Chapter 2 is like the abyss, the twenty-first section of September, Luoyang, Xianyang Yuan. After the hussar general Li Hong arrived in Luoyang, he did not enter the city, but camped in Xianyang Yuan, built Luoyang, and kept his promise not to enter Luoyang.

At the same time, he repeatedly told the ministers that as long as the eldest princess and the court crossed the Yellow River, he would immediately lead the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army back to Hedong.

Since the matter of the eldest princess and the imperial court's return to Luoyang had been discussed, and the autumn harvest and autumn planting in October were about to begin, the officials of various prefectures and counties immediately bid farewell to Li Hong and Zhu Jun.

In order to thank the ministers, Li Hong specially placed wine in the line to send it away. Li Hong knew that the reason why the officials of various prefectures and counties were able to rush to Luoyang after receiving his letter this time, and were able to put aside their differences and quickly reach many agreements in more than a month, was not because of his strong force, nor because of the edict that Liu He brought to Luoyang to entrust the eldest princess with all the state affairs, not to mention because of Yuan Valve's best efforts and Yuan Shao's sincere persuasion, but because of the current increasingly cruel situation.

Forced by the situation, the officials of various prefectures and counties had to hurry to Beijing, hoping to rely on the majesty of the eldest princess and the imperial court to integrate forces and reverse the current crisis as soon as possible.

This is not only for their own survival, but also for the long-term destiny of Guozuo Sheji. In the past two years, since Qiao Mao, Yuan Shao and others received the three princes' documents to raise troops to fight against Dong, Dong Zhuo not only did not die, but became more and more powerful.

What's even more terrifying is that the wave of the Yellow Turban Army riots swept half of the Han Dynasty, from Zhang Jiao to Zhang Niujiao to Zhang Yan, they did not develop the Yellow Turban Army to the unstoppable point it is today.

Now there is Dong Zhuo in the west and the Yellow Turban Army in the east, if either of these two enemies is not immediately killed and allowed to develop, then in the near future, they will be able to overthrow Sheji and sweep the counties of Tianxia.

Now Dong Zhuo is licking his wounds in Guanzhong, recovering his vitality, and he may roar down at any time and wantonly devour the state and county.

However, the states and counties in various places were scarred because of the bitter battle with the Yellow Turban Army, coupled with the increasing number of state and county officials who were arrogant and bent the law and plotted against each other, especially Yuan Shao's practice, which made everyone dissatisfied and no longer trusted each other, which directly led to the weakening of the power of various states and counties.

At this time, if the prefectures and counties were attacked by Dong Zhuo and the Yellow Turban Army, their fate could be imagined. Therefore, Yuan Shu, Xu Ling, Zhou Qian, Yuan Yi, Zhang Miao and other state and county officials had to pin their hopes on the hussar general to block Dong Zhuo's exit for their own survival.

As long as Dong Zhuo does not go out of the pass, as long as Dong Zhuo and the Hussar General contain each other, they will be able to spare enough time to interconnect and cross, defeat the Yellow Turban Army as quickly as possible, develop their strength at the fastest speed, and then try to stabilize the social strategy.

The world is already in chaos, and the state and county officials are very clear about this. The formation of today's situation is not because of the strength of the Yellow Turban Army, nor because of Dong Zhuo's toughness, but because the Han Dynasty lost the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, and lost its cohesion.

The states and counties lost their command and direction, and had to go their separate ways. As a result, the strength was suddenly dispersed, and after the fist was opened, the five fingers lost their strength, so they had to be slaughtered and humiliated.

Li Hong fully expressed this meaning in his letters to the ministers, saying that the contradictions between us are nothing but contradictions in the imperial system, viewpoints, and statecraft strategies, and the war between us is nothing but infighting and a wall of brothers.

We can put aside our differences, seek common ground while reserving differences, and then under the command of the eldest princess and the imperial court, we can unite our forces and fight the rebellion together.

In the future, when the society is preserved and the people are stable, we can slowly resolve the differences in the court, why do we have to resolve the differences now, we want to meet each other, and we want to burn the jade?

In the face of Dong Zhuo, who was eyeing Guanzhong, the Yellow Turban Army, the bloody swords of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and the unscrupulous and lawless local forces such as Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, and Liu Biao, they had no choice but to go to Luoyang to discuss matters.

Zhou Qian, Zhang Miao, Xu Ling, and Xu Xuan actually had the same idea as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, they neither believed in the promise of the hussar general Li Hong, nor did they believe in the role of the eldest princess and the imperial court, they needed to use the eldest princess and the imperial court to restrain the hussar general, they needed to use the force of the hussar general to fight against Dong Zhuo, and they needed a period of time to recover and develop their own strength.

So they are very cheerful, very generous, and very cooperative, and they will give in to what should be conceded, and put aside what should not be conceded, and neither side has anything to lose.

Li Hong did not have any hope at all that the prefectures and counties promised to pay taxes, he only needed food, and what the northern Xinjiang lacked was not money, but grain.

The state and county officials of Yangzhou and Yuzhou promised Li Hong that after the autumn harvest in October this year, they could sell some grain to northern Xinjiang.

In addition, Liu Biao also replied to Li Hong that as long as Yuan Shu made way to Xiangyang, the merchants of Northern Xinjiang could go to all the counties on both sides of the Yangtze River to buy grain.

This result was a bit unexpected by Li Hong, he was worried that things would change, so he immediately selected ten Peng subordinates from the mansion, and each of them took a hundred tiger guards to carry money and hurriedly went south.

Li Hong said to them, no matter what method you think, whether it is land transportation or water transportation, you must buy the grain back.

It doesn't matter if you come back in the spring of next year, as long as there is food to the north. At the banquet, the ministers smiled happily and talked happily.

When the banquet was about to end, Li Hong said that according to the itinerary, the eldest princess and the imperial court could arrive in Luoyang at the end of November, and then it was planned to rebuild the new dynasty.

Your Excellency will definitely return to Beijing at the end of this year to discuss matters, and you will meet again then. Of course, I am no longer there, and as for the Northern Frontier Army stationed in Luoyang, it will also be withdrawn to Hedong immediately after the rebuilding of the Northern and Southern Armies.

The great cause of revitalizing the community depends on the efforts of all of you. Since the eldest princess received the edict from the Son of Heaven, she can now do the affairs of the Son of Heaven and worship the official title, so the huge institutions of the imperial court can be fully restored.

Li Hong said that the reconstruction of the new dynasty actually means that the eldest prince should worship the three princes and nine kings and reset the hundred officials. After Liu He arrived in Beijing that day, he quietly handed the blank holy decree to Li Hong.

Li Hong summoned Zhang Wen and Xu Rong to discuss privately, and then Zhang Wen wrote an edict on the preparation.

With this edict, the eldest princess can rightfully take charge of the country, and things will be very different in the future.

The ministers did not show much excitement when they listened to Li Hong's words. Everyone was humble for a few words, flattered Li Hong a few words, and then left one after another.

Li Hong specially gave Yuan Shu a ride.

"I want to thank Brother Highway. The words brought to me by Brother Rang Zitai (Tian Chou) last time benefited me a lot. ”

"Hehe......" Yuan Shu said with a dry smile,

"The general and that Tian Zitai have indeed benefited a lot, but I have suffered a lot." Li Hong smiled and patted Yuan Shu's back affectionately,

"In this way, after I withdraw from Luoyang, I will give you Yuzhou." Yuan Shu glanced at him in astonishment, and said very suspiciously, "Have you figured it out?" Li Hong nodded,

"I'm also forced to be helpless, otherwise what would I do in Luoyang? You can also see that although I tried my best to defend and made all kinds of efforts, they still regarded me as Dong Zhuo's second. Don't look at what they don't say, but what they think in their hearts, I still know clearly. ”

"In that case, why did you beat Wentai (Sun Jian) so badly?" Yuan Shu said dissatisfied,

"You're going too far. After Chu Wentai received my letter, he immediately led his men and horses to the north, all the way to Luoyang City. There is still hard work without merit, but what about the result? As a result, he now has nothing. How do you want me to behave? How can you be worthy of him? Could it be that he was just allowed to return to Changsha empty-handed? Even if he wants to go back to Changsha now, he can't go back. Wentai and you have a feud. Li Hong smiled bitterly,

"I have already said to Lord Zhu Jun that when the eldest princess and the court arrive in Luoyang, I will ask Brother Wentai to return to Beijing to rebuild the northern and southern armies. Brother Wentai can be a guard captain to lead the Southern Army, or he can serve in Guanglu Xunsu's Guard. What do you think of this? Can you compensate him? Yuan Shu shook his head and said unceremoniously: "General, don't use this kind of words to prevaricate me and Wentai. What you don't believe in yourself, you expect us to believe? The eldest princess? Court? Yuan Shu sneered and waved his hand at Li Hong,

"General, if you still treat me and Wentai as brothers, then you will give me Yuzhou now. Wentai is still the history of Yuzhou Thorn, and I still lead Jingzhou, so that our brothers still have to do it, otherwise, after this winter, everyone will meet each other. Li Hong looked at him in surprise,

"What are you worried about? Are you worried that my words don't count? Yuan Shu patted Li Hong's chest hard,

"What do you think, I know, you want food, you want Jizhou. But Yuan Shao is not easy to mess with, he pulled Gongsun Zhan's stupid guy to Jizhou and deal with you together. Yuan Shu then pointed to his nose,

"Who am I? I'm Yuan Shu, he Yuan Shao frowned, I know what he's thinking? Do you know what Yuan Shao is going to do next? Are you waiting for Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan to fight first? Li Hong smiled: "Yes, I am waiting for this opportunity, it is too difficult for me to fight Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan alone." ”

"Do you think Yuan Shao is an idiot?" Yuan Shu smiled disdainfully,

"He sent away a wolf in front of him, and a leopard in the back, and he was looking for death? His purpose is too obvious, he just wants to lure you to Jizhou and fight Gongsun Zan to the death, and then Dong Zhuo will take the opportunity to fight the northern frontier. Between Luoyang and Northern Xinjiang, Dong Zhuo would not hesitate to choose Northern Xinjiang. If you suffer from the enemy on your back, the northern frontier will definitely collapse, the northern frontier will collapse, how much strength does the general still have? ”

"Dong Zhuo and you are both defeated, and Luoyang is Yuan Shao's bag." Yuan Shu said with a smile,

"You give me Yuzhou now, I am grateful to you, I still have time to expand my strength. But if you wait until you can't support it before giving me Yuzhou, not only will I not be grateful to you, I will still beat you, and I will take the opportunity to fall into the well and beat you all over the ground to find teeth. ”

"Haha......" Li Hong laughed and hugged Yuan Shu's slightly thin shoulder,

"Okay, okay, I'll give you Yuzhou. Yuan Changshui, a fierce ghost in the road, is really good at blocking the road and robbing, haha......"

"You don't want to fight with me......" Yuan Shu said with a serious face,

"You immediately ordered Xu Rong, Yan Liang, Tian Chou, and that Wu Xiong to all withdraw from Yuzhou. As long as Yuzhou is in my hands, the gallop road in Yuzhou is unimpeded for northern Xinjiang. ”

"Okay, all the Northern Frontier troops have withdrawn." Li Hong said with a smile,

"However, Tian Chou and Wu Xiong want to stay in Yangzhai for the time being, so as not to let Yuan Shao know about any twists and turns."

"Don't worry, I'll be careful about this, otherwise how can I kill Yuan Shao?" Yuan Shu said happily,

"Yuan Shao got Jizhou, which is equivalent to getting Luoyang, he is afraid that you will stay in Luoyang and not go to Jizhou. Therefore, he will order all prefectures and counties to provide you with food at all costs to help you maintain the stability of Luoyang, Yuzhou, Jingzhou and other places. Li Hong nodded again and again and praised: "You are right, Yuan Shao is indeed very helpful this time." However, Highway, let me say something you don't want to be unhappy, Yuan Shao's strength seems to be ...... than you."

"You're worried about your own business." Yuan Shu said with a smile,

"If you stay in Luoyang, you will be besieged, and you will face the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy on your back and back, I will see how you will survive this pass. If you don't die, we will meet in Chang'an in the future. Li Hong sent Yuan Shu away, returned to Xingyuan, and told Xu Rong about the conversation between himself and Yuan Shu,

"Look, are we going to help Yuan Shu gain a foothold in Luoyang?" Xu Rong thought for a long time,

"Helping Yuan Shu occupy Luoyang first, although it can make Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers attack each other for a longer time, it can give us more time to stabilize Jizhou. But we must take into account a possibility, that is, Yuan Shao shook hands with Yuan Shu when his strength was not good. After all, they are half-brothers, and it is normal for brothers to quarrel and fight, and it is good to say yes. In this way, the strength of Yuan Valve's combined forces can not only contend with Dong Zhuo, but also contend with our northern frontier. So we can only help Yuan Shu a little, keep the strength of the two of them at an equal level, and then use Luoyang as bait to let their brothers kill each other. This method is still the safest, and it is not easy to change. Li Hong said worriedly: "If Yuan Shu can't defeat Liu Biao and take Jingzhou in the short term, even if we give Yuzhou to him now, it will be difficult for him to confront Yuan Shao." We are at war with the enemy on our backs, why is he? Xu Rong thought about it for a long time, but still shook his head resolutely,

"General, this risk cannot be taken. If their brothers join hands, the northern frontier will be attacked on three sides. Jizhou has not stood firm, and we must not give up in Luoyang. Li Hong sighed,

"If we can join forces with Yuan Shu and transfer all our troops to Jizhou, we will have a much greater chance of capturing Jizhou. There are not enough troops, there are not enough troops. ”

"If Dong Zhuo only contains the attack, we don't need to send heavy troops in the east of the river." Li Hong smiled bitterly,

"He's a famous general." October of the second year of the first peace of the Han Dynasty (191 AD). At the beginning of October, Yushi reported urgently, Niu Fu, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Xiang Ji, Fan Chou, and Jia Xu led 40,000 troops out of Tongguan, but the Northern Xinjiang Army could not resist it, and had retreated 100 miles, asking for additional troops to support.

At the beginning of October, Diannong Zhonglang reported to Zhang Baiqi that the soldiers of Hedong Tuntian gathered to make trouble, and the autumn harvest and autumn planting of Hedong Juntun were paralyzed, and he asked to send troops to deter.

At the beginning of October, the imperial decree arrived. In mid-September, the people of Chengmintun, the eldest son of Shangdang County, had a dispute with the officials of Mintun over a ploughing ox, and because the officials mishandled it, the people were angered and caused by riots.

The enraged people then smashed the county government office, surrounded the government office, and then clashed with the Northern Xinjiang army, which had gone to maintain order.

Chen Hao, the superintendent of the Imperial History Mansion, immediately went to investigate, but unexpectedly, the matter became bigger and bigger, and dozens of officials of Shangdang County and several senior officials of the imperial court were all involved.

The court was in turmoil, the mansions were paralyzed, and the eldest princess asked the hussar general to return to Jinyang as soon as possible to preside over the overall situation. Jump to