Chapter 49 Emperor Wu of Han’s decision

Zhou Yang said that it was important. The death of Emperor Jing was a rare opportunity for the Huns and the Han Dynasty, and it can be said to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

The key is how Emperor Wu of Han made a decision.

If Emperor Wu of Han decided to abide by the ancient etiquette, and the Han Dynasty had no conquest for three years, then during these three years, the Han army could only guard the city and not cause any mistakes. In this way, the situation of the Han and Xiongnu will return to the past. The military minister Shanyu took advantage of the favorable opportunity in these three years and would do many things, not to disturb the Han Dynasty's borders and plunder the people's property, but it is more likely to take down the Donghu and fight against the Han Dynasty.

If Emperor Wu of Han did not abide by the ancient etiquette and sent the Han army to attack decisively, this would be of great benefit to the Han Dynasty. The Huns sent troops to sway the country and marched south in large numbers. Once the Han army was defeated, the losses would inevitably be extremely heavy, and the Huns would be difficult to recover in a short period of time.

This short time is not for years, decades, but for decades, or even hundreds of years, and it is more likely to be forever!

You should know that during the Great Wall War, Zhou Yang defeated 500,000 Xiongnu, and the Huns suffered heavy casualties and have not yet fully recovered. If we come back, the Huns could conquer the Teng and Zhuang who could conquer the Huns would definitely lose all their losses. Without decades of rest and recuperation, it would be impossible to fully restore the old view.

More importantly, if the Huns were defeated and their strength was greatly damaged, would the Han Dynasty not carry out strategic pursuit? The Han army would definitely attack the depths of the desert and massacre the Huns, without giving the Huns any chance to restore their strength.

If the Huns were scattered deep in the desert, even with the strong combat power of the Han army, it would be extremely difficult to wipe out the Huns. Now, the military minister Shanyu took advantage of the favorable opportunity of Emperor Jing's death and mobilized the troops to sweep south. This is a good opportunity to give the Huns the last blow!

A good opportunity that has never been seen in the thousand-year war between China and the Huns!

As long as we seize this opportunity, the Han Dynasty will defeat the Huns and complete what King Wuling of Zhao and Qin Shihuang wanted to do but did not do!

The future is very wonderful, but how to make a decision is a big problem. You must know that abiding by ancient etiquette and not doing conquests for three years was a great etiquette in the Han Dynasty. Even with the strength of Emperor Wu of Han, he would not dare to break this ancient system. It was a great matter of human ethics and filial piety.

"Master, what are you waiting for? Go and see the emperor quickly!" Nie Yi hurriedly urged.

Nie Yi's tone was very high and sharp, and it was very rude to speak to Zhou Yang, the great commander. However, this matter was too much to do, Nie Yi's tone was not loud.

"Master, you must convince the emperor and send troops!" Nie Yi's voice was still loud, and he couldn't help but clench his right hand into a fist, shaking his fist hard.

"Do your best!" Zhou Yang's thoughts turned, even if he made a decision, he had to think about it. Before Emperor Jing's body was cold, the Han army launched a large-scale move. Even if he defeated the Huns, some people would definitely ridicule and even call Emperor Wu of Han unfilial.

If Emperor Wu of Han did not send troops, there would definitely be people who would be scolded as indecisive and lost such a great opportunity for the word "filial piety".

In a word, no matter what decision Emperor Wu of Han made, he would be criticized and ridiculed.

"You wait here first, I'll go into the palace now." Zhou Yang threw a sentence and strode out.

The soldiers led the Feng Qiao to chase the Feng, and Zhou Yang flew on his horse and rushed towards Weiyang Palace.

"Master, please slow down and don't run so fast!" The soldiers accompanying him rushed to the horse, and there was no faster pace than the wind chasing horse. They could only shout from behind.

"What's wrong?"

"The commander has always been steady and so urgent, it must be a big deal!"

The soldiers couldn't help but guess. According to their understanding of Zhou Yang, Zhou Yang would not be so urgent without such a big deal.

The snow is covered in Chang'an Street, the snowflakes are still flying, and the north wind is roaring. However, the cold wind cannot suppress the enthusiasm of the people. The streets are still crowded and bustling, shoulder to shoulder, and they are thronged.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" Zhou Yang rushed to the horse and shouted loudly.

"Ah! It's the Grand Marshal!" The people of Chang'an were very surprised and looked at Zhou Yang in confusion.

"Is the Grand Marshal's concubine pregnant?" The people remembered the incident of Zhou Yang galloping away on the day of the prisoner offering, and there were many speculations.

"You are confused! The Grand Marshal is going to the palace!" The people who were very interested immediately saw the clues.

As the people's guesses, Zhou Yang had already run away. When he arrived at Weiyang Palace, Zhou Yang handed the reins to the palace guards and rushed in like flying. After asking, he found out that Emperor Wu of Han was in front of Emperor Jing's spirit, Zhou Yang ran without saying a word.

In front of Emperor Jing, Liu Che, a group of princes, and many deacons were guarding the spirit, and their eyes were red when they cried. Liu Che even cried so hard that his bones were destroyed. His whole body was thinner, his eyes were deep, and his eyes were no longer as beautiful as before.

Zhou Yang rushed in in a blink of an eye. Liu Che was the first to find Zhou Yang and asked, "Brother-in-law, are you in trouble?"

"Your Majesty, I have something great to report." Zhou Yang looked around and found that this place was not a place to speak.

"Go to the Palace of Yangxin." Liu Che wiped his tears and stood up. He walked a little sluggishly, completely different from the previous tiger-swinging steps.

The two of them quickly arrived at the Yangxin Palace, and Liu Che took the lead in. Zhou Yang stopped at the entrance of the hall and rushed to the guard Gong Wei, saying, "You retreat twenty feet away. Remember, no one is allowed to approach within twenty feet, and those who violate the violation will be killed!"

Zhou Yang's face was solemn, murderous intent, and his eyes were flashing. The matter to be discussed at the moment was too important. As long as it was leaked, even a few words would cause extremely serious consequences.

"Brother-in-law, what is so important?" Liu Che saw Zhou Yang's seriousness in his eyes, and was very surprised. He waved his right hand and said in a deep voice: "What my brother-in-law said is what I said! No matter who dares to get close to twenty feet, behead him!"

"No!" Gong Wei responded with a loud bang, retreated, and guarded twenty feet away.

Zhou Yang was still worried. After looking around, he saw that the palace guards had retreated, so he followed Liu Che into the Yangxin Palace. As soon as he entered the Yangxin Palace, Liu Che hurriedly asked, "Brother-in-law, what a matter of things, so cautious?"

"Emperor, the Xiongnu Khan mobilized 600,000 troops and will head south soon!" Zhou Yang's voice was a little loud, with a solemn expression on his face.

"Six hundred thousand?" Liu Che was shocked by this huge number.

For the six hundred thousand Huns, each spitting a mouthful of saliva, it will form a river; for one breath, it will condense into huge dark clouds; for each stomping his feet, it will shake the earth; for each snatching his hair, it will pile up a mountain; for each …

What a huge force this is, it has never happened in the decades of war between the Han and the Xiongnu!

During the thousand-year war between China and the Huns, the Huns had never dispatched so many troops. Even when the Touman Shanyu went south to Hetao and Zhou Yang defeated the Huns, the Huns only sent 500,000 troops, a total of 100,000.

With the strong combat power of the Han army, even if there are more Huns, they will not be afraid. However, the military minister Shanyu chose a very good opportunity. Emperor Jing had just passed away and his body was not cold, and the Han army had the lowest combat power.

You should know that at that time, the emperor was supreme, and the death of the emperor had a great blow to the morale of the army, let alone the wise king, the holy king, for the Han army soldiers, it was a collapse of heaven and earth, and the end of the world was coming, and they were in deep pain.

Under such circumstances, the military minister Shanyu led the army to fight over the country, which was a huge crisis for the Han Dynasty!

The crisis was so huge that it was even greater than the battle a few years ago! At that time, the Han army was in a weak position, but the morale was still there and the soldiers could fight to the death with the Huns.

Now, the soldiers are in grief and if they fight with the Huns, their chances of winning are not very good.

"Huns, Xiongnu, Xiongnu, again!" Emperor Wu of Han clenched his fist with his right hand, shook his fist fiercely, and said viciously: "The father is exhausted! Before his father's corpse was cold, the Huns came to kill me. I'm too much! I can't forgive the Huns! I can't forgive the Huns!"

He was so angry that he had a very high tone. If Zhou Yang had not asked the Gong Wei to retreat twenty feet away, he would have heard it.

"Your Majesty, you have to discuss with the ministers to decide how to deal with this matter!" Zhou Yang understood Liu Che's mood very much. Not to mention him, even Zhou Yang was so angry when Chad heard this.

"Yes!" Liu Che was extremely smart. Although he was very angry, he immediately calmed down after Zhou Yang reminded him: "It is said that Zhang Piqi, Qingyi lay Buddhist, Shen Gong, Zhufu Yan, Dong Zhongshu, Zhou Yafu, Li Guang, Cheng Buzhi, Wei Qing and others came to discuss matters!"

Although Zhou Yafu was dismissed by Emperor Jing and would never be used, he was a rare general. It would be beneficial to listen to his opinions when such a huge crisis came.

"No!" Zhou Yang responded and went out to deliver the order. The palace guards got the order and hurried to send the person.

"Huns, Huns! Abominable Huns! Abominable Huns!" Liu Che couldn't help but walk in the circle, clenched his hands into fists, and shouted fiercely: "If I break the Huns, I will definitely kill the Huns all the species left!"

The voice is loud, with endless anger and unwilling humiliation!

Zhou Yang saw it and sighed inwardly. The Huns' move was so annoying that it made people very angry. Emperor Jing didn't even have the chance to be buried. Who can not be angry?

Just as Liu Che's anger was about to say that Zhang Piqi, Chao Cuo, Shen Gong, Zhufu Yan, Dong Zhongshu, Zhou Yafu, Li Guang, Cheng Buzhi, Wei Qing and others came one after another to greet Liu Che. Liu Che just waved his hand, without saying a word, and walked his steps. The crowd saw it in their eyes, but no one dared to speak.

Liu Che walked endlessly and kept paced, but he didn't stop after a long time.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Li Guang finally couldn't help but ask.

"What else can it do? The Huns are so angry that I am!" Liu Che turned around suddenly and roared: "Before the father's body was cold, Shanyu dispatched an army of 600,000 to the Han territory, which is so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry that I am so angry

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Zhang Piqiang and the others were petrified directly, and they all opened their mouths wide and couldn't speak.

It’s not that they are timid, but that this matter is too amazing. The 600,000 Huns army chose to run to the Han territory when the Han Dynasty was the weakest, which was a huge crisis.

Zhang Piqiang, Shen Gong, Zhufu Yan, Dong Zhongshu, Zhou Yafu, Cheng Buzhi, Wei Qing all looked solemn. Even Zhou Yang did not speak, and this crisis was very serious.

"hehe!"

Just as everyone was silent, Li Guangchang laughed, holding his beard in his right hand, smiling happily, and his tiger eyes narrowed.

"General Fei, why are you laughing?" Liu Che couldn't help but be stunned and asked in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, this is a great opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" Li Guang's thumb raised up with his right hand, almost piercing the bracket of the Yangxin Palace: "Sixty hundred thousand Huns, if we are wiped out, the Huns will have to start over from their mother's belly!"

Li Guang's words seem to be ridiculous, but they make a lot of sense.

The 600,000 Xiongnu army came, and the herdsmen following the army ranged from 700,000 to 800,000 to 100,200. If the Han Dynasty annihilated the 600,000 army, the herdsmen following him would die without a place to bury, and the Huns would lose more than 100,200 people.

The Huns did not lack horses, cattle and sheep, and the most lacking was the mouth! The mouth was the eternal pain of the Huns!

After so many people died of death, how many people will be left of the Huns? How many can they go to the battlefield?

The only things that can be left are women, children, old and weak. The Huns really have to start from their mother's stomach and start over again.

"Haha!" Everyone was amused by Li Guang's words and couldn't help laughing.

"The Flying General is right!" Liu Che nodded slightly, the anger on his face faded and calmed down.

"Your Majesty, what are you waiting for? I'll issue an order to send troops!" Li Guang rubbed his hands and urged him, and the light flashed in his tiger's eyes, looking impatient.

"Yeah!" Liu Che looked at the generals with admiration, all of them were extremely excited: "I feel relieved if the generals have such a fighting spirit! This matter is too important, sit down and let's discuss it carefully."

"Your Majesty, what are you talking about? You will beat me wherever you say!" Li Guang murmured, but still sat down.

Liu Che sat on the throne, glanced at the ministers, with a serious expression: "It has been thousands of years since China and the Huns were enemies. In this thousand years of history, there were King Wuling of Zhao, Li Mu, Meng Tian, ​​and his brother-in-law who defeated the Huns. However, the Huns had only sent at most 500,000 people, and this time, the Huns actually sent out an army of 600,000. If I expected it, this was the last force of the Huns. If there were too many, the Huns could no longer be taken out. The flying general was right. If the Han Dynasty wiped out the 600,000 Huns, the Huns would have returned from their mother's stomach!"

Speaking of this, he paused and pondered for a moment, and then continued: "But, this is the Huns' army that swayed the country. The Shanyu's desire to destroy me is not to be underestimated! As for this battle, whether to fight or not, you can express your opinions!"

This decision is not easy, and Liu Che must weigh the pros and cons of all aspects to make a decision. If you want to fight, you must have the final say in winning, otherwise it is better to be deep in the ditches and high in the city and guard the city tightly. Doing this is very cowardly and humiliating, but it is always better than a defeated army.

"Your Majesty, do you mean to send troops? How much does it mean?" Zhang Piqiang's bright eyes flashed.

"Yes!" Liu Che nodded and said, "If it is enough, I will issue an order to send troops! If it is not big, guard the city!"

"Emperor, where is the country's mourning?" Dong Zhongshu hesitated and couldn't help but ask.

The Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety. If Emperor Wu of Han thought that Cheng was considered a big enough thing and issued an order to send troops, where was the name filial piety? Dong Zhongshu had to remind him.

"The father takes it as his responsibility to defeat the Huns. If I can defeat the Huns, the father's spirit in heaven will smile!" Liu Che clenched his right hand into a fist and shouted: "If I keep the word filial piety to the death and let the Huns kill, the people will suffer, the people will suffer, and the world will be hustle and bustle. What is my face to face the ancestors?"

"This..." Liu Che's words were very reasonable, but in the Han Dynasty, the word filial piety also had great power. Dong Zhongshu was speechless and didn't know where to start.

"Since ancient times, it is said that loyalty and filial piety are hard to achieve both loyalty. Chao Cuo of this dynasty chose to be loyal and become an unfilial son." Liu Che sighed and his voice slowed down: "I can only choose loyalty. For the sake of the people of the world, I cannot fulfill my filial piety. My father is in the spirit of heaven, please forgive my children!"

Chao Cuo strongly advocated the reduction of the vassals and was loyal to the king's affairs. His relatives and friends were afraid that he would cause a big disaster and wanted to persuade him to give up the reduction of the vassals, but they did not dare to tell him, so they had to ask his old father to come and persuade him. After the father and son colluded face to face, Chao Cuo still insisted on the reduction of the vassals. When his old father saw that he could not persuade him, he was so angry that he jumped into the river and committed suicide.

This is a very famous thing in the history of the Han Dynasty, and Zhang Piqiang and others sighed.

Chao Cuo, dressed in blue, heard Liu Che mentioning the old things that happened in the past, and the story of his father jumping into the river was like in front of him. He couldn't help but sigh, with tears rolling in his eyes.

Liu Che's determination was already made, and Zhou Yang breathed a sigh of relief. What Zhou Yang was worried about was that Liu Che followed the ancient etiquette and had to hold a national mourning for three years. For modern people, filial piety is necessary, but it is not necessary to carry out three years, and there is no need to drag the people into dire straits. Zhou Yang originally planned to convince Liu Che, but after hearing what he said, his heart finally fell back into his stomach.

"The emperor has made up his mind, and I will no longer persuade him, but just talk about the victory or defeat." Zhang Piqiang pondered for a brief moment and began to analyze: "In the thousands of years of war, if you ask China when it was the weakest, it is now! The late emperor passed away, his army was in a low spirit, and the soldiers were in sorrow that they were in great pain. If they wanted to start a war with the Huns, the chances of victory would not be too great!"

The army is weak and morale is low. No matter how strong the army is, it will not win a battle. This is the truth. Zhang Piqiang has unique vision and hits the point.

"According to your wishes, I won't send troops?" Liu Che stared at Zhang Piqiang with bright eyes.

"No!" Zhang Piqiang decisively rejected: "Your Majesty, I am just the opposite, I advocate sending troops! Or launching a large number of troops!"

"Oh!" Liu Che was a little surprised.

Not only Liu Che was surprised, Li Guang, and Cheng Bugui, who was not surprised?

"The Shanyu is a shrewd man and has seized the most favorable fighter!"

Zhang Piqiang first praised the military minister Shanyu, then changed his tone and sneered, saying, "But Shanyu did not expect how serious the consequences of his move would be! For thousands of years, there have been countless battles between the Huns and China, and the Huns were once powerful for a while, but they failed to destroy China. What is the reason? It is that China can be united and used all its power to resist foreign enemies. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Hu people invaded the Central Plains. At that time, the world was in chaos. The Five Nephews called on the princes of the world to fight the Hu people differently?"

The voice suddenly turned high: "The Shanyu's move will surely make the soldiers feel angry, humiliated, and unbearable, and will definitely rise up to fight! The thousands of heroes in China will surely defeat the Huns!"

"This is the victory of the mourning soldiers!" Zhang Piqiang said loudly at the end.

"Well said!" Everyone praised in unison.

"As for this battle, how much chance of winning is, I'll listen to the general's opinion!" Zhang Piqiang's eyes fell on Zhou Yang.

As the commander, Zhou Yang was most familiar with military affairs. He knew the odds of victory in the Han Dynasty, and his words played an important role.
Chapter completed!