Chapter 57: Dong Zhuo's Entry into Beijing (1)
Beibi Mountain, military camp.
Li Xuan doesn't remember when He Jin died in history, even if he does, it may not be completely consistent with history here, He Jin may not be killed by Zhang Rang, but the ending is already doomed, no matter He Jin or Shichang, after this fight, those big families will not allow any of them to live, which is also an important reason why Li Xuan gave up participating in this coup d'Γ©tat and stayed out of the matter.
Although he is currently in Luoyang, he is also a force with real power, but after three years in Luoyang, Li Xuan knows very well that the background that this family has in secret is by no means comparable to the brave and unscrupulous He Jin or Zhang Rang Shichang and others.
If Liu Hong is here, there are Liu Hong and the imperial party to secretly check and balance, so that the two sides maintain a certain balance, but now that Liu Hong is hanging, the imperial party will be leaderless, don't look at Liu Hong on weekdays as a faint gentleman, but think about his life, it is not difficult to find that Liu Hong is by no means as incompetent as evaluated in the history books, at least Li Xuan has been aware of the grandeur and wisdom hidden under Liu Hong's seemingly mediocre appearance during this time in Luoyang.
It's just that Rao is like this, the overall situation of the Han Dynasty has become a situation where the tail of the family is too big to fall, the big cake of the world has already been divided, Liu Hong wants to completely break this situation, he must break the current pattern, but now the whole world is divided by the big families from all over the world, if you want to break this already somewhat deformed situation, you must have the determination of a strong man to break his wrist.
The Yellow Turban Rebellion five years ago, if you look at it from today's perspective, I am afraid that there may not be Liu Hong's plan in secret, on the one hand, it is also in line with the general trend, on the other hand, he controls this disaster in his own hands, and in the end, he won, but also lost. The Yellow Turban Uprising did cause a heavy blow to the family, from this point of view, Liu Hong's goal was achieved, and in this war, many new magnates emerged. For example, Cao Cao and Sun Jian were all later overlords.
But on the other hand, the price Liu Hong paid for this was too heavy, and the foundation of the entire Han Dynasty was completely shaken after this war, and this result probably even Liu Hong himself probably did not expect.
Maybe in Liu Hong's original thoughts, he just wanted to create an uprising specifically against the big clan, but the big family was by no means stupid, so it was naturally impossible to sit idly by. Since the general trend has been achieved, under the condition of powerlessness to stop, the scale of this turmoil will continue to expand, and both sides will lose, and finally cause the catastrophe that is huge and spread throughout the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, and after this battle, the prestige of the royal family is lost. The people's minds are in turmoil.
Although it succeeded in weakening the power of the family, the price paid. But it was unacceptable to Liu Hong and even the entire Han royal family.
Li Xuan admires Liu Hong's decisiveness and courage very much, but the general trend is like this, although Liu Hong is also a masterpiece of a generation, it is a pity that he died too early, if he is here. can still suppress it, but now that he is dead, the family will no longer be restrained, no matter how He Jin or the Ten Permanent Servants, the final result. They have become cannon fodder for these big families to cause trouble in the world, and what is even more tragic is that the two parties who are the protagonists have no knowledge of it, and they are still pinching each other under the instigation of those scholars, and in the end both sides lose.
As for Li Xuan, before this, he had always played the role of a bystander, because he knew very well that if he didn't play the role of cannon fodder, those big families would never allow themselves to get involved, rather than being kicked out by them, it was better to come out by yourself, accumulate strength, and wait for the times to change.
As for choosing this Beibi Mountain area as a camp, Li Xuan vaguely remembered that in the romance, the direction in which the young emperor and Chen Liuwang fled was this side, which may not be correct, but how much hope is one point greater, and it is better than trying luck like a fly without a head.
In the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Xuan, who was flipping through the books, was suddenly stunned, as if he felt something, strode out of the big tent, and looked in the direction of Luoyang.
The golden light flashed in his eyes, the emperor's golden pupils started silently, and in the sky above Luoyang, there was a golden halo that ordinary people could not see, which was formed by the condensation of the dragon qi representing the Han royal family, and at this moment, the dragon qi representing the Han royal family was in the state of Li Xuan's golden pupils, but it was rapidly dissipating.
"Husband, what's wrong?" Huang Rong and Zhao Min walked out with Li Xuan's footsteps, and looked in the direction of Li Xuan's gaze suspiciously, naturally they couldn't see anything, the majestic Luoyang City had already been swallowed up by darkness, with their current location, even if they cultivated well, looking at it, what they saw was only boundless darkness.
"Luoyang, something happened!" Taking a deep breath, Li Xuan's eyes were flashing with excitement, he had enjoyed the dull time for too long, making his bones a little rusty, looking at the direction of Luoyang, the corner of Li Xuan's mouth grinned with a sneer: "Troubled times will arise!" β
Glancing at each other, Huang Rong and Zhao Min could see the doubts and surprises flashing in each other's eyes, and the two of them could probably guess some of Li Xuan's plans to withdraw from Luoyang, but the mysterious ability of the Emperor Golden Pupil, even if they had seen the magic of Li Xuan's ability to shuttle freely between planes, it was far beyond the scope of their understanding, and they didn't understand why Li Xuan was so sure.
"Dian Wei, Xiongxin!" At this time, Li Xuan didn't care about explaining more, and shouted loudly outside the tent.
"The last general!" The tower-like figure of Dianwei appeared in front of Li Xuan in an instant, and Shan Xiongxin also arrived quickly.
"Each of them will lead their troops and horses to go with me!" Without saying a reason, Li Xuan said directly.
"Yes!" didn't ask the reason, the two of them are already Li Xuan's diehards now, that is, Li Xuan is going to fight the emperor now, neither of them will frown, they will immediately bow down to receive the order, and each of them will go to the whole point without mentioning it.
"Husband, there is no news from the dark department, the situation is not clear, is it too hasty." Huang Rong looked at Li Xuan worriedly.
"There can be no mistake!" Li Xuan shook his head, the intelligence may be deceiving, but the sudden exhaustion of dragon qi will not be fake, gently hugged Huang Rong and Zhao Min's soft bodies, and smiled: "The other soldiers are ready to go, waiting for my signal, ready to attack at any time!" β
Seeing that Li Xuan had made up his mind, Huang Rong and Zhao Min glanced at each other helplessly, knowing that it was useless to persuade again, and said softly: "Be careful in everything, the sisters are still waiting for you to go back." β
"Don't worry, in this world, there are not many people who can kill me!" Li Xuan smiled confidently, turned over and stepped onto the Flame Chasing Cloud Horse, and took Dian Wei and Shan Xiongxin, who had assembled their troops, and galloped away in the direction of Luoyang.
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To the west of Luoyang City, a hundred miles away, a large army was rushing overnight.
"Wen Wei, before you said that the situation in Luoyang was unclear, let the old man slow down, and try to delay the time to enter Luoyang, why did you suddenly speed up the march?" The fat figure sat on top of an extremely divine horse, Dong Zhuo complained dissatisfiedly to Li Ru, who was a little thin on the side, and the figures of the two formed an extreme contrast in the moonlight.
Li Ru touched the goatee at the corner of his lips, looked in the direction of Luoyang and smiled: "Father-in-law, do you remember the person who sent the edict that day?" β
Dong Zhuo thought for a while, looked at Li Ru and said uncertainly: "It's a little yellow door, I remember that his name is Pan Yin, right?" Does this person have a problem? Or is the edict fake? β
"There is no problem with the person, there is a seal of the Son of Heaven on the edict, and naturally it will not be fake, but the identity of this person is not as simple as Xiaohuangmen." Shaking his head, Li Ru said indifferently: "In the early years, when Confucianism traveled to Luoyang, he happened to see this person, and his father-in-law knew that Confucianism had the ability to never forget, although it has been more than ten years, but Confucianism remembers this person." β
"Oh?" Dong Zhuo said with some surprise: "What's so special about this person's identity?" β
"Ruoru remembers well, this person was the general of the Yuan Mansion back then, and he was the general of the Yuan Kui side of the Taifu of the Dynasty, after more than ten years, I am afraid that his identity has long been forgotten by most people, but he can't escape my eyes."
"People from the Yuan family?" Dong Zhuo frowned slightly, looked at Li Ru, and waited for his next step.
"On the surface, this is just the last battle between the imperial party and the general, His Majesty died, and he made preparations in advance, wanting to pass the throne to the prince of Xie, at first, Confucianism also thought so, but after discovering the identity of this person, Confucianism had some other ideas." Li Ru smiled.
"Say." Dong Zhuo nodded and said with interest.
"No matter whether there is an edict or not, I think the general will not give up the rights in his hands lightly, but if he wants to maintain the power in his hands, it is naturally impossible to let the prince of Xie's ascend the throne.
"Not bad." Dong Zhuo nodded, is this also human nature.
"Has my father-in-law ever thought that if we rashly entered Beijing, ignored the emperor's edict, and said that we would support the emperor as the emperor, would the general agree?" Li Ru asked with a smile.
"This ...... Probably not! Dong Zhuo shook his head, he and He Jin were also friends in distress in his early years, they were both looked down upon, and they had a very pure friendship, but with the passage of events and the change of their identities, this originally very pure friendship was gradually fading, mixed with many things, and lost its original purity, but it did not prevent Dong Zhuo from understanding He Jin.
"If I insist, I'm afraid Sui Gao will use the knife directly with me." Dong Zhuo suddenly laughed, at this moment he also understood what Li Ru meant, and said with a smile: "Wen Wei is worried that the general will fight with me because of this." β
"Yes, coupled with the appearance of Pan Yin, behind this matter, I am afraid there is still the Yuan family's plan in it." Li Ru sneered: "Although the general is in charge of the power of Luoyang's soldiers and horses, I am not afraid of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, but if I go in like this, it will inevitably ruin the calculation of the Yuan family, and I will fight with the general to lose both, but in the end, it is the family headed by the Yuan family that benefits, and it is I who persuade my father-in-law to suspend the march." β
"Then why ...... now" Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru puzzled.
Li Ru said with a smile: "Confucianism is not too sure, but the behavior of the general during this period of time, more and more arrogant, I am afraid that the disaster is not far away, it is because of the Confucian father-in-law urging the troops to rush forward, and then act at the opportunity, as long as the general dies, the father-in-law takes the opportunity to seize the military power of Luoyang, plus my Xiliang soldiers, who else in the world is the opponent of the father-in-law?" β
"Haha, it's better to know me, send orders to the three armies, and speed up the march!" When Dong Zhuo heard this, he couldn't help but be arrogant and urged the army to speed up to Luoyang. (To be continued......)