"But military advisor, the Qin army has gained an absolute advantage on the battlefield in Hebei."
Cao Shen stepped forward and said unhurriedly: "Even if our army sends troops at this time, it may not be able to prevent the Qin army from occupying Hebei."
Cao Shen's words are on point. The battle situation in Hebei has completely shifted to the Qin army. Even if the Southern Han Dynasty sends troops, it may not be able to stop the Qin army. So what is the point of sending troops?
"Even if we can't stop it, we still have to send troops,"
Without thinking, Chen Ping said directly: "The purpose of sending troops this time is two-fold. One is to contain the strength of the Qin army. It is best to force Qin Hao to mobilize troops from Hebei to reduce the pressure on the Northern Han Dynasty.
Second, if it is impossible to prevent the Qin army from occupying Hebei, our army will take this opportunity to join forces with Li Shimin and others to capture the two states of Jingsi to weaken the Qin army."
With that said, Chen Ping looked at Liu Ji, clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "My lord, if we don't send troops at this time, we will wait until the Qin army has digested Hebei, occupied the land of six states, and controlled tens of millions of people.
All the princes joining forces may not be able to check and balance the Qin army, so troops must be sent out at this time."
Hearing what Chen Ping said, everyone present fell silent.
Yes, if we don't send troops to attack Qin at this time, and when the Qin army digests Hebei and reaches the next level in strength, it will really be impossible to check and balance the Qin army.
As soon as he thought of this, Liu Ji immediately slammed the table, stood up and said in a deep voice: "My king has made up his mind and is determined to send troops to attack Qin. Where is Liu Mengde?"
"My subordinate is here."
A middle-aged Confucian scholar stood up, and he was none other than Liu Yuxi, known as the "poetry hero". "Mengde" was his pseudonym.
Today Liu Yuxi, like Chen Lin under Yuan Shao, is Liu Ji's royal pen.
"Liu Mengde, it's up to you to write an essay to criticize Qin. I want everyone in the world to know Qin Hao's hypocritical, loyal and hypocritical face." Liu Ji said in a deep voice.
In the last list of literati announced by famous writers, Liu Yuxi finally made it to the top of the thirty-fifth list. As a result, his reputation soared and he gained a lot of prestige among the world's literati. Therefore, he was the one to write "Inquisition on the Qin Dynasty".
Hope it is the most suitable.
"Promise, I will definitely write an essay that will make Qin Hao infamy for thousands of years." Liu Yuxi said with confidence.
"Um."
Liu Ji smiled and nodded. Naturally, he knew very well about the level of Liu Yuxi, the royal pen-holder. His intervention would definitely damage Qin Hao's reputation.
"Where is Zhang Song and Zhang Su?"
"My subordinate is here."
The ugly brothers Zhang Song and Zhang Su stepped forward. They were originally Liu Yu's subordinates, but in the confrontation with Liu Ji, Liu Yu repeatedly fell into the disadvantage. Even as civil servants, they were captured by Liu Ji.
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Although Zhang Song betrayed Liu Zhang in the original history, he was extremely loyal to Liu Yu in this life. Even though Liu Ji cherished his talent but did not dislike his appearance, the captured Zhang Song would still rather die than surrender.
Unexpectedly, Liu Ji later supported Liu Bian to ascend the throne and established the Nanhan Group, and even Liu Yu was forced to join.
After the establishment of the Southern Han Dynasty, the conflict between the two brothers was temporarily suppressed. Liu Ji also took the opportunity to ask Liu Yu for Zhang Song's wife and children, but Liu Yu refused to give them to him. In desperation, Zhang Song and Zhang Su's brothers had no choice but to seek refuge with Liu.
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"Zhang Song, Zhang Su, you brothers will contact all countries. I want to invite all the princes in the world to send troops to attack the Qin thieves." Liu Ji ordered.
"promise."
Zhang Song and Zhang Su shouted in unison.
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Jiaozhou, Jiaozhi.
Liu Xiu's army was scattered outside the city, and the gates of Jiaozhi were opened wide. Hong Xiuquan led his generals out of the city, not to start a war, but to surrender.
Why did Hong Xiuquan surrender? We need to start with Liu Xiu's subjugation of the Chonghei Tiger.
Chong Heihu is the best warrior in Jiaozhou, but he is not Han. He is from Baiyue and has a very high prestige among the Baiyue people.
Hong Xiuquan naturally knew about Chong Heihu and recruited him several times. However, because the envoy was too arrogant, he made Chong Heihu unhappy, so he decisively rejected Hong Xiuquan's recruitment.
When Hong Xiuquan saw Chong Heihu rejecting him, he thought he was attracted to Liu Xiu, so he sent people to assassinate Chong Heihu, but the assassin was naturally killed by Chong Heihu.
Originally, Chong Heihu was not prepared to serve as an official. After all, the Han people in Jiaozhou were now the dominant force, and he was a foreigner. However, after Hong Xiuquan's actions, Chong Heihu had no choice but to seek refuge with Liu Xiu in order to avoid Hong Xiuquan's pursuit.
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Liu Xiu was very courteous to Chong Heihu, and Chong Heihu came to him. Liu Xiu entrusted him with important tasks. This also made Chong Heihu completely return to his heart, and recommended his two good brothers Cui Ying and Jiang Xiong to Liu Xiu.
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Although Cui Ying (Emperor Beiyue) and Jiang Xiong (Emperor Nanyue) are not as strong as Chongheihu, they are still strong generals at the level of god generals. The three of them joined Liu Xiu, which also caused many small Baiyue tribes to join forces.
Return with the trend.
Later, Chong Heihu and the surrendered Wuxi Barbarian leader Samoko worked together to persuade three of the seven major Baiyue families in Jiaozhou to surrender.
Since then, although Liu Xiu has not yet unified Jiaozhou, he has occupied an absolute advantage in Jiaozhou. Both the Han people and the Baiyue people have turned to Liu Xiu, and Hong Xiuquan has basically been isolated.
Hong Xiuquan was not a very strong-willed person, otherwise he would not have determined to make the Northern Expedition when he entered Jiaozhou, but now he just wanted to guard this three-thirds of an acre of land.
Although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was not completely in despair, and Soochow was outside to share the pressure for Hong Xiuquan, Liu Xiu also learned a lesson after suffering losses, and faced the provocation of Soochow's army, he only defended but did not attack.
Therefore, even if Soochow had a famous general like Sun Wu who could rival Bai Qi, he still would not be able to break through the Chu army's defense in a short period of time, but the Chu army could defeat Jiaozhou before that.
The danger of national subjugation made Hong Xiuquan understand many things.
From the beginning of the Yellow Turban Uprising to the present day, Hong Xiuquan has been unwilling to admit that he is not as good as Huang Chao and Xiang Yu, but now he has to admit that he is really not as good as them.
Therefore, even if his master originally asked him to inherit the Ming Dynasty, he would still be unable to defeat Qin Hao and talented people like Liu Xiu, and the fate of the Ming Dynasty might be even worse.
After repeated defeats, Hong Xiuquan lost all confidence and self-denial. Exhausted mentally and physically, he finally chose to surrender to Liu Xiu.
Hong Xiuquan finally figured it out. Compared with other princes, he was indeed too mediocre. He couldn't bear the pressure, and he was really tired.
"I, Hong Xiuquan, would like to ask the King of Chu to surrender."
Hong Xiuquan held up the Heavenly King's seal ribbon and the Taiping Tiger Talisman, knelt down on one knee, and shouted to Liu Xiu who was riding opposite him.
Liu Xiu glanced at Hong Xiu, as well as Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai, Li Xiucheng and other generals behind him. He thought for a moment and then rode his horse to prepare to pass, but was stopped by Chong Heihu and Wei Wentong.
"My lord, in order to guard against fraud, let the last general go pick him up on my lord's behalf," Chong Heihu said.
Wei Wentong nodded, obviously meaning the same thing.