"The most attractive to them is the grassland with abundant water and grass in the border county." Liu Yu said, "The desert is extremely barren, often suffering from drought and snow, once the year of famine, the livestock of the Xianbei people will die in large numbers, and the survival of the Xianbei people will be seriously threatened. ”

"Due to the small population of the border counties and the strong counterattack of the border army, the Xianbei people often retreated in a hurry after plundering, and could not penetrate deep into the densely populated rich land, so they very much wanted to occupy the border counties, so that once their survival was threatened, they could quickly invade the hinterland of our Great Han Kingdom."

"Whether it is Tanshihuai or Murong Feng, they have been coveted for a long time in our Great Han Border County, but due to the vast border of our Great Han Kingdom and the strong country, they have not succeeded for more than ten years."

Liu Yu glanced at the Son of Heaven, shook his head and sighed: "Since the first year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turban Ant Thief Rebellion began, and the power of our Great Han Kingdom has been declining, and the Xianbei people have begun to invade frequently again, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger every time. The year before last, when the Xianbei people invaded Youzhou, there were only 30,000 or 40,000 people, but this year, the scale of the Xianbei people's invasion of Xiliang reached 150,000 or 60,000 people, and almost the entire Xianbei country was dispatched. ”

"But the Xianbei people were defeated, and the soldiers we beat were defeated, and they fled in embarrassment." The Son of Heaven smiled, "This is the first time we have hit the Xianbei people since the Battle of Sunset Plains. After this battle, the vitality of the Xianbei people was greatly damaged, and I am afraid that they will not be able to turn over at all in ten years. If they still want to invade on a large scale, they will have to wait until ten years later. ”

He looked at Lu Zhi and Liu Yu and said, "The northern border must be stable for a long time. Although the Aiqing are very worried about the Xianbei people, I think you are too worried. Now the facts are here, after the Xianbei people lost nearly 100,000 troops after the fiasco in Boluo Valley, their king and company were also killed, and the strength of the Danhan Mountain royal court was also greatly weakened, what strength did they have to invade the Han? ”

"Murong Feng?" The Son of Heaven suddenly sneered, "He has great ability, but he has no soldiers in his hands, what does he use to plot against the border county?" What did he use to support the rebels? ”

"So don't think too much, let's solve the problem of reinforcements first, it's best to send troops north this month, the sooner the better."

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Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi saw that the Son of Heaven did not understand what they meant, and the melancholy on their faces became even stronger.

There are some things that they don't want to say clearly, so beware of annoying the Son of Heaven. If the son is angry today, just now the great Sinong Wang Handing was sent to the Beisi Prison by the Son of Heaven after two sentences, so the two of them didn't dare to say it directly. They took a look at the general He Jin.

The staff of the Great General's Mansion are the mainstays of the Great Han Kingdom, of course they know what the current border situation is, but He Jin has what he thinks, he pretended not to see it, and looked down at the map.

Situ Xu Xiang and Sikong Ding Gong were in charge of civil affairs and water and soil affairs, and they did not have a specific understanding of the rebellion that had just occurred in Youzhou, so one of them stood there pondering and meditating, and the other was still reading the documents sent by Youzhou.

Taiwei Cui Lie is not familiar with military affairs, and he has not obtained the right to military affairs, and he, like Situ Sikong, is not very clear about what happened in Youzhou. Now he is standing behind the Son of Heaven, thinking not about Youzhou, but about how to get Wang Han out of Beisi Prison. He doesn't want military power anymore. Youzhou and the state are in flames of war, at this time to take over the military power, is not asking for trouble, once there is a storm, he will be immediately dismissed. Now the Son of Heaven is to return the military power to him, and he doesn't want it anymore. He had already thought of several excuses, but he resolutely didn't want to let the people of the Son of Heaven and the monk Shangtai make trouble. If you lose the battle, it is also your own responsibility, and it has nothing to do with me, the captain.

The two looked at Liu Yu again. Liu Yu understood what they meant, thought for a long time, and asked, "Lord Huangfu, Lord Lu, you really can't solve the matter of reinforcements?" ”

Huangfu Song nodded and said, "Two months, at least two months." Lord Liu, if you think about it, it will take time for His Majesty's conscription decree to go to the counties of Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yanzhou, it will take time for the counties to gather soldiers and horses, it will take time to raise grain and grass, and it will take time to recruit people, and it will be almost a month since these problems are solved. Then it took more than ten or twenty days for the soldiers to travel long distances to Youzhou, and within two months, these troops could not reach Youzhou at all. ”

"Two months later, it may be even worse." Liu Yu said eagerly, "The Northern Army can cross the Yellow River and directly threaten the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro and Shangdang, and General Li's army currently has 70,000 people, and it can be completely divided into two, so let Zhonglang General Xian Yufu first bring 10,000 or 20,000 people back to Youzhou to quell the rebellion, why can't you consider it?" ”

"The Northern Army can't move, and I don't want to say why." Lu Zhi said resolutely, "As for General Li's 70,000 men, it is really not credible, and I suspect that he is falsely reporting the number of people in order to get more military salaries." His soldiers' salaries have always been no lower than those of the soldiers of the Northern Army, and the number of cavalry is also too large, and the military salary given to him by the imperial court is definitely not enough, so in order to fill this loophole, he can only falsely report the number of people. ”

"Seventy thousand? Where did he get the 70,000 soldiers? He lost more than 50,000 people in the first battle of Boluogu, and even if he replenished it with Xianbei captives, how long would it take for these Xianbei captives to tame? to listen to his command? You must know that these Xianbei captives do not belong to the Qiang people, nor to the Karasuma people, let alone to the Xianbei people, they are the Xianbei people in the desert, they are all a bunch of savages, can you expect them to serve the Han Kingdom like the Iron Horseman? ”

Liu Yu's expression was gloomy, and his thin face looked sad.

"The people of Youzhou are really miserable."

"Lord Liu, if the suffering of the people of Youzhou can be solved, then the continuous disasters of our Great Han Kingdom will also be solved." Lu Zhi said with a pun.

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Liu Yu hesitated for a long time, then suddenly knelt down in front of the Son of Heaven, and said with a resolute expression: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to go to Youzhou." ”

The Son of Heaven was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Aiqing, get up, get up, I won't allow you to leave Luoyang." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is going to Youzhou, and before leaving, the minister has something to say."

"Aiqing has something to say, whether to go to Youzhou or not, that's another matter. Aiqing got up first. ”

Liu Yu got up, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, although we won the battle in Western Xinjiang, it was us who really lost. ”

The face of the Son of Heaven immediately sank.

"Your Majesty, now the three frontier states of Xiliang, Bingzhou, and Youzhou are in flames, and they all seem to be rebellious and chaotic, but in fact, these rebellions have a lot to do with the invasion of the Xianbei people."

"As early as last winter, the Xianbei people were on the border, but they were slow to attack. Why don't the Xianbei people start attacking in winter, but they have to wait until March this spring? Liu Yu looked at the Son of Heaven and said slowly, "Now it seems that this matter is all manipulated by Murong Feng behind his back, whether it is He Lian or us, they are all in charge of Murong Feng." ”

"What does the Xianbei people have to do with Murong Feng when they started attacking in March? What does it have to do with the Border County Rebellion? The Son of Heaven asked strangely, "Does Aiqing want to say that the Youzhou rebellion was instigated by Murong Feng?" ”

"Although we don't know if he instigated it, he must have participated in Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's rebellion." Liu Yu said with certainty, "Why did the Xianbei people wait until March to start attacking? It is nothing more than waiting for the remnants of the Yellow Turban to prepare for a rebellion. ”

"The direct reason why the Xianbei people's attack has not started for a long time is because Murong Feng, who acted as a decoy for the enemy, has never launched an attack on Youzhou. Only if he takes the lead in the attack will it be possible to induce us to transfer General Lee's army to the north. After Murong Feng led his troops to invade Youzhou, the Xianbei people's attack began in full swing, but why did Murong Feng choose to attack Youzhou in February? Chen thought that at that time, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun had made all the preparations for rebellion. ”

"The all-out attack of the Xianbei people, Zhang Yan, the leader of the ant thieves, attacked Taiyuan, the black mountain ant thief Yang Feng attacked Shangdang, and Bai Huanyu attacked Hanoi, Jizhou, all these wars are all aimed at effectively containing our troops, so as to help Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun rebel smoothly, so that they have enough time to claim the emperor and build the country."

"The ant thieves learned the lessons of the previous failed rebellions, and even called the emperor a state, probably they thought that they could get more support in this way, in short, this Yellow Turban ant thieves rebellion is better than before, from the current point of view, it will take a long time to exterminate and pacify, because we have neither enough money nor enough army." Liu Yu sighed, "Your Majesty, for this Western Xinjiang War, we have spent all the money in the treasury and lost tens of thousands of troops, and we are no longer able to fight everywhere to quell the rebellion. ”

"Your Majesty, if this counterinsurgency matter drags on from this year to next year, just imagine, is my Great Han Kingdom ......?"

"Aiqing, don't say it, I understand what you mean." The Son of Heaven waved his hand to interrupt Liu Yu's words, and said angrily, "The ant thieves are rebellious and the Xianbei people are in cahoots, colluding with each other, and causing trouble to my big man, and they should be cut by a thousand cuts." ”

"What was Murong Feng's purpose in helping Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun rebel? It is nothing more than the hope that we will fight with the rebels, and the mountains and rivers will be discolored, and the country will be poor and the people will be weak, and in the end they will benefit from it, and they can easily occupy the border counties, seize our land, and kill my people. Liu Yu said bitterly, "Your Majesty, we won the battle of Western Xinjiang, but in fact, we lost." ”

The Son of Heaven smiled dejectedly and looked up speechless.

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"Lord Liu, in the battle of Western Xinjiang, we annihilated nearly 100,000 troops of the Xianbei people, this is a fact." Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Even if it is difficult for us to recover in the short term after quelling the rebellion, do they still have the strength to invade?" ”

"Master Jian, He Lian also fell for Murong Feng, but he was very miserable, and after the defeat, he couldn't escape back to Danhan Mountain, and was killed by our two border people." Liu Yu explained, "In the battle of Western Xinjiang, it seems that although the Xianbei people suffered huge losses, but after careful analysis, it is not difficult for us to find that the result after the war is exactly what Murong Feng needs. ”

"Among the 100,000 people who died in Xianbei, the 30,000 troops of the royal court of Danhan Mountain were completely annihilated, how much strength is left in Danhan Mountain? How much weight does this Xianbei King's words have? Isn't this exactly the result that Murong Feng, Tuoba Feng and the other four Xianbei adults need? Only when Danhan Mountain loses its strength will their power become more and more powerful. Now that Helian is dead, the new king is weak, and the four Xianbei adults can do whatever they want, which just fulfills their wishes. ”

"The Tempest Tribe and the Wild Wolf Tribe in the western Xianbei lost about 30,000 people. Western Xianbei has always been the largest force on the grassland, and the loss of 30,000 people this time is only good for Murong Feng. Don't think that the loss of 30,000 people in the western Xianbei will fall, it is still the most extensive and powerful force in the Xianbei country. ”

"The Xianbei Tuoba tribe in the north lost about 20,000 people. Tuoba Feng's strength has increased dramatically in the past two years, I heard that he is very ambitious and wants to dominate the prairie, which is deeply jealous of other tribes in Xianbei, so the greater his loss, the happier Murong Feng is, but the loss of 20,000 people is still bearable for Tuoba Feng, and the strength in his hands is still very strong, no worse than Murong Feng. ”

"There are more than 10,000 people who are the Tu tribes of the Xiongnu and the Dongqiang tribes. More than 10,000 people died, and there was no loss for the Xianbei country, but it did us no benefit at all. Anyway, the Dongqiang tribes have not stopped harassing Xiliang, we can ignore it, but we can't ignore the consequences of the dead 10,000 soldiers of the Tu tribe and the Jiuyuan Banner King Dusk Gaiting. Among the Southern Xiongnu, the Tu tribe is a big tribe, about 60,000 or 70,000 people, and their leader Tiger King and Dadan Yu Qiangqu have always had a bad relationship, and they have repeatedly plotted rebellion. This time we killed 10,000 of them and slaughtered the Tiger King's younger brother, and we don't know what the consequences were. Therefore, we have repeatedly warned Zhang Nan, the general of the Huns, to be careful and vigilant, in order to prevent the rebellion of all ethnic groups. ”

"Think about it, is there a loss in the strength of Lord Murong Feng in the Central Xianbei now? No. Is there a loss in the strength of the people of Xianbei Mega in the east? Nor did it. Although the western and northern Xianbei had losses, they still had enough strength to invade the border counties. Therefore, His Majesty said that the border could be safed within ten years after the Battle of the Western Frontier, and the minister thought that ......"

Liu Yu didn't continue, everyone understood what it meant.

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The Son of Heaven walked back and forth in the study room with his hands behind his back and his head bowed.

"Murong Feng is so powerful? What will happen in a few years, he will arrange it now? ”

"Your Majesty, as long as you have been in the northern Xinjiang, you know his great name. The army was defeated in Sunset Plains that year, and the culprit was this Murong Feng who gave advice. The main reason for the defeat of the Xianbei people in Western Xinjiang this time was that Murong Feng was slow to move, and he failed to induce us to recruit General Li's army to the Youzhou battlefield. ”

"For his own purposes, he buried the lives of more than 80,000 soldiers in the Xianbei Kingdom, this person is too terrible." The Son of Heaven glanced at the ministers and asked, "Do you Aiqing think Lord Liu's words are credible?" ”

"Lord Liu hated Murong Feng too much, so he said that the facts after the war were Murong Feng's conspiracy." Huangfu Song said with a smile, "Actually, the minister thinks that Murong Feng's entire plan is basically the same as what Lord Liu said, but the fiasco in Western Xinjiang is definitely not something he can predict. In Murong Feng's opinion, even if the Xianbei people can't defeat us, it is still more than enough to retreat calmly, but he, like us, didn't expect General Li to win in one battle. ”

The Son of Heaven nodded, looked at Liu Yu and asked, "What does Aiqing want to tell me when she says so much?" Even if Murong Feng's thoughts are exactly the same as what Aiqing said, in the end, we still have to try our best to pacify the rebels and recruit troops to form an army to defend the border passes, otherwise, what can we do if we know? ”

At this time, the ministers in the Shang study room had already understood what Liu Yu had said so much, what was the final purpose of going around such a big circle, and everyone looked at Liu Yu with careful eyes.

Liu Yu bowed and said, "Your Majesty, what does it take to quell the rebels?" What do you need to recruit and form an army? Your Majesty, this world is Your Majesty's world, this country is Your Majesty's country, and the wealth of this world is also Your Majesty's wealth......"

"Shut ...... up"

The Son of Heaven suddenly understood what Liu Yu meant, he stared at a pair of small eyes, pointed at the ministers angrily and said: "You guys' eyes are staring at my Wanjin Hall all day long, is my Wanjin Hall related to the safety of the Great Han Kingdom and endangering the Jiangshan Society of the Great Han Kingdom?" ”

"Alarmist, what do you want to do? Do you want to gnaw off all my bones? ”

"Your Majesty......" The ministers saw that the Son of Heaven was furious, and they were shocked one by one, and they immediately fell to their knees.

"Your Majesty, Yongchu Junior High School, Zhuqiang rebelled, which lasted fourteen years, and the military cost 24 billion yuan; In the last years of Yonghe, he fought for another seven years, and spent more than 8 billion dollars; In the fourth year of Emperor Yanxi, Lingwuqiang and Xian Lingqiang rebelled, captured Sanfu, and spent another six billion dollars to quell the rebellion; Since the first year of Zhongping, a total of 13 billion yuan has been spent to quell the invasion of the Hu people and the rebellion of the ant thieves in Xiliang. Liu Yu bowed again and again, and said loudly, "Your Majesty, the Han Kingdom can keep its peace every year, it is all tired with money, and without money, how can you protect Your Majesty's country?" ”

"I don't have any money."

"Your Majesty......" Liu Yu burst into tears, "At this time, when the country is in crisis, why is Your Majesty still so stingy with money?" ”

"I said, I don't have any money. You say I have money, then you say, how much money do I have? Do you have credentials? The Son of Heaven was furious and pointed at Liu Yu and shouted.

"In order to raise military funds over the years, Your Majesty has repeatedly reduced the salaries of bureaucrats below the level of the minister, asked for half rent from the princes, and sold the ministers, Guanneihou, Huben, Yulin, Tiqi battalions, five doctors and other civil and military officials, and obtained a total of 26 billion yuan, while the Dasi Nongfu only received 8 billion yuan, and the remaining 18 billion yuan went to Wanjintang."

"For the sake of the future generations of my Great Han Kingdom, I beg Your Majesty to take out the money from Wanjintang to fill the military funds."

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