The big man is on the run

Chapter 146 Publicity, do you have an excuse?

Luoyang Plain, the earth is green.

It was already summer at this time, under the sunshine, the vegetation grew extremely fast, and wild flowers had already begun to emerge among the vegetation.

On the grass, dozens of horses galloped into the distance.The sound of horseshoes stepping on the soil left deep marks.

Sitting on the horseback in the middle is Le Jin, a general under Cao Cao's command. He was sent by Cao Cao to lead scouts to investigate the situation in Hedong.

Holding an iron gun in his hand, Le Jin galloped his horse, looking forward with a pair of eyes, with a serious expression.

At this time, Le Jin's eyes were full of anxiety, and he looked worried.

Because he heard from his subordinates that he had made an amazing discovery!

The discovery shocked him so much that he had to go and see for himself.

"General, it is in front of us that we found traces of a large group of cavalry passing by." The leading captain suddenly stopped his horse, turned around, and shouted loudly, pointing at the traces on the ground.

Le Jin immediately tightened the reins when he heard this, and got off the horse with a serious expression on his face.

"General, right here!"

Hearing this, Le Jin immediately walked forward, he wanted to see for himself what his scouts saw.

Le Jin looked intently, at the corner, on the other side of the three-way intersection, and further ahead, there were a lot of horseshoe prints!

And this kind of horseshoe print is very special, it doesn't look like the horse's own hooves, but it looks like it was poured uniformly?
how can that be!

And the number of people is abnormally large, at least thousands of riders!

Who is it that appears in the abandoned Luoyang Plain at this time?

Luoyang is actually a pseudo-basin, but now Luoyang has long lost the magnificence of the imperial capital, ten rooms and nine empty spaces are all pleasant to hear, the real situation is that the entire Luoyang Basin with a radius of hundreds of miles may not find [-] people .

Now the Luoyang Plain is already barren, such a place is not suitable for occupation at all, it has no meaning at all, and the battles over the years have made this place more and more remote, bandits gathered in the mountains around Luoyang, almost no Anyone dares to move in this desolate place.

But this time, a large number of cavalry appeared here again?This made Le Jin very puzzled, he really didn't understand what was going on.

Either way, figure out what's going on here before making a decision.

So, he took all the scouts under his command and continued to search forward.

Soon, Le Jin brought a group of scouts under his command to the trace. It seemed that there was a camp here.

Moreover, the embers are still warm!

At this time, the traces of the unknown cavalry's activities became more and more obvious. Le Jin looked around, and after confirming that it was correct, he waved to the captain beside him.

The captain immediately understood and led a few people to follow the traces to catch up.

"Snapped!"

The horse suffered from pain, neighed, and galloped forward, speeding up instantly, and disappeared from Le Jin's sight in the blink of an eye.

Le Jin didn't wait too long. After he finished exploring the camp, the scouts who set out earlier brought him a piece of news that shocked him.

The officers and soldiers have appeared in Luoyang!At least five thousand rides!
Where's the trouble?
Rejuvenate the Han Dynasty and return to the old capital?

And the movements of the officers and soldiers surprised him even more, they had already erected a pontoon bridge in Mengjin!
Luoyang used to cross the Yellow River through Mengjin, but it is the territory of Zhang Yang in Hanoi County. What do these officers and soldiers want to do?
A horrifying thought suddenly popped up in Le Jin's mind, Guanjun wanted to leave Chaoge and drive straight to Yecheng!
Go straight to Yuan Shao's lair!

"Quick, follow me back to report to the lord, and the rest, stay here and continue to monitor the officers and soldiers crossing the river, remember to hide yourself!"

Le Jin Feima reported to Cao Cao, but in Huai County on the north bank of the Yellow River, Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi County, fell into deep entanglement.

Do you want to see the emperor?What did the emperor want to do with so many troops coming to Mengjin?Do you want to pretend that Dao Faguo took the opportunity to annex his Hanoi County?

Zhang Yang is a good man, he doesn't have the courage to fight against the emperor, but he is also a little unwilling to hand over Hanoi County.

"Bring Dong Zhao to the prefect."

There was no other way, Zhang Yang had no choice but to ask the only counselor under his command for advice.

Dong Zhao's character is Gongren, a native of Jiyin Dingtao. He was promoted as Xiaolian when he was young, and later served as Yuan Shao's tent to join the army. Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang is a good man, but he is not stupid, at least he can use people. Dong Zhao is the only wise man left in Hanoi County. If Dong Zhao comes to make suggestions to solve this matter, he should not be wrong.

Soon, Dong Zhao came to Zhang Yang's tent.

"Prefect, what's your order?" Dong Zhao saluted Zhang Yang after he came to Zhang Yang's tent.

"The emperor personally led thousands of cavalry troops to Mengjin and is building a pontoon bridge. If we don't stop it, the emperor's cavalry may cross the Yellow River and enter Hanoi County tomorrow." Zhang Yang looked at Dong Zhao and said sadly. .

Huai County is hundreds of miles away from Mengjin. According to the normal itinerary, it will take at least one day to reach Mengjin.

In other words, even if you want to stop it now, it's too late.

Dong Zhao was taken aback when he heard the words, and quickly asked, "What does the imperial court mean?"

"The prefect doesn't know the purpose of the emperor's troops coming here. He wants to use Hanoi County to attack Yuan Shao, or he wants to annex our Hanoi County, and then go west to support the war situation in Hedong County, or simply attack Shangdang County through our Hanoi County. Or, it has several meanings." Zhang Yang replied in a deep voice.

"Annexing Hanoi County, how is this possible!" Dong Zhao turned pale.

Although Zhang Yang was not the emperor's confidant, he was the prefect of Hanoi County after all. If Zhang Yang refused to surrender and defended the city, he should not be defeated by thousands of cavalry without siege equipment.

Although Hanoi County is a flat place, it is still a county after all!The city is still very large, and it cannot be defeated by cavalry.

As for the surprise attack on Yuan Shao?

There is no doubt how powerful Yuan Shao is!
In Jizhou, Yuan Shao is definitely the overlord!
Without siege equipment, even if you reach Yecheng, can you defeat it?

Dong Zhao thought about it carefully, and suddenly, he figured it out!

"The prefect should not go to Hedong or Shangdang. The war situation there is extremely unfavorable to the imperial court. Even if these thousands of cavalry go, it will not be of any use. The imperial court's purpose must be to attack Yuan Shao's Yecheng."

"How did the cavalry attack the city?" Zhang Yang asked suspiciously.

Dong Zhao smiled wryly, and said, "It is estimated that the emperor will summon you and ask you to hand over the siege equipment stored in Hanoi County to the officers and soldiers."

"Is that so?"

Zhang Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as it's not for his territory.

In fact, he was also concerned about it, and he was in a mess. Thinking about it at this time, he knew that the emperor would not turn against him.

"Since that's the case, I'd like to trouble you to go down and prepare the siege equipment and food and grass. Don't wait for the emperor to call, I will go to see the emperor." Zhang Yang looked at Dong Zhao and smiled.

Dong Zhao couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief when he saw this. He knew that since Zhang Yang already knew about the emperor's intentions, he shouldn't act recklessly, but he still felt that something was wrong. Cast a net?

Dong Zhao wanted to persuade Zhang Yang not to go in person, but Zhang Yang seemed to have guessed Dong Zhao's thoughts, waved his hand, and said with a smile: "I am going to see the emperor, not to die, and I have already prepared, even if the emperor If you want Hanoi County, I actually have no reason to resist, after all, I am Hanchen, and I will always be."

When Zhang Yang said this, Dong Zhao was relieved, but he still hesitated in his heart. After thinking about it, he asked: "Prefect, if the emperor asks us to mobilize troops and horses to deal with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao will be unhappy if he finds out, right? After all Even if the sneak attack succeeds, Yuan Shao still has deep roots, and his influence in Hebei is so deep that he won't be destroyed in a flash, so what if he seeks revenge from us?"

Zhang Yang laughed when he heard the words, and said, "Don't worry, I have my own plan."

"Alright then." Dong Zhao nodded upon hearing the words, and said, "Prefect, when are you going to leave?"

"Today, I will take people out in an hour!"

"Okay, I will make arrangements, the prefect don't worry!" Dong Zhao said and cupped his hands.

"Thank you."

"Hehe, the prefect is being polite." Dong Zhao said.

"Hahahaha!" Zhang Yang laughed loudly when he heard the words, and said, "Then I'll see you when I come back tomorrow!"

"See you tomorrow!"

An hour later, Zhang Yang led several captains and hundreds of soldiers, quietly left Huai County and headed for Heyang City in Hanoi County.

Heyang is about a hundred miles away from Huai County, which is not too far away for the cavalry. Zhang Yang and the cavalry only took one day to reach Heyang.

"Prefect, should we take a rest before going to see the emperor?" A school lieutenant asked Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang shook his head when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "No need, our goal is to meet the emperor as soon as possible, and I have more important things to do, so I can't delay."

In fact, what Zhang Yang thought was, if he didn't go to see the emperor with this dusty face, how would the emperor know my loyalty?

"Oh! Prefect, shall we move on?" asked the captain.

Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Let's go!"

Under the guidance of the captain, Zhang Yang's team marched towards Heyang.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi County, begs to see you!"

"Oh?" Liu Yi smiled slightly, "It seems that Uncle Zhang Ya is really my loyal minister."

Not long after, Zhang Yang walked in.

"Minister Zhang Yang, I have seen Your Majesty!"

Zhang Yang came in and gave a big gift, with an extremely excited expression on his face, the dust on his face was not wiped off, and Liu Yi felt a little embarrassed.

"Prefect Zhang please get up quickly."

After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Zhang Yang then asked nervously, "I don't know why His Majesty came to Hanoi personally?"

Liu Yi pondered for a while before he said: "I want to attack Yuan Shao, and I want to ask Eunuch Zhang. My army is going to pass through your Hanoi County. I wonder if Eunuch Zhang is willing to excuse me?"

(End of this chapter)