After Lu Bu finished speaking, he walked out of Hu Zhen and Hua Xiong's tent with his head held high and his chest high, very sullen.
No matter who loses, they are all colleagues. Lu Bu can't beat them, but the feeling of being satisfied with his mouth is quite satisfying.
Looking at Lu Bu's generous back, Hua Xiong stood up suddenly. His hand unconsciously pressed on his sword, with a look of rage on his face, as if he wanted to rush over and compete with Lu Bu.
Seeing this, Hu Zhen hurriedly stretched out his hand and pressed Hua Xiong's palm firmly, shaking his head to indicate no.
Hua Xiong sat down at Hu Zhen's signal.
When he was young, after Lu Bu had gone far away, he saw Hua Xiong gritting his teeth at Hu Zhen and saying, "Protector, this Zhen is too arrogant! He is just a rebellious person who defected from Zhang Yi's command. How dare you do this?"
Arrogant?"
Hu Zhen said coldly: "Lü Bu is a man who has his eyes high and is brave and brave. He has never looked down upon me, the heroes of Liangzhou. Sooner or later, I will let him know how powerful we are."
Hua Xiong said angrily: "Excellent martial arts!? Humph, I don't believe it! Has he ever competed with Mr. Hua?"
Hu Zhen said with a smile: "Who among us in Liangzhou doesn't admire Hua Du's bravery? But now that the war is about to begin, Lu Bu is a piff, so Hua Du should not be the same as him. After we defeat Liu Jian and achieve great achievements, we can turn back."
He will be ashamed of himself when he shows his merits in front of the Prime Minister! Why should Governor Hua deal with him personally?"
Hua Xiong said: "This is true! The general, Protector General, has invited himself to Yangxia to confront the enemy. We must capture Liu Jian alive and Liu Chong alive!"
Hu Zhen praised: "Hua Du is extremely brave and good at driving cavalry formations. I know this very well, but when it comes to attacking the city, our elite cavalry can only look at the city and sigh, and Niu Fu was defeated. Therefore,
We still need to find some help.”
Hua Xiong said: "Listening to what the Protector said, is there any good way?"
Hu Zhen stood up with a smile and said: "The art of siege depends on the soldiers daring to attack the city first, and the second is the sharp weapons used to attack the city! Our Xiliang is rich in war horses, but there are few sharp instruments, but this does not mean that Si Liang is rich in war horses.
No one!"
"With Luoyang City as the center, the best weapons of the Han Dynasty for many years, including crossbows, ladders, rams, trebuchets, etc., are all in the arsenals of various counties in Sili.
Nanyang took some of them away, but there are still many left in Luozhong. As the Great Protector, I am recruiting and transporting some elite siege weapons here. Isn't it too much?"
As soon as these words came out, Hua Xiong's spirit suddenly lifted up.
"So it turns out that the Protector had a plan?"
Hu Zhen laughed proudly: "As the Great Protector, I naturally have to strategize and make decisive decisions when the opportunity arises to win!"
"When did the Great Protector arrive here from Sili to transfer siege weapons?"
Hu Zhen said: "We have already transferred it. It won't take long for the first batch of ordnance to arrive at the front line. Then General Lao will serve as the vanguard and command the troops to attack Yangxia!"
"As long as Yangxia is broken and Liu Jian and Liu Chong are left with no city to show their respect for, our Xiliang cavalry can trample their soldiers to pieces with our feet and horses!"
Hearing what Hu Zhen said, Hua Xiong suddenly understood.
"It turns out that Hu Duhu has already considered this! I really admire the general! Don't worry, Duhu, the general will live up to his high expectations. We can conquer Yangxia and eliminate Er Liu without Lu Bu!"
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In Yangxia County, Liu Jian led Jushou, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Yan Liang and others to stand at the top of the city. They looked at Sergeant Chen Guo who was carrying city defense materials to the top of the city with some emotion.
After arriving in Yangxia and rendezvousing with Liu Chong, Liu Jian discovered that Yangxia County had been built quite solidly by Liu Chong, and the grain garrison in the city was also very rich. It seemed that Liu Chong regarded this place as his headquarters.
It's time to march into the army.
Under normal circumstances, it might be okay to stick to it.
However, Liu Jian secretly found out that Hu Zhen secretly allocated a large number of siege equipment from Sili territory, including rams, catapults, ladders and other items.
As the central territory of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Sili's accumulation of military equipment was the largest in the entire Han Dynasty, and it was also the best. This was the innate advantage that Dong Zhuo inherited after entering the court.
Although Yangxia County has been built a lot by Liu Chong in the past few months, the foundation of this county is too weak after all. This county is only a small county in the northwest of the Chen Kingdom border. Even if it is further strengthened, its upper limit is limited.
It might not be difficult to simply resist the invasion of Xiliang soldiers, but once the current Xiliang soldiers are equipped with Sili's elite equipment, if they want to rely on Yangxia to completely block the enemy troops from the county, they will only have to
I'm afraid it may not be that easy.
Liu Jian and his men looked at it for a long time. Then Liu Jian turned to ask a few people: "Can this city block the Xiliang army?"
Guan Yu said: "I heard that the Xiliang army came in force of 50,000 people. Once equipped with Sili's siege weapons, Yangxia County can hold on for a while, but I'm afraid it won't last long. We need to think of other ways to do so."
yes."
Liu Jian looked at Zhang He and asked: "Jun Yi, you have fought against Niu Fu's army in Yanjin before. When it comes to commanding soldiers and horses to defend the city, there is no one here who has more experience than you. Please tell me how this city may be possible."
Are you going to block the Xiliang army?"
Zhang He cupped his hands and said, "If King Chen's troops and horses, as well as the envoy's troops and horses, are all under my unified control, they may be able to defend it."
When Liu Jian heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said, "The problem is, it is impossible for my troops and horses to belong to the same family as King Chen's troops.
Zhang He sighed: "This is so difficult."
Zhao Yun said: "Your Majesty, we once had 30,000 troops. However, when we fought with Niu Fu, although we won a great victory, we also lost a lot of troops and many soldiers were injured. Now there are only two soldiers who can go into battle."
Fifteen thousand, King Chen’s so-called 100,000 people are actually only more than 10,000. Once there is no city wall to rely on, it may be difficult to stop the charge of the Xiliang cavalry!"
Liu Jian nodded and said, "I know this...Gong Yu, what do you think?"
Jushou did not say much, but said: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, guests do as they please. Since we are here to depend on King Chen, we might as well listen to his opinion."
Liu Jian smiled and said: "That's what I had in mind. Let's go see King Chen!"
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Chen Wang Liu Chong is quite old. He is over fifty years old, not much younger than Dong Zhuo.
However, this man has practiced martial arts since he was a child and is good at bow and horse, so he doesn't look very old. Although his hair is quite gray, he is full of energy and energy, and he looks like a man in his forties.
Liu Chong had no son...or to be more precise, he had no legitimate son who could inherit the feudal kingdom.
In the past, the Han Dynasty had very strict management of the princes and kings. In order to control the princes and weaken the power of the princes as much as possible, there was a very strict review of the successors of the princes and kings. Only direct bloodline, at the same time
Only those who have been registered with the Zongzheng Office and reported to the emperor at the same time, and the imperial court's Dazongzheng has strictly investigated the bloodline inheritance, and confirmed that the bloodline of their Liu family members is pure, can they become the heirs of the vassal state.
The first wives of the princes and kings were basically people whose natal families were extremely powerful. Most of their wives were matched by the Luoyang Central Committee. Marriage was one of the methods used by the Han court to win over prominent families from all over the country, and the unmarried men and women of the Luoyang royal family were
It is really limited and it is impossible to match all important interest families.
Therefore, some princes and kings who have not yet inherited the kingdom have become tools used by the emperor to designate relatives.
The princes and princes would naturally not be able to easily divorce the wife of the emperor who acted as a matchmaker, nor could they divorce her.
But once the first wife is infertile or unable to give birth to a son, then no matter how many concubines the princes and kings have, these concubines will not be able to be established because of their mothers and will never be legitimate sons. In this way, there is no way to
The feudal state continued to pass.
Relying on adoption? That's okay, but the inheritance rights of the feudal state don't allow it.
This is one of the main reasons why the Luoyang Central Court has been able to eliminate the state in local areas over the years.
It can be said that everything from the marriage to the birth of a son was planned by the emperor and the court.
Therefore, after many princes and kings had no legitimate son to inherit the throne, they simply chose to lie down and accumulate more wealth by collecting rent in the feudal country while they were still alive, hoping to leave more wealth for their descendants after their death.
goods, so that they can live as much as possible without a lockdown.
Before Liu Jian advised Liu Hong to open palaces for the princes and princes, life for the princes and princes of the Eastern Han Dynasty was really difficult.
Liu Chong also fell into this situation.
He has no suitable legitimate son to inherit the Chen Kingdom, so after his death, the Chen Kingdom will be expelled.
Logically speaking, Liu Chong, whose future was already determined, should have been able to rest peacefully, but he just didn't.
Instead of collecting rent to save money, he recruited soldiers and horses, and became more and more arrogant.
A bit of a broken can, enjoy the last craziness of this life.
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"King!"
"Deran!"
Liu Chong and Liu Jian met in the main hall of Yangxia. Liu Jian was a generation younger than Liu Chong and should call himself his nephew.
"Your Majesty, my spies reported that Hu Zhen has mobilized many of Sili's siege equipment and is about to attack Yangxia. Jian is grateful to your Majesty for taking him in and staying in the city. Zhuo Jun is here this time. I
My brothers will be brave enough to help the king defend the city, but even though Yangxia city has been strengthened by the king, it may still be difficult to defend. I wonder what your advice is?"
Liu Chong was tall, half a head taller than Liu Jian. He was wearing armor, had an upright face, and was very heroic.
He frowned and said: "Hu Zhen's military strength has been heard by my subordinates. I discussed with Prime Minister Luo that if you and I stick to the city, we will be broken by Hu Zhen sooner or later. Once Yangxia is broken, you and I will be defeated."
My life is in danger... Therefore, I have been thinking day and night to come up with a way to defeat Hu Zhen!"
Liu Jian heard this and said hurriedly: "What do you think your Majesty has to say?"
Liu Chong reached out and took Liu Jian's hand, and said very cordially: "Deran is the best warrior among the clan members. He defeated Xianbei in the past, was a yellow turban, has a great reputation, and has many fierce generals under his command. I would like to invite you."
Deran led a group of soldiers and horses, quietly left the city, and secretly ambush on the side of Yangxia. When the enemy army arrived and attacked the city with all its strength, Deran could use this group of soldiers and horses as a surprise attack, and took advantage of the enemy's main force to be restrained by a few people.
Yu Yangxia, you can capture the thief and the king, make a sudden attack, and capture the opponent's general in one fell swoop. In this way, the Xiliang army can be defeated overnight. What does Deran mean?"
Looking at Liu Chong's upright face, Liu Jian suddenly slapped his forehead.
"Your Majesty has a far-sighted view... Indeed, the enemy's army is far away. If we all defend the city, once the city is broken, we will be completely destroyed. The inside and outside of the city will form a dichotomy, making it difficult for the enemy to look at the head and tail. This is
The best way to fight, right?"
Liu Chong's face showed a look of satisfaction: "Deran is indeed a man who is good at using soldiers. We heroes really have the same views. We and Deran have no plans to make peace! Did Deran agree?"
Liu Jian smiled and said: "Well... Your Majesty, let me think about it and see how to sneak out of the city, where to hide secretly, and where to ambush, so as to achieve the best effect! How about it?"
"Okay, okay! It concerns the people of Yangxia City, and it also concerns the life and death of your army and ours. Deran needs to think clearly early on, and don't delay too much!"
"What the king said is true, I will make a plan as soon as possible!"