371 Uneven separation, the misfortune of the three cools!

Generals such as Lü Bu, Li Su, Hou Cheng, and Zang Ba led hundreds of remnants of the army across the river and fled to Anyi. It is intended to pass through the east of the river and go north to merge with the state.

Lü Bu's army fought for several days and was very tired.

All the way to the Guanxi player princes and ghost kings, they were attacking Hedong, and found that the leader of this remnant army was Lu Bu, and they were overjoyed, and led 5,000 player troops to take Lu Bu under their command. Yesterday, a large number of historical-level martial arts generals were subdued by the player princes, which made the ghost king envious. When this opportunity came, I was naturally unwilling to let it go.

Five thousand players are wiped out.

Lu Bu defeated the players on this road, losing no more than one or twenty horses, and continued to go north.

I saw the player army all the way to kill.

Seeing this, Lu Bu couldn't help but sigh to the generals on the left and right: "Why are there so many ants, they can't be killed!?" We still need to choose a good place to rest first, so as not to die at the hands of ants. In time, in order to make a comeback. ”

The generals were gloomy.

After defeating all the players, Lu Bujun arrived at Shangdang.

Shangdang Taishou was Zhang Yang, the prince of Kanto, who was stranded in Luoyang, and the garrison was not much, and he was attacked several times by the player princes of Kansai. Lü Bu captured the city, and then temporarily settled in Shangdang, recuperated, and recruited soldiers.

The player forces such as the Guanxi princes, ghost kings, uplifts, and dark emperors entrenched in the Hedong area raised troops to fight the party several times, but suffered heavy losses and lost the idea of subduing Lu Bu.

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Chang'an City, which is now the imperial capital.

Under the full force of the Kwanti Princes' Alliance and the Kwantung Princes' Alliance, Dong Zhuo's forces perished. The situation of the separation of East and West has been settled.

The nine-year-old Son of Heaven Liu Xie temporarily lived in the former General Dong Min Mansion in Chang'an, with Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi, and Zhu Jun as Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong, and assisted the state government, and hundreds of old ministers such as Wang Yun, Cai Chao, Yang Biao, Chong Fu, Lu Kui, Zhou Huan, and Cui Lie assisted the government to re-manage the government and government. The eunuchs are all dead, and the people and horses of He Jin and the Queen Mother have long been dead, and now only these ministers from the scholar clan are still alive.

The four princes of Xiliang, Huangfu Song, Han Sui, Ma Teng, and Zhan Xiaobai, were a little stiff because of issues such as dividing official positions.

Huangfu Song's prestige was even more prosperous because of the extermination of Dong Zhuo, but he lost his military power. As soon as the war ended, he was immediately overtaken by Sanliang and was promoted to the position of captain, but he did not transfer the real power of the troops, and the real power was taken away by Sanliang.

The official positions of the princes from all walks of life are actually "" by Sanliang in secret, especially Zhan Xiaobai.

Zhan Xiaobai's harvest is the greatest, a car riding general, and mastering the military power of Chang'an City. Ma Teng is second, a hussar general, mastering the Tianshui city. Han Sui again, the second-rank protector general.

This arrangement was made by Zhan Xiaobai, which made Han Sui very dissatisfied.

He contributed a lot more than Ma Teng and Zhan Xiaobai, but what he got was a virtual second-grade official position. The most important point is that Tianshui City, which he values the most, the passage from Jincheng to Chang'an, was actually privately given to Ma Teng by Zhan Xiaobai, and the two of them didn't even mention it to him, which made him very annoyed.

Han Sui found Zhan Xiaobai in private.

"Xiaobai, why did you give Tianshui to Shoucheng?"

"Brother Wen Yue, you don't have soldiers, even if I want to give Tianshui City to you, there is no way!"

"It only takes a few days to transfer troops from Jincheng to Tianshui."

"At that time, Zhang Xiuxin surrendered and asked to withdraw his Tianshui troops to Chang'an immediately, I didn't have time to wait for you to transfer troops over, so I had to let Shoucheng's troops go over to protect Tianshui City first. If you want Tianshui, ask Shoucheng directly! Anyway, they are all brothers, and his city is not your city yet. ”

Han then brushed his sleeves and went to find Ma Teng.

Ma Teng was also unambiguous, and said: "Wenyue, you are wrong." What a price did it cost me to defeat Niu Fu's 20,000 army before I captured Tianshui City. The spoils of war, whoever beats them will belong to whom, this is the rule of Xiliang! You have made great contributions in Hangu Pass, which is good, but the merits should be rewarded by the imperial court, even if you are allowed to serve as the assassin of Liangzhou, that will be fine. But you want Tianshui City, it's not good, I can't explain it to my brothers. ”

Han Sui was angry. Write to the imperial court and request to grant the history of the Xiliang Thorn.

This request was immediately rejected by the ministers of the imperial court.

Han Sui found that he was put together by Xiaobai and Ma Teng, and all the big and small affairs in Chang'an were decided by the two of them, and he no longer had any power.

Disappointed, Han Sui left Chang'an and returned to Jincheng's lair to raise soldiers and horses.

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Zhan Xiaobai saw Liu Xie, the son of heaven, in the general's mansion, and asked for a reduction in the taxes of Xiliang and Sanfu.

This is his second recital in two days. The first performance exempted Dong Zhuo, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others from all their old crimes, especially the pardon of Dong Zhuo's old department; The second is that Xiliang and Sanfu have been wars for many years, and they need to reduce taxes for one year to recover their vitality.

The first was opposed by the ministers, who tended to wipe out Dong Zhuo's old ministry. Of course, the objection is invalid.

In the entire Chang'an, there are only five military forces: Ma Teng's more than 20,000 troops, Zhan Xiaobai's 12,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry Army, Zhan Xiaobai's nearly one million player army, Zhang Xiu's 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the seventeenth Guanxi player princes' troops.

Among them, Ma Teng's more than 20,000 iron horsemen, half of them are in Tianshui City and half are in Chang'an City.

Zhan Xiaobai persuaded Zhang Xiu's nearly 10,000 NPC Xiliang elite soldiers in Tianshui to withdraw this force to Chang'an, plus the 12,000 40-level Xiliang Iron Cavalry that originally stayed in Chang'an, the total NPC strength was as high as more than 22,000. In addition, there is an extremely large number of player troops, which belong to the Zhan Xiaobai forces. Zhan Xiaobai's strength is second to none in Chang'an.

The troops of the seventeenth Guanxi princes were scattered in Liangzhou and Bingzhou, and they could not be condensed into a group.

Huangfu's soldiers and horses were scrapped and completely hollowed out. Han Sui is gone, but his old nest Jincheng is still strong.

In addition to sealing the general of the first-class chariot cavalry, Zhan Xiaobai also took the initiative to take on the post of guarding the imperial capital.

Ma Teng was afraid of Zhan Xiaobai's huge player army, and did not compete with Zhan Xiaobai for power.

Moreover, with the support of Zhan Xiaobai, he successfully obtained the position of the general of the Han Yipin Hussars, and a heavy city of Tianshui also belonged to him, and he was very satisfied. When his own interests are not lost, he will not venture into conflict with Zhan Xiaobai. In the Chang'an area, Ma Teng did not have much confidence that he could defeat Zhan Xiaobai.

Zhan Xiaobai thought that it was necessary to pardon Han Sui, Ma Teng's old crimes, and Dong Zhuo's old department, Ma Teng was willing to cooperate, and both of them asked for a pardon, but the courtiers were powerless to resist. The Son of Heaven is on play.

Zhan Xiaobai's second contribution is to exempt Xiliang and Sanfu from taxes for one year. Not surprisingly, it was again strongly opposed by the minister.

Wang Yun, Yang Biao and others were extremely angry, and they all reprimanded.

"Now the imperial court only has three auxiliaries to collect taxes, where does the imperial court get the money and grain to maintain this reduction?"

"Where does the general want to put the court? How poisonous the general's heart is! ”

"Dong Zhuofang is dead, and Xiaobai wants to be in charge of the government alone?"

Zhan Xiaobai said: "The money and grain of the imperial court are naturally raised by the wealthy prefectures and counties such as Jizhou, Gunzhou, Yuzhou, and Jingzhou in the eastern part of the country. Could it be that the Kanto prefectures and counties don't pay money and grain taxes, and they can't rebel!? It seems that the hometowns of the ministers are all in the Kanto region. ”

The ministers were speechless.

Liu Xie, the nine-year-old son of heaven, said curiously: "General Xiaobai, where are the Kwantung princes now?" ”

Zhan Xiaobai said: "Sun Jian accidentally found the jade seal in Luoyang and hurriedly returned to Changsha. The princes quarreled over the jade seal and almost fought. Cao Cao was very disappointed and led the army to Yangzhou. Gongsun Zhan and Liu Bei didn't dare to stay for a long time and went back to Youzhou. The rest dispersed. Yuan Shao saw that everyone was scattering, so he left the camp and went to Jizhou. There are still some players in Luoyang. ”

The Son of Heaven let out an "oh" and didn't say anything more, but he couldn't help but "reveal" a trace of disappointment.

Zhan Xiaobai felt a little funny. The idea of the little emperor fighting the Kwantung princes King Qin's escort?

The princes of Guanxi assisted the Son of Heaven, and the situation of setting the capital of Chang'an could not be changed. Although the NPCs and player princes of the Kanto region have a large number of soldiers and generals, and their total strength far exceeds that of the Kansai princes, their hearts are scattered and it is difficult to continue to advance westward.

Lu Bu wiped out the eight NPC Kwantung princes in one go, the blow to the Kwantung Alliance was too painful, and the danger of continuing to advance westward was too great, and most of the NPC princes had the idea of retreating because of this. Moreover, they were rewarded by the imperial court, and the Son of Heaven was assisted by old ministers such as Huangfu Song, so they had no more reason to continue westward.

With the uneven hearts of the eighteen Kwantung players, it is difficult to attack the Hangu Pass, which is guarded by millions of soldiers.

In addition, there are no other princes' forces that can threaten Zhan Xiaobai.

Who does the little emperor want to find to suppress himself?

Han Sui's troops were exhausted, and he had to transfer troops from Jincheng. But want to go to war with him? It's hard, it's very hard. One by one, he will not be afraid of Han Sui at all now, nor will he be afraid of Ma Teng.

Unless Han Sui and Ma Teng join forces and march to Chang'an again.

However, this possibility is very small. It is not for nothing to give up the important city of Tianshui to Ma Teng. Ma Teng's ambition is smaller than Han Sui's, and he doesn't have much desire to dominate Xiliang. But Ma Teng's ambitions are greater than Han Sui's.

Zhan Xiaobai found that Ma Teng had close contacts with the imperial court ministers Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi recently.

Huangfu Song wooed Ma Teng, which was not unexpected by Zhan Xiaobai. Ma Teng was more loyal to the imperial court and could be used by the imperial court. And it's impossible for him to show Xiaobai, he is a player, and he only does what he wants to do.

It's just that Huangfu Song wooed Ma Teng, what do you want Ma Teng to do? Let Ma Teng deal with himself, this reason does not seem sufficient.

Zhan Xiaobai smiled, in fact, it didn't matter what he did, he was ready to start clearing the obstacles.

The first two parts are just preparations before starting. He then revised the book to the seventeen Guanxi player princes and powerful village and town alliance leaders in Liang and various places, and kindly reminded them to always pay attention to the movements of Han Sui and Ma Tengjun, so as not to suffer unexpected disasters.

The Seventeenth Road Player Princes, in the Battle of Dong, took the opportunity to occupy a considerable part of the small and medium-sized cities in Liang and Erzhou, and wanted to use this as a foundation to build an NPC system city for their own forces.

Now, it's time to fight to defend their gains.