Originally, in history, it was the rebellion of Li Dao and Guo Yan that pushed the Han Dynasty to the brink of final collapse, so after Liu Wei established the Unified Investigation Society, most of the focus of his work was spent on monitoring the Xiliang army.

When Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, he left his son-in-law Niu Fu, his nephews Dong Yue and Xu Rong in Liangzhou Hedong and other places to guard the base camp. And after Li Dao, Guo Yan and others entered Liangzhou, Niu Fu was dissatisfied with Li Dao Guo Yan not helping Dong Zhuo, and was even more jealous of Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, who were originally under him, and jumped on his head and became the lord of Xiliang.

In Niu Fu's heart, as Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, he should be the new boss of the Xiliang Army. Therefore, Niu Fu wanted to raise troops to attack Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, in order to expand his power, he first recruited the Bai Bo army who were in rebellion in Hedong and other places as Austrian aid, and then contacted Dong Yue, Xu Rong and others to do it together.

Dong Yue was originally a child of Dong Zhuo's clan, and because of his courage and strength, he was promoted to Zhonglang General by Dong Zhuo. After receiving the invitation of Niu Fu to conspire with him, he came to Niu Fu in a hurry.

Who knew that because of Dong Yue's violent personality, he once whipped a diviner, and the very superstitious Niu Fu let the divination before Dong Yue came, and got the hexagram of the upper and lower levels. Niu Fu asked the Zheng people to explain, and the Xiao people took the opportunity to provoke revenge on Dong Yue, saying: "This is the fire and the golden hexagram, the image of the master outside and the inside." ”

Outside and inside? What does it mean to seek from the outside, isn't it that the people outside want to usurp the status of the people inside?

Niu Fu thought of the upcoming Dong Yue, and suspected that the foreign Dong Yue would seek to seize his position, so he attacked and killed Dong Yue, who was full of joy and conspired with great things, and annexed his army.

Although Niu Fu's strength increased greatly after killing Dong Yue, it made the army deviate from morality, and the soldiers and generals were suspicious. Taking advantage of the unstable morale of his army, Li Wei took the initiative to attack. That night, some soldiers rebelled and fled, and in the midst of the chaos, the timid and suspicious Niu Fu thought that the whole battalion had mutinied, so he abandoned the camp and fled with four or five people, including gold and silver treasures and his henchman Hu Chi'er (Note 1). On the way, he was killed by Hu Chi'er, who was greedy for treasure, and his head was handed over to Li Dao, Guo Yan and others.

Li Dao and Guo Yan took advantage of the chaos to slaughter Dong Zhuo Manmen, and completely wiped out the influence of the Dong clan in Xiliang. Zhonglang general Xu Rong knew that he could not be an enemy with him, so he led his army east to Chang'an and surrendered to the imperial court.

Dong Zhuo was anxious and angry after learning that he was all gone, and the life in captivity made him finally unable to bear the blow and vomited blood and died. A few days later, Dong Min also followed in the footsteps of his eldest brother, and died.

Dong Zhuo's brothers died in the same month, although there is a bit of conspiracy, but this matter has nothing to do with Liu Wei. Li Dao Guo Yan killed Dong Zhuo's family, which can be regarded as a complete break with Dong Zhuo. Liu Wei no longer has to worry that Dong Zhuo will contact the old department of Xiliang and have a plot, now that Dong Zhuo is the commander of the light pole, Liu Wei has no intention of killing him and dirty his hands.

It's just that what Liu Wei didn't expect was that most of the historians of later generations suspected that the Dong brothers' "death from illness" had nothing to do with Liu Bian, and they have been arguing about it endlessly.

After defeating Niu Fu and other old forces in Xiliang, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others completely controlled the Xiliang Group. At first, Li Dao did not immediately rebel against the imperial court, but behaved extremely deferentially. The court above expressed its willingness to guard the frontier for the Han Dynasty as a vassal of the imperial court. Liu Wei asked Huangfu Song to recruit troops in the Sanfu area and lacked horses, and Li Wei also took the initiative to send more than 1,000 Xiliang horses to Huangfu Song. These actions largely paralyzed the imperial court's wariness of Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, and even Liu Wei, who was familiar with history, felt that Li Dao, Guo Yan and others should not make any big moves in a short period of time.

Unexpectedly, Li Dao would suddenly attack, and the troops entered the right to support the wind, and with lightning speed, the five cities of Kehuating, Wangxian, Qianyang, Chencang, and Meixian were pointed at Chang'an.

Caught off guard, the imperial court did not have a good solution, Liu Wei had to issue an edict ordering all counties and counties in Sili Prefecture to hold the city, and ordered the general of Sili Huangfu Song to lead the army to quell the rebellion.

Soon after, specific information about the rebels in Xiliang was transmitted back to Luoyang, and Li Dao Guo Yan's rebels numbered about 30,000 people, and they were known as 100,000 in order to increase their momentum. And under the slogan of "Qing Jun's side, eliminate traitors", he contacted Ma Teng, Han Sui and other rebels in Xiliang to invade the imperial court together. At the same time, Li Dao Guo Yan also promised the Qiang tribes around Liangzhou that they could go to the Central Plains to plunder, attracting 10,000 Qiang soldiers from large and small tribes to act with them, and even Liu Yan of Yizhou became ready to move, and the court hoped that the Son of Heaven would obey the "will of the people" and not make the princes of the world uneasy.

The momentum of the Xiliang rebels and the speed of their movements shocked the imperial court. However, the most puzzling thing for Liu is that Liu Yan, who has always beheaded Han envoys and rejected the imperial court, and likes to be the emperor behind closed doors, how could Liu Yan, the Yizhou Mu, also have the intention of winning the Central Plains?

Li Dao, Guo Yan and others are resident in Xiliang, and it is normal to be friendly with the Qiang tribe, and the Baibo army is newly surrendered, and Ma Teng and Han Sui have also hooked up with the Xiliang army in history, and it is not surprising that these forces are mixed with the Xiliang rebels, but this Liu Yan ......

When Liu Wei was puzzled, Cao Cao broke the heavenly opportunity with one sentence: "Liu Junlang (Liu Yanzi) seized Bashu, and often had a heart of disobedience. At this time, the imperial court was persecuted, just because there was no child at the moment, and I was afraid that Yizhou would not be able to continue. ”

Liu Wei suddenly realized. When Liu Yan entered Yizhou, only the third son Liu Mao of the four sons followed him, and the rest stayed in the capital as hostages. Now that his third son Liu Mao has died early, Liu Yan's health is not good, and he often has back problems. According to the original history, at this time, it should be Li Dao Guo Yan who was in turmoil, and Liu Yan's eldest son and second son wanted to get rid of Li Dao, but they were killed by Li Dao, and only the youngest son Liu Zhang escaped back to Liu Yan. But now Liu Wei has changed the track of history, Liu Yan's three sons are all living well in the capital, and they are all serving as officials in the imperial court. If Liu Yan dies of illness at this time, Yizhou's territory will be inherited by no one and will inevitably change hands, how can Liu Yan not be in a hurry?

As early as when Liu Wei let Liu Yu's son Liu He return to his father, Liu Yan also hoped that the imperial court would let his eldest son Liu Fan return to him. In view of Liu Yan's performance in the court, Liu Wei rejected his request. Now Liu Yan is making trouble with Li Dao and Guo Yan, just to take advantage of the situation to coerce the imperial court to agree to his request.

Liu Wei knew in his heart that the core of the real problem was still Li Dao Guo Yan's Xiliang rebels, and if they could be solved, the other forces would just bluff.

However, just as Liu Wei convened his ministers to discuss the solution to the problem of the Xiliang rebels, the battle report from the front line shook the entire imperial court again.

Huangfu Song's army, defeated!

Liu Wei couldn't help but be stunned for a long time when he heard the news. Huangfu Song has been famous for a long time, and he has long been a famous general at home, how could he be defeated by Li Dao and Guo Yan?

Reading the military report that came back carefully, Liu Wei was stunned to find that Huangfu Song was not very unjustly lost.

After receiving Liu Wei's counterinsurgency edict, Huangfu Song immediately led his soldiers to the front. As a famous general, he also saw that although the rebels were huge, the real main force was still the rebels of Li Dao and Guo Yan, as long as they were solved, the rest of the forces would be self-defeating. It's just that Huangfu Song's army is only about 10,000, and they are all newly recruited recruits, and their combat ability is not strong, so it is difficult to compete with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry who has been fighting in the frontier for a long time, so Huang Fu Song simply recruited 40,000 soldiers and horses temporarily, striving to surpass the rebels in terms of numbers, and engage in crowd tactics.

After assembling the army, Huangfu Song led his army to Wugong City and engaged in a fierce battle with the Xiliang rebels who attacked there.

The first battle was won, and the Xiliang rebels were defeated and retreated westward. Huangfu Song's army took advantage of the victory to pursue and regained the two cities of Meixian and Chencang one after another.

Unexpectedly, the defeat of the Xiliang rebels was a deception to lure the enemy, and the Huangfu Song army, which was too deep in pursuit, was cut off by Ma Teng and Han Suijun, who suddenly appeared.

Huangfu Song's defeated army retreated to Wugong and collected remnants near Zhou Zhi. Originally, if Huangfu Song could reassemble the soldiers and horses, the imperial court would still have the strength to fight, but what he didn't expect was that the Xiliang rebels actually sent people to dig Weishui behind them, and many counties in Youfufeng and Jingzhao and other places suddenly became Zeguo, and the people were displaced.

Many of the soldiers in Huangfu Song's army were from the Sanfu area, and the Xiliang rebels took the opportunity to spread rumors in the army that many counties in the Sanfu area were flooded. Originally, most of them were just soldiers recruited by Huangfu Song in a hurry, and in essence, they were just peasants who had just put down their hoes. This kind of soldier is unstoppable if he wins all the way, and if he is defeated, he will not be able to defeat the army, just like the Yellow Turban Army defeated by Huangfu Song many years ago.

The Xiliang rebels seized the opportunity of the unstable heart of the Huangfu Song army to launch an attack, the Huangfu Song army bombed the camp, many soldiers either gave up resistance and surrendered or took advantage of the chaos to escape, the defeat was a thousand miles, and Huangfu Song was forced to lead the remnants of the army to retreat to Chang'an City.

The Xiliang rebels pursued along the road and approached the city. Chang'an is in danger!

The defeat of Huangfu Song's army was like a pot of boiling water boiling the entire Luoyang, not only the ordinary people of Luoyang were panicked, but the court was also arguing.

A faction of courtiers led by Yuan Kui thought that the imperial court should immediately contact the local shepherds to lead the army to the king at this moment, while Lu Zhi and others thought that the herdsmen in various places had unclear intentions, and if they rashly attracted the capital, it would be another disaster for Dong Zhuo. Yuan Kui's faction retorted that there was a huge disparity between the enemy and our forces, and the Luoyang defenders were still reluctant to defend the Beijing division, let alone rush to the aid of Chang'an. The two sides had their own reasons and quarreled in the court.

Seeing that the argument did not lead to anything, Liu Wei waved his hand to interrupt the noisy courtiers, and almost rolled up his sleeves and fought with the courtiers to end the court meeting in the Jiade Palace.

Out of the Jiade Palace, Liu Wei returned directly to the Dragon Garden. Yuan Kui's idea in the court was completely stupid, and it was very likely that there was evil intentions hidden in it. But Liu Wei, who was in a messy mood, couldn't think of any better ideas, so he called Huangmen and ordered: "Chuan General Lu Zhi, Great Si Nong Cheng Xun Yu, Xiyuan Zhonglang General Jiang Qi, and President Shi Weiyi enter the palace." ”

Huangmen left in response, Liu Wei suddenly stopped him again, thought about it and added: "General Dian Nong Zhonglang Cao Cao and Northern Army commander Liu Bei also called." ”

While waiting for Lu Zhi and them to enter the palace, Liu Wei was not idle, sitting alone in the pavilion in the lake of Maolong Garden, drinking stuffy wine.

He had never been so frustrated, he thought that he who was familiar with history could reverse his fate, but who knew that in the end, he would not be able to stop the rebellion of Li Dao Guo Yan in history. Who is the person who sees through his own plan to boil frogs in warm water and sow discord? Judging from this series of actions of the Xiliang rebels, it is definitely a well-prepared plan before moving, and the poisonous plan to dig up Weishui alone is not something that Li Dao Guo Yan's mind can come up with.

Poison scheme? As soon as this word passed through Liu Wei's mind, the figure of a black-clothed scribe suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, with a pair of eagle eyes on his bloated face, deep and mysterious.

"Jia Xu!" Liu Wei gritted his teeth and burst out of the man's name through his mouth.

How could I have forgotten this person! Originally, the rebellion of Li Dao and Guo Yan in history was not precisely because of his instigation! A plan can endanger the country, and a piece of words can disrupt the country, and only she can debunk her own plan, and say that Li Dao and Guo Yan will raise troops and rebel against the Han.

The more Liu Wei thought about it, the more angry he became, but more of it was a deep fear of this historical poisoner Jia Xu. Reborn at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he deeply felt this fear beyond his control for the first time. Extremely angry in his heart, Liu Wei angrily threw the wine jug in his hand to the ground and smashed it.

Lu Zhi, Xun Yu and others happened to come to the pavilion, and when they saw Liu Wei angry, they all walked in and persuaded him: "Your Majesty is angry!" ”

Liu Wei saw that Lu Zhi and the others were coming, so he sat on the stone chair weakly. waved his hand and ordered them not to be polite, and ordered Huangmen to sweep away the debris on the ground, and brought a chair to sit down with Lu Zhi and the others.

looked at Liu Wei with a frown, looking melancholy. Knowing that he was upset about Li Dao Guo Yan's rebels, Lu Zhi took the lead in comforting him: "Your Majesty don't worry, although the Xiliang rebels are huge, they will not be able to hold on for a long time, and the imperial court will win if they are slowly trying to do so." ”

Liu Wei shook his head and sighed: "Now Chang'an City is in danger, if Chang'an is lost, Luoyang will also be in danger, and my country may also change hands." ”

Liu Bian's words were ominous, and Lu Zhi and the others couldn't help but look at each other. Xun Yu suddenly stood up from the chair and said angrily: "Your Majesty can't say that!" I have been in the world for a hundred years, how can those clowns who jump off the beam be shaken. The Xiliang rebels seem to be huge, but in fact they are just a plate of scattered sand and a rabble. The Qiang tribe only knew about looting, and did not cooperate with the Xiliang rebels. The White Bojun Li Dao left them in Hedong, with the intention of guarding the important places in Hedong for him, so he would not take any action. Xiliang Ma Teng has always had the heart of returning to the Han Dynasty, and at this time, he rebelled with Li Dao and Guo Yan, but they were just using each other, and they looked like they were separated. If His Majesty can promise him a high-ranking official, he will part ways with the Xiliang rebels. As for Yizhou Liu Yan, he just wants to take advantage of the situation to coerce the imperial court, His Majesty might as well agree to his request for the time being, and the Yizhou issue will be slowly figured out later. ”

Xun Yu's impassioned talk shocked everyone stunned. Looking at Xun Yu's resolute expression, Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, suddenly smiled dumbly, and said: "Wen Ruo is usually gentle and elegant, but I didn't expect to have such momentum. It's really like a split-eyed, loyal and courageous. ”

Fan Hao was a fierce general beside Liu Bang in the early Han Dynasty, and during the Hongmen banquet, he broke into Xiang Yu's camp alone to save Liu Bang, angrily reprimanded Xiang Yu, and his eyes were split. Liu Wei compared Xun Yu to the loyal and reckless Fan Xu, which was both a ridicule and a compliment to his loyalty.

Xun Yu's face turned red, and he hurriedly saluted and said, "The minister has lost his manners, Your Majesty forgives the sin." ”

Everyone laughed, and Cao Cao praised with a smile on the side: "Xun Wenruo's analysis is so exquisite, as if Zhang Liang was reborn." In this way, the traitor's wings are cut, and only Li Dao and Guo Yan are left alone. ”

Liu Wei also swept away the gloom on his face just now, and asked excitedly: "For Li Dao Guo Yan's rebels, what is Wen Ruo's clever plan to break it?" ”

Xun Yu replied: "Liangzhou is poor, and all the supplies of the rebels in Xiliang rely on Hedong County. If His Majesty can send an army to take Hedong, the rebels will be defeated. It's just that now the siege of Chang'an must be saved, if Chang'an is lost, the abundant Guanzhong region will be in the hands of thieves, not only will the rebels be able to raise troops, but other forces will be more determined to come together with the rebels, and even other princes will be ready to move. ”

As soon as Xun Yu's words fell, Liu Bei objected on the side: "The imperial court is short of troops, what if it rushes to the aid of Chang'an now, causing Luoyang's defense to be empty and being exploited?" ”

Xun Yu was speechless, and everyone fell silent. Luoyang's total strength is only more than 20,000 people in the Xiyuan Army and the Northern Army, if there are fewer reinforcements, not only can not relieve the siege of Chang'an, but also may be swallowed by the enemy. But if all of them were sent out, how would the imperial court guard against other princes who were eyeing them?

Liu Wei lowered his head and groaned, his hands were clenched tightly, and he repeatedly weighed the gains and losses in his heart, and finally Liu Wei raised his head and said in a firm voice: "I have decided, and I will devote the whole country to rescue Chang'an." ”

The emperor made a decision, and Lu Zhi and other ministers had no objections, and now the situation is only left to sit and wait for death. However, just as everyone looked at Lu Zhi, they thought that he must be the leader of the rush to Chang'an. However, after Liu Wei glanced at the circle of people, he said something that surprised everyone:

"I'm going to go west in person!"

Everyone looked at each other, and Lu Zhi first stood up and dissuaded: "Your Majesty's golden body, why do you need to risk it alone." The old minister is not talented, and he is willing to share his worries for His Majesty and lead the army to the west. ”

Liu Wei waved his hand and refused: "Duke Lu is loyal, and I am very pleased. However, at this time, my great Han has reached a critical moment, and it is impossible for me to be in the deep palace to enjoy myself. If God doesn't bless my Han, even if I die on the battlefield, I will be worthy of my ancestors and ancestors! ”

Seeing that Liu Wei was resolute, the ministers knew that they could no longer persuade him. Liu Wei put his hands on Lu Zhi's shoulders and said earnestly: "If I go, the capital will be entrusted to Duke Lu." I am not worried about the others, but as for the Taifu Mansion, Duke Lu should pay more attention. ”

Liu Wei was talking about Yuan Kui, and Lu Zhi naturally understood in his heart. Just watching Liu Bian's decision to go west, just like watching his own children go to the battlefield, he felt both glorious and worried, so he had to tell again and again: "Your Majesty is careful in everything, the affairs of the capital are handed over to the ministers, and the ministers swear that the city is in the people, and they will never let Your Majesty have any worries." ”

Liu Wei smiled and nodded heavily.

Immediately, he thought of one more thing, and asked with an embarrassed face: "Just now Wen Ruo said that taking Hedong can make the rebels self-defeating, but I have already gone out with all my might, how can Hedong be desirable?" ”

Cao Cao smiled slightly and gently reminded Liu Wei: "Your Majesty, has you forgotten Ding Jianyang?" ”

Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.

"My big man is united, what am I afraid of? It is necessary to fight to the death with the rebels, eliminate the evil, and relieve the trouble of our Han Xiliang border in one fell swoop. ”

All the ministers bowed and saluted, and they all said, "I am willing to drive for Your Majesty." ”

Liu Wei also discussed with Lu Zhi and others, and Jiang Qi, the lieutenant general of the Xiyuan Army, and Sima Wu Kuang of the Northern Army led the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to go out with the Son of Heaven. Dian Nong Zhonglang General Cao Cao and the Northern Army Military Division ordered Liu Bei to accompany the army to counsel military affairs. Lu Zhi, Xun Yu, and Wei Yi stayed in Beijing.

When everyone was about to retreat after discussion, Liu Wei suddenly stopped Wei Yi again: "Zhongxian stay for a while." ”

Wei Yi hurriedly turned around and returned to the pavilion to stand.

Liu Wei leaned on the railing of the pavilion, looked at the lake faintly and said, "I asked you to check on a person, this person is a Wuwei person......

Note 1: Due to a mistake in personal history, in the forty-second chapter of the first volume, Hu Che'er, who was brave and killed Dian Wei, was mistakenly written as Hu Chi'er, who was greedy for money and killed the master. I hereby declare that I will correct it, and I hope that all readers will forgive me.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter)