Volume 1 Immediately Crossing the Gun Chapter 9 The Wind and the Clouds Section 21

Zhao Yun has become a regular visitor to Cai Yong's mansion in recent days. ∮ Yan Moxuan ∮ no advertisements∮ he visits Mr. Cai every morning, listens to Mr. Cai's teachings, and then eats at Mr. Cai's house. In the afternoon, he listened to Cai Yan play the piano, or accompanied Cai Yan to play chess, talk about scriptures and history, chat, and did not leave until dark. Cai Yan is not very old, but his talent is superb, and he is involved in all the subsets of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, which makes Zhao Yun greatly admired, and his body and mind are completely overwhelmed by Cai Yan's peerless appearance and talent. In the past few days, what he was thinking about was Cai Yan, and what he saw in his eyes was also Cai Yan, he didn't care about anything, he only knew that he was impatient to rush to Hanging Urn Mountain as soon as it was dawn. Zhao Yun was like having lost his soul, and his whole person changed.

Cai Yan suddenly became more beautiful, she got up early every day, spent a long time dressing up, and then walked back and forth in the courtyard, anxiously waiting for Zhao Yun. As long as she heard the sound of the war horse galloping, she was so excited that she smiled like a flower, her face was red, her heart was beating hard, and her big eyes were full of affection.

All this was seen by Cai Yong, and he was very uneasy. Zhao Yun is a leader in terms of character, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts, and is the youngest Zhonglang general in the Han Kingdom. He became famous for shooting Xiliang Qiang Shuai in June and thundering, and has since become a world-famous general. If his daughter can marry him, it will certainly be the happiest thing. But fate is so strange, Zhao Yun is Li Hong's subordinate, Li Hong is the most powerful general of the Great Han Kingdom, and his strength currently directly affects the rise and fall of the Great Han Kingdom, that is to say, Li Hong's future is dark. Look at how many of the highly decorated generals of the past dynasties have died well? Li Hong has fallen, isn't it clear what the outcome of his most relied on subordinates is?

Cai Yong is good at the art of occupancy, but he thinks that the heavenly machine is just an early warning, and the destiny of heaven cannot be violated. Even if he can penetrate the mysteries of the heavens, he is powerless to solve any problems, and he only knows the result before the layman can only add to his troubles. So he rarely divined. However, he was repeatedly in danger during his ten years of escape, and he couldn't help but give his daughter a hexagram. Cai Yong looked at the hexagram, remembered his dead wife, his miserable fate, and couldn't help but cry while holding his young daughter.

Cai Yong saw that his daughter and Zhao Yun were getting closer and closer, and the fear in his heart became stronger and stronger. Although he knows that his destiny cannot be violated, he only has this one daughter, and his daughter is the only sustenance that he has supported to live until now, and if he loses his daughter, he will also lose his life. He wants to fight the sky. He wants his daughter to live, and he wants his daughter to live happily.

On this day, Cai Yong said to Zhao Yun, I am already in good health, and we will leave for Longshan camp in the afternoon. Zhao Yun said, Mr. is still coughing, and the weather is very cold, I think Mr. should wait a few more days, right? Cai Yong did not agree. Zhao Yun had no choice but to hurry home to say goodbye to his parents, and escorted Cai Yong out of the city with his personal guards.

Cai Yan was reluctant to give up and sent it all the way out of the city. Zhao Yun whispered to persuade her to go back. Cai Yan asked, "When will you be able to come back?" ”

Zhao Yun was stunned for a moment and didn't make a sound. I went to fight outside the Saiwai and died nine lives, whether I could come back, who knows? Cai Yan looked gloomy when he saw him, and then thought of the blood on the battlefield, and his heart couldn't help but hurt, and his eyes suddenly turned red. Zhao Yun saw her crying, and hurriedly comforted: "I'll go see you when I come back." ”

Cai Yan smiled sadly, and slowly took out a refined small sachet from his arms and handed it to Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun was surprised and delighted, his heart beat violently a few times, and he excitedly grabbed Cai Yan's small hand holding the sachet, "I will definitely come back." ”

Ten miles away from the city, several horsemen rushed to chase after him. Zhao Yun turned his horse's head to meet him. Lu Bu dismounted from afar, beckoned and shouted, "Zilong......"

Zhao Yun saw that it was Lu Bu who came to see him off, and he was greatly moved, and hurriedly flew off the horse, "Brother Fengxian......"

The two held hands, and Lu Bu said with emotion: "It is the regret of my life that I can't follow the general to the north to conquer the outside world. ”

Zhao Yun didn't know what to say, and he didn't know how to comfort him, "Xihe County is very important, it needs people to sit in the town, Brother Feng Xian is now the captain of Xihe County, commanding the national soldiers of Xihe 3,000 counties, and he has great responsibilities......"

Lu Bu smiled bitterly: "Thank you, Zilong." ”

Zhao Yun knew what Lu Bu meant, and reached out to pat him on the back, "This is what Brother Feng Xian deserves." Don't thank me, how can I help you? I'll go back to the descendants, thank you well, the general. Lord Ding didn't embarrass you, did he? ”

Lu Bu sighed and said, "Lord Ding treats me well and entrusts me with important tasks, I am very grateful to him. After Zilong goes back, please be sure to thank the general and General Xu on my behalf. The two generals are so kind to me, he has the opportunity one day, and I, Lu Bu, will swear to repay me even if I am crushed to death. ”

Zhao Yun said with a smile: "Brother Feng Xian is serious. The general said, you are the general of the Great Han Kingdom, and you are fighting for the Great Han Kingdom. Your Majesty's reward for you was cut out by you with a knife, not from him. Therefore, if you want to repay the kindness, you will also repay the kindness of the Great Han Kingdom and the kindness of Your Majesty. ”

Lu Bu's eyes showed a hint of admiration, "Thank you, General, for your teachings." It's a pity that I've been in Bingzhou for almost a year, and I haven't had the opportunity to meet the general, but it's a pity that ......"

Zhao Yun smiled: "When we return from Saiwai, you will definitely be able to see the general." ”

Cai Yong's arrival at the Longshan camp immediately caused a sensation. It was not easy for this kind of celebrity and Confucian to meet each other, and now they can still listen to his lectures with their own ears, which makes the generals overjoyed and cheered.

Li Hong, like everyone else, trained in the morning, listened to Cai Yong's teaching in the afternoon, and when the generals rested in the evening, he discussed the Northern Xinjiang War with Xian Yufu Xu Rong and others. During this time, he convened many Hu generals to discuss the specific battle plan for leaving the fortress. These people have rich experience in grassland warfare, and they have given Li Hong great help by offering advice and advice.

During this period, he received letters from Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, Jizhou Mu Yang Qi, Hedong Taishou Wang Han and Hanoi Taishou Chen Hui. Liu Yu said that now Gongsun Zhan is stationed in Youbeiping and Tian Kai is stationed in Yuyang, and the two have each recruited 30,000 rebel prisoners and are stepping up training. The remaining tens of thousands of rebel captives were recruited by the counties as county soldiers and trained by the county governors. Considering that these armies currently have no combat effectiveness, forget about the matter of recruiting troops from Youzhou. Jizhou Mu Yang Qi said that after the end of the Youzhou war, the national soldiers of the counties and counties of Jizhou who supported Youzhou returned one after another, but the losses were serious, so there were no troops for Li Hong to recruit. Hanoi Taishou said, Hanoi's county soldiers were all requisitioned for you last year, and there are no more. Now that Gao Shun and Li Yun are under your tent, let them be enough Hanoi soldiers, and at least they will be counted as two soldiers for you. Wang Han, the Taishou of Hedong, said that because there are Tuntian soldiers of Zhang Bai's cavalry in Hedong, there are quite few county soldiers in Hedong at present. I don't think Xu Huang and Yan Zhao will come back for the time being, and they will go out with you, which can be regarded as our sending troops.

Li Hong laughed it off. He had known this result for a long time, and his issuance of conscription orders to two states and two counties was originally a show. In doing so, I can show my respect to the bureaucrats in the two states and counties. After all, he is a general who oversees the military power of the three states and two counties, and fighting in the fortress is a major event, so he must always say hello in advance. Second, he informed the governors of the states and counties that after the army left the fortress, the defense affairs of the states and counties would be handled by themselves, and even if they wanted to put down the rebellion, they could only rely on themselves.

Jizhou Mu Yang Qi also said one thing, but this incident made Li Hong very angry.

After Liu Bei, a soldier of Qingzhou Plains County, returned to Qingzhou with his captain Zou Jing, he had no official position. It turned out that after the riots in Qingxu in October last year, the victims of Pingyuan County also responded in groups, and the Taishou of Pingyuan County was dismissed as a result. The new Taishou replaced all the officials of the government up and down, and even Liu Bei's soldiers were uplifted. Although Zou Jing was very angry, he couldn't help it. Now that the war in Qingzhou is raging, even Lord Assassin Shi can't be found, let alone reassign Liu Bei to an official position. Zou Jing had no choice but to recommend Liu Bei to Jizhou Mu Yang Qi, hoping that he could arrange an official position for Liu Bei. Yang Qi was very upset with Liu Bei, and immediately arranged for him to go to Anxi County in Zhongshan Kingdom to become a county lieutenant. Liu Bei saw that the officers at all levels on the battlefield in Youzhou had been promoted, and not only did he not get promoted, but he even lost his official position, and he was so angry that he was almost crazy. Although Yang Qi kindly arranged a county lieutenant for him, how could this county lieutenant resolve the anger in his heart?

Less than a month after Liu Bei took office with dozens of subordinates, the governor of Zhongshan Prefecture (the official of the picket county) inspected the counties and arrived in Anxi, who thought that Liu Bei's official was bought, and openly blackmailed him. Liu Bei couldn't hold back any longer, knocked down the superintendent with one punch, and ordered his subordinates to tie him up, drag him out, and beat him with two hundred rods. The two hundred rods were beaten, and the overseer was beaten into a mess of flesh. Liu Bei threw down the seal ribbon and fled from the official. When the minister of Zhongshan heard the news, he urgently reported to the Jizhou government and the imperial court, and Liu Bei immediately became a felony wanted by the imperial court.

A month ago, Liu Bei was still fighting bloodily on the battlefield in Youzhou, and a month later, he turned out to be a felony in the imperial court, who can believe it? Yang Qi said in his letter that if Liu Bei fled to Bingzhou, he implored the general to hide properly. Remembering that he had served under the general on the battlefield of Youzhou and had made many meritorious achievements, he also asked the general to play on his behalf, clarify the original situation, and pardon the guilt.

Li Hong immediately wrote to the county and county, asking him to come to Jinyang if he found Liu Bei, and at the same time ordered Zheng Xin to send scouts to visit along the Taihang Mountain and make every effort to find Liu Bei. Then he personally wrote to His Majesty, recounting Liu Bei's exploits and begging the Son of Heaven to forgive his sins. The Son of Heaven quickly replied with an edict and scolded him, saying that you are all the generals of the expedition to the Great Part, and you are still solemnly playing for such a trivial matter, if I even have to ask about this kind of trivial matter in person, will I still have time to sleep? The next is not an example. The person whose name is Liu Bei has been exonerated and resigned. I heard that you are married, and I and the Queen Mother want to meet, and after you finish the army, take your wife back to Beijing.

The Son of Heaven summoned Li Hong back to Beijing at this time, and the people who conquered the General's Mansion couldn't help but be secretly worried about Li Hong, and everyone was a little uneasy. Now the situation in Luoyang is tense, and the power of all parties is fighting fiercely for the emperor's unity, and when he goes to Luoyang at this time, it is obvious that the Son of Heaven has a purpose. Could it be that the Son of Heaven wanted to take advantage of Li Hong's time in Beijing to establish the imperial system?

Li Hong said with a smile: "It's okay to go back to Beijing, I just want to present the matter of the Northern Xinjiang War to Your Majesty in detail." As long as His Majesty agrees to our battle plan, the Great War in Northern Xinjiang can begin immediately. In addition, Shang Shutai has not given us a detailed battle plan so far, and I don't know if this is His Majesty's intention or if there is a disagreement between the DPRK and China, so I also want to go back to Beijing to have a look, hoping to persuade His Majesty and the ministers to settle the matter of the Great War in Northern Xinjiang as soon as possible. Don't worry, before the war in Northern Xinjiang ends, I will definitely be safe, and Your Majesty will not kill me. ”

"Then the matter of the imperial system ......," Li Wei frowned and asked, "What if Your Majesty wants to establish the imperial system?" ”

"That's a good thing, of course I hope that Your Majesty will establish the imperial system as soon as possible." Li Hong said, "When the imperial system is established, Luoyang will be stable, and the stability of Luoyang is directly related to the success of the Northern Xinjiang War, so after I returned to Beijing, I tried my best to persuade His Majesty to make a decision immediately, and not to make a fuss about the affairs of the imperial system, so as not to cause trouble." ”

"Then what should the general He Jin do?"

"Hmph......" Li Hong sneered, "With me in Luoyang, I forgive him for not daring to approach Gyeonggi." As for how to deal with He Jin, His Majesty should have a way. ”

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Luoyang.

The Son of Heaven urged the officials several times to come up with the idea of abolishing the empress. The lieutenants hummed haha at first, and then Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang were forced by the Son of Heaven to be anxious, so they simply hid at home and said that they couldn't come out. Others, such as Song Dian and others, tried their best to prevaricate, and talked nonsense in front of the Son of Heaven every day. The Son of Heaven was very angry, and gathered the ministers of the Three Princes and Jiuqing and Shangshutai together, and said bluntly: "I plan to depose the queen, and you Aiqing will think of an excuse for me." ”

Ma Riyan persuaded: "Your Majesty, now that there are many rebellions and the country is in danger, it is still not appropriate to rush the matter of the imperial reunification, let's delay it a little longer." This matter of abolishing the queen, the ministers can't be in a hurry. Now that the general is in charge of the army, His Majesty will implicate the general if he deposes the queen, which is easy to induce greater trouble, so ......"

The Son of Heaven scoffed and said disdainfully: "I have issued an edict ordering the general of the expedition to return to Luoyang in the near future, and I want to talk to him about going south to quell the rebellion." Therefore, don't worry about the general's rebellion. All of you Aiqing will think of a good idea for me as soon as possible, prepare an edict, and I will pass on the edict to the world as soon as possible. ”

The ministers didn't dare to say more, so they agreed in unison, and then left the palace to think of their own ideas.

The news that Li Hong was about to enter Beijing shook Luoyang like thunder.

The lieutenants were very anxious and dissuaded the Son of Heaven one after another. Zhao Zhong said, didn't Your Majesty just want to kill He Jin? Why do you have to make things so complicated? If you abolish the queen first, you will be forced to go against him, isn't this asking for trouble? His Majesty ordered He Jin to be recruited into Beijing at this time, and he just found an excuse to cut it. He Jin is dead, and it is much safer to find an excuse to abolish the queen, so as not to shake the world. The Son of Heaven asked, then why don't you enter Beijing? Zhao Zhong shook his huge fat head and said with a smile: "If General Zhengbei is not in the capital, He Jin will definitely come back." As far as He Jin is concerned, he returned to Beijing empty-handed, and it is not without the strength to resist. There are two or three thousand people in the two mansions of the Great General's Mansion and the Che Cavalry General, and these people are strong in martial arts, comparable to 5,000 soldiers of the Northern Army. But once the general of Zhengbei returned to Beijing, His Majesty gave He Jin ten dares, and he would not dare to come back. ”

The Son of Heaven sneered, and there was a hint of imperceptible smugness in his eyes.

"Aiqing's illness is cured?"

Zhao Zhong was startled, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and pretended to be in pain and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is still dizzy and often can't breathe." ”

"Then you can go back and rest for another month." The Son of Heaven pointed to Guo Sheng, Song Dian and the others and said, "You guys listen to me, if you can't think of an excuse to abolish the queen next month, you will be fined for five years." ”

The news that the Son of Heaven summoned the ministers to publicly say that he wanted to abolish the empress immediately spread throughout Luoyang, and the gate lords and scholars were anxious. The intention of the Son of Heaven is obvious, he wants to recall the generals of the Northern Expedition back to Beijing after the completion of the reorganization of the army of various departments in Northern Xinjiang, and then begin to abolish the queen, kill He Jin, and establish the emperor. The time is next month.

Wang Qian, the chief of the General's Mansion, quickly sent this astonishing news to He Jin, the general who was far away in Yecheng, Jizhou. At the same time, Han Fu, He Hao, Xu You and others secretly gathered at Yuan Kui's house to discuss countermeasures. At this time, the Son of Heaven has already raised the sword, if he doesn't want to find a way to let the Son of Heaven get his wish, then the power of the ** eunuch will definitely expand again because of this help to help the Son of Heaven abolish the throne, which is the fate of the country next for today's Great Han Kingdom.

"Find a way to stop Li Hong from entering Beijing." Yuan Kui said, "Urge the general to immediately agree to all the conditions proposed by Bai Huan, and recruit the main force of the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro into the army as soon as possible." ”

He Hao said calmly: "I want to tell the general that the time for the military advice must be advanced to April, otherwise it will be too late." ”

Shangshu Han Fu asked in a panic, "Soldiers? What are we going to do? ”

Yuan Kui said bitterly: "This is all forced by Your Majesty. For the rise and fall of the Great Han Kingdom, at this time, there was only one way to advise the soldiers. ”

"What is a soldier's advice?"

He Hao explained: "We should cooperate with the general inside and outside, let the general lead his troops into Beijing, and then besiege the palace and persuade His Majesty to kill the ** eunuch." As soon as the eunuch is removed, we will immediately kill the general in the name of fornicating with ant thieves and usurping the community. In this way, the scourge of eunuchs and relatives will be eliminated. Yuan Shao was now stationed at Mengjin at the Eight Gates of Gyeonggi, from where the general could cross the Yellow River and go south to Luoyang. The gate of Luoyang was opened by Wu Qiong, the captain of the city gate, and there was also a tiger in the palace to make Yuan Shu an internal response, so the soldiers were foolproof. ”

Han Fu's face changed drastically, and his expression was extremely shocked, "Your Majesty will kill us." This is a rebellion, and it will be connected to the nine clans. ”

Yuan Kui said very painfully: "After the military admonition, when the son is no longer here today, it must be Xiao Donghou who inherits the unification." After all, the emperor still fulfilled His Majesty's wish. ”

Han Fu thundered, and cold sweat was dripping on his forehead.

"For the sake of his own life, how could the general stay as the son of today after the military admonition? He will definitely detain the charge of killing the monarch on the eunuch. He Liang said, "Once the general's military advice is successful, we will immediately raise 40,000 Xiyuan troops to kill the general." ”

Han Fu shook his head and asked, "How many people does the general want to bring into Beijing?" As long as His Majesty comes forward, the officers and men of the Northern Army will turn against themselves, and the general will not be rampant. Even if the general's advice is successful, can the Xiyuan Army defeat the Northern Army? ”

Xu You said with a smile: "The general brought 10,000 people into Beijing, but these 10,000 people are not soldiers of the Northern Army, but the Yellow Turban Army wearing the armor of the Northern Army. We have already taken into account the defection of the soldiers of the Northern Army, and the fundamental reason for the failure of the general Dou Wu Beigong Mutiny was because of the defection of the Northern Army, so we replaced the Northern Army with the Yellow Turban Army this time. The 40,000 West Garden Army won't be able to defeat the 10,000 Yellow Turban Army, right? What do you think, Lord Han? ”

"What if the Yellow Turban Army doesn't listen to the command and burns and loots everywhere?" Han Fu asked tremblingly.

"There are Southern Army in the palace, there is Xiyuan Army outside the palace, and there are 10,000 Northern Army led by Liu Biao Kuaiyue, and the Yellow Turban Army will die faster if it is in chaos." He Hao said, "After the general led his troops to Mengjin secretly, Liu Biaohui, the marquis of the Northern Army, led his troops to stay outside the Mengjin Pass and wait for our news. In addition, we have one of the biggest guarantees, that is, General Huangfu. If the affairs of Luoyang are out of control, we can also let General Huangfu lead his troops into the customs to clear the ** Yu. ”

As soon as Han Fu heard Huangfu Song's name, he was immediately relieved. He thought for a moment and asked, "Will the general guard against us?" ”

"No, he would never have thought that we would support Xiao Donghou to inherit the unification." He Hao said, "We help him like this, in fact, we are all rebellious like him, but if we kill him again, we will not be a rebel of the Han Kingdom, but a meritorious man who eradicates the ** and revitalizes the Han Kingdom." This is just like what Lord Lu said, since he has sworn to His Majesty, of course he must do it, otherwise it will be a crime of deception. ”

"Lord Lu? He also knows this? ”

He Hao smiled and did not speak.

Han Fu knew that the matter was confidential, so he didn't ask any more, he looked at Yuan Kui and asked, "Boss, what assignment did you assign to call me?" "Han Fu is Yuan Kui's protégé and former official, and he is extremely respectful to Yuan Kui.

Yuan Kui said solemnly: "Before the military advice, you must give an order to the general of the expedition in the name of the Son of Heaven and let him go to conquer outside the Saiwai. ”

Han Fu nodded and said, "Yes, no matter what, we must remove this huge threat to the general of Zhengbei." The decree is easy to do, but it is just a seal......"

"You can give me the decree, and I will have my own way to put the seal." He Hao said, "The top priority is to prevent Li Hong from entering Beijing. The Marquis of Subu had promised the general that he would launch an attack in mid-March, so we would just drag Li Hong to Bingzhou. By mid-March, after the Huns began to attack, Li Hong would definitely give up entering Beijing. ”

"Tell He Jin to go out of Beijing and rush to Yecheng immediately, and tell the general about our plan." Yuan Kui said, "Now, we are looking forward to Lord Huangfu to quell the Xiliang rebels as soon as possible." He is our greatest guarantee, and the rise and fall of the Great Han Kingdom depends on him. ”

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