I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 701 Blocking

Liu Bian's escape plan was easily aborted by Li Ru.

To be honest, Liu Bian feels particularly aggrieved right now.

He originally thought of becoming the local emperor in Jingzhou, but he never thought that he had already woken up from this dream before he could realize it, and the reality he faced after waking up was still fragmented.

In any case, the fact that he colluded with Yuan Shao was exposed to Liu Jian has become an ironclad fact. After this incident, Liu Jian will definitely monitor himself more strictly, and then the life of himself, a prince and king, will be even more difficult.

In fact, all this is Liu Bian's self-pity, self-imposed obstacles, and angry cynicism.

In fact, his life was quite prosperous. Although he did not have that much power, the fiefdom given to him by the current emperor Liu Xie and Prime Minister Liu Jian was very good and sufficient.

Liu Bian's fiefdom can support him to live the rest of his life easily and happily. If he wants, he can live a luxurious life with plenty of food and clothing, and a group of wives and concubines.

It's a pity that Liu Bian, who once became the king of the Han Empire, did not have this ambition.

Today's life is a kind of happiness for other people who are open-minded, but for Liu Bian, it is really an unspeakable torture.

However, even if it was torture, he had to persevere.

Liu Jian's three words "Kou Dang Zhu" were deeply imprinted in Liu Bian's heart, making him feel an unprecedented fear.

To be honest, Liu Bian didn't actually know Liu Jian at first, but after the last deposed emperor, Liu Bian discovered that Liu Jian was actually a man who dared to speak and act. Although he had a reputation for benevolence and righteousness, he was widely known. , but his methods are also very sharp.

It was like a thunder bombardment, making it irresistible.

Every time he thought about it, Liu Bian was filled with fear.

In the end, Liu Bian had no choice but to agree to Li Ru's request.

It shouldn't be said as a request, but as a requirement.

Liu Bian felt very aggrieved, but in order to keep his only status and survive at the same time, he could only agree to Li Ru's request.

But he agreed with great reluctance.

After Li Ru left the residence of King Hongnong, Liu Bian returned to his residence, picked up the slips on the table, and threw the famous utensils on the ground.

He didn't care that these were his precious possessions. Anyway, he threw everything on the ground and smashed it.

"Why am I living in such a miserable state?"

"Even a despicable person like Li Ru can ride on my head and act arrogantly!"

"I'm not willing to give in, I'm not willing to give in!"

He who was behind Liu Bian was startled when he saw Liu Bian talking like this.

She couldn't help but tremble all over.

He hurriedly stepped forward to block Liu Bian's words and said, "Son, you are no longer the emperor. You can't call yourself me."

"Why? Mother! Why are you so unlucky?"

Faced with this question, He had no answer.

Her intelligence is not particularly high, and although she is quite scheming, she is not the top person in the world.

He saw Mr. He let out a long sigh.

"Son, things have become like this now. You can only endure it. There is no other way."

"We, mother and son, are under the same roof now. Since the imperial court has demands from us, we must respect the imperial court's wishes. We will talk about the future later... At least for now, our mother and son must be able to save their lives."

After hearing He's words, Liu Bian showed a bit of unwillingness on his face, but he also knew that his mother's words were right.

What more could he ask for now?

Let's finish the immediate things first, so that we can save our lives and our status as king of princes.

As for what will happen in the future and what is the fate of Liu Bian, it is unknown.

talk later.

……

At this time, Li Ru had already submitted to the imperial court the process of his meeting with King Hongnong, as well as Liu Bian's plan to communicate with Yuan Shao, and Li Ru's plan to use Liu Bian to cooperate with his side to defeat Huang Zu's reinforcements. passed.

In other words, he submitted it to his boss Jia Xu.

He sent the Xiaoshifu to keep a close eye on Hongnong King Liu Bian, and at the same time cooperated with Xu Huang to repel Huang Zu's army. This was Liu Jian's order to Jia Xu of the Xiaoshifu.

Jia Xu picked and chose, and finally decided to hand over the important task of monitoring King Hongnong to Li Ru.

But now Li Ru's reply makes Jia Xu very satisfied.

Although Li Ru's letter did not state the reason why he asked King Hongnong to cooperate with him in seducing Huang Zu, how could Jia Xu not guess it with his wisdom?

"It seems that Li Wenyou still understands the current Prime Minister's intentions."

Jia Xu thought to himself with a smile.

"The Prime Minister initially handed over the matter of monitoring King Hongnong to the School Affairs Office, but he did not tell the School Affairs Office about the specific matter and the final purpose of the mission..."

In fact, Jia Xu had roughly guessed Liu Jian's true purpose.

To be honest, only the school affairs office can handle what Liu Jian wants.

But even if this matter is handled by the school affairs office, it is actually not that easy to handle.

After all, Liu Bian's identity is quite special. He is not an ordinary prince, but a prince who was pulled down from the throne, which makes his identity more sensitive.

Liu Bian is no longer fit to live in this world, and his existence is of no benefit to anyone.

However, how should Liu Bian leave this world is a problem for Liu Jian or Jia Xu.

If this kind of thing is not handled well, it will be easy for people to take advantage of it, which will be very detrimental to the future court, and it will also have a very bad reputation for the current emperor and Liu Jian himself.

Of course, if this matter is not handled well, Jia Xu is afraid that he will end up taking the blame...

So he handed this matter over to Li Ru.

Li Ru is a very brave, ruthless, and poisonous person!

Jia Xu knew very well what kind of person Li Ru was, and he knew that Li Ru had now joined Liu Jian, so he should know what kind of position he was in.

Liu Jian took Li Ru under his command, not to let you, Li Ru, enjoy happiness, but to let Li Ru find ways to use his abilities to deal with things that others can't handle.

If not, there would be no need for Li Ru to stay.

Judging from the current situation, Li Ru still understands his position relatively well.

He also knew what kind of problem he should solve for Liu Jian.

After reading Li Ru's advice, Jia Xu thought seriously for a while, and then burned Li Ru's advice in the brazier.

Then, he found a school official from the school affairs office and asked him to return to Hongnong County to notify Li Ru on his behalf.

Jia Xu's answer to Li Ru was only four words.

"Just go ahead and do it."

……

Just when the battlefields in the north and south were in full swing, Huang Zu received a letter from Liu Bian, informing Huang Zu that the plan would proceed as originally planned.

After Huang Zu learned the news, he breathed a huge sigh of relief.

He immediately commanded his generals to secretly go to the jurisdiction of King Hongnong according to the agreed time.

After fetching King Hongnong and the He family, they retreated secretly to the south. Soon, on the night of November 11th, Huang Zu's troops arrived at Liu Bian's mansion.

At this time, Liu Bian had already prepared the carriage and horses as agreed.

The baggage and goods in his palace have been packed up, and Liu Bian and his direct subordinates, as well as the armies of He and Huang Zu, are marching south together.

After Huang Zu received Liu Bian, he felt unusually relaxed. He felt that he had made great contributions to Yuan Shao. After returning to Jingzhou this time, his Jiangxia Huang family's status would be far superior to other clans.

The Kuai family, Cai family, Deng family, and Xu family are all incomparable with the Jiangxia Huang family this time.

Along the way, Huang Zu kept chatting with Liu Bian, and at the same time expressed his goodwill to Liu Bian, and even greeted him and the He family.

After all, the two people in front of me are the emperor who will be in Jingzhou in the future, and the other is the queen mother who will be in Jingzhou in the future.

Although the two of them will be Yuan Shao's puppets in the future, this does not prevent Huang Zu from establishing a good relationship with them. After all, having a good relationship with the emperor and the queen mother is not a bad thing.

Puppet, they are also puppets with status. From now on, everyone has to respect them on the surface, right?

Yuan Shao now attaches great importance to the Huang family. If the puppet emperor and the puppet queen also pay attention to the Huang family, wouldn't the Huang family become the dominant family in Jingzhou in the future?

Just think about it!

So Huang Zu kept flattering the two of them, but Liu Bian and He were both preoccupied. They didn't show much expression to Huang Zu's flattery, and they just dealt with it in a submissive manner.

Huang Zu was not suspicious of the abnormal state of Liu Bian and He. He thought that Liu Bian and He were uneasy about leaving Hongnong for Jingzhou.

This is normal and everyone understands that anyone who leaves a familiar place and goes to a strange place will not adapt.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother does not need to be anxious."

"Jingzhou has built a new palace for His Majesty and the Queen Mother. Your Majesty will be able to ascend the throne again after arriving there."

"We, the people in the south, under the leadership of Yuan Benchu, will definitely assist His Majesty to regain the country that belongs to our Han Dynasty, capture Liu Jian and the false emperor, and give Your Majesty a good sigh of relief."

Huang Zu was chattering there, while He and Liu Bian just looked around nervously.

Liu Bian asked: "Huang Aiqing, are there no pursuers sent by the puppet emperor around here?"

Hearing Liu Bian's question, Huang Zuhao smiled and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have already searched the area carefully, and there are no pursuers at all. Now that wars are raging everywhere, Liu Jian's attention is not here at all. We are here." He's just taking advantage of the situation! He will never catch any traces..."

Liu Bian opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he swallowed the words helplessly.

But it was only at this moment that I suddenly heard a violent stamping on the ground from ahead.

The sound of stepping on the ground was so loud that everyone in the room turned their heads to look.

Liu Bian and He's faces suddenly turned pale.

Huang Zu didn't pay attention to the expressions of Liu Bian and He. He just looked in the direction of the sound in surprise, raised his hand and said: "The soldiers of the three armies will prepare for battle immediately!"

The shield soldiers are in front, the sword and shield soldiers are displayed on both sides, the spear soldiers are behind, the light cavalry are on the sides, and then the long archers...

Not long after the Jingzhou Army completed their formation, an elite infantry team appeared in front of everyone.

Even though the sky was already dark, the Jingzhou Army could still feel the powerful murderous intent of these soldiers and horses.

The leading general was wearing heavy armor and holding a large axe. He was Liu Jian's general Xu Huang.

Although Xu Huang has made a lot of contributions under Liu Jian, his reputation is still not as good as that of Hebei's veteran generals.

He was not arranged in this war in various places, but it did not make the Confederate troops in various places suspicious.

Because of this, Liu Jian placed Xu Huang in this most deadly place.

Seeing Xu Huang leading such elite soldiers and horses, Huang Zu's face turned ugly. How did his men conduct the investigation?

Isn't it clearly stated that there are no soldiers sent by Liu Jian to reinforce Hongnong?

This army horse is so majestic, why was it not detected in advance?

However, Xu Huang did not give Huang Zu too much time to think. He swung the ax in his hand.

"My sons, the southern thieves have kidnapped King Hongnong! They have evil intentions. Soldiers, go ahead and recapture King Hongnong. Don't let the southern thieves go!"

Huang Zu snorted coldly, waved his hand, and immediately ordered his long archers to prepare to release arrows.

Although the south does not have many majestic war horses, it has more bows and crossbows. Over the years, after Yuan Shao's training, most of the southern troops are good at shooting. This is also a tactic Yuan Shao specially developed in order to resist the northern war horse army.

Under normal circumstances, facing the opponent's long bow and crossbow formation, most generals' requirements for their soldiers are to detour from the flanks to temporarily avoid the sharp edge, or to use the turtle shell formation to slowly move forward, or to use crossbows to attack Respond in formation, or use roaming methods to disperse the opponent's arrow rain.

But Xu Huang's method is different.

Xu Huang, who had a very keen sense of the battlefield situation, immediately issued an order to the three thousand sergeants behind him.

This order has a professional terminology in the corresponding command system of the infantry - sudden advance.

A sudden advance refers to an infantry army that was originally marching at a normal speed, but suddenly the overall speed greatly increased.

Each infantryman uses his own speed to drive the entire phalanx forward suddenly to achieve an unexpected effect.

Although sudden advance is a method that may be used in commanding infantry, in normal times, not many generals allow their soldiers to make such an action.

Because in order for the infantry formation to make a sudden advance, in addition to the commander commanding a very keen judgment on the current situation, the soldiers he leads also need to be well-trained elite divisions.

The sudden advance is a risky move to speed up the original marching rhythm, and this is undoubtedly a great test for the strict formation of the infantry.

But as far as the three thousand Han troops are concerned, their commander-in-chief Xu Huang is naturally not a mediocre person, and the three thousand Han troops themselves are well-trained and elite troops.

Their predecessors were Liu Jian's heroes from Hebei, who fought in the north and south and wiped out the heroes.

Many people remember the power of Hebei's cavalry, but no matter how sharp Hebei's cavalry is, it can only be used in some fixed situations.

Only the brave infantry is the foundation of the Hebei Army's success, and it is also the biggest contributor to Liu Jian's success today.

So when Xu Huang's order was quickly conveyed to the Han army by waving the command flag, these three thousand Han troops did not disappoint Xu Huang.

After receiving Xu Huang's instructions, they strode forward almost at the same time, as if they had made muscle memory.

This was a very difficult move for other soldiers, but they had done it countless times in the past.

At the forefront of these Han troops were rows of flag-waving men holding spears.

There are those who are light-footed and good at walking like galloping horses, gather together as a disciple, and are called the people of the banner.

When thousands of Han soldiers carrying flags suddenly charged forward with spears in hand, Huang Zu did not expect this at all.

The Han army's movements were so fast that by the time the Confederate army reacted, it was already too late.

The crossbows in the hands of the long archers have been sparsely fired towards the Han army.

However, because the opponent's advance was too rapid, the crossbowman's reaction was also insufficient, because the damage caused was not particularly large.

Even if they wanted to retreat at this time, it was too late.

So just when Huang Zu's side was caught off guard, the spear points of thousands of spears in front of Xu Huang's phalanx had already pierced many enemy troops.

And when this scene happened, as the wails of our own soldiers sounded, the morale of Huang Zu's less than two thousand sergeants began to waver.

Huang Zu originally wanted to let his crossbowmen get closer before firing arrows, but he didn't expect this to be the result.

No matter how rough Huang Zu was, he realized at this time that the morale of his troops had been shaken.

Seeing the Han army's formation getting closer and closer, Huang Zu already wanted to retreat after a moment of frustration.

So Huang Zu immediately issued an order to retreat.

But in this situation, it is difficult to retreat.

Liu Bian and He were trembling at the moment.

(End of this chapter)