Li Hong was ordered to go to Luoyang in March last year to report the expedition to the first emperor, but only a year later, the Great Han Kingdom has changed dramatically. ∮ Yan Moxuan∮ no ads∮ Princess Changping saw Li Hong, she couldn't hold back the sorrow in her heart anymore, and cried bitterly.

The princess is thirteen years old and has grown up, although she is charming and charming, and her beauty is amazing, but there is no trace of innocence and joy in her blown face, and there is only endless sadness and sorrow. The deep melancholy and helplessness were like thick dark clouds covering her autumn eyes, which made people's hearts break. Too many things have happened in this year, relatives have left one after another, turned into wisps of soul and turned into lovesickness in dreams, Liu Xiao, who has never suffered from wind and rain, was knocked down by this ensuing storm. She couldn't bear one bad news after another, couldn't face the sudden blow and the great pain, and she almost broke down.

At this time, Lu Zhi rushed to Hejian Kingdom and told the princess a good news, He Jin is dead, Empress Dowager He is also dead, and Liu Xie has inherited the unification. The princess wanted to go back, and she wanted to go back to the capital, but Lu Zhi and Liu He resolutely stopped her. The ensuing news is getting worse and worse, the sky of the Great Han Kingdom seems to be collapsing, and Sheji is on the verge of overturning. Liu Xiao didn't understand why it had become like this, now that everyone's hated eunuchs and relatives were dead, and the Xianbei people who had repeatedly invaded the frontier had also been conquered, the society should quickly restore stability, why is it becoming more and more chaotic and hopeless?

Liu Xiao rushed to the clouds with grief and hope for the future. Lu Zhi left, and he said it was time for him to go home. Liu He also left, and he said that he was going back to Youzhou to borrow troops from his father Liu Yu to go south. Only Zhang Fan and Xing Hao accompanied Liu Xiao to the outside of the Saiwai were engaged in it. There are also the five hundred tiger ben and Yulin army of Wei Duan and Yang Zhi, the guard. Zhang Fan was ordered by the Taifu Yuan Kui to serve the princess all the time, and now it is the long history of Princess Changping. He carried the edict given to Li Hong by the first emperor. Xing Hao was a native of Hejian, Lu Zhi's protégé, a young Confucian scholar, who fled with Lu Zhi all the way to his hometown. Lu Zhi admired his talent and loyalty, and when he left, he rejected his offer to continue to follow, leaving him with the princess.

Li Hong comforted the princess a few words, and seeing that she was crying very sadly, he immediately ordered someone to call Xiaoyu over. When Li Hong went to the capital last year, he and Xiaoyu went to Yongle Palace several times to meet the Empress Dowager Dong, so Xiaoyu and the princess got acquainted. Xiaoyu accompanied the princess to the back tent, and the sad atmosphere in the big tent eased a little.

Li Hong read and read the edict of the first emperor, and gradually understood the thoughts of Yuan Kui and Yuan Shao.

In this edict, the first emperor said that if the Empress Dowager Dong and the Marquis of Xiao Dong returned to the Hejian Kingdom safely, then Li Hong, after recovering the border counties, immediately supported the Marquis of Xiao Dong with Liu Yu to inherit the unification in Jizhou, and then led the army south to Luoyang, and the ministers of the court and the central government such as the Taifu Yuan Kui should cooperate with the outside world, hunt down He Jin, and revitalize the dynasty. If He Jin killed the Empress Dowager Dong and the Marquis of Xiao Dong and usurped the authority, then Li Hong would use this edict to proclaim the world, and together with the Taiwei Liu Yu, he went directly south to Luoyang to kill He Jin, and then re-elected the vassal king as the emperor with the Taifu Yuan Kui and other ministers. At the end of the edict, the first emperor instructed Li Hong that at this time of crisis, I entrusted all the state affairs to the Taifu Yuan Kui and the Taiwei Liu Yu, and Aiqing must obey the orders of the two ministers and do their best to defend our Han Sheji.

When the first emperor said this, he obviously gave up on the young emperor Liu Bian, as long as He Jin died, it would be difficult for Liu Bian to live. But now it seems that both of the emperor's estimates were wrong. He Jin killed the Empress Dowager Dong, but left the life of the little Dong Hou, and the first half of this edict immediately lost its effect. The Luoyang Rebellion at the end of August gave Yuan Kui and the ministers of the court a golden opportunity, and they joined forces with Dong Zhuo to abolish the young emperor, so that the little Dong Hou inherited the unification, and fulfilled the unfulfilled wish of the first emperor, but then there was a power struggle between Dong Zhuo and the ministers of the court.

Yuan Kui, who was at a disadvantage, resolutely decided to give up the current day at this time, deliberately created a crisis, and used the edict of the first emperor to force Li Hong to obey his command, force Dong Zhuo away, establish the vassal king as the emperor, and revitalize the society. Lu Zhi took the lead in leaving the capital, which was to go to Zhuo County to discuss the matter with Liu Yu on behalf of Yuan Kui. As long as Liu Yu has his support, Yuan Kui thinks that Li Hong will definitely obey his words.

Liu Yu agreed to Yuan Kui's request. Dong Zhuo alone controlled the 100,000-strong army in Gyeonggi, which had violated the taboo of checks and balances of power. Once such a person has sole authority, it is only a matter of time before he abuses his power and brings harm to the country. It's better to fight late than early. However, Liu Yu did not make a clear statement on the deposition of today's son. Although he publicly refused to admit that today's son was conducive to cracking down on Dong Zhuo and resolving the crisis as soon as possible, considering the wishes of the first emperor and Li Hong's attitude, Liu Yu thought that it was better to be cautious, not to be in a hurry, and to take one step at a time.

After Lu Zhi received a positive reply from Liu Yu's full support, he immediately sent the news back to the capital through Yuan Shao. Yuan Kui was overjoyed, and immediately decided to recruit soldiers and horses from the state and county to attack Luoyang. When Zhu Jun left Beijing to put down the rebellion, he secretly brought out several letters that Yuan Kui informed Yuan Shao and others to raise troops. Yuan Kui also wrote a letter to Lu Zhi, saying that everything was ready, and asked Lu Zhi to go south with Liu He and the two of them immediately after the princess went north to the Jin governor and invited Li Hong to go south. After forcing Dong Zhuo away, Yuan Kui hoped that Liu Yu could enter Beijing to co-govern with him, so as to solve the threat of Li Hong in time.

This is the reason why Yuan Shao is very sure that Li Hong will go south to help Dong Da's army attack Luoyang. In the face of the edict of the first emperor, the cry and invitation of the princess, and the order of the late lord Liu Yu, under this triple pressure, Li Hong dared not to bow down and obediently obey orders?

What is the ultimate goal of Dong Dajun? Occupy Luoyang, re-establish the imperial system, and then the scholars led by Yuan Valve fully control the authority of the Han Dynasty.

The princess didn't know what was behind this edict, she only knew that her younger brother was kidnapped by Dong Zhuo today, and she needed to help him and rescue him, she didn't know that both Jinzi and Dong Zhuo had become victims of this power struggle. In the face of the princess's pleading and crying, Li Hong was at a loss.

If I told the princess that I had decided to attack Dong Dajun, force Dong Zhuo away, and then take Luoyang as the center to balance the world, would the princess understand? Li Hong smiled bitterly, obviously, the princess would not understand. If you do this yourself, where will you put the Holy Power of the Son of Heaven? Where is the company located? Why do you want to balance the world? How can the sacrosanct imperial power be trampled on with impunity? If you do this yourself, the damage to the Han Dynasty will be more serious than that of Dong Zhuo, which may directly lead to the destruction of the imperial power of the Han Dynasty and the collapse of the Han Society.

Li Hong took the edict of the first emperor and circled around in the big tent. Going south is already a fact. Although he did not exhaust the army of Northern Xinjiang, the number of 50,000 main forces plus tens of thousands of Tuntian soldiers was enough, but his purpose of going south was very different from the princess's request to go south. Once the princess knows the truth, how will she explain it? Why do you do this? Li Hong felt that his reasons were too far-fetched, and the princess would not believe it when he said it. In the final analysis, it is just for a barren northern Xinjiang and millions of victims of hunger and cold, which is not worth mentioning at all compared to the holy power of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty and the rise and fall of the Han Society. No one believes that he is for the sake of Northern Xinjiang, and he will eventually become a minister of disaster like Dong Zhuo and be scolded by the people of the world.

and his own deceased master, Liu Yu. Before his death, the first emperor issued an order to worship Liu Yu as a lieutenant, and he was in charge of state affairs. But because things have changed, Liu Yu was unable to return to Beijing. Now if Liu Yu goes south, he will obey Liu Yu's command if he is reasonable, if he wants to attack Dong Zhuo by himself, what should he do? Obey Liu Yu's command and order the army to turn against each other, and Gyeonggi will inevitably fall into a series of melees. After this battle is fought, there will be no results in the short term, and millions of victims will be stranded in Hedong and Biansai, and northern Xinjiang will inevitably collapse.

At this moment, Li Hong hesitated.

Gu Dali or Gu Xiaoli? What should I do if I lose both? How do I explain to my subordinates who have followed me for years? How to face the 100,000 Yellow Turban soldiers who fought with me? How to deal with those brothers who died on the battlefield? How to face the painful eyes of millions of victims?

Li Hong rushed out of the big tent and walked to the shore of Shaling Lake, where the spring was cold, and his heart was in pain. How to choose? Go?

Liu Yu's letter was sent to Yunzhong Xingyuan.

As Li Hong expected, Liu Yu strongly asked Li Hong to participate in the campaign against Dong in the letter, hoping that he would immediately lead his army south to attack Chang'an and Tongguan, cut off Dong Zhuo's retreat, and trap Dong Zhuo in Luoyang, so as to form an east-west flank with Yuan Shao's army against Dong, and strive to defeat Dong Zhuo and capture Luoyang in the shortest possible time.

Liu Yu said that Xian Yufu was responsible for the pacification of the desert and the garrison of the frontier, Zhao Qi was fully responsible for the displaced people, tuntian, spring ploughing and other matters in the northern Xinjiang, and there were also conscientious county guards, what are you worried about? Aren't they as good as you are? You are the hussar general of the Han Kingdom, and your duty is to defend the Sheji, protect the Son of Heaven and the people of the Han Dynasty, in today's time of crisis, do you still not know right from wrong, loyalty and rebellion? After the spring ploughing, I will lead the army south to join you.

Considering the border problem in Youzhou, Liu Yu hoped that Li Hong would immediately order Yan Rou, the general of Jianwei, to lead his army into Jicheng to ensure the safety of Youzhou. Liu Yu said that last year, Gongsun Zhan was recommended by you to the imperial court because he planned your attack in the direction of Youzhou, and he was named a general to beg for capture, but he was proud of his achievements and opposed me everywhere. In the first month of this year, the gift I gave to the Karasuma tribe was robbed by him in the middle of the road, and several subordinates in the palace who were ordered to appease the Hu people were also beaten by him, and Qiu Liju and other envoys sent by the leaders of Karasuma to pay tribute were secretly killed by him before they arrived in Jicheng. I asked him to come to Jicheng to talk, but he didn't even pay attention to me, and he didn't have me as a Shangguan in his eyes at all, and he was arrogant to the extreme. Gongsun Zhan hated the Hu people and opposed the appeasement of the Hu people, his favorite thing to do was to kill the Hu people, if he was allowed to mess around in Youzhou like this, the Hu people in Youzhou would be unbearable, and sooner or later they would rebel.

Liu Yu meant that Li Hong would send Yan Rou to Jicheng to suppress and restrain Gongsun Zhan's arrogance and lawlessness, otherwise, he would not be able to let go of Youzhou, and he would have no intention of going south to Beijing.

Knowing that Liu Yu was about to go south to join him, Li Hong's heart was even heavier, and his face was sad. Liu Fan, who came to deliver the letter, saw Li Hong's sullen expression and thought that he was worried about the affairs of Youzhou, so he opened his mouth to scold Gongsun Zhan, and almost didn't say that Gongsun Chan was rebellious.

Li Hong has always respected Gongsun Zhan, and he was very unhappy when he heard it. When Li Hong had just regained his memory, the first time he heard Gongsun Zhan's name was in Murong Feng's big tent, and Murong Feng praised Gongsun Chan very much at that time, which left a deep mark on Li Hong. In Li Hong's heart, Gongsun Chan is the hero of the Han Kingdom, an admirable general, and he doesn't like to hear someone insult his friends.

He looked at Liu Fan. Liu Fan is twenty-seven or eighteen years old, not tall, sturdy, with a righteous and awe-inspiring face, and he looks like an upright person. Li Hong wanted to scold him twice, but thinking of Gongsun Zhan's various wrongs, he swallowed back the words that came to his lips. Gongsun Chan not only disobeyed Liu Yu's orders, but also worked against Liu Yu openly and secretly, what could he say? Say Gongsun Chan did the right thing?

He smiled bitterly and asked, "You have been a relative of Cao in Youzhou Mansion for a long time?" (Bi Cao, who is in charge of the finances of a county.) Genus, deputy. ）

"Xia Guan has been in office for seven or eight years." Liu Fan said respectfully, "Lord Liu is a good person, if he were someone else, he would have killed Gongsun Zan a long time ago." Gongsun Chan has gone too far. Lord Liu is the great Sima of this dynasty, above the three dukes, the secretary of the Han Kingdom, such a big official, actually wearing cloth clothes, barefoot, plowing the fields with the people, who believes it? The people of the whole Youzhou said that Lord Liu was good, only Gongsun Zan said that Lord Liu was selling his reputation and reputation, and he was full of food, saying that the secretary of the Great Han State did not consider the strategy of governing the country, but ploughed the fields with the lowly peasants, which was purely a loss of face for the Great Han State. My lord, tell me, is this what people say? ”

Li Hong couldn't help but laugh, turned his head and snickered.

Liu Fan's face turned angry, and he asked loudly, "My lord thinks so too?" ”

"No, no, Gongsun's words are indeed wrong." Li Hong hurriedly shook his hand and said.

"What's not right, I think he is a jackal, and in the future he will be the scourge of Youzhou and the scourge of the Han."

Li Hong was dumbfounded. Is it that serious? Isn't it just a different idea? Do I have to keep this man? Li Hong once asked Liu Yu for help, saying that the Hussar General's Mansion was seriously short of people, and begged Liu Yu to recruit a few Peng subordinates to save him in an emergency. This Liu Fan was recommended by Liu Yu.

"Lord Liu asked you to stay with me, are you willing?" Li Hong smiled reluctantly and asked.

"Whatever Master Liu says, I will do. I'm staying. Liu Fan did not hesitate and agreed.

Li Hong's smile froze, and he regretted it. I knew that I wouldn't ask if I wanted to, and I would have sent him back.

At this time, none of the nine generals in Northern Xinjiang were in the camp, Li Weiyuan was in Hedong, and Li Hong had no one to discuss. Although Zhu Mu, Yu Peng, Tian Chou and others were all in the line, Li Hong didn't dare to ask, he knew that it would be in vain to ask. With Zhu Mu's character, after seeing the edict of the first emperor and Liu Yu's letter, he must change his course, and Yu Peng, Tian Chou, and Yin Si were originally quite critical of the strategy of checks and balances. In any case, from the perspective of northern Xinjiang, the advantages of this checks and balances outweigh the disadvantages, but from the perspective of the Han Dynasty, it is obvious that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

Li Hong couldn't figure out why the lives of millions of victims were not as good as the so-called Dahan Sheji in the eyes of these people? The Han Society can't be touched, can't be seen, it's ethereal, what is it? Is it the 10,000-mile territory of the Han Dynasty or the 50 million Li people of the Han Dynasty? If Sheji refers to the territory and the Li people, then what's wrong with defending the northern frontier and protecting the lives of millions of Li people? Why did he protect the Son of Heaven, capture Luoyang, and kill Dong Zhuocai called Gongwei Sheji? Why do you have to sacrifice the territory of northern Xinjiang and the people of northern Xinjiang to defend the so-called Sheji?

Li Hong pondered and meditated, and his whole body and mind fell into this unanswered. He became silent, and followed the southbound army towards Jinyang in a daze.

When the army reached the vicinity of Tongguo City in Dingxiang County, Li Hong was suddenly awakened by a heart-rending cry. He looked up blankly at the Black Panther Iron Rider who had stopped moving in the distance, not knowing what was happening ahead.

The priest swept his horse and galloped in.

"My lord, there are thousands of corpses in front of you, all of them are victims who have froze to death and starved to death, and they are very ......miserable," Sai Feng's eyes were red, and he didn't continue.

Li Hong was stunned for a moment, his heart was miserable, and he didn't make a sound for a long time, "How can this be?" ”

"This is the bank of the Yellow River, the river is thawing, it is very cold at night, it happens that the temperature has dropped sharply in the past two days, the victims probably did not notice the change in temperature, plus there is not enough food, there is no warm clothing, so ......"

Li Hong lay on Feixue's back weakly, curled up, and let out a miserable howl.

If there are no Li people, where will the society come from? Where did it come from? Where did the Great Han Kingdom come from?

The wind on the banks of the Yellow River is howling, like thousands of ghosts crying, terrible and miserable.

Three thousand black panther servants and two thousand guards were burying the victims who froze to death by the river. Those who survived lay on their stomachs beside the bodies of their loved ones and wept.

Princess Changping sat in the carriage in a daze, tears streaming down her face. Light rain and wind and snow hugged each other, looking sadly and helplessly at the busy soldiers in the distance.

Li Hong sat on the ground, writing at his desk, letting the biting cold wind burrow into the cold armor.

Li Hong replied to Liu Yu. I am hurrying south, trying to begin an attack on Chang'an in late March. As for Yan Rou's stationing in Jicheng, let's wait for the Jinglu crisis to be resolved.

Li Hong is anxious to write to Sun Zhan. The situation in northern Xinjiang is extremely critical, and I need to relocate the victims to Jizhou as quickly as possible, but Jizhou Mu Hanfu has not given me any answer so far. I can't wait, I need your help. Brother Bo Qi, after receiving the letter, please rush your troops south to threaten Bohai County and Hejian Kingdom, in order to deal with Zhang Yan and Liyi to capture Julu County and Zhao State. With these two places, I can move back to the victims. I have already heard about the matter between you and Lord Liu, and I support you and stand firmly on your side. After the Northern Xinjiang Crisis and the Gyeonggi Crisis are resolved, I will play the Son of Heaven to ask for credit for you.

Li Hong anxiously wrote to protect the general Zhang Yan. If Gongsun Chan follows my orders and marches south into Bohai County and Hejian Kingdom, the contradiction between him and Liu Yu will inevitably break out. Remember, you must not let Liu Yu go south to meet Yuan Shao.

Li Hong once again rushed to write to Yushi and Yan Liang, surround Niu Fu's 20,000 army as soon as possible, and cut off Dong Zhuo's way to withdraw from Tongguan.

Li Hongshu told Li Wei that he immediately sent someone to Luyang to contact Yuan Shu, saying that we were willing to help him enter Luoyang. Yuan Shu is the general who is worshiped by today's son, and his official position is far greater than Yuan Shao, and he is the head of the next generation of Yuan Lord, so he should be the leader of the Dong army. If Yuan Shu is unwilling, we will attack him.

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