Fu Shou's delicate face changed slightly, and a hint of fear appeared on his eyebrows.
Yes, Yan Liang is very cruel in his actions. If this person gets rid of Cao Cao and becomes more powerful in threatening the Emperor of Han, then wouldn’t her and Liu Xie be in a worse situation than now?
After pondering for a moment, Fu Shou sighed: "Try it, maybe there is hope. If you miss this last chance, then Your Majesty will sooner or later be harmed by Cao's thief."
Liu Xie's body was shocked, and his dark face flashed with fear.
Earlier, although Cao Cao was very cautious about him, he was somewhat respectful. However, in recent years, as Liu Bei and Yan Liang successively became kings, Cao Cao's threats to Liu Xie have become increasingly severe.
Recently, it has been circulated inside and outside the palace. Today, the reputation of Emperor Han is useless. Cao Cao has long regarded him as a useless person and is deliberately trying to make his own decisions on behalf of the Han Dynasty.
If this is the case, with Cao Cao's means, Liu Xie, as the king of the country, would be a dead end.
As Fu Shou said, although Yan Liang was cruel, he was a glimmer of hope. It was better than waiting for death.
Liu Xie was in a state of tide. After pondering for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Instead of borrowing the help of Yan Liang, an outsider, why not ask my uncle Xuande for help?"
Fu Shou sneered: "Although Liu Bei is the uncle of the Han Dynasty, he is arguing for claiming to be king. His ambition to usurp the throne is already obvious. If the king seeks help from him, wouldn't it be that the wolf would be brought into the house?"
"But even so, Liu Xuande is more than Yan Liangrenyi. Even if he wants to take my throne, my wealth and the Queen, you should at least be fine."
Liu Xie, who had been a puppet for a long time, always thought that Liu Bei was the kind emperor uncles he had seen back then.
Fu Shou sighed helplessly about Liu Xie's innocence and said, "Although Yan Liang is known as cruel, he is still open and honest. He always relies on his own violence to conquer half of the world. Liu Xuande has used all his despicable means to plot against the country. Hasn't Your Majesty yet seen that Liu Bei is the real jackal?"
Liu Xie's body shook violently, and a shock flashed in his eyes. It seemed as if he had been awakened by Queen Fu in an instant.
Liu Xie was silent.
The wind blew the lake, and a warm spring breeze came to caressing her face. Liu Xie's heart was cold.
After pondering for a long time, Liu Xie nodded slightly and sighed: "Okay, let's act as discussed by the uncle and the others."
Fu Shou sighed relievedly, and a relaxed smile appeared in his beautiful face.
...
Seven days later, Luoyang City.
In the palace of the imperial city, Yan Liang was naturally looking for fun.
After Luoyang's capture, many of Luoyang's civil and military female relatives fell into Yan Liang's hands.
According to convention, Yan Liang naturally gave most of his women to the most successful generals, while Yan Liang chose the best women and enjoyed them by himself.
After several days and singing every night, Yan Liang enjoyed the joy that the winner should enjoy without restraint.
On this day, Yan Liang, who was so beautiful at night, slept until the sun was noon before going to bed.
There is nothing important in military and political affairs today, so Yan Liang planned to sleep comfortably for a day and have a good time.
But I didn't expect that it was almost noon, and the outside of the gate Zhoucang reported that the military advisor Pang Tong had important matters and was waiting to see him in the side hall.
Yan Liang would not be misled by the gentleness of the country and military affairs. When he heard that Pang Tong was looking for a visit, he got up lazily, washed himself, and leisurely went to the front hall.
"Is there anything important to the military advisor?" Yan Liang sat down lazily and woke up with a cup of tea.
Pang Tong bowed his hand and smiled and said, "Report to the King, someone sent a secret letter to the King in Chang'an City in Guanzhong."
Guanzhong? Chang'an?
Yan Liang was slightly stunned and said disapprovingly: "What, can Cao Cao not bear to face and secretly sent a letter to beg for mercy from me?"
"Of course not. The person who sent the letter was Fu Wan." Pang Tong's mouth was a little weird.
Fu finished?
A familiar and unfamiliar name.
Yan Liang searched for the old memories and soon remembered his identity. Isn’t this person the father-in-law of Emperor Liu Xie of Han?
In history, this person seemed to have been subjected to Liu Xie's robbery and conspired to kill Cao Cao with the hands of Liu Bei and Sun Quan. As a result, the matter was defeated and the Fu family was destroyed by Cao Cao.
Of course, this past history happened after the Battle of Red Cliff. Now history has turned upside down for Yan, and Fu Wan indirectly saved Yan Liang's life.
At this time, Yan Liang quickly guessed eight or nine points of the purpose of this as Fu Wan.
"Interesting, bring the letter."
"Please take a look at the king." Pang Tong submitted a secret letter.
Yan Liang took the silk book apart and looked carefully. Before he knew it, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if he had expected it.
"It turns out that the Emperor of Han in Chang'an wanted to ask this king to serve the king and kill Cao Cao for him. He also said that after the matter was completed, he promised that all the states south of the Yellow River and Qinling Mountains would be returned to our Great Chu State. This Liu Xie is really childish."
Yan Liang sneered, and his sarcasm to Liu Xie was not concealed in his words and expressions.
Pang Tong also smiled and said, "If one day the king captured Chang'an and took the Emperor of Han into his hands, I don't know how the king would deal with the Emperor of Han."
"The Han Dynasty has been exhausted, and there is a useless emperor left, just a waste of food. What do you think I will do?" Yan Liang asked coldly.
His words were straightforward, and his tone was filled with a hint of murderous in his tone.
Pang Tong's expression slightly shook, as if he felt a hint of chill for Yan Liang's murderous aura.
Then, Pang Tong calmed down and asked, "I wonder how the king planned to respond to Fu Wan's secret letter?"
Yan Liang picked up the letter and read it several times again. His eyebrows slightly condensed and he quietly pondered.
After a while, Yan Liang said, "Although the old and young people are not strong enough, if they mobilize, they can still cause some storms in Chang'an. I just use them to make some contributions to my king's battle in the Western Expedition."
The "contribution" that Yan Liang referred to was naturally to disrupt Cao Cao's rear and respond to his army's conquest.
"I understand." Pang Tong nodded.
So Yan Liang asked Pang Dai to write a letter and sent someone to Chang'an in secret to reply to Fu Wan's request.
The content of the letter is of course very different from Yan Liang's true attitude.
In the letter, Yan Liang made a very righteous claim in a surprise tone that he would be summoned by the emperor, kill treacherous ministers, and support the Han Dynasty. He would be a hero in the revival of the Han Dynasty.
...
Spring is warm and flowers bloom, and before you know it, the season of spring plowing ends.
The north, which had been calm for less than a month, soon entered the rhythm of war.
The troops returning to the south began to gather in Luoyang one after another. Within ten days, the number of Chu troops on the front line of Luoyang had reached 150,000.
Yan Liang issued a king's order. More than 100,000 troops rushed towards Hongnong County, west of Hangu Pass.
While the army advanced westward, Yan Liang did not forget to guard against Liu Bei in the East.
Before leaving, Yan Liang ordered Jiang Qin to lead an army of 10,000 to station in Gong County to guard against the Yan army in the direction of Hulao Pass.
As for the ferry crossings along Xiaopingjin, Heyin and other coastal areas in Luobei, Yan Liang ordered Ling to lead an army of 10,000 to prevent the enemy in Hanoi County in the north.
At the same time, Yan Liang transferred the veteran Huang Gai to come and ordered him to lead 5,000 naval troops to patrol the Yellow River as a water defense line to protect Luoyang.
Next, Yan Liang kept Pang Tong and took charge of Luoyang, and presided over the overall situation in the rear for Yan Liang.
Yan Liang himself led two strategists, Xu Shu and Jia Xu, as well as Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Wen Chou, Zhu Huan, Pan Zhang and other generals, and led more than 100,000 troops to Shan County.
If you want to enter Guanzhong, you must first take Hongnong.
This Hongnong County is located between the two capitals of Chang'an and Luoyang, and is opposite Hedong County to the north, across the Yellow River. In this section of Hongnong County, the Yellow River channel is narrow and the water flows rapidly, so it is very difficult to cross the river.
Hongnong is mountainous, with the eastern part of the Wushan Mountains within a radius of hundreds of miles and the mountains are dangerous. From west to south, there are Ku Zong Mountains extending eastward, Xionger Mountain and Funiu Mountain, and in the western part of the Huashan Mountains, both of which are rarely visited and are primeval forests.
Zhucheng in Hongnong County is distributed like a line on the narrow plain among the mountains.
The counties such as Yiyang, Murchi, Xin'an, and others west of Hangu Pass were originally from Hongnong County. However, Cao Cao was defeated in the previous period. Considering that these counties were too close to Luoyang and were unable to defend and support, they had to give up helplessly.
Now Cao Cao is in charge of Chang'an, and the general Lejin guards Hongnong. Lejin has 30,000 troops, and most of them are deployed in Shan County, the eastern part of Hongnong City, trying to defend the city to block Yan Liang's army from advancing westward.
Yan Liang had to admit that Le Jin was worthy of being a long-time general under Cao Cao, and his move was indeed very effective.
Shan County is located on the narrow Hangu Road in the north, adjacent to the Yellow River, which guards east-west traffic, and is like the gateway to Hongnong County.
Not to mention the city's city is solid, because the surrounding terrain is narrow, Yan Liang's more than 100,000 troops cannot be fully deployed.
Therefore, after ten consecutive days of siege, the Shan County was as solid as a rock.
At the same time, Cao Cao moved his troops to Huayin east of Chang'an, ready to leave Tongguan at any time to help Le Jin's troops.
Yan Liang's battle to advance westward was in a difficult situation from the beginning.
At dusk that day, the attack on the city failed again. Yan Liang withdrew his troops and returned, summoned all the strategists to discuss the plan to break the city in his tent.
"I didn't expect that the terrain of Hongnong County was so dangerous that our navy could not play a role. When the six kingdoms attacked Qin, millions of powerful troops could not surpass Hongnong. It was indeed worthy of its reputation." Xu Shu sighed.
Yan Liang stared at the map, pondered for a long time, and said, "The reason why Le Jin dared to gather all his troops in Shan County is because he relied on the Yellow River to the north and Ku Zong Mountain to the south. I won't talk about the Yellow River. If our army could cross Ku Zong, escape Shan County, and go straight to Hongnong County, what would it be like?"
Climb the Xionger Mountain and head straight to Hongnong City?
Yan Liang's sudden idea immediately shocked the strategists.
Xu Shu thought about it, but said, "I heard that Ku Zongshan is rarely visited, and my tens of thousands of troops can easily cross it."
At this time, Yan Liang turned his gaze to the person who had been silent and smiled and said, "Wenhe, Hongnong County is a revisiting place for you. No one has more say in the terrain here than you. Tell me, is this Ku Zong Mountain or can't be turned?"
Everyone's eyes were all focused on Jia Xu. (To be continued...)