Back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 425
Emperor Liu Xie is only 14 years old now, but he also knows who is a good person and who is a bad person. In Liu Xie's view, Fu Wan, the father of Empress Fu, can be trusted, and Dong Cheng, the father of Dong Guiren, can also be trusted. Compared with Fu Wan, Dong Cheng has another identity, the nephew of Empress Dowager Dong.

When Liu Xie was young, he was afraid of being killed by Empress He, so he was raised by his own grandmother, Empress Dowager Dong! !This blood relationship coupled with the nurturing grace of the Dong family, even Fu Wan, the father of Empress Fushou, dare not compare with Dong Cheng. Now Dong Cheng's daughter is married to Liu Xie as a noble person. , It deepened Liu Xie's trust in Dong Cheng.

So Dong Cheng was appointed as the representative to convey to Li Jue the meaning of wanting to move east.

Da Sima Li Jue couldn't agree, and immediately drove the envoy sent by Dong Cheng out of the house.

Dong Cheng sent different officials one after another, and even Fu Wan, the current head of state, came forward in person, but Li Jue still disagreed.

The seventh time, Dong Cheng was furious and went to Da Sima's mansion in person. Seeing Li Jue, he said angrily, "You have resisted the edict several times and failed to obey it. What do you want to do?"

Li Jue was also angry and drew his sword to kill Dong Cheng, but was persuaded by Guo Si.

Li Jue then shouted: "You think that I can't kill you because of your high status!!"

Dong Cheng laughed loudly, and criticized Li Jue: "It's easy to kill me, but it's hard to kill everyone in the world!! If I die here, I'm afraid the princes of the world will not let you go!!"

Li Jue was frightened. After he wanted to kill Fan Chou, a series of turmoil almost put him to death. Dong Cheng's words hit his sore spot, so he got angry and shouted: "Now all the troops in Chang'an are under my command. Under control, whoever I want to live will live, and whoever wants to die will die!"

Dong Cheng smiled and asked, "May I ask how Li Sima thinks he is compared to Dong Zhuo back then?"

"What if it's better!" Li Jue snorted coldly and turned his back.

Dong Cheng asked again: "May I ask how the power of the princes of the world today compares with that of the past?"

"This...!" Li Jue groaned silently. It seems that none of the princes in the world has made friends with him now, whether it is Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan in the north, Feng Yao, Lu Bu and Yuan Shu in the central plains, Liu Biao and Liu Zhang in the south, or Ma Teng in the west. Han Sui, these big princes, not to mention attacking together, even if one of them kills, it will not be uncomfortable!
Seeing this, Dong Cheng shouted: "Since this is the case, you are forcibly blocking the emperor's will. Could it be that you are imitating Dong Zhuo in the past and intending to rebel? Are you afraid that the princes of the world will lead their troops to the capital to kill after they find out!!"

"Also, the plague is rampant in Chang'an, food is scarce, and countless people starve to death every day. If you stay here, I'm afraid there will be no living people in Chang'an within a few months. At that time, you will occupy the entire What's the use of Chang'an!!" Dong Cheng continued to shout.

Li Jue was shocked. He had already known the news of Feng Yao's attack on Henan Yin. Coupled with the recent rumors in Chang'an, how could he not be afraid? When he recalled Dong Zhuo's tragic situation back then, he couldn't help but shudder. Li Jue knows the current situation better than anyone else!If we stay any longer, if the emperor really starves to death, or dies of an illness, I'm afraid he will really be criticized by thousands of people, and it may be too late to regret it at that time! !
At this time, his nephew was hating Jia Xu, so he stepped forward and said, "Uncle, I hate Jia Xu for wanting to frame us before leaving, and asking my uncle to control the emperor in Chang'an City. Isn't this just trying to use the soldiers of the world to destroy me?" Xiliang soldiers?"

Li Jue suddenly came to his senses, and said bitterly, "It's also Jia Xu's plan!"

So he immediately suppressed his anger, invited Dong Cheng to sit down, and invited Guo Si to the back room for discussion.

Guo Si said: "My family, the current situation in Chang'an, I'm afraid it will be more serious. If you don't think of a way, I'm afraid your army and my army will have no food to eat!! Why don't you take this opportunity to make some demands, and then let the emperor return to the east?" , let it fend for itself, if you starve to death or die of illness, or if you are killed on the way, no wonder I wait, then if you proclaim yourself emperor, there will be no one to oppose you!!"

"Well, this plan is good, but I think it's better for me to keep a heavy army to conquer Chang'an. It's better for you to lead the troops to follow along and continue to control. If the situation is not good, you can get away at any time. If there is a decision that is not good for us, you It can also be controlled in time!!" Li Jue said.

"Okay, that's the plan!" Guo Bang was overjoyed.

After the two came out, Guo Si said to Dong Cheng: "You can move east if you want, please ask the emperor to designate me as a chariot general, and I will be the master of all matters of moving east!!"

After Dong Cheng got the answer, he didn't dare to make a decision without authorization because the matter was so important, so he went back to the palace to discuss with the emperor and all the officials.

The next day, the emperor issued an imperial edict to confer Guo Si as General Chariot, Dong Cheng as General Anji, and Yang Ding as Rear General.

In the second year of Xingping, on the tenth day of the fifth month of summer, the emperor officially moved eastward.

When the news came out, the world was shaken.

The first to get the news were Duan Yao, Zhang Ji, and Yang Feng from Hongnong County.

After the three generals heard the news, they immediately sent envoys to meet the emperor.

North of Changshe, beside the Mioshui River
Feng Yao's army has arrived here for three days, but Henan Yin and Yang Biao refused to let Feng Yao enter Henan Yin. Feng Yao was furious and ordered Chang Xi and Che Zhou to lead troops first, and captured Xinzheng within a day. , Killed the county magistrate of Xinzheng, led the army into the jurisdiction of Henan Yin, stationed in Xinzheng City, and ordered Changxi to attack Mi County, and Chezhou to attack Yuanling.

On the 53rd, Feng Yao suddenly received the news that the emperor had moved to the east. He was very excited and urgently discussed with Xu Shu, Zhao Yun and other generals.

"It was originally expected that the emperor would not move eastward for a month or two. I didn't want us to enter Henan Yin, and the emperor left Chang'an. This disrupted our entire plan!" Xu Shu sighed.

"My lord, no matter what, my subordinates believe that it is necessary to set up a transfer point for grain and grass in Yinnei, Henan. Now that Luoyang is extremely short of grain, if our army goes deep, grain and grass should be the first. Luoyang as a transit point!!" Zhao Wang said.

"Haha, Zhao Wang's plan is good. Anyway, the emperor wanted to move east, so he must have come to Luoyang. He happened to take down Luoyang. Emperor Jinghou, once and for all!" Xu Xuan laughed heartily.

Dai Ling and Xu Ding immediately echoed their agreement.

Unexpectedly, Liu Shun, the commander of the scouts, suddenly bowed his hands and retorted: "Master, I don't think it is suitable to attack Luoyang now, nor is it suitable to attack Yang Biao!"

"Why?" Feng Yaoqi asked.

"Luoyang is far from Chang'an, which is closer to Chang'an than where we are now. Since we have all received the news of the emperor's eastward relocation, Yang Biao must have received the news before us. With his identity as Henan Yin, it is his duty to welcome the emperor. Internal affairs, so I guess Yang Biao has led his troops to leave Luoyang now, and is on his way to meet the emperor!!"

"And once we capture Luoyang, let alone give the emperor a bad impression, and when the emperor comes, we can't say that there is no food and grass. If there is food and grass, the emperor will definitely stay in Luoyang and will not go to our sphere of influence. In this way, we are completely passive!!"

Liu Shun spoke eloquently.

All the generals were shocked when they heard the words, and shouted how dangerous it is!At the same time, they all cast admiring glances at Liu Shun.

Even Zhao Wang, who had previously proposed to store grain and grass in Yinnei, Henan, suddenly came to his senses, and praised loudly: "Commander Liu has a good eye!!"

"Hehehe!! Liu Shun's words are very reasonable!! I wonder if you have any other opinions?" Feng Yao nodded.

"My lord!" Zhao Yun, who had been silent all this time, seemed to remember something, suddenly his eyes lit up, he cupped his fists and bowed to Feng Yao, wanting to say something.

Zhao Yun seldom opened his mouth during this journey, but as long as Feng Yao ordered, he would complete everything successfully. In less than ten days, he had already won praises from many generals in the Tiger Guard Qingqi, which made Feng Yao secretly overjoyed. Praise Zhao Yun for his great talent.

Now that Zhao Yun opened his mouth, Feng Yao was overjoyed, and immediately stretched out his hand to signal, looked at Zhao Yun with a smile, and said, "Zilong, what trick do you have?"

(End of this chapter)