Chapter 170: Court Controversy

The invasion of the Xiongnu has always been the biggest heart disease of the Son of Heaven of the Han family in the past dynasties, looking at the looming wolf smoke in the distance, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, was very worried.

However, after a short time, the news of the Xiongnu raiding the border spread in the Ganquan Palace.

Empress Bo, Liu Rong and many courtiers all knew about it.

However, Liu Rong was asleep at this time, but he heard a noise outside the hall, and when he opened his eyes, Liu Rong saw that the night should have been very quiet, and the Ganquan Palace was brightly lit at this time, which was very noisy.

At this moment, Wang Sheng pushed open the door of the palace and entered the palace, and saluted Liu Rong and his party: "Your Highness, I heard that the wolf smoke of the Great Wall was ignited, and it must be the Huns who invaded the south again."

Hearing this, Liu Rong couldn't care about anything else, so he got up and walked out of the hall.

When Liu Rong ran to Ganquan Mountain, he saw his father standing in one place, overlooking the wolf smoke in the distance.

However, at this time, I saw Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, saying to Han Qi, the high-ranking marquis of the bow on the side: "Han Qing, quickly send someone to find out where the Huns invaded!" ”。

"No!".

Although he was anxious at this time, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, immediately calmed down.

When Han Qi left, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, issued another edict, "Wang Yan, immediately order someone to enter Chang'an with the talisman of me, inform the lieutenant Zhou Yafu, and order him to quickly assemble the northern army to wait for my life!" ”。

"No!".

Then Liu Qi, the son of heaven, hurriedly ordered, and he will leave for Chang'an tomorrow!

In this way, in the early morning of the second day, after everything was ready, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, drove back to Chang'an by car.

At this time, Li Guang of Yunzhong County was also very anxious, when he heard the report of the first lieutenant, this time he fought with the Huns, and lost nearly 6,000 soldiers. And the Xiongnu soldiers who were killed were no more than a thousand, how could Li Guang not be angry.

Worried that the Xiongnu would turn around and attack again, Li Guang had no choice but to order the soldiers in the city to rest in turn, and ordered people to strictly guard the city in the clouds day and night.

After that, he ordered people to rush forward to report the Son of Heaven and the war in the clouds.

The Son of Heaven had already issued an edict before, so the three soldiers sent by Li Guang rode fast horses and galloped to the Ganquan Palace to report to them.

Along the way, the three soldiers changed horses in the pavilion for a few hours, so they exchanged a few fast horses, and after half a day, they rushed to the foot of Ganquan Mountain.

However, it was too late, and the Son of Heaven had already returned to Beijing in the early morning.

When they heard that His Majesty had left, the three of them were all panting and riding on horseback, because they had not eaten for nearly a day, they were already hungry and chewed on dry food, and a soldier said: "Commander, Your Majesty has left, we can pursue it."

After taking out the water bladder on his waist and drinking the water in a big gulp, the captain said: "Nonsense! This is an eight-hundred-mile rush in the clouds of the Taishou! If we can't get it into the hands of Your Majesty, we will pay for it with death!"

Your Majesty travels far away, must be driven by car, even if it is fast, it can't go far, I will quickly follow the straight road from Ganquan to Chang'an to pursue Your Majesty's car! ”。

"No!" After speaking, the three of them immediately rode away again.

Ganquan Palace is hundreds of miles away from Chang'an, even if you ride a horse all the way, you have to sleep all day and night to get there.

And Liu Qi, the son of heaven who was driving in a car, naturally could not arrive in a day or two.

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, had the intention to ride a horse to Chang'an, but his health had just improved, but he was not allowed to suffer such a bump, so he had to ride the Luan of the Son of Heaven to drive it.

It lasted until midnight, and after the courtiers and Liu Rong made several speeches, Liu Qicai, the son of heaven, finally ordered to rest here for a while, and then set off again at dawn.

In this way, these three soldiers pursued all the way, and when the time came, they finally found the location of the Son of Heaven.

The three soldiers immediately rushed up to the camp and said, "Eight hundred miles in the clouds are urgent, eight hundred miles in the clouds are urgent!" ”。

The Han law decided that the matter of 800 miles of urgency should be reported to the Son of Heaven as soon as possible.

After Wang Yan took a roll of bamboo slips, he immediately went into the big tent of Liu Qizhi, the son of heaven, to report it.

"Your Majesty! Eight hundred miles in the clouds are urgent! ”。

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, was worried about the invasion of the Huns, and he was already asleep, and after hearing this, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, naturally got up immediately and took the bamboo slip in Wang Yan's hand.

However, in Li Guang's report, there were only a few words, "Yesterday, the Xiongnu attacked and disturbed the clouds at night, and the minister led the army to fight with ........................."

For Li Guang's loss of thousands of soldiers, the Son of Heaven Liu Qi did not care too much, although he himself did not know about military affairs, but he also knew the gap between the soldiers of the Han army and the Xiongnu soldiers, if it were not so, the Han army would not have repeatedly fallen behind when fighting with the Xiongnu.

Seeing that Li Guangyan had not been broken through the clouds, Liu Qicai, the son of heaven, was a little relieved.

Then Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, took out a roll of bamboo slips and wrote down an edict with a pen.

"Where are the men who have come to preach the faith?"

"Back to Your Majesty, those three soldiers have not rested for a day and a night, and they are still waiting outside the palace at this moment."

"Give him meat to eat, and after resting, he will return to the clouds tomorrow."

Then Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, handed over this scroll of bamboo slips to Wang Yan, and said: "Immediately order someone to send this scroll of bamboo slips to the clouds and hand it over to Li Guang."

"No!".

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After that, only two days later, Liu Qichao, the son of heaven, arrived in the Chang'an Palace.

In the past two days, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, received another report from the northern land of the border and the Taishou of Yuyang, and the Xiongnu attacked him.

As soon as he entered the Weiyang Palace, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, immediately ordered someone to send an order to summon the ministers to the Xuan Room to discuss matters.

However, in the past few days, the southern invasion of the Xiongnu has also spread in Chang'an.

In the past two years, the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty have been at peace with each other, not disturbing each other, and the ministers in Chang'an City have forgotten about the Xiongnu.

However, at this time, the Xiongnu came to invade the south again, but many ministers had already been frightened by the Xiongnu, and they were all uneasy, and some people even said that when they saw His Majesty, they would ask His Majesty to choose the daughter of the clan to make peace with the Xiongnu.

Solidly, when these courtiers gathered outside the Xuanshu Palace, they gathered in groups of three or five and said: "I don't know what the result of the Xiongnu's attack on the border counties this time was?" ”。

When asked this, another person also said: "Hey, what else can I do, since the time of Emperor Gao, to this day, my Han has never defeated ............ when fighting with the Xiongnu."

At this moment, I saw a messenger walking outside the Xuanshu Hall and shouting, "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”。

Hearing this, the courtiers present did not say much and went straight into the propaganda room.

However, after a while, I saw that Liu Qi, the son of heaven, was wearing a crown robe, surrounded by a group of attendants and maids, and walked into the Xuanshu Palace.

However, in two months, the Son of Heaven, who could only lie in bed to recuperate, seemed to have completely lost a trace of illness at this time.

When Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, sat down, the courtiers present saluted and said, "Wait for the ministers to meet Your Majesty!" ”。

Glancing at the courtiers in the palace, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, cleared his throat and said, "All the ministers are exempt from courtesy."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!".

However, after the courtiers knelt down and sat down at the banquet, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, spoke: "The Xiongnu actually took advantage of the time when I was recuperating in the Ganquan Palace to attack the clouds.

I have received a report from Li Guangzhi, the Taishou of Yunzhong, and the Xiongnu attacked him at night the day before yesterday, but fortunately the Xiongnu did not break through Yunzhong at this time.

However, the counties of the border land also said that there were Xiongnu raids and disturbed them."

Hearing this, the courtiers present knew where the Xiongnu were attacking.

Then Luan Bu then went to the palace and saluted: "Your Majesty, a few years ago, in order to protect the safety of my Han Dynasty, the first emperor sent the daughter of the royal clan to marry the Xiongnu and his relatives, and sent the Han Chen to sign an alliance with him.

However, after only a few months of harmony, the Xiongnu led the army to break through the clouds and enter the Han realm, kill my Han people, and take the wealth of our Han people.

Solidly, this time the Xiongnu first invaded the clouds, and then disturbed the rest of the border counties, and the minister was willing to ask for orders to lead the army north to fight with the Xiongnu! ”。

Luan Bu was made a marquis for quelling Wu Chu's rebellion, and this is the time when he is complacent, how can he not be angry when he sees the Xiongnu like this!

However, the Han people are very martial, and as soon as Luan Bu said this, he provoked the nature of the "militants" present, and immediately jumped out to ask for war.

Wei Qihou Dou Ying also said on the spot, if His Majesty wants to fight with the Huns, the minister is willing to fight for His Majesty!

Seeing this, the Son of Heaven Liu Qi smiled, but he didn't say a word, and after a while, the Son of Heaven Liu Qi asked: "The matter of the conquest, naturally I want to ask the Taiwei, what does the Taiwei think it should be?" ”。

Zhou Yafu stood up and saluted and said: "This matter depends on Your Majesty's decision, if Your Majesty wants to fight the Huns, the minister is willing to swear to the death."

After speaking, Zhou Yafu knelt and kowtowed.

Hearing Zhou Yafu say this, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, laughed.

"The captain is exempt, the captain is loyal, how can I not know it."

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Then Liu Qi, the son of heaven, asked Chao Wrong on the side: "Chao Qing thinks, can you fight with the Huns this time?" ”。

When the Son of Heaven asked, Chao Cuo naturally stood up and saluted and said, "The minister thinks that he can't fight!" ”。

"Why?".

However, Chao Cuo was not only a minister of power and strategy, but also a military theorist, otherwise he would not have put forward a good strategy for immigrating to the border.

"Back to Your Majesty, most of the Xiongnu army are cavalry, and our Han army is mostly foot soldiers.

Moreover, the Xiongnu tribes are all in the depths of the desert, even if they lose the battle with our Han army, they can escape far away, and it will be difficult for our Han army to pursue them."

What Chao said was naturally reasonable, but in the eyes of the main battle faction, this was nonsense!

Without waiting for the Son of Heaven to speak, Dou Ying immediately got up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask what the imperial doctor is!"

Since the time of the first emperor, Chao Yushi has said to the first emperor that what is outside must be settled first, and the domain must be cut first, so as to resist the invasion of the Xiongnu from the outside.

However, now, His Majesty has followed the words of Chao Yushi, and issued an edict to cut the domain, which led to the rebellion of Wu, Chu, Jiaoxi, Jiaodong, and Zichuan. ”。

However, half a year ago, Dou Ying became a general, leading tens of thousands of Han troops to sit in Xingyang and intimidate the vassal states of Shandong.

At this time, whether it is in terms of momentum or psychology, Dou Ying is not afraid of Chao Mistake at this time, so he dares to say this on the spot, and he wants to move back to the humiliation of being punched by Chao Mistake.

When Chao Cuo heard this, he said unhurriedly: "Oh? If our Han army goes out of the fortress to fight with the Xiongnu, can Wei Qihou be guaranteed to win? ”。

When he said this, Dou Ying didn't know what to say, the two of them became more and more noisy, and they almost had to do it again on the spot.

Under the scolding of Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, the two knelt down to apologize.

"Get up, you both are concerned about the government, and I don't want to punish them."

Only then did the two of them, who knelt on the ground, say, "Thank you, Your Majesty! ”。

However, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, said: "What does Yanghou think about this? ”。

And Jia Yi also said as if he was wrong: "The minister thinks that this is not the time to fight with the Xiongnu."