Chapter 22: Natural Ambition

Yanjing City is about to be broken, the defenders are fighting bloodily but gradually losing the enemy, seeing that the Yellow Turban Army is about to gain the upper hand in this city gate confrontation, as long as a larger gap is opened, the Yellow Turban Army can swarm in and sweep the imperial city.

The sound of killing in the city shook the sky, and the general He Jin on the city tower had already clenched the giant sword in his hand, and he was struggling in his heart with an expressionless face.

Yanjing fell, and I had no choice but to kill myself to thank the emperor.

The Yellow Turban Thief is a civilian rebellion, if he enters the imperial city, up to the Son of Heaven, down to the hundred officials, I am afraid that he will not be able to die.

He Jin, as a general, is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, which can be described as a monstrous power, and it is a gamble to suffer when the society is about to fall.

The world despises He Jin as a butcher and a reckless man, stealing a high position by virtue of his sister's appearance, He Jin himself admits that without the pillow wind of his sister Empress He, he would never have climbed to the throne of the general, but when the butcher said it, he was deeply disdainful.

The ancestor is indeed a butcher, but He Jin has studied martial arts since elementary school, and he is better than the children of the wealthy families of the Shi clan.

Slowly raising the giant sword in his hand, He Jin knew that the North City Gate was about to be unguarded, and the Yellow Turban Army was pressing forward step by step, and the advance and retreat of one step was enough to determine victory or defeat.

Looking back at the majestic Changle Palace, He Jin closed his eyes and said secretly: Your Majesty, the minister has done his best, the emperor is kind in this life, and he can only repay it in the next life.

Thinking of the Chinese martial arts of the dynasty and the eunuchs who were deeply favored by the emperor, He Jin showed a playful and mocking smile.

At this moment of peril, what are the civil and military officials doing? What are the eunuchs doing? Only I, He Jin, stepped forward and guarded this last line of defense for the Son of Heaven!

Although I am defeated, I am worthy of Your Majesty!

I will not beg to flee for my life, because I am the general who is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses!

The Yellow Turban Army has broken through the defense line of the North Gate, and it will only take a moment to enter Yanjing, He Jin knows that the general trend has gone, sighs, raises his giant sword, and intends to kill himself.

At the last moment, He Jin stopped his movements, because out of the corner of his eye, he saw the rear of the Yellow Turban Army outside the city, and suddenly a cavalry appeared, and the cavalry was like a swimming snake rushing left and right in the Yellow Turban Army, scattering the tens of thousands of troops of the Yellow Turban Army, turning the world upside down.

Help?

He Jin put down the giant sword and stood at the head of the city overlooking the entire battlefield, at this moment, several reinforcements appeared out of nowhere, and these reinforcements were almost all cavalry, and under the fierce charge, the Yellow Turban Army died countless deaths.

And in the northwest of the battlefield, tens of thousands of ironclad war horses rushed to attack, the arrogance shook the sky, tens of thousands of horses galloped under the hooves, the ground shook the mountains, and the momentum was like thunder.

Cao Ying, who was covered in blood and had broken armor, ran up to the city tower, and when he saw He Jin, he said eagerly: "General, the reinforcements have arrived!" ”

He Jin's ambition was rekindled, he held on to the city wall, and said excitedly: "Okay, good!" Where did the reinforcements come from? ”

Cao Ying replied truthfully: "Wujun Sun led 1,000 Jiangdong disciples, Tao Qian led 8,000 Danyang soldiers, Liaoxi Gongsun Zan led 3,000 white horse Yicong, Youzhou Liu Yan led 10,000 troops, and Liangzhou Dong Zhuo led 30,000 Western Liang Iron Cavalry. ”

Looking at the tens of thousands of iron cavalry coming from the northwest and the Yellow Turban Army defeated, He Jin's heart was excited and difficult to calm down: Dong Zhongying, you saved General Ben and the big man!

"General, please let the last general lead the defenders of the city to go out to receive reinforcements from the east, west and south gates, at this time the defeat of the Yellow Turban Army has been decided, and it is a godsend opportunity to kill them all." Cao Ying asked for battle.

He Jin also knew that this was the moment to turn the tide of the battle, so he did not hesitate, and ordered: "Cao Ying listened to the order and ordered you to lead 5,000 men and horses out of the city from the south gate to meet the enemy, and ordered Yuan Shao to take 5,000 men and horses to fight from the east gate, and ordered Yuan Shu to take 5,000 men and horses to fight from the west gate to meet the enemy, and be sure to wipe out the Yellow Turban anti-thieves!" ”

Not long after, the other three gates of Luoyang City were opened, Cao Ying, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu led their own troops to meet the enemy, at this time the victory or defeat of the battlefield has been reversed, the Yellow Turban Army has no power to resist, and they have only fled for their lives, not to mention that Zhang Jiao has died, Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao ordered the troops to withdraw, as for where to retreat, they did not think about it at all.

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The Yellow Turban Army of 600,000 besieged Luoyang, seeing that the Han family was about to fall, but it was defeated, and finally collapsed into an army and fled for their lives.

If Guo Jia is here, he will sigh: The wind and clouds will meet, and the heroes will rise together, and the princes of the eight directions will finally be on the stage of history at the most critical moment.

The mighty Yellow Turban Rebellion was quickly suppressed, although there were still remnants of the Yellow Turban in various places in the following years, but it was not a climate, and the Taiping Dao planned an uprising that intended to subvert the Han family for more than ten years, and ended outside Luoyang City.

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Ten days later, Yingchuan

In the suburbs late at night, Guo Jia sat cross-legged, drinking to kill his sorrows, accompanied by the cool breeze, his hair fluttered lightly.

Zuo Ci, Xi Zhicai, and Xu Shu all came behind Guo Jia, and the three of them all looked worried.

"Little Taigong, the great sage and good teacher have returned to heaven."

At this moment, although Yingchuan got the news that the Yellow Turban Army was defeated under Luoyang City, he actually didn't know the detailed situation, and basically only learned that Dong Zhuo, Liu Yan, Gongsun Zhan, Tao Qian and other reinforcements rushed to Luoyang City in time to relieve the siege of Yanjing.

But Zuo Ci watched the sky at night and deduced that Zhang Jiao was defeated, but he didn't say anything about it, but now he couldn't help it, and finally told Guo Jia.

Guo Jia didn't speak, his head hung so that people couldn't see his expression, but there were faint crystal teardrops falling from the tip of his chin.

The person who is a confidant dies, Guo Jia didn't understand it in his previous life, but now he understands.

The experience of 14 years in the late Eastern Han Dynasty made him understand the difficulties of this world and deeply feel the meanness of the class.

It is difficult for the children of the poor family to get ahead, and they often can't even get the most basic respect in front of the scholars.

There are not only a handful of talented people in the world who know that Guo Jia is talented. But what do these people do to Guo Jia?

Xu Shu, Xi Zhicai came out of the poor together, and it is understandable to be a confidant.

The Xun family treats Guo Jia with sincerity and sincerity, and the invisible and untouchable gap between the Keshi clan and the Hanmen always exists.

In this era, the scholars monopolized the careers, and the scholars suppressed the children of the poor families everywhere, not because they were jealous, but for the sake of family interests.

Guo Jia wants to get the support of the Xun family, unless he worships under the Xun family, he will be able to get the recommendation of the Xun family in the future.

It is for this reason that although Guo Jia has a deep personal relationship with Xun Jiajunjie, he always keeps a distance.

And the appreciation of the wealthy Zhen family also moved Guo Jia, but it was only moved, in terms of its essence, Guo Jia deeply understood that the Zhen family also wanted to recruit him and use it for the Zhen family, otherwise how could Zhen Yi give his daughter to him? Wealthy marriages are driven by interests, and the beauty of sincerity and benevolence is just a naΓ―ve delusion.

Only Zhang Jiao cherishes Guo Jia's talent, and even wants to pass on his life's business to Guo Jia, which makes Guo Jia not only moved, but also more indescribably excited.

The children of the poor family have no talents, and the Taiping Road foundation is unimaginable, Zhang Jiao is willing to entrust the important task to Guo Jia, which shows his sincerity, and it also just shows that Zhang Jiao knows how talented Guo Jia is, which Guo Jia and Zhang Jiao tacitly know, but they are all in the same mind.

It's a pity that the luck is not good, Guo Jia's destined Bole is not Zhang Jiao, but this affection is enough for Guo Jia to remember for a lifetime.

Wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, Guo Jia raised his head and looked at Zuo Ci, Xi Zhicai, Xu Shu, and said softly: "Jia told everyone to laugh." ”

The three of them each shook their heads, and when they saw Guo Jia cheering up, a big stone hanging in his heart finally fell, Zuo Ci turned around and left, and Xi Zhicai and Xu Shu sat down in front of Guo Jia.

"Now that the siege of Yanjing has been lifted, and the Taiping Road rebellion has also gone, this time the people who rushed thousands of miles to Yanjing to relieve the siege seem to be reused by the Son of Heaven." Xu Shu sighed with emotion, stepped forward in times of crisis, heroes from all over the world gathered, that scene, how spectacular.

After taking a sip of wine, Guo Jia wiped his mouth and sneered: "Hmph, wolf ambition." Taiping Road rebelled, is there a land of peace in the world? His own one-acre and one-third of land is not very peaceful, but he went to Luoyang to solve the difficulties of Yanjing? It is not a vain attempt to take the opportunity to establish fame and take power. ”

Xi Zhicai and Xu Shu looked at each other stunned for a moment, and then showed a look of relief, Xu Shu sighed and said: "Feng Xiao's words woke up the people in the dream, with what Feng Xiao saw, can these people succeed?" ”

Guo Jia sighed slightly, and said: "This battle will be recited all over the world, and the heroes who stand out in this battle will also be famous all over the world, the name of the heroes known all over the world, these people are naturally in their pockets, and no one can take it away, but if they want to enter the court and take power, it is wishful thinking." It won't be long before these people come from and where they have to go back. ”

Xi Zhicai disagreed with Guo Jia's statement and retorted: "Feng Xiao's words are wrong, if the Son of Heaven does not reuse these loyal ministers who rushed to save the driver, if the old things are repeated in the future, who will come to solve the problems for the Son of Heaven?" ”

Guo Jia shrugged his shoulders with a chuckle, pouted his lips noncommittally, and then asked: "Then let me ask you, whose hands does the power fall into the DPRK and China?" ”

Xi Zhicai thought for a moment and said: "Now the power of the DPRK and China is in the hands of eunuchs and relatives. ”

Guo Jia then said: "When Emperor Huan, the first party disaster took the power of the courtiers, and when Emperor Ling ascended the throne, the second party disaster made the court sergeant clan worse, and now, the eunuchs and relatives are in power, will the scholar clan be willing?" When Zhang Jiao raised troops in Jizhou, Emperor Ling ordered the lifting of the ban on the party, and now that the scholars see signs of revival, they will give the opportunity to Dong Zhuo, Gongsun Zhan, Liu Yan and others? The eunuchs also knew what would happen to them once they lost power, and would the eunuchs give others a chance? Besides, the general, the general will not lose this battle to defend Luoyang, his prestige is like Zhongtian, Emperor Ling entrusted the safety of Yanjing to the general, and the general did not live up to the trust of the Son of Heaven, do you say, will the Son of Heaven cut the power of the general? If not, then how can outsiders have the opportunity to enter the court and take power? ”

After listening to Guo Jia's analysis, Xi Zhicai was speechless, while Xu Shu said worriedly: "If these meritorious ministers who led the army thousands of miles to Luoyang are left out in the cold, they will be dissatisfied, and if they return to their respective territories, they may not be subordinate." ”

Guo Jia said disappreciably: "These are all natural careerists, who coincided with troubled times and rose with the trend. ”