Chapter 55: The Death of He Jin
Wuqiu Yitun's army is in Yingchuan County, and after this county, it is the Sili area, so he is here to prepare supplies for military supplies, and when everything is ready, he will go straight to Xingyang in one breath.
"Lord Liu, Lord Liu~" A soldier shouted softly outside Liu Bei's tent, it was the third watch at this time, it was still pitch black, and with the light of the torches in the barracks, the soldier found Liu Bei's couch.
"Oops~" Liu Bei turned over, made a deep exhalation, and said weakly: "Who?" β
"I am Wuqiu Yi Darao Guard, our Lord Wuqiu Yi sent me over to ask you to go, there is something important to discuss!"
"What, Wu Qiu Yi!" When Liu Bei heard this name, his brain immediately sobered up, he immediately got up, got dressed, walked out of the camp tent and said, "Brother, let's go now, it's hard work!" β
At this time, Liu Bei was still sleepy-eyed, he scratched his eyes vigorously as he walked, wondering if this Wu Qiu Yi was because he offended him last time, so he couldn't get along with himself like this, it was still so dark, so he woke up others, one was not attacked, and the other was not the time to train, where did he come from to discuss, it was clear that he couldn't sleep, and he didn't want to sleep well when he turned around, Liu Bei's eyes were foggy at this time, and he walked into Wu Qiu Yi's camp with a stomach full of resentment.
The candlelight in the camp tent was slightly bright, Wu Qiu Yi sat in the camp tent, holding a paper document in his right hand, as if it was a secret report, his eyes were dull, staring ahead, his face was full of fear, under this faint light, it was even more gloomy, Liu Bei's sleepy eyes were suddenly awakened by the scene in front of him, and Liu Bei said softly: "General, the end is coming." β
Wu Qiu Yi didn't say anything, his mouth turned to the seat next to Nu, and asked Liu Bei to sit down.
He knocked the secret report in his hand on his left hand, and after a while, he suddenly turned his head to Liu Bei and said, "The general He Jin is dead." β
"What!" Liu Bei, who had just sat down, was suddenly frightened and stood up.
"Well, I just got the secret report from the capital, the first few things!" He waved his hand at Liu Bei and motioned for him to sit down.
After He Jin listened to Yuan Shao's suggestion, he summoned the heroes of the Quartet to gather near Luoyang, Kyoto, and he wanted to kill the eunuchs, which was already known to everyone, He Jin knew that he had no way to retreat at this time, so he appointed Yuan Shao as the lieutenant of the division, and granted Yuan Shao the privilege of false festival and special order to break it, and appointed Wang Yun as Henan Yin, and ordered Hu Ben Zhonglang to lead Yuan Shu to lead 200 people to seize the power of the eunuchs of the Yellow Gate to hold troops and guard the ban, and at the same time Yuan Shao issued a report to the states and counties, falsely claiming that the general ordered the arrest of the eunuchs' relatives, In this way, the contradiction between the eunuch class and He Jin was further intensified, and their previous struggle had reached the point of inevitability. Wu Qiu Yi lowered his head and said slowly, with a clear tremor in his voice, obviously this matter did not affect him.
"And then?"
In the face of He Jin's aggressive momentum, in order to survive, the eunuchs became one, and they decided to fight He Jin and others to the end. Just a few days ago, He Jin should enter the palace to see the Empress Dowager He, and on the way out of the inner palace, he was intercepted by Zhang Rang and Duan Jue who were holding blades in the Jiade Palace, and He Jin was killed. β
"This coup d'Γ©tat came too suddenly, but the general was killed, to be honest, this is actually not surprising, as far as I know, He Jin is not decisive in doing things, and he is hesitant to do things, and the so-called decisive is constant, but it is chaotic." Liu Bei had already walked out of the panic just now at this time.
Wu Qiu Yi gestured and said: "Indeed, when he learned that He Jin was killed, Yuan Shu burned the palace gate, and then Yuan Shao and others led the army into the palace, and anyone who did not have a beard was killed as a eunuch. Shangshu Lu Zhi and Peng Mingong in central Henan chased them to the river, and Zhang Rang and others knew that the general trend had gone, so they all committed suicide by throwing themselves into the river. β
"So the eunuch and his relatives are dead?" Liu Bei looked at Wu Qiu Yi suspiciously, thinking to himself Isn't this a good thing, the problem of relatives and eunuchs who have plagued the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years has finally been solved, why is Wu Qiu Yi dignified at this time, without a trace of joy.
"Yes, the eunuch and the relatives are dead, but the warlords of Youzhou and the state are coming, due to the sudden coup d'Γ©tat, the emperor was frightened and ran to the mountain, but the mountain is so big, and it is dark, what if the emperor is eaten by wild beasts, so up to the three princes and nine qing, down to the soldiers guarding the capital, all ran to the mountain to find the emperor, and found Bai Cai to find, this is also a good thing, if the matter ends here, it is also a good thing, since then there are no eunuchs in the court, and there is no longer the dictatorship of relatives, The bureaucrats and doctors assisted the emperor, and slowly the country could be governed. β
"And what's going on with your warlord in Youzhou and Merge?"
"At the time of the coup, Dong Zhuo saw that the palace was blazing, and he knew that there was a change in the imperial court, and immediately led the army to come to the 'rescue', the Xiliang army he led was majestic, the soldiers were strong and strong, and the central army of the imperial court was just experienced a fight with the eunuchs, and then it was the emperor who had been looking for the emperor all night on the mountain. There was no way, no one could stop Dong Zhuo from leading the army into the palace. Later, Ding Yuan's Bingzhou army also came to intervene, and now the Xiliang Army and the Bingzhou Army have carved up the security power of Luoyang's capital, and the entire Luoyang City is full of Liangzhou Army and Bingzhou Army, they are barbaric, difficult to manage, only obey their leader, even the emperor does not put it in his eyes, they rob, fight, arson, and do all kinds of evil in Luoyang City, but Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan are turning a blind eye, and now the whole Luoyang City is a hell. β
"Dong Zhuo Ding Yuan has just entered Luoyang, and his foothold is not stable, the imperial army still has a chance to counterattack, and furthermore, Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan are not people who wear a pair of pants, one represents the Xiliang forces, and the other represents the state forces, they will have a fight sooner or later, if someone in the court grasps it well, maybe they can also let them check and balance each other and reap the benefits of the fisherman."
"I don't know what the situation will be after that, but now I have to go back, the forces of Liangzhou and the state are pouring over the forces of Kanzhong and Kanto, and as a Kanto person, I can't sit idly by."
"Then I'll go with you too." Liu Bei thought that this time Wu Qiu Yi called him over, and he planned to let him accompany him to Luoyang.
At this time, Wu Qiu Yi looked at Liu Bei, thinking that Liu Bei was a good hand at politics, and his sensitivity to politics and analysis of the political situation far exceeded others, but it may not be suitable for him to lead troops to fight, but this time he decided to go back alone, and his appointment and dismissal letter had already come down, so he said: "No, the court has decided to let you serve as the captain of the plain Gao Tang, you go there to appoint it." β
At this time, Liu Bei listened to Wu Qiu Yi's words, and his heart was a little lost, now to be the county lieutenant of a county, he can't do things at all, and the current Yellow Turban thieves in Qingzhou are in full swing, they are more brutal than Zhang Jiao, and the long-term war has also made them accumulate a lot of actual combat experience, and their combat effectiveness is not the same as before, that is, Gaotang County is at risk of being attacked and occupied at any time, secondly, since Zhang Jiao's rebellion, the autonomy of the powerful landlords in various places has also taken advantage of this war to further expand, They themselves possess a large number of private armies, and Emperor Ling, in order to assist them in the central army's suppression of thieves, has also recognized that their arming is legal.
A county lieutenant of his own, even if he really wants to do something for the people, he is more than willing to do something for the people, he is more than capable of doing it, there are thieves and soldiers outside, and there are powerful landlords inside.
However, at this time, Liu Bei also knew that Wu Qiu Yi was already bored with himself because of the previous incident, since this was the case, he would no longer force it, anyway, let's go to Gaotang County first, so Liu Bei got up and said: "Yes, the last general will go back and clean up, and go now." β
You wait, Wu Qiu Yi got up and walked to the desk, picked up Liu Bei's letter of appointment, handed it to Liu Bei and said: "Do a good job, but safety first, now it's already chaotic, from the central government to the locality, there is no place that is not chaotic, put the chaos right, there is still hope, it just depends on whether people are willing or not, but you have to adapt to things in case of trouble, and only by saving your life can you have everything, so that Qingshan will not worry about no firewood!" β
"Yes, General, Liu Bei wrote it down!" Liu Bei accepted the letter of appointment and then withdrew from the camp.
At this time, it was already bright, he took a deep breath, and sneered in his heart, he really has a fate with this county lieutenant, the previous Anxi county lieutenant, and now the Gaotang county lieutenant, last time he did not run away after a few years, this time it is even more chaotic, I don't know how long I can do it.
He shook his head while thinking, and always felt that there was only one word: difficult!
Liu Bei feels that he is always in the same place, in fact, every feeling is particularly tired, but the harvest is really minimal, five years ago he was a county official, and five years later, he is still the same level of county officials, it can be seen that he has made no achievements in the past five years, just spinning in place, but how many five years are there in a person's life, but I don't know what will happen to him in the future, he walked back carelessly, holding the letter of appointment, knocked on the back of the head from time to time, and yawned.
The soldiers have already gotten up, and the time for the drill has begun, the slogan is shouted louder and louder, but if it is shouted louder, the general can no longer hear it, of course, there is no need to shout, and then these soldiers don't know what the ending will be, Dong Zhuo Ding originally controlled the government, how could they let these Kwantung warlords get close to Luoyang half a step, if Qiu Yi insisted on not listening, maybe he would be charged with rebellion.
Suddenly, Liu Bei stopped, he saw Gan'er and the other women walking towards the river with their clothes in their hands, so he waved to Gan'er and shouted, "Gan'er ......"