A north mountain, from south to north there are five imperial tombs of the Later Han Dynasty, the Huai Tomb of Emperor Chong Liu Bing, the Wenling Tomb of Emperor Ling Liu Hong, the Xian Tomb of Emperor Shun Liu Bao, the Gong Tomb of Emperor Liu Hu of An Emperor, and the original Tomb of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu.

When the thunderstorm came, the Huailing and Xian Tomb, which were closest to Luoyang, suddenly became lively, and before dusk came a group of people and horses from the northern foot of Pishan, there were five or six thousand people, which were the soldiers and horses recruited by Wang Gui, the second son of Wang Bin, for Liu Xie, the son of heaven, as well as the elite of Yu Poison and Zhang Baiqi.

In the largest house in Huailing except for the ancestral hall and the dormitory, several torches are lit, illuminating the inside of the house, and several big men are gathering together to eat and drink happily.

These big men are a few commanders of this army of soldiers and horses, led by Yu Poison, Zhang Baiqi and Zhang Baiqi, as well as Huanglong, Qingniujiao, Lei Gong, Fuyun, Baique and other handsome, they are from humble backgrounds, and many people have no decent names, so they have taken some names for the sake of prestige.

These canal marshals have their own mountains, they are active in the southern section of Taihang Mountain, and Zhang Yan was originally active in the middle and northern section of Taihang Mountain, after Zhang Yan surrendered to Zhang Liao, these canal marshals in the southern section are not willing to follow, and continue to gather in the mountains and forests. When Wang Gui was ordered by Liu Xie's edict to recruit troops in Hebei, he contacted Zhang Baiqi and Yu Poison, and when Yu Poison was defeated by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao successively, his momentum decreased sharply, so he responded to the imperial court recruitment and brought in several other commanders, with a total of nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses.

This time, in response to the secret edict of the Son of Heaven, Yu Poison and other Qu Shuai wanted to pass through Hanoi, and it was not appropriate to make too much noise, so he only brought 5,000 elites to Luoyang Mianjun, including some people recruited by Wang Gui from the local area.

There was a thunderstorm outside, and several Qu Shuai were drinking inside, and Wang Gui, who was secretly named General Huaizhong by Liu Xie, walked in.

"General Wang, come and drink." The little handsome Lei Gong greeted loudly.

Wang Gui's background is not bad, and he also tastes the things of a ranger in the county, so he can contact Yu Poison and Zhang Baiqi and other commanders, but the smile on his face at this time is a little reluctant.

These people in front of them were originally from the Yellow Turban and the rest of the Black Mountain, how do they know any rules, and they have only been here for half an hour, and they have made the quiet cemetery into a miasma.

It was difficult for the royal rules to restrain the behavior of these soldiers, so they could only worship outside the ancestral hall and dormitory of the two emperors, this is the imperial tomb, supreme, but it was turned into a vegetable market, he can imagine that his cousin Liu Xie will definitely blame him after learning about it!

At this time, he only hoped that he could make a great contribution to the imperial court this time, so that Liu Xie could skip this matter, and he was even more glad that this imperial tomb had already been dug up by Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, otherwise Yu Poison and Zhang Bai would secretly dig up the imperial tomb if they couldn't keep it, then his crime would be even greater.

As soon as Wang Gui sat down, Yu Poison, who was opposite him, said loudly: "If you have a word to ask, please don't mind General Wang." ”

Wang Gui chuckled in his heart, but there was a smile on his face: "My own brother, why should Yu Shuai see outside, but if you ask, the younger brother will not answer." ”

Yu Poison was unmoved, stared at Wang Gui and said in a deep voice: "I'm waiting to enter Beijing this time, but I want to be the enemy of the general?" ”

"Yu Shuai is talking about General Zhang?"

Cold sweat broke out on Wang Gui's forehead all of a sudden, and he quickly shook his head and denied: "No, how could it be, now he is crusading against Yuan Shu in Yuzhou, and he is not in Luoyang." ”

"That's fine."

Yu Poison glanced at Wang Gui meaningfully, and said very calmly: "Don't hide it from General Wang, we are willing to serve the Son of Heaven, but we dare not be the enemy of the general, if we really face the general, we will retreat." ”

Wang Gui felt that the whole person was not good all of a sudden, he didn't want Zhang Liao to have such a prestige, and he could make these bold and unruly guys so afraid.

He didn't know that Zhang Liao had been in Pinghedong Baibo for years, collected the Black Mountain of Jizhou, suppressed the Yellow Turban of Qingzhou, and defeated Yuan Shao and Cao Cao several times.

"Come on, Brother Wang, have another drink to warm up, this rain keeps falling, it's really a little cold."

Zhang Sheng, who was named Zhang Baiqi, affectionately pulled Wang Gui to drink.

Wang Gui took the wine glass, his face was as usual, but he was very flustered in his heart.

When the Son of Heaven issued a secret edict to him to recruit troops, he vaguely guessed that the Son of Heaven was to deal with the general, otherwise why would he act in secret?

Now Yu Poison and these Qu Shuai have clearly said that they dare not face Zhang Liao, so will it ruin the great affairs of the Son of Heaven at a critical time?

The consequences are unimaginable! He can't afford it!

Then Wang Gui drank a drink in a daze and found a reason to go out.

As soon as Wang Gui left, the room fell silent, several Qu Shuai glanced at each other, Yu Xuan frowned and said: "It seems that the Son of Heaven recruited me and waited, most likely to deal with Zhang Liao." ”

Although these Qu Shuai are born with mud legs, they can still survive after wandering for so long, which one is not cunning and cunning, although Wang Gui hides his emotions, how can they not see it.

In fact, they had already guessed a few points, and this time it was only the final confirmation.

Lei Gong said loudly: "What if you are an enemy of Zhang Liao, it's a big deal that I will go back to the mountain ...... later."

"Wrong!" Zhang Sheng's expression was solemn: "We are not afraid of others, but we can't afford to offend Zhang Liao, don't forget that Feiyan Marshal is under his command, if he orders Feiyan Marshal to lead troops to attack, we will be difficult to resist!" ”

Zhongqu Shuai was silent for a while.

Zhang Yan was once respected as the big leader of the million-strong Black Mountain army in the eight hundred miles of Taihang Mountain, how could they be idle, they could not be afraid of other princes and even the imperial court, but they could not be afraid of Zhang Yan, because Zhang Yan was not only familiar with their combat methods, but more importantly, he was familiar with their roots, including the location of the old nest.

At this time, Fuyun Xiaoshuai suddenly said: "Actually, the general and I are all the way. ”

All the Qu Shuai were stunned and looked at Fuyun: "Why do you say this?" ”

Fuyun used to be a county official, and he couldn't fight, but he had always had a lot of insights, he got up and thought about it, and said: "When we first started the army, we were arrogant and rampant, and the evil officials bullied and oppressed, and we were cornered, but so? ”

"Exactly! Precisely! ”

Zhongqu Shuai agrees, in fact, many of them are county scoundrels, but who thinks they are bad think that they have come to this point is someone else's fault.

Fuyun looked at everyone's expressions, narrowed his eyes, and said slowly: "I heard that the general and I are generally from a small background, and the most hated the powerful and bullies, and the officials of the state, Hedong, and Hanoi ruled the Qingming Dynasty, and the children of ordinary people can study, and he also implemented the imperial examination system, everyone in the world knows, no matter whether you are high or low, as long as you pass the imperial examination, you can be an official, we can't read, but my sons and grandsons may not be able to study......"

When Fuyun said this, all the Qu Shuai were shaken.

No matter which path they themselves take, but since ancient times, the Chinese people have longed to be officials, and they are the same, they can't, but if their children and grandchildren can become officials, they will die blindly.

In response to the edict of the Son of Heaven, they did not have this idea.

Fuyun continued: "We will follow the Son of Heaven, but how can the Son of Heaven and those ministers of the family look down on us, only by following the great general, can we have a chance." ”

Fuyun paused, and said meaningfully: "And I heard that Mr. Wujiao, the land immortal, also followed the general. ”

The crowd became excited, gossiping, and some even proposed to directly defect to the general, attack the imperial court, and change the dynasty.

In the end, Yu Poison suppressed everyone's excited emotions, and said in a deep voice: "I heard that the general is not in Luoyang now, and there are other forces in the imperial court, I will go to the imperial court to meet the Son of Heaven first, and then act when the opportunity comes, and then make a decision." ”

"Good!"

"Just listen to Yu Shuai!"

"Let's go see the emperor first, and see how the emperor is?"

"If the emperor really wants to kill the general, I will wait for the opposite, just set up a petition to vote and change the dynasty......"

If Liu Xie had been here, he would have fainted long ago when he heard the shouts of these soldiers he had helped.

……

On the night of the same thunderstorm, when the poison and others had their own thoughts, a group of soldiers and horses were stationed in the pavilion more than ten miles east of Luoyang City, with more than 10,000 troops, including 2,000 cavalry.

In the hall of a mansion in Duting, a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and fine eyes sat on the top, his eyes were awe-inspiring, and it was Cao Cao who should have rushed to Luoyang at dusk tomorrow!

It turned out that Cao Cao concealed the news of the march from Dong Cheng, but left some soldiers and horses in Chenggao, erected a big banner, and pretended to be the main force, and his main force had already arrived near the left of Luoyang, as long as he took action, he could rush to Luoyang in an hour, and in the case of Zhang Liao's departure from Beijing, 10,000 soldiers and horses could influence the situation in Luoyang at any time.

Under Cao Cao, Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Xiahou Yuan, Yu Ban, Le Jin, Li Dian, Man Chong, Shi Lian and other fierce generals are all listed, this time Cao Cao can be described as a desperate gamble!

Cao Cao glanced at Cheng Yu, then swept over the generals below, got up and drew his sword, raised his head high, and his voice was impassioned: "Before, I fought Yuan Shu with the general, and I didn't want the general to be a traitor, and I didn't know whether I was alive or dead in Yuzhou, but there were villains in the back of the court who took the opportunity to make trouble, and now I want to work with you to punish the evil spirit!" Qingjun side! Kuangfu Sheji, a great cause! ”

The generals below were all enthusiastic and shouted in unison: "Punish the adulterous evil!" Qingjun side! Kuang Fu Sheji! Together, we will do great things! ”

If Dong Cheng was here, I am afraid that he would have been dumbfounded, he called Cao Cao as an ally, originally to use Cao Cao to resist the counterattack that might come from Zhang Liao or his subordinates in front, and did not want Cao Cao to come, but with the slogan of killing Dong Cheng, he was determined to seize Luoyang and control the Son of Heaven.

It is the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind, in terms of strategy, Dong Cheng is a scum compared to Cao Cao, not to mention that Cao Cao has already planned, Dong Cheng doesn't know that he can have today's "good situation", which is completely planned by Cao Cao and Cheng Yu in secret.

Brightening the banner and boosting morale, Cao Cao ordered the generals to retreat and rest early, leaving Cheng Yu to discuss tomorrow's affairs again.

The two have been planning for a long time, this time just in case, and soon they planned it properly, Cao Cao suddenly sighed: "Yuzhou is dangerous, I don't know if Wenyuan can escape the catastrophe, this time in Luoyang, I must protect his family, not to make the hero desolate behind him!" ”