Through one thing, the Son of Heaven suddenly understood that the grasp of power depends on strength, not simply by saying a few words and stamping a seal on the edict. He must have strength, a strong army, and a loyal general to lead such an army.

If you do this, won't you be able to do whatever you want? At that time, if you want money, you will have money, you can kill whoever you want, and who dares to say nothing if you want to make Liu Xie the prince?

Now, the generals who can lead troops to fight in the Han Dynasty, such as Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Lu Zhi, Dong Zhuo, etc., are all from the bureaucratic background of the scholar clan, of course he can't believe it, let alone say such a big thing as the abolition of the heir and the establishment of the concubine at will.

Although Li Yi was also born in a scholar family, he was sent to Northern Xinjiang in his early years, and it was the eunuchs who caused all this. So it was destined that Li Yi would not be able to get together with the eunuchs.

In addition, Li Yi rose simply by virtue of military exploits, and in the eyes of those big families, Li Yi is a puppet, and he will not identify with the identity of other clans at all. This can be seen from the fact that for more than a year, the family has tried every means to kill Li Yi. With this series of things, it is very unlikely that Li Yi and the family will get together.

The question is, how can I be sure that Li Yi is loyal to him? How can you be sure that Li Yi has always been loyal to himself?

He decided to send someone to take a look, send different people to take a look, and finally judge and summarize it for himself.

If Li Yi is indeed worthy of his trust, then he will gamble, either gambling his life or gambling his country.

If Li Yi is indeed a reckless person who is not worthy of his trust, then there is no need to offend everyone in the court for him.

"Aiqing, you see, let Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo be the envoy of the army, take Liu He, the speaker of the Lang, and wait for Liu Biao in the Northern Army. There are also four people from the general Peng Yu Shi Yuan Shao who went to Liaodong to comfort the army, what do you think? ”

When Liu Yu heard this, he was secretly worried about Li Yi in his heart, and he whispered: "Your Majesty's proposal is very good, so that you can temporarily block everyone's mouths and let Your Majesty be quiet for a while." ”

"No matter what the mistakes of the former general are, everything will be said when Liaodong is pacified." The Son of Heaven said.

After a pause, the Son of Heaven said, "In addition, Zhang Wen, Yuan Peng." Dong Zhuo has been in Xiliang for more than half a year, not only did they not exterminate the rebels, but they also failed to make money for me, but they spent billions of dollars on me, which really cost the people and money. Aiqing, you see, these people are rewards? Or will they be held accountable? ”

Liu Yu glanced at him and said in his heart: It's not all your fault, and you regret what you promised. If you go back on your word, you should now hold others accountable.

"Your Majesty, only when rewards and punishments are strict can we be inspiring. They fought in Xiliang for many years. The credit is still great. ”

The Son of Heaven stood in front of the piano platform, silent.

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Three days later, Xiaohuangmen Jian Shuo, Yilang Liu He, Liu Biao, the Northern Army, and Shi Yuan Shao, the four of them, took the convoy of the consolation army and went out of the east gate of Luoyang, the capital division. Hurried to Liaodong.

At the same time, a holy decree was also sent to Xiliang. In his holy decree, the Son of Heaven severely reprimanded Xiliang for the futility of his crusade against the rebellious generals, and gave them an ultimatum. If you can't achieve some results in a month, then be prepared to use the money to buy their lives.

Luoyang, the capital division, was not far from Huaili City, where the camp of the Western Expeditionary Army was located, and two days later, when the condolence convoy going north to Liaodong was still in Chenliu, the holy decree had been sent to the big tent of the Western Expeditionary Army.

Zhang Wen, the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army and the general of the cavalry, Yuan Peng, the deputy marshal of the Western Expeditionary Army and the ruling Jinwu, Dong Zhuo, the general of the Broken Capture, and Zhou Shen, the general of the Dangkou, and other major generals of the Western Expeditionary Army received the holy decree and knew that they could no longer secretly communicate with the Xiliang rebels and maintain this harmonious situation of small fights, otherwise several of them would bleed hemorrhage.

Three days later, Zhang Wen and others led the army to leave the Huaili camp and march west to fight a decisive battle with the army led by Han Sui and Bian Zhangsuo of the Xiliang rebels.

Two days later, when the convoy going to Liaodong for condolences had just reached Changshan Kingdom, the northernmost country of Jizhou, the Western Expeditionary Army and the Western Liang rebels fought in Meiyang.

The 180,000 imperial army was far stronger than the 110,000 rebels in Xiliang in terms of strength and equipment training. Therefore, in this hard-fought battle, the Xiliang rebels were defeated, and after losing more than 5,000 people, Han Sui and Bian Zhang led the rebels to make a thousand-mile turn, and directly withdrew from Meiyang in Sili to Yuzhong City in Jincheng County on the border of Liangzhou. And the imperial army also suffered more than 3,000 casualties in this battle.

A big battle that took place with the participation of 300,000 troops, the total casualties on both sides were less than 10,000, and Li Yi in Liaodong was also completely drunk after receiving the news from the Shadow Group through carrier pigeons three days later. It is no wonder that this Xiliang counterinsurgency battle was able to be fought for many years, but it was not pacified in the end, but it produced two separatist warlords, Han Sui and Ma Teng.

Zhang Wen sent messengers to deliver good news to Luoyang, the capital division, and on the other hand, he sent Zhou Shen, a general of Dangkou, to lead 30,000 people to pursue Bian Zhang and Han Sui.

Sun Jian, a member of the military service, suggested to Zhou Shen: "There is a shortage of food in the city where the rebels are strong, so it will be brought in from outside. I am willing to take 10,000 men, cut off the enemy's grain transportation routes, and follow the army of the generals to meet them, and the rebels will inevitably dare not fight because of fatigue and hunger, and retreat to the hinterland of the Qiang. At that time, if we work together to encircle and suppress them, we can pacify Liangzhou. ”

Zhou Shen did not follow his advice and led his army to surround Yuzhong City.

However, Bian Zhang and Han Sui divided their troops to garrison Kuiyuan Gorge, but cut off the grain transportation road of the official army. Zhou Shen felt panicked, discarded the baggage and withdrew the army, but did not make an inch, but gave a lot of gifts to the Xiliang rebels.

Zhang Wen also sent Dong Zhuo to lead 30,000 people to crusade against the Xianling tribe of the Qiang people. The Qiang and Hu people surrounded Dong Zhuo north of Wangyuan.

Dong Zhuo's army was short of food, so he built a weir at the place where he planned to cross the river, pretending to fish to satisfy his hunger. Then, under the cover of the embankment, quietly retreated. When the Qiang people found out and pursued, Dong Zhuo had already broken the embankment, and the river was so deep that the Qiang people could not cross the river to chase after them. So Dong Zhuo returned to his division and stationed in Fufeng.

The Xiliang battlefield, which had just turned up a little wave, was calm again. However, the outcome of this battle can be described as satisfactory to all parties. Although the Xiliang rebels lost more than 5,000 people, they also caused more than 3,000 casualties to the Western Expeditionary Army, and they also received a "gift" worth hundreds of millions of dollars "given" by General Dangkou, not only did they not lose money, but also made a lot of money; As for the generals of the Western Expeditionary Army, they received the merits of winning the battle and the rewards given by the imperial court, which can be described as fame and fortune; As for the hundred officials of the imperial court, they have obtained a gimmick to block the mouths of the world's leisurely people; As for the Son of Heaven in the palace, he was already happy at the moment, the Western Expeditionary Army defeated the Xiliang rebels, forcing it to rout for thousands of miles, and the crisis from the west was solved.

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When scenes of farce were staged in Luoyang and Xiliang in Beijing, the battlefield in eastern Liaodong was turbulent.

Li Yi was worried that Li Yi's army would be chased by the rebels and would not be able to get out, so he personally led 10,000 iron cavalry to quickly enter the western border of Goguryeo to meet him. The army crossed the Thousand Mountains and swooped down on the border between Goguryeo and Liaodong County, and finally met the two armies on the banks of the Mazi River.

Li Yi was very moved when he saw Li Yi personally leading his troops to respond.

"If you are eaten by the rebels, what will I fight in Liaodong?" Li Yi smiled, "What did Liu Zhongjian say?" ”

Li Yi relayed Liu Yi's parting words.

The army and food in the city of Fanhan were too small to resist the siege of an army of more than 100,000. The general wants Liu Zhongjian to hold on for two months, I'm afraid it's a bit ......" Li Yi shook his head and said worriedly, "If you want to hold on to Fanhan City, you need at least 10,000 troops. ”

"If you have 10,000 troops left in the city of Fanhan, there will not be enough food. In the short term, we will not have enough troops to lift the siege of Fanhan, nor will we have enough food to replenish it. Li Yi said helplessly, "Ping Zhong (Kou Zhun's character) has written three times, saying that the current grain reserves are difficult to maintain the needs of the army. Now that the grain in the five western counties has just been harvested, according to his estimate, it will not be until the beginning of next month at the earliest, so that we can continue to supply grain and grass. Yang finally gave the grain and grass to the rebels, so that we are now powerless. This is pure desperation. ”

"The general means that we don't have enough food and grass for ourselves." Li Yi asked in surprise.

Li Yi shook his head and said helplessly: "Liaodong's harvest this year is not good, the people don't have much left except rations, and it is very difficult to maintain the 120,000 horses that have just been collected. ”

As if thinking of something, Li Yi said angrily: "Yang Zhong's old boy is good, he looted Lelang County to the bottom, and then brought food to the rebels together, clean and thorough." ”

Zhang Fei was also very angry and said: "Yang Zhong, that stupid person, doesn't understand anything, he knows that he is bullying. Now that he's dead, he's still hurting people, leaving behind such an unmanageable mess. ”

Li Yi looked at Li Yi, who had a bad face, and asked cautiously, "General, do we still have anything to eat?" ”

"Yes." Li Yi sighed and said, "Let's save a little, eat one meal a day, and pass this month first." ”

If you can't eat enough, what kind of war are you fighting? Everyone was in a heavy mood for a while.

The scouts galloped in and brought very bad news: Yu Lian, the leader of Xianbei, led an army of 80,000 Xianbei to attack Daijun, Shanggu and Yuyang in three ways.

Hearing the news, Li Yi's heart suddenly cooled. Grass Nima's, what he was most afraid of, finally happened.

Li Yi looked up at the sky, the sky in Liaodong is always blue and blue, the pure, delicate and warm dark blue, which makes people intoxicated and solemn, so that people can throw away all their troubles, open their hearts, and fully integrate into the vast silence and profundity, which is a kind of abandonment, a kind of detachment, and a leap.

Liaodong laughed.

The worst thing has happened, so there shouldn't be anything worse, right?

And even if it is difficult, even if it is difficult, it is only a moment, and there is something to be afraid of, something that cannot be overcome.

Suddenly, he felt that there was nothing difficult in this world. (To be continued.) )