The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

It was already half a month after he knew that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu had gone deep into the grassland and reached the territory of the Xianbei people.

Half a month later, the fighting on the Jizhou battlefield was over, and Ke Bineng had already led his troops to massacre the city in Youzhou, and returned to Xianbei with the few remaining soldiers and horses. ?

Chapter 170 and Seven

After Liu Zheng heard about Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's plan, he was a little angry.

However, he thought that since Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were young and impulsive, he did not punish them but sent someone to pass orders to them.

Let them pay attention to safety, if something cannot be done, don't force it.

Safety first, remember to return to Dahan safely.

After understanding this, Liu Zheng left the imperial capital for too long.After solving these aftermath in Jizhou, he led his army back to Jianye.

Although the battle on Jizhou's side has ended, the battle on Yanzhou's side has just begun.

After Liu Chong received Liu Zheng's order to attack Yanzhou, he did not hesitate for a moment and directly led his [-] troops in Yuzhou to attack Yanzhou.

Although Zhang Fei had already led his troops back to support Yanzhou, but Liu Chong and others had already started the attack on Yanzhou's territory many days earlier, and Zhang Fei had only tens of thousands of troops left. It was not easy to block Liu Chong's attack.

Although Liu Chong was able to rely on tens of thousands of horses, he could not completely occupy Yanzhou, but he could bring some troubles to Zhang Fei.

At least, in a short period of time, Zhang Fei will not have any peaceful days.

Luoyang.

The little emperor Liu Bian is already in his weakest year.

At this age, he can already govern by himself, but now that the world is in chaos, the imperial court still needs the help of a great general, Liu Bei, to control it. The little emperor can only manage internal affairs, and does not have much say in the use of foreign troops.

After news of the battle in Jizhou came back, it caused a shock in the court.

early morning.

Many ministers began to speak out for the Jizhou war.

The one who spoke first was naturally Zhong Ji.

Because of the meritorious service of killing He Miao on the side of the Qing emperor before, Zhong Ji has been promoted from a small servant to Da Honglu, one of the nine ministers.Just like his ancestor Chong Song.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Jizhou."

Zhong Ji stood up and said something to the little emperor sitting on the dragon chair.

When Zhong Ji spoke, everyone in the court turned their attention to Zhong Ji, some of them were curious and some were puzzled.

Some people are well-informed and already know what happened, while some people who don't know what happened can only wait for Zhongji to speak the urgent report from Jizhou.

Compared with those little emperors who sat on the dragon chair with ministers who didn't know what happened, he was extremely interested in the information that Zhong Ji was about to say.

After Zhongji opened his mouth, he immediately asked him.

"Ai Qing, if you have something to say, hurry up!"

"Your Majesty, our scouts sent an urgent report from Jizhou that the soldiers and horses sent by the general had suffered a major defeat in Jizhou. They lost their troops and almost lost their helmets and armor, and almost lost Yanzhou."

The battle in Jizhou has been going on for several months. Even if they are far away in Luoyang, they already know what happened on the battlefield in Jizhou.

It is nothing more than the general Liu Bei dispatching Ma Chao and Zhao Yun to lead the cavalry to Yanzhou, and join the Yanzhou governor Zhang Fei to attack together, and Liu Zheng of the Northern Expedition.

The civil servants and military generals in the court hall were also very concerned about the battle that took place in Jizhou, but the war took place in Jizhou, and it took a long time to pass the news back and forth.

The news they can get is only a few days later.

The lack of news left them with no choice but to direct the battle on the front line in the court, but they could judge the results of the battle between the two armies on the battlefield.

When he suffered a big defeat in Ye City before.Zhang Fei quickly sent the news to Luoyang.

At that time, many civil servants impeached Zhang Fei for what he had done.

But at that time, it was not Zhang Fei's main fault that led to the defeat on the battlefield, but Zhao Yun.

Coupled with the disappearance of Ma Chao, these civil servants in the court have been very unhappy, and they are eager to send other soldiers to help out.

But after all, the general Liu Bei has the final say on this matter.

Zhang Fei is his third younger brother, and Zhao Yun is his most trusted general.

Without Liu Bei's order, other people would not dare to criticize Liu Bei in front of Liu Bei even if they had some complaints.

The last time there was no discussion to find out why.Fortunately, Zhang Fei led his soldiers and horses to fight back again, and beheaded Yuan Shang to capture most of Jizhou.

After the news came back, it was very encouraging.

These people in the court were quite pleasantly surprised, and everyone thought that with the actions of Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, Liu Zheng would definitely be defeated this time, and the lost Jizhou would be regained.

It also gave Liu Bei a lot of face.

Everyone is looking forward to the battle in Jizhou more and more.

This time when Zhong Ji talked about the urgent report about Jizhou, the little emperor sitting in the court thought that Jizhou had been recovered by Zhang Fei.

However, it can be said that not only Jizhou was not recovered, but Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others lost their troops and lost their generals.When Yanzhou was almost lost, the little emperor couldn't sit still.

"What! What Ai Qing said is true?"

The little emperor on the dragon chair suddenly stood up and looked a bit out of control, and was also shocked by this news.

Not only the little emperor turned pale with shock, but all the civil and military officials present also changed their faces drastically.

Even Liu Bei, who has always been good-tempered, was also shocked by this news at the moment.

However, Liu Bei's face did not show any changes, because he had already heard the news before.

It is not so surprising to hear it from Zhong Ji's mouth now.Still within his acceptable range.

Zhong Ji didn't continue to say what was in his mouth, because everyone knew that it would be clearer to ask Liu Bei about the news at this moment.

So after the little emperor finished asking, everyone turned their eyes to the other side in unison, standing on the front of the general Liu Bei.

"General, what Zhong Ji said just now is true?"

The little emperor asked urgently, Liu Bei wanted to know the authenticity of this matter.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him at this moment, Liu Bei knew that it would be impossible for him not to stand up and explain their confusion.

After a little hesitation, Liu Bei took the initiative to go forward and salute.

He replied humbly to the little emperor on the dragon chair.

"Your Majesty, there is indeed something, but this thing is not what we imagined."

Many civil servants, military generals and the little emperor asked Liu Bei, and naturally they could only answer truthfully.

Just as he was about to explain, he saw the little emperor on the dragon chair, his face had already darkened.

Obviously, the current little emperor is already a little angry, but because of Liu Bei's identity.It's not good for a while.

Besides, although he has reached the age of weak crown, Guangping's own ability is unable to control the entire court, and he has to rely on old people like Liu Bei. ?

Chapter 170 Dispute

Liu Bei was aware of the little emperor's anger, so he didn't dare to stop, and continued immediately.

"Your Majesty, the main reason why my third brother was defeated this time is that Liu Zheng used Yuzhou's soldiers and horses."

"Liu Zheng deployed nearly 10 troops in Jizhou, with the help of soldiers and horses from Yuzhou, attacking from front to back, while my third brother Zhang Fei had only 6 troops stationed in Yuzhou. The strength of the troops is still far behind that of Liu Zheng."

"It's really not that easy to defeat Liu Zheng!"

"Besides, I heard that they were only defeated on the Jizhou battlefield, that is to say, they had no credit. The situation on the battlefield is not yet clear in my eyes, so I can't say much for the time being."

In fact, Liu Bei had known this news earlier, and the reason why he didn't say it was because he was worried that discussing this matter in the court would affect the emotions of these civil and military officials in the court.

In particular, many officials who have different political views from Liu Bei will impeach him at this time.

It doesn't matter if you impeach yourself, but now that the whole Han Dynasty is in decline, Liu Bei can't think of anyone else who can take over the current mess after he steps down.

Even if there is someone, Liu Bei absolutely does not believe that this person wants the big man to become stronger than him.

So Liu Bei was unwilling to step down, so he could only keep some bad news in his heart and tell the little emperor the good news.

Originally, he didn't intend to tell the little emperor about it.

But he couldn't evade what he said directly in the court, so he could only bite the bullet and tell the little emperor.

In fact, the little emperor was somewhat on guard against Liu Bei.

Because of what happened to the little emperor since he was a child, he didn't trust others very much.

Especially for those foreign relatives, fortunately, Liu Bei is a clan member of the Han family, and the little emperor has not yet taken such deep precautions against Liu Bei.

But after experiencing this incident, the little emperor had a deeper defense against Liu Bei.

At the same time, the little emperor wanted to control the military power more and more in his heart, and personally asked about some matters on the battlefield.

Although Liu Bei's explanation did not clear Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others from the charges.

However, it also reduced the guilt of their defeat this time by a lot.

After all, they mainly attacked Jizhou, and at most they did not take any credit for not capturing any territory in Jizhou.

It's not really a crime.

After all, the gap between the soldiers and horses of the two sides lies here.

The civil servants and military generals present also knew Liu Zheng's strength.

No one dared to stand up and say that he would be able to defeat Liu Zheng if he led the army.

If someone dares, Liu Bei only needs to throw the pot to him and order him to fight. I'm afraid they may not be better than Zhang Fei and others.

However, although Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were not punished.But there was one more thing before their eyes.

That was Ma Chao, the Ma Dai brothers were arrested by Liu Zheng.

The consequences of this matter are very serious.

Ma Chao and Ma Dai's father, Ma Teng, is currently the governor of Xiliang.

In charge of the entire Xiliang.

With tens of thousands of troops in Xiliang, the imperial court has nothing to do with him.

Although Ma Teng returned to the court, it was because Ma Teng didn't want to cause more trouble.

But now Ma Chao, Ma Dai.The two brothers were taken away by Liu Zheng.

It is likely to stimulate Ma Teng and turn to Liu Zheng.

As long as Liu Zheng threatens Ma Teng's side with the lives of Ma Chao and Ma Dai brothers, it will become a time bomb.

Mutiny is possible at any time.

After all, this kind of precedent is not without precedent.

That's why Liu Bei was so worried.

"Your Majesty, we can tell from the battle in Jizhou that Liu Zheng is getting stronger and stronger. This battle is not just our family, but also Yuan Xi in the north and the Xianbei people and Karasuma people he united with."

"We have so many forces joining forces to deal with Liu Zheng, but we have not been able to gain any benefits from Liu Zheng. It can be seen that Liu Zheng is now so powerful that it needs several parties to join forces to deal with it. If we continue to delay, I am afraid that we will breed tigers. "

Zhong Ji's concerns about Liu Zheng are not groundless.

It's that they can see the speed of Liu Zheng's rise.

Now they can barely compete with Liu Zheng with the power of the whole country, but wait a few more years for Liu Zheng's strength to expand again, and even if the Han Dynasty has twice as many troops to encircle and suppress Liu Zheng, they may not be able to win.

Therefore, when Zhong Ji raised this question in the court this time, the most important thing was to ask whether the little emperor would once again gather surrounding forces to attack Liu Zheng.

"This matter is of great importance, dear friends, please discuss it!"

Although the little emperor is not young, he has no experience in this kind of thing after all.

I still can't handle it myself, so I have to rely on the civil and military officials present.

He retyped the question raised by Zhong Ji, and asked these people present to discuss a result.

Zhong Ji wants to take the initiative to send troops and continue to launch the battle against Liu Zheng.

They can also use some soldiers and horses.

These soldiers and horses are nothing more than those newly recruited soldiers and horses in Bingzhou.