Outside the north gate of Luoyang, looking at Cao Cao on the city tower, Yan Zhanshu couldn't help laughing, in less than a year, his relationship with Cao Cao had undergone earth-shaking changes.

When he first crossed, he was a yellow turban thief, and Cao Cao was the cavalry governor of the Han army, and he wanted to kill himself, but he was defeated by himself!

When he first took charge of the army, he was forced by Zhang Niujiao, and Cao Cao beheaded Zhang Niujiao among the ten thousand troops, so that he could successfully subdue the remaining Yellow Turban elite.

By now, Cao Cao has become the captain of Luoyang's city gate, in charge of hundreds of officers and soldiers, serving under He Jin, but he is already the champion Hou, Liaodong Taishou, and Anbei general, with a million troops in his hands!

"Brother Meng De, don't come to harm?" Yan Zhanshu greeted Cao Cao with interest.

"Champion Hou, what do you want to bring troops into Beijing privately?" Cao Cao was stunned, but he didn't expect Yan Zhanshu to treat him like an old friend, and he felt that he didn't have this friendship, and he couldn't afford to climb high, so he decisively didn't accept this stubble.

Yu Guang glanced behind him, and a few soldiers had quietly retreated and sent the letter in several directions. Cao Cao was also very helpless, these people were the eyes of the family, the royal family, and even the ten permanent servants, he could only treat it as if he didn't see it.

Yan Zhanshu laughed, pointed to the big man next to him and said, "Brother Mengde, look at the big flag behind me!" ”

"Fengtian is difficult!" Cao Cao read these four words, his face slowly became very ugly, from these four words can be guessed a lot of things, he doesn't want to care, but he is the captain of the city gate, and he has to care!

"What? Yan Zheng has arrived in the capital with the army?! Luoyang Sikong Mansion, Yuan Shu was shocked, and asked the housekeeper Yuan Fu urgently, "There is no news from Jizhou, how did he take the soldiers and horses through the three states?" ”

"Now it's not about how Yan Zheng came about, but about what he came to do? Who made him come! Yuan Feng rubbed his eyebrows with his hands, with a tired look, in order to get the biggest cake in the process of Liu Hong's death and the new emperor's succession, Yuan Feng and the Yang family, the Wang family, the He family, and the Dong family have been discussing for several days.

"It's just that we haven't completely negotiated yet, at this time, Yan Zheng led troops into Beijing, which really disrupted our position!" Yuan Feng said with some annoyance.

"How many people came?" Yuan Shu calmed down and asked Yuan Fu.

"It's from the north, there are about 20,000 soldiers and horses, all of them are fine horsemen!" Yuan Fu replied quickly, and said his guess: "If you want to bypass the three major prefectures and counties of Jizhou, Youzhou, and Yuzhou, you come from the north, and there is only a waterway!" ”

"Not bad! In this Beijing, only Zhang Ranghui should want him to come! Yuan Feng said hatefully, "This eunuch, the erector, actually hooked up together!" ”

"20,000 soldiers and horses!" Yuan Shu exclaimed: "Even if it is the Xiyuan Army plus the Yulin Cavalry, it is only 20,000, and it is a big trouble!" ”

"No, I have to go to the Yang family, the He family, and the Dong family to discuss it again." Yuan Feng got up and said.

"Master, why don't you go to Wang's house?" Yuan Fu asked.

"I'm afraid that the Wang family has fallen to Liu Xie! Although the Dong family is also on Liu Xie's side, they can still fight for it, Dong Zhuo, the leader of the Xiliang Legion, is not a peaceful person! His soldiers and horses have also set off from the east of the river! Yuan Feng said coldly: "Prepare the carriage and horses, go to Yang's house first!" ”

Inside the palace, Zhang Rang and the other seven permanent attendants were staring blankly at Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven, who looked like rotten wood, feeling as if the sky had fallen. Suddenly, the little eunuch beside Zhang Rang hurriedly ran over and said, "My lord, that champion Hou has already led the army outside the capital!" We are waiting for our call! ”

"Good!" Zhang Rang's face suddenly turned from white to red: "Great! As soon as the army of Yan Champion arrives, everything is decided! No matter how many soldiers and horses the Yuan family and the He family master, they are not the opponents of the champion Hou! ”

"Quickly pass my order, let the champion Hou General garrison the army outside the city, and follow him lightly, and bring his personal guards into the city! If anyone stands in the way, say that Your Majesty has summoned you! Zhang Rang quickly gave the order.

The other seven permanent attendants also breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhao Zhong asked, "Lord Zhang, what is the relationship between this Yan Zheng and you, maybe trust?" ”

"Relationship?" Zhang Rang smiled wryly: "As long as I can give him huge benefits, will he still switch to others?" The icing on the cake is like charcoal in the snow, can you make great contributions before the prince Liu Xie ascended the throne, and you are worried that there will be no high-ranking officials and lords in the future? As long as Yan Zheng is not a fool, he will never stand on Liu Wei's side! ”

"Not bad! Any kindness is false, only this glory and wealth is real! Zhao Zhong and the others immediately agreed when they heard this.

At the north city gate, looking at the banner of "Fengtian Jingjing", Cao Cao just pretended to be deaf and dumb and did not open the door, he was waiting for the reaction of the city, waiting for someone to speak, so that he had no responsibility.

"Spread Your Majesty's will, Xuan Champion Hou Yan Zhanshu will meet you—" A eunuch Pegasus arrived and shouted loudly.

"Open the door!" Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief and immediately asked his men to open the door.

The eunuch went up to the city tower and said to Yan Zhanshu: "Champion Hou, the army can be stationed outside the city, and you only need to bring your personal guards into the city." ”

Smiling slightly, looking at the city gate that had been opened, Yan Zhanshu waved his hand: "Guards, enter the city!" ”

Seeing that only a few hundred cavalry under the city began to move, the people on the city tower breathed a sigh of relief. However, they rejoiced too soon.

At the moment when the guards rode through the city gate, Dian Wei pulled out his halberds, opened his bow left and right, and cut off the mechanism of the city gate, and then the guards rushed towards the city tower without hesitation.

Seeing the guards wearing black and heavy iron armor, jumping like flying, and killing towards the city tower, Cao Cao clearly knew that the martial arts realm of any one of them was not under him, and he had no idea of sacrifice at all, so he said directly: "Let's withdraw!" Then he quickly retreated with hundreds of soldiers to the other side of the tower.

"Sure enough, I know the current affairs!" Yan Zhanshu laughed and waved his hand: "The whole army entered the city, the soldiers were divided into three ways, Zilong followed me all the way to the palace, Zhang Xiong led Lao Yu straight to the north city where the ministers were gathered, take care of them, and don't allow them to go out!" One route was led by Xu Rong to go straight to the West Garden, and the West Garden Army was subdued to me! ”

Looking at the eunuch who was already faceless on the city tower, Yan Zhanshu smiled and said, "Zigao, invite that father-in-law down, don't scare him." ”

Hearing this, the eunuch calmed down a little, followed Dian Wei down the city tower, and said a little nervously: "Champion Hou, if you lead troops into the city, even Lord Zhang can't protect you!" ”

"I brought troops into the city, so why should anyone protect me?!" Yan Zhanshu laughed, and at this time, Yan Zhanshu completely understood Dong Zhuo's thoughts back then!

Grasping the power of the army ensures its own safety; deposed the emperor and divided the ministers into two factions, unable to work together to resist themselves; Divide the aspiring clans, so that the localities cannot work together; The original intention of separating the children of the Yuan family was to show goodwill, but he did not expect that the two children of the Yuan family were extremely ambitious people, which contributed to the anti-Dong alliance; Elect virtuous people, like Cai Yong, Wang Yun, and Xun You's generations have been reused, but the latter two actually harbor evil intentions!

What should I do when I enter Beijing by myself? Yan Zhanshu knows in his heart that Dong Zhuo has already made a demonstration, as long as he makes a slight improvement on his foundation, he should be able to establish hegemony! What's more, Dong Zhuo's troops were far less powerful than his own, and the rear was not stable, not only did the Qiang people rebel from time to time, but Han Sui and Ma Teng were even more eyeing the rear, and had to leave a large number of troops to suppress the rear.

But he is different, before sending troops, he has removed Lu Bu and Liu Bei, and swept away Xianbei, this Hebei Youzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou three states only 100,000 Wuhuan is considered an enemy, but it is by no means the opponent of Yan Liang, Han Dang and hundreds of thousands of Xianbei troops left, when he masters Luoyang, supports the new emperor, and the army sweeps Hebei, then it will be much stronger than the beginning of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan!

Half an hour later, Yan Zhanshu had already arrived in the palace, looked at Liu Hong, the son of heaven who was still unconscious in front of him, and sighed: "Death is empty." ”

looked at Zhang Rang and asked, "What does Your Majesty think?" ”

Thinking of the Yulin Cavalry that was annihilated by a charge before, and looking at the fact that the palace is now guarded by the Liaodong Army, Zhang Rang now completely understands that what this champion Hou wants is not something he can afford, what he wants is this Han world!