Chapter 24: Liu Yan asks for help
The furious Liu Hong was eager to put down this rebellion in one day, and He Jin had already hurried to Duting. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info He was just a butcher, and he relied on his sister who climbed into the emperor's bed to become this general, how can he have any ability to fight? But if you don't leave, you can't do it, if you force yourself to stay in Beijing, I'm afraid that Taiping Dao won't come in, and I will be cleaned up by the angry emperor first.
Liu Hong didn't feel the slightest sleepiness this night, but the maidservants in the palace suffered. The angry Liu Hong no longer has the grace and generosity of the palace maid in the past, the whole person is like a beast, no matter who the palace maid is or what she looks like, as long as he sees it, it is like a hungry wolf seeing a sheep, and he falls directly to the ground.
If it was nothing in the past, Liu Hong was a palace maid on weekdays, and he never stuck to the place, as long as he wanted to, everywhere was his cave room. If he is lucky, the little palace maid will please him, and maybe she will become a phoenix in a leap of branches. The beauty of Wang Xie, who gave birth to Liu Xie, was not promoted from a palace maid to a high-ranking concubine because she served Liu Hong well in the garden?
It's just that today is very different, that Liu Hong threw people to the ground, shaking his fat body while biting the body of the palace maid, as if the palace maid was Zhang Jiao, so that Liu Hong wanted to eat her flesh and sleep on her skin. I don't know how many palace maids died this night, anyway, judging from Zhang Rang's tired demeanor in the early dynasty, he was probably dealing with corpses all night.
Liu Hong didn't sleep all night, except that his face was a little pale, and his spirit was still strong, but he listened to Huangfu Song's sparseness and asked him to relieve the party, and his whole face was twitching.
“…… Your Majesty, in the past, Dou Wu, Chen Fan, Li Ying, and Du Mi were all the best in the world, and they all suffered from this disaster, and this is the pain of the world's corporals. Today, Taiping Dao is in turmoil, and it is the time to employ people, and I also ask Your Majesty to lift the ban, use talents, and jointly defend our Han ......"
With Huangfu Song's recital, all the ministers went out to ask for Liu Hong's ban on the party, although Liu Hong was unwilling, but the ministers were putting pressure on him throughout the early dynasty, and in the end, Lu Jiang persuaded Liu Hong not to force these people to the Yellow Turban, and the situation would only get worse at that time.
Maybe Lu Jiang's words really caught Liu Hong's attention, after all, the current Taiping Dao is just a group of chaotic people, and he still has full confidence in quelling the rebellion. But if you have these people joining, it would be a lie to say that you are not afraid. Moreover, Liu Hong also knows that if he wants to quell the rebellion now, he still has to rely on the ability of Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi and others, if he does not lift the party ban, I am afraid that these people will not work hard.
They disagree with themselves, and it is common for them to clash and argue, who makes people have the ability? He Jin is obedient, if you let him go east, he will never go west, and if you let him, he will never pee. But where do you dare to rely on such a person? Let him go to counter the rebellion, what is the difference between giving his life?
Liu Hong took a deep breath and said, "That's it, since this is the case, let's draft a decree, lift the ban from now on, return to the hometown, and reinstate the officials." That's possible, everyone! The last four words were uttered almost through gritted teeth.
Huang Fu Song and the others naturally accepted it when they saw it, if it weren't for this big chaos, I don't know when this party matter would be resolved. Since Chen Fan and Dou Wu, how many people who wrote to the emperor to ask for the lifting of the party ban were all detained and killed by Liu Hong in a fit of anger.
It is very fortunate that there can be such an ending today, and it is very fortunate. These courtiers, after receiving the emperor's will, returned to their positions one after another. A petty official who is soft-spoken can just complete the tasks assigned to him by his boss, and as for other things, there are big heads in front of him, what does he have to do with himself?
Sure enough, Huangfu Song was just about to go back, but was stopped by Liu Hong: "Huangfu Aiqing, you are the first person in my court who can fight well, and I have never underestimated my family history. ”
Huangfu Song saw that Liu Hong's face was not good at this time, and he also knew that he was forcing the palace this time to force the emperor to be psychologically uncomfortable. But he actually has a good idea of this, after all, the art of war is not for fun.
"Back to Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the first thing to do is to ask the ministers to donate horses and crossbow arrows. Eight states erosion, the loss of soldiers, the destruction of ordnance is countless, if there are donations from the ministers, one can save money and military expenses, the other can be quickly armed, the old minister to prepare a hundred good horses, five hundred crossbows, just waiting for His Majesty's order. ”
When Liu Hong heard this, his pale face suddenly had a hint of ruddy, which of the wealthy families has no private soldiers, and the war horses, bows, crossbows and armor are complete, although the number is not large, but in the final analysis, it is still a hidden danger, and now Huangfu Song proposes to donate to the minister, which can save himself a lot of money, and secondly, it can weaken the strength of these families, why not? When this article is allowed.
Huangfu Song was actually prepared, and had already discussed with the ministers as early as yesterday to donate ordnance in exchange for lifting the ban on the party. Besides, he, Emperor Fu Song, took the lead today and forced the emperor, if he didn't have some blood, how could the emperor let himself go? Even if he still needs to put down the rebellion for him now, who can guarantee that he won't seek revenge afterwards?
Thinking that Han Xin helped Liu Bang back then, when Xiang Yu was still alive, Han Xin said to Liu Bang that he wanted to be a fake King of Qi, and Liu Bang swore that he would do whatever he wanted to be a fake King of Qi, and if he wanted to do it, he would do it really. But as soon as Xiang Yu died, the world was calm, didn't Han Xin still be killed! Lessons from the past, these are all of them.
Huangfu Song then said: "Second, we should gather the soldiers and horses of the five schools, as well as the Sanhe cavalry, start from Luoyang, go all the way to Jizhou, Zhangjiao's old nest, and go all the way south to Yingchuan to quell the southeast rebellion. The state assassins should recruit troops on the spot, fight back against the rebels, defend the city, and if there are any more people who surrender without a fight, they are guilty of the same crime. In this way, the traitors can be deterred and prevented from entering Luoyang. ”
"Third, when the children of the military generals of the DPRK and China, as well as the people who think they have bravery, to participate in the assessment at the bus department, if they are really talented and learned, they can be appointed as captains and lead the troops to quell the rebellion, so that the shortcomings of the military generals in the army can be solved."
"Good! Okay, Huangfu Aiqing is worthy of being a famous general in the world, and these three articles are very good, and I have approved them. According to Aiqing, who will be in charge of these two roads? ”
"Back to Your Majesty, Shangshu Lu Zhi, quite proficient in the art of war, can lead all the way to attack Zhangjiao in the north and pacify Jizhou. As for the Yellow Turban in Yuzhou, Zhu Jun can lead the troops and pacify them. Lao Chen personally led the army to meet these two groups of men and horses, in case of emergency. In this way, the rebellion will be put down for His Majesty. ”
Liu Hong was overjoyed, and immediately appointed Lu Zhi as the general of Beizhonglang, with Zongyuan as the deputy general, and led the five schools of the Northern Army to prepare to kill Jizhou; Appointed Huangfu Song as the left middle general, Zhu Jun as the right middle general, with the Sanhe cavalry, as well as the elite soldiers to be recruited, to crusade against the Yellow Turban in the Yuzhou area.
Such a major event naturally has to be made clear and announced to the world, not to mention the eight states that have been in rebellion, and even the annexed states that have not been damaged or damaged have also received orders to exterminate the yellow turbans in their territories. It's just that this is just a trivial matter for Ding Yuan, originally under his own high pressure, there are not a few Yellow Turban believers in Bingzhou, plus this place is already remote, and it borders the Xiongnu, Zhang Jiao has never hesitated to occupy this place.
However, Ding Yuan naturally did not let go of this opportunity to recruit troops, and for a while, all counties and counties in the state opened the conscription mode, and in just one month, 13,000 soldiers were recruited, all of whom were led by Lu Bu and practiced every day. As for the high night, he was happy to hide in Wuyuan.
Gao Ye, as the captain of Wuyuan, commanded the soldiers and horses, so he naturally had to go to the Taishou Mansion every day, and of course he could also see the latest information. So every time I go home, the three little ghosts in my house always ask.
"Big brother, how is the yellow turban thief now? Have you been restrained by the officers and soldiers? "Guo Jia is always the first to ask a question, and he asks it every day. Without him, it was just because he made a bet with Zhao Yun on when the imperial court would start fighting back.
Although Zhao Yun has psychologically accepted Gao Ye's concept of loyalty to the people, he still believes in his heart that the current Han should have no trouble quelling the rebellion. Although Guo Jia also believed that the imperial court could put down the rebellion, he thought much more about it than Zhao Yunquan. Therefore, it is bluntly said that the imperial court will be at a disadvantage in the early stage of the war. As soon as Taiping Dao suddenly attacked, the imperial court was not prepared at all, and it was naturally easy to attack the state and break the mansion. Second, the Taiping Road coerced hundreds of thousands of people and attacked together, and the imperial court simply did not have enough troops to defend on all fronts, and it was only right to break it again. Therefore, it is not incomprehensible that certain fronts are retreating.
At least in Huangfu Song's strategy, he never thought of pacifying the Yellow Turbans who were making trouble in Jingzhou, they were just scabies, as long as Zhang Jiao's henchman was solved, the Yellow Turbans would be calm.
In the past month, Gao Ye's answer to them was "no", looking at Guo Jia's smugness and Zhao Yun's embarrassment, Gao Ye couldn't wait to reward Guo Jia with a few more chestnuts, as my Gao Ye's junior brother, the heir of Guigu, I got carried away to such an extent, how can I educate me without a few slaps?
"But today, I heard the governor say that above the court, Huangfu Song has been appointed as the general of the left middle lang, Zhu Jun as the general of the right middle lang, and Lu Zhi as the general of the north middle lang to conquer the yellow scarf. This is the news half a month ago, but I am afraid that at this time, the army should be completed and set off from Luoyang. These three people are all famous generals in the DPRK and China, and the good days of the yellow scarf are coming to an end. Gao Ye smiled, "Oh, also, that Huangfu Shoujian used this to coerce, so that the emperor finally lifted the party ban, and that guy had to drink with me because of this, and I drank him and lay him down before coming back." If you have any questions, I'll go to bed if there's no problem, damn, I really didn't find Du Chan so good at drinking before. Gao Ye rubbed his head and muttered to himself.
"Big brother, how long do you think it will take for the yellow scarf to be completely calmed down?" Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment, but still asked.
"Pacify? Then I don't know, at least half a year, more than a year. ”
As a later generation, Gao Ye naturally knew that this seemingly overwhelming uprising was short-lived after all, but it was put down with Zhang Jiao's death in a year. Even if the state capital can be breached now, it is just a novice protection given by God. Zhao Yun listened, just "um", so he didn't ask more, Gao Ye saw that there was no problem with the others, so he also turned back to the room to rest, no matter who drank two catties of liquor, he couldn't stop the thick sleepiness.
In fact, in the entire Wuyuan County, no one has ever been worried about this rebellion, here under the iron-fisted rule of Du Zan for several years, there is not a single believer in the Taiping Dao, the people are not bewitched, and life is quite passable, who would think of rebellion? Anyway, there is no war in the state, so what does it have to do with me if there is war or chaos in other places?
The officials are not chaotic, the people are not chaotic, Gao Ye, the captain, naturally has nothing to do, there is Gao Shun in the barracks, he trains much better than himself, why should he go to join in the fun and cause trouble for him. So wandering around the barracks every day has become one of the longest things to do at night.
It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and after another month, Ding Yuan called Gao Ye from Wuyuan to Jinyang with an urgent order. Gao Ye only entered the city, and was called by Ding Yuan to the Assassin's Mansion, which made Gao Ye muttered in his heart, he was calm in Wuyuan, and he hadn't heard of any big problems in Bingzhou, what happened this time that made me so anxious?
Gao Ye only entered the Assassin Mansion, but was grabbed by Ding Yuan, and while pulling him into the room, he laughed and said: "Mingxi, it's finally here, but I want to mess with the old man!" ”
Gao Ye couldn't help but be even more suspicious, Ding Yuan and his teacher were friends, and he had seen him countless times, and he had never been so enthusiastic as he was today. If something goes wrong, there is a demon, and I can't help but be careless.
Gao Ye was talking to Ding Yuan about the scene without nutrition, while smelling Ding Yuan's body, and then asked what the situation was in Bingzhou now, until he entered the lobby, he really ended this long period of greetings.
This is also the point that Gao Ye hated the most in later generations, as a superior or subordinate, if there is something, he will talk about things, and it is naturally incumbent on him to do so within his duties, and he will consider it as appropriate outside his duties. It is a person who talks to you about things, first has to say a few words of greeting, then a few words of greeting, followed by a few words of foreshadowing, and then make a request in a roundabout way, it is said that this is a subtle word that has been passed down in China for thousands of years, and Gao Ye doesn't like it anyway.
"Uncle, if you have something, you should tell me directly, little nephew, I hurried here when I received the order, and I haven't eaten a bite of food yet." Gao Ye smiled bitterly, "Do our uncles and nephews still need this set of scenes?" ”
"Hahahaha." Ding Yuan laughed and said, looking quite useful to Gao Ye's words, not only smiled, but also patted Gao Ye's shoulder, and said: "Okay, uncle will tell you too, Youzhou Assassin Shi Guo Xun sent someone to ask for help, he is very critical there, so uncle, I want Mingxi to lead the army to Youzhou to help him." ”
"Huh?" Gao Ye was really confused when he heard it, is the war in Youzhou tense to this extent? It stands to reason that it shouldn't be, Gongsun Chan has always been brave, and even the Wuhuan people are afraid of brave generals, can't he beat these peasants who were still holding hoes a few months ago?
"Isn't there a grandson Boju in Youzhou? How could the war be so tight? Gao Ye couldn't help asking.
"Mingxi, you don't know, Wuhuan saw that my Central Plains was in turmoil, so he also had the idea of looting, and Gongsun Boqi had to lead his men and horses to resist Wuhuan, and he was unable to divide his troops. Guo Xun has already ordered all counties to recruit soldiers, but there are no generals in Youzhou except Gongsun Boju, and the newly recruited soldiers are negligent in the battle formation, and they flee after being killed. ”
Gao Ye couldn't help but pouted when he heard this, there is no more general in Youzhou? It's really common for Maxima to have it, but Bole doesn't often have it. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei who are now in Zhuo County, which one is not a heroic hero. Although I don't know when they will be righteous in Taoyuan, and I don't know when they will join the army, Gao Ye knows that their joining the army has made the Youzhou Rebellion more quickly pacified.
Of course, Gao Ye can't say this, and he doesn't tell Ding Yuan that this weaver, the jujube seller and the pig killer are all peerless generals, and it is light to be scolded when he says this, and he is lucky not to be beaten. However, Gao Ye does not reject going to Youzhou at all, since he has the opportunity to observe Liu Bei up close, why not do it? He was already entangled with Cao Cao, so it was better to meet him in person, so as to feel the demeanor of the legendary Liu Bei.