Liu Yan, who had a gloomy expression at first, heard that Fa Zheng actually compared Yuan Shao, who had been killed by Chu Yi, as if he had been greatly stimulated. He stood up, pointed at Fa Zheng fiercely and said: "Okay
You are so filial and upright, yet you are so arrogant, yet in your eyes, you still have me."
While speaking, Liu Yan didn't wait for Fazheng to speak, and immediately said: "Come here, put this mad man in prison and wait for his punishment!"
Immediately, two armored guards outside the hall strode into the hall, stepped forward and grabbed Fazheng.
Liu Yan waved his hand and said: "Take him down and put him in jail."
Although Fazheng said that he was caught by two armored guards, he burst into laughter. In fact, with Fazheng's own strength, if he wanted to, there was almost no one who could suppress him, but he still allowed the two to resist without any resistance.
A guard took him down.
"Liu Junlang, either guard all the key passes carefully, or submit a confession document to the court early, so that you can have hope of survival..."
Listening to Fazheng's words, Liu Yan felt his heart beating suddenly and shouted angrily: "Why don't you take him down with me?"
Fazheng's voice gradually disappeared, and the hall suddenly fell into silence. Liu Yan took a long breath, sat down, and then looked around the crowd and said: "Everyone, why are you teaching me?"
Everyone looked at each other, you look at me, I look at you, there are examples of Fa rectification, who dares to speak at this time.
Fortunately, Liu Yan calmed down a bit at this moment. He saw everyone's expressions in his eyes, waved his hands, his eyes fell on Deng Zhi and Wang Lei and said: "Two gentlemen, please wait and follow me."
Study, the rest of you can wait and leave!"
But when his eyes fell on Zhang Ren, Liu Yan said: "General Zhang, please stay here for a while!"
Everyone dispersed, but Deng Zhi, Wang Lei, and Zhang Ren, who were named by Liu Yan to stay, accompanied Liu Yan to the study.
Walking into the study, Liu Yan exhaled and sat down. At the same time, he also ordered the three of them to take their seats. Then he looked at the group of people expectantly and said, "Guys, why did the king invite you to come? I think you all have it in your heart."
Yes, I would like to ask you now, do you have any good strategies for me, Yizhou, to resist the Chu thieves?"
Although Chu Yi has not targeted Yizhou yet, Liu Yan is not a fool. Previously, Yuan Shao and Liu Xie were in front. As long as they are here, the Luoyang court will definitely target them first. As for
Liu Yan, who became king, was naturally unable to compare with Yuan Shao and Liu Xie.
I thought I could live a happy life by becoming the king of Yizhou, but I never thought that Yuan Shao would be suppressed like this, and the Chang'an court would disappear in such a short period of time. Now Liu Yan could no longer panic.
Seeing the panic in Liu Yan's eyes, Wang Lei and Deng Zhi couldn't help but sigh.
They naturally knew the current situation in Yizhou. Although Liu Yan had ordered the expansion of his troops in order to protect himself after he became king, in such a short period of time, it could not have much effect at all.
Wang Lei stroked his beard and looked at Zhang Rendao, who was sitting at the side: "General Zhang, I wonder how many soldiers we have in Yizhou now?"
Zhang Ren glanced at Wang Lei first, and then said slowly: "According to the order of the prince, Yizhou recruited soldiers on a large scale. Now there are almost more than 100,000 soldiers on the list."
One hundred thousand soldiers and horses could be said to be too many in the past. The entire Yizhou before the Yellow Turban Rebellion only had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.
Now it has increased tenfold. It can even be said that if there is enough time, it will not be a problem even if more soldiers and horses are recruited.
Liu Yan obviously did not have an accurate understanding of the number of troops under his command. When Zhang Ren said this, his eyes lit up and he asked, "Is there actually so many troops in Yizhou?"
If other people heard this, they would probably find it funny. As the leader of a party, he didn't even know how many soldiers and horses he had. I'm afraid Liu Yan would be the only one.
However, Wang Lei, Deng Zhi, and Zhang Ren were not surprised at all. On the one hand, Liu Yan ordered the expansion of the army not long ago. Not to mention Liu Yan, even Wang Lei, Deng Zhi, and others did not know. I am afraid it was
In the huge Yizhou, except for Zhang Ren and a few people, no one else knew the details of Yizhou.
Thinking that he actually had an army of 100,000 men, which was several times more than what he had thought before, Liu Yan felt a lot more confident. Looking at Wang Lei, Deng Zhi and others said: "There are so many troops."
If the soldiers and horses are supplemented by the steep terrain of our Sichuan and Shu lands, it is not impossible to block the imperial army from Sichuan and Shu."
It's not that Liu Yan didn't know that Fazheng's words made sense, but asking him to honestly give up everything at present, surrender to the court, and then leave his life and death to others was absolutely unacceptable to Liu Yan.
If Fa Zheng could persuade him in private, maybe Liu Yan wouldn't be so angry, but in front of so many people, Fa Zheng actually demolished him and destroyed the confidence of many people to resist the imperial court. This made Liu Yan
Yan was angry, so even though he knew that Fa Zheng's talents were unmatched, who allowed Fa Zheng to touch his bottom line? If he didn't kill him in anger, it would have been Liu Yan's past love.
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Taking a deep breath, Deng Zhi said: "Your Majesty, the Chu thieves are powerful and have many elite soldiers and generals under their command. They also have the national jade seal in hand. I'm afraid... I'm afraid..."
Liu Yan's face suddenly turned cold, he glared at Deng Zhi and turned his eyes to Zhang Ren.
As Zhang Ren was the general he relied on most, if even Zhang Ren didn't support him, Liu Yan would really have to consider Fazheng's proposal.
However, Zhang Ren went beyond Wang Lei and Deng Zhi's expectations and said to Liu Yan solemnly: "Your Majesty, no matter how strong Chu Yi is, he is still a human being. I will never believe that with the natural dangers of the Sichuan and Shu lands and the unstoppable strength of all the soldiers.
Able to keep the imperial army away from Sichuan and Shu."
"Okay, I trust you so much!"
For Zhang Ren, to be honest, Liu Yan really trusted him immensely. Almost all the troops and horses in Yizhou were in Zhang Ren's hands. It can be said that if Zhang Ren had any second thoughts, even if he did not overthrow Liu Yan, he would be afraid
It would also seriously damage Liu Yan's vitality.
Zhang Ren looked calm and said with a strange look in his eyes: "Your Majesty, I will recommend someone to you. If this person is willing to take action, it may not be impossible to defend Yizhou."
Not only Liu Yan, but also Wang Lei and Deng Zhi couldn't help but look at Zhang Ren curiously. They were obviously very confused about who Zhang Ren could be so respected by.
There was a smile on Zhang Ren's lips, but his expression was a bit solemn as he said, "Why did the prince forget about Zhang Lu and Zhang Gongqi!"
Hearing Zhang Ren mention Zhang Lu, Liu Yan's eyes suddenly lit up. Even Wang Lei and Deng Zhi also looked surprised.
Stroking his beard, Liu Yan couldn't help but laugh and said: "Who would I recommend to the general? I never thought it would be Zhang Gongqi. If it is this person, it is indeed as the general said, and it can give us a little more confidence."
Wang Lei said slowly: "Zhang Lu occupied the land of Hanzhong on the orders of the prince, and spread the Five Pecks of Rice Cult in Hanzhong for a generation. He proclaimed himself the leader of the religion and was a ****. There is a faint tendency to separatize one party. This man is very ambitious.
I'm just afraid..."
Liu Yan smiled and said: "What I want is Zhang Gongqi's ambition. When he killed Zhang Xiu and captured Hanzhong, he obeyed my orders but refused to obey. I knew what kind of character this person had, but now it seems
, if he, Zhang Gongqi, wants to keep the Five Pecks of Rice Sect and Hanzhong, then he must join forces with me to prevent the imperial court from extending its tentacles into Yizhou."
Zhang Ren nodded and said: "Yes, Zhang Gongqi spread the Five Dou Rice Cult in Hanzhong, and there was the Yellow Turban Rebellion. As long as the imperial court retakes Yizhou, it will definitely not allow the Five Dou Rice Cult to exist. And Zhang Gongqi devoted his whole life to the Five Dou Rice Cult. Who can
If you want to touch the Five Pecks of Rice Cult, you are Zhang Gongqi's mortal enemy. Even if the emperor is in front of you, Zhang Gongqi would dare to fight against him."
Liu Yan said with a slight smile on his lips: "Then we will summon Zhang Gongqi. I would like to see how his magical powers compare to Chu Yi's?"
Chu Yi had many strong men under his command, but the Five Dou Rice Cult thrived in Zhang Lu's hands. Zhang Lu himself was also a rare strong man, so Liu Yan naturally hoped to see Zhang Lu clash with Chu Yi.
The land of Yizhou here reacted to the news of Yuan Shao's death and the destruction of Chang'an City. However, Chu Yi, who killed Yuan Shao and destroyed Chang'an City, did not rush to return to the court. Instead, he led the army to attack the west.
Come cool.
The land of Xiliang was originally the place where Dong Zhuo started his career, and it was also his sphere of influence. If Dong Zhuo had not died, the land of Xiliang would have fallen into Dong Zhuo's hands.
However, with the death of Dong Zhuo, the generals of the Xiliang army returned to Yuan Shao, which suddenly turned the land of Xiliang into a power vacuum.
Han Sui was an ambitious man, and he was not willing to let go of such a good opportunity. Relying on his prestige among the barbarians in Xiliang, he immediately climbed up and raised a rebel army to occupy several areas.
County land.
The Chang'an court's main focus was on how to deal with Luoyang's reaction, so it didn't pay much attention to Han Sui who occupied Xiliang and the swollen rebels under his command, and even tried to prevent Han Sui from taking the opportunity to disrupt them.
In the rear, Yuan Shao even granted Han Sui the title of General Zhenbei and Marquis of Cenxiang.
So Han Sui took root in the land of Xiliang and frantically expanded his strength. Han Sui hid behind Chang'an and made his own little plans. However, when he got the news that Yuan Shao was dead and the city of Chang'an was breached, his entire body was in his hands.
The kumiss suddenly lost its aroma.
Han Sui's men now can be said to have strong soldiers and horses, and many generals, such as Liang Xing, Candidate, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Zhang Heng, Ma Wan, Yang Qiu, Cheng Yi, etc., commanding nearly 100,000 troops and horses.
In particular, Han Sui's troops were a mixed bag of men and horses, and almost most of them were cavalry. It can be said that if you look around the world, there is really no other person with as many cavalry as Han Sui except the imperial court.
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Han Sui looked at the shivering envoy lying on the ground, snorted and waved him away, and then looked at his men in the tent.
The eight generals can be said to be Han Sui's confidants, and they are also Han Sui's right-hand man in ruling the nearly 100,000 troops under his command. At this time, the eight generals were all in the tent, and each of them looked at Han Sui solemnly.
"Then Yuan Benchu is so careless. It's no use that he has so many soldiers and horses. He thought he was a man, but he never expected that he couldn't even fight an eunuch."
Liang Xing said with disdain.
Previously, Yuan Shao was so powerful that even Han Sui and the others were suppressed. Otherwise, they would not have stayed in Xiliang and not invaded Chang'an City.
Now they suddenly discovered that Yuan Shao was so vulnerable, which made Liang Xing and others look down on Yuan Shao in their hearts.
With a slight cough, Han Sui said to the eight generals: "Yuan Shao still has some means and strength. Even Hangu Pass was breached. I'm afraid the Chu thieves are coming with bad intentions this time."
Ma Wan looked at Han Sui and said, "Master Hou, what should we do?"
Han Sui stroked his beard, squinted his eyes, and gradually a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, with a bit of playfulness: "Chu Yi is here on behalf of the imperial court to raise an army. As ministers of the Han family, I will personally ask for surrender."
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"What?"
Hearing what Han Sui said, the eight generals were stunned for a moment, but they quickly came to their senses.
Han Sui was a man who could bend and stretch, and it can be said that he often made tricks. In history, he was able to dominate a party for decades. Naturally, he was not comparable to ordinary people.
Having often worked under Han Sui, he naturally had some understanding of Han Sui's character. Although he was a little surprised to hear Han Sui's decision to surrender, he quickly came to his senses.
The above request for surrender does not mean that they have lost the power in their hands. Under normal circumstances, they have a large number of troops and occupy the bitter cold land of Xiliang. As long as they surrender obediently and give the court a step forward, then the court will
They will definitely not mobilize troops to conquer them, and will even give them rewards to appease them.
As long as they have soldiers and power, the court is nothing. When the court is powerful, they will stay in Xiliang. Once the world changes, they can tear off the skin of the court at any time.
Becoming king and hegemony is just like they accepted the reward from the Chang'an court before. Since they can even accept the reward from the Chang'an court, why can't they accept the reward from the Luoyang court.
The above request for surrender does not mean that they have lost the power in their hands. Under normal circumstances, they have a large number of troops and occupy the bitter cold land of Xiliang. As long as they surrender obediently and give the court a step forward, then the court will
They will definitely not mobilize troops to conquer them, and will even give them rewards to appease them.
As long as they have soldiers and power, the court is nothing. When the court is powerful, they will stay in Xiliang. Once the world changes, they can tear off the skin of the court at any time.
Becoming king and hegemony is just like they accepted the reward from the Chang'an court before. Since they can even accept the reward from the Chang'an court, why can't they accept the reward from the Luoyang court.
