Chapter Seventy-Five: The Luoyang Turmoil (Part II)
Wei Tao and Cao Cao are both vigilant people, in fact, at this time, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others all faintly feel that something is wrong.
Since the Yellow Turban Thief Kou went to the outskirts of Luoyang, there was no movement.
And just seeing the Yellow Turban Thief Kou actually closed the four city gates of Luoyang immediately, it was a bit of a fuss.
With the closure of the four gates of Luoyang, the people of Luoyang are a little panicked, a year ago Luoyang Yellow Turban Incident, the memory of officers and soldiers killing and arresting indiscriminately is still fresh for the people of Luoyang.
But if there is no order, even Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, who nominally command the entire Xiyuan school captains, have no right to mobilize the army.
As for mobilizing the army with personal orders, at least at this time, even Yuan Shao and Cao Cao did not have this mind.
"Although the general enters the palace, even if we can see Your Majesty, I'm afraid the time is not too long, if we wait outside the palace gate, first, we can see the general early, and second, we can know how Your Majesty is going to decide."
"Good!"
Hearing Cao Cao's words, all those who felt wrong in their hearts agreed.
"Uh......h Woo......"
As soon as they walked outside the mansion, they heard a horn coming from the sky, and suddenly everyone's hearts were suddenly shocked.
"What's going on, go and see!"
The man who had sent him quickly returned, but there was an irrepressible look of horror on his face.
"Oh no, the yellow turban thief really hit Luoyang!"
"Yellow Turban Thief? How many people are there? ”
The people present were not ordinary people, and even then they were able to remain calm.
"I don't know how many people are small, but it is said that the Yellow Turban thieves came from the south, and now the south gate is all under martial law, and everyone does not wait to enter within a hundred zhang."
"It's just a yellow scarf, I'll go and have a look!"
At this time, Yuan Shao walked out and said.
Yuan Shao is nominally in charge of the captain of Xiyuan, and with his words, everyone naturally has no objections, and everyone wants to find out about the matter of the Yellow Turban Thief as soon as possible.
The identities of the people are different, especially Yuan Shao and others are the captains of the West Garden, and they control the soldiers, although the guards at the city gate are unwilling, they don't dare to forcibly block them, or let them go up to the city wall.
Looking outside the city walls, everyone couldn't help but shake their heads secretly.
"How am I going, it turns out that I'm just a thief."
Yuan Shu couldn't help but speak, and his words were full of laughter.
"This bit of thieves, it doesn't take many soldiers and horses, a thousand people are enough to capture them all under the horse, the city guards are really more and more useless, this bit of thieves can't be cleaned up, I really don't know what the court spends so much silver taels to support you to do."
There are indeed a lot of yellow turbans under the city, but if you look closely, you will find that those yellow turban soldiers are untidy, and they are obviously a rabble.
Of course, if it is just like this, it is nothing, after all, the Yellow Turban Army and the imperial army are more likely to rely on several times or even ten times the number of men and horses to collapse the imperial army.
But at the moment, there are not many of these yellow turbans, but only three or four thousand people, and they can be annihilated even in a field battle, let alone a siege battle, and it is also the most important city in the world, Luoyang.
Three or four thousand people standing under the city are very sparse, looking very small, and the horn is solemn, which really makes people feel a little ridiculous.
However, Wei Tao, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao did not laugh.
"The Yellow Turban Commander is often a little capable, how can he do this kind of behavior? I'm afraid there is fraud in it, isn't it that the Yellow Turbans are acting as a plan to attack the west, attracting the Yellow Turban troops around them, but they are secretly acting in the city? ”
After thinking about it for a while, Yuan Shao's face suddenly sank.
"This matter must be reported to the general quickly!"
But Yuan Shao knew that each army had its own rules and systems, just like the city guards, in fact, he didn't know that the Yellow Turban Army outside the city was not enough to deal with at all.
But none of the generals were willing to go out to suppress bandits, but they only guarded one acre and three points of land.
It is precisely because the duty of the city guards is to guard the important land of Luoyang, and they cannot send troops without orders.
Now the only one who can control everything is the general He Jin.
He Jin broke into the palace before, and the eunuchs and eunuchs naturally wanted to stop him, but He Jinjun was in a posture, even if Zhang Rang was not reckless, so he had to let He Jin see Liu Hong.
Of course, this also made Zhang Rang hate even more, and secretly made a note for He Jin.
Liu Hong's physical condition is indeed not very good, but it is not as weak and unsightly as Zhang Rang said, and He Jin is related to Liu Hong, and Liu Hong will not avoid it.
He Jin naturally reported the matter, of course, in He Jinzhong, but they are all young people, and there will definitely not be any turmoil.
Liu Hong was first shocked when he heard that the Yellow Turbans were in Luoyang again, and then he was relieved when he heard that there were small Yellow Turbans that were not to be feared, and then he had the idea of coming to command in person.
Liu Hong was originally a ridiculous emperor, not to mention things like selling official titles, and even establishing a palace market in the palace, making eunuchs and palace maids pretend to be customers, and pretend to be merchants and other ridiculous things.
But Liu Hong has never played this matter of war command, and he has heard how majestic Lu Zhi and others are in the battle outside on weekdays, but he is also moved.
Then He Jin actually doesn't have much ability, and the position of this major general is more because his sister became the queen.
Therefore, He Jin thought that Cao Cao and others said that the yellow scarves outside the city were only small troops, and after thinking about it, he respectfully invited Liu Hong to come to the first battle.
It is conceivable that Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others were surprised when they heard about this.
"General, if that yellow turban takes the opportunity to act, wouldn't it be possible to endanger Your Majesty?"
"It's okay, Your Majesty is about to fight, I have ordered martial law in the whole city, and no one will be allowed to move around at will, and I don't think the yellow scarves will be fine. Also, didn't you say that there were only three or four thousand people outside the city, and they could be broken at will? With the escort of all armies, what can you do? ”
He Jinhu said with a face.
"Your Majesty is just happy, don't let that ruin your pleasure!"
Hearing this, Yuan Shao and the others were unable to do so, so they had to follow He Jin's order to gather the soldiers and horses, and Liu Hong waited for the city with the team.
When I climbed the city wall and looked down, I saw that those yellow scarves were sparse.
"It's just a yellow scarf, dare to offend the majesty of my Han Dynasty, it's really looking for death, where is the captain of the city gate?"
Behind him is a hundred civil and military officials, Liu Hong is standing at the moment, and he really has the demeanor of a general, Liu Hong is obviously quite involved in the play, and immediately said sharply.
"Now that there is a Yellow Turban nuisance outside the city, you can lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to fight, can you wipe out the Yellow Turban thieves in one fell swoop?"
"No! Subordinates receive orders! ”
There are only three or four thousand stragglers outside the city, and the captain of the city gate is naturally not afraid, and this is Liu Hong's order, and no one can say that he left his post without permission.
Being able to be a lieutenant naturally has some skills in itself, and leading a wave of people and horses to impact is to break up the stragglers and brave yellow scarves.
Because of the high city wall, there was not much blood, and Liu Hong only saw that the imperial army defeated the yellow turban like a devastating force, and immediately laughed.
"The Yellow Turban is nothing more than that! By the way, I heard that there are still yellow turbans outside the east gate? Come, follow me for it! ”
Seeing that the victory here was decided, Liu Hong was full of spirit and interest, and he was ready to collect a batch of yellow scarves newly gathered at the East Gate.
There were six or seven thousand people gathered in the Yellow Turbans at the East Gate, although the number was larger, but they were still stragglers.
This time, the generals of the East City Gate may have gotten the information, and they didn't wait for Liu Hong to give orders, and immediately one of them came out to ask Liu Hong for battle.
"There are bandits outside the city, and the subordinates ask for battle, only 3,000 men and horses will be able to defeat them, and their heads will be sacrificed to the seat!"
Liu Hong's ridiculous things often come out of the palace, so this person is not called Your Majesty, and the same is true, but it is exactly this that suits Liu Hong's mind.
"Well, there are many yellow turbans outside the city, but you can win?"
"Mark the writ of the will, if you don't win, please behead someone!"
"Good! Come on, bring pen and paper! ”
Liu Hong was obviously addicted to playing, and he even gave orders as if he were a real general.
"Your Majesty is like this, why don't the princes of the court persuade him?"
Wei Tao led the team to the south gate and then came to the east gate, where he saw countless banners waving and mobilizing, but it was just for Liu Hong's fun.
Even if he knew that Liu Hong was ridiculous, he still couldn't help but say.
"What's more, now that the Yellow Turban's intentions are unknown, if there is any change, won't it disturb Your Majesty? Your Majesty is now recovering from his illness, and it is time to recuperate his body, why is this so? ”
Wei Tao naturally didn't care about Liu Hong.
In fact, Wei Tao has no loyalty to Liu Hong, the emperor, even if he is loyal, people like Wei Tao are loyal to the entire Han nation, not the Liu family.
But I have to say that at this time, the situation inside and outside Luoyang is strange, so it is natural that Liu Hong should not be so absurd.
"Ziyu, how could Your Majesty listen to people's advice? Don't you hear about the 'dog official'? ”
To Wei Tao's expectations, this time it was Yuan Shao who answered him, and everyone, including Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, was depressed.
It turned out that once the eunuch dressed up a dog, put on a virtuous crown, wore a court dress, and wore a ribbon, and swayed to the court.
The civil and military officials were naturally unwilling to be insulted by this, but anyone who dissented was either exiled or beheaded by the eunuchs for the crime of false speech.
At this point, although he knew Liu Hong's absurd behavior, most of the civil and military officials were resigned to it, and over time, many important ministers of the court were also used to it, so like Liu Hong, no one persuaded him at all, and let Liu Hong act absurdly.
Wei Tao could only shake his head and smile helplessly, even Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were like this, what else could he do?
With such an emperor, the Han Dynasty has not perished, so I am afraid it is really a rare thing.
Just when Wei Tao sighed, something happened suddenly!