I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 300 Good Uncle, Good Nephew

After Lu Bu finished speaking, he walked out of Hu Zhen and Hua Xiong's handsome tent with his head held high and his chest held high, very embarrassing.

They are all colleagues, and Lu Bu can't beat them, but the feeling of enjoying the mouth is quite refreshing.

Looking at Lu Bu's generous back, Hua Xiong stood up suddenly, his hand unconsciously pressed on his saber, his face was full of anger, and he seemed to rush to compete with Lu Bu.

Seeing this, Hu Zhen quickly reached out and pressed Hua Xiong's palm tightly, shaking his head to indicate no.

Hua Xiong sat down under Hu Zhen's signal.

When I was young, after Lu Bu had gone far away, I saw Hua Xiong gritted his teeth at Hu Zhen and said: "Guardian, this beast is too arrogant! He is just a rebellious person who defected from Zhang Yi's command, how dare he do this?" Arrogant?"

Hu Zhen said coldly: "Lü Bu is a man with his eyes high above his head, and his self-confidence is extraordinary. He never puts me in the eyes of the heroes of Liangzhou. Sooner or later, he must let him know how good we are."

Hua Xiong said angrily: "Excellent in martial arts!? Humph, but I don't believe it! Has he compared with someone Hua?"

Hu Zhen laughed and said: "Who doesn't admire Hua Du's bravery? But now the battle is imminent, Lu Bu Piffer, Hua Du should not be as knowledgeable as him. After we have defeated Liu Jian and made great contributions, we will turn around. He is naturally ashamed to show his merits in front of Xiangguo! Governor He Laohua personally deal with him?"

Hua Xiong said: "That's true! Protector General, please go to Yangxia to fight against the enemy. We must capture Liu Jian and Liu Chong alive!"

Hu Zhen praised: "The governor of Hua is extremely brave and good at driving cavalry. I know this very well, but when it comes to siege, our elite cavalry can only look forward to the city and lament that Niu Fu was defeated by this, so Still need some help.”

Hua Xiong said: "Listening to Du Hu's words, is there a good way?"

Hu Zhen stood up with a smile, and said: "The art of siege relies on the soldiers daring to ascend first, and the second is to rely on the sharp weapons of the siege! Xiliang is rich in war horses, but rarely has sharp tools, but it does not mean that the commander No slaves!"

"With Luoyang City as the center, the most high-quality offensive weapons of the Han Dynasty over the years, including crossbows, ladders, rams, and catapults, are all in the arsenals of various counties in Sili. Nanyang took some of them away, but there are still many existing in Luozhong, as the general guard, it is not too much to recruit and transport some elite siege weapons here, right?"

As soon as these words came out, Hua Xiong's spirit suddenly lifted.

"It turns out that the chief guardian has a plan in advance?"

Hu Zhen laughed triumphantly: "As the chief protector, I naturally have to strategize and make decisive decisions when the opportunity arises!"

"When will the general protector bring the siege weapons here from Sili?"

Hu Zhen said: "It has already been dispatched. It won't be long before the first batch of ordnance will arrive at the front line. At that time, General Anxiety will be the vanguard and command the troops to attack Yangxia!"

"As long as Yangxia is broken and Liu Jian and Liu Chong have no city to honor, our Xiliang cavalry can trample their soldiers into powder!"

Hearing what Hu Zhen said, Hua Xiong suddenly realized.

"It turns out that Hu Duhu has already considered this point! I really admire the general! Don't worry, the general will live up to the high expectations of the Duhu. We don't need Lu Bu, but we can also take down Yangxia and eliminate Erliu!"

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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, looking at the soldiers of Chen Guo who were transporting the city defense materials to the top of the city, feeling a little emotional.

After arriving at Yangxia and Liu Chong's reconciliation, Liu Jian found that Yangxia County was quite solidly built by Liu Chong, and the grain in the city was also very rich. It seems that Liu Chong regarded this place as his secretary. Li entered the footsteps of soldiers.

Under normal circumstances, it may be no problem to stick to it.

However, Liu Jian secretly found out that Hu Zhen secretly dispatched a large number of siege equipment from Sili territory, including charging carts, throwing stones, and ladders.

As the central boundary of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Sili hoarded the most military equipment in the entire Han Dynasty, and it was also the best. This was the innate advantage inherited by Dong Zhuo 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 just a small county in the northwest of the border of Chen State. Even if it is further strengthened, its upper limit is limited.

It might not be difficult to simply defend against the invasion of Xiliang soldiers, but once the Xiliang soldiers are equipped with the elite equipment of Sili, if they want to rely on Yangxia to completely block the enemy from the county, they have to do so. I'm afraid it may not be so easy.

Liu Jian and his subordinates looked at it for a long time, then Liu Jian turned his head and asked a few people: "With this city outline, can the Xiliang army be stopped?"

Guan Yu said: "I heard that the Xiliang army has [-] troops this time. Once they are equipped with Sili's siege weapons, with Yangxia County, although they can hold on for a while, I'm afraid they won't last long. We still need to think of other ways. yes."

Liu Jian looked at Zhang Ying and asked, "Junyi, you fought against Niu Fu's army in Yanjin before, and no one here has more experience than you in commanding soldiers and horses to defend the city. Tell me, this city may Do you want to block the Xiliang army?"

Zhang He cupped his hands and said, "If King Chen's soldiers and horses and the envoy's soldiers and horses are all dispatched by me, maybe they can be defended."

Hearing this, Liu Jian raised his eyebrows: "The problem is, it is impossible for my soldiers and horses to belong to the same army as King Chen's.

Zhang He sighed, "It's so difficult."

Zhao Yundao: "Your Majesty, we used to have [-] soldiers, but when we fought against Niu Fu, although we won a big victory, we lost a lot of troops and many soldiers were injured. Now there are only two soldiers who can go into battle. Fifteen thousand, Wang Chen's so-called one hundred thousand people are actually no more than ten thousand, if there is no city outline to support, it may be difficult to stop the charge of Xiliang iron cavalry!"

Liu Jian nodded and said, "I know this...Gong Yu, what do you think?"

Ju Shou didn't say much, but said: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, the guest can do as he pleases. Since we are here this time, we are attached to King Chen, so we might as well listen to his opinion."

Liu Jian said with a smile: "That's exactly what I mean, let's go, 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, since this man practiced martial arts since he was a child, he is good at arching horses, so he doesn't look old. Although his hair is quite grizzled, he is full of vigor and energy. He looks like a man in his forties.

Liu Chong has no son...or to be more precise, he has no direct son who can inherit the feudal kingdom.

In the old days of the Han Dynasty, the management of the princes and kings was very strict. In order to be able to control the princes and states in various places, and at the same time weaken the power of the princes and states as much as possible, there was a very strict appraisal of the successors of the princes and kings. Those who have been registered in the Zongzheng Office and reported to the emperor at the same time, after the imperial court's Dazongzheng has strictly investigated the blood lineage inheritance, and various investigations have confirmed that the blood of Liu's clan is pure, they can become the heirs of the vassal state.

The original wives of the princes and kings are basically people with extremely powerful natal families. Most of their wives are matched by the Luoyang Center. It is really limited, and it is impossible to match all important interest families of all parties.

Therefore, some princes and kings who have not yet inherited the kingdom have become tools used by the emperor to refer to relatives.

The emperor's wife who was a matchmaker himself, the princes and kings naturally could not easily divorce their wives, nor could they.

But once the original spouse is infertile or unable to give birth to a son, no matter how many concubines the concubines of the princes and kings have, these concubines will not be able to be established because of their mothers, and they will never be able to be legitimate sons. The feudal kingdom continues to be passed on.

By adoption?That's okay, but the inheritance rights of the feudal country don't allow it.

This is one of the reasons why Luoyang central court has been able to eliminate the country in local areas all these years.

It can be said that the princes and kings were calculated by the emperor and the court in every aspect from their marriage to the birth of their sons.

Therefore, many princes and kings simply choose to lie flat when they have no legitimate sons to inherit the throne, and while they are still alive, they rely on collecting rent in the feudal country to accumulate more wealth, and strive to leave more money for their descendants after their death Goods, so that they can live as much as possible without closing the country.

Before Liu Jian advised Liu Hong to open a mansion for the princes and kings, the life of the princes and kings of the Eastern Han Dynasty was really difficult.

This is also the case with Liu Chong.

He has no suitable son to inherit Chen State, so after his death, Chen State will be expelled.

Logically speaking, Liu Chong, whose future was doomed, should have been laid flat, but he just didn't.

Instead of collecting rent and saving money, he recruited soldiers and horses, and became more and more embarrassing.

A little broken, enjoy the last madness of this life.

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"Your Majesty!"

"Deran!"

Liu Chong and Liu Jian met in the main hall of Yangxia. Liu Jian was a generation lower than Liu Chong, so he should call himself his nephew.

"Your Majesty, my spies have reported that Hu Zhen has mobilized many siege equipment from Sili and is about to attack Yangxia. I am very grateful that Jian has been taken in by Your Majesty and settled in the city. This time Zhuo's army has come, we Waiting for the brothers to help the king to defend the city bravely, but although the defense of Yangxia city has been built by the king, it may still be difficult to defend, I wonder what the king thinks?"

Liu Chong was tall and tall, half a head taller than Liu Jian. He was wearing armor, with a righteous face, very heroic.

He frowned tightly, and said: "The strength of Hu Zhen's army, the widow's subordinates have also heard about it, the widow discussed with Prime Minister Luo, if you and I stick to the city, sooner or later we will be attacked by Hu Zhen, once Yangxia is broken, we will all be defeated." Your life is in danger...so I think about it day and night, and come up with a way to defeat Hu Zhen!"

Liu Jian hurriedly said, "What's your opinion, Your Majesty?"

Liu Chong stretched out his hand to take Liu Jian's, and said very kindly: "Deran is the best soldier among the clan. De Ran led a troop out of the city quietly, and secretly ambushed at the side of Yangxia. When the other army came to attack the city with all its strength, De Ran could use this troop as a surprise attack army, and take advantage of the enemy's main force to be restrained by the widows. Yu Yangxia, you can capture the thief and the king, make a surprise attack, and take down the opponent's general in one fell swoop, so that the Xiliang army can be defeated in one fell swoop, I don't know what Deran means?"

Looking at Liu Chong's upright face, Liu Jian slapped his head suddenly.

"Your Majesty has a long-term vision... Indeed, the other army is so far away. If we all stay in the city, once the city is broken, we will be completely destroyed. The inside and outside of the city will form a corner, making the enemy difficult to look at. This is the truth." Best way to fight, right?"

Liu Chong showed a look of satisfaction on his face: "Deran is indeed a man who is good at using soldiers. We are really heroes who see the same thing. The widow and Deran agreed! Did Deran agree?"

Liu Jian said with a smile: "Well... Your Majesty, let me think about how to sneak out of the city, where to hide secretly, and where to ambush to achieve the best results! How?"

"Okay, okay! It's about the people of Yangxia City, and it's about the life and death of you and my two armies. Deran needs to think about it early, don't delay too much!"

"What Your Majesty said is true, I will definitely plan properly as soon as possible!"

(End of this chapter)