The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 258 Volume Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Guan Yu

Han army camp.

Liu Xie called all the generals together and had them sit together.

"Finally there is some good news today."

"I ordered my uncle to send troops from Jingzhou to rescue us. Now Guan Yu has led 10,000 soldiers to Hedong."

Ten thousand reinforcements!
Although this number is not enough to determine the outcome of a battlefield of 100,000 magnitude, it is still a help after all.

All the generals had happy expressions on their faces, and they were all relieved.

"But I called you here today not to tell you about this matter."

Things on the battlefield had already been decided before.

There is only one word: "guard".

The infantry in the center formed a stepped defense, causing Yuan's army to stagnate step by step. Then the cavalry on both wings came up and used their mobility to surround, disrupt, and cut off Yuan's army.

This formation is not very clever, and this tactic can be seen at a glance.

But in a war of one hundred thousand magnitude, there is no such thing as hiding anything, and everyone is putting all their cards on the table.

"The Art of War by Sun Tzu: Chapter 9: Changes": "So the rule of using troops is: do not rely on the enemy not coming, but rely on what you have to wait for them; do not rely on the enemy not attacking, but rely on what you have that cannot be attacked."

The principle of fighting a war is: don't hope that the enemy will not come, but rely on your own full preparation and readiness; don't hope that the enemy will not attack, but rely on your own conditions that the enemy cannot break through.

If Liu Xie were to break up the formation that had been prepared at this time, he would be at a disadvantage and would have violated the principles of defensive warfare.

Therefore, even if Guan Yu led reinforcements to Anyi, Liu Xie would only add him to the central infantry formation and would not make any more adjustments.

Liu Xie came here today to talk about something that seemed to have nothing to do with the battlefield, but was closely related to the war.

"I guess you are all still worried about one thing."

Liu Xie scanned the crowd and finally fixed his gaze on the faces of Lu Bu and Niu Fu.

"You are worried about how I will treat you after the war is over."

"Military power, status, wealth, position... these are the things you are worried about. Am I wrong?"

The emperor's words made everyone breathe faster.

How could you not be worried?
Up to now, everything happened too suddenly.

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang are still colonels, and they are both worried whether they can go one step further and get the rank of general in the future.

Niu Fu was still worried that the emperor would question him about his responsibilities and was afraid that the emperor would take away his military power and completely eliminate all traces of the Xiliang Army.

Although Lu Bu had a close relationship with the emperor, he knew that Dong Zhuo's sudden death had caused the emperor to consider many things, and his own future was also uncertain.

Even Zhong Yao was wondering how the emperor would arrange for him, whether to return to the central government or continue to guard the local area.

The only person who was probably not too worried about this problem was Yang Xiu. After all, he had just been granted the position of Langzhong, and his father was one of the Three Dukes. He was in an awkward situation where he could neither be promoted nor demoted.

……

All the generals looked at the emperor anxiously, wondering if he was going to promise them something before the battle.

Unexpectedly, Liu Xie leaned forward slightly, spread his hands, and smiled bitterly: "Actually, I don't know either."

The generals were stunned.

"I really don't know, and I haven't figured it out yet."

"All of them will be promoted three levels? The county will be increased to one hundred households?"

Liu Xie said frankly: "I actually wrote a letter to discuss this with Shang Shu Ling Jia Xu before."

"Even if we don't reward everyone according to their merits, we must first decide on the rewards for your key generals."

"But after Jia Xu sent me the imperial edict, I destroyed it."

Liu Xie shook his head.

"Pre-war rewards are ultimately meaningless."

"If you die here, you won't get anything I promise you."

"The reason you are still worried now is because you are still alive."

“Only the living worry about their official titles and status. Only the living hesitate, hesitate, and fear.”

"Me too."

Liu Xie glanced at Yang Xiu and said, "I once chatted with Emperor Dezu and asked him what my future posthumous title would be. He gave me the title of Emperor Zhaowu of Hanzhong Zu..."

These words once again shocked the generals in the tent, and they all looked at Yang Xiu with murderous eyes.

The emperor is still alive!
You are deciding on a posthumous title for the emperor now, are you hoping that he will die soon?
Yang Xiu was stared at by a group of generals who had just walked out of a sea of ​​blood and corpses, and he felt like crying but had no tears.

"Your Majesty, could you please not mention this?"

Yang Xiu wished he could go back to the day when he decided on the posthumous title for Liu Xie and strangle himself to death!

The emperor said he would not blame me, so why did I take it seriously?
Can this thing be explained by simply not blaming others?

If the news gets back to Chang'an, no matter what others say, Cai Yong, who is now in charge of the Censorate, would probably be the first to submit a memorial to the emperor asking him to be executed?
Seeing that Yang Xiu looked as pale as death, Liu Xie withdrew his gaze.

"Both the posthumous title and temple name Dezu are very good. I like them very much."

"If I really die one day, I hope that Dezu will write this name on the tablet in my ancestral temple..."

Yang Xiu's legs were shaking at this moment, and he was already wondering whether he should roll his eyes and faint immediately...

"But this posthumous title is ultimately meaningless."

"If I die here now and fail to restore the Han Dynasty, this posthumous title will never be bestowed upon me."

"The same goes for you. If you die here now, no matter what I promise you, you will not be able to get it."

"The glory of the living has nothing to do with the dead anymore."

"The honor of the dead needs to be maintained by the living."

"If we are the ones who die and Yuan Shao is the one who lives, then everything will be meaningless."

"So, I will not reward you before the war."

Liu Xie glanced at the generals present and said, "I am waiting for you to bring your great military achievements to me, and I will reward you!"

"Before I left, the Queen said something to me—"

"do not die."

The lights flickered in the tent, and Liu Xie looked at the familiar faces: "I will give you this sentence today."

"Don't die!" "Fengxian."

"Chen is here!"

After being suddenly called, Lu Bu stood up, looking a little confused.

"Do you remember what I said to you when we first met?"

Lu Bu immediately clasped his fists and said, "Remember!"

"speak out!"

"Your Majesty wishes to use me as Wei Huo, to seal the Wolf's Lair and to carve a stone on Yanran Mountain!"

"Liang Bi."

"The end will be here."

Niu Fu hurried out.

"I know you like fortune-telling, and I don't blame you."

"Today I want to ask you, do you want me to predict the outcome of the war for you again?"

Niu Fu's face looked a little ferocious.

It was precisely because of the divination that he did not follow Dong Zhuo's last order and easily mobilized the army, which led to today's disaster.

Without hesitation, Niu Fu knelt down immediately: "No need!"

"I asked for divination just to have peace of mind."

"Now that Your Majesty is by my side, I should be at peace! No need to rely on the hexagrams to calm my mind!"

Liu Xie nodded.

"Wenyuan, Gongming."

The two of them stepped out together.

"You two are both from Bingzhou, and both come from poor backgrounds. There are some things that I don't need to tell you, you should understand."

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang naturally understood.

If there was no imperial court, no emperor, and Yuan Shao was in power, the world would become a place where the poor would never have a chance to rise.

That world... they don’t want it!
"Yuan Chang."

"The minister is here."

Zhong Yao stood up and saluted Liu Xie.

"How many cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs are there in Anyi?"

"Five hundred oxen, ten thousand sheep, three hundred pigs, and two thousand dogs."

"Starting today, we will start cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle so that the soldiers can have meat every day."

"..."

Zhong Yao wanted to advise: "Your Majesty, we don't know how long the two armies will fight each other. Isn't it too early to consume meat now?"

"not early."

Liu Xie looked outside the tent and seemed to be able to see Yuan Shao's impatient look.

"Yuan Shao can't wait."

"Otherwise, he wouldn't have rushed to Hedong without even conquering Jinyang."

"When I appear here, it is destined that Yuan Shao will pursue a quick victory!"

"He thought that a quick victory was his own decision, but in fact it was the decision I wanted him to make."

"He thought that Hedong was the battlefield he had chosen, but in fact, it was I who wanted to choose this place as the battlefield."

When it comes to employing troops, you must never be led by the enemy, but rather lead the enemy by the nose.

Now that Yuan Shao has arrived as expected, all that remains is to wait for the other side to launch an attack!

"Here!"

After Zhong Yao learned that the emperor knew the situation, he put his worries aside.

"Dezu!"

"Chen is here!"

Finally, Yang Xiu stepped out and looked at Liu Xie expectantly.

"I'm thirsty, pour me a glass of water."

"..."

The generals in the tent burst into laughter, and the nerves that had been taut just now finally relaxed, and they were no longer too nervous.

Yang Xiu reluctantly brought over a glass of water, but Liu Xie called him over and whispered something to him, the content of which was unknown to outsiders.

After hearing Liu Xie's order, the helplessness on Yang Xiu's face suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a face full of excitement.

"Yes! I will definitely live up to the trust of the emperor!"

Although the other generals were curious about what the emperor had said to Yang Xiu, since the emperor was unwilling to tell them, they did not ask any more questions.

On the third day, Guan Yu arrived with his troops and was added to the central army commanded by Liu Xie himself.

On the fifth day, after a rest, Yuan's army made another attempt.

This time, the main force was the Southern Xiongnu cavalry, which indeed tied down a part of the Western Liang cavalry.

When Yuan Shao saw that the Southern Xiongnu cavalry was available, he finally settled down, feeling relieved.

"All troops attack! Crush the enemy on the opposite side!"

The Southern Xiongnu cavalry attacked the western flank of the Han army, and Yuan Shao's vanguard also rushed over at this moment.

The two leading generals were still Yuan Shao's trusted generals - Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

At this moment, the two of them looked at the flag they were about to face, and a sneer suddenly appeared on the corners of their mouths.

"Guan Yu?"

"Just a nobody!"

(End of this chapter)