The World of Yellow Sky

Although if the Ming army really went south, the Yangzhou army might be easily defeated by the Ming army. It is only a matter of time before the Ming army wants to conquer the entire Yangzhou, and the whole time depends on the marching speed of the Ming army.

Later general Sun Jing led the [-] forbidden army, and had already left Chendu first and marched towards Pengcheng.

Everyone knows that today's Son of Heaven is already a determined imperial conscript, and no one can change his mind.

Although today's emperor seems to be good at accepting advice, in fact, once he has identified something, no one can make him change his mind.

It may not be appropriate to say this, because Huangfusong, Gai Xun and Sun Jian were able to persuade the emperor back then.

But now that all three of them are dead, no one is standing in front of Liu Xie to shield him from the wind and rain.

Zhang Wu four years (198), January [-]th.

The news from the east was reported three times a day, and urgent documents for help flew into Chendu like snowflakes, and finally landed on the desks of Liu Xiehe and the ministers of the court.

A huge haze hung over everyone, and the whole Chendu even became lifeless because of it.

Today is the day of the court meeting.

Before the dawn, all the ministers had already gathered at the gate of the palace, the winter morning was much brighter than the summer day.

Everyone was frowning and worried. Unlike in the past, the silence outside the palace gate was terrifying.

The current state affairs are difficult, and the situation is not optimistic. The Ming army swept Qingxu with electric power for several months, and defeated Qingxu in two wars.

The [-] Ming troops entrenched in Jizhou were watching covetously. Xu Rong and Chen Bing were on the front line of Yanjin, outside the revolving gate, and tens of thousands of Ming soldiers had already gathered.

The Jingzhou area was turbulent, and the Ming army was ready to launch a counterattack.

The Jiaozhou area was in a fierce battle. The Ming army oppressed southern Xinjiang and drove the barbarians to attack Jiaozhou. The Jiaozhou army was retreating steadily. Within three months, Shi Xie sent 23 letters asking for help.

At this time, Jiaozhou had lost most of the southernmost Rinan County.

The world is in chaos, the Central Plains is in turmoil, and there is no time to worry about it. A rebellion broke out in Xianglin County in the south of Rinan County. The son of Xianglin Gongcao and the Zhan tribe gathered thousands of people to revolt, beheaded the local county magistrate, claimed to be the king of Linyi, and launched an attack Rinan County, occupying the southern part of Rinan County, Liguo Linyi.

This time the Ming army attacked Jiaozhou, not only the barbarians in the southern border of Yizhou, the Pyu Kingdom, and the Shan Kingdom assisted each other, but also received the support of the Linyi Kingdom.

Lin Yiguo also launched an attack on Rinan County when the Ming army's offensives were intertwined and Jiuzhen, which made Shi Xie's troops deployed in Rinan County unable to return to the rescue in time, but fell into a bitter battle with Lin Yiguo.

Jiaozhou is too busy to take care of itself, and there is no way to rush to help other places.

The Jingzhou army did not dare to mobilize too many soldiers because of the partiality of the Ming army.

Everyone thought that the emperor was too reckless and arbitrary this time.

As the bell in the palace rang, the eunuch who was in charge of leading the way led the ministers into Chen Du's palace.

All the ministers entered the palace with uneasy expressions on their faces. At this time, armored soldiers were standing in the palace, banners were erected, and there seemed to be the sound of war horses not far away.

From time to time, imperial soldiers wearing armored stomachs and holding weapons passed by the side of the road.

Wang Yun frowned slightly. During the court meeting, it was impossible for these armored soldiers to act like this without Liu Xie's instruction.

Today's Son of Heaven is really arbitrary at certain times.

878 chapter sound east hit west

In fact, real national affairs are rarely decided on the court meeting, but this time the court meeting is different.

Before the court meeting, Liu Xie did not call the ministers to discuss matters in the Dongming Hall, but directly chose to hold the court meeting.

At least Wang Yun didn't receive the news of being summoned.

All the ministers entered the hall, and after seeing the ceremony, the atmosphere in the hall was still dull and terrifying.

Wang Yun's brows were tightly frowned. The imperial conquest can indeed boost the morale of the army, but the current situation has deteriorated to the point where it is difficult to deal with it.

The morale of the Ming army is now like a rainbow, and the best is out. The leader of the army is not some unknown Ming court general, but Xu An personally leads the army.

Wang Yun narrowed his eyes slightly, Xu An's current power has reached the peak of the sky, and his reputation has already surpassed Huangfu Song and Sun Jian, even if it is powerful in China, it is not an exaggeration.

Although today's son has outstanding abilities, he cannot compare with Xu An in terms of military strategy.

Even if the Son of Heaven does not personally command, there are no brave and skilled fighters in the court who can command the army compared to Xu An.

Yuan Shuyuan was in Yanzhou, and Xu Rong, a general of the Ming army who had defeated Sun Jian, was now leading his troops in Jizhou, although Xu Rong was acting as a partial division to contain the Yanzhou army.

But once Yuan Shu leaves Yanzhou, I'm afraid that Xu Rong's partial army will also become a regular army, directly crossing the frozen and dried-up Yellow River and driving straight into Yanzhou.

The Ming army conquered Qingxu and went south to capture the Huaihe River, which already cut off the possibility of moving south.

Yanzhou must not be lost. Once Yanzhou, which can barely be regarded as a barrier, is lost, the situation will undoubtedly worsen.

Now they have no way to retreat, Jiaozhou is in a hurry, Jingzhou is sticking to it, Yangzhou is empty, only Yuzhou temporarily occupies the center without any threat.

As long as the Yanzhou barrier disappears and Xuzhou Pengcheng Kingdom is taken down, then everything will really be over.

Wang Yun raised some heads, looked at Liu Xie who was sitting high on the head seat, and felt extremely helpless.

It's too late to say anything now, the emperor has already released the news of the royal conquest, and even issued an edict of King Qin, summoning all the soldiers and horses from all over the world to gather in Pengcheng.

At this moment, even if he is unwilling in every possible way, he can only pinch his nose and approve the decision of the emperor's personal conquest.

Sun Jian and Liu Chong had the most contact with Liu Xie, and Liu Chong had had conflicts with Liu Xie due to some problems before, so he was gradually alienated. It was not until after the reform that Liu Chong stood up and supported him again that he regained Liu Xie's support.

Wang Yun is a Situ, but when he meets Liu Xie, Liu Xie is also business-like, and only respects him as an adult and veteran.

Although he doesn't know much, Wang Yun has also figured out Liu Xie's temper and character.

After all, Liu Xie is too young and looks a little arrogant. Before he makes an opinion, he will really listen to other people's opinions carefully.

But once it has made a decision and issued a decree, it is unacceptable for someone to disobey it.

Wang Yun knew Liu Xie's consistent behavior style, so naturally he would not stand up to oppose it at this time.

Sikong and Zhang Xi had always seldom spoke in Chaoyi and Dongming Hall, and were taciturn.

Only once, when Liu Xie announced the political reform, he stood up and stood for the emperor. At this time, everyone knew that Zhang Xi was on the side of the emperor.

As Sikong, although Zhang Xi's influence is not as good as that of Liu Chong and Wang Yun, he still has a certain amount of weight in the court.

Since the reform, Liu Chong has been firmly on Liu Xie's side.

After the court meeting began, the three of them kept silent about the Yujia's personal conquest, and the remaining Jiuqing also didn't say anything about it.

The Sangong and Jiuqing did not express any opinions, so how dare the rest of the courtiers stand up and speak out against it?

The time of the court meeting passed bit by bit under this weird atmosphere.

In the end, the topic of the court meeting inevitably shifted to the imperial conquest.

Sikong and Zhang Xi stood up first, and briefly explained the current situation. Although everyone knew about the situation, hearing it from Zhang Xi made the atmosphere in the hall even more dull.

Afterwards, Zhang Xi read out an extremely fierce call to action in the hall.

Accused Xu An of insulting the world, disobedience to the Tao and reason, and at the same time pretending to be the destiny, forging a talisman, deceiving the people, and talking about the government.

The proclamation was promulgated, the imperial edict had been conveyed to all directions, and the matter of the royal conquest had been decided.

"Use Situ Wangyun as the temporary supervisor of the country..."

Wang Yun kept his eyes on his nose and his heart, and bowed down to agree. He had expected this result a long time ago.

He looked sideways at Liu Chong who was standing not far away. Liu Chong's expression was as usual at this time, and there was nothing unusual about it.

Wang Yun felt cold in his heart, Liu Chong was not a person who could hide things, this kind of expression probably had been ordered by Liu Xie, the same was true for Sikong and Zhang Xi, only he was excluded.

No fault

The court meeting ended, and the ministers withdrew from the court.

Wang Yun walked in the crowd with a normal expression, but his heart was extremely heavy.

Everything seems to have returned to the original situation in Chang'an, and the world was overthrown in an instant.

It's just that Dong Zhuo controlled the government and controlled the Sili at that time, but now it is the Ming army who is eyeing it, wanting to dominate the world.

"Wang Situ stayed behind..."

Just when Wang Yun was about to leave the palace, an eunuch hurried over and stopped him in time.

"What's the matter?"

The eunuch Wang Yun knew him, and he was one of Liu Xie's close servants.

Running all the way, the eunuch seemed out of breath, and after calming down a little, he said.

"Your Majesty summoned Wang Situ to Dongming Palace to narrate."

Wang Yun raised his eyebrows slightly, and Liu Xie summoned him to Dongming Hall to discuss matters at this time, which made him feel a little strange.

But doubts are doubts, Wang Yun naturally will not disobey orders, he followed the eunuch who sent the message all the way to the direction of Dongming Hall.

After Wang Yun arrived at Dongming Hall and walked into it, there were not many people in Dongming Hall, except for Liu Xie, there were only five people, and all of them were familiar faces to Wang Yun.

The five are Sikong Zhang Xi, Taiwei Liu Chong, Wuguan Zhonglang General Lu Yu, Zhongba General Fude, and Captive General Huang Zhong.

Lu Yu, General of the Five Senses, and Fu De, General of the Middle Base, commanded the Forbidden Army, while Huang Zhong, the general who sought captives, commanded the Jingzhou Army from the north. I heard that it was Yuan Shu's general Ji Ji who led part of the Yanzhou Army to the south this time. spirit.

The later general Sun Jing was not in the hall. According to the news Wang Yun had received before, it seemed that Sun Jing had already gone to Pengcheng first to stabilize the morale of the army.

This time Wang Yun was appointed as the country supervisor, Zhang Xixie was in charge of administration, and Liu Chong went with the army.

Although the military power of the newly recruited Yuzhou Army is now in the hands of Liu Xie, Liu Chong still has a wide reputation in Yuzhou, and this time the Yuzhou soldiers were also handed over to Liu Chong's jurisdiction.

Seeing Wang Yun walking into the Dongming Hall, Liu Xie did not neglect, but went to greet him in person.

"I didn't discuss with Situ about this personal conquest. Please don't hold grudges, Situ. I understand that Situ is loyal to the country, but I know that if I discuss with Situ, I will definitely be blocked. That's why I didn't discuss with Situ. .”

Wang Yun didn't expect Liu Xie to come to apologize to him in person, and even forgot how to play right for a while.

Wang Yun's heart turned a thousand times, and he finally sighed. He thought he was familiar with Liu Xie, but he didn't want Liu Xie to know him well.

"Your Majesty doesn't need to worry about it. As His Majesty said, if Your Majesty consults with the minister in advance, the minister will indeed stop the personal conquest."

"Right now, the matter is a foregone conclusion, and the personal conquest has been decided, but there are some things that His Majesty is willing to listen to, but as a subject, I still have to say them."

It's a done deal, and Wang Yun is helpless.

"Situ, please speak."

"Your Majesty's personal conquest, although it can boost the morale of the frontline soldiers, but even so, if it is against Xu An, the chances of winning are probably less than [-]%. I think..."

"I am clear."

Wang Yun was going to continue talking, but he saw Liu Xie nodding and heard Liu Xie's words.

"Chendu has 3 imperial troops, 2 Yuzhou soldiers, 1 Yanzhou reinforcements, 3000 Jingzhou soldiers, and 2000 Pengcheng defenders, totaling 7000."

"The Ming army captured Qingxu and Xuzhou this time, and the total casualties were only more than [-] people, and these casualties were all caused by the attack on Zhu'a, Licheng, and Yuquanting, as well as the initial casualties in the Luoshui offensive and defensive battle. Qingzhou soldiers."

Most of the Ming army casualties in the offensive and defensive battles were surrendered troops under Qu Yi's command. In fact, the Ming army did not lose many elites at all.

"According to the previous situation of the Ming army, the losses suffered by the infantry of the Ming army, such as the military pawn battalion, the sharp soldier battalion, the trapped camp, and the yellow angels, are only about [-] people, and the casualties of its cavalry troops are about [-] people. It's at Yuquan Pavilion."

"In other words, Xu An still has [-] elite troops under his command, including more than [-] elite cavalry and more than [-] auxiliary soldiers. This number is not much different from our army."

"Our army seems to have a large number of people, but in fact its combat power is far inferior to that of the Ming army. Those brave men from the countryside are good enough to defend the city, but they can't be counted on in field battles."

"I know all of this."

Liu Xie looked dignified and said solemnly.

"This……"

Wang Yun's face changed slightly, what Liu Xie said was exactly the same as what he thought.

If this is the case, then it seems that Liu Xie's personal conquest of the imperial driver was not made because of his youthful vigor and enthusiasm.

"Since Your Majesty knows this, why did you choose to personally conquer and fight the Ming army in Pengcheng?"

"Who said I'm going to fight the Ming army?"

Liu Xie shook his head and denied it.

"Ok?"

Wang Yun was slightly taken aback.

It seems that Liu Xie did not say that he was going to fight the Ming army in Pengcheng.

It's just that as soon as he heard that Yu Jia personally went to conquer and issued an edict to call all soldiers and horses to gather in Pengcheng, Wang Yun subconsciously thought that Liu Xie chose Pengcheng as the battlefield to fight the Ming army, and the first battle would determine the world.

"Situ, sit down. This military meeting is to perfect the details of the battle of Pengcheng. Now the Taiwei will explain the general outline to you."

Wang Yun was pulled by Liu Xie to sit down, and then Liu Xie returned to the first seat.