boyutpedia Chapter 192: Calling Lao Liu to Court
Chapter 192: Calling Lao Liu to Court
As soon as Emperor Wu got angry, the civil and military officials below did not dare to speak carelessly.
It took the Emperor a while to come back to his senses. He looked at the civil and military officials below calmly and asked, "Who has a plan to quell the rebellion?"
They were looking at each other and talking in low voices.
Someone suggested that the 100,000 troops supporting the border troops should be recalled.
Didn't Fang Chengyu dare to do this because he saw the reduction in the number of troops in the capital?
Some people think that the transfer cannot be made. If it is made, wouldn’t the border be in danger?
Troops should be transferred from other places. There are still hundreds of thousands of troops in the capital. Are you afraid of Fang Chengyu's 100,000 mob?
Emperor Wu thought about it for a moment and felt that it made sense. It would be a good idea to transfer troops from other places first.
Just as he was about to give the order, suddenly another messenger outside shouted: "Eight hundred miles, urgent, eight hundred miles, urgent."
Why are you rushing to send it eight hundred miles away again?
Emperor Wu's expression suddenly changed again.
The other ministers also immediately looked at the interrogator who rushed in.
The messenger, with a flag behind him, knelt on one knee as soon as he was allowed in. "Your Majesty, Huaizhou King Huai, under the pretext of Your Majesty's serious illness and the mischief of those around him, has raised an army of over 100,000 to purge the emperor's court. He set out the day before yesterday."
This time, the whole court was in an uproar.
"King Huai? What does he want to do? Is he planning a rebellion?"
"Does King Huai really want to live? He actually dares to rebel at this time."
"With Duke Dingguo's army of over 100,000, the capital was able to hold on. Now King Huai has another 100,000 troops. What should we do?"
The two armies had a total of more than 200,000 soldiers and horses. At this time, there was still a great war on the border, and they all rebelled together. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this had been prepared long ago.
The two of them did this because they were in absolute collusion with the barbarians.
A minister stood up anxiously, clasping his hands and shouting, "Your Majesty, Hushan Pass is 500 miles from the capital, and the enemy will be at the gates in a few days. Huaizhou is 700 miles away, and troops were dispatched the day before yesterday, and are estimated to have reached Chenzhou. Your Majesty, please make a decision as soon as possible."
Emperor Wu was also in a panic. He had gone through all kinds of trouble and had just transferred elite troops from all over to replenish the Beijing camp. He thought that everything was stable and he could enjoy life and be a supreme emperor.
I didn’t expect that in just a short period of time, there were signs of rebellion everywhere.
Emperor Wu looked at all the civil and military officials in the court, especially the dazed Crown Prince. For a moment, he was angry that a Crown Prince could only train such a small number of soldiers and horses. What could he do with them?
You should train more troops, so that as your father I can mobilize more troops to fight, right?
You are totally unqualified to be the regent.
Emperor Wu never felt that he had done anything wrong in depriving the Crown Prince of his military power. The mistake was that you, the Crown Prince, would not help me share the trouble.
"How many troops are left in the capital?"
Emperor Wu asked this to Yang Long.
As the Minister of War, you know it best.
Yang Long stood up, his belly bulging as he smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the troops available in the capital are less than 100,000."
"Why is it so little?" Emperor Wu frowned.
He mobilized a lot of troops. Even though 100,000 were withdrawn, it was impossible that there were less than 100,000 left.
Yang Long explained: "The soldiers and horses of the old capital's guards were weak in combat effectiveness and were not fully staffed."
Emperor Wu wanted to get angry. Normally, he didn't bother to care about the commanders of the Beijing camp who took bribes and embezzled military pay.
But when the war came, everyone was dumbfounded because they were short of troops.
He looked at the Prime Minister: "Prime Minister, what do you think?"
The Prime Minister is also anxious now. After all, Han Dingtian is at the border, and there are more than 100,000 troops to support him, which should be enough.
But now Duke Dingguo's 100,000 troops are heading south, and King Huai's 100,000 troops are heading east, and there are not many troops in the capital. The prime minister is unwilling to see the capital being captured.
Otherwise, as the head of all officials, he would be the first to suffer no matter who broke into the capital.
The Prime Minister had no choice but to say, "Your Majesty, please quickly mobilize the troops from other places to come to the king's aid."
This is the only way to go at the moment.
Just as Emperor Wu was about to make a decision, Yang Long, the Minister of War, suddenly said, "Your Majesty, I think we should have the Sixth Prince come to court to discuss countermeasures."
"Sixth Brother?" Emperor Wu was surprised: "Can he do it?"
In the eyes of Emperor Wu, ever since the Sixth Brother solved the disaster relief problem in Jiangdong, he has been bothering the more than a thousand little servants in the mansion all day long.
Either they can read and write, or they can wield swords and sticks.
Emperor Wu ignored it and thought that the Sixth Prince was so scared after being assassinated that he was too lazy to even leave the Prince's Palace and only cared about training guards.
After all, there are only more than a thousand people. Whether they are rebelling or causing trouble, it is not a big deal. It is reasonable for a prince to have more than a thousand guards.
Moreover, Emperor Wu also felt that as long as the Sixth Prince was honest and obedient, he would give him the title of king and let him become a vassal.
Of course, Lao Liu’s task now is to find fault with the prince whenever he wants, which is pretty good.
When Yang Long said this, those who were talking nonsense immediately became dissatisfied: "Master Yang, what do you mean? You, a minister, can't even make a decision on such a major military and national issue, yet you actually ask a prince who has no experience in military affairs, isn't that a joke?"
Yang Long was also very confident in his reasons, and said lightly: "You don't understand military affairs, you can all be here, but for the sake of the prince?"
"You..." Several people were very dissatisfied.
Yang Long added, "At least the Sixth Prince has experience in disaster relief and handled it well. Also, the Great Wu Kingdom is in crisis right now. As a prince, shouldn't he know about this?"
As soon as these words came out, Emperor Wu also felt that they were reliable and ordered on the spot: "Call Lao Liu to come to the court."
Since Emperor Wu had said this, no one else said anything.
Yang Long was also helpless. He didn't know why the Sixth Prince, his son-in-law, insisted on sending him a message, asking him to immediately recommend him to the court if there was any news of the rebellion of Duke Dingguo and King Huai.
At that time, Yang Long was surprised. Would Duke Dingguo and King Huai rebel?
how can that be possible.
Duke Dingguo was promoted by the emperor himself, and many of the generals in Hushan Pass were the emperor's confidants.
Why did Duke Ding rebel? As a duke, he also holds military power. Isn't his life comfortable? He rebelled out of boredom and ended up with his family destroyed.
As for King Huai, it is even more impossible. He is a prince who was enfeoffed only a few years ago. He is like a turtle in the capital. He dares not speak loudly to anyone and is ridiculed at every turn.
That would be fine, but he had been very well behaved in Huaizhou Prefecture for several years and had never left the prefecture. How could he dare to rebel directly?
Where did he get the troops? Did he rely on just a few vassal kings' soldiers?
Although Yang Long thought that their rebellion was nonsense.
But since Ning Yi had reminded him, Yang Long had no choice but to agree.
Who would have thought that today in the court we would actually hear an urgent message from eight hundred miles away, that Duke Dingguo had rebelled, and then King Huai also rebelled.
The Sixth Prince guessed that these two would rebel together.
Yang Long's heart was pounding at that time. He even seriously suspected that this was a conspiracy of the Sixth Prince Wu Lingyun.
He was disgusted with the old emperor's persistence, so he united with the barbarians, Hushan Pass, and even King Huai to rebel?
Now that the Sixth Prince has stepped forward, is he trying to give it a push and make the whole thing go more smoothly?