Chapter 100 Offering the Emperor's Blood
This blood edict is a henchman Huang Men next to Liu Xie, who escaped from Luoyang with the blood edict through the opportunity of palace purchase, and went all the way to Zhongnan Villa according to Liu Xie's instructions before leaving. Present the blood edict to the master of Zhongnan Villa and let it be brought to King Xia. The chief bookkeeper also didn't dare to call the shots, but handed the blood edict to the chief of the Yulin Army who was stationed in Zhongnan Villa, and the chief forwarded the blood edict to Li Mu, and after Li Mu read it, he took the Huangmen stunned with a flying saucer overnight and sent it to Linzi.
Ouyang Xuan looked at this Huang Men, who was thin and weak, dressed in earthy yellow linen clothes, around fifty years old, with a square face and thick eyebrows, Ouyang Xuan noticed that this person had an Adam's apple, and it seemed that he should have been castrated as an adult. The voice is also baritone's tone. "What's your name? Any position at the emperor's side? ”
"Back to Zou Qingzhou, the Xing family of the Sprinkle family, Hanoi people, in the early years with the Dasikong Mansion to do things Cao Cong, Dong Zhuo when the government, because of the Dong thief banquet killing people for fun, I can't see it, I broke the wine cup, and was castrated in court, sent to Chen Liuwang's side to serve His Majesty, and has been serving as a servant since he ascended the throne. Today, hundreds of Cao thieves oppressed, on the desire to help the Han family, there is a heart but powerless, inadvertently in the palace in the library to get the Guangwu Emperor wrote the "Chaos of the Government Training", which records: When the national turmoil was fired, he and Zhongnan Villa, Gui Tuo Ling looked for the remains of the Xia King, and got the help of the Xia King. Only now did he prick his finger, write this edict on the silk handkerchief, and ordered the sprinkler family to take it out of the palace, and find the remains of the Xia King with these two places. The Sprinkle family didn't know Guituoling, they had only been to Huxian County, and they had seen Zhongnan Villa from afar, so they went thousands of miles away to Zhongnan Mountain, and they were robbed here."
"Oh, I see". Ouyang Xuan looked at the top of the hall, except for Tang De is guard, smiled slightly, and said to Xing Tang: "You are very bold, dare to break into the South Mountain Villa alone." It's okay to present the blood edict and let someone look at it to see if it can help Er find King Xia."
"Back in Qingzhou, this edict has been read by many people, and they are all pushed back to each other, and now it is pushed to Qingzhou, and the Sprinkle family is also very deceived. If Qingzhou can help find King Xia, it doesn't hurt if the blood edict is handed over to Qingzhou, but if it is pushed back again, it doesn't seem to be related, and the Sprinkle family has told the ins and outs of the future very clearly."
"Haha, you have some courage", everyone in the hall also laughed, and the guards laughed even more happily. "Someone who seems to be a deceitful? If the edict is a blood book today, a certain self is to introduce the king of Xia to you", Tang De couldn't help but smile and said: "Xing Shi, you can rest assured, a certain Donglai County will vouch for you."
Xing Tang looked left and right, and saw that everyone was smiling kindly, so he put his mind at ease, took out a piece of silk cloth from the belt sandwich, and offered it with both hands, Ouyang Xuan took the silk handkerchief from the guard's hand, and opened it carefully, it was indeed a blood book, and there was a small imperial seal below. The edict is written very simply: King Xia respects: The Han family is in danger, the thieves are in chaos, and the princes are not in the country, and I feel very humiliated by the ancestors. Now get the Guangwu legacy, know that the Xia King can help the Han family Kuangzheng, I hereby implore the Xia King to help the Guangwu ancestors to help me or the descendants of the Liu family Kuang to help the Han family, I am very grateful, even if the emperor I can also Zen and the Liu family can be the country, the Han Emperor is respectful, Jian'an nine years in January.
After reading it, Ouyang Xuan nodded slightly, it seems that this Liu Xie still has some measurements, so he rushed to this Kenzen to let the emperor be in the heart of the Liu family, Ouyang Xuan also had to help him, and also solved Ouyang Xuan's dilemma, and handed the blood edict to Tang De.
smiled and said to Xing Tang: "Do you recognize the method of King Xia?" ”
"Back to Qingzhou, the history of the Han Dynasty has been recorded, the waist of the King of Xia is equipped with a sword, the light of the sword can still be seen under the scorching sun, and the sword is engraved: the injustice of the world, the blessing of protecting the common people, the sharp weapon of China, the Xuan Zhi plus the body and extremely exquisite ornamentation. There is also the fact that King Xia has an ageless appearance, a countenance of fifteen or sixteen, a burly body, and broad arms."
Ouyang Xuan saw that Tang De nodded after reading the blood edict, and understood its meaning. "Look at it, but is this sword?" After speaking, he took out the sword from his waist and asked the guard to hand it to Xing Tang. Xing Tang took the sword with both hands, looked at it carefully, handed it back to the guards with both hands, and knelt on his knees: "The eunuch Xing has seen King Xia!" ”
"Flat, you're a lucky man, too. Tonight, I will send people to Luoyang to inform you, and you will stay here for a while. Well, let's be a lonely attendant first", Ouyang Xuan said with a little jokingness.
"Back to the king of Xia, if you go to Luoyang, you will follow, the king will be coerced, the attendant will not be there, and you will be uneasy."
"Haha, what a faithful servant. What did you come out to buy? If you go back empty-handed, I'm afraid Cao Cao's eyeliner will be suspicious."
"Back to the Xia King, this time I came out to buy some high-quality porcelain at the border of China."
"Haha, what should I be, forget it, I don't have to go that far. There are also some fine porcelain here, which can be given to the king. Let's go down and rest first."
"Thank you for the great grace of King Xia here", immediately knelt on his knees and bowed deeply.
A guard took Xing Tang out of the hall, Ouyang Xuan took the blood edict and looked at it again, and then looked at Tang De for a few seconds, and then the two of them laughed at the same time. Tang De smiled and said: "Your Majesty, if you want the Han land to return to China, you can use this blood edict to make some articles, if you just want to help the Liu family regain the world, then you can follow this edict to respond to the world."
Ouyang Xuan nodded and said, "I have also thought about this matter, this Han land has a lot of miscellaneous studies, and it has been out of touch with my Huaxia for more than a thousand years, if it is classified as a state and county, it may be inappropriate." It is better to return to its original position, and when the gap between it and China is getting smaller, it is not too late to be classified as a country, it is the same root, and it is easy to integrate."
"It's okay, the people of Han are too complicated, and there is a tradition of respect, and it may not be easy to govern, so it is better to set up a governor as a subordinate country in China, garrison and maintain it, and gradually follow the same track as my China."
"You don't need to garrison troops, you can use them to self-soldier. If the Han land is not chaotic, it will not progress. The longer the peace, the longer the prosperity, the more technology stagnates. The people of the Han Dynasty are greedy because Confucianism is deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and they must be corrected slowly. The affairs of the Son of Heaven in the Han Land were handed over to the pious book to take care of. Now Zhao Zilong and Taishi Ziyi can already take charge of each other, that Zou Heng, I see that he is still young, especially Deputy General Tai Shici, and Wu Kun is Deputy General Zilong. Liberate Tianxiang (Peng Feizi) from the pious book".
"No! The subordinates will do it."
Early in the morning of the second day, a number of four-wheeled carriages pulled heavy goods from Linzi to set off with great momentum, Zhong Zhao became a Chinese porcelain merchant, and took fifty subordinates to escort the goods with Xing Tang swaggering towards Luoyang. Except for Xing Tang, everyone has a small two-way intercom in their ears, and Zhong Zhao's is slightly larger, so he can talk to the communication guards around Ouyang Xuan anytime and anywhere. They differ from the White Wolves in that everyone in the White Wolves can talk directly to the communication guards. The missions performed are also different, Zhong Zhao and his subordinates carry out espionage missions, while the White Wolves team also have important military missions and assassination missions in addition to espionage missions. These two special teams directly under Ouyang Xuan are Ouyang Xuan's two eyes.
Ouyang Xuan sent Xing Tang away here, and this side began to strengthen the training of soldiers, replenish equipment, and convene his generals to discuss the next combat direction. Ouyang Xuan did not let Li Mu, Peng Fei, Tang De, and Ling Huzhang speak, but asked those newly recruited generals of the Han land to say the future direction of operations, everyone's ideas are different, Zhao Yun advocated pacifying Xuzhou first, controlling the main roads, and then further seizing the world; Zhang Liao and Li Dian couldn't catch up because they were in Bingzhou, Ma Chao, and Gao Shun were in Liangzhou, and Li Mu told Ouyang Xuan after asking Ming, Zhang Liao advocated that Liangzhou and Qingzhou send troops to take Luoyang directly, Ma Chao and Gao Shun did not express their opinions, and Li Dian advocated going south to seize Hanzhong and Yizhou, and then marching to the Central Plains from the east and west; Tai Shici's proposition is similar to that of Zhao Yun and Li Dian, and they are also to seize weak states and counties first, and then consider seizing the world after accumulating strength; Li Cheng, Huang Mu, Shang Lang these young generals were silent, only Zou Heng advocated to seize Youzhou from Cao Cao's hands first, and Liang and the two states were connected together, coordinated development, recruiting troops, after sufficient preparations, in the army divided into four ways to attack the city in the south, Qingzhou all the way south to Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Youzhou all the way to Yanzhou Yuzhou, and the state all the way to take Luoyang to save the car, Liangzhou all the way south to take Hanzhong, Jingzhou, and finally the three routes into Yizhou, and the world.
Ouyang Xuan carefully looked at this Zou Heng, who was only twenty years old, his figure was not burly, but he looked very strong, with a square face, Chinese eyebrows, and a heroic face, the more Ouyang Xuan looked at it, the more he liked it, and the more he looked at it, the more he looked like Zhao Yan back then. Ouyang Xuan looked at Tang De, Li Mu, Peng Fei, and Ling Huzhang as referees, and saw that they were all smiling and nodding, which showed that they all approved of this plan. This plan was slightly different from the plan in Ouyang Xuan's heart, because he didn't know how big Ouyang Xuan's hole cards were.
"According to General Zou, how many soldiers and horses are needed, and how to take Youzhou?" , Ouyang Xuan said and put a map of Youzhou on the table.
Zou Heng repeatedly looked at the map for a long time, and wrote and drew on a piece of paper, the map given by Ouyang Xuan had the distribution of Cao's troops, Ouyang Xuan saw that he used the algebra used in Huaxia to calculate on the paper, and drew a contour map of the march route. After repeating for a long time, Zou Heng said timidly, such as sending troops from Qingzhou alone, only 100,000 can be used, 30,000 cavalry, 50,000 infantry, 20,000 logistics soldiers, 8,000 stone of grain, 3,000 bundles of grass, starting from the plain county soldiers in two ways, the south road is the department of blocking reinforcements, 20,000 cavalry, 20,000 infantry, Chen Bing Ganling, using the flat terrain to block the reinforcements, the north road to attack the city with infantry, cavalry cover, to throw sandbags to build a slope, attack the city, first fight with few soldiers, when the enemy is tired, rest and then destroy the city with many enemies, from near and far, As long as the Southern Route Army holds the reinforcement route, it can be achieved in half a month. or lead the enemy's main force and giant deer, and win it in one fell swoop".
"Good! Good! Wonderful! Ouyang Xuan couldn't help but applaud three times in a row. Then Ouyang Xuan pointed to Qingzhou on the map, and then pointed to Bingzhou, "General Zou forgot one thing, that is, strength, individual strength, army strength, battle array strength, and the most important general's strength." The enemy is strong and I am weak to use this plan, now the enemy is weak and I am strong, it is inappropriate to use this plan, to have the wind of the dragon of the year, 100,000 soldiers and horses wandered around Yuzhou, and regarded the Cao army as nothing. Can General Zou tell me who he studied under before joining the army? ”
"Returning to the lord, the last general has studied under the Westerner Buddha in Qu'a Crystal Mountain since he was a child, and learned the art of fighting and killing, astronomical calculations. When the last general was sixteen years old, he went to Yinzhou, Huaxia at the request of others, and has not seen him again."
"Oh, I see. Let's all go back and continue to train the men and horses, and there will be a big battle in the coming day." "No!". Everyone withdrew from the hall one after another, Ouyang Xuan suddenly remembered something, hurriedly called Zou Heng, took a few books from the Huaxia Military Academy from the shelf, and handed them to Zou Heng, "Take it back and take a look first, and then talk to Er Xu when Benzhou is busy with the matter at hand." "No! Thank you, the Lord".
Ouyang Xuan found out through the secret department that Hua Tuo in Han was actually a Buddha from India, and he was now on his way to Qingzhou. That guy admired Ouyang Xuan, the founder of Chinese medicine, and heard that Ouyang Xuan was in Qingzhou, so he came non-stop.
Half a month later, Zhong Zhao sent a letter that they had arrived in Luoyang and met Liu Xie, reporting the name of the year: Zong Tong, Liu Xie found the biography of this name in a historical record left by Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu, which was completely consistent with the events described in the name of Zhong Zhao's newspaper. After the verification was completed, Liu Xie actually bowed to the shrine and cried bitterly. Zhong Zhao didn't know what to do, so he could only comfort him. told a secret passage to the palace, and at this moment, Xing Tang, who was in charge of letting go of the wind, hurried over and said to Zhong Zhao and Liu Xie: "The big thing is not good, Prime Minister Cao Cheng has entered the palace." Zhong Zhao hurriedly helped Liu Xie clean up and left the palace by himself. If it weren't for the mission, Zhong Zhao really wanted to assassinate Cao Cao.
Ouyang Xuan gave Zhong Zhao an order to protect Liu Xie from Luoyang with Yinxin's relatives at the right time, or protect him in Luoyang. Zhong Zhao thought about it again and again, and decided to take Liu Xie out of Luoyang and hide in the mountains in the northwest when Ouyang Xuan issued the blood edict.
In 204 AD, in September of the ninth year of Jian'an, after all preparations were made, Ouyang Xuan officially disclosed Liu Xie's blood edict, and at the same time took out the gold medal and edict of Emperor Wu to show it to the world, raised his sword to the sky, and officially announced the crusade against the ministers and the support of the Han family. The news that Qingzhou Mu Zou Yuan is the king of Xia spread all over the Han land like wings, and the generals and soldiers at all levels of Qingliang and Sanzhou are excited, especially Zou Heng and other young generals, who can fight side by side with the legendary Xia King, for them, this life is enough. Also excited are Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, who are also amazed by their original choice, especially Gao Shun, in order to subdue him, Li Muke has put a lot of effort into it. The most surprising were Zhao Yun and Tai Shici, they would never believe that the state pastor who was younger than themselves turned out to be the legendary all-powerful Xia King. After Cao Cao listened to the report of the horse visitor, he was also furious. He was so angry that it was not whether Ouyang Xuan was the King of Xia or not, but Liu Xie's blood edict. Hurriedly ordered the soldiers to enter the palace to arrest Liu Xie, when Cao Bing entered the palace, it was empty, Liu Xie had long since disappeared, and the Yellow Gate of Concubine Bin had long since disappeared.
Ouyang Xuan ordered Peng Fei to lead 100,000 troops out of Bohai County, Youzhou, and Zou Heng to lead 200,000 elite soldiers out of Yangping County and Wei County in Youzhou, and directly take Si Liji County and Hanoi County to coerce Luoyang. Zhang Liao led 100,000 troops to Changshan County. Zhao Yun led 100,000 elite infantry cavalry to Xuzhou, Li Mu led 100,000 troops with Ma Chao, and the soldiers sent out of Guguan, took Pingyang County and Hedong County, and joined Zou Heng in Heyang, and marched to Luoyang at the same time. Linghu Zhang led 200,000 troops out of Chengxian County, Taishan County, took Lu State, Jibei State, Dongping State, Jiyin State, and marched into Dongjun, Tai Shici led 100,000 troops out of Nancheng County, and took Pengcheng State, Pei State, and Shanyang County to the southwest, and entered Chenliu County. Tang De led 100,000 troops to defend Qingzhou, and Li Dian Gaoshun led 50,000 troops to defend Liangzhou and Bingzhou. Ouyang Xuan led 50,000 Yulin troops and 50,000 cavalry to raid Runan County, Yuzhou, take Yingchuan and Liang Chen, take Hanoi County in the north, and besiege Luoyang from the south.
Ouyang Xuan's army set off almost at the same time, which made Cao Cao a little frightened, and the real millions of elite soldiers were enough to swallow the mountains and rivers in one fell swoop. Cao Cao urgently convened the ministers to discuss the matter, but there were also different opinions, and most of the people advocated surrender, the reason was that now the emperor has also been lost, and the troops are not as strong as the Qingzhou soldiers, so there is only one way to surrender. Cao Cao had a headache, looked at Guo Jia, Guo Jia thought for a long time, and then said slowly: "Prime Minister, now that the soldiers and horses of the two states of Qingdao and the two states are attacking, we will undoubtedly lose the battle. Qingzhou Mu calls himself King Xia, according to historical data, King Xia is now three hundred and sixty years old, asking who in the world can live so long? Besides, King Xia is still the Holy Emperor of Huyi in China, and he is not enjoying happiness in China, so how can he be in the company of soldiers here? Back then, Guangwu had to help King Xia, but it was just a legend, how could there be anyone in the world who gave up the fiefdom of the territory? Jia thought that the blood edict and the Xia King were just an excuse for his strange soldiers, just like the Yellow Turban Rebellion back then, borrowing Taoist techniques. As Jia expected, if the soldiers and horses of the two states of Qingdao and the two states have no grain and grass to support, they will only rely on Qingzhou to maintain, and several large armies will march at the same time, and they will retreat because of the lack of food and grass.
Cao Cao waved his hand to stop the others from talking, and said: "What Feng Xiao said is very true, so follow the policy of Feng Xiao." The soldiers and horses of You, Xu, Si, Yan, and Henan prefectures were ordered to loot all the local grain and grass, leaving not a single grain of grain and rice for the invading enemy, and those who could not be taken to burn it. Ten days later, the whole army assembled with Shangluo County, captured the young and strong army, and replenished the soldiers. Xiahou Yuan was ordered to be the vanguard of Zhengyin, Xu Huang was the deputy general, and Cao Ren was the main general, leading 400,000 troops to take Weixing County and open up the Hanzhong Road. Immediate execution". Cao Cao resolutely pressed the treasure on Ouyang Xuan in the name of King Xia, as for Liu Xie's whereabouts, he doesn't care now, there are many kings surnamed Liu in the world, just find a place to help God, but there is just a lack of the jade seal of the country.
On Ouyang Xuan's side, the soldiers and horses from all walks of life advanced rapidly, and they occupied a large area of territory with almost no resistance, and at the same time, they also noticed the dilemma of no food, and urgently reported to Ouyang Xuan that there was no food in various places, and there was a tragic phenomenon of cannibalism, and Ouyang Xuan's side also faced the same problem, the food was taken away by Cao Cao, and even the rations of the common people were not left. This question is not difficult for Ouyang Xuan at all, he has been prepared for a long time, since he has recovered his identity as King Xia, he naturally has a corresponding backhand. Ouyang Xuan, who was far away in Chen State, ordered Tang De and Huang Tingzhong to transport all the surplus grain from China to Han through the border pass. As the Chinese helicopter traveled to and from all parts of the Han land, transporting a large amount of grain to the states, it was swept away by the hungry people in an instant, and after a month of transportation, a full 6,500 stone of grain was transported into the Han land, which was enough for the Han land to eat for five years.
Cao Cao led an army of 800,000 to the west to attack the city, successfully defeated Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, completely controlled Hanzhong County, and used the mountains to build a pass and defend it strictly. Ouyang Xuan almost completely controlled Sili, Youzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou without blood, only Zou Heng met Xu Huang all the way to fight back, and was picked off by Zou Heng in the triad. A generation of brave generals fell, and after Ouyang Xuan knew about it, he ordered someone to bury him.
All kinds of soldiers and horses are stationed in their respective occupied areas, only Ouyang Xuan and Li Mu Zou Heng are in Luoyang, Zhong Zhao will take Liu Xie back to Luoyang from the mountains, and ascend the throne again to reward, Ouyang Xuan as a reinforcement of King Xia, the court hearing, but was besieged by a group of Confucian scholars, especially Kong Rong, which made Ouyang Xuan very annoyed, in a fit of anger, led the troops out of Luoyang, if it was not for Li Mu to stop him, the young and vigorous Zou Heng would have destroyed Kong Rong's house, and a political turmoil directed by Guo Jia began.