Great Han Empire

Chapter 598: Troubled Times Heroic Chapter Dangerous
November of the first year of Chuping of the Han Dynasty (AD 190).

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At the beginning of November, Hulao Pass.

Xu Hun hurried back from Hanoi.

After he rushed to Luoyang under the order of General Hushi, he notified Zhu Jun and Yan Liang of Li Hong's intention to join forces with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to attack Luoyang. Then he and Tian Chou went to Hanoi and Wancheng.

After Xu Hun met Yuan Shao, he explained Li Hong's thoughts in detail, and explained Li Hong's specific attack strategy of three-way attack and winning in the middle.

Li Hong's northern army attacked Luoyang from the north, cutting off Dong Zhuo's retreat, thereby drawing the main force of Luoyang's northern army to the west of Hangu Pass.Yuan Shu and Sun Jian's army attacked Luoyang from the south, diverting the forces of Luoyang's Northern Army to return to Hangu Pass.When Dong Zhuo was busy dealing with the attacks from the northern and southern armies, Yuan Shao himself led the army to attack Luoyang from the northeast, striving to win a single battle and quickly occupy Luoyang.Dong Zhuo is tyrannical and cruel, and when the defeat is certain, he is very likely to burn the capital and destroy the foundation of the great man.Hedong is the closest to Luoyang. If Li Hong and Yuan Shu and Sun Jian can effectively contain the Northern Army's forces, then Yuan Shao will be able to take Luoyang as quickly as possible, thereby avoiding the destruction of Kyoto.

Of course, if Zhu Jun and Yan Liang can continue to occupy Hulao when the three-way army attacks Luoyang, then they should be responsible for seizing Luoyang. However, Li Hong believes that this possibility is almost impossible, and Dong Zhuo will definitely catch up before the end of the year Yan Liang, who was stationed in Hulao, and Han Hao, who was stationed in Mengjin and Xiaopingjin.In order to ensure the success of the attack, Li Hong hoped that Yuan Shao would consider whether to quietly send troops to reinforce Mengjin and Xiaopingjin when the Hanoi war was suspended.

Xu Hun explained this attack strategy to Yuan Shao many times. He repeatedly stated that the general did not intend to monopolize Luoyang. All the states and counties in the direction are connected as a whole, so that whether it is to blockade Guanzhong or pacify the Yellow Turban Army, the three parties can support each other, so as to win every battle and quickly stabilize the country.

As for who will control Luoyang, Li Hong suggested that the three parties discuss in detail after conquering Kanto and occupying Luoyang. Anyway, the armies of the three parties will eventually be stationed in Luoyang, and everyone can discuss slowly at that time.Li Hong believed that there must be a way, and Yuan Shao and the Yuan Shu brothers might be able to reconcile.

Yuan Shao fully agreed, and promised that no matter whether the Hanoi army could completely defeat the Yellow Turban Army, they would rush to Heyang and attack Luoyang at the same time as the Northern Army at the end of the year.

Xu Hun was very happy after completing the important task, and was about to leave Hanoi when Yuan Shao suddenly invited him into the government office again.Yuan Shao told Xu Hun that the eldest princess was mainly building a dynasty in Jinyang.Yuan Shao said, after you return to Hulao, you should be able to receive news from the general.The general probably wants you to go to Hanoi again, you don't want to come, you go directly to Hedong and tell the general that I, Yuan Shao, will absolutely obey the orders of the eldest princess and the Jinyang court and pledge my allegiance to the death.

Xu Hun told Zhu Jun and Yan Liang of Yuan Shao's promise, and then asked, "Is the eldest princess really going to establish a dynasty in Jinyang?"

Yan Liang nodded, pointing to Yang Hua who was sitting on the side, and said, "I have been asking for many days, and the news is true. You should go back to Hedong immediately, and bring back the replies from Yuan Shao, Master Zhu and me."

Zhu Jun said seriously: "Because Dong Zhuo is in Luoyang, I can't write a letter to the general, so I will make a long story short. You go back and tell the general that the key to whether the Jinyang court can convince the states and counties lies in the general. If the general If Luoyang can be captured quickly, the King Qin will beg for Dong, the eldest princess and the Jinyang court will be able to save the country, otherwise, the Jinyang court will be just a decoration, a more despicable decoration than the Chang'an court."

Yan Liang glanced at Zhu Jun with dissatisfaction, and said coldly: "Go back and tell the general, I will fight wherever the general dictates, and if anyone is unfavorable to the general, I will kill him."

Xu Hun looked at Zhu Jun's stern face, and asked rather embarrassedly: "Master Yan, do you have anything else to say?"

"No more." Yan Liang said, "What's the use of the court? Chang'an has the Son of Heaven and the court, but we still beat Dong Zhuo. We say Dong Zhuo is a traitor, and he is a traitor. It doesn't matter whether it's a diligent king or saving the country, it depends on the sword. Force, not the imperial court. I think the general was so confused by telling Li Wei and Zhu Mu that he even thought of setting up an imperial court in Jinyang. That imperial court has a useless purpose and is a waste of food."

Zhu Jun snorted coldly and walked away.

Xu Hun and Yang Hua blushed, and hurriedly stood up, not sending them off, not sending them off, they looked embarrassed.

"Master Hutou, how can you say that in front of Master Zhu?" Xu Hun complained, "Master Zhu is the pillar of this dynasty. Wei, Zhu Mu, and Zhu Xiaolan are close relatives of the three adults, how can you..."

"He made me suffer." Yan Liang cursed angrily, "Forget it, forget it, don't talk about it." He took out a volume of documents from the case table and handed it to Xu Hun, "This is Gao Lan Take the letter written by the two lords Gao Shun to the general, and take it to Hedong immediately."

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Early November, Nanyang, Wancheng.

There were frequent wars in Yingchuan and Nanyang, and the road was dangerous. Tian Chou led fifty personal guards to travel day and night, and rushed to Wancheng again at the fastest speed.

As early as October, Tian Chou was ordered to visit Yuan Shu in Nanyang.

After Yuan Shu learned that the northern army had left Wuguan to attack Nanyang, he quickly withdrew his troops from Xiangyang to help, and Liu Biao also took the opportunity to send Kuai Yue to Wancheng to reconcile with Yuan Shu.At this time, Yuan Shu led the army to fight Dong Yue and Li Su fiercely in the Wancheng area, and was in urgent need of money, food and military equipment, so he had no choice but to agree to the conditions proposed by Liu Biao and recognize Liu Biao as the governor of Jingzhou.After Tian Chou arrived in Wancheng, Yuan Shu didn't wait for Tian Chou to speak, and immediately asked Tian Chou to report to Yan Liang, and asked Yan Liang to lead his army to attack Hu Zhen and Lu Bu from the direction of Yingchuan, so that Sun Jian could escape from Luyang and quickly return to Wancheng to defeat Dong Yue and Li. Su.

Tian Chou comforted Yuan Shu, and then explained Li Hong's strategy of attacking Luoyang.Tian Chou said that even if Yan Liang led an army to support him, his strength was limited, and he could not change the balance of strength between the two sides on the battlefield.Now the Northern Army has [-] troops in Yingchuan and Nanyang. If Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, Kong Ni and others can drag the [-] troops here, it will greatly help the General and Yuan Shao defeat Dong Zhuo and capture Luoyang in the shortest possible time. .

In fact, although Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, and Kong Ni are comparable in strength to the Northern Army, there is a large gap in strength between the two sides. At present, there is more than enough to hold on to the city, and it is difficult to defeat the Northern Army. Therefore, Yuan Shu's attack strategy against Li Hong is also There is no objection, but he has his own views on what happened after the capture of Luoyang, and he is unwilling to appear in Luoyang with Yuan Shao.He asked Tian Chou to reply to Li Hong, either drive Yuan Shao out of Luoyang, or drive Liu Biao out of Jingzhou, "People must be more realistic, now I can't even eat enough to eat, what else can I use to revitalize the country?"

Tian Chou quickly returned to Hulao with Yuan Shu's words, but before he entered the customs, Yan Liang told him that you have to go to Wancheng again.

Seeing Tian Chou coming again, Yuan Shu was very surprised, "What happened to Luoyang again? Hulao is lost?"

Tian Chou immediately explained to Yuan Shu that the eldest princess mainly established the dynasty in Jinyang.Yuan Shu was surprised at first, but then kept his head down in thought.

Tian Chou asked: "What is your attitude towards this matter?"

Yuan Shu laughed at himself and said, "You should know the grievances between me and the general. The general is a good man. I wanted to kill him back then, but he saw through it, but he didn't kill me. He still regarded me as a friend. I am very grateful to him." , so today I will make my words clear, and you take my words back intact."

Yuan Shu looked at the young and handsome Tian Chou, smiled contemptuously and said, "You are not yet 20 years old, are you? You are a child from northern Xinjiang. Although you have studied a lot, do you know the essence of government affairs? General Nanzheng During the Northern War, he stayed in Luoyang for less than two months. Does he know what is behind the state affairs? Whether it is government affairs or state affairs, to put it bluntly, it is just two words, fraud."

Tian Chou was secretly startled, but after thinking about it carefully, he had to admit that Yuan Shu's words were incisive.The ups and downs of the past year have made him understand many things in books and learn many things that cannot be learned in books.Fraud, all parties try their best for their own interests, but behind every incident, there are two words of fraud deeply written.Yuan Shu's words made Tian Chou feel enlightened and enlightened.

"Government is fraud. It is like a beautiful woman being stripped naked and standing in the street, naked, ashamed to death, so she needs a beautiful dress to hide her shame. This dress is very important for government and fraud. Say, what is it?"

Tian Chou shook his head.He really didn't know what it was.

"The facade." Yuan Shu laughed loudly, "The facade is gorgeous and dazzling."

Tian Chou suddenly realized the meaning of Yuan Shu's words, and he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, wishing he could step back across the river.

Yuan Shu seemed to have read Tian Chou's mind, and waved his hand at him, signaling him to calm down.

"The great general is victorious in every battle. He always uses the weak to defeat the strong, uses his troops like a god, and his way of righteousness. For him, it is as easy as turning the palm of his hand." Yuan Shu looked at the palm of his hand, and then at the back of his hand. Then he looked up at Tian Chou and asked softly, "Have you read "Sun Tzu's Art of War"?"

Tian Chou didn't know what he wanted to say, so he nodded slightly in a daze.

"Then you must know the 'anti-indirect trick'?"

Tian Chou nodded again.

"Sun Tzu said, those who are anti-interference, the doubt within the doubt, is better than the self-inner, not self-lost. It means to build a doubtful formation in the doubtful formation, so that the opponent's internal contradictions will arise, so that we will be safe." Yuan Shu said with a smile, " The general came to Luoyang last time, and when chatting with me, he said that he had read a lot of books in the past few years, especially military books, so this grandson must have read the art of war. He engages in these conspiracies and tricks, so even if he reads Sun Tzu's Art of War, he must have brushed aside this contradictory strategy and dismissed it. You go back and tell him, just say I said it, and ask him to read this contradictory strategy carefully. He should understand what happened to the court, what happened to the Jinyang court, and what happened to state affairs, authority, and society."

If Tian Chou realized something, he bowed to accept the order, "Is there anything else you want me to tell the general?"

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Yuan Shu thought for a while, then suddenly asked: "Zitai, tell me, how long will it take for King Qin to seek Dong?"

Tian Chou looked at Yuan Shu and hesitated for a moment.Yuan Shu's eyes always had the arrogance and dandyism of a child from a noble family, and there was also a scornful smile on the corner of his mouth, which made the person sitting opposite him extremely uncomfortable.Tian Chou coughed lightly to hide his nervousness and unhappiness.These few words of Yuan Shu had already made Tian Chou feel ashamed, and now facing Yuan Shu's eyes again, he was a little uneasy.

"My lord, look at three years..."

"Three years?" Yuan Shu asked in surprise, "You think it's only three years?"

"There are thousands of miles of fertile fields in Guanzhong, and the dangerous terrain. In addition, Dong Zhuo has an army of [-], the foundation of the western border, so there will be no ten years. We don't even think about it." Yuan Shu laughed. Is there a time to cross Tongguan? This analogy may be a bit inappropriate, but think about it now, since the first emperor rebuilt the power of the prefectures and pastures, after Dong Zhuo hijacked the emperor's imperial power and fell, and after the ant thief in Qingzhou rebelled and the rise of righteous soldiers from all sides, the states and counties in various places have gradually With the momentum of supporting our own self-respect, we have no strength to serve the king, you haven't seen this?"

"The general is the first important official of the Han Dynasty who supports his troops. Who is next? It is Han Fu, Liu Dai and all the prefects and counties who do not pay taxes to the court. If the prefectures and counties do not pay taxes according to the law, what kind of prefectures and counties are they? The laws of the Great Han Dynasty are useless, so the emperor and the court are just decorations? The old man Liu Biao ran to Xiangyang quietly, relying on the support of a group of powerful and private soldiers, and even named himself the governor of Jingzhou, a man with nothing but a mouth A royal minister with the hat of a party member can do whatever he wants, so what will the governors of states and counties with money, soldiers and land do?"

"All states and counties support their own soldiers, what does that look like? Does it look like the vassal states of the past?" Yuan Shu spread his hands and smiled helplessly. An old man who claims to be the governor of Jingzhou shows how far the prefectures and counties support their own self-respect. I admit that I am one of them. Yes, but it is impossible for him to defeat Dong Zhuo and capture Chang'an."

"Why?" Yuan Shu asked loudly.

Tian Chou shook his head hastily.

"The general Qin Wang has succeeded, and the imperial authority is in the world. How can the states and counties support themselves? Should the taxes of each state and county be handed over to the imperial court or kept at home? For example, I, Yuan Shu..." Yuan Shu pointed to his nose Said, "Why should I beat Liu Biao? Because I want to get the tax of the entire Jingzhou. If King Qin succeeds, can I get such an inexhaustible money bank?"

"Why did Liu Biao seize Jingzhou? Is he trying to win over King Dong Qin? He wants to win over King Dong Qin, why didn't he come to advise me? Why didn't he take the private soldiers from Xiangyang to attack Luoyang? To put it bluntly, he just wanted Jingzhou's money , he is the same as me, even more shameless than me. It is useless for him to say beautiful words, it is all bullshit. Why do they call me Yuan Changshui, the fierce ghost in the road? Because I know they are shameless, I just want to block the road and rob them, can they What about me? I'm shameless, Liu Biao is more shameless than me, Yuan Shao is a hundred times, a thousand times more shameless than me. I block the road and rob, in the end, I just grab some small money. What about people like Yuan Shao and Liu Biao? They are not robbers, they It’s looting, people and money are all washed away, not even a single bone is left.”

Tian Chou was dumbfounded and tongue-tied.

"The general wants to be king, to challenge Dong, and to fight Luoyang. In the end, there is only one end, and that is to die without a place to bury him. I have said a long time ago that people must be realistic, and gentlemen must take care of their roots, not to mention that we are not gentlemen. If you can’t get enough to eat, what kind of king are you still working for? Save what country? Isn’t this a joke?” Yuan Shu pointed to Tian Chou and said, “You must bring this sentence to the general. You tell him, he The top priority now is not to fight Luoyang, but to fight Jizhou. Even if the general takes Luoyang down in a few months, it will be difficult for him to solve the food and wealth crisis in northern Xinjiang. You have seen it all the way, Dong Zhuo and Bei The army almost turned most of Yingchuan and Nanyang upside down. Wancheng was filled with refugees. Xiangyang, otherwise, I will go hungry."

Tian Chou's mind was in a mess, and it was difficult for him to accept and understand Yuan Shu's words.You Yuan Shu is such a person, Liu Biao and Yuan Shao are such a person, are Sun Jian, Kong Ni, and Zhu Jun also such a person?He couldn't figure it out.Is this Yuan Shu's countermeasure?Didn't he just say that state affairs are fraud, and the court is just a facade?Did he want the general to fight Han Fu, Yuan Shao and the others?But if the general fought with them, what good would it do Yuan Shu?

Yuan Shu looked at Tian Chou, who was blushing and a little dizzy, and suddenly laughed, "Zitai, do you think I'm playing tricks? Haha... I usually tell the truth, and I can mix the truth with the truth." To such an extent, the opponent can definitely be fooled, haha..."

Tian Chou's face turned even redder.

Yuan Shu laughed wildly, "Zitai, go back, remember to tell the general what I said, otherwise, you will kill the general."

Tian Chou stood up at a loss, bowed and left.

"Zitai, tell the general, ten years later, I will get drunk with him in Chang'an."

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In November, in Hedong, Hebei Hushi General Camp.

The news that Xu Hun brought back made Li Hong very happy, but Gao Lan's reply made Li Hong very worried.

Gao Lan, Gao Shun, and Zhu Zhi led the army to Chenliu County first, together with Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, and Wang Gong, the prefect of Dongjun (after Qiao Mao was killed by Liu Dai, Yuan Shao arranged for his relative, Wang Gong, a famous scholar in Yingchuan, to serve as the governor of Dongjun. The prefect of the county.) He joined forces and stationed troops at Dingtao in Jiyin County.

Soon, Cao Cao recruited troops from Yangzhou and returned.Cao Cao's recruitment was very unsuccessful.Although Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, and Zhou Xin, the prefect of Danyang, assembled four thousand soldiers for Cao Cao according to Yuan Shao's request, many of these four thousand soldiers were refugees who fled to Yangzhou from Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and some of them were defeated by the army and fled to Yangzhou. Yellow Turban Army generals in Yangzhou.When Cao Cao took these 1000 soldiers to Longkang in Peiguo (now Huaiyuan West, Anhui), several former Yellow Turban officers in the army led a rebellion and attacked and killed Cao Cao's tent.Cao Cao led Cao Ren, Xia Houyuan and others, as well as several hundred of his old subordinates, to break out of the siege and survived.Later, they pulled hard along the way and made another round to their hometown Qiao County (now Bozhou, Anhui). Only then did they barely gather [-] people and rushed to Dingtao to meet Zhang Miao.

Cao Cao was extremely hostile to the northern border army. When he saw Gao Lan and Gao Shun in Dingtao, he immediately took his troops to Chengyang in Jiyin County.Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, Bao Xin, the chancellor of Jibei, and Zhang Chao, the prefect of Guangling, were all there, and they had lost several battles.In mid-September, Liu Dai led the coalition forces to fight Simaju in Juye, but suffered another defeat and had to retreat to Dingtao.

Gao Lan unexpectedly met Liu Bei.Liu Bei was very happy to see Gao Lan.Liu Bei said that he followed Wu Qiuyi to Danyang to recruit troops last year, and when he arrived at Xiapi in Xuzhou, he happened to encounter a fierce battle between Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, and the Yellow Turban Army.Guan Qiuyi and Liu Bei immediately led their troops into battle.After a bloody battle, the Yellow Turban Army was wiped out.Liu Bei fought bravely and was admired by Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, so he asked for credit for his superior performance. Soon after, he was arranged by the court to serve as county magistrate in Xiami County (now Changyi County, Shandong Province) in Beihai County, Qingzhou.This year, the Yellow Turban Army rioted in Qingzhou, Beihai County was attacked, and Xiami County was occupied by the Yellow Turban Army. Liu Bei led the remnant soldiers to flee all the way, and later met Liu Dai and merged into his army.

At the end of September, Liu Dai led the coalition forces to meet Yuan Yi, the prefect of Shanyang, and defeated the Yellow Turban Army Wu Ba at Wutang Pavilion in Shanyang County. country.Immediately, the army was divided into two, and continued eastward all the way, attacking Jibei and Mount Tai, and all the way south to attack Peiguo and Pengcheng in Xuzhou.

In mid-October, Zhang Miao, Yuan Yi, Gao Lan and others, along with Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, joined forces in Pengcheng of Pengcheng State to confront Sima Ju, Xu He, He Yi and other hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops.

Gao Lan said that Tao Qian is preparing for a big battle, and it is estimated that he will have a decisive battle with the Yellow Turban Army around mid-November.Judging from the current situation, it is definitely uncertain to win, but since winter is approaching, the Yellow Turban Army will gradually withdraw from the battlefield, so in the next few months, the war in Yanqing and Xu Sanzhou will temporarily subside for a period of time.

Gao Lan thinks that it is not a good thing for all the Yellow Turban Army to concentrate in Qingzhou and Mount Tai. After several months of truce, the Yellow Turban Army has recovered its strength, and the battle next year will be more intense.

The repeated wars in Yanqing and Xu Sanzhou made the people of the three states miserable, and countless refugees rolled away to the north and south.Now not only the fields in Sanzhou have no crops, but even the bark and leaves are almost eaten. There are dead bodies everywhere and people scrambling for food.Gao Lan said that the people had nothing to eat, and neither did the army. The horses had been killed, and all that could be eaten had been eaten.He hoped that the heavy snow would come sooner, so that the Yellow Turban Army would withdraw, but when it snowed heavily, the refugees would die more.

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Just when Li Hong was at a loss for what to do about the disaster of the Yellow Turban, Yang Hua returned to Hedong.

The news brought back by Yang Hua made Li Hong fall into deep thought.

Yang Hua was very alert, and in front of Xu Rong, Yushi, and Zhu Mu, he only said that Tian Chou had obtained Yuan Shu's promise, and did not say anything else.In the evening, Yang Hua begged to see Li Hong again, and recounted what Yuan Shu had told Tian Chou.

After Li Hong sent Yang Hua away, he was alone in the military tent thinking hard, unable to sleep at night.

State affairs is fraud, and both state affairs and fraud need a facade, a magnificent facade.

Reverse time?Reverse time?State politics is the unpredictable result formed by countless interacting events?
Facade, state affairs, fraud, rebellion, Qin Wang, Dong Dong, yellow scarves, refugees, countless problems are intertwined, deeply troubled this young hussar general of the Han Dynasty.

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