Late at night, Emperor Ling of Han's dormitory.

Emperor Liu Hongzheng of the Han Dynasty sulked with a blue face, and Empress Fu was beside her to persuade her.

"Your Majesty, it's not worth it to be angry with the dragon body for trivial things~~"

"Alas, the queen~~" Liu Hong sighed, "This time is not a trivial matter, but a major event that will affect the country~~"

"A major event that will bring disaster to the country?" Empress Fu asked in a low voice, "Can the concubines listen?" ”

"Of course you can, now I can only tell you what is on my mind the queen." Liu Hong sighed and said, "This time, it is Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, who have always been loyal to me, who have spoken for the horse butcher, and my royal sister, Princess Liu Ming of Yiyang, has been talking in my ear all day long about the horse butcher's goodness." ”

Queen Fu snorted and said, "Since ancient times, heroes love beautiful women, why don't beautiful women love heroes?" The royal sister has taken a fancy to General Ma Yue, but to really put it mildly, in addition to having a disgraceful experience, General Ma Yue is a good match for the princess whether it is his family background or talent and martial arts. ”

"How can I not know the thoughts of the royal sister?" Liu Hong said sullenly, "But that Ma Yue, not only did he have a disgraceful experience, last time in Youzhou, Ma Yue sent troops to attack and kill the emperor without my permission, I saw that Yu Mei and Zhang let their face open up on the Internet, not to be held accountable, I didn't expect that this time, he actually dared to collude with the Huns to attack and kill my old minister~~ Make the Huns Zhonglang Zhang Huan!" ”

Queen Fu was surprised: "General Ma Yue colluded with the Huns to attack and kill the old general Zhang Huan? This~~"

Liu Hong said: "Although Ma Yue and Ding Yuan have their own explanations, and the truth of the facts is unknown, it is a fact that Ma Yue sent troops to attack the land of Hetao without authorization!" He is a general who protects Wuhuan and leads the army to attack and occupy the Hetao, what does he want to do? Hetao was not the land of the Han Dynasty, but he led the Han army to settle here, what did he want to do? Do you want to build a foreign country on an equal footing with me? I heard that Yu Fu Luoshan of the Southern Xiongnu had named him the second king, so should I also make him the 'side by side king'? How unreasonable! ”

Empress Fu became more and more surprised: "Ah, General Ma Yue also led the army to attack and occupy the land of Hetao? ”

"If you really want to talk about it, it's nothing, no matter how ambitious Ma Yue is, he can only dominate in the border wasteland, and no matter how much trouble he makes, he can't turn the sky upside down." Liu Hong sighed and said, "But what really chilled me was Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, who actually said good things for Ma Yue, I was really cold, I respected Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong as parents, but they actually colluded with Ma Yue and were embarrassed~~"

"Ping!"

Speaking of anger, Liu Hong slapped his palm on the imperial case, making a loud noise, Queen Fu was taken aback, and faintly saw a trace of murder in Liu Hong's eyes.

At this time, a little eunuch entered and played: "Your Majesty, the general He Jin and King Situ ask to see ~~"

Liu Hong's face was pale, and he said loudly: "Quick Xuan~"

……

It's night, Luoyang Red Mansion.

Situ Wangyun, who was already drunk and smoky, appeared on Diao Chan's embroidery floor with the support of two maidservants.

Coming upstairs, Wang Yun had a drink, drunk and hazy, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the Diao Chan was beautiful and incomprehensible, plus he was in a good mood today, and he couldn't help but reach out and touch the Diao Chan's cheeks, hehe chuckled and said: "Cicada, my good cicada, it looks really more and more peugeot, hehe~~"

Diao Chan's slender waist twisted, floated away like a beautiful flower-wearing butterfly, and chuckled: "Master Zishi, you are drunk." ”

"Drunk? Uh~~No~~Not drunk, the official is not drunk~~" Wang Yun said with hazy eyes, "The official is happy today, heh~~Happy~~ It's been a long time since I've been so happy as I am today, hehe~~"

Diao Chan's expression moved, helped Wang Yun to sit down on the embroidery couch, and asked with a sigh of relief: "I don't know why Master Zishi is so happy, and I also say that the little girl is happy together?" ”

Wang Yun stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around Diao Chan's slender waist and said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, I'm going to ~~ something big happen!" ”

"What's the big deal?"

"I don't know if I tell you, how do you women know about any national affairs, hehe~~" Wang Yun chuckled, "**A moment is worth a thousand gold, we are still~~"

"Ouch, Master Zishi, what are you anxious about?"

Diao Chan dodged like a butterfly again, Wang Yun hugged the air, hugged a mandarin duck pillow on the embroidered couch, and sniffed it vigorously at the edge of his nose.

"My lord, if you don't say anything more, the little girl will have to leave."

"Hey, don't~~ Don't go, okay, then the official will tell you, you~~ What a pestering goblin, I like to inquire about the movements of the court." Wang Yun took a breath, his face suddenly straightened, and said, "It's really unbelievable to say, since today's serious illness, it's like a different person, the court will be more diligent than before, and the naked swimming pool in Xiyuan won't go, and ~~"

"And what?"

"And it's much more holy than before! The good words of the ten permanent servants are coming to an end, late last night, the Son of Heaven urgently summoned the official and the general into the palace, and someone is going to be unlucky~~"

"Who? Who's going to be unlucky? ”

"Who else, of course, is the wanton, lawless Horse Leaping Horse Butcher!" Wang Yun said, "This time, the Son of Heaven is much more spicy, although there is no big move on the surface, but secretly he has mobilized the four-way army and marched together, preparing to encircle and annihilate Ma Yue's army in the Hetao area in one fell swoop!" ”

"The army of four routes! Which four-way army? ”

Wang Yun frowned and said, "Uh~~ Why do you ask so clearly?" ”

Diao Chan said coquettishly: "No~~ It's nothing, just ask casually." ”

"Come here, you."

Wang Yun smiled, pressed Diao Chan down on the embroidery couch, and then the whole person rode up, touching his hands up and down, Diao Chan giggled, wanting to refuse and welcome, with a sultry look on his face.

……

It was night, and the general He entered the mansion.

Xu You Shi Ran made a gesture to He Jin, and said respectfully: "In the next ~~ see the general." ”

He Jin stepped forward to help Xu You up, and said with a smile: "Ziyuan is exempt from courtesy, come, and take a seat." ”

The two sat down separately, and Xu Yu said: "The general was summoned late at night, but he didn't know what was important?" ”

He Jin didn't answer, and sighed after a while: "General Ben has a dilemma and doesn't know how to decide. ”

Xu You said: "I don't know what the general is embarrassed about? ”

He Jin said: "The Son of Heaven has ordered General Ben to be the captain of the Upper Military Academy, and he is in charge of the Xiyuan New Army with Jian Shuo, and he has also ordered Zhou Mi to be the commander of Jinwu and the Imperial Forest Army. ”

Xu You was startled, and said: "This is a great joy, congratulations to the general, congratulations to the general." ”

He Jin said: "Ziyuan is slow to congratulate, this general has not yet said anything difficult." ”

"Would you like to hear about it?"

"The Son of Heaven intends to send troops to attack Ma Yue, and General Ben is extremely unbearable."

"Crusade against Ma Yue?" Xu You rolled his eyes and said, "I think that Ma Yue should be defeated!" ”

"Oh, should you crusade?"

"Ma Yue coerced the Wuhuan people, and recently got the land of the Hetao, the Xiongnu people, the population under his rule is hundreds of thousands, and the people who control the strings are tens of thousands, if they are left to act, the surrounding Tu Gehu, Yueshi Hu, Qin Hu, and even the northern Xianbei will be merged sooner or later, and then hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen can be driven south, how will the Han resist?"

"The reason why the general supported Ma Yue and set the strategy of checks and balances was to use Ma Yue to balance Dong Zhuo when foreign troops entered Beijing and Qing Jun in the future, but now Ma Yue's army is far stronger than Dong Zhuo, and there is a tendency to lose control, so he should indeed frustrate his spirit."

He Jin said suddenly: "If it weren't for Ziyuan's reminder, General Ben almost missed a big deal!" ”

Xu You said: "But I don't know who the Son of Heaven wants to send to beg for it?" ”

He Jin said: "The Son of Heaven intends to issue an edict to seal Ma Yue as the general of the Hun Zhonglang, in order to stabilize his heart and slack his will, and then secretly order the Qiang Zhonglang to protect Dong Zhuo, Liangzhou Thorn Shi Geng Yuan, and Jizhou Thorn Shi Han Fu, the four armies marched together, east and west, and wiped out Ma Yue's army in the Hetao area in one fell swoop. ”

"The four-way army is encircled and suppressed!?" Xu You was taken aback at first, and then said coldly after a long silence, "General, the Son of Heaven has good intentions!" ”

"Oh?" He Jin said, "I want to hear it in detail." ”

Xu You said: "I think that the crusade against Ma Yue is just a cover, and taking the opportunity to weaken the military strength of the northern states and ministries is the true intention of the Son of Heaven!" ”

"Oh?"

Xu You said: "Although all the armies participating in the crusade have a secret order from the Son of Heaven, they cannot publicize it to the outside world, so they can only act in secret, neither righteousness nor reputation, so this can only be regarded as a melee between warlords, and it is a war destined to have no winner!" In the end, whoever wins is not a winner. ”

He Jin was puzzled: "A war with no winners? ”

Xu You said: "In the first year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and Han Fu, the assassin of Jizhou, recruited volunteers in the name of begging for thieves, and he had 80,000 elite soldiers, and he still refuses to be dismissed!" And the state of the assassin Shi Ding Yuan, to crusade against the Montenegrin thieves to start, there are also 50,000 elite soldiers, Liangzhou Assassin Shi Geng long guard the border stopper, there are quite a lot of elite soldiers under his command, Hu Qiang Zhonglang will Dong Zhuo Xinde Han Sui rebels surrendered, the army is flourishing, the four states, the department and Ma Yue are the same, all have the tail of the big momentum. ”

He Jinshen thought so: "What Ziyuan said is very reasonable, although the Son of Heaven knows that Han Fu has the heart to support Liu Yu, he has nothing to do with him, and he is afraid of the 80,000 elite soldiers under his command. ”

"Han Fu, Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo, Geng Contempt and other generations support the army with self-respect and ambition, and they may not obey the orders of the Son of Heaven in normal times, but this time the situation is quite different." Xu You said this, took out a topographic map from his arms, pointed to the location of the Hetao on the map and said, "General, please see, this is the Hetao, the Hetao is rich in water and grass, the land is fertile, and the Great Wall is connected to the river and the river is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Han Fu and others are bound to go all out in order to compete for the land of the Hetao, and they are not willing to be reluctant. ”

He Jin said in a condensed voice: "Zi Yuan's words, the final winner is today's son?" ”

"No, the Son of Heaven is not the final winner." Xu You sighed, "Once the melee breaks out, Ma Yue, Dong Zhuo, Geng Contempt, Ding Yuan, and Han Fu will certainly lose their troops and strength, but the national strength of the Han Dynasty will also be seriously damaged, especially the elite of the hundred battles stationed in the north may be lost, and the national situation will plummet~~"

……

Xihe County, Meiji.

Ma Yue's big tent, Ma Yue frowned and asked, "Wenhe, hasn't the angel sent by the imperial court arrived yet?" ”

Jia Xu said: "According to the report of Tanma, it is still in the territory of Bingzhou. ”

Guo Tu, who had just arrived from Ning County, couldn't help but say: "Lord, the angel's journey is so slow, and he has only traveled more than 100 miles in half a month, which is really against the norm, there is another mystery in this, right?" ”

Ma Yue said awe-inspiringly: "Could it be that ~~ What happened in the court?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "It's still hard to say. ”

"Report~~" Jia Xu's voice fell, Dian Wei rushed into the big tent, and said loudly, "Lord, there is a woman who claims to be the old man of Luoyang who asks to see you." ”

"The old man of Luoyang?" Ma Yue Huoran stood up and said in a deep voice, "Hurry up, please!" ”

"Yes."

Dian Wei took the order and left, and then the figure outside the tent flashed, the beautiful shadow fluttered, and a curling Tingting's shadow had already entered the account, only one side of the tulle covered the delicate, making it difficult to see the true face of Lushan, but Ma Yue still recognized from the woman's posture and demeanor, who else was not Diao Chan.

"Diao?"

"The little girl's original surname is Ren, and her name is Hongchang." The woman bowed down shallowly and said to Ma Yue, "Diao Chan is a stage name shared by the little woman and the maid Cicada, and she has concealed it before, and I hope the general will forgive me." ”

Ma Yue said indifferently: "It's okay, Miss Diao Chan came to Hetao in person this time, but what happened to the court?" ”

Diao Chan said in a condensed voice: "The general still doesn't know that a catastrophe is coming? ”

Ma Yue frowned and said, "What did you say?" ”

Diao Chan said: "Today, with the general He Jin as the captain of the army, and Jian Shuo in charge of the new army in the West Garden, and ordered the court captain Zhou Mi to be in charge of Jinwu and the Imperial Forest Army, the ten permanent servants have already lost power!" He also secretly ordered Jizhou Assassin Shi Han Fu, Bingzhou Assassin Shi Ding Yuan, Liangzhou Assassin Shi Geng Contempt and Huqiang Zhonglang General Dong Zhuo to a total of four armies, east and west to attack the generals. ”

Ma Yue Huoran stood up, his expression changed again and again, but finally he laughed, laughing and saying indifferently: "This is really the answer to the old saying, misfortune and fortune are relied upon, and fortune and misfortune are lurking!" This military took the river loop, and when he was about to make a big show, he didn't want to be in trouble, hahaha~~"

(To be continued)