Chapter 7: Wind and Thunder, Section 11

"If Brother Bo Jue finds it difficult, I can transfer you and your iron cavalry to the western battlefield." Li Hong said with a smile,

"The opponents on the battlefield in the west are Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Yuan Wei and Zhang Yang, so that you can avoid Tian Kai and Liu Bei." Gongsun Chan sighed and did not speak.

Li Hong's transfer of Gongsun Zhan to the Jizhou battlefield was originally a good intention. At present, there are many civil and military ministers from Youzhou in the DPRK, and people like Liu He and Xian Yufu occupy a pivotal position and have a great influence on the government.

Li Hong wanted to take this opportunity to let him make more meritorious deeds and ease the grudge with the scholars of Youzhou. Although the former Taifu Liu Yu had clearly explained the reason for pardoning Gongsun Chan before his death, as Liu Yu's son Liu He, Wei You, Liu Fang and others, who were Liu Yu's former officials, still blamed Gongsun Chan's death.

Liu He and others can not kill him today, but it does not mean that these people will not declare personal vendetta in the future. Gongsun Zhan's merits are greater, his official position is higher, and his ability to protect himself will naturally be stronger, and the possibility of being threatened by this kind of threat will be smaller.

Gongsun Zhan's life was guaranteed, and even if he didn't want to enter the court as an official, he could always loyally guard the border for the Han Dynasty, so that he would no longer have different aspirations.

In addition, when Gongsun Chan arrived on the battlefield in Jizhou, he could not only come forward to appease the old people such as Tian Kai and Liu Bei, but also give a clear hint to the rebels who attacked Hebei.

As long as the Son of Heaven is respected and belongs to the imperial court, the imperial court can not blame the past, and it can still be entrusted with important tasks. Gongsun Chan also guessed Li Hong's thoughts, but he couldn't overcome his mental barrier.

Every time he took a step closer to the battlefield, the past became clearer and clearer, and the resentment in his heart became stronger. No matter how Li Hong and Liyi treated him well, he couldn't get rid of the resentment in his heart, and he even hated the triumphant faces of the generals in Northern Xinjiang, and he felt that the smiles on those faces were ridicule and insults to himself.

Whenever he thought that he was about to fight against his former good brothers Tian Kai and Liu Bei, he had an inexplicable impulse.

He wanted to repay them and kill them side by side. Back then, if it weren't for these two brothers who swore to save each other, he would have turned into a pile of bones.

Gongsun Chan was restless because of this, and he was very eager to leave Jizhou. The reason why he accepted Li Hong's invitation today, was cheeky, and rushed to the general's line with a smile on his face was to beg Li Hong to transfer him out of the Jizhou battlefield as soon as possible.

"I can't stay here anymore, I'm going crazy." Gongsun Chan lowered his head and pleaded in a low voice.

"I hope the general can understand my feelings. I just can't face that. I can go to the desert, I can go to Liaodong, I can even disarm and return to the field, I don't have any requirements, I just want to leave here quickly. Li Hong looked at him in surprise.

From Gongsun Zhan's haggard face, sad expression, and helpless eyes, Li Hong seemed to see Gongsun Zhan's heartbroken tears.

The peaceful years of the past few years have not only not resolved the pain in Gongsun Zhan's heart, but have made him even more painful.

Li Hong wanted to comfort him a few words, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back. Everyone will say the truth, but if he is Gongsun Zhan, he may not be able to do better than Gongsun Zhan.

I should put myself in Gongsun Zhan's shoes and think about it.

"I promise you." Li Hong stretched out his hand and patted Gongsun Zhan,

"But you're going to give me time. What reason can I use to ask the imperial court to transfer you back to Youzhou? You are gone, who should command the Iron Cavalry army on the eastern battlefield? I have to solve all of these problems before I can let you go. Gongsun Chan raised his head and gratefully bowed his hand to Li Hong,

"Thank you, General." A few days later, because he missed his children, Fengxue left Handan with several envoys from Fuyu and went to Jinyang.

From the front-line army on the north bank of the Yellow River, all kinds of news came one after another. Hanoi's flamboyant army has already left Dangyin City and is approaching Yecheng along the galloping road.

Han Hao, the governor of Hebei, led his army out of Chaoge City and approached Liyang in Wei County. Liyang is the westernmost city along the north bank of the Yellow River in Jizhou.

Yuan Shao's generals Han Qiong, Pan Feng, Zhu Ling, and Tao Sheng's army had already entered Baima and confronted Liyang across the river.

The armies of Yuan Wei, Gao Gan, Gao Rou, and Yuan Zhong in Yuzhou have been stationed in the Puyang area. Jingzhou Liu Biao's army has been stationed in the Juancheng area, whether it crossed the river in the direction of Taiting, it is not yet certain.

Cao Cao's army had already been assembled in the direction of Dong'e and Cangting, and could cross the river to attack Dongwuyang at any time.

The Xuzhou army approached the front line of Linyi City and Chiping City, echoing Cao Cao's army from afar. Tian Kai's army gathered in Gaotang and Qiancheng, whether he attacked Ganling with Cao Cao and Liu Bei, or directly entered Bohai County, it is impossible to predict at present.

According to the current military analysis, the rebels may cross the river at nine to ten ferries, and if the two enemy forces in the direction of Hanoi are added, the rebels will attack in about 12 ways.

Which of these are the main rebel forces? Which crossings are the main directions of attack of the rebels? Li Hong and the generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army stayed up all night for this reason, and repeatedly discussed strategies to meet the enemy.

Recently, Gongsun Zan and Lu Bu were ordered by Li Hong to write several letters to Tian Kai in Qingzhou and Zhang Yang in Hebei, hoping to persuade the two, but with little success.

Zhang Yang has always refused to reply. Although Tian Kai replied frequently, he persuaded Gongsun Zhan to recognize Li Hong's rebellious face, defect as soon as possible, or simply cross the river with an iron horse and go south to meet him.

As long as Brother Bo Qi enters Qingzhou, Qingzhou will be yours. Gongsun Chan couldn't cry or laugh. Seeing that the war was imminent, Gongsun Zhan rushed to Handan again and asked to be transferred back to Youzhou.

Gongsun Chan was in a depressed mood, looking tired, and he was much thinner than some time ago. Li Hong was worried that others would know what Gongsun Zhan was thinking, so he specially invited him to his military tent and discussed with him alone.

"Wu Feng Zhonglang General Li Su has already joined me, and with his ability, he is fully qualified to lead the army." Gongsun Chan said slowly,

"The generals who went south with me this time included my son Gongsun Xu, Changshi Zhao Heng, school captain Ying Qin, and Guo Hua, these people are very familiar with Master Li Su. They will obey the military orders of Lord Li Su and will not cause any trouble to the general. Li Hong persuaded him to open a little and stay for the time being.

"The piece I suggest to let you go back to Youzhou has been submitted to Jinyang, and there will be news soon, you wait."

"People, count me as a private begging for you, okay?" Gongsun Chan smiled bitterly,

"You are the Great General Sima, in charge of the military affairs of the imperial court, and you have every right to transfer me back to Youzhou."

"Brother Bo Jue, you are a general of the imperial court, although I am restrained, but I will transfer you back to Youzhou now, which is a big deal for the imperial court. Especially at this time, there is a need for a good reason, and it is not something that I can adjust if I want to. Li Hong persuaded bitterly,

"In addition to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, there are also four lords including me, and I personally have no right to transfer a general at will. If I could do whatever I wanted, then who am I? The Han Dynasty first needs to rebuild the prestige of the Son of Heaven and the majesty of the law, if I can't respect the law, then what qualifications do I have to say that Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others are rebellious? Brother Bo Jue, you don't want me to be like Dong Zhuo and bend the law arrogantly, right? Gongsun Zhan's face was annoyed, and he said very dissatisfied: "You didn't go to the court at all, you just don't want me to go." ”

"Brother Bo Jue, you have to think about it for me, how will others understand if I transfer you away at this time? Others will think that I don't trust you, and I don't trust other generals other than the old generals in Northern Xinjiang, which will shake the morale of the army. You are not representing you alone, but the generals of all departments in the DPRK and China, except for the old generals in northern Xinjiang. Li Hong persuaded again,

"You're gone, how can I explain it to everyone? I can't say to the generals of the ministries that you put brotherhood above the interests of the society, right? At this time when the Han Dynasty is in danger and Hebei is in danger, what is the brotherhood of individuals? Why can't you understand me? ”

"But you also have to understand me." Gongsun Chan said in despair,

"When I face Tian Kai and Liu Bei, what should I do? Whether Tian Kai and Liu Bei are rebellious or not, you and I both know in our hearts. It's like when you and I met each other, there is no right or wrong. You said that Tian Kai and Liu Bei were rebellious, so what did you say they did? Rebuild the imperial system, Zhongxing Han, you think this is Hebei's business, but they think it's their business, so who is right and who is wrong? Li Hong's face gradually sank,

"Brother Boju, what do you think?"

"That's what I thought." Gongsun Chan did not shy away from saying,

"When the emperor was alive last year, Tian Kai and Liu Bei both went to the court and expressed their willingness to respect the Son of Heaven, but what happened later ......" Gongsun Zhan saw Li Hong's angry face, sighed secretly in his heart, and took back the following words.

"Why don't you finish your sentence?"

"Forget it, everyone thinks differently, maybe I'm wrong." Gongsun Chan sighed mournfully,

"I can't know your thoughts, nor can I know the thoughts of Tian Kai and Liu Bei, but in the future, there will be the sky as proof, and there will be thousands of living beings in the world as evidence, and who is right and who is wrong will have their own opinions." Li Hong sneered.

In April, Jinyang. After Fengxue returned to Jinyang, the eldest princess immediately announced that she had entered the palace and inquired in detail about the desert.

Although there were reports from Mobei Protector Yan Wudaunt and Hebei County Taishou Tianyu before this, the eldest princess still wanted to hear the specific situation with her own ears.

After the Xianbei people were killed in Qianman and Budu died in Mobei, the matter of planning to rebuild the Xianbei royal court gave the court a great shock.

Once Kirby Bear rebuilds the Xianbei royal court, the desert will surely enter an eventful season again. Cui Lie didn't mention anything at this time, giving up the desert.

If we give up the desert now, the northern Xinjiang will inevitably be unstable, and if the northern Xinjiang is unstable, it will be even more difficult to calm the world. Cui Lie immediately proposed a strategy of coercion and temptation to force Kirby Xiong to give up his plan to rebuild the Xianbei royal court, so as to stabilize the northern frontier to the greatest extent.

The so-called coercion is to threaten Kirby the Bear from three directions. The first is to appease the pace more, invite the step back to the Golden Snow Plain, and rebuild the western Xianbei Department.

Budu is the grandson of the Xianbei king Tan Shihuai, in recent years he has rushed left and right in the desert, quite prestigious.

Although Budu's strength has been beaten in the past few years, he is a descendant of the Xianbei royal family, with him in the desert and our support, Kirby Xiong will not dare to rebuild the Xianbei royal court, because he is not even qualified to be the king of Xianbei.

Secondly, secretly support the development of the Tuoba tribe and the Wuye tribe of the northern Xianbei to the central Xianbei region, and gradually encroach on the territory of Kirby Bear.

Third, with heavy troops stationed in Xuanxuan and Liaodong counties, and under the pretext of asking for help from the Fuyu State, the troops were stationed to help the Yuyu State.

In this way, Budu and Mobei are in the west of the desert, Tuoba and Wuye tribes are in the south of the desert, and Xuanyu, Liaodong and Buyu ** teams are in the east of the desert.

We can coerce Kirby Bear in the middle and in the east from three directions at the same time. If he dares to rebuild the Xianbei royal court, we will attack from three sides.

The Hu people are barbaric, and the threat of force cannot scare them, the key is to lure. When the three-sided attack is complete, we can sit down with Kirby Bear and have a good talk.

We can agree with him to send people to northern Xinjiang to learn the writing and etiquette of our Han people, we can agree to give them limited financial and material assistance, and we can even agree with him to move the tribes south of Yanshan.

As long as he is willing to belong to us and is willing to be a citizen of the Han Dynasty like other Xianbei people, this thing will be easy to do.

Da Situ Cui Lie's suggestion was full of compromises, and as a result, he was criticized by the whole court, and except for the Taifu Zhao Qi, the other ministers were almost unanimously opposed.

Guangluxun Xian Yufu, the chief Sikong Liu He, the servant Gai Xun, the Zhenbei general Yan Rou and Shang Shuling Zhang Fan, who led the affairs of the guard, were the resolute main battle faction.

The older Cui Lie gets, the more angry he becomes, and he fights with reason and refuses to give an inch. The ninety-year-old Taifu Zhao Qi finally couldn't support it anymore and fell ill.

Last year, he and Ma Riyan went to the state and county, but they were hit hard in Yangzhou. After coming back, he independently supported the crumbling Jinyang court, and worked hard.

Then the Son of Heaven died, and the states and counties jointly crusaded against Hebei, and crises followed, and he was like a tireless old horse, dealing with the government day and night, with little time to rest.

When he fell ill, he could no longer get up. At this time, Master Huatuo had already left, and Master Xiangkai was also far away in Jizhou.

In order to save his life, the eldest princess hurriedly issued an edict and invited Master Xiangkai to ride 800 miles. In accordance with Zhang Wen's deathbed instructions, the eldest princess ordered to worship Cai Yong, a doctor who was teaching at Jinyang University, as the princess.

When Cai Yong arrived at the court, the first thing he did was to deal with the matter of Fuyuguo's request for help. The DPRK's policy towards foreign tribes has always been to kill or appease according to the domestic situation.

But decades of war in Xiliang show that once this policy is used incorrectly, it is equivalent to pushing oneself into the abyss of defeat.

The same has been the case for the past ten years, the DPRK has also killed both externally and internally, and as a result, the society has been unbearable and collapsed.

The question of when and what methods should be used to ensure the safety of the community is a difficult question. It is obviously unrealistic to discard Buyeo and ignore Buyeo's request for help.

However, today, when the war on both sides of the Yellow River is raging, it is obviously even more unrealistic to send troops to the outside world. Kirby Bear's timing was just right.

Cui Lie's coercion and temptation strategy seems to be the only right choice at the moment, but Cui Lie's attitude towards foreigners has always been flattering.

Who knows if he's right or wrong? If you are wrong, once the Xianbei people re-emerge in the desert under the leadership of Kirby Bear and Budugen, then the prosperity of the Han Dynasty will be far away.

The belligerence of the warriors in Northern Xinjiang is because they occupy the desert, and the Hu people are completely vulnerable in their eyes, and whoever is disobedient will be beaten.

Many of the ministers in the court today are 20 or 30-year-old scholars, and they have stepped into the court in one step because of special times and special reasons.

Cai Yong's life is bumpy, with ups and downs in the court, and he has a lot of experience in politics. He was also exiled to Wuyuan for many years and had his own views on the governance of the border counties.

He, like Zhao Qi, leaned towards Cui Lie's suggestion. However, he felt that he was weak and could not convince the Chinese military minister, so he asked the eldest princess and immediately consulted the great general Li Hong.

The eldest princess wanted to ride eight hundred miles to inquire, but was stopped by Cui Lie.

"Send someone." He recommended that the counselor Zhong Xuan and the speaker Jia Xu go to Handan immediately. The eldest princess frowned and did not speak.

Zhong Xuan and Jia Xu are both former ministers of the Chang'an Imperial Court, and Cui Lie obviously has ulterior motives in doing this. Cui Lie saw that the eldest princess was hesitant, and hurriedly cast a gaze at Cai Yong for help.

Cai Yong understood Cui Lie's thoughts. The surviving group of former ministers of the Chang'an court have rich experience in handling court affairs, and this is exactly what the current court needs.

At present, almost all the ministers of the DPRK and China are Hebei officials, and most of them are young, and most of them studied in Jinyang and Handan universities, including some generals in northern Xinjiang, who have studied in these two schools for a period of time.

They advocate restructuring and have strong confidence and expectations in the Zhongxing Han Dynasty, and it is this confidence and expectation that makes many of the imperial court's restructuring policies begin to become impatient and blind.

As the curtain of the Great War in Hebei gradually opened, with the gradual tension of Hebei's financial endowment, and with the ministers' desire for victory, many things are gradually losing direction and out of control.

For example, there have been many recent incidents of forcible expropriation of grain and forcible requisition of men and carriages in local counties and counties, for example, recent incidents of local officials taking advantage of the opportunity to encroach on land and enrich their own pockets, such as the recent proposal of ministers to increase the tax on merchants and allow local counties to mint coins, and so on.

All these things show that in many of the policies of the imperial court, there are more and more radical and short-sighted behaviors, and the ministers of the imperial court who formulated these policies are at a loss and are still intoxicated with complacency.

In dealing with such a major event, which required the use of all national strength and the fate of the society, they quickly exposed the fatal flaw of their lack of sufficient experience, and they were carried away by their own confidence, completely unaware that the inner crisis that led to the defeat of the war was looming step by step.

Zhao Qi and Cui Lie sensed this crisis, and they were trying their best to save it, but at this critical moment, Zhao Qi fell.

And the new Taifu Cai Yong has just taken office, and he doesn't know anything about many things and can't help. And more importantly, he doesn't have the absolute prestige of Zhao Qi.

The same sentence, when it comes out of Zhao Qi and Cai Yong's mouths, will have different meanings. The subordinates absolutely obey Zhao Qi, but they may not absolutely obey Cai Yong.

The subordinates could mistakenly understand Cai Yong's meaning and implement it wrongly, but Cai Yong had nothing to do.

Cui Lie had no choice but to use the old ministers of Chang'an, and he planned to use the power of the old ministers of Chang'an as a buffer to contain and restrain the restructuring forces headed by the eldest princess, so that the various restructuring policies of the imperial court would stop the radical pace, so that the promotion and implementation of the new policy could be fully verified, so that the reform could find the right direction and carry out steady and effective control under a steady rhythm.

The sudden death of the Son of Heaven made the eldest princess hold a grudge against these former Chang'an ministers, and although she pardoned the guilt of these people, she refused to use any of them.

However, Cui Lie knew that there was a way for the eldest princess to give up this unreasonable resentment. As long as Li Hong, the great general of Sima, takes the lead in using the old ministers of Chang'an, then the eldest princess can gradually accept and use these old ministers of Chang'an who can play a key role at the critical moment.

But Cui Lie didn't know what Li Hong thought, he wanted to use this rare opportunity to test Li Hong. Cai Yong spoke out to persuade the eldest princess.

This matter is very important, especially at this time, it is better to send someone to explain it in detail, so as not to cause trouble to Hebei and affect the great cause of Zhongxing.

"Why do you have to send Zhong Xuan and Jia Xu?" The eldest princess looked at the two of them suspiciously,

"There are more than 50 squires and Lingshi in Shangshutai, I can send two ...... at will."

"No, no......" Cai Yong shook his hand and said,

"The Hebei War is about to begin, the court is busy, there is a shortage of manpower, Zhong Xuan and Jia Xu have nothing to do, let's let them run. Both of them are men of their fifties, who have served in the court for many years, and have considerable experience in dealing with foreign affairs, and I believe that they can explain this matter more thoroughly. The eldest princess didn't think much about it, and nodded in agreement.

May of the first year of the founding of the Han Dynasty (197 AD). At the beginning of May, the imperial court's envoys consulted the doctor Zhong Xuan and the courtier Jia Xu hurried to Handan.

After reading the edict of the eldest princess, Li Hong carefully read the letters of Cai Yong, Cui Lie, Xian Yufu and Liu He, and had a plan in his heart.

He called the subordinate superintendent Cao Yi and ordered him to quickly send someone to invite Gongsun Zhan. Li Hong was very polite to Zhong Xuan and Jia Xu, he inquired about Zhao Qi's condition, and then asked tentatively,

"The situation in Hebei is getting more and more complicated, I don't know if the two adults are willing to stay in Jizhou for the time being to help me." Zhong Miao smiled,

"The two of us are idlers in Jinyang, if the general believes us, we are willing to stay in Jizhou." Li Hong smiled,

"Lord Tian Chou Tian is now presiding over the evacuation of millions of people in Xindu City, and he is very busy, if Lord Zhong is willing, I will recommend you to the imperial court to recommend you as the person who exercises the case of General Zuo Zhonglang and preside over the evacuation of the people. Lord Tian Chou is still responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and grass. Then he looked at Jia Xu again,

"Is Lord Jia willing to stay in Xingyuan? The Hebei battlefield lacks a right-hand general who sits in the line, if you want, I will play the court together. Zhong Xuan and Jia Xu looked at each other and were secretly surprised.

The general is not suspicious, with one mouth, both of them have reached the fatal point in Hebei.

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