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Chapter 138 The Emperor's Military Review! I swear to kill Yuan Shao to clear the court of evil

Chapter 138 The Emperor's Military Review! I swear to kill Yuan Shao to clear the court of evildoers

How to describe Liu Xie’s mood at this time?

When he saw the army of tens of thousands standing silently under the scorching sun, and when all the soldiers turned their heads and looked at him, he felt the mighty military power!
For no reason, Liu Xie's blood on horseback suddenly began to boil.

He felt a silent and powerful force from the army before him.

Now, these men of the Han family are waiting for their emperor to inspect them!
"Your Majesty, it's time to go on stage."

Seeing Liu Xie rein in his horse and standing still, Yuan Shao, who was following behind him, hurriedly reminded him, feeling slightly worried.

Could it be that, as Ju Shou said, he was frightened by the advance of the three armies and showed his cowardice?

Just as Yuan Shao was getting anxious and thinking about ways to save the situation, Liu Xie kicked his horse and continued to move forward.

He rode his horse past the square formations of soldiers.

Wherever he passed, the soldiers bowed their heads.

To express their loyalty to the emperor.

Arriving in front of a three-meter-high platform for reviewing generals, Liu Xie threw away his scarlet cloak and, under the gaze of all the soldiers, stepped onto the platform step by step.

As he came on stage, two shirtless burly men struck tiger-skin drums with drumsticks as thick as their forearms.

"Boom--!"

The drum sounds dull and heavy, as if beating on one's heart.

Every time Liu Xie took three steps onto the stage, the drum would beat.

Three steps and one drum beat, which is very particular.

After nine drum beats, Liu Xie stepped onto the platform to review the generals' orders.

At this moment, the whole audience was solemn.

The wind blew up yellow sand, horses neighed and people stood still.

Liu Xie stood on the high platform, his cloak fluttering behind him.

Under the gaze of countless blazing eyes, Liu Xie looked down at the murderous army below the reviewing stand.

He saw fanaticism in the eyes of the soldiers and loyalty on their faces.

"Commanders!"

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Liu Xie spoke solemnly: "Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the world has been in chaos and wars have been raging. In the land of Kyushu, traitors are everywhere, the country is in danger, and the lives of the people are hanging in the balance!"

"First, Dong Zhuo brought chaos to the imperial court, and then Yuan Shu usurped the throne and proclaimed himself emperor."

"Now! Sun Ce in Jiangdong has established his own regime. Cao Cao in Yanzhou has established a fake emperor. Liu Biao in Jingzhou refuses to obey the imperial edict."

"This is truly a critical moment for the Han Dynasty's survival!"

"I inherit the throne from the Heavens above and the common people below. In this time of crisis, I will work day and night to revive the Han Dynasty!"

"I hope all the soldiers will fight bravely and help me turn the tide and save the collapsing building!"

Liu Xie's voice was sonorous and powerful, and the soldiers below the stage were deeply moved.

"Whenever there is a war, the soldiers will fight bravely and sacrifice their lives for the country! Even if their bones become hills and their blood flows like rivers, they will have no regrets!"

"A scholar is one who is devoted and brave;"

"Soldiers live on the blade;"

"The general's sleeves were stained with blood;"

"Cool, sharp blade glow!"

"Your hard work and achievements—"

Liu Xie clenched his fist and hammered his chest hard, causing his armor to collide with a clanging sound.

He said word by word: "I will remember them all in my heart!"

After hearing these words, tens of thousands of soldiers couldn't help but shed tears. The blood in their hearts was burning!

It turns out that the emperor knows all their achievements!
Liu Xie's sharp gaze swept across the entire venue, and the soldiers who were swept by his sight all subconsciously stood straighter.

"Everyone, are you willing to help me put down the rebellion? Are you willing to follow the general and fight bravely to capture Yicheng?"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang He and Gao Lan, who were standing beside the generals' platform, immediately knelt on one knee and shouted, "We are willing to follow Your Majesty! We will crush the disobedient people!"

Upon hearing this, tens of thousands of soldiers under Yuan Shao's command also knelt on one knee.

"I am willing to follow Your Majesty and crush the disobedients!"

Tens of thousands of soldiers roared in unison, and for a moment the murderous aura and fighting spirit at the scene reached its peak!
Liu Xie's eyes were filled with a sharp aura that soared to the sky. "The sun, the moon, the mountains and the rivers will last forever! The Han Dynasty will last forever! The Han army is mighty!"

"Your Majesty is mighty!"

"The Han army is mighty!"

"Your Majesty is mighty!"

Liu Xie suddenly drew the Emperor's Sword from his waist and shouted, "Go to war!"

"Qiang——!"

What responded to Liu Xie was the clanging sound of swords being drawn and the soaring fighting spirit!
"kill--!"

……

Liu Xie held the Emperor's Sword in his hand with a resolute expression. He listened to the almost fanatical shouts coming to his ears, and the blood in his chest boiled.

"Right, that is it!"

"You must remember that you are loyal to me, the Emperor of Han, and not to Yuan Shao!"

The reason why he worked so hard to boost Yuan Shao's morale today was not because he wanted to perform, but because he wanted to take this opportunity to establish his own image and prestige in the hearts of the soldiers of the three armies!

Although there were only 30,000 people at the moment, word would spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and soon all the soldiers under Yuan Shao would know that Yuan Shao was a subject of the emperor.

Although they are Yuan Shao's soldiers, they are even more so the emperor's soldiers!

At this time, he ordered the generals to leave the stage.

Ju Yi, Chunyu Qiong, Tian Feng and others all looked at Liu Xie on the stage with excitement. They were also agitated by Liu Xie's words.

I can't wait to draw my sword and respond!
Only Yuan Shao had a somewhat dazed look on his face. It wasn’t because he thought Liu Xie’s military parade was bad, but because... it was too good!

Even if he himself went on stage to review the troops, I'm afraid there wouldn't be such an effect!

Firstly, the blessing of being an emperor is too great.

Secondly, Liu Xie’s speech was indeed inspiring.

Even he felt his blood boiling when he heard it, let alone the ordinary soldiers?

only……

Yuan Shao glanced at Liu Xie's tall figure on the stage, the soldiers who were extremely excited and whose morale was raised to the extreme, and the civil and military officials around him who also had excited expressions. He frowned and fell into deep thought.

He always felt like something was wrong.

But what exactly is wrong?

Only Ju Su had a dark face throughout the whole process, and his expression was so gloomy that water seemed to be dripping out of it.

……

Yicheng, Marquis Mansion.

"Report——!"

A scout rushed into the hall and reported to Gongsun Zan anxiously, "General! Yuan Shao's army has come out in full force and is about to approach the city!"

Everyone in the hall was shocked when they heard this.

Gongsun Zan's eyes were stern, and he stood up and asked, "Come out in full force? All 30,000 troops are out? Are you sure?!"

The scout nodded heavily and said, "General, they are really coming out in full force!"

Gongsun Zan finally couldn't help but change his expression.

During this period of time, Yuan Shao and he had been testing each other, with only small-scale attacks and each time no more than 10,000 people dispatched. But this time, all their forces were dispatched to attack him!
Could it be that he wants to fight to the death?
His expression changed several times, and Gongsun Zan immediately ordered: "Pass the order down, the entire army is ready! Send someone to notify Tian Kai and order him to lead the army to support!" "Yes!" The scout took the order and retreated.

Gongsun Zan immediately took his generals Gongsun Fan, Tian Yu, Yan Gang, Zhao Yun and others to climb up the city wall to investigate the situation.

Standing on the city wall, Gongsun Zan took one look and his heart sank.

There was a dark mass outside the city, and all I saw were Yuan’s troops!

An indescribable feeling of oppression suddenly came over me.

Even though he had been through many battles, this scene still made him feel a little uneasy.

The 30,000-strong army came out in full force, which meant that Yuan Shao would ignore casualties and would capture Yicheng at all costs!
In front of the three armies, Yuan Shao rode out, looked toward the city wall, and shouted loudly: "Gongsun Zan! Today, His Majesty is leading the army in person. Your defeat is imminent!"

Gongsun Zan was shocked when he heard this.

The emperor leads the army in person?

This villain Yuan Shao actually brought the emperor to the battlefield!
After Yuan Shao finished his words, a young man in black armor on a white horse rode over. Yuan Shao immediately stepped aside respectfully.

"I am Liu Xie, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. Today, I am leading my army to recapture Youzhou! If you are still the people of the Han Dynasty and still consider yourselves as Han subjects, then leave the city immediately and accept surrender!"

"drop!"

Yuan Shao's army clashed their weapons vigorously and shouted angrily.

Liu Xie's expression remained unchanged, but he felt a little bitter in his heart.

He thought he only needed to show up to boost the morale of the soldiers.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Shao asked him to come to the front of the battle and speak to the soldiers of Yicheng!
"Gongsun Zan, oh Gongsun Zan, please don't surrender. You must be tough. I don't expect you to be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. You just need to contain Yuan Shao."

Liu Xie prayed silently in his heart.

Yuan Shao's move was extremely vicious. He had just reviewed the three armies, and all the soldiers were shouting as if they had been injected with chicken blood. The emperor's buff benefited the entire army.

On the other hand, the soldiers in Yicheng were deeply shocked to see that they had become the targets of the emperor's attack.

If you resist, wouldn't that make you a rebel? The debuff is maxed out.

Before the emperor was assassinated in the street, he was a god in the hearts of ordinary people!

Even if they were given ten thousand courages, they would not dare to draw weapons against the emperor.

"The emperor leads the army in person! Have we become traitors?"

"Open the city gate and surrender..."

"If you resist us, we will become traitors and your entire clan will be killed!"

"Can't resist, can't resist!"

At this time, on the city wall of Yicheng, the soldiers learned that the emperor was leading the army in person, and they all panicked.

Everyone's fighting spirit and morale plummeted in an instant.

Some even laid down their weapons!
As soldiers and citizens of the Han Dynasty, who dares to draw swords against the emperor?
The prestige of the Han Dynasty over the past four hundred years has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. They join the army to earn military merits, get promoted, and make money, so that they can have something to eat, not to rebel!

"Yuan Shao, old thief!!!"

Noticing that his soldiers had lost all their morale, Gongsun Zan was furious and wished he could shoot Yuan Shao to death with a single arrow!
Yuan Shao’s move was too vicious!

The fighting spirit of his soldiers was completely destroyed!

If we keep going like this, there’s no need to fight!
If he ordered a counterattack, his soldiers would most likely mutiny and turn their swords against him.

Generals such as Gongsun Fan and Yan Gang all turned pale, as they were well aware of how bad the situation was.

The atmosphere at the scene was depressing.

When everyone was silent, Tian Yu stepped forward and said, "General, do you still remember the letter I wrote last time to accuse Yuan Shao of his crimes?"

"A letter of guilt to Yuan Shao?"

Gongsun Zan naturally remembered it. A few years ago, when he attacked Yuan Shao, he wrote a letter to the court exposing Yuan Shao's crimes.

This time when Yuan Shao attacked, in order to gain a legitimate position, he specially asked Tian Yu to rewrite a letter to accuse Yuan Shao of his crimes.

But what’s the use now?

The emperor has come in person!

Tian Yu said anxiously: "The only solution now is for the general to acknowledge the emperor's identity and then accuse Yuan Shao of disrespecting the emperor and being a traitor like Dong Zhuo, who even dared to hold the emperor hostage on the battlefield."

"Then the general will state all the crimes of Yuan Shao in the book of guilt, and in the name of clearing the emperor's side, defeat Yuan Shao and save the emperor, so as to stabilize the army's morale!"

Originally, Gongsun Zan did not recognize the emperor before him because he knew that he was a puppet of Yuan Shao.

But now I have to admit it.

Because the soldiers under his command acknowledged it, if he denied it, he would be confirmed as a traitor.

Therefore, they could only find another way out and raise the slogan of clearing the court of corrupt officials!

"it is good!"

Gongsun Zan was overjoyed when he heard this, and he quickly climbed up the city gate tower and knelt on one knee in front of Liu Xie:

"I, Gongsun Zan, the governor of Youzhou, come to see Your Majesty!"

Outside the city, Yuan Shao laughed when he saw this scene.

But the next moment, the smile on his face froze.

After paying respect to the emperor, Gongsun Zan began to curse him: "Yuan Shao! You traitor, how dare you kidnap His Majesty and bring him to the battlefield! The battlefield is so dangerous, but you have ignored His Majesty's safety. What are you thinking?"

"Yuan thief, you are so disrespectful to the emperor, how are you any different from Dong thief?"

Beautifully said!

When Liu Xie heard this, his eyes lit up.

Gongsun Zan’s excuse is very good!
Yuan Shao, who originally held the righteous position, was directly beaten by him into a traitor who held the emperor hostage to control the princes!
Yuan Shao's face darkened and he snorted coldly, "Your Majesty heard that you were resisting stubbornly and refused to surrender, so he led the army in person. When did I take Your Majesty hostage?"

"Gongsun Zan! Stop talking nonsense here! Surrender immediately!"

"Otherwise, once Your Majesty captures Yicheng, everyone will be punished!"

As he said this, he gave Liu Xie a wink.

Liu Xie sighed in his heart and could only cooperate.

"General Gongsun, I am indeed not being held hostage by the general. You should quickly leave the city and surrender."

"Your Majesty!" Gongsun Zan's face was filled with grief and indignation, and he said sincerely: "I know that Your Majesty is controlled by Yuan Shao, and I can't help saying these words. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I swear to kill the thief Yuan and rescue Your Majesty!"

Gongsun Zan said this, looked at his soldiers, then looked at Yuan Shao's soldiers, and shouted:

"I have submitted a memorial to Your Majesty listing Yuan Shao's seven crimes. I ask all the subjects of the Han Dynasty to listen to it!"

"The first crime was that Yuan Shao invited Dong Zhuo to Luoyang, which was the root cause of Dong Zhuo's disaster."

"The second crime is that when Dong Zhuo controlled the government and held the emperor hostage, Yuan Shao did not resist Dong Zhuo, but abandoned his official title and fled, failing to fulfill his responsibilities as a minister."

"The third crime is that when Yuan Shao was the governor of Bohai, he prepared troops to resist Dong Zhuo, but he did not tell his clansmen in advance. As a result, more than 50 clansmen died. This is unfilial!"

"The fourth crime is that after Yuan Shao raised his army, he did not care about the national crisis, but cultivated power everywhere, exploited the rich, and plundered the people. Everyone in the world resented him!"

"The fifth crime is that Yuan Shao and Han Fu conspired to set up a new court. In order to issue a false imperial decree, they even privately carved a gold seal with the words "An Imperial Edict, Seal of the Marquis of Xiang" engraved on it, exactly the same as when Wang Mang was rebellious in the past!"

"The sixth crime is that Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, concurrently served as the governor of Yuzhou and drove away Dong Zhuo, cleaned up the mausoleum and temples, and made great contributions. However, Yuan Shao ordered Zhou Ang to usurp his position, thus undermining the plan to defeat Dong Zhuo."

"The seventh crime is that Yuan Shao held the emperor hostage and forced him to walk through dangerous battlefields. He is truly a traitor and a rebellious traitor!"

"Yuan Shao is a hypocritical villain, disloyal to the emperor and treasonous to the Han Dynasty. He is guilty of a heinous crime! Because I am loyal to the Han Dynasty, I have become an obstacle for Yuan Shao to realize his ambitions, so he sent troops to attack. After a long time of siege, he was so desperate that he kidnapped the emperor and brought him here!"

As Gongsun Zan spoke, he drew the long sword from his waist, reached out and grasped the sharp blade of the sword, and regardless of the blood flowing from his hand, he broke it fiercely!
"I swear to kill Yuan Shao and clear the emperor's court!"

"If you break this oath, I will be punished with this sword!"

As soon as the words fell, the whole place was in an uproar.

Both Yuan Shao's army and Gongsun Zan's army were stunned.

Who is the loyal minister? Who is the treacherous minister?
　There was a power outage today. The power was restored at 4pm. Sorry, there will be another update in the evening.

　　
　
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