The princes of the towns received Cao Ying's edict in the month of the sixth year of Zhongping, and this year is the first year of Chuping, but Liu Xin resolutely does not recognize the name of the year of Liu Agreement, Jingzhou still continues to use the old year name, this year is the seventh year of Zhongping, and he actually does this to deny the legal surname of Liu Xie's inheritance of the throne,

In February of the seventh year of Zhongping, the princes met in an alliance, and Dong Zhuoqin led a large army to help at the end of March, because Liu Xin only remembered about those events that happened in history, and it was impossible for him to remember clearly the specific rights and wrongs of these events, so when it was the best time to send troops, it was already a full month and a half later than Liu Xin's original estimate.

Liu Xin was ready to personally lead the army to the north to attack Liu Xie and Dong Zhuo, and his rear Jingzhou could not afford to be lost, so Liu Xin's first arrangement was to stay behind, Dian Wei, Fu Zhu, Tian Feng and others guarded Xiangyang, Zhang He and Wu Lan guarded Jiangxia, Wen Ping led part of the new army to defend Ba County, and Feng Lie led the newly formed barbarian army of 5,000 people to guard Ke,

When the generals received their orders and left separately, Liu Xin called Gan Ning to him and instructed: "Xingba, after my army goes out, you will transfer all 30,000 sailors to Changsha, on the one hand, to ensure that Changsha is foolproof, on the other hand, I have kept an eye on Yuzhang, if Sun Jian has any changes, you will take the waterway and take down all his family members." ”

Sun Jian sent his family to Yuzhang secretly, he thought that outsiders didn't know, but he didn't hide the eyes and ears of the phantom secret spy, these news had already been sent to Liu Xin's desk, originally, Liu Xin didn't mean to move his family, but he forced his way into Jiangxia, the two armies fought, and injured Lei Tong, and he had already formed a grudge, Liu Xin couldn't leave a backhand,

The remaining generals saw that the deployment of defense in various places had been decided, and knew that they were very hopeful to follow Liu Xin's Northern Expedition, so they were gearing up and preparing to do a big job.

Sure enough, Liu Xin picked up an arrow and said loudly: "Zhang Fei listens to the order." ”

Although it is a discussion, in fact, before this, Liu Xin and Fu Zhu and others planned for a full four months, and made sufficient preparations, even who went out to fight and who stayed behind had a plan, so there was no need to discuss at all, and directly distributed the arrows one by one, Zhang Fei led 5,000 people as the vanguard, Zhao Yun led 10,000 people to break off, escorted grain, grass and equipment, Liu Xin took Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, Xu Chu, Zhang Ren, Wei Yan and others to lead 35,000 people as the Chinese army, and appointed Chen Gong and Kuai Yue as the army.

The assignment stopped, Zhang Ren got up and said: "Lord Qi, there will be a word at the end, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

Liu Xin said with a smile: "Since it is a discussion, everyone should speak freely, General Zhang has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to speak." ”

Zhang Ren arched his hand and said: "Dong Zhuo personally led the army to the Tiger Prison with 200,000 people, and the alliance army of the Kwantung princes was as many as 450,000, and the lord only led 50,000 horses to go, and the strength seems to be somewhat insufficient. ”

Liu Xin stood up, his face was full of confidence, and said: "There are not many soldiers, but in the essence, my Jingzhou soldiers can be one as ten, no matter how many Dong thieves and horses there are, what are you afraid of." ”

Zhang He repelled Sun Jian in Jiangxia in one fell swoop, which greatly increased Liu Xin's confidence in his soldiers, in Liu Xin's impression, Sun Jian's soldiers should be said to be more brave and good at fighting, several of his generals are also good at martial arts, but they were easily defeated by the Third Army, Sun Jian's army is still like this, and the armies of other princes, Liu Xin will not put it in his eyes, as for Dong Zhuo, although he has an army of 300,000, but 200,000 have been brought to Tiger Pass, and there are only 100,000 people left in Luoyang, and among these armies, The Xiliang army that really belongs to Dong Zhuo's line is only 30,000 people, plus the 5,000 Bingzhou army that surrendered to him with Lu Bu, the rest are the old army of Luoyang, the original elite soldiers in Luoyang were almost exhausted in the battle to clear the Yellow Turbans in the past few years, and the training of these newly recruited troops was relaxed, and Liu Xin was not worried about their combat effectiveness at all.

Although he looked down on Dong Zhuo and the army of the princes, Liu Xin still made full preparations, the 50,000 horses and horses on this expedition were all elite soldiers drawn from the major legions, although these soldiers came from different legions, they all received the same training, and with a little integration, they could easily be clenched into a fist,

Because Cai Yan took it upon himself to get Minchan to Xiangyang, many things in the future were unpredictable, Dong Zhuo had Lu Bu's tiger fighter, it must be more difficult to deal with, Liu Xin wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of one of them, therefore, this time he almost brought all his fierce generals over, with only one purpose, to leave Lu Bu in Luoyang, no matter how powerful Lu Bu is, he doesn't have three heads and six arms, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and the three of them join forces, forgive him and he will never escape, not to mention Xu Chu and Xu Huang to help, Both of them are also masters of one top one,

The news that Liu Xin was going to lead an expedition to Luoyang surprised his wives and concubines, because except for Ma Yun, no one else knew about his plan.

Cai Yan remembered that the capital where she had lived since she was a child was about to fall into a war, and she suddenly felt a sense of homesickness in her heart, and said with tears in her eyes: "Husband, I want to go with you." ”

Liu Xin glared and said: "Nonsense, this time it's not as good as going back to Wuling, this is a serious march to fight, and women can't take any of them." ”

Minchan was also in the crowd of people seeing off, I heard that Liu Xin was leading troops to attack Luoyang this time, and couldn't help but think of Wang Yun, she now has some opinions on Wang Yun, but he also raised himself Chengren, this feeling is still there, as the saying goes, swords and guns have no eyes, war together, how many people can be alone, thinking of this, Minchan suddenly bowed to Liu Xinyingying, and said: "The people are brave, there is one thing to ask for adults." ”

A few months have passed, such a peerless beauty lives at home, it is impossible to say that Liu Xin doesn't feel it at all, but Liu Xin has always behaved coldly towards her, of course, there are reasons why Liu Xin doesn't like girls who are too young, and more importantly, Wang Yun hurriedly recognized Minchan as a righteous daughter, which aroused Liu Xin's vigilance, not only Liu Xin, but even Ma Yun, who thinks she is a super fan of Mink Chan, is now guarding her step by step, after all, no matter how tall an idol is, it is not as important as the net worth of his own family.

Seeing Mink Chanbai fall to the ground, Liu Xin had already made up her mind, no matter what she said, she couldn't agree to take her on the expedition anyway, so she said lightly: "The girl doesn't have to be polite, something to talk about." ”

Minchan stood up, lightly opened her lips, and said: "As soon as the war starts, it is inevitable that the lives will be ruined, and the righteous father treats the people's daughter as kind as a mountain, and asks the adults to try to protect the safety of the people's daughter's father-in-law and her family, and the people's daughters must be cattle and horses to repay the kindness of the adults." ”

Liu Xin couldn't help but be stunned, she couldn't imagine that Minchan was quite affectionate, so she waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, girl, Liu will do her best." ”

Hearing that Liu Xin was going to personally lead the army to crusade against Liu Xie, who usurped the throne, and Dong Zhuo, who killed the people and defiled the palace, the people of Xiangyang took to the streets to see off the army, and the line was lined up until the ten-mile long pavilion.

Liu Xin is their savior in the minds of the people of Jingzhou, is a god-like existence, although the scholars of Jingzhou have more or less some views and opinions on Liu Xin, but the people ignore these, in the past five years, their lives are getting better and better, and it is not a little better, it is a lot better, who brought them all this, it is Liu Xin, who is the person they are most grateful for, it is Liu Xin, who is the person they worship and respect the most in their hearts, or Liu Xin, the people's thoughts are the most simple, who is the emperor, It doesn't matter who sits in the world, the most important thing is who can make them live a good life.

Two streets away from the state pastor's mansion, there is a delicate and quiet courtyard, where is He Lian's residence in Jingzhou, He Lian is watering the vegetable field behind the courtyard, Tang Xian hurriedly walked over, and said: "Empress Dowager Qi, Lord Liu, he really led the troops to attack Luoyang." ”

Liu Xin wanted to attack Luoyang and crusade against Liu Xie and Dong Zhuo, He Lian knew about it a few days ago, because Ma Yun came to visit her and wanted to ask for an edict from her, but He Lian didn't agree, she watched her son being strangled to death, but she couldn't do anything, and now the whole family is the only one left, and she can live out of hope now, and she can't mention a trace of power, sometimes, I see Ma Yun with Liu Xin's wife and concubine to visit her, and see them in harmony and happiness. He Lian has a feeling of regret that she didn't have the beginning, she just wants to live an ordinary life now, because He Lian doesn't want to be involved in the power struggle anymore, so she didn't agree to write an edict to Ma Yun, but made a small request, hoping that Liu Xin can show mercy to her subordinates and not hurt Liu Xie's surname, after all, it is the kind left by the first emperor, Ma Yun naturally agreed,

He Lian looked up at the sky, the sun was shining, there was no trace of clouds, she sighed and said: "Fight it, fight it, the people will suffer again, since the beginning of spring, there has not been a drop of rain, my vegetable field is very dry, I have to water it a few more times." ”

Tang Xian stepped forward and hugged her and said, "Queen Mother, you are a daughter, let the subordinates do these rough jobs." ”

He Lian suddenly smiled and said: "Xian'er, don't call me the queen mother in the future, I'm just an ordinary little old woman now." ”

Tang Xian said in surprise: "Queen Mother, you are so beautiful, how can you say that you are an old woman." ”

He Lian touched Tang Xian's head and said: "I'm not old, but my heart is already old, Xian'er, originally you married into the royal family, and you are also a queen, who knows that creation makes people make you suffer a lot with me, it's really difficult for you, I have no children and no daughters under my knees, so I will recognize you as a daughter, you can agree." ”

Tang Xian was originally her daughter-in-law, and she was also called a mother among the people, but when she suddenly heard her request, her expression was still stunned, she hesitated for a moment, and shouted timidly: "Mother." ”

He Lian took her into her arms, and her tears couldn't stop flowing.

After the beginning of spring, Jingzhou does not fall rain, but the people are not worried, because Jingzhou not only has flat avenues extending in all directions, but also criss-cross clear ditches, even if there is no rain, the water in the big rivers and small rivers still follows the ditches, silently moistening the green wheat seedlings.

Although the people have no worries about not raining, some rumors that are unfavorable to Liu Xin gradually spread in Xiangyang City.