In July, Captain Ma Riyan was promoted to lieutenant. In August, Liu Hong ordered the establishment of eight captains in Xiyuan: Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo as the captain of the upper army, Yuan Shao as the lieutenant of the middle army, Bao Hong, the captain of the Tun cavalry, Cao Cao as the captain of the military academy, Zhao Rong as the left captain of the auxiliary army, Feng Fang as the right captain of the auxiliary army, Xia Mou as the left captain of the counselor, and Chun Yuqiong as the right captain. The boss is Liu Hong's cronies, a sturdy and strategic. Situ Xu was dismissed, Sikong Ding Gong was transferred to Situ, and Guangluxun Liu Hong was promoted to Sikong. His cousin, Captain Dong Chong, was named a hussar general.

In September, the Southern Xiongnu rebelled against the Han and jointly invaded Hedong County with the Baibo rebel army.

In September, Zhang Chun, Qiu Liju and others plundered the four prefectures of Qing, Xu, You, and Hebei. Liu Hong ordered Zhonglang to lead Meng Yi to ride the commander Gongsun Hao to the conquest.

In October, the remnants of the Yellow Turban Party in Qing and Xu Prefectures revived, and Kou plundered the counties.

Faced with the overall out-of-control situation, the astrology master told Liu Hong, "According to the celestial phenomena, Luoyang City may be in danger, and there will be bloodshed in the two palaces." Your Majesty, please be ready."

Luoyang City is dangerous, this kind of thing actually doesn't need to look at the celestial phenomena, look at the dead people on the side of the road and the daily military intelligence, Liu Hong can probably already know that the rebels will attack his palace, it will be a matter of time!

There was no way, Liu Hong had no choice but to recruit troops from all over the world and hold a grand military parade in Pingxing, the capital. Build a big altar in the peace and optimism, and build a twelve-fold canopy on it, 10 zhang high. A small altar is built in the northeast of the altar again, and the nine-fold canopy is rebuilt, and it is 9 zhang high. On the 16th, Liu Hong personally stood under the big canopy, and the general He Jin stood under the small canopy. Liu Hong wore armor and helmets, rode a war horse, and walked in front of the troops with a majestic and high-spirited self-proclaimed "Supreme General". The slogans are overwhelming, resounding in the sky, and they are not spectacular.

The scene seems to be very powerful, but in fact, Liu Hong is very empty, but he has to pretend. After loading, he asked Gai Xun, the captain next to him, "How am I doing today?"

Gai Xun replied: "The first king Yaode did not watch the soldiers. Now the rebels are still far away from the capital, but His Majesty is only in the capital. I'm afraid that this will not frighten those rebellious soldiers, but will give His Majesty a bad reputation for being ruthless."

Liu Hong sighed: "Qing's words are very true. I only hate to see Qing too late, the ministers have never said such a thing to me," Gai Xun thanked and retreated.

Later, Gai Xun once said to Yuan Shao, "Our emperor is still very smart, but he was deceived by these villains." We should clean up all these harmful eunuchs," but who knew that this sentence had reached Jian Shuo's ears. Jian Shuo immediately went to Liu Hong's ear to tell right and wrong, drove Gai Xun out of the central court, and went to Ren Jing Zhaoyin.

In November, the barbarians of Bajun rebelled and were pacified by Zhao Jin.

In November, Bao Hong, a lieutenant of the Lower Military Academy, was ordered to lead his troops to pacify the Yellow Turban remnants in Gepi, Runan County.

In November, Gongsun Hao defeated Zhang Chun at Shimen Mountain, a vassal state of Liaodong. Zhang Chun abandoned his wife and fled out of the plug. However, Gongsun Hao was then besieged by Qiu Liju's Wuhuan soldiers and horses in Guanzi City, Liaoxi County, for more than 200 days. In the end, the army ran out of food, and more than half of the soldiers died.

In November, Wang led the Liangzhou rebels to besiege Chencang County, which was on the right side of Fufeng. Liu Hong then remembered: It seems that if you want to deal with this gang of Liangzhou rebels, it will not work if you don't invite that guy to come out of the mountain again.

Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to invite Huangfu Song to go out of the mountain, be named General Zuo, and lead the former general Dong Zhuo, and the two led a total of 40,000 troops to rescue Chen Cang. Dong Zhuo suggested to Huangfu Song that he immediately rush to the rescue. But Huangfu Song shook his head and said "no"

Dong Zhuo was very puzzled, so Huangfu Song gave him a lesson, "Do you know that there is a saying in the Art of War, 'It is better to win a hundred battles than to surrender without a fight'"? Dong Zhuo heard it. Huangfu Song said that this is Sun Tzu's Art of War. Think Lao Tzu hasn't read it?

Huangfu Song pretended not to see Dong Zhuo's dissatisfaction in his heart, and continued to teach him a lesson, "Although Chen Cangcheng is small, it is well guarded. Although the rebels are strong, they will never be able to take Chen Cangcheng for a year and a half. We'll wait for them to get tired before we go out, and we'll wait for our work, and it's hard to win or not."

Huangfu Song's words vetoed Dong Zhuo's battle plan. He had nothing to say, so he had to move to the bench and accompany Huangfu Song to watch the play. This scene made Dong Zhuo very depressed. I watched it for more than 80 days from winter to spring, and it was February of the 6th year of Zhongping (189).

Sure enough, it was said by Huangfu Song! The magical Chencang City is like an iron wall. And the rebels of the kingdom are like a swarm of ants on a hot pot, running around outside the city, but they can't find a breakthrough. Helpless, the kingdom could only order the siege to be lifted and retreated.

At this time, I saw Huangfu Song get up leisurely and say to Dong Zhuo, "Now we can enter the army."

You say that if you enter the army, you will enter the army? Dong Zhuo felt very uncomfortable. Didn't you teach me the Art of War before? Then I'm going to give you a lesson now! So I saw Dong Zhuo stand up suddenly, and said to Huangfu Song, "I don't think now is the time to pursue them."

Huangfu Song asked why? Dong Zhuo pretended to have a military strategy in his heart and said, "The art of war is cloudy: don't force the poor, don't chase after the public", that's right! Sun Tzu has this saying in the Art of War, which means not to chase the enemy indiscriminately. The beasts are forced to fight with people in a hurry, not to mention that we are still chasing a group of outlaws?

Huangfu Song laughed when he heard this. As soon as Dong Zhuo's voice fell, he said, "This time and that time." I don't hit before, and I avoid its sharpness; Hit it now, wait for it to decline. This is a tired army, not a man. They have no fighting spirit, and they are not poor," and at the end, he said to Dong Zhuo, "If General Dong is afraid, he will answer in the back." I'll just go after them myself."

As soon as Huangfu Song left, Dong Zhuo regretted it. Because Huangfu Song was like a bamboo, he chased and killed all the way and beheaded more than 10,000 people. The rebel leader Kingdom was abolished by Ma Teng and Han Sui themselves, and a new leader was introduced: Yan Zhong, who had persuaded Emperor Fu Song to establish himself as emperor. But Yan Zhong soon fell ill and died, and the rebels fought again and killed each other... In a word: when they meet Huangfu Song, it's over!

Seeing all this in front of him, Dong Zhuo was disgraced. I have the heart to kill people with a knife: Huangfu Song, you are ruthless... We'll see! Lao Dong repeatedly recited this sentence in his heart. And the next thing that happened made Dong Zhuo hate Huangfu Song to the core!

First, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty came with an edict, saying that he wanted to seal Dong Zhuo as one of the Shaofu of the Nine Qings. The official seal is fake, but the seizure of power is real. If you really accept Liu Hong's appointment and go to Luoyang City to be an official, it is equivalent to a tiger entering a cage, and it is really the end. Dong Zhuo is 10,000 and doesn't want to go. In the current troubled times, holding heavy troops in hand is equivalent to having rice and silver at home, how can he be willing to go if this feeling is as down-to-earth as he is?

But the emperor's appointment letters have come down, what should I do? The easiest way to do this is to disobey. Of course, turning his face is also a technique, Dong Zhuo knows it well, so he gave Liu Hong a recital, "Thank you Your Majesty for the emperor's grace and the ministers." But the minister really can't leave now! As you know, my subordinates are all from the Qianghu minority in Huangzhong. As soon as they knew that I was leaving, they stopped my car and said, "The government will not pay them food, and they will not be able to support their wives and children." These people are especially good when they are good, and they are especially bad when they are bad. As soon as Ruchen leaves now, he is worried that they will make trouble and cause you trouble. I can't explain this. Therefore, the ministers can only stay first and do their ideological work."

From the above remarks, we can see that Dong Zhuo's soldiers are all supporting themselves. Liu Hong refused to come out at all, and he didn't even give out food. Now he wants Dong Zhuo to hand over his troops to the government, how can Dong Zhuo agree to such a thing that harms his private interests and the public?

Dong Zhuo disobeyed, and Liu Hong was helpless. But Dong Zhuo also knows: Liu Hong is not a fool. If he can make the next edict, he can make a second edict. As long as the troops are still in Dong Zhuo's hands, Liu Hong estimates that he will not be able to sleep steadily.

Sure enough, not long after, Liu Hong issued another edict: Dong Zhuo was appointed as the pastor of the state. And told Dong Zhuo very clearly: hand over your soldiers to Huangfu Song to command.

Dong Zhuo looked at it and sneered in his heart. Want to take food from the jaws of the tiger? There are no doors! Dong Zhuo immediately replied, "Thank you for Your Majesty's grace for letting me take charge of the military for ten years." Now my soldiers are attached to me and cannot do without me. Please allow me to take them with me to Bingzhou to serve the Han and guard the border."

Dong Zhuo refused the emperor's appointment twice, and Huangfu Song's nephew, Huangfu Li, really couldn't see it, and said to his uncle, "This dynasty is out of power, and the world hangs upside down." The only people who can be safe and secure are you and Dong Zhuo. Now you have a grudge, and there is no place for you. Dong Zhuo was commissioned by the edict, but he wrote a letter to defend himself, which was against his fate. and hesitated because of the political turmoil in Beijing, this is a traitor. Both are unforgivable. Uncle, as a marshal, why don't you complain about the crime? Loyalty is shown at the top, and evil is eliminated from the bottom. We will succeed."

Huang Fuli was right. At this time, Dong Zhuo did have an ominous move. He kept saying that he was going to Bingzhou to guard the border for the imperial court, but where did he actually go? Garrison Hedong County to watch the times change! What does Dong Zhuo want to do? Nobody knows. But someone has seen that this guy doesn't have a good thing in his heart. What's more, Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo have already made a feud. If you don't get rid of him now, you will be in endless trouble for the country and yourself!

But Huangfu Song replied to his nephew like this: "Although Dong Zhuo is guilty, we can't kill without permission." Let's ask the court to adjudicate" Maybe Huangfu Song wants to use Liu Hong to warn Dong Zhuo to do it himself, don't mess around. If this is the case, Huangfu Song is too merciful. The farmer saved the snake, the snake will not be grateful, not to mention that Dong Zhuo is still a vicious wolf!

Huangfu Song wrote to Liu Hong, explaining the seriousness of Dong Zhuo's disobedience. Liu Hong immediately issued an edict to scold Dong Zhuo. Naturally, Dong Zhuo put this account on Huangfu Song again. The old feud has not been resolved, and new grievances have been added, and the Liangzi of the two is afraid that they will not be able to solve it in a few lifetimes...

In March, Bao Hong, a lieutenant of the Lower Military Academy, was sentenced to death in prison.

In March, Youzhou Mu Liu Yu arrived and met with Gongsun Zan to discuss how to put down Zhang Chun's rebellion. Gongsun Zhan advocated a solution by force, and Liu Yu advocated surrender with a letter of grace, and there was a gap between the two. After learning that Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun were now hiding in the Xianbei tribe, Liu Yu sent an envoy to see the Xianbei chieftain Budugen, told him about the benefits, and asked him to send the head of the two thieves, and then he would give him a generous reward. While Bu Dugen was still hesitating, Zhang Chun's protégé Wang Zheng had already killed Zhang Chun and sent the head to Liu Yu. And Qiu Liju, the lord of Wuhuan, heard the name of Liu Yu, and also sent an envoy to ask for surrender. Liu Yu ordered all the soldiers in the counties to be dismissed, leaving only Gongsun Hao to lead 10,000 cavalry to garrison Beiping County.

In April, Taiwei Ma Riyan was dismissed. Send an envoy to Youzhou to make Liu Yu the captain and the marquis of Rongqiu.

History is about to reach a turning point. The moment that changed the Han Dynasty and changed everyone in the world is coming! Liu Hong, the 34-year-old Emperor of Han Ling, is about to leave this world. Liu Hong walked very easily, but the people who were alive were going to suffer and be tired, and there were two of them who were the hardest: one was Liu Hong's most trusted eunuch at this time, the head of the eight captains of the West Garden, Jian Shuo; The second is Empress He's brother, the general He Jin.

The reason why they are busy is mainly because Liu Hong has not done one thing yet, and this matter is precisely the most sensitive and eye-catching - the crown prince!

Liu Hong has given birth to several princes, but he died in a series of premature deaths, as if he had fallen into an evil spirit. However, in the end, there were still two sons who survived smoothly: one was the 14-year-old 'Shihou' Liu Bian, who was born to Empress He (the Book of the Later Han recorded that Liu Bian was 17 years old, and the "Zizhi Tongjian" examined this), and was raised by a Taoist priest named Shi Ziyi outside the palace. The other is Wang Mei's 9-year-old 'Dong Hou' Liu Xie, who was raised by the Empress Dowager Dong in the palace

Liu Hong did not establish the crown prince before his death, not because Liu Hong did not want to establish it, but because he couldn't make up his mind. Liu Wei was born to the queen and is also older than Liu Xie. It stands to reason that the crown prince must belong to him. But Liu Hong didn't like Liu Wei. The reason for the disclosure is: Liu Wei is frivolous and has no prestige, and he cannot do great things.

But this reason is really kind of funny. Liu Hong patronized his son, what about himself? Since the founding of the Han Dynasty ancestor Liu Bang, in terms of frivolity, if Liu He of the Western Han Dynasty ranks first, then Liu Hong of the Eastern Han Dynasty is firmly in the second place. And the emperors of the Han Dynasty liked their own sons. If Liu Wei is really frivolous, then the frivolous Liu Hong should thank the sky for letting him have a successor, right... Of course, this is just a joke.

In my opinion, Liu Hong did not defend Liu in the name of frivolity, and that was also a last resort. Empress Dowager Dong naturally wanted to appoint Liu Xie, who she had raised with her own hands, and the eunuchs also tended to appoint a younger emperor. But Empress He, General He Jin and the Manchu Dynasty ministers naturally hope to establish Liu Bian... Therefore, Liu Hong is not a person on either side, so he can only put aside this issue and leave it to future generations. This is also his most helpless and saddest choice.

Although Liu Hong did not set up a prince, he still knew that there was a trick to trust Gu. The so-called entrustment is to hand over the unfinished business to reliable people. Liu Hong thinks: The most reassuring thing for the whole dynasty is Jian Shuo. Judging from Liu Hongtuo's lonely Jishuo instead of He Jin, Liu Hong actually wanted Liu Xie to take over in his heart.

Of course, Jian Shuo knew Liu Hong's good intentions, and at the same time, he also knew that He Jin was a roadblock. If he is not moved, Liu Xie will not be able to take over smoothly!

So Jian Shuo made a move. wanted to ask He Jin to leave Beijing with his troops in the name of conquest of Han Sui. He Jin also knew that Jian Shuo had bad intentions, so he asked Yuan Shao to go to Xu and Yan Erzhou to recruit troops, and said that when Yuan Shao came back from recruiting troops, he could go west.

In the midst of such a ruffle, the time finally came on April 11, and Liu Hong, Emperor of the Han Dynasty, died in the Jiade Palace. The helmsman has been derelict in his duties, and the Han Dynasty's giant carriage has been driven to the edge of the cliff. More than 4 months later, we finally see the relentless image of it falling into the ground. At that moment, it was like Mars hitting the earth, extremely tragic, and the gods and ghosts howled...