I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 140 The merger of states is completed

For Cao Cao, ever since his father Cao Song became Sikong, he has been busy running around.

Youzhou, Luoyang, Jingzhou, and now Bingzhou.

Cao Cao is thirty-five this year, which is when he is at his most energetic. Instead of feeling tired, he wished he had as many burdens on him as possible.

Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo both fought against the Yellow Turbans, but the meeting between the two was not pleasant. At that time, Cao Cao was under the command of Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo was a prisoner due to defeat, and Huangfu Song went to replace Dong Zhuo.

But in this situation, the two of them would never talk about this kind of story.

Cao Cao enthusiastically introduced his colleagues to his new superior: "This is Huang Hansheng, the captain of the right school of Xiyuan. His Royal Highness heard that there was something strange in Xianbei, so he specially sent me and my troops to help."

Dong Zhuo looked at the big bow beside Huang Zhong and said with a smile: "I also had a relationship with Captain Huang back then, and I know that Captain Huang is a strong man!"

He mentioned that they once joined forces to attack the Baibo bandits and Xiutu, but there was no communication between the two at that time.

"General!" Huang Zhong responded by holding out his hand and not hitting the smiling man. He did not expect that Dong Zhuo would remember him.

On the bright side, Dong Zhuo still maintained a smile, and he did not forget to congratulate Wang Rou on her ambition in Luoyang.

But there was a layer of haze in his heart. He thought he had dealt with it, and even the censor Sima Fang didn't find any omissions.

But given the speed with which Cao Cao arrived, Dong Zhuo discovered that the court did not believe him from the beginning.

What on earth is Yuan Wei doing?

Dong Zhuo had begun to doubt whether it was worth doing all this for him.

Cao Cao was also laughing.

He knew his mission very well. In addition to guarding against Xianbei invasion and Xiongnu rebellion, his most important target was his current Shangguan Dong Zhuo.

He also brought another edict, waiting to be read to Dong Zhuo after appeasing the southern Xiongnu tribe.

After that, his focus will be on the Southern Huns.

Before leaving Luoyang, the prince met him and made a four-word request to him - "Change customs".

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Liu Bian did not neglect Dong Zhuo. He had 2,000 elite Central Army troops and Gongsun Zan, who was unlikely to be of the same mind as Dong Zhuo, to help him.

All he wanted was to summon Dong Zhuo to the capital no matter what and remove his military power.

Even the position of Liu Bian has been decided for Dong Zhuo - if the Southern Xiongnu issue is handled well, he will be Dahonglu. If it is not handled well, he will come to Beijing to report on his duties first.

Dahonglu is one of the Nine Qings, which may not sound famous, but he has a lot of scope, including the princes and foreign envoys from all over the world, the planning of counties and states, and the management of hundreds of counties and residences.

The so-called Baijundi refers to the offices in Beijing of each county. On the practical level, Da Honglu often assisted Situ in handling the affairs of the country.

In other words, Da Honglu's status is high enough, but if he really wants to make some trouble, it's not that easy.

When considering a new candidate for the Xiongnu Zhonglang general, Liu Bian chose Cao Cao after much deliberation.

Cao Cao was very good at dealing with barbarians. How could he have considered at that time that people would stretch their hips like that in the future?

In Bingzhou, Dong Zhuo felt something was wrong after Cao Cao arrived to take over as the Huns' Zhonglang General.

Cao Cao is not mediocre. He has accumulated a lot of experience in the war in Youzhou, especially in the aspect of military discipline.

The first thing he did after taking over Wang Rou was to rectify the corruption problem among the thousand armored cavalry led by the Xiongnu Zhonglang General. With the righteousness of the court and the two captains, Cao Cao had no fear.

This move was very effective and immediately won the support of Cao Cao's soldiers.

He also arranged Xiahou Dun and other cronies in the army to promote capable soldiers in the original army. After a series of operations, the combat effectiveness of the Qianqi, equipped with 500 leather armors and 500 iron armors, did not decrease but increased. Cao Cao was satisfied, but Dong Zhuo was irritable.

Originally, these thousand cavalry were actually under his command, but now there was an angel-like Cao Cao.

Although in theory he should be the main general of Du Liao, but Cao Cao has not left the post of Xiyuan school captain.

Moreover, Dong Zhuo understood very well that Cao Cao seemed to be respectful and polite to him, but that was all.

With such worries, Dong Zhuo was not in a good mood. He considered the worst case scenario, that is, Cao Cao and Huang Zhong were sent by the imperial court to replace him.

It would be fine if he was allowed to take the army to another place, but if the worst result was to call him into the court...

He was determined not to rebel. Only by delaying could he maintain the status quo.

But once it was delayed, Dong Zhuo had to face another big problem, not to mention whether he could hide it from Cao Cao and Huang Zhong. At that time, he promised to the tribes that he would provide food and fodder for the tribes attacking Xianbei. But if he didn't fight quickly, how could he? With so much money and food, it would not be enough to spend all his family property!

Moreover, he saw Cao Cao's attitude towards rectifying corruption in the army, so it was definitely not feasible to provide food to the people, and there were not so many people for him to plunder.

dilemma.

It’s all Yuan Wei’s fault!

If Dong Minyuan hadn't been in Luoyang, Dong Zhuo would have grabbed him by the collar and scolded him. This was not a letter, but a reminder to Dong Zhongying.

Dong Zhuo finally gave up delaying.

The war against Xianbei went smoothly.

The Xianbei people had no plans to invade in a big way. They rushed to send troops with limited troops and it was an away game, so naturally they couldn't get a good result.

Yuvluo also achieved the first success as Dong Zhuo planned, and gained the nominal support of all the tribes participating in the war. With the Qiang Qu, Yufuluo naturally had a reason not to be a Shanyu, and Dong Zhuo finally solved the trouble he had caused.

Although there are still some southern Xiongnu tribes who still choose to leave the royal court, these tribes have become a minority at this time.

On the way back to Xihe County, Niu Fu was very excited about the success of the plan. His vision was far less far-sighted than Dong Zhuo's, but after getting along for a long time, he could still see Dong Zhuo's worries.

Niu Fu asked: "Sir, if this battle is successful, there is no need to worry about the court's accountability. Your Excellency has achieved merits but no faults. Why are you sighing?"

At this time, Dong Zhuo rarely showed a trace of fatigue in front of Niu Fu: "After all, the theory of obeying power in emergencies only deceives myself. I was careless this time."

"Sir, why are you doing this?"

Dong Zhuo looked at his son-in-law, who was not pretending to be anxious, and patted his arm: "The matter has not reached the last moment, and there is no guarantee that it will turn around."

But he never waited for a turning point.

After returning to the Xiongnu royal court, the summoned Xiongnu tribes also returned to their respective homes. Gongsun Zan, the governor of Bingzhou, led his troops. It seemed that Shanshan arrived late, but in fact he arrived at just the right time.

Only then did Cao Cao take out another edict he was carrying.

This edict, which has been prepared long ago, is full of meaning without looking at the content.

The edict named Dong Zhuoqian as Hongluqing, and his army was temporarily taken over by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's behavior is either pretending or not. It is equivalent to directly telling Dong Zhuo that the position of Jiuqing has been prepared for you and invites you to enter Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo could not refuse.

After reading the edict, Cao Cao congratulated: "Cao is here to congratulate the general! His Royal Highness knows people and makes good use of them. With his talents as a general, the nine ministers have obtained it, and the three princes are not far away."

(End of this chapter)