Chapter 11 The Sunset of the Long River Section 57 In the middle of September, the hussar general Xian Yu Fu reported the victory, and the general Zhang He pacified Liaodong in a battle, and is now leading the army into Liaoxi, preparing to advance to Wuhou Fengshui and continue to attack Xianbei in the east.

Xian Yufu planned to attack Quang Ninh at the end of this month and drive Fu Luo Han and Shelong out of the Great Wall, so he asked the general to lead his army to approach Dan Khan Mountain, so as to contain a part of the Xianbei rebel army and help the various armies on the battlefield of Shanggu to successfully encircle and annihilate Fu Luo Han.

Li Hong was overjoyed, and urgently told the former general Yushi, the general of Duliao, Liu Ming, and the Xiongnu Dadan Yu Liu Bao, and led the army to march eastward and launch an attack along the northern line of the Great Wall.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty and the general commanded the Tiger Benyu Forest Battalion, the Hu Cavalry Battalion, Tieyue's Ula Iron Cavalry, the Western Xianbei Army of Budugen, and the Northern Xianbei Army of Tuoba Hong, a total of 40,000 iron cavalry directly killed Danhan Mountain.

At the end of September, the hussar general Xian Yufu personally rushed to the county governor of Shanggu County, Fuyang City, and commanded the Battle of Quang Ninh.

Yan Rou, the general of Zhenbei, Wu Xiong, the general of Wu Meng, and Mustafa, the general of Changshui, led an army of 15,000 cavalry to attack from the direction of Macheng.

Xian Yuyin, the general of the expedition to the north, Ying Qin, the general of Shanggu County, Qi Zhou, the Taishou of Shanggu County, and the leaders of the Hu tribes, Kebi Xiong, Shooting Tiger, Shooting Yingtong and others, led 20,000 iron cavalry to the north along the Qiushui River and attacked from the front.

Baishan Karasuma Dadan Yu Loulu, Bailu Wang Lu Pofeng and Lu Huanyang led their troops to attack from the direction of Baishan, intending to defeat the Karasuma rebels who were able to defeat and cut off the retreat of the Xianbei rebels.

At this moment, Fu Luohan had already received the news that the Xianbei army in the east had defeated Xiangping in Liaodong. The changing situation in the desert forced Fu Luo Han to take risks and fight with the Han army.

If he wins or draws, he can regain the advantage he lost. On the contrary, if he did not retreat without a fight, the leaders of the coalition forces, after receiving the news of the defeat of Gamo, saw that the future of Fu Luohan was bleak and that his defeat was imminent, and he was very likely to betray, and the army was immediately torn apart, and he could only tie his hands to tie up.

The Battle of Quang Ninh was the first to start in the Bald Mountain Plain north of the Great Wall. Neng Chendi succeeded in luring the enemy and introduced the army of Loulu and Lu Pofeng into the encirclement.

Lou Lu carelessly underestimated the enemy, was besieged, and fled in defeat. Fu Luohan immediately gathered 30,000 iron horsemen and galloped 180 miles in one day and one night to reach the old river beach near the Qiushui River.

Yan Rou, the general of Zhenbei, mistakenly thought that the enemy army in front was the blocking army of Fu Luohan, and commanded the men and horses to fight hard to attack and kill, but who knew that the Xianbei people were overwhelming, roaring from all sides, and surrounded the Han army.

Yan Rou was in danger, and on the one hand, he sent people to Xian Yuyin for help, and on the other hand, he formed a formation and held on, dragging the main force of the enemy army to death.

Xian Yuyin's army successfully killed Guangning City, and then captured Ningcheng, almost did not encounter much resistance, he and Ying Qin and others once thought that the Xianbei rebels had withdrawn from the Great Wall, until they received Yan Rou's request for help, only to know that Fu Luo Han actually took the main force to besiege and kill Yan Rou.

Guangning City is one hundred and twenty miles away from the old river beach, Xian Yuyin, although the overseers ran wildly, but still could not surround Fu Luohan, he quickly withdrew, crossed the Qiushui River with his army, crossed the Great Wall from the direction of Macheng, and returned to Danhan Mountain.

In October, the army of the former general Jade was the first to approach Danhan Mountain, and then the army of the Son of Heaven and the general also arrived.

When Xian Yufu heard the news, he ordered Yan Rou and Xian Yuyin to lead the army to cross the Great Wall, join the armies of Loulu, Lu Pofeng, and Lu Huanyang, and attack Danhan Mountain.

Just as he was about to leave Fuyang and rush to Danhan Mountain, Suli, the commander of Xianbei in the east, sent his younger brother Cheng Lugui to Shanggu.

He brought a human head, the head of the Eastern Xianbei King Jiamo.

"The reason why the Eastern Xianbei tribes betrayed the Han Dynasty was because of Jiamo's idea." Confess to the ground and plead guilty,

"Now the leaders of the tribes have killed the rebellious Jiamo, pleaded guilty to the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, and honored Kirby Bear as the king of Xianbei in the east, and may all generations be loyal to the Han Dynasty." Xian Yufu sighed bitterly, what he was most worried about finally came true.

Seeing the reversal of the situation in the desert, Que Ji, Su Li, Huaitou and others in Xianbei in the east resolutely abandoned Jiamo and Fu Luohan and re-embraced Kirby Bear.

When Kirby Bear returns to Huoyunyuan, three major forces will be formed in the desert, and the opportunity for the Xianbei people to re-emerge in the desert has finally arrived.

Xian Yufu could not refuse the surrender of Eastern Xianbei, nor was he powerless to prevent Kirby Bear from returning to the desert. Although Zhang Liao's army is now waiting in Liaoxi, Liaodong has just been pacified, and he needs troops to defend it, if he goes north to attack Wuhou Qinshui, the troops will definitely be insufficient, and the grain and grass will be unsustainable, and the lone army is very likely to encounter accidents in depth, so his actions in Liaoxi are just a deliberate attempt to create an attack posture, but this is enough to deter the Xianbei people.

Several leaders of the eastern Xianbei are the older generation in the desert, they have fought with the Han for decades, and they are too experienced, they immediately made an accurate judgment of the situation, and immediately agreed on a method that is most conducive to the Xianbei people to dominate the desert again, and the young and ambitious Kirby bear is their only choice.

In order to ensure the interests of the tribe to the greatest extent, they did not hesitate to kill Jiamo, divided the tribal property of Jiamo, and once again pushed Kirby Xiong to the position of the Xianbei King of the East and Central Divisions.

"When will the Tempest return to the Fire Cloud Plain?" Xian Yufu was in a heavy mood and asked worriedly.

"My brother Su Li has personally rushed to the Great Xianbei Mountain, and it is estimated that he will definitely be able to return to Huoyunyuan before the heavy snow comes." Cheng Lu looked at Xian Yufu and asked cautiously,

"Lord Xianyu, when does the general plan to besiege and kill Fu Luohan and Shelong?"

"What? Would you like to participate too? Xian Yufu asked tentatively. Cheng Lugui heard the sound of Xian Yufu's words, his face was happy, and he immediately swore an oath, saying that the Eastern Xianbei tribes were willing to atone for their sins and follow King Kirby Bear to attack and kill Fu Luohan.

If Kirby Xiong led the eastern and central armies to attack and kill the rebels of Fu Luohan, then they would have the opportunity to completely destroy the strength of the southern Xianbei Shelong, and then when the desert territory was redivided after the war, they would unite the two Xianbei kings in the west and the north to kick the southern Xianbei out of the desert, and quickly form a pattern in which the three Xianbei were standing on their feet.

"I'll go to Danhan Mountain right away, you can go with me." Xian Yufu said,

"Whether you can go to war or not, only the general can decide." Fuluo Han, Shelong, and Nengchen withdrew from Danhan Mountain, and stationed troops in the area of the Lightning River to fight the Han army.

They didn't expect that the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty would actually drive the expedition in person, let alone that the general would lead tens of thousands of troops to Danhan Mountain.

After consulting with the leaders of the various tribes, Fu Luohan sent people to ask for help from Xianbei in the east, intending to drag out the war until winter in order to gain a buffer time of several months, and at the same time sent people to sue for peace with the emperor of the Han Dynasty, as long as the emperor of the Han Dynasty could withdraw his troops, he could move to the distant Xianbei Mountain with his tribe.

The desert has entered the early winter, the weather is getting colder and colder, and if the fighting continues, it is difficult for the war to end before the heavy snow comes.

It was impossible for Fu Luo Han to fight a decisive battle with the Han army now, and he would always retreat, even to the Great Xianbei Mountain, for which Bu Du Geng, Tuoba Hong, and Kirby Bear all begged the general to temporarily agree to Fu Luo Han's peace and leave his army near the Lightning River so that they could be besieged and killed in the following spring.

Now that the army is seriously short of livestock, grain and grass, it is better to withdraw before the heavy snow comes.

At this time, Xian Yufu returned with Chenglu, and the surrender of Xianbei in the east changed the situation in the desert again.

Li Hong, Xian Yufu, Yan Rou, Yushi, Jia Xu and others discussed for a long time, and no one could change the development of the desert situation.

The future desert crisis is like a mountain, weighing on everyone's heart, and it is as heavy as a thousand pounds.

"It's better to stabilize the situation in the desert first, and talk about the future in the future." Li Hong said,

"In any case, we must kill Fu Luohan, Shelong and Nengchen, otherwise how can the Great Han deter the Xianbei tribes?"

"Shall we fight, or will we let the Xianbei people fight?" Xian Yufu asked,

"If the Xianbei people are allowed to fight, Kirby Xiong and the others will definitely find a way to kill Fu Luohan and Shelong, and then divide their army and tribe to further strengthen their own strength."

"Whether we fight or Xianbei people, the result is the same." Li Hong shook his head and said with a wry smile,

"Now that the armies of the Hu tribe are here, it is impossible for us to kill all the tens of thousands of Xianbei rebels and Karasuma rebels in front of them, right? The current situation of the Han Dynasty, the leaders of the Hu tribes are clear, if we kill too much, the means are too bloody, arousing their hatred, the rebellion has not stopped in recent years, how can the army go south to quell the rebellion? ”

"The premise of ZTE's great cause is the unification of society. Only when the society is unified and the Han is stable and strong, can we have enough troops to defend the desert and enough financial resources to support the expedition of the army. At that time, what is this crisis in the desert? With their strength, can they rebuild the glory of the sandalwood acacia back then? Everyone unanimously agreed with Li Hong's opinion.

"In order to save military funds and alleviate the financial crisis of the imperial court, we temporarily agreed to Fu Luohan's request for peace, and let Liu Bao, Bu Du Geng and Tuoba Hong all go back with their troops, and our troops will also withdraw to the Great Wall." Li Hong said,

"Wait until next spring, we will see how the situation develops, and if the Xianbei people themselves are unwilling to solve it, we will solve it." In mid-October, Kirby Xiong, Que Kun and others returned to Huoyunyuan with their troops, and Sai Feng accompanied Hu Qiying to help.

The Xiongnu Dadan Yu Liu Bao, the western Xianbei Wang Budugen, and the northern Xianbei Tuoba Hong each led their troops to evacuate.

In late October, Mobei Du Hu Tie Yue and Duliao general Liu Ming also led their troops back to their residences. The general asked Shooting Tiger and Shooting Yingtong to lead the army to garrison Danhan Mountain, and he accompanied Xiao Tianzi and led the army to withdraw into the Great Wall.

In October, Zhang He, the general of the town protection, received a holy decree and led the army to retreat back to Qingzhou, and also led the history of Qingzhou. Ko Zhong did not go to Qingzhou to serve as the assassin, he went to the imperial court, on the grounds of old age and illness, asked to resign from the post of Junyi Ling, and go home to retire, but Prime Minister Li Wei refused.

Since September, the atmosphere in Chang'an has become more and more tense. First, there was news from Liyang that the eldest princess and the prime minister had different political views and fierce disputes, and then Zhang Liao, the lieutenant of Sili, began to summon and arrest officials and businessmen in Guanzhong, Hedong and other places, and the signs of the imperial court's vigorous rectification of the rule of officials became more and more obvious.

He had a premonition that the situation was not right, and frequently met with the head of the gate valve family and the wealthy merchants from all over the country, and the letters were flying all over the sky, and there was an endless stream of officials of all sizes coming in and out of the mansion.

On the first day of October, Zhang Liao, the captain of the Sili School, impeached Huang Yi of the Ministry of Agriculture. Huang Yi is Yuan Shu's son-in-law, the son of the former Taiwei Huang Wan, and Ju Zhong are sons and daughters, and their family backgrounds are prominent.

The Ministry of Agriculture is in charge of the treasury and the treasury, but this Lord Huang Yi is guarding and stealing, taking out the money from the treasury and lending it to usury, which is too bold.

This shocked the whole court, and even the eldest princess was dumbfounded. Huang Yi was immediately imprisoned and interrogated by Prime Minister Li Wei himself.

Huang Yi didn't say a word from beginning to end. Li Wei had already obtained conclusive evidence, and the next day he rushed to Liyang Guan with more than a dozen volumes of documents.

The eldest princess looked at it casually, and her face immediately changed. This case is widely implicated, from Taifu Yang Biao, Dahong Luqing Yuan Yao, down to the big and small money merchants, as many as 180 people, and all of them are among them.

The eldest princess looked at the triumphant Li Wei, and felt a chill in her heart. How many people are going to be killed? This guy doesn't seem to be serving the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and he will not give up.

"What do you want to do?" The eldest princess didn't look at it either, pushed the scroll aside, and asked in a cold voice.

"This case can't be handled." Li Wei said calmly,

"The minister thinks that for the sake of prudence, I would like to ask His Majesty and the general to return to Beijing as soon as possible." The eldest princess was stunned for a moment.

The generals are notoriously bloody and corrupt. If he comes back, he'll kill even more.

"No, absolutely not." The eldest princess shook her hand again and again,

"I immediately sent a message to the general and asked him to return to Beijing next spring."

"So, does Your Highness want to turn big things into small things, and small things into small things?" Li Wei suddenly became angry, and his voice involuntarily rose a few points,

"Has Your Highness forgotten how the Great Han Sheji fell into the abyss?"

"This matter is over here, you don't care, I'll take care of it." The eldest princess said very resolutely.

Li Wei shook his head, bowed down and said, "Your Highness, if you tolerate ** like this, you will make a mess of things." The eldest princess's practice aroused the anger of some ministers in the court, and the ministers such as Taiwei Zhang Yan, Guangluxun Zhao Yun, Weiwei Yang Feng, Dasi Nong Yu, and Shang Shuling Tian Chou jointly signed a petition to ask the eldest princess to rectify the rule of officials and severely punish those corrupt officials.

The eldest princess ignored it and invited the ministers such as the great Sima Xu Rong, the Taifu Yang Biao, the imperial historian Xun You, and the court Weiqing Chen Qun to Liyang to discuss how to properly handle the matter, so as to maintain the imperial court to the greatest extent

"Face". Once this case broke out, the prestige of the imperial court would inevitably be dealt a heavy blow, and it was more likely to provoke public anger and lead to a rebellion.

On the ninth day of October, Tai Lieutenant Zhang Yan convened the generals in Beijing and the generals stationed in various parts of Guanzhong to discuss the matter, and he repeatedly warned the generals of all departments at the military conference that they should strictly abide by military discipline and not bend the law for bribes, otherwise they would not be tolerated if they found that one would kill the other.

On the tenth day of October, Tai Lieutenant Zhang Yan played, considering the recent tense situation in Chang'an, he planned to transfer the troops of General Yan Liang and General Wang Dang of Zuo and Long Xiang back to Chang'an City as soon as possible, and stationed troops in the camp of the Northern Army in case of accidents.

On October 12, the eldest princess invited more than 20 ministers to Liyang Palace to discuss the matter, but Prime Minister Li Wei, Taiwei Zhang Yan and others refused to accept the eldest princess's suggestion, and impeached Taifu Yang Biao and Dahong Yuqing Yuan Yao.

This case involves many of Yang Biao's relatives and protégés, and he should immediately take the blame and resign. Yuan Yao's brother-in-law is Huang Yi, and Yuan Yao's two younger brothers are also involved in this case.

The eldest princess's words had no weight, and the ministers blamed and abused each other in the hall, ignoring her existence at all.

The eldest princess was furious, and she now deeply understood the sadness and helplessness of the fall of imperial power. Big Brother Leopard, this is what you hope for in the Han Dynasty?

In such a court, in the future, the little emperor will still be able to hold power and govern the society? The court broke up unhappily.

On October 15, the recitals of the generals of the garrison from various places, such as the left guard general Lu Bu, the left general Yan Liang, the right general Wen Chou, the Long Xiang general Wang Dang, and the Zhenxi general Jiang Wu, were successively delivered to Chang'an, and they demanded that the eldest princess rectify the rule of officials and severely punish the corrupt officials.

"Your Highness, the situation in Chang'an is out of control, you should leave Liyang immediately." He Feng, the general of the Protector Army, pleaded,

"Now the contradictions in the court are becoming more and more intense, and once the contradictions break out, His Highness will bear the brunt. When the general heard the news, he was bound to return day and night. As soon as he returned, Chang'an couldn't run away from the killing. Do you want Chang'an to be a river of blood? ”

"Could it be that if I leave, Chang'an won't be bleeding?" The eldest princess asked angrily.

"Your Highness, you are a fan of the authorities." He Feng bowed down and said,

"Forgive the ministers for being rude, to put it mildly, the Prime Minister and the Taiwei are actually the same as His Royal Highness, and they are not willing to bloody corruption, nor are they willing to let the prestige of the court be hit, and the reason why things have developed to this point is because of His Highness."

"Me?" The eldest princess looked at He Feng in surprise,

"I defend the dignity of the imperial court, and I do my best to protect the relatives of the heroes, am I wrong?"

"Your Royal Highness, if you don't leave Chang'an, it is equivalent to supporting them, they are unscrupulous, even if they are corrupt and pervert the law, they are still arrogant and domineering, and they are working against the Prime Minister. In this way, where is the majesty of the Prime Minister? What can he do? He Feng said excitedly,

"Your Highness has also been to Saiwai, and I also know the hardships there, if we want to defend the western and northern frontiers, can we only rely on the loyalty and bravery of the soldiers? No, it's impossible, if you want to hold the frontier, you have to settle the fields and garrison the borders, and you have to enrich the border counties. So the Prime Minister's approach is right, and he is not wrong. Over the years, without the stability of northern Xinjiang, would Dahan be able to get to where it is today? Can those gate valve families and businessmen live today's lives? How much wealth can you get? Why did the imperial court help them live a good life and help them obtain untold wealth, but the imperial court still owed them money? Why? Is there such a truth in the world? The eldest princess froze.

"Your Highness has always thought that the Prime Minister is arrogant and domineering, but Your Highness, think about it carefully, who is arrogant and domineering in today's court? Who drove the Prime Minister into a corner, and had to kill people with a knife? "He Feng knelt down in his clothes,

"Your Highness, I beg you, leave Chang'an and go to Jinyang. You are gone, those people have lost their support, all the contradictions can be solved, and the Great Sima and the Prime Minister will solve all the problems. "On October 16, the eldest princess suddenly ordered to inspect Jinyang, and all state affairs were entrusted to the great Sima Xu Rong.

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