Chapter 431: Different Positions

The news of the emergency in Yuzhou just caused a sensation in Jiangdu City, and then the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Wangfu came to Luoyang, and the public opinion in Jiangdu completely exploded. Many people who were originally questioning the strategy of using troops in the Dongwang Mansion suddenly followed suit and praised the Dongwang's "Xiongtao Martial Strategy", and at such a "critical" juncture, they were not moved by the danger of Yuzhou, and resolutely sent troops to recover Luoyang, and Han Jian's ambition suddenly became ambition. The act of abusing power has also become a "great achievement" that has been praised by the people.

In terms of the imperial court, it also changed its attitude towards the Dongwangfu, and Lin Ke bore the brunt of it, and many officials of the Luoyang faction began to applaud the Dongwangfu this time. even wrote to the empress to boast about Han Jian's "deeds".

The anger in the empress's heart, Han Jian didn't see the empress's face, it can also be imagined.

In the empress's opinion, it is still too early to recover Luoyang, Han Jian did not send troops to rescue Yuzhou, but directly wanted to take Luoyang, which was beyond his strength and wanted to become fat. In the end, he didn't treat him as a fat man, but he was easy to eat, and under indigestion, Jiang Du couldn't end up in the end.

But in fact, Han Jian was so "willful", that is, regardless of the current situation, he sent troops and horses to fight Luoyang. And in the end, it really looks like Luoyang City is about to be taken, which is simply bloodless.

The imperial court was singing praises for Han Jian, and Han Jian was naturally not idle. He also had to hurry up with the arrangements on the front line of his subordinates, including not only Lin Zhan's soldiers and horses and Zhang Xing's troops on the Yuzhou side, but also Luoyang's "100,000 army", which was a headache for him.

Originally, he never thought that he would approach Luoyang City so easily, and he could even take it without blood. It's only to blame Yang Yutai for being too "nested". There has been a military rebellion, in Luoyang City, Yang Yu obviously can not withstand the toss, this time the East Wangfu sent troops, and got the unanimous support of the rebels and people around Luoyang, Yang Yu felt that the general trend had gone, and he didn't even have the courage to die and struggle, so he simply chose to abandon the city and surrender. This also brought Han Jian "happy troubles".

A huge Luoyang city is so close at hand. Such a distant thing as recovering Luoyang City can suddenly be realized. Suddenly, there were 100,000 troops waiting for him to receive them. At that time, the king's division will also be available. It's time for him to become emperor himself.

But Han Jian is well aware that this is blind optimism. Because the biggest enemy of the East Wangfu at the moment is not Yang Yu, but the West Wangfu and the North Wangfu. And Yang Luochuan can't take it lightly.

Really. At the time when Luoyang is about to come to fruition. Xiaobei Wang Yang Ke couldn't sit still, and directly said that he would withdraw his troops from Yuzhou.

The West Wangfu also doesn't want to be cannon fodder, the focus of the competition at this time. Luoyang City, which has transformed from Yuzhou, has been transformed into an "ownerless". It's like a tortoise and rabbit race, whoever takes the soldiers and horses to Luoyang first, and Luoyang City, which symbolizes the political center of Jiangbei, belongs to whom.

Dongwangfu seemed to occupy the lead in this battle, and by September 23 it would be logical to take Luoyang. But in fact, the East Palace, is in a very dangerous situation. Because once the East Wangfu takes Luoyang City, it needs to be defended, and it is easy to attack the city and difficult to defend the city. When the soldiers and horses of the West Wangfu and the North Wangfu are killed under Luoyang City at the same time, it is no longer just a matter of 180,000 soldiers and horses, and the two sides can even send all their lives to fight for Luoyang City. Because the significance of Luoyang is too much greater than that of Yuzhou.

Now the empress is in Jiangdu, and Yang Yu fled north, who occupies Luoyang, can be the posture of King Qin, ascending the throne as the emperor. It can be said that the two emperors before and after died, and then released some news to make the world believe that it was true, and then they could justifiably become emperors. After all, even the emperor who can abandon Luoyang is no different from death.

It can be said that Yang Yu's flight to the north is tantamount to giving up the orthodox position of the royal family, which is also the reason why the West Wangfu and the North Wangfu are blushing.

On September 21, the first two days after the Dongwangfu took over Luoyang City, there was still an overnight meeting in Jiangdu City to discuss the issue of taking over Luoyang City.

Han Jian felt in his heart that this attack on Luoyang was just a show, in order to encircle Wei and save Zhao. Now that the goal has basically been achieved, that is enough, the hot potato in Luoyang City can be thrown, the soldiers and horses are withdrawn, and the "100,000 army" cannot be received, after all, most of these 100,000 troops are just local people who follow casually, and many people are even hungry and unveiled as flags to make trouble together, and receiving these 100,000 people is equivalent to receiving them and hundreds of thousands of people in the family behind them, and Jiang needs to take out a lot of food to support these people.

Although Han Jian thought so in his heart, he couldn't say it clearly, what was clearly stated was that he was originally a prisoner of the country and a minister of the empress, just for the purpose of recovering Luoyang. Now that Luoyang City is already in front of him, he even said that he gave it away, but he didn't accept it, this thing is easy to say, even if others know that Dongwangfu has unspeakable secrets, it will make Han Jian bear infamy.

Han Jian also has to face the problem of his subordinates not accepting it and betraying his relatives.

In short, Luoyang City is a hot potato now, and it is best not to touch it. Once touched, he will have to pay the price for it, and he will have to face the attack of the North Wangfu and the West Wangfu, and when Yang Luochuan is behind his back, he will definitely not be able to cure this old man.

On the contrary, it is not as good as now, Yang Luochuan defected to the East Wangfu, and the two sides formed a line, seeing that the West Wangfu and the North Wangfu were bleeding for the whole head of Luoyang City, he just waited to pick up the cheap.

After the two-day meeting, the result was not what Han Jian expected, whether it was the people from the imperial court faction or the generals under him, they all agreed to accept Luoyang. Not even a single person raised an objection, Luoyang City was in front of him, and he could take it down without blood, and everyone felt that it should be logical and there should be no change.

Han Jian did not comment, once he made a decision, it would mean a decision, and he didn't want to be this "sinner". And if he doesn't want to be a sinner and takes over Luoyang, it will completely disrupt his previous deployment, and the political pattern in the future will gradually become chaotic, and the Dongwang Mansion is likely to change from sitting on the mountain to watching the tiger fight, and suddenly become the first force to be destroyed.

Han Jian first thought about how to survive in the troubled times, which was not the effect he wanted to pursue.

The meeting was dissolved, and Lin Ke and some people in the imperial court stayed, because the empress still had to summon them to inquire about Luoyang City.

Originally, the empress was devoted to Buddha and didn't want to take care of many things, but for such a big thing as the recovery of Luoyang City, the empress also had to put down her posture and ask every day. In this way, Han Jian also had the opportunity to take the initiative to meet the empress.

The previous assassination of Gu Weipan, Han Jian and the empress had a very unpleasant quarrel, and Han Jian sometimes didn't want to face the empress, because he was more and more unable to see through an empress who had let go of her obsession with power, but everything was unfathomable. He wanted to pursue a Yang Rui who was just opposite to him, but since the empress arrived in Jiangdu, she decided that even if she put down her power, she would still be the Ninety-Five, unless Han Jian was usurping the throne, otherwise the relationship between their monarchs and ministers would not change.

On the second watch, the queen's bedroom was still brightly lit.

The empress met with Han Jian and other ministers in the small hall, which was also the most time the empress had met with ministers at one time since she returned to Jiangdu. Just like when she was in Luoyang City, the empress met with ministers in the Ye'an Pavilion to discuss military affairs.

There was a jubilant appearance in the small hall, after all, it was a commendable thing for the soldiers of the Dongwang Mansion to take Luoyang without blood. Some ministers who had prejudices against Han Jian were also singing praises for Han Jian at this time, and many ministers were congratulating the empress on the recovery of Luoyang, and the orthodoxy of the Wei Dynasty would be redefined in the near future.

With a natural smile on her face, the empress talked to the ministers for a while, and then looked at Han Jian, but her face was gloomy, and she stood aside without saying a word.

He was the one who sent troops to attack Luoyang, but at this time, Han Jian seemed to be an outsider, as if the matter of attacking Luoyang had nothing to do with him.

After the empress noticed Han Jian's demeanor, the smile on her face faded, and she could feel that Han Jian was not happy at this time, but a vigilant look. With her understanding of the current situation and her control of the overall situation, she can probably guess Han Jian's thoughts, and she will not be too blindly optimistic, because she also knows that taking Luoyang at this time may not be a good thing for Jiangdu.

"Your family is also tired for a day, go back early to rest, I want to talk to the East King alone about this." When the empress saw that the ministers were singing praises of virtue, she immediately made a gesture to send off the guests.

How can any of the ministers not know each other, they all had opinions on Han Jian before, and even if they still have opinions now, they can only keep it. Once Jiangdu occupies Luoyang City, Han Jian, as the king of the east, will become the biggest hero, and Han Jian's prestige will gradually increase, and there will be a good end to fighting with Han Jian?

Wise to protect yourself. At this time, the empress said that she wanted to talk to the king of the east, and the ministers knew each other very well and bowed and retired, and finally only Han Jian and the empress were left in the small hall.

Unlike when he was with the empress before, this time there were only two of them left in the small hall, and Han Jian still remained silent, or rather indifferent.

"King Dong, why didn't you speak before?" The Empress asked.

"What the minister wants to say, didn't the other colleagues say it?" Han Jian replied coldly.

"I still have to listen to you. You know, now I am the only one I can rely on. When the empress said this, she didn't get a positive response from Han Jian.

Han Jian stood there, made a gesture of "deserved", bowed and saluted, but the car was silent.

"Do you think that Luoyang should be put down for the time being, but so?" The Empress asked with a sudden sigh.

"What do you think if Your Majesty is in the position of a minister?" Han Jian asked rhetorically.

The empress sighed: "Indeed, if I were to put the interests of Jiangdu first, I would naturally not choose to attack Luoyang now. After all, it will be the target of public criticism. And if you think about it in my current situation, Luoyang still has to take it. ”

"Why!" Han Jian's tone was very tough, and he was no longer questioning, but questioning.

"Because I am the lord of the Wei Dynasty, I can't live up to the expectations of the people." (To be continued......)