Chapter four hundred and ninety sixth battle of wits and courage
Zhao Yun was very patient. He was not afraid that the emperor would quietly take his memorials seriously. After all, this matter was known to everyone around Luoyang. If the emperor dared not say anything quietly, Zhao Yun would continue to force the memorials - to ask for the memorials continuously - and to make the noise even more important, so that everyone in the world would know that Liu Xie could not hide.
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The emperor did not return to Luoyang, so Xu Shu naturally had no right to reply to this letter of advice for him. After a few days, the emperor's personal army on the Eastern Expedition finally arrived at the territory of Luoyang.
As soon as they entered Luoyang City, Xu Shu and Lu Yu reported Zhao Yun's request to Liu Xie. It was better if Liu Xie didn't see it. At first glance, he rushed backwards and almost caused the high blood pressure.
Later, Lu Yu told Liu Xie a lot about Xu Shu's analysis of Zhao Yun's strategy. 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: "You guys, what are your ways to deal with it?"
After hearing Liu Xie's question, the ministers couldn't help but burst into trouble, and a thrilling aura emanated from inside and outside the hall.
Everyone was talking about it, and after discussing for a long time, there was no solution. Indeed, at this moment, Zhao Yun had an incomparable absolute advantage in terms of justice and military strength. The so-called one-force reduction of ten times, no matter how they fired the hindsight, it would be useless in the end.
There was noisy in the hall, and the buzzing sounds were heard one after another, like a flies in the toilet, which made people feel troubled.
Liu Xie was already holding his breath in his heart. At this moment, he saw the ministers chaotic like headless flies, and there was no effect. Then he slapped the dragon case heavily and said angrily: "Shut up to me! You useless wastes, all the ministers and ministers in the court, all of them eat the salary of the state, but at the end of the matter, there is not even a person who can give me a stable idea. There are so many of you who can even compare with Zhao Yun, a butcher? What's the use I want you!"
When all the ministers heard this, they lowered their heads and kept silent, and they all blushed and looked quite ashamed.
Liu Xie was gasping heavily. When the young man turned his head to the side, Xu Shu, who was silent, took a deep breath and said in a pleading manner: "Xu Aiqing, what do you think of it? Can you break the strategy in Zhao Yun's memorial?"
Xu Shu turned his head to look at Liu Xie, but saw that His Majesty no longer had the arrogance and arrogance before sending troops. There was a bit of pleading in his eyes and face, and he looked weak and helpless, pitiful, quite similar to the appearance of being bullied by Cao thieves in Xuchang.
Xu Shu sighed inwardly, feeling bitter in his heart.
Forget it, help him again.
Xu Shu thought silently for a while before saying, "To be honest, Your Majesty, the strategy in Zhao Yun's request for the report is actually very powerful. It is not as powerful as the tens of thousands of soldiers under his command. All the strategies are based on strength. We have broken Zhao Yun's strategy. Do you think he would withdraw his troops back to Chang'an so easily?"
Liu Xie was stunned when he heard this. After thinking for a while, he whispered: "What do you mean?"
"What I mean, if you ask for a report, it is just Zhao Yun's preparation. Unless Your Majesty surrenders, he will still attack Luoyang City in the end! Therefore, the fundamental strategy is that we must still base ourselves on the war!"
The emperor thought about it after hearing this, nodded and said, "That's the reason. Let's talk about it, we still have to fight whether Zhao Yun's plan is successful or not!"
Xu Shu bowed and said, "Your Majesty does not need to answer Zhao Yun's memorial directly. He just needs to reply to the imperial edict and denounce him for being forced to the palace for being desperate to enter the capital! He counted his crimes and was sloppy with him. Anyway, his face has been torn apart, and it is nothing more than tearing him out!"
Liu Xie nodded after hearing this and said, "What about then?"
"Then? Then, all the military and horse generals in the city were handed over to one person to be in charge of the city's command. Luoyang is the ancient imperial capital. Although it was damaged a lot by Dong Zhuo's rebellion, its high city and deep troughs are still the best in the world! The city's defenses are about 30,000. As long as they are commanded properly, they cannot be defeated by ten times the military power! Don't look at Zhao Yun's many soldiers, as long as your Majesty trusts me, and the 30,000 defenders are under the command of me, he may not be able to capture Luoyang City!"
Not only Liu Xie was stunned at this moment, but all the ministers were stunned at the same time.
All the troops and command powers of generals were handed over to Xu Shu alone...
Even though he was a hero who saved the emperor and came out of Xuchang, he was not a direct line after all, and the emperor's personal army was always under the control of Liu Xie himself. If there is any mistake in the front line, who can guarantee Xu Shu's loyalty?
Liu Xie hesitated and turned to look at Fu Wan, saying, "What do you think the father-in-law thinks?"
Fu Wan thought for a while, smiled helplessly and said to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, except Xu Shu, who can take on this important task in the court except for Xu Shu?"
After hearing this, Liu Xie thought for a while, and finally nodded.
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According to Xu Shu's design, the emperor immediately asked for a reply to Zhao Yun's request. The letter did not answer Zhao Yun's three requests positively, but instead scolded Yuan Shang and Zhao Yun, a minister who was plotting against each other, for eight hundred times.
Especially Yuan Shang's family, Liu Xie seemed to have found a hole in venting, leaving no room for the Yuan family. His father Yuan Shao held his own troops and respected himself. Then his ancestors had four generations and three masters, the Grand Tutor Yuan Wei bowed to Dong Zhuo, Sikong Yuan Feng was corrupt and abused the law, the Grand Marshal Yuan Tang was mediocre, Sikong Yuan Chang was falsely benevolent, Situ Yuan An looked like a man... All trivial matters were listed and all went to the ancestral tombs.
The Yuan Shang himself described in the edict has inherited the various fine traditions of the ancestors of the Yuan family for generations, and has many unique special skills such as treacherous nature, forgetting one's own righteousness, cheating, chasing dogs and catching chickens, and plucking feathers by geese. It is indeed the most negative educational textbook born under Confucian social thought.
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When Zhao Yun saw this edict, he couldn't help but feel happy.
"Okay, it seems that this emperor is not capable at all. He knows how to avoid the truth and make the false. It is a good material for verbal battles." Zhao Yun circulated the edict to his confidants under him.
After taking a look at the left Zhonglang Wang Xiong, who had ten eagle arrows, handed the letter aside disdainfully and said with a lip: "The people in Luoyang have only gotten the same trick. If you have the ability, you can fight. What's the ability to make a fuss about quarrels!"
The letter finally fell into Wen Hui's hands. Wen Hui knew his wisdom and read it once and said, "This method must have been written by Xu Shu. The emperor did not have such wisdom."
Zhao Yun nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, the spy came to report that Luoyang's defense and troops are now all in the hands of Xu Shu. It seems that it is even more difficult to break Luoyang."
Wang Xiong said indignantly: "Why did the Grand Commander say this? I think what Luoyang has is just the 30,000 new emperor army recruited in recent years, which is less than a fraction of ours. The generals are just Xu Rong, Hu Zhen, Huangfu Jianshou and other last-rate people. Apart from Tong Fei, who can be put on the table?"
Zhao Yun shook his head and said, "Brother Wang is so bad. Do you still remember the Battle of Chang'an that year? At that time, our army was less than 200,000, and Yan Xing and Song Jianzhi had more than 200,000 troops, but they still did not attack. This battle of attack is no more than the confrontation between the two armies. As long as the commander is properly dispatched and the geographical momentum is used, one can be worth ten. What's more, Luoyang is the Eastern Capital, and its strength is not less than Chang'an, and Xu Shuzhi will definitely not be under Hao Zhao. This battle is just easy to fight on the surface."
Wang Ping said on the side, "Since that's the case, we siege but do not attack, and trapped him to death in Luoyang with tens of thousands of troops. How about it? After all, they only have one city in Luoyang, and after the siege, there is no support for food and wages, and we have the entire Guanzhong area as the backing..."
Zhao Yun thought for a while and said, "It's feasible. The problem is that this has been delayed for too long. After a long time, I'm afraid there will be changes in the rear."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, not understanding why, but Wen Hui felt enlightened and said, "Is the Grand Commander-in-Chief referring to Liu Bei?"
Zhao Yun smiled and said nothing. After pondering for a while, he stood up and said, "According to the plan, write two more memorials and regulations to submit them. The content is undoubtedly the first time. It is still necessary to make a big fuss. After three times, he immediately gathered his troops and attacked Luoyang!"
"promise."
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Xuchang.
On the other side of Luoyang, the Guanzhong Army and the Emperor's Army each held their own abilities and had fun, but on the other side of Xuchang in the Central Plains, it was very quiet.
Yuan's army fought against Guan Yunchang, one was a famous prince in the world, and the other was a brave general who was terrifying in China. He thought that the confrontation between the two would produce fierce sparks, but who would have thought that before Yuan Shang's troops arrived in Xuchang, Guan Yu's Jingzhou army retreated halfway, and they were retreating cleanly without any delay.
After a big circle, both sides didn't even hand in hand.
In the southern suburbs of Xuchang, Yuan Jun was in the tent of the throne.
"Report to the lord, spies come to report that Guan Yu's army has entered Jingzhou at this moment, and it is not a way to lure the enemy."
Yuan Shang gently tapped the table, sighed after hearing this, and said, "Everyone said that Guan Yu is righteous, loyal and righteous, keeps his promises. In my opinion, it is all bullshit! The two armies faced each other, and they let me go silently. He was free to fart and treat me as Sunday?"
Sima Yi rubbed his chin below and said, "Guan Yu is arrogant by nature and does not lose to the formation. If he said that he retreated because he was afraid of the power of his lord and was afraid of the battle, he would not believe it. But there was only one Guan Yu who could move in the world, and that was Liu Bei! Lord, according to my opinion, Guan Yu was feinted to attack Xuchang, which must be Liu Bei's instructions. I am afraid that there will be variables in Hanzhong."
Yuan Shang nodded and said, "I thought so too, but I really can't move now. All things in the Central Plains have not been arranged properly. In Hebei, there are also the aftermath of Li Ru and Tuoba Liwei. How should these two people deal with the matter after the matter is completed? Li Ru is okay. Tuoba Liwei has soldiers and generals in his hands, so he needs to figure out a safe way... Although Guan Yu returned to Jingzhou, he may not make a comeback at any time. All aspects are places where people use troops. Even if there is something wrong in Hanzhong, I can't go, and the troops in the central army cannot move."
"What should the lord do?" Sima Yi asked back after hearing this.
"I'll entrust all power to Zhao Yun. Now I can only believe him... and Jia Xu, let that old guy go to Luoyang. Although he may not be willing to do his best, he may not help Zhao Yun. The greater the power, the more places border other places, and the more things there will be."
Sima Yi said: "Don't worry, lord, Tian Feng has begun to expand his army when he returns to Yecheng this time. Now, we have to add the Central Plains and Guanzhong to make money, food, and population. The expansion of the army is just a matter of time. After the troops are sufficient, we will move south and regain Sun Liu Ze. The world will definitely be determined."
Chapter completed!