The years are like birds, and the world is like a new chess game.

Yan Xing, who was recalled from Zhongmu to be on standby, took his soldiers and horses back to Luoyang, which was depopulated and heavily guarded.

Although he had made great achievements in burning the grain and grass of the rebels in Fengqiu, and with this success, he successfully escaped from Xu Rong's command, but in the next few months after Yan Xing's subordinates returned to Luoyang, there was no movement about his new appointment and assignment.

Along with Yan Xing's idleness, the originally good situation on the side of Dong Zhuo's camp began to deteriorate.

The first is to appease and divide the Kanto Prefecture and the county halfway to death. After Dong Zhuo asked for merit for Liu Yu, the court in Chang'an soon responded, and the Son of Heaven granted the title of prince to Liu Yu, the prince of Youzhou.

Immediately afterwards, at the initiative of Dong Zhuo, the Chang'an Imperial Court sent Han Rong, Shaofu Yinxiu, Jinwu Hu Wuban, Wu Xun, a master craftsman, and Wang Gui, a captain of the Yue Cavalry, to Guandong to appease the governors of various prefectures and counties.

However, when the executive Jinwu Hu Wuban, the general Wu Xun, the Yue cavalry captain Wang Gui and others came to Hanoi with the festival, they were detained by the Kwantung soldiers, and then Yuan Shao instructed Wang Kuang to kill all three of them.

And Han Rong, the great Honglu who came out of Wuguan, and Shaofu Yin Xiu, were also detained after meeting Yuan Zhang, and Yuan Shu killed Yin Xiu, but he was worried about Han Rong's reputation among scholars, and finally let him go.

At this point, Li Ru's plan to appease and divide the Kanto region was declared bankrupt, and the Yuan brothers were ruthlessly killed, although they also bore some infamy, but they completely disrupted Dong Zhuo's painstaking arrangement.

Afterwards, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru sighed that their plans failed, but they also had to admit that it was very tricky to deal with the Yuan brothers. Although they are all children of a family, but when their lives are at stake, they act unusually, become ruthless and cruel, regardless of etiquette and law, the last time He Jin was killed, they also joined forces to lead troops to break through the palace, scared the Son of Heaven to flee in a hurry, and the party turned defeat into victory.

This time, the Kwantung Prefecture and County were defeated one after another, and their morale was declining, if Han Rong, Yin Xiu, and Hu Wuban were allowed to successfully reach the prefectures and counties to appease them, then I was afraid that the original governors who were indecisive or fearful after the defeat would fall to the side of the Chang'an Imperial Court.

It was precisely when the Yuan brothers saw this that they were so decisive and ruthless, and directly cut off Dong Zhuo and Li Ru's idea of dividing and appeasing the Kwantung Prefecture.

And then, following Li Ru's plan to divide the Kanto region, Dong Zhuo's plot to seize Shu also failed.

Although Qianwei Taishou Ren Qi, Zhou Chen Chao, and Captain Jia Long, the Shu people who held real power, really had a rift with Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, and even fought hard, but Liu Yan, who was underestimated by Dong Zhuo, also showed his decisive and ruthless side at a critical moment.

In the face of the rebellion of the local real power faction in charge of the soldiers and horses in the state, Liu Yan did not hesitate to pay money and treasures, recruited a group of elite soldiers in Tsing Yi Qiang in Shu, and took the fierce Qiang people as the forerunner, and wiped out the rebel soldiers and horses of the Shu people in one fell swoop.

Moreover, after the victory, Liu Yan killed Wang Xian, Li Quan and other Yizhou heroes on various charges in one go, and used the means of bloodbathing the state to silence the Shu people for a while, and consolidated his authority as a state pastor.

When facing the unknown soldiers and horses of the imperial court, Liu Yan, who had settled down the interior, also began to deal with it with power, he connived and used the power of Wumi Taoism to block the passage into Shu, and then played the court to say that the rice thief cut off the road and could not be reopened, and then directly cut off the plan and worship of the imperial court.

Zhao Qian, who rode the general, did not enter Shudi, seeing Liu Yan's series of responses, he knew that Shu had no chance to take advantage of it, and he didn't want the war disaster to spread to his hometown, so he soon returned with his troops and returned to the Chang'an court.

The news that the plan was aborted or the plot was frustrated spread to Bi Guiyuan in Luoyang one after another. And Dong Zhuo didn't have time to jump like thunder, and there was new bad news later.

The currency reform in Chang'an came to a standstill, and although the newly minted currency filled the treasury, the newly minted currency could neither be recognized by the people nor really replace the five-baht coin because of the rough workmanship and cutting corners.

After the new currency was put into the private sector, it immediately caused an uproar. The price of grain in Guanzhong was originally rising due to the westward migration of a large number of people, but now because of the input of these new currencies, the price of grain has skyrocketed overnight, reaching the sky-high price of tens of thousands of dollars per stone of grain.

Guanzhong in the west fell into chaos, and there was also an urgent feather in the east of the river in the north.

The Baibo army, which was repulsed only last year, once again invaded Hedong on a large scale, and this time they also turned around and turned into a righteous army crusading against Dong thieves, Yong'an, Yangxian, Xiangling, Linfen, Puzi, Beiqu and other cities fell to the enemy one after another, and Niu Fu, who was stationed in Anyi, had no choice but to ask Dong Zhuo in Luoyang for reinforcements.

These all kinds of bad news were summarized on Dong Zhuo's case, and it became a huge bad news that his progress was frustrated and his self-protection was worried.

Dong Zhuo, who had changed the situation suddenly and was extremely happy and sad, jumped like thunder, but he had to urgently convene Li Ru, Tian Jing, Liu Ai and others to discuss after he was furious, and hurried up to come up with a feasible emergency plan.

In the front line of military affairs, Dong Zhuo is now also determined to use force to completely eradicate the rebellious Kwantung Prefecture, he has already expressed Hu Zhen, who rushed to Luoyang, as the Zhonglang general, let him lead the Xiliang soldiers and horses as the main force to attack the rebels in Yuzhou, and at the same time assigned Xu Rong of Chenggao and Xingyang to send troops and horses to assist in attacking Sun Jian.

In the face of Hanoi, which turned to the defensive, Dong Zhuo also ordered to urge Lieutenant Li Dao and Jia Xu to march and find fighters to defeat the rebels in Hanoi.

As for the problem of minting new money, after Dong Zhuo and Li Ru and others discussed, there was no good solution. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty of the former Han Dynasty reformed the currency, and it took nearly 30 years before and after, many failures, and six reforms of the currency system before finally establishing the status of the five-baht coin. At present, Dong Zhuo is even more powerless against the failure of the reform, and he can only let the matter of currency reform go unchecked, leaving it to Wang Yun and others in the court to handle it, and continue to mint new money and insist on changing the currency.

As Li Ru said before, the main direction of attack of the Dong army is still in the eastern part of the country, and it is not suitable for the army to go on an expedition to Bashu. What's more, Liu Yan blocked the road to Shu, the road to Shu was difficult, and Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses were not sure that they would successfully drive into Shu, so at this time, they could only temporarily suppress this matter, and it would be over.

Finally, regarding the pacification of the war of the Baibo army in Hedong, Li Ru actively recommended Yan Xing, who returned to Luoyang to standby, during the banquet, on the grounds that he had conquered the Baibo army in Hedong last year, Yan Xing had joined the army to fight, was familiar with the enemy's situation, and made military achievements, and now sent him to Hedong to help Niu Fu, it is to use good steel on the blade, which can not only give full play to his bravery, but also resist the continuous invasion of Hedong by the Baibo army, and prevent the Baibo army from threatening Luoyang and Chang'an.

After Dong Zhuo listened to Li Ru's recommendation, he was silent, and after thinking for a while, he slowly spoke up and agreed.

In Dong Zhuo's heart, he could also see that Yan Xing, who was personally selected by Li Ru to join the Dong army from among the soldiers, was very close to Li Ru, but before, Li Ru was valued by Dong Zhuo, and Yan Xing's strength was also weak, so Dong Zhuo turned a blind eye.

At present, Li Ru's strategy to divide and appease the Kwantung Prefecture died halfway, and he also delayed the favorable opportunity to attack the Kwantung rebels while he was victorious, although Dong Zhuo didn't say anything in his mouth, he just attributed it to the ruthlessness of the Yuan family, but in his heart, he also complained and disappointed Li Ru.

And Hedong is also an important place related to the safety of Luoyang and Chang'an, and there is no room for mistakes, so Dong Zhuo will put his son-in-law Niu Fu in Anyi to guard Hedong County. At this time, Bai Bo was rampant, and sending Yan Xing to lead the troops over was a very important matter, and Dong Zhuo couldn't help but weigh this assignment in his heart, and the benefits and losses involved.

After Dong Zhuo thought about it, he finally agreed with Li Ru's recommendation, this is because Yan Xing is indeed a more suitable candidate at present, as Li Ru said, but in the end, it is because of Dong Zhuo's trust in Niu Fu, who is guarding Hedong, that he has his own son-in-law to settle the hearts of the people in Hedong, and it is also a more appropriate way to deal with Yan Xing and other soldiers to attack Baibo.

In the end, after some deliberation, the anxious Dong Zhuo finalized the decision on these military and political affairs.

As soon as the countermeasures discussed by Bi Guiyuan came out, the officials in the prime minister's mansion also performed their duties and acted quickly, and began to deal with the urgent chaos at hand.

Yan Xing, who had been left cold for several months and was ignored, finally got a new appointment and assignment.

"Promoted to Captain Dangkou, the troops under the command of the commander and the more than 1,000 horses and horses, a total of 3,000 horsemen, rescued Hedong. After arriving in Hedong, it was temporarily under the jurisdiction of Zhonglang General Niu Fu, and worked together to fight against thieves and pacify the chaos in Hedong. ”

Silently reciting the key part of this military order in his heart, Yan Xing's brows furrowed slightly, and he remembered an uninvited guest who came immediately after the military order.

Li Ru is looking for himself again!