In fact, Liu Yan is not a very hard-hearted person. He has always been very protective of the Liu clan. It is precisely because of this that his prestige among the clan is so high. He responds to every call, whether it is his peers or elders. Willing to follow his lead.
Listening to his eldest brother's evaluation of Liu Xuan, Liu Xiu secretly sighed. Liu Xuan's performance today was too perfect. He didn't have much to say. He just said meaningfully: "Brother, you must be on guard against others. Be careful. One thing is always true.”
Liu Yan did not listen to Liu Xiu's reminder. In his heart, Liu Xuan was a timid and cowardly idiot and was not worth worrying about at all.
The next morning, the Gengshi court held its first morning dynasty.
For Liu Xiu, this was also his first time attending the morning court. Liu Xiu's attitude was quite serious. He wore the red official uniform of a Han Dynasty military commander, with a red military crown on his head, that is, a heguan, tied around his waist. Jade belt, short boots.
Liu Xiu already had this outfit. He wore it during the Chung Ling uprising, but there were not many opportunities to wear it again. Now that he is participating in the court meeting, it can finally be put to use.
After putting on all his clothes, Liu Xiu looked at Xu Xiling who was standing next to him and asked, "Xiling, what do you think?"
Xu Xiling, who was in a daze, suddenly came back to his senses, his jade face turned red, and he said with a smile: "My lord, he is very formally dressed and very... elegant." What she originally wanted to say was handsome.
Liu Xiu is slender, tall, and well-proportioned, a typical clothes hanger.
It's just that he has handsome features and a face as white as jade. He usually wears casual clothes, which makes him look a bit bookish. Now he puts on the official uniform of a military attache, and he has a bit more masculinity. He looks majestic and heroic. .
Liu Xiu looked down and felt that something was missing. After a while, he snapped his fingers and said, "Official seal!"
Liu Xuan ascended the throne and appointed hundreds of officials, but no official seal was issued at all. Not to mention such a high-end product as the official seal, even official uniforms were not available in the Gengshi court, so they could not be issued.
Liu Xiu knocked on his forehead and said, "Liu Quan!"
"Here!" Liu Quan hurriedly took two steps forward and bowed to salute.
"I remember you mentioned before that you seemed to have received a seal."
Liu Quan blinked, thought about it for a moment, and said with a sudden realization: "Yes, yes, yes, if you want it, I will go and get it now!"
"Yeah." Liu Xiu responded slowly.
Liu Quan turned around and ran out. Not long after, he came back from outside with a seal half the size of a fist in his hand.
The seal is made of jade. The texture of jade is ordinary and not a rare thing. At the bottom of the seal are six characters engraved in small seals: Seal of Dingwu Hou Jiacheng.
In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, Xiaozhuan was the mainstream form of writing. However, although Xiaozhuan writing was beautiful and beautiful, it was too complicated. Later, official script gradually replaced Xiaozhuan and became the mainstream of writing.
The official script is not as beautiful as the small seal script, but its advantage is that it is simple to write.
The seal that Liu Quan got was carved in small seal script. At the moment, few people really could recognize what words were written on it.
Of course, Liu Xiu was a Taipei student, so he naturally knew Xiaozhuan style. At the same time, he was also sure that no one in the Green Forest Department could understand these characters.
Dingwuhou Jiacheng Seal, as the name suggests, this is the seal of Dingwuhou Jiacheng. What kind of official is Jiacheng? To put it bluntly, he is the housekeeper, which is equivalent to Liu Quan’s position in Liu Xiu’s mansion. This seal is quite suitable for Liu Xiu. complete.
Liu Xiu felt that he was short of an official seal, so he asked for the seal of Ding Wuhou's family, hung it on his waist, and made up for it, but no one knew what the words were written on it.
If Wu Dinghou was still alive and knew about this, he would probably wake up from his dream with laughter. Liu Xiu was actually wearing the seal of his family.
From this inconspicuous thing, we can also see that Liu Xiu also has a vain side in his character, but it is not very obvious. Even if he occasionally does vanity things, people around him will see it.
If you don't come out, you will be stunned by him.
Liu Xiu went to the early court wearing the official uniform of an orthodox Han Dynasty military commander and the seal of the Dingwu Hou family.
Just as Liu Xiu thought, no one knew what the words were written on this seal. Anyway, everyone knew that it was a seal. Liu Xiu felt that hanging it on his waist, he walked quite majestic. No.
The ministers from the Shaolvlin Department all cast envious glances at Liu Xiu.
No one in the Green Forest Department wears official uniforms, and they don’t understand these things. Anyway, they can wear whatever looks good and stand in the so-called court, all colorful and colorful.
This court meeting was mainly to discuss the next development direction of the Han army.
The Han army's power in Nanyang has basically been consolidated. The only city that has not been captured by the Han army is Wancheng. However, Wancheng is too strong and we will not be able to defeat it for a while. However, our expansion cannot be delayed in Wancheng.
here.
Wang Kuang proposed that his side should launch an attack in the direction of Yingchuan.
Yingchuan County, the birthplace of the Yellow Emperor, has always been a large county. It is also the most densely populated area besides the capital.
If the Han army can occupy Yingchuan County, it will not only further strengthen the Han army's strength, but also make Yingchuan and Nanyang become horns with each other. When fighting against the Xinmang court in the future, the Han army will have a considerable geographical advantage.
On the issue of confronting Wang Mang, the Green Forest Department's internal opinions were not unified.
Chen Mu was the first to object to sending troops to Yingchuan. He frowned and said: "Yingchuan is a large county, with many county troops and county troops, and they are very serious. Chen Mao is in Yingchuan. Although our army was defeated at Sunset Ju
We have defeated Yan You and Chen Mao, but their main force is still there, so it would be too rash to send troops to Yingchuan now, right?"
At this time, Yan You and Chen Mao had retreated to Yingchuan, but their troops had not yet been taken away by Wang Mang.
Wang Kuang said sternly: "Yan You, Chen Mao has just suffered a big defeat, his energy is severely damaged, and his morale is low. Now is a good opportunity to defeat them both in one fell swoop. If they can get a chance to breathe, they can get over this.
The tone of Yan You and Chen Mao will be a serious problem for us!"
Liao Zhan supported Chen Mu's idea and did not recommend attacking Yingchuan. He said: "Wancheng has not yet been captured, and we have to attack Yingchuan again. Fighting on multiple fronts will be very disadvantageous to our army. What's more, our army currently does not have the capabilities to attack Yingchuan."
The strength of multi-front operations.”
Wang Feng said: "The new emperor has ascended the throne, and the morale of our soldiers is at a high level. If we don't attack Yingchuan now, how long will we wait? I suggest that we send troops to Yingchuan immediately!"
The Zhutian faction has not yet expressed its position on whether to send troops to Yingchuan, while the Green Forest faction has already started to quarrel.
Wang Kuang, Wang Feng, and Wang Chang all supported sending troops to Yingchuan, while Chen Mu and Liao Zhan opposed sending troops to Yingchuan. As for people like Zhu Tuna and Zhang Xuan, it was okay to let them come up with a conspiracy, but really let them participate.
None of the grand strategic plans were put to use. Everyone shrank their necks and lowered their heads, not daring to say a word.
The two sides couldn't stop arguing. Finally, Wang Kuang stamped his feet, looked at Liu Yan, and said, "Bosheng, tell me what you think. Should we attack Yingchuan or not?"
Hey! The question is on his head! Liu Yan smiled lightly and said softly: "Whether we attack Yingchuan or not, in short, I need 30,000 soldiers to continue the siege of Wancheng! Cen Peng is We have an inner enemy, and if we cannot capture Wancheng for one day, it will be like having a knife stuck in our heart!"
Liu Yan has now made up his mind, you can do whatever you want. Anyway, I just want to capture Wancheng. In his heart, Liu Yan is quite grateful to Cen Peng.
If there was no such thing as Cen Peng, he would have continued to take charge of the military in a reasonable and reasonable manner, but he really couldn't find a suitable reason.
Wang Kuang rolled his eyes at Liu Yan angrily, "What you said is like saying nothing." He turned to look at Liu Xuan and asked angrily: "Where is your Majesty's opinion?"
Liu Xuan didn't know whether his side should attack Yingchuan. If he had such great ability, he would have become one of the leaders of the Green Forest Army long ago.
He swallowed his saliva, leaned his head forward, and asked cautiously: "Then...do you think Ding Guo is worthy of a beating or not?"
Wang Kuang's nose almost became crooked with anger. He said angrily: "I'm asking your Majesty!"
Liu Xuan grinned, looked around, and finally his eyes fell on Liu Xiu. As if he had found a savior, he asked: "Ah... what's Ah Xiu's opinion?"
In fact, Liu Xiu was also a little undecided on whether he should attack Yingchuan. Now that Yan You and Chen Mao had just been defeated, and their morale and vitality had not recovered, it was a good opportunity to seize the victory and pursue the victory. From this point of view, our side should Fight Yingchuan.
But Liu Xiu was worried that when his side attacked Yingchuan, Wang Mang would suddenly send troops to approach Nanyang. If he attacked Yingchuan, Nanyang would be empty and unable to stop Wang Mang's army. How should he respond?
There are fighters on one side and risks on the other. It is really a dilemma. Liu Xiu pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Wang Kuang glared at Liu Xiu, "If you don't know, you should have said it earlier." He murmured for a long time, and then he didn't know. He stepped in and saluted Liu Xuan, and said: "Your Majesty, I advocate the attack on Yingchuan!"
"Your Majesty, I also advocate attacking Yingchuan!" Wang Feng and Wang Chang both intervened and saluted. "Your Majesty, you must not attack Yingchuan!" Chen Mu and Liao Zhan said urgently.
The three giants of the Green Forest Army, Wang Kuang of the Xinshi Army and Wang Chang of the Xiajiang Army, all suggested attacking Yingchuan, while Chen Mu of the Pinglin Army opposed the attack on Yingchuan. The result was already obvious, with a two-to-one advantage. , the main fighting faction wins.
Liu Xuan took a deep breath, cleared his throat, and said: "Then...according to Duke Dingguo's opinion, we will send troops to attack Yingchuan! But who should lead the troops?"
Wang Kuang was asked to conduct his duties, but as soon as he heard that he was about to lead the troops to fight, Wang Kuang immediately became silent.
Seeing this, Chen Mu and Liao Zhan almost became angry. Chen Mu was about to make a mockery of Wang Kuang, but Wang Chang raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the troops into battle!"
Liu Yan said lightly: "After getting rid of the 30,000 soldiers who besieged Wancheng, our available troops are less than 20,000." By saying this, he was also reminding everyone present that he had 30,000 soldiers under his command. , no one can take it away.
Wang Chang could naturally hear the implications of Liu Yan's words, and he said: "I would like to lead five thousand troops to attack Yingchuan!"
Liu Xuan scratched his head, coughed dryly, and said hesitantly: "Only... only leading five thousand troops. This... this is too..." Isn't it too childish?
Before he finished speaking, Liu Xiu stepped out of the queue, raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to lead five thousand troops and divide them into two groups with General Wang to attack Yingchuan!"
Wang Chang and Liu Xiu each led 5,000 soldiers and horses, which was only 10,000 people. However, the total strength of Yingchuan at present must be 70,000 to 80,000 people.
"Oops..." Liu Xuan sighed, with a troubled look on his face. He looked at Wang Kuang, you advocate sending troops to Yingchuan, but we only have the few available troops now. How can we fight this battle?
