On July 18 of the first year of Guangxi, the imperial court edict arrived, and the general He Jin recruited Guo Peng to lead the army south to Luoyang to assist the general in eradicating the traitors of the country.

Guo Peng immediately gave the edict and immediately ordered 3,000 soldiers and horses to prepare to set off.

Before leaving, Guo Peng wrote a letter to the sect members, asking the sect members to arrange for others to help defend Shanggu.

He said that he was afraid that he would not be able to come back in a short time, and that he should follow his basic route in Shanggu Tuntian, so as to give the displaced people a glimmer of hope.

Then, Guo Peng abandoned the Shanggu refugees who were unwilling to go with him, and resolutely ended his career as a frontier.

And before that, the entire Upper Valley County was transferred by him, and it was transferred to his hometown in various ways.

The glorious and extremely cruel world of controversy is about to begin.

On the same day that Guo Peng led his troops to gallop rapidly, Ding Yuan, the cavalry captain, led his troops to arrive in Luoyang.

Ding Yuan received permission from the general He Jin to enter Luoyang City, and was then appointed by He Jin as the ruling Jinwu and the commander of the forbidden army.

Ding Yuan was the first army to arrive in Luoyang, and his arrival showed that the "military advice" suggested by Yuan Shao had begun.

However, the whole process was not smooth sailing, for example, after Ding Yuan arrived, He Jin suddenly became suspicious of Dong Zhuo's advance, and refused Dong Zhuo's request to enter Luoyang.

He sent officials to prevent Dong Zhuo from entering Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo was very surprised by this, and hurriedly asked Yuan Shao, who advocated recruiting him to Luoyang, through his younger brother Dong Min, who served as the commander of Fengche in the court, what was going on.

Yuan Shao also felt strange, and when he asked, he knew that it was Young Fu Shangshu who ordered Lu Zhi to see He Jin, and told He Jin not to recruit Dong Zhuo to Luoyang.

Lu Zhi's meaning is clear.

He Jin can recruit Ding Yuan, because Ding Yuan is the person promoted by He Jin, he can also recruit Guo Peng, Guo Peng is his disciple of Lu Zhi, and Lu Zhi can vouch for Guo Peng with his life.

But Dong Zhuo is a former official of the Yuan family.

Putting aside this relationship, Dong Zhuo has always been fierce and ignorant of etiquette, very violent, and the Liangzhou soldiers under his command wantonly brutalized the place, and all this was seen by Lu Zhi when he conquered the Yellow Turban Army.

He Jin trusted Lu Zhi very much, and when Lu Zhi said this, although he did not let He Jin dispel the idea of killing the eunuchs, it successfully made He Jin suspicious.

He Jin remembered the fierce Liangzhou soldiers under Dong Zhuo's command, as well as Dong Zhuo, who was fierce and rude, so he had some thoughts in his heart.

Then, He Jin gave an order to Dong Zhuo, ordering him to return to Hedong County to crusade against the raging Yellow Turbans and the Southern Xiongnu who had taken the opportunity to plunder the place.

After Yuan Shao learned about this incident, on the one hand, he asked Dong Min to tell Dong Zhuo to ignore it and that he could slow down and slowly approach Luoyang, and on the other hand, he went to see He Jin and persuaded He Jin to seize the opportunity to welcome Dong Zhuo and Guo Peng into Luoyang and kill the eunuchs.

At this time, He Jin hesitated again because of the successive dissuasions of his mother Wu Yangjun and his sister Empress Dowager He, including his younger brother He Miao.

On the one hand, the desperate dissuasion of his family, and on the other hand, the strong pleas of Yuan Shao and others, He Jin's indecisive personality made him unable to make a decision for a long time.

Then he planned not to kill the eunuch directly, but to adopt a compromise plan, let Ding Yuan lead troops to threaten, and asked Empress Dowager He to send the eunuch home.

Empress Dowager He was frightened, and had no choice but to let the eunuchs go home first, and the eunuchs left the palace crying.

Yuan Shao loudly asked He Jin to do this, even with a threatening meaning, which angered He Jin, He Jin slapped the table and severely criticized Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao realized that he had lost his words, so he had no choice but to retreat.

Back at home, Yuan Shao told his uncle Yuan Kui about the incident and expressed his dissatisfaction.

"He was incompetent and indecisive, and when the matter came, he regretted it again! even prevented Dong Zhuo from coming to the capital! ”

After listening to Yuan Shao's words, Yuan Kui was very calm.

"This shows that He Jin has reacted a little, and feels that such a vigorous extermination of the eunuch may not be a good thing for him, and he has doubts about us, otherwise why stop Dong Zhuo and not Lu Zhi's disciple Guo Peng?"

Yuan Shao calmed down and asked, "What does uncle mean?" ”

"Let's wait and see the situation first, don't let He Jin have too much disgust with us, otherwise He Jin will join forces with the eunuchs in anger, and our plan will be in vain."

Yuan Kui said slowly: "But you can't do nothing, you don't come forward directly, you have to let the people in the General's Mansion persuade He Jin one by one, so that He Jin has the illusion of what the people want, and don't let He Jin react, so that there is still room for this matter to continue." ”

"Nephew understood."

Yuan Shao frowned, and said again: "But our purpose is not to make a wedding dress for He Jin, uncle, if He Jin has a different heart, what should we do?" ”

"Do what you have to do."

Yuan Kui took a sip of water lightly and said slowly: "He Suigao, don't you know yet?" As long as it's not our direct hand, it's okay, but before that, at least make sure that Dong Zhuo and his soldiers and horses have entered the range of Luoyang. ”

Yuan Shao said he understood.

Luoyang's soldiers and horses are weak, and Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses are the real elite.

Including Yuan Shu, the central army that they Yuan now controlled was not sufficient in quantity and quality to support Yuan's ascension to the pinnacle of power and control of the government after the fact.

So Dong Zhuo is where their greatest confidence lies.

Under the guidance of Yuan Kui, Yuan Shao began to change his plans and actions, and sent the former officials of the Yuan family in the General's Mansion to frequently knock on the side, intending to achieve the effect of a woman blowing the wind on the pillow.

This effect is not bad, although He Jin hesitated, but after all, he did not change his mind about killing the eunuch group, and he did not think of joining forces with the eunuchs.

At the same time, in order to keep a hand, Yuan Kui instructed Yuan Shao to write letters to the county commanders in the name of He Jin.

They were asked to follow He Jin's order to put all the children of the eunuchs in the county into prison and prepare for execution.

Then he deliberately leaked the news to the eunuchs, cutting off all possibilities for the eunuchs and He Jin to join forces.

When the eunuchs learned the news through their own channels, they were immediately shocked and despaired, and under the despair, the ruthlessness in the hearts of the eunuchs was stimulated.

"He Suigao doesn't give us a way to live, let's find a way to live by ourselves!"

Led by Zhang Rang, the eunuchs decided to carry out the last extreme operation, using Jian Shuo's strategy before his death, whether to live or die, it depends on the present!

The eunuchs entered the palace and met the Empress Dowager He through the channel of He Jin's mother, Wuyangjun, and asked the Empress Dowager He to meet for the last time and say a final goodbye, and the Empress Dowager He allowed it, so she invited the regular attendants into the palace.

At this time, it was already August 25 of the first year of Guangxi.