On March 20 of the second year of Zhongxing, King Li set up an altar to worship the sky in the west of Hangu Pass in front of the soldiers on both sides. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the head of Hangu Pass, Wang Shouren sighed, he could no longer hide his wry smile, and his worries for several days were finally realized, so he said that why did King Li dare to risk the world's dissatisfaction, it turned out that there was a trick.

Zhang Liao stood aside and was also very puzzled, and said: "Wang Shaofu, King Li has not entered Beijing in recent years, will the edict of the Son of Heaven be ......?"

Wang Shouren stopped and said: "Wen Yuan, the secret edict of the Son of Heaven is probably true, everyone in the world can be pretentious, but he King Li will not." ”

Zhang Liao was puzzled: "Why is this?" ”

He took a deep look at King Li, who was standing quietly, facing Hangu Pass, he was alone, but he made himself feel like he was facing an emperor through the ages, and it was difficult to breathe.

He said in a low voice: "King Li and the north wall, all the way to rely on the Son of Heaven to carry him, to be able to settle down, before rashly declared war on Luoyang, established the illusion of the alliance of the six armies, although it exists in name only, and he at this time with the edict of the Son of Heaven to sacrifice to the sky, but not simply to slap the princes in the face, but also to make the coalition forces dare not move, at least in name has lost." Saying that, Wang Shouren suddenly became a little nervous, and said: "And the people of the world will stand on King Li's side, but I don't understand, at this time, the secret edict of the Son of Heaven is sacrificed, and he will really enter Luoyang in the future, how will he be easy?" Isn't that shooting yourself in the foot? ”

Zhang Liao seems to understand whether he understands or not, when he was under the command of Lu Bu, he was against the sky, and his popularity was small, and now he led an army, although he also served under Wang Shouren, but he was able to show his command ability, and was praised by the soldiers, but for some wisdom, it was still slightly inferior.

A letter of war reached Hangu Pass, and ten days later, at the end of March, King Li would begin the siege.

King Li reserved these days, not only for the battle to be fully prepared, but also to arrange some of the defenses of Jizhou properly, you must know that some time ago, a big war broke out in Shangjun, Kong Rong and others have responded, the troops out of Beihai, stationed in the line from Licheng to Jinan, and the Tai Shici army in Jibei is far away, and it is possible to go off at any time.

As for Tao Qian, he was not idle, although Liu Bei's department was temporarily out of his power, Tao Qian always thought that Liu Bei was still interested in him, so he was not embarrassed, and continued to be garrisoned by him and Yuan Shu's army in Mangdang Mountain, and he sent Chen Dengtong to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to support Kong Rong, and he was in the limelight for a while.

These are all troublesome things, King Li must solve them, speaking of Tai Shi Ci's army is the weakest, the only generals who can handle it are Zhang Shun and Zhang Qing, at most, including Pu Fei and Wang Haomin of the life-chasing army, as for the commander, it will be handed over to Tai Shi Ci and Hou Junji to carry the beam, fortunately Liu Bei and Li Guang did not participate in the war, otherwise the outcome is unpredictable.

The edict of the Son of Heaven was transmitted to the world, and it was transmitted to Luoyang in a few days, Yang Biao was very angry, and his face was gloomy in the early dynasty, and he sat beside the Son of Heaven and ignored any affairs.

Wang Yun arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, King Li ascended the altar to worship the sky at Hangu Pass, and the one in his hand was the secret edict of the Son of Heaven, but there is such a thing?" ”

Emperor Xian's face turned blue, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

At this time, Xun Yu suddenly came out of the ranks, and said without sadness or joy: "Is Wang Situ asking the Son of Heaven?" ”

Speaking of which, Xun Yu will take time to return to Luoyang every month to participate in the early dynasty, after all, only in terms of official positions, even Cao Cao's squire is not as good as it.

As soon as Xun Yu's voice fell, Yang Biao opened his eyes in the twilight, and said sadly: "The old minister is a loyal martyr, has served the three emperors, and he has worked hard and does not dare to disobey the will of the Son of Heaven. ”

Liu Xie really wanted him to die, but he just thought about it, how dare he show it.

said in a trembling voice: "What did the prime minister say, you are the mainstay of my Han family, I still have to worry about you to worry about me to secure the society, how can I harm you." ”

Yang Biao's eyes flashed with a touch of pride, and the feeling of being an extremely human minister was so happy.

Suddenly, he said: "Since Your Majesty said so, why don't you prepare a holy decree, just say that he King Li harbors evil intentions, and exposes the world to the world, and clears the clouds and mist for the people of the world, so that they can have a good look at the face of King Li, a thief, and also tell the soldiers on the front line to fight hard to kill the enemy and be loyal to the Han Dynasty." ”

The world was overcast, and Yang Biao covered the sky with one hand in Luoyang.

When the news of the early dynasty in Luoyang reached the front line, Wang Shouren held the cold edict of the Son of Heaven with a melancholy face.

Zhang Liao said on the side: "Since the Son of Heaven has clarified the facts, why didn't Wang Shaofu report to the three armies, so as to stabilize the morale of the army and improve morale." ”

smiled bitterly and said, "Wenyuan, Wenyuan, we haven't fought yet, but we have already lost a game." ”

Zhang Liao was shocked in his heart, and said: "What does Wang Shaofu mean by this, the Son of Heaven has confirmed that King Li's edict is an edict, as long as this edict is spread to the world, he King Li will inevitably become the target of everyone." ”

Wang Shouren put his hands behind his back, looked at King Li's military camp from afar and said: "It doesn't matter if it's true or false, King Li's edict is in front and Yang Biao's edict is behind, not to mention that Yang Biao's persecution of the emperor is well known, and the people have a scale in their hearts, and they will judge." ”

"But that doesn't mean ......"

Wang Shouren smiled: "It doesn't matter if you win or not, whether you lose or not, Yang Biao is afraid that his life will not be long, so I should make plans early." ”

Saying what Wang Shouren thought of in the twilight, he hurriedly returned to the city tower, raised the pen and wanted to write, but in the end he sighed for a long time, and finally put the pen down, and there was not a word on the silk paper.

Secretly muttered: "Father-in-law, if you don't help you, the cause of the previous planting, the effect of the after, the reincarnation of cause and effect, are all in one thought, even if I help you escape this time, it will be difficult to get along in the future, and you have to choose by yourself." ”

The sky is not beautiful, and the hazy spring rain is falling in the west, and clusters of flowers bloom on the reckless earth.

The 20,000 troops supported by the state arrived the day before yesterday, and the whole 50,000 troops lined up, facing the Hangu Pass in the forefront of the eight passes in Luoyang, without fear, in the eyes of these soldiers, it is not the cities that stop them, but the injustice of the rulers and their fish and meat posture.

King Li urged his horse out and came to the city and shouted: "Where is Wang Shouren, I am willing to go out of the city." ”

The city gate rumbled, and a white horse rushed straight out, and neither side took anyone else with them, choosing to meet alone.

The two turned over and dismounted, and Wang Li grabbed Wang Shouren's hand and said, "The last time I said goodbye, it was only four or five days before it was about to turn a year, and Brother Bo'an was fine." ”

Wang Shouren didn't break free, and said with a smile: "Brother Li is still so frank, aren't you afraid that the soldiers at the head of the city will secretly use cold arrows to leave you here?" ”

King Li looked up to the sky and roared, "I, King Li, have my own heavenly help, and I also believe that Brother Bo'an is not such a villain, how could he assassinate me." Said a little hurriedly: "I don't know what you and I discussed last year, and you still don't count?" ”