Chapter 656: The Emperor Goes All the Way East
The emperor ran away, and the great Sima Li Jike couldn't sit still, and immediately sent troops to pursue and snatch the emperor back.
The emperor returned to the east, it was not the emperor's business alone, Guo Yan, Dong Cheng, Zhang Ji and other armies marched to the east, and the smoke and dust were rolling along the way, covering the sky and the sun.
On the banks of the Weishui River, Li Dao's army caught up, and Guo Yan successfully blocked Li Dao by virtue of the Battle of Weishui, and Li Dao's subordinates Li Guo and others rebelled.
As a last resort, Li Wei gave up the pursuit, led a large army to garrison Chiyang, and instead of being strong, he sent people to persuade Guo Yan to bring the emperor back and not to run east.
In the process of eastward expansion, Guo Yan felt more and more wrong, it seemed that the relationship between Zhang Ji, Dong Cheng and the emperor was getting better and better, and how he was a little redundant, the emperor seemed to want to get rid of him.
Guo Yan wanted to appoint and dismiss some officials, but Dong Cheng, Zhang Ji and others vetoed it, and the emperor did not support him.
This is not right, Guo Yan said to the emperor and the rest of the generals: "Your Majesty, Chang'an is ruined, and this Luoyang has long been burned down, it is not a good place to go, it is better to turn west and go to Yixian." Yixian County has grain and grass, and there is a palace that is better than Luoyang, please Your Majesty return to the west. ”
After many wars, Chang'an and Luoyang are very dilapidated, and most of the people have fled to Jingzhou, Yanzhou and other places. And this Yixian is not simple, Dong Zhuo built the Yiwu in Yixian at the beginning. Of course, the main reason is that Yixian County is actually a given territory, and now Li Wei's territory is deceived to the north, and Yixian is to the south.
Guo Yan was worried that he would go to Luoyang, far away from his roots and close to the Kwantung region, for fear that the Kwantung princes would come to snatch the emperor from him. And Li Dao has already negotiated peace with him, and the two sides plan to row to exchange protons. However, because he was worried that his son would be killed by the other party, he finally exchanged his daughter, after all, his son could still inherit his own career, and the biggest role of his daughter in this troubled world was to get married.
Of course the emperor didn't want to, he didn't want to say much in his heart, you should go to your Yixian County, I want to go to Luoyang! However, Liu Xie did not dare to oppose directly, and Zhang Ji and others at the bottom made a look.
Zhang Ji actually didn't want to be mixed with Guo Yan, but the emperor was in Guo Yan's hands before, and if Guo Yan didn't agree, the emperor couldn't bring it out.
And Zhang Ji's current status has also risen, Liu Xie has just started to return to the east, in order to win over the generals, they have all been promoted.
Zhang Ji, the general of Zhendong, was promoted to the general of the hussars, and the opening of the palace was like the third duke, and he was promoted to the level of a Guo Yan. And Guo Yan was promoted from General Hou to General Che Cai, Yang Ding was promoted to General Hou, and Dong Cheng was General Anji.
The hussar general Zhang Ji directly objected: "Your Majesty will return to Luoyang, at this time, the whole world knows, how can you change it at will." You should not return to the west, but continue to move eastward. The general of the chariot cavalry is too worried, Luoyang is in the middle of the world, where the king is, as long as the emperor arrives in Luoyang, there will naturally be people back, return to prosperity, and the palace and temple can be rebuilt. ”
Anji General Dong Cheng hurriedly echoed: "Zhang Hussar's words are reasonable, Yixian is just a county seat, not enough to be the imperial capital, but it is necessary to return to Luoyang as soon as possible." ”
Before Guo Yan could speak, General Yang Ding was also here to Zhang Ji: "Since we have decided to go east and return to the west, wouldn't we return to Li Wei's hands, this is absolutely impossible, I suggest that you leave for Luoyang immediately." ”
"General Che Cai, you see that all the ministers are against returning to the west, I think it's better to go, it's better to go to Luoyang." Liu Xie immediately rejected Guo Yan on the grounds of the ministers.
"You guys!" Guo Yan was furious, holding the hilt of the sword in his right hand, and he was about to be angry.
"Yes!"
"Humph!"
Zhang Ji, Dong Cheng, Yang Ding and others immediately grabbed the hilt of the sword and glared at it angrily, looking like they were in a-for-tat manner.
It seems that if Guo Yan really dares to draw his sword, then everyone will play with their lives.
Guo Yan forcibly suppressed his anger, waved his sleeves, turned around and left, and ignored the emperor and the others at all.
"Generals, quickly return to the camp to rectify the troops and prevent Guo Yan from mobilizing his troops!" When Zhang Ji and the others were happy to suppress Guo Yan, Tong Guan, who was beside Liu Xie, was not conscious, and immediately reminded Zhang Ji and the others.
"Yes, yes, let's go!"
"Guo Yan dared to use soldiers, but he turned against him."
"Assemble your troops!"
Zhang Ji, Yang Ding, Dong Cheng and others immediately went back to reorganize the army, and Guo Yan really returned to his camp, mobilized soldiers and horses, and planned to forcibly bring the emperor back by force.
Guo Yanjun and Zhang Ji's coalition army fought against each other, and the two sides had a big battle, because Guo Yan's main force had suffered a lot of losses against Li Dao before, and now he was defeated in the face of Zhang Ji and others joining forces. Guo Yan was helpless and retreated westward.
And Zhang Ji and others continued to escort the emperor eastward into Luoyang, running from Chang'an of Jingzhaoyin to Huayin County of Hongnong County, Liu Xie was going to Luoyang, Luoyang was in Henan Yinnei, the next door to Hongnong County, and Liu Xie was going to continue to run east.
In the Liangzhou Group, Dong Zhuo was able to suppress the generals at the beginning, and everyone obeyed Dong Zhuo, and as soon as Dong Zhuo died, it became a mode for the generals to fight for power. At the beginning, Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Fan Chou stood on three legs, and then Li Dao annexed Fan Chou, and the family was dominant. Immediately, the weaker side united against Li Dao and coerced the emperor to return east. Guo Yan was the greatest, and Zhang Ji, Yang Ding, and Dong Cheng jointly drove Guo Yan away.
Now that Zhang Ji is the greatest, Yang Ding and Dong Cheng teamed up to drive Zhang Ji away, and Yang Ding became the boss.
When the emperor arrived in Huayin County, Duan Xuan, the general of Huayin, immediately led his troops out of the camp, and also brought a lot of grain and grass for the emperor and hundreds of officials.
Li Dao originally detained the hundred officials, but under the persuasion of the Xuanyi general Jia Xu, the hundred officials were released, so the hundred officials also went to Huayin County.
Duan Xuan was also Dong Zhuo's subordinate at the beginning, and after Dong Zhuo gave up Luoyang, in order to prevent the pursuit of the princes of the Eighteenth Road, Duan Xuan stayed in Huayin to prevent the attack of the Kwantung princes.
Duan Xuan did a good job in Huayin, and also developed water conservancy and agriculture, so he also had grain and grass to support the emperor's officials.
"Hey~ I didn't expect Yang Ding to have heavy troops now, if he plots to kill me, no, but be cautious." Duan Xuan originally came to see the emperor, but when he saw Yang Ding beside the emperor, he was a little hesitant.
Although they were all mixed under Dong Zhuo before, the two were not in harmony and had a grudge, what if Yang Ding directly ordered to kill him.
Duan Xuan was on the horse guarding against Yang Ding, as long as there was any trouble, he would run, and then said to Liu Xie on the horse: "Minister Duan Xuan to see Your Majesty, the last general is wearing armor, it is inconvenient to salute, I hope Your Majesty will forgive your sins!" ”
What can Liu Xie do, it stands to reason that Duan Xuan will at least dismount if he doesn't visit the shrine, but now Liu Xie doesn't have the right to kill and take it, and he still eats the food sent by the other party.
"Qing is exempt, I have worked hard for the imperial court, go back and rest early." Liu Xie put on a concerned look and said to Duan Xuan.
"The last general obeys!" Duan Xuan saw Yang Ding, he was uncomfortable, he didn't want to stay for a long time, and immediately went back to the camp.