Three Kingdoms: Emperor Han's will, my identity as a prince exposed

Chapter 78 Liu Jing returns in triumph and subdues Yizhou!!

Xiao Jian, Prime Minister of Langya County, summoned everyone in Langya City to gather.

“Tread…”

Dense footsteps sounded, and everyone gathered.

And looked at Xiao Jian suspiciously, I don’t know what happened to summon him late at night.

“You all know that Jizhou and Yanzhou led their armies to invade Xuzhou, right?”

Xiao Jian said straight to the point

“Good.”

The town guard martial general Xiang Jiang and the others echoed one after another.

This is no secret, not to mention that reinforcements have already been sent in the direction of Xuzhou City.

Of course, everyone was also a little nervous, a total of 40,000 troops, and with the less than 10,000 troops in Langya County, I don’t know if they can be stopped.

“It’s good to know.”

Xiao Jian took a deep breath.

Everyone was confused for a while, not knowing what the prime minister was going to say.

“Not long ago, Benxiang received some news.”

Xiao Jian’s voice suddenly became low.

“Except for Langya City, the rest of the county towns have been breached.”

He continued.

“Hiss…”

As soon as these words came out, Xiang Jiang and the others gasped.

“How is that possible?”

After digesting the news, Xiang Jiang said in disbelief.

How long will it be, and Langya City will be surrounded by the Jizhou Army and the Yanzhou Army?

“That’s why I summoned everyone late at night.”

Sighing, Xiao Jian continued.

He originally thought that after the Jizhou Army and the Yanzhou Army arrived, the reinforcements would almost arrive.

The three forces will clash in the area of Langya and there will be a stalemate.

He really did not expect that the Jizhou army and the Yanzhou army would arrive before the reinforcements, which caught him by surprise.

“It is estimated that when the sky breaks, Langya City will fall into a heavy siege.”

Xiao Jian continued.

Everyone below looked at each other, and fearful and uneasy emotions quickly dispersed.

“Even if reinforcements arrive at that time, I am afraid that it will not be able to rewrite the fact that Langya fell.”

Xiang Jiang said in a trembling voice.

Because after the arrival of reinforcements, it was necessary to break through the encirclement of the Jizhou Army and the Yanzhou Army. This is difficult to achieve when there is a considerable difference in strength.

Secondly, the fall of Langya County to many county towns also meant a sharp reduction in troops.

In Langya City today, there are only 5,000 troops, and it is still a problem to be able to hold out until reinforcements arrive.

“Gentlemen, this official has decided to stick to Langya City, if you are afraid, you can leave now.”

Xiao Jian took a deep breath and said.

That being said, there were actually soldiers ambushed outside the mansion.

If anyone turned around and left, they would surely die a tragic death at the hands of the defenders of Langya City. After all, fleeing is a taboo, which will affect the morale and morale of the military.

Xiao Jian’s move was only to clear up these potential threats in advance, so that the whole city of Langya could meet the enemy with one heart.

After he said this, everyone looked at each other.

After three incense efforts, no one has any intention of leaving.

“Since Lord Xiao wants to die, how can I wait to steal my life?”

Xiang Jiang and the others said one after another.

“Good.”

Xiao Jian nodded in satisfaction.

Then he began to arrange defensive problems, preparing plenty of fire oil and heavy loads.

At the same time, some catapults were made and tried their best to hold Langya City. Everything was ready to finish, just at dawn.

With the arrival of the rising sun, the Yanzhou army and the Jizhou army came from the northeast. An army of 40,000 quickly surrounded the city and surrounded the city of Langya.

“Attack!”

Yu Ban and Zhang Hao reached an agreement and instantly issued an order to attack. They didn’t plan to talk nonsense with Xiao Jian and save time to master the fighter.

“Swish…”

Ten thousand arrows fired in unison, and the rain of arrows flew towards Langya City.

After waiting for a rain of arrows, the Yanzhou army and the Jizhou army shouted and began to launch a siege battle.

The number of enemy troops is huge, and there is a sense of déjà vu that the black cloud is pressing on the city and wanting to destroy it. Although Xiao Jian was able to maintain his composure, he was actually flustered in his heart. With such a posture, how could he hold out until reinforcements arrived? At this time, it is not far from Langya County.

Cao Bao, Mi Fang and others were leading their army towards Langya. The army was also on a rapid march, just to reach Langya faster.

When the morning sun came out, looking at the direction of Langya County, Cao Bao suddenly had a sense of foreboding in his heart.

“What’s wrong, General Cao?”

Seeing Cao Bao’s expression, Mi Fang asked curiously.

“No, Ben will have a sense of foreboding.”

Cao Bao replied.

“Don’t worry, our army is dispatched in time, and it is still a rapid march, and it will definitely be able to reach Langya County before the Jizhou Army and the Yanzhou Army.”

Mi Fang comforted.

Fortunately, this unease was okay, and the comfort made Cao Bao’s heart more flustered, and the sense of foreboding became stronger and stronger.

“Ben seems to have missed something.”

He muttered with his head down.

“Dada…”

At this moment, a sound of fast horses’ hooves sounded.

Then he saw a scout, coming quickly from afar, and quickly stopped in front of the army.

“General!”

The scout rolled over and dismounted, and an arrow came to Cao Bao.

“What’s the matter, report quickly!”

Cao Bao tightened the reins in his hand and asked.

“Langya City is in a hurry.”

The scout stammered.

“What?”

As soon as these words came out, Cao Bao directly exclaimed.

Even Mi Fang’s face changed drastically, and she looked at the scout in disbelief. What does it mean that Langya City is in a hurry?

It means that Langya County is about to lose completely, that is, during this time. Cao Bao couldn’t imagine how the Jizhou Army and the Yanzhou Army did it?

“Damn it!”

Cao Bao scolded angrily.

Mi Fang has only gradually come to her senses until now.

“Quick, march quickly!”

Cao Bao put away his thoughts and hurriedly ordered.

“No!”

The generals took orders and began to speed up the march.

Tens of thousands of troops instantly increased their speed, they were originally marching in a hurry, and this speed increased and raised even more dust.

Of course, this also means that the physical strength of the Xuzhou Army will be consumed faster. After arriving in Langya City, I am afraid that there will not be much combat effectiveness. Cao Bao knew this very well, but he had no better way.

If you hurry up, you may be able to keep Langya County, otherwise this time is equivalent to a wasted effort, and the army can only retreat to Xuzhou City.

“Transmit the news back to Xuzhou City and prepare the defenders of Xuzhou City.”

Mi Fang said deliberately to a scout.

“No.”

Scouts take orders.

At this moment, the 30,000-strong army rushed towards Langya County without hesitation.

Luoyang direction.

Liu Jing led the army back successfully.

Liu Bowen and others personally went out of the city to greet them.

“See Your Majesty.”

The crowd shouted.

“Excuse me.”

Liu Jing waved his hand, and then went straight to the palace.

The first thing to do when returning to Luoyang was to let all the wen wu gather in the main hall.

Liu Jing went to change his armor and brought the three imperial princesses and empresses to report safety.

After doing all this, he came to the main hall.

All the people are there, and they are all a little curious about how successful His Majesty is going south this time.

“Ascension.”

At His Majesty’s signal, the chief eunuch shouted and announced the official start of the court.

“First of all, report everything that happened during the period of the dynasty.”

Liu Jing looked at Liu Bowen.

“No.”

Liu Bowen came out and reported all the recent events.

Most of them were local tax revenues and arable land, and then officials were sent to Youbeiping and Liaodong.

Everything is going on as usual, and the newly acquired areas are stable. Relevant policies were also successfully issued.

Productivity is slowly recovering, and the sentiment of the Han dynasty is growing day by day.

“Haha, okay!”

Huangfu Song, Zhu Yan and other old ministers couldn’t help but laugh.

They don’t know these things, after all, it is Liu Bowen who is responsible for these policies.

Tusun Rui, Yang Zan and the others were a little surprised, but they didn’t expect this Shang Shu to make the adults so good.

The more responsible national conditions, as well as the hidden dangers of the war, were all handled by him.

“Good.”

Liu Jing nodded, very satisfied with Liu Bowen’s actions during his reign. After reporting state affairs, Liu Bowen returned to the list.

Liu Jing raised his head and swept his gaze over Zhong Wenwu.

“This time I went south and successfully recovered the Yizhou area.”

He said lightly.

As soon as these words came out, everyone Wen Wu was stunned for a moment, and then he knew that he should be surprised.

Yes, Yizhou is notoriously a region with harsh terrain.

Since Liu Yan did not participate in the enthronement ceremony, it can be seen that this person’s attitude is. How could it be that His Majesty went south, and this place was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and all chose to return to the Han Dynasty?

Many questions, lingering.

All the Wen Wu stared at the puzzled eyes, waiting for His Majesty to give an explanation.

“Amitabha.”

Yao Guangxiao chanted a Buddhist trumpet and walked out, and he said what happened in Yizhou.

After listening to it, Zhong Wenwu understood why His Majesty could calm the many things that happened in Yizhou so quickly.

“So it is, I didn’t expect that Liu Bei to be such a villain.”

“Yes, the most important thing is that Liu Yan, who is a real clan relative of the Han family, was really deceived.”

There was a lot of discussion among the people and the armed forces.

“Now the Han family is recovering and productivity is slowly recovering.”

Liu Jing continued to speak, pulling back everyone’s thoughts.

“However, pacifying the princes of the four directions will lead to the extension of the front and require a lot of grain as a weight.”

He continued.

This is true, Chang’an Luoyang has been scourged by Dong thieves, and the grain is not as good as before.

Therefore, at present, there is still a demand for productivity. Especially in the case of two conscriptions in a row and the expansion of the Han army.

“Your Majesty, didn’t we just master Yizhou?”

Liu Bowen said with a smile.

“yes!”

As soon as these words came out, all the Wen Wu reacted one after another.

The water and soil of Yizhou are very suitable for food, so the grain production here is also quite large.

It can just barely be solved, the current Han army’s demand for food.

“Good, but only temporarily to solve the immediate needs.”

Liu Jing squinted and said.

“What His Majesty said is very true, and the minister suggested that the system of rewarding cultivation be implemented in the direction of Yizhou.”

Liu Bowen came out and advised.

“Oh?”

Liu Jing raised his eyebrows.

The rest of the Wen Wu were also a little surprised, because this system was exactly the system that appeared in the pre-Qin period.

“This system can stimulate productivity and increase food production in a short period of time, just enough to solve the current needs.”

Liu Bowen explained.

“Good.”

Yao Guangxiao also echoed.

“Hmm.”

Liu Jing bowed his head slightly, obviously unifying the system proposed by Liu Bowen.

“On top of that, there is a certain reduction in taxes.”

Liu Bowen made a small improvement.

“Only by reducing taxes can more people participate, and even the first year’s food production can be handed over to the people.”

He added.

“Lord Shangshu’s words are feasible.”

Yang Zan and the others thought about it carefully and agreed one after another.

“In that case, this system starts with Yizhou.”

Liu Jing also decided on the case.

He originally wanted to use this policy, but he just borrowed Liu Bowen to say it. He thought of this when he took Yizhou.

“No.”

Liu Bowen, Tusun Rui and others answered one after another.

“Zhong Qing’s family, do you have anything else to report?”

After deciding on the matter of Yizhou, Liu Jing looked at Liu Bowen and asked.

“Yes.”

Martial General Xue Rengui stood up at this time. Liu Jing gestured with his eyes and asked him to report directly.

“There were changes in Yanzhou, Jizhou, and Jingzhou, and each sent a large army straight to Xuzhou.”

Xue Rengui said directly.

“What?”

As soon as these words came out, the entire court let out a burst of exclamations.

The Jizhou army, which had never moved, suddenly made a move, but it was not against Luoyang, but the more remote Xuzhou?

Liu Jing was not surprised by this military situation, because Jinyiwei had reported it before.

Chao Chinese Wu didn’t know, so he was naturally surprised.

“What does this Yuan Shao want to do, Liu Biao and Liu Dai have moved, it must be Yuan Shao fanning.”

Huangfu Song and others guessed.

Yang Zan and Tusun Rui and the others found that His Majesty was not surprised at all, as if he had expected this.

“Your Majesty, it seems that Yuan Shao has some plans against Xuzhou, we might as well launch a surprise attack when Jizhou’s forces are empty!”

Huangfu Song came out and said.

This is an opportunity that cannot be missed, maybe it can make Yuan Shao suffer from the enemy, and finally retreat.

“No.”

Liu Bowen shook his head.

“Why?”

If it were an ordinary person, Huangfu Song would probably have opened his mouth to reprimand.

But the person who vetoed his proposal, but Liu Bowen, since he vetoed it, there must be his reason.

“Jizhou did not send all its troops, and Jizhou and Jingzhou formed a north-south clamp on Luoyang.”

Liu Bowen explained.

In other words, if there is a change in Luoyang, Jizhou or Jingzhou may attack Luoyang in turn.

At that time, the Han family will also be involved in this big war.

“Dada…”

Liu Jing’s fingers lightly tapped on the case and made a sound. When Huangfu Song heard this, he also felt that what Lord Shangshu said was reasonable.

“Liu Qingjia, what do you think?”

Liu Jing asked.

“The minister believes that the forces of the three princes should be allowed to fight, and the more fierce they fight, the better.”

Liu Bowen stroked his chin and beard and said.

This was deliberately asked by Liu Jing, in order to let the rest of Wen Wu know the purpose of not meddling.

“Yes, it is beneficial for the Han family to let them consume each other.”

Zhu Ru quickly reacted.

“After they are all seriously damaged, we can fight them all when we send troops!”

Huangfu Song thought more perfectly.

But Liu Bowen and Liu Jing and even Yao Guangxiao knew very well that the Jizhou army would not suffer much loss in this battle.

On the contrary, Liu Biao and Liu Dai, who were used, had certain losses.

Yuan Shao’s plot is very big, and this is not only Xuzhou, but also other places.