Eight hundred and fortieth chapters solve problems
Liu Xiu was sitting in the main hall, when Zhang Kun came in from the outside and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the right general wants to see you."
When he heard that Deng Yu was coming, Liu Xiu was shocked and said: "Xuan."
Deng Yu also heard the news about Pang Meng's rebellion, but he was still unable to confirm the authenticity of the news, so he rushed to the palace to confirm with Liu Xiu.
Soon, Deng Yu walked into the hall and saw Liu Xiu. He bowed and saluted and said, "I pay my respects to your majesty!"
Liu Xiu waved his hand to Deng Yu and motioned for him to take a seat. He smiled bitterly and said, "Has Zhong Hua heard the news too?!"
Deng Yu asked with concern: "Your Majesty, Pang...Pang Meng really rebelled?"
Liu Xiu handed the memorial from Chu Commandery and Gai Yan's battle report to Deng Yu. The latter quickly took it from Zhang Kun and looked at it carefully. After reading the contents of the memorial and battle report, he couldn't help but take a breath.
Unexpectedly, Pang Meng actually rebelled. He slowly put down the memorial and battle report and said, "Pang Meng is so unworthy of his kindness to His Majesty!"
Liu Xiu smiled bitterly when he heard this, stood up and said, "Zhonghua, come with me for a walk!"
Seeing that Liu Xiu was in a bad mood, Deng Yu bowed and followed Liu Xiu out of the hall.
When he got outside and walked into the garden, Liu Xiu took a deep breath and said quietly: "From Nanyang to Luoyang, along the way, there were many obstacles and many obstacles. Many brothers followed me and never left me. There were also many brothers who supported me.
But, I didn't expect that Pang Meng would do this."
Deng Yu looked at Liu Xiu and whispered, "Your Majesty, you don't have to feel bad for such a thief."
Liu Xiu shook his head and murmured: "Pang Meng!"
Pang Meng is different from Peng Chong and Deng Feng. He has excellent character, is humble and low-key, and has been by Liu Xiu's side since he took refuge in Liu Xiu, going through life and death, and fighting in the north and south.
Later, he participated in the Eastern Expedition, conquered cities and territories, repeatedly defeated powerful enemies, and made great achievements. Even such a person could betray him, which was a huge blow to Liu Xiu, and even made Liu Xiu doubt who else he could trust?
Deng Yu said seriously: "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the army to attack the rebels!" yyls
Liu Xiu pondered for a moment, waved his hand, and said, "I want to conquer in person!"
Deng Yu was surprised and said: "Your Majesty..."
Liu Xiu said: "Ju Qing was defeated in the East China Sea. He lost his troops and generals. Only ten thousand of the army of one hundred thousand remained. The Eastern Expedition has failed."
Deng Yu lowered his head. This was the actual situation.
Liu Xiu continued: "Now, Dong Xian's morale is at a high level, and he has Pang Meng to help him. No matter who leads the army to conquer, this battle will not be easy. This time I must lead the expedition myself."
Deng Yu said worriedly: "Your Majesty, it would be too risky to do the expedition yourself."
In fact, Dong Xian was more difficult to deal with than Liu Yong. Even though Liu Yong became emperor and controlled a much larger territory than Dong Xian, and had more soldiers and generals, Liu Yong himself did not have much military talent.
But Dong Xian is different. He is a master of military affairs. From the battle report of the Battle of Lanling, it is not difficult to see Dong Xian's military talents. One Dong Xian is already difficult enough to deal with, and now there is another one beside Dong Xian.
Pang Meng.
Others may not be familiar with Liu Xiu, but it is not an exaggeration to describe Pang Meng as knowing Liu Xiu like the back of his hand. After all, he has followed Liu Xiu for so long, and he has already understood Liu Xiu's characteristics of leading troops in war.
Dong Xian, who was good at leading troops in battle, and Pang Meng, who was extremely familiar with Liu Xiu. These two were now working together. If Liu Xiu wanted to conquer the army himself, would it not be dangerous?
Liu Xiu knew what Deng Yu was worried about, and he said: "Pang Meng understands how I fight, and he also understands every minister in the court. The reason why Ju Qing suffered a complete defeat in Beihai is because of Pang Meng's contribution.
I don’t feel comfortable letting anyone else go to fight, I have to go in person.”
Seeing that Deng Yu still looked worried, Liu Xiu smiled and said, "Pang Meng understands me, but I don't understand him at all."
Deng Yu thought about it carefully and nodded thoughtfully. His Majesty's words made sense. He asked, "Who do you intend to take with you?"
Liu Xiu said: "Ziyan and Juqing can come with me!"
Although Gai Yan was defeated, Liu Xiu would not think that Gai Yan was incompetent because of his failure. When Deng Yu asked who he wanted to lead on the expedition, the first thing Liu Xiu thought of was Wu Han and Gai Yan.
Deng Yu said: "The Eastern Expeditionary Army was almost completely wiped out, and the troops and horses in Luoyang are also insufficient!"
Currently, there are only 100,000 troops stationed in Luoyang. If Liu Xiu goes on an expedition, it is impossible to take away all 100,000 people. At least 20,000 to 30,000 troops must be left to guard the capital. In other words, Liu Xiu will be able to bring only six people with him during this personal expedition.
, 70,000 people.
Liu Xiu had already considered this issue and said: "Zi Yanke is in Chenliu, Dongjun, recruiting 100,000 troops."
Deng Yu counted with his fingers, frowned and said, "Your Majesty, even so, for this battle... our army is still not strong enough!"
Dong Xian has 200,000 soldiers and horses, and Pang Meng has 30,000 soldiers and horses. However, as Pang Meng captures Chu County and recruits troops in Chu County, Pang Meng's troops will increase, and it is estimated that there will be about 50,000 soldiers.
The combined strength of both sides is 250,000. This is only the strength of Dong Xian and Pang Meng, not counting Zhang Bu's troops.
If Zhang Bu also joins the battle and invests the main force, then the enemy's strength can even reach 400,000. Our own side has less than 200,000, and it is really difficult to win against the enemy's 400,000.
Liu Xiu said: "Zhang Bu is a cowardly and selfish person. He would never do this if he asked Zhang Bu to move out all his property and help Dong Xian fight to the death with us!"
Liu Xiu has always been pretty accurate in his judgment of people. Of course, he sometimes makes mistakes, such as Peng Chong, Deng Feng and now Pang Meng.
But most of the time, Liu Xiu rarely misjudges people. Zhang Bu had good relations with Peng Chong before, and the two parties had made an alliance. But when Liu Xiu sent Geng to attack Peng Chong, Zhang Bu did not send troops.
Aid?
Even the Huns sent troops to aid Peng Chong, but Zhang Bu didn't send a single soldier. Zhang Bu surrendered to Liu Yong and swore allegiance to Liu Yong, but when Liu Yong was besieged by the Han army in Suiyang, Zhang Bu
Did he send reinforcements? He didn't send a single soldier.
Zhang Bu and Dong Xian were allies, and they knew each other well. But when Dong Xian and the Eastern Expeditionary Army were fighting fiercely, did Zhang Bu send reinforcements? He still didn't send a single soldier.
Through these examples, we can completely judge who Zhang Bu is. Liu Xiu's evaluation of him is timid and selfish, which is absolutely correct.
While Liu Xiu and Deng Yu were talking, Zhang Kun hurried over, approached Liu Xiu, and whispered: "Your Majesty, the Queen is in labor!"
Hearing this, Deng Yu was startled and subconsciously looked at Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu leaned forward, but in the end he still did not take a step forward. He nodded and said with an indifferent expression: "I understand.
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Deng Yu looked at Liu Xiu in surprise, and after thinking about it, he understood what was going on. Some time ago, Wei Xun, the proton sent by Wei Xiao to Luoyang, was tortured by castration. Deng Yu also heard a little about the reason.
After that, the relationship between Liu Xiu and Guo Shengtong dropped to a freezing point. Looking at it now, the rumors are somewhat true.
Logically speaking, foreign ministers have no right to interfere in matters between the emperor and the empress, but for Deng Yu and Liu Xiu, it was not just a relationship between emperor and minister, they were also old classmates and old friends.
Deng Yu cleared his throat and whispered: "Your Majesty, there is no overnight hatred between husband and wife! Even if the Queen has done something wrong, Your Majesty should be more tolerant of her."
Liu Xiu was upset, waved his hand and said: "Some mistakes can be forgiven, but some mistakes cannot be forgiven."
Deng Yu asked in reply: "Has your Majesty never made any mistakes since he came to the throne?"
Liu Xiu raised his eyebrows and glared at Deng Yu displeased. Deng Yu shook his head and smiled: "Your Majesty has made mistakes, and he often uses the fact that he has just ascended the throne as an excuse!"
It is your first time to be the emperor, and it is also the first time for Guo Shengtong to be the queen. You have made a mistake. You can use the excuse that you have just entered the profession of emperor and are not familiar with everything around you. Then why can't you tolerate others?
Also make mistakes?
This is roughly what Deng Yu meant.
As the saying goes, it is better to encourage peace than to break up. Deng Yu had no prejudice against Guo Shengtong, Yin Lihua and even Xu Xiling, Xi Cheying and other harem concubines. He hoped that Liu Xiu could handle the relationship between him and Guo Shengtong.
One is the emperor and the other is the queen. If these two people are not in harmony, the harem will not be stable. If the harem is not stable, it will directly affect the emperor, and subsequently the national government affairs.
Liu Xiu rolled her eyes at Deng Yu and said, "Zhonghua doesn't know about some things!"
"Your Majesty, you can tell me."
Liu Xiu was amused by his words. He was silent for a moment, patted Deng Yu on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, accompany me to the Changqiu Palace."
Deng Yu muttered in a low voice: "This... I'm afraid it's inappropriate!"
No matter how good his relationship with Liu Xiu is, he is still a foreign minister after all. If he followed Liu Xiu to the Changqiu Palace in normal times, it would be fine. But now that the queen is giving birth, he went to figure out what happened.
Liu Xiu said with a smile: "Don't you want to hear the whole story?" After saying that, he walked out and looked back, seeing that Deng Yu was still standing there. He waved impatiently to signal Deng Yu.
Come up quickly.
Deng Yu had no choice but to follow Liu Xiu to Changqiu Palace. On the way, Liu Xiu roughly told Deng Yu what happened to Wei Xun. After listening to Liu Xiu's story, Deng Yu finally had a general idea of the whole thing.
understanding.
He thought for a while and said: "The queen is certainly wrong, how can your majesty be right?"
Liu Xiu blinked, raised his hand and pointed back at his nose, asking: "Am I still wrong?"
Deng Yu said seriously: "Your Majesty favors the Yin nobles but neglects the Queen. Isn't this right?"
Liu Xiu was stunned, shook his head and smiled, and said: "Zhonghua and Feiyan's words are exactly the same!"
Deng Yu said: "I don't know what Hua Meiren thinks, but my words are my true thoughts."
Hua Feiyan and Deng Yu both said this, which made Liu Xiu also have to re-examine whether he really did something wrong.
Deng Yu looked at Liu Xiu and reminded meaningfully: "Your Majesty, the Queen is one year younger than Yin Guiren. Your Majesty should be more considerate and considerate of the Queen instead of getting angry with the Queen!"
After hearing what Deng Yu said, Liu Xiu felt that his mood was better. He nodded with a smile and said, "Zhonghua, thank you very much."
Seeing a hint of relief in Liu Xiu's eyes, Deng Yu said: "It is also the duty of a humble minister to solve your Majesty's worries."
If other ministers spoke for Guo Shengtong, Liu Xiu might not take notice. Because during Liu Xiu's campaign in Hebei, Guo Shengtong always accompanied the king, so Guo Shengtong had a very good relationship with the generals under Liu Xiu's command.
But Deng Yu was different. Deng Yu went to the Western Expedition early and didn't have much contact with Guo Shengtong. Therefore, when facing Guo Shengtong and Yin Lihua, he often stood on a more impartial stance.
