Chapter 1155 Liu Biao's Ambition
In fact, Huangfu Chaobo's original intention was to use the current Tang Dynasty Duke's Palace as the palace. At the beginning, all the civil and military ministers agreed to his proposal, but with the little emperor's announcement, the world suddenly Eight princes and kings appeared, and as the king of Tang, he could not be weaker than the other seven kings in terms of momentum. Therefore, everyone immediately overturned the previous arrangement and decided to reopen the Luoyang Palace and reorganize the imperial court on a large scale. It was used as the royal palace of the Tang Dynasty. As a result, the enthronement ceremony that had been arranged had to be postponed again. In their words, the ceremony must be held in a palace consistent with the king's identity. Otherwise, the king will become a king among the princes. The laughing stock, this is the shame of the Tang king and his subjects.
In desperation, Huangfu Chaobo had no choice but to agree to renovate the original Luoyang Imperial City and Palace City. After everything was ready, the enthronement ceremony could be held.
Just like the situation in the Tang Kingdom, the other seven countries are now focusing their main energy on preparations for the king's enthronement, and almost all of them have no time to take into account other aspects. Since he is going to ascend the throne as king, the necessary preparations are certain, at least It is the palace, so there are almost no major wars in the entire world this year. Of course, territorial wars between some small forces and players are definitely inevitable.
The most eye-catching one was a battle in the northeast. On the fifth day of June this year, General Xiaoqiang left Chen Wu, Xue Hong and Miao Shang to guard the three cities. He personally led tens of thousands of troops who had been reorganized for half a year. In addition to the 10,000 reinforcements from Yanbei County of the Tang Army, Yu Fan was appointed as the military advisor, and Xian Yuyin, Xian Yufu, Tadun, Nanlou, Loufan, and Su Puyan were appointed as generals. They sent troops to the Liaodong vassal state to attack Gongsun Du, the prefect of Liao.
In July, the army conquered Changli, the administrative center of Liaodong. Afterwards, the army marched eastward. After capturing Fuli City and Beilucheng in Liaodong County, the army met Gongsundu's army more than a hundred miles west of Dangerdu. , the two armies fought a battle, and Gongsun Du was defeated. He fled back to Xiandu in embarrassment. Then he withdrew from Xiandu before the conquest army besieged the city and retreated to the Liao team city on the east bank of the Liao River. At the same time, he sent troops to strengthen Liaoyang and Wangping. For the defense of the city, Gongsun Du can now only rely on the natural dangers of the Liao River and the Zhu River to maintain a limited number of more than ten cities. The territory has more than doubled compared to the original area.
In mid-August, the levying army captured the entire Liaodong vassal state. Then Xiaoqiang appointed Xian Yuyin to guard Xiandu and Su Puyan to guard Fang County, and he led the army back to Changli City. A few days later, Gongsun Zan went to the court and recommended Xiaoqiang, the conquering general, as the prime minister of the Liaodong vassal state, which governed Changli, Fuli, Bintu, Tuhe, Fangxian, Xiandu, Wuli, Yangle, Liucheng and Jianping. Ten cities.
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In Xiangyang City, Liu Biao was summoning his subordinates to discuss matters. Regarding Liu Biao's failure to be crowned king this time, all his subordinates were extremely dissatisfied with the court. In fact, Liu Biao himself was said to have sipped a lot of things in the backyard, but now it is settled, so there is no need to say more. It's no use either. This time Liu Biao summoned everyone to discuss matters for this reason.
"My lord, why is it that only the lord is missing from the title of king this time?" Huang Zi looked at Liu Biao with dissatisfaction and complained;
Being complained by Huang Zi, Liu looked livid and said nothing, but he was secretly cursing this vulgar martial artist. He was obviously a member of a noble family, but he behaved like this. He really disgraced the noble family. Do you think I can't do it myself? Are you willing to be crowned king? It's not because of you guys that you don't have a share in this title.
Seeing Liu Biao's look, Kuai Liang coughed lightly: "Ahem, Huang Taishou may not know that my lord has not given the title of king this time. He has to do it today, but he cannot. That's why I have called you all here to discuss it." Fan…”
Liu Biao's expression improved a little at this time, and he nodded slightly and said: "The news from Chang'an is that among all the major forces in the world and everyone in the imperial court, except for me, I have not been crowned king. , only Liu Yao of Yuzhang was not granted the title of king. Not only was he not granted the title of king, but he was not even granted the title of Duke. His Majesty the Emperor of Chang'an City only sent people to appease him privately. "
Everyone present was stunned after hearing this.
He did not interrupt Liu Biao, but listened to him continue.
"Later, I got the news from Chang'an and found out the reason for not being crowned king this time." At this point, Liu Biao paused and said, "Among the various conditions for crowning king, the most important one is to directly control Of course, there are many other conditions for the territory to be no less than five counties, but for me, the most important one is that this one has not been met.”
"Isn't that right?" Cai Mao suddenly said in confusion: "Now Jingzhou has seven counties under its rule, plus the newly established Shangyong County, there are eight counties. Why does the Chang'an court say that the Lord has less than five counties under his rule? ?”
The rest of the people also looked at Liu Biao with doubts on their faces, and Liu Biao said helplessly: "What De Gui said is true. Jingzhou does have eight counties, but what is really under the control of the Prefecture Mufu." It’s just Nanjun, Jiangxia and a dozen cities in the south of Nanyang County, and not all counties are under the control of the Prefecture and Mufu.”
After listening to Liu Biao's words, everyone suddenly realized that after a long time, it turned out that the root was here, but no one said much. Kuai Liang was so happy that he asked Liu Biao tentatively: "What do you mean, my lord?"
Liu Biao nodded, but did not continue.
Kuai Liang continued: "Who should I attack according to my lord's wishes?"
At this moment, everyone suddenly realized that their lord wanted to bring the rest of the counties under his control. Although they had this idea before, they were not so eager. But now it is different. Their lord is eager to become king, so it is urgent to bring the rest of the counties under his control.
Upon hearing this, Cai Mao immediately said, "Why don't we capture Shangyong first? It's a foreign territory, and it was established not long ago, so it shouldn't be difficult."
Liu Biao shook his head and said, "The so-called five counties refer to the county divisions during the reign of the previous emperor. The ones that were divided later cannot be counted. Shangyong belongs to Hanzhong, so it definitely can't be counted. Just like the Yingxi County that Kong Rong later proposed to divide, it can't be counted as a county."
Kuai Yue twisted his beard and said in a deep voice, "In this case, there are only four counties, Nanyang and Jingnan. Although Zhang Ji of Nanyang County no longer has the support of Chang'an, the strength of the Xiliang Army should not be underestimated, so it is not the best place. Among the four counties of Jingnan, Changsha County and Guiyang County have now been incorporated into Liu Bei's jurisdiction. Liu Bei's two brothers-in-law have enemies of 10,000 people. If we send troops, it will be difficult. So the best direction to send troops is only Wuling County."