Chapter 284: A Choice of Life and Death

Dropping a sentence to ask Liu Wei to respect himself, Guan Qing walked quickly to the side of the war horse, turned over on the horse's back, and without waiting for Liu Wei, his legs clamped on the horse's belly, snorted, shook off the reins, and rode the horse in the direction of the barracks.

Guan Qing rode his horse towards the barracks, and Zhao Yun, who was sitting forty or fifty steps away, reached out and pulled the sleeve of Tai Shici, who was lying on the ground, and muttered at Guan Qing, who had just galloped past them.

Crawling up, Tai Shici turned his head to look at Guan Qing's back, and asked Zhao Yun with a blank face, "What's wrong?" How did General Guan Qing leave His Royal Highness behind and leave. ”

"I don't know!" Zhao Yun pursed his lips, stood up, and shouted to the cavalrymen sitting in the grass behind him: "Brothers, welcome Your Highness back to the barracks!" ”

The cavalrymen who had been sitting in the grass and watching Liu Wei and Guan Qingxiu were in love, and when they saw Guan Qing's face full of shame and indignation, they rode their horses and galloped away, all of them looked at Guan Qing's back with a blank face.

Zhao Yun shouted to welcome Liu Wei back to the barracks, and the cavalry got up one after another, and after Zhao Yun and Tai Shici got on their horses, they all turned over and jumped on horseback.

Standing in the wilderness, looking at Guan Qing's back as he walked away, Liu Wei's face was full of loss.

At this moment, he felt empty in his heart, as if he had missed an extremely important thing and had not done it. But this thing is not something he can do if he wants to.

In the past, Tang Ji and others had also separated from Liu Wei, he was just a little reluctant and worried, but he had never been like today, although he knew that he could still see Guan Qing when he returned to the barracks, he always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. It was as if someone was scratching the tip of his heart with something stuffy, itching and not being able to scratch it.

"Your Highness!" Just staring at Guan Qing's distant back, Zhao Yun's voice came from Liu Wei's side: "The military advisor is waiting for His Highness in the tent of the handsome to discuss military affairs......"

"Ugh!" It wasn't until Zhao Yun spoke that Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, came back to his senses, and said to Zhao Yun and the others: "Go, go back to the barracks!" ”

Accompanied by Zhao Yun and others, Liu Wei galloped towards the military camp at a gallop. Guan Qing's figure had already disappeared in front of his eyes, and he thought that he would arrive at the barracks earlier than them.

Dozens of fast horses galloped on the grass, their hooves falling to the ground with a dull sound.

Because the ground was overgrown with weeds, the horse's hooves were heavy, but they did not raise much smoke. It didn't take long to rush all the way, and everyone returned to the barracks.

"Has General Guan Qing come back?" As soon as he jumped off the horse, Liu Wei asked the soldiers guarding the Yamen.

"Back to Your Highness, General Guan Qing has already returned earlier!" Hearing Liu Bian's question, a soldier hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed down to answer.

Hearing that Guan Qing had returned to the barracks, Liu Wei was relieved and walked quickly towards the main tent in the barracks. Zhao Yun and Tai Shici followed closely behind Liu Wei, and the dozens of cavalrymen who came out of the camp with them led their horses to the stables.

Before they reached the main tent, the two soldiers guarding outside the tent hurriedly lifted the tent curtains. led Zhao Yun and Tai Shici into the tent, and Liu Wei saw that the tent was already full of people, and even Jia Xu was sitting in the tent, but Cai Yong was the only one who was missing.

"Your Highness!" As soon as Liu Wei entered the tent, everyone stood up, bowed with their fists in unison, and saluted him.

Liu Wei walked quickly to the main seat, turned to face everyone, pressed his hands twice, and said to everyone: "Everyone, please take a seat!" ”

When Liu Wei sat down, everyone sat down one after another, and all their eyes turned to Liu Wei.

"What are the plans of the military advisor?" When everyone sat down, without waiting for anyone to speak, Liu Wei turned his head to look at Xu Shu, who was sitting under his left hand, and asked him: "The army is stationed outside Chang'an City, and it is difficult to transport grain and grass, which is by no means a long-term plan. Do military advisors have a plan? ”

"Back to Your Highness!" Xu Shu stood up, walked to the middle of the big tent, clasped his fists and bowed to Liu Wei and said: "Your Majesty thinks that Chang'an is not a place to stay for a long time, and it is a top priority, Your Highness should go to Luoyang immediately." Although Luoyang City was poisoned by Dong thieves, the city defense was still strong, and His Royal Highness could rely on Luoyang to stabilize Henan Yin, Hedong County and Hongnong County. At present, the situation in Chang'an is unstable, if Wang Yun does not pardon the Xiliang army, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others will launch an attack on Chang'an at any time. Your Highness should avoid the military disaster, gather soldiers and horses to stay in the future, and then return to Chang'an to revitalize the Han Dynasty! ”

As soon as Xu Shu's words fell, Jia Xu, who returned to the barracks with Liu Wei, also stood up, clasped his fists and bowed to Liu Wei and said, "What the military advisor said is very true. The monarchs and ministers of the court and the central government now regard His Royal Highness as a tiger and wolf, and the Xiliang Army is stationed near Chang'an, if you want to attack Chang'an, Your Highness's army will bear the brunt and will be harmed. The criminal ministers secretly thought that His Royal Highness should march east as soon as possible and enter Luoyang. ”

"Jia Zhonglang will not call himself a criminal minister in the future! If Zhonglang is willing, he will stay under the king's account! Liu Wei first nodded to Jia Xu, instructed him not to pretend to be a criminal minister in the future, and then said to Xu Shu: "What the military advisor said is exactly what this king thinks. ”

Deciding to follow the advice of Xu Shu and Jia Xu, Liu Wei stood up and shouted to the generals in the tent: "The generals will listen to the order, prepare immediately, and go to Luoyang!" ”

"No!" With Liu Wei's order, all the generals in the tent stood up, responded with their fists, and then walked out of the tent one after another.

"Strategist, Jia Zhonglang, stay here!" Everyone walked out of the tent, Xu Shu and Jia Xu also walked out with everyone, and before the two of them reached the tent curtain, Liu Wei hurriedly called them.

Xu Shu and Jia Xu stopped, turned to face Liu Wei, Xu Shu even clenched his fists and asked Liu Wei, "Your Highness still has orders?" ”

"The military division and Jia Zhonglang have not finished speaking, there are only us and other servants in the tent at this moment, the two of you have something to say, please speak freely!" Liu Wei made a gesture of invitation to Xu Shu and Jia Xu, and then strode to the main seat and sat down on his knees.

Xu Shu and Jia Xu glanced at each other, and the two did not sit down, but walked to the middle of the handsome tent, hugged their fists together, and bowed deeply.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty does have something to say!" After the ceremony, Xu Shu straightened up and said to Liu Wei: "I think that on that day, His Royal Highness led the army to fight with the Xiliang Army repeatedly, and he will win every battle!" Later, he annexed the Baibo Army and conquered the Yellow Turban of Qingzhou in the east, and his prestige has long spread all over the world. The heroes of the world, the one who is feared, is none other than His Royal Highness. But right now, His Highness is facing two paths of life and death, and I don't know if His Highness is willing to choose life or death! ”

has been following Liu Wei for a long time, and Xu Shu's status in Liu Weijun has long been transcendent. No matter who listens to these words, they will feel very unpleasant. If it was put in Jia Xu, he would definitely not dare to say it, but Xu Shu said it, not only did he not have the slightest apprehension, but he said it justifiably.

Liu Wei frowned, first looked at Xu Shu, and then looked at Jia Xu and asked, "Jia Zhonglang is in the same idea as the military advisor?" ”

Jia Xu, who had just surrendered to Liu Wei and did not know Liu Bian's temperament, bowed down, hugged his fists and said to Liu Wei: "Your Highness Qiqi, Your Highness has already said to Your Highness earlier that in the court, there are far more people who want to kill Your Highness and then be faster than Xiliang Army!" His Majesty thought that what the military advisor said was very true! ”

After listening to Jia Xu's words, Liu Wei wrinkled his brows and pondered for a moment before he said to Xu Shu and Jia Xu: "What the two of you said, this king is already clear. Helplessly, this king is a Han clan, if this king wants to see the Han family fall into the hands of thieves again, how can this king be willing to ......? ”

"His Royal Highness once faced the south as the king!" Before Liu Wei finished speaking, Xu Shu had already said to him: "This time to kill Dong Zhuo, His Royal Highness only contributed to this matter by one person. Today's majesty is not selected by the Han family, but Dong Zhuo is good at standing, and his name is not correct and his words are not good! Seeing His Highness going to the court, he should have immediately conceded and ceded the world to His Highness in order to correct the Han Temple. But he sat firmly on the throne, and even secretly sent assassins to assassinate His Highness, such an unbearable trip, did His Highness think that in the coming days, the world would be stable, and he would leave His Highness a way to live? ”

"The great peace of the world is the great disaster of His Highness!" As soon as Xu Shu finished speaking, Jia Xu lost no time in saying: "Your Highness is here, and now Your Majesty is afraid that the throne will not be guaranteed, and you will definitely murder Your Highness, and there will be many people who will be connected at that time!" I want His Royal Highness to be virtuous and armed, and the world will be subdued, but now His Majesty is cowardly and incompetent, and he can only rely on people to breathe all day long, in order to seek peace! For the sake of the Han Society, His Royal Highness should have accepted the Zen concession and sat down again! It's just that His Royal Highness is kind-hearted and can't bear to fight in the same room. For today's plan, the only way to withdraw troops from Luoyang, even if Chang'an is critical, His Royal Highness can not send troops to rescue, and when His Majesty is unable to return to the sky, His Royal Highness will raise his arms and shout again, abolish his throne, and the heroes of the world will follow! ”

After saying this, Jia Xu looked at Liu Wei very worriedly, and he was even a little worried that Liu Wei would think that he was deliberately instigating the royal family, and ordered someone to push him out of the court and behead him.

Jia Xu's words are clearly to ask Liu Wei to be the emperor in the future. Although there are only servants in the tent at the moment, this topic is still very sensitive, and the big tent has fallen into a depressed silence for a while.

After a long time, Liu Wei, who was tightly wrinkling his brows, stretched his brows, nodded in agreement, and said to Xu Shu and Jia Xu: "Thanks to the two of you, if it weren't for the two of you, this king almost lost his own life, and also implicated countless soldiers to die together!" ”

Liu Wei was able to say such things, obviously agreeing to Jia Xu's proposal. Jia Xu, who originally thought that Liu Wei would be a little hesitant, was suddenly surprised, he looked at Liu Wei with some surprise, and then glanced at Xu Shu beside him, as if he wanted to find the answer in Xu Shu.

In such a short time, Liu Wei gave a reply, which obviously surprised Xu Shu. Liu Wei has always been committed to recovering the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, and this time he dared to propose to Liu Wei to lead the army back to Luoyang in person, because he saw that the Han court would be unfavorable to Liu Wei in the future, and only hoped that Liu Wei would be more careful, and did not expect Liu Wei to accept his and Jia Xu's proposal in its entirety.

How did the two of them know that the person in front of them right now, in addition to his body being of Han blood, has no loyalty to the Han court in his heart. As long as he can survive and let everyone close to him live, even if Liu Wei wants to immediately send troops to attack Chang'an, he will definitely not hesitate.

Not to mention, the Han court may use him in the future and unload the mill to kill the donkey. Liu Wei is not the kind of fool who is stupid and loyal, this calculation of the Han court is calculated on him, it is really the wrong person.

"Strategist! Jia Zhonglang! Seeing that Xu Shu and Jia Xu both had complicated expressions of surprise and relief on their faces, Liu Wei stood up and said to them: "Luoyang City should be repaired, the project is quite huge, and the cost is not calculated, the two of you can recruit people who are willing to settle in Luoyang from all over the world, increase the population of Luoyang, repair the city, open up wasteland and farm, and if the war resumes in the future, you will not worry about the source of soldiers and grain and grass!" ”

"No!" Liu Wei made the decision to wave his army to Luoyang, Xu Shu and Jia Xu hurriedly responded, bowed with fists and saluted again, and withdrew from the tent.