In July of the second year of Xingping (195), Zhang Ji packed up his car and sent hundreds of old imperial forest troops to escort the Son of Heaven and the Minister with halberds to return to the east.

Li Wei led his troops out of Tunchiyang (now Jingyang County, Shaanxi), and Zhang Ji and Yang Ding accompanied him to escort him.

Since then, Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty and his entourage have embarked on a long road to return to the east.

The Son of Heaven drove to the Baling Tomb (the tomb of Emperor Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty, now the northeast of Bailuyuan in the eastern suburbs of Xi'an) at night, and the attendants and guards were hungry, and Zhang Ji gave each person food and drink according to the size of their official position.

Guo Yan changed his mind halfway and sent his henchmen Xia Yu, Gao Shuo and other generals to coerce the Son of Heaven to return to He.

Yang Ding and Dong Cheng learned that Guo Yan repented, and led the army to defeat Xia Yu and others, and beheaded 5,000 people.

Guo Yan lost his support and fled to Nanshan to cling to Li Dao.

The Son of Heaven drove eastward to Huayin, Hongnong County (now Huayin County, Weinan, Shaanxi), and then Guo Yan led the army to chase and kill him.

At the time of crisis, a drum sounded, and a military horse flashed out behind the mountain, and a big flag was first written, with the words "Han Yang Feng" written on it.

Because Yang Feng had participated in the Yellow Turban Uprising led by Bai Bo back then, Guo Yan came out to scold Yang Feng as an "anti-thief".

Yang Feng was furious: "Since you agree to reconcile, you will come to hunt down and kill the Son of Heaven." I have come to escort the driver, and I will kill the thief. ”

Guo Yan's general Cui Yong went straight to Yang Feng, Xu Huang flashed out from behind, pulled the axe on the horse, and took Cui Yong directly, and chopped Cui Yong under the horse as soon as he joined it.

Yang Feng took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, and Guo Yan retreated more than 20 miles in defeat.

Yang Feng led Xu Huang to meet the emperor and escorted him to Huayin.

That night, Duan Xuan, the general of Ningji stationed here, came to greet him, and prepared the palace to let the emperor go to his camp.

Duan Xuanzi Zhongming, a native of Wuwei County (now Wuwei, Gansu).

Dong Zhuo coerced the Son of Heaven to move west to Chang'an, deployed defenses along the way, and ordered Duan Xuantun to fight Huayin.

When Duan Xuan was in Huayin, he cultivated agriculture diligently, did not plunder the people, and the people were happy.

Duan Xuan was originally a little estranged from Yang Ding, who was escorting the public opinion, so when he saw Yang Ding beside him when Yingtianzi was driving, he didn't dare to dismount, and only made a salute on the horse.

Shizhong Jisu had a close relationship with Yang Ding, and took the opportunity to take advantage of the loophole, saying that "Duan Xuan wants to rebel".

Liu Xie said: "Duan Xuan came to welcome us, how can you say that he is rebelling?"

The seed series said: "He can't meet the boundary, he can't get off the horse, his face changes greatly, and he must have different hearts."

Situ Zhao Wen and the others tried their best to defend: "Duan Xuan will not rebel at all, we dare to vouch for our own heads." The driver can live in his barracks. ”

Dong Cheng and Yang Ding are both inciting: "Guo Yan led seven hundred cavalry into the simmering camp. ”

Liu Xiexin thought it was true, so he slept in Daonan and slept in Yang Feng's camp.

Yang Ding asked Emperor Xian to issue an edict to attack Duan Xuan, but Emperor Xian refused to issue an edict.

Yang Ding led his troops directly to attack Duan Xuan's camp, but he couldn't capture it for more than ten days, but Duan Xuan still served meals as usual and served hundreds of officials, and he had no second thoughts.

Zhang Jisu and Yang Feng are not on good terms, and now seeing that Guo Yan regretted chasing and killing, I am afraid that he will suspect that he is cheating, and he will return to Chang'an by night.

At this time, Guo Yan led the army to chase and kill.

Yang Feng and Xu Huang resisted desperately, but fortunately, Dong Cheng led the army to kill, and Guo Yan was defeated and retreated.

Emperor Nian of the generals escorted meritorious, Yang Feng was named the general of Xingyi, Dong Cheng was the general of Anji, Yang Ding was renamed the general, Xu Huang was the captain of the cavalry, and he drove overnight to Hongnong.

Let's say that Guo Yan was defeated, and when he met Li Dao, who had also repented, he colluded with Zhang Ji and joined forces together, in the name of reinforcing Duan Xuan, intending to rob back the emperor.

Yang Ding's attack on Duan Xuan was blocked by Guo Yan and fled to Jingzhou instead.

Zhang Ji joined Li Dao and Guo Yan to chase after Emperor Xian, looting all the way, and passing through.

The two sides fought in Dongjian in Hongnong County, Dong Cheng and Yang Feng were defeated, the dead ministers and soldiers were innumerable, the female dependents were heavy, and all kinds of utensils and classics of the royal family were abandoned.

Li Dao and others entered Hongnong, looted all the time, and then divided their troops to chase after Emperor Xian's car.

Dong Cheng saw that the thief army was in hot pursuit, and said to Yang Feng: "It's better to send someone to make peace, maybe you can delay a little and buy time for the car to move forward." ”

Yang Feng said: "Until now, it has to be like this. Hearing that Li Le, Han Xian, and Hu Caishang of the Yellow Turban Baibo were still active in the Hedong area, it was better to secretly pass on the holy decree, allow his officials, and edict King Qin. ”

Dong Cheng said: "To fight thieves is to lose the dignity of the royal family, I don't know what the emperor wants?" ”

Yang Qi said: "This matter is urgent, I can't take care of a lot, life is more important than decency." Traitors and rebels are all thieves, as long as they can protect and protect the emperor, wouldn't the thief become a loyal minister. ”

Therefore, Yang Qi played the emperor in the Ming Dynasty, on the one hand, he sent an envoy to Li Dao to make peace, and on the other hand, he sent an envoy to Li Le and others to rescue the enemy.

Zhao Zhi, Li Le and others discussed.

Hu Cai said: "Our uprising is incompatible with the imperial court, but now we go to the rescue, how can we be worthy of the suffering people?" ”

Han Xian said: "The emperor is mediocre and cowardly, and the traitors are rampant and domineering. If you can save the driver, you can get an official position, and you can also persuade the emperor to treat the world well. ”

Li Le said: "Regardless of King Zhang, Li Zhao, Liu, whoever becomes the emperor will oppress the people. It is better to rescue the driver first, and then act when the opportunity arises. ”

The three of them gathered men and horses, and contacted the right Xian King of the Southern Xiongnu to go to Bei, got thousands of cavalry, and went to the rescue.

Yang Feng and Dong Cheng saw the arrival of reinforcements, joined forces, broke Li Dao and other troops, beheaded thousands of ranks, and the emperor's chariot was able to continue to advance eastward.

Yang Feng saw that Hu Cai was killed by the rebels, so he asked Dong Cheng and Li Le to protect the car and drive left and right, and he and Xu Huang, Han Xian, and went to the humiliation of the queen.

It was December, the weather was very cold, and Dong Cheng asked Emperor Xian to abandon the car.

Emperor Xian and Empress Fu supported each other and came to the shore.

Li Le looked for a boat as a ferry, but because of the high embankment, Emperor Xian couldn't get off the boat.

Empress Fu's elder brother, Uncle Fu De, asked someone to bring over dozens of white silk horses that he had picked up in the chaotic army, tied them to Emperor Xian's waist, and put down the boat.

The marching cadet Shang Hong wrapped the back of the bush with a silk and carried it down to the ship.

Li Le's sword stood on the bow of the boat, escorted the boat to the opposite shore, and then returned to the crowd.

When they arrived on the other side, there were only more than ten people left around Emperor Xian.

Yang Feng found an ox cart and carried Emperor Xian and Fu Hou to Dayang (in present-day Pinglu County, Yuncheng, Shanxi), and stayed in a tiled house.

An old man sent coarse tea and light rice to Emperor Xian and Fu Hou, and the two of them were hard to swallow, and under Yang Qi's persuasion, they ate a little.

Emperor Xian asked how to reward Li Le and others, Yang Qi said: "In today's situation, in addition to the county order, the county guard, and the state pastor, what are the three dukes, ranking above the three dukes, anyway, they are all in name only, as long as you listen to your heart." ”

The next day, Li Le was appointed as the general of the expedition to the north, and Han Xian was the general of the expedition to the east, and set off to march.

In the middle of the line, Yang Biao, the captain, and Han Rong, the servant, came to find him, and the monarchs and ministers cried.

Han Rong played the right and went to the military camp of Li Dao and Guo Yan to seek peace.

Li Le, Yang Feng and others escorted to Anyi (now Yuncheng, Shanxi), there was no high house, the emperor and the queen lived in the thatched house, no door was closed, thorns were inserted on all sides as the courtyard wall, the monarchs and ministers discussed in the thatched house, and the soldiers guarded outside the fence.

Li Le looked for some turbid wine and coarse food for the emperor and the queen to eat, and it was difficult to swallow after seeing the emperor: "It is difficult to find these turbid wine and light rice." If the people have such food, they do not know what they will be happy about, but they should be content. ”

Emperor Xian was silent, barely eating.

Li Le and Han Xian jointly signed more than 200 subordinates as school captains and imperial historians.

Emperor Xian listened to Yang Qi's opinion, divided the seal, and did not have time to engrave the seal, so he made the shape with clay, and engraved it with a knife and awl, which was not in a formal system.

Han Rong persuaded Li Dao and Guo Yan to release the ministers and palace people.

In this year's great famine, the people all eat wild vegetables and bark, starve all over the wilderness, Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang sent rice and meat, Hedong Taishou dedicated silk silk, dedicated to the emperor for a while.

Dong Cheng and Yang Feng discussed, sent people to Luoyang to repair the palace first, and wanted to return to the eastern capital by car.

Li Le did not comply, and Han Xian insisted on staying in Hedong.

Yang Feng persuaded Li Le to say: "I just want the Son of Heaven to know the suffering of the people, and our rebellion is to hope for peace in the world and no more suffering for the people, and also to let the Son of Heaven know the strength of the people and the aspirations of the people." ”

Li Le did not want to be attached to the imperial court, and insisted on staying in Hedong until he died of illness at home.

Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty rewarded the escorts in Anyi, and after the suburbs sacrificed, he passed through Wenxi (now Wenxi County, Yuncheng, Shanxi), and walked the southernmost Yiguan of Taihang Bashan, passing through Jiguan and Yixian (south of Jiyuan, Henan), and returned to Luoyang from Mengjin.

Emperor Xian returned to the east this time, from the second year of Xingping (195) in July, to the third year of Xingping (196) August to Luoyang, it took a full year, the way is complex and changeable, the danger is numerous, a generation of emperors trekked through mountains and rivers, picnics and camps, so difficult trek, panic can not be all day, tired like a lost dog, the world is rare.

In ancient times, the large army marched in non-wartime, and the standard of a day's journey was 30 miles, which was called "one house", so the idiom "retreat and avoid three houses" refers to a retreat of 90 miles. If there is a military situation or a military emergency, it is possible to make two or even three rounds a day. Luoyang is 900 miles away from Chang'an, when Dong Zhuo hijacked Emperor Xian to move west, it only took more than a month to bring the people and palace people, but it took a full year for Emperor Xian to return to the east, and its difficulties can be imagined.

During this period, there were many bizarre changes, the characters were complicated, and the wars were frequent, scattered in various historical records, which were specially summarized and summarized in detail.

Let's say that Yang Feng and Dong Cheng dedicated the emperor to Luoyang, saw that the palace was burned out, the market was barren, and the emperor lived in the small palace in the ruined walls, and all the officials stood in the thorns to congratulate.

After the end of the court, the emperor gathered the people to discuss, on the one hand, he sent an envoy to Shandong to summon Cao Cao into the court, assisted the royal family, and on the other hand, he issued an edict to change Xingping to the first year of Jian'an (196).

It is said that Yuan Shao found out that Emperor Xian was returning to the east, and was chased and killed by Li Dao and Guo Yan all the way, intending to go to the rescue, but he was afraid that Gongsun Zan would take the opportunity to invade, so he couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he gathered to discuss.

Seeing that the time was approaching again, he reminded Yuan Shao again that he should snatch the "trump card" of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty into his hand and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes: "The general was born in a family and helped the world with loyalty and righteousness." Now that the emperor is displaced, the temple is destroyed, and the state and county shepherds are annexing in the name of Xingyi soldiers, and no one really rises up to defend the Son of Heaven and appease the people. Now that the general has roughly settled the state city, he should welcome the big car as soon as possible. Build a capital in Yecheng, coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and accumulate troops and horses to beg for the unsubordinate. At that time, who else could resist! ”

The opinions of the frustrated professor were opposed by Guo Tu, Chun Yuqiong and others: "The Han family has been in decline for a long time, and it is not easy to revitalize it today!" Moreover, at present, the heroes are based in various states and counties, and the soldiers are moving in tens of thousands, and this is the time of the so-called 'Qin loses its deer, and the king who wins first'. The Liu family is in the world, existing in name only, and all the heroes and powers do not take the court in their eyes, and they all want to stand up for themselves as kings. If we welcome the Son of Heaven to our side, then we have to ask for instructions at every turn. If you obey orders, you will lose power; If you don't obey the order, you will be charged with resisting the edict, and you will be said to be a 'usurper and traitor', just like the Ming monarch recruited Dong Zhuo for the alliance leader, which attracted the princes to crusade. This is not holding a 'trump card', but picking up a hot potato and burning yourself in vain. ”

Fu Zhu still persuaded bitterly: "Welcoming the Son of Heaven is not only in line with morality, but also a major decision that meets the needs of the moment. If you don't strike first, someone will get ahead. Victory lies in losing no time, success lies in agility and speed, and I hope the general will consider it. ”

However, Yuan Shao did not take the advice of Frustration in the end, so that he lost an excellent opportunity. Exactly: suspicious and unresponsive, indecisive and indecisive and missed. If you want to know what happens next, let's see the next breakdown.