Chapter 496: Battle of Wits and Courage
Zhao Yun is very patient, he is not afraid that the Son of Heaven will quietly take his performance seriously, after all, this matter is already known to everyone around Luoyang, if the Son of Heaven dares not to squeak quietly, he Zhao Yun will continue to urge the upper play - continuous play - and to make the movement even bigger, make the world know, so that Liu Xie has nothing to hide.
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If the Son of Heaven did not return to Luoyang, Xu Shu was naturally not qualified to reply to this request for him, and a few days later, the army of the Son of Heaven of the Eastern Expedition finally arrived in Luoyang.
As soon as they entered Luoyang City, Xu Shu and Lu Yu showed Zhao Yun's invitation to Liu Xie, Liu Xie didn't see it well, and at first glance there was a countercurrent rush, and he almost didn't get high blood pressure.
Later, Lu Yu told Liu Xie about Xu Shu's analysis of Zhao Yun's strategy, and the more Liu Xie listened, the more trembling he became.
Zhao Yun ...... Zhao Yun is trying to force me to death! Liu Xie looked at the letter in his hand tremblingly, and said tremblingly: "Zhuqing, what can you do to deal with it?" ”
Listening to Liu Xie's question, the ministers couldn't help but explode, and the hall exuded a terrifying atmosphere from the inside out.
Everyone talked about it, and after discussing it for a long time, there was no way to deal with it, indeed, at this moment, Zhao Yun occupied an incomparable absolute advantage in both righteousness and strength, and the so-called one force to ten meetings, no matter how they put the afterthought at the moment, it would be useless in the end.
The hall was noisy, and the buzzing sound was endless, like a swarm of flies in the toilet, and it was a headache for people.
Liu Xie's heart was already holding his breath, but at this moment, he saw the ministers banging around like headless flies, and it didn't have any effect, so he slapped the dragon case heavily and said angrily: "Shut up!" You useless waste, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, all eat the country's money, but when the matter comes, there is not even a person who can give me a solid idea. So many of you can't even compare to Zhao Yun as a butcher? What do I want you to do! ”
When the ministers heard this, they all lowered their heads and stopped squeaking, and their faces were red and red, and they looked quite ashamed.
Liu Xie gasped, twisted his head to the side and was silent, took a deep breath, and said in pleading words: "Xu Aiqing, what is your opinion, can you break Zhao Yun's strategy in this compromise?" ”
Xu Shu turned his head and glanced at Liu Xie, but saw that his majesty had no longer returned to the arrogance before the army. There was a little more pleading in his eyes and face at the moment, looking weak and helpless, and he was pitiful, quite like he was bullied by Cao thieves in Xuchang back then.
Xu Shu sighed secretly, bitter in his heart.
Let's help him again.
Xu Shu thought silently for a while, and then said: "To be honest, Your Majesty, in fact, Zhao Yun's plan in the performance is very powerful. is not as powerful as the hundreds of thousands of male soldiers under his command, all the strategies are based on strength, we just broke Zhao Yun's strategy, do you think he will withdraw back to Chang'an so easily? ”
Liu Xie was stunned when he heard this. After thinking for a while, he whispered, "Then what do you mean?" ”
"The minister's meaning, please play or something, is just Zhao Yun's foreshadowing, unless His Majesty surrenders. Otherwise, the final result will still be that he will storm Luoyang City! Therefore, the fundamental strategy, we still have to base ourselves on the war! ”
The Son of Heaven thought about it when he heard this. Nodding and said: "That's the reason, speaking of which, whether Zhao Yun's plan is successful or not, we still have to fight!" ”
Xu Shu arched his hand and said: "For Zhao Yun's twists and turns, His Majesty doesn't have to answer him head-on, he only needs to reply to the edict and reprimand him for the crime of forcing the palace into Beijing without his life!" Count his crimes, fight with him sloppily, anyway, his face has been torn, and it is nothing more than tearing a little wider! ”
Liu Xie nodded when he heard this, and said, "Then what?" ”
"And then? Then it is to hand over all the military and horse generals in the city to one person to command, fully responsible for the practice of defending the city, Luoyang is the ancient imperial capital, although after Dong Zhuo's rebellion damaged a lot, but its city is still the most deep in the world! The defenders of the whole city are about 30,000, as long as they are properly commanded, they cannot be broken without ten times the military strength! Don't look at Zhao Yun's many soldiers, as long as His Majesty can trust me, and the 30,000 defenders are commanded by the minister, he may not be able to capture Luoyang City! ”
At this moment, not only Liu Xie was stunned, but all the courtiers were also stunned.
Give the command of all the soldiers and horses and generals to Xu Shu alone......
Even if he was the hero who saved the Son of Heaven from Xuchang, but after all, he was not a descendant, and the Son of Heaven's army had always been personally in charge of Liu Xie, once there was a loss in front of the battle, who could guarantee Xu Shu's loyalty?
Liu Xie hesitated, turned his head to look at Fu Wan, and said, "What does Guozhang think?" ”
After thinking for a while, he smiled helplessly, and said to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, except for Xu Shu, who can take on this heavy responsibility among the existing civil and military generals in the court?" ”
When Liu Xie heard this, he thought about it for a while, and finally nodded.
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According to Xu Shu's design, the Son of Heaven immediately replied to Zhao Yun's request, and the letter did not answer Zhao Yun's three requests positively, but reprimanded Yuan Shang and Zhao Yun, the rebellious ministers, for 800 back and forth.
Especially the Yuan Shang family, Liu Xie seems to have found an outlet for catharsis, and there is no room for the old Yuan family at all, his father Yuan Shao supports the army and respects himself, and then to his ancestor Yuan Kui bent his knees to Dong Zhuo, Sikong Yuan Feng is corrupt and perverts the law, Taiwei Yuan Tang is inactive, Sikong Yuan Chang is fake benevolence and false righteousness, and Situ Yuan An looks like a dog...... The trivial things were all listed one by one, and they were all planed to the ancestral grave.
The Yuan Shang himself described in the edict has inherited the various fine traditions of the ancestors of the old Yuan family, and there are many unique and exclusive skills such as treacherous nature, forgetting righteousness, abducting and deceiving, catching dogs and chickens, and plucking geese, etc., which are indeed the most negative educational teaching materials born under Confucian social thought.
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When Zhao Yun saw this edict, he couldn't help but be happy.
"Okay, it seems that this son of heaven is not without any ability, he knows how to avoid reality and is false, and he is a good material for a war of words." Zhao Yun circulated the edict to his cronies.
After taking a look at the ten carved arrows, Zuo Zhonglang Wang Xiong handed the letter aside disdainfully, pouted and said: "The people of Luoyang are just these two times, if they have the ability, they will fight, what kind of ability is it to be noisy and make fire!" ”
The letter finally fell into the hands of Wen Hui, who was known for his resourcefulness, and after reading it, he said: "This method must be from the hand of Xu Shu, and the Son of Heaven does not have this kind of resourcefulness." ”
Zhao Yun nodded with a smile. Said: "Yes, the spies came to report, saying that Luoyang's defense and soldiers and horses are now all in the hands of Xu Shu, and it seems that it is even more difficult to break Luoyang." ”
Wang Xiong said angrily: "Why did the Metropolitan Governor say this? I think that what Luoyang has is only the 30,000 new army of the Son of Heaven recruited in recent years, which is less than a fraction of ours, and it will only be Xu Rong, Hu Zhen, Huangfu Jianshou and other last-class people. Except for Tong Fei, who can put it on the table? ”
Zhao Yun shook his head and said, "Brother Wang's words are wrong, do you remember the battle of Chang'an back then?" At that time, our army was less than 20,000, and Yan Xing and Song Jianzhi's troops were more than 200,000, but they still did not attack. It is enough to be ten, not to mention that Luoyang is the eastern capital, and its solidity is no less than that of Chang'an, and Xu Shuzhi's ability will not be under Hao Zhao. This battle is only superficially easy to fight. ”
Wang Ping was on the side and said: "Since this is the case, we will besiege it without attacking, and trap it in Luoyang with hundreds of thousands of troops." How is it? After all, they only have one city, Luoyang, and there is no food support after the siege, and we have the entire Guanzhong land as a backing......"
Zhao Yun thought for a moment. Said: "It's feasible, but the problem is that this will be delayed for too long, and after a long time, I'm afraid that there will be changes in the rear." ”
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and they didn't know why, only Wen Hui realized something, and said: "Most of the governors are pointing out, isn't it Liu Bei?" ”
Zhao Yun smiled silently, pondered for a while, stood up, and said: "According to the plan, write two more regulations and submit them, the content is undoubtedly the same as the first time, it is still necessary to make a big fanfare, and after three times, we will immediately gather troops and horses to attack Luoyang!" ”
"No."
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Xuchang.
On the side of Luoyang, the Guanzhong Army and the Son of Heaven Army each held their own abilities and had a lively time, but the Xuchang side of the Central Plains was relatively very stoppable.
Yuan Jun against Guan Yunchang, one is the famous first prince in the world, and the other is a brave general who is powerful in China, I thought that the confrontation between the two would produce fierce sparks, but who would have thought that before Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses arrived in Xuchang, Guan Yu's Jingzhou army actually retreated halfway, and it was the kind that retreated cleanly and without dragging mud and water.
went around in a big circle, and the two sides didn't even hand each other.
In the southern suburbs of Xuchang, in the tent of Yuan Junshuai.
"Lord Qi, the spies have come to report that Guan Yu's army has entered Jingzhou at this moment, and it is not a strategy to lure the enemy."
Yuan Shang knocked lightly on the table, sighed when he heard the words, and said: "Everyone says that Guan Yu is righteous, loyal and unparalleled, and keeps his promises, but in my opinion, it's all bullshit!" The two armies are facing each other, and they release my pigeon silently, and he farts me as a Sunday? ”
Sima Yi rubbed his chin below, and said: "Guan Yu is arrogant by nature, he doesn't lose the battle if he loses, if he is afraid of the power of the lord, he retreats timidly, and I don't believe it if he kills him, and there is only one person in the world who can command Guan Yu to move, and that is Liu Bei!" Lord, in my opinion, Guan Yu's feint attack on Xuchang must be instructed by Liu Bei, and I am afraid that there will be variables on the Hanzhong side. ”
Yuan Shang nodded and said: "I'm thinking about it too, but I really can't move now, the things in the Central Plains haven't been properly arranged, on the Hebei side, there is also the aftermath of Li Ru and Tuoba Liwei, after the matter is completed, how to deal with these two people?" Li Ru is good to say, Tuoba Liwei has soldiers and generals in his hands, and he needs to think of a safe method...... Although Guan Yu returned to Jingzhou, he may not come back when he will come, all aspects are places where people and soldiers are employed, even if there is something in Hanzhong, I can't go, and the Chinese army can't move. ”
"What does the lord want?" Sima Yi asked rhetorically when he heard this.
"Give it carte blanche to Zhao Yun, now I can only trust him...... And Jia Xu, let that old thing go to Luoyang, although he may not be willing to do his best, but it may not help Zhao Yun, the greater the power, the more places bordering other places, and the more things will happen. ”
Sima Yi said: "The lord can rest assured, Tian Feng has returned to Yecheng this time, and has begun to implement the expansion of the army, and now we Hebei plus the Central Plains, Guanzhongdi, that is to have money, to have grain, to have population, to expand the army is just an overnight, after the soldiers and horses are fully formed, in one fell swoop, the recovery of Sun Liu will be the world's great determination." ”
"............" (To be continued......)