Two days later.
Shaanxi County.
In the study——
Capturing two cities of Cao Wei in succession, and then attacking Luoyang, the capital of Cao Wei, was a smooth journey. This was a very happy thing for Emperor Liu Chan of the Han Dynasty.
However, Liu Chan’s face at this moment,
But it's so dark that you can squeeze water out of it.
There are only two people in the room.
Liu Chan, and counselor Li Jie.
Li Jie was a member of the Qingcheng Mountain New Army, and was later sent to Wei and Wu by Liu Chan to engage in intelligence work. In the past 20 years, some of the trends in Wei and Wu were basically learned by Li Jie.
After more than 20 years of development, Li Jie was among the three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Wu.
A huge intelligence network has been woven.
Of course, these are all under Liu Chan's orders.
After originally capturing Shaanxi County,
Liu Chan decided to let the army rest for a few days, and then launch a massive attack on Luoyang, the capital of Cao Wei. As long as Luoyang was conquered and Cao Wei's emperor Cao Fang was captured alive, the world would soon be able to return to unity.
This was the long-cherished wish of the late Emperor Liu Bei and also the mission of Liu Chan.
But, just now.
Li Jie, who has always been elusive and unpredictable, came to Shaanxi County and met Liu Chan in person.
Before meeting Li Jie, Liu Chan was very excited, because the army was about to start marching to Luoyang, but after meeting Li Jie, Liu Chan was extremely angry.
"That's unreasonable!"
"That's unreasonable!"
"That's unreasonable!"
Liu Chan slammed the memorial in his hand and threw it to the ground.
Li Jie was so shocked that he couldn't help but be stunned.
But he soon regained his composure,
He bowed and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down!"
"Calm down?"
"How can I calm down my anger?"
"When have I ever wronged them?"
Liu Chan was really angry, because Li Jie suddenly rushed to Shaanxi County to meet Liu Chan, and he came with huge information.
Two days ago, Li Jie found out the news in Luoyang.
General Zhong Hui of Cao Wei Dianjun secretly sent people into Chang'an and obtained the production album of the Han Dynasty cannon.
Is this okay?
This is the absolute secret of the Han Dynasty. After all, the Hanwang Cannon is the top weapon in the world. Liu Chan has always insisted on keeping it strictly confidential. Not many people know the production method.
But——
Cao Wei still obtained this information.
Liu Chan's head was buzzing after hearing this.
It is no secret that Han, Wei and Wu were three pillars of each other. They sent spies to each other to find out information about each other.
After all, Liu Chan began to weave an intelligence network twenty years ago.
I believe that whether it is Soochow that has perished or Cao Wei that is about to be conquered, they will definitely arrange spies to go to the Han Dynasty.
But——
Over the years, Liu Chan has actually been very depressed.
Smallpox poisoning first,
Later, there were rocket launchers and gunpowder leaks, and now even the secrets of Hanwang's cannons have been obtained by Cao Wei.
My big man, do you have any secrets?
I,
Who else can you trust?
Liu Chan was very upset. He was actually not worried that Cao Wei had obtained the manufacturing technology of the Hanwang Cannon and then imitated the Hanwang Cannon, because the forging process of the Hanwang Cannon was very cumbersome and was by no means as simple as a rocket launcher.
Even if Cao Wei obtained the production information, it would be impossible for him to produce Hanwang cannon that could be put on the battlefield within a year and a half.
A year and a half later?
Haha——
The Han's cavalry had already laid waste to Luoyang.
Liu Chan was worried about another thing, and that was how Cao Wei easily obtained this information. You must know that even in the Han Dynasty, there were not many people who knew the forging technology of Hanwang cannon, and the forging workshops were hidden deep in the Qinling Mountains.
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Who leaked the secret?
Prince Liu Chen?
Prime Minister Zhuge Liang?
Master craftsman Pu Yuan?
Xu Shu, the imperial censor?
No, it absolutely cannot be them, because if it were them, Cao Wei would have pushed the Hanwang Cannon to the battlefield by now. After all, Liu Chan built the Hanwang Cannon ten years ago.
What's more, these four people are all people whom Liu Chan trusts very much.
Prince Liu Chen was the first to exclude him. He was the crown prince of the Han Dynasty. There was no way he could have leaked the secret just to prevent himself from becoming the emperor. The second was Prime Minister Zhuge Liang. If Zhuge Liang had rebelled, the Han Dynasty would probably have no loyal ministers to speak of.<
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As for Xu Shu, Xu Shu went to the Western Regions with Liu Chan ten years ago. Until now, Xu Shu is still in the Western Regions and is assisting Liu Yan, the king of the Ming Dynasty. He has no chance at all. Moreover, Xu Shu's loyalty is no different from Zhuge Liang's.
The last one is Pu Yuan, a master craftsman.
This man Liu Chan has tested him countless times and he will never leak the secret.
Excluding the four people who know the detailed casting techniques of Hanwang Cannon, who else knows the production process of Hanwang Cannon?
Who will leak the secret?
Of course, there is a more important point, which is that Cao Wei did not know earlier or later why Cao Wei obtained the production information of the Hanwang Cannon just after it appeared on the battlefield.
Through this, Liu Chan can be sure that it was acquired by Cao Wei recently.
"Li Jie!" Liu Chan sat back down and looked at Li Jie: "Immediately send someone to investigate secretly for me to find out who betrayed me and who betrayed the great man."
"Wei Chen accepts the order!" Li Jie bowed and agreed.
Although Liu Chan doesn't know who leaked the secret, he still has a general suspicion, and that is those wealthy families.
The reason is the same. The Han Dynasty has been developing continuously for so many years. Liu Chan thinks that although he is not a sage monarch, he is pretty good to the people of the world, at least he has not done anything stupid and unethical.
If there is, it may be that it has squeezed the status of the aristocratic family in the court.
The implementation of the imperial examination gave the lower class people a way to enter the court. This was happy for the people all over the world, but the wealthy families had many complaints about it.
Because before the imperial examination, the people who spoke in court were these aristocratic families. Even now, Cao Wei still relies on aristocratic families, but the Han Dynasty has long got rid of the situation where clans control the political situation.
It is also for this reason that the development of Dahan will advance by leaps and bounds.
There is another thing, that is, before going to the Western Regions, Liu Chan conducted a census, which again affected the interests of the clans and pulled out all their hidden populations.
To sum up, who hates Liu Chan the most in the Han Dynasty today?
No need to think about it, it must be those aristocratic families.
Now Liu Chan has no time to deal with these clans, and it is impossible to stop and investigate who leaked the secret, but it is very necessary to send Li Jie to investigate secretly.
As for Liu Chan, he is now even more urgent to destroy Cao Wei.
"What is Cao Fang doing now?" Liu Chan asked in a deep voice.
Li Jie bowed and said: "Your Majesty, after Cao Fang obtained the art of making cannons from King Han, he arranged for Ma Jun to start production. Early yesterday morning, Ma Jun was recruiting blacksmiths from Cao Wei."
"Haha!" Liu Chan suddenly laughed when he heard this: "I'm afraid it's a little late to recruit blacksmiths now."
"Your Majesty, don't worry!" Li Jie said: "Wei Chen has sent troops to kill the blacksmiths in various places in Wei."
As the spy leader of the Han Dynasty, Li Jie learned that Cao Wei had obtained the blueprints of the Han king's cannon and now began to recruit blacksmiths everywhere. He immediately ordered the spies from Cao Wei's counties to immediately kill the blacksmiths everywhere.
As long as the Cao Wei court cannot recruit blacksmiths, it will be impossible for Cao Wei to quickly start forging Hanwang cannons.
When Liu Chan heard this, he was stunned for a moment, feeling very satisfied. Li Jie's approach was beneficial to the Han Dynasty, but he waved his hand and said, "Li Aiqing, withdraw this order immediately. The people of Cao Wei will soon
Kuai are the people of my great Han Dynasty."
After calming down for a while, he continued: "The Han Dynasty cannon cannot be forged overnight. Besides, our Han cavalry will soon arrive in Luoyang. Cao Wei has just started to forge the Han Dynasty cannon now, and it is already too late."
"But... Your Majesty..." Li Jie bowed to Liu Chan and said, "Just in case..."
Before Li Jie could finish speaking, Liu Chan also nodded slightly, and then said: "I understand what Aiqing means, and I also know that Aiqing's actions are also for the sake of the big man." After some praise, Liu Chan said: "It's better to do this, Aiqing."
You can have the blacksmiths in Wei be imprisoned secretly first, as long as they are not found by the Cao Wei court."
As soon as Liu Chan finished speaking, Li Jie responded without thinking: "Your Majesty is wise, I will go and deliver the order later!"
"Yeah!" Liu Chan nodded with satisfaction: "Go!"
Looking at Li Jie walking away, Liu Chan let out a long sigh of relief. He was not willing to persecute the people of Han, Soochow, Cao Wei, or any of the Three Kingdoms easily. After all, he was once an ordinary citizen.
Although we are in troubled times now, the people are really innocent.
Those blacksmiths are just ordinary people.
The wars in the past few decades have caused too many human losses. After the Han Dynasty unified the world, a large number of people will be needed for development.
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Afternoon——
Shaanxi County Government.
Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, as well as dozens of generals and advisers who are going to attack Wei this time, are gathered in the county government hall. After two days of rest, they are ready to march eastward at any time.
"Your Majesty!"
Zhuge Liang was the first to speak: "Shaanxi County has been captured by our army. Now it is time to send troops to attack Luoyang."
"Yes!" Liu Chan nodded slightly, but did not issue the order to march into Luoyang first. Instead, he looked at Zhuge Liang and said with a smile: "My dear, please notify the troops in the north and south to immediately launch an all-out attack on Wei."<
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"Old minister, take the order!" Zhuge Liang responded.
After all, Cao Wei is a political power located in the Central Plains. In the past few decades, although it has not developed as fast as the Han Dynasty, starting from Cao Cao, Cao Wei has been relatively stable in the Central Plains and has a large number of loyal fans.
Previously, Zhuge Liang returned to Luoyang to get the Hanwang cannon. Zhuge Liang made arrangements in advance. In addition to taking away one hundred and twenty Hanwang cannons, he also sent ten Hanwang cannons to the other seven armies attacking Wei.
And two thousand artillery shells each.
Zhuge Liang only told Liu Chan about this when he returned to the front line.
Because Hongnong's Wei army used thunder cannons to repel the Han army, and the other Han armies were also severely damaged by the Wei army's thunder cannons.
Nowadays, the Hanwang artillery is used to attack the city. If the Hanwang artillery is not allocated to the other groups, the remaining seven groups of soldiers and horses will not be of much help to Liu Chan and others in the subsequent war against Wei.
Therefore, Liu Chan was very satisfied with Zhuge Liang's arrangement of ten Hanwang cannons for each of the other seven armies, but the prime minister thought more carefully.
Now that the army is about to rush to Luoyang, Liu Chan decides that the Eighth Route Army will attack at the same time.
After arranging the other seven groups of troops, Liu Chan slowly stood up, looked at the civil and military ministers in the lobby, and shouted loudly: "Instruct the three armies to send troops to Luoyang tomorrow at midnight!"
"No!"
In an instant, dozens of civil and military ministers in the lobby agreed in unison.
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April 10, the fourteenth year of the rise of the Han Dynasty (AD 253).
Runan——
King Qin Liu Tan stood in front of the battle in military uniform. In front of him was Cao Wei's Runan City. He had been waiting for nearly a month today. A month ago, he personally led 50,000 horse and infantry troops to Runan City. Before arriving at Runan, Liu Tan
Send someone who has learned about Runan's troop deployment.
There are only 8,000 Runan defenders in total.
With 50,000 horse infantry attacking a city of 8,000 people, and with the support of rocket launchers, it would take no more than three days to capture Runan.
However, the siege has just begun.
Liu Tan was stunned.
Although the Wei army only had 8,000 men guarding Runan, they actually had rocket launchers that were only available to the Han army. In addition, they also had an advanced weapon called the Thunderbolt Cannon, which I learned about later.
After only half an hour of fighting, Liu Tan had to order the withdrawal of troops.
There was no way to fight. The firepower of the Wei army's thunderbolt artillery was too large. The Han army wanted to attack the city, but it was difficult to capture the city with rocket launchers. They could only use rocket launchers to suppress firepower while sending out large armies to forcibly attack the city.<
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But as soon as the army rushed to the city, the Wei army used thunder cannons to counterattack.
Within half an hour, nearly 3,000 Han soldiers lost their lives.
In the past month, Liu Chan has ordered all troops to surround the target city without attacking and wait for the next instructions from the court.
Three days ago, a caravan from Chang'an arrived at the Han army camp in Runan.
They brought Liu Tan ten Hanwang cannons, two thousand cannon shells, and fifty exclusive artillerymen. Yesterday morning, Liu Tan received another letter from Prime Minister Zhuge Liang.
Liu Chan told Zhuge Liang about this flying pigeon many years ago, so Zhuge Liang has been arranging for people to train this kind of carrier pigeon over the years. Previously, when Liu Chan was still in the Western Regions, carrier pigeons could already be used to deliver messages.
But at that time, it was mainly used to transmit information between Wei and Wu.
"On April 10th, attack Wei completely!"
This is the information Liu Tan received, only these eight words.
"General!" Liu Tan glanced at Runan City, and then asked Sima Zhao with a smile: "General, do you think the king of Japan may capture Runan City today?"
Sima Zhao is now accustomed to his status as a general of the Han army. At the same time, he has always been worried about Cao Wei's murder of his father and brother. He has long thought about avenging his father.
However, before Sima Zhao could speak, a young general next to him spoke first: "Your Highness! It's just a city in Runan. Your Highness can give the last general five thousand elites. Before dark, the last general will conquer this city."
This person is none other than Sima Zhao's eldest son, named Sima Yan.
Sima Yan was nineteen years old at the time and was born to Sima Zhao and his wife Wang. Mrs. Wang was none other than Wang Shu, cousin of Wang Yuanji, the imperial concubine of the Han Dynasty.
In the fifth year of Taihe in the Wei Dynasty (AD 231), the Han and Wei Dynasties made peace. Liu Chan named Wang Yuanji, the granddaughter of Situ Wanglang, as his concubine. However, Wang Yuanji had been betrothed to Sima Yi, the hussar general of the Wei Dynasty at that time.
His son Sima Zhao is his wife.
For the sake of the alliance between Han and Wei, Sima Yi made a compromise and canceled the engagement between Sima Zhao and Wang Yuanji. In order to maintain the relationship with the Sima family, Wang Su betrothed his cousin Wang Zhe's Queen Shu Xu to Sima Zhao.
Later, Wang Shu gave birth to a son for Sima Zhao. Sima Yi named his grandson with the character Yan, which is Sima Yan.
Before Sima Yi and Sima Shi were executed by Emperor Cao Wei in Luoyang, Sima Yan was lucky enough to go to Wancheng to do business on the orders of his grandfather Sima Yi and luckily escaped being executed.
Later, Sima Yan learned that his father led his people to surrender to the Han Dynasty, and later followed the Han Prime Minister Zhuge Liang to attack Soochow, so Sima Yan disguised himself and went south to join his father Sima Zhao.
The reunion of father and son naturally made Sima Zhao very excited. This time Qin King Liu Tan led an army to attack Runan City of Cao Wei. Sima Zhao and his son Sima Yan went with the army.
Attack Cao Wei and avenge the Sima family.
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This chapter has been completed!