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", or search on Baidu: Sanlian Literature Network] Chapter 10 Wind and rain Chapter 16 Li Hong silently looked at the holy decree spread out on the desk, thinking of the Son of Heaven who had passed away, and couldn't help but feel sad.

There is only one word on the yellow silk, a big one

The word "Han". When the Son of Heaven was dying, he personally wrote this edict to Li Hong, the general of the expedition to the north, and wrote this

What is the meaning of the word "Chinese"? What did he want to say to himself? What did he want to tell himself? Li Wei carefully rolled up the holy decree and said softly: "General Xu has sent someone, do you want to see it?" Li Hong didn't make a sound, he looked at the scroll of holy decrees in Li Wei's hand, and suddenly asked, "Now, who should inherit the imperial throne of the Great Han Kingdom?" Li Wei said: "According to the law of the Han Dynasty, it should be the great prince." Li Hong smiled bitterly, pointed to the holy decree and said: "Your Majesty has exhausted his scheming, and in the end it will be nothing." You say, will Luoyang be chaotic? What is the purpose of Your Majesty sending me such a holy decree? What does Your Majesty want me to do? Li Wei sighed lightly and lowered his head silently.

Li Hong looked at Zhu Mu who was standing next to him again. Zhu Mu bowed down and said, "My lord, we don't know anything about Luoyang, if it weren't for the secret letter sent by Lord Xianyu a few days ago, we wouldn't even know that the Son of Heaven has died." Your Majesty's secret decree must be related to the current situation in Luoyang, as for what Your Majesty wants your Excellency to do, we have no way to speculate, but one thing is certain, Your Majesty hopes that your Excellency will recover the border counties as soon as possible, and that your Excellency will loyally guard the northern frontier for the Han Kingdom, and I hope that your Excellency will not hesitate to spill your blood for the revitalization of the Great Han Kingdom. His Majesty pinned all his hopes for the revitalization of the Han Dynasty on adults, and I believe that adults know this better than anyone else. Li Hong remembered the importance and favor of the Son of Heaven towards him, and his heart was excited.

This matter will never be as simple as Zhu Mu said. There must be something behind this secret message. But why didn't the Son of Heaven say it?

Is it for the emperor, for the sake of Xiao Donghou? At present, the recovery of the border counties is imminent, and the army is about to end the war, do you want to lead the army south into Beijing?

But what am I going south to Beijing for? Rely on strong force to abolish the little emperor, and then set up the little marquis as the king?

Am I not a plague to the nation? Li Hong looked up at Li Wei, and stopped talking. What is the difference between leading an army south into Beijing and raising troops to rebel?

Even if I have a thousand reasons to enter Beijing, and the righteousness of the Qing monarch to eliminate traitors, can I convince my dozens of generals?

After I enter Beijing, I will inevitably go on a killing spree, eradicate the traitorous eunuch and the general He Jin, and coerce the ministers of the scholar clan to re-establish a new monarch by force.

But can I really revitalize the Great Han Kingdom by doing so? Li Hong shook his head. He had no intention of leading his troops south.

It doesn't really matter to him who is the emperor of the Great Han Kingdom, the stability of the important northern Xinjiang is the survival of more than 3 million people in Bingzhou.

His own ability is limited, and he can't go to Beijing to interfere with the imperial system and interfere in the government, nor can he afford to assist the new monarch in governing the country, so it is better to stay in northern Xinjiang and guard the frontier honestly with a group of brothers.

The Son of Heaven is gone, and there are no more people in the court of the Great Han Kingdom who are willing to tolerate and protect themselves. From now on, I will fight for survival as I did when I first set foot in my homeland six years ago.

Six years ago, he was just fighting for one life, but now, he has to fight for the lives of more than 100,000 soldiers and more than 3 million people in the state.

From this moment on, I can't make any mistakes again. Without the protection of the Son of Heaven, his life may disappear at any time like a mustard.

If you die, it's just a life, it's insignificant, but if tens of thousands of people lose their lives because of your own death, you can't excuse yourself even if you die.

"Don't make a noise about this matter, we still want to encircle and annihilate Baima Copper as soon as possible and recover the border counties as soon as possible." Li Hong said resolutely,

"If Luoyang is in chaos, we will make a decision." Xu Rong meant to start attacking immediately. At present, although the army's food and ammunition have not been interrupted, this does not mean that there is no chaos in Luoyang, and the army's military supply will continue forever.

From the point of view of the security of the army, he put forward a proposal to end the fighting by the end of this month. But Li Hong's mind had changed, and he did not agree to Xu Rong's suggestion, but ordered the army to surround the Hu Clan Legion on the Daqing Plain and not to attack for the time being.

Xu Rong, Lu Yi, Yang Feng and Zhao Yun rushed to the general of the expedition to the north on the afternoon of the second day after Li Hong arrived in Daqingyuan.

Li Hong took Yan Rou, Yushi, Yan Liang and Li Wei out of the camp to greet them. The two sides were very happy after meeting, and Lu Yi even laughed with Li Hong, pestering Li Hong to make up for his happy drink.

The Great Horde Military Meeting. From the middle of April to the present, Li Hong's army on the eastern route has lost 25,000 men, and there are still about 70,000 soldiers, and Xu Rong's army on the western route has lost 26,000 men, and there are still 60,000 soldiers.

At the cost of 51,000 men, the Northern Expedition army fought for nearly 1,000 miles, and finally surrounded the Hu coalition army at the southern foot of Daqing Mountain in May.

Li Wei said: We have 130,000 troops, while the strength of the Hu coalition army is estimated to be about 80,000.

It is very difficult to surround the 80,000 Hu coalition army with 130,000 people, and it will be even more difficult if you want to annihilate them all, so the adult means to surround them first and trap Baima Tong, Tuoba Wei and Xu Kui and others on the Great Green Plain.

The Hu people had only two ways to go when their life was cut off, either to break through desperately, or to raise their flag and surrender.

Surrounded by our 130,000 troops, it is really difficult for the Hu people to break through, and even if they break through, they will not be able to cross the Yinshan Pass, and the biggest possibility is to escape into Daqingshan, but that is also a dead end.

"When?" Koji asked,

"Although a siege without an attack can temporarily reduce the casualties of the large army, we do not have time to wait. Now the situation in Luoyang is unclear, and the rainy season on the prairie is coming soon, so it is better to attack immediately. ”

"Your Excellency has already instructed Dadan Yu Fuluo to immediately rush to Daqingyuan to recruit the Xiongnu tribes." Li Wei said,

"At the same time, the adult also sent someone to contact Xu Kui, a native of Dongqiang. If some of the Xiongnu tribes and the Dongqiang people surrender, the Hu coalition army will be divided and disintegrated, and then as long as we launch the final blow, we will be able to completely annihilate the White Horse Copper and Tuoba Curtain. ”

"The Hu people are very hard-boned, they still have troops and food in the short term, and it will take a while to get them to surrender." Yan Rou asked,

"If there is a change in Luoyang and the supply of military supplies to the army is cut off, will we start attacking immediately?"

"Attack now." Li Wei waved his hand and said,

"If there is a problem with the supply of grain and grass, Lord Xianyu will tell us in advance, please rest assured."

"Is the rainy season coming?"

"The arrival of the rainy season is bad news for us, but not for the enemy?" Li Wei smiled,

"They're going to make a smart choice when there's no chance of a breakout."

"The rainy season is coming, and we are fighting the same." Li Hong looked at the generals and said solemnly,

"I have only one request, and that is not to let a single soldier escape from our encirclement. At the same time, I ask you to minimize casualties and preserve your strength. "In May, the imperial court's holy decree was delivered to the general of Zhengbei.

The new emperor first expressed his condolences to Li Hong, the general of the Northern Expedition, and the generals of the Northern Expedition, and then urged the Northern Expeditionary Army to quell the Xiongnu rebels as soon as possible, defeat the Xianbei Hukou, and recover the four northern counties.

At the same time, a letter from Taifu Yuan Kui was also delivered to the camp. In the letter, he described Li Hong about the death of the first emperor, the succession of the great prince to the great unification, the personnel changes in the imperial court, and the recent situation in Luoyang and the Great Han Kingdom, and finally he hoped that Li Hong would follow the will of the first emperor and contribute to the revitalization of the Great Han Kingdom, and not break his promises.

Promises of yesteryear? When Li Hong saw this, he suddenly understood a lot in his heart. Although the Son of Heaven has returned to heaven, he has used various arrangements to skillfully continue the battle for imperial domination.

Isn't the Son of Heaven afraid that the Great Han Kingdom will fall into a state of defeat because of this protracted battle for imperial domination?

It is difficult for Li Hong to understand the Son of Heaven, since he had given up the battle for the imperial throne before his death, why did he still set up a lot of strategies in Luoyang in order to make waves again?

Li Hong showed the letter to Li Wei. The two discussed for a long time, and both felt that there was still a possibility of chaos in Luoyang.

Li Wei sighed helplessly: "Sooner or later, all the forces in the DPRK and China will break out into internal strife in order to compete for imperial power, and Your Majesty just gave a gentle push before he died. In fact, the battle for the imperial system is not inevitable, the internal strife of the imperial court is inevitable, but once the internal strife is divided, it will inevitably affect the imperial system. Your Majesty had long anticipated the future infighting in Luoyang, so he gave you that secret decree. ”

"I suspect that the real purpose of the secret decree given to you by Your Majesty is not to let you go south to Beijing for anything, but to use your force to warn He Jin not to kill unscrupulously, and remind all parties in Luoyang that there is still a huge threat from you in the northern Xinjiang, so ......" Li Wei whispered,

"If something unexpected is going to happen in Luoyang, it will definitely be before the Northern Xinjiang War ends, and at this time you have no threat to Luoyang, which is their best chance." Li Hong smiled bitterly,

"If I don't want to die, I can only keep this threat alive. I'm not like Dong Zhuo, I'm outside the Great Wall, far away from Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo is on the edge of Chang'an, and the threat to the imperial court is too great, so this time he bore the brunt of the first emperor's military power. As long as I don't enter the Great Wall, I won't dare to touch me today. Li Wei looked at him and smiled slightly: "I'm very happy that adults can think like this." I hate the most about what adults say, I die when I die, and what I'm afraid of. It's perfectly fine for you to say this to me and complain, but don't say it so casually in front of other people. You are the commander of the army, the hope of the northern frontier, you are dead, what should we do? What to do in Northern Xinjiang? You're going to let everyone down about you. Li Hong smiled and said, "Zhong Yuan, do you still remember the events of that day?" ”

"Of course." Li Wei said,

"The emperor is no longer the emperor of the past, you are not Lu Longsai's scout anymore, you are now the general of the expedition to the north, you have to take care of the northern frontier, you have to be responsible for the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and more than 3 million people, you are responsible for the future of the Han Kingdom, so you have to change yourself, everything can no longer be as simple as you thought in the past." Li Hong patted Li Wei's shoulder affectionately and said gratefully, "Thank you." ”

"This time you besiege but not attack, I agree. First, we can preserve our strength, and second, we can recruit a large number of Huns, so as to prepare for moving the Huns to the north and south of Yinshan in the future. Placing the Huns in the north and south of Yinshan can not only free up the land of Henan to settle the displaced people, but also provide us with sufficient cavalry to help us resist the invasion of the Xianbei people in the desert. As for the third, the adults naturally want to delay the end of the war. Li Wei said,

"Your Excellency defeated the Hu coalition army so quickly and recovered the border county, the impression to the current prince and the ministers of the court is not that you are outstanding, but that your threat is getting bigger and bigger, and if you are not careful, you may be killed." Li Hong smiled but did not speak.

"How long are you going to delay?"

"As long as Luoyang is not chaotic and the food and ordnance are continuous, I will drag it down, and it is best to delay it until August, so that I can get enough military supplies." Li Hong said worriedly,

"Luoyang is in chaos, the army's food and ordnance, and the state refugees and Tuntian will lose the support of the imperial court, at that time, what should we do?" In May, Luoyang.

The matter of the lieutenants gathering in Mingtang late at night to discuss secretly was known to He Jin the next day. He Jin immediately asked Xun You, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, to present his secret recital to the Empress Dowager He.

Empress Dowager He was suspicious of the letter and sent someone to find Guo Sheng, the middle attendant. Guo Sheng is a native of Nanyang, and it was his help that Empress Dowager He was able to enter the palace as a concubine.

Empress Dowager He is very grateful to him for this, and has always regarded him as her confidant, and she has to discuss with him first, no matter how big or small.

Guo Sheng was pressed by Empress Dowager He with tears in her eyes, so she had no choice but to speak. Guo Sheng said that this was all the idea of Empress Dowager Dong and Jian Shuo, and they wanted to kill He Jin.

Empress Dowager He said angrily: "If you kill the general, will you kill our mother and son?" Guo Sheng was so frightened that his face was pale, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"The Queen Mother misunderstood. Empress Dowager Dong and we have a grudge against our brother for killing, how can we help her? How can we kill ourselves? We are doing this for the sake of the Queen Mother and His Majesty the Emperor. In the future, if the general ......"

"Forget it, forget it, this palace doesn't blame you. You call Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang, and come up with an idea to kill Jian Shuo immediately. "The Queen Mother knew that Zhao Zhong, Guo Sheng and others also had good intentions, but He Jin was her brother after all, and the emperor had just succeeded to the throne, so the garrison of Luoyang and many things in the outer court depended on He Jin, and he couldn't be killed no matter what.

Guo Sheng's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly played: "Queen Mother, kill Jian Shuo, the Xiyuan Army is under the command of the general, so that he has 50,000 troops in hand, so who can restrain him?" The Queen Mother, the general will kill us, and it will be detrimental to the Queen Mother and His Majesty the Emperor. The Queen Mother said unhappily: "With this palace protecting you, what does he dare to do?" Does he dare to enter the palace and kill you? Guo Sheng said in horror: "Queen Mother, it's not a pity for the ministers to die, but I'm afraid that the Queen Mother and His Majesty the Emperor will be controlled by him and repeat the fact that the great general Liang Yi dominated the dynasty and harmed the country." The Queen Mother suddenly woke up and hurriedly asked: "This palace will let you command the Xiyuan Army, what do you think?" ”

"The minister dies faster." Guo Sheng shook his hand and said,

"Queen Mother, let General Che Cai lead the Xiyuan Army. After the general Che Cai took control of the 40,000 Xiyuan Army, he and the general formed a confrontation situation. The general is constrained, and he must not be able to monopolize the government and do whatever he wants. ”

"He ......," Empress Dowager He asked in disbelief,

"Is he okay?"

"It's not about bringing troops to war, why not?" Guo Sheng asked strangely,

"It's not okay for the general to fight, can't he defend Luoyang City?" Since the return of the Son of Heaven, Jian Shuo has stayed in Yongle Palace to serve the Empress Dowager Dong and Liu Xie, the King of Bohai, and rarely leaves the palace.

He was worried that he would kill He Jin, so he took a dozen Zhonghuangmen with him wherever he went, even in the palace.

On Gengwu Day (May 25), Zhao Zhong sent someone to invite him to the Xuande Hall for discussion. Jian Shuo hurried there, and as soon as he entered the gate of the Xuande Palace, he was knocked to the ground and tied up by the middle yellow doors standing on both sides of the hall.

Jian Shuo knew that the secret was leaked, and he must have been betrayed by Zhao Zhong and others, and in a hurry, he yelled at the palace gate: "Go and ask the Queen Mother to save me......" The Zhonghuang Men waiting outside the palace gate turned around and rushed towards Yongle Palace.

Huangmen ordered Yuan Yu to slowly walk out of the main hall. Why did you arrest me?

Frightened and frightened, Jian Shuo roared angrily, "Why did you arrest me?

Yuan Yu sneered, took out the holy decree from his bosom and read it aloud, saying that Jian Shuo was plotting against him and conspiring to kill the ministers of the imperial court, and finally he lazily shouted a sentence to correct the law on the spot. Jian Shuo was so frightened that his soul flew away, and he just wanted to shout two words, when he saw a flash of cold light, and the huge head had left his neck. When He Jin heard that Jian Shuo was dead, he couldn't help but let out a long breath. He happily said to Sima Hejin, the person who wanted to kill me the most in Luoyang City has finally died, now it's okay, the Xiyuan Army is mine. He Jin hadn't been happy for a while, and there was a news from the palace that made him very angry, the Queen Mother did not hand over the military power of the Xiyuan Army to him, but handed it over to He Miao, the general of the Che Cavalry.

"Damn eunuch." He Jin gritted his teeth and cursed hatefully,

"Order Zhang Liao, Zhang Yang, and Wu Qiu Yi to each bring 500 troops to surround the mansion of the hussar general Dong Chong." He Jin asked, "General, what's that excuse?" ”

"They're all plotting to murder me, what excuse do you need?" HE inlet airway,

"Let's just say that Dong Chong and Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo conspired against each other, and asked Zhang Liao and them to surround me and not let Dong Chong leave."

"General, please be careful." He Jin hurriedly dissuaded,

"General, Empress Dowager He didn't mean to involve Empress Dowager Dong and the hussar general, if you do this, it will anger Empress Dowager Dong and the ministers in the court, and the consequences will be unimaginable." He Jin sneered and was silent.

"General, the first emperor has not yet buried Wenling, at this time, attacking the Empress Dowager Dong and the hussar general will be blamed by the people of the world, and the hearts of the people of the world will be lost." He Jin said,

"General, please be patient." He Jin frowned, waved his hand and said, "Who said I was going to kill them?" I have my own intentions. Go and give the order. "Jump to!

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