Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Surrounded by his personal guards, Liu Bao continued to move forward, when a wave of Huns suddenly rushed towards them.Liu Bao and his personal guards yelled together: "Don't run around, or you will be killed without mercy!" The Hun soldiers in front recognized Liu Bao and stopped walking, but the large stream of people behind them instantly squeezed the stopped people to the ground.

Liu Bao and his personal guards had no choice but to cut through the mess quickly, and slashed and killed those who continued to flee.This caused the people in front to rush back again, and the two groups of Huns in the front and back huddled together.In order to compete for the road and prevent themselves from being overwhelmed and trampled to death, they all armed each other with weapons and slashed and killed each other.

Almost at the same time, there were large streams of people coming in front, back, left, and right, and some people even galloped wildly among the crowd, and some warriors were frightened and rushed wildly.The whole camp was crying, shouting and killing, horses roared and neighed, and the shouts were earth-shattering.The situation is even more chaotic.

Liu Bao's handling not only had no effect, but added fuel to the fire.Some Xiongnu soldiers were so red-eyed that they came to Liu Bao's side.

After a while, there was the sound of galloping horses.When someone took the horses, they released all the horses in the stables. Thousands of horses suddenly rushed past the camp, and the crowd was knocked down in pieces, and then trampled into a pulp by iron hooves.

Liu Bao didn't think about how to deal with the situation at this time, his mind was full of retreating, leading all the guards to hack and kill, and finally opened a bloody road to the edge of the camp where the crowd was relatively thin.At this time, there were only 30 to [-] personal guards around him, and the rest were either killed in the chaos or dispersed.

By noon, the large-scale camp tsunami subsided naturally.But in the camp, in the wilderness, there are dead bodies everywhere, burning tents, and escaped war horses.

Excluding the fleeing soldiers, there were only about [-] survivors at the scene, all lying or sitting tired, panting heavily.

But Feng Yu didn't give them a chance to breathe. After he learned of the large-scale roar in the enemy camp, he sent scouts to repeatedly verify the information and confirm it.Except for Ma Chao's troops who continued to guard along the Weishui River, all the rest of the cavalry were immediately transferred between Huashan and the Weishui River.

At noon, the full-scale attack began.The two thousand heavy cavalry are in the center with a long snake, and the two thousand light cavalry are in a wedge formation of flying feathers on the two wings.Sweeping away towards the enemy camp with overwhelming momentum.

The remaining Hun soldiers were as distraught as walking corpses, how could they resist such a swift attack.In a short while, they were wiped out on the Weinan field.

Immediately afterwards, Qingqi, with the cooperation of two teams of cavalry scouts with eagles driving dogs, carefully searched the field of [-] to [-] square kilometers, not letting a remnant soldier go.

In the Qinling Mountains to the south, two teams of mountain scouts transferred from Handong County had already ambushed here.If the Xiongnu and the remaining Yuan soldiers entered the mountains and forests, they would not be able to escape their eyes.

In this battle, Feng Yu had envisioned various possible outcomes.I thought that the enemy army would live by eating horse meat, waiting for the reinforcements from the east of the river to come, and they were all ready to encircle the reinforcements and ambush the reinforcements.

Feng Yu also thought about the enemy being forced to surrender. If the Xiongnu really surrendered, it would be quite difficult for him.Killing and surrendering will damage his reputation for establishing the world with faith. If he doesn't kill them, how will he deal with these Xiongnu?

But in the way of internal strife in the enemy camp, the encirclement and annihilation campaign ended so quickly.But Feng Yu never dreamed of it.

The Guanzhong War began with the invasion of Zhang Xiu and ended with the victory in Weinan.Feng Yujun wiped out more than 3000 enemies throughout the entire process, and the [-] Yuan-Hungarian coalition army that invaded from Hedong was wiped out.Liu Bao, Guo Tu, and Guo Yuan all died.After Zhang Xiu was seriously injured, he fled to Anyi in Hedong to recuperate.

So far, in the entire Hedong and the Guanzhong Plain on both sides of the Hexi, there is no longer any military force that can resist Feng Yujun.The cities and camps that the Xiongnu soldiers garrisoned on the grain road were immediately uprooted by Feng Yu.The Yellow River Ferry in Yangxia was also restored.

Then Feng Yujun continued to march eastward, and in just over a month, all Hedong County except Anyi fell into Feng Yu's hands.

In the early autumn, drums and trumpets sounded outside the city of Anyi, and the Huaxiong Legion and Dianwei's trapped camp launched a strong attack on Anyi again.

The sound of shouting and killing soaring into the sky, and the sound of weapons clashing.Dian Wei, who was wearing heavy armor, took the lead and climbed to the top of the city of Anyi, and the rest of the soldiers who were trapped in the camp also rushed to the top of the city one after another.

Chapter 177 Siege and Defense

At the head of Anyi City, a Yuan Bingwuchang stabbed Dianwei's vest with his saber.There was only a jingle, and the tip of the knife only penetrated a tiny bit before being stopped by the heavy armor.Dian Wei turned around, swung the halberd horizontally with his right hand, and chopped the halberd vertically with his left hand.In the blood, the corporal leader's head fell to the bottom of the wall, and his arm fell to the top of the wall.

Not far away, a soldier trapped in the camp was fighting bloody battles.With a muffled sound, a certain Yuan Bing's spear pierced through his black armor and iron armor.At the same time, the spear of the soldier trapped in the camp pierced the opponent's throat.

Yuan Bing collapsed on the ground powerlessly, and the soldiers trapped in the camp pulled out the spear blade on his stomach with his hands.The point of the spear had pierced his belly, but not his internal organs.

Another Yuan Jun sword and shield soldier ran up to him quietly, swung his knife and chopped at his neck.But the weapon paused in mid-air, and then fell face up on the top of the city.Dian Wei's flying halberd had already smashed into Yuan Bing's face.

As more and more soldiers from the trapped camp climbed to the top of the city, the defenders of Anyi could no longer hold on, and some people began to flee to the city.Feng Yujun's soldiers became more and more courageous as they fought, and they took control of the south city gate in a short time.

After a while, the south city gate suspension bridge was lowered, and the city gate opened wide.A large number of Feng Yujun's guns and shields rushed in.Then Hua Xiong rode his horse and led the heavy cavalry into the city...

"Search, search carefully, dig three feet to find Zhang Xiu and Gao Gan!" Hua Xiong shouted from the Anyi mansion.A large number of soldiers around were rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the mansion, searching around.

At this time, the soldiers had come to report: "Report! Report to the commander. According to the account of the captured puppet Zhao officials, a few days before our army besieged the city. Gao Gan took his family and Zhang Xiu to Dingxiang in the east. County fled."

"Grandma, let them escape." Hua Xiong said angrily.

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While Feng Yujun was besieging Anyi with all his strength, Cheng Gao was also besieged by a large number of Yuan Jun.It turned out that since Feng Yu suspended the operation in Jizhou, Yuan Shao, in order to force Xu Rong's army to dispatch as soon as possible, and at the same time to crush Cao Cao as soon as possible, ordered Ju Shou and his judges to step up their offensive against Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao was in a hurry, he immediately sent someone to ask Feng Yu for help.At that time, Feng Yu had just finished the Battle of Weinan, and when he learned of this situation, he ordered Xu Rong's army to restart the looting of Jizhou.

After the lookout posts set up along the Yellow River detected Xu Rong's fleet sailing out of Henan County, Jushou immediately ordered Yuan Jun who had gathered near Chenggao earlier to attack the city.

At this time, in addition to the [-] Cao troops stationed in Chenggao, there were also [-] spear and shield soldiers.There were tens of thousands of Yuan's troops who came to attack Cheng Gao.

However, because after the Battle of Weinan, there were no more enemy troops in Guanzhong Sanfu or even in Hedong, and Tongguan became the rear area at once, so there was no need to garrison too many troops.

An independent infantry battalion that originally strengthened the defense of Tongguan was being transferred to Luoyang at this time.After they arrive in Luoyang, the infantry battalion of the Xu Rong Army in Luoyang will go to reinforce Cheng Gao.

A general in red robe and black armor stood under Chenggao City, squinting his eyes at this stubborn city.He is Yan Liang, Yuan Shao's number one general.Because Cheng Gao couldn't attack for a long time, it greatly exceeded Yuan Shao and Jushou's expectations.Yuan Shao ordered him to personally supervise the formation, which shows that Yuan Shao attached great importance to this battle.

The head of Chenggao City.Yuan Bing attached himself to the ant, rolling wood and beating stones, and sharp arrows and strong arrows fell like raindrops.Yuan soldiers who were climbing were injured and fell from time to time, and soldiers who rushed to the top of the city would be immediately beheaded by Cao Jun hiding behind the battlements.

A large group of Yuan Bing also rushed out from the ladder of the building car, and fought with Cao Jun who blocked them.Even in the narrow city, Cao Jun's formation is strict and orderly.Spears, spears, swords and halberds were arranged in a forest in order of length, and the crossbowmen behind them fired all arrows, turning a Yuan soldier pouring out of the building car into a corpse.

Cao Jun was even able to counterattack into the stairway of the building car, cut off the cables of the flying ladder, and destroy the flying ladder.

Yan Liang raised his brows and said: "Of course we can't attack Chenggao like this, it will only increase the casualties! Send my military order, ring the gong to withdraw the troops!"

With the sound of gongs, Yuan Jun receded like a tide of relief.

At dawn the next day, Yuan Jun made another comeback.This time they transferred a siege weapon from the Guandu camp, heavy trebuchets.This kind of trebuchet is still a human-powered projectile, but the size is much larger than common ones.Although it is not as powerful as Zhuyang's counterweight trebuchet, it is much larger than ordinary trebuchets.

At this time, twenty heavy-duty catapults were lined up, and a large number of stones were piled next to each catapult.They were all brought in by heavy soldiers from Mount Song, ten miles away.

After Yan Liang gave an order, Yuan Bing yelled and chanted, and all twenty catapults and boulders were thrown together.Huge boulders were thrown at Chenggao, only the Chenggao city wall was cracked, sand and gravel were splashed, and dust was flying.Whenever they hit the wall, the soldiers of Cao Jun at the head of the city could also feel the slight tremor of the wall.

The power of these catapults could not destroy the city wall, and Yan Liang did not count on it.He wanted to destroy all the battlements at the top of the city, so that Cao Jun at the top of the city would lose cover.

After two or three hours of bombardment, [-]% of the walls on the top of the eastern city wall were destroyed by boulders.At this time, Yan Liang gave an order: "Stop throwing stones, the crossbowmen cover their shots, and the whole army attacks the city!"

Amidst the sound of drums and trumpets shaking the sky, Cao Jun launched an all-out offensive again.Under the cover of sword and shield hands holding scull shields, crossbowmen approached the city wall and continuously threw arrows towards the city.

Under the city wall of Chenggao, the infantry once again erected hundreds of ladders for climbing the city, and attached them to them.Several repaired building cars also moved towards the city wall.

This time, Cao Jun's soldiers at the top of the city were not covered by battlements. Under the cover of Yuan Jun's arrows like a shower, some people kept falling to the ground with arrows.

In this case, the number of rolling stones thrown from the top of the city was naturally much less, allowing Yuan Bing to climb up calmly.When Yuan Bing climbed to the top of the city, there would not be Cao Jun's weapons suddenly attacking from behind the battlements.

Sure enough, the first batch of Yuan soldiers successfully climbed to the top of the city and began to fight with Cao Jun.The successor Yuan Jun followed closely and was about to climb the city wall.Under the city, Yuan Jun's crossbowmen also temporarily stopped shooting.

Yan Liang's eyes showed joy, as long as hundreds of Yuan Bing can reach the top of the city, he will be done.At this moment, with a bang of clappers, a large group of soldiers dressed in fine armor and armed with spears suddenly appeared at the top of the city.They are soldiers of Feng Yujun's infantry battalion.

The reinforcement of five hundred spear and shield soldiers immediately reversed the crisis at the top of the city.Yuan Jun, who had just ascended to the top of the city, was immediately cleaned up.The rolling wood and stone fell from the top of the city again, and several soldiers of the second wave of Yuan Jun who had just stepped on the top of the city were stabbed down by spears and spears in an instant.

"Bowman, shoot again, don't stop!" Yan Liang shouted angrily.

The dense rain of arrows covered the city again.However, at this time, the spear-throwing shield soldiers had used their large shields to build a shield wall, replacing the role of the battlements.Cao Jun's soldiers all crouched behind the projectile blind spot formed by the shield wall, and took the opportunity to throw rolling wood and rocks at Yuan Jun who was climbing.

Chapter 178 - The End of the Curtain - Yuan Shao's Death

After all, Yan Liang failed to conquer Chenggao, and a battalion of Feng Yujun's infantry who came to aid from Luoyang set up a small battalion on the bank of the Yellow River.It directly threatened the security of the rear of Yuan Jun who besieged Chenggao.

When Yan Liang sent a large army to attack this battalion of Feng Yu's soldiers, they fled by boat.When Yuan Jun was gone, they went and returned.This prevented Yan Liang from concentrating on attacking Cheng Gao.

He had to ask Yuan Shao and Jushou for more troops.But the other party's reply was to transfer him back to Guandu, not only himself, but also the army that besieged Chenggao.Because Yuan Shao's Guandu main battlefield is tight.

Although Yuan Jun has strengthened his guard along the Yellow River, he has set up hundreds of sentry posts along the river bank.But the Yellow River thousands of miles away is hard to defend against.

After discovering Feng Yujun's Viking fleet at the sentry base, they will use fast horses to send the news to the main force of the cavalry in an hour or two. login.

In the end, Yuan Jun's only effective means of defense was to stick to the stronghold and strengthen the escort force of the grain transportation team.

As soon as there was any disturbance, the food transportation team rushed into the nearby stronghold camp and city, and retreated.Do not resume driving until it is safe to do so.The mobile cavalry units stationed on the north and south banks to attack the enemy were also transferred to strengthen the escort force of the food transport team.

In addition, various farmlands in the south of Jizhou were also burned and plundered by Xu Rong, and there was no harvest this autumn.Yuan Jun's food and grass can only be provided by northern Jizhou and Youzhou Bingzhou, which increases the cost and difficulty of Yuan Jun's grain transportation.

The food team that used to return once a week now has to go once a month.There was a serious shortage of food and grass for Yuan Jun on the front line.

Even so, some feeder grain transportation lines were still looted by Xu Rong from time to time.Yuan Jun once set up a trap to lure Xu Rong's army to the pre-volt location.But helplessly, the opponent's scouts were strong, and the trap showed its feet in front of the opponent's scouts' careful investigation.

Yuan Jun's total strength is limited, and if so many troops are assigned to defend the rear grain road, the front strength will naturally be weakened.

Yuan Shao, whose strength was weakened, did not dare to take the initiative to attack.The Jushou Department, which threatened Cao Cao's flank, was also withdrawn by half.Taking this opportunity, Cao Cao quietly dispatched the main force from Xuchang and Guandu to attack Dingtao.

In Dingtao, the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Xia Houyuan defeated the trial troops, and with the cooperation of Cheng Yu's troops who had been sticking to Juancheng, they attacked from inside and outside, broke the siege of Juancheng, and completely defeated Yuan Jun in Yanzhou.Then calmly return to Shiguandu.

At this point, the entire Guandu battle situation took a turn for the worse.Yuan Shao, whose arm had been cut off, began to shrink the front in a hurry. Regardless of Jushou's objection, he transferred Yan Liang back to Guandu, and even ordered Jushou to lead his troops closer to Guandu.

Ju Shou knew in his heart that Yuan Shao wanted to withdraw his troops on purpose.He also understands that this retreat is bound to fail.But he had no reason to persuade Yuan Shao, because Yuan Jun, who had run out of food, really couldn't fight anymore!

In the early winter of the second year of Jian'an, Yuan Jun finally began to retreat.It stands to reason that Yuan Shao should have personally sat in the camp of the Chinese army to stabilize the morale of the army.Unexpectedly, he led [-] fine riders to cross the Yellow River north, retreated into Hebei, and left [-] to [-] troops in Henan without appointing a commander in chief.

In the early morning, the fog at the Yellow River Ferry in Yanjin has not yet cleared.Yuan's soldiers and horses crowded into a mess, waiting for several ferry boats to take him across the river.

Several soldiers caught a rabbit from nowhere and hid it in the field far away from the ferry.They roasted the rabbit half-cooked, and they couldn't wait to gobble it up.If they don't eat it as soon as possible, it is likely to attract other people's attacks and snatches in the next second.

In the distance, there is still a cloud of mist.Several soldiers who were munching half-raw rabbit meat were suddenly stunned because they heard the sound of thunder.How can there be thunder in foggy winter?They instantly understood that it was the sound of a large group of cavalry galloping.

Several people stuffed the rest of the rabbit meat into their stomachs, and fled to the distance.On the ferry, Yuan Jun became even more confused.Some fled outwards, and some reluctantly lined up under the shouts of their respective generals.In front of the cavalry of two thousand Xu Rong regiments, all this chaos disappeared.

Two thousand cavalry rushed into tens of thousands of Yuan Jun soldiers, just like a pack of wolves into a herd of sheep.When the fog cleared away and the sun rose high, the field was full of Yuan Jun's corpses, with limbs and arms broken.The captured Yuan soldiers gathered in groups of hundreds and thousands, guarded by a dozen heavy cavalry, waiting for the follow-up Cao army to receive them.

At almost the same time, the Baima Ferry was also captured by Xia Houyuan's three thousand tiger and leopard riders.

Yuan Jun, who was still retreating from Guandu to the two ferries, was intercepted and killed by Cao Jun in the middle of the way.One after another was defeated, and there were still a large number of voluntary surrenders to Cao Jun.Tens of thousands of Yuan Jun fell apart within a few days.

Thousands of Cao Jun's forwards have crossed the Yellow River from the two directions of Baima and Puyang.However, the main force stopped advancing because of the large number of Yuan Jun surrendered troops in the rear.

But Cao Jun's vanguard, who was only a few thousand people, swept across southern Hebei in just a few months and approached the city of Ye.The counties and counties in Jizhou, with the assistance of the local gentry who were pro-Han and anti-Yuan, all surrendered.In some places, Cao Jun was still hundreds of miles away, so he raised the flag to rebel against Yuan and returned to the Han camp.

In the twelfth lunar month of the second year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao's important minister Xu You quietly opened the gate of Yecheng and let Cao Jun enter the city.Under the leadership of Xia Houyuan, three thousand soldiers of Cao's army rushed into the city against the cold wind, stepping on half a foot of snow, and blocked Yuan Shao's palace with water.

The siege cone repeatedly hit the gate of the palace, and arrows rained down into the palace wall.

"Dong dong...Kla" The gate of the palace was finally knocked open, but Yuan Shao's eight hundred guards were still desperately resisting. They were all orphans raised by Yuan Shao, and their lives were sold to the Yuan family long ago.

In front of the palace gate, two groups of people fought hard, slashing with weapons, stabbing with spears, and arrows whizzing back and forth.

With the assistance of Yuan Jun who surrendered, Cao Jun clearly had the upper hand.The guards of Habayashi fought less and less, and the "battlefield" gradually extended to the palace.

Then, the fire burst into the sky, and someone started setting fire in the palace.The screams and exclamations of the maids and concubines came from the depths of the palace.They will soon become Cao Cao's trophies.

Yuan Shao wore the imperial crown on his head, dressed in a dragon robe, and sat on the dragon chair in the main hall holding the national seal carved by himself.Beside him were more than a dozen weeping concubines.

It's just that His Highness has only Jushou.Tian Feng, who was imprisoned because he opposed his proclaiming emperor, had his head taken and put on the case.The main hall is full of firewood.

Outside the hall, there was a cry of killing.Yuan Shao knew that his last moment was coming.

"Let's get started, send me on my way" he ordered to the left and right Habayashi guards.

Those Habayashi guards threw their torches at the firewood in the hall.After a while, the false Zhao Palace in Yecheng was engulfed in raging fire.

Chapter 179 Nine Great Princes

In the spring of the third year of Jian'an, the general trend of the world has been set.

Yuan Shao was defeated and died, and his two sons still occupied a small territory in Bingzhou and Youzhou, but it would be a matter of time before they were defeated by Cao Cao.In the past year or so, besides Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were eliminated, many small and medium-sized separatist forces were eliminated one after another.

If you don't count Yuan Shao's two sons, the Black Mountain Army in the Taihang Mountains.On Feng Yu's system panel, there are still nine forces left in Liaodong Gongsundu, Liangzhou Ma Teng, Yizhou Liu Yan, Jiaozhou Shixie, Jiangdong Sun Ce, Jingzhou Liu Biao, Xuzhou Lu Bu, Central Plains Cao Cao, and Feng Yu himself.

Xuzhou Lu Bu?Feng Yu wondered about this for a long time, and sent secret agents to Xuzhou to inquire about it, before he roughly figured out what was going on.It turned out that Tao Qian was critically ill and had already "give up" the governor of Xuzhou to Lu Bu.Of course, this "letting" is not so willing, but should not be taken for granted.And it's a strategy.

In the early years, Tao Qian accepted Lu Bu in order to allow Lu Bu to check and balance Liu Bei.When Liu Bei led troops into Xuzhou to fight against Cao Cao, he quickly won the hearts of Xuzhou officials and the children of the gentry with his superb talent in interpersonal communication, and gathered his party members and influence.

At that time, Tao Qian understood that his position as governor could not be passed on to his son.If I insist on doing this, I will harm my son.It is not bad for him to secure his position in his lifetime.It was for this reason that he readily accepted Lu Bu who no princes were willing to take in.

Lu Bu also quickly cultivated his own influence in Xuzhou, but his influence mainly came from Xuzhou's local army.After Lu Bu's wife Yan died of illness, he even married the daughter of Cao Bao, a veteran of the Xuzhou Army.

After Yuan Shu's demise, the part east of Shouchun in Jiujiang County was assigned to Xuzhou.Tao Qian didn't need so many sites at all, he only needed the population on the site, so he asked Liu Bei to move the people to Xuzhou.

But how could Liu Bei miss such a great opportunity.He did not follow Tao Qian's orders.Instead, on the grounds that it is difficult for the people of Jiujiang to leave their homeland, the remaining population after Wan Zhan was concentrated in the three cities of Shouchun, Yinling, and Xiquyang.

Yinling and Xiquyang are close to Xiapi Kingdom in Xuzhou. What is the difference between concentrating people here and moving to Xuzhou?Moreover, most of these people are not the local population of Jiujiang County, but refugees from the north themselves.There is no homeland that is hard to leave.So anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is just an excuse for Liu Bei to manage the territory for himself.

Liu Bei did not give up Xuzhou just because he had his own territory.He is still Tao Qian's subordinate in name, and continues to win the hearts of people from all walks of life in Xuzhou.But after all, he stayed in Yuan Shu's old palace in Shouchun for a long time, so he couldn't control Xuzhou all the time.

This gave Lu Bu a chance.When Tao Qian was critically ill, he handed over Xuzhou Yinshou to Lu Bu.Anyway, for Tao Qian, it is the same to anyone.Relatively speaking, it is more beneficial to hand over to Lu Bu.Because if Liu Bei is recalled, the Xuzhou Army Lu Bujun stationed in Xuzhou will definitely take action.

It was inevitable that a civil strife would affect the Tao Qian family itself.On the contrary, hand it over to Lu Bu. Even if Liu Bei refuses to accept it, it will only cause the split between the three cities of Huainan and Xuzhou.

Even if Liu Bei grows powerful in the future and uses his internal influence in Xuzhou to drive Lv Bu out of Xuzhou through internal and external cooperation, it will not bring disaster to his Tao family.His Tao family can still be a rich man in Xuzhou.

When Liu Bei knew about this, he was naturally annoyed, but he remained calm.Because he knew that Lu Bu could take away Xuzhou's seal and ribbon, but he couldn't take away Xuzhou's hearts.

Liu Bei didn't even follow Tao Qian's idea, support troops and cut off the three cities of Huainan to stand on his own. Instead, he still regarded himself as a subordinate of Xuzhou and was willing to be a subordinate of Lu Bu in name.

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Wancheng, Chaoyang Hall of the Imperial Palace.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The voice of the mountain shouted loudly.On the shiny floor, the officials kowtowed three times and paid nine respects to the emperor Liu Xiexing.

Liu Xie straightened his sleeves, spread his palms, and said with a solemn expression: "Zhuqing is flat." He has grown into a teenager, and there is less than a year left, which is the age when he will be in charge of the government, and it is also the age for his peers to hold the crown ceremony age.

All the ministers got up from the floor and lined up on both sides, and began to report various matters to Liu Xie one after another.