Great Han Empire

Chapter 501 Immediately Shooting the Gun
General He Jin and Tai Fu Yuan Kai joined forces with the ministers of the Nine Ministers to play at the same time, admonishing the emperor and the queen mother not to defy public opinion and then call middle officials into the palace. This will not help stabilize the situation in Luoyang at all, but will increase the turmoil in Luoyang.Now that General Cheqi has led his troops to attack Xianbei in the north, Luoyang needs a stable court to provide strong support for the expeditionary Han army. Deep distress.

The queen mother was angry, and she threw the memorials of the ministers to the ground in front of Taifu Yuan Wei.The queen mother said, who made Luoyang turbulent?Is it the middle officer or you?I have dismissed many eunuchs such as Zhu Changshi and Xiao Huangmen according to your request, but you have intensified your efforts, not only to drive them out of the capital, but also to kill them all. You still have the emperor in your eyes, and I still have this palace ?Why don't you listen to the emperor's will?Why don't you listen to my will?Now that I am in charge of the court, I can do whatever I want. Does this palace still want to be at your mercy?

Grand Tutor Yuan Kai was speechless after being scolded, and returned to Shangshutai in a state of embarrassment.

After Sikong Liu Hong and Shang Shuling Lu Zhi and other ministers briefly asked about the situation, they all frowned deeply and thought hard about countermeasures.

"After the traitor enters the palace, he will retaliate against us immediately." He Yong said, "The general now has a heavy army in his hands. In order to avoid intensifying the conflict, the traitor will definitely try his best to show favor to the general, so they want revenge The target is only us. In order to prevent the traitor from unscrupulously attacking again and again, we should come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible, so as not to be restrained and repeat the disaster of the party's imprisonment."

"The general now wants soldiers and power, and he has achieved all his goals. He may not be determined to kill traitors." Shangshu Han Fu said, "Now the Queen Mother is furious, and the Queen Mother's mother, Lord Wuyang In Luoyang, the general will not kill the traitor again because of his affection."

"The current strategy is to intimidate Luoyang with heavy troops. As long as the queen mother feels that the imperial line is not safe, she dare not refuse." He Yong said coldly, "We can do what the generals can do. .”

"Heavy soldiers?" Sikong Liu Hong asked in surprise, "Boqiu means to let the former general Dong Zhuo use heavy troops to intimidate the Queen Mother, and then drive the eunuch out of the palace after forcing the Queen Mother?"

"There is also General Huangfu. We can let the two generals immediately go to the emperor to persuade the emperor and the queen mother to obey the public opinion and drive out the traitors." He Yong said, "Dong Zhuo's army is in Mianchi, and Huangfusong's army is only eight miles away from Luoyang. Hundreds of miles away, it will take a few days. The two armies now have [-] soldiers who are good at fighting, which is enough to fight against the general's [-] northern army and the seven-way reinforcement division. As for the Xiyuan army, the general is currently unable to control it. On the contrary, The Xiyuan Army is currently stationed within Hangu Pass, which poses a huge threat to the safety of Luoyang. Under such circumstances, the general has only one way to go, and that is to join hands with us to kill traitors as soon as possible and stabilize Luoyang, otherwise ..."

There was no sound in Shangshu's room, and the atmosphere was very tense.

"A little carelessness in this matter will be a disaster for soldiers, and the consequences will be unimaginable." Shangshu Xu Jing said with fear, "Master He, is it too risky?"

"Compared to the upcoming disaster of party imprisonment, isn't this risk worth taking?" He Yong looked at the several ministers in the room and said word by word, "Who still expects the general to kill traitors now? That's killing yourself."

"If the Queen Mother insists on not following, will Dong Zhuo's army have to enter Hangu Pass?" Shangshu Zheng Tai said worriedly, "Although the former general Dong Zhuo did not have the huge power of the chariot and cavalry general Li Hong, he had a cruel temperament and a ruthless method. He is bloody, tough, ungrateful, greedy, and lawless. He is a disaster at all. If we rely on his support to force Luoyang, he will definitely use this power to blackmail us in the future, which may threaten the safety of Luoyang , and if he uses soldiers to force us to accept him as a court minister, it may cause chaos for the court.”

"But without Dong Zhuo's army, how could the general feel the crisis of the imperial order? How could he join hands with us to punish the traitors?" He Yong asked, "The general holds a heavy army, is the emperor's relative, and also participates in the official affairs. With the power of the country, he can order the arrest and punishment of those criminals on his own, but the general misses the old feelings and hesitates, so that he repeatedly misses good opportunities. Now that the traitor enters the palace again, and will soon be involved in state affairs again, if he is not forced at this time If the general makes a decisive decision and kills the eunuchs quickly, the consequences will be even more dire. Could it be that Dong Zhuo’s harm is greater than that of the eunuchs? Dong Zhuo is only a warrior, can he compare with a group of eunuchs who are well versed in conspiracy?”

Zheng Tai was stunned by He Yong's question and was unable to refute.

Grand Tutor Yuan Kai sighed and looked at Sikong Liu Hong and Shang Shuling Lu Zhi.

Liu Hong gritted his teeth, nodded, and said, "Dong Zhuo only has [-] Xiliang soldiers. Even if he indulges and perverts the law, he can't overthrow the sky. Could it be that the soldiers in General He Jin's hands are worthless? Write a letter to Dong Zhuo and tell him to rush immediately." For Your Majesty and Queen Mother."

"The traitor hates Dong Zhuo so much because Dong Zhuo has betrayed them again and again." Lu Zhi pondered for a long time, and then said slowly, "We don't know Dong Zhuo very well, so let's use it for now, and don't let it go for now." He entered Hangu Pass. Now the situation in Luoyang is changing too fast. Although it is very tense, it is far from the time of life and death. Therefore, everyone should not be too panic, but follow the steps and try to force the general to kill the traitor as soon as possible. eunuch."

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General He Jin heard that the Empress Dowager had scolded Master Tai Tu severely, and he insisted on not listening to the advice of the ministers, and the idea of ​​punishing the eunuch suddenly resurfaced.

The traitor entered the palace again to serve as an attendant, and He Jin immediately dared not enter the palace.In the morning, Master Taifu invited him to meet the Queen Mother together, but he refused.The existence of traitors not only endangered He Jin's life, but also greatly weakened He Jin's power.

He Jin regrets it very much now.If I knew today, I should have made up my mind to kill all these traitors a while ago.In any case, he never thought that the Queen Mother would backtrack.As soon as the threat of the general Cheqi was lifted, the queen mother recalled the eunuchs to the palace.I was cheated.That day I said everything to that point, but the Queen Mother still can't consider the interests of the clan, and only cares about the old kindness, which is simply unreasonable.

He Jin ordered people to call Yuan Shao, Lieutenant of Sili, to the General's Mansion.

"How many middle officials outside the palace have not been summoned by the queen mother to serve in the palace?"

"Back to the general, there are 27 more people."

"Kill them all for me immediately."

Yuan Shao suspected that he had heard it wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Killed? What's the reason?"

"Conspiracy to assassinate General He Jin." He Jin slapped the table bitterly, and said angrily, "Hurry up, catch one and kill another, don't delay."

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Huben Zhonglang hurried Yuan Shu into the General's Mansion.

The General's Mansion was heavily guarded, and there were heavily armed retainers and personal guards everywhere.

Yuan Shu smiled and said to Zhang Zhang who greeted him, "Why have all the guards in the mansion changed? These are the people you brought from Nanyang?"

Zhang Zhang sighed: "There is nothing we can do about it. Now that the Empress Dowager is using the traitor again, the safety of the general is threatened. We can only use the person we trust the most."

Yuan Shu laughed loudly and said, "The general is soft-handed."

He Jin didn't wait for Yuan Shu to salute, and immediately asked, "Gaolu, how many middle-ranking officials are there with the emperor now? Are there any middle-ranking attendants?"

Yuan Shu replied: "The Zhongchang Attendant and the gang of eunuchs who were recalled to the palace are all in Nangong, and they are all by the Queen Mother's side."

"Okay." He Jin waved his hand and said, "You take Huben and Yulin to immediately block the complex road between the north and south palaces, and cut off the connection between the north and south palaces. Don't be afraid that the emperor and the queen mother will blame you, everything is up to me."

Yuan Shu agreed, bowed and asked, "If Your Majesty wants to go to Nangong to meet the Empress Dowager, what should I do?"

A trace of murderous intent appeared in He Jin's eyes, and he said decisively, "Resolutely stop it."

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Under Yuan Shao's command, the guards of Sili Xiaowei's Mansion suddenly launched a bloody arrest of the eunuchs in Luoyang City. Within half a day, 27 deposed eunuchs and their families were all killed.At the same time, Huben Zhonglang led Yuan Shu to lead the two armies of Huben and Yulin to block the complex road between the north and south palaces.

For a while, Luoyang went up and down, and there was a murderous look inside and outside the palace.

The Empress Dowager was furious, and issued an order to question General He Jin, ordering him to immediately lift the blockade of the palace complex.

On the same day, He Jin's mother, Lord Wuyang, accompanied by Hussar General He Miao, went to the General's Mansion.Lord Wuyang scolded He Jin severely, and Lord Wuyang said, as long as I am alive, you will never even think about killing Lord Zhao, Lord Guo, and your old in-law, Lord Zhang.

He Jin didn't dare to disobey his mother's will, so he urgently summoned Chief Shi He Jin, Sili Captain Yuan Shao, and Henan Yin Wangyun to ask advice.

Yuan Shao said: "Now it seems impossible to rely on the strength of the general alone. In my opinion, we should follow the example of the general on chariots and use heavy troops to intimidate the queen mother. The general can order the former general Dong Zhuo to force Hangu Pass, and order Wang Kuang, Zhang Liao, Guan Qiuyi and others led the army to advance towards Luoyang City, in order to threaten the Queen Mother He to stop rape and eunuch."

Both He Jin and Wang Yun agreed with Yuan Shao's plan.

He Jin hesitated, saying that once the army of Wang Kuang, Zhang Liao and others left Hangu Pass, the Xiyuan Army would become a problem. If they suddenly betrayed, things would be troublesome.Yuan Shao said with a smile, "Dong Zhuo's army is just outside the pass. Forgive Cao Cao for his audacity. He doesn't dare to betray the general at this time and bring disaster upon himself."

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Seeing that General He Jin had no intention of giving up at all, the Queen Mother immediately followed the advice of Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang and others. Former Situ Xu Xiang was the Minister of the Young Household, and former Taiwei Fan Ling was the Sili Captain, and Yuan Shao's Sili was dismissed. The post of lieutenant.

At this time, Dong Zhuo, the former general who was stationed in Mianchi, suddenly went up to play the emperor and the queen mother, asking the emperor and the queen mother to obey the will of the people, not to care about the old feelings, to get rid of all evils, and to kill traitors.

The next day, Cao Cao, the captain of the military school stationed at Hangu Pass, went up to the emperor and the queen mother, saying that the former general Dong Zhuo had left Mianchi with his troops and was heading for Xin'an.

Luoyang was shocked.

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On August [-]th, in the clouds, beside Shaling Lake.

According to Li Hong's military order, Sima Zhu Mu of the General Cheqi's Mansion moved the Mansion of the General Cheqi to the shore of Shaling Lake, [-] miles away from Yunzhong City.

On this day, Li Hong convened a meeting with the governor of the general's mansion, and Zuo Yan, the prefect of Yunzhong County, was also invited to the mansion.

Li Hong said that every time the Han Dynasty sent a large army to fight in the desert, if the Hu people were strong, the two sides would fight fiercely in the middle of the desert; Rui, and then used the terrain advantage to consume the strength of the Han army and attack the Han army's grain and grass transportation, thus forcing the Han army to return without success.The main reason for the failure of the Han army's outbound battles was that the food and grass were not enough after the army went deep into the desert for two thousand miles, and the army could not find the main force of the Hu people for a long time to fight, so they had to retreat in the end. Here comes the opportunity for the barbarians to fight back.

This time, the generals and I discussed several battle strategies to ensure the victory of the desert operation before the army went south. We carefully considered various factors, especially the factor that the emperor’s change of emperor, the instability of the court, and the food and grass may be interrupted at any time, so I finally decided on the desert. Combat is divided into two steps.First of all, the army was divided into three groups, and attacked the Xianbei people from the three directions of Beidi, Wuyuan, and Daijun at the same time, trying to catch the Xianbei people by surprise, and strive to capture the vast territory of the entire northern Xianbei in the shortest possible time.The main purpose of fighting in the desert is actually to lay a buffer for the northern frontier counties. Even if the Xianbei people want to invade in the future, the battlefield will be in the desert, not the several border counties south of Yinshan Mountain.After occupying the grassland in the southern part of the desert, the army was stationed on several large pastures in the southern desert. On the one hand, they hoarded food and grass, on the other hand, stabilized the occupied territory, and at the same time looked for the main decisive battle of the Xianbei people.

If Luoyang is stable at this time, food and grass are sufficient, and Hanbei County has been firmly controlled, and the weather may permit, I will decide to go on an expedition to Yanran Mountain, Langjuxu, and even go all the way to Beihai (now Lake Baikal) to try my best The main force that could kill the Xianbei people.

Li Hong said with a smile: "I plan to designate the captured northern Xianbei territory as the tenth county of Bingzhou. Tell me, what should this county be called? How about Hanbei County? It means the northernmost county of the Great Han Kingdom. "

Since Mr. General had already thought of the name, the others naturally didn't bother to bother, so everyone echoed and said yes.

Zuo Yan asked with a smile: "Your Excellency called us here today, besides telling us about the strategy of fighting in the desert and entrusting us to supervise the supply of food and supplies for the army, isn't it just to name the tenth county of Bingzhou?"

Li Hong said with a smile: "It's nothing, I just want to get together with you. I'm going north today. If I can come back alive, we'll get together again."

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On August [-]th, Xianbei in the north.

Zhenwei General Qu Yi, Li Feng Zhonglang General Zhao Yun, Huwei Zhonglang General Yan Liang led Yang Ming, Jiang Wu, and Liu Ming's three battalions of cavalry, the Xiongnu Zuoxian King Liu Bao's 5 cavalry, Gao Lan, Wen Chou, Chen Hao, Gao Shun, and Wang Dang A total of [-] infantrymen from the Sixth Battalion of Wu Xiong and Wu Xiong left Gaoque, walked through Qingyue Canyon, and rushed towards Xianbei in the north.

General Li Hong gave Qu Yi a military order to occupy all the territory of Xianbei in the north before the end of August, and try his best to wipe out Tuobafeng.Li Hong said that after the attack began, Zhang Yan and Yan Rou on the right would lead the army to attack Danhan Mountain and restrain the leader's army from supporting Tuoba Feng, while Xu Rong would lead the army from the left to attack Xianbei in the west, diverting the army from Luozhi Dianluoluo to support Tuoba Feng.In this way, you don't need to worry about the safety of the left and right wings of the army, you can just attack Tuoba Feng fiercely.

After the battle of Yanmen Pass in the northern Xianbei and the civil strife in Xianbei, the troops suffered a serious loss. In the just-concluded Northern Xinjiang war, Tuoba Wei, the hero of the northern Xianbei, and his 5000 cavalry were also wiped out, so now Tuoba Feng has There are only [-] people, and some of them are not elite.Under such circumstances, the Han army's attack on Tuoba Feng with an absolute superiority is sure to win, but the problem is that Tuoba Feng will not fight, and he will definitely flee north in a panic. The army's biggest headache.

Tuoba Feng has repeatedly invaded the Han Kingdom, and his crimes are heinous, and his crimes cannot be punished. If he can't be killed in the northern Xianbei territory and let him escape into the depths of the desert, it will be very difficult to kill him.For this reason, Qu Yi discussed the attack plan with Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, and Liu Bao many times.

Qu Yi thought of a way to attack Tuoba Feng in three ways.He ordered Zhao Yun and Liu Bao to take [-] cavalry each, and drive straight [-] miles northward from the left and right sides of the Xianbei prairie in the north, and first cut off Tuobafeng's back completely.He and Yan Liang led [-] cavalry to attack from the front, forcing Tuoba Feng to abandon tens of thousands of people and flee northward.Gao Lanwen Chou and other generals led [-] infantry to follow up quickly with food and supplies.

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After Tuoba Feng received the news that the Han army had crossed the Yin Mountain to attack, he led the army, nearly [-] tribesmen, and millions of livestock to retreat northward without saying a word.Just when the situation was extremely critical, Tuoba Feng's people suddenly rioted, and the retreat turned into a big escape.

In the past few years, in order to expand his strength, Tuoba Feng annexed the small tribes in the territory. If he disobeyed or resisted, he would immediately face his bloody revenge and suppression.The tribes of the Xianbei tribes in the north hated him deeply, especially in the past few years when he repeatedly used troops abroad, but was defeated repeatedly, and most of the young and strong men in the tribe died because of this, but under such circumstances, Tuoba Feng They also rebelled against Danhan Mountain and attacked King Xianbei. This made the northern Xianbei tribes hate Tuoba Feng to the extreme. They wished that the Han army would enter the desert sooner, cut off Tuoba Feng's head, and peeled Tuoba Feng's skin. .

Tuoba Feng looked at the rising smoke of wolves and the rushing crowd on the prairie, feeling both fear and anger in his heart.Betrayal, betray me at this time, I want you to die without a place to bury you.

"Order all the ministries to retreat quickly." Tuoba Feng waved his hands and shouted, "Anyone who stands in the way will be killed."

Tuoba Hui hastily dissuaded him: "My lord, it's not killing them at this time, but driving them around the grassland, so as to hinder the attack speed of the Han army."

Tuoba Feng roared furiously: "Kill, kill me."

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(End of this chapter)