people, he had to work hard and deal with it carefully, because Liu Xiu, who was facing the new dynasty, was not the native chicken and tile dog of the new dynasty.

But the most vicious enemy!

After calming down, Liu Xiu began to hold the "Suhou Zhu" in his hand and pondered. Jing Xiang lost too badly in the battle, almost cutting the back of the Han army. The generals shirked responsibility for each other, the morale of the three armies was low, and they lost confidence in victory. In this case, how can we bridge the broken snake like Suihou?

So Liu Xiu called General Fu Wei Zang Gong and left him 5,000 soldiers to guard Sui County. Liu Xiu took Sui County with the original intention of adding icing on the cake, but unexpectedly it became the only benefit gained by the Eastern Han Dynasty in this battle, and it also became the only barrier west of the Jianghuai River. It must be defended!

Liu Xiu himself went south to Jiangxia County at night. Here, he saw Deng Yu who was nervous and came to apologize and hoped that the emperor would give him death.

Deng Yu felt ashamed and felt that he was so good at talking when he commented on military affairs in the past. Now that he had messed up everything, he faced the emperor again, so he carried the thorns into the camp, bowed in front of Liu Xiu, and scolded him.

It was he who lost the key battle, and in an extremely embarrassed manner, that the general died in battle. Liu Xiu could have completely put all the pot on Deng Yu's head and slaughtered it to calm the anger of the people, while he himself was still wise and powerful.

Unexpectedly, after Liu Xiu came over, he gently pulled off a jingle that Deng Yu went north, but did not hit the young Deng Situ, but suddenly rushed towards his left palm! This time it was a real blow, and it was extremely hard, and bright red blood marks suddenly appeared on it!

"Your Majesty, what is your Majesty doing?" Deng Yu and the ministers in the tent were shocked and hurriedly stopped him.

Liu Xiu took this opportunity to look at everyone and gave an extremely profound self-reflection in a deep tone.
Chapter completed!