The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo
Chapter 321 Volume 5 Day
Chapter 321: Five Days
"Summon the palace officials Sima Yi and Yang Xiu. I have something to discuss with them..."
When the two entered the palace, they saw the emperor standing in the palace with a sword in his hand, full of murderous intent. They thought someone had offended the emperor, and that he was about to start a massacre...
"His Majesty!"
Yang Xiu fell to his knees with a plop.
"I have done nothing wrong! Your Majesty, please calm down!"
"..."
Liu Xie glared at Yang Xiu: "It has nothing to do with you!"
"Oh?"
Yang Xiu immediately stood up with a smile and patted Sima Yi on the shoulder: "Zhongda! You are in trouble!"
"..."
"It has nothing to do with Zhongda."
They both tilted their heads.
The murderous intent in the emperor cannot be faked.
Since it has nothing to do with them, why call them here?
Liu Xie held up the Han sword and said, "I have decided to attack Hebei!"
Wasn't this decided long ago?
As long as we wait until this year's grain is harvested and everything is ready, we will launch the attack at the end of the year...
"I have decided to start attacking Hebei now!"
Sima Yi and Yang Xiu's expressions finally changed drastically!
"Your Majesty!"
"No!!"
"..."
It is a big taboo to mobilize troops now!
The grain had not yet been harvested, and the treasuries in many places were empty, insufficient to support the planned army advance.
If the imperial army cannot defeat Yuan Shao in one fell swoop, it is very likely that it will run out of steam and fall into a stalemate on the battlefield!
The two didn't understand.
The emperor has been waiting for so many years, so why can't he hold back just a few months?
"Kebi Neng, with the support of Yuan Shao, has joined forces with the Wuhuan to attack the Eastern Xianbei, hoping to unify the Eastern Xianbei."
"Once the Eastern Xianbei complete their unification, they will become a behemoth stretching across the northern Yanshan Mountains."
"It's hard to say whether the current Western Xianbei and Southern Xiongnu can stop the Eastern Xianbei. Even if they can, they will definitely become a great enemy in the north."
"Rather than waiting for such a force to appear in the north and threaten Hebei at all times, it is better to strangle it in the cradle!"
Liu Xie certainly did not decide to launch an attack in advance on a rash move.
Of course, there are still many preparations to be made when attacking Yuan Shao now.
But Liu Xie believed that compared with the imperial court, Yuan Shao was even less prepared!
Yuan Shao was certain that Liu Xie would not attack Hebei before the autumn harvest this year, so he dared to let Wuhuan go to help Kebi Neng unify the Eastern Xianbei.
in other words.
Hebei is still short of troops! There is not even a qualified cavalry unit!
If we attack Yuan Shao now, we will hit his weak point where his new strength has not yet been generated and his old strength has not yet been exhausted!
"War is not like a dinner party. We can't always wait until the food is ready before setting out."
Before Liu Xie, the pressure was always too great.
He wanted to plan a perfect battle, so he wanted to attack Hebei at the end of the year when everything was ready.
This intention is known to everyone in the world.
Not only people in the court knew about it.
Even Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and even Sun Ce might have known that the imperial court would send troops at that time!
A king’s teacher must be upright.
But if we really follow the steps, what is the difference between us and Duke Xiang of Song back then?
"If we send out troops now, we will definitely catch Yuan Shao off guard."
"At the same time, it will also prevent Kebi from having the time to unify the Eastern Xianbei."
Sending troops ahead of time is itself a conspiracy.
If Yuan Shao had not recalled Kebi Neng and Wuhuan, Yuan Shao, without his cavalry, would have been defeated!
Yuan Shao wanted to do something outside of Liu Xie's control, but Liu Xie insisted on forcing Yuan Shao to act according to his own will!
Sima Yi and Yang Xiu looked at each other and felt something was wrong.
This is not because they are dissatisfied with the emperor, but because... their hearts have been convinced by the emperor!
Although the imperial court is not ready yet, are you, Yuan Shao, ready?
If the imperial court is now 70% prepared, then Yuan Shao is only 60% prepared.
No.
Considering that Yuan Shao transferred the Eastern Xianbei and Wuhuan away, he might have been only 50% prepared.
Moreover, a large part of this 50% preparation seems to be useless.
The fact that Yuan Shao was building fortifications east of the Taihang Mountains had long been discovered by the court's spies.
However, they were not prepared at all for the Central Plains, which was the direction the imperial court really wanted to attack.
Also.
The imperial court had previously burned Mengjin, a river crossing north of Luoyang, directly eliminating the possibility of threatening Hebei from Luoyang. It was only natural for Yuan Shao to relax his vigilance.
Moreover, there was a rift between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and it was impossible for the two of them to work together to send troops to garrison in front of Luoyang.
If we attack now according to the court's original plan, it will surely be foolproof!
Sima Yi asked: "Your Majesty, have you discussed this with the Secretariat? How long can the money and food we have accumulated be enough to sustain the war?"
The implication was that he had already implicitly agreed with the emperor's battle plan and wanted to catch Yuan Shao off guard!
But the prerequisite is that the battle plan must be changed according to the current money and food, and we cannot stick to the original plan.
"With the current money and food...if the whole army goes out in full force, we can only fight for half a year at most."
Before Liu Xie could answer, Yang Xiu told him the specific date.
These numbers were basically firmly memorized in Yang Xiu's mind, so why bother asking the Shangshutai? Half a year!
This is the price of attacking early.
We must completely defeat Yuan Shao and take Hebei into our possession within half a year!
Can the imperial court really do this?
……
"Half a year, just half a year!"
Liu Xie finally made the final decision.
"I wanted a quick victory."
“So there is no difference between half a year and a year.”
Liu Xie stared at Sima Yi and Yang Xiu and said, "I summoned you here this time just to ask you. Even if we send troops now, even if we only have half a year, does the court have a chance of winning?"
Sima Yi bit his lip and hesitated for a while.
Because his decision at this moment is the last chance to stop the emperor.
Once the emperor makes up his mind at this time, there will be no room for negotiation!
Sima Yi took a deep breath.
Deep down in his heart, he still hoped that the emperor would wait a little longer until everyone was ready before fighting this epic battle.
But according to the art of war, there is actually no problem at all if the emperor decides to send troops now.
……
Reason and emotion are intertwined, and this is the first time that Sima Yi has experienced such a contradiction.
But in the end, Sima Yi still bowed and said, "I can fight!"
"We can win this battle!"
The reason why they wanted to delay it until the end of the year was not only because they were indeed short of money and food, but more importantly - everyone was ultimately trying to avoid a war of this scale.
It has been a long time since a war of this magnitude has occurred in the world.
No one knows how this battle should be fought.
Even though the emperor and the court had made a perfect plan, everyone, including the emperor, still had a trace of fear in their hearts.
What if something goes wrong?
What if things don’t go according to plan?
What if you lose?
……
Everyone is afraid of this war.
Afraid that if I fail, I will be nailed to the pillar of shame forever.
But now, the emperor has stood up.
The emperor decided to send troops ahead of schedule, which actually meant that he put all the pressure on himself.
If they really lost, it would be the emperor's fault. Who made the emperor so stubborn as to send troops prematurely without considering the overall situation?
If we win, we will not give all the credit to the emperor alone, but to all of us.
At this time, the emperor seemed to be acting on his own, but in fact, he took all the pressure on himself and said to all the anxious people -
"Go ahead and fight without any worries!"
"If you lose, it's mine!"
……
"Can fight!"
Sima Yi no longer dared to see the emperor.
In the past, the emperor was too friendly, and he always pushed all the credit onto Dong Zhuo, to the point that people almost forgot what kind of pressure the emperor had been under to get to where he was today.
……
Ashamed!
Sima Yi had no idea what kind of struggle the emperor had gone through before deciding to withstand the overwhelming pressure and launch an attack in advance.
So now, Sima Yi must let the emperor know——
The Son of Heaven is not just one person!
Restoring the Han Dynasty is not just the emperor’s wish!
Both Sima Yi and the people of the court are waiting for the day when the world will be at peace!
Jia Xu, Xun Yu, Xun You, Zhong Yao, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Xu Huang, Pang De, Zhang Xiu, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhuge Liang...
Everyone is looking forward to the end of the troubled times and to being able to live and work in peace.
This is clearly the wish of everyone, but now the emperor has to bear it alone... It's really too unfair!
Sima Yi bowed again and offered his opinion: "I will write a letter to the court, asking Your Majesty to send troops in advance!"
If the emperor were to bear all this pressure, it would obviously be too heavy.
If Sima Yi wrote the letter, it would be able to share some of the pressure.
But Liu Xie just shook his head slightly: "No need."
Sima Yi looked up in surprise.
"Zhongda has devoted all his energy to the battlefield. You don't need to get involved in these trivial matters."
"No matter how much dissatisfaction I have caused, can it be as great as the resentment that the former Grand Tutor endured?"
"The Grand Master at that time was truly the target of public criticism."
"If the Grand Tutor could not withstand the pressure and really handed me and the court over to Yuan Shao and his Guandong noble families, the Han Dynasty would not have had a chance at all."
"The passing of the Grand Master is like the fall of heaven."
"But I can't let the sky really collapse, so I have to fill it up."
"Fortunately, I have you after all, and several pillars of the country to help me."
Liu Xie walked up to Sima Yi with satisfaction and patted him on the shoulder.
"Leave this job of sheltering from the wind and rain to me."
"What you have to do is to win this battle! Do you understand, Zhongda?"
Sima Yi cupped his hands again and bowed deeply to Liu Xie: "I will not let the emperor down!"
Now that the emperor has to bear the pressure of the war on his own, as the emperor said, everyone else only needs to study how to win this battle under the emperor's protection!
(End of this chapter)
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