The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire - Chapter 98

[Chapter 97 The Messenger]

At the end of October in the first year of Zhongping, the revolving door of the eastern gateway to Luoyang was closed, and the defender Lu Zhi died in battle.

Afterwards, the East Route Army attacked the counties and counties in the east of Luoyang, and the soldiers approached Luoyang.

In mid-November, the North Route Army and the South Route Army who besieged Luoyang broke through the besieged checkpoints one after another.

At the end of the month, the West Route Army attacking from Chang’an also successfully broke through the checkpoint, and the Fourth Route Army successfully joined forces under the city of Luoyang.

At this time, in Luoyang City, Emperor Ling looked terrified, anxiously worried about his confidants, and discussed with many ministers in the court how to defend against the attack of the rebels now?

It’s a pity, no matter how the Emperor Ling asked, most of the ministers were all evasive, and their language was submissive.

These ministers have long received letters from their own families, and they have long understood what kind of awards their family and themselves have received in Yuguo, which is the title of a whole county.

Then how could he give up the opportunity to call himself lonely and help the Emperor Ling to defeat the person who gave him his benefits!

So now I’m just standing above the court, being a scarecrow, full of money, but I don’t offer any useful strategies to the Emperor, I just watch him here in a hurry.

Even if they are here to fill up the number, it is only the life of the emperor who is still in the hands of the emperor, and the entire Luoyang is under the control of the soldiers and horses loyal to the emperor, so they have to come.

Looking at the ministers who were thinking of ghosts under him, Emperor Ling couldn’t help but feel a burst of sadness in his heart. Could this be the ministers he had been with for decades before?

He couldn’t help sighing in his heart, and he blurted out: “Is there not a single loyal person who has been fostered by me for four hundred years?” The words were full of desolation.

Those ministers in the hall, after hearing this, some people looked ashamed, but more people were full of expressionless faces, but sneered in their hearts, you used to favor eunuchs, extravagant, and now the world is in chaos and people are changing. But to say such words, who want to make pity.

However, the Han Dynasty, which has been passed down for 400 years, has some loyal ministers after all.

Huangfu Song, who was demoted from the position of Zhonglang General because of his ineffectiveness in pacifying Xiliang, was also in the lobby at this time.

This person has an upright personality, loyal and unyielding, and his loyalty to the Han Dynasty can be said to be unparalleled.

Hearing such worrying and desolate words from his ancestors, he couldn’t help feeling a burst of shame, his face was angry, and his voice shouted back with grief and indignation.

“Why should your majesty be like this, even if the great Han is about to perish now, he must still be upright and upright, without losing his status as the king of a country. The majesty of the great Han in the past four hundred years, if your majesty does not give up and the ministers are not talented, I would like to lead the army to fight against the enemy army! ”

The Emperor Ling saw that the whole hall was full of silent speech and silence, and suddenly heard the voice of fighting and resisting.

His face couldn’t help but feel happy, and he turned his head to look at the source of the sound, and his face froze.

It turned out to be him, Huangfu Song, at this most critical moment, the person who could stand up and share his worries turned out to be Huangfu Song.

Not only did he demote his official position and cut his fief before, but now, he is still willing to stand up and share his worries.

This can’t help but make Emperor Ling feel ashamed for a while, but after all, he has been his emperor for decades, and he will soon come back to his senses. Now to protect his own country, the position under the buttocks is the most important, and the other face Anything can be given up.

“Is there a good plan for Aiqing? Defeat the enemy and protect our society!” Emperor Ling looked expectantly, as if the person in front of him could give him a satisfactory answer, allowing him to keep his current status.

“This minister has no good strategy. He only has the heart to serve the country with fists and fists. I would like to lead the troops to shed the last ounce of blood for the big man, so that Nanman will not dare to underestimate my big man, Tianwei!”

Huangfu Song’s face froze, but then he replied loudly, stating the reason why he came out just now, the Han Dynasty could not stand up without a hard bone to protect the majesty of the Han Dynasty.

After hearing this, Emperor Ling’s expression changed, and he was full of disappointment. He thought there was a good plan, but it turned out to be a stalker’s plan. Now he is only a mere 20,000 defenders in Luoyang City. Thousands of people.

However, these troops outside the city already have 800,000 people after this conscription, and they can’t fight with the number alone.

Not to mention the shortage of food and grass in the city, the enemy troops outside the city only need to surround the city, and it will not take a month, and the city will be in chaos due to lack of food.

At that time, the city will inevitably starve and die, and the people will eat each other. How can the Emperor Ling accept this!

However, the lack of food was not the reason why Emperor Ling refused to persevere. It was because he hoped that the hungry people in the city would attack the palace from starvation, and then his life would be even more insecure.

If you go out to the city to fight, it will be even more unreliable. If you throw one out of the 100,000 people who play with the 800,000 people, at most a few splashes of water will be extinguished, and then you will be left to be slaughtered by others.

In fact, everyone didn’t know it in their hearts, and Emperor Ling also understood at this time that the Han Dynasty was coming to an end.

I also want to surrender,

It’s just the treatment of the king of the subjugated country by those people in the past dynasties.

It made him feel a little chilly, fearing that he would die immediately after surrendering, so he hesitated and procrastinated to hover between resistance and surrender.

Therefore, Huangfu Song’s proposal was naturally rejected by Lingdi.

Even if Emperor Ling did not veto it, many ministers in the court would not let this proposal succeed.

Otherwise, if the Imperial Army outside the city knew about it, and they heard Huangfu Song’s suggestion above the court, what would they do if they didn’t stop it, thinking that they had two hearts?

At that time, the reward that his family has obtained may be reduced?

Could you be blamed then?

That’s why you can’t even cry if you cry.

Therefore, they were extremely supportive of Emperor Ling’s veto, and repeatedly praised Emperor Ling’s wise move, which was an old-fashioned strategy to protect the country.

In fact, these ministers had received hints from Yuguo long before the Lingbi meeting, and asked them to try their best to persuade the emperor to surrender, so that the Great Yuguo could completely accept the great Han, the city of Luoyang, which has been inherited for hundreds of years, so as to avoid more losses. .

Therefore, the ministers were all implying that Emperor Ling could open the city to surrender, and the army outside the city would ensure the safety of Emperor Ling and the treatment of the entire Han clan.

And Lin Li also knew that these ministers had some ghosts in their hearts, but he couldn’t let go of his body and went to discuss how to surrender with his former ministers?

Allegiance to the same master.

And he is reluctant to give up his own position, and from now on he is a minister whose life and death are in the hands of others. It is difficult to accept and admit that he has become a supreme emperor and a humble minister.

However, it was often tangled, and it didn’t last long. Soon, with the order of a palace guard, the awkward atmosphere in the lobby was instantly cleared up.

“Report, Your Majesty, a man who claimed to be General Yuguo Zhengdong came from outside the city. He said that he was here on an envoy for Yuguo. General Chengmen asked me to come and report to His Majesty, whether to open the door and let that envoy come in!”

For a time, all the people in the hall who heard this sentence were surprised, angry, tangled, and expected, and the Emperor Ling was full of anticipation and entanglement.

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