Chapter 193: Seeking the Son of Heaven
The battle on the front line is a little distant for Xun Yu in Suiyang, but Chen Mo's fanfare of moving troops to the official crossing, Xun Yu is difficult to ignore.
"Eldest son, Chen Mo's move, I'm afraid it is intended for Suiyang." Xun Yu looked at Cao Ang who came to ask for advice, sighed and explained, he knew that Cao Ang was quite friendly to Chen Mo, but this was a war between princes, although Cao Ang was excellent, but sometimes it was easy to bring personal feelings into official affairs, as Cao Cao's successor, Cao Ang was not good at this.
"Suiyang?" Cao Ang frowned slightly when he heard this, and after thinking for a moment, he looked at Xun Yu and said, "Son of Heaven? ”
"Hmm." Xun Yu nodded, if you talk about intelligence, among Cao Cao's sons, Cao Ang should be the most, and handed a superstitious letter to Cao Ang and said: "Yesterday, Yingchuan Taishou sent a message that Chen Mo's general Wu Yi led the army out of Dagu Pass and traveled along Songshan Mountain. ”
"But Dagu Pass is five hundred miles away from here, and Uncle Zixiao is stationed in the Yingchuan area, which is the checkpoint along the way, and it is probably difficult for him to come and take away the Son of Heaven." Cao Ang frowned.
"In addition, Lu Bubing, Kou Runan, and Zixiao have gone to resist." Xun Yu smiled a little bitterly, that Wuyi is obviously not alone, with Lu Bu from the side, Chen Motun's soldiers and horses in Guandu can also gallop to help at any time, the Central Plains, there is no danger to defend, and it is in the land of four wars, which is also the most difficult point for Cao Cao to compare Chen Mo and Yuan Shao.
Now Cao Cao's biggest problem is that the Son of Heaven cannot cause substantial harm to Chen Mo or Yuan Shao, but Chen Mo and Yuan Shao both covet the Son of Heaven, and the two of them are going to sneak attack, and Cao Cao is really not good at defense.
"That Wuyi can kill Suiyang City, and Suiyang also has defenders......" Cao Ang wanted to say that it was impossible for Wuyi to break through Suiyang, but he was silent halfway through the words.
"Wuyi is not here to attack the city." Xun Yu saw Cao Ang looking over, nodded with a smile and said, it's just that Xun Yu's smile was a little inexplicably bitter, Cao Cao's main force was attracted to Zhongmu by Chen Mo, even if he wanted to leave now, Chen Mo might not be willing to let go, so Suiyang's side can only rely on themselves.
Cao Ang frowned and thought that Cao Cao might be sentenced to Cao Cao in the city or that he had never been loyal to Cao Cao's ministers, but after thinking about it, there were not many such people in Suiyang City.
"The eldest prince only needs to master the army." Xun Yu looked at Cao Ang's headache and smiled comfortingly.
Cao Ang nodded silently, this is probably the first time he has competed with his uncle, right? Although my uncle didn't really go to Suiyang, he was just the Son of Heaven...... Can't let it!
Xun You watched Cao Ang say goodbye and leave, but sighed in his heart, things are worse than imagined, this Wuyi invasion, it can be seen that Cao Cao's control of the rule is far less than Chen Mo, although there is information from the counties along the way, but most of them are closed to protect themselves, although there is no evidence, but I am afraid that someone secretly donated grain and grass to Wuyi, otherwise Wuyi's logistics supply could not be so smooth, this is obviously a long-planned plan.
Chen Mo and Cao Cao, in fact, both infiltrated each other, but Chen Mo has a strong barrier, Cao Cao wants to go deep into Chen Mo's hinterland alone, even if there are also Cao Cao's people under Chen Mo's rule, but judging from the information sent by the detailed work, those county orders are secretly voted by Cao Cao, and it doesn't make much sense, they don't have the slightest military power in their hands, that is, the county guards of each county, all of which are managed by the county government, and the county lieutenants of each county do not obey the county orders.
Under Chen Mo's rule, the county orders of each county only have the power to govern, and only the scribes under them can be managed, and the rest of the law enforcement is after the county government issues an order, which is managed by the guards.
Chen Mo has been improving his own system over the years, establishing academies, and implementing the rule of law, although there is no evidence, but judging from the evidence that Chen Mo wants to do whoever he wants can immediately come up with enough to bring down the other party, Chen Mo's command, I am afraid that there is still a force hidden in the dark, similar to the school government.
Yuan Shaoce failed in the rebellion, and Cao Cao's detailed work under Chen Mo's rule did not play a big role, and the treatment of the fields also greatly limited the number of local gentry and private soldiers, Xun Yu guessed that after this war, Chen Mo would further suppress in this regard.
After all, Chang'an gathered tens of thousands of private soldiers overnight, and in terms of Chen Mo's current prestige in Guanzhong, it can be said that it is justified to use this incident as an excuse to restrict the private soldiers of various prefectures.
Thinking carefully about what Chen Mo has done over the years, Xun Yu suddenly found that although Chen Mo let Cao Cao take away the Son of Heaven, he never gave up the management of the imperial court.
Now that this power structure has gradually taken shape, so this time, is Chen Mo ready to take back the Son of Heaven with a big victory?
Thinking of those fools who were plotting to collude with Chen Mo, Xun Yu had a strong sense of powerlessness, here in Cao Cao, they can at least guarantee that they have some power in their hands, maybe not much, but at least decent, but if they get to Chen Mo, I am afraid that in addition to their false reputation, it will be difficult to preserve even the last dignity!
But Xun Yu couldn't wake up these people, and when they didn't really face it, all they could think of was Cao Cao's disappointment, and they wouldn't take into account what would happen to Chen Mo? Today's Guanzhong is not the same thing as Guanzhong six years ago~
"Chen Mo ......" Xun Yu looked down at the bamboo slips, in the past, it has become a big problem, but there is no way, in this world, the only people who have had the opportunity to get rid of Chen Mo are Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao has never had this opportunity, but Dong Zhuo has not yet noticed Chen Mo's threat, and Yuan Shao has ...... It's hard to put into words.
This night, Xun Yu had no intention of sleeping, and in other places in Suiyang City, there was also a turbulent undercurrent.
"Wuyi's march is extremely fast, and now it has reached the area of Jiwu, not far from here, Zhugong, the Marquis of Changling has promised that as long as we escort His Majesty back to Luoyang, we can restore the title, and now the Cao thief is contained in Zhongmu, we only need to escort His Majesty out of the city, and we can join the army of General Wuyi, then why worry about the big thing, the Cao thief will not be destroyed." In a remote house, someone said impassionedly.
"We naturally understand, but now that the military power of Suiyang is in the hands of the Cao family, we have rescued the Son of Heaven, how can we get out of the city?" Fu Wan frowned and looked at Dong Chengdao.
"Don't worry about it, we just need to be able to see Your Majesty!" Dong Cheng smiled and said that before Cao Cao left, he took away his military power and handed it over to Cao Ang, which made Dong Cheng hold a grudge all the time.
"Oh?" Fu Wan and the others looked at Dong Cheng, speaking of which, both of them are considered to be the princes of the country, and their daughters are both concubines of the Son of Heaven, and there has always been competition for the position of the queen, but the rights are all held by Cao Cao, even if the two win, it is meaningless, so they can promote cooperation, at least in the matter of helping the Son of Heaven to get out of Cao Cao's control, the interests of the two are the same.
"When I supervised the construction of the Suiyang Palace, I left a hand, in this palace, there is a secret passage, Brother Fu still remembers that a group of craftsmen died in the palace due to the collapse of the Zhaode Palace?" Dong Cheng said with a smile.
After hearing the words, he looked at Dong Cheng and nodded silently, but he didn't expect Dong Cheng to prepare for today when he built the new Suiyang Palace, no wonder Dong Cheng was sent by Cao Cao to supervise the construction of the palace, although he was dissatisfied, but he did not make trouble, after all, when they first came to Suiyang, they still had some weight as relatives of the emperor, and they were sent by Cao Cao to build the palace, which was a little humiliating.
"As long as I can enter the palace to see the Son of Heaven, I can escort His Majesty out of the palace." Dong Cheng said with a smile.
"But how can I enter the palace to see Your Majesty?" One of the ministers frowned.
"Do you still remember, how did Chen Mo break through Chang'an back then?" Dong Cheng said with a smile.
How did Chen Mo break through Chang'an back then?
Everyone frowned when they heard this, after all, six years have passed, and Chen Mo seemed to have sent Wu Yi to lead away Li Dao first, and then Tai Shi Ci detoured to Feng Yi to attack Chang'an.
"Can you say it explicitly?" Fu Wan frowned and said, among all the people, only Dong Cheng has fought and has rich experience in leading troops, they are people, it's okay to look at the military book, but how to fight, basically can't count on these people.
"We can follow Chen Mo's plan, and you can gather the families of various prefectures and secretly prepare weapons." Dong Cheng said with a smile.
Fu Wan nodded, to do something big, naturally you have to have soldiers and horses, but then frowned and said: "Now that Xun Yu is very strict with Suiyang, I am doing this secretly, I am afraid it will be difficult to escape Xun Yu's ears and eyes." ”
"These horses were given to Xun Yu." Dong Cheng said with a smile.
These are outcasts.
"Oh?" Fu Wan seemed to understand a little bit when he heard the words.
"We have made a decision to take Your Majesty out of the city, gather the soldiers and horses in the palace, as long as we can enter the palace, we can send the Son of Heaven out of the city, I have contacted General Wuyi, three days later in the evening, General Wuyi's army can wait at the exit of the secret passage, as long as Your Majesty can enter the secret passage, we will be considered successful." Dong Cheng smiled.
"I see!" After Fu Wan, he suddenly said: "This matter is related to the success or failure of our waiting, and I ask you not to make a noise." ”
"General Fu and I should enter the palace first tonight, talk to Your Majesty, and go back to prepare, so that I can wait for a big event." Dong Cheng got up and said.
"Good!" Everyone got up, saluted the two of them, and then retreated.
After saying goodbye to everyone, he saw that Dong Cheng didn't move, and wondered: "General Dong, when will I enter the palace?" My son, Fude, is on duty in the palace tonight, and can help us to see Your Majesty in secret. ”
"Don't worry, wait for me to introduce an old man to Brother Fu first." Dong Cheng didn't move, looked at Fu Wan and smiled.
"The deceased?" Fu Wan looked at Dong Cheng suspiciously.
Dong Cheng didn't explain, smiled mysteriously, looked at the back hall and said, "Brother Wenhe, the matter has been done." ”