Chapter 10: Winning the Central Plains, Section 77

"I gave you this warrant to protect you, and you should trust me as much as I believe you, but you obviously didn't." Li Hong said with a smile,

"You don't believe me, especially after the end of the Guanzhong War, you are completely caught in the power struggle in the court, and you control the authority with one mind. You are trying to use the change of the official system to give the people of Northern Xinjiang complete control over the direction of the ZTE strategy, and then promote the progress of the ZTE strategy. Originally, this was understandable, but because you no longer believed me, you concealed from me the crisis that might break out after the official system was revised, and deliberately created a crisis in the strategy of attacking Luoyang, so that you and I unknowingly fell into the trap set by the foreign ministers at the same time. Li Hong stared at Li Wei and asked calmly: "I don't understand now, why don't you believe me and deliberately create an incident to divide the northern Xinjiang forces into two?" ”

"How could the general not understand?" Li Wei's face was suspicious,

"If the general doesn't understand, how can he take advantage of the situation to force the Son of Heaven to conquer in person, consolidate military power, and in the name of preparing for the strength of the Son of Heaven, win over and split the forces of foreign dynasties?"

"This is where I am most angry about you." Li Hong's face sank suddenly, and he said in a cold voice,

"The people of Northern Xinjiang are a whole, whether it is a scholar or a warrior, it is inseparable, if it is divided, it will be defeated, and if it is united, it will be indestructible. However, you not only created an incident to split the forces in northern Xinjiang, but also tacitly cooperated with some foreign forces and joined forces to deal with me, which of course I cannot tolerate. Fortunately, Lord Jia Xu arrived in Luoyang in time to remind me, otherwise I would not have been able to comprehend the key to the crisis of the imperial court for a while. I always thought that you were dizzy and wanted to control the authority alone, but I didn't expect that with the entry of the Guan and Luoshi people into the court, the power of the outer dynasties has expanded dramatically and quickly posed a threat to the people of northern Xinjiang. In the past, we always thought that the more factions in the foreign dynasties, the more dispersed their strength, and the less threat they posed to the people of Northern Xinjiang, but now it seems that we have taken them too lightly. The truth is exactly what we expected. ”

"At the beginning, I was against the influx of Guan and Luoshi people into the court. I have been in the court for many years, and I should know the strength of the Guan and Luo Shi people, but the eldest princess and you are impatient, and I can't stop it. In fact, the Guan and Luoshi people openly rejected the imperial court's conquest and were unwilling to go out, and there was the support of foreign forces behind them. Li Wei smiled bitterly,

"In the past, the Shi people of Ha Dong and Hanoi belonged to the Guan and Luo Shi families. You should get the idea, right? Li Hong nodded slightly,

"You don't believe me, is it because I support the eldest princess and the imperial court to conquer a large number of Guan and Luoshi people? Do you think that I have ignored the interests of the people of Northern Xinjiang, undermined the power of the people of Northern Xinjiang, and endangered the safety of the people of Northern Xinjiang, right? ”

"Yes, I have detailed the reasons several times in my letters, hoping that the general would appropriately restrict the use of scholars by the imperial court over Guan, Luo, and other places, and not put scholars from all over the country into the court at once without the people of northern Xinjiang having complete control over the authority. However, the general was forced by the eldest princess and the imperial court to express his support at that time. Li Wei shook his head again and again,

"General, do you know how passive we were in Jinyang at that time? After the Battle of Guanzhong, the issue of increasing troops and setting the capital has not been solved for a long time, why? Very simply, as long as the people of the Northern Xinjiang are in the court, the people of the Northern Xinjiang are the opponents of all the other forces in the court, or it is more appropriate to call them enemies. ”

"The Guan and Luoshi people used to be the main forces in the Luoyang court, and now they have become the main force in the Jinyang court, so some intermediate forces in the court immediately turned the rudder when they saw the wind, and we immediately fell into passivity." Li Wei sighed,

"I couldn't get your support at that time, and the foreign minister had nothing to fear, so I had to find another way to get out of the crisis quickly."

"The key to the crisis in the court is the struggle for power and the clamping of imperial power by foreign dynasties. Now that the foreign forces are getting bigger and bigger, and the crisis in the court is becoming more and more serious, the only way to reverse the situation is to divide the foreign forces. In order to divide the foreign forces, it is first necessary to make the foreign forces lose their common opponents. Without a common opponent, the foreign forces will not be able to join forces, and if they cannot join forces, they will split, and then we will achieve our goal. ”

"This is also called calculating?" Li Hong whispered, smiled, and then looked up and said to Xiao Lan,

"After so many years, what is the place where the ministers accuse Zhong Yuan the most? Do you know? ”

"At this point, although I don't quite agree with Zhong Yuan's approach, but out of consideration for safeguarding the interests of northern Xinjiang, I still ......" Xiao Lan wanted to say and stopped.

She didn't fully understand what Li Hong meant, and it was hard to say anything more after half of what she said.

"Zhong Yuan's repeated suppression of scholars from other places to enter the court as officials is indeed a good starting point, but the consequences are also very serious. Why did the concentration of the Guan and Luoshi people into the dynasty occur? Isn't Zhong Yuan responsible? Li Hong turned his head to look at Li Wei, and his tone was more stern,

"The power of the foreign scholars is strong, and the safety of the people in the north is endangered, so you are making amends, first self-harm, and then hurting others, is this very clever? The split of the forces in northern Xinjiang has become a fact, and neither you nor I can save it, but will the split of the forces in the north lead to the split of foreign forces? Li Hong shook his head helplessly,

"Zhong Yuan, your temper has not changed. To put it nicely, it is to be too confident, and to say it badly, it is self-righteous. If it weren't for Lord Jia Xujia's timely reminder this time, I wouldn't have returned to the court to help you. This is the last time, and if you continue to act like this next time, I will make you disappear from the court. Li Hongchu said a few words, Li Wei listened respectfully, and after hearing it, Li Wei knew that Li Hong had no intention of reproaching, and his demeanor immediately changed, and he was quite proud between his eyebrows.

"Foreign forces are splitting." Li Wei smiled,

"There is no need to worry about this, all we need now is time. Now there are three legs in the court, the eldest princess has a line, the son of heaven has a line, and the outer court has a line. The northern Xinjiang forces, which had been prominent in the past, became part of these three powers, and the common opponents of the foreign powers had disappeared. The forces of the foreign dynasty are now not competing with us, but with the eldest princess and the Son of Heaven.

"The current Han is ruled by the eldest princess, and the Han in ten years will be ruled by the little emperor, and many, many unforeseen things will happen in these ten years, so how the various forces of the foreign dynasty should choose and who they should be loyal to, they have their own trade-offs, but division is inevitable and inevitable."

"General, we have always been worried that you, as in the past, accept the decisions of the imperial court in order to maintain the unity of the people of Northern Xinjiang, so that the forces of the foreign dynasty will be stronger, the continued implementation of the Zhongxing strategy will encounter major resistance, and the people of the northern Xinjiang will be struggling under the head-on confrontation of the foreign forces." Xiao Lan said with palpitations,

"Fortunately, the general made up his mind this time and wholeheartedly supported the little Tianzi, thus quickly alleviating the crisis in the court."

"We have been together for more than ten years, let the Northern Xinjiang rise together, and let the Han Dynasty move towards Zhongxing together, and there is still a tacit understanding at this point." Li Hong said with a smile,

"Zhong Yuan said a long time ago that in everything you do, you must maximize your interests. Northern Xinjiang is originally one, and if it is divided, it will face defeat, which Zhong Yuan will not fail to understand. Therefore, when Zhong Yuan joins forces with the outside to put pressure on me, there must be a way to maximize the interests of northern Xinjiang. I thought about it carefully, and this method is only to support the little genius in advance. In this way, some of the people of Northern Xinjiang support the eldest princess, and some support the little son of heaven, although it seems that the people of Northern Xinjiang are divided, but the power of the people of Northern Xinjiang is greater. The Zhongxing strategy of the people of Northern Xinjiang is the same, and under this premise, no matter what happens in the court in the future, the people of Northern Xinjiang will be able to stand tall. ”

"But......" said Shinoarashi worriedly,

"There's a serious problem here. This strategy has made the eldest princess stronger, and it has also made the power of the Son of Heaven develop rapidly from existence to nothing, and ten years later, the two may clash over the transfer of power. Because the transfer of authority is not only a matter of the eldest princess and the Son of Heaven, it is directly related to the vital interests of all forces in the court, and it is impossible without conflict. ”

"You're worried about me having a head-on conflict with Zhong Yuan?" Li Hong pointed at Li Wei and smiled,

"Don't worry, as long as we trust each other as we did in the past, there will be a way to avoid this."

"In order to avoid a crisis in the court ten years later, we must first ensure that the people of northern Xinjiang control the authority." Li Wei said,

"Judging from the current incident, the strength of the people in northern Xinjiang is obviously not enough, even if we control the Zhongshu Jian and the army, we still can't completely control the court. We must admit this fact, and we must accept that before the strength of the people in northern Xinjiang is not enough to fully control the court, we can only keep our heads in obscurity, and we can only find ways to weaken, win over and split other forces, and we can only use the opportunity of the Son of Heaven, the eldest princess, and the foreign dynasty to fight each other to accumulate strength, wait for the time to be ripe before controlling the foreign court, and then control the power as much as possible. The general agreed with Li Wei's statement, and he and Li Wei and his wife discussed the situation in the imperial court for a long time, and did not send the two out of the palace until late at night.

When the carriage was about to leave, Li Wei suddenly asked, "General, when will that warrant be returned to you?" ”

"You can keep it." Li Hong waved his hand disapprenously,

"Except for He Feng, no one can understand that warrant. You keep it, count it as a promise I make to you. Li Wei gave a deep bow gratefully and drove away.

After Li Hong sent Li Wei and his wife away, he rushed directly to the study in the back house. In the study, Xian Yufu, Zhang Liao, Fu Gan, Wang Ling, Jiang Ji and others gathered together to discuss the drafting of the recital at tomorrow's court meeting.

Seeing Li Hong coming in, Xian Yufu hurriedly greeted him and asked in a low voice, "What did Zhong Yuan say?" The two of them came to see you at this time, but they took a big risk that they might misunderstand that you had reconciled. ”

"Of course it's going to be reconciled. We support the little Tianzi, he and Gongding (Zhu Mu) and others assist the eldest princess, if there is no reconciliation, how to deal with this government? Li Hong said with a smile,

"We have reconciled, and the foreign DPRK is in a difficult situation, and the pace of division will be accelerated. The faster the foreign forces split, the more beneficial it will be to stabilize the three-legged trend in the court. ”

"That's what Zhong Yuan said?" Xian Yufu frowned and said,

"During this time in Jinyang, the more I listened to Zhong Yuan's words, the more confused I became. As much as I believe him as a person, his actions are incomprehensible. Could it be that the people of Northern Xinjiang have been divided, but their strength has become stronger? It's hard for me to understand, I've always suspected that Zhong Yuan has other intentions. ”

"If you think about the crisis in the court ten years later, you can understand it." Li Hong sighed,

"When we go on expeditions all year round, we are often blinded by the tranquility of the court, ignoring the undercurrents surging under the court. Zhong Yuan obviously saw the crisis, so he resolutely provoked the incident and split the forces in northern Xinjiang. We need no doubt about Zhong Yuan's loyalty to the northern frontier, and we believe that with his foresight, the imperial court will be able to survive the crisis. Xian Yufu looked at Li Hong suspiciously, with doubts in his eyes.

"Of course, he has his own plans." Li Hong couldn't hide Xian Yufu, so he had to whisper,

"Sooner or later, the eldest princess will return to the Son of Heaven, and once the Son of Heaven takes power, he and many ministers will return to the outer court. According to the current official system, the authority of the foreign dynasty has been seriously weakened, and this kind of official system is very unreasonable and extremely detrimental to the long-term peace and stability of the society. Therefore, for the sake of the balance between the imperial power and the relative power, he wanted to gradually control the outer dynasty, and after laying the foundation for the great cause of Zhongxing, he used the struggle between the Son of Heaven and the eldest princess for power to revise the official system again, restore the official system to a reasonable state, and let the foreign dynasty control all the relative power. Xian Yufu shook his head,

"This kid has too complicated mind to understand him."

"It's easy to understand. Now, in order to lay the foundation for the great cause of Zhongxing, it is necessary to centralize power, and it is necessary to throw aside the foreign courts, so the official system must be revised. In the future, when the situation in the world changes, the foundation of Zhongxing's great cause is solid, there is no need to centralize power, and the prime minister and the imperial power need to be checked and balanced, and then the official system will be changed back. In short, it is for the great cause of ZTE and the long-term stability of the community. Li Hong explained,

"Now that the foreign dynasty has been thrown aside, the people of northern Xinjiang have become the target of public criticism, the contradictions are becoming more and more intensified, even if the power is centralized, it will not be able to do anything, what should I do? Using Xiao Tianzi as an excuse to help Xiao Tianzi reserve strength, the interest base of all the forces in the court was destroyed, so that all the forces in the court could re-choose the objects of dependence for their own interests, and then transfer the contradictions, alleviate the crisis, and prepare for the proper handling of the biggest crisis in the court in the future. ”

"Foreign ministers are stupid? Can't they see the mystery hidden here? ”

"Who would have thought that I would support Xiao Tianzi now?" Li Hong sneered,

"To tell the truth, if Zhong Yuan hadn't forced me, I wouldn't have risked holding the Son of Heaven hostage to fight against the eldest princess and forcibly supporting the little emperor now. The consequences of my doing so are troublesome. First, many ministers of the foreign dynasty may think that I am holding the little emperor hostage, and they all go to help the eldest princess deal with me, and Li Wei is naturally the first object of their attraction and attachment. This is probably the main reason why Li Wei is very confident that he can control the foreign dynasty. The second is that the ministers who are attached to me may not trust me, they may pretend to be attached to me in order to protect the little emperor, that is to say, I am in danger anytime and anywhere, just like Dong Zhuo back then. Especially when Li Wei controlled the foreign dynasty, and the eldest princess held power and was reluctant to return to the Son of Heaven, I had to join forces with Li Wei to force the eldest princess to return to power, and the result may be ......"

"Does this kid Zhong Yuan want to die?" Xian Yufu suddenly realized, and said angrily,

"Speaking of which, he only believes in himself, and he doesn't believe in the general at all."

"Brother Yu Xing, at that time, Xiao Tianzi had grown up, whether it was the eldest princess, me, or Zhong Yuan, who could have predicted who Xiao Tianzi would support in it? At that time, Zhong Yuan and I no longer have the problem of mutual trust, but how to make the transfer of power smoothly, and how to let Xiao Tian continue to control the implementation of ZTE's strategy after taking power. Li Hong said with a smile,

"Zhong Yuan's move is too difficult, and he is still taking one step at a time, without a clear direction, but I already know how to do it."

"How?"

"After Lord Jia Xujia arrived in Luoyang, he said a word to me, he said that before the Son of Heaven was in power, if I pacified the whole world and finished the battle, it would be difficult for the Son of Heaven to make meritorious deeds and command the army. Under such circumstances, how dare the eldest princess and the ministers of the court hand over the authority to a cowardly little emperor who was held hostage by me? "If you are enlightened,

"Ten years later, let the little emperor pacify the world? In this way, we are indeed a little too anxious, but ......" Xian Yufu suddenly smiled bitterly,

"But what if the rebels surrender one after another after taking Luoyang?"

"Can you surrender if you want to?" Li Hong scoffed,

"He doesn't fight, I force him to do." Xian Yufu sighed bitterly,

"After a long time, the rebels have recovered, the battle will be more difficult to fight, and the casualties of the soldiers will be greater."

"Not necessarily." Li Hong shook his hand and said,

"Compared to the rebels, we are much stronger, and the longer we recover, the stronger we become, and the rebels are vulnerable."

"Ten years?" Xian Yufu was silent for a while, but still shook his head unrelieved,

"How can this decade be so important?"

"Have you forgotten the lesson of Dong Zhuo's defeat back then?" Li Hong said,

"We fought one battle after another, the court was in crisis, the people were overwhelmed, the soldiers were exhausted, and all the contradictions were slowly accumulating under the banner of Zhongxing. Once the transfer of authority fails, the imperial court is in chaos, and various states and counties take advantage of the situation, what should we do? Back to the desert? Or do it all over again? Can Dahan Sheji still withstand such continuous heavy blows? ”

"Ten years, no more, no less, we can afford to wait for this time." Li Hong patted Xian Yufu's shoulder hard,

"It's time for us to enjoy it, too. Don't you want to enjoy the majesty and prosperity of Chang'an City? "I smiled when I was smiling.

After more than half a month of court discussions, the court's Zhongxing strategy began to be hotly debated around the most critical counterinsurgency strategy.

The counterinsurgency strategy drawn up by General Li Hong in the recital is still the same as in the past. After the army conquered Luoyang, it turned west to Pingqiang, Liangzhou, to stabilize the western frontier.

After the stability of Western Xinjiang, it will control Shu again, enter Bashu from Guan, and at the same time send troops to Jingxiang, and strive to seize Yizhou in the shortest possible time.

After Yizhou was taken, the army controlled the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the Jingxiang area, and then advanced by land and water to attack Jianghuai and Jiangdong.

In this way, the world can be determined. The basis of this counterinsurgency strategy is to stabilize the western and northern frontiers, and if the two frontiers are unstable, the army will never go south, so as not to lose sight of one or the other and gain nothing.

Prime Minister Cai Yong, Taiwei Xun You and other ministers opposed the general's proposal, and they proposed another counter-insurgency strategy.

After the army conquered Luoyang, it turned to use the power of the desert Hu iron cavalry to contain or occupy Hexi, and then used Hexi to clamp down on the Qiang people in Jincheng and Longxi, and temporarily maintain the situation in Western Xinjiang.

At the same time, the army concentrated its main forces south to Jianghuai and Jingxiang to quell the rebellion, and strived to recover Yangzhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou, Jiaozhou and other prefectures and counties in the shortest possible time.

After the rebellions of Jingxiang, Jianghuai, and Jiangdong were eliminated, the army was divided into two, one from the direction of Guanhui to cross the Qinling Mountains and enter Yizhou, and the other from the direction of Jiangling and Hanguan to enter Yizhou along the Yangtze River.

After the recovery of Yizhou, he recuperated for several years, and then concentrated his efforts westward into Liangzhou Pingqiang to solve the Qiang chaos that had plagued Western Xinjiang for a hundred years.

This counterinsurgency strategy is similar to the strategy adopted by Emperor Guangwu to pacify the world after the capital Luoyang.

In this strategy, the ministers did not propose to abandon the western frontier, but instead used the Hu iron cavalry alliance in Hexi to suppress the Qiang people in Longxi.

At that time, Emperor Guangwu used Dou Rong in Hexi to successfully suppress the hustle and bustle of Longxi, and used Hexi to control Longxi, which won time for the army to recover other states and counties.

The Qiang people in the western Xinjiang could not invade Guanzhong and endanger Kyoto, so the army could immediately take advantage of the victory to go south and recover Jingxiang, Jianghuai and Jiangdong in the shortest possible time, and basically pacify the world.

The reason why the ministers thought that the Hu coalition army could occupy Hexi was all derived from the report of the Tiger General Lei Zi.

In November, Lei Zi led his army to capture Guzang and successfully blocked the Qiang people's return to the north. Lei Zi said in the recital that the Xianbei people hoped to move to Hexi, and he believed that judging from the current situation, agreeing to the Xianbei people's request and encouraging the Xianbei people to fight in Hexi would help the army attack and kill the Qiang people and recover Hexi.

After a little discussion between the eldest princess and the ministers of the court, she agreed to Lei Zi's suggestion, and issued an order to reward the Hu coalition army, and promised that the Xianbei leaders such as Budugen, Arc Ding, Qishen, Mu Tao, and Mu Li would let them move the tribesmen to Hexi after recovering Hexi.

The main point of contention is the risk of using troops in western Xinjiang and the impact it will have on the great cause of ZTE. The Western Xinjiang and Qiang people, the nightmare of this dynasty for a hundred years, the ministers have palpitations as long as they mention the western Xinjiang.

However, the general Li Hong, the general of the left chariot cavalry Xian Yufu, the general of the right chariot cavalry Xu Rong and other ministers believed that the risk of using troops in the western frontier at this moment was very small.

The Qiang people have just entered Liangzhou, and they have not yet gained a firm foothold, so they can be defeated with one blow. In addition, the general was anxious to attack Bashu from the southern direction.

Recently, Hao Zhao, the captain stationed in Chencang, sent someone to send a message that two scouts sent to Hanzhong to spy on the military situation had finally returned, and they saw a large number of troops in Hanzhong, and saw the battle flags of Liu Bei, Kuailiang, Pang Yi, Zhang Ren and others, and they blocked the plank road, and all the post stations on the plank road in Hanzhong were garrisoned by elite soldiers, and no one could cross the Qinling Mountains and return to Guanzhong.

These two scouts followed a disciple of Wudou Midao to collect medicine for more than three months in the Qinling Mountains before returning to Dasanguan.

Liu Bei disappeared on the battlefields of Jing and Henan, which once made the generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army have all kinds of speculations, but except for Xu Rong, no one guessed that he would travel thousands of miles to Hanzhong, but Xu Rong was also surprised when he received the news.

It took Liu Bei a year to rush to Hanzhong, and the difficulties and obstacles along the way can be imagined, which shows the determination of the rebels to rescue Luoyang.

From Hanzhong to the north to hit Guanzhong, it is too difficult, in addition to Chencang Road, the other three plank roads are in disrepair for a long time, it is very difficult to walk, it is difficult to form a threat to Guanzhong, and the real threat to Guanzhong is Liangzhou Nannan.

Bashu has Jialing Road, Qishan Road, Yinping Road and Taomin Road four plank roads leading to the south, if Liu Bei took advantage of the chaos in the western Xinjiang, sent troops to the south, and then captured the Yicheng, on the first line, and then one along the Weishui River to the east, one from the direction of Chencang to be contained, then will be able to kill into the Guanzhong.

Taking a step back, even if Liu Bei failed to enter Guanzhong, as long as he captured Longnan, the imperial court's strategy of controlling Shu with a siege failed.

If the strategy of suppressing Shu dies halfway, there is both the rebellion of the Qiang people and the intrusion of rebels in western Xinjiang, and Guanzhong is always in danger, then the army will have to quell the rebellion in Liangzhou in western Xinjiang anyway.

Opponents insisted that the army, after conquering Luoyang, should take advantage of the victory and move south to quell the rebellion. Now the situation in Western Xinjiang is clear, there are strong Qiang people, Liu Bei may also appear in Longnan, once the army enters the battlefield in Western Xinjiang, it must be a series of hard battles.

If the protracted war is fruitless and the western Xinjiang cannot be stabilized for a long time, then the southern rebellion will get enough respite, and it will be even more difficult to go back to fight in the future.

As for the safety of Guanzhong, opponents believe that if they really can't hold on, the Son of Heaven and the imperial court can temporarily move to Luoyang.

Chang'an is the Xijing of this dynasty, Luoyang is the Tokyo of this dynasty, and the Son of Heaven and the imperial court temporarily live in Tokyo to deal with state affairs, why not?

After the army recovers all the states and counties except for Western Xinjiang and Yizhou, it can recuperate for a few years to accumulate strength, and then follow the attack strategy of Emperor Guangwu back then, first pacifying Western Xinjiang, and then determining Bashu, why not?

At the end of December, the New Year is gradually approaching, and the eldest princess decrees that there will be a holiday and a New Year. In the sixth year of the Han Dynasty (202 AD), the first month.

On the first day of the first lunar month, the Son of Heaven issued a decree to grant amnesty to the world. In the first month, because the ministers were all in Jinyang, the ministers still got together every day to discuss the government, but there were more and more foreign ministers who entered and exited the palace of General Sima.

At the same moment, the mansion of Dasi Nong Li Wei was also very lively, and there was a lot of traffic all day long.

The eldest princess occasionally suffered a cold after the New Year, and suffered from a minor illness, and it was not until after the fifteenth day of the first month that she convened the ministers to continue the discussion.

Soon after the discussion began on this day, Prime Minister Cai Yong felt that something was wrong, first of all, Shi Zhong Xi suddenly changed his position, and turned to strongly support the general's recital, and then Shang Shu ordered Cui Yan to also change his position.

These are all disciples of Master Zheng Xuan, and it is reasonable for them to support the general's recital. The next day, Taifu Yang Biao took leave of absence on the grounds of leg illness and did not go to court.

Taifu Yang Biao was not there, and Zong Zhengqing Yang Qi did not say a word, and the voice of opposition immediately became smaller.

What followed was a bit of defeat, and Cai Yong and Xun You's recital gradually lost more supporters.

At the end of this month, the eldest princess issued an order, and the imperial court's counterinsurgency strategy adopted the general's recital, and the edict was approved for implementation on the same day.

According to this counterinsurgency strategy, many state policies of the imperial court were immediately adjusted accordingly. In early February, the general Li Hongzuo invited the Son of Heaven to go to Luoyang again to drive in person.

Xiao Tianzi was elated, and hurriedly informed a group of friends to hurry up and prepare and go to Luoyang to fight.

On 12 February, the Son of Heaven rushed to the Luoyang battlefield under the escort of the general Li Hong, the general of the Right Guard Zhang Yan, the former general Lu Bu, and the general Zhao Yun of Long Xiang.

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