According to Li Yan and Zhao Yun's original plan, they must not only ensure that Yuan Shao and various warlords in Guanzhong will fight, but also try their best to prevent the emperor from falling into Yuan Shao's hands, but the premise of all this is that the emperor cannot be allowed to come to Luoyang. Now that Yuan Shao and Li Dao have lost both, and the emperor has not fallen into Yuan Shao's hands, if the emperor does not suddenly appear in Hanoi, but goes to Hedong as expected, then all the steps can be called perfect.

Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a perfect plan, and many times a small variable can lead to the failure of the entire plan. Just like this time, if there was no young scholar named Sima Yi to do things inside, even if the emperor got rid of Lu Bu's control, he would not have thought of going to Hanoi, let alone using Zhang Yang's power to blatantly announce his affairs in Hanoi to the world.

Although Hanoi Zhang Yang has a close relationship with Luoyang, he does not completely belong to Liu He, and the moment he sees the Son of Heaven, the first thing he thinks of is not to quickly inform Li Yan and Zhao Yun, but to quickly protect the Son of Heaven, and then take advantage of this great opportunity that fell from the sky to seek the greatest benefit for himself.

Zhang Yang is understandable in doing this, everyone must have selfish intentions, not to mention that this time he can justifiably seek benefits from it. If the news of Zi in Huai County has spread to everyone today, except for Liu He, who has the strength to get a hard gun from Zhang Yang's hands, other forces cannot intervene at all, because Huai County is completely within Liu He's sphere of influence, and whoever wants to come to Huai County must first ask Liu He's opinion.

To the north of Huai County, there is a soldier and horse of the Zhenwei battalion stationed at Tianjing Pass; To the west of Huai County, there is Zhao Yun Garrison Yi County; To the east of Huai County, there is a Zhenwu battalion stationed in Chaoge; To the south of Huai County, Li Yan was stationed in Luoyang. The only threat to Huai County may be the Cao army in the Baimadu area in the eastern county of Yanzhou, but now that Cao Cao has not had time to guard against Liu He north of the Yellow River, how can he send troops to Hanoi to find trouble?

If Liu He snatched the Son of Heaven from Zhang Yang's hands, Zhang Yang would definitely not dare to resist, but Zhang Yang knew that Liu He would not do this, and he would not dare to do so. Even if Liu He can ignore the public opinion of the world. He also has to consider Liu Yu's reputation, which is Liu He's biggest weakness.

When Zhang Yang learned that Zhao Yun was leading his soldiers and horses to Huaixian, not only did he not feel half nervous, but instead sent people to meet him, and he also publicized with great fanfare that Zhao Yun was leading the army to protect the safety of the Son of Heaven. Zhang Yang was so enthusiastic and frank, but it made Zhao Yun very embarrassed, and when he walked to the state and county, he could only stop the troops and wait quietly for Liu He's instructions. If Zhang Yang behaved very toughly, it gave Zhao Yun an excuse to do it. But Zhang Yang is simply a gesture of opening the door to welcome, Zhao Yun takes into account the influence of public opinion, but it is not good to approach Huaixian too much, so as not to take the opportunity to stir up trouble.

Not long after Zhao Yun stopped in Zhou County, the large army of "Loyal Monarch and King Qin" set off from Luoyang came to Huai County, and Zhang Yang did not refuse to come, and all of them were invited into Huai County. Liu Xie, who felt that he had escaped from the tiger's mouth, was so excited that he burst into tears when he saw Zhao Wen, Zhang Miao and a group of loyal ministers. immediately wanted to return to Luoyang with these people, but was stopped by Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang had a sincere and frightened expression, and said to Liu Xie: "Emperor Qi, now the road from Huaixian to Luoyang is not quiet. There are often thieves and bandits, if there is no army to escort them, I am afraid that it will disturb the car of the Son of Heaven! ”

Liu Xie said a little unhappily: "After I left the ship and landed in Wen County, I came to Huai County all the way. At that time, there were only a few dozen soldiers guarding him. ”

Zhao Wen and others also stood up to accuse Zhang Yang, feeling that Hanoi was peaceful and quiet, and there were no bandits at all.

After entering Hanoi, Sima Fang, who had been serving by Liu Xie's side, immediately stood up and suggested: "Since Zhang Taishou feels that the road is not quiet. Why don't you personally lead the Hanoi soldiers and horses to escort the Son of Heaven to Luoyang? ”

Zhang Yang waited for this sentence, so he immediately said: "As a minister, it is incumbent on me to escort the Son of Heaven to Luoyang, and Weichen is willing to lead 20,000 soldiers in Hanoi to escort the Son of Heaven and the ministers all the way to Luoyang safely!" ”

Zhao Wen thought about it carefully, and he understood Zhang Yang's thoughts, he felt that staying in Hanoi would be annexed by Liu He sooner or later, so he simply took advantage of the time to escort the Son of Heaven back to the capital, and brought all the troops to Luoyang, so that these troops could confront the other two troops near Luoyang in the future, which was also the capital for him Zhang Yang to gain a foothold in Luoyang. Although Zhao Wen saw through Zhang Yang's thoughts, he felt that it was not a bad thing to add an additional force near Luoyang, and it would be just right to balance the Taifu Mansion in the future, so he agreed to Sima Fang's proposal.

Zhang Yang decided to escort the Son of Heaven back to Luoyang, so he sent someone to the state and county to invite Zhao Yun to accompany him, Zhao Yun had already understood Zhang Yang's intentions at this time, he knew that he could not stop it, so he simply told Zhang Yang that he still had to guard against Hedong and escort the Son of Heaven back to Luoyang, so he had to "hard" Zhang Yang to do it for him.

Li Yan, who was sitting in Luoyang, now that he knew the specific location of the Son of Heaven, would naturally send a large number of secret agents to Huai County, so he had all the movements of the Son of Heaven and Zhang Yang. When Zhang Yang led the troops to escort the Son of Heaven out of Huai County, Li Yan received the news, he knew that it was impossible to prevent Liu Xie from returning to Luoyang at this time, so he took advantage of the fact that all the people in the city were stretching their necks and looking at Hanoi, and cleaned up the palace as quickly as possible, and cleaned out all the people who originally stayed in the palace to maintain the houses, and then sent Dragon and Tiger Guard soldiers to guard the palace city, and no one was allowed to approach.

Five days later, the Son of Heaven appeared outside the east gate of Luoyang.

Zhu Jun, Zheng Tai and others personally went out of the city to greet each other, although Li Yan was the actual controller of Luoyang City, but because the prestige of the official position was not obvious, he did not appear in the crowd to greet him. Zhang Yang and Sima Fang, the heroes who escorted the Son of Heaven all the way, were allowed to drive into the city with the Son of Heaven's car, but the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses brought by Zhang Yang were stopped outside Luoyang City. Zhang Yang tried to win the troops he brought to enter the city, but Zhu Jun dispelled his thoughts in a few words.

Zhu Jun said to Zhang Yang: "Zhang Taishou has ever thought that Zhao Zilong's soldiers and horses in Hanoi are much stronger than yours, why didn't he come to Luoyang this time?" If you don't want to be said to be Dong Zhuo's second, then don't let the troops enter the city! ”

Zhang Yang thought about it carefully, and suddenly cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Before he came, he had inquired clearly, there were only 5,000 dragon and tiger guards stationed in Luoyang City at this time, and the rest of the soldiers were either in Hanoi or west of Hangu Pass, thinking that with the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses he brought, he could force the defenders in the city to open the city gate, but Zhu Jun's words reminded Zhang Yang, so that he no longer dared to have the idea of leading troops into the city.

On the upper floor of the East Gate of Luoyang, Li Yan, who was hiding behind the women's wall, saw that Zhang Yang finally did not dare to lead troops into the city, and whispered to himself: "Uncle Zhang Zhi, this time you are acquainted, if you dare to lead troops into the city, you will not survive for three days!" ”

The convoy of the Son of Heaven slowly entered the city, and many people on both sides of the road were cheering, but it didn't seem to be so enthusiastic. Liu Xie, who was sitting in the carriage, didn't seem to notice this, and his mood was so excited at this time that he forgot that in order to cover his escape this time, there were many ministers who were detained by Lu Bu in Hedong, including Taiwei Ma Riyan.

The renovated Luoyang Palace finally ushered in its owner, but the huge palace only lived in Liu Xie, and all the eunuchs and palace maids in the Chang'an Palace had either died in Chang'an, or were scattered on the way to escape, or were taken hostage to Anyi.

Of course, the meticulous Li Yan would not treat this young young son of heaven badly, he had arranged everything in the palace before the emperor arrived in Luoyang, except for the concubines who had not yet been selected, and all kinds of palace people had already been arranged, so even if Liu Xie only entered the palace alone, the huge palace was still full of people, and it did not look empty and scary.

The emperor, who couldn't sleep all night, convened ministers in the main hall of the North Palace on the second day, and in the end there were only a dozen ministers. It's not that everyone is lazy, it's really that many ministers are trapped in Anyi, and the ministers who originally stayed in the eastern capital Luoyang plus Sima Fang and Zhang Yang can only make up these ten or so.

Liu Xie looked at the empty court, his originally excited mood quickly calmed down, and he asked Zhu Jun, who had the highest official position: "I am still in Luoyang, what are the urgent things to do?" ”

Zhu Jun had already thought about it, and replied loudly: "Enlighten my emperor, there are two things imminent!" The first thing is to worship Taifu and hussar general Liu Bo'an as the great Sima, and immediately recall him to return to Beijing to preside over the overall situation of the court! The second is to promote the general of the tiger ben Zhonglang and Liu Shiren to the hussar general, and the military and political affairs of the five prefectures of Qing, Hebei, He, You, and Liao! ”

Zhao Wen was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly objected: "Liu Bo'an's father and son are now dominating the north of the Yellow River, and the tail is too big to fall, how can they be knighted again!" ”

Zhu Jun said coldly: "Zhao Sikong, if there is no painstaking management of Liu Bo'an and his son, dare to ask if there can be today's Luoyang?" If it weren't for the hard work of Liu Bo'an's father and son, dare to ask what land north of the Yellow River would not be invaded by the Hu people in the north? ”

Zhao Wen was not convinced, and retorted: "Since Liu Bo'an's father and son are so powerful, why did they delay sending troops to Chang'an to welcome the Son of Heaven and return to Luoyang!" ”

Zhao Wen said this a little heartbroken, but it also touched the hearts of many people in the court. Zhu Jun scolded Zhao Wen as a pig's head in his heart, he didn't know how Zhao Wen could say these words at this time, which were meaningless to change the situation at all, so he asked patiently: "Then according to Zhao Sikong's view, what things should be done as a top priority?" ”

Zhao Wen immediately replied: "You should immediately send troops to Hedong to rescue the ministers trapped in Anyi back to Luoyang!" ”

Zhu Jun sneered, and then said: "The soldiers and horses under my command are now stationed in Hangu Pass, if Zhao Sikong is not afraid of the loss of Hangu Pass, I can give them an order and let them go to Hedong to attack Lu Bu, but if Lu Bu has murderous intentions and takes these ministers in a fit of anger, can you afford all the responsibilities?" In addition, since the Son of Heaven has returned to Luoyang safely, and the old man has been trapped by illness all the year round, he will resign from the post of General Wei and Henan Yin today, and ask the Son of Heaven to appoint someone with both ability and political integrity! ”

Zhu Jun's provocation immediately frightened the emperor and the ministers. (To be continued......)