The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 354 Liu Yao’s swan song

Facing Deng Yue and Zhou Fu who were couriered by Wang Sang, Liu Tai immediately gave them the titles of two Guannei Marquises and General Zahao to show his importance to the surrendered people, and also gave them a house to accommodate them. family.

Then he gave them an army of three thousand men and expressed his expectation of their future performance on the battlefield.

After appeasing Deng Yue and Zhou Fu, Liu Tai and others immediately called a meeting with their ministers!
"This Tao Kan is indeed a strong general. Unexpectedly, not only did he put down the Wangdun Rebellion in such a short period of time, but General Wang Sang was also unable to take advantage of him.

Now that he has been appointed as the governor of Jingzhou, he seems to be very wary of us! "

Chu Hui expressed his conclusion immediately, took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, it's time to attack Cheng Han!"

When other people present heard Chu Hui's words, they didn't expect that Chu Hui would make such a decision.

Although Liu Tai had made preparations to attack Cheng Han since he occupied Chang'an, everyone was somewhat surprised when this order was actually implemented, because everyone originally thought that they would have to wait until winter passed.

Chu Hui said very seriously at this moment, "In the crisis of troubled times, the Sima clan returned to the light and summoned Sima Shao to bring order to the Jin court.

But the Jin court itself was deeply troubled. Even if Wang Dun was solved, there were still various problems left.

Needless to say, looking at his patience with the Langya Wang Family, one can see that although the Langya Wang Family has lost Wang Dun, its remaining strength is still strong.

If Sima Shao is given time, not to mention completely eradicating the Langya Wang family, but at least he can suppress the Langya Wang family so that the family will not affect the normal decision-making of the Jin court.

The combat power that Jin Ting can exert is enough for us to take seriously! "

To be honest, Liu Tai has never taken the Jin court seriously, except for his absolute determination to kill the refugee militiamen and disintegrate the foundation of the Jin court's Northern Expedition.

The second reason is that the Jin court itself has always been in a state of internal strife for a long time.

The configuration of "king and horse sharing the world" allowed Sima Rui to occupy Jiangnan almost easily and gain the support of Jiangnan's powerful forces.

But similarly, the configuration of the king and the horse also dispersed the power in the hands of the Sima family, making it difficult for the Jin court to manage a share of the power even if it was very powerful.

But now, as Sima Shao has killed Wang Dun and regained all his rights, even if the Langya Wang family is still holding back, with Sima Shao's courage to defeat Wang Dun, the Langya Wang family, which has now lost its status, cannot be Sima Shao's opponent. !

If Sima Shao waits until Sima Shao solves the Langya Wang family, then Sima Shao will be able to free up his hands to help Cheng Han when needed.

Whether it is giving away supplies to the Chenghan, or conquering Xuzhou and other places that Liu Tai currently owns, it will be troublesome for Liu Tai.

"We really can't wait any longer!" Liu Tai's eyes became sharp.

To be honest, Liu Tai didn't understand history and didn't know that Sima Shao's life was short-lived, but now Sima Shao's courage and political talent had to make Liu Tai wary.

After all, up to now, the holy king model has always been the most correct and efficient organizational model. Especially in feudal society, there is a huge difference in the power that an incompetent king can exert and a wise king.

For Liu Tai, even with the development of Zheng Guo Canal and the slow transportation of food from Luoyang to Chang'an, it can barely be regarded as enough food to support Zhou Ping's army for about a year.

But whether Shu can be conquered in one year can only depend on Zhou Ping's ability.

After all, if this window period passes, it will be prolonged into a protracted war.

"This war is under the command of Zhou Ping. I will personally lead the army to Chencang to supervise the war!" Liu Tai said solemnly.

"Your Majesty..." Wen Qiao saw that Liu Tai actually chose to go to Chencang to supervise the battle in person, but wanted to give him some advice.

But Liu Tai said, "This is the battle that will destroy the Han Dynasty. Although I cannot risk my life, I can only feel at ease by supervising the army in Chencang."

Moreover, the roads in Shu are rugged, and I think that only I, who is personally in charge of Chencang, can ensure the food and grass for the soldiers! "

When everyone heard Liu Tai's words, they wanted to admonish Liu Tai, because it was obvious that Liu Tai was ruthless in attacking Cheng Han!
With Liu Tai's order, Zhou Ping soon led the five schools of Qingzhou, as well as the medical battalion, engineering battalion, Feitian battalion, mountain climbing battalion and other special forces, plus other soldiers, a total of 100,000 troops to conquer Shu.

Liu Tai personally led his headquarters to garrison Chencang, and Liu Ming's Huben army and Liu Xia's heavy cavalry battalion were passing through.

It can be said that the war machine of Yanhan began to rotate at this moment, and all materials were gathered from Hebei through the Yongji Canal to Xingyang, and then transported to Luoyang through the canal.

However, the road from Luoyang to Chang'an has not yet been repaired, and the original road is relatively narrow, which makes the transportation of materials not only slow, but also consumes a lot of money on the road.

No matter what, at least the materials in the entire Hebei area can be dispatched to the Jin court. At most, the losses will be higher.

When the Yanhan soldiers went out to fight, the people naturally cheered and supported them.

Not only because sergeants have the highest status in the Han army, but more importantly for these common people, their interests are also tied to Liu Tai because of the military merit system.

Especially for the local soldiers in Chang'an, although some of them passed the Fu army system and joined the army, if they wanted to truly own land, they still needed to conquer the Shu land and then divide the fertile farmland on Dujiangyan.

After all, although Zheng Guoqu has been developed, it is unrealistic to say that it can satisfy all the soldiers and soldiers.

Even if he could satisfy Liu Tai, he would not feed his soldiers all at once.

At this moment, Liu Yao looked coldly through the crack in the door as Liu Tai led the army to leave, his eyes full of coldness and excitement.

When he returned to his home, after waiting for a long time, he saw a Hun servant coming to Liu Yao and said to Liu Yao, "I have seen your majesty. Liu Tai has led the army out of the city. Now the regular army left in Chang'an City , but there are only more than 10,000 imperial guards stationed in Chang'an City!"

"Haha!" Liu Yao couldn't help but look happy when he heard what this person said, and said,
"Liu Tai has always been cunning. Let's wait for half a month until all the food from Luoyang arrives before we take action.

Liu Tai's imperial army is indeed elite and we can't deal with it, but as long as Liu Tai's grain stored in Chang'an is burned, his conquest of the Shu Han will become a fantasy. Only in the land of Mobei can we make a comeback.

Liu Tai is only strong because he has never been defeated, but as long as he loses once, the family that he suppressed will definitely fight back, and Liu Tai will definitely die by then! "

"Your Majesty will surely ride over the mountains and rivers again and take over the Central Plains!" The Huns servant said respectfully to Liu Yao. When Liu Yao heard this, he laughed proudly. Obviously, Liu Yao thought that he would see the light of day again soon.

Soon, as time passed, the grain transported from Luoyang was loaded into the warehouse outside Chang'an City.

To be more precise, a small town similar to Luokou Cang was built outside Chang'an City to store grain, called Chang'an Cang.

As the moonlight gradually rose, Liu Yaoxian came to the ancestral temple, where there were his ancestors, and of course Yang Xianrong, who had died of illness. Because she was awarded the title of An Le Gong, she could continue to leave her name even if she died.

However, when Liu Yao arrived here, Liu Yao was stunned, because at this moment he saw Liu Xi kneeling in front of the ancestral temple, waiting for a long time.

"Father, you are here!" Liu Xi took a deep breath and said,

"My mother was right when she left. You will be unwilling to accept it, but I don't understand why it's not good to continue living?

After all, His Majesty has treated us kindly and has never deducted any money from our Anle Palace in terms of food and clothing! "

"You are An Le Gong!" Liu Yao looked at Liu Xi and said, "And I am nothing in this mansion, not shit. This is the biggest humiliation Liu Tai has given me!"

Liu Yao said in a deep voice, "Sure enough, you still hate your mother for surrendering. But shouldn't you be blamed for losing the battle?

In the end, Zhao Guo's mother used her weak body to support the broken situation.

Just like this, my mother only managed to hold on to the title of Duke Anle granted by His Majesty. How can you have the face to hate your mother! "

"Yes, if I had known the current situation, I should have killed Liu Tai when I first saw him!"

Liu Yao said, "Let me ask you, are you willing to escape Chang'an with me and go to Mobei to make a comeback together?"

Facing Liu Yao, Liu Xi chose silence. Facing Liu Xi's silence, Liu Yao couldn't help laughing, and finally said,

"Okay, okay, then remember your choice and don't regret it!"

After Liu Yao finished speaking, he turned his head and ignored Liu Xi.

And Liu Xi said: "In half an hour, I will report your departure to the court. If you want to leave, just leave!"

When Liu Yao heard Liu Xi's words, he stopped slightly, but still left the ancestral temple without hesitation.

Liu Yao knew very well that what he did was right.

Since the death of Yang Xianrong, his space for activities has been further expanded. In Chang'an City, those Han families who were suppressed from paying taxes, those Hun nobles whose slaves were taken away, there are many people in Chang'an who resisted Liu Tai.

It's just that the whole of Chang'an lacks a little spark to ignite this group of people, so as long as these people see the hope that Liu Tai will be defeated, then he can definitely set off a huge wave with a raised voice.

There is no one in the world's aristocratic family who does not hate Liu Tai, and there is no one in the world who is a foreigner who does not blame Yan Han.

This kind of Liu Tai, this kind of handsome man only relies on the support of Liu Tai's undefeated golden body, but as long as this undefeated golden body is broken, the world's aristocratic families are afraid that they will come one after another and engulf Liu Tai completely.

After all, Liu Tai is almost the god of war in this era, and a god cannot be injured or bleed. As long as he is injured, the various policies promulgated by Liu Tai will definitely become a shackles that lock Liu Tai's life.

Following the power he secretly cultivated, Liu Yao came out of Chang'an City very smoothly, and the journey was smooth and helpless.

The obstruction he originally thought did not appear, and the inspection by the soldiers at the city gate was extremely rough. Haha, is this the discipline of Liu Tai's army? !
But Liu Yao didn't know that when he was riding his horse to the Xiongnu Autonomous Region, the city gate order respectfully saluted Liu Xia who was eating beef and drinking wine on the city wall and said, "Everything is as the general expected, Liu Yao." Going to the Xiongnu Autonomous Region!"

"It's a pity that His Majesty gave him a way out, but he didn't cherish it himself!" Liu Xia continued to take a bite of beef and said, "Let's see how much trouble he can make today!"

In fact, Liu Yao did not disappoint Liu Xia, because he had already made preparations with the Xiongnu nobles who he had contacted in advance. These Xiongnu nobles supported Liu Yao just like they supported Liu Yuan.

There was no way, because although Liu Tai gave the Huns aristocrats an autonomous territory, the people in the autonomous territory were allowed to go out to work in Chang'an.

After working part-time in the past few years, these lower-level Xiongnu people soon discovered that although they were members of the Xiongnu Dominion, did the Xiongnu nobles regard themselves as human beings? ?

They really have nothing. Even if they work hard and accumulate wealth, they will be directly exploited by the Huns aristocrats if they return to the autonomous territory.

It can be said that the Huns at the bottom saw how the Han people lived every day, and then returned to the Xiongnu Autonomous Territory to live a life of darkness. It was really difficult for them to accept it!
This naturally caused conflicts between the Xiongnu nobles and the lower-class corvees. It was unrealistic for the Xiongnu nobles to allocate land to these lower-class corvees, but to prevent them from going out to do corvées, they would have to face Liu Tai's iron fist, and the contradiction between the two sides Naturally intensified.

So they also knew very well that they had to break free from Liu Tai's control, otherwise sooner or later, all the Huns under their command would either escape, or they would definitely come back to bite them.

It was under such circumstances that their alliance with Liu Yao was almost a matter of course, and there were even aristocratic families involved.

At this moment, Liu Yao used the power of the Xiongnu nobles to directly attack Chang'an Cang. They killed the guards guarding them, then threw out their torches and burned the warehouse of Chang'an Cang. The night was brightened by the blazing fire!
"Hahahahaha!" Liu Yao couldn't bear it anymore and started laughing crazily.

Liu Yao knew very well that Liu Tai had only completed two of his three projects, so Liu Tai was already short of food in his expedition to Shu.

Now that such a fire has burned down the granary where Liu Tai stored grain, and without enough grain as a support, Liu Tai's attempt to conquer Shu is almost a fool's errand!
As long as Liu Tai loses once, it will be his turn to be attacked by everyone in the world!
How could Liu Yao be unhappy when he thought of this? He had even thought of the time when he would ascend the throne again and proclaim himself emperor!

"What are you laughing at? Is it so funny?" A casual word appeared in Liu Yao's ear.

Liu Yao's eyes widened and he turned around to see Liu Xazhen looking at him eagerly, with his heavy cavalry behind him!
"Heavy cavalry...how, how is it possible?" Liu Yao couldn't help but feel surprised when he saw the scene in front of him, "You didn't go to Chencang?!"

"Oh, those are just the soldiers wearing my original armor. Don't you know our heavy cavalry by the armor?" Liu Xia said calmly, "We have been wearing our original armor for several years. Your Majesty ordered us to stay. Changan is just changing his clothes!"

"Trap, this is a trap!" Liu Yao also reacted at this moment!
"Looks like you don't have to be a fool anymore!" Liu Xagao raised his spear and said, "Brothers, charge with me!"

At this moment, Liu Yi issued an order to his heavy cavalry, and what followed was a unilateral massacre. The Hun nobles led by Liu Yao could not resist Liu Xia's charge!
(End of this chapter)