Chapter 62: The Emperor Dies
In front of everyone's eyes, Emperor Xian clutched his chest in pain, and the blood gushing out dyed Xianhua's clothes red, and slowly fell. Emperor Xian suddenly smiled in his eyes, it's over, it's over. I will no longer face anyone in fear every day, I don't have to be afraid that I can't sleep, and I don't have to watch my close ones being killed one by one, and I have to say hello.
Dong Cheng looked at the arrow that flew out of nowhere, and his head went blank with a bang, only to feel that the world was spinning, and he couldn't help but stagger. He saw Emperor Xian smiling and smiled slightly. "Wow-", Dong Cheng couldn't help crying: "Your Majesty-" couldn't say anything else, and even forgot to call the imperial doctor.
Seeing that Emperor Xian was actually shot by an arrow and fell, Li Bei was shocked, not that Emperor Xian died, but that he was not Emperor Xian, what should he do without Emperor Xian. Li Bei was furious: "Who is it, who released the arrow?" "The palace is now in chaos, and in just two or three years, the sacred and undefiled palace has been attacked by people and troops repeatedly. As soon as Li Bei's army arrived this time, and the original Praetorian Guards were originally Li Bei and Guo Ning's men, the two sides suddenly began to fight, and all the palace maids and eunuchs who passed by in front of them were also killed. Just when Emperor Xian rushed out in a panic to mediate first, an arrow flew in front of him.
The leader of the Praetorian Guard left by Guo Ning suffered a loss in number at this time, although he had already gone to ask Guo Ning to rescue the troops, but he would not be able to come for a while. At this time, when he saw that Emperor Xian was dead, the leader was also shocked and roared angrily: "Li Bei shoot Your Majesty, Li Bei rebel." The panicked Guo Ning's subordinates also shouted together, at this time, the entire palace, whether it was soldiers and horses, palace maids, etc., or hundreds of officials who rushed to hear the news, all heard the shouts of the army at this time, and Li Bei's crime of killing the monarch was about to be implemented.
In the autumn of the first year of Xingping, everyone in the world knew that Chen Linbing, the general of Yizhou Muwei, went out of Qishan and hit Li Dao Guo Yan by surprise. Li Dao and Guo Yan had no choice but to personally lead the army to fight a decisive battle in Tianshui, Xiliang Haoqiang Ma Teng and Han Sui sent troops respectively, Han Sui took Di Dao and went straight to Qinchuan, Ma Teng was stable, and he would also go south to threaten Sanfu in the near future. At this time, no one knew that two things had happened that quickly affected the general trend of the world, and Emperor Han Xian was killed by an arrow. Emperor Xian died, the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty was suddenly broken, Emperor Xian was young and had no queen, and his brother died in the hands of Dong Zhuo, and now in Chang'an City, no one surnamed Liu is qualified to ascend the throne and inherit the orthodoxy. But at present, what people in Chang'an City are most concerned about is not this matter, because now Li Bei and Guo Ning in Chang'an City have completely dispersed and begun to fight each other. Guo Ning used Li Bei's murder as an excuse, but Li Bei refused to admit it, and showed no mercy in anger and shame. Not only the officers and soldiers of the two armies were affected, but even the people in the city, all the officials were not spared, the soldiers were undisciplined, and some Qiang people were in the middle, and they immediately robbed their homes and houses, set fire to and robbed their property-
In Li Beifu, Yang Biao and others heard that Emperor Xian was dead, and they were in chaos, and there were more than 1,000 people in the courtyard where hundreds of officials gathered, and they went to the palace to kill Li Bei. Jia Xu now has five shadows behind him, and he actually heard the voices of people outside the mansion getting quieter, and couldn't help but ask the family of the Li Mansion, and learned that the emperor was dead outside, and the family members of the Li Mansion said angrily: "They all said that it was killed by the young master of my family, hmph, it was designated that Guo Ning's kid framed him, and the young master of my family still regarded him as a brother, phew." ”
Jia Xu turned back to the backyard, smiled happily, and said to Wuying: "How many people are there in Chang'an now?" "Sir, there are forty-three people in Chang'an City combined."
Jia Xu: "Send someone to Chiyang immediately, ask Mr. Zhang to cross the river immediately, and tell Mr. the news here." Wuying said: "Sir, now that Emperor Xian is dead, the Li Mansion is already quite unsafe, but if you go out, the rebels outside are also very dangerous, does Mr. have a good plan?" "Wuying is now thinking more about Jia Xu's safety, if Jia Xu has an accident in Chang'an, Chen Lin will definitely not let go of these people.
Jia Xu walked a few steps and turned around: "Chang'an is already in chaos, Chang'an can't stay until Ziqiao and them arrive, go, you have to go, leave Chang'an." Immediately gather everyone, change into the military uniform of Li Bei's army, and go straight to the east gate, the east gate is far away from the palace, go, without further ado. Suddenly, all Chen Lin's spies and other people in Chang'an City quickly assembled, and there were more than 40 people, all of whom changed into the armor of the army, and a group of people escorted Jia Xu to the east. Jia Xu's reputation is still very useful, as soon as many soldiers and horses see Jia Xu, Jia Xu only needs to stand up and say a few words to deceive him. When he met Guo Ning's soldiers and horses, Jia Xu said that Guo Ning wanted Jia Xu to go to Tianshui to move the rescue troops, and when he met Li Bei's people, Jia Xu said that he was Li Bei's people, in short, they should not be offended.
In less than a day, the second thing appeared in people's eyes, Xu Rong and Xu Maozhi didn't know when they had led 8,000 troops across the Yellow River and went straight to Chang'an. The first to learn the news was Huayin Zhang Ji, half a day ago Zhang Ji learned that Emperor Xian died, but Zhang Ji couldn't believe it and hesitated. At this time, the scout suddenly reported that nearly 10,000 troops on the side of the Yellow River had crossed the river and headed south, Zhang Ji was shocked and hurriedly shouted: "Someone, someone, go to Luoyang." ”
Zhang Xiu was shocked: "Uncle, is this the decision to take refuge in Liu Xuande?" Zhang Ji ignored Zhang Xiu, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to go to Luoyang, and then turned his head and said: "I said before that Your Majesty died, and I thought it was a rumor, but now there is a large army crossing the river in Wugong County, and in addition to Xu Maozhi's army in Hebei, who else has it, even Guo Li and Feng Yi have no soldiers and horses in Fufeng and Feng Yi." Then it must be Xu Maozhi in the north who went south, and the secret agent said before that there was a short and ugly scribe in the north, presumably that person was Zhang Ziqiao in Yizhou, and it must have been sent by Yizhou Mu to say that Xu Maozhi had descended. Now that the Yizhou herdsman Guo Li's army is all attracted to Tianshui, Chang'an is so chaotic, Xu Maozhi is easy to take Chang'an, and when Guo Li is attacked by the enemy, he will be defeated, and we will also find a way out. ”
Zhang Xiu: "But according to what my uncle said, isn't Yizhou Mu more powerful, why didn't my uncle lower Yizhou Mu, I think Yizhou Mu is also a personal masterpiece." Zhang Ji smiled helplessly: "Because of this, I chose Liu Xuande, the icing on the cake is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow." Yizhou Mu is strong, even if my uncle and nephew surrender, how can they be reused. Liu Xuande is different, now Xuande and Hebei are fighting for Hedong County, it is reported that outside the Bishui Pass is also nervous, Yanzhou Mu Cao Mengde is not a good person, and he is also eyeing Luoyang. Under such an enemy on all sides, Liu Xuande must be reused by my uncle and nephew, if he is not stupid, he can only continue to let my uncle and nephew guard the western barrier for him. Even if Yizhou Mu takes Chang'an, Guo Li and the two still have tens of thousands of troops, and there are still two fierce tigers in Xiliang, Yizhou Mu will definitely not dare to attack my Huayin, because Huayin is under Liu Xuande's command. In this way, Huayin is still ours, but no one dares to move. ”
Zhang Xiu was overjoyed: "Uncle originally wanted to borrow Liu Xuande's power to guard my Huayin, hahahaha." Zhang Ji also laughed: "Come here, hang the banner of Liuzi." ”
Liu Bei, Liu Bei cried: "Woo hoo lament, my Han has lost the Holy Monarch again-Li Don't be a thief, you will not die well-" Sima Fang lowered his head and smiled coldly, but said: "Lord, mourn, now is not the time to cry, I don't know if the lord is going to lead troops into Chang'an and kill the thief?" ”
Liu Bei's eyes were gloomy when he heard this, and at this time, Sima Lang saw his father like this, and hurriedly said: "No, the lord can't, now Huayin Zhang Shidu said to surrender, but his actions are obviously just trying to use the name of the lord to act, in order to resist the enemy in the west, the lord did not agree to surrender, Zhang Shidu hung up the banner of the lord, it can be seen that the lord can not be fooled, if our army rashly passes Huayin, it must not be harmed." ”
It turned out that when Liu Bei entered Hanoi, he wantonly accepted Hanoi celebrities and scholars, but now that he saw stability, Liu Bei began to weaken the power of everyone in Hanoi, and the Sima family was the first family in Hanoi, so it was naturally indispensable. Sima Fang complained a lot about Liu Bei because of this, Liu Bei cried and cried and said that he wanted to avenge Emperor Xian, but it was just a show, but Sima Fang did not give face at all, and said this in public, obviously wanting Liu Bei not to come to the stage. Sima Lang sincerely assisted Liu Bei, thinking that Liu Bei was the master, so he relieved Liu Bei.
Just as Zhang Ji expected, Liu Bei is now anxious, where is there still the strength to go west. Cao * Tun soldier Chen Liu, who knows what he wants to do, how can Liu Bei be okay, although Yuan Shao is still fighting with Gongsun Zan in Hebei, but the high-ranking cadres in Hebei take Hedong, Liu Bei is enough to eat a pot, and he has to guard against Yuan Shu, where does Liu Bei dare to provoke the enemy in the west, no matter who it is, Liu Bei can't wait for the people in the west not to come to fight him.
On the same day, Liu Bei ordered the three armies to take a white belt to sacrifice to the emperor, and at the same time repaired in the old temple of Luoyang, and wantonly set up a spiritual seat for the emperor, which is like this and that, always quite grand, and the land of Henan is all moved by Liu Bei's loyalty.
Martial arts, Xu Rong's army, Xu Rong was persuaded by Zhang Song after all, and secretly moved the army to Chiyang a few days ago, waiting for Zhang Song to say: "Great change." Xu Rong has never understood why Zhang Song is so sure that there will be a "big change" in Chang'an. Knowing that half a day ago, Emperor Xian died, Xu Rong was shocked, and couldn't help but look at Zhang Song in the distance, this short scribe. Just as Zhang Song turned his eyes back and collided with Xu Rong, Zhang Song smiled and came up: "What?" The general didn't think I did it in Yizhou, right? The scout said it clearly, it was Li Bei's thief who lost his illness and killed the king, and now the 20,000 army in Chang'an has started to kill, alas, I don't know how many people have suffered. ”
Xu Rong was stunned in his heart, he categorically would not believe that this matter would have nothing to do with Yizhou, or with the person in front of him, but Xu Rong knew what to say and pretend to be confused. Now that Xu Rong has made a decision, he will be a member of Yizhou in the future, and Xu Rong will definitely not say these words that are not conducive to Yizhou. Xu Rong: "Sir, the rapid march of the army will reach Chang'an in one day, I don't know if Mr. has a plan?" ”
Zhang Song: "Guo Li is delusional in Tianshui and the lord is against the lord, and has lost his influence on Chang'an, there are only Li Bei and Guo Ning in Chang'an City, and now the two are incompatible, 20,000 troops will wait for our army tomorrow I don't know how much is left, Chang'an City is still in the general's pocket." The key is Huayin Zhang Shidu, this person has tried my Yizhou many times to violate yin and yang, it can be seen that this person does not have much good impression of my Yizhou, if the loose material is good, Zhang Shidu should borrow the name of Liu Xuande to ensure that he is thorough, it seems that this person is unwilling to go down. Zhang Song glanced at Xu Rong, Xu Rong raised troops to the north, but the north is not like Huayin, a prosperous place, Zhang Ji can support himself, but Xu Rong can't, so Xu Rong can only choose one side, but Zhang Ji can protect himself.
Xu Rong saw Zhang Song looking over, how could he not understand what Zhang Song meant, Xu Rong's face did not change, and said: "Since Zhang Shidu surrendered to Liu Xuande, if Liu Xuande sent troops, or simply ordered Zhang Shidu to send troops, at that time they came to Chang'an in the name of revenge, what should we do?" ”
Zhang Song laughed: "No, Liu Xuande is weak, Zhang Shidu is powerful and unintentional, and the two can't really work together." Liu Xuande wants Zhang Shidu to defend the enemy in the west, and Zhang Shidu wants to protect himself in the name of Liu Xuande, and the two take what they need, but they will not really be able to do the same. When the soldiers go out of Chang'an, it will never appear, so the general goes to Chang'an, but it is just an easy way to take great credit. ”
Xu Rong looked at the map of the military tent, motionless, staring at Chang'an, then at Luoyang, and then at Xiliang, and suddenly stood up and shouted: "The whole army is marching, and the target is Chang'an." Zhang Song looked at the cunning in Xu Rong's eyes as he stared at the map, and Zhang Song smiled.
In Ji County, Li Dao has begun to attack the city, but in the past few days, because Li Dao lacks the equipment used in the siege, he is only challenging the army every day, hoping to lead Chen Lin out of the city to fight. Chen Lin ignored everything, every time Li Dao shouted for battle, Chen Lin had to fight, Li Dao lost more than a dozen battles one after another, and more than a dozen generals under his command all died tragically at the hands of Chen Lin's generals. Among them, the last day of the battle made Chen Lin look at a small school sent by Huang Zhong with admiration, this person is called Wei Yan. Wei Yan and Yan Wen came to Ji County, and when Chen Lin learned of Huang Zhong's order to Wei Yan, he knew that Huang Zhong might have intended to let him reuse this young man. It just so happened that Li Dao had lost for two days in a row that day, and he didn't learn experience, and he had to fight with Chen Lin.
Chen Lin looked at the generals, and saw that everyone was ready to move, and in the first two days, Yan Yan was out of the limelight, and he killed seven generals in a row, not to mention Zhou Cang's record. The others were all envious, but Chen Lin saw that the newcomer Wei Yan also had a look of eagerness to jump down immediately, but because Wei Yan was new and had a low military rank, he didn't dare to be as explicit as Zhang Wei and other generals. Chen Lin laughed, and had the heart to try Huang Zhong's vision, so he lined up everyone and said: "Chief Wen, Han Sheng said in his letter that you can fight with one of the candidates of the eight generals of Han Wen, and the martial arts are not bad, but dare to go down and meet Li Zhiran's generals?" ”
Wei Yan was overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down: "Dare, the last general will definitely take a few of his heads back and dedicate them to the lord." The others were indignant, especially Zhang Wei, a veteran of Shuzhong (not old), who stood up directly: "Lord, the tens of thousands of generals present don't need it, but the lord uses a small colonel, but he doesn't let the enemy laugh at us." Wei Yan immediately looked at each other angrily, and hated Zhang Wei from then on.
Chen Lin: "Hehe, don't be anxious about righteousness, although Wen Chang's official position is low, but he looks at his burly figure, and he doesn't think it's bad, besides, how can Han Sheng's vision be checked, this is the first time Han Sheng has recommended a talent like a certain person, go Wen Chang, don't let someone regret using you." ”
Wei Yan bowed heavily: "If you can't win, please behead someone." After saying that, Wei Yan held his breath, glared at Zhang Wei, and left the city. Li Dao fought against a Qiang general. Seeing Wei Yan, the Qiang man held a gun and said contemptuously: "Who are you?" Go back, call Huang Han to raise Shun or something, and if not, let the surnamed Yan come out. Yan Yan was already a lot more famous yesterday, and Chen Lin on the city wall heard the Qiang people say this, and said to Zhou Cang: "Hehe, Zhou Cang, the general only doesn't mention you, it seems that you still can't do it, hahahahahaha." "Purely joking about Zhou Cang.
Wei Yan was so angry that he was croaking under the city, he was just despised by Zhang Wei, and now he was disdained by a Hu man, Wei Yan was angry. Without saying a word, the galloping horse came, it was really you coming and going, the bigger the Qiang general, the more frightened he became, one was not careful, and was stabbed by Wei Yan with a finger gun, right in the throat. Chen Lin in the city was happy when he saw Wei Yan so brave, but he saw Zhang Wei's eyes were ruthless, but all this taught a person to see clearly.
Li Jilian sent four generals, but none of them were Wei Yan's fifty generals, Mingjin withdrew his troops, Chen Lin laughed and greeted Wei Yan, Wei Yan gave himself a face for a while this time, and saw that the soldiers who opened the door were full of admiration for Wei Yan. Wei Yan hurriedly dismounted and knelt down to Chen Lin: "Lord, fortunately not disgraced." As he spoke, he glanced at Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei looked embarrassed, Chen Lin laughed when he saw it, now the distribution of internal forces in Yizhou is inevitable, and Chen Lin also understands this under the surveillance of the shadow. Zhang Wei and other generals in Shuzhong are naturally headed by Wu Yi, and Wu Yi is now the elder brother of Mrs. Chen Lin, and the power in Shuzhong is very strong.
There is also a faction based on Yang Ren and other forces in Hanzhong, Chen Lin is based on Hanzhong, fighting for Yizhou, and in addition to a lot of strength in Hanzhong, such as Liu Hua and others, these people have gradually formed a faction. In recent years, there have been many contradictions between the forces in Hanzhong and the forces in Shuzhong, because after Chen Lin got Shuzhong, he sent many people from Hanzhong to Shu as officials, and these Hanzhong people must have threatened the interests of the people in Shuzhong when they went to Shuzhong, so there was a contradiction.
There is also a faction led by Zhang Ba and others, Zhang Ba's status in Chen Lin's forces is the same as Wu Yi's, and even Zhang Ba's advantage is a little more, after all, Zhang Ba is Chen Lin's playmate when he was a teenager, and Zhang Ba's sister is Chen Lin's original partner. Zhang's son is going to be Chen Lin's heir in the future, and many people have gathered under Zhang Ba because of this.
There are also some people like Jia Xu and Gao Shun who will never form a gang with others, and these people are definitely only loyal to Chen Lin. Now the reason why Chen Lin ordered Chen Zhi to be the governor of Shuzhong is to let his brothers form a force so that these forces can be balanced, so as not to have problems one day. Huang Zhong and Zhang Ba got close, and Wei Yan was recommended by Huang Zhong, so Zhang Wei naturally classified Wei Yan as Zhang Ba's faction, so it was so.
Chen Lin hurriedly helped Wei Yan up and laughed: "Wen Chang, okay, from now on, Wei Wen Chang will be named a broken military captain, and stay by someone's side to listen to it." In one fell swoop, Wei Yan was made a captain, and if he had the opportunity, he could become an independent army, Wei Yan hurriedly thanked him.
Although the fighting generals won, tens of thousands of troops were under the city, but Chen Lin was not happy at all. looked up at the city, but didn't know that a shocking event had happened in the east.