Chapter 174: Crisis is approaching
Jizhou and Chang'an are separated by a distance of more than 1,000 miles, and when Yuan Shao effortlessly forced Han Fu to cede Jizhou, Dong Zhuo had already begun to send 250,000 people to Yixian County, two hundred miles west of Chang'an, to build a dock fort. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Dong Zhuo saw that Sun Jian was brave and difficult, so he sent someone to ask Sun Jian for peace, and asked Sun Jian to list the names of the children in the clan, and promised to arrange official positions such as assassinating the history of the county guard for the children of the Sun family, but Sun Jian sternly refused.
Dong Zhuo was suspicious by nature and seriously insecure, since Sun Jian led the army into Hangu Pass, he stationed most of his soldiers and horses on the line from Mianchi to Tongguan. Among them, Guo Yan and Fan Chou led 20,000 troops to garrison Mianchi, Niu Fu, Hu Zhen, Dong Yue and other generals led 20,000 troops to garrison Jiaocheng, Li Dao and nephew Hu Feng led 10,000 troops to garrison Tongguan, and Zhang Ji and nephew Zhang Xiu led 20,000 troops to garrison Wuguan.
Dong Zhuo's pro-army was led by his brother Dong Min, and there were other generals such as Duan Xuan, Hua Xiong, Li Su, Yang Ding, Yang Jing, and Song Guo near Chang'an.
In order to remove the threat of Huangfu Song of Youfufeng, Dong Zhuo sent people to Huaili to pass a decree to Huangfu Song, ordering him to hand over military power and go to Chang'an to enter the court as an official. Huang Fu Song's long history Liang Yan persuaded him to respond to the call of Yuan Shao and others to raise troops to attack Dong Zhuo, but Huang Fu Song did not accept it.
Huangfu Song said to Liang Yan: "I know that you have a good heart, and I also know that if I go to Chang'an, Dong Zhuo will definitely find a way to harm me, but I can't betray the court in the name of rebelling against Dong Zhuo." I was born in Chaona County, Anding County, and since I was a child, I have seen the constant rebellion of the Qianghu people in the neighborhood, and the imperial court has spent countless men, horses, and money and food for more than 20 years in order to suppress these Qianghu. Now that Ma Teng, Han Sui and others are becoming more and more powerful in Liangzhou, only the Western Liang Army under Dong Zhuo can suppress them, if I rebel at this time, it will not only completely wipe away the prestige of the imperial court, but also make Ma Teng, Han Sui and other Qianghu people even more unscrupulous. ”
Liang Yan knew that Huangfu Song's mind had been decided, so he cried with Huangfu Song's son Huangfu Jianshou to bid him farewell.
Soon after, Huang Fu Song arrived in Chang'an, and Dong Zhuo immediately sent Duan Xuan and Hua Xiong to Huaili to receive Huang Fu Song's 30,000 troops, and then only appointed Huang Fu Song the position of captain of the city gate.
Originally, according to the military system of the Han Dynasty, the captain of the city gate, the executive Jinwu and the lieutenants of the Northern Army restrained each other and did not subordinate each other, and jointly formed the city guard army in the central guard system. However, Huangfu Song now has no soldiers and horses in his hands, and it is purely a humiliation to let him serve as the captain of the city gate.
Within a few days, Dong Zhuo found a crime and put Huangfu Song in prison.
Huangfu Jianshou was shocked to hear that his father was in danger, and hurriedly came to Chang'an to see Dong Zhuo. At this time, Dong Zhuo was entertaining guests in the mansion, and Huangfu Jianshou rushed forward to argue with him, asking why Dong Zhuo violated his faith and insisted on putting his father to death.
Dong Zhuo had a friendship with Huangfu Jianshou when he was fighting against the Chencang rebel kingdom and others, and he was embarrassed to kill Huangfu Jianshou in public. Among the guests, there was a person named Chong Fu, the son of the famous minister Chong Hui, who had just accepted Dong Zhuo's appointment as the secretary.
Chong Fu got up to intercede for Huangfu Song, he said: "Xiangguo used to fight traitors with General Huangfu in the past, and he should know General Huangfu's prestige in Liangzhou. If he was killed, Xiliang Ma Teng and Han Sui would immediately make trouble, which was a very troublesome thing for the imperial court. ”
Dong Zhuo thought about it and felt that Huangfu Song's soldiers and horses had been lifted, and there would not be much threat if he kept them. He got up and left the table, pulled Huangfu Jianshou up and sat with him, and sent someone to the prison to release Huangfu Song, and then appointed him as the emperor in the imperial history.
After Huangfu Song escaped a catastrophe, he lived in Chang'an and did not interact with outsiders.
On this day, Dong Zhuo was having sex in the house, and Li Ru suddenly came to report to him, saying that there was a Hu man with a special identity who wanted to meet Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo asked Li Ru what the identity of this Hu man was, and Li Ru replied that it was Yu Fuluo, the eldest son of Shan Yuluan and Qiangqu, the predecessor of the Southern Xiongnu.
Dong Zhuo asked Li Ru: "Isn't Yu Fuluo, the lost dog, dead?" Why should I see him? ”
Li Ru replied: "Yu Fuluo is indeed a mourning dog now, but if Xiang Guo is willing to give him a chance to help him return to Shan Yuting, he will immediately become the master of the Southern Huns, and then he can create a lot of trouble for Lu Fengxian!" ”
Dong Zhuo was not only jealous of Sun Jian, he was even more worried about the increasingly powerful Lu Bu, as long as he could add trouble and obstacles to Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo would naturally refuse.
Dong Zhuo met with Yu Fuluo, appointed Yu Fuluo as the new Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu in the name of the imperial court, and issued a letter of seal to Yu Fuluo, and then sent someone to escort Yu Fuluo through the territory of the Qianghu people in Beidi County back to Meiji.
Yu Fuluo originally had thousands of troops brought out from Hedong, but now with the support of the imperial court, he was full of confidence, and secretly swore in his heart that as long as the various tribes of the Southern Xiongnu were unified, he would fight to the death with Lu Bu in the future to avenge the original grudge.
Soon after Lü Bu withdrew from Luoyang and merged with the state, he received a secret report from the direction of Chang'an, and when he learned that Yu Fuluo had returned to Meiji, he had a bad premonition in his heart. In order to guard against a sudden attack by the Southern Huns, Lü Bu ordered Xu Rong and Zhao Yun, who were stationed in Yanmen County, to strengthen their vigilance and cooperate with each other, and once they found the enemy's traces, they must resolutely attack.
Just as Lü Bu was busy guarding against the Southern Huns, an even bigger trouble arose.
Yuan Shao, who had won Jizhou, sent an envoy Xun Chen to Lishi, asking to welcome King Hongnong and Tang Ji to Jizhou to settle down.
The whereabouts of Hongnong Wang Liu Wei and Tang Ji are highly classified, and except for a few people who know about it, outsiders have no way of knowing it at all. How did the news get out?
The people who know this secret include ministers such as Ding Yuan, Lu Zhi, Wei Qi, Chen Gong and Cai Yong, as well as subordinates such as Gao Shun, Hou Cheng, Chen Wei, and Li Hei, Lu Bu can now exclude Chen Gong and his subordinates, while the other four, including Lu Zhi, he can't be sure if it has nothing to do with the leak.
Faced with this uncomfortable situation, Lu Bu could only turn to Chen Gong for help. Chen Gong was naturally aware of Lu Bu's concerns, and if this incident was not handled properly, it was likely to cause violent turmoil within the state.
Chen Gong pondered for a long time and said to Lu Bu: "Let Changshi decide this matter!" ”
Lu Bu thought about it and understood what Chen Gong meant. He came to see Lu Zhi alone, told Lu Zhi about Yuan Shao's request to take King Hongnong and Tang Ji to Jizhou, and asked Lu Zhi to give advice.
Lu Zhi thought for a while and told Lu Bu: "The matter may not have leaked out from within the state. You had threatened Dong Zhuo with this matter at the beginning, and if he wanted to deal with you, he might have spread the news to the states. For the sake of today's plan, it is better to generously admit that it was you who rescued King Hongnong and Tang Ji in the first place, as for whether to go to Jizhou, let King Hongnong meet Xun Chen, and let him tell Xun Chen his decision in person! ”
Lu Zhi's answer made Lu Bu breathe a sigh of relief, and he immediately went to arrange a meeting between Liu Wei and Xun Chen.