The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 883 Turmoil
The news that the Son of Heaven was going to take the imperial conquest in person spread throughout Yuzhou in just a few days, and then quickly spread to other states and counties.

Since Emperor Taizu Gao founded the country, there have been twenty-seven emperors in the Han Dynasty, and the only emperors who have personally conquered are Emperor Taizu Gao and Shizu Guangwu.

Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Shizu Guangwu both spent the first half of their lives in the iron horse and golden arms, but today's son grew up in the boudoir, and his strategy and military methods are not known at all.

And the most important thing today is that he is only eighteen years old now, and he has not even reached the age of crown.

Qingxu suffered a disastrous defeat, with more than [-] troops in the two prefectures wiped out, and nine counties and ninety-seven towns fell into the enemy's hands.

At this time, the Ming army was imposing like a rainbow, and under the leadership of Xu An, they were continuing to advance towards the south, preparing to occupy the Huai River in one go.

No one expected that the Ming army would advance so fast, and the Huaishui navy did not have time to react. Most of the Huaishui navy was concentrated in the middle reaches.

By the time the Ming army reached the lower reaches of the Huai River, it was already too late.

Some of the lucky boats of the Ming navy even sailed into the Huai River to cooperate with the army to attack Guangling, which made Guangling's few defenders miserable.

The two counties of Guangling and Xiapi were almost collapsed at the first touch, and the soldiers who defended the city even lost the will to resist. As long as the Ming army approached the city, the defenders would choose to surrender within a day or two.

The strategic intention of the Ming army is clearly revealed, which is to cut off the attempt of the Han court to move south, and they have now achieved their strategic intention.

There is no suspense about the main cities in the lower reaches of the Huai River, and they will all fall into his hands.

But at this critical juncture, the emperor suddenly announced that the royal conquest would be personally conscripted, which caused a shock in the court just in a blink of an eye.

After Wang Yun, Liu Chong and others heard the news, they immediately asked to meet the king, but their requests fell silent and did not get a response.

The little emperor seemed to know that his decision would inevitably be opposed, so he simply rejected all requests to enter the palace, and only set a time for a court meeting.

Since Sun Jian's death, Chendu and Yuzhou have not set up state herds. In fact, Yuzhou and Chendu have been firmly controlled by Liu Xie ever since.

On weekdays, Liu Xie has always respected courtiers, but since the reform began, everyone has realized it.

The little emperor is no longer the boy he used to be, but has become a young man, a real emperor who holds the military power, controls the authority, and has wrists.

Relying on the power of foreign relatives and cronies, embroidered clothes envoys, and the implementation of reforms, the Ninth Rank Official Personnel Law has also eliminated a lot of dissatisfaction in the hearts of a large number of powerful families. Liu Xie's authority has been gradually established and is growing day by day. .

Everyone's meeting was fruitless, and in the end they could only wait for the court to discuss.

While waiting for this period of time, the ministers of the Han court also discovered the changes in various places.

First, part of the Yanzhou Army began to withdraw southward, moving towards Suiyang, the seat of Liang State in Yuzhou.

At this time, Pengcheng, the seat of the Pengcheng Kingdom in Xuzhou, is also continuously increasing its military strength. The Han army in many places has received the imperial edict issued by the emperor himself. They gathered in the direction of Pengcheng.

Except for the guard soldiers, the Jingzhou army marched towards Yuzhou. The destination they received the order was the same as that of the rest of the army—Pengcheng, Xuzhou.

Martial law was imposed in Yangzhou, the whole army was prepared, and defenses were deployed along the river to resist the Ming army going south.

Although if the Ming army really went south, the Yangzhou army might be easily defeated by the Ming army. It is only a matter of time before the Ming army wants to conquer the entire Yangzhou, and the whole time depends on the marching speed of the Ming army.

Later general Sun Jing led the [-] forbidden army, and had already left Chendu first and marched towards Pengcheng.

Everyone knows that today's Son of Heaven is already a determined imperial conscript, and no one can change his mind.

Although today's emperor seems to be good at accepting advice, in fact, once he has identified something, no one can make him change his mind.

It may not be appropriate to say this, because Huangfusong, Gai Xun and Sun Jian were able to persuade the emperor back then.

But now that all three of them are dead, no one is standing in front of Liu Xie to shield him from the wind and rain.

Zhang Wu four years (198), January [-]th.

News from the east was reported three times a day, and urgent documents for help flew into Chendu like snowflakes, and finally landed on the desks of Liu Xiehe and the ministers of the DPRK and China.

A huge haze hung over everyone, and the whole Chendu even became lifeless because of it.

Today is the day of the court meeting.

Before the dawn, all the ministers had already gathered at the gate of the palace, the winter morning was much brighter than the summer day.

Everyone was frowning and worried. Unlike in the past, the silence outside the palace gate was terrifying.

The current state affairs are difficult, and the situation is not optimistic. The Ming army swept Qingxu with electric power for several months, and defeated Qingxu in two wars.

The [-] Ming troops entrenched in Jizhou were watching covetously. Xu Rong and Chen Bing were on the front line of Yanjin, outside the revolving gate, and tens of thousands of Ming soldiers had already gathered.

The Jingzhou area was turbulent, and the Ming army was ready to launch a counterattack.

The Jiaozhou area was in a fierce battle. The Ming army oppressed the southern border and drove the barbarians to attack Jiaozhou. The Jiaozhou army was retreating steadily. Shi Xie sent [-] requests for help within three months.

At this time, Jiaozhou had lost most of the southernmost Rinan County.

The world is in chaos, the Central Plains is in turmoil, and there is no time to worry about it. A rebellion broke out in Xianglin County in the south of Rinan County. The son of Xianglin Gongcao and the Zhan tribe gathered thousands of people to revolt, beheaded the local county magistrate, claimed to be the king of Linyi, and launched an attack Rinan County, occupying the southern part of Rinan County, Liguo Linyi.

This time the Ming army attacked Jiaozhou, not only the barbarians in the southern border of Yizhou, the Pyu Kingdom, and the Shan Kingdom assisted each other, but also received the support of the Linyi Kingdom.

Lin Yiguo also launched an attack on Rinan County when the Ming army's offensives were intertwined and Jiuzhen, which made Shi Xie's troops deployed in Rinan County unable to return to the rescue in time, but fell into a bitter battle with Lin Yiguo.

Jiaozhou is too busy to take care of itself, and there is no way to rush to help other places.

The Jingzhou army did not dare to mobilize too many soldiers because of the partiality of the Ming army.

Everyone thought that the emperor was too reckless and arbitrary this time.

As the bell in the palace rang, the eunuch who was in charge of leading the way led the ministers into Chen Du's palace.

All the ministers entered the palace with uneasy expressions on their faces. At this time, armored soldiers were standing in the palace, banners were erected, and there seemed to be the sound of war horses not far away.

From time to time, forbidden soldiers wearing armor and holding weapons passed by the side of the road.

Wang Yun frowned slightly. During the court meeting, it was impossible for these armored soldiers to act like this without Liu Xie's instruction.

Today's Son of Heaven is really arbitrary at certain times.

　After the work and rest disorder, it was too difficult to adjust, and some other things happened, which delayed a lot of time.

　　Work and rest time has almost become normal.

　　There are only [-] words today, and tomorrow I will try my best to fill in what I owe today.

　　After the work and rest are adjusted in the past two days, the amount of updates will be increased.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)