Chapter 321: The Last Way Out

In 185 A.D., in the second year of Hanzhongping, the third auxiliary borer in August, the affected people amounted to more than 1.5 million, the grain and grass on the front line were destroyed, and the Huangfu Song more than 200,000 crusading troops were defeated and retreated to Longxi, and the Luoyang court that got the news was greatly shaken, and the Emperor Ling of Han was angry and issued an order to remove Huangfu Song from the post of general of the left chariot, so that the front line immediately escorted Huangfu Song back.

Three days later, Emperor Ling issued an order again, with Sikong Zhang Wen as the general of the chariot cavalry, to crusade against Beigong Boyu and Han Sui and other rebellious parties, and at the same time, Emperor Ling appointed Wuwei Taishou Geng Contempt as the Liangzhou pastor, Dong Zhuo temporarily requisitioned with the army, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was nominally under Geng Cong.

In 185 AD, in the second year of Hanzhongping, in mid-August, during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Northern Xinjiang, Liu Tai announced that he would marry a concubine again, and the time was set on November 15, and the object was Gongsun Dan, Gongsun Yu, the daughter of the servant Wang Yun, Ren Hongchang, of course, Dou Qing, a strange woman! At the same time, the happy event was also held by Xun Yu and Xun You, the important ministers of Northern Xinjiang, Xun Yu's object was Gongsun Qian, the third daughter of Gongsun Du, and the object of Xun Yu was Gongsun Yuan, the eldest daughter of Gongsun Du.

For a time, the Gongsun family in the southwest became the focus of attention of the Han people, and one by one the powerful men and lords thought jealously, how could Gongsun Du be so able to give birth to daughters, and it was nothing great to give birth, but these daughters were married to today's powerful figures.

Liu Tai and the news that the two important ministers were about to hold a happy event, until a few months later, was sent by the envoys sent by the north to Gongsun Du, when he heard the news, Gongsun Du's first feeling was not to believe, the second feeling was still not to believe, because it was too unrealistic, his daughters, actually all climbed the dragon and attached to the phoenix, don't think that the Xun family is Liu Tai's courtiers, the identity will not be much higher, the status of the Xun family in the world is very high, if you talk about blood, the Xun family can be regarded as the real nobles of China, one of the twelve descendants of the Yellow Emperor!

In 185 AD, in the second year of Hanzhongping, in September, a small event occurred in the imperial court, and Emperor Ling's special entry into the deposed former Taiwei Yang Ci was the vacancy left by Zhang Wen's departure.

If this matter is seen by someone with a heart, they will find that a group of old courtiers who were originally deposed were gradually appointed by Emperor Han Ling again, what did Emperor Han Ling have in mind? No one is clear

In 185 A.D., in the second year of Hanzhongping, on the eighth day of September, a logistics corps of the Tianci Army and the state transported a large amount of grain and grass into Beidi County, Liangzhou, according to the people who specially preached, the local people knew that this batch of grain and grass was divided into two batches, one was specially sent to the Xiliang Iron Cavalry of the Qiang Nationality, and the other was sent to the three auxiliary disaster relief, and the grain of the three auxiliary disaster relief was loaded with more than 10,000 cars

In 185 AD, in the second year of Hanzhongping, on September 15, Dong Zhuo was ordered by Zhang Wen to personally lead 10,000 light horsemen to Beidi County to receive grain and grass, and said that he was very grateful to Liu Tai for his relief grain, and the Xiliang army would also remember the favor of northern Xinjiang.

In 185 AD, in the second year of Hanzhongping, at the beginning of October, Yang Ci, who had just been in the position of Sikong for a month, died violently in the Luoyang mansion, Emperor Ling was furious and ordered a thorough investigation, and deliberately pointed the culprit at the Yuan family in the court, but Yuan did not admit it, and Emperor Ling did not have the slightest way, according to the slaves of the Yang Mansion, Yang Ci died very miserably, and there were pustules all over his body, which looked like he died of poisoning, was it really Yuan's doing? What is the grudge between Yuan and Yang Ci?

In 185 A.D., in the second year of Hanzhongping, in mid-October, due to the death of Yang Ci, the dragon body of Emperor Ling who had just recovered fell ill again, lying on the dragon couch, and ordered the special emperor party minister Guanglu Doctor Xu Xiang to be the commonplace, in the same month, the former Situ Chen Tan and the doctor Liu Tao bluntly said in front of the emperor that the Ling Emperor was not administrative, resulting in the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty was about to be destroyed, and the Ling Emperor was angry, and the two were put into the dungeon, and the two of them were asked to reflect well.

In less than three days after Chen Tan and Liu Tao were thrown into the dungeon, they were assassinated in prison, both of them were the core figures of the real Imperial Party, otherwise how could the Emperor of the Spirit not be given death by the Emperor of the Spirit? It is reported that when Emperor Ling was asleep, he also began to talk in his dreams, scolding the Yuan family for disrespecting the Han family, and drenching the old man Yuan Kui's blood.

In 185 AD, the second year of Hanzhongping, at the end of October, good news came from Yizhou, Zhu Jun commanded an army of 500,000 troops into Guanghan County, the hinterland of Yizhou, until the level of the puppet Jin Guojing Division, led the remnants of the defeated army to retreat to Guanghan County, Zhang Liang died because of the relapse of the old wound in Deyang County because of the arrow in Yong'an, under the rapid retreat, and died of the recurrence of the old wound in Deyang County, after capturing Deyang County, Guanghan County, Zhu Jun ordered people to dig out Zhang Liang who had just been buried, personally responsible for whipping the corpse, and ordered the whole army to hold a banquet for three days, and celebrated.

In 185 AD, in the second year of Hanzhongping, at the beginning of November, Zhang Wen broke Beigong Boyu and Han Sui in Meiyang, killed tens of thousands of Qiang rangers, and sent Zhou Shen, the general of Kou, to pursue Beigong Boyu, so that Dong Zhuo besieged and killed the first Lingqiang who fled from Xiliang.

In 185 AD, in the second year of Hanzhongping, November 12, Emperor Ling ordered Zhang Wen to lead an army of 100,000 troops into Hanzhong to crusade against Wudu and Yinping two counties that were still in the hands of the puppet Jin State.

In 185 AD, the second year of Hanzhongping, November 15, Liu Tai and the two important ministers Xun Yu and Xun Yu held a big wedding in the Shenwang Mansion, it is reported that on the day of the wedding, there were thousands of dignitaries and nobles who came to congratulate from all over the country, many of them were Beijing officials of the imperial court, and the clan of Er Xun also sent a lot of people to congratulate the gift, the leader was Xun Yu's uncle Xun Shuang, which made Er Xun overjoyed, and the wedding was presided over by Liu Yu and Liu Yan as usual, of course, Xun Shuang, who was famous.

In 185 A.D., in the second year of Hanzhongping, at the beginning of December, due to the vacancy of the treasury, Emperor Ling played the old business again, buying and selling officials on a large scale, in the same month, the vassal kings from all over the country offered, although it was the year of the catastrophe, but the tribute was much more than in previous years, it was rumored that only gold, it filled the treasury of the West Garden, so that the Emperor Ling was overjoyed and aimed at casting Wanjin Hall in the West Garden, some of the old courtiers who thought that the Emperor Ling had turned back to the shore were so angry that they could not speak.

In 185 A.D., the second year of Hanzhongping, in the middle of December, Yizhou again came to the good news, Zhang Wen, who had just arrived in Hanzhong, received a letter of surrender from Wudu and Yinping, and the head of the Yellow Turban Army of the two counties surrendered without a fight, which made Zhang Wen, the general of the Che Cavalry, overjoyed, and wrote to the court overnight to report his merits.

In 185 AD, the second year of Hanzhongping, at the end of December, in addition to Chengdu, the whole territory of Yizhou was recovered, Zhu Jun's 500,000 army, Gongsun Du and Gongsun Zhan's more than 100,000 allied troops surrounded Chengdu and could not be drained, the Yellow Turban Army in the city was panicked, and the thirteen-year-old puppet queen of the Jin Kingdom became the focus of the world's attention.

Yizhou, the capital of the Dajin Dynasty in Chengdu, the place where Zhang Jiao opened, should be very prosperous, but at this time it looks a little bleak, after two years of destruction, the originally prosperous capital of Xichuan, at this time has become a ghost city, except for the yellow turban army wearing yellow scarves, there are almost no old and weak women and children in the city.

The palace of the pseudo-Jin country was built on the site of the original assassin's mansion, creating a splendid gold, which can be said to be paved with gold and jade, extravagant and speechless, countless beautiful palace maids walked back and forth in the palace, sending plates of delicious food into the palace of the Son of Heaven's political hall, at the time of the war, Zhang Wan, who was the queen of the Dajin country, was still so extravagant, it was really speechless.

"Her Majesty" sounded a little over-the-top call, coming from the deep palace, only to see in the palace, a gray-haired old man, on crutches, whispered softly to a woman sitting on the dragon couch wearing a golden silk dragon robe, wearing a phoenix crown, and a peerless appearance, the woman tasted the delicious food attentively, as if she did not hear the call of the old man.

This woman is naturally Zhang Wan, the second empress of the Dajin Dynasty, since the death of Zhang Jiao, with the support of the old courtiers of the pseudo-Jin Kingdom, the twelve-year-old Zhang Wan officially became the emperor in Chengdu, from now on, a little more than a year has passed, but now Zhang Wan does not look like a thirteen-year-old child, well, sometimes like a twenty-year-old gorgeous girl, sometimes like a beautiful about thirty years old, very weird

After dozens of breaths, Zhang Wan raised her head slightly, glanced at the old man lazily, a little impatient, and said lightly: "Prime Minister, is there another defeat report from the front line?" Didn't you say don't bother me? I'm not interested in knowing these things."

Prime minister? According to reliable sources, there is only one middle-aged prime minister Huang Long in the Dajin Dynasty, but the old man in front of him looks seventy or eighty years old, right? How could it be the chief military advisor in front of the horn tent? Could it be that Huanglong went crazy in practice?

"Your Majesty, don't you know, Chengdu is surrounded by the Han army" Huang Long was a little bitter, and the old face showed a trace of helplessness, the former Zhang Wan didn't care about what to eat, and he didn't care about what to drink, but since he ascended the throne, his surname has changed greatly, no matter what it is, he requires the best, the most perfect, and he can't tolerate a little flaw.

"Is it surrounded? Oh" Zhang Wan didn't look the slightest surprised, as if it was a matter of course for the Han army to surround Chengdu, as the emperor of a force, it was the only case since ancient times that he could do this, but a woman becoming the emperor was the first time since the opening of the sky, which was a bit unusual, and it was understandable.

"Hey, Your Majesty, the old minister has prepared the way back, Your Majesty should leave." After glancing left and right, and signaling all the palace maids to withdraw from the main hall, Huang Long stepped forward tremblingly, bowed to Zhang Wan and said.

"Leave? Where to? Zhang Wan watched all the palace maids withdraw from the hall lightly, and when she heard Huang Long's words, she asked a little playfully.

"As a generation of empresses, the sworn enemies of the Han Dynasty, where can I be tolerated in the world?" Zhang Wan seemed to be talking about something that had nothing to do with her, and tiredly threw down the chopsticks made of pure gold in her hand, leaned on the dragon couch and said.

"Northern Xinjiang" Huang Long raised his head and looked at the beautiful and peerless Zhang Wan, a trace of an ugly smile hung on the corner of his mouth, and he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, in this world, there is a man who will protect you forever, this is an arrangement made by the first emperor a long time ago." ”

Zhang Wan's eyes widened, looking at Huang Long incredulously, maybe Zhang Wan had already guessed this ending, but Zhang Wan couldn't believe it, would that man really keep his promise to protect his daughter as a sinner? In her heart, Zhang Wan inevitably remembered the picture of the first time she saw that man.

(To be continued)