Cheng Liu's eyes were the last official document, and the Luoyang secret agent risked his death before the closure of the city.

On March 5, 184 AD, Zhang Jiao officially launched an expedition against the Han Dynasty, in which the slogan of "the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the year is in the first word, and the world should stand" as the slogan to raise troops against the Han.

After the establishment of Taiping Dao, the number of believers reached more than 300,000, and the number increased day by day.

Zhang Jiao ordered Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao two brothers to go south from the north of Jizhou to Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Xuzhou, with great momentum, and all the way through the pass, won seven states and 28 counties, shocking Kyoto.

Someone in the court admonished that if no troops were sent at this time, the Yellow Turban thieves and Jianye Cheng would rebel and enter from all the passes in Kyoto, and the forbidden army would be difficult to resist.

Empress He panicked, listened to the suggestion, and ordered He Jin to be the general on the day of Wushen in March, and led the five battalions of Yulin to be stationed in Duting, and opened the treasury widely, and the money obtained from harsh taxes was charged into military salaries, so as to prepare for the whole armament, and prepare to defend the Beijing division.

After He Jin received the order, he set up new commanders and strengthened the garrison at each pass of the Beijing Division, from the Hangu Pass, Otani, Guangcheng, Yique, Yuyuan, Xuanmen, Mengjin, Xiaopingjin and other Kyoto passes.

Empress He was still not at ease, and ordered all the states and counties to fight together, and the soldiers and horses that had been stationed in the previous area could receive military salaries from the national treasury, which were used exclusively for military quarters and training soldiers, and spent a large amount of money to gather the rebels.

At the same time, Shenlong saw that Yu Youkui, who had no head or tail, hurriedly entered Jianye City and brought the news of He Jin to Cheng Liu, but it was already too late.

Cheng Liu asked angrily: "Why did you only get the news out of He Jin at this time?" ”

Yu Youkui had a dusty face, and as soon as he sat down and didn't have time to drink water, he was startled by Cheng Liu's words, and the tea cup in his hand almost fell to the ground.

After calming down a little, she slowly spoke: "The news from the palace is divided into two parts, one part is to order He Jin to be the general, and the other part is to hand over Jianye's military power to He Jin, and then unify it in the capital pavilion and various passes. ”

"I first learned the news that He Jin is a general, and I originally wanted to spread it, but almost none of the spies in Luoyang escaped, I sneaked in disguise for two days, and took great risks to pass on this information, and you still blame me now?"

Cheng Liu took a deep breath, his face was extremely bad.

He Jin is no better than ordinary people, he is good at government affairs, and Ma Yuanyi's death may really have something to do with him.

But his dead soldiers and secret agents almost did not receive a single message, when Luoyang City was completely closed, only sent the news that He Jin was the general, and if the secret agents in the city still had big moves, they would be charged with the Yellow Turban thief.

Cheng Liu didn't dare to let them take risks, so he ordered them to lurk.

At this time, Wei Yan also retreated from the pass, and the military power of Hangu Pass had been controlled by the imperial court, although the remaining soldiers and horses were warned not to move, unless their lives were at stake, they could only use force, otherwise everything obeyed He Jin's orders, but Cheng Liu still faintly noticed that these big moves in the palace seemed to be coming at him.

"What else do you know, tell me all about it."

Yu Youkui put down the teacup, and when he saw that his face was very bad, he couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you have a good rest first?" ”

"Say!"

Cheng Liu slapped the table and roared.

No one knows where his anger came from, perhaps from the 20,000 soldiers whose life and death were uncertain in Hangu Pass, or the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Jianye.

"The rest is no longer the news from the palace, the Yellow Turban Army is like a bamboo, after obtaining those states and counties, it soon attracted a counterattack, some of the displaced people have been imprisoned, and the believers related to Taiping Dao have been executed, and the remaining soldiers and horses of the states and counties are scattered, the only one that can be regarded as the main force is the Zhang Jiao faction who is still staying in Jizhou, but at this time it is also pursued, and its whereabouts are unknown."

Sweet potato took out a map and spread it on the table, and thoughtfully poured him a bowl of ginger tea.

"Childe, it's cold, drink a bowl of ginger tea to warm up."

After Cheng Liu took it, he just took a sip slightly, then put it in the corner of the table, took out a stick and pointed at Yuzhou on the map and said, "Can the soldiers and horses in Runan still be mobilized now?" ”

Yu Youkui shook his head slightly: "It's not right now, the county guard and the assassin Shi regard the soldiers and horses as grain and grass, and once there is a stir, they will be arrested for the crime of rebellion, not only the officials are in danger, but the people above the court are also all soldiers, and the generals in charge of the military power have taken the initiative to hand over the military power, and He Jin will deploy them uniformly." ”

Cheng Liu pointed to Xiapi, who was far away in Xuzhou, and said: "Xiapi's military power should also be in the hands of He Jin, so now the Yellow Turban Army wants to enter Yangzhou, there are only two ways to go, one is to directly open up Yuzhou, or from Jingzhou to Yangzhou, directly to Luoyang and Jianye, but in this way, the situation in the rear of their Jizhou will become more and more difficult, most of the displaced people will only continue to flee to the northwest, Xiqiang can not let go of such a good opportunity." ”

Yu Youkui instantly comprehended his core idea, and hurriedly asked, "You mean that Zhang Jiao will not sit still?" If the soldiers and horses are directly placed on the center of gravity of Luoyang, then the Xiqiang in the rear will take advantage of the chaos to send troops, and go directly to the rear to collect their remnants? ”

Cheng Liu took a deep breath and nodded.

When the Yangzhou county guard jointly wrote the letter, I am afraid that He Jin realized something, but at that time his status was not as good as it is now, and no one in the court dared to wade into this troubled water first, so he could only use other people's rhetoric to gather the soldiers and horses of the rest of the states and counties first.

After that, pretend to be deaf and dumb, whatever you want to deploy in various states and counties, on the night before Ma Yuanyi's death, I am afraid that the person who entered the Beijing Division was none other than He Jin, even if it was not him, it was also his pawn.

After laying the foreshadowing everywhere, he first cut Ma Yuanyi, when the street car split, to give the city Baixin a psychological warning, and then continued to mobilize soldiers and horses, after occupying the pass, he continued to send soldiers and horses to various states and counties, and the states and counties that were originally released would soon have cracks, and then he would take them back little by little.

Cheng Liu underestimated He Jin before, precisely because in the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, He Jin did not have much fame, although he was also an official and worshiped the Marquis of Shen, but the military power in his hand was far from being as thick as it is today, and he could make a comeback.

Yu Youkui was silent for a long time, and then suddenly asked: "There is suspicion in the palace, although you have 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed at Hangu Pass, they are still not very relieved, what should you do now?" ”

What should I do? Cheng Liu sneered.