Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 356

King Qin's imperial decree came from the land of Chenliu, and the first to affect the counties and counties in Yanzhou, Yuzhou. Countless people received the imperial decree, including famous families from all over the country, state governors, prefects, and county magistrates.

Regarding this imperial decree, some did not believe it, some were filled with righteous indignation, and some even began to mobilize troops and horses just around the corner.

The emperor's edict, King Qin's entry into the capital, has a temptation for countless people.

The land of Yuyan was originally the center of the Central Plains, and there were many people with strong troops.

Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chen Liu, was the first to respond to King Qin's call. Chen Liu's troops were also the first to mobilize. Although there were not many soldiers and horses, they had a round with Cao Cao's subordinates. out.

With the response of the first princes, this is equivalent to opening a flood of dams, which naturally got out of hand.

The second person to send troops in response to King Qin's decree was Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun.

The soldiers of Dongjun have always been well-known for their bravery and bravery. The prefect Qiao Mao was originally a leader among the gentry, but the mainstay of the Yuan family's servants. The whole family angered the gentry, and Qiao Mao had long been opposed to Mushan, so he naturally sent troops willingly.

Chenliu's soldiers and horses, Dongjun's soldiers and horses, plus Cao Cao's headquarters, there are as many as [-] to [-] soldiers and horses. Cao Cao even pushed his soldiers and horses to the west of Chenliu for [-] miles in one go, threatening the Sishuiguan line. The potential has taken shape.

Under the general trend, more and more princes responded.

On September 23, Yuan, the prefect of Shanyang, left an imperial edict to all the people in Shanyang County, recruiting [-] young and strong men from the county, and together with [-] county soldiers, sent [-] troops to respond to King Qin and fight against them. The national thief Mushan.

On September 27th, Bao Zhong, Prime Minister of Jibei, gave all the strength of Jibei, and ordered Jibei to start conscription, recruiting soldiers to crusade against the imperial traitor Mushan.

On September 29, General Yuan Shu, wearing a white plain linen robe and a white scarf on his head, summoned [-] Runan Army, known as an army of [-], and swore in Ruyang to attack the national traitor Mushan.

This is not a prince who only has power. The pain of losing his father has already caused Yuan Shu a lot of grief. Before the imperial edict of King Qin was issued, he had already assembled his troops, and he had no scruples about following the imperial edict of Qin Wang.

The capital is far away in Guanzhong, and Mushan's main force is clearly invincible even in anger, so he will not send troops to the capital irrationally.

But Nanyang, Mushan's old nest, is within easy reach.

In less than three days, the Runan army entered Nanyang, Wuyin was the first to bear the brunt.

Wuyin only blocked the Runan army from being breached for one day, the commander of the Runan army drove straight in, and the soldiers pointed directly at Wancheng.

Liu Jin, the prefect of Nanyang, sent troops to resist in a hurry, and arranged the main force of the first battalion of the Violent Bear Army on the east side of Wancheng, facing the Runan Army directly, and a big battle broke out.

Under the continuous response of the eunuchs, the power of King Qin in Yuyan has exploded, and all the princes are rolling away in the direction of King Qin.

On October [-]th, the governor of Yuzhou, Kong Zi, and the governor of Yanzhou, Liu Dai, represented the great unity of the two prefectures. They jointly issued a letter to the world, calling for the soldiers of the king.

Yanzhou, Yuzhou, is the core of the Central Plains, with a concentrated population and countless young and strong. With the deterrent power of the governors of the two states, it is enough to recruit [-] young and strong. stage of outbreak.

Although the momentum of Henan and Yanzhou is fierce, it will take time to gather soldiers and horses. After all, recruiting soldiers and horses, preparing food and grass, and making rounds with soldiers and horses cannot be completed overnight, and after all, the imperial court still has Sishuiguan as a natural danger. , they want to enter Guanzhong, they must go through a hard fight.

Above the imperial court, the land of Guanzhong has always been the most influential. After the imperial decree came out of Yuzhou and Yanzhou, Guanzhong was the first to bear the brunt.

Think about it, when countless copies of the imperial decree entered the hands of the prefects and prefects in Guanzhong, even if the imperial court wanted to suppress it, it would be difficult to suppress it.

Entering the hands of these county guards is equivalent to entering the eyes of the court. The turmoil of the Yuan family being beheaded for public display has not yet passed, and the turmoil of King Qin has resurfaced, and it is directly facing the most powerful official in the dynasty, Mu Xiangguo.

This immediately caused an uproar in the court.

"How dare you send troops to serve the king, this Cao Mengde is really brave!"

"Although the imperial edict is an imperial edict, I am now wondering whether this imperial edict was issued by His Majesty?"

"I'm afraid that in all likelihood, it is the imperial decree issued by our Majesty King Qin. His Majesty used to decree to kill Mu Xiangguo, and it is not surprising that the imperial decree is now issued by King Qin!"

"At the beginning, Mu Xiangguo relied on the edict of the first emperor to send troops to the north, and used Qin Wang's righteousness to kill the country's traitor He Jin. It is the grand occasion today. Now the world's Qin Wang, who regards him as a national traitor, I am afraid that Mu Xiangguo will be furious!"

"Next, we must be careful not to anger Mu Xiangguo."

"..."

As we all know, Mu Xiangguo originally entered the capital with the soldiers of King Qin, but now there are people who are King Qin, and King Qin's target is Mu, so one can imagine the anger in his heart.

So for several days in a row, all the officials did not dare to take a breath, for fear of angering this violent bear and causing the violent bear to kill.

But gradually, they found that Mushan was much calmer than they had imagined, and was not affected by the imperial decree of King Qin at all. He went to the court every day, discussed matters, handled the government affairs of the court, and continued to respect the throne of the emperor. Continue to implement Mu's policy, as if there has never been such a thing.

But it was just like this, which made all civil and military officials palpitate even more. The quieter the storm became, the more violent the storm would be. This storm was unavoidable at all.

On this day, after the court meeting was over, all the officials filed out, and Situ Wangyun and Shangshu Caiyong walked out of the palace gate side by side.

"Brother Bojie, Cao Mengde is now holding the emperor's decree to summon the king of the world to fight against Mu Yuanzhong. What do you think of this matter?" Wang Yun asked suddenly and in a low voice.

His mood is very complicated. On the one hand, his wisdom tells him that with the King Qin, the great man will never have peace, and he will even enter a state of fragmentation.

As a minister of the Han Dynasty, he believed that since the emperor gave an order, the world should obey it.

The entanglement in his mind made him waver a little these days.

"Brother Zi, do you want to ask this old man whether we should obey the emperor's edict or support the Mu clan?" Cai Yong glanced at Wang Yun and smiled calmly.

The two were best friends at first, but the assassination of Mu's mansion that day made them feel bad. They were both loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, and their ways were different.

"Brother Bojie, you are a Hanchen!"

What Wang Yun said was straightforward.

Amidst the entanglement, he had made a decision long ago. A Hanchen is a Hanchen. Since he is the edict of the emperor, he should obey it. He, Wang Yungui, is a great Han Situ, and he must defend the dignity of the Han Dynasty. He will never allow powerful officials like Mushan to override the power of the court. above.

"This old man is a minister of the Han Dynasty, but he is not his slave of Guangxi. My 400-year history of the Han Dynasty was destroyed by his imperial edict of King Qin."

Cai Yong said coldly: "King Qin of the World, a simple imperial decree can summon millions of soldiers and horses, but what consequences will these soldiers and horses bring to our court if they enter the pass, Wang Zishi, in your heart Understand, from now on, whoever has soldiers and horses will be able to have the thought of being king, will the world at that time still be the world of my big man?"

"Bo Jie, your majesty is your majesty after all, the king of my great man, so you can't say it!" Wang Yun said gloomyly: "Although you and Mu Yuanzhong are in-laws, you have witnessed Mu Yuanzhong's actions. On the execution ground, he gave the beheading order without hesitation. Yuan's family, how innocent, above the court, he controls the government, like the emperor has nothing, like the group of officials has no one, monopolizes power, kills wantonly, the emperor ordered the king, Although it is inappropriate, it is also a helpless move, if you are a Hanchen, you should follow it!"

"Master, back then King Mushanqin stole power, if King Qin's soldiers arrive, how can you guarantee that they are King Qin and not stealing power?"

"There must be loyal people in the world!"

"There are loyal people, but they may not be able to overcome this general trend!"

"Brother Bo Jie is determined to support Mu Yuanzhong against His Majesty?" Wang Yun lost his patience and looked at Cai Yong with a hint of mischief in his eyes.

"The old man will support whoever can make the great Han country stable, at least the old man has a clear conscience!" After speaking, Cai Yong got on the carriage and drove away.

Wang Yun stood in front of the palace gate, watching the carriage leave, with an extremely gloomy expression on his face, thinking of his friends who had been friends for many years, but now they parted ways, he felt sad, but this could not stop him from being loyal to the Han family.

"My lord, a dispatch from Hanoi!"

When Wang Yun returned home, an old servant delivered a letter.

He opened it and looked, his pupils changed color slightly.

"Move, or not?" Wang Yun walked back and forth, frowning.

Hanoi wants to move, he agrees, but this will bear the brunt.

Hanoi County is nothing more than two people calling the shots, one is Hanoi prefect Wang Kuang, and the other is Hanoi's first family, Sima Fang, the head of the Sima family in Wen County.

Once Hanoi responds to the imperial decree, it will inevitably be attacked by the soldiers of the Mu family. Hanoi is too close, and it is not difficult for the Mu family to send troops.

Sima Fang is actually not worried. He is an old fox who knows how to protect himself best. With his old age, as long as he does not leave Hanoi, ordinary people may not be able to do anything to him. The roots are too deep in Hanoi.

However, Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, may not have such a good life. Once the Mu family targets Hanoi, he may have nowhere to escape.

"Move, you have to move. Your Majesty will have a chance only if there is chaos in Guanzhong." Wang Yun made up his mind and muttered to himself: "Sacrifice for your majesty, die for a big man, this is the way of a minister."

He wrote two letters, stamped his own seal, and then found two confidantes, and asked them to send the letters out quickly.

The chaos in Guanzhong is just an undercurrent. After all, the Violent Bear Army is suppressing it on the bright side, so it is still possible to maintain order.

However, with the passage of time, King Qin's decree has spread to the whole world.

On October [-]th of the second year of Guangxi, Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, who was far away in Changsha in the south of Jingzhou, sent troops brazenly in less than three days after receiving the imperial decree from King Qin. , The momentum was so great that it shocked the whole Jingzhou at once.

Even the Runan Army and Nanyang Violent Bear Army who were fighting were taken aback.

After Liu Jin received the news, he didn't care about the Runan Army. Although he blocked the Runan Army by relying on the main force of the first battalion of violent bears and your geographical advantage in Wancheng, it was different for Changsha Sun Jian to go north. He asked for help from the main force of the violent bears in the capital. To no avail, in order to worry about the joint attack of Sun Jian and the Runan army in Changsha, he gave up Wancheng and withdrew his troops to the west of Nanyang. First, he could breathe a sigh of relief, and second, he could avoid Sun Jian's main force going north.

Although Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, has not expressed his position yet, Sun Jian's general trend of going north has been achieved, and Jingzhou is already in chaos.

……

Jizhou.

Yecheng.

Jizhou State Shepherd's Mansion.

A middle-aged man knelt on the first seat, and the man kneeling on the seat below his left hand was a steady young man, who was Yuan Shao, the prefect of Bohai Sea.

"Uncle, the shepherds have slaughtered my whole family of the Yuan family. This feud cannot be shared. Even if Shao uses up his last drop of blood, Shao will send troops to the capital to kill the heads of the herdsmen, father and son, and pay homage to my innocent sons of the Yuan family." Yuan Shao cupped his hands, with grief and indignation on his face, his voice was sincere and decisive: "Can I ask uncle to lend me some soldiers and horses?"

This middle-aged man is in his 50s, with gray hair between his temples and a bookish look on his body. He is Jizhou Mu Hanfu.

Han Fu is a student of the Yuan family. He came to the Yuan family to study when he was a teenager. He was a classmate with Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng. Although he was in power and had an independent family, he still had some inextricable connections with the Yuan family.

He took a deep look at Yuan Shao, and said after a while, "At the beginning, the shepherd thief had no way. If he treated Yuan's family like this, I would naturally let him go. I will avenge him, but I, you have to remember, we are Han. Minister, the safety and security of the great Han country must be the main priority, the imperial decree of King Qin has been issued, and the imperial decree is a rubbing, but I see that the seal of its jade seal is not wrong."

He paused, then continued: "Since it is an edict from the Son of Heaven, it is inevitable for us Han officials to send troops. You wait for me for one month, and after I gather troops and horses and organize food and grass, we will go south together, enter the capital, and kill the bandits. "

"Uncle, Shao sleeps day and night, and all that echoes in his mind are the bloody faces of Yuan's children and the patriarch. Shao really can't wait for a day, so please ask uncle to complete it." Yuan Shao kowtowed to the ground, his voice a little Weeping.

"Alas!" Han Fu sighed helplessly, and said, "Since I made up my mind at the beginning, I can't stop you. I will lend you [-] main forces to go south as a vanguard. After you go south, stand firm and wait for me. The main force of Jizhou is going south!"

"Thank you uncle for making it perfect." Yuan Shao was immediately overjoyed.

Although he relied on Han Fu's influence as the prefect of Bohai, the place was too desolate, with few people and fewer young and strong. Even if he was in charge of the overall situation, his troops could not be expanded.

His military strength is still only over 1. Although his combat effectiveness has improved a lot and he has recruited a few strong generals, he would not have dared to respond to King Qin's death without the assistance of Han Fu's soldiers and horses.

……

Youzhou.

Liu Yu stood in the corridor, looking at Xiaoxue outside, his thoughts were gloomy and uncertain.

"My lord, the general is here!"

"Please come in!" Liu Yu said.

"My subordinate Gongsun Zan pays his respects to Your Excellency." Gongsun Zan bowed his hands.

"Bogui, there is something you need to do!" Liu Yu patted Gongsun Zan before saying.

"Please tell me, my lord!"

"You go to the capital instead of me!" Liu Yu said, "Bring your soldiers and horses."

"why?"

"Look at this!" Liu Yu handed him something.

"King Qin?" Gongsun Zan's eyes widened, and there was a touch of burning in his eyes...

(End of this chapter)