Chapter 219: Burning Yourself

Liu Bei was stationed outside Shanyang County, and Yu Ban led his troops to Shanyang County on a huge ship in less than five days. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoWith the addition of Yu Ban, the defense of Shanyang County has been greatly increased, and there are tiger generals Zhao Yun and others, which makes Zhang Fei and others even more afraid.

Jia Xu sent Tao Ying's letter to Liu Bei, and after reading the letter, Liu Bei knew that Tao Ying had been prepared, and knew that he could not defeat Tao Ying, so he persuaded Tao Shang to return to Wei County to station. After Liu Bei left, Tao Ying ordered the defense troops stationed in Luoyang to guard the security of Luoyang to withdraw to Hanoi County, and no longer protect the safety of Luoyang.

After the defense forces withdrew, Tao Ying withdrew Luoyang's general trading house to Hanoi County, and for a while, Luoyang, which had just had some vitality, fell into another crisis. With Tao Ying's withdrawal, Luoyang's various expenses soon appeared in difficulty. Originally, Luoyang's officials and the emperor's use were Tao Ying's big head, and the princes from all walks of life made small heads, but now as soon as Tao Ying stopped supplying, Luoyang's treasury became empty, and many people began to complain about Zhong Xuan, who had bad ideas, and some people suggested that it was better to convene all the princes to renegotiate countermeasures.

In the spring of 214, the Son of Heaven issued another document to summon all the princes to gather in Luoyang to discuss major matters. The list went down to Yanzhou, and Cao Cao, the lord of Yanzhou, was the closest to Luoyang, so Cao Cao led his soldiers and horses to Luoyang to meet the Son of Heaven in person. The list went down to Jingzhou, and Liu Cong, the lord of Jingzhou, was afraid that the eldest prince Liu Qi would suddenly attack him after he left, so he sent a Wenchen to participate. The three counties of Jingnan did not participate because Liu Qi was not in good health.

When the list went down to Yizhou, Yizhou Liu Zhang sent Wenchen to participate. The Son of Heaven summoned Zhang Lu of Hanzhong again, but Zhang Lu was rescued by the Son of Heaven, but the Son of Heaven did not crown him as the king of Hanning, so he was angry and refused to send someone to participate. The Son of Heaven sent an edict to Tao Ying, and Tao Ying said that Xuzhou was busy with affairs and had no time to patronize, so he refused.

In March, Luoyang's unfinished buildings were everywhere, but most of them were uninhabited. After Cao Cao and others arrived in Luoyang, the defenders of Luoyang have grown from nearly 10,000 to less than 3,000 now, among these 3,000 people, Zhang Lu withdrew his own soldiers and horses, and Liu Qi withdrew Jingnan soldiers and horses, so most of the rest are Cao Cao and others' military horses.

In the court, the minister of civil and military affairs accused Tao Ying of various behaviors, Xiliang Taishou Ma Teng came to Xuzhou, and he saw that Xuzhou and Luoyang were completely different, so when the ministers advocated a joint attack on Xuzhou again, Ma Teng admonished that the attack was not good. Ma Tengyan said that Xuzhou soldiers are strong and strong, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, everyone is grateful to the king of Pengcheng, if Xuzhou is attacked, I am afraid that the people will fight to the death!

Seeing that Ma Teng, who had always been loyal to him, was so opposed, the Son of Heaven scolded a few words and pushed Ma Teng out and beheaded him on the charge that Ma Teng intended to rebel with Tao Ying, and he also wanted to kill Ma Teng's nine clans!

Zhong Miao and other ministers saw that the Son of Heaven was going to kill Ma Teng to stop him, and Cao Cao saw that there was an opportunity to divide the court, so he sided with the Son of Heaven. Zhong Miao was promoted by Cao Cao, but he betrayed himself and surrendered to the Son of Heaven, which made Cao Cao want to clean him up for a long time. Only when the court is in chaos can he regain control of the court, and then regain the land of Sili and Sanqin.

Muddy waters are convenient for fishing!

Ignoring the opposition of Zhong Xuan and others, the Son of Heaven pushed out Ma Teng, who sang the praises of Tao Ying's skillful governance, and beheaded him. After killing Ma Teng, in order to set an example, the Son of Heaven hung Ma Teng's body on the city wall for public display. Ma Teng died at the hands of Cao Cao, and now it really confirms history. After the Son of Heaven killed Ma Teng, Cao Cao said that Zhong Xuan and Ma Teng had a good relationship, if he did not kill Zhong Xuan, he was afraid that Zhong Xuan would unite with Han Sui Ma Chao and others in the north to rebel. At the beginning, Ma Teng and Han Sui were stationed together in the two states, and the two of them were not in harmony, so Zhong Xuan mediated with them!

When the Son of Heaven heard the rumors and wanted to behead Zhong Xuan, Zhong Xuan had the merit of supporting him, and all the civil and military officials came to persuade him, so the Son of Heaven exempted Zhong Xuan from the death penalty, but dismissed Zhong Xuan as a concubine. After Zhong Xuan was degraded, the civil officials who were good friends with him said that he betrayed Cao Cao and supported the Son of Heaven, Cao Cao had long held a grudge against him, and now it would be dangerous to stay in Luoyang, so it was better to go to Liangzhou Han Sui.

Zhong Miao wanted to leave Luoyang, and as soon as he left Luoyang City, the messenger of the Son of Heaven left the city and headed towards Liangzhou. Zhong Xuan stopped the envoy, only to know that the Son of Heaven canonized Han Sui as the assassin of Liangzhou, and asked him to take the opportunity to capture and kill Ma Chao and others, and then destroy the nine clans of Ma Teng! Seeing that the Son of Heaven was so tyrannical, Zhong Miao hurriedly left his family and rode to Liangzhou alone to inform Ma Chao and others.

After Zhong Xiang left, Zhong Xuan's family wandered outside Luoyang City, Cao Cao asked people to find the whereabouts of Zhong Xuan's family, and the soldiers and horses of the King of Wei searched everywhere, and Zhong Xuan's family fled north in a hurry. The only place in the world that can take refuge is Hanoi County, so Zhong Xuan's son took his family to Hanoi County for refuge. The family fled to Hanoi, and when they heard that it was Zhong Xuan's family, Hanoi Taishou Deng Ai and Ma Jian hurriedly came to greet them, and then placed them in Bianjing.

Zhong Xuan's family told Deng Ai the news that the Son of Heaven killed Ma Teng, and Deng Ai wanted to send someone to tell Tao Ying, the king of Pengcheng, but Ma Jian said that now is a good time to make meritorious contributions, if he returns to the lord, it will delay time, so it is better to raise troops to besiege Luoyang at this moment, and then besiege Luoyang in the name of the Son of Heaven killing the minister in vain, and then he will be able to catch all the princes at that time.

Deng Aiyan would not have enough soldiers and horses if he besieged Luoyang at this moment. Ma Tan said that it is better to go north to borrow troops from the eldest prince Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang controls the land of the four northern provinces, although he is young but has great talents, and he has trained soldiers in the north for a long time, and has already trained nearly 100,000 elite soldiers, if Zhuge Liang is willing to send troops, he will be able to defeat Luoyang!

Deng Ai was suspicious, so Ma Jian asked for orders to inform Zhuge Liang, and Deng Ai sent Ma Jian to Bingzhou. After Ma Tan arrived in Bingzhou, he told Zhuge Liang about Luoyang, Zhuge Liang was shocked when he heard it, and hurriedly ordered Ma Tan to hurry back to Hanoi so that Deng Ai would not send troops! Ma Jian asked why, Zhuge Liang said that if he sent troops, it would definitely be a rebellion, and it would be a matter of the Jiu clan!

Ma Tan also said that if half of it is owned by the king of Pengcheng today, and the people support the king of Pengcheng, why can't he enter the Ninety-Five Honor! Zhuge Liang returned to Dong Zhuo to control the government, just to offside and kill himself. Now King Pengcheng refuses to be the emperor in order not to attract the crusade of the princes of the world! Only by occupying people's hearts can we win. Zhuge Liang thought about it, and then felt that the opportunity could not be lost, so he ordered Tao Zhong to guard and annex the state, and he and Zhang Liao and Zhang He led 50,000 troops to Hanoi County to see if they could make some benefits.

After Zhuge Liang arrived in Hanoi, Deng Ai led Zhong Xuan's family to meet, Zhuge Liang comforted them for a long time, and Zhong Xuan's family was moved to see that Pengcheng Wang Yizi attached so much importance to them.

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