Chapter 827: Forced Superiority
The war in Jiaozhou finally came to an end, and the war god army paid a heavy enough price, millions of soldiers were killed and wounded, countless people were injured, and the army was left in the barbaric mountain fortress to rest, and the mobilization of the army was ready. In addition to all the wounded soldiers who could not be mobilized, the rest of the army would go north in three groups, and those generals who had been drawn back from the front had already begun to return to their own armies. In the north, Wang Jian led twenty generals to the north to Liangzhou to take over Yang Qiming's army, they will be responsible for the war in the north, and the other generals under the navy also went to the navy to report, and the war between the Shenwu army and the sea tribe will break out soon. It can be expected that in the case that the demon clan is completely crippled by the Shenwu army, the fairy world will definitely increase its support for the barbarian and sea clans, and it will definitely not be easy to fight these two wars.
Han Xin is still taking Di Qing and other general generals to guard the wild land, and Han Xin will lead his 1.5 million troops south to conquer the entire demon clan, completely disintegrating the war potential of the demon clan. For the occupation of the wild land, Liu Fan has handed over all the rights to Han Xin, and these generals have always had a fanatical passion for expanding the territory. Now that the army of the demon clan and the masters above the level of the demon king have suffered heavy losses, even if they have the full support of the fairy world, Han Xin is confident enough to end the war within five years, which will be the first war of the Shenwu army to open up the territory, Han Xin and the others have fanatical expressions on their faces, and opening up the territory is the highest honor of a general.
The army is resting, and the generals have already rushed to the territories in various places one step ahead, and now there are constant wars in various places, and the soldiers of the army who can be used are in the minority. And even if these few armies have these generals in charge. Even if you can't defeat the enemy. At the very least, it can be guaranteed that the situation will not continue to deteriorate like this. Liu Fan plans to lead his generals back to Yizhou, this time there are not many people who know the inside story of the Barbarian Mountain War, but Liu Fan has been away from Yizhou for nearly a year, the situation in various places has deteriorated, and Yizhou without Liu Fan is also panicked.
"Han Xin, this time our battle Jihua was leaked out by a traitor, I left Wei Zhongxian here, you must cooperate as soon as possible to dig out the moths in our army. "When Liu Fan left, he still had to explain everything clearly. Nowadays, the military establishment of the Shenwu Army is a bit chaotic, and the reinforcements from all over the country are rushing to support one after another, which gives the enemy's spies a lot of opportunities to take advantage of. Liu Fan originally thought that he had so many intelligence organizations in his hands, and it was impossible for his army to be infiltrated by the enemy, but this time such top-secret information was leaked, which undoubtedly slapped Liu Fan hard. This time, the losses in this operation were all field personnel of several major intelligence organizations under Liu Fan, and the losses of intelligence personnel were very few.
Han Xin nodded heavily, this time the demon clan and the immortal world dug a pit and waited for the Shenwu Army to jump in, but the Shenwu Army had to jump in. However, the fact that there is a traitor in the army has now been confirmed, and I have to say that this spy is so deeply hidden that even Liu Fan feels a chill on his back. The person who can leak this information must have a very high position, otherwise it would be impossible to get such information. If you don't dig up this spy, your army won't have any secrets to speak of.
Liu Fan left Wei Zhongxian in the wilderness this time, naturally he wanted to dig out this spy thoroughly, and there were very few people who could be suspected, after all, the people who occupied an absolute dominant position in the army were all generals summoned by Liu Fan, and these generals were absolutely loyal to themselves, and it was absolutely impossible for them to betray themselves. And there are not many people who are in high positions among those Tianlong generals, as long as they are investigated one by one, it will not take long to find out. However, in order not to shake the morale of his army, this matter still has to be carried out in secret.
Liu Fan arranged all this and rushed to Yizhou with people, and it has been a year since he left home, and this year has been a year of constant fighting, which has also made Liu Fan extremely tired. The situation in the empire now urgently requires Liu Fan to rush to Yizhou to take control, especially those with vested interests concentrated near Liu Fan. Even if Liu Fan has a successor, these people are not as good as Liu Fan after all. Liu Fan had already sent someone to send a message to Yizhou, and everyone was greatly relieved to receive the safe end of the war in the Wild Mountain, especially after receiving the news that Liu Fan was going to return to Yizhou, everyone swept away the previous decadence, and their faces showed a satisfied smile. In particular, the troops on the front line even launched a lot of counterattacks, and even fought a lot of victories.
Hometown timidity, although Liu Fan has not been away for a long time, but one year is enough time to change a lot of things. When Liu Fan arrived in Yizhou with his personal guards, he encountered a group of cavalry. Liu Fan saw the cavalry under the banner of the Shenwu Army, and immediately hit his horse to meet him. Liu Fan saw that the leader of this team of cavalry was actually a female general, Liu Fan was stunned for a moment, the children of the Liu family are basically still in the barbarian fortress, and now there is no one who can lead the troops. When Liu Fan saw the person who came clearly, there was also a surprised expression on his face, it was Liu Ailin who led the troops, and she was just a ten-year-old girl now.
"Father, you're finally back. Liu Ailin saw the cavalry under the banner of the Shenwu Army from a long distance, and almost didn't think that the only cavalry that could appear on the land of Yizhou at this time was Liu Fan. Liu Ailin received the news that Liu Fan was going to return to Yizhou, so she rushed to meet her father from Yizhou City with her subordinates. Although Liu Erin is not Liu Fan's own daughter, in the empire, her status is absolutely noble, and her status is definitely something that a few younger brothers and sisters cannot shake.
Liu Fan stood in front of him with a heroic posture Liu Ailin, the expression on his face moved slightly, but he immediately changed to a smile and patted Liu Ailin's shoulder with a smile, his eyes were full of love. Before she knew it, Liu Ailin was ten years old, and the day of bringing Liu Ailin back in Qingzhou seemed to be still in sight. Over the years, he has been busy with wars in various places, and countless attempts to pacify the empire have failed, and the empire has been in war for seven years, and before I know it, seven years have passed.
"Why are you here? Who asked you to lead the troops? Where did you recruit these baby soldiers?" Liu Fan glanced at his daughter with relief, glanced at the army behind her, and suddenly his head was full of black lines. The cavalry that followed Liu Ailin to greet her turned out to be thirteen or fourteen-year-old child soldiers. The oldest of them will not be more than fifteen years old. Seeing these people, Liu Fan's heart also rose with anger. Although Yizhou, Yangzhou and other southern state capitals of the empire are absolutely safe, it is difficult to guarantee that some people with ulterior motives will fight Liu Fan's idea, especially Liu Ailin has an absolutely special status in the empire.
Seeing the change in Liu Fan's face, Liu Ailin obviously knew Liu Fan's dissatisfaction, but he didn't care about this, Liu Ailin glared at Liu Fan with dissatisfaction and said: "Where am I young? No matter how young I am, can I still have those younger brothers and sisters of mine laughing? Ai Yang They are only three years old, what do you see he is learning every day? Why am I young? These people are the children of those nobles in the court, and now our elders are fighting on the front line. We found Uncle Huang and asked him to issue us a batch of equipment, and we became an army. We said that when we grew up, we would also go to the front to fight, just like our parents. ”
"It's good, it's all good. Liu Fan looked at these children, and it was not okay to refuse to accept the old, but he also had another idea in his heart, these nobles were really willing to pay the capital to send out such a young junior in the family. Although these people are all people who want to join the army in Zuihou, this time should be the day of studying at the academy. Photographing them in the army also reflects them from the side, which is also a helpless move.
"But when you're old enough to go to the front, your father has already put an end to the war. When the time comes, I will leave you with a shijie without war. Liu Fan smiled and said to Liu Ailin, war always urges people to grow old, and before I knew it, I had been to this shijie for ten years, and I really took root in this shijie. Before I knew it, my children were already three years old. The time of the war is getting tighter and tighter, and he must quickly pacify this Shijie war, once the fairy world and the god world reach an agreement, the consequences of the war burning to the world will be unimaginable.
When Liu Fan arrived at Yizhou City, Yizhou City was already crowded, and almost all the people knew that Liu Fan was going back to Yizhou City today. The people of the empire really support Liu Fan from the bottom of their hearts, the people of the empire still have a very strong feeling for the empire, Liu Fan has developed the people's livelihood at any cost over the years, reducing the burden of the people, especially the people of the empire have been rescued from danger several times, and now Liu Fan's prestige can be said to have reached a point where even the royal family cannot match, it can be said that many people in the empire may not know the royal family, but they must know Liu Fan.
In Yizhou City, everyone was anxiously waiting, and when a team of black cavalry appeared in everyone's sight, everyone immediately cheered. They didn't know the danger of the wild mountain, but after a year before and after the war, reinforcements from all over the country were continuously dispatched to Jiaozhou to support. Even the hopelessly stupid know that this battle must be dangerous. When Liu Fan's banner appeared in everyone's sight, the people of the entire Yizhou City became even more crazy, most of them were the aborigines of Yizhou City, and they all knew that Liu Fan had rescued them from the hands of the Sea Clan.
Ximen Ye also led his civil and military officials to wait at the city gate early, and now Ximen Yan has given birth to a son and a daughter for Liu Fan, although the person most likely to inherit Liu Fan's title is not his nephew, but what does it matter? Liu Fan has the blood of the god of war on his body, he is tired of this throne, and he would rather lead the soldiers and horses to fight on the front line like Liu Fan. He had already made up his mind, no matter what happened this time, he must return what belonged to Liu Fan to him.
"Prince Yu, long live!" When Liu Fan appeared in Ximenye's gaze on a peerless shadow, Ximenye shouted first. The ministers who followed Ximen Ye were stunned for a moment, and looked at Ximen Ye with a strange gaze, it was obvious that Ximen Ye's reaction was revealing some news to them, if they couldn't see this, they would really live in vain. Ximen Ye took the lead in shouting, and the people behind had no scruples, and they all shouted, and the people in the rear were even more excited, they didn't have so many thoughts, whoever was good to them, he would be good to whom, it was obvious that Liu Fan's prestige was enough to win such a title.
Liu Fan, who was walking in front, was also excited, hearing this burst of shouts of long live Liu Fan himself almost didn't fall off the horse, especially when he saw that it was Ximen Ye who was shouting, he was even more stunned, but after thinking about it, he knew what Ximen Ye was thinking. Simon was going to send him a signal. Brother-in-law. You should take what belongs to you. Don't let me carry it for you, I'm tired, I'm going to the army, this is not the first time that Simon Ye has expressed it.
The Empress Dowager He, who was standing on the side, also stood aside and watched the excited crowd, and the burden in her heart was suddenly let go. Since Prince Li and Ximen Shao Nan came back alive, the truth of the matter back then has become clearer, and it is the wisest choice to return the throne to Liu Fan now. Liu Fan's prestige in the empire is no longer comparable to Ximenye's, and Liu Fan's early ascension to the throne can also free Ximenye from this pain as soon as possible. It is also possible to speed up the unification of this empire.
"Welcome back to the prince, long live!" Liu Fan turned over and dismounted, leading his own shadow to the front of everyone, everyone except Ximen Ye and others knelt on the ground in unison, especially the people of Yizhou City knelt on the ground in unison and saluted Liu Fan. Liu Fan's wife and children were all in the crowd, standing next to Liu Xiaohuan, looking at Liu Fan excitedly, but at this time they knew that it was not the time to rush forward.
"Brother-in-law, you're finally back. You don't know that I'm tired of this time, but this time I don't care. In any case, the throne must be given to you, I will go to the army, I will go to the front to fight. Ximen Ye was the first to speak, and now Ximen Ye is no longer the doll emperor he used to be, so he naturally knows what he is talking about. In fact, the reason why he wants to say this here is not to give Liu Fan a chance to shirk, he knows how difficult it is to miss this opportunity to find a suitable opportunity next time, it is not difficult for Liu Fan to ascend to the throne, but Ximen Ye must find a way to leave Liu Fan with a reputation in history.
Liu Fan was suddenly taken aback by Ximen Ye's words, and before he could say no, when he saw the expressions on the faces of the officials and people kneeling on the ground, those officials in front saw the expressions on Liu Fan's faces, and they had a jihua in their hearts, and hurriedly shouted at Liu Fan: "I respectfully ask my emperor to ascend the throne as soon as possible, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" Although the officials and people behind didn't understand what was going on, they all hurriedly shouted, the new emperor's accession to the throne represents the reshuffle of rights, although it is said that the court is now Liu Fan's people, there is no card to shuffle, but after all, the new emperor ascended the throne, there must be new signs.
"What are you doing here? Hurry up for me, get up for me!" Liu Fan's face changed, and he hurriedly stepped forward and helped Ximen Ye up from the ground, there was no way for these officials and people to shout out the words, even Ximen Ye and Queen He also knelt on the ground and shouted Long live, what is even more exaggerated is that the guards behind Liu Fan also knelt on the ground with brushes, and Liu Fan was the only one standing there at the gate of Yizhou City, which was crowded with people.
"Brother-in-law, you will take this throne, if you don't take it, you will also take it, before you come back, we have discussed it with the nobles of the empire, as well as the officials of the empire, and you will take over the throne of the empire when you come back, and even the title has been agreed upon for you, Emperor Shenwu, how about it, brother-in-law. Ximen Ye was also excited, those people in the empire didn't know what was going on, but the messenger who came back first told them the whole war in detail, especially the guards who rushed back to Yizhou City Liufan first, these officials in the court got far more information than these people.
Liu Fan's face moved, he knew that they were forcing the palace, Liu Fan had seen everything, but he had never seen anyone forcing someone to be the emperor. Liu Fan looked at the crowd kneeling on the ground, everyone's face was excited and expectant, it seems that this time Liu Fan will not take the throne, and these people will not plan to get up. Ximen Ye seemed to have been prepared, and he had already held the heirloom jade seal in his hand and held it high in front of him.
"I respectfully ask Bixia to accept the throne, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" When Ximen Ye took out the jade seal of the country, the emotions of the people reached their peak, and in their eyes, Liu Fan was far more suitable than Ximen Ye to be the emperor of this empire. The military power and power of the entire empire are concentrated in Liu Fan's hands, and it is Liu Fan who has rescued the people of the empire from the crisis several times.
Liu Fan's face moved, he knew that Ximen Ye must have been jihuahaode today, depending on the situation, it may be impossible for him not to accept this throne today, but now Liu Fan is not ready to ascend to the throne, and he still wants to burn the war to the fairy world, he will have to leave sooner or later, what should he do if he accepts the throne of the empire?
"Brother-in-law, if you don't accept this throne, we won't rise!" Ximen Ye said to Liu Fan in a firm tone, all the officials were also kneeling on the ground, and the people were all shouting in unison.
"Okay, I can accept the throne, but this matter needs to be discussed in the long run, let's go back to the city first, and go back to discuss this matter. ”
"Okay, let's go back to the city, and when we get back to the city, we will discuss the matter of giving way. "Ximen Ye naturally knows that it is impossible for Liu Fan to accept the throne here, and he must want Liu Fan to hold a grand enthronement ceremony, as long as Liu Fan should come down, there will be no chance for Liu Fan to regret it. (To be continued......)