Chapter 424: Dynamics of all parties (Part 2)
Chapter 424 Dynamics of all parties (Part 2)
Chapter 423: Dynamics of all parties (Part 2)
If you dare to continue to appoint Qin Wen at this time, even a wise king may not have such courage, let alone Liu Hong, who is recognized as a faint king?
Many loyalists thought that Liu Hong had changed his gender, so they knelt down and shouted, "Your Majesty is wise," "The man is saved," and the like.
The Imperial Palace of the Han Dynasty, Weiyang Palace.
After simple renovations, this palace, which has stood for more than 400 years, has not yet restored its magnificence during the Han Dynasty, but it has become much more prosperous and can fully bear the weight of the palace again.
Accompanied by Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, Liu Hong took a walk in the harem and admired the ancient palace. Only at this time did he let go of his worries.
"After all, Chang'an is still not as good as Luoyang. I don't know if I will have the chance to return to Luoyang in this life." Liu Hong sighed lightly.
"Your Majesty, why do you have to say such depressing words? If you lose confidence, then the big man will really have no hope." Zhao Zhong said.
“Yes, Your Majesty.” Zhang Rang followed.
Liu Hong couldn't help but feel shocked when he heard this. After thinking of Guiguzi's big plan, he couldn't help but regain his confidence.
"You two are right, I will never give up hope, and the big man will not die in my hands." Liu Hong said firmly.
“Father.”
After hearing the shout not far away, Liu Hong finally showed a smile on his face. As soon as Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong saw Liu Hong showing such a smile, they immediately knew who it was.
Liu Hong had two sons and one daughter. The eldest son Liu Bian had a dull personality and was not favored by others, while the eldest daughter Liu Mu and the youngest son Liu Xie were the most favored. Liu Hong would only smile happily when he saw these children.
Seeing Liu Mu trotting up to him, Liu Hong pretended to be unhappy and scolded: "Mu'er, you are a princess. You are so arrogant, how can you look like a princess?"
Liu Mu naturally knew that his father was not really angry, so he spat out his tongue playfully, then hugged Liu Hong's arm and said coquettishly, "I'm here to thank my father, so why don't you lecture me?"
"Thank you?" Liu Hong was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "As father and daughter, what can we thank you for?"
“Father, my daughter knows that not only did you not take away General Qin Wen’s military power, you also gave him an official position.”
When all the civil and military officials in the dynasty proposed to seize Qin Wen's military power, only Princess Wannian, who was Qin Hao's fiancée, stood up to speak for Qin Wen. Not only was Qin Wen not deprived of his military power, but he was promoted to an official. The simple Liu Mu thought it was him of credit.
"It's really a waste of time for a girl to stay. You haven't even gotten married yet, and you're just going to your husband's family like this. My father's love for you is really in vain." Liu Hong scolded with a smile.
"No way, my daughter is just talking about things."
After hesitating again and again, Liu Mu said timidly: "Father, can you promise your daughter something?"
Liu Hong naturally knew what Liu Mu was thinking and refused directly: "No."
“They haven’t said anything yet?” Liu Mu said angrily with his eyes widened.
“Besides saving Qin Hao, what else can you do?”
“Father, even if we can’t rescue him by force, why don’t we try diplomatic means?”
Liu Mu came up with a self-righteous idea, but he didn't know that Qin Hao was a complete trick from the beginning when he was captured. If Liu Hong didn't know, how could he continue to trust Qin Wen.
It was a matter of life and death for the Han Dynasty. Naturally, Liu Hong would not tell Liu Mu, and would only use a lame excuse to deal with it.
Looking at his father leaving in a hurry, Liu Mu stamped his feet angrily and said angrily: "Huh, you won't save me. But what should I do? By the way, find the master."
As one of the three commanders of Hehe, Wang Yue had many things to deal with. Naturally, it was impossible for him to follow Liu Curtain every day. Liu Mu directly broke into Wang Yue's office and said straight to the point: "Master, can you personally rescue the champion from Xiang Yu?"
Wang Yue wiped the cold sweat from his head and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, Xiang Yu is the most powerful general in the world."
“Master, you are a sword master.”
“The prince-in-law is trapped in an army of 300,000 men.” Wang Yue said with a bitter smile.
“Master, you are a sword master.”
"I…"
Wang Yue was speechless for a moment, and he had no way to communicate with this kind of girl who was in love.
——
Luoyang.
“Foster father.”
Dongfang Sheng respectfully handed Zhang Jue a roll of information. Zhang Jue opened it and sighed.
“Qin Wen refused as expected. Even the life of his son could not shake Qin Wen’s loyalty. This man is respectable, ahem…”
As he spoke, Zhang Jue coughed violently, and there were even blood stains on his handkerchief. However, in order not to worry his daughter, Zhang Jue pretended to be calm and put away the handkerchief.
As soon as Qin Hao was captured, Zhang Jiao wrote several letters to Qin Wen persuading him to surrender. However, no matter how Zhang Jiao tried to seduce and raise the stakes, Qin Wen would not be moved and showed no regard for Qin Hao's life or death. This also made Zhang Jiao I have completely given up on Qin Wen.
After that, Zhang Jiao took a series of measures, the purpose of which was naturally to force the Han Dynasty to replace Qin Wen. Of course, it would be best to force Qin Wen to rebel.
However, these dirty tricks failed in the end. Not only was Qin Wen not deprived of his military power, but he was promoted to an official. The weirdness of this made Zhang Jiao speechless.
However, the unexpected joy was that under the Yellow Turbans' rumor offensive, the morale of the Han army was inevitably turbulent. Then Zhu Yuanzhang seized the opportunity and took the opportunity to capture the two fortresses of Yiyang and Yewang.
Now there is only one fortress left between Yongzhou and Sizhou: Hangu Pass. As long as Hangu Pass is broken, the Yellow Turban Army can march straight in and directly attack Chang'an.
But how could Hangu, which resisted the Six Kingdoms, be so easy to break?
After Dong Zhuo's Liangzhou reinforcements arrived, more than 300,000 Han troops were concentrated on the front line of Hangu Pass. Coupled with the natural danger of Hangu, it could be said to be impregnable.
If a forced breakthrough was made, I don't know how many lives would be needed to fill it. Zhang Jiao would naturally not attack hard, so the 700,000-strong army and the 30 Han troops faced off, and the war on the Eastern Front fell into a stalemate.
After hesitating again and again, Dongfang Sheng summoned up the courage to ask, "Father, Qin Wen doesn't want to surrender, what should Qin Hao do?"
Looking at Diao Chan's flawless face, Zhang Jiao said with a smile: "What, you want to intercede for him?"
Upon hearing this, Dongfang Sheng waved his hands and said, "No, my daughter just thinks that if Qin Hao can be made to surrender, it will be of greater benefit to me, the Yellow Turban."
“Haha.” Zhang Jiao laughed and said, “The third brother wrote in a letter saying that he used his position as my heir as a bargaining chip to persuade Qin Hao to surrender and asked him to persuade Qin Wen to surrender, but Qin Hao refused.”
"What?"
It is not difficult for Dongfang Sheng to understand why Qin Hao refused. What is really difficult for her to understand is how could Zhang Liang think of making Qin Hao emperor?
Dongfang Sheng didn't know Qin Hao's plan, but after hearing the news, he probably guessed that there must be many hidden secrets in it.
(End of this chapter)
