The ministers were talking.
Chen Xu still looked at the ministers in front of him with expressionless expression, without any response.
The ministers were not very consistent in their ideas.
However, as I did just now, the claim that Huang Faqi should not continue to pursue and entangle Zhou's main army was recognized by many people.
However, among these recognized ministers, the generals in the army were not included.
Xu Jingcheng expressed incredibleness of the ministers' remarks.
He glared his eyes wide and asked, "Is there any more time to win Jiangling and Jingzhou than the moment?"
"Yuwen Yong was attacked from both sides and was in a dilemma. Compared with Jiangling and other places, Chang'an is more important to them. At this moment, they just want to return to Chang'an as soon as possible, so how can they care about the rear? If they don't capture Jiangling at this time, they will let General Huang go.
Retreat troops? What is the reason?”
Xu Jingcheng now doubts whether his own ministers were bribed by the Zhou people.
However, these ministers naturally have their own excuses.
"General Xu is good at military affairs, but he does not know political affairs. The demise of Zhou is about to come. If General Huang insists on entangling and prevents the Zhou army from returning in time, then Zhou will really be completely destroyed. Who is the most beneficial to the demise of Zhou?
I am afraid that wherever the King of Heaven goes, everyone in Zhou surrenders, so where is our business?”
"General Huang must evacuate as soon as possible so that the Zhou army can go back to resolve the urgent needs of Chang'an."
These people were very polite, but Xu Jingcheng was angry and laughed.
"absurd!!"
"Aren't we united with the Han Kingdom just to attack Zhou Kingdom together?"
"The purpose of attacking Zhou State is to be achieved now, but do you think we should stop?"
"What's the reason!"
Xu Jingcheng looked at the generals around him, "Everyone, isn't this a good opportunity to attack Zhou State?"
Although Xu Jingcheng has some military achievements, he is not the first generation after all. As Xu Du's son, his voice in the court is still a little weaker. He needs these generals to help him speak, so the generals naturally nodded one after another, that is, Chunyu
The measurement did not shrink any longer at this moment, and nodded carefully to agree.
Xu Jingcheng then looked at the emperor.
"Your Majesty, you must not let General Huang withdraw his troops at this time. It is up to him to continue attacking. Not only that, you must also continue to prepare troops and launch another fierce attack. You can use ships to transport our troops and go to various places, concentrate your efforts, and seize Jingzhou as soon as possible as possible as possible
A dangerous place!!”
"And then try to take over the land of Bashu and divide the world equally!"
"We formed an alliance with the Han Kingdom to defeat the Zhou Kingdom and divide the world equally. Now things are about to succeed, and there is no reason to retreat. We have the benefits of the navy. If we can drive straight into the waters and march along the waterways, we will seize the danger first."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the minister beside him.
"No!"
"The Zhou Kingdom is almost destroyed at the moment. If we attack with all our might, the Zhou people will really surrender to the Han Kingdom. At that time, the Han Kingdom will definitely turn against each other. How can we resist it?"
Xu Jingcheng was furious, "If you are afraid that the Han Dynasty will betrayal, then shouldn't it be necessary to capture it earlier? The capital of Zhou State has been captured, and even if the emperor can still take it back, what can we do? The morale of the people has been frustrated, the prince
And all the officials were prisoners, secrets were lost, and if they were taken away by weapons, they would be at the mercy of the Han army!"
"With the courage of the Heavenly King, I am afraid that he will summon a large army again before the autumn harvest next year, and use the strength of the whole country to attack and completely destroy the Zhou Kingdom!!"
"Since that's the case, why not take more land, subdue the security of the country, strengthen the national strength, and then protect yourself?"
"Can General Huang survive if he doesn't pursue him?"
The ministers still disapprove, and some people stood up to retort: ​​"The alliance between Han countries was not to attack Zhou, but to protect themselves. Now Zhou countries are about to fall. General Huang should not only attack Zhou, but also to go.
To help the Zhou Kingdom, it is OK to join forces with the Zhou people to attack the Han Kingdom!"
Xu Jingcheng laughed loudly.
"So that's it. I think the king wants to betray the truth and do that villain's behavior. I can't imagine that you want to do this!"
"Is it so easy for you to give up the Emperor's covenant?"
"We still have to attack Han State?"
Xu Jingcheng nodded, "Okay, Wang Lin, who had defeated dozens of generals of our Chen State, was on the coast, led the navy, and stared at him. He had once flew across the Longmen and defeated Xia, and Yao Xiong, who had led his troops by his side.
The strong teamed up, and there was also a powerful general Gao Yanzong who led hundreds of cavalry to attack Yuwen Yong's army not long ago and forced Yuwen Yong to replace his horse and escape. These three were all in the north of our army. Why not lead the troops to attack them?"
"Rareless! Why do you praise the general so much? Is it because you have a rebellious heart?!"
Everyone jumped from the reasoning stage to the curse stage, and began to curse each other. This said that the other party was a spy from the Zhou Kingdom, the other said that this was an undercover agent in the Han Kingdom, the other was an incompetent child, and the other said that this was a shameless man.
Seeing that the quarrel directly entered the stage of personal attack, Chen Xu finally couldn't sit still.
"Stop it all!!"
With Chen Xu's order, the temple finally became quiet.
Chen Xu pondered for a moment, "This matter is important, I will discuss it later!!"
He waved his hand and everyone left.
He signaled that Yuan Xian and Zhang Zhaoda stayed.
After everyone left, Chen Xu asked, "What should I do for it?"
"You can't retreat, but you can't continue to pester Yuwen Yong's army."
Yuan Xian took the lead in speaking, "At present, Yuwen Yong's army is in a hurry to go back, General Huang is entangled. If Yuwen Yong went back earlier, he would be able to comfort the surroundings, and he would be unable to defend again, at least he would not make any changes immediately."
"But if General Huang is so entangled and Chang'an falls, the emperor cannot return to help. I think everyone who has watched before will surrender to the Han Kingdom quickly, and even the rear will be in chaos. Therefore, I think General Huang can slow down the offensive slightly, but
You must not just evacuate like this. Jiangling must be taken down!"
Chen Xu looked at Zhang Zhaoda again.
But he found that Zhang Zhaoda was in deep thought, as if he had not heard Yuan Xian's words.
"What do you think?"
Chen Xu interrupted the other party's contemplation, and Zhang Zhaoda then realized it. He said, "Your Majesty, I am thinking about another thing now."
"you say."
"General Huang was defeated before, but he met Gao Yanzong in his own territory. Gao Yanzong helped him defeat the enemy."
"Um."
"I never understood why Gao Yanzong appeared there. He was really attracted by the chaos soldiers? If there were chaos soldiers and so many places to run, why would he run to the Han Kingdom?"
"There are Yao Xiong, Wang Lin and others, and there has been no trace of it in these days, and there is no news."
Chen Xu was so scared that his face was pale, "They want to attack me?"
Zhang Zhaoda hurriedly explained: "I am not this. I think that Liu Taozi might have been prepared for these three powerful generals to investigate and guard against each other. Once we reveal our thoughts of breaking the alliance or helping Zhou State.
, then they will do it immediately!”
"They are all cavalry under their command, and the two Huai Rivers have empty troops. If they attack them."
"Cunning!! Very cunning!!"
Chen Xu shouted, "Is there anyone who is so cautious about his allies?!"
Zhang Zhaoda was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.
Chen Xu frowned. The situation was changing too quickly.
Liu Taozi was really not hesitant at all when he started to do it. Yuwen Yong went out once, but Liu Taozi found the right opportunity to deal with Zhou Guo.
In the past, I had a feud with Zhou State, and wanted to return blood through the Han State, and took a lot of iron tools and war horses.
But now, these things suddenly have no use. What if you buy more war horses? Can they stop the Han Dynasty?
He thought quietly for a long time.
"Transfer my edict to tell General Huang not to be distracted, and to take Jiangling first!!"
"In addition, I will send people to the Han Kingdom to congratulate the Heavenly King on his achievements in destroying Chang'an!!"
On the official road, everyone is slowly moving forward.
Along the way, crying endlessly, and these wealthy families were also extremely miserable at this moment.
Under the escort of the mighty Han knights, they moved little by little towards Xiazhou.
Chang'an behind him is getting smaller and smaller.
Liu Taozi rode a war horse and walked in the position of the rear army. Shi Wansui followed him and looked back at Chang'an from time to time.
"Your Majesty, you really shouldn't have just evacuated like this. Chang'an still has many good things. It's a pity that so many people can't be taken away."
Liu Taozi did not burn Chang'an City.
Apart from the uncontrollable factors during the war, the Han army did not deliberately burn, kill and destroy the city. Of course, the city wall was still destroyed.
As for the people of Chang'an, Liu Taozi did not force them to Xiazhou.
There are too many people in Chang'an, and excessive destruction of Chang'an is not conducive to future unification.
The Han army has already gained enough.
Everyone moved forward all the way, from Yanzhou to Chang'an, many Zhou troops nearby had long been defeated by Liu Taozi, and no one could stand up to stop them at this time.
Zu Qi suddenly appeared at this moment, "What's the pity? It's just that we stay there, sooner or later we belong to us."
Shi Wansui was stunned for a moment, "I haven't seen my grandfather for a long time. I went to the city before, and everyone was robbing military merits, but I disappeared. What did my grandfather do?"
Zu Yi waved his hand, "Don't ask more questions, and then take the scout to see if anyone is chasing him!"
"only"
Shi Wansui said that, and quickly left here with his people.
Then Zu Yi looked at Liu Taozi with a smile.
"I congratulate Your Majesty on breaking Zhou, and the unification of the world is in sight."
"It's just that Chang'an was broken and some people were captured. Yuwen Yong was still alive, and the Zhou territory was still vast and there were many soldiers. How could he say that unification is in sight?"
Zu Yi looked around and whispered: "Your Majesty, Zheng Daoqian sent another secret letter and said two things. The first thing was that Yuwen Yong fainted on the spot after he learned that Your Majesty had defeated Chang'an.
, I can't speak at the moment, and I'm dying."
"The second thing is that Huang Faqiu attacked fiercely after the army, making Yuwen Xian unable to come back with peace of mind."
Zu Feng quietly handed a letter to Liu Taozi. Liu Taozi lowered his head and looked, "This Yuwen Xian's army has not come back yet, but the secret letter has come first. Zheng Jun is getting more and more powerful.
.”
"In the past few years, he has arranged a lot of people everywhere, and even the post office has his people."
"Your Majesty, Yuwen Yong fell ill, Chang'an was defeated, and the destruction of Zhou was about to happen!"
"Maybe we don't need to take action, and the Zhou Kingdom will perish."
"oh?"
"Yuwen Yong was seriously ill, and His Majesty took over his crown prince. Yuwen Xian was in charge of major affairs. Hahaha, I just felt familiar. I thought about it for a long time. Isn't this the matter of Yuwen Hu?"
"But Yuwen Xian is not Yuwen Hu."
"Yuwen Xian is not Yuwen Hu, but what's the difference between the people around them?"
"Once Yuwen Xian takes power, Zhou State will take the old path again, and this has nothing to do with Yuwen Xian and Yuwen Hu."
A little cruel flashed in Zu Yi's eyes, "I can help you."
In just a moment, the ferocity in Zu Yi's eyes disappeared, and his face was filled with a sunny smile.
"Your Majesty, even if there is no civil strife, the Zhou Kingdom will definitely perish."
"We not only arrested people this time, but the secrets of Zhou State were all in our hands. They could change the defenses, but they could not change the post, road, village, and garrison, right? The farmland can be talked about nonsense, but the various places
We can’t fool food, iron, and war horse reserves?”
"The Zhou Kingdom has no secrets. In my opinion, it seems that the beauty of taking off the clothes is inseparable from it!"
Zu Yi felt that his words were a bit too vulgar, so he quickly changed his words.
Liu Taozi asked calmly: "Can Zhou be destroyed after this autumn?"
"Can."
Zu Feng said firmly: "In October this year, Your Majesty will be able to lead the Hebei force, divide the troops into three groups, and capture the Zhou State. I have predicted that within half a year, the north will be determined, such as Gan and Liang, no soldiers are needed.
If a horse is sent, you can pacify it, and the enemy will retreat to Bashu."
"Even if they rely on the advantage of Bashu, the Zhou Kingdom will be destroyed in name only, and the northern Kingdom will all belong to Your Majesty!"
"At that time, Your Majesty will choose another general, command the army, break through Bashu, advance by water, and then go to Jingxiang. As for Chen State, hahaha, I predict that this thief is not an enemy of one unit!"
As Zu Yi was talking, he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, since Chang'an has been defeated, we must start to beware of the villains of Chen State. These villains have never been morally treacherous and betrayal."
"I have already made Wang, Yao, and senior high school generals ready. Even if the Chen people intend to rebel against the alliance, they cannot endanger us."
"I'm not afraid that they will attack us. If you have this intention, you won't have the power. I'm just worried that these people will ruin big things."
"If it weren't for the attack with troops, how could it be that big things could be destroyed?"
"Of course, for example, to save Zhou State. Now that Zhou State is in turmoil, I am not worried that they will give Zhou State money, grain and weapons, but I am afraid that these villains will replace Huang Fabian and let an incompetent person lead the army."
"Um."
Liu Taozi probably understood what Zu Yi meant.
"Chen Xu is not a talented person, but he is not a mediocre person. He should not be like this."
It was dark.
The Zhou army has reached Nanxiang.
Yuchi Jiong did not stop and was still marching towards Chang'an at a rapid speed, but Yuwen Xian had to stop.
The army was stationed here, and the entire barracks revealed a decadent atmosphere from the inside out.
The soldiers guarding the door were pale and despaired, and could hardly see any fighting spirit.
The soldiers in the camp surrounded the camp without saying a word. The camp was so quiet at this moment. Suddenly, they saw someone jumping up, roaring wildly, and quickly being subdued by the left and right.
Yuwen Xian stood in the commander's tent, frowned, and stared at his brother.
A Taoist priest was sitting next to the emperor, opening the wooden box and taking out the elixir.
The immortal elixir was indeed extraordinary. Just after taking a look, Yuwen Xian felt that it was magical.
The imperial physician on the side suddenly blocked Yuwen Yong's face and looked at Yuwen Xian in panic, "Master, no, no, Your Majesty is anxious. As long as you slowly adjust and add many auxiliary medicines, you can recover.
What kind of elixir is this? I don’t know the origin, so I should not believe it easily!!”
The Taoist priest was very angry.
"Do you think I'm going to murder Your Majesty?"
"For the past few years, Your Majesty has been taking this pill, and he is alive and alive. This pill has the ability to cure death, and it is not something that ordinary doctors like you can know!!"
The imperial physician gritted his teeth and looked at the Taoist priest with a very cold look.
Now is no longer the era when witch doctors are inseparable from the past. These two are completely different things. Although Taoists may also know some medical skills, the two are no longer the same profession.
The Imperial Physician Ling did not believe in this so-called immortal pill. If there were this thing, how could so many emperors in ancient times not have a single immortal?
Every time the emperor took this product, his pulse was always chaotic, which scared the old doctor so much that he shivered. He had never seen this situation in his life.
What's more, now that I'm seriously ill, how can I still use this thing?
The Taoist priest was not afraid at all.
He asked loudly: "What? You don't let me feed Dan, are you trying to murder Your Majesty??"
The old doctor hurriedly looked at Yuwen Xian, hoping to get Yuwen Xian's support.
But at this time Yuwen Xian was also confused.
He really didn't know what elixir his brother was eating before.
So should I let him eat it now?
Yuwen Xian hesitated for a long time, looked at his dying brother again, then came up and asked in a low voice: "Brother, if you want to eat, just blink."
Yuwen Yong quickly began to blink.
Yuwen Xian stood up and said, "Hey Dan!!"
The Imperial Doctor stood not far away and just sighed.
After using the elixir, Yuwen Yong's face turned red again. After a moment, he could actually send out some words.
Chapter completed!