Li Wei was so anxious that under great pressure, he often beat and scolded the generals and soldiers, causing his subordinates to become more and more estranged.

When he saw that his subordinates were estranged, not only did he not cheer up, but he was superstitious about witch divination, and even fornication for fun.

Jia Xu, who heard the news, decided to be more ruthless according to Tong Yuan's direction.

He sent someone to see Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty, saying that he could take the opportunity to officially award Li Dao Da Sima and reward him heavily, and then take advantage of his favor to propose to move to Xiayang or Hongnong to eat. And to Liu Xie's analysis, judging from the current situation, Li Dao only needs one step down, and it is very likely that he will be forced to agree to be released under the pressure of reality.

When Liu Xie heard that it was possible to get rid of Li Dao's clutches and go to Xiayang to join Dong Bai, he immediately agreed to this suggestion.

Li Dao asked the witch to pray every day, and he succeeded in expecting the imperial court to grant the Great Sima. Overjoyed, he rewarded most of the rewards given by Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to the witches, and they had fun together.

Seeing such a scene, the officers and scribes who clinged to him were very disappointed and even more detached.

Soon after, Song Guo, a strategist in the army, conspired to collude with Guo Yan's rebellion. Although this Li Dao drank and had fun all day long, Li Bie and Li Xian were always vigilant to prevent Guo Yan from colluding with the army again.

As a result, it happened to be discovered, and soon Song Guo was killed, and there were as many as 500 people who were killed.

Even Zuo Ling, who took refuge in Li Dao, was afraid of being suspected by Li Dao, so he took the opportunity to flee to Dong Cheng and Yang Ding.

In this way, in June, Li Dao's strength was even weakened. In the case of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty Liu Xie proposing to return to the east more than ten times in a row, and Tong Yuan's soldiers and horses could not stop tempting and harassing, he had to agree to let Emperor Xian go east to a nearby place where food supply is convenient.

When Guo Yan heard the news, he also pretended to be enlightened and loyal, and immediately released the ministers. For a while, when the monarchs and ministers met, they cried and lamented the hardships of the world.

About half a month later, Tong Yuan and Zhang Ji sent sufficient supplies and materials to temporarily supply the needs of the royal family. Li Dao, Guo Yan and others also seem to have settled down, and there is no tendency to be chaotic for the time being.

Regarding the future whereabouts, Liu Xie intends to go to Xiayang, after all, there are strong soldiers and horses, rich food and clothing, but Yang Biao and others hope that the Son of Heaven will go to Yang's hometown Hongnong.

Yang Biao secretly played: "Li Dao and Guo Yan are both evil wolves, and the Dong family is a fierce tiger, and they must not be sent from the wolf's den to the tiger's mouth."

Liu Xie wanted to insist, but he didn't want Yang Biao to be resolute, saying that Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji still had big men in their hearts, and their strength was slightly weaker, and they were still obedient, and the people of the Dong family were probably no different from Dong Zhuo.

He asked rhetorically: "Since Mr. Yang is so jealous of the origins of Weiyang Jun and Heyang Hou, why don't you say it in person, but when we watch her make immortal achievements and get help?"

Yang Biao suddenly felt that Liu Xie had indeed matured in recent years, and after experiencing this incident, he seemed to have some distrust of others.

He quoted the scriptures again and discussed it, pointing out that Hongnong was just a temporary stay, waiting for all parties to accept the status quo and return to the old capital Luoyang in search of opportunities.

Liu Xie also had the idea of returning to Luoyang, but he was still hesitating in his heart, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while, and said: "I haven't thought about it yet, let's discuss this matter in two days."

After Yang Biao left, he came to a secluded and open place. There was a deep and serious scribe who had been waiting for a long time.

"Guozhang has been waiting for a long time...... It's a pity, Biao is incompetent, and the persuasion has not been successful. ”

The deep scribe said, "It seems that we have to do it before the Dong thief makes a move." I'm afraid this matter won't be good for your family's reputation, but you can make up your mind to follow it? ”

Yang Biao knew that the arrow had to be sent on the string, and said: "For the sake of the world, I can only join hands with that person."

The deep scribe said: "This person is also a thief, but only when there is a rift in the battle between several thieves can it be possible to bring the world back into the hands of the Han family and the scholars." At that time, Wang Situ had no soldiers and horses, and he was too anxious to fail. This time it's up to you and me. ”

Yang Biao said: "In the past few years, it has really insulted the reputation of the scholars, and in the future, the Yang family will be the head of the country, and my 5,000 Qu family Ding, as well as other disciples, are all available people."

The man said: "Don't worry, let the tiger, leopard and bear fight first, and I can help behind the back first."

Yang Biao replied: "Good! Or Fu Guozhang has a way, my generation will definitely go all out. ”

Fu Wan looked at the starry sky and sighed: "These people are very difficult to deal with, although he is vicious, he is a weaker one, he can be supported, and then plot to get rid of them."

……

Before Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had made a decision, Tong Yuan had already led the light cavalry and the third cavalry brigade of the Tuntian Army to Wannian County, preparing to welcome Emperor Xian to Xiayang.

Zhang Ji also said that Xia Yang was richer than Hongnong, enough to make the Son of Heaven worry about food and clothing, so he suggested that the Son of Heaven should take advantage of Xia Yang.

Seeing that Liu Xie, Tong Yuan, and Zhang Ji all supported the Son of Heaven to go to Xiayang, and when Tong Yuan coerced the Son of Heaven to make the princes about to succeed, there was a sudden change!

A person who no one expected, with the assistance of a group of civil and military ministers, would actually dominate the court and force Emperor Xian to change his mind.

Emperor Xian issued an edict, led by this person, escorted by Guo Yan, Yang Ding and others, and quickly went to Hongnong.

"What! You repeat? ”

"Our ministry got the exact news, and the imperial court appeased Guo Yan and decided to take charge of Hongnong. My uncle was hindered by the will of the Son of Heaven, so he had to personally coordinate the frame and send me to report the news! ”

The person in front of Tong Yuan was Zhang Xiu.

He couldn't believe that the opinions of the court were highly unified, and he contacted Guo Yan, Yang Ding, Dong Cheng and other powerful factions in a short time.

According to Zhang Xiu's introduction, Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty originally insisted on going to Xiayang, but I heard that the harem had been arguing for two days in a row, and finally agreed to go to Hongnong under the pressure of the court.

And all this just put Tong Yuan and Zhang Jimeng in the dark. When the Son of Heaven had already set off, Zhang Ji got the news and hurriedly sent Zhang Xiu to discuss.

Tong Yuan sweated in a hurry, Zhang Xiu also clenched his fists nervously, and his lips were chapped. The two of them stared at each other, but they couldn't understand what was going on.

"What about Li Ru? Why didn't he give me an update? ”

Zhang Xiu's eyes suddenly widened and said, "Li Ru! Now the court has been controlled by him! It was he who led the eastward migration to Hongnong. ”

Tong Yuan's pupils shrank and said, "It's him!?" He has no soldiers and horses, how can he command? What's more, how can the Son of Heaven follow his advice when he is disgusted with him? ”

Zhang Xiu said: "It's better for me to ask him, looking at the current trend, he is only out of the original plan, and there is no sign of evil."

Tong Yuan said: "I'll go personally!" Li Ru is a friend or an enemy, this matter needs to be asked to him clearly, not to mention that with your uncle there, there will definitely be no problem. ”

There was a stirring in his heart, the net that Jia Xu was originally arranged in the west, Zhang Ji and Zhang embroidery in the east, and Tong Yuan pressed down from the entire north was actually broken through by Li Ru and Emperor Han Xian!

Unfortunately, Zhang was busy with the affairs of Tuntian in various places, and the harvest time was approaching, so he could not seek his help. And Xu Rong guarded Xihe and Taiyuan, and could not rush to deter the group.

Tong Yuan and Zhang Xiu led 3,000 light horsemen to Huayin County together, and happened to meet Emperor Xian and his party here who were resting.

The guard next to him said: "My lord, there are Guo Yan and Yang Ding's soldiers and horses in front, although they are theoretically friendly with us, but there is a lot of risk in rushing there."

Tong Yuan said: "I am not He Jin, and I don't have a sharp antagonistic relationship with anyone over there. Besides, I don't plan to meet the Son of Heaven directly, but to ask my own people about the situation first, there should be no danger. ”

After making a little preparation, he asked Zhang Xiu to ask Zhang Ji for the latest situation, and he went directly to Li Ru.

When Tong Yuan led people to catch up with the team, Li Ru got the information, and he waited in the back, carefully preparing the banquet in the camp tent, intending to welcome his lord well.

The two met again, and after looking at each other, Li Ru invited Tong Yuan to sit down and enjoy the wine and food.

Tong Yuan was not in the mood to enjoy the food and drink, he wanted to ask Li Ru what the arrangements were, why did he plan to bring Emperor Xian to Hongnong, but he didn't talk to him?

Li Ru smiled slightly and said, "General Zhenbei, don't be anxious, why don't you drink a few cups first, let me talk slowly."

Tong Yuan had to sit down and drink a glass, the wine tasted mellow, it was indeed a good wine. He looked around again, and saw that a lot of incense was arranged, this smell was not ordinary sandalwood, let alone more expensive agarwood, but a little sweet and greasy.

He still went straight to the point and asked, "The military advisor thinks that Xia Yang is not as good as Hongnonghu?"

Li Ru said: "Whether it's Xia Yang or Hongnong, the key is to do something?" Could it be that in the general's heart, he insisted on moving the Son of Heaven to Xiayang? ”

Tong Yuan was slightly puzzled, what did this mean?

To be honest, he did hesitate. It is not so easy to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and he has also thought about whether the time is ripe?

Historically, even if it was as strong as Cao Cao, it has since developed in a different direction than he expected.

However, he gritted his teeth. This step must be taken. Whether it is to support the Han family, turn the tide of the tide, or suppress the bureaucracy and gentry, and create an era that is more in line with his heart, it is imperative to control the court.

However, a thought appeared more and more in his heart, as if there was something he had not done yet, and not doing this made him feel anxious.

Li Ru said again: "It should have been three years, more than three years after that incident, right?"

Tong Yuan knew what Li Ru was talking about, of course, it was the time when Dong Zhuo encountered an accident. He also came from that time, how can he forget?

Li Ru saw Tong Yuan nodded, and then asked softly, "Has the revenge been avenged?"

Tong Yuan remembered that his family should be killed by Huangfu Song and others as the remnants of the Dong family, and he did have the will to take revenge on this hatred and the Dong family.

Wait a minute, is that really the case? He only heard this from Dong Bai's mouth, and the others never mentioned his background and didn't know about it. Could it be that Li Ru ......

Suddenly, his heart beat faster, and the green tendons in his limbs bulged out. He did forget something, and now he remembers.

"Yes, I'm Tong Yuan...... No! My name is Dong Wei......"

A slightly serious, harsh voice rang out.

"The revenge has not been avenged, of course we can't stop!"

Li Ru straightened his clothes and bowed: "Li Ru greets the lord!"

Dong Wei said: "You did a good job, and I will hand it over to you as the emperor." Those soldiers should also be trained as soon as possible, and he and other troubles will be left to me to deal with. ”

"No."