Yan Xing stood in the tent with his hands in his hands, looking at the head on the case, thoughtful.

Dong Dai, who is not good at poetry and books, didn't have a lofty argument just now, but Yan Xing knew that she used the allusion of "Zilu Asking Politics":

It is said that once, Zilu ran to ask Confucius where the teacher planned to start if the monarch of the country asked the teacher to govern the state affairs.

Confucius's answer was, "It must be justified!" ”

Zilu, who has always been straightforward, heard that the measures taken by Confucius at the beginning of his reign turned out to be "correct name", and immediately said his heart: Is this necessary? That's too pedantic!

Confucius couldn't cry or laugh in the face of the straightforward sub-road, so he said that "if the name is not right, the word will not go well, and if the word is not good, the thing will not be done", which is more well-known to later generations.

And now Yan Xing urgently needs to "correct his name"!

He controlled the land of the Three Rivers, and in the name of the imperial court, he took the title of Hanoi Taishou and Henan Yin, but nominally he was still the Taishou of Hedong and the general of Pingbei, and he had no power to rule the land of the Three Rivers.

Therefore, although he won Hanoi County, he had to use the strategy of "Hanoi people ruling Hanoi" to calm the hearts of the people in Hanoi.

Pei Qian became "Henan Yin", but in the cities east of Chenggao, there are still many commanders and heroes who refuse to accept this kind of jurisdiction.

The shogunate of the Heibei shogun stretched out his hand very long, and ruled the land of Mikawa with elite soldiers, but the hearts of the people were turned back, but they did not rely on the strong armor and sharp soldiers.

If you take a long-term view, it is not only to rule the land of the Three Rivers, but also to enter the Guanzhong in the future, to compete for the Central Plains in the future, and to compete with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Biao and others, all of which need to be "right-named"!

Strong as Gongsun Zan and Sun Ce, proud of their strength, their names are not right, they control the states and counties with military force, and they want to divide one side, but one ends up rebelling in all the states and the other in the hands of the powerful and powerful, not to mention Yan Xing, who is in the hinterland of the Central Plains and intends to compete with the heroes!

Only in terms of reputation and heritage, Yan Xing is not as good as Yuan Shao, who is the third prince of the fourth world and has deep roots, Liu Biao, who is ranked among the eight juns and relatives of the Han family, and even Cao Cao, who has a large number of Chen and Pei Haojie's support!

Therefore, the next Yan Xing, compared with Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Cao Cao and others, needs the Son of Heaven to "correct his name" more urgently.

This is also the reason why Hedong's vitality has not yet recovered, Yan Xing insisted on welcoming the Son of Heaven in the west, and even did not hesitate to dispatch armored cavalry and other Hedong elites in advance to risk confronting Li Dao's army head-on.

The west welcomed the Chang'an court, controlled the Son of Heaven and the courtiers, and Yan Xing had the name and official positions that were urgently needed at present, and also had the Taoism and righteousness to march into Guanzhong and compete for hegemony in the Central Plains in the future.

For the Hedong camp, this is a profitable thing, and it is worth Yan Xing's risk.

But then again, after defeating Li Dao, Yan Xing still needs to do a lot of things if he wants to control the Son of Heaven and the courtiers, squeeze out the generals in the army who are also ambitious and have the merit of protecting the Son of Heaven, and become a powerful minister under one person and above ten thousand.

The most urgent task at the moment is to establish authority and win the hearts of the people.

And there is no way to achieve this goal faster than "rewarding merit and sin".

It just so happened that the owner of the head in front of Yan Xing killed King Hongnong, aided the rebellion, coerced the Son of Heaven, and killed the ministers.

With Li Ru's head, Yan Xing can not only "correct his name", but also be able to deter Yang Ding, Dong Cheng and other generals in the army, and win the hearts of some people in the court.

"Someone come, encapsulate this head into a box, and send it to Tongguan together with the heads of Hu Feng, Wang Fang and other thieves, report to the Son of Heaven, and Lu Bu will win!"

Yan Xing soon ordered the heads of these rebels to be presented to the Son of Heaven along with the good news. He was looking forward to the shocked and frightened expression on his face when the courtiers of the Son of Heaven and General Yang Dongzhu saw this row of bloody heads.

After sending these away, Yan Xing didn't care about resting, but summoned Xi Zhicai, Zhou Liang and others as soon as possible, he shook his spirits, his rough fingers crossed the place in the pass on the map, and began to discuss with the military staff about the arrangement of the military pass.

It is now nearly December, the snow is all over the sky, the scene of the mountain closure and road freezing will come again, the land of Sanhe, where the vitality has not yet recovered, is impossible to send troops to Guanzhong at this time, and the power of Li Dao can also take the opportunity to collect the rout, return to Chang'an and survive for a while.

But once the spring of the next year begins, I am afraid that Li Dao, who has lost enough deterrence, will become the prey of people from all walks of life in Liangzhou, Hedong, and Hongnong, and Guanzhong will once again become a place of wrestling for people from all sides.

Although according to the internal situation in Hedong, Yan Xing is more willing to wait until after the autumn harvest of the next year before dispatching troops and horses to solve the struggling Li Dao in one fell swoop.

But Ma Teng and Han Sui of Longyou, there is a great possibility that they will not let Hedong wait until after the autumn, and they will be impatient to take advantage of the beginning of spring to lead the army to the east again and enter Guanzhong to pick peaches.

Therefore, west of Tongguan and east of Chang'an, Huayin City, which has a prominent geographical location, is particularly important for Hedong.

Yan Xing needs to keep a team of soldiers and horses here to deal with the upheaval in Guanzhong, which is destined to be earth-shaking next.

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The next day, under Tongguan, Yangding camp.

After missing Song Guo, Yang Ding, Dong Cheng, and Zhang Xiu, the three of them got together again.

It's just that this time at the gathering, their faces were gloomy and chilling.

After yesterday's defeat, the military strength of the three has been seriously weakened, and the total number of soldiers and horses is no more than 10,000, and most of the men and horses are wounded and their armor and canes are lost.

This bit of strength, when facing the soldiers and horses of Hedong and Hongnong, is simply vulnerable, and it is almost a one-touch collapse.

Next, if Yan Xing and Duan Xuan turned their faces, Yang Ding, Dong Cheng, and Zhang Xiu would obviously have no power to fight back.

Therefore, after entering Tongguan, as the old Chaohu County closer and closer to Duan Xuan, Yang Ding, Dong Cheng, and Zhang Xiu had a stronger sense of urgency in their hearts.

Along the way, although the cautious and old Duan Xuan did not show obvious hostility towards Yang Ding and Zhang Xiu, but looking at the swords of Hongnong's soldiers, Yang Ding, Dong Cheng, Zhang Xiu and others were still apprehensive and often worried.

So, Yang Ding, Zhang Xiu and others, who were unwilling to sit still and be arrested, got together again to discuss the next countermeasures.

"Duan Xuan is an old thief who is treacherous and hypocritical, just look at the camp of Hongnong's soldiers, he pretends to reconcile with us on the surface, but he has been guarding against us on the ground, if it continues like this, we will be controlled sooner or later."

Yang Ding looked at the two people who also had a calm face, and suddenly stretched out his fist and punched the table, breaking the silence first.

Among the three, in addition to Zhang Xiu's blood feud with Duan Xuan and Yan Xing, the grudge between Yang Ding and Duan Xuan is secondary, but it is Dong Cheng, although he was defeated by Gan Ling under Yan Xing's command before, but in essence, he and Duan Xuan and Yan Xing do not have much to do with each other.

It was only because of the strong troops of Hedong and Hongnong that Dong Chengcai, who was worried in his heart, stood on the side of Yang Ding and Zhang Xiu, trying to resist the strong Yan Xing and Duan Xuan by holding together for warmth.

Yang Ding felt that if this continued, Dong Cheng, who was not strong-willed, was likely to be timid, so he had to be the first to speak and break the silence.

Dong Cheng, who was five big and three thick, was really still timid, he rubbed his rough hands, and said hesitantly:

"Alas, but, but, I have also seen the soldiers of Duan and Yan, especially the ironclad cavalry in Hedong, which is like thunder, and the blockers are invincible, how can we resist this little force, not to mention that after the new defeat, the army's heart is shaken, and the military food is even more dependent on Hongnong, I am afraid that before we raise our troops, most of the sergeants will disperse first."

Speaking of this, Dong Cheng secretly glanced at Zhang Xiu, and then looked at Yang Ding and said:

"It's better for me to make peace with Duan and Yan in private, embrace the Son of Heaven together, and rank above the court, although I want to be subservient to Duan and Yan, I can still keep my life and wealth, how about it?"

Dong Cheng's words, although he said to Yang Ding, but Yang Ding's eyes on Dong Cheng pretended not to see, and after muttering for a long time, he suddenly asked Zhang Xiu.

"What does General Zhang think?"

Zhang Xiu, who had been silent for a long time, heard Yang Ding's inquiry, smiled coldly, a sarcastic smile appeared on his face, and said directly:

"Yang Gong is an elder below, if you have any questions, just say it bluntly, why do you need to be so probing the mind of embroidery! Xiu and Yan and Duan are blood feuds, how can they bend their knees in front of the enemy and sit down with their hands tied. ”

Listening to Zhang Xiu's words, Yang Ding smiled awkwardly, and Dong Cheng's face became even more ugly, but he still had to speak, and asked directly:

"Since General Zhang is unwilling to reconcile with Yan and Duan, could it be that in such a situation, there are other good strategies?"

When Yang Ding heard this, he also looked at Zhang Xiu intently, waiting for Zhang Xiu's next words with interest.

Zhang Xiu, who had been silent for a long time, did have a plan in his heart, he glanced at Yang Ding and Dong Cheng, Huo Ran got up, and said coldly:

"Yes! The best strategy for embroidery is to kill the Duan thief, seize Hongnong, and refuse the Yan thief outside Tongguan! ”

"Ridiculous, this, this is simply self-defeating!"

When Dong Cheng heard Zhang Xiu's scheme, he immediately jumped up in fright, pointed at Zhang Xiu and said in horror.

Then, realizing his gaffe, he put down his finger again and continued:

"General Zhang, don't be blinded by hatred, do such a disaster, our troops can't even beat Duan Xuan, how can you kill Duan Xuan, and resist the army in Hedong, hum!."

"Hehe, can't you kill it, Yang Gong, if I'm not mistaken, the servants around the Son of Heaven are very close to you."

Zhang Xiu sneered, did not pay attention to Dong Cheng, who was discolored, but turned to Yang Ding.

Yang Ding was not as out of shape as Dong Cheng, he laughed dryly, nodded straight, and admitted this fact without hesitation.

"Good! If we can raise troops and attack the thieves at night, the thieves are frightened, and there are many soldiers under my command, so why can't I take advantage of the situation! ”

Zhang Xiu slapped his fist high-five, burst into a loud sound, his face was cold, and he said categorically.

"This, this, this-" Dong Cheng heard the plan from Zhang Xiu's mouth, his face had changed greatly, he saw Yang Ding's face change, as if he was intent on moving, and hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade:

"It's too risky, how can it be done under the soldiers! Even if you succeed for a while and kill Duan Xuan, how can we resist the Hedong soldiers and horses who will attack next? ”

Zhang Xiu sneered and continued:

"We have also seen the pass of Tongguan, although Tongguan is newly built, not called Xiongguan, but it can win in the dangerous terrain, standing between the cliffs and narrow roads, in the past, Duan Xuan can resist Li Wei's army, how can we not keep the soldiers and horses of Hedong out of the pass today!"

"But the land of Hongnong has long been surrounded by Yan Xing's soldiers and horses, even if the soldiers and horses in Hedong do not enter Tongguan, they can still attack from the river and Henan, how can we resist?"

This time, it was Yang Ding who stood up suddenly, staring at Zhang Xiu with burning eyes, ignoring Dong Cheng, and asking the question he wanted to know the most.

Zhang Xiu met Yang Ding's gaze, and the tiger in a desperate situation also let out a crazy grin at this moment.

"If the Hedong army attacks, then I will wait for another edict, and in the name of the Son of Heaven, we will summon the army of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Biao and others in advance to completely disrupt this pool of troubled waters!"