Dahan first prince

Chapter 224 Your Majesty! ! !

Full of sorrow, she let out a long sigh, and saw a dark annoyance suddenly appear on Liu Ying's face.

"Fangcai, the transfer order issued by Gu was originally calculated from the Chang'an Chaotang temple in the previous period."

"However, the princes of the court never expected King Jing..."

"Ugh!"

Speaking of this, Liu Ying only gritted her teeth suddenly, and stomped her feet as if hating her indisputable.

Then, Liu Ying turned around and looked at Liu Jiao full of worry.

"Uncle Wang can know: in Huainan Wang Yingbu's or against it, what counts in the temple of the court?"

When Liu Jiao shook her head for cooperation, Liu Ying couldn't help but let out another long sigh, and placed all the pre-war plans of the Chang'an court in front of Liu Jiao and Liu Fei.

"According to the court and the temple, if the original material is reversed, it may go to Huaiyang in the north, or take Jingguo in the east!"

"If Jing is taken first, then Chu will be in danger; if Chu is lost again, Yingbu will take the soldiers of Jing, Chu, and Qi with him, and then he can go west to Suiyang to knock down Hangu!"

"So when I was about to go out for an expedition, my father made repeated orders: Once the battle starts, the Liang Guojun must be stationed in Huaiyang to prevent the thieves from going north. To solidify Jing and Chu!"

Said in a mournful tone, Liu Ying shook her head again.

"The consensus of all the princes in the court is that Guanzhong's soldiers stay in Yingying and deploy them in Jing and Chu. When their soldiers are frustrated, they will be eaten away by Xu Tu."

"Before leaving, the father entrusted the lonely hand with an edict, saying, 'Only punish Yingbu, and forgive those who follow', so that the lonely can be used to quickly pacify Huainan."

Speaking of this, Liu Ying did not forget to touch the empty chest as if something had happened, and finally let out another long sigh.

"Ugh······"

"Unexpectedly, the king of Jing was defeated by the rebel Yingbu. If he knows Yingbu's rebellion, he also knows that all the land of Jing country has been owned by Yingbu."

"The victory of the flag, the Yingbo rebels' morale is greatly boosted; but after hearing the loss of Jing, the soldiers of Chu and Qi may all be shaken in their hearts."

"Under this ebb and flow, how can we talk about 'Rushing to the Kingdom of Jing and welcoming the King of Jing'?"

Speaking these words in an extremely solemn and worried tone, Liu Ying's brows were also quietly knit together.

——Liu Ying didn't lie.

In the early days, when Liu Ying was still in Chang'an, the pre-war plan of the Chang'an court was indeed as Liu Ying said about "Yingbo might rebel": there is a high probability that Yingbo will go east to Jingguo, and there is a small probability that Yingbo will go north to Huaihe. Positive.

As for going south and west, they were all sent by the court.

Still the same sentence: Since it is a rebellion, Yingbo's ultimate goal must be to knock off Hangu!

It is impossible for Yingbu to consider any marching route that drifts away from Hangu Pass, or even advances slowly.

Perhaps it is a bit strange to say this: Huainan Kingdom is located in the east-south direction of Hangu Pass. If you want to go straight to Hangu, should Yingbu go west or north?

Whether it is taking Nanyang from the west or Huaiyang from the north, Yingbo can take advantage of the situation and place his next target on the last gate outside Hangu Pass-Suiyang City, the capital of Liang.

And this is precisely the basis for Chang'an Chaotang's judgment that "Yingbu has a high probability of moving eastward and a small probability of going northward, and it is basically impossible to seize Nanyang from the west".

——Whether it is Huaiyang to the north of Huainan Kingdom, or Nanyang and Nanjun to the west of Huainan Kingdom, they are all counties directly under the central government of Chang'an!

When these counties were attacked, the Chang'an court would definitely take action as soon as possible, and these counties were originally adjacent to Huainan, and they had been equipped with a considerable degree of defense force by the Chang'an Central Committee long ago.

However, the state of Jing in the east of Huainan Kingdom and the state of Chu in the northeast are different—these two countries, without exception, are vassal states where the clan of the Liu family is the king.

Although these two vassal states were attacked, they would report to Chang'an as soon as possible, but due to the geographical relationship, it would take a lot of time to send the news of "Jing and Chu were attacked" to Guanzhong.

Furthermore, although the Huainan Kingdom is one of the largest and most powerful countries in the Kanto region, in terms of military strength, it is still difficult to compete with the Chang'an Central Committee, which is dominating the Guanzhong.

Liu Ying still clearly remembered the situation between us and the enemy that Qu Zhouhou Li Shang said before setting off.

——If Yingbo holds the Huainan national soldiers and is able to coerce the soldiers of Jing, Chu, and Qi, and gathers the Huaiyang County soldiers on the way westward, then, when the Yingbo army arrives in Suiyang, Chang'an vs Ying Bu's victory or defeat is probably still in the ratio of seven to three.

If you only bring Huainan national soldiers, go to Ganggang Hangu?
When he heard Liu Ying's hypothesis, Li Shang only smiled contemptuously and gave an extremely confident answer.

——If Yingbu only led Huainan national soldiers to Hangu, then Chang'an court would not need to send troops at all!
Just one Liang country can make Yingbu gnaw out a good tooth, and then bring the remnant soldiers and generals to the majestic Hangu Pass.

Therefore, before starting from Chang'an, the strategic goal of Liu Ying's trip was already clear.

——While stabilizing the defenses of Nanyang, Huaiyang, and Nanjun, defend the three kingdoms of Jing, Chu, and Qi to prevent the expansion of Yingbu's rebel army!
As long as this is achieved, Yingbo's defeat will be linked to Huainan's grain production this year, at most, it will not exceed five months!

But it is a pity that when Liu Ying refused to believe in Liu Ying's idea of ​​"in case King Jing is attacked by Yingbu, causing Jing to lose overnight", the situation Liu Ying is now facing is already doomed...

With the 'unexpected' escape of Jing State, all Liu Ying could do was to move the overall defense line westward and put all her attention on Chu State.

——Jing Guo, has been lost.

If there is no accident, Yingbo can still get [-] to [-] soldiers and horses, as well as hundreds of thousands of stones, grain and grass from Jingguo.

With this premise, and the fact that Liu Ying, a rookie on the battlefield, is the one who went out to suppress the rebellion this time, it made the state of Chu no longer allow any losses!

Thinking of this, Liu Ying finally suppressed her worry a little, and looked at Liu Jiao with a sudden solemnity.

"Uncle Wang!"

"Since Yingbu has already attacked Jing State first, there is absolutely no reason to retreat westward from Jingdi and enter Huainan; as long as Jingdi is cleared, Yingbu is afraid that he will go north to seek Chu!"

With a stern look on her face, Liu Ying couldn't sit still anymore, got up and walked down the long steps, and came to Liu Jiao, holding Liu Jiao's arm tightly.

"Uncle Wang returns to Pengyi immediately, dispatches troops and generals, and garrisons at the turn of Chu and Jing!"

"Soldiers, horses, food, generals, whatever the king asks for, there is no answer!"

"The lonely commander-in-chief stands in Fengpei, so that he can guard the land of Chu together with Uncle Wang!"

After saying that, Liu Ying did not forget to withdraw her hands, and bowed solemnly to Liu Jiao.

Then, I saw Liu Ying turning sideways without delay, looking at her brother Liu Fei on the side.

"Brother Wang also knew about it during this time."

"Brother Wang galloped back to Linzi, sent all the soldiers, led by the Marquis of Pingyang, arrived at Fengpei and waited for orders!"

After speaking, Liu Ying looked at Liu Jiao again and nodded solemnly.

"However, Chu Nan's garrison force is insufficient, and the Qi soldiers led by Pingyanghou should rush to help with all their might!!!"

Looking at Liu Ying's stern face, and listening to this sincere entrustment, how could Liu Jiao and Liu Fei fail to recognize the situation at this time.

Almost without any thought, the two looked at each other for a while, and immediately bowed to Liu Ying.

"Your Highness, don't worry."

"The king of Chu is also the patriarch of the widow; and Chu-Qi borders the north and the south, with dead lips and cold teeth."

"But there is a place available, I would like to use up Linzi's wealth to help the king of Chu prepare for robbers!"

It was rare for King Qi Liu Fei to stand up and pat his chest, and King Liu Jiao of Chu, who had no intention of retreating, couldn't help but feel more at ease from the bottom of his heart.

"Your Highness, but don't worry!"

"But the widow still has one breath to spare, and the Huainan thief will never step into the land of Chu!"

Seeing that the two of them didn't retreat in the slightest, Liu Ying also squeezed out a little bit of danger, and nodded heavily to the two elders.

"Since that's the case, the land of Chu will be entrusted to Uncle Chu and Brother Qi!"

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The news of Huainan Wang Yingbu's rebellion spread throughout the entire Kanto region in the north and south of the river in just a few days.

Immediately afterwards, a piece of news that made the emperor Liu Bang in Guanzhong a little worried was spread to Chang'an through various channels.

——Jing Wang Liu Jia, who was defeated in the first battle for rebelling against Wang Yingbu, fled to Fuling, and died under the sword of the rebel army!
When the news came out, Chang'an was shaken, the public opinion in Guanzhong was in an uproar, and the world was shocked!

Jing Wang Liu Jia, the dignified Liu Han clan and princes, became the first war dead in this "sudden" rebellion that spread throughout the world.

All of a sudden, the public opinion in Chang'an took a turn for the worse, and a letter flew into Changle Palace like snowflakes. It said that the emperor Liu Bang was asked to order troops immediately and then go out of Hangu to quell the chaos of Huainan Wang Yingbu.

It's just that the memorials of "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please personally conquer the rebellion" were sent to Changle Palace one after another, for three full days, but there was no sign of the emperor Liu Bang, who appeared in the eastern suburb of Chang'an as usual. On the school field.

Just when the people in Guanzhong were panicking and discussing the topic of "Can your Majesty still go to war", another piece of news came from Guandong, which turned the public opinion once again.

——The crown prince Liu Ying, who had left Chang'an in the east and returned home to worship his ancestors, swore to rise up outside the Liu's Ancestral Temple in Fengyi to put down the rebellion on behalf of his father!
Almost at the same time, in the Changle Palace, there was finally a emperor's edict announced on the Lubu of every county government in Guanzhong.

——Wang Yingbu of Huainan, a born thief, has long been opposed!

——Fortunately, the prince is respectful and courteous, praised by the court, and responsible for supervising the country; he also traveled to the east of the Guandong, with the ambition to serve the country!

——This is a special order: Anyone who is willing to accompany the prince and is a loyal and good man of the Han Dynasty can prepare his own armor and wait on the straight road along the Chang'an-Hangu road!
Once the decree was posted in various places, there were a lot of responses. In just two days, the Chang'an Prime Minister's Mansion alone received tens of thousands of self-recommendation letters of "please be a pawn".

On the seventh day when the news of "Yingbu raised troops to seek rebellion" spread to Guanzhong, that is, Xin Chou in the seventh month of the 11th year of the Han Dynasty (the eighth day of the lunar new year), Zhang Ao, the Marquis of Xuanping, who held the emperor's edict in his hand, finally led the surrounding areas of Chang'an to march spontaneously. Come bravely, head towards Hangu Pass.

From Chang'an to Hangu Pass, Zhang Ao traveled for a full fifteen days in a distance of more than a thousand li.

Gaiyin along the way, countless children from good families, heroes from the green forest, and even children from officials and businessmen came spontaneously and asked to join Zhang Ao's team and went east to Hangu to help the prince.

Amid all the turmoil, what no one noticed was that long before the news of Yingbo's rebellion spread to Guanzhong, the emperor Liu Bang, with his accompanying guards and palace servants, quietly embarked on his way to Ganquan Palace, a hundred miles north of Chang'an. reason.

When news of Yingbo's rebellion and King Jing Liu Jia's death in battle spread to Guanzhong, when people were panicking, Emperor Liu Bang was soaking comfortably in the hot springs in Ganquan Palace.

Even the later imperial edict urging Guanzhong Minzhuang to enlist in the army was actually prepared by Liu Bang early and handed over to Prime Minister Xiao He, just like the authors of Internet novels of later generations, it was only "set to be released regularly".

And in Ganquan Palace, watching the public opinion in Guanzhong from the initial uproar, to the later panic, and then to the excitement...
Until today, when he received the news that "Zhang Aodong left Chang'an and headed for Hangu Pass", Liu Bang finally put on a smile on his old face...

·
"Well······"

"good."

Getting up from a hot spring pool and putting on an underwear under the service of the eunuch beside him, Liu Bang looked at the short book in his hand fondly, his face full of undisguised admiration.

"Lost Jing and moved the defense line westward. Use Liang Guobing to guard the west of Huainan, Handan army to guard the north of Huainan, and Qi and Chu soldiers to station in the south of Chu to block the peak of Yingbubing..."

"Hey!"

"However, in the first battle, it is known to respond to the situation..."

Listening to Liu Bang's soliloquy, the court ladies and eunuchs standing beside him all showed joyful smiles.

——What Liu Bang was saying, these poor people naturally couldn't understand half a word.

But the experience of living in the palace for many years has allowed these people who are still alive to serve Liu Bang to develop a pair of eyes that can see through human nature.

Now, these hard-working people saw a rare smile and a hint of gentleness on Liu Bang's face.

And in the past ten months when Liu Bang arrived at Ganquan Palace, such a soft and kind expression almost never appeared on Liu Bang's face...

"His Majesty······"

While everyone was smiling, they heard a whisper coming from outside the screen, causing Liu Bang to subconsciously frown.

After recognizing the voice of the person who spoke, Liu Bang's unhappiness slowly faded away, and he waved his hand carelessly, signaling to take the screen away.

"Xiahou~"

Before the screen was removed, a faint smile naturally appeared on Liu Bang's face, and the proud Chaoxia Houying raised the short book in his hand.

"Come and see!"

"The memorial sent back by the prince!"

Seeing that the old emperor was rarely interested, Xia Houying could only walk forward with a stiff smile, even though she had doubts, took the letter respectfully, and examined it carefully.

After reading every single word on the slip, Xia Houying finally rolled up the slip again and put his hands on his chest.

"how?"

"How can such a prince get my face?!"

There was another high-pitched inquiry, and the smile on Liu Bang's face was also quietly suppressed, and there was a faint seriousness in his gaze towards Xia Houying.

"Based on this simple point of view, will the prince be able to win this battle?"

The tone of the question seemed to be indifferent, but Liu Bang's sharp eyes locked on Xia Houying's face without any trace.

Hearing this question, Xia Houying couldn't hold back her doubts anymore, looked around with some hesitation, and then gave Liu Bang a heavy hand.

"The minister is here, and those who want to play it are also the matter!"

With a low voice, Liu Bang couldn't help becoming serious, and with a slight frown, he waved the surrounding palace people back.

Within a radius of twenty steps, there were only two figures of his old son left, Xia Houying stepped forward two more steps, lowered his voice, and whispered the doubts in his heart.

"His Majesty."

"Your servant seems to have heard: the crown prince's commander-in-chief is set up in Fengyi?"

But when Liu Bang heard the words, he only raised his head with an unhappy face.

"What's wrong?"

"Fengyi is the hometown of me, Geng Naer and other heroes and meritorious princes, and is protected by my ancestors of the Liu family!"

Seeing that Liu Bang had a faint tendency to become angry in the blink of an eye, Xia Houying suddenly turned bitter, and his tone became more and more cautious.

"Your Majesty~"

"Today, Liang Guobing is stationed in Nanjun and Nanyang, and the army going south from Handan is stationed in Huaiyang."

"Chu land is adjacent to Jing in the south, and the land is very vast. Although Qi and Chu soldiers joined forces and defended firmly, King Jing was defeated and died at the hands of Ying Bu. It took only three days..."

As he said that, Xia Houying couldn't help but subconsciously looked in the direction of Chang'an, and pointedly reminded: "The place where Fengpei Longxing is naturally able to protect the crown prince."

"It's abundant, it's a Chu land..."

"Yingbu has already captured Jing, and soon he will go north to attack Chu; if at that time, Chu will be like Jing..."

Speaking of this, Xia Houying was full of prayers and bowed deeply to Liu Bang.

"His Majesty!"

"In the past, the king of Jing was known by the people as saying: Among the Liu clan's relatives, there are only a few who know how to fight; under the emperor, Liu Jia, the king of Jing, will be the first!"

"The king of Jing has been killed by a thief, the king of Chu..."

"King of Chu! Never knew about the battle formation!!!"

"Your Majesty~~~"

(End of this chapter)