Volume I, Chapter 280, I Want to Expedition North.2

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Zhao Hao was holding a small narrow wooden strip in his hand at the moment, while constantly pointing on the map behind him, drawing soil enclosures, and explaining the specific location of the area above to the little emperor on the dragon chair.

At this time, Emperor Han Xian's face was full of shock, his eyes were fixed on the map, which was full of awe and yearning, as if he was looking forward to and missing something.

Although he was the emperor of the Han Dynasty, it must have been the first time he had seen such an exaggerated map as exquisite as that in front of him.

Unconsciously, the little emperor stood up from the dragon chair kneeling on the couch, and with the support of a big eunuch on the side, he walked closer.

As the leader of the Chang'an City Guard and the Imperial City Forbidden Army, Liu Bei and Uncle Liu Huang also took the lead in bypassing before the hundred officials, looking at this map representing the territory of the Han Dynasty, his eyes flashed with a strange light.

Seeing that someone took the lead, the hundreds of officials and ministers in the court naturally temporarily put aside the etiquette above the court and came closer to watch one after another.

"This is Chang'an, which is the current capital of my Han Dynasty, the gathering place of my Han royal court and ministers, and the place where the power of my Han Dynasty is concentrated.

Your Majesty, please see, Chang'an City and the eastern capital of Luoyang, there is a distance of about six or seven hundred miles between these two places, and it takes about three or four days to reach it by riding a fast horse.

But in the north of Chang'an City, the land of the Huns is only three or four hundred miles away from the capital of our Han Dynasty, and with the fast horses of the Huns, if they are prepared, it only takes one or two days for the soldiers to invade the south under the city of Chang'an. ”

Zhao Hao said, glanced at Emperor Han Xian gently, and found that at this time, after listening to his words, the little hairy child, who was originally ruddy and full, was instantly frightened into paleness, and even breathing was short.

The ministers beside him also had ugly faces, with a hint of worry in their expressions, no longer as leisurely as courtiers and doctors.

In this Manchu Dynasty, only Liu Bei, Wang Situ, and Chen Gongtai, who was introduced to the court by Wang Situ, and a few other old ministers in the court, can still maintain their appearance.

However, compared to before, at this time, their faces inevitably had a hint of solemnity.

Seeing this, Zhao Hao was also a little proud in his heart, and secretly said that he was just scaring you a little, and it turned out to be like this.

"The minister's time~ is not alarmist, in fact, just a few months ago, when my Han family was in trouble, Dong Zhuo coerced His Majesty and the courtiers to move from Luoyang to Chang'an.

The Huns, under the leadership of their king Zuoxian, took advantage of the situation to go south and plundered the people of our Han family, and I was the general of Zuo Zhonglang, the daughter of Lord Cai Yong Cai, Zhaoji, who was unfortunately taken hostage at that time.

Fortunately, it happened that I was a fledgling and met a team of the Zuo Xian King halfway through, and I was fortunate enough to rescue Miss Cai from the cage and avoid being taken captive.

It was also on that day that the Xiongnu Zuoxian King was beheaded by his ministers, but although this matter was over, the Huns were still entrenched in the northern frontier of our Han Dynasty, which was very close to the capital of our Han Dynasty. ”

Zhao Hao said, turned around, faced the little emperor Liu Xie in front of him, and the ministers present, suddenly narrowed his eyes, and said loudly.

"The side of the couch does not allow others to snore, the Huns do not exclude, Chang'an City has the danger of soldiers, this Huns, is a nomadic people, fierce and vicious, the people in the territory are all to herd horses, raise cattle and sheep for a living, and bow horses are skilled.

Originally, it was a great disaster in the northern frontier of my Han Dynasty, and now, the world has changed, and the Huns have long ceased to be at the peak of yesterday.

Nowadays, the living area and the scope of activities have also been compressed in the land of the Yellow River Loop, although the land of the Loop is very rich, it is known as the south of the Yangtze River.

However, the Huns have not been engaged in production for generations, do not know how to farm, only raise horses and cattle, and live in pursuit of water and grass, in this small land, it is absolutely impossible to feed all the Huns by raising horses, herding cattle, herding sheep, and even hunting.

Therefore, in the autumn and winter of each year, these barbaric alien races will take advantage of the farming and harvesting of the people of our Han Dynasty to plunder and plunder grain and grass in the south, and at the same time, they will also take away a large number of children of the Han family from the territory of our Han Dynasty.

Or for slaves, or for the tools of reproduction, in order to strengthen their tribe, and now it is different from the past, now the land of my Han royal court, is Chang'an, it is expected that the Huns in order to survive, a few months later will still go south as scheduled.

If you call those barbarians to besiege our Han Dynasty, then where is the majesty of our Han Dynasty?"

As he spoke, Zhao Hao suddenly squatted on the spot, seemingly half-kneeling there, looking directly at the little emperor Liu Xie, and said solemnly.

"As the general of my Han family, the minister has the responsibility of protecting the country and the country, and at this time the Huns are in decline, occupying a small amount of land, it should be the best time to do everything in one fell swoop.

Therefore, the minister invited the army to lead the northern expedition, which is to completely cut off the way of life of the barbarians outside the country, eliminate the troubles of the northern frontier of our Han Dynasty, and permanently consolidate the territory south of the Yellow River.

Please also ask for your Majesty's permission!"

"Aiqing, Aiqing's words are really good words, I am accurate!"

The little emperor did not hesitate at this time, after all, this was related to the position under his ass, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty could say anything against it, after all, they were also afraid of the Huns going south.

Although Zhao Hao's words are a bit alarmist, the truth is really that.

Today's Xiongnu people are no longer than before, and the real sphere of influence has been compressed by other alien races to the Hetao area south of the Yellow River, which is in decline.

If this clan can be wiped out in one fell swoop under such circumstances, the benefits to the Han dynasty will also be obvious.

Besides, it wasn't these courtiers who were in charge of going to war.

Zhao Hao is the biggest warlord in the Chang'an realm at this time, the Xiliang army under Dong Zhuo is now in his hands, and now someone says that he wants to lead his troops to fight, even if there are people in the court who oppose it, what can he do?

"Dare to ask the general, how many soldiers and horses did the general bring with him in this Northern Expedition? How much grain and grass are needed? Now the Northern Expedition is imperative.

But within the territory of the Han Dynasty, there have been famines for many years, and now it is a drought for several months, although it is the summer hot season, but in some places there has not even been a drop of rain, and the excerpts of begging the imperial court to send grain for disaster relief have not been broken.

With the grain and grass reserves in Chang'an City today, the grain and grass reserves on the General's Mansion are the most sufficient.

After the harvest in various places in the coming year, he will double the repayment to the general, but he never thought that the general would have the right move of the Northern Expedition today, which really made the minister a little dilemma. ”

At this time, the person who spoke was Uncle Liu Bei and Liu Huang, and the content of his words was also more practical.

As soon as his words came out, the courtiers present also discussed for a while, and seemed to agree with his Uncle Liu Huang's question.

As the saying goes, the three armies have not moved, the grain and grass go first, the ancient army has been fighting, and sufficient reserve resources are the top priority.

As a madman in a generation of heroes, Dong Zhuo naturally understands this truth.

According to historical and romance records, after Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, the grain and grass accumulated in the treasury were enough to supply the needs of his army for twenty or thirty years!

This is definitely a very staggering number, and now these grains and grasses are all dying with that, followed by someone surnamed Zhao, and it is no wonder that Uncle Liu Huang and others will beat his idea.

Because with the current situation of the imperial court, it is really difficult to find other ways, and it is not realistic to borrow grain from the princes from all over the country.

Now it is the last years of the Han Dynasty, and various natural disasters in the Han Dynasty continue.

Natural disasters can be explained by bad weather, uncontrolled winds and unfavorable rains, and disasters and famines, which caused unstable crop harvests in various parts of the Han Dynasty, an agricultural civilization, and caused people's hearts to fluctuate.

And the so-called, the Yellow Turban Uprising is a typical representative of it, and the people who participated in the uprising were a group of peasants, and it was precisely because they had no food to eat that they revolted.

Although the craziest moment of the so-called Yellow Turban Thief has passed, and Zhang Jiao and others have long been exterminated, there are still many remnants of the Yellow Turban in the territory of the Han Dynasty.

And this remnant force alone has at least hundreds of thousands of troops!

Now that it has almost subsided, but the natural disasters are still continuing, at this time, if the imperial court cannot provide food for disaster relief, it is very likely that other incidents will occur.

According to the development of the original plot of the Three Kingdoms World, Dong Zhuo Na also encountered the current situation, and the hundred officials in the court also begged him in order to be able to send rescue food and grass to various places.

The result is also obvious, Dong Zhuo was in charge of the government at that time, and the princes of the whole world had opinions about him, and then the princes of the Eighteen Roads raised troops to conquer.

The so-called food in the hand, the heart is not panicked.

At this time, Dong Zhuo was isolated by the world, so naturally he would not give up getting along with himself for the sake of the victims in various places.

But compared to this, things like food and grass are very important to other people.

But here in Zhao Hao, it is a different situation, there is system space in hand, and all kinds of reserve resources have already been stored a lot.

A little grain and grass is nothing to him at all, and now that the court is in difficulty, they have all asked for him, so it doesn't matter if he takes out some of it from the original Dong Zhuo's treasury and is a good person.

"En~ That's it, then after the dynasty is dispersed, Uncle Liu Huang can send someone to my house to get grain and grass, and the minister ~ is willing to allocate half of the grain and salary from the government treasury to fill the treasury!"

"The general understands the righteousness! It is really the blessing of my Han family!"