Thinking about it in his heart, the team has entered Chang'an City.

When the emperor returned from his tour, the ministers of the court and the central government were usually greeted outside the city, and they should be headed by the three dukes, and then the emperor got off the car in advance and walked to greet the three dukes and the Manchu civil and military affairs, and then continued to enter the city.

But this time Liu Xuan's return is a special circumstance, the original plan was not to come back today, it was all because of an urgent letter from Liu Dai that Liu Xuan returned to Chang'an in advance against the wind and snow.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, who got the news in advance, did not come to greet them under Liu Xuan's instructions, but waited for the emperor's return in the Jinhua Hall - Liu Xuan wanted to discuss directly with the ministers, so after entering Chang'an City, the team went straight to the palace non-stop, Liu Xuan changed into a crown dress in the car, and after arriving at the place, he simply wiped his face and walked directly into the Jinhua Palace.

At this time, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty had been waiting in the palace for a long time, and there was no prelude to the completion of the ritual according to the law, and they directly discussed the most important thing at present.

Taifu Yuanyuan now seems to have really fallen completely to the emperor's side, and this time he is also the first to express his attention to this matter: "Yanzhou Assassin Liu Dai is in a hurry, and Gu Yan The Yellow Turban Thief Army is attacking very fiercely and is difficult to parry, and he asks the imperial court to send troops to suppress the bandits." ”

For the imperial court, the Yellow Turban Bandit Army is an out-and-out bandit army.

Situ Wang Yun saw Yuan Kui open his mouth, and continued to speak: "This time, the Taiping Road Yellow Turban Thief Army is very ferocious, during the period of Your Majesty's western tour, not only occupied the eastern part of Yuzhou, but even captured the western part of Xuzhou and several counties northwest of Yangzhou. ”

"I don't want the Yellow Turban Thieves to suddenly go north in the autumn this time, and they caught Yanzhou by surprise, if it weren't for the sudden cold weather and heavy snowfall, I'm afraid that more than half of Yanzhou's counties have fallen into the hands of the thieves. ”

Liu Xuan nodded, and did not speak when the two of them spoke, although he had already understood the situation before he came, but it was not as detailed as these people in the imperial court, first listen to if there is anything he didn't know, and then compare his previous plan, if there is no problem, it is the right way to say it.

After listening to this for a while, he found that the general situation was no different from what he knew, that is, the reason why Yanzhou did not fall was actually a blizzard, which made him a little surprised.

In this era, there is no so-called greenhouse effect, the winter is very cold, basically the north of the Yangtze River will snow from time to time in winter, not later, there is basically no snow on both sides of the Yangtze River, only the Yellow River and further north areas often snow.

"Then Liu Dai's soldiers and horses are even more incompetent than I thought......"

After knowing the true situation, Liu Xuan didn't know whether he should be glad that Liu Dai's incompetence gave the court a great opportunity, or whether he should feel depressed about the uselessness of the princes who were nominally subordinate to the imperial court.

In any case, the Yellow Turban Army attacked Yanzhou, and the Yanzhou Assassin Shi asked the imperial court for help, and he, the emperor, should still make a decision as soon as possible.

"Mengde!"

"The minister is here!"

As soon as Liu Xuan opened his mouth, he ordered Cao Cāo, and the Chinese Wu were all quick-minded people, and immediately understood what the emperor meant: This is to let Cao Cāo lead the army, otherwise why call Cao Cāo as soon as he opens his mouth?

I only heard Liu Xuan ask casually: "If you lead the troops into Yanzhou, how long will it take to prepare?"

Sure enough, as soon as the Son of Heaven opened his mouth, he confirmed everyone's speculation, and he didn't ask if it could be done, but directly asked how long it would take to prepare?

However, for this point, no one in the Chinese military force of the DPRK felt that there was anything wrong, after all, there were only a few people in the imperial court who were suitable for commanding the army.

If you don't count the people in the six departments and Jiuqing, only talk about the current full-time military generals, Lu Bu counts one, Zhang Liao counts one, and the other one is Cao Cāo!

In comparison, Zhang Liao is still a little young, and he has never had any achievements, so he really doesn't trust him much in such Chinese a big war. And Lu Bu is obviously not suitable for this kind of defensive battle, and Cao Cāo is the most suitable person. What's more, Cao Cāo has always been highly valued by the Son of Heaven, and it is not surprising that it is used at such a critical moment.

In fact, Cao Cāo himself had long expected that this time he would lead the army, and the reason was naturally clear, so he didn't seem very excited when Liu Xuan called his name, and even the question that Liu Xuan would ask he thought of in advance, and directly gave a very clear time at this time.

"As soon as the New Year is over, the army can set off and enter Yanzhou before the spring flowers bloom and the snow melts!"

Now the biggest barrier in Yanzhou is the sudden snowstorm, and the blizzard rises, coupled with the cold weather at this time, this winter basically doesn't want to melt.

This undoubtedly has a fatal impact on the march and battle, but it is also the only natural barrier that Yanzhou can rely on at present.

Cao Cāo's sentence was stationed in Yanzhou before the spring flowers bloomed, not because of the side, but once the snow melted, there was no snow obstruction and cold weather, and the Yellow Turban Army could give full play to its combat effectiveness, and those soldiers and horses in Yanzhou could not continue to support it at all.

"How many soldiers and horses do you need?"

Cao Cāo still didn't think about it, and said casually: "We need 20,000 forbidden troops and the whole army of tigers and leopards!"

Not to mention the 20,000 forbidden troops, after several years of development and this whole year of recuperation, the number of 20,000 forbidden troops seems to be a lot, but the imperial court still sent them, and it is still on the premise of not affecting the garrisons in various places. At the same time, Chang'an will also have a lot of forbidden troops left to deal with some unexpected events.

The whole army of the tiger and leopard cavalry is 5,000 soldiers and horses, adding up to a total of 25,000, which does not seem to be a lot of numbers, at least compared to the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao's million male soldiers, and the 800,000 army of Cao Cāo at the time of Chibi, more than 20,000 soldiers and horses are simply not worth mentioning.

But there is one thing to be clear.

The 20,000 forbidden troops are real professional soldiers, and most of Yuan Shao's million-strong army are county soldiers, and even most of them are militiamen who can only farm and have barely undergone a few trainings, and the elite soldiers are only a small part.

Not to mention that the Tiger and Par Rider has been learning the cultivation techniques throughout the year, and although the progress is not satisfactory, it is still much stronger than ordinary soldiers.

The most important thing is that Liu Xuan specially handed over to Cao Cāo the medicine used to enhance the ability of the war horse, which has initially shown its effect after a whole year of digestion time, and now the tiger and leopard cavalry, although not the whole army is armored and heavily ridden, but after gathering the best war horses, this small part of the armored heavy cavalry does not even need to use another person to help carry the armor.

The knight with the horse in armor and the whole body armor can still run normally, and then directly burst out with terrifying lethality when attacking - such a strong cavalry can even charge the infantry phalanx.

It can be said that although Cao Cāo only needed 25,000 soldiers and horses, in terms of combat effectiveness, the more than 20,000 soldiers and horses were not inferior to the 100,000 troops of other princes.

Liu Xuan, who has always kept an eye on his opponent's own soldiers and horses, naturally knows how strong these soldiers and horses are, coupled with such an excellent commander as Cao Cāo, and those generals, he really doesn't believe that Nanhua's old ghost can win big.

"Since this is the case, we will allocate 20,000 forbidden troops, and the tigers and leopards will be under the command of Meng De, and from now on we will start preparing for war, and the emperor's uncle, the household department, and the military department will try their best to cooperate, and strive to complete all the affairs in the shortest possible time, and enter Yanzhou as soon as possible. ”

Liu Xuan nodded, and it was a formal battle edict.

As soon as the words of the Son of Heaven came out, everyone naturally had no objections, and the transfer of the forbidden army needed to greet Liu Bei, and Liu Bei naturally cooperated in every way, if it weren't for his identity as a protector, it is estimated that the current imperial uncle would take the initiative to ask for war.

The military department Shangshu Huang Fu Song directly told all the information in his hands, and the household department Shangshu Xun Yu also said that the stock of the imperial court inventory a month ago was enough to ensure the consumption of the army, after all, the harvest for several years in a row is not just talking.

Seeing that the Chinese martial arts of the DPRK were very cooperative with this big war, Liu Xuan knew that these people also saw that this battle was related to whether the imperial court could reextend its power to the Kanto region, and if he jumped out to provoke trouble at this time, it would not only be difficult to get along with the emperor, but also with himself.

After all, only when the power of the court is strong, and then the people who serve in the court will have greater power and higher status.

Therefore, the preparations for the war went very smoothly, and all the details were dealt with in almost half an hour.

During this time, Liu Xuan really didn't do anything, he just sat on it and listened to a few ministers, and then gave an order at the last moment.

It's not that he didn't do important things, on the issue of the generals and schools with the army, in addition to the generals of his own family that Cao Cāo would definitely bring, Liu Xuan directly appointed Zhang Fei and Guan Yu as pioneer officers.

Cao Cāo naturally had no dissatisfaction with this. Because they both served for the emperor in Chang'an, and they were both military positions in the army, Cao Cāo also knew the two well.

Although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are not high in position, they are only lieutenants of the forbidden army, but their identities are special: the righteous brother of the current emperor's uncle Liu Bei inevitably needs to pay more attention - Cao Cāo is now a general, and he will definitely use the forbidden army to fight in the future, and the forbidden army is under Liu Bei's control, so he has to have a good relationship with Liu Bei in order to be able to smoothly hand over the troops and horses in the future, and of course these two righteous brothers must make a good friendship.

What's more, these two have real materials, and Cao Cāo, like all heroes, likes talents the most! If it weren't for the fact that the two of them and Liu Bei had already sworn up, it is estimated that Cao Cāo would have tried his best to win them over to his side.

Even if he couldn't win him over, Cao Cāo was still very willing to get close to these two, and Cao Cāo could see that the Son of Heaven also valued these two people very much, otherwise he would not have issued an edict to appoint the two as vanguard officers as soon as he took command - this can be regarded as an opportunity to send meritorious service to these two people, and it can be known from this point that as long as the two of them perform in this battle, the Son of Heaven will definitely be rewarded when they come back.

In fact, it is almost the same, Liu Xuan is creating opportunities for the two of them, in addition to winning over the two brothers, but also to reassure his imperial uncle.

ps: I've been sick to my eyes since the afternoon, maybe because I didn't have a good rest yesterday! (To be continued)