In the middle of the night of February 20 in the sixth year of Jianxing, a vigorous figure quietly sneaked out of Chang'an and soon disappeared into the night. After a while, the sound of horses' hooves sounded on the road leading to Feng Yijun.

In the Jincheng of Feng Yi's county administration, Shi Mohan, the right chief of the Liaodong Pastoral Mansion, sat in the first place, holding a secret newspaper in his hand and browsing, accompanied by Shuozhou Assassin Shi Gaoxu and Governor Liu Yao.

"Lord Changshi, what does the secret report say?"

"King Nanyang and Zhang Chun are ready to do it." Mo Han said with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

"My lord, what's going on?" Governor Liu Yao frowned and asked.

"Recently, the frequent mobilization of the Shuozhou garrison has brought great pressure to the king of Nanyang, and he intends to kill the Son of Heaven under the prodding of Yang Man, Zhang Chun, Yang Ci and others. At the same time, in order to let Liaodong stop, the king of Nanyang made the lord of Yan Wang, the general, the governor of the Chinese and foreign military, and the fake festival. ”

"Humph! Wish for the moon. Liu Yao and Gao Xu both expressed disdain.

In order to keep the throne, King Nanyang, under the bewitchment of Yang Man and Zhang Chun, constantly sent henchmen to publicly belittle the Son of Heaven and trumpet himself. His intention to murder the Son of Heaven is already known to passers-by. ”

"How can this be true? How dare the King of Nanyang be so bold! ”

Gao Xu worried: "Damn! What should I do now? Do you need to send someone to rescue the Son of Heaven? ”

"Humph! Save the Son of Heaven? How to save? The entire Chang'an is under the control of the King of Nanyang, unless the Liaodong Army can take Chang'an in the shortest possible time, otherwise all efforts will be in vain! Besides, to put it mildly, what can you do even if you rescue the Son of Heaven? Serve the Son of Heaven to order not to obey? Although this strategy is good, it has endless consequences. On the contrary, if there is no Son of Heaven, the Liaodong family can only obediently serve the lord alone, understand? ”

Gao Xu, who was born in the inferior scholar clan, immediately understood, and hurriedly echoed his words, "What Changshi said is that it is indeed a big trouble to save the Son of Heaven!" ”

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Recently, the situation in Guanzhong has become more and more tense, and there is even news that Liaodong will send troops to Chang'an, intending to abolish Sima Bao's throne and re-establish Sima Ye.

In the palace, Sima Baoduan, the king of Nanyang, sat on the dragon chair, holding an urgent report in his hand, and the hall below was full of henchmen.

"Your Majesty, what does the secret report say?"

"General Zhenbei is going to do it." Sima Bao said with a worried face.

"Your Majesty, what the hell is going on?" Joining the army, Yang Man asked anxiously.

"The secret agent came to report that the Shuozhou Governor's Mansion in the north has begun to transfer troops and government troops to the south, and newspapers in various places have begun to wave their flags and shout for sending troops to Chang'an, and all kinds of signs indicate that Liaodong will send troops in the near future."

"Your Majesty, just kill Sima Ye, it's a hundred! In this way, even if Liaodong broke Chang'an and wanted to abolish the establishment, there would be no candidate, just like Dong Zhuo abolished the Han Emperor at the end of the Han Dynasty, and as a result, after the Guanzhong Alliance rescued the Son of Heaven, he finally had to worship the Han Xian Emperor? ”

Chun Yuding strongly opposed Zhang Chun's suggestion, and said: "General Zhang's words are very wrong, don't forget that there is a king of Langya in Jiangzuo, it is said that Liaodong has a close relationship with Jiangdong, and the abolition of the king is not just to push the king of Langya to the throne?" If the king kills the Son of Heaven according to General Zhang's proposal, it is tantamount to forcing the king to a dead end, and Liaodong will definitely not let the king go. ”

"Humph! At this point in front of you, is there any other way out for Your Majesty than to put it to death and live after? Otherwise, when Liaodong breaks Chang'an and Sima Ye reascends the throne, His Majesty will definitely die without a place to be buried. ”

"On the contrary, after getting rid of Sima Ye, Liaodong is a local feudal town, and the general of Zhenbei will not dare to do anything to His Majesty no matter how domineering he is. Moreover, Sima Ye has no descendants, as long as he dies, no one will naturally seek revenge from His Majesty in the future. ”

"Well, Zhang Qing has a point!" Sima Bao pondered again and again, and felt that Zhang Chun's words were very reasonable.

In the sixth year of Jianxing, at the beginning of March, at the instigation of Zhang Chun, Sima Bao sent his henchmen to secretly surround the side hall where Sima Ye was imprisoned at night.

Sima Ye, who was sleeping, suddenly heard the movement outside the hall, and suddenly realized that the king of Nanyang was going to poison him, and immediately panicked.

The soldiers who came to carry out the order were all Sima Bao's henchmen, and with Zhang Chun and Yang Ci's two henchmen personally pressing the formation, Sima Ye had no power to fight back at all.

Zhang Chun and Yang Ci personally led troops to surround the entire side hall, and after announcing the new emperor's will, someone immediately forced Sima Ye to confess his guilt and surrender to the law.

At the last moment, Sima Ye completely collapsed, his cloak was covered in blood, and he pointed at Zhang Chun and Yang Ci and said sadly: "Do you dog thieves think that everything will be fine if you kill me?" Hahaha...... General Zhenbei will avenge me for killing Guang'er and others! I'm waiting for you down there...... Waiting for you! ”

After all, Sima Ye had been the Son of Heaven, and the soldiers around him saw Sima Ye so crazy, and his momentum was taken away for a while, and he was forced to retreat one after another.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Chun and Yang Ci immediately ordered their henchmen to pile firewood around the side hall, and soon the entire side hall was engulfed by fire.

The fire was raging, and the flames rose to the sky, illuminating the entire Chang'an City in the dark night.

The fire burned all night, and in the thick smoke, tens of thousands of Chang'an people seemed to hear their emperor's crazy shouts in the firelight.

"The Son of Heaven is finished! The King of Nanyang is finished! Dajin is over! ”

Chun Yuding muttered to himself with a decadent face, he knew that this fire had completely burned all the retreats of the Nanyang King family, and the only thing waiting for them was to perish. He couldn't bear to watch Sima Bao die, so when he returned to the house, he immediately dismissed his family, and then set himself on fire.

Chun Yuding, who was loyal and resourceful to the King of Nanyang, died, but unfortunately his death still failed to awaken the King of Nanyang, who was addicted to power.

Sima Bao and the others couldn't take care of Chun Yuding, who had self-immolated, because the news of the murder of the Son of Heaven soon spread, and the whole world was boiling, condemning the king of Nanyang.

Sima Bao was not to be outdone, he ordered Yang Ci, Zhang Chun and others to reorganize their armies for war, and at the same time hurriedly issued edicts to all parties, trying to use high-ranking officials to win over various feudal towns.

Chang'an's actions also had a bit of an effect, at least Zhang Yu, who planned to raise troops to serve as the king, hesitated, and Liangzhou hesitated with the edict of Sima Bao enshrined Zhang Yu as the king of Liang, the pastor of Liangzhou, the governor of the capital, and the military governor of Liangzhou.

After the crazy King Qin in the Zhang Rail era, the people of Liangzhou became less and less interested in the action of King Qin, which was not proportional to the input and output, and now Liangzhou wanted to do the most The interests of Liangzhou were not violated, and he was not interested in things outside Liangzhou.

For various reasons, most of the feudal towns in the world just moved their mouths, and in the end, only the Liaodong family announced that they would send troops to conscript. Zu Ti had the intention to send troops, but unfortunately he was thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and it was simply unrealistic to send troops to King Qin.

After Wei Shuo received Mo Han's secret report, he immediately convened a military-political liaison meeting to discuss matters related to the expedition to Chang'an.

"Sima Bao, a chaotic minister and thief, dares to kill the Son of Heaven, it is really an unforgivable crime!"

"The lord asks the lord to immediately send troops to recruit the traitors!"

"Okay, let's stop denouncing, let's discuss the issue of sending troops. Changzhi, I know that the Military Affairs Department has been planning to seize Guanzhong since last year, and I heard that it has been practiced many times on the sand table, so I will quickly introduce the results of your drill to you. ”

Lu Chang stood up with a smile, walked to a map, pointed to the dense lines on it, and explained: "A few years ago, the Military Affairs Department sent a large number of secret agents to investigate the distribution of Qinzhou soldiers, and after verification, there were a total of 60,000 troops under the command of King Nanyang, most of whom were stationed in Chang'an City. ”

"There are still a small number of troops stuck in Qinzhou, which means that as long as the Liaodong Army successfully takes Chang'an, the war in Yongzhou basically means the end. In order to prevent the Hu people of Qinzhou from crossing Longshan and taking advantage of the fire to loot, the Shuozhou Governor's Office has transferred the Liaodong Army of the Ten Chambers under the command of General Beigong to secretly assemble in Anding County, and they will take the opportunity to recover the western part of Yongzhou and look down on Qinzhou. ”

"In addition, the four-compartment infantry and cavalry coalition army stationed in Bingzhou was led by General Mao Bao, crossed the Yellow River through the Pujin Bridge and entered Feng Yi, and went south to Tongguan to ensure the safety of the left flank."

"In the end, General Liu Yao, the governor of Shuozhou, led 30,000 soldiers from Beidi and Xinping to the south to Fufeng Country."

"Well, that's good! Let me add, Yao Yizhong and Nengchen will be transferred to Anding to assist Beigong Chun, and Chen An, Duan Wenyang, and Ji Yusan will go to Feng Yi with me. ”

In the sixth year of Jianxing, in mid-March, Wei Shuo in Jicheng in the name of Youzhou Mu, Zhenbei General, Governor Youji and Pingshuo Wuzhou Military Names, published a document to denounce Sima Bao, and at the same time gathered tens of thousands of cavalry to advance in Chang'an. (To be continued.) )