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After the news of the former general Dong Zhuo's troops forcing a letter to Guguan reached Luoyang, the lieutenant officials were very frightened, and Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang sent people to bribe Dong Zhuo with heavy money, and sent people to contact Cao Cao, the captain of the military academy, and at the same time gathered in the Changqiu Palace to beg the queen mother.

The Empress Dowager listened to the opinions of Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang and others, and issued an order to worship the former general Dong Zhuo and lead the Liangzhou pastor, who was in charge of the military administration of Xiliang, and ordered him to return to Liangzhou immediately after receiving the order.

Sili Captain Fan Ling personally rushed to Hangu Pass to meet Cao Cao. Fan Ling and Cao Cao's father Cao Song have been old friends for many years, he grew up watching Cao Cao, and the relationship between the two families is very close. Fan Ling said to Cao Cao, your grandfather used to be the Marquis of Da Changqiu and Fei Ting, who was in charge of the palace, and Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang were all your grandfather's former officials. It is a fact that I and many ministers of the DPRK and China were recommended and promoted by your grandfather to become officials in the court that day, and they were also your grandfather's former officials, so we and Zhao Zhong, as well as your father, all belong to the line of Zhongguan, which is a fact. Now the general He Jin and a group of ministers in the court want to put the lieutenant to death, if the lieutenant falls, how long can we people live? Can the general He Jin and Taifu Yuan Kui trust you and reuse you? Now that you are firmly grasping the military power of the Xiyuan Army, aren't you just worried about your own life?

"The marquis in the palace trusts you very much, and they even handed over the actual military power of the Xiyuan Army to you." Fan Ling said, "Last month, the general of the Che Cavalry led the army south to threaten the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother to eradicate the Zhongguan, and you were forced to lead the Xiyuan Army to stand on He Jin's side due to the situation in Gyeonggi. This time, there is no longer a threat of a general in the north of the Yellow River, what should you do? You won't help He Jin deal with Master Hou, Lord Xu and me, as well as some of your grandfather's former officials, and your father's group of old friends, right? ”

"Uncle, don't worry, I will catch the Xiyuan Army, of course, it won't be to deal with the Hou Ye and a few uncles in the palace." Cao Cao said with a smile, "After returning to the city, my uncle told a few marquis that as long as a few marquis can persuade the empress dowager to resolutely resist the pressure of the general, the prince and some ministers of the court, the situation in Luoyang will change immediately." ”

Fan Ling asked in surprise: "Meng De, are you saying that Yuan Kui's old bastard is going to do something to the general?" ”

"Yes, since my uncle has seen it, the general naturally knows it in his heart." Cao Cao smiled and said, "But Lord Taifu will not do anything to the general before the lieutenant is removed." Lord Taifu acted steadily, and at this time he was at a critical time to purge the palace officials, so he would not do anything that would make the general feel that his life was seriously threatened. If the general feels that the scholars threaten him, the general is bound to compromise with the lieutenants to deal with the scholars, and the scholars will be destroyed. ”

"Lord Taifu recently met secretly with Dong Zhuo at Hangu Pass, and then quietly rushed to Mengjin to have a secret conversation with Lord Jin Wu Dingyuan and Lord Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang for a long time." Cao Cao said in a low voice, "Ding Yuan's father was the former official of Yuan Valve, Wang Kuang was a relative of Yuan Valve, and Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao is the son of the former Taiwei Qiao Xuan, you know the relationship between Qiao Xuan and Yuan Kui, it is not an ordinary friendship." There is also Bao Xin, the cavalry captain who recruited troops from Mount Tai and returned, and his father was also a former official of Yuan Valve. Four of the Seven Route soldiers who returned to the Beijing Division were inextricably linked with Yuan Valve, which was the real reason why General He Jin was reluctant to merge these armies into the Northern Army. ”

"Ding Yuan has been the ruling Jinwu for almost a month, but he has not yet led the Northern Army, and his army has been stranded in Mengjin, and he has no intention of going to the camp of the Northern Army in Pingchang. Wang Kuang was already too shou in Hanoi, and the imperial court did not urge him to take up his post in Hanoi, and he had no intention of crossing the Yellow River north. Qiao Mao too, Luoyang was fine some time ago, and he should have returned to Dongjun, but he insisted on staying in Luoyang under the pretext of His Majesty's wedding. Cao Cao whispered, "On the surface, these people are all the people of the great general He Jin, but in fact, they are all the power in the hands of the Taifu master, and he has been secretly and quietly prepared to deal with the great general He Jin." ”

"General He Jin must know all this. If he wants to take sole control of Luoyang, he must first firmly control all the armies in the Gyeonggi area. The Northern Army, the Southern Army, the Xiyuan Army, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army, and the soldiers and horses of the Seven Routes returning to the Beijing Division, he must be completely controlled. Cao Cao stroked his thick beard, blinked a pair of capable little eyes, and said softly, "Uncle, you see, now the general He Jin only has 10,000 northern troops and Zhang Liao, Zhang Yang, and Wu Qiu Yi's three-way soldiers and horses, and the southern army's Huben Yulin is the elite of guarding the palace, so the general and Taifu each control half of it, and at present, the Xiyuan Army and Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army are still in contention." As long as the general stabilizes Dong Zhuo and controls the Xiyuan Army, he will be able to control the situation in Luoyang and completely control the authority of the country. ”

"So......" Cao Cao looked at Fan Ling and said word by word, "Today's crisis in Luoyang is completely deliberately created by the general. ”

Fan Ling's thick eyebrows were furrowed, and his face was shocked.

"Taifu Yuan Kui, Yuan Shao, Wang Yun and others in order to force the general to kill the lieutenant official, in the name of the general, they ordered the state and county governments to hunt down and kill the lieutenant officials' relatives, and on the other hand, they wantonly hunted and killed the lieutenant officials in the cities of Yin and Luoyang in Henan, why did the general not respond? Why didn't he respond to the scholars and kill the lieutenant by thunder? Why did he turn a blind eye to Yuan Kui and Yuan Shao's deception of him? Why did he connive at Yuan Kui and Yuan Shao to arrest and kill the lieutenant under the pretense of various crimes? Cao Cao sneered, "The connivance of the general and the killing of the scholars angered the queen mother, and she summoned the lieutenant back to the palace." After the lieutenant entered the palace again, what did the general do? He ordered Hu Ben Zhonglang to take Yuan Shu and Hu Ben Yulin to block the palace, and he followed Yuan Shao's advice and secretly ordered Dong Zhuo to lead his army to approach Hangu Pass. The general first had the opportunity to kill the lieutenant, but he didn't kill it, and now that the lieutenant has entered the palace, he doesn't hesitate to turn his face with the queen mother and insists on killing the lieutenant, why? The general and the queen mother turned against each other, is this any good for the general? Isn't the general too stupid? ”

Fan Ling Huo Ran woke up, "The general is forcing Lord Taifu to make concessions so that he can fully control the Xiyuan Army. ”

"Yes, Uncle is right." Cao Cao smirked, "The Empress Dowager and the Marquis of Zhao have always been pawns in the hands of the general, and the Taifu and the ministers in the court thought that they were very remarkable, and thought that the general would not be able to govern the country without them." They looked down on the generals at all, and as a result, the generals showed weakness step by step and lured them all into a trap. Cao Cao laughed and said, "The stability of Luoyang is not actually the one who controls the 110,000 army in Gyeonggi, but the balance of power in the court, which can be seen by anyone who is not an idiot." As soon as the lieutenant died, there were two powerful forces left in the court, the general and the scholar, and the two sides were bound to fight-for-tat for the authority of the country. This is like the more than ten years after the death of the great general Dou Wu, the lieutenant officials and scholars fought against each other. But at that time, neither the lieutenant nor the non-commissioned officers controlled the army, and no one could help anyone. Now it is different, now both sides control the army, once the power dispute in the court cannot be resolved, both sides will definitely use the army, so this chaos is inevitable. ”

"The general is not an idiot, of course he knows the desire for authority of the scholars, and he knows the importance of maintaining the balance of power in the court for the stability of the country. Therefore, he will not kill the lieutenant, he will use the lieutenant to contain the scholars, and use the lieutenant to achieve his goal of completely controlling the Gyeonggi army and seizing power.

"The general Taoguang has been in obscurity for many years, deliberately hiding his strength, and as a result, the magnates in the court regard him as a mediocre butcher. In fact, if you think about it carefully, he was able to send the queen mother to the palace back then, and he also helped the queen to the throne, how could this kind of person be a mediocre butcher? Cao Cao shook his head and smiled, "This time, the scholars wantonly killed the unarmed lieutenant officials, which has completely angered the Queen Mother, not to mention that now that the general has gone on an expedition to the desert, there is no fatal threat in Gyeonggi, and the Queen Mother will not give in no matter what." As long as the Queen Mother resolutely refuses to give in, as time goes by, the situation in Luoyang will become more and more unfavorable to the scholars, but it will become more and more favorable to the generals. ”

"Dong Zhuo is entering Hangu Pass, the Xiyuan Army, the soldiers and horses returning to Beijing on the seventh road and the troops of the Northern Army are threatening the capital within the eighth pass, and the chaos in Luoyang is about to break out. Who is most anxious now? "Cao Cao pointed to the north," it was Li Hong, the general of the chariot cavalry, and Li Wei of Linfen, the general's mansion. If nothing else, Li Wei will immediately raise another 100,000 Tuntian soldiers to approach the Yellow River. ”

Fan Ling had already figured out the situation in Luoyang from Cao Cao's words, so he smiled lightly, "It's a little more than 100,000, isn't Li Wei just a pose to threaten Yuan Kui and those ill-intentioned scholars, 10,000 people are enough." ”

"What matters is not how many people Li Wei threatens Gyeonggi, but his attitude towards the Luoyang crisis." Cao Cao said, "In order to ensure the food and salary of the expeditionary army, Luoyang must not be chaotic now, Li Wei must do everything possible to quickly end today's chaos in Luoyang, so Li Wei will not write to the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother to ask for the expulsion of the lieutenant officials." On the contrary, in order not to provoke the Empress Dowager, he will also obey the Empress Dowager's decree, that is, he supports the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager to re-summon the Zhongguan into the palace. ”

"Li Wei is in charge of the Linfen Xingyuan of the Che Cavalry General's Mansion, and he is Li Hong's absolute confidant, and he can fully represent the Che Cavalry General to make all the measures that are most beneficial to the expeditionary army. Therefore, his performance will help the general He Jin get rid of the persecution of the scholars and quickly restore relations with the empress dowager and the lieutenant officials. However, Taifu Yuan Kui and the ministers in the court who were shouting to kill the Zhongguan were in a predicament, especially when they killed the Zhongguan and the Tiger Ben Zhonglang General Yuan Shu led the Tiger Ben Yulin Army to blockade the palace in the name of the general, which would directly push Yuan Valve to a dead end. As soon as the Yuan valve fell, the power of the gate valve in Luoyang was greatly reduced, and the general could participate in the affairs of Shangshu to temporarily manage the state affairs and take sole control of the country. ”

"Uncle, do you think that in this case, should Master Taifu give in?"

Fan Ling smiled and nodded.

"Of the 40,000 troops of the Xiyuan Army, Bao Hong and I each led three battalions, and Chun Yuqiong led two battalions. If Yuan Kui took a step back, Chun Yuqiong would first have to leave the Xiyuan Army, and his two battalions would immediately be incorporated into the Northern Army. Because of Dong Zhuo's relationship, Bao Hong is estimated to be promoted, but his three battalions will also be taken away by the general, and in the end, only me, the three battalions. Cao Cao said to Fan Ling, "After my uncle returns to the city, I must make it clear to several marquis that I can't give He Jin 15,000 people, otherwise we will still not be able to gain a foothold in Luoyang after returning from the expedition of the general of the Che Cavalry." ”

"I know that this time we were forced to be miserable by He Jin and Yuan Kui, and we almost lost our lives, of course, we have to learn from the pain, and we have to keep some troops no matter what." Fan Ling said with palpitations, "Don't worry about this, a few marquis know in their hearts that it won't be cheap anymore." It's just that in this way, the northern army in He Jin's hands has 50,000 people, and Luoyang will be his world from now on, and it will ...... in the future."

"In the future, there will be the general Li Hong in the north and the former general Dong Zhuo in the west, and the general will be constrained by them, and it is impossible to reproduce the power of the general Liang Yiquan in the past." Cao Cao said, "At present, the scholars have 20,000 troops of General Zuo Huangfu Song, and the rest is not to worry. Zhijin Wu Ding was now a Jing official, and his army was Hanoi soldiers, and the general would ask Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang to take them back to Hanoi immediately. As for Qiao Mao and Bao Xin, they naturally went back to their own county. In this way, the three major powers of the general, the scholar and the lieutenant official reappeared at their peak, and Luoyang was determined. ”

Fan Ling nodded again and again, and said with great appreciation: "Meng De, you have grown up, and you are no longer the bastard boy you used to be. We are old and our heads are rotten, and we should go back to our hometown to live like your father. The world seems to be yours. ”

He suddenly remembered something and asked, "Meng De, do you think Dong Zhuo will continue to enter Hangu Pass after learning that the Cheqi General's Mansion has changed course?" Now, he is a key figure in Gyeonggi, and if he follows the instructions of Taifu Yuan Kui and insists on coercing Luoyang, this matter ......"

"Uncle's concern is very reasonable." Cao Cao's face was worried, "If Lord Taifu resolutely refuses to give in and joins forces with Dong Zhuo, this crisis in Luoyang will be difficult to solve in the short term." If today's son is young, the imperial power is sidelined, and the law of the Han Dynasty is useless. Think about it, since the general can ignore the majesty of the Son of Heaven and lead the army south to threaten the imperial court, others can naturally follow suit. However, Lord Taifu has always put state affairs first, and he should be able to judge the situation and take the initiative to take a step back to alleviate the crisis in Luoyang. After all, Dong Zhuo is also different from Li Hong, he has been an official for more than 30 years, is well versed in political affairs, knows the law, and will not have the courage to make that kind of lawless and blatant contempt for imperial power. ”

Fan Ling sighed, took his leave with a heavy heart.

The Empress Dowager ordered the general to immediately remove the Tiger Feather Forest and lift the blockade of the north and south palaces, and at the same time, she recalled all the lieutenants who remained outside the palace to the palace. The Queen Mother resolutely refused to budge.

In late August, Dong Zhuo's army arrived at Xin'an City. 20,000 Tuntian soldiers from the east of the river were stationed in Fenglingdu, and the commander Guo Xun led the front army of 5,000 people to cross the Yellow River. Gyeonggi was shocked.

Li Wei, who was in charge of the Linfen Xingyuan of the General of the Che Cavalry, played the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager in the name of the Che Cavalry General Li Hong, and he implored the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager to immediately issue an order to dismiss all the soldiers and horses stationed in Gyeonggi in order to maintain the stability of Gyeonggi and the safety of Luoyang. Li Wei said in the recital that as long as the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager could ensure the continuous supply of food and wages for the expeditionary army, he was willing to lead 100,000 troops to cross the Yellow River south and drive away all the soldiers and horses from Gyeonggi.

Li Wei wrote to the general He Jin in the name of Li Hong, the general of the chariot and cavalry, saying that he was willing to lead the army to cross the Yellow River south to help the general quickly control the Xiyuan Army and stabilize the situation in Luoyang. Li Wei said that whether or not the general can completely control the Xiyuan Army has a direct bearing on the safety of Gyeonggi, and this matter must not be delayed any longer. As for the matter of ** eunuch entering the palace again, Li Wei thinks it is an insignificant matter. ** The eunuch has been hit hard, and there is no possibility of a comeback in the short term. As long as the general controls tens of thousands of troops and controls the authority of the state, at that time, these eunuchs can kill whenever they want, why do they have to kill now? Now that the general not only fell out with the Queen Mother for this trivial matter, but also made the situation in Luoyang out of control, is it necessary? Is it important to kill the eunuch or to control the power of the country and stabilize Luoyang?

Li Wei was in a hurry to write to Yuan Kui, the general of the chariot and cavalry, in the name of Li Hong, the general of the chariot. Li Wei said that today's situation in Luoyang has seriously endangered the safety of the expeditionary army and northern Xinjiang, and if the Taifu still has no way to help the general quickly control the situation, he will lead the army to cross the river to the south and directly intervene in the Luoyang crisis to protect the safety of the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager.

Li Wei urgently wrote to Dong Zhuo in the name of Li Hong, the general of the chariot and cavalry. Li Wei said that the general was now the pastor of Liangzhou, and the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager had also issued an order to order the general to lead the army back to Liangzhou, but the general ignored the majesty of the Son of Heaven and remained in Gyeonggi, so that the situation in Luoyang became more and more tense. Now that the 160,000 troops in northern Xinjiang have invaded the Xianbei country, Luoyang is in urgent need of stability, and I implore the general to put state affairs first and immediately lead the army westward to resolve the Luoyang crisis.

Dong Zhuo first received heavy gifts from Zhao Zhong and others, and then saw Li Wei's letter. Dong Zhuo opened the letter and glanced at it hurriedly, and then threw it to Li Ru.

"A stinky boy is so arrogant." Dong Zhuo scolded coldly, "Who does he think he is?" Ignore him, we continue to approach Hangu Pass. ”

At this time, someone came to report and advised the doctor to come to the army to announce the decree.

Dong Zhuo smiled and said to Li Ru: "It seems that we are going back to Xiliang." Chong Shao is the grandson of my late master, and the court sent him to announce the decree, and his intentions are not known. ”

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