Great Han Empire

Chapter 746: A Storm of Troubled Heroes

Li Hong looked at Tian Chou suspiciously, "People from Yangzhou? People from Yuan Shu?"

"Yes, Yuan Shu's son Yuan Yao is here."

When Tian Chou fought in the Guandong and Yuzhou areas, he had close contacts with Yuan Shu and was familiar with Yuan Shu's subordinates.He introduced Yuan Yao and Xun Zheng carefully.Yuan Yao is the eldest son of Yuan Shu, very talented, he is on par with Yuan Shao's son Yuan Tan in the younger generation of the Yuan family.Xunzheng was born in the Xun family of Yingchuan, and was the younger brother of Taichang Xunyou.Also coming with him was a subordinate of Yuan Shu named Liu Ye, who was the descendant of Emperor Guangwu's son Fuling King Liu Yan, a member of the clan with a very special status.

"Yuan Shu not only sent his son to Hebei in person, but also sent a descendant of the clan, a son of the Xun family, to accompany him, which shows how much he attaches importance to this trip to Hebei." Tian Chou said in a low voice, "General, Yuan Shu Maybe there is something important to discuss with you."

"Please come to the tent, I will see them in person." Li Hong waved his hand and said.

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Yuan Yao was about 20 years old, tall, thin and handsome, with a gentle speech and a slightly reserved demeanor. At first glance, he looked like a son of an official from a wealthy family.Liu Ye was younger and older than him, with elegant temperament and extraordinary conversation.Probably because of the long journey, the three of them were haggard and looked exhausted.

Li Hong exchanged a few words with the three of them, and then asked about Yuan Shu's recent situation. He was also very concerned about Sun Ce's war in Jiangdong.Li Hong was quite surprised that Sun Jian's son was so brave and good at fighting.He smiled and said to Yuan Yao that many friends of Mr. Sun in northern Xinjiang have always been very concerned about Mr. Sun's descendants, and they have asked the envoys who went south several times to bring letters and belongings to greet the Sun family.They must be very pleased to hear this news today.Yuan Yao said that Mrs. Sun is very grateful for the care of many old people in northern Xinjiang. Brother Bofu also told me that if he has the opportunity, he will definitely repay these old people in northern Xinjiang.

Then Yuan Yao explained the purpose of this trip to Hebei in detail.

Yuan Shu believed that Li Hong's actions in Hebei were for the rejuvenation of the Great Han, and expressed his willingness to respect the young emperor and the Jinyang court, and willing to work with Li Hong to calm down the world and revive the Great Han. It is far from being able to support each other, so they can only temporarily compromise and form an alliance with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and other rebels.

Yuan Shu believed that the attack on Hebei by Yuan Shao and others' allied forces was an excellent opportunity to pacify the world.He suggested that Li Hong lure the enemy to go deep and attract the main force of the rebel army to Jizhou to annihilate them, while he himself attacked Yanzhou and Xuzhou when their forces were empty, and occupied the Central Plains. , Liu Biao, completely pacified the world.

In order to show his loyalty to the emperor and the court, Yuan Shu was willing to keep his son in Hebei as a hostage.

Li Hong was secretly horrified, and was moved by Yuan Shu's suggestion.

"General, this is just a suggestion from my father." Yuan Yao pointed to Xun Zheng and Liu Ye and said, "Regardless of whether the general agrees, Master Xun and Brother Ziyang will take my father's memorial and rush to Jinyang to meet the emperor immediately. .”

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Li Hong ordered Cao Anyan, the supervisor under his command, to keep Yuan Yao and the other three under strict protection, so that no one would know that a secret envoy from Yangzhou had rushed to Hebei.

Tian Chou, Yu Peng, Fu Gan, Chen Qun, Yuan Huan, Sima Yi and other six people discussed the authenticity of Yuan Shu's suggestion in the side tent.

Both Li Hong and Tian Chou had a deep understanding of Yuan Shu's nature.At the beginning, Yuan Shu told them that the so-called state affairs are frauds, so today Yuan Shu's suggestion is nothing more than "deception".Yuan Shu's original intention was to occupy the Central Plains, eliminate Cao Cao's three alliances, and then take advantage of the great loss of Hebei's strength and weakness to go south, calmly replace Cao Cao's three alliances, and continue to maintain the three-legged pattern.

But Yuan Shu's ambitions obviously don't stop there. He may also take the opportunity to join forces with Yuan Shao and his brothers to fight against Hebei.With the strength of the Yuan Clan, once the Yellow River is used as the boundary to confront Hebei, the pace of Hebei's pacification of the world will be greatly slowed down.

Since Hebei could guess Yuan Shu's original intention clearly, why did Yuan Shu send his son to Hebei to offer suggestions?Why did he think that Li Hong would agree to him?
"This matter may have something to do with Yuan Shao." After thinking for a long time, Sima Yi made some speculations.

After the three alliances rebuilt the imperial line, they seriously threatened the authority of the Yuan Clan.At this moment, Yuan Shao wants to regain the imperial line, and Yuan Shu wants to return to the Central Plains. The possibility of the two brothers joining forces is very high.

Cao Cao's three alliances must be on guard against this, because once a war breaks out, if Yuan Shu attacks from behind Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the three alliances will definitely be in danger, so Cao Cao and Liu Bei will always be on guard against Yuan Shu, who can help Yuan Shu at this time Only Yuan Shao.If Yuan Shao wanted to help Yuan Shu, there was only one way, and that was to try his best to facilitate this battle.Today's rebel army is assembled very fast, which is inseparable from Yuan Shao's efforts to help.

But Yuan Shao's help was not enough.If our army takes the lead in entering the Central Plains, or takes advantage of the danger of the Yellow River to fight to the death, Yuan Shu will have no chance at all if the rebels are all concentrated in the Central Plains. He must try his best to send all the main force of the rebels to Jizhou.As long as the rebels enter Jizhou, Yuan Shu's opportunity will come.First of all, Hebei suffered a great loss, and our army was unable to fight again in a short period of time.Secondly, if the Central Plains is in chaos, the rebels will inevitably retreat quickly. Our army can take advantage of the momentum to pursue, and even kill all the rebels such as Cao Cao and Liu Bei, so that Yuan Shu can easily take the Central Plains without any effort.

Yuan Shu sent his own son to Hebei to offer advice, precisely to let us take the initiative to get out of the way of the natural danger of the Yellow River and put the rebels in Jizhou.The reason why Yuan Shu was confident that the general would agree to him was precisely because Yuan Shu's blow from the back allowed Hebei to win the battle at the lowest cost.

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Sima Yi's speculation was unanimously approved by everyone, but there are a few key issues here, which make everyone very puzzled.

One is that Yuan Shao will never help Yuan Shu and himself form a rivalry.The purpose of the rebels attacking Hebei is the same, that is to consume the strength of Hebei and other forces and buy time for their own development.Under this premise, Yuan Shao's ultimate goal may be to use Yuan Shu's defection to make Cao Cao's three alliances fight with Yuan Shu, and then he swallows the Central Plains. The powerful forces are in a confrontation with Hebei.

It is impossible for Yuan Shu not to know Yuan Shao's thoughts, so why did Yuan Shu jump into this trap?

Second, since Hebei knows Yuan Shu's strategy, it can immediately disclose this strategy to Cao Cao's three alliances. In this way, Hebei can not only avoid this big war, but also send Yuan Shu to a desperate situation, and make the Central Plains rage.At this moment, as long as Hebei restrains Yuan Shao and allows Cao Cao and Liu Bei to attack Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu may have to flee to Jiangdong.

Could it be that Yuan Shu knew that the purpose of this battle in Hebei was not to repel the rebels, but to destroy the triumvirate, so he would never give up this battle?That being the case, what method can he use to prevent his army from entering the Jizhou battlefield?Could it be that Cao Cao and Liu Bei's guard against him can be dispelled by the Jiangdong battlefield?

Third, Cao Cao gathered the strength of the three families to rebuild the imperial line, took the initiative, and severely hit Yuan Shao. In this case, he did not try to stabilize the three-legged confrontation. Simple.Tian Chou and others believed that what Cao Cao's sword was pointing at might not be Hebei, but Yuan Shu.If Cao Cao's ultimate goal is Yuan Shu, then this is an excellent strategy of replacing defense with offense. On the one hand, he can use this battle to severely injure Yuan Shao, and on the other hand, he can grandly eliminate Yuan Shu and quickly consolidate the three-legged power.

If Cao Cao has a trick in his plan, should we follow the plan and put the rebels into Jizhou?
This leads to the fourth question, is all this a trick of the rebels?If it is a conspiracy by the rebels, Hebei will be under great pressure.

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The tent was brightly lit, and Li Hong and his six subordinates stayed up all night, continuing to discuss.

Yuan Yao is the only eldest son of Yuan Shu's heir. With Yuan Shu's personality, he would not lose his son for the benefit of others. He would never do such a thing anyway, so Yuan Shu's strategy is still credible.

There are many conflicts among the rebels. Even if there are 10,000+ troops, it is difficult to form a huge combat force. It is a good way to put them into Jizhou, disperse their forces, and wipe them out with cameras.

The northern frontier army fought in Jizhou, which not only took advantage of the right time, place and people, but also saved a lot of manpower and material resources. In addition, it also just met the wishes of the generals of the Jizhou army, which can fully stimulate the morale of the soldiers and strive to hit hard with flexible and changeable tactics. rebels.On the contrary, due to the stretched front line, the rebels encountered great difficulties in both command and transportation of food and grass. The balance of power between the enemy and us will change as the war continues.When we hit the Central Plains, it was like an iron fist hitting an open five fingers, but now that the rebels are attacking Jizhou, we are an iron fist, and the rebels have become five open fingers. Relatively speaking, we have greater confidence in defeating the enemy.

In the past, we kept our eyes on the Central Plains, and wanted to spread the war to the Central Plains, lest Jizhou be damaged. In fact, fighting in the Central Plains, we paid a very high price, whether it was the loss of troops or the consumption of wealth. , Moreover, we have not yet grasped the initiative on the battlefield to ensure that we can achieve our war goals.

After putting the rebels into Jizhou, we have fully grasped the initiative on the battlefield, and we can choose suitable targets to attack and annihilate, so as to ensure the defeat of the enemy and destroy the three-legged pattern.

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When the war is about to begin, suddenly changing the entire attack strategy completely, from outside battles to inside battles, is a big taboo for military strategists.

The general Li Hong, the minister's right servant She Tianchou, and the governor of the two prefectures Shi Yupeng seemed very hesitant.Although Chen Qun, Yuan Huan and Sima Yi followed the general to fight in the desert last year, it was the first time for them to participate in this kind of battle with tens of thousands of people.

"There are 4 troops in seven camps in Handan in Jizhou, 14 horses in the Northern Army, and 5000 cavalry from outside the Great Wall. We have a total of 70 troops." Yu Peng began to count his fingers. , "If the army crosses the river and goes down the river, about 80 to 100 civilians will need to be recruited before and after. That is to say, about [-] million people will need to consume money and food in this war."

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Last year when the general fought in the desert, the cattle, sheep and fodder were provided by Huns, Xianbei, Karasuma and other Hu tribes, which to a certain extent reduced the financial burden of the imperial court.In addition, since the imperial court implemented the recruiting system, except for Huben Yulin and the Northern and Southern Armies, the soldiers of the other [-] military battalions no longer paid military salaries.After the implementation of the new land system and taxation system, the daily expenses of the county governments and the salaries of the officials are also resolved by themselves.These three reforms saved the court a lot of money.That's why we can afford to fight this battle this year.

But money is saved, but food cannot be saved.According to the new taxation system, the forced labor of the common people was changed from 30 days to 20 days per year. The rations within these 20 days were brought by the peasants themselves. After 20 days, the imperial court had to pay the peasants to provide rations. The longer the court, the greater the burden on the court.In addition, there are rations for 14 troops.During the war, the soldiers ate three meals a day, which greatly increased food consumption.

According to Mr. Li Wei's forecast, if we start crossing the river in mid-April, the court's wealth, especially the amount of grain, even if we add the grain harvested in May this year, we can only last for four to five months at most. The fighting must end by October.

However, according to the situation of the rebels, we may not be able to gain a foothold in the Central Plains within four to five months, and the final outcome may be that the troops withdraw from Hebei and gain nothing.

(There are two types of corvee service in this dynasty, one is forced service and the other is military service. Adult men who have reached the age of corvee service have to perform 20 days of unpaid labor in addition to military service, engaged in local civil engineering, building bridges and roads, Work such as managing rivers and canals and transporting grain. Because the servants take turns to serve, it is called "geng", and the servants are called "gengzu".)
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The number of rebels is about 15 to 20, and the number of civilians needed is about 80. The consumption is also very large, but judging from the wealth of Kanto, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou, Xuzhou and other places, they can fully support More than five months.

Kanto, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou used to be the rich lands of this dynasty, with many and fertile fields, and because of continuous wars and disasters, a large number of people died and moved southward.With fewer people and more fields, the recovery will naturally be faster than Hebei, which has more people and less fields.As for Jingzhou and Yangzhou, as well as the southern counties and counties of Xuzhou and Yuzhou, they are the main places where the population migrated south. In the past, there were few people in these places, and there was a lot of land for opening up wasteland. Therefore, when there were more people, the number of fields increased sharply, and wealth increased Of course soon.

In addition, since Dong Zhuo's chaos in government and the self-respect of the state and counties, the number of refugees has increased sharply, and it has become easier to recruit soldiers from all over the country, and the military system has also undergone major changes immediately.Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and others all used the recruitment system, but they no longer paid military salaries, but replaced them with food.The soldiers only need to eat enough, and they don't ask for anything else.Since last year, Cao Cao has adopted the military system to raise troops and does not release military pay. The number of troops has increased rapidly.

As for the forced labor in each state and county, it has now exceeded 30 days, and the officials of the state and county have the final say.In such a war situation, it is very common for localities to build bridges and roads, manage rivers and canals, and transfer grain. How can the poor people dare not follow in order to survive?Ask them to do anything as long as they get one meal a day.

The leaders of the rebel army should not pay the soldiers of the rebel army, nor should they pay the conscripted civilians more than the prescribed time for hard service. As long as he keeps these people alive, the battle can continue to be fought.

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"There are only three prefectures in Hebei, and the wealth is completely provided by Jizhou and Hedong, which cannot support a protracted war. The rebels occupy the seven prefectures and counties south of the Yellow River, including Sili, Yan, Xu, Qing, Jing, Yu, and Yang. Sili's Guanzhong, Guanxi, and other places can provide money and food, and they can definitely fight for a year or so, and they can drag us down."

Yu Peng sighed, and continued: "Compared to comparison, it is far more advantageous for the Northern Frontier Army to fight in Jizhou than to fight in the Central Plains."

Fighting in Jizhou, first of all, avoids the pain of long-distance transportation of grain and grass, so that the number of civilians required and food consumption during transportation will be greatly reduced, saving at least half of the grain.Secondly, the rebels invaded Jizhou, which aroused the anger of the people in Jizhou. We can use the sentiment of the people to protect their homes and defend the country and encourage them to extend their service time without compensation, which can save the court a sum of money.

We have enough food and money. Not only can we drag this war on, but we can also drag the rebels until their food and grass are exhausted. Doomsday.The defeat of the rebels was not only a failure on the Jizhou battlefield, but also a failure of their complete defeat.In this way, we will be able to attack southward on a large scale in the next year and the next year, and the day of calming down the world will be just around the corner.

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"But the 10,000+ rebel army came in, and the loss of Jizhou was beyond your imagination." Li Hong looked at the map on the desk and shook his head and sighed.

Tian Chou stretched out a hand and lightly drew a line along the Qinghe River on the map, "Starting from Yecheng, along the Zhangshui River to Quzhou, then starting from Guangzong, along the Qinghe River to Nanpi, this It's our last line of defense."

"Three hundred miles, three hundred miles from the Yellow River to the north." Li Hong frowned, looked at the map intently, and muttered to himself, "There are many rivers in these three hundred miles, and the yellow flooded areas are one after another. The advantage of running."

"I can't retreat anymore." Tian Chou said firmly, "Within three hundred miles, there is the entire Ganling Kingdom, there are more than a dozen counties in the south of Wei County and Bohai County, and there are more than a dozen counties in Dong County and Yuan County. One million people, we can bear such a loss, but no more. We can evacuate all the million people to the northern counties and counties of Jizhou, change all the fields in these dozens of counties to fallow land, and turn this place into For a deserted battlefield."

"Although it is more than 1000 miles from Wei County to Bohai County, the depth of the entire battlefield is too short. Hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting here. It is difficult to guarantee that the rebels will not kill Qinghe." Li Hong shook his head again and again, "If the rebels It is very difficult for us to evacuate these more than 100 million people when we start crossing the river in April, and there is obviously not enough time."

"Immediately send people across the river to go down the river, do everything possible to meet Yuan Shu, and tell him to delay the attack until the end of May, otherwise, we will not help him." Tian Chou thought for a while, and then said, "The drought in the Central Plains is getting worse and worse. Seriously, the disciples of Dazhitang are going south one after another to treat illnesses and save lives, let Yuan Yao send his own men to pretend to be disciples of Dazhitang to cross the river immediately."

"Yuan Shu is still in Changyi?"

"He must be in Changyi." Tian Chou said with a smile, "Yuan Shu will not leave Changyi until this battle is over."

"You've decided?" Li Hong looked at Tian Chou, then at Yu Peng, "You've decided too?"

"Where's the general?" Yu Peng asked back.

Li Hong hesitated and remained silent.

"General, if the drought in the Central Plains continues until this summer, there will be thousands of miles of devastated land, a sharp increase in refugees, and rebellions one after another." Sima Yi suddenly bowed and said, "Jizhou can no longer accommodate refugees, and the way to prevent refugees from entering Jizhou is on the north bank of the Yellow River. Fighting the war will cut off the way for the refugees to enter Jizhou. As for the rebels, they will have to withdraw from Jizhou one after another because of the rebellion of the refugees in the Central Plains. It may be a foolproof strategy to switch to the interior line."

Li Hong lowered his head, clenched his fists with both hands, and kept knocking on his forehead lightly, his heart churning endlessly.

This is a battle related to the great Han society, and it cannot be defeated no matter what.Fighting on the outside line, although the losses are great, but it is safe to keep Jizhou intact, but if you turn to the inside line to fight, if you make a mistake, you will be doomed.

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"Write our opinion into a memorial and send it to Jinyang urgently. Please reply within two days from Her Royal Highness the Princess and the ministers." Li Hong raised his head, looked at Sima Yi and said, "Zhongda, explain the two strategies clearly. The key to this battle is not to lose, we cannot afford to lose."

"Catch Qu Yi, Yan Liang, the seven major battalion generals, and Jizhou Inspector Guo back immediately." Li Hong pointed to Chen Qun and said, "Changwen, you go quickly. Also, urgently call the prefects of all counties in Jizhou , ask them to come to Handan day and night."

Chen Qun agreed in surprise, and hurried out of the tent.The general's arrangement is obviously inclined to improvise, and to change the outside battle to the inside battle.

"General, Yuan Shu..." Before Tian Chou finished speaking, Li Hong interrupted him, "No matter how we fight, these three people will be taken as hostages. Go and tell Yuan Yao, we agreed, Please send someone south to get in touch with Yuan Shu."

Tian Chou smiled slightly, bowed and stepped back.

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Qu Yi and the others rushed back to the General Xingyuan again.

The civil and military officials were shocked by such a big change overnight.

Suddenly, Qu Yi slammed his fist on the case table, and shouted excitedly: "General, well, we will win this battle." Next to the map, "Jizhou's soldiers lack experience in major wars. It is a fact that if they go directly to the Central Plains to fight, the casualties will be huge. The superiority inflicts heavy damage on the enemy, so that we can not only reduce the casualties of our soldiers and preserve our strength, but also quickly turn the soldiers of Jizhou into elites, and accumulate strength for the future southward pacification of the world."

Qu Yi obviously had done a lot of research on inside battles. He pointed at the map and began to talk incessantly.

There are no more than three attack strategies of the rebels. One is to join forces in one place and drive straight in.One is to divide the troops into three groups, with the two wings as the auxiliary, and attack from the center.One is that the troops are divided into multiple ways and advance together.According to these three attack methods, Qu Yi devised strategies to defeat the enemy one by one.

"As long as the general gives the order, the Jizhou army can stop the rebels from crossing the river on the north bank of the Yellow River until all the million people have been evacuated." Qu Yi said, clasping his hands, "please give the order immediately, the general."

Li Hong shook his hand, "I've rushed to the court, so wait."

"Quick to the court?" Qu Yi frowned, and said dissatisfiedly, "You are the Great General Sima, ranking above the three princes, and have all the decision-making power in military affairs. You can just say a word about this kind of thing. Why? Do you want to waste time by rushing to the court?"

"It is precisely because I am the Great General Sima that I have to rush to the court." Li Hong said calmly, "Now the emperor and the court are in Jinyang. Listen to the emperor and the court." Li Hong looked at the civil and military officials in the big tent, and said solemnly, "Today's battle is not only related to the survival of Hebei, but also the survival of the great Han society, so this kind of event must be played. Please, the emperor and the imperial court, must be of the same mind, and must gather all the strength of the great man. Hebei alone cannot save the great man. In the future, if I am gone, you should also keep this in mind. Hebei is the Hebei of the great Han, and Hebei is the Hebei of the great Han. You are fighting for the big man, you are the courtiers of the big man, you must fight for the big man."

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In April, Jinyang.

In the middle of the night, the eldest princess received a rush from General Sima.She immediately sent an order to the ministers and ministers to enter the palace overnight to discuss matters.

Taifu Zhao Qi, Da Situ Cui Lie, Da Sikong Liu He, Taichang Xun You and other sixteen ministers and six Cao ministers gathered at Shangshutai.

Shangshu Sima Lang recited Li Hong's prelude aloud, and gave a more detailed explanation.

"The general asked us to give an answer within two days, but the situation in Jizhou is critical, so I ask all the adults to agree on this performance tonight." The eldest princess coughed softly a few times, pointing at Guang Luxun Xianyufu and Da Siong Li Wei Said, "Master Xian Yu and Master Li have been with the general for a long time and are very familiar with military affairs. Let me talk about it first."

"It's a big taboo for military strategists to change tactics." Xian Yufu stood up and said, "Inside battles, our army has to bear several times the risk of outside battles, which is very dangerous. From my point of view, we can't pin our victory on a rebellious statement." And an unforeseen natural disaster, this matter must be cautious."

The eldest princess looked at Li Wei.

Li Wei smiled bitterly, "From the heart of the minister, I agree with the general's proposal, which can save the court a lot of money, but at this moment, the time seems to be a bit late, and it is difficult for us to Complete the preparations for the internal battle in a short period of time. The evacuation of millions of people, the general is just a short sentence, but the imperial court and the counties in Hebei have to pay a lot of effort for this sentence. This It's too difficult."

"It's not that the strategy is not good enough to switch from the outside to the inside." Tai Chang Xun You also stood up and said, "If the general can stop the rebels before June On the south bank of the Yellow River, this strategy is feasible, but the general cannot guarantee it. Once we are not prepared enough and the rebels enter Jizhou in advance, it will be difficult to say the outcome of this battle."

Zhenbei General Yan Rourou, who was in charge of Weiwei's affairs, and the always cautious Shangshu Zuopushe Zhu Mu supported the general's memorial. The army blocked the north bank of the Yellow River.Not to mention sticking to the beginning of June, but sticking to the end of the year will be fine.

The opinions of the former officials in northern Xinjiang were all at odds, and the opinions of other ministers were of course even more difficult to unify.

The eldest princess was very worried and anxious.Seeing that Da Situ Cui Lie was uncharacteristically sitting there quietly without saying a word, she asked very strangely, "Why doesn't Da Situ speak? Are you in poor health?"

Cui Lie stood up and played loudly: "From my point of view, we don't need to agree on this play at all."

The eldest princess was very surprised, "Master Cui, what is the meaning of this?"

The Shangshutai suddenly fell silent.

Cui Lie saluted the eldest princess first, and then faced the ministers, "Since Dong Zhuo's entry into the capital, has any of the ministers in charge invited the emperor and the court for such important events? Of course Dong Zhuo and Li Jue would not, it is King Situ Lord Yun didn't either. If he had asked the emperor at the beginning, the emperor would have issued an order to appease Dong Zhuo's old troops, or if he had discussed it with the ministers in the court, the ministers in the court would have agreed to appease him, but Lord Wang Yun didn't. He made the decision instead of the emperor, and as a result, the disaster of Chang'an came one after another, and the last chance for the big man to recover quickly was ruined like this."

Cui Lie turned around and pointed to the memorial in front of the eldest princess, and said excitedly: "Today, look at the general, he still thinks about the emperor and the court thousands of miles away, such a person is not worthy of trust, we still Who can we trust? Who else can we count on to rejuvenate the big man? What the general wants is not our opinion, but our trust and our loyalty to the big man."

Cui Lie pointed at the ministers and asked loudly: "My lords, pat your conscience, are you loyal to the big man? Are you willing to die for the big man? The big man needs the big general to charge the battle, but can the big general alone save the big man?" ?The great man needs the loyalty of your lords, and the great general needs the trust and help of your lords. As long as the monarch and his subjects work together, all difficulties can be overcome."

"The general is fighting hard and trying to buy time, what about us? What should we do?" Cui Lie raised his arms high and roared, "We should fight to the death with the general."

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In the early morning of the next day, the eldest princess issued an order in the name of the emperor, agreed to the general's proposal, and urgently ordered the imperial court and Hebei provinces to quickly evacuate a million people from the combat area and make all preparations for the internal battle.

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In April, Chen Liuyongqiu.

The army of Jingzhou was walking on the galloping road.

Huang Zhong took off his helmet and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "It's so hot in April, it's rare."

"Is Mr. Huang too tired?" Wen Pin said with a smile, "You are old, you should stay in Jingzhou."

"I'm only forty-nine, so I'm not old." Huang Zhong stroked his gray beard and asked rather dissatisfied, "Do you think I'm old?"

"No, no..." Wen Pin waved his hands again and again, and was about to speak, but saw Yiqi galloping from a distance.

"Wei Yan is back, I don't know if he will get food."

"If that bastard Yuan Shu doesn't give it back, we'll grab it." Huang Zhong said angrily.

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(End of this chapter)