Chapter 4: The Eighth Section of the First Peaceful Year of the Han Dynasty (192 AD) in May. Yuan Shao's army had just set off, and bad news came from Yanzhou, Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai died in Lucheng, Jibei Kingdom.

Liu Dai led the army all the way east, and the army advanced very smoothly. Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, dissuaded Liu Dai, since the king of Jinan was dead, it was better for the army to stick to the front line of Dongping and Lu, and not to go deep alone, so as not to be surrounded by the Yellow Turban army.

Liu Dai didn't listen, was stubborn, and threatened to enter Qingzhou and drive the Yellow Turban Army to Mount Tai. In late April, the Yanzhou army entered Lucheng in Jibei Kingdom, but Ma Ju, Xu He, and Wu Ba suddenly led the main force of the Yellow Turban Army to appear and besieged Liu Dai in Lucheng.

The two sides are in a big fight. The Yanzhou army was short of food and grass, and Liu Dai, Bao Xin, Wu Zi, and Zheng Sui had no choice but to lead the army to break through.

In the process of breaking through, Liu Dai was very unfortunate and was violently blocked by Sima Ju and Wu Ba. Liu Dai was killed by the Yellow Turban Army in a fierce battle, and all 5,000 men and horses were annihilated.

Bao Xin, Wu Zi, and Zheng Sui joined forces and fought desperately to get out of the encirclement. Bao Xin and Wu Zi led the army to withdraw to Jiyin County, and Zheng then withdrew to Renchengguo.

The state of Lu in Yuzhou, the state of Dongping in Yanzhou, and some counties in the east county of Yanzhou all fell. Sima Ju led the Yellow Turban Army to continue its assault on the three counties of Dongjun, Jiyin and Rencheng in Yanzhou, and Yanzhou was in danger.

Cao Cao asked Yuan Shao to rush to Yanzhou's aid, but Yuan Shao refused. Cao Cao was very angry, and he asked Yuan Shao, did the lord lead the army into Luoyang, did he join the Northern Xinjiang Army to go west to King Chang'an Qin, or did he try to dominate the industry?

Yanzhou has been following the orders of the adults for several years and has been loyal to the adults, starting from Lord Liu and going to the officials of various counties and counties.

But at the critical moment when Lord Liu was killed and Yanzhou was in danger, he ignored the survival of Yanzhou and insisted on entering Luoyang.

It's chilling. Yuan Shao was sad and indignant, he patted his chest, and swore that he had no intention of abandoning Yanzhou.

He took out Wang Yun's secret letter,

"Meng De, you take a closer look, and then think about the changes in the situation in the world after Dong Zhuo's death. Compared with the survival of Yanzhou and the survival of Dahan Sheji, which is more important? Chun Yuqiong followed Yuan Shao's secret order, killed the messenger Zhang Chong from Chang'an, and quietly sent the holy decree and Wang Yun's secret letter to Yuan Shao.

In his letter, Wang Yun made a detailed prediction of the future development of the situation. He believes that after Dong Zhuo's death, the biggest traitor of the Han Dynasty is Li Hong.

If this person is not removed, the Han will suffer another catastrophe. Wang Yun asked Yuan Shao to do everything possible to quickly enter Luoyang and drive the Northern Xinjiang Army out of Guanxi, so as to ensure that after the Son of Heaven and the imperial court returned to Beijing, they would no longer be directly threatened by the Northern Xinjiang Army.

"Meng De, for the sake of the Han Dynasty, come to Luoyang with me." Yuan Shao said sincerely.

Cao Cao hesitated. After Li Hong knew that Dong Zhuo was killed, would he immediately order the Northern Xinjiang Army to enter Guanzhong and control the Son of Heaven and the imperial court?

Will Dong Zhuo's old ministry in Guanzhong rebel, and if it rebels, can Wang Yun hold Chang'an? If Wang Yun could not hold Chang'an, the northern Xinjiang armies in Hedong and Guanxi would inevitably enter Guanzhong quickly, so what was the role of Yuan Shao occupying Luoyang at this time in addition to provoking Li Hong?

Li Hong controlled the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, and controlled the land of Hebei, both with supreme authority and solid financial backing, in this case, what else does he want Luoyang to do?

He could use this as an excuse to hold high the banner of counterinsurgency to conquer Yuan Shao and refuse to honor the state and county officials who are today.

According to the current status quo, Yuan Shao and these state and county officials are not Li Hong's opponents at all, and their defeat is an overnight matter.

"Brother Benchu, even if we occupy Luoyang and drive the Northern Xinjiang Army out of Guanxi, what will the Son of Heaven and the imperial court do?" Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shao and asked worriedly,

"For a long time, we refused to recognize the current son, saying that the current son was not from the first emperor, and strongly advocated the rebuilding of the imperial system, and even killed four ministers to appease them. If ......" Cao Cao did not continue.

When the Son of Heaven and the imperial court returned to Luoyang, sooner or later they would kill Yuan Shao and these state and county officials who had opposed him.

Yuan Shao smiled slightly,

"Mengde, as long as we occupy Luoyang, we will immediately rebuild the imperial system. There are many people who can be emperors, Liu Yu is unwilling, we can find others, such as ......" Yuan Shao raised his finger to guide the party,

"Brother Jingsheng......" Cao Cao frowned and was silent. Late at night, Xun Yu quietly arrived at Cao Cao's military tent.

"I heard that the adults are not going back to Yanzhou, and they are going to fight Luoyang?" Cao Cao nodded worriedly,

"Wen Ruo, there is an army of Zhu Jun and Xu Rong in Guanxi, this Luoyang is very difficult to fight, and it is ......" He hesitated for a long time and sighed,

"If Li Hong is determined to be the king of diligence and determined to quickly stabilize the society, this Luoyang can't fight, but I insisted on doing it at the beginning, I ......"

"Your Excellency is worried that Lord Yuan's attack will be blocked, and he will not be able to occupy Luoyang, but also lose Yanzhou, and in the end, he will fall short and have nothing?" Xun Yu asked lightly.

Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu in surprise, and suddenly laughed,

"Wen Ruo, you are not here tonight, you are not just here to talk nonsense with me, right?" Xun Yu smiled lonely, and said worriedly: "Lord Yuan's attack on Luoyang at this time is not to ignore the survival of Yanzhou, but to bury the last hope of survival of the Han Sheji, and he wants to completely push the Han into the abyss of overturning. Cao Cao covered his mouth with his hands, closed his eyes tightly, and said nothing.

"Lord Yuan has already killed the Chang'an messenger, do you know?" Cao Cao moved his hands up slightly and covered half of his face.

Yuan Shao's purpose in doing this is obvious, he will neither go west to King Chang'an Qin, nor will he respect the current son and the court. Therefore, he had only one purpose in Luoyang at this time, that is, to try to dominate the world. Xun Yu sat opposite Cao Cao, lowered his head, and said to himself,

"Lord Yuan has changed very much in the past few years, making it hard to believe that he is the high-spirited Yuan Benchu back then." Xun Yu paused, as if recalling the past, and his expression was very gloomy.

"After the army enters Luoyang, it will first be able to contain the Northern Xinjiang Army, and at the same time, Yuan Shu will also mobilize troops to go north, and the Kwantung region will be in chaos in a blink of an eye. At this time, Dong Zhuo's old department, which was driven to a dead end, suddenly survived, and he would do his best to kill Chang'an desperately. Once Chang'an is captured by the rebels, even if the Son of Heaven and the imperial court can survive, they will be held hostage by the rebels and become a complete ornament, and they will no longer have any effect. ”

"Lord Yuan's goal has been achieved, he can rest assured and bold and rebuild the imperial system without scruples." Xun Yu sighed,

"But will the Han be saved and revitalized because of this?" Cao Cao slowly opened his eyes and shook his head,

"What about Li Hong? What will the leopard do? ”

Li Hong only had two choices. One is to give up Luoyang and enter Guanzhong. The second is to retreat to Hedong to ensure the security of northern Xinjiang, and at the same time take the land of Hebei as the foundation to form a separatist situation and attempt to dominate the industry. Xun Yu stroked his long beard, frowned and said,

"When the Northern Xinjiang Army entered Guanzhong, it was very likely that the rebels would be forced to rush and bury the lives of the Son of Heaven and the ministers of the court, and Li Hong might be infamous for this. Therefore, I think that the Northern Xinjiang Army is most likely to retreat to Hedong and run Hebei with all its might. ”

"Due to our misjudgment, we failed to lure the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army to Jizhou, which gave Li Hong enough time to defeat Gongsun Chan and stabilize the entire territory of Jizhou." Xun Yu shook his head regretfully,

"Li Hong's luck has always been very good, and this time is no exception. With Jizhou, the crisis in northern Xinjiang can be completely resolved in a short period of time. In a few years, Li Hong's strength will develop rapidly, and he will ...... in the future."

"What will happen in the future?" Cao Cao asked.

"If we can't contain and severely damage Li Hong in the past few years, the person who will overthrow the Han Society in the future will be this leopard." Cao Cao covered his face with his hands and let out a lament,

"The Great Han is dead."

"My lord, whether it is Li Hong or Lord Yuan today, all of them have seized prefectures and counties in the name of saving the society and tried to dominate the industry, but judging from what the two of them did, they did not save the society enough, and it was more than enough to defeat the society." Xun Yu said with a little excitement,

"My lord, don't you very much agree with Zhang Miao Zhang's strategy to save the society? Why don't you take the opportunity to go back to Yanzhou and immediately join forces with Zhang Miao, Bao Xin, Wu Zi, Zheng Sui, Zizai and other adults to join forces in a big move, take the Central Plains as the foundation, try to dominate the industry, and try your best to save and revitalize the community? Cao Cao put down his hands abruptly and grinned bitterly: "Wen Ruo, do you mean me?" I'm just a Taishou of the East County, or a Taishou of half of the East County. Now that I have even half of my own place occupied by the Yellow Turban Thieves, how can I have the ability to rule Yanzhou? Xun Yu shook his hand and said solemnly: "If the adults return to Yanzhou immediately, Yanzhou will soon be yours." Don't adults have such a little self-confidence? Cao Cao squinted his eyes and thought for a long time, and suddenly, he smashed his fist on the desk and shouted,

"Okay, let's go back to Yanzhou." On May, Chang'an. Duan Xuan and Huangfu Hong hurriedly reported to Chang'an, and the rebels suddenly withdrew to Tongguan.

Wang Yun and the ministers of the court were overjoyed, and everyone agreed that the Northern Xinjiang Army had finally obeyed the will of the Son of Heaven and launched an attack on the rebels from Kansai, and the rebels were about to be defeated.

Huangfu Song once again proposed to appease. Surprisingly, Wang Yun agreed. At this time, the rebels' food and grass had been exhausted, and their morale was also extremely low, and if the northern army attacked with great force, the rebels could be crushed with one blow.

However, considering that the rebels are cornered, it is also possible that they will resist stubbornly and fight back to the death, inflicting heavy losses on the northern army.

The imperial army was limited in numbers, and if the northern army suffered heavy losses during the attack, the northern army would not only be unable to drive Xu Rong away, but it would also be possible for the northern army in Guanxi to take the opportunity to enter Guanzhong.

Once the main forces of the Northern Xinjiang Army met in Guanzhong, Guanzhong would be controlled by the Northern Xinjiang Army. In order to preserve the strength of the northern army, Wang Yun ordered the attack to be stopped and sent a pacification envoy to Kansai.

In Wang Yun's view, as long as it is delayed for a while longer, let the Northern Xinjiang Army in Guanxi and the Northern Army in Guanzhong maintain the deterrence of the rebels, and the rebels will soon collapse when they have neither a way out nor food.

Wang Yun asked the former Liangzhou Assassin Shi Hu Jie and the former Hanyang Taishou Yang Rong to go to Guanxi to appease. At this time, Hanyang County in Western Xinjiang rushed to the imperial court, and the guerrilla general Han Sui and the partial general Ma Teng heard that there was a mutiny in Chang'an and that Dong Zhuo was killed, so they hurriedly led the army to kill Sanfu.

The Taishou of Hanyang County said in a hurry that Han Sui and Ma Teng did not believe in the edict of the Son of Heaven at all, they believed that the Son of Heaven was in danger, and insisted on leading the army to kill King Qin of Chang'an.

Wang Yun was furious and accused Huangfu Song of colluding and rebelling, ill-intentioned, and plotting in front of the Son of Heaven.

Huangfu Song sneered and didn't say a word. Taiwei Yang Biao, Sikong Chun Yujia, Shangshu Lingshi Sun Rui and many Guanzhong and Xiliang ministers couldn't stand it anymore, and they all pleaded for Huangfu Song.

Without evidence, how can it be said that Han Sui and Ma Teng were called by Huangfu Song? Taiwei Yang Biao immediately asked the Son of Heaven to worship Huangfu Song as the general of the expedition to the west, and immediately went west to Liangzhou to persuade Han Sui and Ma Teng to quit the army.

The Son of Heaven didn't dare to agree, and turned his head to look at Wang Yun. Now the only person in the DPRK and China who can make Han Sui and Ma Teng quit the army with their own strength is Huangfu Song.

In addition, Wang Yun didn't want to offend the ministers of Guanzhong and Xiliang at this critical moment. So, he reluctantly nodded in agreement.

In the afternoon of the same day, Huangfu Song, the general of the expedition to the west, hurriedly went west to Liangzhou with fifty iron cavalry guards. On May, Tongguan.

Niu Fu, Hu Zhen, Li Dao, Guo Yan and other Xiliang generals quarreled, and Niu Fu and Li Dao almost drew their knives to each other.

The Northern Xinjiang Army was treacherous, Xu Rong rebelled, and the army was almost wiped out. Niu Fu was furious about this, and he suspected that Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, and Jia Xu had secretly surrendered to the imperial court, and wanted to kill him and tens of thousands of soldiers in the army.

Hu Zhen thinks that Xu Rong is not this kind of person, and there must be a reason for this. He took the initiative to ask to go to the Taolin Fortress to talk to Xu Rong again.

Everyone fought bloodily with the Qiang people on the battlefield in Western Xinjiang back then, and they were like brothers and sisters, so don't you even give a way out today?

But Niu Fu didn't trust him and thought that Hu Zhen had betrayed Dong Zhuo. As soon as Hu Zhen walked out of Tongguan, he was besieged and killed by Niu Fu's personal guard Qu.

When the head was brought to the council hall, the blood coming out of the cranial cavity was still steaming. Li Wei, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, and Wang Fang were furious, and the five of them rushed out of Tongguan, gathered troops, and surrounded Niu Fu's large army.

Jia Xu tried every means to dissuade him, but unfortunately to no avail. Just when the two sides were about to break out, the court's appeasement envoy arrived.

"Wencai (Hu Jie), renovation (Yang Rong), if it is persuaded to surrender, you will immediately give me a return to Chang'an." Li Dao said angrily,

"We've all been friends for years, and I don't want to kill you." Hu Jie arched his hand and said: "Childish, we are not here to persuade you to surrender, but to help you kill back Chang'an." Li Dao looked up to the sky and smiled bitterly,

"Forget it, don't die with us, it's not worth it. Go back. I know that Wang Yun and Lu Bu hate the Xiliang people to the core, and they have almost killed the Xiliang officials in the Guanzhong, but now we can't protect ourselves and can't take revenge. ”

"Childish, Han Sui and Ma Teng are about to hit Chang'an." Yang Rong said,

Xu Rong's army was in Xiaqi, only two hundred miles from Chang'an, but Wang Yun and Lü Bu insisted that the Northern Xinjiang Army withdraw from Guanzhong. Xu Rong was very angry, and the two sides were currently waiting on both sides of the Weishui River. ”

"Really?" Li Dao couldn't believe his ears,

"Mr. Wenyue and Shou Cheng killed Sanfu? Xu Rong is in Xiadi? ”

"Absolutely." Hu Rong said,

"As soon as Dong Zhuo died, Han Sui and Ma Teng became rebels again, Xiliang saw that there was about to break out again, how could the two of them endure it? So as soon as we sent the letter, they sent troops. Childish, kill back, and immediately kill Chang'an. ”

"Fight." Li Dao waved his hand and shouted,

"It's the same thing whether it's dead or alive. Let's kill back ......" jump to