Chapter 976: Strengthen Your Troops

The maintenance of rule and the selection of officials in the past dynasties were inseparable from these aristocratic families. Emperors and dynasties changed again and again, and these noble families were like nails stuck in place. It was not until the emergence of the imperial examination system in the Sui and Tang Dynasties that this situation was broken. , from then on even the rise and fall of the family became normal.

Fortunately, Liu Ye is currently only eradicating illiteracy and improving the literacy rate. He has not changed the system of selecting officials, promoting filial piety and integrity, and promoting talents. Otherwise, I am afraid that these aristocratic families will completely boil over.

After the late summer and autumn harvests, the food and grass are abundant and the weather is pleasant, which is a good time for the army to fight.

Luoyang, the Northern Army barracks, Point General Tower.

Heavy footsteps sounded. Liu Ye was fully clothed, wearing steel armor, an iron helmet on his head, and a sword at his waist. He walked firmly to the general stage, surrounded by many brave generals such as Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, Ma Xiu, and Ma Tie behind him. , like stars over the moon, which highlights Liu Ye's majesty. A piece of tassel flutters on the helmet, full of majesty.

Liu Ye looked around and saw soldiers from the Northern Army wearing armor and holding troops in all directions. They looked at Liu Ye, the Duke of Qin and the general, with respect, waiting for him to give orders to the army.

Because of martial arts training, Liu Ye, although he was nearly forty years old, was still strong and majestic, but he still felt that he was lacking some energy. In fact, after people reach the age of forty or fifty, their physical strength and energy are declining. Cao Cao is a good example.

During the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao faced a fierce attack by Yuan Shao with an army of 100,000, but he was still able to withstand it until Wuchao was burned to the ground. As a result, when Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army and his troops were directed towards the Central Plains, with the Central Plains, Guanzhong, and Hebei as support behind him, Guan Yu was frightened and wanted to move the capital. It was not because of his lack of military strength, but because he was old.

Before you are too old, you must take advantage of this opportunity to completely unify China, so that the future "national integration" can be completely cut off, so that the Chinese nation can skip this darkest era and take great strides forward!

The Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were a wonderful period in Chinese history, but it was also a period when alien races were most rampant. I used to feel deeply humiliated when I saw the alien cavalry galloping across the Central Plains in history books. Now I am lucky enough to be in this era. Naturally, try to avoid it.

The powerful Han Dynasty gave our nation its name. What Liu Ye has to do is to continue the glory of the strong Han Dynasty and let the light of civilization dispel the darkness of barbarism.

Liu Ye's energy gathered in his Dantian and loudly said: "Comrades! You are all fierce warriors. You followed Gu Nan in the Northern War, wiped out the evil forces, and made great contributions to the Han Dynasty. But now the traitor Cao Cao has arrogated the throne. If you disrespect the emperor, our army vows to send troops to attack and wipe out the Cao thieves!"

The soldiers of the Northern Army were furious and shouted in unison.

"Get out of the carriage Peng Peng, and hunt with flags!"

"The emperor ordered me to conquer all directions!"

The Yulin Army, which was formed with fresh blood from the Xiliang Army, was also unwilling to be outdone and shouted in unison.

"To give wings to the country is as prosperous as a forest!"

Tens of thousands of people shouted in unison, and the huge sound gathered together like heavy waves, swirling and stirring in the Northern Army camp.

OK, military morale is available!

Liu Ye drew his sword out of its scabbard and shouted: "I will lead my army to wipe out Cao Cao today. Those who fight bravely and kill the enemy will be generously rewarded. Those who die for the country will be given a generous reward. Those who sacrifice their lives for the country will be given ten acres of mulberry fields and three times the pension."

"I am willing to serve the general and fight to the death for the imperial court!"

Marching and fighting is a very dangerous thing. If you do something wrong, you may die. After death, it becomes a big problem, because people are not lonely individuals. There are also old parents, wives, children, and now Liu Ye is thinking about these soldiers. With a way out, they no longer had any worries, and naturally their morale was as high as a rainbow.

In July of the 15th year of Jian'an, Qin Gong and General Liu Ye wrote to the emperor Liu Xie, requesting the eastward expedition against Cao Cao. The emperor happily agreed and made Liu Ye the Grand Sima and Grand Governor, governor of all military affairs at home and abroad, and appointed generals on his own.

Liu Ye divided his troops into four groups. He personally served as the general in command of the middle group of troops, leading generals such as Ma Chao, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie, Yu Jin, and Zhao Yun. Guo Jia and Jia Xu accompanied the army as staff and led one hundred thousand troops.

Xu Huang served as the leader of the Northern Route Army and was promoted to the general of Zhengbei, and Lu Bu was the general of Zhenbei. The two commanded the Jizhou Army and the Bingzhou Army to attack Qingzhou and Liaodong at the same time, with a strength of about 50,000.

Liu Bei once again led the Yuzhou Army eastward from Runan and sent troops to Huainan, with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as assistants. The strength was about 20,000 to less than 30,000.

Zhang Jaw served as the commander of the South Route Army. At the same time, Gao Chong's navy was also dispatched by Zhang Jaw. Li Yan, Gan Ning, Wenpin, Huang Zhong and the old generals of the Jiangdong Army totaled 80,000 troops, and the troops were directed towards Jiangxia. and the six counties of Jiangdong.

Liu Ye went out in four directions, with a total force of about 250,000. Except for the soldiers and horses guarding Guanzhong and Yizhou that had not yet been mobilized, he almost devoted all the strength of the country to complete the victory in one battle!

Pengcheng.

"Prime Minister, Prime Minister!"

Cheng Yu hurriedly rushed into the Prime Minister's Mansion with an ugly face, and came to the secret room where Cao Cao was.

"Prime Minister, urgent military situation!"

"Bring it to me and see."

Cao Cao reached out to take the military information from Cheng Yu's hand and couldn't help but frown. Even though he had experienced hundreds of battles, he couldn't help but feel his scalp numb when he saw Liu Ye launching such a large battle.

"Well"

Cao Cao's palms suddenly trembled. The more he looked at it, the more uncomfortable he became. A sharp pain rose from his head. The pain made Cao Cao reach out and grab his head and groaned.

"Prime Minister, Prime Minister?"

Cheng Yu was stunned and greeted in a low voice.

"It's okay, it's just that the head wind happened again. It's an old problem." Cao Cao said with a wry smile.

Cao Cao suffered from severe head wind and had an attack during the Battle of Guandu. However, he was cured after reading a letter from Chen Lin. Later, he went to the famous doctor Hua Tuo to seek treatment, but Hua Tuo said that he would use a sharp ax to split him open. Cao Cao had Hua Tuo imprisoned.

Now that he saw this unfavorable news, Cao Cao's headache naturally broke out again, which was unbearable.

After a long period of time, Cao Cao finally exhaled a breath of turbidity and stabilized himself. He was already sweating profusely.

"Prime Minister, do you want to call the imperial doctor?" Cheng Yu suggested.

Cao Cao sneered at this: "Huh, forget it, these imperial doctors are just mediocre people. Let's talk about it when we find Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Yuanhua."

After saying that, Cao Cao waved his hand: "Immediately order the civil and military officers of the army to come to my house to discuss matters. Hurry!"

"Yes, Prime Minister."

The reason why Cao Cao did not initiate a court meeting was because he was afraid of scaring the emperor and the ministers. Once they heard about the hundreds of thousands of troops, they were probably so frightened that they had to surrender.

"By the way, Zhongde." Cao Cao suddenly called Cheng Yu: "Zhicai is seriously ill, so there is no need to call him over."

Cheng Yu nodded: "Yu understands." After saying that, he turned around and left.