Everyone who hurried into the palace had solemn looks on their faces. Most of them didn't know what happened to make Liu Bang so aggressive.
He actually called almost all the Chehous in Chang'an City into the palace.
Fan Kuai walked quickly to Zhang Liang and asked in a low voice: "Liu Hou, what do you think is going on?
You must know that the rebellion of King Yan had not been so big before. Could it be that the most powerful King of Huainan rebelled? "
Since Liu Bang gave up the idea of changing the prince, Fan Kuai's status has risen sharply because of his status as Liu Bang's brother-in-law.
Zhang Liang said softly: "It's definitely not the Yingbu rebellion. Just now Liang saw that General Han Xin and Anyang Hou Luocai were also here. A mere Yingbo doesn't have such a big face."
Fan Kuai was shocked, and Han Xin was called.
After Xiang Yu's defeat and the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Han Xin never led an army again. He stayed at home, annotating the ancient art of war, and preparing to write his own "Huaiyin Art of War".
There was a tacit understanding of this situation and no one said anything.
Han Xin should have reached the point where he had no titles and no rewards, but he took the initiative to resign from the throne, and the couple took the title of Marquis of Che from a total of 40,000 households.
If he performs meritorious service again, he will definitely not be able to increase the number of households. If the number of households goes up to 30,000, Lu Buwei, the Marquis of Wenxin, granted the title of 100,000 households in Luoyang. Basically, he is no longer considered a minister.
Either give Luo Cai another title, or give Han Xin's child a title, and the child can be made a marquis. The power is really too great.
When the ministers filed in, they saw Liu Bang and Luo Yi sitting upright, so they all knelt down according to their respective seats. Naturally, no one dared to come too late for such an occasion, and soon the palace door creaked. Sound is off.
Liu Bang nodded to Luo Yi, and Luo Yi said directly: "Gentlemen, Your Majesty summoned you here because the Huns invaded."
Luo Yi's words not only failed to clear up everyone's doubts, but made them even more confused. Is it necessary for a mere Huns invader to summon so many people?
Luo Yi said solemnly: "All the tribes of the Hu people in the north have been unified by the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu now is a powerful enemy with hundreds of thousands of bow-wielding people. It is definitely not what Qin, Zhao, and Yan saw at the beginning. .”
As soon as these words came out, the whole palace fell silent for an instant, and everyone was a little unable to recover. Can the barbarians be unified?
The languages and customs of those tribes who live by water and grass are all different. There is no Zhou ritual established by King Su, no elegant language that can be used in all countries, and no mutual recognition among the Xia. How can they be unified?
What kind of hero can do this?
But no matter how many doubts they have, they can only be suppressed in their hearts, because the news is too terrifying. Zhuxia once again encountered the threat of barbarians!
Since Duke Huan of Qi united the princes and unified the world, although there have been wars among the five kingdoms of Qi, Jin, Chu, Qin and Luo, they have been in step with each other in steadily attacking the barbarians.
Most of the Xia kingdoms were destroyed by their own people, and few of them were destroyed by barbarians.
The great barbarian counterattack that almost overturned the rule of Zhou Dynasty in the early years of Xuangong's reign was even more impossible.
but now!
An unprecedentedly powerful Yi and Di country was actually located to the north of the Han Dynasty. From Liaodong to northern Shanxi and then to Longxi, these were their lands.
Everyone knows why Liu Bang summoned everyone here. This is a real big trouble.
Seeing that everyone realized the seriousness of the problem, Luo Yi said loudly: "Gentlemen, a hundred miles west of Chang'an City is the old place of Fenghao in the old Zhou Dynasty, where Yi's ancestor King Su once summoned the princes of the world.
From the coast of the East China Sea, to the west of Qinchuan, from the wasteland north of Yanzhao, to Lingnan and even Qiongzhou, this is the place where Su Wang lowered his eyes.
In the past thousand years, our ancestors have defended the rule of Zhu Xia on this land.
Now is the Han Dynasty, and all the kings are meritorious nobles of the Han Dynasty, so it is your unshirkable responsibility to defend the rule of the Xia in the land where King Su looks down.
Now the Huns are trying to peek into the land of the Han Dynasty and plunder the people of the Han Dynasty. Your Majesty is furious and the people are crying. Are you willing to show your loyalty this time? "
These nobles from Shandong were very excited after what they said.
"Your Majesty, I invite you to fight!"
As soon as Luo Yi finished speaking, Fan Kuai and others immediately stood up and challenged Liu Bang to fight.
Naturally, these fierce generals cannot escape, but the most important thing is the commander-in-chief. Liu Bang originally wanted to fight the Xiongnu Chanyu personally.
But Luo Yi said something to dispel Liu Bang's thoughts, "You are the supreme emperor. If you lose to the barbarians, even if you are defeated by luring the enemy, it will be a huge blow to morale. I am afraid it will not look good in the history books in the future." , I still recommend that you send one of your trusted generals to serve as the coach."
In fact, what Luo Yi was thinking was that fighting the Xiongnu was of great importance. With a stronger Han Xin, there was no need to use Liu Bang.
Liu Bang's character was sometimes very easy to be arrogant, and he would not listen to advice when he was superior. He would wait until he made a mistake before admitting it. However, the emperor could not make mistakes in fighting the Xiongnu. Once he made a mistake, the whole world would have to pay the price.
Luo Yi now only hopes to solve this matter by himself through the big man, and not let the eldest brother waste his family's wealth to do it.
Faced with the turbulent public sentiment, Liu Bang was very satisfied and said loudly: "I am the emperor of the Han Dynasty and the father of the subjects of the world. Now the Huns want to harass and kill my subjects. Is this bearable?
I am very angry and determined to lead an army of 250,000 to fight against the Xiongnu! "
There was even more noise in the main hall. These people had come here from licking blood with the blade of a knife. They had not been corroded by the material yet. They dared to fight if they could. They were all clamoring to show the Xiongnu some color.
Liu Bang glanced at Han Xin and said loudly: "Where is the general?"
There was only one general in the Han Dynasty, and that was Han Xin. Especially after Han Xin semi-retired, Liu Bang raised the general's rank to the same level as Sangong.
No one was surprised that such a powerful enemy would come either from His Majesty himself or from the Marquis of Huaiyin, without exception.
Han Xin, who closed his eyes slightly to rest, stood up from his seat, bowed slightly and said: "Return to your Majesty, I am here."
Then he straightened up and scanned everyone in the audience with his tiger eyes, endless evil energy bursting out from his eyes.
Even though he had not led troops for several years, he was still the invincible soldier. Within three years, he led the Han army to pacify the world. Even the invincible Xiang Yu had to surrender in front of him.
The princes and kings were so overwhelmed by their own power that they dared not speak, and were frightened day and night.
Even though he is idle at home, facing a powerful enemy like the Xiongnu, once he rises, he will have the power to be inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.
Liu Bang was also unambiguous and said directly: "This time the expedition against the Huns will be carried out with the general Han Xin as the commander. He will control the three routes of 250,000 horses. He will be given the title of Taiwei. The governor will handle all military matters and the princes of Yan and Zhao will listen. Its destiny.”
In order to facilitate Han Xin's performance, Liu Bang gave him a lot of command power. Han Xin bowed slightly again and thanked: "Your Majesty, I will fulfill my mission."
"Here!"
All the ministers shouted in unison.
With an order, a large number of people from Guanzhong began to be transferred. Xiao He looked at the warehouse where rats could basically run away and cried without tears.
In the past two or three years, he had finally accumulated some food and grass, but as soon as the army started, it was all empty. The empire's finances were still healthy, but no matter how good he was in finance, he could not change the food and grass.
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Luo Yi was mobilizing troops and generals in Chang'an City, and was doing his best to prepare to resolve this matter, but he didn't know that Luo Ling in Zhao City was already preparing to leave the city where he had been sitting for a long time.
He had a clear understanding of the situation in the world and understood that as long as Han Xin led his army to the expedition, the Han army would be impossible to defeat, but it was also impossible to achieve a great victory.
The biggest advantage of the people who lead the bow is that they come and go like the wind. They can still run away if they can't be beaten. The offensive initiative is completely in the hands of the Xiongnu. This is completely different from the war in the Central Plains.
Moreover, the Central Plains is in the recovery period from the trauma of war, and food and grass are scarce. Continuous wars will wipe out all the savings that have been slightly recovered in the past few years.
The Xiongnu is in the period of integration. At this time, the war with the Xiongnu will even help him complete the integration. After all, a chanyu who can unify the grassland tribes will definitely be able to eliminate the bad and retain the good through war.
Then the Han Dynasty will be forced to face a nomadic empire that has reached its peak early in its rising period.
Luoling couldn't allow this situation to happen, so he decided to go to the grassland to have a look.
Following Moton's order, the grassland is now turbulent. This is the first time that the kings of various tribes on the grassland have seen so many tribal leaders.
Some of them were Huns and some were Donghu people. Under the leadership of Mao Dun, these people who used to have different languages and customs unified under the banner of the Huns and became the Huns.
These Huns gathered under several major tents.
Especially under Modun Chanyu's tent, almost 60% of the cavalrymen in the entire grassland were gathered. They all grew up on horseback and were best at riding and shooting.
It was in this situation that Luo Ling came to the grassland.
When his car drove out of the Great Wall and headed north, the environment along the way became completely different from that in the Central Plains.
Large tracts of grassland, with no end as far as the eye can see. Unlike many people's imagination of grassland, the grassland is not actually flat, but a series of raised hills, but the slope is very gentle, and horses can run on it.
Following Luo Ling came out Qiao Yun, who drove the car for him. The dare warriors were not brought out at all, because if they really encountered a large group of Huns on the prairie, a small number of dare warriors would be of little use.
Luo Ling could directly use the guard props to protect him and Qiao Yun as they left. If they encountered a small number of Huns, Luo Ling and Qiao Yun would be enough to kill them.
Qiao Yun drove the car and asked with a smile: "Master, where are we going?"
Luo Ling glanced at the gurgling water and said softly: "Just walk along the stream. On the grassland, there is no direction. You are always ahead."
Qiao Yun understood. If you follow the water, you will definitely encounter people.
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In ancient China, the Son of Heaven had both human and divine attributes. On the one hand, he was secular and ruled his subjects. On the other hand, he claimed to be ordered by Heaven and was the heir of Heaven. However, as King Su, the ancestral god, continued to rise and become more powerful, According to the historical tradition, the Luo family seized a large part of the sacrificial power belonging to the emperor. As the imperial power became more and more powerful, this was a powerful check and balance on the imperial power. ——"Changes in Ruling Power"
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