Chapter 423 News of all parties (Part 1)


    Chapter 422: News from all parties (Part 1)


    Xiang Yu''s army originally gathered all the powerful generals of the Yellow Turban, but after the division of troops southward, the generals also returned to their respective commanders.


    Now, there are not many generals under Xiang Yu''s command, except for Long Qi, Zhongli, Yu Ziqi and other generals, and the only strategist is still by Zhang Jiao''s side, so the civil officials are even more pitiful.


    Xiang Yu was at the time when he was most useless, and Ji Bu, who had just been rescued, was naturally valued by Xiang Yu.


    Since Ji Buben is Zhang Jiao''s confidant, Xiang Yu naturally could not trust him completely.


    Ji Bu''s current role in addition to leading the army to fight under Xiang Yu is actually to regulate the relationship between Xiang Yu and Zhang Liang.


    For example, in this current situation, Xiang Yu will definitely not take the initiative to seek peace with Zhang Liang, but Ji Bu will become a bridge between the two.


    However, even so, it is difficult to heal the scars between the two. The conflict between the generals of the Yellow Turban South Army has been around for a long time and can no longer be reconciled.


    ——


    Guangchengguan.


    After learning that Qin Hao was captured alive, Lu Zhi was immediately anxious and jumped up and down, but when he heard Liu Bowen say that it was Qin Hao doing it on purpose, Lu Zhi was completely confused.


    "You mean, Shan Xiongxin was a fraudulent surrender? The prince-consort was also deliberately captured?"


    Lu Zhi looked unbelievable, and even suspected that these two people were joking with him, but can such a joke be made easily?


    Liu Bowen nodded and said solemnly: "That''s right."


    Lu Zhi widened his eyes and was immediately furious, but he didn''t dare to speak too loudly, so he had to curse in a low voice:


    "It''s just a mess. Don''t you know how many chain reactions will happen to the captive coach? How big a blow will this be for the entire army? Send the coach out just for one possibility. Are you two not brainy?..."


    The angry Lu Zhi sprayed the two of them with smearing the stars, but Liu Fang and the others did not dare to have any dissatisfaction and could only let Lu Zhi scold him.


    Lu Zhi cursed for half an hour before he stopped. After Liu Fang and the other two looked at each other, their eyes were filled with bitter smiles.


    "Yes, we all know what you always say, but the lord has to do it. To complete the court''s plan, you must do this." Liu Bowen explained respectfully.


    "etc."


    Lu Zhi was stunned when he heard this and asked quickly: "Do you think it''s the big plan of the court?"


    After the two looked at each other, Fang Xuanling stood up and explained: "That''s right. For common sense, with the lord''s qualifications, it is impossible to be the chief general of the Southern Army, but the court arranged for the lord to be the chief general. Didn''t the old general doubt the intention?"


    "With the contribution made by the prince-consort, it is not bad to be the leader of the journey, but it is indeed not enough in terms of qualifications."


    Lu Zhi lowered his head and pondered for a while, and asked, "Tell me why is this?"


    “That’s because…”


    After listening to Liu Bowen''s explanation, Lu Zhi couldn''t help but take a breath and then fell into deep thought.


    That is really a huge plan. Once successful, it will definitely ruin the Yellow Turban in one fell swoop. No wonder the court made such a strange move, and Qin Hao was even more willing to take risks.


    Such a shocking plan was definitely not thought of by the court. Lu Zhi knew very well what kind of virtue the officials in the court had, and it was absolutely impossible to make such a plan.


    If you are not a person in the court, then there are only a hundred schools of thought, but who in the hundred schools has such great energy that can allow Your Majesty to use the birth and death of the great man to gamble?


    “It’s him.”


    Lu Zhi opened his eyes and said to himself, "It must be him."


    As a person who is hidden in Confucianism in the hundreds of schools, Lu Zhi naturally knows some of the secrets of the hundreds of schools. The only one who can influence Liu Hong is Guiguzi Wang Xu. "So that''s it, you can''t hold it anymore in the end." Lu Zhi smiled happily.


    Liu Bowen and Fang Xuanling looked at each other, with a hint of doubt in their eyes. They didn''t know that Lu Zhi knew more than them after they knew the whole story.


    What Liu Bowen and Fang Xuanling knew were told by Qin Hao, while what Lu Zhi knew was not even Qin Hao.


    "What is the ''he'' the old general said?" Liu Bowen asked.


    Lu Zhi did not answer, but asked, "What should we do next?"


    Seeing this, Liu Bowen knew that Lu Zhi didn''t want to reveal the information about that person, so he did not continue to pester.


    "Next, we have to give up Guangcheng Pass and retreat to Nanyang to meet with General Zhu Jun, otherwise we will have flaws."


    "Isn''t the Yellow Turban suspicious if I just give up like this?"


    "Because the commander was captured, our morale was hit unprecedentedly. Even if the hero is in hand, it will never be able to defend it. The Yellow Turban must also know this, so there will definitely be no doubts."


    Lu Zhi nodded and asked again, "What''s the matter?"


    "Give up Nanyang, let the 300,000 elite Yellow Turbans meet, and then continue to lure the enemy into the deep. Nanyang faces two attacks in the northeast, and it is completely reasonable to have a strategic retreat."


    "It''s 200,000." Fang Xuanling corrected the truth, while Liu Bowen rolled his eyes helplessly.


    Xiang Yu''s twenty army is the elite, and the other 100,000 Yuzhou Yellow Turban Army is much worse.


    ——


    In just a few days, the news that Qin Hao was captured alive in front of the formation spread all over the world. The Yellow Turban side beat gongs and gongs to celebrate, and the Han Dynasty was naturally full of grief.


    Who would have thought that the champion Hou, who was invincible, was captured alive by the enemy so hasty. This was a huge blow to the entire Han army, and the one who was most affected was naturally Qin Wen, the commander of the Han army''s eastern route.


    Since the news of Qin Hao''s capture was confirmed, more than half of the officials in the Chang''an court have proposed to seize Qin Wen''s military power, and the most active one is Yuan Feng.


    If Qin Wen''s military power is taken back, Yuan Shao is most likely to become the chief general, and the Yuan family can also take advantage of the situation to control the military power of the 200,000 Han army.


    Wang Yun, Cai Yong and others who have a good relationship with Qin and Wen rarely objected this time, but they did not want to, but did not dare.


    Qin Hao is Qin Wen''s only son. If Qin Wen surrenders to the enemy for his son, this blow to the Han Dynasty would be fatal, so Wang Yun and others dare not speak for Qin Wen.


    Taiyuan Hou Qinwen, who made military achievements for the Han Dynasty, seemed to be abandoned by the civil and military officials of the Han Dynasty, and it really responded to the saying that the wall fell and everyone pushed it.


    "Your Majesty has an order to order the Grand Governor Qin Wen to continue the war east of Hangu Pass, and he was appointed as the governor of Bingzhou, General of Cavalry, promoted the county marquis to county marquis, and granted the title of Marquis of Wanhu."


    Zhang Rang read out Liu Hong''s decree in front of all the civil and military officials of the court, and the court immediately became in trouble.


    "How is this possible?"


    Yuan Feng looked unbelievable, and he couldn''t believe that this order was given by Liu Hong.


    "Is this still the foolish monarch?" All the civil and military officials in the court thought so.


    (This chapter ends)