The general He Jin returned to the general's mansion and immediately convened the staff in the palace to discuss the military situation.

He Jin asked Changshi Zhao Qi, Zhonglang Wang Yun and others to lead the general's mansion to stay in Luoyang, and he took Sima He Hao, Liu Biao, the marquis of the Northern Army, and others led the Northern Army to garrison Hujiaoguan.

In the afternoon, the general He Jin left Luoyang.

"Xi Da and Bo Er moved so fast, it bought us a lot of time." He Hao sat on the bumpy carriage and said leisurely, "We have always been worried that Your Majesty and the traitorous eunuchs will take advantage of this matter to take advantage of this matter, but fortunately, Li Hongzhi did not leak the matter of Yuan Shu and He Feng, otherwise I am afraid that the one who will be criticized in the court today will be the general." ”

He Jin said with a smile: "I think Li Hong is not aware of affairs, but he is afraid of death, he is afraid that we will get caught and cause trouble." As long as Yuan Shu and He Feng bite to death, they are deceived by Wang Fen, what can Li Hong do? He probably can only imagine it out of thin air, right? ”

"The general's words are true." He Hao said, "Li Hong can't get the evidence, if he blames Yuan Shu and He Feng for being assigned by us, he will only offend the General's Mansion and Yuan Valve." He betrayed us like this, and although he gaged everyone's mouths, he himself was attacked by the ministers, which he probably didn't expect. ”

"Of course he didn't think that Yuan Shu and Xu You's recitals had already been put on His Majesty's desk, otherwise he wouldn't have written this recital." He Jin said, "He didn't mention anything about Xiangkai and the King of Hefei, his original intention was probably to deceive His Majesty, because he was not sure to catch Xiangkai and the King of Hefei, and there was no evidence of their direct participation in the rebellion. It ended up in big trouble. Now, he is not a human being inside and out, and his life is very difficult. ”

"If Xu You intercepts Xiangkai and the King of Hefei first, and deals with them all, Li Hong's black pot will be decided, and I will see how Your Majesty will protect him this time." He Hao said with a smile, "Li Hong has been in Luoyang for a while, and he has made progress in dealing with this kind of thing. It's a pity that the timing of his arrival in Jizhou was too wrong. This time, even if Li Hong is not convicted and killed, he will be exiled to the army. ”

"If Xu You handles this matter well, you let him hide first." He Jin said, "Wait until when Your Majesty announces the amnesty, and then let him enter the mansion." ”

"What about Xi Da and Bo Er?"

"Yuan Shao will take care of it." He Jin said, "Keeping them is a trouble after all, I have already instructed Yuan Shao to let him take this opportunity to completely eliminate these two people." ”

He Hao nodded approvingly.

"General, Your Majesty asked you to go to Hefei today, that is to take away your military power. Although we have considered this matter in the past and deliberately arranged Xingyang's hand in order to consolidate the military power at a critical time, His Majesty is becoming more and more jealous of the general, which is not a good thing after all. Nowadays, the situation in Beijing is very different from before, you see, is our strategy also changing? ”

"How?" He Jin asked with great interest, "Boqiu, what new ideas do you have?" Let's talk about it. ”

"Although we fell short at the end of the day this time, we achieved our goals in the early stage." He Hao said, "Due to Li Hong's Xiliang Suppression of Corruption, many of the protégés of the traitorous eunuchs have died unexpectedly, and recently Xu Valve has made enemies with them, which has caused great losses to the power of the traitorous eunuchs. Now, the relationship between some of the royal family and the clan is getting better and better, which prepares very good conditions for the eldest prince to inherit the unification, but the general has noticed that with Li Hong's current strength and His Majesty's favor to him, in time, he must be the greatest threat to us. ”

"Are you saying that in the future, he will oppose Shi Hou's succession to the throne and support the army to rebel?" He Jin touched his beard and said slowly, "If His Majesty is gone, it is indeed possible for him to do so." This brute, with a simple mind and well-developed limbs, can do anything. ”

He Jin then smiled slightly: "But this time, we will put him to death, and there will be no such leopard in the future." Boqiu, do you not have confidence in Xu You? ”

"I don't have confidence in him." He Hao smiled bitterly, "Although this person looks humble, he is very arrogant in his bones, and I don't like him." Let's not talk about whether Xu You can succeed or not, let's talk about Li Hong first. Li Hong's way of dealing with Yuan Shu was very tactful, and his handling of Jizhou's affairs was also very steady and measured. Can we understand it this way, Li Hong is not afraid of provoking fire, but deliberately currying favor with the general? ”

He Jin's expression moved, contemplating.

"General, do you remember that before Li Hong came to Luoyang, Lord Jingzhao Yin Gai Xungai once talked to him? Lord Gai later said in a letter to Taiwei Zhang Wen that Li Hong supported the succession of the great prince to the throne. He Hao said, "After Li Hong arrived in Luoyang, His Majesty directly summoned him to the North Palace, and did not let him contact any bureaucrats in Beijing, what does this mean?" ”

"Your Majesty has the intention of persecuting Li Hong, we all know this." He Jin smiled, "We don't know what Li Hong thinks himself. Boqiu, what do you mean, do you want to go to Jizhou in person? ”

"Yes." He Hao smiled, "If Li Hong doesn't care who inherits the unification, he should be our friend, not an enemy, what does the general think?" ”

"Okay." He Jin clapped his hands happily and said, "Boqiu, your idea is too good." If there is a northern army inside and Li Hong's border army outside, why worry about big things. ”

"Nope." He Hao shook his hand and said, "General, we don't need to form an alliance with Li Hong, let alone Li Hong's promise, we just need him to be loyal to the Great Han Kingdom and any emperor." He is a barbarian, a bloody and brutal man, and sooner or later he will be slain, lest he harm the country. ”

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The Son of Heaven sat sullenly and did not say a word.

"Why did Your Majesty agree to the General's recommendation?" Jian Shuo asked in a low voice, "Henan Yin He Miao led the army to quell the rebellion, so won't the 20,000 county soldiers in Henan Mansion go to He Miao?" ”

"What if you don't agree?" Liu Yu said, "It is definitely not enough for 20,000 county soldiers to quell the rebellion alone, and the support of the northern army is needed no matter what." He Miao is the Yin of Henan Prefecture, and there was a rebellion in the county under his jurisdiction, of course, he led the army to quell the rebellion, and He Miao led the army to fight, and his brother He Jin would strongly support it. In this case, which of the others dares to come out? Unless you don't want to live anymore. ”

"However, if He Miao quells the rebellion and makes great contributions, His Majesty will reward him for his merits, and won't the general's power be even greater?"

"Exactly." Liu Yu sighed and nodded, "That's right." This is also a matter of no way, at this juncture, the rebel suddenly rebelled, and it was a rebellion near Luoyang, which was really unprepared, unprepared. We have no way but to rely on the general's northern army to guard the tiger prison and ensure that Luoyang is worry-free. It's providential. ”

"Bang......" The Son of Heaven slapped the case table heavily, gritted his teeth and said, "I don't think it's heaven's will, it's a conspiracy." ”

"Your Majesty......" Liu Yu hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, how is this possible, this is absolutely impossible, Your Majesty is too worried." ”

"I want to build an army in the West Garden, and I want to have my own army." The Son of Heaven shouted, "I will do whatever I want." ”

"Your Majesty......" Liu Yu was shocked, knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, "Your Majesty, now that the Xingyang thieves are rebelling, the momentum is huge, and they have seriously threatened the safety of Gyeonggi and Luoyang, and now, only counterinsurgency is the most important matter, Your Majesty, please think twice!" ”

"I don't care." The Son of Heaven stood up abruptly and shouted angrily, "I don't care. ”

"Your Majesty, the resurgence of the Xiliang rebels, the Xianbei Hu people invading the border, and the Yellow Turban ant thieves may also cause trouble in the state and county again, at this time, it is indeed not the best time to build an army. Your Majesty, please think again. ”

"Say, when will I wait?"

"Xiliang is pacified, the Hu people are driven out of the border, and the Yellow Turban thieves are wiped out, Your Majesty can consider this matter." Liu Yu said calmly, "The top priority is to pacify the Xingyang thieves as soon as possible, so as not to delay the time for spring ploughing." ”

The Son of Heaven exhaled a long breath of anger and said coldly, "What about the matter of Jizhou? ”

"Li Zhonglang's recital has already hinted at Your Majesty, I think this matter will end with Wang Fen." Liu Yu said, "If there is no matter of the Xingyang Bandit Rebellion, we can still check it, but now there is neither this need nor the time and energy, we have to deal with too many major things, in comparison, this matter is not worth mentioning at all." ”

The Son of Heaven glared at Liu Yu angrily, waved his hand and said, "What about the King of Hefei?" How to deal with the matter of the king of Hefei? ”

"Li Zhonglang should have sent someone to investigate." Liu Yu said without thinking, "Maybe Xu Yu deliberately framed him, maybe it was ......"

"He must have been involved." The Son of Heaven said in a stern tone, "You tell Li Hong to send someone to kill him." ”

Liu Yu himself is also from a royal family, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. He originally wanted to speak for the king of Hefei, but the Son of Heaven didn't give him this opportunity at all, and when it came to Jiangshan Sheji, his brothers had no affection to talk about, let alone relatives. Liu Yu sighed secretly and asked, "Your Majesty, what is the crime?" ”

"If you rebel, you will say that he is rebelling."

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In the next few days, Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang and others continued to write books, asking the Son of Heaven to investigate to the end, and Song Dian, a regular servant, even asked to go to Jizhou in person to supervise the work.

Yang Biao said to the Son of Heaven that Marquis Song was talking nonsense. Now that Henan is at war, the only way to go to Jizhou is to take a detour from Hanoi County, and when Hou Ye arrives in Jizhou, it is estimated that it will be March, and the matter in Jizhou will be over long ago. Let Li Zhonglang do his best to investigate and deal with it, so as to stabilize Jizhou as soon as possible. He suggested that the Son of Heaven immediately re-send an assassin to Jizhou to take up his post in order to relieve Li Hong's pressure. Sikong Xu Xiang and Situ Cui Lie immediately fought for this new assassin candidate, and the two sides refused to give in to each other, and there was no result for a long time.

There are more and more recitals to impeach Li Hong, all of which say that he did not inspect effectively, did not discover Wang Fen's conspiracy in time, and almost plunged His Majesty into a deep crisis, and also said that he deliberately concealed and shielded rebellion, connived at his subordinates to plunder Jizhou Prefecture and County, and so on. The Son of Heaven had no choice but to issue an order to scold Li Hong.

Taiwei Zhang Wen has been urging the Son of Heaven to let Li Hong return to Xiliang in the past few days.

The Son of Heaven was very strange, saying that Li Hong had not finished dealing with the matter in Jizhou, so why was he in such a hurry to let him go back to Xiliang?

Zhang Rang, the chief attendant, explained that if the rebels of Xiliang returned to Hanyang again, and if the Xianbei people attacked Xiliang again at the same time, the Han army in Guanxi would not be strong enough to take care of the two battlefields at the same time, then Taiwei Zhang Wen would have to take responsibility. He stayed in Xiliang for more than a year and spent a lot of money, but he didn't pacify the rebels, who would bear this responsibility if he didn't bear it? If he had pacified Xiliang earlier, how could there be such a big crisis in Xijiang this year? Li Hong returned to Xiliang, and the rebels in Xiliang were afraid of him and would definitely not dare to rekindle the war without authorization. In this way, Zhang Wen's crisis was resolved.

"The minister will impeach him." Zhang Rang said, "Your Majesty wants to dismiss his lieutenant." ”

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He Miao, the commander of the army, is very comfortable, he doesn't need to worry about everything, he just needs to sit on the horse and talk.

Kuai Yue arrived in Henan Mansion in advance, and he had already prepared everything. After Yuan Shao arrived, the two of them each led an army to attack Xingyang and Zhongmu respectively.

Liu Biao, a lieutenant in the Northern Army, took the Yue Cavalry Battalion and the Tun Cavalry Battalion to take the lead in supporting Yuan Shao, who attacked Xingyang. After three days of attack, the army captured the city, and the rebel leader Xi Zhi withdrew into Zhongmu City with the remnants of his army.

The army then besieged Zhongmu.

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The Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro was white, and Yu Poison led his troops down the mountain to attack the counties of Hanoi, and the north bank of the Yellow River broke out.

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Xu You met Xiangkai, Chen Yi, and Wang of Hefei in Taoqiu, Jiyin County, Yanzhou.

Xiang Kai was very alert, and after receiving a report from the disciples of Dazhitang, he immediately sensed the danger. Because Xu You didn't know his itinerary at all, let alone appear in Taoqiu, at this time, he should assist Wang Fen in Yecheng to command the overall situation. Xiangkai immediately ordered his disciples to return to Hefei by another route with the king of Hefei.

Before Xiang Kai could say a few words to Xu You, Zhang Zhang came in with more than 100 people.

"All the things in Jizhou have been exposed?" Xiangkai asked very gently as if he hadn't listened to the sound of fighting outside the house.

"Yes, Master." Xu Yu replied respectfully, "If the master survives, he will know the details." ”

"Is Wonsan still alive?"

"I don't know." Xu You smiled apologetically, "I came all the way in a hurry, and I didn't know anything about what happened after the attack on Yecheng. ”

Xiangkai didn't say anything more, opened the door, and strode out.

No one could stop him, he came and went like a fairy.

Xu You stood at the door, looking at Xiangkai's floating figure, with admiration and admiration on his face.

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Xiangkai chased all the way, until he saw the drifting.

Zhao Yun, Jiang Wu, and Liu Ming stood next to the corpse of the king of Hefei, dazed.

"He was killed by his own guards." "There is nothing we can do about it, we watch him being hacked to death with a knife." ”

"It's good to be dead." Xiangkai said bitterly, "It's good to be dead." ”

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