Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The sky has just dawned, the palace lanterns outside have not yet been extinguished, and the carved windows are glowing with orange light. Fu Jinzhan's eyes were blurred and sleepy, his face was still tired, his movements were limp and weak, it seemed that he hadn't recovered from the exhaustion from last night.

She cheered up and still carefully helped Guo Shao get dressed. Guo Shao kindly persuaded: "Jinzhan doesn't have to go to court, you can sleep more."

Fu Jinzhan stretched out his hand to smooth the material on his shoulders, and said softly: "I feel like a woman only after taking care of my husband. This is the grace of God to me."

Guo Shao was moved and a little excited, and he was in a very good mood early in the morning.

Jinzhan was really careful. She combed Guo Shao's hair so that it was not messy, and helped him put on his clothes as neat and tidy as if they had been ironed. The slender fingers caressed Guo Shao's body, soft and comfortable, as if a trace of affection penetrated through the muscles and directly reached the heart. He didn't seem to be doing something, but enjoying the tenderness at the moment.

"Suddenly I feel that I am very powerful, as if I can do anything!" Guo Shao said comfortably.

Jinzhan said softly: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and he is already very strong. There is something about Your Majesty that fascinates me..."

"That place is big?" Guo Shao asked solemnly.

Jinzhan's pink fist hit Guo Shao's chest, with a coquettish expression on his face. Guo Shao was praised by her, and he really felt very good for a while.

... At this time, the emperor's car and guard of honor had arrived outside the Zide Hall, and they were the only ones waiting for the emperor, and there was no emperor standing at the door waiting for their preparations.

Everyone was silent. Besides not daring to make noise, it may also be because of getting up early and not fully recovering. People always talk very little in the morning.

The dim light, the hazy lights, the dim air and the mist that has not cleared in the morning, everything is very peaceful.

Wang Zhong stood under the steps, waiting patiently. Cao Tai was supposed to be on duty today, but last night Cao Tai acted arrogantly and asked Wang Zhong to take over the job. The reason was that he had obeyed the Queen's order, and today he had to make arrangements to serve the concubines, and there should be no mistakes.

Wang Zhong realized a problem. It would not work for him to recommend any concubine to serve the bed. These days, it seems that whoever the emperor favors is determined by the newly appointed Empress Dafu! Cao Tai, as the trusted eunuch next to the queen, will become more and more powerful if this continues, overpowering him... because the concubines with status in the harem will flatter such key figures in order to win favor.

Could it be that he will be humbled when he sees Cao Tai in the future?

After a long time, I saw the queen and a group of maids sending out the neatly dressed Guo Shao. Guo Shao stepped down from the platform, and before getting on the Luanjia, he looked back again.

A group of people surrounded by chariots, walked along the central axis long street, passed through the Xuanyou Gate, and went to the Jinxiang Hall of the former court.

The sky is also getting brighter, but before the sun rises, it is still bitingly cool, and the leaves on the roadside are also covered with a white layer of frost.

In the political hall in the east, the gathering of important ministers once every three days was as usual.

Let's talk about etiquette, and soon someone talked about the Pingxia war. Seeing that it's late autumn, it's time to make up your mind about preparing for the winter army, and war has always been the top priority of the government!

There are mainly two kinds of strategies recently, and there is a lot of discussion among civil and military officials. One is to attack Pingxia Dangxiang in three directions from the east, west, and south. Supporters of this strategy believe that it is relatively safe. As long as they are not defeated individually, one of the three routes will always make rapid progress with weak resistance.

The other advocates a joint force to attack all the way, mainly considering the financial burden... The party's armed forces are very powerful, claiming that all the people are soldiers, and the total force may reach hundreds of thousands. In order not to be defeated by each of the three roads, Daxu Sanlu had to mobilize hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, and the cost was immeasurable.

While arguing, today Guo Shao is very decisive and confident, and he quickly said: "I am determined to conquer by myself, and push and attack all the way!"

Guo Shao's tone, with a confident attitude that cannot be questioned. More than 20 people stopped discussing immediately.

Looking back at the left and right, Guo Shao said: "The Pingxia Army only needs more than 70,000 troops. The Huben Army dispatched more than 10,000 cavalry, and the Crane Army's cavalry infantry 30,000 formed the first, second, and third armies of the Pingxia Army. They were the offensive forces; the 30,000 guards were the Fourth Army of the Pingxia Army. They occupied and repaired the cities and fortresses along the way to prepare for the retreat and ensure the retreat and food roads."

After hearing this, Zuo You immediately stood up and said: "Think twice, Your Majesty. If this strategy is used, the actual strength of the front is only more than 40,000. I heard that the party has more than 100,000 troops. It is not a safe strategy to go deep with few enemies."

"The strength of the army is not just the number of people." Guo Shao said calmly.

Guo Shao did not make such a deployment on a whim, it was a conclusion he reached after careful consideration of financial revenue and expenditure; besides, as the Supreme Commander of the Forbidden Army and a professional warrior, he knew the combat power of his own army well... But as Zuo You warned, wars are ever-changing, so Guo Shao was hesitant at first.

But today, suddenly a powerful intuition in his heart strengthened his confidence!

Guo Shao said calmly: "I want to prove Daxu's strength through this battle."

That intuition and impulse are like this, he wants to prove himself! Prove the power you have, prove the effectiveness of your series of military reforms, and don't want to be questioned.

A battle of fear and courage. The reduction of military power really came from fear, fearing that the throne would be threatened from within. However, Guo Shao is unwilling to admit that he surrendered in the face of fear. He mustered up his courage again, because now he felt that he could do anything!

At this moment, Li Chuyun took the lead to stand up, clasped his fists and said decisively: "I ask you to order me to go out with you, to support your Majesty."

Guo Shao immediately turned his head to look at Li Chuyun. It was not that he was careless, but that every proposition of these ministers had its own considerations.

Li Chuyun and his generals are obviously very supportive of the war, and he also supports a strong attack all the way to reduce financial expenditures and reduce resistance... But in order to show publicity, he didn't encourage the emperor to take risks, so he volunteered and followed suit!

General Li probably thought this way?

Shi Yanchao also stood up and said: "The last general has always been your majesty's vanguard, this time attacking the party, I hope your majesty will not give up, and the last general will be the vanguard."

All the generals volunteered one after another.

Guo Shao patted the armrest of the throne, and said decisively: "So Shi Yanchao will be used as the forward, Li Chuyun will be the commander of the First Army of the Central Committee, Yang Biao of the Second Army of the left wing (Pingxia Army) will be the commander of the capital, and Luo Yanhuan of the third army of the right wing will be the commander of the capital. The Fourth Army of the Rear Army will use Cao Bin as the commander of the capital. Li Gu will be the envoy to lead the army's supplies and supplies!"

...

With an imperial decree in the imperial city, the war machine starts to operate immediately!

According to the order of the Privy Council, Luo Yanhuan first set up the Third Army Branch of the Military Mansion in the northern suburbs of Tokyo, and sent people to gather the officials from the four offices of the Imperial Army's military divisions under his command, and then gathered the Third Army Branch of the Qianying Military Mansion organized by the Privy Council.

At this time, the army is still in a state of dispersion. Taking the command as the unit, some commanders are stationed in Tokyo, and some are in the state of demobilization. Now under the recruit system, the first thing Luo Yanhuan does is to get all the yamen to cooperate and mobilize the army first.

A group of hundreds of people gathered in the lobby of the simple school ground and barracks. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Luo Yanhuan was wearing an armored cloak and holding a sword bestowed by the emperor before. Followed by a few soldiers carrying things, he walked to the north and stood there.

Everyone looked up one after another, their eyes focused on his face.

Luo Yanhuan stood up straight, unfolded the imperial decree with his own hands, held it up to display, and asked his soldiers to walk down holding the imperial decree, walking slowly among the people, so that everyone could get closer and take a closer look.

Then came the Privy Council's troop transfer order and dispatch appointment letter.

Luo Yanhuan waited silently for a while, but no one raised any objections. He picked up the big seal in one hand, and the imperial decree in the other, and said solemnly: "According to the order of Emperor Daxu, I will be the commander of the third army of the Pingxia Army. From now on, I have the right to command, mobilize, deploy, and punish the following commanders of the forbidden army: the first commander, the second commander...etc. Twenty-one commanders of the Third Army of Controlling Crane.

After finishing speaking, he put down his things, raised his sword and scabbard, and said solemnly and loudly: "God bless my emperor, life is boundless!"

After some gestures, Luo Yanhuan pulled up the imperial power, emphasized the status of the imperial power granted by heaven, and declared his military power. When everyone heard the worship of the emperor, how could they dare to be contemptuous, and hurriedly worshiped together: "God bless my emperor, life is boundless..."

The shouts of the crowd were like an acknowledgment of Luo Yanhuan, and everything was logical.

Luo Yanhuan raised his hand to calm the commotion in the lobby, and said: "Officers of each branch of the army sign the military orders and send them to the commanders. The commanders sign the cinnabar ticket and order all the soldiers to go to the camp in the northern suburbs within 15 days. Those who exceed the deadline will be punished according to the military law!"

All the people worshiped one after another: "The next official waits for you to obey."

This barracks became the shogunate of the third army of the Pingxia Army organized during the war, and military orders were issued from the shogunate. The military divisions of the Imperial Army were actually distributed by officials from the Privy Council, the Ministry of War, the Metropolitan Government, and the Military Weapons Supervision. According to the military order of the commander-in-chief of the third army, they first issued military orders to the commanders under their control;

When the Third Army of the Pingxia Army was mobilized, the officials of the Siya, the original division of the Forbidden Army, could no longer control them, and the commanders would act in accordance with the military orders of the chief general Luo Yanhuan and his shogunate officials.

Weapons, armor, food and grass, as well as the requisition of civilian men and supplies, were transferred from the former battalion to entrust Li Gu and his staff with full control. The army did not have to deal with logistics, but only fought.

Mobilizing the army is now more complicated than before, and requires the joint approval of all yamen. And with more people involved, the secrecy of starting a war is completely gone.

Everything is above board and on the table!

Guo Shao took Zan Jurun, the minister of the Ministry of Industry and the supervisor of military weapons, as the supervisor of the army. During the process of mobilizing the army, he patrolled everywhere and observed the progress. Guo Shao asked about the actual operation process at any time, and he was also testing the war machine he designed. …