54. Have the last laugh
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"The general is now pretending to be sick and should not be recruited, so he wants to respond to the Kanto army, if so, he thinks that the general is unwise!"
"Oh, why is that?"
Regarding Jia Xu's words to test his desire to raise troops to respond to Yuan Shao and others in Kanto, Huangfu Song neither admitted nor denied it, he just asked lightly, not letting Jia Xu see the slightest wave on his face.
"In the first year of Zhongping, the general broke the wave in Changshe, attacked Peng Tuo in Xihua, captured himself in Cangting, beheaded Zhang Liang in Guangzong, and took the first Zhang Jiao, exterminated Zhang Bao, and won tens of thousands.
Without waiting for Huang Fu Song to answer, Jia Xu had already helped Huang Fu Song recall in advance.
"Be loyal to this dynasty and keep its ministers' festivals. Although there are many clouds, but they are wasted, they still have a name, and they are dead and immortal. I dare not hear of abnormal theories. β
"Mencius once said, 'To be born is also what I want; Righteousness is also what I want. You can't have both, and those who sacrifice their lives to take righteousness are also. 'The general abides by the foundation of loyalty and righteousness, so although he is worried and ridiculed, and is caught in the slander of eunuchs, he is still unwilling to rebel against the Han family, rejects the policy of Yan Gong, and is determined to be a pure minister of the Han family. β
Hearing that Jia Xu used the loyalty of his courtiers to provoke himself, Huangfu Song couldn't help sneering, looked at Jia Xu and said:
"At this time, at that time, although there were eunuchs at that time, but the Son of Heaven is still high above the court, now, no one in the world knows, Dong Zhongying entered Beijing, abolished the Son of Heaven, was self-tyrannical, exterminated dissidents, and controlled the dynasty. I raised troops to serve the king and welcome the Son of Heaven in the east, which is the foundation of loyalty as a courtier. β
"The general's words are absurd, Xiangguo auxiliary government, in addition to the eunuchs, the outside of the white waves, the revival of the dynasty, the famous people at home and abroad, Xun Gong Ciming, Cai Gong Bo, this is a well-known person at home, Xiangguo thousands of miles to recruit, entrusted with important tasks, and personal love, not in a prominent position, but the general is only." Destroy dissidents and control the dynasty' This is the words of the Yuan family's children, how can it be believed? β
The sword on Huangfu Song's waist was pressed and loosened, and his lips pursed, but he didn't make a sound. Jia Xu's words are indeed not unreasonable, since Dong Zhuo entered the court, he has removed eunuchs and thieves from within, reused Confucian celebrities, and restored the reputation of the party, these things are all things that Huangfu Song wanted to do, but did not do.
"Before I came, I heard that someone in the army suggested that the general should respond to the Kwantung Prefecture and attack the Luoyang Jingshi, which was a great rebellion, and the general would not take it. Yuan Benchu Gongqing's son, born in Beijing, and has no military talent, and the Kwantung soldiers and horses are not added, and the dignity and humility are disorderly, but the rabble will be captured by Xiangguo sooner or later. If the general is gullible in believing people's words, he is afraidβ"
"What are you afraid of?"
At this time, Huangfu Song finally seized the opportunity and interrupted Jia Xu's words, if he raised three auxiliary soldiers to fight with Dong Zhuo, even if there was no Kwantung soldiers and horses of the Yuan family brothers, he really didn't believe that Dong Zhuo could win him in the battle array. You must know that whether it is hitting the Yellow Turban or leveling the chaos, Huangfu Song's military exploits are always stable and stable against Dong Zhuo.
Jia Xu naturally heard from Huangfu Song's words that he interrupted him, and he was confident in his ability to command and use troops and win battles. Jia Xu smiled faintly, did not refute, saluted Huangfu Song again, and said:
"If the general raises troops to march eastward, he is willing to try to explain the situation for the general."
"Speak!"
"Among the soldiers and horses in Luoyang, in addition to the Xiliang soldiers and horses, Huangzhong Yicong, and Qin Hu soldiers originally commanded by Xiangguo, there are also new border soldiers under Lu Fengxian's department in Bingzhou, plus the five schools of the Northern Army, the Xiyuan New Army, Yulin Huben and other Kyoto soldiers and horses, all of which are the elite of the empire, and the general is in charge of three auxiliary soldiers and horses, but there are thirty or forty thousand people, and there are Liangzhou soldiers who are going east to the right to support the wind, and the abdomen and back are under the enemy, how to win?"
Huangfu Song snorted coldly, but he didn't refute it, this is also the truth, since Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, the strength of the soldiers and horses in his hands has skyrocketed several times, and he is no longer the Dong Zhongying who was steadily suppressed by himself in Sanfu in the past.
"The general may boast that he is like a god with soldiers, and he still has the confidence to win more with less, but has the general ever thought about what the result of this victory and defeat is, if he wins, it is just that the general and the jade of Xiangguo are burned, and the Son of Heaven has nothing to rely on, and he once again drifts away from his place and is humiliated by the hands of the villain. If defeated, the land of Guanzhong will fall into the hands of the rebels in Liangzhou, Sanfu will be destroyed, the soldiers under his command will be killed and wounded, and the general will also be killed and annihilated. β
After saying these words, Huangfu Song's face finally began to turn pale, his lips trembled slightly, his mouth opened slightly, and he stopped talking, what Jia Xu just said was indeed what he was worried about, and these words just hit his heart.
As a courtier, he forced the Son of Heaven to flee in a hurry, or the army was defeated and the clan was wiped out, contained in the book of historians, and it was still laughed at by the people of the world after a thousand years, how could this be what the emperor Fu Song, who wanted to be loyal to the country, wanted to see.
Finally, the distraught Huangfu Song let out a long breath and said:
"So what should I do with him?"
"The general's plan for the future, only by enlisting in Beijing can he protect his reputation, his family, and the foundation of the Han family!"
Hearing Jia Xu talk about the foundation of preserving the Han Dynasty, Huangfu Song couldn't help but smile miserably and said:
"If I give up my military power, enlist in Beijing, and give the head to others, it will be like fish and meat on a sword, how can I protect the country of the Han Dynasty."
"Otherwise, the general enters the court at this time, and it is the best policy for the general and the Han family. Just imagine, now the prime minister of the country, the Kwantung is boiling, it is the need to join hands with the general to work together, the general into the court, the upper can be the right son of heaven, the lower can stabilize the people's hearts, and it is beneficial to themselves and the country, even if there are really madmen in the DPRK to steal the government, at this time the DPRK does not need the general to sit in the town, the DPRK and the central such as Huang, Yang, Xun Zhugong, although there is a high name in the sea, but after all, it is the minister of peace, not the power to determine the danger. The one who turned the tide, who else could there be besides the general and Xiangguo? β
Jia Xu lost no time in praising the status and ability of Huangfu Song, which also sounds very reasonable, Huang Wan is the Tai Lieutenant, Situ Yang Biao, and Sikong Xun Shuang, although the three princes of the imperial court are all famous, but except for Huang Wan, who also has a little experience in leading troops, the other two are pure Confucian scribes, not people who know military affairs.
At present, the sea is boiling, and the court is uneasy, and it is indeed necessary to have a general with a prestigious reputation like Huangfu Song to sit in the court, so as to calm people's hearts and avoid treacherous people from stealing power.
Huangfu Song, who wants to be a pure minister of the Han family, has indeed moved now, but he still has one last concern in his heart about being conscripted into the court, and he can't help asking:
"If I am conscripted into the court, the country will not tolerate it, and I will be imprisoned for the crime, what should I do?"
Unconsciously, Huangfu Song has entered the ideas provided by Jia Xu to think about the problem, but after all, he still retains a trace of clarity in his heart, that is, he and Dong Zhuo are people who have had a gap, although he is saying good things now, he wants to recruit himself into the court and be loyal to the Han family together, but if he enters the court, Dong Zhuo suddenly turns his face and is ruthless, how should he deal with himself.
If Jia Xu didn't tell Huang Fu Song a reason today, Huang Fu Song would still not easily decide to be recruited into Beijing.
Facing Huangfu Song's questioning, Jia Xu smiled and said:
"Xiangguo is not a narrow-minded person, and the princes of the DPRK and China will definitely mediate for the general, so why should the general worry."
Listening to Jia Xu's somewhat perfunctory words, Huangfu Song's brows couldn't help frowning again, he was a veteran on the battlefield, this kind of light risk, hoping for others to help, he thought in his heart that the wise man did not take it.
Jia Xu also quickly noticed the change in Huangfu Song's expression, in order to prevent a temporary change of hexagram, Jia Xu thought about it, had to grit his teeth, took a step forward, and said:
"If the general is still not at ease, there is still a self-protection strategy for the general!"
"Sir, please speak!"
At this time, Huang Fu Song's attitude towards Jia Xu has also eased a lot, although the Jia Xu in front of him is lobbying himself to enter the court, but from his words, Huang Fu Song can still feel that he seems to be a scholar with his own discipline and bottom line, and he is not exactly a minion who is Zhang Zheng for Dong Zhuo.
Jia Xu kept his voice as low as he could, making sure that only Huangfu Song could hear it.
"The general can know that the son of Xiangguo died early, Su Xi is a young hero, I heard that the general's son and Xiangguo had a relationship, just γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
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Huangfu Li looked at the warm spring day in the sky, and his heart was indeed burning and anxious.
If it weren't for the fact that he was holding a sharp blade against his waist at the moment, he would have run to his uncle's tent at a high speed.
All this is a conspiracy, and it is a conspiracy with the spies in the army.
Originally, he was going to rush to the hidden tent to meet with his uncle and the army commander Shi Liangyan, but when he was walking in the camp, he suddenly heard that in the corner of the military tent, several soldiers were whispering about Huangfu Song's detention of the imperial court and wanting to raise troops to rebel against the imperial court.
Such a confidential and important matter was discovered by a few pawns, Huangfu Li was suddenly shocked, his uncle has not yet firmly entered the east to seek Dong, if these rumors in the army are allowed to spread, I am afraid that the army's heart will be in turmoil, and the major matter of seeking Dong will also be suspended.
The stakes were very high, and he immediately asked his confidants and guards to report to Huangfu Song, saying that after he had dealt with a little military affairs, he would rush over later.
And he walked into the corner, trying to catch these whispering pawns with his own hands, and torture them where they learned such confidential information, but he was clever and agile, and soon rushed to the corner and blocked a few sergeants who wanted to flee in a hurry.
In the face of Huangfu Li's fierce questioning, several soldiers trembled, panicked, and finally could only deduce that they had inadvertently heard it from outside the tent of a certain military official in the army, and it was just a matter of their lives, and asked Huangfu Li to step back and let them tell Huangfu Li only one person about this secret, so as to avoid the news from leaking out, so that the person who was quite powerful in the army knew that his pawns had been poisoned by the other party first.
Looking at the panicked soldiers, Huangfu Li did not doubt him, the stakes were very high, the less people knew, the better, he waved his hand to let the guards retreat, and he personally stepped forward to interrogate, and several soldiers did not hide it, and immediately told that the matter was overheard from the army chief Shi Liang Yan outside the tent, Huangfu Li was suddenly shocked in his heart, he had an argument with Liang Yan before, but under the mediation of Huangfu Song, he reconciled, and then respected each other.
On the one hand, he persuaded his uncle not to be conscripted into Beijing, and on the other hand, he wanted to frame his uncle for a crime of rebellion, so as to ask the court for merit and reward.
The more Huang Fu Li thought about these things, the more shocked he became, and he just wanted to rush to meet Huang Fu Song as soon as possible, and let him be careful to guard against Liang Yan's counterattack, but simply relying on the words of a few pawns, he was afraid that his uncle might not believe that Liang Yan, who he had always trusted, would betray him.
So Huang Fu Li asked the soldier again, but what evidence was there to prove that he heard it outside Liang Changshi's account, at this time, a soldier finally took out a silk silk from his arms, saying that it was the physical evidence obtained by risking death, Huang Fu Li quickly snatched it up when he heard it, and opened it in his hand to take a look.
It turned out to be a letter written in the name of Liang Yan to the Luoyang court.
In the letter, it was extremely said that Huangfu Song's uncle and nephew had plotted against the court and wanted to rebel against the court for a long time, and his bitter advice could not be reversed, so he could only secretly play the court and ask the court to send a large army to come to conquest.
The more Huangfu Li looked at it, the more shocked he became, he only felt that this Liang Yan was simply a treacherous person who was deeply hidden, and he was about to use this physical evidence to meet his uncle.
But before he started, he immediately noticed that something was wrong, although this letter tried his best to imitate Liang Yan's handwriting, but it was scribbled, and Huangfu Li could detect that it was not Liang Yan's handwriting when he looked at it a little. And how could these pawns risk obtaining such a confidential letter, and why did these pawns happen to whisper in the corner tower of the military tent on the side of the road they passed, and let themselves hear this conversation.
There's a conspiracy in this!
Huang Fu Li noticed that something was wrong, and was about to ask the soldiers who knelt on the ground in front of him again, but before he could speak, the soldiers on the ground had suddenly moved, Huang Fu Li held the letter in his hand, did not hold the hilt of the sword at his waist, and naturally could not draw his sword for the first time, so he subconsciously kicked over.
And the soldiers who jumped up on the ground were very agile, taking advantage of Huangfu Li's carelessness, although one was kicked by Huangfu Song, slowing down the movements in his hands, but the hands of others were not slow, almost a move to restrain Huangfu Li, when a few sharp blades against the key points of Huangfu Li's body, Huangfu Li knew that he cared about chaos, and he accidentally fell into the hands of others.
This soldier who held Huangfu Li hostage was naturally Yan Xing, as well as several of Zhao Hong's henchmen who secretly befriended in the army.
Huangfu Li is the biggest change in this operation, he can be literate and martial, he is smart and smart, and more importantly, he has the heaviest thoughts on uniting with Yuan Shao and others in Kanto, and it is impossible to be persuaded by Jia Xu like Huangfu Song.
Liang Yan is a scribe on his side, and Zhao Hong is a scribe in the room, the two have a lot of contacts, and they took the opportunity to poison him, Zhao Hong had already conspired in advance, but Huangfu Li was not easy to do, Zhao Hong could only think of using suspicious tactics, so that Huangfu Li and Liang Yan were suspicious of each other, delayed time, and gave Jia Xu a chance to successfully lobby.
But Yan Xing was still not at ease, so he personally pretended to be a soldier in the camp of Huangfu Song, and after some inducement, he finally took advantage of the opportunity of Huangfu Li's panic and unpreparedness to successfully kidnap Huangfu Li.
At this time, looking at Huangfu Li's anxious face, Yan Xing also wanted to say something to let him calm down for a while, and after a while, the matter came to an end, and he would naturally be able to regain his freedom.
At this time, the drums of the generals in the army were ringing "dong dong", and Huangfu Li's heart was shocked, and he wanted to raise his foot, but he was forced by Yan Xing's blade, so he could only listen to the drum in a hurry.
Yan Xing's mouth was slightly hooked, this was a signal agreed with Jia Xu and others, Jia Xu succeeded in lobbying Huangfu Song, and Zhao Hong would ring the drum of the generals in the army on time.
At this time, Huangfu Song was difficult to ride a tiger, and he himself had been persuaded by Jia Xu, and he also knew in his heart that some people in the army had fallen to the side of the court, and the general trend in the army had gone.
He had to send someone to respectfully invite the court to invite the generals, the generals in the army, in front of everyone, the confessor read out the edict of the Son of Heaven to recruit Huangfu Song back to Beijing, Huangfu Song received the edict to apply, handed over the tiger talisman of the commander, everything is going on in an orderly manner, the land of Guanzhong and the 30,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the three auxiliary soldiers and horses, and now they have entered the camp of Dong Zhuo.
After holding Huangfu Li, who was already pale, hostage for half an hour, Yan Xing met with the people sent by Jia Xu to ensure that everything had been settled, and then he really let go of Huangfu Li.
At this time, Huangfu Li's hands and feet were already weak, he looked at the soldiers and horses that had changed hands, and his heart was annoyed, so he could only pick up a few guards who were also released, and hurriedly rushed to Huangfu Song's military tent.
In the military tent, Huang Fu Li saw his uncle Huang Fu Song who was safe and sound, which made the anxious Huang Fu Li finally have a little stability in his heart.
As long as his uncle is here, the backbone of the main body is there, and things may have a turn for the better.
Huangfu Li pleaded guilty to Huang Fu Song and wanted to ask what he meant, but Huang Fu Song smiled miserably, waved his hand weakly, and looked physically and mentally exhausted, just signaling Huang Fu Li that the general trend in the army is gone, and no more futile resistance.
But Huangfu Li was still unwilling to let go easily after all, and he said with a gloomy expression:
"Uncle's original intentions, my nephew already knows, but the people in this army who have defected are really hateful, and they have ruined our major affairs, and they will put my uncle in danger, so my nephew will go to investigate, we must find out this thief, and cut him to the sword, so that I can vent this evil breath for my uncle!"
Huangfu Song shook his head, and at this time, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he said:
"Li'er, don't be impulsive, in fact, this person, when the drum sounded, I already guessed who it was, this person acted like this, and I blamed me for not knowing people properly, but since he can betray my emperor Fu Yizhen today, he will inevitably rebel against Dong Zhongying in the future, and look at it, evil is not loyal, this time I entered the court, although there was a dilemma, but I just want to see who can have the last laugh between me and Dong Zhongying."