At this time, someone in Chang'an City spread a rumor that the imperial court was going to kill all the people of Liangzhou. The nobles in the city and the people outside the city talked about it, and within a few days the rumors spread. It happened that the imperial court had issued an edict to disband the Liangzhou Army in due course, but this move immediately aroused the vigilance of the generals of the Liangzhou Army.

Subsequently, there were also rumors in the Liangzhou army: "Cai Yong was implicated in death just because he was trusted and treated favorably by Dong Gong; Now the court has not explicitly said that it will pardon us, but it has suddenly disbanded our people; If the people disband their tribes today, tomorrow they will become fish to be slaughtered on the chopping block. ”

When the generals of the Liangzhou army heard the rumors, they believed the rumors, so they did not dare to obey the edict and disbanded their troops in order to protect themselves. Their practice of supporting the army and respecting themselves immediately aroused the uneasiness of the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China. The ministers couldn't help but gather in the court for this reason and discussed the countermeasures. After that, a group of people argued for a long time, but they couldn't come up with a reason.

I know what I know about the people who spread rumors in Chang'an City before, but I just don't plan to say it. I'm going to get this thing to the point where those who think they can't save it, and then come out and clean up the mess. Don't ask why I did it, just say I had to.

However, it was said that a few months ago, Niu Fu sent his subordinate lieutenants Li Wei, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, Jia Xu and others to lead tens of thousands of foot cavalry to Zhongmu to attack Zhu Jun, and after an exchange, Zhu Jun was defeated and fled. Immediately, they divided their troops into two routes, one to the east to attack Chenliu, and the other to the south to attack Yingchuan. After that, they withdrew their troops and returned to Luoyang, and temporarily stood still to observe the situation in the Kwantung region.

At this moment, Niu Fu summoned other generals to discuss important matters, and on the other hand, he sent people to Luoyang to summon Li Dao and others to lead the army back. Because Niu Fu's troops were weak at this time, he was very worried that other generals would betray him. So he came up with a way to let the warlock divinate at his side at any time to measure good fortune and evil.

At the right time, Dong Yue took the lead in coming to the cattle auxiliary camp. Niu Fu asked the warlock to perform divination, and the hexagram was exchanged for the upper and lower. Because of the grudge between him and Dong Yue before, this warlock said to Niu Fu: "Fire is better than gold, and the hexagram of the outside and the inside is also." It means that Dong Yue secretly harbored the intention of plotting a conspiracy. Niu Fuxin thought it was true, so he ordered someone to arrest Dong Yue and kill him.

Dong Yue's killing was immediately learned by other generals who were coming. They thought that Niu Fu was deliberately trying to kill these people in order to swallow up everyone's troops, so they all retreated to their respective stations.

The sudden centrifugation of the Liangzhou army was a good time for our army to attack. Subsequently, Feng Xian invited a thief edict from Liu Xie, and I led 5,000 foot riders to Shaanxi County to kill Niu Fu.

I led my army west along the south bank of Weishui, first passing through Huayin County. Duan Xuan, who was stationed in Huayin, learned that I was leading the troops to come, so he immediately led his troops out of the city and surrendered. I also ordered him to lead his headquarters to continue to garrison Huayin City.

After resting in Huayin, he continued to march west to Hongnong. At this moment, the general stationed here was Xu Rong, and when he learned that I was coming, he also led his army to surrender. Then, I led the army into Hongnong City, and ordered Li Su to lead 2,000 cavalry to Shaanxi County, forty miles away, and read out the edict to kill Niu Fu.

Li Su led his troops to the border of Shaanxi County, but was suddenly attacked by Niu Fu's army. At that time, Niu Fubu rushed Yang Ding out of the mountains and forests to the south, and immediately killed Li Su by surprise. Fortunately, Li Su reacted in time, led his soldiers to break through, and then retreated to Hongnong.

When I saw that Niu Fu refused to surrender, I personally led the troops to attack. When Niu Fu heard that I was leading my troops to attack, he immediately closed the city gate and did not dare to fight. Immediately, I ordered the soldiers to set up camp at the foot of the mountain in the south, and asked Li Su to read it aloud in front of the Niu Fu camp with the edict. After Niu Fu's subordinates learned the contents of the edict, they couldn't help but discuss it in private, and most of them seemed to have the intention of surrendering.

That night, Yang Ding, the general of the Niu Fu Department, rebelled, intending to capture Niu Fu and lead the people to surrender. Niu Fu felt frightened in his heart, so he took five or six of his cronies beside him and fled with money. Subsequently, when they left the north of the city and planned to cross the river, they did not expect that I had already sent Zhang Xiao to lead dozens of brothers to set up an ambush by the river, and they would be killed as soon as they arrived. When Niu Fu saw that he had been ambushed, he immediately panicked and wanted to escape. Unexpectedly, his cronies and henchmen suddenly stabbed him from behind, and then several others rushed up and killed him.

Immediately, Zhang Xiao and the others surrounded him, and Chi'er and others hurriedly threw away their weapons and knelt down to surrender. Zhang Xiao ordered someone to cut off Niu Fu's head, and escorted a few people back to the camp. Chi'er and others betrayed Niu Fu in order to save their lives, which is understandable from a logical point of view. But we didn't need such cowardly people in our army, so we sent them back to Yang Ding's troops.

When Wang Yun learned that I had sent troops without his consent, he could not help but feel very dissatisfied, and immediately sent someone to summon me to lead my army back to the city. I didn't care about this, and let Li Su and Li Meng lead thousands of men and horses to garrison Shaanxi County. and explained to the two: "If Li Dao and others come back with the army, let them disband their troops and go home, leaving Jia Xu alone to be ready to go to the court to serve at any time." After that, I returned to Chang'an with the others.

Regarding the matter of me leading the troops to attack, although Wang Yun was very dissatisfied, he was helpless. Just because I have in my hand the edict signed by the Son of Heaven to beg the thief, although I have not consulted him in advance, it is not considered to be disobeying the order. Therefore, he had to blow his beard and stare dryly, and he couldn't do anything to me.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Liu Xie summoned Feng Xian and I to meet again. He couldn't help but say with a funny face: "Hehe, just now above the court, Wang Situ's face is blue; It was so much fun, I had never seen him like this before. ”

Feng Xian also said: "Yes, this is all thanks to the good advice made by Xun Yilang, so that our army can preemptively kill Niu Fu." ”

Liu Xie nodded, and then couldn't help asking: "By the way, I really don't know why; This time, Shao Aiqing led the troops to battle and returned victorious, but why was Wang Situ still dissatisfied? Was it just because he hadn't been consulted beforehand? ”

At this time, the seed editor on the side couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, don't you understand; Wang Situ was just afraid that General Wei would make a contribution and become far more famous than him, which would rob him of power in the court. ”

Liu Xie nodded with relief and said, "So that's the case; It seems that this Wang Situ is really a little cautious. ”

I couldn't help but chuckle and said: "The "Plain Book" has a saying that "the same noble harms, the same benefits and jealousy"; For ordinary people, this was to be expected. ”

Liu Xie nodded approvingly and said, "Well, it makes sense." ”

Not long after, Wang Yun instructed Shang Shu to issue an edict and appoint Huangfu Song as the general of the chariot and cavalry, wanting to use this to control the military power of Feng Xian and I. I still don't care about his actions, anyway, you just do it hard, and in the end you kill yourself, I'll see how you do it.

However, he said that after Li Dao and others rushed to Shaanxi County, they learned that Niu Fu was dead, and they had nothing to do with it for a while, and they didn't want to disband the people, so they wrote a letter asking for surrender. Wang Yun did not approve their request, saying only that the imperial court did not need so many troops now, and asked them to disband their subordinates and go home.

Speaking of which, it is actually very necessary to disband the Liangzhou army, just because the current price of food is too expensive, and the imperial court is unlikely to be able to afford so many troops. Although Dong Zhuo was ambushed this time and seized a large amount of grain from Yiwu, there are still many victims who need relief. Therefore, the current demand for food is still relatively tight, and in order to save money, disarmament is the most convenient way.

Regarding the imperial court's refusal to accept the edict, Li Dao and others had no choice but to plan to disband the troops and divide their property and go home.

However, he said that I had previously submitted to Shang Shutai a recommendation for Jia Xu to serve in the court, but at this moment, Wang Yun rejected it on the grounds that Jia Xu was not famous. This can't help but make me shake my head secretly, feeling that Wang Yun's product is simply nothing to smoke.

Later, Jia Xu learned that he had no hope of serving in the court, so he secretly instigated Li Dao and others to say: "Dong Gong treated all the soldiers well during his lifetime, and now he has been killed by a traitor, we can't give up like this; If the subordinates are disbanded at this point, in case the court suddenly repents, only one pavilion chief will be able to arrest you and others; It is better for everyone to work together to attack Chang'an to avenge Dong Gong; At that time, if the big thing is successful, you can support the Son of Heaven like Dong Gong to order the world, if not, it is not too late to escape; I don't know what you think? ”

Li Dao and the others were also unwilling in their hearts, so they said: "According to what Qing said." ”

So, everyone made an alliance with blood, and then attacked Shaanxi City at night. Immediately, Li Meng led the crowd to defect, and Li Su fought to his death. (To be continued.) )