Chapter 194: The Panicked Liu Dai

"For this expedition, the Inner Cabinet and the Six Ministries must handle the aftermath."

"For the commanderies and counties recovered by the six great legions, you must arrange for successors immediately!"

After Liu Bian arranged the matters for the six great legions, he said solemnly to the ministers of the Six Ministries and the Inner Cabinet.

"We ministers obey the decree!"

"As for the imperial edict of conquest, Wenruo, you shall write it!"

Subsequently, Liu Bian said to the Minister of Personnel, Xun Yu.

"This humble minister obeys the decree!"

Upon hearing this, Xun Yu immediately responded respectfully, and Liu Bian had Xun Yu write it on the spot.

Soon, the imperial edict of conquest, stamped with Liu Bian's imperial jade seal, was transmitted throughout the thirteen provinces of the Great Han.

After leaving the court hall, the commanders of the six great legions immediately rushed back to their camps to assemble their armies.

And Navy Commander Gan Ning also rushed back to Xuzhou immediately.

Moreover, for this expedition, Liu Bian did not assign military advisors to the six great legions.

All actions were to be decided by the commanders of the six great legions themselves.

This was also to properly train their ability to lead troops.

Furthermore, with strength reaching the Postnatal Realm, minor schemes already appeared somewhat insignificant.

Any conspiracy or trickery would appear insignificant in the face of absolute strength.

The Great Han Empire of the future would face powerful enemies from all the heavens and myriad realms.

The only things that could influence the victory of a war would be some powerful formations.

This was also the reason why Liu Bian had originally passed down the "Compendium of Xuan-Rank Formations" for everyone to cultivate.

One must know that some powerful formations were extremely formidable.

As the Grand Court Assembly ended, Liu Bian's imperial edict of conquest was also rapidly transmitted from Luoyang to the thirteen provinces of the Great Han Empire.

This time, Liu Bian directly ordered Tai'a to mobilize the Shadow Guards to transmit the imperial edict to the world.

Therefore, the speed was quite fast.

On the morning of the second day, the six great legions, totaling one million two hundred thousand troops, marched majestically from outside Luoyang City toward the six provinces.

"Great! His Majesty is finally going to attack those six provinces, and all six great legions are mobilizing!"

At this time, the people of Luoyang City had long known about the expedition of the six great legions, and many had come outside the city early to catch a glimpse of the six great legions' style.

"I heard that the soldiers of the six great legions are very powerful now; they have all cultivated the martial arts techniques taught by His Majesty!"

"Who doesn't know about this now? It's just that I don't know if we can also cultivate martial arts!"

"Don't worry about this. It seems I heard that after the Great Han Empire is unified, His Majesty will pass down martial arts techniques!"

"Really? Does that mean we can also cultivate martial arts and become powerful?"

"Of course it's true. This was said by my nephew in the Qinglong Legion; these things are no longer secrets that cannot be spoken of in the six great legions!"

"That's right, my son is in the Zhuque Legion, and he also told me about this!"

At this time, the onlookers on both sides of the road looked at the majestic soldiers of the six great legions and spoke excitedly.

Just as the six great legions were setting out, Yanzhou, which was closer to Luoyang, was the first to receive Liu Bian's imperial edict of conquest.

In Yanzhou, inside the Inspector's Mansion.

Liu Dai was summoning his subordinates, advisors, and generals to discuss how to resist the imperial army.

"Everyone, speak up. This time, that little emperor Liu Bian has dispatched Lü Bu to lead the two hundred thousand Shenwu Legion troops to attack our Yanzhou. Do you have any good strategies to repel the enemy?"

Yanzhou Inspector Liu Dai looked at his advisors with anticipation and asked.

"This..."

"Reporting to my lord, currently, we can only assemble the entire strength of Yanzhou to resist Lü Bu's two hundred thousand Shenwu troops!"

At this time, upon hearing Liu Dai's words, Wang Yu immediately said to Liu Dai with a grave expression.

"But our Yanzhou only has one hundred thousand troops; how can we be a match for Lü Bu's two hundred thousand Shenwu troops!"

After hearing Wang Yu's words, Liu Dai said somewhat anxiously.

"My lord, this time we can only fight hard. This time, Liu Bian has mobilized troops against six provinces simultaneously, reaching a terrifying one million two hundred thousand men."

"This is not even counting the local provincial and commandery troops. We have all underestimated the methods of this emperor!"

At this time, another advisor, Xu Si, said with some emotion.

"I don't care what your reasons are; this time you must stop Lü Bu and his two hundred thousand Shenwu Legion troops, otherwise, none of you will have an easy time!"

"Originally, it was you who told me not to obey the imperial court's decree."

"Now that the imperial army has mobilized, none of you have any solutions!"

After hearing the words of Wang Yu and Xu Si, Liu Dai's expression became somewhat fearful.

Originally, none of them had taken the imperial court seriously.

Now, when the imperial army truly arrived, none of them had any solutions.

So you all just wanted to protect the status of your own families.

Using me as a fool—how can there be such a good thing in the world?

"I warn you, it was because I followed your words that I did not accept Liu Bian's imperial edict."

"If I am finished, you have also seen Liu Bian's attitude toward the aristocratic families in the provinces and commanderies under his control."

"Do you think you can still have a good ending?"

Liu Dai stood up and shouted angrily at the crowd.

Liu Dai's words were like a basin of cold water, extinguishing the crowd's thoughts of wanting to defect to Liu Bian.

"Liu Dai is right! Given Liu Bian's attitude toward aristocratic families, he certainly won't let them off."

One must know that they had rebelled against the imperial court; presumably, the things they had done had long been known by the Shadow Guards under Liu Bian.

Thinking of this, their eyes also became firm.

"Please rest assured, my lord, we will definitely advance and retreat with you and resist the imperial army to the death!"

The crowd, having understood the stakes, one after another guaranteed to Liu Dai with solemn faces.

Seeing this, Liu Dai's expression also eased quite a bit.

Immediately, he said to the crowd with full confidence:

"Good, as long as we are of one mind, I do not believe we cannot defeat Lü Bu and his Shenwu Army that was only formed three months ago!"

Subsequently, he said to his top general, Jibei Chancellor Bao Xin:

"Bao Xin, I order you to mobilize the one hundred thousand troops of Yanzhou and temporarily conscript two hundred thousand people from the populace, totaling three hundred thousand troops, to block Lü Bu's two hundred thousand Shenwu troops."

Upon hearing this, Bao Xin's face brightened, and he immediately responded loudly to Liu Dai:

"This general accepts the order!"

"All other generals, obey Bao Xin's orders!"

"All of you, cooperate fully with Bao Xin. I do not believe that with three hundred thousand troops, we cannot block a single Lü Bu!"

Liu Dai looked at the crowd and said fiercely.

Upon hearing this, everyone's bodies shook.

Immediately, they responded loudly to Liu Dai:

"Yes!"

At this moment, none of them considered whether they could recruit two hundred thousand people.

To them, the most important thing at this moment was Lü Bu and his two hundred thousand Shenwu troops.

As for people, Yanzhou had plenty of them. ===== CHAPTER 195 =====