And Liu Yu also seemed to have the heart to fight a trapped beast. Tens of thousands of troops hoarded the city, making Chang'an an impenetrable fortified city.

"What a majestic city." Xue Rengui looked at the city in front of him. Compared with it, the people like himself are like a group of ants.

"Chang'an in the Qin and Han Dynasties was originally built on the basis of the former Han Dynasty. Although it can't restore the original grandeur, it is still similar." Yuwen Chengdu on the side said.He has been guarding Xichui and dealt with the Qin and Han Dynasties. Although he has seen Chang'an from a distance, this is the first time in his life that he has seen its magnificence so closely.

Today, the Qi army has gone deep alone. Although it has captured the land of Hanzhong, the rest of the Yongliang and Liangzhou states are still in the hands of Liu Bei's old troops.Although Chang'an is an isolated city, it was still the capital of the Qin and Han Dynasties.

If it is a strong attack, I am afraid that there will be a lot of casualties.

No matter how crazy Yuwen Chengdu is, it is impossible to use the soldiers and horses in his hands to storm the city. Now that there is constant friction between Daqi and Nantang, the army will surely go south.If too many soldiers and horses are lost on the western front, it will definitely affect the overall situation.

Xue Rengui believes that it is time to encircle rather than attack.More than [-] Qi troops surrounded Chang'an on all sides, waiting for work and waiting for an opportunity.

At this moment, Liu Yu in the Chang'an Palace was disheartened.It was not easy to steal the power of Qin and Han, but in less than two months, Xue Rengui lost the headquarters of Hanzhong, and he was left with only a lonely city.

He stared blankly at the civil and martial arts in front of him.

"The Qi army besieged and did not attack, intending to trap us to death. What do you think we should do?"

Today's imperial court is clearly divided into two factions.

One faction is Liu Bei's old department headed by Yang Su, including Sun Qian, Jia Kui, Qianzhao, Tian Yu and others.

One faction is Liu Yuxin's trusted aides, headed by Liu Muzhi and He Wuji.

Liu Yu's words, for Yang Su and other old ministries, are no less than a cow sinking in the mud, without a sound.

Liu Muzhi went out and said: "I would like to inform the regent that the food and grass in the city can last for two months. If the enemy does not retreat within two months, Chang'an will definitely miss."

"Two months? That's fine."

Liu Yu let out a sigh of relief. He thought that the battle had been going on for a long time, and there was not much food in Chang'an.

But I didn't expect that it could last for two months, and I finally heard a piece of news that wasn't too bad.

Since there are still two months to go, now is the time to figure out how to survive the most critical moment in front of us.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the strength of the enemy and our armies is balanced. Even though Chang'an is strong, as the saying goes, if you defend for a long time, you will lose. The last general is willing to lead the army to take the initiative. If you can't win, please behead me!" Jianwei General Shen Tianzi asked for his life.

"No!" Liu Mushang objected.

"My lord, we are weak. If we forcefully attack the Qi army, even if we win, it will be difficult to restore the overall situation. In my opinion, we should immediately issue an imperial edict to Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and others to restore their official positions and reward them generously. Assist the government together, and invite them to lead the army to retreat the Qi army."

The hall suddenly fell into a dead silence, and everyone's eyes were on Liu Yu, waiting for the monarch to make a final decision.

Although Liu Yu wanted to fight, but after hearing Liu Muzhi's words, he resolutely curbed his own thoughts, and immediately asked Liu Muzhi to write an imperial edict and pass it on to Guan Zhang and others.

Chapter 871

Guan Yu from Beidi, Feng Yi, Zhang Fei, and Ma Chao from Liangzhou received documents from Liu Yu respectively.

Liu Yu passed on the emperor's oral edict and granted Guan Yu the title of Yong Gong, Zhang Fei the title of Yan Gong, and Ma Chao the title of Liang Gong.

Chen Ken was talked about in the document, revealing the true feelings.Even though Guan Yu and the others were dissatisfied with Liu Yu, they could only focus on the overall situation at the moment.

If the Qi army entered Chang'an, the big man would really be wiped out.

When they became sworn brothers in Taoyuan, the three brothers vowed to revive Dahan.Now that the elder brother Liu Bei has left them, if Guan and Zhang lost the world due to internal fighting, they might not have the face to see their elder brother after death.

After much deliberation, they were still called to join the army.

More than 3 soldiers from Guan and Zhang, and [-] soldiers from Ma Chao came to Chang'an together.

The situation continued to turn upside down in just half a month. Xue Rengui and Yu Wencheng were afraid of the encirclement of the Han army, so the two armies retreated slowly.Xue Rengui occupied Yangping Pass and stationed troops in Hanzhong with the intention of Yongliang.Yuwen Chengdu took advantage of the situation to take down Wuguan, and used the danger of Tongguan and Wuguan to resist the army of Qin and Han.

On the other hand, in Qin and Han Dynasties, because of Liu Bei's death, one-third of the land was lost at once, the country's population was lost on a large scale, and its national power was even weaker.Even though Liu Yu sacrificed his own interests to win over Guan Zhang and others, everyone knew that the current peace was only temporary.

Sooner or later, scuffle will break out in Guanzhong.

When the Qin and Han dynasties were in turmoil, another round of changes broke out in the south of the Yangtze River.

Under Cao Anmin's plan and Mi Zhu's unified deployment, all the wealthy merchants in the entire Qi State joined hands and caused a great disturbance in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

A large number of various materials have been snapped up, especially the two necessities of medicinal materials and food.Under the joint efforts of many wealthy businessmen, they were sold out one after another, and the price was also rising steadily.

At the beginning, Mi Zhu only planned to let the rich merchants snap up and buy it back from the imperial court.But when the matter was forwarded to Cao Anmin, Cao Anmin made a decisive decision and directly asked the Ministry of Households to print national bonds in a big way, and went to Jiangnan to buy this kind of blank paper that was about to be invalidated.

It is also because of Qi's wanton printing of national bonds that the inflation in the south of the Yangtze River has become more and more serious.

The first inflation in the history of Dahan also started from this.

Inside the Imperial Palace of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Liu Wenjing bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the country of Qi has purchased a lot, and now the prices in every market are skyrocketing. When I went there yesterday, the price of a bucket of rice had risen by a full [-]% The medicinal materials have even been robbed, and now even in Jiankang City, it may be difficult to buy the medicinal materials needed for daily use. If this continues, there will be chaos."

Li Yuan let out a breath, nodded towards Liu Wenjing and said, "Shangshu Qin has already told me about this matter before. I think that my land in the south of the Yangtze River is rich in products, and even if the Qi State purchases them extensively, it will not cause any panic. But The price has indeed risen a bit fast, and the ministries are ordered to strictly control the price from today, and the price must not be allowed to continue to skyrocket!"

Liu Wenjing swallowed the words on his lips, not because he didn't say it, but because he really didn't know how to say it.

Ever since Qi State canceled the trade, various parties are leaking a piece of news.

Qi State is planning to go to the south of the Yangtze River.

At this moment, Li Yuan, the lord of the Tang Dynasty, was completely bewitched by the treacherous ministers Qin Hui and Cai Jing. If this continues, chaos will surely arise.

"Your Majesty, this matter is by no means that simple. I believe that we must strictly control the merchants from the Qi Kingdom going south."

"Master Liu said so, but he is ignoring me, Tang Jiangshan."

Liu Wenjing looked at the annoying guy on the right, frowned, and was speechless for a long time.

In the entire court, what he hated the most was Qin Hui in front of him.

"Qin Shangshu, when did Liu say such a thing?"

Qin Hui bowed and replied: "Everyone knows that Daxing commercial routes is the way to enrich the country and strengthen the military. Since he took the throne, His Majesty has been constantly trying to find ways to broaden our commercial channels, with the intention of making Tang Dynasty as rich and powerful as Qi State. And the left servant She seems to think that His Majesty's actions are all nonsense. If there is any difficulty, he will try every means to prevent His Majesty from making the country stronger. May I ask, how can such a person help me to make the Tang Dynasty rich?"

Liu Wenjing was about to refute, when Cai Jing continued: "Your Majesty, I believe that there is no way to block it. Instead of trying to suppress the current situation, it is better to find the root cause of the disease. Why does the Qi Congress buy large-scale food and medicinal materials from our Jiangnan land? .”

Cai Jing's words won the approval of many people.

Li Yuan asked with his beard: "Do you love me know the reason?"

Everyone present looked at me and I looked at you, but none of them knew how to answer.

Cai Jing rolled his eyes, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I do have my own opinions."

Li Yuan gestured to Cai Jing.

Cai Jing bowed and said: "Qi is a big country, and every time there are tens of thousands of soldiers used in battles. They attacked the land of Yongliang before, but they didn't get an inch of success! They must have consumed a lot of food, grass and supplies. But with Qi's National power, such a little consumption is definitely not worth such an action. My subordinates speculate that this move by Qi must be preparing to crusade against Han again."

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