It was already October, and the cold wind was howling, blowing the windows of the inn "clang".

"King Chen Liu, your spirit in the sky, please look away, my Chen Palace will definitely avenge you!"

Chen Gong lit a stick of incense in the guest room and repeatedly kowtowed in the direction of Luoyang.

Enlightened by Liu Wei's words, Chen Gong suddenly woke up and decided to return to Luoyang to persuade Liu Xie to abdicate, so that the East and West Han could become one, and end this endless campaign.

But because Wancheng, Wuguan, Hanzhong, and Xuchang were in flames everywhere, Chen Gong had to take a detour to take the route of Lujiang, Huainan, and Chenliu, so he was delayed on the road for half a month.

There are few people in the world who believe that Liu Xie was not killed by Liu Wei more than Chen Gong, if Liu Wei wants to assassinate Liu Xie, why waste his lips and tongue to persuade himself to return to Luoyang to persuade him to surrender?

"It must have been done by this traitor!" Chen Gong gritted his teeth and scolded, "Maybe the Yang family can't get out of it!" Perhaps after Zhu Yuanzhang's entire army was annihilated, King Chen Liuwang had already conceived the idea of surrendering, after all, he was in the same vein as His Majesty, and his blood was thicker than water. Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Jian and Yang Jian planned to kill two birds with one stone, sending assassins to murder King Chen Liu, and then blame His Majesty. ”

As a strategist with 93 intelligence, Chen Gong easily guessed the truth. Moreover, Chen Gong also believes that there is no shortage of wise men in the Luoyang court, such as Zhong Xuan, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and others, and they can guess that this is Liu Ji's plan to kill two birds with one stone.

But people had to bow their heads under the eaves, and they had been fighting with Liu Wei for so many years, perhaps they were afraid that they would be settled by Liu Wei after the reunification of the two Han Dynasty. Therefore, even if you can guess that Liu Xie's death is by no means so simple. also pretended to be in the dark, and supported Liu Ji to ascend the throne with no conscience.

Chen Gong has changed from a helpless county official to a pivotal figure in the Luoyang court. It is relying on Liu Xie's support, so in Chen Gong's heart, Liu Xie has the grace of knowing him. He was more loyal to Liu Xie than anyone else. Even Liu Wei, who drank him as a head, was not as good as him.

"King Chen Liu, please believe in my Chen Palace, I will kill Liu Ji at any cost and avenge your hatred!"

Chen Gong picked up the wine glass, sacrificed Liu Xie's soul in the direction of Luoyang, and made an oath word for word.

Slowly stood up, walked to the edge of the bed and touched his sword, with the sound of "choking" out of the sheath, Chen Gong drew the sword in his hand. Without hesitation, he slashed at his arm.

It can only be said that Chen Gong is ruthless enough, and there are really few people who have been so ruthless to him throughout the ages!

The cold light flashed, and with a "poof" sound, the sharp blade cut off Chen Gong's left arm, and blood spurted out. But Chen Gong didn't let out a scream, covered his broken arm and rushed out of the guest room, shouting: "Help, help, a snitch entered the room and cut off my arm!" ”

Before self-harm. Chen Gong had already made an observation, and on the right side of this inn was an old doctor who was good at treating external injuries, and he was the senior brother of the divine doctor Zhang Zhongjing. Chen Gong believed that he could save his life, so he mutilated himself. In exchange for Liu Ji's trust.

Seeing Chen Gong running out with a broken arm like a fountain, the shopkeeper of the inn was almost frightened to death, and hurriedly invited Zhang Zhongjing's senior brother over as quickly as possible. Bandage Chen Gong to stop the bleeding.

After a busy night, the weak Chen Gong's face was as pale as paper. But he was able to save his life.

Luoyang, Imperial Palace.

Just when Chen Gong broke his arm and self-harmed in Xingyang's inn. The beautiful Liu Ji is receiving congratulations from hundreds of civil and military officials at the enthronement ceremony.

Liu Xie has been buried in the mausoleum in the southern suburbs of Luoyang, Liu Che symbolically held a state funeral, and then put on a dragon robe surrounded by Yang Jian, Su Qin, Dou Ying, Yang Guang and others, sat on the dragon chair, and officially became the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Under the leadership of Yang Jian, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty held the wat board in their hands and unanimously proclaimed their vassals to Liu Che.

Liu Che was dressed in a red and black dragon robe, and laughed with a high-spirited smile: "Everyone, Aiqing, I declare that the first emperor is posthumously named the emperor of filial piety, and the mausoleum is dedicated to the mausoleum. From today onwards, the name of the country has been changed to Chuping. ”

After a pause, he continued to say loudly: "Hongnong Yang's hard work is high, and Yang Sima is a pillar of the imperial court. At this time when the mountains and rivers were broken, I decided to abolish the White Horse Alliance, which was not allowed to be crowned king by Gaozu with different surnames, and canonized Yang Jian as the king of Qi, which was inherited from generation to generation, and his descendants were replaced. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!"

Although he was canonized as the King of Qi, Yang Jian was still quite uncomfortable in his heart when he saw Liu Ji, who had a comparable status in the past, sit on the dragon chair. But there is no choice but to list Shane.

"I have decided to canonize Cao Cao as the King of Wei, Liu Yu as the King of Liang, Zhao Kuangyin as the King of Song, and Zhu Di as the King of Yong!"

In order to win over the princes from all walks of life, Liu Che decided to adopt Su Qin's strategy and wantonly crown the king. Anyway, the Eastern Han Dynasty now has an overwhelming advantage, and if the Western Han Dynasty court continues to follow the rules, it will only be a matter of time before it falls.

Although Cao Cao was canonized by Liu Wei, he was preceded by the word "Han" to indicate that he was a subordinate prince of the Han Dynasty. And now Liu Che directly granted Cao Cao the king of Wei, which can be regarded as a promotion. As for the Zhu family, Liu Che chose to canonize Zhu Di, who held military power, as the king, instead of Zhu Jun, who was the oldest.

Su Qin also suggested: "Your Majesty can canonize Li Shimin as the king of Tang and Temujin as the king of Yuan, and send envoys to reconcile the contradictions between them and Cao Cao, and strive to turn the war into a jade silk, and turn the spearhead against Liu Wei unanimously." ”

"Quasi-play!" Liu Che waved his pen and agreed.

After finishing the letter to Tang and Yuan, Liu Che opened his mouth and sent a decree: "I have decided to canonize Yang Su as the king of Han, Cao Ren as the king of Puyang, and Xiahoudun as the king of Jinyang!" ”

Anyway, it was to write empty checks, and in order to get addicted to the emperor, and even more so to win over these generals who held military power, Liu Che opened his mouth and gave away three more princes.

In the end, he even decided to seal Liu Bei: "Send someone to Chengdu to see Liu Bei, if he is willing to defect to the Eastern Han Dynasty, give him Chengdu and the entire Nanzhong region." Canonized him as the king of Shu and rose from the king of the county to the king of one word. ”

Su Qin suggested: "Your Majesty has canonized Liu Bei as a prince. simply canonized Zhang Fei, Pang Tong, Fa Zheng and others, and fought to break Liu Bei's alliance with the Eastern Han Dynasty. ”

"Tell me the Divine Decree. Zhang Fei was crowned as the king of Yunnan, and the other Pang Tong, Fa Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Fu Youde, Shi Dakai and others were all canonized as Pavilion Marquis! ”

Liu Che looked like he had pulled down all the parts of the world, anyway, it wasn't his own now, and it was okay to break the jar. Maybe it can arouse the ambition of these people by mistake, and everyone unanimously pointed the finger at Liu Wei, and it is still unknown whether the defeat will turn into victory.

After sealing the outsiders, he couldn't snub the people in front of him, Liu Che opened his mouth again, and ordered: "I decided to canonize Huangfu Song as Jinling Hou, Zhu Jun as Langya Hou, Su Qin as Huaiyin Hou, Dou Ying as Wu Hou, Zhou Yafu as Danyang Hou, Zhong Xuan as Shouchun Hou, Shi Wansui as Gaochang Hou, Zhang Xutuo as Jiaozhi Hou......"

Liu Che beat the local tyrants and divided the land. Almost all the counties of Liu Wei were divided next to each other, anyway, it was an empty promise, and whoever had the ability could grab it himself.

"Since Your Majesty has sealed the world's celebrities next to each other, why don't you just canonize the civil and military ministers under Liu Wei's command? Maybe some people are dissatisfied, and we can muddy the waters, and finally achieve the goal of fishing in troubled waters. Su Qin was also brought up by Liu Xuan, and frequently sent divine assists, looking like he was going to bring the world down.

Liu Che agreed: "Spread my will, canonize Li Jing as the king of Yan, Yue Fei as the king of Chu, and Wu Qi as the king of Yue." Wang Meng is the king of Lu, Wang Shouren is the king of Jiaozhi, Zhuge Liang is the king of Zheng, and Qin Qiong is the king of Tan......"

Liu Che first sealed the chief general of the legion under Liu Wei and the local assassin Shi as the king. Then he gave Liu Bowen, Xun Yu and others marquises. Whether he accepts it or not, it is to cause mutual suspicion within the Eastern Han Dynasty in order to achieve the purpose of fishing in troubled waters.

With Liu Che Chrysostom wide open. The envoys from all walks of life hurried to the east, west, south and north respectively with the edicts stamped with the Huanghuang holy seal. Canonize all the princes as kings.

In Wancheng, with the annihilation of Zhu Yuanzhang's entire army. As well as the assassination of Liu Xie and Liu Jie's accession to the throne, Yang Su chose to retreat and return to Luoyang.

However, due to Yue Fei's division of troops to rescue Runan, Yue Yun and Feng Sheng's reinforcements had not yet arrived, and their strength was far inferior to Yang Su; In addition, winter has arrived, and there is a shortage of grain and grass, so they did not catch up, and let Yang Su and Huangfu Song lead their troops away.

Zhou Yafu and Xie Yingdeng led 50,000 horses and horses as soon as they arrived at Wuguan, when they heard that Zhu Yuanzhang's entire army was annihilated, Huo Quji and Ran Min led a mixed army of 50,000 horses and infantry to rescue Wuguan, and hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of troops, retreated to Shangluo Pass, and defended it with danger.

In the west of Jingzhou, Guan Yu, Zhang Liao, and Gan Ningbing divided into three routes, swept through the lost more than ten county seats, and recaptured Fangling in one fell swoop. and met with the reinforcements led by Zhu Di and Li Wenzhong near Shangyong. Relying on Xu Shu's advice, Guan Yu, Zhang Liao, Gan Ning, Guan Ping, Guan Xing and other fierce generals fought bravely and desperately, taking advantage of Zhu Di's unstable foothold to repel him, and captured Shangyong in one fell swoop, so that the Eastern Han Dynasty court completely occupied Jingzhou.

Zhu Yuanzhang's annihilation made Cao Ren dumbfounded, it was really the fox who didn't hit him and caused a commotion. Knowing that Xue Rengui led an army to aid Runan, he hurriedly ordered Yu Ban to retreat. Xue Rengui, Lu Junyi, and Ma Dai took advantage of the situation to pursue and kill directly in the Ruyang area, looking at Xuchang and Chen County in Dongzhen, with a posture of attacking the city and plundering the land at any time.

And Qin Qiong of the Qingzhou Legion was like a bamboo, after getting Xu Da's assistance, he was like a bamboo, connecting more than ten places such as Pei County, Dangxian County, and Xue County, echoing with Xue Rengui's army across three hundred miles, and pointing at Puyang, the important town of Cao Wei.

For a time, the Central Plains was full of wolf smoke, and Cao Ren was guarding Xuchang while sending Cao Shen to lead Cao Hong, Shi Jin, Yan Xing, Sima Yi and others to raise 40,000 troops to move to Shanyang County to block Qin Qiong's attack. On the one hand, Xiahou Yuan asked for help in the plains, asking him to send troops to reinforce Puyang, and at the same time sent someone to report the situation in the Central Plains to Cao Cao.

Fortunately, the weather is getting colder and colder, and it won't be long before the armor will be difficult and the horn bow will be difficult to control. For Cao Ren and the entire Western Han Group, they won the most precious period of time, so as not to let the battle situation fall for thousands of miles.

(ps: Finally, I have to add, about Xiang Yu's analysis of Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao in the previous chapter, that is just data analysis, whether Xiang Yu's "dominance is" will reduce the opponent's force, it is necessary to produce variables according to the character and situation, and does not represent the final result.) The final battle situation is subject to the text, this is just an example I made an explanation, please don't use this as a standard. (To be continued.) )