Chang'an, Xiahou Yuan pressed the knife ring, and entered the mansion and went straight into the atrium. As soon as he entered the door, he was stunned, and the courtyard was full of well-bandaged boxes, some for clothes, some for official documents, neatly and neatly, at least twenty.www.biquge.info

"Wen Ruo, what are you?" Xiahou Yuan was inexplicable, carefully bypassed those boxes, went to the hall, and asked Xun Yu, who was packing, "Want to move?" ”

"yes." Xun Yu smiled: "I'm leaving Chang'an and being promoted to Runan Taishou." ”

"Really?" Xiahou Yuan laughed and laughed loudly: "He Xiwenruo." Then he lowered his voice again: "The king has decided?" ”

"What's the matter?" Xun Yu looked at Xiahou Yuan in surprise: "What's the matter?" ”

"That's it." Xiahou Yuan was anxious, seeing Xun Yu's expression, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and subconsciously took a step back, his hand on the hilt, and the smile on his face became very ugly. "Wen Ruo, didn't you just want to tell me that you were promoted to Runan Taishou and were leaving, right?"

"Yes, but not all." Xun Yu remained silent, and took out an official letter from his sleeve: "This is for you." ”

"What, I have it too?" Xiahou Yuan raised his eyebrows, hurriedly took it, and said while dismantling it: "Let me see, what official have I promoted?" ”

Xun Yu clasped his hands and looked at Xiahou Yuan with a smile. Xiahou Yuan glanced at it, and the smile on his face suddenly froze: "Demoted to Yiwu...... Sima? I...... Am I right? ”

"You haven't seen it, it's indeed degraded to Iwusima, that is, riqi. Evacuated from Chang'an and rushed to Yiwu to take office. ”

Xiahou Yuan's eyes tightened, and he slowly raised his head: "So, the king is defeated?" ”

"What did you say?" Xun Yu couldn't help laughing.

"Xun Wenruo, don't pretend to be confused with me." Xiahou Yuan could no longer hold back his anger. Since he was demoted to Yiwu Sima, it was naturally Liu Xiu's failure, and the Son of Heaven wanted to hold them accountable for leading troops to help Liu Xiu force the palace. The reason why he didn't kill him was probably because he didn't want to make too much trouble and provoke their resistance. After all, among the generals who led troops in various states, there were many people who were loyal to Liu Xiu, and the imperial court pressed too hard. It's easy to change. But the reduction to Yiwu Sima will not be the end, and when the Son of Heaven stabilizes the government in the future, he will slowly clean up the remnants of their Chu royal lineage.

Xiahou Yuan is not stupid, he can figure out why Xun Yu was promoted instead, it is just because the Xun family is a big family in Yingchuan, and Xun Yu and Liu Xiu have not been so close.

Xiahou Yuan didn't want to wait for death, if this matter was confirmed, his choice would only be to fight back when the people's hearts were still not dispersed, and not give the imperial court time to break through.

"Why are you still so impulsive?" Xun Yu shook his head. He took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and held it between his two slender white fingers and sent it to Xiahou Yuan. Xiahou Yuan didn't answer, but he glanced at it and understood.

There are only two words on the paper: as ordered. Below is a monogram signature, the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing. Elegant.

"Whoa." Xiahou Yuan turned his anger into joy, hugged his fists in response, turned around, and walked away majestically. Xun Yu watched Xiahou Yuan turn from an angry tiger into a docile sheep in the blink of an eye, and the reason was only because of the thin piece of paper in his hand. I couldn't help but sigh: "This is the human heart." ”

Xiahou Yuan returned to the camp, without saying a word, immediately led the army out of the camp, 10,000 knights of the Han Seventh Battalion left Chang'an, galloped in the starry night, and met the Qiang Seventh Battalion in Longxi, a total of more than 20,000 horsemen, rushed to Yiwu.

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In Yi County, Yuan Shao frowned, paced back and forth in the house with his hands behind his back. His steps were big and urgent, two steps to the end, and then quickly turned around, two more steps, and then turned around, turning so often that Yuan Shang, who was standing on the side, was a little dizzy, and his two big black eyes were a little unfocused.

Guo Tu stood respectfully aside, holding a handful of hands that he had just received a secret report. He could understand Yuan Shao's mood, and he also knew that before Yuan Shao had an idea, he had better not disturb Yuan Shao's train of thought, otherwise Yuan Shao would definitely not have a good face to show him.

Guo Tu had just received the news in his hand, all from Luoyang. Since Liu Xiu got up from Jiangling and rushed to Luoyang, all the secret agents mastered by Guo Tu were sent to Luoyang, and they appeared in various capacities on various occasions in Luoyang, from hundreds of officials to ordinary people, and there was news. There are too many people, and there are many mouths, and for a while, the news Guo Tu received is enough to make people dizzy, and it is difficult to distinguish right from wrong.

Especially the news after Liu Xiu entered the palace, there are different opinions, and no one can tell whether it is true or false. After Liu Xiu entered the palace, he has not appeared again, whether he is dead or alive, whether he is successful or defeated, there are different theories, some say that he may have been killed by the Son of Heaven, in order not to cause the shock of the imperial court, and not to provoke Zhao Yun and Xiahou Yuan's Liang's army to attack Luoyang City, he can only not announce his death for the time being, and will not declare Liu Xiu as a rebel until those who are loyal to Liu Xiu are resolved. Of course, perhaps because of the royal face, the Son of Heaven will announce that Liu Xiu has also died violently.

Some people also say that Liu Xiu did not lose, but won, and now the emperor in the palace is no longer Liu Xie, but Liu Xiu, he just borrowed the name of the Son of Heaven to issue the command, so he set up a suspicious formation, and after stabilizing the government, he will announce the violent death of the Son of Heaven, and then enter the succession as a vassal king. This kind of thing is not uncommon in history, like the general Liang Ji did this, but he has no clan status, so he can only support Emperor Huan to succeed to the throne first.

The contradictory news made Yuan Shao puzzled, and the follow-up news made Yuan Shao's heart tremble. They had just received news that the Bingzhou army stationed in Hedong had retreated, and Zhao Yun, Jia Xu, and Lü Bu had all been demoted, and they were rushing to northern Xinjiang, where it was said that Zhao Yun had been appointed as the general of the Xianbei Zhonglang and was about to launch an attack on the Xianbei people. And the general Song Feng has already set off from Luoyang and will rush to Wuyuan to command the war in northern Xinjiang.

This news was absolutely true, and the scouts they sent not only saw Song Feng's battle flag, but also saw Song Feng with their own eyes. This general, who has never fought a decent battle, is imposing, and he no longer has the suffrage and grievances when he was robbed of the limelight by the hussar general Liu Xiu.

For Yuan Shao, this seemed to mean the complete defeat of Liu Xiu's forced palace, and Xiao Tianzi fully grasped the power of the court, and wanted to use the war against the Xianbei people to eradicate dissent. But it also means danger is imminent. Whether Liu Xiu wins or Xiao Tianzi wins, they will not allow Jizhou to remain in Yuan Shao's hands. Song Fengming wanted to attack the Xianbei people on the face, so why couldn't it be that he wanted to go around to the north of Jizhou and cut off Yuan Shao's retreat?

If this conjecture is correct, when Song Feng arrives in northern Xinjiang, the Son of Heaven will arrange for another army to cross the Yellow River and attack Jizhou.

The moment to decide the final fate of Jizhou is coming, no matter whether the opponent this time is Xiao Tianzi or Liu Xiu.

Guo Tu's gaze moved back and forth with Yuan Shao's footsteps, and he also felt a little dizzy. He shook his head to sober himself up.

"Gongzhi, who do you think they won?" Yuan Shao suddenly stopped in front of Guo Tu and asked in a deep voice.

Guo Tu was stunned for a moment and did not answer immediately. Although he had already typed the draft, in front of Yuan Shao, it was not a good thing to answer any question too quickly, either leaving Yuan Shao with the impression that he was not thinking seriously, or it would make Yuan Shao feel unstable enough.

"Chen thinks that both of them can win." Guo Tu said slowly: "However, if you consider all aspects comprehensively, Chen feels that the possibility of the Son of Heaven defeating Liu Xiu is greater. ”

"Oh, why?" Yuan Shao asked.

"First of all, Luoyang is where the palace is located, Liu Xiu has been fighting abroad for many years, and Luoyang's strength has always been in the hands of his father Liu Yuanqi. Liu Yuanqi suddenly fell off a cliff and died, whether it was the hand of the Son of Heaven or not, Liu Xiu had no preparations, it was difficult to take over his power in full, this was inevitable. If it was really the hand of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven would definitely take a fancy to his strength, and of course he would not let Liu Xiu take over easily. Therefore, in Luoyang, the Son of Heaven is the master, and Liu Xiu is the guest, and the Son of Heaven has the advantage. ”

Yuan Shao snorted, noncommittal.

"Secondly, after all, the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven, and the vassal king is the vassal king after all, and the names of both parties have been decided. Changing the dynasty has never been an easy task, thinking that the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, the world wants, with the prestige and ability of the lord, ascend to the heights, and the world responds, and it is not easy to change the dynasty, how can Liu Xiu be an inexplicable vassal king? ”

Yuan Shao blinked, stroked his beard, nodded approvingly, and sighed sympathetically: "Yes, this person's heart is really an unpredictable thing. I thought that my Yuan family responded to every call, but when it was really time to contribute, those people retreated. Although Liu Xiu has a solid foundation in the three states of Liangyi, compared with my Yuan family, it is still worse. ”

Guo Tu hurriedly nodded and agreed: "What the lord said is very true. ”

"Do you think that Liu Xiu has no chance of winning at all?"

"Not really." Guo Tu continued: "The human heart is unpredictable, but it is not immutable. Judging from the effect of Liu Xiu's implementation of the New Deal in various states, the prestige he has accumulated cannot be underestimated. It's just that his prestige is in the opposition, but he doesn't have much power in the court, and even his husband Situ Luzhi doesn't approve of him, how can he win easily. For Liu Xiu's plan, he should take it slowly, and wait for a while, maybe the chance is greater. This brings us to the third point, he was so anxious that before the foundation was solid, he hurriedly wanted to ascend to the throne, so that he threw himself into danger. Although the 10,000 personal guard battalion is sharp, if you want to attack Luoyang City, it is too Meng Lang. If you can't win, it's reasonable. ”

Guo Tu sighed: "What's more, he left the guard camp in the city, and only brought hundreds of heavy armor soldiers into the city, and even more, he actually entered the palace alone." After entering the palace, even if he has millions of male soldiers, he can't quench his thirst by far water, and in the face of so many officials in the palace, can he kill all sides alone? It's really out of reach, but it's out of reach. ”

Yuan Shao couldn't help laughing. Guo Tu also laughed cooperatively, and the more they laughed, the happier they became, and the louder they laughed. In their laughter, the haze that Liu Xiu brought to Yuan Shao was swept away, and the fog that shrouded the Luoyang Palace gradually dissipated, revealing a clear outline.

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