Great Han Empire

Chapter 777
Li Hong, Zhang Yan, Zhong Yao and others personally sent Gongsun Xu out of Xingyuan.

Recently, for Gongsun Xu, it was like living in a nightmare, suffering physically and mentally.First, uncles such as Tian Kai and Guan Jing who had been familiar with since childhood died under his iron cavalry, and then his father Gongsun Zan, as well as Gongsun Fan, Zou Dan, Shan Jing, these father's life-and-death brothers died in battle on Bailang Mountain in western Liaoning. .

Gongsun Xu could only vent his pain and hatred by crying.

Under Li Hong's arrangement, Gongsun Xu hurriedly returned to Youzhou for the funeral.Qu Yi, General Zuo, and Yan Rou, General Zhenbei, went to Youzhou to express their condolences.General Li Hong invited Chen Qun, a senior official, to represent him, and went to Youzhou with Qu Yi and others to express his condolences.

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After sending off Gongsun Xu, the general summoned the generals in northern Xinjiang to continue the military discussion.

In order to prevent the situation from getting out of control, Li Hong deliberately asked Tian Chou to discuss the stabilization of the desert with the Xiongnu Youxian King Liu Ming, Karasuma Heiling Wang Loulu, and Karasuma King Lu Huanyang alone in the side tent.Mustafa and Jifeng also let Li Hong temporarily send Xingyuan.

The death of Gongsun Zan angered the generals in northern Xinjiang, especially Wei Jun, Li Su, Guo Hua and other Youzhou generals. , the supervisor asked Li Hong to let them lead the army to go north to Youzhou immediately to kill the Hu rebellion.

Chief Shi Jiaxu was ordered to explain the gains and losses of the Jizhou War, but was repeatedly interrupted by the generals in northern Xinjiang. Even Xu Huang, who had always been steady and quiet, couldn't help standing up and criticizing loudly.Guan Ting gave up halfway to stop him, which made him brood on him, and he vaguely pointed the finger at Qu Yi.Fortunately Qu Yi was temporarily sent to Youzhou by Li Hong, otherwise the debate in this military meeting would have become more and more intense.

Jia Xu's face was very ugly, and she didn't know what to say next.

Most of the dozens of northern Xinjiang officials in the tent are powerful generals who have followed Li Hong for more than ten years, and some are former leaders of the Yellow Turban Army. These people are more powerful and louder than each other.Jia Xu suspected that if she continued speaking, someone might rush up and beat her.

Li Hong stood up and patted Jia Xu, motioning him to sit down and speak by himself.

The big tent was suddenly quiet.

Li Hong no longer talked about the gains and losses of the Jizhou War, but explained in detail the changes in the situation before and after the Jizhou War, as well as the countermeasures made by the General's Mansion in response to these changes.Success or failure on the battlefield is closely related to changes in the situation outside the battlefield. No matter what the outcome is, whether it is right or wrong, as long as the pre-war goal is finally completed, the price paid is acceptable, including some command mistakes.

"The court's rewards and rewards for the soldiers will be delivered to Jizhou in the near future." Li Hong finally said, "The soldiers and horses of the seven battalions of Jizhou will return to the camp, and the soldiers and soldiers will be disbanded as soon as possible so that they can reunite with their families. The battalion rested. After the northern army replenished its troops in Jizhou, it was brought back to Jinyang by two adults, Zhang Yan and Lu Bu. The southern army stayed in Jizhou to attack Hanoi."

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Just after Li Hong finished speaking, Wang Dang jumped up, "General, why didn't you attack Qingzhou?"

"General, why don't you send cavalry to Youzhou to attack Liaodong?" Li Su also stood up and asked anxiously.

The other generals scrambled to fight each other.

"Have I finished?" Li Hong glanced at the generals with a stern look, and asked sharply, "I said it, or did you say it?"

The generals looked at each other awkwardly, and hurriedly sat down again.

"Master Jia..." Li Hong looked at Jia Xu and said, "Please explain the situation after the Great War in Jizhou to all the adults."

Jia Xu smiled wryly and stood up.

Li Hong pointed to the generals in the tent, and said in a cold voice: "Before Mr. Jia finishes speaking, whoever dares to contradict him will be punished as a defy order."

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Jia Xu made a detailed analysis of the trend of the world situation after the Jizhou War.

With the defeat of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the death of Tian Kai, and the betrayal of Yuan Shu, the situation in the Central Plains will undergo major changes.

After the Battle of Jizhou, the strength of Cao Cao and Liu Bei was severely reduced, but after Cao and Liu's army defeated Yuan, Liu Bei still counted on Cao Cao's help to regain Xuzhou, so he had to give up Qingzhou and hand over Qingzhou to Cao Cao.Cao Cao got Qingzhou and regained Yanzhou, and then he will join forces with Liu Bei to attack Xuzhou and Yangzhou.

The purpose of Cao Cao's attack on Yangzhou is to need a stable rear with sufficient money and food.The purpose of Liu Bei's attack on Xuzhou was to eradicate Yuan Shu's invasion of Xuzhou, so as to rapidly develop his own strength.Yangzhou is inevitable for both Cao Cao and Liu Bei.With such a good opportunity today, even if Yuan Shu took the initiative to ask for peace, the two would not let him go.

Although Yuan Shu reached Yanzhou, he was unknown and his strength was limited. After a long time, he was bound to be defeated by Cao Cao and Liu Bei.Yuan Shao had already occupied the heart of the Central Plains. In order to restrain and attack Cao Cao and Liu Bei in order to profit from them, he would definitely help Yuan Shu secretly.In this way, the war in the Central Plains will continue for a long time.

If we attack Qingzhou at this time and step one foot to the gate of the Central Plains, it will definitely destroy the pattern of the Central Plains.

The armies of Cao Cao and Liu Bei will soon gather in Qingzhou, while Yuan Shu has not established a firm foothold in Yanzhou and Xuzhou. Once Cao Cao and Liu Bei are defeated, he will bear the brunt of it and lose the Central Plains in a blink of an eye.Under the circumstance that the Central Plains may become Hebei's pocket at any time, Yuan Shao and Liu Biao must come forward to mediate.

In order to survive, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, and Liu Biao had to join forces again against Hebei.Five people join forces, compromise and help each other, and their strength will increase rapidly, which is very detrimental to Hebei's pacification of the world.

On the contrary, if we choose to attack Hanoi, threaten Luoyang, and cooperate with Xu Rong's army in Hedong and Han Sui's army in Xijiang to make a three-way attack on Guanzhong and Kanto, and firmly contain Yuan Shao, it will not only force Yuan Shao to be unable to take into account the help of the Central Plains Yuan Shu can also let Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others relax their guard against Hebei, and instead concentrate all their forces to attack Yuan Shu.

If Cao Cao and Liu Bei want to completely defeat Yuan Shu with their current strength, it will take time and a lot of financial and material resources, especially to cut off Yuan Shao's help to Yuan Shu.We attack Hanoi just in time to help them.At the same time, Cao Cao and Liu Bei's complete defeat of Yuan Shu is equivalent to cutting off half of the Yuan Clan's power, and Yuan Shao's strength will be severely damaged as a result. Gained great benefits in the process of conquering Guanzhong, Kanto and the Central Plains.

You adults may think that in this way, although Yuan Shao's strength has been weakened, Cao Cao and Liu Bei have developed, which is still very unfavorable for us to capture the Central Plains.In fact, you adults got it wrong.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeated Yuan Shu and occupied Yangzhou, which caused great losses to themselves and delayed development. In addition, while they severely damaged the power of the Yuan clan, they also forged a deep hatred with Yuan Shao.After the strength of the two sides ebbs and flows, the contradiction will intensify, which is beyond doubt.Once we go south to the Central Plains, even if Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others join forces again, we can take advantage of the hatred between them and defeat them easily.

In short, fighting Qingzhou now will only make the rebels give up their disputes and join forces against Hebei, and the strength of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others will recover in a short time.Fighting Hanoi now will not create such a situation that is extremely unfavorable to Hebei.

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With the death of Gongsun Zan, the situation in northern Xinjiang became more and more critical.

Jia Xu explained the general's mansion's speculation about the future situation in northern Xinjiang, and finally said, "To deal with the crisis in northern Xinjiang, the first task is not to go to Liaodong to suppress the rebellion, but to stabilize the tribes of the Hu tribe in the desert and cut off the Kirby tribe. Xiong's delusion to unify the tribes of Xianbei and dominate the desert."

Liaodong is more than 3000 miles away, and the Liaodong rebellion had little impact on both the central and western parts of Youzhou and Hebei. If there was no death of Gongsun Zan, we would be able to quell the rebellion even if it was later.

Without stabilizing the tribes of the Hu tribe in the desert, we hastily dispatched troops to fight against the rebellion in Liaodong, and we fell into the tricks of the Xianbei people. Therefore, whether it is the court or the adults, we must put aside the hatred of Lord Gongsun for the time being and stabilize it first. The desert, then hit Liaodong.

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Jia Xu talked on and on for a long time, and the northern generals in the tent were overwhelmed by Jia Xu's wonderful exposition, and their frantic emotions gradually calmed down.

"The Southern Army's [-] cavalry troops are enough to attack Hanoi." After Jia Xu finished speaking, Li Hong pointed to Yan Liang and said, "General Hu Lie led the Southern Army to attack Hanoi."

Yan Liang was overjoyed and bowed to his orders.

Li Hong stared at Yan Liang meaningfully, "Don't let me say any more?"

Yan Liang grinned without a smile on his face, and nodded repeatedly with a very strange expression.He knew that Li Hong was warning him not to kill surrender intentionally.

"Yangwei Zhonglang will take Master Zhang Liao as his deputy and lead the Southern Army's iron cavalry." Li Hong looked at Zhang Liao and said, "The Xindu Camp will be handed over to Zhang Xiu and Peng Lie for the time being. Prepare to build the Shanyang camp, directly threatening Luoyang."

Zhang Liao was overjoyed and took his orders loudly.

"You two discuss it and see if Hanoi can be taken in a few months." Li Hong said with a smile, "I will go back to Jinyang to arrange money and food for you. You'd better give me an approximate time."

"One month." Yan Liang opened his mouth without hesitation and said, "One month is enough."

Li Hong turned his gaze to Zhang Liao.Zhang Liao hesitated for a moment and didn't speak. His expression obviously disagreed with what Yan Liang said, but since so many people were in front of him, he couldn't show weakness, so he could only reluctantly nodded.

Li Hong smiled, waved and said, "One month is too little time. How about you take Hanoi for me before it snows?"

At this time, there are still about three months until winter. If everything goes well, it should be enough.Zhang Liao nodded vigorously this time, with gratitude in his eyes, "General, I wonder if we can invite the troops from the east of the river to cooperate and launch a feint attack on Guanzhong and Kanxi?"

Yan Liang looked at Zhang Liao disdainfully, and just about to speak, Li Hong pointed his hand at him immediately, "In a month, if you don't take Hanoi, you hand over the army to Wenyuan, and you come to Jinyang to plead guilty."

Yan Liang was slightly taken aback.

"Zishan, you have won too many battles, and your mentality has completely changed." Li Hong shook his head and sighed softly, "Arrogant soldiers are bound to lose, have you forgotten this truth? If you want to take Hanoi before the snow falls, you can only rely on your army alone." Impossible, there must be close cooperation with the troops from the east of the river. Do you think Yuan Shao will easily abandon Hanoi? Will he put Luoyang under our attack?"

In front of all the generals, Yan Liang couldn't hold back his face anymore, murderous look appeared in his eyes, and the muscles on his face twitched violently a few times, looking extremely annoyed.Of course he would not be angry with Li Hong, he poured his anger on Zhang Liao.

Li Hong looked at him and sighed softly.There are too many victories and battles, the official becomes bigger, the heart is high, the temper is big, and the head is confused.Li Hong really wanted to replace him, but at this moment he couldn't speak again, worried that he would hurt Yan Liang.

"General, I am willing to attack Hanoi with Lord Yan Liang." Tian Chou immediately stood up.After discussing with Liu Ming and others about stabilizing the desert, he returned to the tent.

Li Hong's heart suddenly settled down.

"Zhongda, you stay with Zitai (Tian Chou)." Li Hong looked at Sima Yi with a smile, "Hanoi is your hometown, you should be able to help."

Sima Yi stood up in surprise, "I obey, but..."

"Speak up if you have something to say." Li Hong said with a smile.

"Your subordinate wants to lead troops to the battlefield." Sima Yi bowed and begged, "Please, General."

Li Hong looked at the long sword on Sima Yi's waist in surprise, "Okay, good, good. Zishan, look..."

With a tense face, Yan Liang said in a cold voice: "Master Zhang Liao, please arrange it." He has always held prejudices against the children of aristocratic families, and he is uncomfortable no matter how he looks at it, and he doesn't want to be around him at all.

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The next day, Li Hong, Zhang Yan, Lu Bu and others sent off all the generals.Zhao Yun, Jiang Wu, Liu Ming, Li Su and others led their cavalry back to the outside of the Great Wall.Wen Chou, Gao Lan, Gao Shun and others returned to the camp.

Yan Liang, Tian Chou, Zhang Liao, and Sima Yi rushed to the camp of the Southern Army, met with officers of the Southern Army at all levels, and prepared to lead their troops to the battlefield in Hanoi.

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Li Hong summoned Zhang Yang, Dong Zhao, Xiao En and Zhao Hu in Xingyuan.

As early as when Zhang Yang had just fled to Hebei, Li Hong met with them, placed them in Handan, and reported to the court at the same time.The imperial court once wrote back, inviting the four of them to Jinyang to meet the emperor, but the attitude of the imperial court at that time was very vague, as if they still wanted to punish them according to the law.Li Hong then used the tense battle situation in Jizhou as an excuse to keep the four of them.

This time Li Hong was going to take them back to Jinyang together. Before leaving, Li Hong wanted to ask the four of them about their respective plans.

Zhang Yang used to be Dong Zhuo's subordinate. Later, he was trapped by Yuan Shao in Hanoi and surrendered to Yuan Shao. He was regarded as Yuan Shao's confidant.He was the commander-in-chief of one of the rebels who attacked Jizhou this time.Although he fled to Jizhou due to internal strife, he has done nothing.The imperial court can pardon his crimes, but he will not remain in the imperial court.

Zhang Yang was disheartened at the moment, and he didn't say anything other than thanking the general for taking him in.

"Uncle Zhi, if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about Gongren (Dong Zhao) and the others." Seeing Zhang Yang's dejected look, Lu Bu was very angry, "The general came here today to help you, what do you have? Straightforward."

Zhang Yang sighed, "Brother Gongren's younger brother is in the court now, and he still has many friends in Jinyang, so he should not be affected by me." Zhang Yang pointed to Xiao En and Zhao Hu, "I just hope that the general will treat him kindly." My two brothers, as for myself, I should be killed if I should, and I should be imprisoned."

Li Hong smiled, "Uncle Zhi, you also participated in the Battle of Yanmen Pass back then. With this credit, the court did not kill you. In addition, the information you provided this time let us know many specific things about the rebels, including Their line of attack, that helped us a lot, and it's a credit to that."

Zhang Yang looked at Li Hong in surprise and joy when he heard the words, his expression was very excited.Dong Zhao, Xiao En, and Zhao Hu repeatedly thanked Li Hong.

"Actually, if Your Majesty and the imperial court no longer pursue Mr. Zhang's crimes and reuse them, it will also shock the rebellion in other places." Dong Zhao said happily, "If your Majesty can amend the criminal law accordingly, it will definitely help. The imperial court will calm down the world as soon as possible.”

Li Hong looked at Dong Zhao thoughtfully, with a wry smile on his face, "If you want to amend the criminal law of the great Han, your majesty can't solve it with a single word."

"Isn't the imperial court implementing a new policy?" Dong Zhao said, "The official system, the military system, and the land system can all be amended, why can't the criminal law be amended? When Gaozu entered the customs and abolished torture, there were only three chapters of the law. Didn't it also conquer the world? There are many criminal laws in this dynasty. There are harsh parts, if we can uphold the law and save punishment, and reduce the punishment, it will definitely help the rejuvenation of the big man."

"To amend the criminal law, we must first touch on the Spring and Autumn Judgment." Li Hong shook his head. "Last year, Jinyang had an argument over the matter of amending the criminal law. It involves too much and requires a long-term discussion. An imperial decree cannot solve it."

There are many schools of Confucianism in this dynasty, and the legal thoughts of the great Confucians of each school are very different. It is conceivable that it is very difficult for these famous Confucians to revise the criminal law.Right now, the eldest princess and many ministers have great differences on how to sentence, let alone revise the criminal law.

Li Hong didn't want to talk too much about this matter, so he immediately changed the subject and asked Zhang Yang if he would like to go to Bianjun as the prefect.It is indeed not suitable for Zhang Yang to stay in Jinyang at present, but as Dong Zhao said, Zhang Yang's handling involves other rebellious attitudes towards Hebei, so he must persuade the eldest princess and the court ministers to arrange Zhang Yang as properly as possible .

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When Wei Yan saw Li Hong for the first time, he felt that this world-renowned general was more powerful than he had imagined, and he was suffocated by the chilling aura rushing towards his face.

Before Wei Yan pays homage, his mind is blank, and there is only one thing in his mind, this is the leopard.

Li Hong didn't have much impression of him at first, but when he had dinner with Yan Liang last night, Yan Liang mentioned the young general of Jingzhou several times and praised his courage. He was transferred to his subordinates as the leading general.Li Hong refused immediately.Wei Yan is surrendering, and whether he can be pardoned for his crimes is a matter for the Tingwei Mansion.In the past, the emperor and the imperial court did not go to Hebei, and he had the final say on matters big and small, but now it is different, and he has no right to deal with it without authorization.Yan Liang was very sorry and had to give up.Before leaving today, he found Li Hong in private again, and asked Li Hong to get Wei Yan out of Ting Wei's mansion when he arrived in Jinyang, "This kid is brave and resourceful, he is a material for war, you must give him to me. "

Yan Liang seldom suffers in wars, and it is rare for Yan Liang to appreciate someone, but the person Yan Liang admires must be the one who makes Yan Liang suffer. Li Hong's interest greatly increased because of this, and he asked Cao Anyan, the subordinate supervisor, to go to Xingyuan Prison Tent to bring Wei Yan Come, he wants to meet this man.

After Wei Yan followed Gao Shun to Panhe, Yan Liang sent people to take him to General Xingyuan and imprison him.He knew what fate awaited him, so he was calm and ready to behead anytime.However, he was still very excited to see this great general whom he admired so much before he died.The reason why he once worshiped is because when he learned that the general killed the emperor, he believed that the general was a damned traitor.

Li Hong was writing a memorial for the imperial court, and when he saw Wei Yan, he nodded and motioned him to sit across from his desk, and then handed him a volume of documents, "This is an overview of the Jizhou War, take a look. After finishing speaking, he continued to immerse himself in writing his memorial.

Wei Yan couldn't wait to open it and take a closer look.In his dreams, he wanted to know the result of the battle in Jizhou.After a quick look, he sighed in disappointment.

Li Hong put down his pen and asked with a smile: "It mentioned the possible situation in the Central Plains after the end of the Jizhou War. Do you think our guess is correct?"

Wei Yan hesitated for a long time, shook his head, and did not speak.

"Do you know why I invited you here?"

"do not know."

"Because Master Yan Liang said that he wants to get you out of the prison in Tingwei Mansion, and then let you be his subordinate." Li Hong laughed, "Are you willing?"

Wei Yan looked at Li Hong in astonishment, he felt a little unbelievable that the general roaring like a tiger wanted to save him.Wei Yan's eyes were a little moist, and the hatred in his heart suddenly eased a lot.

"What do you want to tell me?" Li Hong still asked with a smile on his face. "In two days, I will take you back to Jinyang. After arriving in Jinyang, it will be very difficult for you to see me again."

Wei Yan lowered his head and thought for a long time.Li Hong looked at him patiently, quietly waiting for his reply.

"General, after the Battle of Jizhou, the situation in the Central Plains may be a little different from your prediction." Wei Yan suddenly raised his head and said.

"Really?" Li Hong said with great interest, "Tell me."

"Does the general know Zang Ba?"

Li Hong frowned, suddenly thought of something, and immediately said to Any who was standing behind him: "Quickly, go and invite Master Zhang Yan here."

Arbitrarily agreed, and flew away.

"Is there any news from Qingzhou, General?" Wei Yan asked again.

Li Hong nodded, "If Zang Ba joins forces with Guan Cheng and Guan Hai of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army to take the opportunity to occupy Qingzhou, the situation in the Central Plains will be very beneficial to Hebei."

"However, Zang Ba's strength is not enough." Wei Yan said, "Once Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Yuan Shu, Zang Ba's good luck will come to an end."

After thinking about it, Li Honglue waved his hand and called the guard on duty outside the tent, "Quickly, Master Jia Xu, please come here. Then send a fast horse, and immediately go to the Northern Army camp to invite Master Yu Du."

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