Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 211 Send troops!

Traveling through such a long time, Liu Xie has never really seen how troublesome it is to start a war.

Collecting military funds, selecting civilian husbands, integrating the army, rushing to manufacture equipment, and mobilizing propaganda to the people in Guanzhong are all cumbersome things that cannot be ignored, and Liu Xie is so busy that he is dizzy.

Although, as the head of the entire country, Liu Xie didn't have to do everything by himself to get into the government affairs, but even the piles of approvals that Zhong Yao brought in every day made Liu Xie feel sick when he saw those bamboo slips.

Fortunately, due to the adequate preparations in advance for this expedition, all matters were carried out in an orderly manner despite the cumbersomeness.

Especially the great dynasty of the Han Dynasty, although some scholar-bureaucrats in it made Liu Xie look down upon them.But it has to be said that the entire administrative team left by the dynasty was able to smooth things out and do a good job according to the ancestral system when dealing with such emergencies.

This saved Liu Xie a lot of energy and focused on the overall strategy.

Moreover, what made Liu Xie even more proud was that during his private visit on Weibo, he found that the people of Chang'an were very enthusiastic about this expedition.There is no such thing as the mentality of being bleak and bleak and the end of the world is coming as soon as you hear the war broke out.

This credit should be attributed to Yang Xiu's propaganda.Under Liu Xie's guidance, Yang Xiu carried forward the nursery rhyme about Dong Zhuo being punished last year.

In the era of the Han Dynasty, nursery rhymes and prophecies played a very important role.In this era, there is no newspaper, no radio, no TV, and no Internet. Therefore, the spread of public opinion in this era is mainly realized through nursery rhymes sung by these little kids.

If rich political content is added to these nursery rhymes and prophecies, it will bring a strong force of public opinion in the spread of the streets and alleys.People in later generations know that although the power of public opinion is invisible and intangible, its role cannot be underestimated.

For this expedition, Yang Xiu did not use superstitious nursery rhymes, but asked Diao Chan's clever little beggars to tell the secret of "the general trend of the world" while begging. This aroused Chang'an people's attention to this war and guided their attitude.

For this war, Yang Xiu's main point of public opinion is how the latter general Yuan Shu did not know how to die.Said that he never put the Han Dynasty in his eyes, and boldly challenged the dignity of the Han Dynasty, even ordered the generals of Luoyang to make way for him and so on.Of course, it also includes how stupid Yuan Shu is, how arrogant and domineering he is, and even has mistresses, third wives, four, five, and six wives, making it impossible for young people of the right age in Chang'an to marry wives...

Anyway, the Han Dynasty and Yuan Shu have already torn their faces, Liu Xie will not pay attention to the gentleman's demeanor.So what if there was a personal attack on you?If we have the ability, let's fight with real swords and guns.

Once this news spread, one can imagine how indignant the people in Guanzhong would be, who are now in high spirits.Especially for those who migrated from other places, their fathers sent their children and mothers sent their children to the front line to join the war.Not for anything else, just for those people who are still suffering from Yuan Shu's misfortune to live the same life as them, so that that boy Yuan Shu can recognize who is the master of the Han Dynasty!
After two full months of work, Liu Xie received a reply from Cao Cao in Yanzhou.After seeing the letter, Liu Xie behaved very strangely.

He neither jumped up with joy because Cao Cao promised to cooperate with the Han Dynasty, nor worried that Cao Cao would become a real predator in this troubled world in this war.He just calmly handed the letter to Xun You who was at the side, and asked lightly, "Gongda, do you feel that Cao Cao's tail is a little cocked before this battle starts?"

As the default commander-in-chief of this battle, Xun You was naturally very busy.But after taking the letter casually and looking at ten lines at a glance, he still couldn't help frowning:

"Cao Mengde has indeed changed a bit. Although he still spared no effort to express his loyalty to the Han Dynasty between the lines, the occasional hypocrisy and conceit he revealed were not the same as the last time he made a statement. Not to mention, he even bluntly said this time. Frankly stating that your Majesty forced the Huns to rebel against the Xiongnu, it hurts those who are close to you and makes the enemies happy, it is a big failure in this battle."

As Xun You said, he quietly threw the rough and yellowish paper aside.He felt that there was no need for Liu Xie to discuss with him at this time, the change of Cao Cao's attitude towards the Han Dynasty was insignificant.As a result, he continued to concentrate on what he was doing.

"Actually, it's not Cao Mengde's fault." But when Xun You was about to place a wooden horse figurine representing Xiliang cavalry on the sand table on the front line of Wuguan, Liu Xie's tone became calm and strange.Xun You turned his head slightly and saw Liu Xie staring blankly at the sky at this moment, muttering to himself:

"Think about it, after the First World War in Yanzhou, Cao Mengde put an end to the rebellion in Yanzhou in one fell swoop, wiped out the flames and relieved the people, the military power was shaken, and the four sides looked at him. Ordinary Chang'an people, because they defeated Li Jue and Guo Sizhi Chaos, even if he is full of ambition, let alone a hero like him who leapt into a state and holds the power of life and death. What's more, after reorganizing Qingzhou soldiers, Cao Cao has 30 troops at once, even if he only keeps the young and strong , and at least one hundred thousand soldiers..."

"10 people..." Liu Xie sighed lonelyly twice, and then he sighed with emotion: "If I have soldiers with long arms who can jump even if they are swords and seas of fire, it is difficult even if they don't want to be ambitious." Nah."

"Thus, Your Majesty set up the plan to force the Huns to rebel against Cao Mengde?" Xun You stopped his hand in mid-air, and suddenly turned his head to look at Liu Xie with a half-smile and said.

Startled by Xun You's sudden turn of events, Liu Xie couldn't help but embarrass himself: "You already know about the Huns?" Cao Cao, who is far away in Yanzhou, may have no problem, but if he wants to hide Xun You, it's just a fool's dream.

"It's not all for the purpose of beating Cao Mengde. It's because of everything in Guanzhong, but it's still in its infancy. It's just a stopgap measure to play such a trick."

Since he was a sensible person, Liu Xie didn't want to talk foolishly, so he simply explained to Xun You: "What's more, that guy Yuan Shu doesn't have the slightest respect for the Han Dynasty. , I am afraid that the princes of the world will still not pay attention to the Han Dynasty."

"Your Majesty's wonderful plan." Seeing Liu Xie's self-effacement with indescribable pride, Xun You understood that Liu Xie's knot had been resolved, and then he put the wooden horse figurine on the front line of Guanzhong, and then nodded in satisfaction "In this way, with all the troops out, Yuan Shu's army has become like a turtle in a urn. If everything goes well in the battle, our army of the Han Dynasty can sweep the caves and drive Yuan Shu out of Yuzhou in one fell swoop!"

Liu Xie looked back and saw that his sand table had been filled by Xun You with wooden figurines of various colors.The red wooden figurines representing the military strength of the Han Dynasty spread and swept across Wan County like a red flame.At this moment, Liu Xie's eyes seemed to be ignited by the bright red color, bursting out with fiery ambition.

Finally, on the second day, Liu Xie smiled slightly, and with boundless pride rolling in his chest, he climbed up to the swearing-in platform.At this moment, he was wearing a dazzling red brocade robe, rolling and sweeping in the breeze, echoing the tide of fiery steel lions below.

In the Han Dynasty, fire is respected, and red is respected.

Therefore, the soldiers who went out this time all had a red tassel on their helmets, which represented that they were soldiers of the great man!

Behind Liu Xie, generals Ma Chao and Xu Huang formed a crescent formation to defend Liu Xie.The soldiers of the three armies waited for Liu Xie to stand upright, and immediately cheered like a mountain roar and a tsunami.

Standing on the high platform, Liu Xie lightly raised his hand, and in an instant, all the voices disappeared.Between the heaven and the earth, there was no other movement except the whistling of the wind—the chilling aura of the soldiers was enough to change the color of the sky and the earth, causing the area around the platform to condense into a frozen sea of ​​flames.

Therefore, Liu Xie raised a command flag and waved it down suddenly: "Sacrifice the flag, send troops! The soldiers are pointing at the rebellious minister Yuan Shu!"

"Han army mighty!"

(End of this chapter)