The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire

At the end of October in the first year of Zhongping, the revolving door at the eastern gateway of Luoyang was broken, and the guard Lu Zhi died in battle. Subsequently, 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 that besieged Luoyang broke through the siege checkpoints one after another, and also captured the cities in the north and south directions of Luoyang, and encircled Luoyang with the East Route Army. At the end of the month, the West Route Army attacking from Chang'an also successfully broke through the checkpoint, and the Four Route Army successfully joined forces under the city of Luoyang.

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

It's a pity that no matter how the Lingdi asked, most of the ministers were all evasive, and their language was submissive, talking here and there, but they couldn't come up with a useful sentence.

These ministers have long received letters from their own families, and they have long understood what kind of rewards their family and themselves have received from Yuguo, which is the feudal kingdom of an entire county.

Then how could he give up the opportunity he obtained to seal the country and call himself a widow, and help Emperor Ling defeat the person who gave him benefits!

So now he is just standing on top of the court, being a scarecrow, filling in the numbers, but not providing any beneficial strategies to Emperor Ling, just watching him worry about it here.

Even here to make up the number now, it's just that the Lingdi is still in the hands of his wealth and life, and the whole Luoyang is controlled by soldiers and horses loyal to the Lingdi, so he has no choice but to come.

Looking at the ministers below him who harbored ulterior motives, Emperor Ling couldn't help feeling a burst of sadness in his heart. Could this be the ministers he had been with for decades?

I couldn't help but sighed in my heart, and blurted out: Is it true that I have been supporting soldiers for four hundred years, but there is not a single loyal one? The words were full of desolation.

Those ministers in the hall, after hearing this sentence, some people were ashamed, but more people were full of expressionless faces, but they were sneering in their hearts. You used to favor eunuchs and extravagantly, but now the world is in chaos and civil upheavals are happening everywhere. But to say such things, who do you want to feel sorry for?

However, the Han Dynasty, which has been passed down for four hundred years, has some loyal ministers after all. Huang Fusong, who had been demoted as a Zhonglang general because of his ineffectiveness in pacifying Xiliang before, was also in the lobby at this time.

This person is upright, loyal and unyielding, and his loyalty to the Han Dynasty can be said to be unparalleled. Hearing such worrying and desolate words from my ancestors, I couldn't help but feel a burst of shame in my heart, with an angry face, and a loud and sad voice replied.

Your Majesty, why should you be like this? Even if the big man is going to perish now, he must be upright, so as not to lose his status as the king of a country. The majesty of the big man for four hundred years, if your majesty does not give up, and the ministers are not talented, I am willing to lead troops to fight against the enemy!

Lingdi saw that the whole hall was silent and silent, and suddenly heard the voice of begging for war and resistance. His face couldn't help being happy, and he quickly turned his head to look at the source of the voice, his face froze.

It turned out to be him, Huangfusong. At this most critical moment, the person who could stand up to share his worries was Huangfusong. Not only did I demote his official position and cut his fief before, but now, he is willing to stand up and share his worries.

This couldn't help but make Emperor Ling feel ashamed for a while, but after all, he has been his emperor for decades, and he soon came to his senses. Now that he is keeping his own country, the position under his buttocks is the most important. You can give up anything.

Does Aiqing have a good plan? Kill the enemy and protect our country! Emperor Ling looked forward to it, as if the person in front of him could give him a satisfactory answer so that he could keep his current status.

I don't have a good strategy, I only have a heart to serve the country with fists and fists, and I am willing to lead my troops to shed the last trace of blood for the big man, so that Nanban will not dare to underestimate my big man Tianwei!

Huangfusong's face froze, but then he replied loudly, telling the reason why he came out just now, the Han Dynasty had to stand up without a strong bone to protect the majesty of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Ling's face changed after hearing this, he was full of disappointment, he thought there was some good strategy, but it turned out to be a strategy of stalking, his own Luoyang City is now only 20,000 defenders in his area, even if he recruits young and strong, he is no more than ten thousand There are thousands of people.

However, these armies outside the city already had 800,000 people after this round of conscripting, and they couldn't fight alone based on their numbers. Not to mention the shortage of food and grass in the city, the enemy army outside the city only needs to surround the city, and within a month, the city will be in chaos due to lack of food.

At that time, the city will inevitably starve to death, and the people will eat each other, how can Emperor Ling accept this! However, the lack of food was not the reason why Emperor Ling refused to stick to it, but he hoped that those starving people in the city would go crazy and attack the palace, and his own life would be even more insecure.

If you go out to fight in the city, it will be even more unreliable. If you throw away the 100,000 people playing among the 800,000 people, at most a few splashes will be extinguished, and then you will be slaughtered by others.

In fact, everyone didn't know in their hearts, and Lingdi also understood at this time that the Han Dynasty was coming to an end. I also want to surrender in my heart, but it's just the way those people treated the subjugated king in the past dynasties.

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

Therefore, Huangfusong's proposal was naturally rejected by Emperor Ling. Even if Emperor Ling didn't veto it, many ministers in the court would not allow this proposal to succeed.

Otherwise, what if the imperial army outside the city found out, they heard Huangfusong's suggestion in the court hall, and they didn't stop it, thinking that they had two minds?

When the time comes, the rewards received by my family may be reduced? Will it be possible to get blamed then? That's why I can't even cry.

Therefore, they were very much in favor of Lingdi's veto, and repeatedly praised Lingdi's wise move, which was an old-fashioned strategy to protect the country.

In fact, these ministers had received hints from Yuguo long before Lingbi’s meeting, asking them to try their best to persuade Lingdi to surrender, so that Dayuguo could completely accept Luoyang City, which has been passed down for hundreds of years, to avoid more losses. .

Therefore, the ministers are hinting that Emperor Ling can open the city and surrender, and the army outside the city will guarantee the safety of Emperor Ling and the treatment of the entire Han clan.

As for Lin Li, he also knew what was wrong with these ministers, but he couldn't let go of his figure, so he went to discuss with the former ministers how to surrender? Allegiance to the same master.

As well as being reluctant to part with one's own power and position, it is difficult to accept and admit to be a courtier whose life and death are in the hands of others. After being the supreme emperor, he is now a humble courtier.

However, they were often struggling, and it didn't last long. Soon after a palace guard issued an order, the embarrassing atmosphere in the lobby instantly cleared up.

Report, Your Majesty, a person who claimed to be General Yuguo Zhengdong came from outside the city, saying that he was here as an envoy on behalf of Yuguo. The city gate general asked me to come and tell Your Majesty whether to open the door to let that envoy in!

For a moment, all the people in the hall who heard this sentence were surprised, angry, entangled, and looking forward to it, and Lingdi was full of anticipation and entanglement.