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Yang Feng, Wang Dang, Liang Baiwu, Liao Lei, Yuan Yao and others returned to Chang'an safely.

Yang Feng's injuries were serious due to the delay in treatment, and the great Sima Xu Rong and the chief lieutenant Zhang Yan hurried to the house to visit. Yang Feng was furious, gritted his teeth, and scolded Li Wei, "If you are not from my northern Xinjiang, you can't lead the army, but Li Zhongyuan, for his own selfishness, actually ignored Sheji, and insisted on letting Yuan Yao be the commander of the Yuzhou army, which resulted in the fiasco of Nanyang." ”

Xu Rong and Zhang Yan were silent.

"The two of you are also responsible, in the face of Li Zhongyuan's advance, blindly indulge in tolerance." Yang Feng was so angry that he hit his head on the sickbed, "I hate it...... Why do you want to put up with it? Why? I'd rather die than go back to Chang'an......"

"The general is gone......" Zhang Yan shook his head again and again, helpless, "What can we do?" In the current situation, what can be done other than concessions and compromises? ”

"The general is no good...... Yang Feng's eyes widened in horror, "Who said that?" Isn't he seriously ill? How could he not work? ”

"The general is too tired. He fought on the battlefield all the year round, worked hard for the country, and stayed up all night, and finally became ill from hard work and suffered from stomach pain. During the Great War of the Central Plains, he had fallen once, but that time Master Huatuo arrived in time to save his life. Zhang Yan was grief-stricken, "Stomach pain is actually not a big problem, but the spleen and stomach are weak, which is caused by perennial fatigue and excessive worry." So back then, Master Huatuo repeatedly said that he wanted to recuperate and not go to the battlefield again, but the general didn't listen at all. This expedition to the northwest and Xinjiang, the army from the west to the east, a long journey of more than 10,000 miles, very arduous, like the soldiers, can only eat raw and cold food, can only drink blood, can only walk on the snow. In the Battle of the West Sea, the north wind was cold, the wind and snow were howling, and he did not listen to the dissuasion and personally rushed to the battlefield to fight, but he was seriously injured. He is too stubborn, he treats his life as a child's play, how can an old illness not recur? Well, now that he's fallen, ZTE's great cause is over. ”

"Really?" Yang Feng asked desperately.

"On September 29, the eldest princess returned to the government of Xiao Tianzi in Zhongshan Kingdom, and Xiao Tianzi issued a decree to give marriage. Then the eldest princess accompanied the general to Jinyang, and the little emperor led the army to the Nanyang battlefield to rescue. Xu Rong said slowly, "As of today, we have not received any news from Jinyang, that is to say, the general's condition does not show any signs of improvement. As a result, the situation in Chang'an took a sharp turn for the worse and plunged into an extreme crisis. ”

"Oh my God...... Yang Feng cried out bitterly, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault...... Why should I fight the Battle of Nanyang? Why do I have to fight this battle? ”

"Whether the Nanyang War will be fought or not is not up to you." Xu Rong smiled bitterly, "The prime minister has to fight, and he also sent Jia Kui to Jinyang secretly to persuade the eldest princess." I can't stop it, I can only hold on to a bit of luck, I hope you can return safely with the army, who knows......" Tears welled up in Xu Rong's eyes, "My heart is too soft, too soft...... Back then, Yu Xing (Xian Yufu) said that he couldn't stay in the court, I didn't understand it, I thought his personality was too upright, but now I understand that his heart is too soft, and he can't do it...... Me too. I regret it, I'm sorry for the 30,000 soldiers who died......"

Zhang Yan stretched out her hand and patted Xu Rong's shoulder, wanting to comfort him, but her heart was too sad and she was choked up for a while.

"The general has fallen, what shall we do?" Yang Feng closed his eyes and groaned in pain.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes suddenly, and with a force of his hands, he sat up from the sickbed, "Who came forward?" Who stepped in to solve the crisis this time? Isn't it Shinoran? ”

Xu Rong and Zhang Yan looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

"Where's Zilong? Did Xiao Lan suggest that Zilong be transferred back to Chang'an? Yang Feng trembled, his eyes widened suddenly, and he asked again.

The two nodded.

Yang Feng's eyes were split, "Did she suggest that the imperial court abolish the position of general?" ”

Zhang Yan sighed and did not speak. Xu Rong's eyes showed admiration and nodded again.

"Li Zhongyuan, you rebellious ministers and thieves, rebellious ministers and thieves......" Yang Feng looked up to the sky and cried out, his hands were no longer able to support his body, and he fell heavily on the couch.

Yang Feng is Yang Feng, this nine-headed bird is thoughtful, and it is really powerful. The reason why the two of them did not resolutely stop the attack on Nanyang was that they hoped that Yang Feng would save the day, but the two never thought that the clan of the gate lords would be so ruthless that they openly colluded and rebelled, and sent more than 30,000 soldiers to a dead end. It's ruthless, it's too ruthless, Li Wei, who hates and regrets, loses his mind, and has to force all his opponents out and kill them all at once, but people are not as good as heaven, at this time the general fell, the situation changed greatly, Li Wei was in a desperate situation, and he was in a dilemma.

At this time, only Xiao Lan came forward, Xiao Lan was the first guest of the eldest princess's mansion, and she was the plenipotentiary representative of the eldest princess in Chang'an, and only she could maneuver between the various forces in Chang'an and quickly resolve the imminent crisis. But at this moment, the resolution of the crisis, the tranquility of Chang'an at this moment, is just an illusion, a bigger storm is brewing, and Chang'an is ushering in a bloody storm that is enough to destroy the community.

The general is dead, how will the big *Han Wind* (**please delete) clouds surge?

All forces in Chang'an are rapidly adjusting their strategies and adjusting their deployments at the fastest speed, they must first protect themselves, and secondly, they will win the maximum benefits in the future court structure.

Is it true that the general is not good?

The eldest princess has been in love with the general for more than ten years, and if nothing else, she will continue to be in love, because she can't marry the general, and if she marries the general, it will be a disaster for the society, unless she ...... Unless the general is going to die, she marries the general before he dies, so that she can not only inherit the general's force and stabilize the society in the name of justice, but also get her long-cherished wish to be by the general's side when he is dying.

Now the eldest princess is married to the general, although there is no wedding ceremony, but the holy decree of the Son of Heaven is enough, and the seriously ill general takes the holy decree and accepts the marriage. From this, it can be judged that the general is indeed dead, terminally ill, and death is only a matter of time.

The general is dead, what should the big man do?

The eldest princess inherited the general's northern Xinjiang armed forces, and her strength suddenly increased, but she lacked skills, she had to replace the general to control the desert, and for a long time she had to sit in Jinyang, in order to completely stabilize the northwest and the desert. In this case, she can only return to the government of Xiao Tianzi, and can only let Xiao Tianzi sit in Chang'an.

With the current strength of the eldest princess and the force in her hands, she can control Chang'an, which is thousands of miles away in Jinyang, but can Xiao Tianzi control Chang'an?

If Xiao Tianzi can control Chang'an, if all forces in Chang'an respect Xiao Tianzi and obey Xiao Tianzi's words, then in a few years, when Xiao Tianzi is thirteen or sixteen years old, the eldest princess can hand over all the authority.

However, today's Han is a Han built on the ruins, today's Han is a Han built on the basis of northern Xinjiang, and today's Han is still split, and it is still far from unifying the four seas. More importantly, the contradictions in the Han Dynasty today are on the verge of exploding, and they are completely forcibly deterred and suppressed by the might of the generals. If the general dies and the town system is gone, contradictions will inevitably erupt, and the first to suffer the blow is the fragile imperial power.

Think about the Chang'an Mutiny back then, when Dong Zhuo was killed, what happened next? The armies of Li Dao and Guo Yan entered Chang'an, the blood of the ministers of the court and the central government stained the avenue red, the Son of Heaven and the imperial court became the tools of the warriors, and Sheji inevitably went to ruin.

How similar is Chang'an today to Chang'an 14 years ago? The only difference is that the general is still dying, and all parties in the imperial court have learned the lessons of the Chang'an Rebellion 14 years ago, and are quickly formulating and implementing countermeasures.

The general urgently transferred Lu Bu from Chang'an, obviously worried that General Lu Bu would become a weapon of scholars like he did back then, and once again embark on the road of no return, and what does the general's move mean? It shows that he is unable to control Chang'an, that he has no confidence in the eldest princess to control Chang'an, and that he is extremely disappointed in the warriors and scholars of Chang'an because of the Nanyang fiasco, and he no longer trusts the Chang'an court and the civil and military ministers of Chang'an.

The general's distrust of the court and ministers made him make a categorical decision, handing over the armed forces of northern Xinjiang to the eldest princess, letting the eldest princess have the iron cavalry of northern Xinjiang, and at the same time letting Xiao Tianzi go south to Luoyang, with the help of Fu Gan, Jia Xu and others, control the four prefectures of Jiqing, Yanyu and Wu Xiong, Gao Shun, Lei Chong, Zang Ba and other people's army of more than 100,000. In this way, even after his death, all parties in Chang'an fought for power and profit, and even Chang'an was destroyed, and the two armies of Jingzhou and Yizhou entered the pass, the eldest princess and the little emperor still had the strength to defend the Han Sheji.

Chang'an is gone, there is Luoyang, the Chang'an court is gone, and it can be rebuilt in Luoyang. As long as the eldest princess is still there, as long as the emperor of the Han Dynasty is still there, as long as the iron cavalry of northern Xinjiang and the army of Hebei and Henan are still there, everything is still in time.

What about Chang'an? What was Chang'an's reaction to the general's efforts to defend Sheji?

Fear is not the fear of the defeat of the society, but the fear of its own destruction. They once betrayed the Han Dynasty and betrayed Sheji, but they were frantically retaliated against by Dong Zhuo and the Xiliang Army, and suffered a devastating blow. Today, they betrayed the Han Dynasty again and betrayed Sheji, fortunately, the general is not good, he is about to die, he can't purge the rebellion, the only thing he can do is to leave the strong Northern Frontier Army to the eldest princess and the little Tianzi.

The eldest prince will take revenge on them, and when the little son of heaven grows up, he will also take revenge on them. Do they still have a chance? Yes.

The general died, and the eldest princess and the powerful northern iron cavalry were restrained by the northwest and the desert, and could not pose a substantial threat to Chang'an in the short term. After the death of the general, the eldest princess actually controlled the authority of the Han Dynasty, and the authority of the little emperor was insufficient. In this unfavorable situation, in order to help Xiao Tianzi, his ministers had to fight against the southern rebellion on the one hand, let Xiao Tianzi establish meritorious deeds to increase his authority, and on the other hand, use the situation in Chang'an to restrain Jinyang and force the eldest princess to gradually hand over all authority as Xiao Tianzi's authority increased.

What is the situation in Chang'an? The battle between the samurai and the warriors, the tragedy of fourteen years ago is repeated again.

The Nanyang fiasco, in the final analysis, was a struggle for power, a struggle for power between warriors and scholars, and the result of the joint manipulation of warriors and scholars, and more than 30,000 soldiers became victims of the power struggle. Although the cause was the restructuring, a struggle between the bureaucrats represented by Li Wei and the clan of the gate lords represented by Yang Biao and Yuan Yao, the warriors sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, and the intention of the fisherman to profit was also clear.

Do the scholars have the strength to fight against the warriors now? Yes. Under the advance of Li Wei, and under the concession of Xu Rong and Zhang Yan intentionally or unintentionally, Chen Hao worshiped General Wuwei and commanded the Northern Army as the ruling Jinwu. After Zhao Yun, the general of the Right Guard, left the Longnan battlefield, the army on the Longnan battlefield was commanded by Chen Hao. The Fourth Battalion of the Northern Army, Sima Yi's Huwei Battalion, and Wei Yan's Huya Battalion all listened to Chen, and if there was a change in Chang'an, this army could quickly return to Guanzhong in the name of Gongwei Gyeonggi. Xiao Lan suggested that Zhao Yun be transferred back to Chang'an, precisely to facilitate Chen Hao's rapid control of the army. Chen Hao used to be a fierce general, who made contributions in the Liupan Mountain War, and later served as the supervisor of Northern Xinjiang, and was also a well-known person among the civil and military ministers of Northern Xinjiang.

The Yuzhou rebels controlled by the clan fled to Xiangyang, but they still had the sailors of Yang Hua, the general of Lou Chuan, and the army of Zhang Xiu, who led Hongnong Taishou Zhang Xiu, the general of Wu Rui. Yang Hua is a person of Yang Valve, and of course supports his family without objection. Zhang Xiu is a member of the old Xiliang Army, and his subordinates are all veterans of Xiliang, although he has Xu Rong's care, but he has been very depressed under the exclusion and blows of the Northern Xinjiang Department and the Yellow Turban Department. Especially after his defeat in Nanyang the year before last, he was almost dismissed and driven out of the army, and later his subordinates jointly interceded, and Xu Rong tried his best to defend it, so he was demoted and retained, and led the army to garrison Luoyang, completely losing the opportunity to make contributions in the southern battlefield. Zhang Xiu was related to Yang Valve by marriage, and his situation in the army forced him to turn to Yang Valve for protection.

The general fell, the warriors lost their support, and if they wanted to gain a foothold in the court, they had to rely on their own efforts. And the death of the great general gave the scholars the opportunity to drive the warriors out of the court.

In order to regain the trust of the eldest princess and the Son of Heaven, the warriors of Chang'an had only one way, to kill all the people who should be killed, and then help the eldest princess to defend the frontier, help the little Son of Heaven to calm the world, and continue to enjoy glory and wealth.

The gate valve families in Chang'an have been unbearable, they have been hit hard by the new deal repeatedly, and they have suffered heavy losses, and now is the opportunity to turn over. In all dynasties, scholars ruled the world, as long as the warriors were driven out of the court, of course the eldest princess and the little emperor would not kill them again. Moreover, now the martial arts are too strong, and killing a group of them is very conducive to the eldest princess and the little Tianzi to control the army and stabilize the society.

However, their strength is not strong enough, and if they want to defeat the martial artists, they still need the help of Li Wei. Li Wei is in a dilemma, and it is not a good way to reach an understanding with the gate lord family, and to take advantage of the death of the general to redistribute the power of the court.

The gate valve family wants to use Li Wei to kill the martial artist before killing Li Wei, and Li Wei wants to use the gate valve family to get rid of the current predicament, let the martial artist and the gate valve family fight first, and then use the chaos as an excuse to join forces with the martial artist to kill the gate valve family. In his view, if the society wants to revitalize, it must be restructured, and if it wants to be restructured, it must kill people. The Chang'an Rebellion can not only kill the gate valve families who oppose him, but also use them to weaken the strength of the warriors, killing two birds with one stone. Li Wei never forgot to kill someone, if it weren't for the fact that the general suddenly fell seriously ill, he would have been killed. He believes that as long as he works hard, he will succeed, even if God doesn't help. The key to killing people in these years is not by force, but by wisdom.

"General, general......" Yang Feng cried out bitterly, "It's not the right time for you to leave." Now that you are gone, the Han will be completely divided, and there will be no reunification again. ”

"Qi Zhi ......" Zhang Yan was worried that he would be angry and hurt his body, so he hurriedly persuaded, "Don't worry, the general is not dead yet, we still have time." At present, the most critical issue is that we must find a way to prevent Li Wei from joining forces with the gate valve family. ”

"Kill Xiao Lan and send someone to assassinate Xiao Lan." Yang Feng slammed his fist on the sickbed, "Xiao Lan is dead, they can't join forces, Li Wei is bound to go crazy, and the problem will be solved." Isn't it murder? Back then, Dong Zhuo could kill, Li Dao could kill, why can't we kill? ”

"Qizhi, calm down......" Xu Rong glared at him fiercely, "The top priority now is stability, stability, Chang'an can't be chaotic, once Chang'an is chaotic, the rebels will attack Guanzhong from the direction of Wuguan and Dasanguan, if the gate lord family defects as a whole, our efforts for more than ten years will be in vain, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers will die in vain." ”

"Brother Zilie, Xiao Lan's proposal to abolish the official position of the general is to split the army, weaken the strength of our warriors, and provide them with an opportunity to control the government, can't you see such a simple thing?"

"No, it's not. You misunderstood. Xu Rong shook his hand and said, "The purpose of abolishing the official position of the general is to maximize the support of the army for the eldest princess." The official position of the general is gone, and the military power subordinate to the general will be transferred to the hands of the Son of Heaven and the eldest princess. Xiao Lan is trying to prevent the division of the army. ”

"But what about us? The eldest princess has an army, what about us? My army was buried on the battlefield of Nanyang, and we only had 20,000 southern troops left in our hands. Relying on such a small number of people, how to ensure the stability of Chang'an? Yang Feng sighed, "Is Yan Wuxing and Jiang Wu's army still there?" ”

"Yan Wuxing has already returned to Jinyang in a hurry." Xu Rong said, "Jiang Wu's army is in Chencang, and I plan to return to Western Xinjiang with him." ”

"You're going to the West?" Yang Fengjian frowned, stayed for a moment, and then looked up to the sky and laughed, his laughter was full of sadness and pain, "You go to Xijiang?" You rely on this method to stabilize Chang'an? Okay, what a way...... The general is dead, there is the eldest princess in Jinyang, the little emperor in the Central Plains, and you have the big Sima in the western Xinjiang, but what about Chang'an? Chang'an left it to its own devices? Or give it to Xiangyang to rebel? ”

"Feiyan, we're leaving, we're leaving......" Yang Feng pointed at Zhang Yan and said gloomily, "We can't go to Taihang Mountain, we will cross Liupan Mountain, go to the north, and go to Hetao." ”

"Qizhi, what nonsense are you talking about?" Zhang Yan said dissatisfiedly, "Zilie's trip to the western frontier is equivalent to controlling tens of thousands of iron horsemen, which is a huge threat to Guanzhong, who dares to move?" As long as Chen Hao and Sima Yi's army crossed the Dasan Pass, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry would be able to enter Fufeng County within a day, and no matter how bold Li Wei was, he would not dare to recruit the northern army back to Beijing. Without Chen Hao's army, what else could Yang Hua's sailors and Zhang Xiu's Xiliang army do? Do they dare to fight Chang'an? ”

"What if they do?" Yang Feng scoffed, "When Wang Yun killed Dong Zhuo back then, how many people did he have?" What are these outlaws afraid to do? If the Jingzhou army fights Yingchuan on the one hand and drags down the Luoyang and Yuzhou armies, and on the other hand attacks Wuguan with the main force, what will we do? If the Yizhou army goes north at this time and drags the army in Longnan again, will the southern army of Chang'an be dispatched? The main force of the Southern Army has arrived at Wuguan, what else do you use to defend Chang'an against Yang Hua and Zhang Xiu's army? Do you still think that these gate valve families only have big men in their hearts, only sheji, and only the son of heaven? ”

"Don't say it." Zhang Yan waved his hand angrily, "It's still the same sentence, the general is not dead, and now that Da Sima has gone to the western frontier, he has formed an encirclement and clamp on Guanzhong with the eldest princess of Jinyang and the little emperor of Luoyang, which is enough to suppress Chang'an." ”

"What if the general dies?" Yang Feng asked sharply.

Zhang Yan and Xu Rong looked at each other and couldn't say a word.

"Changgong mainly controls the northern Xinjiang and the desert, and does not dare to leave Jinyang for half a step. The prestige of the little emperor is insufficient, and the armies of all walks of life in the south may not obey the order, once someone rebels and hostages the little emperor, the Central Plains is bound to be in chaos. The Central Plains is in chaos, Guanzhong is in chaos, the southern rebels are roaring up, Da Sima, you will become the second Han Sui, you are waiting to starve to death in the western Xinjiang. Yang Feng looked at Xu Rong angrily, gritted his teeth and said, "Listen to me, kill Xiao Lan, provoke Li Wei, let him come out and kill the gate lord family, let them fight first, and then we will transfer troops from Western Xinjiang and serve them in one pot." ”

Xu Rong thought for a moment and shook his head resolutely. Zhang Yan hesitated.

"If there is no continuation, you will be troubled." Yang Feng suddenly lifted the thin quilt on his body and sat up staggeringly, "Zilie, you leave Chang'an immediately, no matter what happens here, it has nothing to do with you." I can't just watch the poor people of the world be displaced by our stupidity, starving all over the wilderness, and even going back to the Taihang Mountains. You go, I'll do the murder. ”

"You give me a few days." Xu Rong stopped Yang Feng, "My request to inspect the Western Xinjiang has just been sent, if the Son of Heaven crosses the Yellow River, I will soon receive the holy decree." If nothing else, it should be the Prime Minister's agent for state affairs. The Prime Minister knows about this, and Xiao Lan also knows, what my purpose is, and they must know very well, if the Prime Minister insists on going against us......"

"Aren't you okay with killing?" Yang Feng was so angry that his eyes turned red, "If you don't kill people, after the general dies, let's wait to lose our heads." ”

"The eldest princess doesn't dare to do this to us at the moment." Xu Rong said, "We still have time. ”

"Brother Zilie, who launched a mutiny to coerce the eldest princess? It's us, it's our ......" Yang Feng's voice was hoarse, "If we don't control the court now, and wait until the general dies, it will be too late, everything will be too late......"

Xu Rong was silent, he really didn't know if he should follow Yang Feng's advice and kill him. If he is killed, what is the difference between it and Dong Zhuo's atrocities back then? The family of the gate lords, the wealthy businessmen and tycoons in various places are bound to rebel because of fear, and when the smoke is everywhere, the rebellion in the south will take advantage of the situation to counterattack, can the society still be saved? If the community can't be saved, can it still keep the poor people?

"Wait, give me a few more days, I want to know the exact news of Jinyang." Xu Rong looked at Yang Feng and said solemnly, "If the general really can't do it, we'll do it." ”

Zhu Mu looked at the triumphant Cui Yan and couldn't wait to give him a slap.

"Da Sima thinks that he is very smart, he wants to go to the Western Frontier, he wants to threaten us with the iron cavalry of the Western Frontier, and he wants to intimidate us with the division of Sheji, and the joke ......" Cui Yan shook his head disdainfully, "What do these warriors know about the government?" The key issue now is the army in the hands of the eldest princess. After the death of the general, how did she control the army? So what I mean is to kill the Yellow Turban Thief first, and use the incident of Chang'an Soldier to kill the Yellow Turban Thief, so that the contradiction is transferred and becomes a contradiction between Xu Rong, Zhao Yun, Zhang He and others and the eldest princess. These people are the backbone of the armed forces in Northern Xinjiang, and they join forces to seize the military power in the hands of the eldest princess, and the eldest princess can't resist it. Xiao Tianzi got the military power, which means that we got the military power, and then we can slowly drive Xu Rong and others out of the court. ”

"Especially that Hun ......," Zhang Cheng pointed to Zhu Mu's nose and said, "You go back and tell the Prime Minister, and tell him to immediately ask the Son of Heaven to let him get out, and don't let this kind of brute beard stand on the court and lose the face of our Han people." ”

Zhu Mu was so angry that his lungs were about to explode, but he endured it, he wanted to see how long these people could run rampant.

Xun You coughed lightly. His face was a little unbearable, everyone sitting together was originally a matter of discussing and working together, but now it has become a "crusade" against Li Wei.

"I've said everything I need to say." Zhu Mu stood up and dusted off his clothes, "The Southern Army is not monolithic, Da Sima and Taiwei both regard the Southern Army as their elite, this is where they make mistakes, so we will definitely succeed." Now all pray, pray that the Great General will die soon, so that you can show your talents. ”

In mid-October, Yuzhou, Longkang, Dangkou General Camp.

Lei frowned and walked around the big tent. Since the general fell ill, the holy decrees of the Son of Heaven have been sent from Youzhou one after another. Instead of urging him to defeat the rebels, the Son of Heaven ordered him to find a way to find Master Huatuo. At this time, the general can't fall, the general falls, and the society will be crumbling.

The curtain was lifted, and a scout rushed in, "My lord, we have found it, we have found Master Huatuo." ”

Lei Chong was ecstatic and rushed up to grab the scout, "Where, where?" ”

"In Cao Ying."

"You're fooling me?" Lei Zhong couldn't help but be furious. Jump to