Chapter 735 Polemic
"Montaigne listens to orders!"
"The minister is here!"
"Ming'er led the people of the headquarters to guard the division, Liangzhou, I don't want a Yizhou army to step into my territory." Liu Wei said in a deep voice.
"The minister will live up to His Majesty's trust." Meng Tian replied categorically.
Now Liu Wei has about 530,000 soldiers and horses, of which Meng Tian controls 100,000 soldiers and horses, including 20,000 soldiers and horses under Huo Quai's Zuo Xiao, 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Forbidden Army, 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Royal Forest Army, 50,000 soldiers and horses under Li Jing, 70,000 soldiers and horses under Xu Da, 80,000 soldiers and horses under Yue Fei, 80,000 soldiers and horses under Xu Huang, and 20,000 soldiers and horses under Gao Chong's command, in addition to these, there are 30,000 soldiers and horses of the navy.
"Yue Fei listens to orders!"
"The minister is here!"
"I ordered you to lead your troops and horses to attack Yuzhou, are you willing?" Liu Wei asked strongly.
"Obey the order!"
"Xu Da listens to orders!"
"The minister is here!"
"I ordered you to lead your troops and horses to attack Yanzhou, are you willing?"
"Obey the order!"
"Where is Xu Huang?"
"The minister is here!"
"I ordered you to lead your headquarters to attack Xuzhou, you are willing!"
"Obey the order!"
"Li Jing listens to orders!"
"I order you to hold on to Youbeiping, I don't want the people of the Tang Kingdom to take advantage of the situation when our army fights Cao Cao." Liu Wei commanded.
"Obey the order!"
"Xun Yu, Liu Ji's grain and grass, the ordnance dispatch will be handed over to you, and you are also very relaxed, I believe that Ouyang Xiu and them can still do these things well."
"Obey the order!"
Next, Liu Wei didn't talk about dealing with Cao Cao, and began to discuss other government affairs.
Soon one of the courtiers walked out,
"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do!"
"What's the matter with Shen Aiqing?"
Liu Wei asked calmly, this minister's surname is Shen, he is a member of the Shen family of Zhuo County, and he has the same clan relationship with the concubine surnamed Shen among Liu Wei's concubines, although his status in the court is not as good as Xun Yu's, but his status is still good.
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thought that Cao Cao's subordinates had an army of 400,000 and were strong, but the soldiers and horses under the three generals Xu Da, Yue Fei, and Xu Huang combined were only 300,000, how to deal with Cao Cao who had an army of 400,000."
"Shen Aiqing's words are indeed reasonable, it seems that Shen Aiqing thinks that there is something wrong with my arrangement." Liu Wei raised his eyebrows, not angry and arrogant.
"Weichen doesn't dare!"
The minister surnamed Shen was a little caught off guard by Liu Wei's words.
"There are some things you should know, I will naturally let you know, what you should do is to abide by your duty and do what you have to do."
Liu Wei said in a deep voice, his words were full of the majesty of the emperor.
"Wait for you to understand!"
"For Shen Aiqing's question just now, I think all of you must have questions!" Liu Wei said lightly.
Indeed, as Liu Wei said, many ministers did not understand Liu Wei's arrangement.
"What I'm telling you is that it's not all my plans, all my plans, but I won't say it now."
Liu Wei's words made everyone stunned, they didn't expect their majestic emperor to say such a sentence.
"Do you think I should tell the plan and leak it before the war even begins?" This time, Liu Wei's tone was very serious, and his body exuded a majestic momentum.
"Don't dare!"
The crowd was a little flustered,
"Okay, I have my plan, but I can't let you know it yet."
"Retreat!"
Liu Wei stepped away,
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"Go, spread the news to Yanzhou."
"No!"
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Two days later, Liu Wei summoned Li Jing and other generals in the imperial study, including Wei Qing, who had not arranged a task, as well as Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Liu Ji, and Zhang Liang.
"You should know the purpose of my summons this time, right?" Liu Wei asked calmly.
"Wait for you to understand!"
"Xun Yu!"
"The minister is here!"
"You recently sent someone to Nanyang to see Zhang Xiu." Liu Wei didn't say much superfluous, he believed that Xun Yu's wisdom should understand what he meant.
"Obey the order!"
"Wei Qing!"
"The minister is here!"
"If Zhang Xiu succeeds, no, I believe that Zhang Xiu will succeed, and your task is to lead the Imperial Forest Army into Nanyang."
"The minister understands!"
"The first task is to work with Zhang Xiu to contain the forces of Jingzhou, and the second task is to wait for the opportunity to help Yue Fei."
"Obey the order!"
"Your Majesty, as Lord Shen said, the three of us have less than 300,000 people under our jurisdiction, and even with General Wei's soldiers and horses, they are not as good as Cao Cao's, I'm afraid this battle will be extremely difficult!"
Yue Fei opened his mouth and said, Yue Fei did not say that the troops were weaker than Cao Cao and would lose, only that this battle was not easy to fight, firstly, Yue Fei had confidence in Xu Da and Xu Huang, thinking that they could defeat Cao Cao by relying on these soldiers and horses, and secondly, if the main general said that he would lose before the war started, it would not only disappoint Liu Wei but also disappoint the soldiers.
"Does Aiqing think that I will let the soldiers die in vain, and will I choose the difficult path to go?" Liu Wei asked with a smile.
"Your Majesty is wise and benevolent, loves the people, and loves the soldiers, and the minister thinks that Your Majesty will not be like this." Yue Fei replied seriously.
"Do you know the battle of Huiji a year ago?" Liu Wei asked.
"The ministers have heard of it!"
The ministers replied, and at this time, the four Xun Yu seemed to understand a little.
"Cao Ren and Xiang Liang fought, Cao Ren 120,000 soldiers and horses, Xiang Liang 50,000 soldiers and horses, the result was that Xiang Liang stayed and fought with Cao Ren despite dissuasion, and finally suffered a big defeat, suffered heavy losses, and was saved by Wang Qian." Liu Wei briefly talked about the battle.
"The result of the battle must be clear to you, Xiang Liang was driven out of Huiji County, less than 20,000 of the 50,000 soldiers and horses remained, and many of them were injured, and the main general Xiang Liang was also injured, and I recently learned that Xiang Liang's health is getting worse day by day, maybe he will die in front of his father Xiang Yan." Liu Wei continued.
"I don't know if you know Xiang Yu?"
Liu Wei asked curiously,
"The minister knows that Xiang Yu is a peerless general who is no less than Li Yuanba and General Li Cunxiao, who once defeated Ran Min, Yingbu, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu in the Battle of Jiangdong, and defeated Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, and Shi Jianjiao in the Battle of Guiyang, and killed Shi Jianjiao, and led his troops to defeat Liu Bei's 100,000 army." Wei Qing replied.
"Anything else?" Liu Wei continued to ask.
"I heard that Xiang Yu is the descendant of Xiang Ji, the overlord of Chu, because he showed the strength of Xiang Ji when he was a teenager, and he had the same heavy pupil as Xiang Ji, and the whole Xiang clan changed his name Xiang Yu's name from this, his grandfather and the name of Chu Ming Xiang Yan are the same, and his uncle also named Xiang Liang, and the Xiang family regards Xiang Yu as a hope, a hope to return to his hometown." This time it was Zhang Liang who spoke.
"Almost, since you have some understanding of Xiang Yu, you should know what is the biggest characteristic of Xiang Yu and others, right?" Liu Wei asked again.
"Proud!"
It was Guo Jia who spoke,
"Like Xiang Yu, someone like him must be the pride of the owner."
"This pride is both good and bad, the heart is arrogant, indomitable, and the heart is strong, but once the pride is over, it is arrogance, and those who are arrogant have no one in their eyes and are stubborn."
"Xiang Yu has both arrogance and arrogance, but no matter what, he Xiang Yu has a capital more than anyone else."
"In the battle of Julu, Xiang Yu is to support Zhao State, but it is not revenge, revenge for Xiang Liang, which shows that Xiang Yu is affectionate and resolutely fights with 400,000 Qin troops, although there is no way to retreat, but it is not because Xiang Yu's heart is strong, and others are afraid that they will not be able to do it."
Liu Bian's tone was filled with excitement and admiration, the winner is the king, and the loser is the loser, but in the future generations, there are more people who worship Xiang Yu, the loser, than Liu Bang, the winner, and he is also one of the people who worship Xiang Yu.
Although it is possible that Liu Bang exaggerated Xiang Yu in order to praise his strength, it has to be said that in the next thousand years, Xiang Yu's status was higher than Liu Bang.
"Your Majesty means that Xiang Yu will retaliate against Cao Cao when our army is at war with Cao Cao." Liu Ji opened his mouth and said.
"That's right, how could a person like Xiang Yu who has a strong heart and values love and righteousness let go of this opportunity for revenge, you must know that the first battle of Huiji buried tens of thousands of people who lived and died with him Xiang Yu, and buried his uncle's future, Xiang Yu will definitely take revenge, with Xiang Yu's ability and Xiang's strength to contain Cao Cao's 100,000 people is no problem." Liu Wei said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty ...... Takami"
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