Since Liu Wei succeeded to the throne, except for the grand court meeting attended by hundreds of officials, which was held in the Chongde Palace, other political decisions were handled in the Zhutao Yashe in the Haolong Garden.

Compared with the spacious Chongde Hall, the hall space of Zhutao Yashe is still very limited. There are not many people who can accommodate it, but those who come are all Liu Wei's confidants.

Today, the long tables in the hall are filled with people, even officials in charge of health care like Zhang Zhongjing. And Liu Wei sat on the first seat, with a serious face.

Before the discussion began, Jiang Qi first opened his mouth to plead guilty to Liu: "Minister Jiang Qi is responsible for losing his land, and he is defeated and humiliated the country, and he also asks His Majesty to surrender." ”

After Jiang Qi led the Pingcheng army back to Luoyang, Liu Wei sympathized with the hardships of Jiang Qi and others, and ordered them to rest for a few days. Although Jiang Qi also pleaded guilty to Liu Wei during this period, it was also done in private, and Liu Wei only comforted him, saying that it was not a crime of war, which made him feel relieved.

But in fact, Jiang Qi, as the general of the annexation state, still has to bear some responsibility for the loss of the annexation. Even if no one will attack him when the army is in danger now, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not become a reason for others to attack politics in the future.

So Jiang Qi still has to put this matter on the surface and make a gesture. And Liu Wei understood Jiang Qi's thoughts in his heart, and he would not let Jiang Qi be attacked by others, so he opened his mouth and said: "The fall of Bingzhou is definitely not Yun Lei's crime alone, the biggest mistake is that I trust Lu Bu too much and do not realize his wolf ambitions. Finally, raising tigers for trouble and eating their own evil consequences. The soldiers and civilians of the state fell into the hands of thieves, and the people were suffering. Fortunately, with the blessing of God, Yun Lei was able to get out of danger and return safely, so that I did not lose a minister of humerus. It's a pity that General Ding ......"

Liu Wei closed his eyes in pain when he talked about this.

Hearing Liu Wei mention Ding Yuan, Jiang Qi also looked gloomy. But in my heart more, I am still ashamed and moved.

He brought up the defeat at this time, and he followed Jia Xu's idea. Taking advantage of the current situation of the great enemy of the imperial court, this matter was raised, and the punishment of the imperial court for him could only be reduced to a small matter, and once the matter was over, no one could use this as a reason for attacking. Who knew that Liu Wei actually took all the responsibility on his shoulders, thinking of Ding Yuan, who sacrificed himself in order to cover their departure, and before he died, he still remembered the country and retained the vitality to let them escape. And he took advantage of the danger of the court to seek personal gain, which really made him feel ashamed.

Jiang Qi was like a heart jam for a while, his eyes were red, and he couldn't speak.

Liu Wei didn't think about it so much, and naturally after handling Jiang Qi's matter, he officially began to discuss the matter. And the first sentence he said was: "I have made up my mind to fight to the death with the Lu thief!" ”

Most of the cronies and generals present had already revealed to them a few days ago that Liu Wei had already revealed to them the tone of the decisive battle, and civil servants such as Xun Yu and Zhang Zhongjing did not show surprise at Liu Wei's decision.

Ever since the Northern Army was defeated by the Bingzhou Army at Jishui, the imperial court has been mired in great controversy. On the one hand, the courtiers led by Yang Biao advocated "moving the capital to Chang'an to avoid the edge of the Lu thief", and on the other hand, the main battle faction headed by Lu Zhi and Xun Yu advocated defending Luoyang. Lu Zhi even shouted at the court meeting: "The country is in danger, if we abandon the city and flee, the society will be overturned, and the people will suffer, how can we wait to see the people of the world!" ”

The two factions of the court argued endlessly, and although Liu Wei did not express his position on the spot, those who knew him well understood that his character would never give in. And the subsequent development of the situation did leave the imperial court with no extra choice.

Hedong Yang Feng rebelled, raised troops in response to Lü Bu, killed Hedong Taishou Chongfu, and marched to Chang'an.

The imperial court has no way to retreat, it can only fight to the death!

Liu Wei made a decision publicly, and the next thing was to discuss how to hold Luoyang.

First of all, Jia Xu talked about the latest information obtained by the Coordination Agency:

"According to the latest military information from yesterday, the state army has broken through the revolving gate pass and is attacking in the direction of Luoyang."

Jia Xu's words immediately set off a low discussion among everyone. I don't know who whispered: "So fast!" ”

Since the rebellion, the speed of the advance of the wolf cavalry has been rapid and fast. The revolving gate pass is one of the eight passes in Luoyang like the Tiger Prison and Mengjin, and according to the intelligence, Lu Bu broke through it in only three days, which indicates that there is no danger to defend in the east of Luoyang.

Liu Wei is still mentally prepared for the loss of the revolving gate. Although the revolving gate pass is steep, under Liu Wei's decision to reduce the number of troops, there are not many defenders, and it is reasonable for Lu Bu to break through in a short time.

Lü Bu suddenly rebelled and advanced to Luoyang in a short time. The imperial court was caught off guard, and many places were not prepared. The defeat of the Northern Army was not unrelated to such a hasty response.

Because of this, Liu Wei no longer wanted to be consumed little by little, but shrunk his forces in Luoyang and concentrated his forces on fighting Lu Bu to the death here.

After the discussion calmed down a little, Jia Xu continued: "The army of Lu thieves claims to be 100,000, but in fact there are only more than 50,000 people. Among them, there were 20,000 descendants, and the remaining 30,000 were subordinate to his rebellious Xiongnu tribes. ”

Guo Jia interjected and analyzed after Jia Xu finished speaking: "Although the Xiongnu tribes are all under the leadership of Huchuquan, the tribes also have their own ghosts. Hu Chuquan just grasped the power of the Xiongnu, the prestige among the tribes is not high, they invaded the Central Plains with the Lu thieves, but only to plunder the property, and the relationship between the Lu thieves is only to borrow from each other and use each other. The imperial court put on an attitude of fighting to the death, and the Xiongnu tribes will inevitably not dare to confront the imperial court like the Bingzhou army, but will take care of their own interests and be timid. If the imperial court bribes the Huns with money, even if the Huns will not turn against the Lu thief, it will be extremely beneficial to us if they just watch from the sidelines. ”

Xun Yu said in agreement after Guo Jia finished speaking: "Fengxiao's strategy of cutting friendships is very good. ”

Liu Wei also nodded and said: "That must also be the case that our army is not at a disadvantage, if it is not the enemy of the Lu thief, I am afraid that the Huns will not mind stepping on it." ”

"How strong is our army now?" Liu Wei asked again.

Lu Zhi has been in charge of the defense of Luoyang, and at this time he answered: "On the side of our army, the northern army has been newly defeated, and the rest of the army has withdrawn to the direction of Chenliu. The government armies of Chang'an and Liangzhou were affected by Yang Feng's rebellion and were unable to reinforce Luoyang for the time being. Only Zhu Jun still has some troops, but the distance is far, and it may take time to lead the troops to the king. Moreover, Lao Chen felt that even if General Zhu came, it would only be a partial division, and he would not be able to shake the overall situation at all, and he might be surrounded by Lu thieves to help. ”

The situation is not very good, Liu Wei frowned slightly, and then asked: "Does the imperial court have the military strength to hold Luoyang?" ”

Lu Zhi replied: "Luoyang's existing strength is only more than 10,000 people of the Xiyuan Army, and according to His Majesty's edict, more than 10,000 people of the Lifu Army have also shrunk into the city. If you add the 6,000 Pingcheng troops who have just entered the city, there are a total of 30,000 soldiers who can fight. ”

"The Pingcheng army has returned from a long distance, and the soldiers are tired, can they fight again?" Liu Wei asked Jiang Qi worriedly.

Jiang Qi, who had been holding back his strength for a long time, stood up suddenly, knelt down on one knee, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, it is a soldier's duty to be loyal to the country, why be tired? And the Pingcheng army and Lu Bushang have unpaid blood debts, and they can't eat their flesh and skin, so please ask Your Majesty to allow the Pingcheng army to fight! ”

"Good!" Liu Wei high-fived and praised: "My Han soldiers naturally have no greed for life and fear of death!" ”

Liu Wei ordered Jiang Qi to get up, and Xun Yu also interjected on the side and added: "There are still 30,000 young and strong militiamen in Luoyang City, and more than 500,000 people, who can go to the city to help in the war if necessary!" ”

"In this way, it is more than enough to defend Luoyang City." Liu Wei said with satisfaction.

Everyone is also quite confident in this, although no one on the battlefield dares to guarantee that the development of the war situation will be as they expected, but Luoyang City is the capital of a country after all, 30,000 government troops are stationed, plus 30,000 militia, not to mention that there are still a large number of people to defend the city. For the 50,000 rebels in Shang Lu Bu, if it is said that it will be broken in a short period of time like Huai Cheng in Hanoi, everyone still says that they will not believe anything.

With the bottom in mind, the atmosphere of the next discussion was relaxed. Although Lu Bu is powerful, he will block the soldiers, and most of the people sitting here are the world's masters, but they are not afraid of him.

How to deal with it, everyone has a charter in their hearts, such as personnel deployment, logistics and other details, although it seems trivial, but it is quite familiar to a master of internal affairs like Lu Zhixunyu. It's just that Liu Wei was a little absent-minded about the discussion after that, and seemed to have something in his heart, and when everyone found out about it, they quieted down and waited for Liu Wei to speak.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Liu Wei glanced around, and there seemed to be a decision in his eyes.

"I have decided to face the Lu thief under Luoyang City, what do you think?"

Liu Wei's words caused a huge wave among everyone. Although everyone here is fighting against the enemy, what they want is to rely on the high water depth of Luoyang to fight an offensive and defensive battle with Lu Bu, which is also the way with the best chance of winning.

If Luoyang City can be successfully defended, and the reinforcements dragged to Liangzhou and Chang'an come in time, Lu Bu will be defeated by internal and external attacks. And even if the final reinforcements can't arrive, the more than 40,000 people in Lu Bu's hands will have to be consumed. If the Bingzhou army has huge casualties under Luoyang City, which is beyond Lu Bu's bottom line, I'm afraid he will have to consider the matter of retreating.

However, Liu Bian's idea at this time turned out to be to give up the advantageous city defense and engage in a ground positional battle with the strongest field battle in this era, you must know that the previous elite divisions of the Pingcheng Army and the Northern Army have been defeated by the strong impact of the Bingzhou wolf cavalry, and Liu Bian's idea made it difficult for everyone to accept.

Lu Zhi was the first to stand up and object: "Your Majesty, Lu Thief is good at horse warfare, blocking his army on the plain, even if he can win in the end, it will be a heavy loss, I hope Your Majesty will think twice." ”

Huangfu Song, who had been silent on the sidelines, also said at this time: "It is not wise to sacrifice one's own strength to attack the enemy!" Your Majesty, don't mishear the slander of others and miss the major affairs of the military. ”

Huangfu Song was injured in the rebellion of Li Dao and Guo Yan, and he resigned from his post as a general a few days ago to concentrate on recuperation. The affairs of the army were temporarily replaced by Lu Zhi. I no longer care about the affairs of the court, but this time the Han Dynasty has the misfortune of losing the country, and Huangfu Song can no longer stay out of the matter, so he dragged his sick body to the discussion in the Dragon Garden.

Originally, Huangfu Song didn't need to say anything when he came here, just sit in the audience with his prestige and qualifications. However, after hearing Liu Bian's thoughts, he thought that someone was bewitching Liu Bian's ears, and he was anxious, so he couldn't help but admonish him. His personality was intense, and he was inevitably implicated in his illness under emotional agitation, and his face turned pale at this time, and he couldn't help coughing violently.

Liu Wei hurriedly ordered someone to help Huangfu Song to rest in the side hall, and summoned people from Tai Hospital to come and take care of him.

Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song's prestige and qualifications in the court were already top-notch, and the two of them took the lead in opposing it, and the others even advised and persuaded them. Liu Wei was not in a hurry in the face of the fierce opposition, waved his hand to silence everyone, and then said his thoughts: "What Duke Lu, Huangfu Gong and Zhu Jun said are all the heartfelt words of the public loyalty to the country, I understand in my heart, and I also know that it is much easier to defend the city than to go out of the city to meet the enemy, but I have a sentence I want to ask the princes, since the Guangwu Zhongxing Han Dynasty and the capital Luoyang, have you ever heard of anyone who can coerce the Jingshi and make the society in danger of overturning?" Chen Zigong (Chen Tangzi)'s words of 'I am a strong man who is far away will be punished' are so arrogant, today our descendants are complacent about being able to defend the Beijing Division, why did my Yanhan fall to such a state? ”

"Your Majesty, don't be rash!" Lu Zhi persuaded.

Liu Wei shook his head and said: "I am not acting rashly, but I want to tell you one thing, I have been in the Yan Han Dynasty for a hundred years, and the majesty and strength I have accumulated have long been left. The chaotic government during the Huan Ling period, the mutual conflict between relatives and eunuchs, and the strong annexation of land by landlords made the peasants lose the foundation for their survival and had to rise up. For example, today's chaos is gradually arising, and many ambitious people are based on one side, peeking at the national weapon, and either disobeying or openly disobeying the orders of the imperial court. No one paid attention to my edict when it came out of Yingchuan, and even the 'honest man' Tao Qian had his own ghost idea in his heart. And the reason why these people still dare not openly rebel against the imperial court now is because the more than 100-year prestige of the Han Dynasty is still there, and since I succeeded to the throne, these careerists have their own ghosts, and no one dares to take the lead. There is only Lu Bu! ”

Liu Wei smiled contemptuously when he talked about this, and continued: "Only a brave and unscrupulous horseman like Lu Bu dares to do such a thing that defies the world's condemnation, and he is this rafter who comes out of the rafters, in a vain attempt to destroy the century-old foundation of our Yan Han Dynasty with the strength of an army. I expected him to be defeated, and the other princes knew that he would fail, and they were all waiting to see and see, waiting for the great battle between Lü Bu and the court to consume the last of the court's strength. After that, they will take action against the court, and the world will fall into a divided situation. ”

Liu Wei said this, and slammed the table with emotion.

His words silenced everyone for a moment. After a long time, Xun Yu was the first to speak: "The Lu thief is marching too fast, and the imperial court is not ready to clear the wilderness, if the battle to defend the city is protracted, I am afraid it will cause great damage."

"It's not that serious." Objections were raised.

Jia Xu said coldly on the side: "Hanoi was originally a rich land, but since it fell into the hands of the rebels, the people have been displaced for thousands of miles. These are the facts that have been investigated by the personnel of the Coordination Agency. ”

"If the Lu thieves are allowed to continue to wreak havoc in the Sili region, I am afraid that the imperial court will win in the end, and if you want to recover to the current level, it is impossible to have a five-year situation." Lu Zhi's words finally favored Liu Wei's side.

"By then, I'm afraid the other princes will also have full wings."

"Be careful of the Yuan brothers too!"

"Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan have not yet decided the winner, and they have no time to take care of this side. Yuan Shuzhi is talented and sparse...... But who knows what it will look like in five years. ”

The attitude of the crowd gradually began to agree with Liu Wei's idea. There is no need for Liu Wei to explain more, these people are all wise men in the world, and they understand the importance of it after a little mention. It's just that what they did was indeed extremely risky, and everyone discussed this matter for a long time, and it was not until late that they finalized the tactical arrangements, logistics preparations, and many other details.

After that, Liu Wei left everyone to have a simple meal in Zhutao Yashe, and everyone said goodbye and left.

When everyone went out, Liu Wei suddenly called out to Jia Xu, and the other party felt surprised, so he stopped.

"Your Majesty?"

"Wen He stays for a while, I have something to tell you to do." Liu Wei said with a serious expression.

"Whoa." Jia Xu bowed.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter.) ）