The relationship between the ten permanent servants trusted by the Son of Heaven and He Jin has always been very ambiguous.

He Jin's fortune back then, including Queen He's entry into the palace and her establishment, was related to the strong help of the ten permanent servants. Even though the two sides later severed the alliance because of the conflict of interests in the court, it did not reach the point of mutual hostility. When the Son of Heaven wanted to suppress the general, he naturally couldn't use the ten permanent servants who maintained a broken connection with He Jin.

As for Jian Shuo, it is impossible for him to coexist peacefully with He Jin, or even Queen He. The reason for this is really a bit far away, but it started ten years ago, the former queen Song who was deposed by the current Son of Heaven!

Empress Song was the first empress of Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven. However, the empress, who was imposed on Liu Hong when the Son of Heaven succeeded to the throne, was not favored by Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven.

So, under a series of unjust cases of the Song family, plus the concubines led by Queen He, who was still a noble person at the time, kept falsely accusing and slandering Queen Song, and this Queen Song was finally innocently deposed by the Son of Heaven and sent to the cold palace. Then the poor face grieved day by day, so that he died soon after.

Queen Song has a peaceful temperament, has been in the harem for many years, and has always been fair. The number of eunuchs and court maids who have received her favor is indeed quite large. So much so that after the unjust death of Empress Song, there were actually many eunuchs, including a few permanent attendants, who, after getting the tacit consent of the Son of Heaven, took the initiative to contribute money and worked together to restrain Empress Song and her family.

At that time, Jian Shuo was a close eunuch on the side of Queen Song. After the death of Empress Song, Jian Shuo, as the former queen's sworn friend, was repeatedly suppressed by Empress He. If it weren't for Jian Shuo's superb martial arts skills and the credit of the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that at this time, the bones have rotted, so it is possible to have the status I have now?

So. Whether it is public or private, Jian Shuo must and must be hostile to the He clan to the end. The Son of Heaven took a fancy to Jian Shuo's point, so he promoted Jian Shuo to "marshal" in one fell swoop, in order to suppress the general with the help of Jian Shuo's behavior. Hold the military power of the Beijing Division.

Of course, the Son of Heaven is far-sighted, and every move has deep meaning. As a person close to the Son of Heaven, Jian Shuo was able to figure out the mind of the Son of Heaven up close, so that he could gradually understand the fundamental reason why the Son of Heaven promoted himself to a high position.

The suppression of He Jin, on the one hand, is to maintain the balance of the court and avoid the dominance of one party in the court. On the other hand, it is to pave the way for the succession of the next Son of Heaven!

Although Liu Hong, the son of heaven, has many concubines, he also intends to "spread the seeds of the world". Unfortunately, his physique is limited, and it is difficult to complete such a difficult task. In today's palace, there are only two surviving princes of the Han Dynasty. One is Shi Hou and the prince [Liu Xie], and the other is Dong Hou and the prince [Liu Xie],

Liu Wei was born to Empress He. Before Liu Wei was born, the princes of Emperor Liu Hong had all died, so the prince was not raised in the palace after he was born. And raised in the home of Taoist Shi Ziyi, he didn't dare to call his Liu Bian's real name. Call him "Shi Hou". Because Shi Daoren has Taoist skills, He wants to protect the prince with his Taoist skills.

Liu Xie was born to Wang Meiren, and after his biological mother gave birth, he was poisoned by Queen He. Liu Xie was not yet full-term at this time, and the Spirit Emperor Liu Hong was afraid that Liu Xie would be assassinated again if he left Liu Xie in the harem, so he carried him to Yongle Palace. Please raise the Empress Dowager Dong. Since then, Liu Xie has relied on the Dong family as a foreigner, known as "Dong Hou".

For various reasons, in the heart of the current Son of Heaven, the next Son of Heaven. was designated as Dong Hou Xie, not Shi Houbi born to Empress He. However, if you want Dong Houxie to ascend the throne smoothly, you must first uproot the general He Jin!

For the task of uprooting He Jin, Jian Shuo is confident. In the final analysis, He Jin was born humble, and it was completely relying on the support of the Son of Heaven that his power was able to develop and grow. Now, the Son of Heaven has changed the object of support, and after He Jin, he will only be weaker than one day.

It's just that the so-called "long nights and many dreams". As long as He Jin reigns, Jian Shuo's task will not be over for a day. Moreover, there are still some hidden dangers in the Son of Heaven, that is, the weak and sickly body of the Son of Heaven.

All these responsibilities are placed on Jian Shuo's shoulders, making Jian Shuo feel a heavy burden. It is precisely under such tremendous pressure that Jian Shuo will have the strange idea of leading the remnants of the Yellow Turban to be arrogant for his own use.

For this idea, Jian Shuo only did one thing:

Write.

Except for a letter expressing the intention of solicitation, Jian Shuo did not make any substantive moves against the arrogant forces. Even if it was this letter, Jian Shuo sent it out with the attitude of giving it a try. It's done, of course. No, it's expected.

Of course, for the sake of secrecy, Jian Shuo's letter was not sent directly to Bingzhou, but was first sent to Taihang Mountain, which was closer to Sili, through reliable subordinates. In Bingzhou, Jian Shuo has no roots. But in the territory of Sili, Jian Shuo still recruited a group of officials as minions.

Therefore, the messenger of this letter had to brave the cold wind of December, step on a thin layer of snow, and embark on the rugged path to Taihang Mountain.

Although Taihang Mountain is considered a base camp of arrogance, it is extremely empty at present. Among the arrogant descendants, except for Zang Ba, the county magistrate of Luxian County, who stayed behind, everyone else moved to the original hometown of the Southern Xiongnu and went to cultivate the land.

Even the Taixing Army always stayed, and Zang Ba, the magistrate of Lu County, was not stationed in Taihang Mountain at this moment when New Year's Day was about to be ushered in. Therefore, Jian Shuo's letter had to be stranded in a pile of documents in Taihang Mountain, waiting for people to find it.

The New Year's Day of the Han Dynasty was set on the first day of the first month of January, which was equivalent to the Spring Festival in later generations. In this important festival known as the "first year of the year", what did the Taixing army do when they stayed behind to guard Zangba?

Let's follow in the footsteps of Zang Ba and take a look!

Zang Ba has been a fierce general under Zhang Mad since he followed Zhang Mad in Taishan County. However, because Zang Ba has been determined to be a ranger since he was a child, he has always attached great importance to righteousness, and the military discipline of his soldiers has never been good.

Especially after arriving in Taihang Mountain, Zhang Qiang incorporated some of the bandits and remnants of the Yellow Turban Army in Taihang Mountain, and selected the best to join the army. Driven by these old oilers, Zang Ba's lax temperament in governing the army has become more and more exposed.

Zhang Ba's repeated training was not effective, but it made Zang Ba dissatisfied in his heart. In this situation, the military advisor Cheng Yu found Zhang Mad and took Li Guang and Cheng Bu as an example to persuade Zhang Mad and let Zang Ba lead his backbone to stand up for an army and fight independently.

Li Guangzhi was mainly kind and righteous, and did not pay attention to discipline, but the soldiers were willing to die for it. Cheng does not know how to govern the army, and is known for his strict order, and the soldiers must always be ready to obey the dispatch, and the military discipline is strict, and the soldiers have many complaints.

However, Li Guang fought either a big victory or a big defeat. Cheng didn't know how to fight, never suffered a big defeat, and never won a big victory. At that time, people compared the records of the two and thought that Cheng did not know the style of a famous general.

Coming from later generations who highly emphasized discipline and cooperation, Zhang Qiang naturally preferred Cheng Buzhi's style of governing the army. It's just that Zang Ba is a guy who obviously clashed with Cheng Buzhi in terms of personality. Although he is quite respectful of arrogance, he is reckless in the end.

For Cheng Yu's suggestion, Zhang Qiang thought about it for a long time, and finally had to adopt it in the face of the free and loose Zang Ba's department. However, to the surprise of insolence, Zang Ba actually looked good when he brought up troops after he built the army independently.

Although the discipline in Zang Ba's army is not strong, it seems to be very free and loose. However, under the leadership of Zang Ba, the combat power of the army's small group combat is quite good, and it has actually become a sharp blade in the hands of arrogance, which makes the heroes in the surrounding area frightened.

This time, Zhang Qiang went out to fight against the Southern Xiongnu, considering that Zang Ba's department was not strictly disciplined, and he was only good at fighting in small groups, and he was prone to chaos when he was marching and fighting, so he did not take Zang Ba to fight.

Later, because of the consideration of Zang Ba's department, most of them were composed of mountain people, who were good at mountain warfare, and their combat effectiveness on flat land was average, so Zhang Qiang simply handed over the original Taihang Mountain territory to Zang Ba to stay behind.

Of course, as a check and balance of power, the civil administration in the Taihang Mountain area, and the logistics and supply tasks of Zang Ba's army, Zhang Mad did not hand over his brains to Zang Ba, but let the original arrogant personal guard captain and old friends Pei Ji and Pei Yuanshao be responsible. In this way, if Zang Ba has any different intentions, he will not be ignorant.

Of course, Pei Ji is just a cover for arrogance. This is a custom specially left by Zhang Qiang in order to avoid the excessive authority of his subordinate generals in the future. If Zhang Mad didn't believe in Zang Ba, how could he let him take the lead among the generals?

In the face of this kind of insolent trust, Zang Ba is naturally grateful and swears to repay him.

Therefore, when the entire Han was immersed in the atmosphere of the festival, Zang Ba took his elites, a total of 1,300 people, quietly left Taihang Mountain and sneaked into the Jizhou Plain.

Jizhou is located in the north, and as early as November, the first snow fell. If the snow on the road is not cleared, it is definitely an extremely physical task for pedestrians to walk on the road covered with snow and ice.

However, in such a harsh marching environment, Zang Ba still insisted on leading his elite and launched an attack. Fortunately, the destination of the attack was not far away, and there were local wealthy families along the way to receive supplies. Otherwise, this sortie, Zang Ba will definitely not be able to complete it.

Although Zang Ba is loose in governing the army in peacetime, he will not be ambiguous at critical moments. At the urging of Zang Ba, the army came out of Taihang Mountain, marched all the way, and within three days, traveled 180 miles, and successfully infiltrated Changshan County.

"Qu Shuai, I found a baggage team ahead!"

Zang Ba's lieutenant general, Chu Feiyan, a native of Changshan Zhending, came back from the front and reported to Zang Ba.

At first glance, anyone would confuse Chu Feiyan and Zhang Yan together. This point, when Chu Feiyan took the initiative to defect to the Taixing Army, was known to the Taixing Army. There is no way, the two of them look too similar, so that when Zhang Crazy saw Chu Feiyan for the first time, he asked if he had a twin brother.

Even Zhang Qiang himself didn't expect that this casual question would really ask a pair of twin brothers. Zhang Yan and this Chu Feiyan are really twin brothers! (To be continued......)