Dong Cheng and Liu Xie are related to each other, Liu Xie's grandmother is the deceased Empress Dowager Dong, and Dong Cheng is the nephew of the Empress Dowager Dong. On the relationship, Liu Xie also called Dong Cheng a cousin. It's just that Liu Xie looks down on Dong Cheng, who is ambitious and talented, and those who are familiar with the edict know that Dong Cheng died on the family slave informant. Such a thing that needs to be extremely secret, but it can be heard by a house slave in the house, which can already show that Dong Cheng is not very useful. At least this person has no sense of secrecy and must not be entrusted with big things.

However, Dong Cheng feels good about himself, he is a relative, and with the support of the Empress Dowager Dong, he wanted to do something. didn't want the dispute between Empress Dowager Dong and Empress Dowager He to fail, Dong Cheng had to pick up his tail and be a man. Unexpectedly, not long after, Dong Zhuo deposed and made Liu Xieli the emperor. It's just that Dong Zhuo was powerful at that time, and Dong Cheng could only protect himself. Until Dong Zhuo was killed by Wang Yun, Dong Cheng felt that his opportunity had finally come. But he never expected that Liu Xie would send him to Hedong with one shot, away from the center.

Dong Cheng didn't want to leave Chang'an, but after Yang Biao, Ma Riyan and other old ministers whose prestige was obviously higher than his own took office without regrets, Dong Cheng had to leave if he didn't want to. But he never gave up, after arriving in Hedong County, other county guards were busy appeasing the people and resuming production, and the first thing Dong Chenggan did was to recruit troops and buy horses, win over the wealthy families in Hedong, and win their support. When there were only two or three thousand villagers in other counties, Dong Cheng already had five thousand people under his command. Not only recruited Xiang Yong, but Dong Cheng also secretly recruited Yang Feng and Han Xianam, the two former white wave thieves, into his command.

After feeling that he was "strong and strong", Dong Cheng's restless heart began to be restless again. However, he still knew at that time, and understood that the five thousand people under his hands were not Lu Bu's opponents at all. But after Lü Bu led the Bingzhou army to Longxi, Dong Cheng felt that his opportunity had come again, and at this time, Cao Cao, who was currently the pastor of Yanzhou, also sent an envoy.

Since Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, the influence of the imperial court on various places has been almost equal to zero. As long as anyone has soldiers in their hands, they can divide one side, and the will of the court will be listened to to these large and small princes, and the unfavorable will be regarded as a fart. Powerful and capable lords like Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, after occupying the land of a state, in order to appear justifiable, will go to the court and take the position of state pastor. Whether the court agrees or not is not in the consideration of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, anyway, I said it, and I just didn't hear your objection.

Compared with Yuan Shao's self-confidence, Cao Cao has a greater sense of crisis. The fourth generation and third duke of the Yuan family, as the son of the Yuan family, Yuan Shao enjoyed the shadow of his grandparents, and everything he did was accomplished. On the other hand, Cao Cao was a little miserable, and it was smooth sailing for Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao really began to attract attention from after he begged Dong. Before the discussion of Dong, Cao Cao had no strategists around him, and the generals were also a few brothers of his own family and the Xiahou family, and after the discussion of Dong, the famous Cao Cao entered the eyes of those civil and military generals who were choosing the master.

first got Cheng Yu, then got Xi Zhicai, and was recommended by Xi Zhicai, and Cao Cao met the destined mastermind Guo Jia. Thanks to Liu Xie's good luck, he went to visit Lu Zhi before Xun Yu left for Yanzhou, and Xun Yu had not left Yuan Shao at that time. This did not let Xun Yu, who was called Xiao He by Cao Cao, also fall into Cao Cao's hands. But even without the addition of Xun's uncle and nephew, Cao Cao's current strength should not be underestimated.

There was no Xun Yu who proposed to support the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but Guo Jia also proposed to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes. One supports, one coercions, it is enough to see Xun Yu and Guo Jia's attitude towards the Han family. Xun Yu tried to save it, while Guo Jia wanted to maximize the usable value of the Han family.

But it is not easy to blackmail the Son of Heaven. Chang'an is stable, and the Son of Heaven will have to go to Cao Cao to be a puppet unless he is crazy. If you want the Son of Heaven to leave Chang'an, the only way is to make Guanzhong no longer stable, and if you want Guanzhong to no longer be stable, Li Dao and Guo Yan have become the most suitable objects in Guo Jia's eyes.

According to Guo Jia's idea, he instigated Li Dao and Guo Yan to make a rebellion, and the trouble was in the middle of the pass, and his own side contacted the old ministers of the court and asked the Son of Heaven to go out of Tongguan to avoid trouble. What Guo Jia didn't expect was that Cai Yong, who was in charge of hundreds of officials in the court at this time, was not easy to fool, but did not accept Cao Cao's "good intentions".

Guo Jia saw that he couldn't make a plan, so he made another plan, so if he didn't listen to what he said, then don't blame us for being polite. Dong Cheng was also approached by Guo Jia in this situation. Guo Jia naturally would not let his lord give people a handle, although he knew in his heart that he was holding the Son of Heaven hostage, but the superficial article still had to be done, and it was naturally inconvenient to do it himself when he sent troops to hold the Son of Heaven hostage.

And Dong Cheng was appointed by the imperial court to guard the county of Hedong, and the county soldiers under his command also belonged to the imperial court. Coupled with the kinship between Dong Cheng and today's son, it is far more appropriate for Dong Cheng to come forward than for Cao Cao to come forward in person, at least in the future, the infamy of hijacking the Son of Heaven will not fall on Cao Cao's head.

In order to persuade Dong Cheng to send troops, Guo Jia agreed to most of Dong Cheng's requests, including Dong Cheng's request to be a general. The two sides agreed to wait for Dong Cheng to "pick up" the Son of Heaven from Chang'an, and after the two families converged in Huangchi, Guo Jia hurriedly left and returned to Cao Cao to return to his life. And Dong Cheng also began to seize the time to prepare, planning to lead his troops into the customs.

Dong Cheng is not exactly a wine bag and rice bag, he also knows the truth of a good man and three gangs. Before sending troops, he first sent someone to contact a few friends in Chang'an to cooperate with him when they arrived, especially the seed series that is now guarding Tongguan, which is the object that Dong Cheng needs to focus on.

What Dong Cheng never expected was that Liu Xie left Jia Xu when he left Chang'an. Liu Xie left Jia Xu just out of instinct, just in case. And Jia Xu was born with an unusually keen perception of the word conspiracy, and after paying a little attention, he noticed the clues. When Dong Cheng asked Chongji to release his letter to Tongguan, Tongguan was already under Jia Xu's control.

"What outsiders has your master seen lately?" Jia Xu smiled and asked the Dong Mansion slave who was kneeling in front of him trembling.

"No, I didn't see anyone."

"Really? Do you know the contents of this epistle? ”

"Small, villain doesn't know."

"It doesn't matter if I don't know, I'll tell you, it's a letter of rebellion. In the letter, Dong Cheng asked the Tongguan guard to release his men and horses into the customs, but he did not get the imperial court edict to lead the troops into Beijing, which was tantamount to rebellion. Since you are a slave of the Dong Mansion, you must also know what the court's attitude is towards the rebels and what kind of fate it will be, so I don't need to explain it to you in detail. ”

"Small, the villain really doesn't know that this letter is a treasonous letter, and please check it out."

"Ha~ What does it matter to me if you die or not? Now the only one who can save you is yourself. Jia Xu said with a sneer.

“…… Villain, villain remembers, outsiders did come to the house a few days ago. ”

"Who's that man?"

"The villain doesn't know, but the villain listened to the few entourages brought by the man speak with a Yanzhou accent."

Jia Xu took a closer look at the Dong Mansion slave kneeling on the ground, and it took a long time to make sure that the person in front of him was not lying. This is a slave, even if he is trusted by Dong Cheng, there are some things that he can't inquire about. It is still possible to say that he overheard it, but if the person who went to visit the Dong Mansion deliberately concealed it, it was impossible for him to know as a domestic slave.

"What's your name?" Jia Xu asked softly.

"The villain Qin Qingtong is the son of the Dong family."

"Qin Qingtong, there is an opportunity to atone for your sins now, are you willing to do it?"

"Villain...... Willing. ”

"Okay, you don't have to worry and be afraid, I'm not asking you to assassinate Dong Cheng, I'm just asking you to bring back a message, telling Dong Chengtong that it will take a few days to prepare here, and ask him to lead his troops in the middle of the night after the fifth day. Remember, don't say I said it. ”

“…… The villain understood, and the villain said that this was what the captain said. ”

"Huh...... You're really smart. ”

……

The monarch did not lose the country, and the minister did not lose his body, Dong Cheng did not suspect the message that Qin Qingtong brought back. After waiting patiently for two days, Dong Cheng took Yang Feng as the vanguard and Han Xian as the rear army, and 5,000 men and horses poured out of the nest and went straight to Tongguan to kill. On the night when Dong Cheng left the Dong Mansion, Qin Qingtong, who had fallen ill when he returned to the mansion before, absconded with a batch of Dong Mansion's belongings at night, and also abducted one of Dong Cheng's concubines by the way.

The absconding of domestic slaves was not uncommon at that time, and the housekeeper of the Dong Mansion did not take it seriously, but just sent someone to search for the fugitive slaves, and did not send anyone to inform Dong Cheng of the matter.

According to the agreed time, Dong Cheng's pioneer Yang Feng came to the city of Tongguan, but when it was over, there was still no movement in Chengguan. Dong Cheng, who was in the Chinese army, immediately sent someone to inquire, and after receiving the reward, Dong Cheng couldn't bear to lead people to Tongguan City.

Dong Cheng showed up, and the seed editor who was the general of Tongguan naturally also appeared. The two of them closed one after the other, the difference was that the closed seed series was full of wry smiles, while Dong Cheng was panicked.

"Brother Dong, you really shouldn't come." Chongji said to Dong Cheng with a wry smile. If Dong Cheng hadn't shown up in Tongguan, Jia Xu wouldn't have launched an ambush, but in order to open the door for the seed series, Dong Cheng appeared, which would confirm Dong Cheng's misdeeds. As the guard of a county, he must not order to lead troops to try to enter the customs without permission, what does he want to do?

At the same time as the seed series appeared, the guards of Tongguan also appeared, Tongguan was dangerous, and a husband could not open it, not to mention that Dong Chengben thought that this time he could pass the level without much effort with the help of the seed series, so naturally he didn't bring any siege equipment. Seeing that Tongguan was already on guard, Dong Cheng no longer had military common sense, and he also knew that it was impossible to break through Tongguan head-on with the 5,000 men and horses under his hands alone.

And it is unrealistic to want to retreat with his whole body, why did Jia Xu delay the time for five days, first, to let people inform Chang'an Cai Yong to arrest Dong Cheng's comrades in Chang'an, and second, to let Dian Wei take people to Tongguan to find a suitable place for ambush. Dong Cheng appeared, and with a sound of arrows, Dian Wei immediately took the 1,000 men and horses who had been ambushed outside the pass with him to kill.

Dian Wei is a tiger, uh, it should be more fierce than the tiger, think about the heroic deeds he once chased the tiger across the stream, even the king of the beast Tiger saw him and fled in a panic, which can also prove that Dian Wei is terrible from the side.

The first to suffer is the rear army that Han Xian is responsible for, Han Xian didn't know how powerful Dian Wei was, and when he saw Dian Wei taking the lead in killing, he didn't know whether he was alive or dead and wanted to besiege Dian Wei, but he didn't expect Dian Wei to send a halberd and put down several people who rushed to the front one by one, Han Xian saw that the situation was not good and wanted to flee, but he didn't expect Dian Wei to be born with scuds, and before Han Xian's crotch horse spread his hooves, Dian Wei people had already rushed to the front.

"Come down!" Dian Wei grabbed it with his big hand, tore Han Xian off his horse, fell to the ground, and then kicked Han Xian on the front door.

Dian Wei is the kind of character that you are good to me and I am good to you, he is deeply valued by Liu Xie, and he has long wanted to repay Liu Xie's trust, and the way Dian Wei can repay Liu Xie is to kill people and kill everyone who dares to be unfavorable to Liu Xie. Originally, Dian Wei had the opportunity to go to Longxi with Liu Xie to meet Li Dao Guo Yan, but it was because of the existence of these villains that Dian Wei missed this opportunity. Dian Wei doesn't blame Liu Xie, leaving himself is also Liu Xie's trust in him, but to Dong Cheng, who is making trouble behind his back, Dian Wei is not so polite.

Dong Cheng can't be a person, and he must be handed over to Liu Xie to deal with, but Jia Xu didn't say that he couldn't kill Dong Cheng's minions. Han Xian was unlucky, he had to be a bag, and he was dressed differently, so it was logical to become Dian Wei's target.

trampled Han Xian to death with one foot, Dian Wei danced with a double halberd and led his men and horses into the flock like tigers, and killed Dong Chengjun, who had fallen into chaos, and there was no enemy under his command.

The attack on the rear army made Dong Cheng understand that he had been tricked, and Han Xianam's death made Yang Feng, who was guarding Dong Cheng's side, sad and indignant, and without waiting for Dong Cheng to agree, Yang Feng took his men and horses to find Dian Wei for revenge. It's just that Yang Feng didn't really go to Dian Wei to take revenge, and after taking people out of Dong Cheng's sight, Yang Feng immediately took people out of the battlefield and went straight to the direction of Huangchi. After Dong Cheng received the news, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, laughing at himself for being unladylike.

When Dian Wei led people to kill in front of Dong Cheng, looking at Dian Wei, who was covered in blood like a demon god, Dong Cheng's body was like a sieve, he could no longer maintain his composure, and said to Dian Wei with a trembling voice: "I am a relative, you can't kill me." ”

"Hmph, your life and death are up to the Lord." Dian Wei snorted coldly.

Dong Cheng was captured, and the men and horses under his command also died and fled. The Tongguan crisis was lifted, Jia Xu looked at the pale seed Ji and said: "Don't panic, the saint is benevolent, not to mention that you still have merit, and relax." ”

Chong Ji smiled bitterly and asked, "What does Wen He think the Holy Lord will do with Dong Cheng?" ”

"How can the mind of the saint be guessed by our vassals?" Jia Xu avoided answering.

Jia Xu's biggest concern at this time is to ask who is conspiring with Dong Cheng? It's just that I didn't expect Dong Cheng to be tough at this time, no matter what Jia Xu asked, he was the iron general guarding the door and didn't say a word. Jia Xu couldn't use tricks against him, so he could only give up.

Just in case, Jia Xu did not leave, but continued to take Dian Wei to stay in Tongguan. Dong Cheng and his entourage were sent to Chang'an by Dian Wei's order, and Cai Yong received them. On the other hand, Jia Xu also wrote a letter in person, informing Liu Xie, who was far away in Longxi, of what happened during this time.

Jia Xu was right to do this, due to the lack of information, Jia Xu did not know what the current situation of the imperial court officials and troops was at this time, and rashly told the officials and soldiers that Dong Cheng intended to coerce the Son of Heaven to return to the east, which might cause unnecessary panic. Now that the major event has been decided, informing the officers and soldiers again will only boost morale, and there is no need to worry about the situation of unstable morale of the army.

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Changan

Due to Cai Yong's proper handling, Dong Cheng and Chongji did not cause an uproar when they were escorted back to Chang'an. This made Dong Cheng's heart sink involuntarily, especially after seeing Wu Shuo, Wang Zifu and Wu Zilan, who were good friends with him, Dong Cheng knew that he could really only resign himself to fate at this time.

Dong Cheng is a relative, and Cai Yong, who was originally tainted by Dong Zhuo, didn't want to be criticized for dealing with Dong Cheng, but this does not mean that Cai Yong has no way to deal with Dong Cheng, especially those Han clan relatives who don't know the truth of the matter and want to intercede for Dong Cheng.

Cai Yong did not put Dong Cheng in prison, but put him under house arrest with Wu Shuo, Wang Zifu and others. This house was provided by Jia Xu in order to facilitate eavesdropping. Hearing is false, seeing is believing, Cai Yong knows that no matter what he says, there will always be people who don't believe it, so he simply borrowed this place to let Dong Cheng tell the truth himself.

Dong Cheng naturally won't tell the truth to Cai Yong, but in the face of Wu Shuo's questioning by those who are implicated by him, he will not hide it. After a few words of greeting with Wu Shuo and others, Wu Zilan couldn't help but ask Dong Cheng what he wanted to do? As a result, they are all under house arrest.

When Dong Cheng sent someone to contact Wu Shuo and others, he only said that they would cooperate with him, but did not say that he planned to hold the Son of Heaven hostage. But now that they have all become prisoners, Dong Cheng is no longer hiding it. But he didn't know that at the same time as he explained to Wu Shuo and the others, Liu Hong, who was invited by Cai Yong to listen in the wall of the room, also heard it clearly.

As a Zongzheng, Liu Hong is most concerned about the Han family surnamed Liu, and he does not have much affection for relatives like Dong Cheng. The intercession for Dong Cheng was only because Liu Hong felt that Dong Cheng, as the county guard of Hedong, could become the helper of his own son of heaven with military power. But he never expected that this Dong Cheng would be bold and want to blackmail the emperor to return to the east and control the government.

If Liu Hong still wanted to intercede for Dong Cheng for the sake of his relatives before hearing Dong Cheng admit the matter in person, then Liu Hong, who now knows the truth of the matter, is the person who can't wait to kill Dong Cheng with his own hands. In order to control the government, this thief actually colluded with outsiders!

Liu Hong's attitude is the attitude of the entire clan, with the change of Liu Hong's attitude, the people in Chang'an City who interceded for Dong Cheng and others suddenly died down, and at this time, the news of the great victory of the imperial court officials and troops was also sent to Chang'an.

Chang'an has no good impression of the Xiliang Army, it can be said that they hate and fear, and now when they hear the news of the destruction of the Xiliang Army, no matter who they are, the boulder that has been pressed in their hearts is finally put down, but Dong Cheng and others secretly complained after hearing the news, the court is fine, and they are about to have something to do with the black sheep.