After Liu Biao set off, he traveled day and night, and arrived in Qingzhou in a short time, and met Liu Yu, the elder of the Qingzhou pastor and sect, at the Qingzhou Prefecture Governance Office, and told Liu Yu what happened in Luoyang.

At that time, Liu Yu did a good job of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou.

Because he insisted on treating the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army in a gentle way, he was always unwilling to kill, and at the beginning, Liu Yu encountered some dangers and suffered several defeats.

However, because Liu Yu restrained military discipline and demanded that the army not harm the lives of the people of Qingzhou, Liu Yu himself and Liu Yu's army had a good reputation in Qingzhou.

In addition to the war, Liu Yu took the trouble to send people to communicate with the leaders of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army again and again, telling them that being thieves has no future, and sooner or later they will be exterminated by the imperial court, the military strength of the imperial court is too strong, what grievances can they have to say to him, why do they have to rebel?

This sounds nonsensical at first, we have all rebelled, and you still ask why we rebelled?

It's you, and you don't have any numbers?

Therefore, the Yellow Turban Army reported the names of several well-known corrupt officials in Qingzhou to Liu Yu, and asked Liu Yu to punish these corrupt officials, otherwise, they would never be willing to negotiate with Liu Yu.

They originally thought that Liu Yu would definitely not attack these corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but after careful investigation, Liu Yu confirmed that these officials were indeed corrupt and disregarded human life, and committed extremely heinous crimes.

He was very angry, and he really went to the court as a state pastor to dismiss these corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and asked them for their crimes, raided their homes, put them in prison, and loaded them into a prison car, and sent them to Luoyang for execution.

As a result, Liu Yu impressed some people within the Yellow Turban Army through his practical actions, and gained their trust, making the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army willing to negotiate with Liu Yu.

Liu Yu proposed a plan to let them unload their armor and return to the field, and then select elites from among them to form an army and invite them to eat imperial food, which successfully moved a considerable part of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army.

Some of the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army, headed by Zhang Rao, Guan Hai, and Guan Cheng, thought that this plan was good, and they were willing to surrender to Liu Yu.

Some of the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army, led by Xu He and Sima Ju, insisted that Liu Yu could not be trusted, and that he could not give up resistance and join Liu Yu, otherwise he would definitely regret it.

The two sides could not come to an agreement, and an internal split ensued.

Zhang Rao, Guan Hai and Guan Cheng led a part of their soldiers and horses to surrender to Liu Yu and no longer make trouble, while Xu He and Sima Ju took another army south to Xuzhou and joined the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Army to continue the battle.

Liu Yu was very credible, and did what he said, asking the court for forgiveness for Zhang Rao, Guan Hai and Guan Cheng, and appointing them as captains, letting them command their original subordinates, and selecting 10,000 elite people to join the army under Liu Yu's command and become the force to maintain local law and order in Qingzhou.

So Liu Yu's prestige in Qingzhou was even greater.

When Liu Biao arrived in Qingzhou, it was just when the chaos in Qingzhou was coming to an end.

Knowing that Liu Biao, a subordinate of the general, was coming, Liu Yu warmly entertained his fellow sect, and then learned from Liu Biao what happened in Luoyang and Liu Biao's intention.

Then Liu Yu expressed his anger very simply.

"The Son of Heaven is so ridiculous, even if he sells his official beard, the queen's concubine is not established as the prince, but the eldest and youngest are abolished, and the concubine is the prince? Is this to destroy the orthodoxy of the Great Han? I must not accept the misdeeds of the Son of Heaven! ”

Liu Yu was not only willing to send troops to cooperate with He Jin, but also willing to openly oppose the abolition of the Son of Heaven and the establishment of young people, and Liu Biao was very surprised by his simple support, and Liu Biao fiercely praised Liu Yu's profound righteousness.

A successful persuasion greatly increased Liu Biao's confidence, so he ran to Xuzhou again.

The situation in Xuzhou is much more difficult than that in Qingzhou, Liu Yan has no intention of making peace with the Yellow Turban Army, just fighting, from the beginning of his appointment to the present, and the fight has not been completed for more than half a year.

In addition, some time ago, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army went south to Xuzhou, which made Liu Yan's situation even more difficult, so that Liu Yan had a very good opinion of Liu Yu and was very dissatisfied with him in his heart.

Liu Biao's arrival and his intention actually didn't matter to Liu Yan's opinion, no matter who the Son of Heaven chose to be the prince, Liu Yan didn't plan to participate, the only thing he wanted to do now was to leave Xuzhou, the land of the four wars, and go to a safer place to be a state pastor.

After learning the news of the civil strife in Luoyang, he made his idea of avoiding trouble more clear, but he really didn't want to find fault with Liu Biao, and he didn't want to offend either side of Liu Hong and He Jin, so he pointed to the chaos in Xuzhou and smiled bitterly.

"If you can't solve the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Thief, I can't do it anymore, so why do you want to send troops to Luoyang? Please also ask Jingsheng to bear with me, say a few kind words for me, and don't let the general have any opinion of me. ”

Liu Biao knew that Liu Yan didn't want to get involved in this matter, but the situation in Xuzhou was his best shield, and he couldn't do anything about it, so Liu Biao could only embark on the return journey with a depressed stomach.

Although Liu Yan's side failed to win over, He Jin and Yuan Kui joined forces, and they still received the support of a considerable number of local military and political governors, and under the banner of supporting the inheritance of the eldest son, they sent troops to Luoyang one after another.

Until November of the fifth year of Zhongping, 30,000 troops had gathered in Luoyang, ready to be reviewed.

Until this time, Liu Hong still hadn't come back to his senses.

He also really felt that this was an action to respond to the celestial phenomena and relieve the disaster of the Han Dynasty, so he called himself a "supreme general", accompanied by He Jin, holding the sword of the Son of Heaven, and inspected this Quartet army outside Luoyang City.

On the night of Liu Hong and He Jin's review of the army, the long-forgotten Ten Standing Servants gathered to brainstorm and discuss their difficult situation at the moment.

In the end, they barely came up with an answer that didn't count as an answer.

During the Taiping Road Incident, the phenomenon of collusion between the eunuch group in the palace and Zhang Jiao should be the main reason for their current difficult situation.

At that time, although this matter was fooled by them with a lot of money, Liu Hong obviously did not forget about this matter so easily.

Money can be bought to forgive, but it can't be bought to trust, once the trust is lost, it can never be returned, and it is useless to spend no amount of money.

I have to say that their judgment is right, and the important reason why Liu Hong refused to allow the current Ten Standing Servants to install their cronies in the Xiyuan Army was that the Ten Standing Servants were once unclear with Zhang Jiao.

Although they put the blame on Cao Jie and the others who had died, and spent a lot of money to buy a VIP service called forgiveness, but this time a person unexpectedly appeared in the eighth lieutenant of the Xiyuan Army.

Feng Fang.

The son-in-law of Cao Jie, who has been dead for a long time and is used as a shield by them.

What does this mean?

Unless Feng Fang really has a strong ability to make Liu Hong ignore everything, otherwise, this proves Liu Hong's distrust of the current Ten Standing Attendants, and he is willing to believe even a dead person, and he is not willing to believe in the Ten Standing Attendants.

Liu Hong didn't believe what they said, Liu Hong always believed that they did hook up with Zhang Jiao and had bad intentions, but he was forced to change his strategy due to reality.

So he would rather believe in Cao Jie, who is dead, than Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, who are alive.

Otherwise, Feng Fang would not have taken the position.

Jian Shuo, the little yellow door, had no reason to suddenly become Liu Hong's favorite minister.

A huge sense of crisis enveloped the Ten Standing Attendants, and Zhang asked Zhao Zhong and the others to gather together for a meeting to discuss what they should do in the new situation.

"Your Majesty would rather use the little yellow door than wait for us, what does this mean, you should already know very well, I don't need to say more, so what we should do at the moment, what we should do, discuss it, don't stop talking."

Zhao Zhong, as the host, convened everyone to brainstorm, show their abilities, and strive to make a way for everyone to live.

In the current situation in Luoyang, there are no soldiers in hand and no military support, isn't it equivalent to a piece of meat in someone's bowl?

The eunuchs have been arrogant and domineering for so long, not to mention great mercy and compassion in the hearts of the people of the world, they can also be regarded as a great lack of great virtue, belonging to the type of people who want to cut a knife and cut meat to eat, if they don't have an army in hand, they don't even dare to guarantee that they can live until tomorrow morning.

Liu Hong just didn't give them this guarantee.

Is this still worth it?

You have to find another way!

So the wise people of the Ten Standing Servants began to give advice, brainstormed, and finally came to the conclusion - we want to engage in private soldiers, recruit troops, and form an army, and only listen to our army!

Then this conclusion was rejected.

Who are you who dare to recruit private soldiers?

Believe it or not, you recruited private soldiers today and will be cut by Liu Hong tomorrow?

Liu Hong now has more than 30,000 Xiyuan troops in his hands, and Jian Shuo is not of the same mind as them, not to mention whether this army can fight field battles, it is still easy to clean up these eunuchs, isn't it?

The eunuchs thought of some methods that didn't count as a solution, and thought of some methods that they didn't even come up with their brains - such as surrendering to He Jin and asking He Jin to protect them.

Is this a solution that people can come up with?

Zhang Rang was desperate for this.

On making money, on doing bad things, on asking for help, everyone is a good hand, but when it comes to making suggestions, a group of people don't even have the strength to protect themselves.

Although Zhang Rang is in control of the spies in Dongyuan, he is barely an armed force, but the number of people is not enough, and if he really wants to fight, it is not enough for people to stuff their teeth.

So, what exactly to do?

Zhang Rang stood at the window, with a bright moon in front of him, and behind him was a group of guys who couldn't discuss a solution to the problem for most of the day.

Zhang Rang remembered this person's face clearly, and Zhang Rang also remembered the scene when he said this sentence very clearly.

"Lao Zhang, you remember, even if your life is threatened in the future, you come to me, and I will save your life."