Chapter 306: Adding a Child
With Western Yan conquering Luoyang, the force with the greatest hope of unifying the world is undoubtedly the Li family, which owns half of the world.

The second was Liu Xuanji, who occupied all the counties and prefectures in Hebei, You and Ji states except Yecheng.

In addition to these two, there are many other forces in the world, including Cao Yuanjing of Jiangdong, Cao Xuan of Jingzhou, Tuoba family of Bingzhou, Yang family of Qingzhou, and Zhao Yi of Yecheng. They each occupy one side and are not aggressive enough, and some of them are not able to protect themselves. However, after the great battle in the first year of Yining, even if the Eastern Yan emperor Murong Yang successfully escaped, the Eastern Yan court was still considered to be over.

Because Luoyang was captured, all the ministers in the court, except for a few, fell into the hands of the Western Army, including the empress dowager, the queen, the crown prince and other relatives of the emperor.

In fact, the confrontation between the Eastern and Western Yan had ended.

Although the Western Army won a great victory, it is close to the end of the year and the winter climate is cold, which makes it inconvenient to use troops. Therefore, the spheres of influence of the heroes in the world will not change much for a period of time, at least until next summer.

During the Battle of Yingchuan, Cao Xuan of Jingzhou was not idle either, and he led his army to attack Xinye. However, after a few days of siege, the cavalry of the Western Yan army rushed over from Wancheng. The Western Wei army had to retreat and ran back to Fancheng in disgrace.

Jiangdong was willing but unable to do so. After the failure of the last expedition to Ruxukou, the Eastern Wei regime, which had not fought for years, had suffered from poor health and even stayed in bed for a while. The Jiangdong nobles also had complaints about the Northern Expedition and were unwilling to give their full support.

Even the generals in the army, including the old brothers who had fought with Cao Yuanjing through the bloody battles, such as Miao Xianyun and Liu Changgong, lacked confidence in the Northern Expedition. This also caused the Eastern Wei to lose the best opportunity for the Northern Expedition.

Because this time the Jianghuai side mobilized a large amount of manpower and material resources to support the Yingchuan and subsequent Luoyang battles, and sent more than 100,000 troops northward, it was inevitable that there would be gaps in defense in various places.

As a result, the grain reserves in Shouchun and Hefei were almost exhausted. Fortunately, the autumn grain arrived in time, and after capturing the Luokou Granary, the Jianghuai area finally no longer had to transport food and supplies to the Central Plains.

Before the battle, Li Yuan issued instructions before he even arrived in Luoyang: "We will not withdraw our troops until we win a complete victory in this attack on Luoyang. When we capture the Eastern Capital, the imperial carriages, ceremonial guards, books, and military equipment are all government supplies and must not be touched. Other jade articles, cloth, and treasures from the government treasury should be distributed to the soldiers."

After the war, Li Yuan distributed all the money and grain in the treasury to the soldiers as promised, and all the jade treasures in the palace were given to the generals.

The 100,000-strong army from Jianghuai all returned with full loads.

Li Yuanhui also took out his share of the treasure, and even most of the property of Princess Jinyang's mansion, and exchanged it for fine wine and delicious food with the wealthy families in the city. He also invited all the Hu girls in Luoyang to dance and hosted a banquet for the Jianghuai soldiers.

"Today, everyone will join me in drinking the fine wine of Luoyang and enjoying the songs and dances of foreign lands!"

Coincidentally, Li Er obviously did not make as big a scene as Lao Si, but he also distributed all the treasures to the meritorious soldiers under his command, and kept saying, "Follow me, I will not treat you unfairly."

Li San used it to reward the Qiang and Hu cavalry, Bandun barbarians and Wuqian Flying Army who had followed him for a long time. These elite foreign troops were his most loyal troops.

In short, none of these three brothers kept the treasure for themselves like a miser; almost all of them were used to maintain their own base.

Then, there were about 400,000 people in Luoyang City, including surrendered soldiers and guards. Chaos began to break out.

There was a fight between the Jianghuai soldiers and the Guanzhong soldiers because they visited a brothel and robbed girls. The Qiang, Hu and Di people did not pay after the meal and instead killed the owner.

The Liangzhou troops looted things in the North City and fought a battle with the surrendered soldiers from Wagang.
Li Yuan directly called his three sons and a group of generals to the Secretariat, scolded them, and then asked them to keep an eye on their subordinates.

Later, they felt that gathering so many troops in Luoyang was not a big deal, as the New Year was just a few days away. After the New Year, the Jianghuai Army would all return south, and the Central Army from Guanzhong would leave about 20,000 troops to guard the Eastern Capital. The rest of the Jingzhou Army would return to Wancheng, and most of the Liangzhou Army and Longyou Army would stay and be stationed in Jinyong, Yanshi and other places around Luoyang.

This had been arranged long ago, but the recent situation in Luoyang made him feel that it was still necessary to sound the alarm for all the generals.

After Li Yuanhui returned, he naturally emphasized military discipline to everyone, and his words were stern. Any violation of military discipline, especially vicious incidents such as burning, killing and looting, would not be tolerated.

After coming out of the camp, Li Yuanhui returned to Princess Jinyang's Mansion in Luoyang City. He basically lived here during his time in Luoyang.

Of course, he would occasionally return to Li’s house in Luoyang to have a small gathering with his brothers.

But most of the time he is in this mansion, and he has even decided that the future royal palace will be built here, and he can just change the plaque and that's it.

Otherwise, moving would be a huge headache.

As soon as he returned to the mansion, a servant came to report that Dugu Jishi had come to report. Dugu Jishi was Dugu Ying, who was recruited by Li Yuanhui as Jishi after settling down in Luoyang and entered his shogunate.

"Dugu Ying, how is it, you can be considered to have revisited the old place, right?"

He had previously been a guard in the princess's mansion, and now he was appointed under Li Yuanhui, so naturally there were some differences.

Dugu Ying bowed and said, "Thank you very much for your kindness, Sikong. Although Ying is not talented, I would like to do my best for you."

In terms of title, Dugu Ying was changed from a consort to a minister of works. The meaning of surrendering was very obvious.

Before Li Yuanhui went to Jianghuai, his official positions were General of the Tiger Guards, Marquis of Ye County, and Commandant of the Imperial Concubine's Wife.

The Huben Langjiang was a Langjiang with real power, and could even command tens of thousands of soldiers. The title of county marquis, or the county marquis of a big city like Ye County, was also very valuable, but none of them could compare to the honor of the Fuma Duwei.

Because it represents the royal family.

Therefore, at that time, being the son-in-law of the emperor was a noble status for Li Yuanhui.

But now, Li Yuanhui is the General of the Southern Expedition, the Governor of Yangzhou, the Minister of Works, the Commander-in-Chief of the Military Affairs of Xu and Yangzhou, the Envoy with Special Powers, the Duke of Qi, and the Commandant of the Imperial Concubine's Wife.

Even Li Er and Li San did not get the title of provincial governor, let alone the three highest officials.

Therefore, the position of the Imperial Concubine's Captain has now become the most insignificant identity for Li Yuanhui, because anyone with a discerning eye can see that the survival of Dayan is about to end.

"You and I are old friends, so don't be polite. I will need your advice in the future."

"Sikong, you are too kind. Dugu Ying will certainly tell you everything he knows."

As the two were talking, a messenger came in hurriedly from outside.

"Sikong, great joy, Sikong, great joy"

Li Yuanhui was just about to ask where the joy came from when a group of generals and staff gathered around spontaneously.

"Sikong, great news! Princess Jinyang and Madam Zhang have both given birth to little boys. Congratulations, Sikong. Congratulations, Sikong."

Li Yuanhui was slightly stunned when he heard this. What the hell, I’m a father?

"Congratulations Sikong, congratulations Sikong."

Li Yuanhui then took the letter that was delivered along with the oral message, which noted the birth dates and horoscopes of his two sons.

The son born to Princess Jinyang is the eldest, that is, the eldest son.

Zhang Yan's son is the second child.

The two people's birthdays are only one day apart.

Afterwards, Li Yuanhui personally brought a letter to Li's house to announce the good news. Li Yuan, who had just returned home from the imperial city, was very happy when he learned that he had two grandsons and even gave them names directly.

The eldest son, Chengdao.

The second son, Chengping.

(End of this chapter)