Han Shizu

Chapter 1328 The whole army was wiped out?

In Sanyang, the defensive preparations against the Liao army going south seemed to be a bit overreacted. After all, so far, the Liao army's movement has not been determined, and it is still in Cao Bin's guess for the time being.

However, Emperor Liu didn't have any hesitation in his heart, so he decided to dispatch troops to enrich Shanyang.One very important reason is that Shanyang is indeed empty, which is a big loophole in the defense system of the north today.

When the Liao army was far away in Shangjing and the desert, they didn't feel much threat. However, once the situation was reversed and the enemy came south and approached Guanshan, the sense of crisis suddenly rose sharply. Emperor Liu has always been a person with a sense of crisis. The delusion is about him.

However, the Liao army came south in such a large-scale manner. Although they won a big victory against the Han army, they failed to achieve all their achievements. When they came to the Han territory, they obviously wanted to do a big job. Those who failed in the war were ashamed and avenged, and they also needed more victories against Han to relieve the country that had almost collapsed under the pressure of the huge war and boost their gradually lost confidence.

Therefore, Emperor Liu can be sure that the Liao army will never let it go, and the emperor has come in person, which shows his determination.If it were Emperor Liu himself, he also had this determination, and even put aside many scruples long ago, and gave it a go.

Emperor Liu didn't care where the Liao army's generals were pointing. He only needed to do what he should do, make up for the loopholes, enrich the border, and strengthen the defense.

If the leader of the Liao army feels that the first battle completely defeated the Han army in the middle, and wants to advance to Youzhou by attacking Xuanhua, then Emperor Liu welcomes them, and Yehuling is waiting for them.Emperor Liu still had confidence and expectations for Liu Tinghan, and with the encouragement of previous defeats, he would surely be brave after knowing his shame, and give the Liao army a head-on blow.

The current situation between the Liao and Han Dynasties, after all, is not comparable to the battle of Mengjin in the original time and space, and Yehuling will not be its opportunity.

Of course, judging from Liao Kingdom's plan and execution of Liu Tinghan's army, the Liao Kingdom's monarchs and ministers are not lacking in knowledge, and there is a high probability that they will not choose to touch the strong and dangerous passes in the Xuanhua area. The first line in the cloud is obviously a more reasonable choice.

With such planning, there is not much time left for the Han army to adjust the arrangement. Considering these, a sense of urgency filled Emperor Liu's heart.

After pondering for a while, Emperor Liu looked at Cao Bin who was still waiting, and instructed: "Cao Qing, I will work harder for your colleagues tonight, call Liu Xu, Li Ye, and Chu Zhaofu, and order the general to send you as quickly as possible." The speed to convey it! Where the situation of Shanyang will go next depends on how fast we respond!"

"Yes!" Feeling Emperor Liu's tone, calm as Cao Bin, but also feeling the pressure.

"Your Majesty, Liu Tinghan also mentioned something in the report. It is hard to know whether it is true or not, but it is of great importance." Looking at Emperor Liu who was sitting expressionlessly, Cao Bin stammered, with obvious caution in his tone.

"What's the matter?" Emperor Liu picked up the military newspaper on the desk that he hadn't read in detail, and glanced at him: "Is there any news worse than Liu Tinghan's defeat and border crossing emergency?"

"Return to Your Majesty!" Cao Bin lowered his head subconsciously, lowered his voice, and said: "During the fierce battle between Liu Tinghan and the Liao army in Tianling, he found a message from a captured general of the Liao army, saying, saying. "

"What are you talking about!" Emperor Liu turned his head and stared at Cao Bin with cold eyes.Even when he just reported Liu Tinghan's defeat against the Liao army, Cao Bin didn't hesitate like this.

Sensing Emperor Liu's sharp gaze, Cao Bin responded in a deep voice: "According to what the captive general said, one month ago, the second army of Wang Yansheng and Yang Ye who attacked Mobei far away was attacked by Liaobei Privy Envoy Yelu Xianshi in Wugu Mountain. Lead the army to intercept, and the whole army will be wiped out!"

Hearing this, Emperor Liu's eyes froze immediately, and at that moment, Cao Bin felt that the air was frozen.Emperor Liu paused in the air for a while while looking at the military newspaper, and then continued to stop the movement, without the slightest emotion in his voice, he said quietly: "Is the news true?"

"It still needs to be verified!" Although Cao Bin did not dare to give a definite answer, he did not give an optimistic attitude, and analyzed: "However, I think that if Mobei is in trouble, the Liao army would not dare to go south with confidence. .”

The study fell into silence again, and after a long silence, Emperor Liu spoke again, with no trace of weakness or wavering in his voice: "I understand! You don't need to worry about this matter, go and deal with Shanyang matters first, it's important over there, Strictly follow the order without delay, and if there is any delay in the military and government officials, they will be severely punished!"

"Resign!" Cao Bin didn't dare to delay when he got the order, so he left in a hurry.

After Cao Bin retreated, Emperor Liu bowed his head and opened Liu Tinghan's report, and found the report about the soldiers of the Mobei expedition. The dim light in the room reflected on Emperor Liu's face, and his face trembled unconsciously.
"Come here, pass on Li Chongju!" After a while, Emperor Liu ordered coldly.

Still in this study room, although there are two rows of oil lamps trying to burn themselves to release light, the surrounding area is still slightly dim, as if a layer of haze is stubbornly shrouded in the air, which is difficult to dispel.

Emperor Liu was standing, and Li Chongju was kneeling, with his body lying on the ground, his forehead almost touching the ground, and the broken porcelain cups were scattered.It had been many years, and this was the first time that Emperor Liu had lost such a temper with Li Chongju. Of course, it was also the first time that Li Chongju was so frightened.

"The distance is long, the traffic is cut off, the enemy is in control, and the information is difficult to deliver. How can I not know about these difficulties?" Staring at Li Chongju, Emperor Liu no longer concealed his anger, and almost asked Li Chongju: "If the information is so easy to get, what do you want?" What is the use of Wu Desi? What is the value of your elite soldiers and generals?"

"It's my incompetence, Your Majesty, please punish me!" Li Chongju slammed his head heavily on the ground.

"Stop talking about incompetence! That's not what I want to hear!" Emperor Liu interrupted him a little irritably, and said coldly: "If you are used to using incompetence as an excuse, then what do I need you, a martial arts envoy, to do?" ?”

"Your Majesty is blaming you for letting Your Majesty down!" Some habits have probably penetrated deep into his bones. Li Chongju's attitude of prostrating his head and begging for crimes is hard to change when he is terrified.

Seeing this, Emperor Liu raised his hand, waved it, put it down again, and finally said coldly: "No matter what difficulties I have, and no matter what method you use, I want you to find out the whereabouts of the soldiers in Mobei as quickly as possible. The situation is life or death, I want a definite result!"

"Yes!" Li Chongju replied.

"Go back!"

Li Chongju came in a hurry and left quickly.As for Emperor Liu, he paced around the room again, while Yan Tuo cleaned up the broken porcelain cups by himself, also being cautious, knowing that Emperor Liu was extremely dangerous at this time.

After a long time, Emperor Liu sighed. In fact, he also knew that Li Chongju couldn't be entirely blamed for this matter. Sometimes, the stagnation of news and information could not be compensated by manpower.

However, the anger towards Li Chongju was not limited to this, it was also the fact that Emperor Liu had accumulated too much dissatisfaction with previous work that was not in place, and this time it just exploded.

He had already put enough pressure on Li Chongju, what Li Chongju would do next, how to transfer this strong pressure to his investigators, was not what Emperor Liu cared about, he only cared about the result.

As for the safety of the soldiers on the expedition to Mobei, although Emperor Liu still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, his confidence was really insufficient.

After all, it was thousands of miles away, fighting in a place far away and unfamiliar, surrounded by enemies on all sides, with no rear, no military supplies, even if some were captured, the strategy of giving food to the enemy was severely weakened in the vast desert. of.

On the other hand, long-distance and long-distance attacks like Wang Yansheng's and Yang Ye's armies required sudden cold arrows and unexpected effects.

It was only in the early days, and good results were indeed achieved. The abundant results of the battle caused the backyard of the Liao Kingdom to catch fire, the northwest was disrupted, and the north of the Mobei was shaken, which greatly involved the internal energy of the Liao Kingdom.

However, that is the enemy's territory after all, it is difficult to enter, and it is not easy to get rid of it.It was a thorny road full of hardships and dangers, almost a road of no return.

But after the Liao Kingdom reacted and took precautions, it would not be so easy to achieve greater results.Even the failure of the Liao Kingdom in the northwestern part of the desert was largely due to the fact that Ping Wang Yelulong was not prepared enough to deal with it.

After replacing Yelu Xianshi, a more difficult opponent, he led the Liao army of the Mobei tribe to deal with Wang and Yang's partial division. One can imagine how severe the difficulties and dangers Wang Yansheng and Yang Ye faced were.

It was also because of these considerations that Emperor Liu's mood continued to sink. After receiving this bad news, he suddenly realized that it was too early to be happy before.

completely annihilated?Emperor Liu doesn't believe it, it's so easy, if you can't beat it, can't you run away?
Now, what he can expect is that Wang Yansheng and Yang Ye can successfully escape danger with their rich experience in the battlefield and tenacious fighting will.Although it looks difficult, it is even greater than the crises and risks faced during the northward march.

The Mobei Expeditionary Army can entrust a lot of affection to Emperor Liu, not to mention the two generals Wang Yansheng and Yang Ye, and the two princes Liu Fang and Liu Min.

This is also the point that Emperor Liu is most concerned about, and also the most nervous.

At this moment, he still cared more about his son. As for those soldiers, frankly speaking, even if the whole army was wiped out, Emperor Liu would not shed a single tear.
However, what made Emperor Liu feel indignant the most was that there was nothing he could do about this situation. Even if he was the Supreme Being who was rich all over the world, he could only wait for a result.

This feeling made Emperor Liu very uncomfortable. Aside from the glamorous cloak of status and power, he was just a person, a middle-aged greasy man with no doubts.

(End of this chapter)