Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

"Prime Minister... Prime Minister is afraid that if he leaves, Luoyang will be lost, and then the Guanzhong area will completely fall under the iron hoofs of foreign races, so he still stays in Luoyang..."

Listening to Xiahou Bo's answer, which was full of grief and worry, Liu Bei felt a buzzing in his ears. Everything in front of him had fragments of afterimages, and only one thought kept echoing in his mind.

"Zikun, Zikun is surrounded by 400,000 Hu people in Luoyang. He is in imminent danger, in imminent danger..."

The next moment, Liu Bei staggered and fell forward, shocking all the civil and military officials in the hall and causing them to cry out in surprise.

However, Liu Bei stumbled forward and supported himself on the table with his hands, then suddenly looked up. His eyes revealed extreme anger and ferocity, and he shouted with heavy breathing and clenched teeth.

"Send... send troops! I will go to Luoyang in person to rescue Zikun. If Zikun is harmed in the slightest, I will slaughter all the barbarians and make the grassland barren!"

Perhaps it was because Liu Bei had restrained himself too much, or perhaps it was because Liu Bei had always been known for his benevolence, or perhaps it was because Liu Bei had always been kind and gentle towards his subjects.

As a result, many civil and military officials gradually forgot that Liu Bei rose to prominence step by step from the grassroots, and that Liu Bei's character was actually very magnanimous and strong.

Over the years, it was only under Li Ji's urging that Liu Bei took off his armor and gave up the idea of ​​personally going to the battlefield.

This scene also shocked many people.

However, the incident in which the Prime Minister was besieged by the Hu people in Luoyang also made many civil and military officials anxious. But as everyone reacted, they strongly opposed Liu Bei's personal expedition.

The Chief of the Imperial Clan Liu Yu gave this advice almost without thinking.

"Your Majesty, you must not lose your composure because of this. Four hundred thousand barbarians have besieged Luoyang, and the situation is already dire. For the sake of the world, Your Majesty should stay in Shouchun and coordinate the situation..."

But Liu Bei, who always respected his subjects, did not even give Liu Yu a chance to finish speaking. He drew the royal sword from his waist and spoke in a cold voice.

"The country can be recovered, but the countryman is unparalleled. Without Zikun, Liu Bei would not be here today, and without Zikun, the Han Dynasty would not be here today."

"I have made up my mind. If I cannot save my Prime Minister, I would rather die in Luoyang and live like this."

The next moment, Liu Bei cut the table in front of him in half with a sword to show his determination, and even stopped important officials such as Lu Zhi, Chen Gui, Mi Zhu and others who wanted to persuade Liu Bei to stay calm from saying anything.

As the King of Han, Liu Bei, who was well versed in politics, was very clear that there were countless reasons to dissuade him from going to Luoyang in person when it came to the country.

But just one reason was enough to make Liu Bei's determination to go to Luoyang as firm as iron.

The country can be recovered, the Han Dynasty can be rebuilt...

However, there is only one Li Zikun who is like a brother to me in this world. How can we continue the relationship if it is broken?
For a moment, facing the table that was broken into two pieces, no one dared to persuade.

Liu Bei took a deep breath, tried to regain some composure, and then issued a series of orders...

The core is undoubtedly one sentence - "mobilize the entire country to mobilize troops to the north"!
The 700,000 troops previously mobilized for the Northern Expedition were not the limit of the Han Dynasty today.

To avoid accidents, Liu Bei still had about 200,000 troops at his disposal, and another 100,000 were stationed in Yuzhou, so that they could be mobilized at any time if there were any changes in the Northern Expedition.

In addition, Liu Bei immediately ordered the recruitment of a large number of militiamen as well as death row prisoners, labor camp prisoners, etc. from all over the country to further organize local military forces.

Listening to Liu Bei's orders, Mi Zhu, who felt his scalp tingling, couldn't help but speak.

"Your Majesty, if you continue to spend so much money on military expansion, I'm afraid you won't have enough food and grass." "Then stop building Jianye City. Without Zikun, what great cause can we build?"

Liu Bei's reaction without any hesitation forced Mi Zhu to shut his mouth again.

But at this moment, Xu Shu, who had been silent all the time, stepped out and saluted.

"Yuanzhi, do you want to object too?" Liu Bei asked with a frown, showing some anger.

Xu Shu replied in a hurried tone.

"Your Majesty, we are so close to the lands of Jing, Yang, Yu and Xu that the food and grass there is really not enough to support such a full-scale military campaign, but Your Majesty still has two granaries that can be used."

"First, Jiaozhou has been governed for many years, and has been very effective in gathering the people of Baiyue and developing arable land. There is sufficient food and grass. You can order Jiaozhou to transfer food immediately."

"Secondly, many aristocratic families also have grain and grass. Your Majesty can order the court to borrow grain from them in the name of the court, and promise to pay interest, and agree to return it in batches next year."

Liu Bei's expression relaxed a little after hearing this. He felt that Li Ji really had left him a good think tank by his side, so he spoke directly.

"Okay, this method is very good. Let Yuanzhi handle it with full authority. Anyone who interferes will be killed immediately."

As soon as these words were spoken, Gu Yong, who had experienced the changes in the Wujun family, felt his heart beating like a drum.

At first, when Gu Yong heard about the heavy losses suffered by the Wujun noble families during the Zhongping period, he thought that it was Jia Xu who acted on his own. Later, he determined that it was Li Ji who secretly instructed him to do so. It now seems that his own king is a completely ruthless person at heart.

Anyone who interferes will be killed immediately.

What is considered obstruction? This standard is too broad. Refusing to lend grain and not cooperating is not considered obstruction?

This made Gu Yong further understand that the attitude of the soon-to-be-reestablished Han Dynasty towards the aristocratic families and powerful people would definitely not be the same as that of Emperor Guangwu, who shared the world with the aristocratic families. Instead, it would be closer to an attitude of management and control, or even a strict attitude of "if the king wants his subjects to die, then the subjects have to die."

"I hope there are no more fools who don't know how to do things. We can't continue to cause trouble for the king at this critical moment. Otherwise, the king will feel even more disgusted with the noble families and will only be more harsh in the future."

After Gu Yong made his judgment in his heart, he immediately took the initiative to express that he would do a good job in dispatching food and grass to Jiaozhou, and would fully support Xu Shu.

But after a slight pause, Xu Shu continued.

"Your Majesty, the whole country is recruiting soldiers just for emergency needs. Water from afar cannot quench a nearby fire. If you want to save Luoyang, you can immediately send a message to Shuzhong and ask Liu Jiyu to send troops north to the three auxiliary areas for support. It may be effective."

Liu Bei treated this court meeting as a military meeting. He adopted all suggestions that were of some use, and his attitude of rushing to Luoyang's aid at all costs was almost undisguised.

However, given the urgency of the situation, Shouchun received very little information and could only consider the worst-case scenario and prepare for it.

As the court meeting came to an end, all the civil and military officials hurried away to make their own arrangements. When Liu Bei was about to return to the palace to change his armor, Xiahou Bo handed Liu Bei a memorial and said.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Guards sent back a copy of the Prime Minister's memorial along with the urgent report from Luoyang."

Liu Bei was slightly startled, took it solemnly, hurried out of the office and got on the carriage, rushing back to the palace without delay. At the same time, he carefully opened the memorial and saw the prime minister's handwriting that Liu Bei was familiar with.

[I am a commoner, and I built my home in Zhuo...] (End of this chapter)