Chapter 1022: The Imperial Expedition
"Gongming, I've heard you say before, your soldiers and horses are all staying in Qingzhou in case of emergency, and now since this guy Yuan Xi took the initiative to provoke us, let's give him some color and take a look."
Liu Zheng didn't completely solve Yuan Xi before, but it wasn't that Liu Zheng deliberately kept him and didn't eliminate him.
It's that Liu Zheng didn't have the time to pay attention to Yuan Xi at that time, after all, there was still Liu Bei watching from the side.
If he attacked Yuan Xi with all his might, he would only let Liu Bei on the side find an opportunity.
Now, after the battle of Hanzhong, although Liu Zheng lost some soldiers and horses, Liu Bei also suffered a big blow.
At this moment, Liu Bei, who is short of food and soldiers, is estimated to be unable to control Liu Zheng's side for a while.
It was also just right for Liu Zheng to free up his hands to fight with Yuan Xi slowly.
After Yuan Xi was solved, Liu Zheng completely controlled the land of Youzhou, and there was a steady stream of war horses, which also officially illustrated that the world was divided, and then he and Liu Bei would compete for the orthodox position in the world.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about this, Yuan Xi is just a clown jumping off the beam, there is no need to worry about it at all, what the general is worried about is that Yuan Xi and those Xianbei people were sneaky before, and there were some contacts, and those Xianbei people are what we should be afraid of."
Yuan Xi's offense was normal in Xu Huang's opinion, but this time in the intelligence, there was no mention of Xianbei people.
Although it was not said in the intelligence, as a main general, Xu Huang still needed to personally mention this matter to Liu Zheng.
After Xu Huang finished speaking, Tai Shici on the side also quickly continued to say a word to Liu Zheng.
"Your Majesty, General Xu Huang's worries are not superfluous, last winter, we have found out that Yuan Xi and Xianbei people have dealings, this time at the beginning of spring, that Yuan Xi can't wait to kill, as if he came prepared, I'm afraid we have to pay more attention."
After these days, he has been fighting with those Karasuma people and Yuan Xi in the north.
Tai Shi Ci is also very clear and knows the strength of those nomads.
Yuan Xi is not worried, but both Karasuma and Xianbei are difficult opponents.
They must be dealt with and the danger must be stifled in the cradle.
Originally, Liu Zheng thought that this time the incident was just tossed by Yuan Xi.
But now that he heard that Xu Huang and Tai Shici both attached great importance to it, he frowned, and seemed to start thinking about whether to go to the north to deal with Yuan Xi this time.
Originally, he just planned to let Xu Huang and Tai Shici continue to mobilize thirty or forty thousand soldiers and horses to assist Yuan Shang.
Defend Jizhou, and by the way, look for an opportunity to counterattack Youzhou, if you can't destroy Yuan Xi, forget it.
But now that he heard it, the two of them attached so much importance to it, and then thought of the potential threat of these alien races in the north, Liu Zheng himself really felt that he had to deal with them once and for all.
Otherwise, they will always be left alone, giving them a chance to survive and breathe.
When Liu Zheng and Liu Bei were both defeated in the war, it was very likely that these nomads would find an opportunity to go south.
It even evolved into a tragedy in history.
As soon as he thought of this, Liu Zheng immediately shook his head.
He definitely wouldn't let that happen.
Even if he was finally defeated by Liu Bei, the Han Dynasty was still in the hands of the Han people.
But once these nomads are allowed to go south to the Central Plains, the world will no longer be the Han people.
So after a little consideration, Liu Zheng decided to put aside the grievances with Liu Bei first and solve the nomadic cavalry in the north.
"Gongming, Ziyi, what you two said won my heart."
"Originally, I just planned to let the two of you go back as soon as possible to take over the overall situation and deal with Yuan Xi, but now it seems that we must take advantage of Liu Bei's recovery this year to deal with these soldiers and horses in the north."
Liu Zheng pondered and made a decision.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, although the current battle situation is unknown, but General Xu Huang and I will definitely be able to share your worries for Your Majesty, Your Majesty only needs to wait for our good news again."
Tai Shici didn't know the meaning of Liu Zheng's words, and he stood up and planned to take Liu Zheng's order.
And at this moment, after Liu Zheng heard Tai Shici's words, he smiled.
"Ziyi, I didn't plan to wait here."
As soon as Liu Zheng said this, Tai Shici immediately frowned.
"Since the affairs in the north are very important, then I must personally go out to supervise the battle on the front line, so that I can rest assured."
Liu Zheng decided to lead his own soldiers and horses to defeat these nomads in the north.
But as soon as Liu Zheng's words were spoken, someone from the civil official standing on the other side immediately came out to dissuade him.
"Your Majesty's royal conquest is absolutely impossible."
It is not uncommon for the emperor to drive a personal expedition. In the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did such a thing.
Not to mention the generals of the Han Dynasty.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei, Sun Quan and others all went to the battlefield in person.
It's just that the two of them, the royal conquest is just a shame.
In order to avenge Guan Yu's revenge, Liu Bei led his own army. personally attacked Wu, but suffered the defeat of Yiling, which ruined the national strength of Shu.
Sun Quan's faction, in order to deal with Cao Cao, personally led an army of 100,000 to attack Wei.
As a result, Hefei sent 100,000 heads.
The face is all lost.
However, Liu Zheng is confident that he is by no means Liu Bei and Sun Quan's generation.
Besides, all he had to deal with was some nomads.
Liu Zheng hasn't put it in his eyes yet.
But these officials were not so relieved to hear it, Liu Zhen naturally stood up to dissuade him after he wanted to drive the expedition in person, don't be so impulsive.
Liu Zheng glanced at it and looked at the person who dissuaded him, it was actually Gu Yong.
He's a bit rigid and does things in a proper way. It is not surprising that he will stand up and dissuade at this time.
"Gu Yong Aiqing, why do you dissuade me, is it possible that you don't believe that I can defeat these alien races?"
Liu Zheng asked rhetorically, which made Gu Yong's face embarrassed, and he couldn't find a refutation for a while, Liu Zheng's words.
But he was a man of letters, quite clever, and immediately thought of another excuse.
"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't believe in Your Majesty's ability, it's just that the country can't be without a king for a day, if Your Majesty is on this court, there are many things that need to be reviewed by Your Majesty every day. If Your Majesty is not there, who shall we turn to? ”
"This is not the first time I've been on a personal expedition, haven't you all come here like this before going to Kyushu Island and Hanzhong? Why didn't it work this time? ”
Hearing Gu Yong talk about this, Liu Zheng frowned and waved his hand, not wanting to bother with such a trivial matter.
After all, the cabinet he formed had four auxiliary ministers, and these four auxiliary ministers usually managed these government affairs.
The purpose is to share some of the big and small things that he usually needs to manage.