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", or search in Baidu: Sanlian Literature Network] Chapter 10 Wind and rain is obscure Eighth section of May, Luoyang.

After the news of the Son of Heaven's illness spread, the magnates and many ministers in Luoyang did not feel too much panic, one was that they were told that the Son of Heaven was just slightly infected with typhoid fever, and it would be good to recuperate for a while, and second, everyone's attention was focused on the battle for the emperor's unification, and more people thought that this was the bitter ploy of the Son of Heaven, in order to trick He Jin into the capital as soon as possible and kill him.

Luoyang is about to have a bloody storm. Under the auspices of the later general Yuan Kui, the inner and outer courts of the Great Han Kingdom were back on track, and the yamen of the prefectures and Taiwan began to operate normally in an orderly manner.

In order to deal with the backlog of many state affairs in the early stage, Yuan Kui has been staying in Shangshutai for the past few days, busy day and night, and staying up all night.

What makes him most anxious now are two things, one is when the Son of Heaven will die, and the other is the progress of the Great War in Northern Xinjiang.

Once the Son of Heaven returns to heaven, all parties will inevitably fight for the imperial unity, and whether the situation in Luoyang can remain stable according to his wish will be directly related to the ongoing Northern Xinjiang War and the safety of the hundreds of thousands of troops who are fighting outside the fortress.

As the battle reports of the northern army continued to be sent to the capital, Yuan Kui's worries about the war in northern Xinjiang gradually alleviated a lot.

Now that Li Hong has recovered Dingxiang County, the East Road army has approached Baiqushui under his command, and the forward is directed towards Yunzhong City.

Zhao Yun's thousand-mile raid had been successful, and with the cooperation of Xu Rong and Yiyi, he successfully captured Jiuyuan City.

At present, Xu Rong is commanding the army of the West Road to cross the river day and night, and the forward is pointing directly at the Yinshan Pass. The ministers were very excited when they heard that the Han army had gone out to fight and even won the battle, and everyone rushed to tell each other and congratulate each other, as if the four northern counties were about to be recovered by the Han army in a blink of an eye.

Shang Shu Ling Lu Zhi warned Yuan Kui and the ministers that although the Northern Xinjiang War started smoothly, as the army continued to move north, the distance from Jinyang would become farther and farther, and the supply of grain and grass would become an important factor restricting whether the army could quickly encircle the Hu coalition army in a timely manner.

Lu Zhi said that there are nearly one million people who transport grain and grass to the eastern and western armies, and their grain consumption is very staggering, and in order to ensure that the front-line officers and men are not constrained by the burden of grain and grass, it is necessary to increase the supply of materials to the battlefield in northern Xinjiang.

Yuan Kui asked, "At this rate of attack, can the army recover the four northern counties in advance?" In other words, can we end the fighting in northern Xinjiang before the rainy season begins in June? Han Fu smiled and said, "That's exactly what General Li thinks, so he will oversee the onslaught of the army at all costs." If we can end the war before the rainy season comes, we can save huge military expenditures, which is a great thing for the Han Kingdom. In my opinion, as long as we can continue to provide the Northern Expeditionary Army with the necessary food and materials, General Li should be sure to end the war ahead of schedule. Lu Zhi said: "I think it's difficult. At present, the army of the East Road has not yet taken Yunzhong, and after taking Yunzhong, there is still a barren and dry water to block it. The army of the West Road has not yet taken the Yinshan Pass, and after taking the Yinshan Pass, we can be considered to have completely completed the encirclement of the Hu coalition army. After the siege, the two armies were about 600 miles apart, and with the ferocious counterattack of more than 100,000 Hu allied troops, it was almost impossible for General Li to completely recover the four counties before the rainy season came. Yuan Kui frowned and said, "Almost impossible? So there's a silver lining? ”

"Unless the Hu coalition army is in a hurry to break through and storm Yinshan." Lu Zhi pointed to the map road,

"In this way, my eastern and western armies can fight a decisive battle with the Hu coalition army at the foot of Yin Mountain. But the Beard Bone Duhou and the White Horse Copper would not do this. After fighting everyone out, what is the point of them even if they escape to the north of Yinshan? As long as there is an army, as long as it can hold out until the rainy season, the tide of war in northern Xinjiang may be reversed. Yuan Kui looked at the ministers and said with a wry smile: "The Marquis of Xubu Gudu has a good idea, if the battle drags on, there is indeed a possibility of reversal." As long as the ant thieves everywhere gather together to rebel like last year, or if there is another natural disaster in any state or county, it will be difficult for us to hold on. In the Northern Xinjiang War, we not only had to provide food and ordnance to more than 100,000 troops, but also more than 1 million people, and it was difficult for us to continue to persevere. Especially the situation in Luoyang...... "The ministers were worried, and the atmosphere in the Shangshu room was solemn.

Zhang Zhi approached Yuan Kui and asked in a low voice, "My lord, has Your Majesty's condition improved?" "Now in Yongle Palace, only the rear generals Yuan Kui, Situ Ding Palace, Sikong Liu Hong and Shangshu ordered Lu Zhi to go in to meet the holy driver, and the rest of the ministers have no right to enter to visit.

Yuan Kui and Lu Zhi looked at each other, bowed their heads and said nothing. After a while, Lu Zhi sighed: "If Your Majesty can hold out until June, even if General Li fails to end the war, he can still consolidate the existing gains. Our army, unable to support it, can withdraw from the Yinshan Pass and drive the Marquis of Xubu Gudu and his army to the north of Yinshan. In this way, we will still be able to successfully recover the four northern counties. In the evening, Yuan Kui, Situ Ding Palace, Sikong Liu Hong, and Shang Shu ordered Lu Zhi to go to Yongle Palace to meet the Son of Heaven.

In the past few days, Tianzi has a high fever and is often unconscious, and it is rare to be awake several times a day. The Queen Mother served by the Son of Heaven day and night, very haggard.

When she saw Yuan Kui and the others walking in, she immediately asked people to take the little Dong Hou and the princess who were sitting on the edge of the bed to the side room, and whispered a few words in the ear of the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven suddenly opened his eyes. He looked at the four ministers with sad expressions, and asked weakly: "How is the war in Northern Xinjiang ......" Lu Zhi hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, good news is frequent. He then gave a detailed description of the latest battle situation in northern Xinjiang,

"At this rate of attack, before the rainy season comes, General Li can completely encircle the Hu coalition army and completely recover the four northern counties in July or August." A smile appeared on the pale face of the Son of Heaven, and he trembled his lips and tried to say something, but he couldn't say it after all, and his mind fell into a coma again.

The four ministers comforted the Queen Mother a few words and said goodbye one after another. Yuan Kui was the last to leave the Jiade Palace, but he was immediately stopped by Jian Shuo,

"The Queen Mother wants to see you." In recent days, the Queen Mother and her nephews Hussar General Dong Chong and Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo have been discussing how to let Xiao Donghou inherit the unification every day.

The Son of Heaven's illness is getting worse and worse, and he may return to heaven at any time, and the emperor's affairs must be decided as soon as possible.

The Son of Heaven was reluctant to issue an edict to establish the crown prince, which was completely unexpected by the Queen Mother. For this reason, the Queen Mother took Xiao Donghou to cry and beg in front of the Son of Heaven's sickbed three times and twice, but the Son of Heaven turned a deaf ear, did not say a word, and refused to agree.

The Queen Mother didn't know why Bai Zi suddenly changed his hexagram. She cried and said to the Son of Heaven, the emperor can ignore my life, but he can't ignore the life of Xiao Donghou.

The Son of Heaven took his mother's hand and looked at Xiao Donghou, who was crying in a low voice, and burst into tears. He said helplessly and desolately: "Go back to the country between the rivers." The Queen Mother was sad and angry, she didn't understand why this son who depended on her for his life was so cowardly and incompetent until death.

Back to the country between the rivers? Could it be that if you return to the river country, you will be able to escape the poison of that butcher? She can not think about her life, but she can't watch the sweet baby she raised be killed by a butcher like this.

Xiao Donghou's mother has been killed by that butcher, and the emperor can't protect her and is unwilling to avenge her, but why is the emperor unwilling to protect his most beloved son, and send him to the butcher's butcher's knife before he dies?

The Queen Mother hated the queen's cruelty very much, and always called her a butcher in private. The Empress Dowager decided to kill He Jin without concealing the seriously ill Son of Heaven, eradicating Empress He's reliance, and supporting Xiao Donghou as the new monarch of the Han Kingdom.

Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo and the hussar general Dong Zhong were very frightened when they learned that the Son of Heaven refused to be crowned prince. The two knew that once He Jin was left in power, he would definitely be in a different place, and there was no way out at this time except for a desperate fight.

With the support of the Queen Mother, the two immediately began to prepare. Now the Northern Army is not in Luoyang, and He Jin is entering Beijing alone, so Jian Shuo plans to kill He Jin in the Jiade Hall when he enters the palace to meet the Son of Heaven.

Dong Zhong said, why did you kill He Jin in the palace? Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang and other old lieutenants have a close relationship with the queen, and once the news leaks, not only can they not kill He Jin, but they will be harmed by him.

You control the Xiyuan Army, you have 40,000 soldiers and horses in your hands, and now there are 20,000 troops available in Luoyang City, you can completely correct the edict of the Son of Heaven and besiege the General's Mansion and the Che Cavalry General's Mansion with 20,000 troops, so that one blow can be hit, and there will be no future trouble.

Jian Shuo smiled bitterly: "The Xiyuan army is full of scholars and the general's cronies, and the news is easier to leak, especially now that Yuan Shao is in Luoyang City, if he gets the news and notifies the general in advance, we will never find a chance to kill He Jin again." I think it's safest and most reliable to use my brothers from the Yellow Gate. The Queen Mother also agreed with Jian Shuo's opinion, she said to Dong Chong: "It is indeed a bit of a fuss to use the army in order to kill one, and once the army is dispatched, the consequences are unpredictable, if Luoyang is out of control, it will be troublesome." She thinks that as long as He Jin dies, the people who follow He Jin will lose their backers, and these people will naturally fall apart.

The Queen Mother wanted to listen to the movements of the ministers in the court and China before killing He Jin, and wanted to know which prince the ministers were more inclined to support as the new monarch.

If there is the support of the ministers of the DPRK and China, it will be more secure to kill He Jin. At this time, Jian Shuo told her that Yuan Kui had mentioned the matter of the imperial system several times when chatting with him privately in the past few days, and was vaguely inclined to support the establishment of Dong Hou, but Yuan Kui was worried that He Jin would take the opportunity to rebel and lead the army into Luoyang, so his tone was ambiguous, as if he was unwilling to intervene too much in this matter.

The Queen Mother was overjoyed when she heard this. If Xiao Donghou's inheritance of the unification can get Yuan Kui's strong support, it will be twice the result with half the effort.

The Queen Mother chatted with Yuan Kui about the Son of Heaven's illness, and then said in a sad tone: "The emperor is afraid that the time is short, what will Xiao Donghou do in the future?" The world is so big, where is there a place for him? Yuan Kui was speechless, and said for a long time: "Tomorrow, the general will return to Beijing." The Queen Mother was shocked, tears burst out of her eyes involuntarily, and she choked up and said, "Isn't there anything the boss can do?" Yuan Kui sighed and said: "If the queen mother has a place to use the old minister, the old minister will never give up." Yuan Kui urged the general He Jin to return to Beijing with a fast ride of 800 miles.

He Jin was overjoyed when he learned that the Son of Heaven was seriously ill and was about to go, and immediately ordered the army to go to Mengjin day and night.

Not long after the army left Shanyang, he quietly dismissed the 10,000 Yellow Turban Army. At this time, the policy of military advice has been canceled, and it is meaningless to bring these 10,000 horses to Luoyang, on the contrary, if people can see the flaws, this will become the evidence of their own fornication with the Yellow Turban Army and plotting against them.

When they arrived in Mengjin, the northern army set up a large camp and made a posture of imminent westward march to Liangzhou. He Hao was in Mengjin at this time, and he hurried out of the city to meet the general He Jin.

He Jin carefully inquired about the situation in Luoyang, and then asked, "Do you think you should enter Beijing immediately or wait for His Majesty to return to heaven before entering Beijing?" He Hao said: "Your Majesty is seriously ill and may return to heaven at any time, so it is better for the general to immediately enter Beijing to preside over the overall situation, so as to avoid accidents." ”

"Accident?" He Jin frowned and thought for a long time, and said slowly,

"Your Majesty has not issued an edict to appoint the crown prince, which is contrary to common sense, and I can't help but be cautious. If I have just entered Beijing, His Majesty will issue an edict to kill me, and then make Dong Hou the crown prince, how will I deal with it? He Hao smiled and said: "The general's northern army is in Mengjin, fifty miles away from Luoyang, and it is coming in an instant, how could Your Majesty issue an edict to kill you?" His Majesty did not dare to appoint the crown prince, I am afraid that he would rebel against the general, so that Luoyang would fall into chaos, and the chaos in Luoyang would inevitably affect the war in northern Xinjiang. The general probably didn't know that the Northern Xinjiang War had entered the most critical stage, right? ”

"Oh?" He Jin asked in surprise,

"Xu Rong crossed the river to the north?"

"Yes, Zhao Yun has taken Jiuyuan City, Xu Rong has crossed the river to the north, and the army is currently attacking the Yinshan Pass, and it is estimated that the Hu coalition army will soon be surrounded by the northern army." He Hao said happily,

"The general has no worries about his life at this time, and he can return to Luoyang with a swagger. People are not as good as heaven. His Majesty originally planned to use a very safe and secure method to kill the general and establish the imperial throne without panic, but he did not expect that his efforts would be in vain. Now that he is forced by the situation, he has to make compromises, and he still has to take a step back and let Shi Hou inherit the unification. He Jin pondered for a long time, still hesitating.

The northern army could not enter Beijing, and after entering the city, they had no other strength to rely on except for thousands of private soldiers and doormen hiding in the palace.

If His Majesty issued an edict to kill himself, let Jian Shuo command the Xiyuan Army to besiege the General's Mansion, and let a certain highly respected minister in the court come to Mengjin to take over the Northern Army, wouldn't he be dead?

In this way, Luoyang is only a small mess, and it will not endanger the stability of the imperial court and the war situation in northern Xinjiang at all.

Although Yuan Shao is in Luoyang City, he only has one battalion of soldiers and horses, and who can be sure that the other three battalions of soldiers and horses will turn against each other when the chaos is about to begin?

Without the Northern Army to follow, it would be too dangerous to enter Beijing alone. As soon as you die, everything is over, and all your efforts are in vain.

At present, in the capital, although the old lieutenants and bureaucrats in the palace are temporarily standing on the same line with themselves for different purposes, the dying Son of Heaven, as well as the empress dowager and hussar general Dong Chong, who feel that a great disaster is coming, and those clan ministers who support Xiao Dong Hou to succeed to the unification, they all want to put themselves to death.

Especially when the Son of Heaven may return to Heaven at any time, even if they are not very sure, they may kill themselves decisively.

"Your Majesty has not issued an edict to establish the crown prince so far, it may be to lure you into Beijing to kill you, but it is also possible to arrange the future affairs after you enter Beijing." He Hao whispered,

"We must take into account that now that the news of His Majesty's serious illness has been known to everyone, everyone knows that His Majesty will die soon, and everyone must consider what will happen to them. Even His Majesty himself, he also has to consider the survival path of Xiao Donghou and the crown prince once he fails to kill you or suddenly returns to the queen of heaven. If he doesn't make a prince, doesn't it mean that he is afraid of you and has no choice? Now everyone in Luoyang is afraid of the thunderous power of the general, doesn't this also mean that the general is very safe? ”

"Your Majesty is seriously ill, and the general's troops in Mengjin openly disobey the holy decree and refuse to enter Beijing, which is suspected of disloyalty and injustice, which not only damages the prestige of the general, but also gives Your Majesty an excuse to kill you. If the general does not enter Beijing, is there no danger? Now 20,000 Xiyuan troops are stationed in the pass north of Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo's 20,000 northern army troops are stationed at Fengling Ferry, if Your Majesty disregards the safety of the country and insists on ordering the general to besiege and kill the general under Mengjin Pass with an army of 40,000, how can the general save himself? He Jin's face became ugly.

"Once Your Majesty returns to heaven, Empress Dowager Dong and the traitorous eunuchs may be forced to support Xiao Shihou as the new monarch under the pressure of the general Tun Bing Meng Jin, but what about after the establishment of the new monarch? The general is not in charge of Luoyang, and the traitors are bound to take the opportunity to curry favor with the Empress Dowager He and the little emperor to control the government again. By the time the general thinks that Luoyang is safe and then goes back, the opportunity to take sole control of the emperor has long been lost? He Hao glanced at He Jin and said with a wry smile,

"Who will be the first to kill the traitors when they take power again? It is the great general who poses the greatest threat to them. If the traitors disregard the safety of the country, and the former general Liang Yi monopolized the imperial power and endangered the society, persuaded the Empress Dowager He and the chariot general He Miao, and ordered the Xiyuan Army and Dong Zhuo's Northern Army to besiege and kill you, and then use He Miao, who is close to them, as the general, how can the general save himself? He Jin's face became even more ugly.

"Shi Hou has succeeded to the throne, and the 40,000 Xiyuan army is in the hands of traitors, what role does the general have for Empress Dowager He and He Miao at this time? The generals, who only had 10,000 Northern Army, were bound to become traitors to the troubled country, and together with the soldiers, they would suffer the crazy revenge of the traitors. He Jin was silent.

He Hao saw that he couldn't make a decision, and withdrew from the big tent. Soon, Xu Liang arrived from Luoyang Pegasus, and the queen asked He Jin to immediately enter Beijing to preside over the overall situation.

The queen said in the letter that the Son of Heaven had already told her that she would make Xiao Shihou the crown prince, and she would wait for the general to return to Beijing to take charge.

He Jin asked, "What is the movement of Jian Shuo?" ”

"No, he has been staying in Yongle Palace, and there is no news." Xu Liang smiled,

"General, don't worry about returning to Beijing, we have arranged everything." He Jin still hesitated. In the evening, Yuan Shao secretly rushed to Mengjin from Luoyang.

"The general can return to Beijing with confidence. Cao Cao, the captain of the military academy, and Chun Yuqiong, the captain of the right colonel, have been persuaded by me that they are willing to follow the general and follow the general to kill the traitors and restore the Tianwei of the Han Dynasty. "A big stone hanging on He Jin's heart finally landed,

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