Chapter 3: The Expedition

Liu Xie took Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun to the Yingchun Palace, and after sitting down as the guest and host, he looked at the three people in front of him, these three people are the last three generals of the Han Dynasty who can fight well, Lu Zhi's official position at this time is Beizhong Lang General, Huangfu Song's official position at this time is Zuo Zhonglang General, and Zhu Jun's official position at this time is Right Zhong Lang General,

The Yellow Turban Rebellion in history was pacified by the three people in front of him, so Liu Xie wanted to hear the analysis of the battle situation by the three people in front of him, Lu Zhi was the most familiar with Liu Xie, so he was the first to speak: His Royal Highness the Prince, the three of us will decide, the soldiers will be divided into three ways, encircle and annihilate the enemy from different directions, and finally select a battlefield to decide the outcome of the battle.

As for the specific march route and war planning, to be honest, the three of us did not have a specific deployment, so we could only stop walking and not looking, and we were deciding how to fight at that time, and I looked at Liu Xie with a worried face after speaking. Liu Xie nodded after listening, he also knew that letting Lu Zhi and the three of them give a specific war plan now was tantamount to being difficult for a strong man.

However, Liu Xie discussed with the three of them, and the three of them were the commanders, and the troops were divided into three ways and marched from three different directions, but Liu Xie asked the three of them to cut the grass and eradicate the roots of the Yellow Turban leaders, and for the coerced people, as long as there were no major bad deeds, they could organize the people into an army. and so on until finally released uniformly. The three of them are not easy to kill, and they do not approve of mass destruction for the people, otherwise it will be the court that will lose in the end. After Liu Xie saw that the matter was discussed, he stood up and said solemnly to Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun: The fate of the Han family is in the hands of the three generals, and I hereby promise the three generals that they can expand the army independently, or they can recruit soldiers and horses on the spot, and everything is decided by the three generals, but the total number of people cannot exceed 30,000, and the grain and grass of our army will not be able to afford it.

Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun looked at Liu Xie with a serious face, and the three of them empathized with the seriousness, and knelt directly in front of Liu Xie, and said in unison: The humble duty must kill the thief with all his might, and then die. In the end, it was agreed that at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, the troops would be ordered to go out at the west school field. The three of them saw that Liu Xie had nothing else to do here. got up and said goodbye to Liu Xie. Liu Xie politely sent the three of them out of the Spring Festival Palace. Watching the three of them leave. He turned his head and said to Zhao Zhong: Gather Guo Jia and them to the Yingchun Palace, I want to talk to them well. When Zhao Zhong heard this, he hurriedly went down to inform everyone, and Liu Xiedo was in the Yingchun Hall to think carefully about what to do next.

After a while, Xun Yu, Xun You, Xun Shuang, Xun Jing, Xun Wang, Xun Su, Zhong Hui, Zhong Xuan, Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, Yuan Shao, Guan Yu, Xu Zhen, Sun Jian, Zhang Liao, Cao Cao, Huang Zhong, Lu Su and others came to Liu Xie's Spring Palace, and Liu Xie looked at the eighteen people in front of him. These eighteen people are all the people recruited by Liu Xie during this period of time, and they are all figures who shine in the original history of the Three Kingdoms.

Now that I can gather under my own command, I can't help but say that I am lucky. Liu Xie saw that everyone was already seated, so he said directly: I have asked my father to personally lead the army to quell the rebellion, and then I need to discuss this matter carefully. When everyone heard that Liu Xie was going to lead the army in person, they were all taken aback, and they got up one after another to stop Liu Xie, since ancient times, the son of a daughter, he can't sit down, Liu Xie, as the noble prince of the Han Dynasty, the next emperor, how can he personally commit danger. Liu Xie was not surprised at all by everyone's reaction, pressed his hand, and continued: "My father has agreed to this matter, and ordered me to be fully responsible for the troops, money, and personnel and materials needed to quell the rebellion, and I asked my father Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun for the three old generals.

The soldiers marched in three ways, each general was responsible for one way, and I was just waving the flag and shouting in the back, there would be no danger, and the most important thing was that my father had already said that as long as I could return triumphantly this time, then the day of triumphant return would be the day I ascended the throne. As soon as Liu Xie's words fell, everyone immediately started to discuss happily, and there was no objection to Liu Xie's expedition, it was a big deal that Liu Xie would arrange more troops around him. Liu Xie looked at the people who were eagerly discussing, had to clear his throat, interrupted everyone's words, and continued, Now you all have positions, and only Lu Su has no position, but now I want to reassign the positions of these people.

As soon as everyone heard that their vital interests were involved, they all hurriedly sat upright, and prepared to listen to Liu Xie's words attentively. Liu Xie looked at everyone and said: Among the eight lieutenants in Xiyuan, I personally served as the captain of the upper military academy, Yuan Shao, the lieutenant of the middle military academy, Guan Yu, the lieutenant of the lower military academy, and Xi Zhicai followed General Lu Zhi, and the lieutenant Xu Zhen, the captain of the auxiliary army, Sun Jian, the left lieutenant of the auxiliary army, and Xun You followed General Huangfu Song.

Zhang Liao, the right lieutenant of the auxiliary army, Huang Zhong and Lu Su, the right lieutenant of the auxiliary army, followed General Zhu Jun, and the left lieutenant, Cao Cao, and Guo Jia, who were the counselors, followed me. Xun Yu and Zhong Xuan are responsible for the overall grain and grass dispatch in the capital, according to the grain and grass of 100,000 people, as for the few of you, you said and looked at Xun Shuang, Xun Jing, Xun Wang, Xun Su and Zhong Hui who were not named, and the official positions in the court will be promoted by one level, and there is a more important task to be handed over to you, you have to observe the various positions in the court, observe the departments, and see what needs to be strengthened, which is irrelevant and needs to be revoked, you must make detailed preparations, and when I come back, I will start a drastic reform in the court.

As soon as the five people heard it, what an important task they had given themselves, and the regret of not being able to go out with the army was immediately gone, and everyone was ready to devote themselves to the new work with the greatest enthusiasm, think about it, in the future, a complete court framework will be born in their own hands, how much achievement will there be, that is, everyone who Liu Xie named just now is eager to stay in the capital and complete this feat. Liu Xie looked at the excited expressions of the crowd, and asked everyone, for what I just said, if there is anything that needs to be changed, just speak freely, let's talk about it, where to sit after speaking, and look at everyone.

Everyone listened to Liu Xie's words, thought about it carefully, and found that Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun were all under two captains and one strategist, as for Liu Xie's subordinates with Cao Cao and Guo Jia, their strength was a little weak, Guan Yu stood up first and said: Your Highness, everything else is fine, only where are you, Cao Cao and Guo Jia are not military generals, and they are also good at martial arts, so it is better for His Highness to choose a military general to follow him. For Guan Yu's words, Cao Cao and Guo Jia did not refute it, they are indeed good at force, even Cao Cao is only stronger than ordinary people, for the sake of Liu Xie's safety, they also agree that it is better for Liu Xie to bring a professional military general by his side, and others also agree when they hear this, Liu Xie's safety is too important, which is why the imperial court has always disagreed with the country's personal conquest, and it is really a security problem greater than the sky.

Liu Xie looked at everyone and said: It's okay. I don't need to worry about my safety, my expedition is to follow the rear of your army, not to fight on the front line, my expedition this time, the symbolic meaning is greater than the practical significance, everyone thinks about it, Liu Xie is following behind, and he is not refutating. This is Xun Yu and Zhong Xuan glanced at each other, and finally Xun Yu stood up and looked at Liu Xie and asked: His Royal Highness the Prince, how to pay for the army's grain and grass, Liu Xie looked at the two of them and thought for a while and said: Directly use the money from the inner treasury, which my father has agreed. Hearing Liu Xie say this, Xun Yu and Zhong Yu both nodded, indicating that there was no problem. Liu Xie finally reminded everyone not to forget the plan that everyone had said. Everyone nodded tacitly when they heard the words and agreed.