Liu Xiezeng, Guo Jia and others have studied the map of the Western Regions, and it is not that there have been no strong countries in the Western Regions over the years, even if they still exist now, Kangju, Dawan, and Cheshi countries are not weak, and even the farther Guishan has not thought of occupying the Western Regions, but for hundreds of years, the Western Regions have never really been unified.
The reason for this is not that it cannot be unified, but that it is difficult to govern it in terms of transportation and means of communication in this era.
Liu Xie once calculated an account with Guo Jia, under the current traffic conditions, even if the imperial court has the ability to unify the Western Regions, but after governing the Western Regions, in the next ten years, the Western Regions will not only be unable to provide any help to the imperial court, but will be like a bottomless pit that will continue to need the imperial court to supply and build.
Then, through commerce, he continued to draw financial and material resources from the Western Regions to enrich the imperial court.
Since the ministers of the DPRK and China also thought so, Liu Xie naturally had no objections, and immediately wrote an edict and ordered someone to send it to the Western Regions, informing Fang Sheng to sit in the three cities, focusing on the development of the people's livelihood, and consolidating the foundation of the imperial court in the Western Regions first.
Next, there is the problem of Shuzhong, Liu Xie asked Yang Xiu to read the latest information sent by Shuzhong to the ministers, but Liu Xie did not say anything about Guo Jia's strategy against Shuzhong.
Cutting down Shu is a major event, all aspects need to be coordinated, the army goes out, the grain and grass need to be prepared first, and before the cutting of Shu, if Zhang Lu of Hanzhong can win it, it is of great significance to the next attack on Shuzhong.
"Your Majesty" Ding Chong rushed out of the ranks, bowed to Liu Xie and said: "The minister thinks that Liu Zhang, as a royal family and a pastor of Yizhou, has a loss of virtue, which is really a debt of heaven, and he can be dismissed from the post of state pastor and ordered to return to the court on a certain day. ” "What Ding Qing said is good, and I also mean it."
Liu Xie smiled and nodded, Liu Zhang would probably not respond to the edict, but he cut the position of the other party's state pastor on the righteous line, Liu Zhang should not return to the court, it is to resist the decree, the court has enough names to attack him, and within Yizhou, it can also be used to divide it, and it can also be regarded as an explanation to Zhang Lu.
"But" Liu Xie's words changed sharply, and he said in a deep voice: "If there is chaos today, and the princes are torn apart, I am worried that Liu Zhang is unwilling to return to the court, so I should send an elite to deter it, you think, who can be in command this time."
When the civil and military heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, Liu Zhang probably wouldn't respond to the edict, for this, everyone knew that deterrence by force was to wait for Liu Zhang's refusal, they could send troops in time, but who would go to war, everyone's eyes couldn't help but look towards Lu Bu.
If you say who has the most military power in the court now, it is naturally Lu Bu, Yang Biao's eyes flashed, he took a step forward and bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Marquis of Wen is not enough to take on this position."
Liu Xie looked at Yang Biao with some surprise, all along, Yang Biao and others have been picking on Lu Bu's faults, even if Lu Bu swept through the north and solved the Xianbei problem for the imperial court, it did not let these people stop attacking Lu Bu.
Converted Liu Xie looked at Ding Chong and the others with some doubts, and when he looked at Guo Jia, he saw Guo Jia shaking his head at Liu Xie in a faint way. was slightly stunned, and then suddenly realized, this is a transformation, it is clearly killing Lu Bu.
Regardless of whether Liu Xie has any worries about this, once Lu Bu's merits are so great that they cannot be sealed, when the time comes, no matter how much Liu Xie trusts Lu Bu, it will inevitably have worries in this regard.
"What does Wen Hou think" Liu Xie looked at Lu Bu and smiled.
"Back to Your Majesty."
Lu Bu took a step forward, his eyes swept over Yang Biao and the others, and he let out a cold snort that could not be checked by his brother in his life, and bowed down and said: "The elder minister, it is the art of riding and fighting, and the land of Shu is precipitous, and it is not suitable for cavalry galloping, so I am afraid that I will not be able to do it." ” Liu Xie nodded: "Wen Hou's worries are not unreasonable, the Shu road is difficult, don't say that the cavalry gallops, even the war horses want to pass through Shuzhong, it is also quite difficult, I don't know which general can solve my worries."
"Your Majesty" Huang Zhong stepped forward, bowed down and said: "The last general is willing to go" "General Hansheng is good at shooting, and he was born in the land of Jingxiang, so he should be good at mountain warfare."
Liu Xie looked at Huang Zhong and nodded with satisfaction: "It's just that this battle is quite important for my imperial court, Han Sheng can be the main general, I don't know who can be the deputy general."
"Your Majesty, Zhu Hao, the son of Zhu Jun, is the general, and he has been familiar with the military books and war books since he was a child, and the minister thinks that Zhu Hao can be the deputy general."
Too often Liu Tao bowed and said.
"Zhu Hao" Liu Xie raised his eyebrows, is there such a person in the court, he has never heard of Zhu Jun's son having any ability.
Speaking of which, after Zhu Hao as a general, Zhu Jun is very strict in governing the family, as Liu Tao said, this Zhu Hao is indeed familiar with the art of war since he was a child, and his ability is not bad, but unfortunately, since Liu Xie took power, strong generals have emerged, not to mention Lu Bu, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, these top generals, it is worse, there are also Xu Huang, Tai Shici, Zhang Liao, Xiahou Lan, Wei Yan, Zhang Xiu, Fang Sheng, it can be said that the stars are gathered, although Zhu Hao also has some ability, but compared with these people, it seems a little overshadowed, and now it is not a captain in Chang'an City.
This time, Zhu Jun went out of Luoyang, but he did not take Zhu Hao with him, but left Zhu Hao in Chang'an and asked someone to help him say something, after all, his son is older, and it is time to make contributions.
Although Zhu Jun was born in a poor family, he has emerged in the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and now he has accumulated a lot of contacts in the ups and downs of officialdom for decades, and he has already stepped into the threshold of the family with one foot, and now his son has reached the age of entering the office, so he naturally does not want his son to stay by his side forever, but now the court is different from the past, no official and no meritorious generals, no reward and no war, looking at the current generals in the court, which one has not made great contributions, it is impossible to rely on favors to let his son ascend to the throne, That's why I asked a few friends to help him open his eyes.
"That is, the son of General Zhu, you can bring it to the palace and let the generals look at it, if he really has the ability, then he will be allowed to be a deputy general."
Liu Xie nodded, this time to cut down Shu, but it is a great credit, how can the family let these credits be divided by a group of generals who have no foundation, and it is impossible for Liu Xie to completely isolate the family from the circle, but the capable and the mediocre are down, this bottom line must be kept, even if it is just a deputy general, Liu Xie is not ready to arrange individuals to go in at will.
Zhu Hao was quickly summoned to the palace, just looking at his appearance, he was quite generous, his face was resolute and a little elegant, he could see a little bit of Zhu Jun's outline from his face, and his appearance was good, as for his ability Liu Xie's eyes flashed, and the other party's ability had already fallen into his mind.
Zhu Hao: Captain of the Han Dynasty 82 in force, 71 in command, 70 in strategy, 73 in politics I am used to seeing top generals such as Lu Bu and Huang Zhong, and there are also a lot of super-first-class generals under Liu Xie, Zhu Hao talks about ability, and barely enters the ranks of first-class generals, and other aspects are not too amazing, but it is better than all-round, and it is more than enough to be a deputy general.
Liu Xie looked at Lu Bu and the others: "What is this person's ability, but I want the generals to take a test." ” "Whoa" Lu Bu and the others agreed, turned their heads to look at Zhu Hao, and began to ask some questions based on their respective experiences.
Liu Xie raised his eyebrows, this Zhu Hao's performance is quite different from his ability, he won't be a nerd who reads hard "Hansheng" Liu Xie looked at Huang Zhong.
"The end will be."
"You are the main general of this attack on Shu, and look at how this person is," Liu Xie asked.
"Quite talented, but I have never really been on the battlefield, and I can't guarantee how it will be in actual combat."
Huang Zhong nodded and said cautiously.
"It's good to have talent, then this person will be handed over to you as a deputy general, it is inevitable that Zhu Hao is in the battle formation at the beginning, and he is in chaos, I will match you with two generals, one is Gao Shun, this one is sitting in Jilu Village, and has made Xianbei people return several times in vain, and there are 800 camps under his command, and they can conquer everything, but for this time they entered the vanguard of Shu, and the other person is Wei Yan, this person is good at surprise attacks, quite courageous, and can help you."
Liu Xie looked at Huang Zhong and smiled: "Han Sheng thinks this two of them are how" "If these two people help each other, our army will definitely be like a tiger with wings" Huang Zhong's eyes lit up when he heard this.
Although Zhu Hao answered fluently, and studied the war books and war books very deeply, but after all, it was on paper, and he didn't have much actual combat experience, Huang Zhong was not too optimistic about this deputy general, and now Liu Xie sent Gao Shun and Wei Yan to him, but he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Needless to say, Wei Yan is from Jingxiang, the characters appointed by Liu Xie at the beginning have good abilities, after the battle of the grassland, Huang Zhong can obviously feel that Wei Yan has grown a lot compared to the past, more aggressive, with the help of this person, it is a lot easier.
As for Gao Shun, Huang Zhong has also seen it, he is a very silent person, but he is quite strict in governing the army, and he has 800 soldiers in the camp, each of whom is the elite of the elite, even if he has not seen the actual battle of the camp, with Huang Zhong's eyesight, he can tell whether the other party is really capable.
Liu Xie smiled and nodded, these two are the lieutenants he is going to give to Huang Zhong, as for Zhu Hao, he has some ability, since he wants to be a leader, let him take this opportunity to exercise.
After deciding on the candidate, Liu Xie could not choose to retreat from the dynasty, Guo Jia's plan to pacify Shu was as long as two years, although the matter of cutting down Shu has been finalized now, but if you really want to move troops, I am afraid that it will be the second half of next year. glanced at Zhu Hao, but saw that Zhu Hao's face was obviously a little unhealed, obviously Huang Zhong's attitude towards him and Wei Yan and Gao Shun was different, which made Zhu Hao very unhappy.
Liu Xie stood up and left directly, but he shook his head in his heart, respecting this kind of thing is obtained by strength. t1706231537: