Before the three kings and the crown prince started fighting, the king of the East Sea had already paid close attention to the war between the vassal king and the imperial court, and the king of the East Sea was constantly plotting with his advisers, and he was constantly planning for his own small interests in his heart.

Xun Kai, the chief strategist of the East China Sea King, first analyzed the situation in the world for him and said: "Great King, if today's chaos has appeared. The prince occupies Guanxi according to Dayi, the two kings of Chengdu and Hejian have Hebei, the king of Qi has Yuzhou, and the king of you has Qing and Xu Erzhou, and they have become a full trend. ”

"The battle between the vassal king and the crown prince now seems to be defeated. However, if the three kings die, the king cannot survive alone. The king should take advantage of the fact that the two sides are inseparable, and send troops to help the three princes. Combining the power of the princes, you can easily defeat the crown prince Sima Shu. Even after defeating the crown prince, when everyone is tired, the king can take the opportunity to swallow up other forces. Then knock on the pass to capture the pass, when the prince's edge has been lost, then the king can take the world! ”

When the king of the East China Sea heard this, he felt that Xun Kai's analysis was too incisive, and he was determined to follow Mr. Xun's plan.

So the king of the East China Sea hibernated beside him, patiently waiting for a critical moment to come, only at this moment, the alliance of vassal kings would be the most tired, and failed to break through Luoyang; It was only at this time that the prince's power was weakened to the minimum, but he could still defend Luoyang.

When the king of Chengdu kept bleeding at Mengjin's head, the king of Hejian was unable to move an inch in the Tiger Prison Pass, and the prince was about to extinguish the rebellion in Sizhou, in the eyes of the king of the East China Sea, the time was finally ripe to send troops.

Perhaps, the king of the East China Sea is worried that the crown prince will not be able to stop the army of the vassal king, and if Luoyang City is broken, there will be nothing for him.

Bi Heng's arrival made the king of the East China Sea see the fighters in it, and now the two sides of the Tiger Prison Pass are tired, it is the best time for him to win the Tiger Prison Pass in one fell swoop, as long as he wins the Tiger Prison Pass, Luoyang will not be a problem. Moreover, he also sent people to contact Wang Jun of Youzhou Assassin History, Sima Teng of Bingzhou Assassin History, and Sima Yu of Fanyang Wang to raise troops together.

After more than a month of preparation, at the end of January 300 AD, Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, suddenly raised the banner of rebellion against the imperial court in the East China Sea, and with the support of Wang Jun of Youzhou, Sima Teng of Bingzhou, Sima Yu, King of Fanyang, etc., he brazenly rebelled.

In the past month, there have been many dangerous situations in Mengjin and Hujiaoguan, but with the full support of Luoyang, the danger has been saved many times. But even so, the energy of the soldiers in both places has reached its limit. That is, the prince's command is well-trained, and if it were someone else, I am afraid it would have collapsed long ago.

This time, there were 130,000 people in the East China Sea King Alliance, including more than half of the Hu cavalry, who claimed to be 300,000 troops, and marched towards Luoyang in three ways. After receiving the news of his brother's request to raise troops, Sima Teng, the assassin of the northern and state states, immediately asked Liu Yuan, the king of the Xiongnu Han Dynasty, who had actually read the strength to build the country, to bring 30,000 Hun cavalry to help.

When Liu Yuan, a Hunn, received Sima Teng's letter, he was educating his sons. Liu He, Liu Yu and Liu Long were born to Liu Yuan and his wife Huyan. The eldest son, Liu He, was studious and precocious, and loved to read "Zuo's Spring and Autumn" and "Mao's Poems".

Liu Yuan was afraid that Liu He would be too weak, so he said to Liu He: "He'er loves to read scriptures and history, and now if my clan wants to achieve great things, it still needs martial arts." ”

Liu He nodded and did not answer.

At this time, another person stepped forward to meet Liu Yuan. I saw that this person was about thirty years old, eight feet tall, and had a white hair in his left ear, which was more than two feet long, and very shiny. When Liu Yuan saw it, he said happily: "Lone's Cong'er is really majestic and dignified." ”

Liu Cong is Liu Yuan's fourth son, born to Liu Yuan and Mrs. Zhang. Liu Yuan asked Liu Cong, "Is Cong'er still studying recently?" ”

Liu Cong replied: "Since childhood, I still love to read scriptures and history and the art of war. ”

Liu Yuan asked again: "Can Cong'er recite poems recently?" ”

Liu Cong replied: "I have written 100 nostalgic poems and more than 50 poems. ”

Liu Yuan nodded slightly, and then asked: "Cong'er is not only good at chanting poems, but also writes well. What kind of font have you been practicing lately? ”

Liu Cong replied: "Mainly cursive and official script. ”

Liu Yuan said to Liu Cong again: "Cong'er was good at archery at the age of fifteen and could draw a bow of three hundred catties. Now that my five Xiongnu tribes live in the pass, there has been no war, does Cong'er value literature over military force? ”

Liu Cong hurriedly replied: "The child has never forgotten to practice martial arts. ”

Liu Yuan nodded in approval.

At this time, another person stepped forward to meet Liu Yuan. I saw that this man was nearly 30 years old, nine feet three inches tall, with white eyebrows, red eyes, and a beard of no more than 100 roots, but the roots were five feet long. When Liu Yuan saw it, he immediately said excitedly: "Isn't this the lonely Qianli Ju Yongming?" ”

Liu Yao (刘曜字永明) is Liu Yuan's godson, who was an orphan since he was a child, and was later adopted by Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan asked Liu Yao: "I heard that Yongming also likes to read, but I don't know what Yongming likes to read?" ”

Liu Yao said with a smile on his face: "I can't read as much as Brother Cong, I only like to read widely and don't seek to understand." ”

Liu Cong continued: "Yongming doesn't have to be too humble, I heard that Yongming is not the case when he reads military books, there is nothing that cannot be memorized." And Yongming cursive and official writing is also quite good. ”

Liu Yuan asked again: "Yongming is extremely brave and can shoot through an inch-thick iron plate with an arrow. Now there will be a place for use, and it will not be wasted. ”

At this time, Liu Xuan said: "Da Danyu don't have to worry, my Huns are all fierce and abnormal, and they can ride and shoot." ”

Then Liu Xuan introduced Liu Huanhuan, Liu Yannian, and Liu Yang to Liu Yuan.

Just when everyone was talking happily, Liu Yuan received the news that Sima Teng asked him to send troops, he drove the juniors away, and then asked Liu Xuan: "How are the five departments gathered?" ”

Liu Xuan said to Liu Yuan: "In accordance with Da Danyu's order, we have contacted and gathered five troops and horses, and a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses have been obtained. ”

"Good! This time, we dispatched 30,000 troops to the south to get some benefits in the Central Plains! ”

In addition, Wang Jun, the assassin of Youzhou, with the support of 50,000 Xianbei and Wuhuan cavalry, led an army of 60,000 to the Tiger Prison Pass!

The king of the East China Sea poured out of the nest, and the news of the rebellion came, and the whole court immediately became nervous, and many people became panicked.

For Sima Shu, he was even more annoyed, he had only prepared one table of banquets, but two tables of guests came! So Sima Shu convened an emergency military meeting.

At this time, the situation was extremely unfavorable to the prince, the rebellion in Sizhou had not yet subsided, but the defenders in various places had reached the end of the crossbow, and now there was a strong enemy, which could be said to be even worse.

Therefore, the mainstream view in the imperial court is to abandon Luoyang and shrink the force to stick to Guanzhong.

However, there was still a hard-line main battle faction in the imperial court, and the privy envoy Zu Ti was a warmonger, and strongly advocated a decisive battle with the king of the East China Sea, he said: "The king of Chengdu and others do not have to worry, the king of the East China Sea is extremely under his command and has come from afar, as long as we stick to the tiger prison and look for the flaws of the rebels, we will be able to defeat the king of the East China Sea!" ”

The conspirator advocated that he stay and fight the rebels, and Mr. Meng Sun said loudly: "The troops of the East China Sea King are all elite of the Hu tribe, and their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated. And the king of Chengdu and other three kings have reached the end of the strong crossbow, and now they are controlled by our army, and they can't fight, which is a good opportunity to annihilate the enemy! If the king of the East China Sea joins forces with the three kings, the thief will inevitably rise! When will we be able to put down the rebellion? ”

"So I think that for the king of Chengdu, we only need to send a good general to deal with it. And His Royal Highness can personally lead the elite soldiers to the Tiger Prison Pass, preemptively occupy the important place, and prevent the enemy army from advancing westward. Then we will defeat the main force of the East Sea King with leisure! The king of the East China Sea was broken, and the rest of the vassal kings could go down with one drum! ”

In addition to a few main battle factions, there are also quite a few people who support the withdrawal of the army, among which the prince's father-in-law Wang Yan is one of the leaders, he told the prince: "Your Highness, now we are tired of soldiers, even if Luoyang City is strong, we can't stop the rebels' tiger and wolf army." What's more, the prince of the East China Sea led a new force to join the rebel side, and the morale of our army has been frustrated. Why don't we take advantage of the fact that the rebels have not yet joined forces and withdraw to Chang'an, Guanzhong, so that I can plan the follow-up!" ”

After listening carefully to the opinions of all sides, the prince finally showed his opinion, "Ladies and gentlemen, the king of Chengdu in the north has been exhausted, and our reinforcements are about to march eastward, and then it will be the end of the enemy's army. As for Sima Jiong, the king of Qi, hehe! Whether he can break through the defense line of Xu Chao and Tao Kan has to be said! ”

Therefore, Gu planned to personally lead some of the elites to the front line of the Tiger Prison Pass, strengthen the defensive force in the direction of the Tiger Prison Pass, and hold this natural danger to resist the main force of the East China Sea King. If the king of the East China Sea is cowardly and does not dare to attack, Lone will defend with danger and concentrate on destroying the rebels on the north and south lines, once the king of Chengdu and the king of Qi are destroyed, the rebels will lose an arm, and their morale will inevitably plummet. ”

"On the contrary, our army can take the opportunity to concentrate on dealing with the remaining enemy, and if the enemy takes the risk of attacking our defense line, Lone can be sure to command the elite to find an opportunity to destroy the rebels! If our army can't quickly reinforce the front line of Tiger Pass, in case it is jointly attacked by the King of the East China Sea and the King of Hejian, all parts of Sizhou will be unstable, and then it will be even more chaotic, and Luoyang, the capital division, will definitely not be able to keep it! ”

"As a result, the rebels have skyrocketed, how can we defeat them? Therefore, I have made up my mind and decided to send troops to the Tiger Prison, please don't say anything more! ”

"Since His Highness has made up his mind, the ministers obey the order, I don't know how many troops His Highness is going to bring to support the Tiger Prison Pass? It's better to drop some of the elites in the level, just in case! ”

"No, just take the nine thousand princes to the expedition! Now the main force of our army is quelling the rebellion in Sizhou, and at the same time they have to deal with the threat from Bingzhou, I am afraid that they will not be able to draw more troops to support us. And the tens of thousands of forbidden troops in Luoyang still have to be stationed in Luoyang, and it is not appropriate to transfer to other places. ”

"Besides, although the number of Gu pro-army is small, they have completely realized the full firearms, and as long as the logistics can keep up, they can definitely be used as an army of 100,000. Even if you encounter Xianbei Iron Rider, Lone is not worried~! ”

"After Lone leaves Luoyang, all political affairs are handled by several cabinet ministers, and the military side is handled by the Privy Council, and other ministers are not allowed to interfere with the Privy Council in formulating military plans at will!"

"Obey your orders!" Everyone saw that the prince had made up his mind, so they had to bow down and receive the order. (To be continued.) )