Volume 2 Heroes in Troubled Times Chapter 2 Like Facing the Abyss Section 8
Chapter 2 is like approaching the abyss, the eighth section of the first moon, Hanoi, Huai Cheng. Yuan Shao suddenly heard that Wang Kuang, the Taishou of Hanoi, Zhang Yang, the captain of the infantry, and Liu Xun, the captain of Huya, had been attacked in Heyang, and the 20,000-strong army was almost completely annihilated.
Yuan Shao's strength was the strongest in the Dong Alliance, and the troops he actually controlled were about 40,000 people, including 20,000 county soldiers from Bohai, Hejian and Anping, Wang Kuang's Hanoi soldiers and Zhang Yang's Northern Army, which ensured Yuan Shao's position as the leader of the alliance in the Dong Alliance.
But this sudden defeat caused Yuan Shao to lose half of his troops and his strength was greatly reduced. Now Yuan Shao only has 20,000 people left, which is almost the same as Han Fu's troops, and he has lost the ability to completely control Jizhou.
Over the past year, as the great cause of Dong has become more and more difficult and increasingly slim, the Yellow Turban Army has become more and more rampant, and the contradictions between Yuan Shao and Han Fu have become bigger and bigger.
In the past, Yuan Shao had the strength to defeat Han Fu, and had the support of the edict and other states and counties, even if Han Fu was a little dissatisfied with Yuan Shao and had different opinions on the important strategy of the Dong Alliance, he had to obey Yuan Shao's command in the end.
But now it's different. Now Han Fu is one of the three dukes of the Jinyang court, and he has the same strength as Yuan Shao, of course, he wants to take the opportunity to get rid of Yuan Shao's control, get rid of the Dong Alliance, and turn to command Yuan Shao and other state and county officials as an official.
Things suddenly took a drastic turn of events, a change that disrupted Yuan Shao's established strategy, and he had to immediately correct and make up for it, so as to secure his control over Jizhou and the other prefectures and counties in the Dong Alliance.
Without the power of Jizhou and other prefectures and counties, let alone courting Dong and revitalizing the community, even survival has become a very urgent issue.
Guo Tu, Xin Ping, Xun Chen, Fu Zhu, Chen Lin and others sat together, carefully analyzed the situation in front of them, and tried to find a solution from it.
Yuan Shao's strength suddenly decreased sharply, and Han Fu was the happiest. Han Fu could use the prestige of the eldest princess and the Jinyang court, the abundant money and grain in Jizhou, and quickly obtain the support of various prefectures and counties, so as to suppress and attack Yuan Shao, completely end the mission of the Dong Alliance, and pull all the prefectures and counties into the imperial court.
In the imperial court, Yuan Shao was just a Taishou of Bohai County, who was humble and light, and completely lost the opportunity to control power.
Not being able to control the authority means extinction and death for Yuan Shao and Yuan Valve. If the eldest princess succeeds in courting Dong, Han Fu and many state and county officials will become heroes who save Sheji, and the Son of Heaven will let them go.
But the Son of Heaven will not pardon Yuan Shao, and the Son of Heaven will definitely hold Yuan Shao accountable for his crimes. Dong Zhuo just killed more than 50 lives of Yuan Kui and Yuan Valve, and in the future, the Son of Heaven will not only kill dozens of Yuan Valve's lives, he will slaughter the nine clans of Yuan Valve, kill hundreds or even thousands of people, and completely erase Yuan Valve from the world.
Therefore, the top priority now is to quickly overthrow Han Fu, obtain the military power in Jizhou, and replace Han Fu's status as the third duke in the imperial court.
Then he gradually seized the authority of the state and took full control of the imperial court. When Yuan Shao completely controlled the imperial court, the matter of the imperial system would be much simpler to solve.
For Yuan Shao and the people of Yuan Valve's lineage, when today's son cannot exist no matter what, the imperial system must be rebuilt, which is a major event related to the life of the family and the rise and fall of the family.
In the past, when Yuan Shao was strong, he had no trouble overthrowing Han Fu. Although Yuan Shao boasted that he was completely sure, he did not dare to make a move, because he could not control the consequences of overthrowing Han Fu.
There must be sufficient reasons to overthrow Han Fu, otherwise Yuan Shao will have a bad reputation, will be blamed by Yuan and his family, and will lose the support of various states and counties.
All the people have betrayed their relatives and left, what are they talking about reviving the society? Now Yuan Shao's strength is weak, and he has no advantage compared to Han Fu.
Heyang was defeated, and the matter of attacking Luoyang with the hussar general Li Hong and the later general Yuan Shu was also in vain.
Lianhe Prefecture supported Liu Yu as the emperor, deliberately created a crisis of imperial unity, and coerced the eldest princess and the imperial court, and Yuan Shao was the one who charged into battle.
Imagine that in this extremely bad situation, no matter by force or by conspiracy, Yuan Shao would not be able to overthrow Han Fu.
Even if Han Fu is overthrown, Yuan Shao will become the target of public criticism, and in the end, it will inevitably end miserably in a scolding and siege.
Yuan Shao, Guo Tu and others discussed for a long time and couldn't find a solution, and they were at a loss. At this time, Fu Zhu said: "We can't find a way to defeat Han Fu because Han Fu has obvious advantages, but if we turn all Han Fu's advantages into disadvantages, and then turn Han Fu's disadvantages into our advantages, then Jizhou can win it without much effort." Everyone's eyes lit up.
He accepted Yuan Shao's conquest and rushed to Hanoi a year later. When Yang Qi was the pastor of Jizhou, he was the driver of Jizhou Mansion.
He and Yang Qi had major differences in their views on scripture and governance, and the two quarreled many times, and the contradictions were very large.
In a fit of frustration, he resigned and quit. When Han Fu was the pastor of Jizhou, he also recruited frustration, but Han Fu was nepotistic, and most of the subordinates in the house were his relatives and friends, and the celebrities in Jizhou were seriously suppressed and excluded.
Frustrated, he didn't say a word, patted his ass and left. He enumerated Han Fu's many advantages. There are a group of officials in Jizhou Mansion and Jizhou counties who are loyal to Han Fu, there are also Han Fu's cronies in the army in Jizhou, the eldest princess and the Jinyang court need Jizhou's money and food, after the crisis of the imperial system, Han Fu will definitely be able to govern, and so on.
There is no need to be frustrated, Yuan Shao, Guo Tu, and Xin Ping know how to do it. Yuan Shao immediately sent people to Changshan and Zhongshan to make friends with Tian Wan and Kong Xuan.
Send people to Youzhou and give heavy gifts to the rebellious general Gongsun Zhan. At the same time, he urgently wrote to Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai, Dongjun Taishou Wang Qiu and others to write letters to the subordinates of the Jizhou Government in their private capacities, and wrote a large number of letters, the content of which was to discuss the overthrow of Han Fu, so as to drive a wedge between Han Fu and Jizhou officials.
Yuan Shao asked Xun Chen to go to Yecheng with his secret letter, ask the local gate valve to help, bribe and bribe the officials of Jizhou Mansion, and ask for a small banquet on three days and a big banquet on five days, so as to make the momentum bigger, so that Han Fu was full of doubts all day long, worried and worried, and couldn't even sleep.
Xun Chen said worriedly: "If we are so blatantly coercing Han Fu, will it attract the attention of Northern Xinjiang?" After all, the stability of Jizhou was a top priority for the imperial court and northern Xinjiang. ”
"For the imperial court and northern Xinjiang, the top priority is money and food." Yuan Shao said,
"As long as I give them money and food, no one will care about Jizhou." Yuan Shao asked Chen Lin to immediately go north to Jin and play the eldest princess.
The state and county jointly signed a letter to support Liu Yu as the emperor, which was manipulated by Han Fu behind his back, and the ministers were inferior and light, and they did not dare to disobey.
Bohai County is loyal to the Son of Heaven and the eldest princess, and in order to revitalize the great cause of the society, the ministers are willing to pay taxes to the imperial court, and are willing to obey the drive of the Son of Heaven and the eldest princess.
Yuan Shao also asked people to forge a joint impeachment of Han Fu by officials from various prefectures and counties, saying that Han Fu completely disregarded the safety of the society in order to seize power, and was actually the best of the Han Dynasty. The court could not accept this kind of coercion, could not let him hold power, and should be killed.
The state and county officials unanimously recommended the hussar general to act as the agent of the state and to exercise authority.
"Let the general act as an agent for state affairs?" Chen Lin asked in surprise,
"So what about the future? What should I do after the adults take Jizhou? ”
"There's no way around it." Yuan Shao sighed worriedly,
"When Jizhou will be taken, I don't know. We have to wait for the right moment. In addition, after the defeat of Ha Yang, the situation in Gyeonggi has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to defeat Luoyang, so it is difficult to predict how the situation will develop in the next few months. However, one thing is certain, that is, the Yellow Turban Army is going to fight Jizhou. ”
"Our defeat is great news for the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro. After the beginning of spring, Bai Huan and Yu Poison will definitely lead their troops south to fight across the Yellow River, and meet Sima Ju and Xu He in Qingzhou, and then they will turn north and attack Jizhou. Relying on tens of thousands of us, we can't stop the Yellow Turban Army, and we need assistance from the northern Xinjiang. Without the army of Northern Xinjiang, Jizhou may be in ruins, so now it is necessary to let the general act as the agent of the state and take the authority. ”
"This year is a year of life and death for us, we must give up what we should give up, and we must get back what we should take." Yuan Shao shook his head and said: "In the future, if Northern Xinjiang wants to survive, the general will have to give in." If he does not let me take power, I will make the court a complete ornament, and let it become a burden to the northern frontier, and a crime to be blamed by the hussar generals for harming the society. "Under the first moon, Jinyang.
The hussar general Li Hong's recital made the court breathe a long sigh of relief, but the eldest princess was very dissatisfied.
She said to Ding Gong and other old ministers, I don't know about the affairs of the court, but I know that the Son of Heaven is in Chang'an, Han Fu and Yuan Shao and other ministers openly want to depose the Son of Heaven and rebuild the imperial system, which is a great rebellion, but the general is like you, ignoring the dignity of the Son of Heaven and ignoring the laws of the Han Dynasty, not only does he not kill them, but he even wants Han Fu to come to Jinyang to preside over the government, is he still the general of my Han Kingdom?
Back then, his father praised him and said that there was nothing in the world that he didn't dare to do, but now? Now that he is blind, he wants to be a minister in the same hall as ** Yu, he is not the general of my Great Han Kingdom.
Ding Gong and Chen Ji were speechless with shame. Lu Zhi whispered: "Your Highness, the general is also helpless, ...... at this time"
"Say no more. I ask you, am I the eldest princess? Ding Gong and the ministers were puzzled and nodded again and again.
"Am I doing the business of the Son of Heaven?"
"Yes."
"Then I will make a decree to pardon Lord Taifu's innocence and continue to govern state affairs." The eldest princess blushed and looked at the ministers angrily,
"You say, okay?" The ministers were taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down to please,
"Your Highness, this decree must not be given."
"My words don't count, so what am I doing here?" The eldest princess cried angrily,
"You deceive people too much." Hu Wei Zhonglang sent Pang De to the Hussar General's order to rush to Taifu's Mansion with a team of black panthers to escort Taifu Liu Yu from Jinyang.
Wei Duan and Ding Yi, the commanders of the Southern Army, stopped Pang De. Wei Duan was embarrassed and said, "My lord, please understand our difficulties in being a subordinate official. Without the purpose of the eldest prince, how dare we release people? If the huge man takes away Master Taifu, we won't be able to save our heads. "Pang De and Wei Duan met in Luoyang in their early years, when Wei Duan led a team of guards to protect Li Hong's safety.
Facing Wei Duan's bitter gourd face, Pang De was slightly stunned, and suddenly realized that this Longquan Valley is now equivalent to Luoyang, the Eldest Princess's Mansion is equivalent to the Imperial Palace, and the Taifu Mansion, the Hussar General's Mansion, and the Imperial History Mansion are equivalent to the Three Princes' Mansion of the Imperial Court in the past.
In this place, you can't just trespass, and if you're not careful, it's a big sin to lose your head. It's a trivial matter to lose your head, and you have to implicate the hussar general.
Pang De thought for a while, smiled, asked a few words about Taifu Liu Yu's current situation, and then rode away with the iron horse.
He went to the Hussar General's Mansion to find Li Wei. Li Wei was not there, so he went to the eldest princess's mansion to discuss matters. He went to the Imperial Governor's Mansion to find Chen Hao.
Chen Hao was not there, and he also went to the eldest princess's mansion to discuss matters. Pang De walked around Longquan, and finally mustered up the courage to go to the eldest princess's mansion and asked to meet the eldest princess.
After a short time, a tall young man in his twenties hurriedly walked out, this person was dignified, personable, and smiling.
"Xiaguan Huangmen squire Huang Yue ......" Pang De hurriedly returned the salute. After the two exchanged a few words, Huang Yue said: "The eldest princess and the ministers are discussing matters in the palace, and it is estimated that there will be a long time, so ......" Pang De's face showed an anxious look.
Huang Yue said with a smile: "If a huge person has something to say, if the matter is very urgent, the lower official will definitely play on his behalf." Pound frowned and said in a low voice, "Master Taifu......" He thought about it and felt that it was inappropriate, and swallowed the words back.
Huang Yue looked around vigilantly, and suddenly smiled: "Since the huge person is not in a hurry, then come back tomorrow." The lower official sent a huge number of people......" Pound was taken aback when he heard this, understood it, and laughed loudly: "Don't dare, don't dare." Where is Lord Huang from Jizhou? Huang Yue stretched out his hand to ask, and said as he walked: "Xia Guan is from Danyang, Yangzhou...... "The ministers are discussing the matter of Lord Taifu."
The state and county officials said in the above table that when the son of the emperor is not born today, he must be deposed immediately. We are ready to follow the example of Zhou Bo, depose the young lord with infants, welcome the king as the emperor, and rebuild the imperial system.
Taifu Liu Yu's meritorious governance, famous in the world, unparalleled in the world, look at the descendants of today's clan, who can match?
The state and county officials also said that in the past, Emperor Guangwu was the fifth grandson of King Ding, and led Hebei with Da Sima, and later Geng Yi and Feng Yi persuaded him to ascend the throne as emperor, and the first emperor inherited the unification, and Sheji was able to prosper.
Today, Liu Yu is a descendant of King Gong, and he is also the fifth grandson, and he leads Youzhou Mu with Taifu, which is exactly the same as Emperor Guangwu back then.
If Liu Yu inherits the unification, Sheji will be able to prosper again. The state and county officials also listed many things.
Last autumn, four stars in the sky will appear in Keo, and according to the legend, the gods will appear in the land of Yan. There is another witch in Jiyin County, Xianzhou, who wishes the king to get the jade seal that fell from the sky, and the text says
"Yu is the Son of Heaven". In the early winter of last year, the sky of Daijun was highlighted for two days, and the two suns hung in the east, which was the omen of Liu Yu's succession.
Anyway, this table says that Liu Yu is the true son of heaven, and because of this, Liu Yu must die.
The hussar general said that Liu Yu was not guilty, and not only asked the court to pardon him, but also sent him back to Youzhou to continue to be the pastor of Youzhou.
How is this possible? The eldest princess will not agree, and the ministers will not agree. The hussar general probably forgot an old saying,
"The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty." Liu Yu is the true son of heaven, and this rumor will soon spread all over the world.
If Liu Yu returns to Youzhou and supports the army to stand on his own, or if there are rebels who support Liu Yu as the emperor, there will be two emperors in the world immediately, some people support the son of today, and some people respect Liu Yu, and the world will immediately become chaotic, and the collapse of the society will no longer be inevitable.
Pound was stunned,
"The eldest prince is going to kill Master Taifu?" Huang Yue shook his head,
"The eldest princess is unwilling. If the eldest prince was going to kill, Master Taifu would have died a long time ago. Now that the hussar general has come forward to protect Lord Taifu, this matter is a bit troublesome. But Lord Taifu is not dead, the world is uneasy, and more importantly, Lord Taifu is not dead, where is Zi Weiyi today? Where is the dignity of the imperial court? How can Dahan Sheji stand up? Pound's heart was pounding,
"Lord Huang, Master Taifu can't be killed. In the past year, the hussar general has endured again and again in order to save Sheji. He has endured it for a long time, and if he is provoked at this time, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”
"The imperial court also thought about this issue, so the ministers argued fiercely." Huang Yue smiled bitterly,
"Lord Zhao Qi and Lord Cai Yong turned their faces on the spot, Lord Li Wei stared at him and said that his voice was hoarse, and your Lord Chen Hao from Northern Xinjiang said that he couldn't say Lord Lu Zhi, and he was so angry that he was about to smash the case, but fortunately he was stopped by Lord Zhu Xiaolan's finger."
"Stopped with a finger?" Pound exclaimed,
"One finger?" Huang Yue smiled: "Yes." Lord Zhu's eyes widened, and his jade hand pointed, Lord Chen was so frightened that he took three steps back, hurriedly put down the case, and kowtowed to the eldest princess to ask for guilt. Ha ha! It's really unbelievable that this beautiful immortal official in the north of your northern Xinjiang is so powerful. Pound was bitter in his heart and smiled reluctantly.
"At present, it seems that it is indeed not easy for the imperial court to kill Lord Taifu, because there are still a group of officials in Jizhou and various prefectures and counties. If they are all killed, the majesty of the imperial court will be there, but the harm to the great cause of saving the society is obvious. Now the imperial court wants to maintain the authority of the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, but the eldest princess, Lord Zhao Qi, and the hussar general are unwilling to kill, so the best solution is to ......" Huang Yue looked at Pang De, who looked nervous, and said in a low voice,
"Suicide." Pound was horrified.
"Master Taifu is going to commit suicide, can you save him?" At noon, Pang De led a team of iron horsemen into the Jinyang arsenal like a raging wind.
"Open the arsenal, open the arsenal for me......" Yi Cong soldiers swarmed up, slashed with knives and axes, and opened one warehouse door after another.
The guards guarding the arsenal saw the murderous Pang De and the menacing Black Panther Yizun, and they hid to the side one after another, how dare they step forward to stop them.
Several officials of the arsenal rushed all the way, and from a distance, they saw that it was the commander of the Black Panther's righteous servants, Hu Wei Zhonglang, who stood on his horse, and his anger suddenly disappeared.
"Huge people, to call ordnance, you need a military order from the hussar general, this military order ......" Pang De snorted coldly,
"Fill me with two hundred loads of ordnance, hurry."
"My lord, the general's military order ......" Pound reached out and pulled off the seal ribbon from his waist and threw it over,
"I don't have a military order. Take my seal and tell the general, I opened the arsenal, I took the ordnance, and the guilt is mine, and it has nothing to do with you and others. In the afternoon, Pang De and his guards rushed into the Longshan camp at high speed.
"Beat the drum, beat the drum for me......" The drum beat shook the sky, and thousands of wounded and disabled soldiers who were studying in the camp rushed out of the camp one after another.
It's the drumming of the rally, the familiar drumming that can't be more familiar. Pound and his guards galloped in the camp,
"The general has an order to defend Longquan and protect the eldest princess......"
"Whoever can pick up arms will come with me, and they will all follow me to Longquan......" Lao Guan appeared in front of Pang De's eyes.
The Yongsan camp and the more than 7,000 disabled soldiers in this camp are now under his control. Since some of the disabled soldiers in the camp will soon go to various places in northern Xinjiang to serve as pavilion chiefs, these people cannot go to the battlefield.
"Huge man, what's wrong? What about the general's military orders? ”
"Someone wants to kill Taifu Liu Yu, I need a large army to surround Longquan." Pound said,
"I don't have a military order, but I am ordered by the general to send Master Taifu back to Youzhou intact, can you help me?" When Lao Guan heard that someone was going to kill Liu Yu, his eyes immediately widened,
"How many people? Where's the weapon? "The 5,000 disabled soldiers of the Longshan battalion, the 1,000 black panther servants brought to Jinyang by Pang De, and the 6,000 army, surrounded Longquan.
The atmosphere over Longquan suddenly became tense. Pang De swaggered towards the Taifu Mansion with a team of guards.
Wei Duan and Ding Yi hurriedly caught up,
"What do you mean, big man?" Pound sneered. The old crutch standing behind Pang De shouted loudly: "Raise the arrow......" The hundreds of northern Xinjiang soldiers surrounding the Taifu Mansion raised their longbows at the same time, ready to start.
"Get out of the way......," the old crutch shouted, raising his knife,
"If you don't get out of the way, you won't be killed." Wei Duan raised his hand and waved it behind him helplessly. The frightened tiger guards scattered in a hurry as if they had been pardoned.
Liu Yu looked at the soldiers of Northern Xinjiang who were kneeling in the big tent, and couldn't say a word of excitement.
Pang De bowed down and said, "Under the order of the general, the lower official escorted Lord Taifu back to Youzhou. Please go on your way immediately. ”
"The old man is a person who treats sinners, how can he leave without the decree of forgiveness from the eldest princess?" Liu Yu smiled bitterly,
"Thank you for the kindness of the general, I can't leave Yongsan." Pound bowed down and asked again,
"The eldest princess's decree will arrive soon, please leave Longshan quickly." Liu Yu was heartbroken, shook his head again and again,
"Forget it, I'm out of business. You go back and tell the general that I thank him. Pound's face turned cold,
"If Master Taifu dies, all the people in Longquan will give you a burial." Liu Yu was dumbfounded.
"Now there are six thousand troops here, just wait for a word from Master Taifu." Pound asked word for word,
"To go, or not to go?" Liu Yu looked up to the sky and sighed,
"People, you're making my life worse than death." reach