The army of ten thousand is assembling towards the Black Nest.

Liu Xie and the Qinzheng Palace summoned the ministers to discuss the conquest of Yuan Shao.

Guo Jia said: "Yuan Shao suddenly sent troops, if not blocked, 400,000 troops will soon arrive in Luoyang, and our Han army needs to go to meet it immediately." ”

Chen Gong said: "Because the army is relatively scattered, it is very necessary to gather too many troops to go out for a while. ”

Liu Xie asked: "How many soldiers and horses can be gathered?" ”

Yan Er said: "Back to Your Majesty, you can gather up to 70,000 elites, and you can only assemble it in the afternoon of tomorrow at the earliest." ”

Liu Xie said: "This speed is too slow, Luoyang has 500,000 troops, but only 70,000 can be gathered!" ”

Guo Jia said: "Your Majesty, although our army is small, but the Yuan army is not enough to worry about, the former Weichen has said that ten victories and ten defeats, even if there are 70,000 troops, they can defeat 400,000 Yuan troops." ”

Some ministers and generals also expressed their own suggestions, and Liu Xie made a summary: "The day after tomorrow in the early morning, 70,000 troops set off first, and the remaining 400,000 troops went one after another. This expedition is still the same as yesterday, with me as the commander, and Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong and others will go out with the army. ”

Then Liu Xie made a list of generals who went out:

Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Ma Chao, Tai Shici, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Chu and other generals.

Ma Feng, Pang De, Ma Dai, Zhao Ping, Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Liu Bei and other deputy generals.

The strategists were Chen Gong and Guo Jia.

Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, Chen Deng, Yu Ban, Li Dian and others assisted Wang Yun in garrisoning Luoyang.

During Liu Xie's expedition, he strengthened the surveillance of the Wei Mansion.

In addition to the generals, Liu Xie also brought Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao with him.

The other harems are either in confinement, or close to giving birth, or they are raising a fetus, so they can't take any of them. Yan Er originally wanted to go out together to kill the enemy, but Liu Xie rejected her on the grounds that she was more than a month pregnant.

During the campaign, all cities in the sphere of influence were on guard to prevent intrusion and destruction.

Sent a secret decree to Sun Ce again, ordering him to destroy Yuan Shu as soon as possible. The decree was sent to appease Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

All the instructions were all arranged, just waiting for the 70,000 troops to be assembled, and after retreating, Liu Xie returned to the harem, and was going to gather the concubines, because Diao Chan was about to give birth, his stomach was bulging, and his action was inconvenient.

So Liu Xie summoned the concubines in Diao Chan's bedroom.

Among the concubines, Fushou Donglu has already given birth, Zou Yuan and Wen Yin are inconvenient to come during the confinement and did not come, Liu Xie plans to meet them alone.

Xiahou Ling, Cai Yan and Lu Qiling also have big bellies, and the delivery period is approaching.

Then there is Yan'er, who is more than a month pregnant.

Liu Xie said: "I will go on this expedition for more than a month, and at most half a year to return. Queen, although you are the queen, you are too young to know the world, and among the concubines, Wen Ji is the largest, so during the time I left, all the instructions in the harem were decided by Wen Ji, and Yan Er caressed each other, you all have to get along in harmony, so that I don't have to worry about it on the front line. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty"