Three Kingdoms: Peak Summons

Chapter 2056: Not far from becoming emperor (Part 1)

Chapter 2054: Not far from becoming emperor (Part 1)

As the saying goes: A country cannot live without a king for a day.

Even if he is a puppet emperor, his existence is of great significance. Although Liu Xie is just a mascot for the Luoyang court, he is also indispensable. He can calm the hearts of the courtiers and the people.

Now Liu Xie suddenly passed away, and the country suddenly lost its master, even if it was only in name, it would definitely cause a major earthquake to the country, and someone must stand up and take charge of the overall situation.

At present, only Qin Hao has this qualification, but he was dragged to the Youbeiping battlefield and could not return immediately.

Now there is no leader in Luoyang. If Qin Hao fails to return, sooner or later there will be even greater trouble.

Originally, Qin Hao wanted to fight steadily until the Manchu forces were completely expelled from Youzhou, and even the war was carried into the Manchu territory.

After all, Youzhou is still within the territory of the Han Dynasty. Regardless of victory or defeat, the war in Youzhou will consume the vitality of the Han people. However, if the exhibition is moved to the territory of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, no matter how far the war goes, even if it is a scorched earth, it will not be harmful to the Han people. Having the slightest influence is equivalent to innate invincibility.

Qin Hao had already made plans, but Liu Xie's unexpected death disrupted his plans. He had to end the war as soon as possible so that he could return to Luoyang to take charge of the overall situation as soon as possible, so he could only advance the decisive battle.

“Generals, although our army’s food and supplies are safe, there are more important things now, forcing me to launch a decisive battle in advance.”

 Qin Hao glanced at the generals and said with a serious face.

A trace of curiosity flashed across the faces of all the generals. What could be more important than food, grass and roads? The lord actually gave up his original plan?

  The wartime mechanism implemented in Youzhou, the five counties and the army on the front line are basically in a state of blockade and isolation, and no news can be transmitted without Qin Hao's approval.

Under such a wartime system, the frontline soldiers knew almost nothing about what was happening outside, and did not even know the news about the fall of Hangu Pass. Naturally, it was impossible to know such secrets as Liu Xie's unexpected death.

In addition, as soon as Liu Xecai passed away, Jia Xu immediately blocked the news. Although it was impossible to hide it forever, the circulation of news was slow during the war, so it was still possible to hide it for a month or two.

Although the news of Liu Xie's death has spread in Sizhou and has begun to spread to Bingjiqing, it may still take some time before it reaches Youzhou.

“Lord, what happened that forced our army to fight the Manchus in advance?”

Bai Qi stood up and asked. He must know the reason, but in order to cooperate with Qin Hao, he still pretended not to know.

Qin Hao was waiting for Bai Qi to cooperate with him. After hearing Bai Qi's words, the emotions he had worked so hard to brew exploded directly. He gritted his teeth with a sad face and said: "Hangu Pass fell. After Li Shimin invaded Sizhou, he drove straight in regardless of everything. , went straight to Luoyang City.

However, the imperialists headed by ministers such as Kong Rong and Ma Rixi did not want to be loyal to the country. Instead, they held His Majesty hostage. They united with the famous families in the city to launch a coup in Luoyang and opened the city gates, hoping to dedicate Luoyang to the Tang army. . "

"What?"

 All the generals immediately exclaimed.

Except for the surrendered generals of the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Han, most of the generals present had their families in Luoyang City. If Luoyang was captured by the Tang army, their families would all become prisoners of the Tang army.

 “Kong Rong, you deserve to die...”

“Damn the imperialists, the lord has been kind enough to them. If the lord hadn’t taken him in, they wouldn’t have been able to leave Guanzhong, but now they are repaying kindness with hatred..."

“I shouldn’t have accepted this bunch of **** who only want to cause trouble in the first place…”

 When they thought that their family members might be captured by the Tang army, the generals could no longer sit still and cursed Kong Rong and other members of the imperial party. There was even a proposal to stop the war, negotiate peace with the Manchus, and first turn their guns to recapture Luoyang.

 In short, the generals in the army were confused by the news of the imperialist coup.

This also further proves that Qin Hao was right when he blocked the news. If the frontline soldiers knew that the Qin army was surrounded by enemies on all sides and fought on multiple fronts, and the Tang army had invaded Sizhou and threatened Luoyang, it would definitely cause turmoil in the morale of the army, and the generals and soldiers They were worried about the rear, so how could they still think about fighting the Manchus?

Seeing that the situation was almost over, Qin Hao immediately continued: "Everyone, please rest assured that the imperialist coup has been suppressed by his uncle, the Tang army that invaded Luoyang City has been expelled, and reinforcements have entered Sizhou. The crisis in Luoyang has been completely resolved. "

 Hearing this, the generals immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the Lord did not say much, it can be seen from these few words that the situation in Luoyang is extremely critical. After all, the Tang army has already entered the city. Although it was driven out by the defenders in the city, the defenders A huge price must have been paid, and Jia Xu, who saved Luoyang, was simply the benefactor of all of them.

 At this thought, all the generals praised Jia Xu one after another.

“Master Jia’s methods are unpredictable. Even the Tang army entered the city, but they were expelled. I surrendered..."

“Jia Junshi relied on his own efforts to save Luoyang under extremely unfavorable circumstances. He is truly the pillar of the empire..."

Seeing so many colleagues taking pictures of his father's horses made Jia Fu extremely proud. He immediately stood up and asked, "My lord, since Luoyang is safe and in good condition, it is even possible to wipe out the invading Tang army. What happened that forced our army to fight the Manchus?"

 Qin Hao gave Jia Fu a thumbs up in his heart. This question was just the right time, so he showed off his best acting skills and began to perform emotionally.

 In an instant, Qin Hao's eyes were red with tears in his eyes, and this made all the generals jump.

What exactly happened that would cause the lord to react like this?

  Could it be that the old protagonist passed away?

Qin Hao didn't know what the generals were thinking. If he knew, he would probably get angry and curse, but at this time he was still in a performance state.

“Although the crisis in Sizhou has been resolved, His Majesty unexpectedly fell into this change.”

 In the depths of the performance, Qin Hao actually cried bitterly and shouted to the sky: "O late Emperor, I have failed to live up to your expectations and failed to protect His Majesty. I deserve to die..."

 “What? Your Majesty passed away?”

"How is this possible? Kong Rong, such a traitor, actually took action against His Majesty?"

“My lord has already said that this was an accident…”

 Originally, the generals were very curious about the reason why they had to fight the Manchus. They even suspected that Qin Wen died of illness, but they never expected that it was because of Liu's "accidental" death.

 Different from Qin Hao's "sadness", some generals led by the Ming Dynasty, after learning the news, not only were they not sad at all, but actually wanted to laugh.

  Second update, still 9 chapters owed

 (End of this chapter)