Great Han Empire

Chapter 465
Zhao Yun has become a frequent visitor to Cai Yong's residence in recent days.He visited Mr. Cai every morning, listened to Mr. Cai's teachings, and then had dinner at Mr. Cai's house.In the afternoon, he listened to Cai Yan playing the piano, or played chess with Cai Yan, talked about classics and history, and chatted. He didn't leave until dark.Cai Yan is not very old, but he is extremely talented. He is involved in all the collections of Qinqi, calligraphy, painting, classics and history.In the past few days, what he thinks about is Cai Yan, and what he sees in his eyes is Cai Yan, he doesn't care about anything, he only knows that he can't wait to rush to Xuanweng Mountain at dawn.Zhao Yun seemed to have lost his soul, his whole person changed.

Cai Yan suddenly became more beautiful. She got up early every day, spent a long time getting dressed, and then wandered back and forth in the courtyard, anxiously waiting for Zhao Yun.As long as she heard the sound of galloping horses coming, she would be so excited that she would smile like a flower, her face would turn red, her heart would beat violently, and her big watery eyes would be full of affection.

All of this was seen by Cai Yong, and he was very disturbed.Regardless of his character, appearance, talent, intelligence, and martial arts, Zhao Yun is the best among men. He is the youngest Zhonglang general in the Han Kingdom who has made a lot of military achievements. He became famous in the first battle by shooting and killing the Xiliang Qiang Commander June Jinglei. Since then, he has become famous all over the world. If his daughter can marry him, it will be the happiest thing, but fate is so strange, Zhao Yun is Li Hong's subordinate, Li Hong is the most powerful general in the Han Kingdom, his strength is currently It directly affected the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty, that is to say, Li Hong's future is dark.How many of the outstanding generals in the past dynasties died well?Li Hong has fallen, isn't it clear what will happen to his most trusted subordinate?

Cai Yong is good at the art of divination, but he believes that the secrets of the heavens are only early warnings, and the destiny cannot be violated. Even if he can penetrate the mysteries of the sky, he is still powerless to solve any problems. .However, he was in danger many times during the ten years of fleeing, and he couldn't help but tell his daughter a divination.Looking at the hexagrams, Cai Yong thought of his dead wife and his miserable fate, and couldn't help crying loudly with his young daughter in his arms.

Seeing his daughter getting closer to Zhao Yun, Cai Yong became more and more afraid.Although he knows that the destiny cannot be violated, he only has this one daughter. The daughter is the only sustenance he has sustained to live until now. If he loses his daughter, he also loses his life.He wants to fight against the sky, he wants his daughter to live, he wants her 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?Cai Yong did not agree.Zhao Yun had no choice but to hurry home to bid farewell to his parents, and escorted Cai Yong out of the city with his personal guards.

Reluctantly, Cai Yan sent him outside the city.Zhao Yun whispered to persuade her to go back.Cai Yan asked, "When will you be back?"

Zhao Yun was stunned for a moment, but did not make a sound.After going to fight outside the Great Wall, who knew if he could come back after a narrow escape?Seeing his dejected expression, Cai Yan immediately thought of the blood on the battlefield, and couldn't help feeling pain in his heart, and his eye circles immediately turned red.Seeing that she was about to cry, Zhao Yun hurriedly comforted her, "I'll see you when I get back."

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

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Ten miles away from the city, several riders galloped wildly in pursuit.Zhao Yun turned his horse's head to meet him.Lu Bu got off his horse far away, waved and shouted, "Zilong..."

Seeing that it was Lu Bu who came to see him off, Zhao Yun was greatly moved, and hurriedly got off his horse, "Brother Fengxian..."

The two shook hands, and Lu Bu said with emotion: "It is my life's regret not to be able to follow the great general to conquer the north."

Zhao Yun didn't know what to say, and he didn't know how to comfort him, "Xihe County is very important and needs someone to sit in it. Brother Fengxian is now the captain of Xihe County, commanding the three thousand soldiers of Xihe County, and has a heavy responsibility..."

Lu Bu smiled wryly, "Thank you Zilong."

Knowing what Lu Bu meant, Zhao Yun stretched out his hand and patted him on the back, "Brother Feng Xian deserves it. Don't thank me, what can I do for you? I'll go back and thank you, General. Master Ding didn't make things difficult for you." Bar?"

Lu Bu sighed and said, "Master Ding treated me well and entrusted me with a heavy responsibility. I am very grateful to him. After Zilong returns, please be sure to thank the General and General Xu for me. The two generals are so kind to me. If there is a chance in the future, I, Lu Bu, will swear to repay him even if I am smashed to pieces."

Zhao Yun smiled and said: "Brother Fengxian is serious. The general said, you are a general of the Han Kingdom, and you are fighting for the Han Kingdom. The rewards that His Majesty bestowed on you were cut out by you, not by him. , Therefore, if you want to repay your kindness, you are also repaying the kindness of the Han Kingdom, and the kindness of His Majesty."

There was a hint of admiration in Lu Bu's eyes, "Thank you, General, for your teaching. Unfortunately, I have been in Bingzhou for almost a year, and I didn't even have the chance to meet the General. It's a pity..."

Zhao Yun smiled and said, "When we return from beyond the Great Wall, you will definitely see the General."

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When Cai Yong arrived at Longshan Daying, he immediately caused a sensation.It is not easy to meet such famous scholars and scholars, but now they can still listen to his lectures with their own ears, which made the generals overjoyed and cheered.

Like everyone else, Li Hong practiced in the morning, listened to Cai Yong's teaching in the afternoon, and at night when the generals were resting, he discussed with Xian Yufu Xu Rong and others about the Northern Xinjiang War.During this period of time, he convened many generals of the Hu tribe to discuss the specific combat plan for going out of the fortress.These people have rich grassland combat operations, and they offered advice and suggestions, which gave Li Hong a lot of help.

During this period, he received letters from Liu Yu, Mu of Youzhou, Yang Qi, Mu of Jizhou, Wang Han, governor of Hedong, and Chen Hui, governor of Hanoi.Liu Yu said that now Gongsun Zan is stationed in Youbeiping and Tian Kai is stationed in Yuyang. The two have each recruited [-] rebel prisoners and are stepping up their training.The remaining tens of thousands of rebel captives were recruited by the counties as county soldiers, and were trained by the captains of the counties.Considering that these troops have no combat effectiveness at present, let's forget about recruiting troops from Youzhou.Mu Yangqi of Jizhou said that after the war in Youzhou ended, the soldiers from various counties and counties in Jizhou who supported Youzhou returned one after another, but suffered heavy losses, so there was no troops for Li Hong to recruit.The prefect of Hanoi said that the county soldiers in Hanoi were all conscripted for you last year, and there are no more.Now that Gao Shun and Li Yun are all under your command, let them be enough for Hanoi soldiers.Anyway, I will give you two soldiers.Wang Han, the prefect of Hedong, said that because there are Zhang Baiqi's field soldiers in Hedong, so there are quite few soldiers in the county of Hedong at present.I don't think Xu Huang and Yan Zhao will come back for the time being, and if we go out with you, it can be regarded as our sending troops.

Li Hong laughed it off.He has known this result for a long time, and he issued the conscription order to the two states and two counties as a show.By doing so, you can show your respect to the bureaucrats of the two states and two counties.After all, he is the general who oversees the military affairs of the three states and two counties. It is a big event to go out to fight, and he always needs to say hello in advance.Secondly, he was announcing to 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 them themselves.

Jizhou Mu Yangqi also said one more thing, which made Li Hong very angry.

After Liu Bei, a soldier in Pingyuan County of Qingzhou, returned to Qingzhou with his lieutenant Zou Jing, he had no official position.It turned out that after the riots in Qingxu last October, the victims of the disaster in Pingyuan County also responded, and the prefect of Pingyuan County was dismissed because of this.The new prefect replaced all the officials in the government office from top to bottom, and even Liu Bei's military affairs were admirable.Although Zou Jing was very angry, there was nothing he could do.Now Qingzhou is raging with war, and even the governor can't find him, let alone reassign Liu Bei to an official position.In desperation, Zou Jing recommended Liu Bei to Jizhou Mu Yangqi, hoping that he could arrange an official position for Liu Bei.Yang Qi felt sorry for Liu Bei, and immediately arranged for him to go to Anxi County in Zhongshan to be a county lieutenant.Seeing that all the officers at all levels on the battlefield in Youzhou had been promoted, Liu Bei was so angry that he lost his official position instead of being promoted.Although Yang Qi arranged for him a county lieutenant with good intentions, how could this county lieutenant resolve the anger in his heart?

Not even a month after Liu Bei took office with dozens of subordinates, the governor of the Zhongshan government (officials in picket counties) visited the counties and came to Anxi.Liu Bei couldn't bear it any longer, and knocked down the governor with one punch, and ordered his men to tie him up, drag him out, and beat him hard with two hundred sticks.After the two hundred rods were beaten, the postmaster was also beaten into a puddle of meat.Liu Bei left his seal and ribbon, abandoned his official position and fled.The Prime Minister of Zhongshan heard the news and urgently reported it to the Jizhou government and the imperial court, and Liu Bei immediately became a felon wanted by the imperial court.

One month ago, Liu Bei was still fighting bloody battles on the Youzhou battlefield. One month later, he turned out to be a felon of the imperial court. Who would believe it?Yang Qi said in the letter that if Liu Bei fled to Bingzhou, he begged the general to hide it properly.Remembering that he had served under the general's account on the Youzhou battlefield, and had made many meritorious deeds, he asked the general to act on his behalf to clarify the reasons and pardon the crimes.

Li Hong immediately wrote to the prefectures and counties of Bingzhou that if Liu Bei is found, he must come to Jinyang. At the same time, he ordered Zheng Xin to send scouts along Taihang Mountain to make every effort to find Liu Bei.Then he personally wrote a letter to His Majesty, describing Liu Bei's achievements, and implored the emperor to forgive his crimes.The emperor quickly replied with an edict and scolded him, saying that you are the general who conquered the Peking University, and you are so serious about such a trivial matter, if I have to personally ask even such a trivial matter, Do I still have time to sleep?The next is not an example.The man named Liu Bei has been exonerated and dismissed.I heard that you are married, and both I and the Queen Mother want to see each other. After you finish the army, bring your wife back to Beijing.

At this time, the emperor summoned Li Hong back to Beijing, and the people who conscripted the General's Mansion of Peking University couldn't help worrying secretly for Li Hong, and everyone was a little uneasy.The situation in Luoyang is tense now, and the powers of all parties are fighting fiercely for the emperor's lineage. Going to Luoyang at this time, it is obvious that the emperor has a purpose.Does the emperor want to take advantage of Li Hong's time in Beijing to establish the imperial line?
Li Hong said with a smile: "It's fine to go back to Beijing. I just want to report the matter of the Northern Xinjiang War in detail to Your Majesty. As long as Your Majesty agrees to our battle plan, the Northern Xinjiang War can begin immediately. In addition, Shangshutai has not yet given any instructions. We have a detailed battle plan, I don't know if this is His Majesty's intention or there is a disagreement between the court, so I also want to go back to Beijing to have a look, hoping to persuade Your Majesty and the ministers to settle the matter of the Northern Xinjiang War as soon as possible. Don't worry, I'm sure I'll be safe before the Northern Xinjiang War ends, and His Majesty won't kill me."

"The matter of the imperial line..." Li Wei asked with a frown, "What if Your Majesty wants to establish the imperial line?"

"That's a good thing. Of course, I hope that Your Majesty will establish the imperial lineage as soon as possible." Li Hong said, "When the imperial lineage is established, Luoyang will be stable, and the stability of Luoyang is directly related to the success of the Northern Xinjiang War, so I return to Beijing Finally, try to persuade His Majesty to make a decisive decision and not to make a fuss about the emperor's affairs, so as not to cause trouble."

"Then how will General He Jin deal with it?"

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

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Luoyang.

The emperor urged the middle officials several times to come up with the idea of ​​abolishing the queen.The middle officials were humming and haha ​​at first, but then Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang were forced by the emperor, so they simply hid at home and said they were sick.The emperor was very angry, and called together the ministers of the Sangong Jiuqing and Shangshutai, and said bluntly: "I plan to abolish the queen, and you love me to think of an excuse."

Ma Rixun persuaded: "Your Majesty, now that there are many rebellions and the country is in crisis, it is still not appropriate to rush into the matter of the emperor's rule. Let's take it easy. I think I can't be anxious about the abolition of the queen. Now that the general is away, Your Majesty Abolishing the queen will implicate the general, which will easily lead to greater disasters, so..."

The emperor snorted and said disdainfully: "I have issued an order to send the general who conquered the North to return to Luoyang in the near future. I want to talk to him about going south to suppress the rebellion. So, don't worry about the general's rebellion. Dear friends, hurry up Think of a good idea for me, draw up the edict, and I will pass it on to the world as soon as possible."

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

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

The middle officials were very anxious and tried to dissuade the emperor one after another.Zhao Zhong said, isn't Your Majesty just going to kill He Jin?Why do you have to make things so complicated?Abolishing the queen first will force He Jin to rebel. Isn't this asking for trouble?His Majesty ordered He Jin to be recruited to Beijing at this time, just find an excuse and kill him.With He Jin dead, it would be much safer to find an excuse to abolish the queen, so as not to shock the world.The emperor asked, why not 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. The General's Mansion and Che There are 3000 people from the two houses of the General Cavalry, and these people have high martial arts skills, comparable to [-] soldiers of the Northern Army. But once General Zhengbei returns to Beijing, His Majesty will give He Jin ten courages and he will not dare to come back."

The emperor sneered, with an imperceptible smug look in his eyes.

"Is Aiqing cured?"

Zhao Zhong was startled, and hastily knelt down on the ground, pretending to be in pain, and said, "Your Majesty, I'm still dizzy and often unable to breathe."

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

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The news that the emperor summoned the ministers to publicly say that the queen would be abolished immediately spread throughout Luoyang, and the nobles and nobles were anxious.The emperor's intentions were obvious. He wanted to recall General Zhengbei back to Beijing after the reorganization of the various armies in northern Xinjiang, and then began to abolish the queen, kill He Jin, and establish the emperor's line. The time is next month.

Chief Shi Wang Qian of the General's Mansion quickly sent this shocking news to General He Jin who was far away in Yecheng, Jizhou.At the same time, Han Fu, He Yong, Xu You and others secretly gathered at Yuan Kui's home to discuss countermeasures.At this time, the emperor has already raised the knife. If he does not think of a way to let the emperor get his wish, then the power of treacherous eunuchs will definitely expand again because of helping the emperor to abolish his wife and establish a concubine this time. For today's Han Dynasty, the next step is The fate of subjugation.

"Find a way to prevent Li Hong from entering the capital." Yuan Kai said, "Urge the general to immediately agree to all the conditions proposed by Bai Rao, and recruit the main force of the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army into the army as soon as possible."

He Yong said calmly: "We must tell the general that the time for remonstrance must be advanced to April, otherwise it will be too late."

General Shangshu Han Fu asked in panic, "Admonition? What are we going to do?"

Yuan Kui said sadly: "Your Majesty forced this. For the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty, the only way to go is to remonstrate."

"What is military remonstrance?"

He Yong explained: "We should cooperate with the general, and let the general lead his troops into Beijing, and then surround the palace with soldiers, admonishing His Majesty to kill the traitors. Once the traitors are eliminated, we will immediately use the general to communicate with ants and thieves. In the name of seizing the country, kill the general. In this way, the evil of traitors and relatives will be eliminated. Now Yuan Shao is stationed in Mengjin, the eighth pass of Gyeonggi, where the general can go south to Luoyang after crossing the Yellow River. The gate of Luoyang is opened by Wu Qiong, the captain of the city gate, is in charge of opening it, and there is Huben Zhonglang in the palace, Yuan Shu is the internal response, so there is no danger of any remonstrance."

Han Fu's complexion changed drastically, and his expression was extremely shocked, "Your Majesty will kill us? This is a rebellion against the superior, and the nine clans will be implicated."

Yuan Kui said in great pain: "After the military remonstrance, today's emperor is gone, and the one who inherits the great rule must be the little Dong Hou. After all, the emperor's rule has finally fulfilled His Majesty's wish."

Han Fu's forehead was like thunder, and cold sweat was dripping on his forehead.

"For the sake of his own life, how could the general stay as the emperor after the remonstrance? He will definitely charge Mr. Shi as a traitor." He Yong said, "Once the general succeeds in the remonstrance, we will immediately raise [-] people." The Xiyuan army culled and killed the general."

Han Fu shook his head and asked, "How many people will the general bring into Beijing? As long as His Majesty shows up, the soldiers of the northern army will turn against each other, and the general will not be allowed to be rampant? Even if the general succeeds in coercing the army, can the Xiyuan army beat the northern army?" "

Xu You said with a smile: "The general brought 1 people into Beijing, but these 1 people are not the soldiers of the Northern Army, but the Yellow Turban Army wearing the armor of the Northern Army. We have already considered the fact that the soldiers of the Northern Army turned against each other. The fundamental reason for the failure of Dou Wu's North Palace mutiny was because the Northern Army turned against them, so we replaced the Northern Army with the Yellow Turban Army this time. The [-] Xiyuan Army will not be able to defeat the [-] Yellow Turban Army, right? Master Lu, what do you think?"

"What if the Yellow Turban Army doesn't follow the command and goes around burning, killing and looting?" Han Fu asked tremblingly.

"There is the Southern Army inside the palace, the Xiyuan Army outside the palace, and the [-] Northern Army led by Liu Biao Kuaiyue. If the Yellow Turban Army rebelled, they would die faster." He Yong said, "The general led his troops to Mengjin secretly. Afterwards, Liu Biao, Marquis of the Northern Army, will lead his troops to stay outside the Mengjin pass to wait for our news. In addition, we have another biggest guarantee, that is General Huangfu. If things in Luoyang get out of hand, we can still let Huangfu The general led his troops into the customs to sweep out the traitors."

As soon as Han Fu heard Huangfusong's name, he immediately felt relieved.He thought for a while and asked, "Will the general be on guard against us?"

"No, he never thought that we would support Xiao Donghou to inherit the throne." He Yong said, "We help him like this, but we are actually rebellious just like him, but if we kill him again, we will not be a big Han country." It’s about eradicating traitors and prospering ministers who revitalized the Great Han Kingdom. It’s just like Lord Lu said, since you have made an oath to His Majesty, of course you must do it, otherwise it will be a crime of deceiving the emperor?”

"Lord Lu? He also knows about this?"

He Yong smiled and did not speak.

Han Fu knew that the matter was a secret, so he didn't ask any more questions. He looked at Yuan Wei and asked, "My lord, what order do you have for calling me here?"

Yuan Kui said solemnly: "Before you go to war, you must issue an order in the name of the Son of Heaven to General Zhengbei to go out to fight outside the Great Wall."

Han Fu nodded and said: "Yes, no matter what, we must remove the huge threat of General Zheng Bei Da. The imperial decree is easy to handle, it's just a seal..."

"You just hand over the imperial decree to me. I have a way to stamp the seal." He Yong said, "The most urgent task is to prevent Li Hong from entering the capital. The Marquis of Xubu Gudu once promised the general that he would launch a campaign in mid-March." attack, so we only need to drag Li Hong in Bingzhou. In mid-March, after the Huns start attacking, Li Hong will definitely give up going to Beijing."

"Tell He Jin to go out of Beijing and rush to Yecheng immediately, and tell the general about our strategy." Yuan Kai said, "Now, we hope that Master Huangfu will put down the Xiliang rebels as soon as possible. He is our greatest guarantee. The rise and fall of the Great Han Kingdom depends on him."

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(End of this chapter)