In the third year of the Great Han Dynasty (186 AD).

In December, the Xianbei chief and the company once again led three Xianbei troops totaling more than 100,000 troops, and invaded Youzhou and Bingzhou in northern Xinjiang.

However, today's Youzhou is no longer the Youzhou at this time last year, under the leadership of Li Yi, an army of 100,000 attacked the Xianbei people. In the first large-scale battle between the two sides, the Xianbei people paid a heavy price, and their big leader and company were killed by Zhao Yun in front of the battle.

The Xianbei people, who had lost their big leader, fled, and the Youzhou army took the opportunity to cover up and chase the north.

If it weren't for a sudden snowstorm, I'm afraid that the 100,000 Xianbei army that invaded the five counties in the west of Youzhou this time would have been wiped out on the front line of the Great Wall.

But despite this, the Xianbei people still paid a heavy price, only 70,000 of the 100,000 troops fled back, 10,000 were killed in battle, and 20,000 were wounded and captured, or were directly captured.

When the telegram arrived in Luoyang, the capital of Beijing, the hundred officials were denouncing Li Yi at the court meeting, demanding that the Son of Heaven remove Li Yi from his official position. I don't know how many times this scene has been staged in the past year. The reason why they are so persistent is because the pressure brought to them by Li Yi is too great, and secondly, they take a fancy to the wealth of Youzhou today.

Under Li Yi's governance, Youzhou had a bumper harvest for two consecutive years, and the people were very wealthy.

Of course, it is Li Yi who is richer. Now the Li Family Chamber of Commerce is in business all over the world, and the sales are some top luxury goods, which can be said to be a daily income, and the profits are so big that everyone is blushing.

As long as Li Yi is overthrown, not only can he take the rich Youzhou, but he can also divide Li Yi's huge family property, and he can get rid of a terrifying opponent, which is really killing three birds with one stone.

At this time, there was an urgent letter from the Youzhou front line that was sent by 800 miles of fast horsemen.

There was silence in the Garter Hall.

Zhao Zhong took out a bamboo slip from the soap sac, put it on the desk in front of the Son of Heaven and slowly opened it.

The Son of Heaven leaned over and glanced at it, and suddenly laughed. Then he burst out laughing. He grabbed the bamboo slip on the desk suddenly, threw it into the air with all his strength, and shouted loudly: "Tai Lieutenant, take a look." ”

The bamboo slip fell to the ground with a "snap......".

Today's Taiwei has become Zhang Wen. Former Taiwei Zhang Yan was framed by eunuchs and dismissed in February this year, and then Zhang Wen, the general of the chariot cavalry, spent money to buy the official position of Tai Lieutenant.

Zhang Wen hurriedly leaned over and picked it up. He hurriedly read it, and his heart was suddenly very lost. He suddenly understood the reason why the Son of Heaven told him to take a look first.

The eyes of all the ministers in the main hall were eager and expectant.

Zhang Wen said indifferently: "General Wei came to write, and Youzhou won a great victory, killing 30,000 prisoners. ”

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General's Palace.

The general He Jin slowly walked into the mansion. Along the way, he lowered his head and pondered, looking in a trance.

He Jin is in his forties, in recent years, due to his pampering, his burly body has been blessed, and his white face has become more and more rounded, he does not look like a mighty general, but more like a gentle and elegant Taixue teacher.

He Jin's family is a small rich man in Wancheng, Nanyang, and his family is well-to-do. He Jin is the eldest son at home, and he has been very smart since he was a child. His father had high hopes for him, hoping that he would learn from the classics and become a scholar, glorify his ancestors, and stop doing business. Although you can make money in business, it is a lowly industry that is despised by scholars.

He Jin has read poetry and books since he was a child, has a quick mind, and is very famous in the local area. But because of his background, he has not been recommended by the local governor and cannot become a filial piety. Without the qualification of filial piety, you can't go to Jingshi to pass the class test for Lang. And with Lang as an official, this is the only way for ordinary scholars to enter the office. His father ran around for this, paying for the upper and lower joints, which cost a lot but had little effect. Nanyang is the imperial hometown of the Han Dynasty, and there are many wealthy families in the gate valve family, but the number of filial piety is limited, and there are only one or two a year, so it is not the turn of an ordinary rich man like him.

Someone told him that his father should not waste his efforts, no matter how much money he sent, he should find another way. Someone suggested that his father ask someone to send He Jin to study under several Confucian sects in Nanyang, and maybe there would be a bright future. But several heads of the great Confucian clan were reluctant to accept He Jin as a protégé, saying that it would be discrediting to accept a rich scholar with oily and copper-smelling hands as a disciple. He Jin was very stimulated and vowed to get ahead.

The opportunity has finally arrived. Guo Sheng, a regular servant, presided over the selection of concubines for one year, which was called "counting people" in this dynasty. He is also a native of Wancheng, Nanyang, and was ordered to go to Nanyang to elect a palace maid. He Jin bribed Guo Sheng with all his family wealth through his connections, hoping that Guo Sheng could send his half-sister to the palace. Guo Sheng received money from He Jin and helped him out. He Jin's sister also entered the palace court as a nobleman by virtue of her appearance, and won the emperor's favor.

When he enters, he comes to run, and he gets his wish. He was noble because of his relatives, and was successively worshiped as Langzhong, and then moved to Huben Zhonglang General, and then served as Yingchuan Taishou. Soon, through Guo Sheng, he married his other sister to the adopted son of Zhang Rang, a regular servant. He Guiren was therefore unanimously recognized by the eunuchs in the palace and trusted by them.

He Jin's efforts paid off. His sister He Guiren gave birth to a little prince for today's son, and was immediately canonized as the queen. He Jin was recruited into Beijing, worshiped in the service, and later moved to be a master craftsman, and then moved to Henan Yin, until the general.

He Jin knew that the power struggle between the DPRK and China was fierce and he did not dare to set foot easily, so in the first few years, he was cautious and kept a certain distance from any of the forces in Beijing, neither too affectionate nor too distant, lest he bring disaster to himself and his family. There are many relatives of this dynasty who died because they participated in the power struggle. He conscientiously did a good job in government affairs, was respectful and courteous to all forces, and slowly, he was recognized by the princes and nobles of Luoyang, Zhongguan and the clan of the gate lords, and gradually had his own power. Even so, he still tried his best to keep his light and obscure, lest he become a thorn in the side of others.

After he became a general, he could no longer hide his edge, and his power was suddenly released. Overnight, the various forces in the DPRK and China were surprised to find that there was another powerful force in Beijing and a powerful force of foreign relatives. The first to feel threatened were the officials.

On the contrary, the relationship between the gate lord family and him is much closer. After the ban on the party was lifted, many ambitious and famous party members and famous people gathered in the General's Mansion, which made the general's power increase suddenly.

Once in the whirlpool of power struggle, who can be immune?

The Son of Heaven favors the little prince Liu Xie, which is understandable, but he suddenly vigorously cultivates his cronies, especially supports Li Yi, which is a little wrong.

Li Yi is now a hot military powerhouse in the Han Dynasty, guarding the northern frontier fence of the Han Dynasty and commanding more than 100,000 troops.

As early as last year, when Li Yi was quelling the rebellion in Liaodong, Zhao Zhong and Situ Cuilie, the regular attendants, repeatedly warned themselves to pay attention to this person. Although the queen's sister and herself were a little worried, they didn't feel threatened.

He and his staff thought of a way to kill Li Yi, and they secretly sent He Hao to Liaodong to persuade Gongsun Chen and Gongsun Han to rebel again. If the rebellion is not good, it is natural to be convicted, and after being convicted, it is easy to kill him.

They were close to success.

But Li Yi's toughness made them dumbfounded, this guy suddenly turned his hands into clouds and covered his hands into rain when he had no chance of victory, and beat nearly 200,000 rebels in Liaodong to the point that they lost their armor and collapsed, and even Gongsun Lei, who had been in Liaodong for decades, killed him.

Things have completely changed.

But He Jin is not a person who gives up easily, in the past year, he has united with the clan and the officials, I don't know how many times he has stumbled Li Yi, and even directly discharged the dead to assassinate Li Yi, the biggest threat to get out, but without exception, they all failed. That Li Yi was like an unbeatable Xiaoqiang, and let himself and the ministers of the court and the ministers of the court declare the perfect plan a failure again and again.

Originally, this time Xianbei's more than 100,000 troops went south again to raid Youhe Erzhou, and hundreds of officials, including He Jin, thought it was an opportunity to bring down Li Yi, so they even quietly sent an envoy to Xianbei, intending to be a guide for the Xianbei people to guide the Xianbei people to attack Li Yi's back road, so as to kill Li Yi. I never thought that the army of Xianbei people's sneak attack was discovered by the Youzhou army, and then the plan was calculated, resulting in the killing of the Xianbei leader and company, and the rout of the Xianbei army of 100,000.

This victory over the Xianbei people is definitely the biggest victory of the Han Dynasty against the Hu people in the northern steppe since the former Han Huo Hussar, and it is also the first victory of the Han Dynasty against the Xianbei people in ten years.

Nine years ago, in August of the sixth year of Xiping (177), the Son of Heaven sent Karasuma Captain Xia Yu to set off from Gaoliu, Po Xianbei Zhonglang General Tian Yan set off from Yunzhong, and Xiongnu Zhonglang General Zang Min led the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu to set off from Yanmen, each leading more than 10,000 cavalry, dividing troops into three ways out of the border fortress, and penetrating more than 2,000 miles into the land of Xianbei. Tan Shihuai, the great leader of Xianbei, ordered the leaders of the eastern, central, and western divisions to lead their subordinates to meet the battle. Xia Yu and others suffered a crushing defeat, and even lost all the talisman and baggage, and each led dozens of cavalry to flee for their lives, and the Han army accounted for seven or eight out of ten soldiers killed in the battle.

This battle can be said to have knocked out the backbone of the Han army, and since then, the Han army has collapsed, and the Xianbei people will go to Youzhou and Bingzhou to loot almost every year as if they have entered their own back garden.

This situation, which made the hearts of the entire Han people, was changed by Li Yi last year, and the Xianbei army that invaded Youzhou failed to enter the interior for the first time.

This year, Li Yi was even more terrible, defeating more than 100,000 Xianbei troops and killing more than 30,000 captured Xianbei troops.

The Battle of the Yellow Turban in Pingdi the year before last, the Battle of Liaodong Counterinsurgency last year, and the victory of the Xianbei army this year, three consecutive battles have completely established the position of the head of Li Yi's dynasty. In terms of his merits, I am afraid that the twenty-eight founding heroes of Yuntai may not be able to suppress him. (To be continued.) )