Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 726 The Great War Begins

As soon as Liu Xie said his words, a minister who guessed Liu Xie's intentions immediately set his sights on Yuzhou: the emperor's uncle Liu Xuande had been dormant in Yuzhou for more than a year, and he also had some old books in his hands.At this time, a piece of edict, let Liu Bei go north to help Cao, which can not only reassure Cao Cao, but also observe Yuan Shao's movements. It is indeed a clever plan to kill two birds with one stone.

Of course, the ruse was as insidious as ever.

It is possible that those who entered this hall were all confidantes who knew Liu Xie quite well.Under the influence of Liu Xie, they also know that war is war, and no matter how much benevolence and kindness there is, not only will it not end the war, but it will only lose the war faster.

What's more, these people also know that this Liu Xuande of Yuzhou seems humble and humble, but he is definitely not the master of peace.This time he was transferred to the north, but also to test Liu Bei's mind.If he is obedient to this, then the Han family can at least make some preparations as soon as possible, and if he behaves positively, Cao Mengde will surely squeeze out a lot of the capital he has accumulated for more than a year, and the Han family can control Liu Bei for a few more years.

In this way, this plan should belong to the plan of killing three birds with one stone.

But when everyone applauded this plan one after another, Leng Shouguang's report suddenly came from outside the hall. When he was young, an official hurried into the hall. After saluting, he handed a battle report to Liu Xie and said: "Your Majesty, the latest battle report from the front. Cao Jun Encountered with Yuan Jun at Baima, fought fiercely, and beheaded Yuan Jun's general Yan Liang!"

Everyone in the hall couldn't help but change their expressions when they heard this report: Everyone present has heard about who Yan Liang is.That was a generation of famous generals in Hebei, and more warriors died under him than reeds on the banks of the Yellow River.Even the proud Lu Bu had to admit that, at least in Hebei, his name as a flying general was not as prestigious as the name "Yan Liang".

But such a general died suddenly when the two armies of Yuan and Cao were confronting each other, which undoubtedly added a little change to the extremely delicate battle situation.Naturally, Liu Xie thought of this instantly, and couldn't help but ask, "What are the details? Also, at whose hands did Yan Liang die?"

"Yuzhou Wuzong Xu Chu." When the official said the name, his face was a little ugly, but seeing the sullen faces of the generals in the hall, he immediately explained the whole story.

It is said that Yan Liang's dispatch of troops this time was very accidental, and he didn't seem to listen to Feng Ji's dissuasion from the frontline supervisor.He insisted on looking for fighter planes around Baima City, but he happened to find a group of Cao Jun's food guards.After a fierce battle, Yan Liang returned victorious, but on the way, he was chased by Xiahou Dun's army and fled into the forest.He thought he would escape to ascend to heaven, but unexpectedly, there was a fire in the forest. Yan Liang was unable to charge left and right, and was killed by Xu Chu with a single knife.

Such news is full of flaws and full of doubts.First of all, Liu Xie did not believe that Yan Liang, who had experienced many battles, would insist on going to Baima to seek some fighter opportunities for no reason.Then there was something wrong with the food truck, apparently to slow down Yan Liang's pace, so that Xiahou Dun's army could chase after him.There is also the fire in the forest, and the sudden appearance of Xu Chu, which further shows that this incident is a game set against Yan Liang.

Not to mention, Yan Liang was Yuan Shao's confidant and favorite general. He rode out lightly, but Yuan Jun didn't even arrive for rescue within half a day.Thinking about all of this makes Liu Xie shudder.

He has been on the battlefield, so he knows how difficult such a seemingly simple plan is.A strategist must first have something that Yan Liang is absolutely attracted to, so that Yan Liang can hide it from others; secondly, the series in the middle must be interlocking, so that Yan Liang can be forced into the net that has been set up long ago; finally, It is also necessary to ensure that this raid will not be disturbed by outsiders...

Thinking of this, a handsome and unruly genius appeared in Liu Xie's mind: Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao.

Only that person can perform such a brilliant and misty plot.In addition to being amazing, it is also puzzling. Even if Jin Yiwei risked his life to monitor the frontline battlefield, Liu Xie still didn't know how Guo Jia accomplished all this.

Fortunately, all this is not very important to Liu Xie and the Han Dynasty.He only needs to consider how Yan Liang's death will affect the entire battle situation.

As a result, Liu Xie, who had calmed down his shock, took a deep breath to get rid of Guo Jia's shadow, and then looked at Wen Wu in front of him and said, "Well... If that's the case, what do you think will happen after Yuan Cao's battle? "

"Your Majesty, Yan Liang is Yuan Shao's confidant and beloved general, and he is also a banner that the Hebei Army puts in front of the world. Now that Yan Liang is beheaded, Yuan Shao must lose face. A serious setback must not be reconciled to the humiliation. Although Cao Mengde beheaded Yuan Shao's general and boosted morale, but at the same time completely attracted Yuan Shao's anger. I thought that His Majesty immediately issued an edict to transfer Liu Yuzhou to march northward and unite against the enemy. Yuan."

As Liu Xie's mastermind, Xun You, even if he broke through the situation, his remarks made Liu Xie suddenly enlightened.But when he was about to order Yang Xiu to draft the imperial edict, he suddenly saw the battle report. Besides the news of Yan Liang's beheading, there was a small line: General Zhennan and Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou, sent Huang Zhong as the main general to garrison Lu Shan.

Liu Xie was furious immediately, and angrily threw this battle report on the sand table map: "Liu Jingsheng, you don't know whether to live or die! It's nothing more than communicating with Yuan Shao secretly. Before the big battle that the world is focusing on, How dare he act rashly?!"

Seeing Liu Xie's actions, everyone was puzzled.Only Jia Xu slowly opened his eyes, calmly picked up the battle report on the sand table, passed it to everyone after reading it, and said, "Your Majesty once said that the plan cannot keep up with changes. Liu Jingsheng is so ignorant, he really wants to beat him It's been a while."

"Beating?" Liu Xie was furious, and said bluntly: "To this day, how can I still have the mood to beat such fools! Lushan Mountain looks at Yuzhou, Beikong Nanyang, Yanzhou, Liu Biao's move, no doubt listened to Yuan Shaozhi I want to take a piece of the pie in this war, but I don't know it, and it will mess up all my overall situation!"

After Zhong Yao finished reading the battle report, he immediately threw Huang Zhong's terracotta warriors in Lushan.In a blink of an eye, Tang Wenwu and Wu all saw Yuan Shao's intentions: as always, this time it was Yuan Shao who stayed quiet and did not attack, and used the strategy of restraint and deterrence.But once the Han Dynasty or Yuzhou made some moves, the annexation of Lushan became a sharp knife and pressed against the Han Dynasty's waist, making people restless.

This situation is the same as when Cao Cao had to clean up Nanyang Zhangxiu before he dared to start a war with Yuan Shao during the first battle at Guandu in history: no one wants to fight with all his strength. The poking stick - that feeling is really disturbing.

The reason why Liu Biao dared to do this was because Liu Xie was used to it: these years, Liu Xie wanted to maintain the superficial strength and unity of the Han Dynasty, so he endured Liu Biao's little tricks.Perhaps, in Liu Biao's view, his behavior was no different from before.But he didn't know that Liu Xie had long run out of patience for this.

"Your Majesty, there is nothing better than scheming, and nothing is better than enduring humiliation. The most useless person is the one who is furious but has no strategy. Your Majesty has strategies, so why bother to be so angry?" Jia Xu is worthy of being an old fox for many years. Not getting angry at all when things happen, even persuading people not to get angry, this method is first-rate.

After Liu Xie heard this, he immediately stopped being angry.It's not because what Jia Xu said is reasonable, but because Jia Xu said that Liu Xie already has a solution, but in fact, Liu Xie still has no solution. Let everyone see through?

Then where can he put his always wise and martial image?
However, after all, I was angry just now, and it is impossible to think of any countermeasures when I say it suddenly.After all, Liu Xie is just a time traveler. Although he is a little smart, most of them learned from these big guys later.

But Jia Xu had already promoted him to the high stage at this time, so Liu Xie naturally couldn't show his timidity, so he had to come up with a trick that he hadn't used for a long time.Coughing, he said to Yang Xiu: "The old fox is right. Anger can't solve the problem at all. Since the matter is a foregone conclusion, let's draft an edict according to the old fox's words."

The tears in Yang Xiu's heart were about to flow out immediately: Your Majesty, aren't you cheating?How do I know what kind of charades you two played, what kind of bad idea did you come up with? ...

Seeing Yang Xiu's expression, Liu Xie couldn't help shaking his head: This mood quality is not good.Look at Xu Huang, although he doesn't know what the solution is, but he has been with me for so many years, with his frowning pensive expression, and his sighs from time to time, it is obvious that this acting skill has already been introduced.

As a result, Liu Xie looked disappointed, pretending to understand and said: "What? Doesn't Dezu know what to do? Didn't the old fox say that the plan can't keep up with the changes... Forget it, Fa Xiaozhi, tell me stop."

"Your Majesty and Mr. Jia's intention is not to let Liu Yuzhou go northward, but to march westward, so that Liu Jingsheng will suffer for himself." Fazheng curled his lips secretly, and he had nothing to say about Liu Xie's shamelessness in his heart: how can you pretend? Ah, do you think we haven't seen that you don't know what Mr. Jia is up to?
But just after Fazheng finished his contempt, Liu Xie raised his hand and added: "No, there are omissions in this plan. If only Liu Xuande enters Jingzhou, it will be like driving a tiger into a flock of sheep, and the consequences will be worrisome. But if you add Han General Ningguo Zhonglang and Habayashi Zhonglang in the room, this is interesting..."

Fazheng was startled immediately, and stretched his head to look at the sand table: As Liu Xie said, let Zhang He send troops from Nanyang, and Tai Shici march from Huaiyang.
At this moment, Fazheng looked up at the wise Liu Xie again, and he couldn't guess whether Liu Xie just pretended to understand, or just understood...

It's a pity that Liu Xie at this time had no intention of secretly rejoicing that he had played a trick again: because he knew that without Liu Bei's buffer, the Han Dynasty would not be able to do anything if they didn't want to.

The war is finally about to start.

(End of this chapter)