Chapter 1: Danger lurks, verse 19

"General......" Li Wei stretched out his hand and grabbed Li Hong, who was about to walk, and said very dissatisfied,

"General, do you want to give up checks and balances and give up northern Xinjiang? Now giving up checks and balances, giving up northern Xinjiang, and going to Qinwang to fight Chang'an is simply a strategy to quench thirst by drinking water, and it will not save the rivers and mountains of the Han Dynasty. Look at Dong Zhuo, he has the Son of Heaven in his hands, the army, and the power of the world, but has he stabilized the society? No, it is precisely because of his incompetence that my Han Sheji fell into the abyss and became what it is today. Could it be that the general thinks that the strength of the northern Xinjiang is enough to save the world and stabilize the society? Li Hong stopped, looked at Li Wei and Zhu Mu, and said calmly: "No, I don't have this ability, you don't have this ability, and Northern Xinjiang doesn't have this strength." That's why I need the Eldest Princess's Mansion, and I need the help of Cui Lie, Zhang Wen, and Ma Riyan, who are the ministers of the big Han Dynasty. Only by working together and working together can we fulfill the trust of the first emperor and defend and revitalize our Han community. ”

"You have been with me for a long time, who I am and what I think, you should know very well." Li Hong looked at the pile of papers on the desk and sighed softly,

"How was the edict of the first emperor written? How can I live up to the trust and trust placed in me by the previous emperor? If I can't fulfill the last order of the first emperor, what face will I have to see the first emperor under Jiuquan? Whether I am a man or a courtier, the first thing is loyalty, if I can't even do loyalty, am I still a human being? Are you still willing to help me? No, no one wants to be a rebel against my big man and bear the infamy of generations. ”

"Maybe the Son of Heaven can't understand my way to defend and save Sheji, or maybe the ministers in the court also regard me as the greatest disaster of the Han Dynasty. But I asked myself, I didn't do anything wrong. Li Hong walked to Li Wei and Zhu Mu, put his arm around their shoulders, and slowly walked out of the big tent.

"Like you, I firmly believe that we have the ability to save and revitalize the community, but we need a long time and more strength."

"The Son of Heaven set up Princess Changping's Mansion in Jinyang, and sent seven old ministers to assist the princess, so the people of the world will believe that I Li Hong is absolutely loyal to the Son of Heaven and the Han Dynasty. This is a good and harmless thing for Northern Xinjiang and for me personally. For example, now we are going to Jizhou to buy grain, although it is our hussar general's mansion that pays the money, but it is the eldest princess of the Han Dynasty who comes forward. Let's ask Han Fu, does he dare to push back? Let's ask the gate valves in Jizhou, do they still dare to refuse? At this time, whether it is Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Han Fu, or Liu Dai, when facing the eldest princess, what choice will they make? Did she simply refuse to admit that even the eldest princess was born, saying that she was not from the first emperor? ”

No one dared to say that. Although Yuan Shao dared to kill the four court ministers, he did not dare to deny the eldest princess. The eldest princess is still young, and she doesn't have any prestige at the moment, but behind her is me Li Hong, my army of more than 100,000 people in Northern Xinjiang, with us standing behind her, who dares to say a 'no'? Behind the eldest princess, there are Cui Lie, Zhang Wen, Ma Riyan, Yuan Peng, Chen Ji, Cai Yong, and Ding Gong Seven old ministers, these seven people look at the world, except for the Son of Heaven, who can afford to provoke? With Yuan Shao's ability, he can't afford to mess with any of them. ”

"The seven old ministers in the eldest princess's mansion, Zhang Wen, Ding Gong, and Yuan Peng are all my past officials, and the relationship between Cai Yong and us is even more extraordinary, and Zilong will soon be his virtuous son-in-law. Putting aside our political differences, as far as personal feelings are concerned, the seven old ministers will definitely be able to sit with us. In any case, our purpose is the same, all for the community, for the common people in the world, and for the national glory of our Han Dynasty for thousands of generations. ”

"I have these seven highly respected ministers in northern Xinjiang, plus Zhao Qi, Xu Shao, Yang Qi, Wang Jian, Wang Han and other five ministers, and their strength has grown so fast, I'm afraid it's not what you and I can imagine, right?" Li Hong looked at Li Wei and said with a smile,

"Didn't you say that Northern Xinjiang was poor, and no Confucian scholar was willing to be refuted? If you look at it after a while, it's not that no one in my northern Xinjiang provinces wants to be destroyed, but it's overcrowded. ”

"As long as we work together, the eldest princess, and all the old ministers, within two or three years, we will not only be able to stabilize the northern Xinjiang, but also be able to diligently remove the king and revitalize the community." Li Wei and Zhu Mu were in a heavy mood and were silent.

Li Hong said that he had chosen the right ones, but he did not say a word about the hidden worries about the future of northern Xinjiang. His Majesty the Son of Heaven aimed to set up the Eldest Princess's Mansion in Jinyang, and recruited seven old ministers to serve in the Eldest Princess's Mansion, the purpose of which was obviously to check and balance and weaken Li Hong's authority.

However, judging from the current situation, it seems that there is little point in using the power of the eldest princess to force Li Hong to provide supplies to Gyeonggi, because the northern Xinjiang itself is worse than Gyeonggi's, and the supplies that can be provided are very limited.

In that case, why did Dong Zhuo do this? Why provoke Li Hong? Do you want to use Li Hong's hand to kill these old ministers, so that Li Hong and Northern Xinjiang will become rebels, and Yuan Shao will come together completely?

But what good does this do for Dong Zhuo? Taking a step back, even if Li Hong respects the decree of the Son of Heaven and coexists with the Eldest Princess's Mansion in Northern Xinjiang, the military power of Northern Xinjiang and the Six Prefectures is in Li Hong's hands, and the army is also in Li Hong's hands.

To put it bluntly, if Li Hong has the intention of separating the feudal town or usurping the community, then the Eldest Princess's Mansion is just a decoration and has no effect.

Of course, if Li Hong is loyal to the Son of Heaven and loyal to the Han Dynasty, the power of this eldest princess's mansion will be vaguely above the hussar general's mansion.

The struggle for power between the two governments began, and no one from the army to the government, from the officers to the officials, could avoid the whirlpool of power struggle, the consequences of which were difficult to predict.

The huge internal friction will inevitably reduce the strength of northern Xinjiang, but it will take some time, which will not help Dong Zhuo to solve the current crisis facing Gyeonggi.

So what does Dong Zhuo mean? The princess originally came to Northern Xinjiang with the edict of the first emperor and the banner of King Qin, and it was impossible for Dong Zhuo not to know.

Now that the princess is powerful, and there are seven old ministers to assist, she has to attack Chang'an as her first goal.

Dong Zhuo wouldn't be so confused as to let the seven old ministers help him persuade the princess to give up King Qin, and instead ask Li Hong to attack Yuan Shao and the Yellow Turban Army, right?

Since Dong Zhuo would not be so confused and naïve, it would be impossible for him to come up with such an idea. Moreover, according to Dong Zhuo's familiarity with political affairs, it is impossible for him to come up with such an idea, and this policy to restrain Li Hong must have been thought up by the ministers of the court.

Since this idea was conceived by the ministers of the DPRK and China, the intention of the idea is not to be asked. Of course, it is to supervise Li Hong to quickly Qin Wang, or to use the prestige of the eldest princess and the old ministers to influence and control Li Hong, in case he becomes a Han rebel like Yuan Shao, so that King Qin's removal of ** and the revitalization of Sheji will become an unattainable thing.

Judging from the current situation, the most ideal way is to use Li Hong's force to pacify Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, the Yellow Turban Army and other ** dreadlocks, stabilize the society within a few years, and then try to revitalize it.

In other words, the ministers of the DPRK and China still placed their hopes for the revival of the society on Li Hong. Li Hong has just returned from an expedition to the desert, and no one in the world can match his merits or prestige.

And so far, he has not done much evil except for the disadvantage of King Qin. Unlike Dong Zhuo, he first made a series of failed strategies to cause turmoil in the country, and then raised a butcher's knife to kill people, and finally went crazy to move the capital, he would rather die with Sheji than give up the authority in his hands.

Now this person has become a complete big man, and there is no cure except killing.

Yuan Shao even made the ministers of the DPRK and China dumbfounded, beating their chests. Why did Yuan Kui, who is a genius in the sky, choose such a person to take on the important task?

Yuan Shao did not recognize the Son of Heaven and went toe-for-tat with Li Hong, and that's it. Who knew that he later killed the minister and openly broke with the court.

Yuan Shaozhi's intentions have been revealed. With his strength, he is simply unable to defeat Dong Zhuo, let alone defeat Luoyang and Chang'an, he just wants to push the Han Sheji into the abyss of overturning, a complete Han rebellion.

Yuan Shu was useless, swaying from side to side, neither the determination of King Qin, nor the courage to be rebellious, just looking around there, and I didn't know what he was going to do?

A useless bastard. In this case, the ministers of Chang'an had only one and only choice.

Dong Zhuo is not stupid, of course he can see the intentions of the ministers of the DPRK and China, so why does he still have to obey his words?

If Li Hong was loyal to the Son of Heaven and was forced to lead his troops to the king, Luoyang and Chang'an would be in danger. Is he really confused and wants to be killed?

Zhu Mu rushed back from Chang'an, and he was meditating hard all the way, but he didn't figure it out.

Li Wei explained his doubts to Li Hong in detail, but it was difficult for him to understand Dong Zhuo's intentions.

Li Hong said with a smile, if you can't figure it out, forget it. The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover the earth, what are you afraid of? There is still a month before the autumn harvest, tell the northern Xinjiang provinces to make preparations.

In addition, he was anxious to write to Tian Chou and Zheng Yan, and asked them to contact Yuan Shu and Han Fu respectively to buy grain as soon as possible, the more the better, no matter how high the price of grain is, they must buy grain back.

September of the first year of the first peace of the Great Han Dynasty (190). In September, the princess and Li Hong, Zhao Qi, Xu Shao, Yang Qi and other officials from northern Xinjiang went out of Jinyang for more than 100 miles to welcome Ma Riyan and other court envoys.

Among these seven people, Cui Lie, Zhang Wen, and Ma Riyan are the former Taiwei of the Great Han Kingdom, Ding Gong is the former Situ of the Great Han Kingdom, Yuan Peng is the former Great Si Nong of the Great Han Kingdom, and Chen Ji and Cai Yong are both world-famous Shuoru of the Great Han Kingdom, and this kind of prominent envoy lineup is probably the first time in the history of the Great Han Kingdom.

Li Hong's attitude was very humble, and he took the lead in taking the gift of his disciples and met with the seven old ministers first. Although the current official positions of these seven people are not as good as Li Hongda, whether it is qualifications, prestige or knowledge, Li Hong is beyond the dust.

The seven people wanted to bow to Li Hong as an official, but Li Hong was startled, knelt on the ground and didn't dare to get up.

Zhao Qi hurriedly came over to relieve the siege,

"Alright, alright, don't be embarrassed by the general. The princess is here, so let's go and meet the princess first. The seven people were very happy, especially Zhang Wen, who was very emotional when he took Li Hong's hand.

He and Li Hong have been together for a long time on the battlefield in Western Xinjiang, and although they have some grievances with each other, they are all smoke clouds from the past, and they are not worth mentioning.

Li Hong was very excited,

"When I went to Luoyang in March last year, I didn't go to visit the adults due to time constraints, which was rude. I haven't seen an adult for more than three years, and my hair is much grayer. Zhang Wen shook his head and sighed: "Seeing that Sheji is in danger, I live alone in the courtroom, and I can't serve the Son of Heaven, so I'm worried." But now, I have confidence that I can stand on the land of northern Xinjiang with my people. Back then, when the western frontier was about to be overturned, the people led an army of 50,000 to rush to the western frontier day and night for 3,000 miles. Today, who in the world can resist the sharpness of the general? The revitalization of Dahan is just around the corner. Li Hong's face turned red, and he bowed down and bowed again: "My lord praised it falsely, if there was no strategy for my lord, how could there be a victory in Western Xinjiang?" At this time, Hua Xiong, Duan Xuan and other generals from Western Xinjiang surrounded him and paid a big salute to Zhang Wen.

Li Hong took the opportunity to walk to Cai Yong's side and said happily: "Mr. is finally back, if you don't come back, I will write to Your Majesty and invite you back to Northern Xinjiang." Cai Yong laughed,

"After receiving the letter from the general, I immediately started a hexagram. Alas, it's old, it's old......" He shook his hand at Li Hong and said embarrassedly,

"I'm ashamed that I almost delayed my child's life. I want to thank you for that. You saved the lives of my father and daughter, and you helped me ......"

"Sir is gracious." Li Hong bowed down and said,

"As long as my husband can return to northern Xinjiang, I am grateful." In September, the servant returned to Chang'an.

He brought good news that Han Sui and Ma Teng had agreed to be appeased and had retreated to Longxi and Jincheng. Dong Zhuo was overjoyed and rewarded the series.

At the end of July, Shangshu Liu Ai stayed in Luoyang because of illness, and he went to Xiliang alone with the holy decree of appeasement.

Dong Zhuo didn't have much hope, but he didn't expect the series to be successful. The seed series said that Han Sui and Ma Teng were stopped by Huang Fuhong's army in the area of Yicheng, and because of the lack of food, they had to retreat if they did not retreat.

Dong Zhuo said to the seed series, don't play the Son of Heaven for the time being, don't go around, you go home and rest first.

Dong Zhuo immediately sent a letter to Li Ru in Luoyang, and immediately took the three passes of Tiger Prison, Mengjin and Xiaopingjin, and attacked Hanoi.

Rush to the book Duan simmer and Niu Fu, and raid Hedong before the end of September. Dong Zhuo told the three of them that the momentum must be loud and the attack must be fierce to cover the main force of the army to attack Yuan Shu.

Dong Zhuo ordered Dong Yue and Li Su to rush to Wuguan and attack Yuan Shu in Nanyang. Dong Zhuo said that Yuan Shu was now confronting Liu Biao in Xiangyang, Wancheng was empty, and the army must strike down, occupy Nanyang, and drive Yuan Shu away.

Hu Zhen, Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Fan Chou of Hangu Pass received Dong Zhuo's order, and the army secretly assembled in the direction of Dagu Pass, Yuyuan Pass, and Yique Pass.

Lu Bu of Yique Pass, Zhang Liao of Dagu Pass, and Li Meng of Yuyuan Pass also received Dong Zhuo's secret order and immediately sent scouts to investigate the situation in Nanyang, Yingchuan and other places, and prepare for attack.

After Dong Zhuo finished deploying, he immediately played the Son of Heaven, saying that the Xiliang rebels had captured the Yicheng of Hanyang County, and there was no news about the appeasement, and he was going to lead the army to Xiliang to quell the rebellion.

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