The idea of driving the expedition has always existed in Liu Yi's heart, and he originally planned to recuperate for a while after the battle of Jingxiang before raising a large army, but now with the deepening and change of the battle situation, it is to be immediately put on the agenda. It has been nearly three months since he ascended the throne, and everything in the capital has begun to step on a regular basis, with dedicated subordinates and all kinds of professionals doing their best, and their presence or absence will not have much impact. And this expedition will be the last time in Liu Yi's heart, if Cao Cao wants to fight to the death with himself in Jingxiang as he shows, then after this battle is the time to knock down one move, the number one enemy is gone, and the remaining Sun and Liu will be relatively simple, believing that the day they return to the capital will be the real overall situation.

Due to the consideration of the war situation, Liu Yi's personal expedition was obviously extremely beneficial to the attack of the Han army, but it seems that since Gaozu, the kings of the Han Dynasty rarely had the experience of going out of Beijing, that is, they were forced to do too much. When Liu Yi was the king of Yan, he was tasked with crusading against the rebels, and how he went out on the expedition would not be criticized, but at this time, as the Son of Heaven, his every move was related to the rise and fall of the society, and there would be many officials who objected to this according to the ancestral system. Liu Yi can accept these remarks, and even give a little encouragement, if he wants this era to gradually become different under his influence, the first thing to do is to emancipate people's minds, the taste of the highest power is indeed very good, but at this time, it is not as good as the belief in Liu Yi's heart, of course, it must be gradual.

The Son of Heaven showed a softer attitude, standing in a reasonable perspective to discuss this topic with the ministers, the most important thing in front of the Han is the unification of the country and the government decree, although Cao Cao was defeated on both fronts of Hanzhong and Yanzhou, but there is no doubt that he still has extremely strong strength, plus Liu Bei and Sun Ce's response, without Liu Yi personally sitting in charge, it is obviously impossible to win, and now there is Chen Qun Zhong Xiang in the capital to govern the government, and there is a drama in the army, and the eight departments have their own responsibilities, and the hundred officials can also serve the court with loyalty and wisdom, The Son of Heaven is also in charge of the prince's imprisonment, and even if I don't have all the Aiqing in the capital in the short term, I can ensure that everything is safe, and the front line is the most important.

Under the deliberate guidance of Lang Sheng, this theory was carried out very thoroughly, and the magnanimity and courtesy of the Son of Heaven made every courtier feel it, especially those old ministers who had experienced the previous dynasty. Dong Zhuo's time for the time being, the cruelty and tyranny are famous, who dares to make different remarks? In time, Emperor Ling, where is there such a good Emperor Kaiyuan? As long as what you say is reasonable, His Majesty will affirm it and even consult it, which is a supreme honor for many courtiers, so in the end, Liu Yi rejected everyone's dissuasion, but it did not have any negative effect.

The Son of Heaven's personal expedition is not trivial, and there are still more cumbersome procedures with the ceremony, but Liu Yi is the emperor on horseback, and he knows the truth that the military situation is like fire, since it has been decided to use the army, how can he hesitate at all? Of course, this did not affect him from taking advantage of this matter to make a big statement, he knew best that his prestige could bring to his subordinates to increase their combat power and deter the enemy! Fiction is real, reality is virtual, using the speed of information transmission to make the southern three heroes suspicious, only Liu Yi has this qualification in the world, he is likely to be completely different when he is not on the battlefield.

On the first day of October in the first year of the Han Dynasty, the Son of Heaven drove from Beiping to collect an army of 350,000 and vowed to exterminate the three heroes in the south in one fell swoop! The armies of all walks of life will be difficult to advance after the Yecheng Qi meeting! In fact, with the current strength of the Han army, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce can guess that Liu Yi will not be able to mobilize more than 200,000 men and horses at all, let alone an army of 350,000, but no one dares to underestimate the combat power of the national soldiers of Beidi County, and the speed of recovery and rectification under Liu Yi after the war greatly exceeded their expectations, and it is also the key to the great advantage of the Han army's current battle situation.

From Cao Cao's point of view, although Liu Yi's bluff made him quite nerve-wracking, it was not the most difficult, for the battle of Jingxiang, he and a group of advisers in Chengdu City had a detailed and in-depth analysis, Liu Yi's dignified array was almost invulnerable, and also used all aspects of the advantages to the extreme, and at present, Cao Jun's morale was greatly reduced due to successive defeats, and the opponent's choice of this time for a decisive battle was undoubtedly very accurate. Perhaps the only weakness of the Han army at the moment is that their logistics supply line is too long, although Tian Yu's coordination ability is almost perfect, but after all, there are still thousands of miles from the north to Jingxiang, if there can be a surprise army, at this time to raid the supply line is a promising situation.

Cao Jun's analysis of the situation is not incorrect, but it can be imagined that it may not be possible to do it, where did the strange soldier come from? Now that Cao Cao has reached the limit of his use of troops, he is even more disappointed by Liu Yi's ability to accept territory and calm the people. Generally speaking, it takes a certain amount of time to stabilize the governance of the next region, but the synchronization of the Han army here is unforgiving, compared to the south and the north, it is too rich, Liu Yi has sufficient strength and materials to invest to achieve the goal of stabilizing the people's hearts, the people are realistic, life is better than before, how can they be easily instigated to give up the good life in front of them?

In the end, Cao Cao almost desperately found that in addition to fighting to the death with the Han army in Jingxiang, he had no better way to deal with the situation in front of him, if he abandoned it, he could indeed protect it for a while by virtue of the advantages of the terrain, but Jingxiang was taken by the Han army, and the southern three heroes were completely separated, and it was only a matter of time before he was destroyed! If he changes others, he may still be lucky, but the opponent is Liu Yi, when it comes to the military, he can still compete with it, but when it comes to development, Cao Cao and all the great talents under his command have to be ashamed, today's situation is also based on the thick foundation of the north, and their complementary ability is far beyond the combined strength of the three heroes in the south.

As a hero in troubled times, how could Cao Mengde endure being slowly grinded to death without hope? Even if he wants to lose, he will fight to the death with the strongest enemy, the contingency of the military family exists, no one dares to say that he will win, maybe this hope is very small but it is already the only feasible countermeasure in front of him. Based on this mood, Cao Cao even has some expectations for Liu Yi's royal expedition, Liu Langsheng, let Cao Mou kill you on this Jingxiang battlefield!

Cao Jun's analysis of the situation is the same as Liu Yi's, there is no absolute thing in this world, Lang Sheng's personal expedition is to minimize that chance, of course, there is also the meaning of defeating this lifelong enemy with his own hands, which is also a great sense of achievement for him!

With Liu Yi's troops out of Beiping, all the counties and counties in Youzhou and Jizhou have been completely mobilized, and the soldiers from all over the county and country have gone to Yecheng to converge in a huge way, these transfers will undoubtedly cost a lot of manpower and material resources, but at this time Liu Yi has everything worth it in his heart, he wants to make the enemy generals hesitate, I believe that as soon as such a momentum comes out, Yecheng will attract a lot of attention from the other party. In line with the principle of high military speed, since the beginning of Beiping, Lang Sheng handed over the task of leading the army to Liu Xin, the second son of Luwang, and he personally led the personal guards and iron cavalry to go straight to Nanyang day and night, and at this time it was almost to the boundary of Xinyang.

At the same time that the Son of Heaven went out of Beiping, the front-line generals did not relax for a moment the attack on the two cities of Xiangyang and Jiangling, and the Cao army and the Han army were always in a fierce battle, and the generals of the Cao army such as Yu Ban and Cao Ren broke out under the predicament, and even in the face of the Han army's infantry and artillery coordination, they performed as solid as a rock, and the enemy's city was stronger than Yanzhou, and it was the consensus of the Han army's front-line generals to conquer. However, the tenacity of the other party did not surprise the Han generals, they had already made enough difficult preparations for the final battle of Jingxiang, even if the casualties were large, after summarizing the experience in detail, the strength of the siege has never been reduced, and now it is a comparison of who can hold on to both sides more!

When it comes to the solidity of the city, Jiangling should be under Xiangyang, but the Han army took the lead in opening the breakthrough in the latter place, in this battle, the Han army's ace generals Xu Huang and Xu Gongming, who are known as Yafu's talents, have almost exerted their offensive skills to the extreme, and then all the tactics of this battle, including personnel arrangements, were called perfect masterpieces by Liu Yi! At the end of October of the first year of the Han Dynasty, Gongming even had hope of taking Xiangyang in one fell swoop, if it weren't for Cao Cao personally leading reinforcements to come so quickly.

The moment he saw Cao Jun appear, Xu Huang inevitably had deep remorse in his heart, if he had gone all out earlier, and put all his strength into it earlier, he couldn't say that Xiangyang City was already under the control of the Han army at this time! But there will be no ifs on the battlefield, and the changes in the battle situation cannot be fully mastered, what Xu Huang can do is to quickly withdraw his troops and suppress the remorse in his heart as soon as possible, and then dispel the same thoughts in the hearts of the soldiers, and attract all the main forces of the Cao army in Xiangyang, which is considered to have achieved their strategic goal, which is more beneficial to the Han army than taking the city. It may seem self-defeating, but it's the best way to boost morale.

The reason why Cao Cao's army was able to come so quickly was because they went down the Yangtze River waterway, and it was also fearful for Cao Cao to catch up with the reinforcements of Xiangyang in time, if he came late and caused the city to fall, I am afraid that he would have no choice but to withdraw the army, and at the same time, it was also a psychological suggestion, God still gave him a chance. Originally, there were quite a few complaints about the forbidden defense of the city, but after seeing the tragedy of the city and the audience talking about how the Han army attacked the city, this little dissatisfaction also disappeared, under that kind of near-perfect attack, even if he changed himself, he may not be able to do better than Yu Ban, and now he still has a chance, at least Xiangyang City is still in the hands of Cao Jun.