Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 184 Letter to the Northern Expedition
What Tan Daoji was pointing at was Fenshui, the second largest tributary of the Dahe River.

This water system is sandwiched by Luliang Mountain and Taihang Mountain, and continues from Pingcheng in the north to Puban.

It is impossible to fight from Fenshui to Pingcheng by boat, but it is not wishful thinking to just use it to capture Hedong.

only……

The waterways here are too dangerous.

Wang Zhen'e almost escaped death when he entered Weishui from the big river.

Fenshui is a hundred times more vicious than Weishui.

Upstream here is the terrifying Hukou Waterfall, and downstream is Sanmenxia.

I want to fight through the waterway here...

It's a gamble.

Liu Yu frowned slightly after hearing Tan Daoji's decision.

Such a dangerous tactic did not meet his expectations at all.

But as Xie Hui said, it is most beneficial to Song Dynasty to place the battlefield of the decisive battle in Hedong.

Therefore, when attacking Hedong, one must either take lives or take risks.

After thinking about it, Liu Yu didn't rush to veto it, nor did he agree with it.

The battlefield situation is changing rapidly.

The strange tricks are all used when both sides are impeccable, so there is no hurry now.

At best, let Guan Zhong start to prepare the ship, and have a backup.

After asking Tan Daoji, Liu Yu set his sights on Xu Xianzhi.

After Liu Muzhi passed away, Xu Xianzhi was Liu Yu's chief housekeeper.

There are Liu Yu, counselors, and military generals in front of them to fight, and Xu Xian's civil officials will sit in the rear.

Xu Xianzhi understood.

"Your Majesty has not mobilized troops for two years, and with the harvest of this year's autumn harvest, the food and grass accumulated in various places is 150 million shi."

"Food from the south can be transported to Jingzhou first, then pass through Nanyang and enter Guanzhong from Wuguan."

"Most of the grain in the north is in Pengcheng. It's not easy to transport it to Guanzhong, but..."

Xu Xianzhi looked at Liu Yizhen strangely when he said this.

"Not long ago, King Hongnong came up and sent people to clear the gap. Reconnecting the four rivers of Qiji, Ru, Huai, and Si. If we go by water, the food loss will be smaller than the consumption of transporting from Jingzhou."

Others, including Liu Yu, also looked at Liu Yizhen in unison.

The relationship between Liu Yizhen and Liu Yilong is well known.

This kind of dredging of the river is a big project, and it can't be completed in more than a year.

Calculating the time, it was almost exactly when Liu Yizhen came back from the north that the dredging of the river began. Even a fool who said there was no shadow of Liu Yizhen would not believe it.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Liu Yizhen also admitted it.

"It is indeed Gu who decided to dredge the river after discussing with King Hongnong."

It's just that Liu Yizhen originally expected to transport a large number of soldiers by this road after completely connecting Huaisi and Dahe.

Now Liu Yilong probably hasn't had time to finish the repair, but just dredged the gap built by the State of Wei during the Warring States Period.

Although this cannot transport troops, it is more than enough to transport food.

Liu Yu looked at Liu Yizhen's eyes softer after hearing this, but he thought of Liu Yilong who was left in Luoyang.

That child is alone in Luoyang...

It must be uncomfortable, right?
For a moment, Liu Yu actually felt a bit guilty.

Xu Xianzhi didn't notice Liu Yu's strangeness, and continued to explain the logistics to Liu Yu.

This involves food, equipment, and the people who will be collected on the road to transport food. It is actually the longest discussion among all the topics. It took half a month of discussion to finalize many matters and send documents to the state governments.

Now that everything is ready, the only thing left is Dongfeng.

This east wind will naturally be initiated by Liu Yizhen, the person in charge who will guard Jiankang in the future.

Without bothering anyone, Liu Yizhen can blow the east wind by himself.

In the second year of Yongchu, Wuwu in September.

Jiankang court meeting.

Situ Liu Yizhen and hundreds of officials, including the left servant of Shangshu Xu Xianzhi, the right servant of Shangshu Wang Hong, Xie Hui, etc., jointly presented the emperor Liu Yu——

"Since ancient times, emperors have come to rule the world, and they have lived in China to control the barbarians, and the barbarians have lived outside to serve China. It has never been heard that barbarians live in China to rule the world!"

"Since the fall of Jin and Zuo, the barbarians in the north of the Five Hus have ruled China, and within the four seas, no one has surrendered. This is not manpower, but it is a gift from heaven."

"..."

"At this time, the fate of the heavens is revolving, the Central Plains is full of energy, and among the billions of trillions, a saint will be born to drive out the captives, restore China, establish guidelines and discipline, and save the people."

"..."

"Those who belong to me will always be safe in China, and those who carry me will flee outside the Great Wall. If we are the people of China, heaven will order our people to be safe. How can the barbarians be governed! I am afraid that the middle land will be polluted for a long time, and the people will live Disturbance, so led all the heroes to do their best to clarify, aiming to exorcise captives, eliminate riots, so that all the people can get what they want, and the shame of China, and the people will wait for it. Like the Xianbei and the Xiongnu, although they are not of the Chinese race, they live together Between heaven and earth, those who know etiquette and righteousness and are willing to be subjects are no different from those raised by the people of Zhongxia. Therefore, I would like to inform you that you should know."

It is the call to action for the Northern Expedition!

As soon as this article came out, it established the tone of the destiny of the Liu and Song Dynasties.

It is the Northern Expedition!
Expelling Suolu and restoring China will become the only pursuit of the emperors and courtiers of the Liu and Song dynasties.

Even if Liu Yu dies today, Liu Yizhen will go to the Northern Expedition if he is in power.

Liu Yizhen died, and his successor still wanted to go to the Northern Expedition.

Either Suolu died, or Liu Song died.

There is no third way.

If one of Liu Yu's descendants wants to be more peaceful in the future, the minister can wave this proclamation at the other party's face, scolding him for being ashamed of his ancestors.

Han ruled the country with loyalty and filial piety.

Jin ruled the country with filial piety.

Liu Song has not yet determined the foundation of his own governance, but he took the lead in throwing a hole card.

Restoring China is the sacred destiny given to Liu Song!
Whoever dares to stop the Northern Expedition is denying Liu Song's destiny.

At this time, Liu Yizhen came to Liu Yu with hundreds of officials blessing this article.

Liu Yu looked at this proclamation, and said to the officials in the audience:

"I am a descendant of the Han Dynasty. Because of the great chaos in the world, I was pushed by the people. I destroyed Huanchu, broke Liu Yi, returned Bashu, conquered the Central Plains, drove Nanyan, and restored the two capitals. Therefore, Emperor Jin abdicated Guozuo to establish Song Dynasty. Fate."

"Now the Song Dynasty reaches Bashu in the west, connects the sea in the east, and controls Minyue in the south. Qin, Yu, Qing, Xu, Jing, Yi, and Yang are all included in the territory, and the south is all owned by me. The people are safe and the food is small. The soldiers are a little bit more refined, and they control the strings and hold the arrows. I look at the people of the Central Plains. I feel guilty for a long time. Burning charcoal, restore the majesty of Han officials!"

The official holding the seal brought the jade seal of Chuanguo, and Liu Yu held the jade seal with both hands and held it high above his head.

"I am so poor that it is my luck. In the final stage, I will use the power of the scholars and the people to save people from drowning. I will correct the chaos of the world and bring peace to the country and the people. It is not half a century old, and my achievements have been outstanding." Meager virtues and talents, when encountering difficult fortunes, relying on the deadline of the end of the previous generation, using the power of the officials and the people to save the people in distress, help the country to govern the troubled times, stabilize the country and calm the people, this kind of undertaking is not half as good as the ancients. The achievements obtained are about the same as those of the heroes in the past)

"However, the fate of history has changed, and I am like the former king. The charter and the rules are in place, and I will bow to me with my great orders."

(Translation: But Jinshi Taicai, the destiny has been transferred, I can only respect the previous king, follow the beautiful law, the destiny has chosen me.)
"I know that the destiny is in me, and I have my own mission. This destiny should be as the people wish!"

After speaking, Liu Yu reprinted the jade seal on the Northern Expedition.

Since then, Liu Song's destiny has been set.

Drive out Suolu and restore China!
　Ulla! (ps: The call to action for the Northern Expedition is very plain, everyone should be able to understand it. So I translated the latter paragraph)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)