The next day, the morning dynasty.

The focus of today's discussion in the court is the matter of Kui Huan's refuge with Gongsun.

The generals led by Wu Han, Geng Yi, Gai Yan and others came out one after another, asking Ying to fight.

The military generals are in full swing and have high morale, while the Wenchen's side is quiet.

In the hearts of the generals, the value of their existence is to fight on the battlefield and have battles to fight, which is a good thing for the generals.

The ministers thought diametrically opposite, if they wanted to fight, they had to spend money.

It is necessary to spend money on food, ordnance and supplies, recruit troops and horses, and when the war begins, it is necessary to spend money to compensate the wounded and wounded soldiers.

In short, after the First World War, it was money from beginning to end, but the imperial court didn't have much savings now.

What's more, the Western Expeditionary Army's operation in Daijun is already burning money, and now it has to fight against Kui, and the amount of money and food needed is huge, and whether the imperial court can afford it or not! Fu Zhan stepped out of the queue and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, whether Kui Huan has defected to Gongsun Shu or not is still inconclusive!" ”

As soon as his words fell, Wu Han said dissatisfiedly: "Doesn't Situ know yet?

Chengdu has sent back the news, and Gongsun Shu has posted an announcement, is this still false? ”

Fu Zhan Zhengse said: "Who dares to guarantee that this is not a ploy used by Gongsun Shu? ”

Wu Han waved his hand and said, "No wind and no waves!" If Kui Huan didn't take refuge in Gongsun Shu, no matter how thick-skinned Gongsun Shu was, he wouldn't dare to post such an announcement! ”

Fu Zhan bowed his hand to Liu Xiu and said: "Your Majesty, the stakes are very high, Weichen thinks that he should wait for the matter to be verified clearly, and then it is not too late to make a decision, don't rush to send troops!" ”

Song Hong came out and said, "Your Majesty, what Situ said is extremely true! At present, the northward operation of the Western Expeditionary Army has consumed a lot of money and grain from the imperial court, and it is difficult to maintain the conquest of Liangzhou with the money and grain left in the national treasury. ”

Wu Han asked loudly: "Could it be that the court will sit idly by and ignore the rebellion?" ”

Song Hong Zhengse said: "If there is empirical evidence to confirm that Kui Huan has rebelled, even if he smashes the pot and sells iron, he must squeeze out enough money and grain in the treasury to crusade against Buchen, but as Situ said, this is only news from Chengdu, and there is no corresponding news from Liangzhou." ”

Wu Han frowned, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Fu Zhan, Song Hong and others all have a glimmer of hope for Kui Huan, not to say that Kui Huan did not rebel, this incident is just a ploy of Gongsun Shu, which is extremely pedantic.

Seeing that the ministers were silent, Liu Xiu turned his head to look at Deng Yu and asked, "Does Zhonghua have a good plan?" ”

Deng Yu pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that you can wait a little longer, the use of troops against Kui Huan is indeed a great matter, and it is indeed necessary to investigate the situation in Liangzhou first." ”

Liu Xiu has always attached great importance to Deng Yu's opinions, and Deng Yu's opinions have always been very representative and can represent the opinions of a considerable number of ministers.

Now even Deng Yu is opposing the immediate use of troops against Kui, and it seems that there is great resistance to rushing to use troops.

Attacking Kui Hustle and Bustle is not a trivial matter, and it may even be related to the life and death of one's own side, especially when the war in the north has not subsided, and one's own side is going to fight on two fronts, which requires the court to unite and twist into a rope, if even the opinions within the court have not reached a unity, this battle cannot be fought at all.

Liu Xiu pondered for a while, nodded, and said to Wu Han: "Da Sima, investigate the situation in Liangzhou as soon as possible, I want to know whether Kui Huan has defected to Gongsun Shu, and I also want to know the deployment of Liangzhou, the deployment of personnel, the situation of soldiers and horses, the situation of grain and grass materials, and so on." ”

Wu Han arched his hand and said: "Weichen obeys the order!" ”

Although the current court meeting did not determine the use of troops against Kui, it was basically a pre-war preparation meeting.

Liu Xiu transferred the main force of the Eastern Expeditionary Army stationed in the Kwantung region back to Luoyang, leaving only about 20,000 Eastern Expeditionary Army to garrison Qingzhou.

A few days later, news came from Nanjun that Tian Ronghe's term of office expired and led the Shu army to invade Nanjun again.

This time, the Shu army dispatched 150,000 people, in addition, Tian Rong took the money given to him by Gongsun Shu, and convened the old department in Nanjun, and the total number of forests was added together, there were about 50,000, and the strength of the Shu army was combined, a total of 200,000.

Tian Rong and Ren Man led the 200,000 troops, whose morale was like a rainbow, and marched eastward, with the posture of capturing the entire Jingzhou in one fell swoop.

Cen Peng, who was stationed in Nanjun, led the southern expeditionary army to defend Jinxiang, and the battle was very hard in the face of the attacking Shu army.

Nanjun's urgent battle reports were sent back to Luoyang one after another.

On this day, Liu Xiu piled up the battle reports of Nanjun on the table, a thick stack.

He looked around at the ministers below and asked, "The Shu army is attacking Nanjun on a large scale, do you have a good plan?" ”

If the Western Expeditionary Army was still stationed in Chang'an, the Shu Army would not dare to mobilize so many soldiers and horses to attack Nanjun, but the problem is that now the Western Expeditionary Army is not in Chang'an, but is fighting in Daijun, and Chengdu has no worries, so it dares to attack Nanjun on a large scale.

Fu Zhan raised the wat board and said: "Your Majesty, Nanjun is the gateway to Jingzhou, it is very important, and there must be no mistakes, and the battle of Nanjun is also related to the life and death of 100,000 soldiers of the Southern Expeditionary Army. ”

Song Hongda nodded and said: "Although Tian Rong was defeated, but Tian Rong's prestige in Nanjun still exists, many people in Nanjun still support Tian Rong in their hearts, at present, Tian Rong's old department in Nanjun has reached 50,000 people, if time passes, Tian Rong will collect more soldiers and horses in Nanjun, which is very unfavorable to our army!" ”

The generals and ministers present nodded their heads one after another, expressing their agreement with Fu Zhan and Song Hong's words.

Gai Yan came out of the queue and said to Liu Xiu: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the general of Zhengnan is alone, and in the face of a strong enemy, I am afraid that it will be difficult to support alone, and the imperial court should send troops to rescue as soon as possible!" ”

"Weichen seconded!"

"Weichen seconded!"

The ministers of civil and military affairs came out one after another, bowing their hands and giving salutes, all expressing their approval of sending troops to rescue Nanjun.

Liu Xiu sat on the throne, but he never said anything.

With the current situation, the imperial court should indeed send troops to rescue Nanjun.

However, is Nanjun really unable to hold on?

Is it really in need of the imperial court's rescue?

This is the question that Liu Xiu is thinking about now.

He turned his gaze, looked at Song Hong, and said: "A few days ago, Sikong also said that the treasury was empty of money and grain, but now Sikong thinks that the imperial court should send soldiers and horses to aid Nanjun. ”

Song Hong Zhengse said: "Unnecessary battles, the imperial court can't afford to fight, but the battles that must be fought, even if the ministers dig three feet into the ground, they must dig out the money and grain, so that the soldiers in the army can persist in fighting the battle!" ”

Listening to Song Hong's words, the generals on the opposite side looked sideways, even Wu Han nodded secretly in his heart, although he and Song Hong's political views always disagreed, but they had to admire Song Hong's character.

Liu Xiu nodded, smiled at Song Hong, and praised: "Sikong said it well!" ”

He looked around at everyone present and said, "To rescue Nanjun, is it necessary for the imperial court to send troops?" ”

People are all stunned, what does Your Majesty mean by this?

The imperial court did not send troops to rescue Nanjun, so who else would send troops to rescue Nanjun?

Seeing that everyone was looking at each other with expressions, Liu Xiu smiled and asked, "Isn't it okay for General Xizhou?" ”

Hustle?

People were amazed.

Liu Xiu said with a smile: "The general of Xizhou sent troops from Tianshui, and he could directly attack Shudi.

The soldiers and horses of Liangzhou entered Shu, and Gongsun Shu had to collect troops to rescue him, so that the danger of Nanjun would not be solved? ”

Wu Han blinked his eyes and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Kui Huan has rebelled, he has already taken refuge in Gongsun Shu, what has he done to Gongsun Shu King Shuoning, how can he still listen to His Majesty's will and send troops to attack Shu?" ”

Liu Xiu was stunned, and asked with a puzzled face: "Is Kui Huan reversed?"

Many ministers have told me in no uncertain terms that Kui Huan has not yet been opposed, and this matter has not yet been decided! ”

"This ......" Wu Han couldn't cry or laugh, turned his head to look at Wenchen's side, raised his head and said: "Situ, Sikong, you all talk about it, is Your Majesty's strategy of letting Kui Huan send troops to attack Shu feasible or not?" ”

This is really a spear of oneself and a shield of oneself! Most of the civil ministers think that Kui Huan is not opposed, and they also hope in their hearts that Kui Huan will not rebel, and now that the time has come to use Kui Huan, their inference can be verified immediately.

But in case their inference is wrong, Kui Huan is indeed the opposite, has secretly taken refuge in Gongsun Shu, refused to send troops to Shudi, delayed the time to rescue Nanjun, and led to the rout of the Southern Expeditionary Army led by Cen Peng, who can afford this responsibility?

After listening to Liu Xiu and Wu Han's words, beads of sweat broke out on the foreheads of the civil officials and ministers, and their faces changed uncertainly.

Liu Xiule looked at the civil official on the right, and then at the military general on the left, and said in a brisk tone: "So, to rescue Nanjun, there is no need for the imperial court to send rescue troops at all, and there is no need to lose the money and grain of the treasury, just let me give an order to the general of Xizhou and let the general of Xizhou send troops to attack Shudi, do you think it's good?" ”

The hall is silent, the needle drop can be heard, Nanjun is related to the life and death of 100,000 soldiers, related to the gains and losses of the entire Jingzhou, and even related to Yangzhou and Jiaozhou.

At this time, even Fu Zhan and Song Hong's hearts were raised, whether Kui Huan was against or not, they only got one side of Chengdu, and there was no exact news from Liangzhou.

But who dares to guarantee that there will be no opposition to him?

The two looked at Deng Yu in unison and cast a rescue look at him.

Deng Yu's position in the court is very special, if the civil officials are compared to doves, and the military generals are compared to hawks, then Deng Yu neither belongs to the doves nor to the hawks, he is more like a correspondent, between the doves and the hawks, trying to resolve the contradictions and disputes on both sides.

Deng Yu noticed that Fu Zhan and Song Hong looked at him, he raised his eyes to look at Liu Xiu, and smiled bitterly, Your Majesty is planning to force the civil official to death?

It seems that His Majesty is also very dissatisfied with the repeated obstruction of the imperial court by civil officials to send troops to Liangzhou! He took a deep breath, arched his hand forward, and said, "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

Liu Xiu turned his gaze, looked at Deng Yu, and asked, "Zhong Hua thinks that General Xizhou will send troops to attack Shu?" ”

Deng Yu Zhengse said: "If Kui Huan obeys His Majesty's will and sends troops to Shudi, it means that Kui Huan is still loyal to His Majesty."

On the contrary, it shows that Kui Huan has indeed taken refuge in Gongsun Shu, at least he has the intention of rebelling.

Your Majesty used this to test the loyalty of Kui Huan, which is really extremely wise, and let the ministers admire! ”

Hearing Deng Yu's words, the ministers present said in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming, the ministers admire." ”

Liu Xiu looked at Deng Yu angrily and funny, and muttered secretly in her heart, good you Deng Yu Deng Zhonghua, you will resolve the embarrassment of throwing me out in just a few words! Liu Xiu is not such a cautious person, and he doesn't like to pull people's little tails and not let go.

He took a deep breath and said: "The danger of Nanjun can not be saved for the time being, the strength of our army should be gathered in Luoyang, if Kui Huan does rebel, the soldiers of Luoyang should be the first to conquer Kui Huan!" ”