Chapter 254: Heavenly Gift 1/3

Huangfu Song didn't want to kill Dong Zhuo, although Dong Zhuo often opposed him, but Dong Zhongying was no longer an enemy of the court, but a "chariot general" of the imperial court. In the eyes of outsiders, Huangfu Song's behavior is too dogmatic and pedantic, but this is his consistent code of conduct.

Therefore, after Dong Zhuo left the gold and silver woman and the war horse, Huangfu Song would let him go so happily.

After driving Dong Zhuo's army back to Bingzhou, Huangfu Song immediately dispatched troops and horses to cooperate with the county soldiers of Sanfu to strangle the Hun cavalry wandering in various places. After more than ten days of fighting, the Huns lost more than 5,000 horsemen and suffered a great loss of vitality, but they relied on their horses to follow Dong Zhuo's footsteps and escaped across the Yellow River.

Although the Huns were driven away, in the past ten days, dozens or hundreds of villages have been reduced to ashes, tens of thousands of people have been killed and wounded, and tens of thousands of people have been taken captive. In addition, there are also the routs of Ding Yuan's troops who are doing mischief in various parts of Guanzhong. In order to exterminate those defeated soldiers, a lot of money, food and time were spent.

Huangfu Song destroyed Ding Yuan within two days, and then defeated Dong Zhuo, and the speed of his actions and the victory of his military might shook the world again. All of a sudden, the Kwantung princes sent envoys to Chang'an, hoping to draw Huangfu Song to their side.

Knowing that Huangfu Song had pacified Guanzhong so quickly, He Jin was also shocked. Now the vicinity of Luoyang is dilapidated, and although there is still an advantage in strength compared to Guanzhong, but in addition, all of them are weaker than Guanzhong. For example, today's people are uncertain, rebels are rising and falling, and Huangfu Song monopolizes the foundation of an emperor like Guanzhong, He Jin is shocked and frightened.

In July, after the end of the summer harvest, He Jin ordered the requisition of Huangfu Song into the court in the name of the Son of Heaven. After receiving the edict, Gai Xun, who was more seriously ill, tried his best to persuade Huangfu Song not to go to Luoyang, but Huangfu Song had made up his mind, deployed the defense of Sanfu, and properly placed the elite soldiers and strong generals under his command, so he went to Luoyang with his family and 10,000 elite generals. Subsequently, the 10,000 soldiers were completely swallowed by He Jin.

In the eyes of those ambitious people, now that Huangfu Song has monopolized Guanzhong, and there are so many elite soldiers and strong generals under his command, it is natural that Tongguan should be blocked and become a hegemon. Many people sighed for it, secretly saying that if they had such a good opportunity, what could they do.

Huangfu Song was so obedient, He Jin was greatly satisfied, and he was crowned as a captain. However, now that the imperial court is short of food and salary, it can only give official positions, but it cannot be rewarded. After depriving Huangfu Song of his military power, the general He Jin thought for a long time and prepared to send a henchman to Guanzhong. The person sent must be capable enough, and more importantly, loyal enough, otherwise, he is afraid that the land in Guanzhong will no longer be owned by the state.

Just when he was thinking about it repeatedly, when the generals under the command of the general were secretly competing, Gai Xun, who had been lying on the sickbed for a long time, died suddenly in Jing Zhaoyin's office. For a time, there was no one who could take care of the thousands of miles of fertile fields in Guanzhong, hundreds of thousands of households, and more than 100,000 troops.

Among the original three giants of Guanzhong, Ding was killed in the rebellion, Huangfu Song was requisitioned and transferred to the court, and now even Gai Xun is dead, and a huge power vacuum appeared in the entire Guanzhong instantly. When the other forces around him had not yet received the news, Lu Bu was the first to know about Gai Xun's death because he was left in Chang'an.

When Huangfu Song was there, Lu Bu didn't dare to make any rash moves. Although he is brave and brave, he knows very well that Huangfu Song's ability to use troops is even higher than himself. After Huangfu Song left, Gai Xun was still a dark cloud above his head. Gai Xun is a strong man and does not mince words about Lu Bu, but he is fair and honest, and he is deeply supported by the military and the people, so Lu Bu can only endure it.

But now that Huangfu Song is not there, and Gai Xun is dead, who else in this level can suppress him Lu Fengxian?

When Ding Yuan was alive, he once said that Guanzhong was fertile for thousands of miles, and if the four stops were blocked, it could become a country of its own. Now that this kind of God-given opportunity is in front of us, who can endure it? The fire of ambition that had been suppressed for a long time instantly burned in Lu Bu's chest.

Lu Bu almost didn't think much about it, and immediately contacted the old department in Chang'an City, and then led his troops to break into Jing Zhaoyin's office, seized the Guan Fang Yin Xin, and then closed the city gate, isolating the news inside and outside the city. Later, Zhang Liao, Gaoshun and others were sent to take over the soldiers and horses of Chang'an, and occupied the arsenal, granary, barracks and other places, and the soldiers were bloodless to absorb the elite soldiers and strong generals in Guanzhong.

Huangfu Song's headquarters soldiers and horses have long been transferred by He Jin, and recently transferred 10,000 people to the Central Plains battlefield, and those who stayed in Chang'an were newly recruited. The slightest resistance was suppressed without even making a splash.

Lu Bu had been in Guanzhong for two or three years, and he was very clear about the attitude of the Guanzhong people towards the imperial court. After annexing the forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses in Chang'an, he proclaimed himself the general of Zhengxi, appointed Zhang Liao as the former general, and led his troops to Tongguan to defend. At the same time, he also summoned civil and military officials inside and outside Chang'an, and said in public: "He Jin is perverse, conscripting troops and food is continuous, and the people of Guanzhong have suffered for a long time!" Today I led my troops to blockade Tongguan, and I will no longer give Luoyang money, food, soldiers and horses in the future, what do you think? ”

The officials present looked at each other, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, and the scene was very embarrassing for a while.

Lu Bu was anxious and shouted: "Do you agree or disagree, give me a happy word!" ”

I don't know who muttered in the corner, "If you don't speak, you agree!" ”

Lu Bu was overjoyed when he heard this, and turned his head to look in the direction where the voice came from, but he only saw the top of his head. The local officials and Haoqiang were about to gnaw on the bark and grass roots by He Jin's blood draw, and they had long been resentful, but now that someone jumped out, the big guy also agreed silently.

Anyway, if we are beaten back by the imperial court in the future, we can all say that we were persecuted by the traitor Lu Bu. Although we didn't die for the country, nor did we reprimand us to our faces, we didn't rebel either, did we? If you don't believe it, you can check it, there were many people present at the time, and none of us agreed!

In such a strange and eerie atmosphere, the authority of the imperial court was thrown aside, and most of the power in Guanzhong fell into the hands of Lu Bu. The reason why it is said that most of it is because now Lu Bu can control Chang'an and a small area around it, and he can't control other areas at all.

After learning of the changes in Chang'an, the officials in those places began to wait and see while seizing local power. All the circumstances are the same as when the imperial court lost its power to control the world after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and as a result, all over the country jumped out one after another.

It's just that this time it's in Guanzhong, and the scale is much smaller.

Hearing that there had been a mutation in Guanzhong, He Jin killed several concubines and servants in anger, and then immediately sent someone to arrest Huangfu Song. Even if the officials of the DPRK and the Chinese government pleaded with the generals of the army, they could not suppress He Jinjian's killing intent. Someone still proposed to let Huang Fu Song lead his troops to crusade against Lu Bu, which saved Huang Fu Song's life.

But just after appointing Huangfu Song as the hussar general, someone said to He Jin, saying: "Huang Fuyi has really been in Guanzhong for a long time, and now the soldiers and horses under Lu Bu's command are all his old troops, if he is ordered to lead the troops to the battle, will he be welcomed into Chang'an by the Guanzhong rebels?" ”

He Jin was terrified and shocked, and once again dismissed Huangfu Song from his official position, and put him and his family under house arrest in Luoyang City.

Huangfu Song didn't dare to use it, but the matter still had to be dealt with. Now that Guanzhong has just rebelled, the morale of the army and the people has not yet stabilized, and if the troops are sent early, maybe they can recover Guanzhong, but if it is delayed for a long time, and when the rebels gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong, it will be a catastrophe for the imperial court.

The current Luoyang court is more and more unable to make ends meet, so it relies on the money and food in Guanzhong to hang its life. As soon as Guanzhong is lost, the princes and ministers in Luoyang City will be hungry. As for the soldiers and horses on the front line in the Central Plains, there is almost no military discipline to speak of, and they have all been reduced to bandits.

So the imperial court appointed Zhu Jun as the main general, leading the 60,000 soldiers and horses that were pieced together to conquer Lu Bu. Zhu Junzi Gongwei, like Huangfu Song, made great contributions in suppressing the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and his hands were also full of blood. Although his reputation is slightly inferior to that of Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun is also a famous general in the world.

He Jin took him as a general, and handed over the last bit of soldiers and horses in Luoyang City to Zhu Jun, which gave him high hopes. It's a pity that although Zhu Jun is a strong and talented general, he is only a mortal, and he can't conjure food out of thin air to feed the 60,000 troops under his command.

Before the soldiers and horses marched to Tongguan, the soldiers were already complaining because of the lack of food. Zhu Jun tried his best to suppress, but there was almost no effect. When they were about to reach Tongguan, the army was sleeping in the wilderness at night, but the sound of crying suddenly came from the camp.

Zhu Jun was carrying a sword and patrolling the camp with his own soldiers, and when he heard the cry, he was shocked and shouted: "Who is messing with my army's heart? Immediately cut it off! ”

As a result, the pro-soldiers had not yet moved, and the barracks were like a frying pan, and the soldiers were shouting and shouting frantically. Countless people made indeterminate noises like beasts, and thousands of people attacked those around them with weapons. For a while, the shouts of killing and screaming continued, and the chaos spread to all the nearby camps.

Flames rose in the barracks, and fire and blood became the dominant force in the darkness. The frenzy lasted all night, and Zhu Jun fled to a high ground under the protection of his own soldiers, so that he was not killed by the rebels. By daybreak, the 60,000-strong army was gone.

The sun rose, and under the sun, Zhu Jun stared blankly at the ruined camp, and the whole person seemed to be more than ten years old.

Seeing that there was no danger around them, the soldiers ordered the flag to be hoisted and prepared to collect the rout. Some soldiers were rummaging through the camp to pick up food, and everything else that was available. After seeing Zhu Jun's banner, these soldiers not only did not come closer, but fled in a hurry as if they were frightened.

"Forget it," Zhu Jun said to his soldiers tiredly: "Now that people's hearts are scattered, don't do those futile things." ”

He stood up from the maza, touched the flaming battle flag on the side, and said abruptly: "I have begged for thieves for the country, and I have been born and died many times, and I never thought that there would be such a day. The court handed over 60,000 troops to me, and they were scattered before they could see the thieves. After burying so many soldiers and horses, what face will I have to return to the DPRK? ”

With that, the horizontal sword killed himself.