Volume II, Chapter 20

Liu Bian's idea of wanting to go to the front line of the battlefield is, to a certain extent, stronger than wanting to go out of Luoyang to be a vassal king, the reason is actually very simple, battlefield fighting, since ancient times, is the fastest and most effective way to accumulate prestige and military merits, the people of Qianshou need to achieve class leapfrogging through war, and the powerful family needs to expand the political circle through war, for Liu Bian's identity as a prince, fighting a war can gather a group of heroes and heroes for him, and the troubled times are imminent, what is the most precious? Talent!

If he can really go to the front line of Jizhou with Lu Zhi and meet Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, these three Qianshou grass people in their early twenties, Liu Wei is very confident that he will take them under his command, after all, he is the prince of the current Han Dynasty, Xu You looks down on him, do a few white-bodied grass people dare to look down on him?

In the past few years, Liu Wei has tried to make friends with those young officials who have some family relationships, but he has rarely gained anything, summing up the reason, is that he thinks that his underage prince actually does not have a particularly big deterrent power with the family, so he said that Gongsun Jue, the son of the Gongsun clan in the western Liaoning borderland, dared to stop him on the spot, not to mention the children of the Yuan family and the Yang family who were close in front of him?

After all, Liu Bian vaguely felt from the impression of the history books in the memory of later generations that it was very tempting to put his identity as a prince in the circle of the poor family.

Therefore, Liu Wei said to Liu Hong without hesitation that he wanted to go to the front line, of course Liu Hong couldn't understand it, not just Liu Hong. In fact, no one from Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun or Lu Zhi can understand the thoughts of this prince. The reason is actually very simple, what can a nine-year-old child do if he wants to go to war?

Before Liu Hong could speak out, Lu Zhi had already dissuaded the emperor and said: "The war is dangerous, Your Highness has a precious status, and you must not take such a reckless move and risk your life." ”

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun naturally agreed, and it is true that if they don't support Lu Zhi's statement, do they still support Liu Wei? After all, although Liu Wei is not a prince now, but in fact he is already a clear prince, such a major military discussion in front of the court does not shy away from others, which is enough to show how much the emperor values Liu Wei, and the three Zhonglang generals have been in this court for decades, and this political sensitivity is still there.

Liu Wei naturally knew that there would be such an end, but he didn't want to go to Jizhou with Lu Zhi to quell the Taiping Dao rebellion, but he didn't come up with it now, so he already had a rhetoric: "Let me ask the three Zhonglang generals, this time I raised troops to quell the rebellion, but it was to protect my Han country." ”

Such a simple question naturally did not need to be answered by everyone present, Liu Wei just took care of himself and continued: "The general has fought a hundred battles, and the sergeants have used their lives, not only to protect my great Han country, but also to protect my great Han country, Liu's Sheji, I am the son of the royal family, and I will take the lead and work hard, so that we can strengthen the heart of our army, so that tens of thousands of soldiers can work together and be willing to die." ”

"Your Highness is only nine years old, and he is still a child." Lu Zhi continued to persuade.

"Xiang Lu is a Confucian saint master at the age of seven, and Gan Luo is a Qin Xiang at the age of seven, all of them are children, how can they become great things for the ages, and I can't?" Liu Wei asked Lu Zhidao rhetorically.

"Xiang Lu and Gan Luo are not in danger, and the matter of swords and soldiers is unpredictable." Lu Zhi replied.

"If I go to the front line, I will eat and sleep with Lu Gong, I will be safe when Lu Gong is safe, and I will be dangerous if Lu Gong is dangerous, but if Lu Gong is really in danger, then it will be difficult for my Han to protect the day, that is, at that time, even if I am stable with Luozhong, it will be difficult to live for a few days, in this case, what is the difference between living a few more days and living a few days less?"

Lu Zhi was speechless, and Liu Hong was also dumbfounded, in the end, because Liu Wei's words were too reasonable to refute.

In fact, the three lines of Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun are really the last line of defense of the Han Dynasty, if one of the three lines is defeated by the Taiping Road anti-thieves, then the fate of the Han Dynasty will basically come to an end, and the three Zhonglang will understand this truth, and Liu Hong naturally understands, but it is somewhat unacceptable that everyone understands that Liu Wei said the truth.

"Taiping Road and eight states, 36 parties in the world, at least 300,000 people." Liu Wei still talked eloquently, and then turned around and asked Liu Hongdao: "Erchen dares to ask Your Majesty, can I have 100,000 in the Southern Army and the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty?" ”

When Liu Hong heard this, he was stunned on the spot, and after a while, he shook his head.

"Dare to ask the emperor, over the years, the border land has been disturbed, the people are tired, and the soldiers of the southern army have been fighting in the north for several years, and they have no will to fight, but what is the truth?" Liu Wei turned to Huangfu Song and asked.

Huangfu Song was also stunned for a while, and after a while, he nodded.

"I hear that the army that always wins, and when it is a battle, it is happy, but now this army that wins is a yellow turban thief outside the eight passes of Luoyang, dare to ask Zhu Gong, if my northern and southern armies and this victorious division are in a battle, the fighting spirit is not enough, the number is not enough, can there be a chance of victory?" Liu Wei continued to turn to Zhu Jun and asked.

Zhu Jun shook his head and nodded again and said: "Our army is not ready to fight, but it is a fact that the number is not enough, but our army is well-armed, and there are countless armor and horses, which is also a fact. ”

"Zhu Gong can hear, those parents and officials in the county heard that the local Taiping Road was wrapped in yellow turbans and rebelled, but they didn't even fight, and all the soldiers in the treasury were offered, if this is the situation, when these more than 300,000 anti-thief soldiers come to Luoyang City, there will be 100,000 people wearing armor and prancing horses?"

Zhu Jun was stunned on the spot, he was not ignorant of such news, but he thought in his heart that Taiping Dao was just some Qiantou peasants, and it was no different from the previous uprisings and rebellions, so he looked down on him. Now that Liu Wei analyzed it, Fang was a little frightened and wanted to entrench in his heart.

"Your Majesty, I really can't delay any longer."

After turning around, Liu Wei finally returned to Liu Hong, bowed down and saluted.

In fact, at this time, Liu Hong has long been unspeakably fond and pitiful to his eldest son, in this case, how can Liu Hong be willing to let Liu Wei go to the front line in person: "Only Ah Bian can go to the front line, can he really control the war?" ”

"Naturally, not." Liu Wei said honestly: "Erchen is still a man of words, now the Taiping Road is against the thief is my Han world, the Liu family, if my Liu family children can't take the lead and move forward, how can I make thousands of soldiers not hesitate to die and take the lead?" Your Majesty, I don't dare to say that I will be able to kill those Taiping Dao thieves, but if I don't go, it will be really difficult to protect my Han country, and the child is the eldest son of His Majesty, and he should bear this righteousness. ”

Liu Hong listened to the generous statement of the baby son in front of him, and beat his chest over and over again, and when Liu Wei finished speaking, he hurriedly answered: "Let Ah Xie go!" Ah Xie will go for you! ”

A Xie is the prince born to Wang Mei three years ago, Liu Xie.

"Ah Xie......" Liu Wei was really dumbfounded, he had thought of thousands of possibilities, but it was absolutely impossible to be this one.

The surprise of Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, and Lu Zhi is far less than Liu Wei, but if people are extremely surprised, they often can't say anything.

"Yes, let Ah Xie go! Ah Xie is also very smart, he should understand the intentions of Ah Wei and me. Liu Hong proposed again.

"Never!" Lu Zhi immediately objected.

"Ah Xie is only three years old!" Liu Wei was the first to object: "Your Majesty, Ah Xie is smart, if there is an accident for his son, Ah Xie can also defend Liu today, but it is ridiculous to ask Ah Xie, a baby child, to go to the front line." ”

Liu Hong knew that this proposal was ridiculous, a three-year-old child represented the Liu royal family, even if he went to the front line, it would only provoke the enemy to laugh, not only could not boost morale, but even backfired, Liu Hong naturally understood these truths, but Liu Wei was a child, he was really reluctant.

At this time, I heard that Huangfu Song stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lu Zhonglang went to Jizhou and faced Zhang Jiao, and the war he served must be dangerous. ”

"Good! Good! Liu Hongwei heard Huangfu Song's advice, and he was overjoyed: "It's really good, Huangfu Zhonglang directly attacked Yingchuan, Runan, and Chenguo, all of which are not the hinterland of the three brothers of Zhangjiao, and the Yellow Turban force must be weak, so it is naturally the safest." So superb! So superb! ”

Liu Weizheng was delighted that the four adults in this hall had gone around for these nonsense statements of their own, and they accepted his suggestion to go to the front line, but suddenly heard Huangfu Song's suggestion, but they were stunned on the spot, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, just like that, can't you see it?

Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi, Zhu Jun, nodded in unison, naturally they agreed and affirmed Emperor Liu Hong's statement, in fact, the reality is indeed the case, the three generals of Taiping Dao, Tiangong General Zhang Jiao, Digong General Zhang Liang, and Rengong General Zhang Bao, as the spiritual and practical leaders of the Taiping Daoists, are naturally in a place with sufficient armament and strong military strength, and it is precisely because of this that this hard bone was also handed over to Lu Zhi, who is the oldest and most ruthless.

In this way, the Yellow Turban forces that Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun have to face are naturally much weaker, since everyone affirms Liu Wei's statement and suggestions, then this emperor's precious son is definitely going to go to the battlefield, anyway, as a mascot to boost the morale of the Han army, but why run to the most dangerous place?

Huangfu Song's proposal is definitely a good suggestion!

Not only did Zhu Jun and Lu Zhi think it was good, but Emperor Liu Hong also thought it was very good, and even Liu Wei couldn't say what was wrong.

Liu Hong slapped the case on the spot and said: "Liu Wei listens to the seal!" ”