Chapter 7 Wind and Thunder Agitation Section 8 Li Hong looked at Tian Chou suspiciously,

"Someone from Yangzhou? Yuan Shu's people? ”

"Yes, Yuan Shu's son Yuan Yao is here." When Tian Chou was fighting in the Kanto and Yuzhou areas, he had close contacts with Yuan Shu and was more familiar with Yuan Shu's subordinates.

He introduced Yuan Yao and Xun Zheng in detail. Yuan Yao is the eldest son of Yuan Shu, very talented, and is on a par with Yuan Shao's son Yuan Tan in the younger generation of the Yuan family.

Xun Zheng was born in the Yingchuan Xun family and is the younger brother of Taichang Xunyu. There is also a Yuan Shu's subordinate named Liu Ye, who is the descendant of Liu Yan, the son of Emperor Guangwu, the king of Fuling, a member of the clan, and his identity is extremely special.

"Yuan Shu not only let his son rush to Hebei in person, but also sent a descendant of the clan and a son of the Xun family to accompany him, which shows how much he attaches importance to this trip to Hebei." Tian Chou said in a low voice,

"General, Yuan Shu may have something important to discuss with you."

"Please go to the side tent, I'll see them in person." Li Hong waved his hand and said. Yuan Yao is about twenty years old, tall and handsome, soft-spoken and elegant, with a slightly reserved demeanor, and at first glance he is the son of an official eunuch from a high-born family.

Liu Ye is a little older than him, with an elegant temperament and extraordinary conversation. Probably because of the continuous travel, the three of them were very haggard and looked exhausted.

Li Hong exchanged a few words with the three of them, and asked about Yuan Shu's current situation, and he was also very concerned about the war launched by Sun Ce in Jiangdong.

Sun Jian's son was so brave and good at fighting, which surprised Li Hong. He smiled and said to Yuan Yao that many friends of Lord Sun in Northern Xinjiang have always been very concerned about Lord Sun's descendants, and they have asked the envoys to the south to bring letters and property to greet the Sun family several times.

They must be very relieved to hear this news today. Yuan Yao said that Mrs. Sun was very grateful for the nostalgia of many old people in northern Xinjiang, and Brother Bo Fu also told me that if he had the opportunity, he would definitely repay these old people in northern Xinjiang.

Then Yuan Yao gave a detailed explanation of the purpose of this trip to Hebei. Yuan Shu believed that what Li Hong did in Hebei was for the sake of rejuvenating the Han Dynasty, and expressed his willingness to respect the young emperor and the Jinyang court, and was willing to work with Li Hong to pacify the world and revitalize the Han Dynasty.

However, at present, his strength is limited, and his location is far away from Hebei and he cannot support each other, so he can only temporarily compromise and form an alliance with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and other rebels.

Yuan Shu believed that the joint attack on Hebei by Yuan Shao and others was an excellent opportunity to pacify the world.

He suggested that Li Hong lure the enemy deep and attract the main rebel force to Jizhou to annihilate it, while he himself took advantage of the emptiness of Yanzhou and Xuzhou to attack and occupy the Central Plains.

In this way, the two joined forces, and within two or three years, they could defeat Yuan Shao and Liu Biao and completely pacify the world.

In order to show his loyalty to the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, Yuan Shu was willing to leave his son in Hebei as a hostage.

Li Hong was secretly horrified, and his heart was pounding at Yuan Shu's suggestion.

"General, this is just a suggestion from my father." Yuan Yao pointed at Xun Zheng and Liu Ye and said,

"Regardless of whether the general agrees or not, Lord Xun and Brother Zi Yang will immediately rush to Jinyang to meet the Son of Heaven with my father's note." Li Hong ordered his subordinate superintendent Cao to arbitrarily protect Yuan Yao and the other three people, so that no one could know that a secret envoy from Yangzhou had rushed to Hebei.

Tian Chou, Yu Peng, Fu Gan, Chen Qun, Yuan Lian, Sima Yi and other six people discussed the authenticity of Yuan Shu's suggestion in the partial tent.

What is the nature of Yuan Shu, Li Hong and Tian Chou have a deep understanding. At the beginning, Yuan Shu said to them that the so-called national politics is fraud, so today's Yuan Shu's suggestion is nothing more than that

"Sophistry" too. Yuan Shu's original intention was to occupy the Central Plains and eliminate Cao Cao's three alliances, and then take advantage of Hebei's great loss of strength and inability to go south, calmly replace Cao Cao's three alliances, and continue to maintain a three-legged pattern.

But Yuan Shu's ambitions obviously don't stop there, he may also take the opportunity to unite with Yuan Shao, brothers to join forces, and fight against Hebei together.

With the strength of Yuan Valve, once the Yellow River is used as the boundary and Hebei is confronted, then the pace of Hebei's pacification of the world will be greatly slowed down.

Since Hebei can guess Yuan Shu's original intention clearly, why did Yuan Shu send his son to Hebei in person to offer advice?

On what basis did he think that Li Hong would definitely agree to him?

"This matter may be related to Yuan Shao." Sima Yi thought about it for a long time and made some speculation. After the three alliances re-established the imperial system, they seriously threatened the authority of the Yuan lord.

At this moment, Yuan Shao wants to regain the imperial system, Yuan Shu wants to kill back to the Central Plains, and the possibility of the two brothers joining forces is very large.

Cao Cao's three alliances must be on guard against this, because once the war breaks out, if Yuan Shu attacks from behind Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the three alliances will definitely be more auspicious, so Cao Cao and Liu Bei will always be on guard against Yuan Shu, and only Yuan Shao can help Yuan Shu at this time.

If Yuan Shao wants to help Yuan Shu, there is only one way, and that is to try his best to facilitate this big war. Today, the rebels are gathering very quickly, and it is inseparable from Yuan Shao's best efforts.

But Yuan Shao's help was not enough. If our army takes the lead in entering the Central Plains, or takes advantage of the danger of the Yellow River to block it to the death, and the rebels are all concentrated in the Central Plains, Yuan Shu has no chance at all, and he must try his best to send all the main forces of the rebels to Jizhou.

As long as the rebels enter Jizhou, Yuan Shu's opportunity will come. First of all, Hebei suffered a great loss, and our army was unable to fight again in the short term.

Secondly, in the chaos of the Central Plains, the rebels are bound to withdraw quickly, and our army can take advantage of the situation to pursue, and it is even possible to kill all the rebels such as Cao Cao and Liu Bei, so that Yuan Shu can easily take the Central Plains without much effort.

Yuan Shu sent his son to Hebei in person to offer advice, precisely so that we could take the initiative to get out of the way of the Yellow River and put the rebels in Jizhou.

The reason why Yuan Shu was sure that the general would agree to him was precisely because of Yuan Shu's blow in the back that Hebei could win this battle at the smallest cost.

Sima Yi's speculation has been unanimously agreed by everyone, but there are a few key issues here that make everyone very puzzling.

First, Yuan Shao will never help Yuan Shu and himself form a strong momentum. The purpose of the rebels attacking Hebei is the same, that is, to consume the strength of Hebei and other forces and buy time for their own development.

Under this premise, Yuan Shao's ultimate goal may be to use Yuan Shu's defection blow to make Cao Cao's three alliances and Yuan Shu scuffle, and then he swallows the Central Plains in one bite.

In this way, he can not only control the imperial system, but also form a confrontation with Hebei with strong strength.

Yuan Shao's thoughts, it is impossible for Yuan Shu not to know, so why did Yuan Shu jump into this trap?

Second, since Hebei knew Yuan Shu's strategy, it could immediately reveal this strategy to Cao Cao's three alliances, so that Hebei could not only avoid this big war, but also send Yuan Shu into a desperate situation and let the Central Plains be in flames.

At this moment, as long as Hebei restrains Yuan Shao and allows Cao Cao and Liu Bei to attack Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu may have no choice but to flee to Jiangdong.

Could it be that Yuan Shu knew that the purpose of this battle in Hebei was not to repel the rebels, but to destroy the three-legged momentum, and he would never give up this battle?

In this case, what method did he use to avoid his army from entering the Jizhou battlefield? Could it be that just the Jiangdong battlefield can dispel Cao Cao and Liu Bei's vigilance against him?

Third, Cao Cao gathered the strength of the three families to rebuild the imperial system, took the initiative, and dealt a severe blow to Yuan Shao. In this case, he did not try to stabilize the three-legged situation, but actively united with the Yuan brothers to send troops to attack Hebei, and his intention was by no means simple.

Tian Chou and others believe that Cao Cao's Jianfeng may not be referring to Hebei, but Yuan Shu. If Cao Cao's ultimate goal is Yuan Shu, then this is an excellent strategy to replace defense with offense.

On the one hand, he could use this battle to severely damage Yuan Shao, and on the other hand, he could eliminate Yuan Shu in a grand manner and quickly consolidate the three-legged momentum.

If Cao Cao has a plan, then should we put the plan on the plan and put the rebels into Jizhou? This leads to the fourth question, is all this a ruse of the rebels?

If it is a rebel ruse, Hebei will be under great pressure. The candles in the tent were bright, and Li Hong and his six subordinates stayed awake all night and continued to discuss.

Yuan Yao is the only eldest son of Yuan Shu, and with Yuan Shu's personality, he will not lose his son for the benefit of others.

He wouldn't do that kind of thing anyway. Therefore, Yuan's strategy is still credible. There are many contradictions among the rebels, and even if there are hundreds of thousands of troops, it is difficult for them to form a huge combat effectiveness from top to bottom.

It is not a good idea to put them into Jizhou, disperse their forces, and annihilate them.

The Northern Xinjiang Army fought in Jizhou, which not only occupied the right time and place, but also saved a lot of manpower and material resources, and also just met the wishes of the generals of the Jizhou Army, which could fully stimulate the morale of the soldiers and strive to inflict heavy losses on the rebels with flexible and changeable tactics.

On the contrary, because of the elongation of the battle line, the rebels encountered great difficulties in both command and transportation of grain and grass, and the balance of power between the enemy and us would change as the war continued.

When we hit the Central Plains, it was like an open five fingers hitting an iron fist, but now that the rebels are fighting Jizhou, we are an iron fist, and the rebels have become open five fingers.

Comparatively speaking, we have a greater certainty of defeating the enemy. In the past, we have always kept our eyes on the Central Plains, wanting to burn the flames of war to the Central Plains, lest Jizhou be damaged.

In fact, in the Central Plains, the price we paid was also very large, both in terms of the loss of troops and the consumption of financial resources.

Moreover, we have not yet been able to seize the initiative on the battlefield to ensure that we achieve our war goals. After putting the rebels into Jizhou, we have completely grasped the initiative on the battlefield, and we can choose suitable targets to attack and annihilate to ensure the defeat of the enemy and destroy the three-legged pattern.

When the war was about to begin, it was a taboo for soldiers to suddenly completely change the entire attack strategy and change from fighting on the outside line to fighting on the inside line.

The general Li Hong, the right servant of Shangshu Shetian Chou and the governor of the two prefectures, Shi Yupeng, seemed very hesitant. Although Chen Qun, Yuan Lian, and Sima Yi had followed the general to fight in the desert last year, they participated in this kind of war of hundreds of thousands of people for the first time, and they had no bottom in their hearts, and they didn't dare to say a word when they sat there.

"Jizhou has 70,000 troops in seven military camps in Handan, 40,000 horses in the northern army, and 35,000 cavalry in the south from outside the Saiwai, and we have a total of 145,000 troops." Yu Peng began to wrench his fingers to settle accounts,

"If the army crosses the river and goes south, it will need to recruit about 700,000 to 800,000 people before and after, that is, about one million people will need to consume money and food in this big war." Last year, the general conquered the desert, and the cattle, sheep and forage were provided by the Huns, Xianbei people, Karasuma people and other Hu tribes, which reduced the financial burden of the imperial court to a certain extent.

In addition, since the implementation of the new soldier system in the imperial court, except for the Tiger Feather Forest and the North and South armies, the soldiers of the remaining eighteen military battalions are no longer paid.

After the implementation of the new land system and taxation system, the daily expenses of the county government and the income of the officials were also dealt with by themselves.

These three reforms saved the imperial court a lot of money. That's why we've been able to afford this battle this year.

But money is saved, but food is not. According to the new tax system, the forced labor of the people was changed from 30 days a Chinese New Year's Eve to 20 days, and the rations for these 20 days were brought by the people themselves.

After twenty days, the court had to pay the people and provide rations. The longer the battle was fought, the greater the burden on the imperial court.

In addition, there were rations for the 145,000-strong army. During the war, the soldiers ate three meals a day, and the consumption of food greatly increased.

According to the prediction of the Great Si Nong, Li Wei, if we start to cross the river in mid-April, the imperial court's wealth, especially the amount of grain, even if we add the grain harvested in May this year, we will only be able to support it for four to five months at most, and the army must end the war by October.

However, based on the situation of the rebels, we may not be able to gain a foothold in the Central Plains in four to five months.

The final outcome may be to withdraw from Hebei and gain nothing. (There are two kinds of conscription in this dynasty.) One is for forced service, and the other is for military service.

In addition to military service, adult men who have reached the age of conscription are required to serve 20 days of unpaid labor, such as civil engineering, building bridges and roads, managing rivers and canals, and transferring water valleys.

Because the servants take turns to serve, it is called

"More", the servant called

"More pawns". The number of rebels was about 150,000 to 200,000, and the number of men needed was about 800,000, and the consumption was very large.

But judging from the financial endowments of Kanto, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou, Xuzhou and other places, they can support more than five months.

Guandong, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou used to be the rich places of this dynasty, with many fields and fertile land, and because of continuous wars and disasters, a large number of people died and moved south, and there were fewer people and more fields, and the recovery was naturally faster than Hebei, which had more people and less land.

As for Jingzhou and Yangzhou, as well as the southern counties of Xuzhou and Yuzhou, they are the main places where the population has moved southward, and these places used to have few people and a lot of land available for wasteland, so after the number of people increased, the number of fields soared, and the wealth grew very quickly.

In addition, since Dong Zhuo's chaotic government and the self-respect of the state and county army, the number of displaced people has surged, and it has become easy to recruit soldiers in various places, and the military system has also undergone great changes.

Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and others all used the conscription system, but no longer paid military salaries, but replaced them with food. The soldiers only had to eat enough, and they didn't want anything else.

Since last year, Cao Cao has adopted the military cantonment system to raise soldiers, and no military salaries have been paid, and the number of troops has grown rapidly.

As for the forced labor in the states and counties, it is now more than thirty days, and the state and county officials have the final say. In this kind of war-torn situation, it is very common for various places to build bridges and roads, control rivers and canals, and transfer Caogu to Caogu.

As long as you can give them one meal a day, you can tell them to do anything. The rebel leaders are not to pay the rebel soldiers their salaries, nor to pay their men for more than the prescribed period of forced labor, for as long as he sustains the lives of these men, the battle can be fought forever.

"Hebei has only three states, and the financial endowment is completely provided by Jizhou and Hedong, which cannot support a protracted war. And the rebels occupy seven prefectures and counties south of the Yellow River, including Sili, Yan, Xu, Qing, Jing, Henan, and Yang, except for Guanzhong and Guanxi in Sili, other places can provide money and food, and they can fight for a year and a half, and they can drag us down. Yu Peng sighed and continued: "In comparison, it is far more advantageous for the Northern Xinjiang Army to fight in Jizhou than in the Central Plains. "Fighting in Jizhou, first of all, the suffering of long-distance transportation of grain and grass was eliminated, so that the number of people needed and the consumption of grain during transportation should be greatly reduced, and at least more than half of the grain could be saved.

Secondly, the rebels entered Jizhou, which aroused the anger of the people of Jizhou, and we can take advantage of the people's mood to protect their homes and defend the country, and encourage them to extend their service time without compensation, so as to save a sum of money for the imperial court.

We have enough food and money to drag this war on, but we can drag the rebels to the point where they run out of food.

When they are no longer able to attack, it will be the end of their defeat. The defeat of the rebels was not only a defeat on the battlefield of Jizhou, but also a defeat of their complete defeat.

In this way, we will be able to attack southward in a big way next year. The day of peace will be just around the corner.

"But the rebel army of more than 100,000 troops came in, and the loss of Jizhou is beyond what you and I can imagine." Li Hong looked at the map on the desk, shook his head and sighed.

Tian Chou stretched out a hand and lightly drew a line along the Qinghe River on the map.

"Starting from Yecheng, along the Zhangshui River to Quzhou, and then from Guangzong, along the Qinghe River to Nanpi, this is our last line of defense."

"Three hundred miles, three hundred miles north from the Yellow River." Li Hong frowned, looked at the map intently, and muttered to himself,

"There are a lot of rivers in these 300 miles, and the yellow floodplains are one after another. It is difficult for the Iron Rider to take advantage of the rush. ”

"I can't go back." Tian Chou said resolutely,

"Within 300 miles, there is the entire Ganling Kingdom, more than a dozen counties in the south of Wei County and Bohai County, and more than a dozen counties in Dongjun and Pingyuan County, with a population of nearly one million, and we can bear such losses. But no more. We can evacuate all these million people to the northern counties of Jizhou, turn all the fields in these dozens of counties into fallow land, and turn them into deserted battlefields. ”

"Although there are more than 1,000 miles from Wei County to Bohai County, the depth of the entire battlefield is too short, and hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting here, and it is difficult to guarantee that the rebels will not kill the Qinghe." Li Hong plugged again,

"If the rebels start crossing the river in late April, it will be very difficult for us to evacuate these more than a million people, and there will obviously not be enough time."

"Immediately send someone to cross the river to the south, try every means to meet Yuan Shu, and tell him to delay the attack time until the end of May. Otherwise, we won't help him. Tian Chou thought for a moment and said,

"The drought in the Central Plains is getting more and more serious, and the disciples of Dazhitang are going south one after another to treat diseases and save people, so let Yuan Yao send his subordinates to disguise themselves as disciples of Dazhitang to cross the river immediately."

"Yuan Shu is still in Changyi?"

"He must be in Changyi." Tian Chou said with a smile,

"If this battle is not over, Yuan Shu will not leave Changyi City."

"You've decided?" Li Hong looked at Tian Chou, then turned his head to look at Yu Peng,

"You've decided too?"

"Where's the general?" Yu Peng asked rhetorically. Li Hong hesitated.

"General, if the drought in the Central Plains continues until this summer, it will definitely be thousands of miles away, the number of displaced people will increase dramatically, and rebellions will rise one after another." Sima Yi suddenly bowed down and said,

"Jizhou can no longer accommodate displaced people. The way to prevent the displaced people from entering Jizhou is to fight on the north bank of the Yellow River and cut off the road for the displaced people to enter Jizhou. As for the rebels, they will also have to withdraw from Jizhou one after another because of the rebellion of the displaced people in the Central Plains. Turning to the inside line may be a foolproof strategy. Li Hong lowered his head, clenched his hands into fists, kept knocking his forehead, and his heart churned.

This is a battle related to the Han Society, and it cannot be defeated no matter what. Fighting on the outside line, although the losses are large, it is safe, and Jizhou can be guaranteed.

And when it comes to fighting on the inside line, the slightest mistake will be doomed.

"Write our opinions into a concerto, send them to Jinyang urgently, and ask Her Royal Highness the eldest princess and the ministers of the court to give a reply within two days." Li Hong raised his head, looked at Sima Yi and said,

"Zhongda, explain both strategies clearly, the key to this battle is not to lose, we can't afford to lose."

"Chase back Lu Yi, Yan Liang and the seven battalion commanders, as well as Lord Jizhou Thorn Shi Guo, immediately." Li Hong pointed at Chen Qun and said,

"Changwen, you go quickly. Also, urgently summoned the Taishou of all counties in Jizhou and asked them to rush to Handan day and night. Chen Qun agreed in surprise and hurriedly left the account.

Obviously, this arrangement of the great general is inclined to change the battle from the outside to the inside line.

"General, Yuan Shu's ......" Tian Chou hadn't finished speaking, Li Hong had already interrupted him,

"No matter how we fight, these three people will be taken hostage. You go and tell Yuan Yao that we have agreed, and ask him to send someone south to get in touch with Yuan Shu. Tian Chou smiled slightly, bowed and retreated.

Koji Yi and the others rushed back to the general's line again. Such a big change occurred overnight, and the civil and military officials were extremely shocked.

Suddenly, Koji Yi smashed his fist on the case, and shouted excitedly: "General, okay, we have won this battle." Then he flew to his feet, and strode over to the map hanging on the side of the tent.

"It is a fact that the soldiers of Jizhou lack experience in big wars, and if they go directly to the Central Plains to fight, the casualties will be huge. However, if we turn to an internal line of warfare, we can rely on the rivers and cities in Jizhou to lay down a line of defense and take advantage of the terrain to inflict heavy losses on the enemy. In this way, we can not only reduce the casualties of the soldiers and preserve our strength, but also allow the soldiers of Jizhou to quickly become elite, and accumulate strength for the future to go south to pacify the world. Koji Yoshi, who had obviously studied the interior operations for a long time, pointed to the map and gushed out.

The rebels' attack strategy is nothing more than three ways, one is to combine their troops in one place and drive straight in. First, the troops are divided into three routes, supplemented by two wings, and attack in the middle.

First, the troops are divided into multiple ways and march in unison. According to these three attack methods, Koji Yoshiyi designed a strategy to destroy the enemy one by one.

"As long as the general orders, the Jizhou army can block the rebels from crossing the river on the north bank of the Yellow River until all the millions of people are evacuated." Koji Yi arched his hand and said,

"Please give the order immediately." Li Hong shook his hand.

"I'm already in a hurry to play the court, wait."

"Rush to play the court?" Koji Yi frowned and said very dissatisfied,

"You are the Great General Sima, above the Three Dukes, and you have all the decision-making power in military affairs. You can do this kind of thing in one sentence, why waste time in a hurry to play the court? ”

"It is precisely because I am the Great Sima General that I have to rush to the imperial court." Li Hong said calmly,

"Now the Son of Heaven and the imperial court are in Jinyang, although I am still in charge of the military and political affairs of Hebei, but Hebei is the Hebei of the Han Dynasty, and Hebei has to listen to the Son of Heaven and the imperial court." Li Hong looked at the civil and military officials in the big tent and said solemnly,

"Today's battle is not only related to the survival of Hebei, but also to the survival of the Han Dynasty, so this kind of major event must be played by the Son of Heaven and the imperial court. It is necessary to work together from top to bottom, and it is necessary to gather all the forces of the Han Dynasty. Relying on Hebei alone will not save the Han Dynasty. In the future, if I am gone, you must also keep this in mind, Hebei is the Hebei of the Han Dynasty, Hebei is fighting for the Han Dynasty, you are the courtiers of the Han Dynasty, you must fight for the Han Dynasty. "On the end of April, Jinyang.

The eldest princess received an urgent recital from General Sima in the middle of the night. She immediately sent an edict to the ministers and entered the palace overnight to discuss matters.

Taifu Zhao Qi, Da Situ Cui Lie, Da Sikong Liu He, Taichang Xunyou and other 16 ministers and six Cao Shangshu gathered in Shangshutai.

Shangshu Sima Lang recited Li Hong's urgent recital aloud and explained it in more detail.

"The general asked us to reply within two days, but the situation in Jizhou is critical, and I ask you to agree on this performance tonight." The eldest princess coughed softly a few times, pointed at Guanglu Xun Xian Yufu and Dasi Nong Li Wei and said,

"Lord Xian Yu and Lord Li have been on the battlefield with the general for a long time, and they are very familiar with military affairs, so you can talk about it first."

"Changing plans in battle is a taboo for soldiers." Xian Yufu got up and played,

"In an internal operation, our army has to bear several times the risk of an external operation, which is very dangerous. From the courtier's point of view, we cannot pin our victory on a rebellious word and an unforeseen natural disaster, and we must be cautious in this matter. The eldest princess looked at Li Wei.

Li Wei smiled bitterly,

"From the courtier's heart, I agree with the general's proposal, which can save a lot of money for the imperial court. However, at this moment, it seems that it is a little late in time, and it is difficult for us to complete the preparations for an internal operation in such a short time. The evacuation of millions of people, the general is just a short sentence, but up to the imperial court and all the counties and counties of Hebei, they have to make great efforts for this sentence. It's too difficult. ”

"The reason for switching from external operations to internal operations is not that this strategy does not work, but that the time we use to prepare is too short." Taichang Xun You also got up and played,

"If the general could keep the rebels at bay on the south bank of the Yellow River until June, this would work, but the general could not guarantee it. Once we are unprepared and the rebels enter Jizhou ahead of schedule, it will be difficult to say whether this battle will be won or lost. Yan Rou, the general of Zhenbei who led the affairs of the guard, and Zhu Mu, who had always been cautious, supported the general's proposal, and both believed that with the strong strength of the 40,000 Northern Army and the 70,000 Jizhou Army, the rebels could be kept at bay on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Don't say that you will stick to it until the beginning of June, but you will have no problem until the end of the year. The opinions of the former officials of Northern Xinjiang were all different, and the opinions of other ministers were of course even more unified.

The eldest princess was worried and anxious. She saw that Da Situ Cui Lie was unusual, sitting there quietly without saying a word, and asked very strangely, "Why didn't Da Situ speak?" Are you not in good health? Cui Lie stood up and said loudly: "From the minister's point of view, we don't need to agree on this performance at all. "The eldest princess was surprised,

"What do you mean, Master Cui?" Shang Shutai suddenly fell silent. Cui Lie first saluted the eldest princess, and then faced the ministers,

"Since Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, who has invited the Son of Heaven and the imperial court to such a major event? Dong Zhuo and Li Dao naturally won't, even Lord Situ Wangyun doesn't. If he had invited the Son of Heaven at the beginning, the Son of Heaven would definitely issue an order to appease Dong Zhuo's old department, or he would have discussed more with the ministers of the court, and the ministers of the court would have agreed to appease. But Lord Wang Yun didn't, he made his own decisions, he took the place of the Son of Heaven, and as a result, the disaster of Chang'an followed, and the last chance for the Han to quickly revive was buried. Cui Lie turned around and pointed to the music placed in front of the eldest princess, and said excitedly: "Today, look at the general, he is still thinking about the Son of Heaven and the court thousands of miles away, such a person is not trustworthy, who else can we trust?" Who else can we count on to go to Zhongxing Dahan? The general does not want our opinions, he wants our trust, our loyalty to the Han. Cui Lie pointed to the ministers and asked in a loud voice: "Your lords, pat your conscience, are you loyal to the Han?" Are you willing to die for the Great Han? The Great Han needs the Great General to charge into battle, but can the Great General save the Great Han alone? The Great Han needs the loyalty of all your lords, and the great generals need your trust and help. As long as the monarch and the minister work together, the great difficulties can be overcome. ”

"The general is fighting hard, trying to buy time, what about us? What should we do? Cui Lie raised his arms and shouted,

"We should follow the general and fight to the death." In the early morning of the next day, the eldest princess issued an order in the name of the Son of Heaven, agreed to the general's recital, and urgently ordered the imperial court and the Hebei prefectures to quickly evacuate the million people from the combat zone and make all preparations for the internal battle.

In April, Chen Liuyongqiu. The Jingzhou army walked on the gallop road. Huang Zhong took off his helmet and reached out to wipe the sweat on his forehead.

"It's rare to see such a hot day in April."

"Is Lord Huang too tired?" Wen Ping smiled,

"You are old, you should stay in Jingzhou."

"I'm only nine out of forty, so I'm not old." Huang Zhong stroked his gray beard and asked rather dissatisfied,

"You think I'm old?"

"No, no......" Wen Ping shook his hand again and again, and was about to speak, but saw a horse galloping from a distance.

"Wei Yan is back, I don't know if I want food."

"If that bastard Yuan Shu doesn't give it again, we'll rob it." Huang Zhong said angrily. Jump to