On the eve of Qingming, a spring rain shrouded the land of Luoyang without warning.

Liu Wei stood in front of the Deyang Palace, looking up at the raindrops drooping into a beaded curtain under the eaves.

The distant mountains of Rudai are shrouded in a layer of mist, and a drop of emerald green is faintly visible.

"It's really a light rain in the heavenly street, and the grass is close but there is nothing. It is the most beneficial spring of the year, and it is absolutely better than the smoke and willows in the imperial capital. The grand scene in his eyes made Liu Bianqing can't help but sing this masterpiece of the world.

Especially when he stood under this century-old palace and watched the spring rain of Qingming from afar, it was extraordinarily appropriate.

Putting the desk under the eaves, Xun You, who was burying his head in the middle of the table, couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, he muttered and repeated it in his mouth, and immediately picked up the pen and copied it with an excited expression.

"Although it is not like the old system, it has a far-reaching artistic conception, and reading it is as fresh and natural as spring rain." Xun You whispered, his face full of shock, "This poem is enough to last for a hundred years!" ”

He seemed to have discovered another outstanding feature of the emperor.

Although it has never been revealed in front of people, it is a swan song for the ages when you open your mouth!

In just four sentences, the shape is unusual, and the content is even more unusual.

He was just about to ask for advice, when under the palace gate in the distance, a guard suddenly came hurrying under the drizzle.

"Your Majesty, General Huangfu led the army back to the court, and it has arrived at the Sunset Pavilion!"

The guards shouted under the rain curtain.

Liu Wei's eyes like lightning instantly retracted from heaven and earth, and he shouted excitedly: "Swing, I want to go out of the Pingcheng Gate in person to welcome my elite army of the Han Dynasty in triumph!" ”

"Yui!"

The drizzling rain suddenly became heavier after Liu Wei walked out of the palace.

It's not a storm, but it's moderate rain.

Dressed in iron armor and majestic Liu Wei, he didn't give God any face, and rode his horse against the rain curtain.

And today, it is very rare, neither Xun You, nor Cao Cao and Yinglin, who led the army later, did not advise.

All of them followed the emperor, riding their horses and galloping through the rain.

Under the sunset pavilion.

Huangfu Song looked at the wooden building that rose from the ground and was amazed.

"I haven't returned for a few months, and I can't even recognize it, this is the Sunset Pavilion." Huangfu Song smiled and quipped, "A six-story wooden building is really rare!" ”

Zhang Xiong, who had already received the summons from the post station, led people to guard the side of the road, and said: "Dare to teach the Taiwei to know that this six-story wooden building is the Sunset Inn, and it is also the first post station outside Luoyang City, which was personally ordered by His Majesty to supervise the construction. ”

"Everything has already been prepared for the general in the inn, and the general is invited to come in for a break and have some drinks."

When Huangfu Song heard that the emperor personally ordered the construction, the light in his eyes was even greater.

The changes in the Han Dynasty may not be very clear to those who live in Luoyang City.

But along the way, he felt it very intuitively.

From Jingzhaoyin to Hongnong, the once barren official road is now full of green fields.

Winter wheat grew very cheerfully in this spring rain, and Huangfu Song who watched it was also happy.

"Let's go, let's rest for a while, and then enter the palace to meet Your Majesty!" Huangfu Song said heartily.

Everyone had just walked a few steps when they suddenly heard the neighing of war horses on the official road in the distance, and the dense sound of horses' hooves was like muffled thunder.

Everyone under the umbrella stopped in unison and turned their heads to look at the source of the sound.

I saw a black torrent galloping in the rain curtain.

The sturdy horses galloped wildly in the rain, splashing patches of mud.

The warrior was dressed in a cloak and a hat on his head, and his face was gone, but he was murderous and formidable.

Especially the one-person-tall broadsword, shining in the torrent, the people who watched it were terrified.

"It's the Prisoner Army!" Zhang Xiong suddenly shouted.

Duan Xuan, who was standing beside Huangfu Song, couldn't help but tremble when he looked at such a powerful cavalry.

He muttered, "My great man has such elite cavalry!" ”

Huangfu Song smiled arrogantly, "This is one personally trained by His Majesty, called the Prisoner Army, don't look at all eunuchs, but you can kill people, one by one." When He Miao cleared the Jingzhao Yin bandits, I also helped a little, and I used it for several months. ”

"But it took less than two months for the convict army to capture the bandits in the entire Hongnong County. The bandits who terrified the people were hardly united by the swords of the prisoners. ”

Duan Xuan suddenly became more and more surprised, "It's all eunuchs?!" ”

"Don't say it to your face, it's really murderous without blinking." Huangfu Song deliberately frightened, looked at it fixedly, and suddenly exclaimed, "The person who took the lead seems to be ...... Your Majesty?! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xiong hurriedly took two steps forward, and after looking at it, he immediately shouted at the top of his throat: "Your Majesty is here, welcome quickly!" ”

The soldiers were like a sea of mountains, kneeling in the muddy ground to meet the emperor.

"Let's all be exempt!"

Liu Wei took a few steps away, stopped his horse, and wiped a handful of raindrops rolling down his hair.

Then he turned over and dismounted, and walked towards Huangfu Song with a heroic and free pace.

"Yui!"

The voices of the soldiers were like a tsunami from the mountains and the tsunami, spreading from both sides of the official road to the rear.

"My captain is back." Liu Wei laughed heartily and slapped Huangfu Song on the shoulder.

Although he was only a fifteen-year-old boy, he behaved freely and naturally, even if he said things that were completely incompatible with his age, no one felt that there was anything wrong, and there was only awe in his heart.

This is the emperor's self-cultivation and bearing, and it is also the majesty he has accumulated over the years.

Huangfu Song and the others still remember that the emperor was completely different from this moment.

The crown prince two years ago was indeed as the first emperor said, without imperial prestige.

But for ordinary soldiers, the emperor should be like this.

Among these generals, You Shu Duan Xuan's heart was the most shocked at the moment.

Dong Zhuo had mentioned to them countless times the emperor's incompetence and weakness, and he seemed to be unable to even speak clearly.

But how could the emperor standing in front of him now have a trace of incompetence and weakness?

Look at those elite generals......

It turned out to be the emperor's hand-made!

How can an emperor who is so weak that he can't even speak clearly create such a warrior?

Duan Xuan felt as if he had been deceived by rumors.

"Your Majesty, why are you here in person?" Huangfu Song asked.

Liu Wei looked at the surrounding soldiers with majestic and profound eyes, and said in a loud voice: "I fought for the country, and the bloody defenders are back, how can I not greet them in person?" How can you not come to reward the three armies! ”

Although the grain in the imperial court was very tight, Liu Wei didn't want to pick and search at this time.

This is not the highlight of a human appearance.

It's that he used to be a warrior too!

He felt in his heart that the warrior was triumphant and should be rewarded!

What's more, this is still the best moment for him, the emperor, to win the hearts of the people and establish his majesty.

How to search it!

"Ministers for the soldiers of the three armies, thank Your Majesty Longen!" Huangfu Song said.

Liu Wei personally supported Huangfu Song, "I'm exempt." ”

Grabbing Huangfu Song's hand, Liu Wei walked into the Sunset Inn behind the criminal guard.

The behemoth of the Sunset Inn, which stands in the Sunset Pavilion, took people to clean it inside and out early this morning, even the corners were spotless.

A strong army settled in every corner of the Sunset Pavilion.

There are countless people watching the excitement, and everyone is trying their best to occupy the most advantageous position, wanting to see the emperor's dignity.

But for those who don't do their jobs and specialize in doing three things, this is a disaster.

Ever since the Sunset Inn opened and the five hundred Praetorian guards were stationed, their lives had been difficult.

It is foreseeable that when the emperor rewards the three armies here with such fanfare today, they may have no room for survival here.

They have been wandering in Gyeonggi all the year round, and they know very well that being planted in the hands of these dead soldiers is much worse than being planted in the hands of officials. These damn dead soldiers will draw their swords and kill people if they don't agree with each other, and they have no patience for people like them.

The sixth floor of the Sunset Inn is not open to the public.

This is also one of Liu Wei's gardens.

After sending Cao Cao to preside over the reward of the three armies, Liu Wei inquired about the beginning and end of the Battle of Chang'an.

"In this way, General Duan is really a great merit!" Liu Wei listened with a serious expression, and looked at Duan Xuan, who was sitting behind Huangfu Song's side, "General Duan, has the Imperial Captain praised you several times in front of me, and I am also very pleased that you can abandon the darkness and turn to the light when the dynasty is in danger. ”

"I dare not be ashamed." Duan Xuan looked ashamed, got up and said, "The minister is a courtier of the Han Dynasty, but the minister is both a minister and a general, and sometimes the minister just obeys the order, but it is difficult to investigate whether this matter is right or wrong, so he has committed many unforgivable sins, and the minister asks His Majesty to punish him." ”

"I am even more glad that you can clearly understand this. Unlike some of the ministers, they clearly united behind their backs, openly discussing the abolition of the emperor and the establishment of another king. But they never thought they were wrong, but blamed me. Liu Wei praised Duan Xuan, and by the way, pulled Liu Hong and the others out and whipped them again.

"Forehead ......" Duan Xuan was speechless for a while.

The emperor's words jumped, so that Duan Xuan really didn't know what kind of words to answer for a while.

Fortunately, the emperor quickly changed the topic at the next moment and asked: "General Duan's command are all soldiers of the Western Army, this is an army that once made the forbidden army frightened, I want to use General Duan as the vanguard general of the Eastern Expedition, I don't know if General Duan has any objections?" ”

"Pioneer of the Eastern Expedition?" Duan Xuan's expression was a little dazed.

He had just returned from the battlefield, and he was about to go to war.

Moreover, the expedition to the east?

Who are you going to hit?!

"The minister is willing to follow His Majesty's will and conquer for the country, but where should the minister go first, and who should he crusade against?" Duan Xuan asked.

Huangfu Song sighed softly in his heart, the emperor still has prejudices against the Xiliang Army.

But it's the ultimate that he can get this far.

With the Xiliang Army as the vanguard, there is nothing wrong with this matter.

"The people that the court wants to crusade against are naturally the rebellious ministers and thieves Yuan Shao, and his subordinate brother Yuan Shu!" Liu Wei's face was solemn, and he said to everyone in the audience, "The imperial crusade, I have been thinking about this battle since last year, and it can be regarded as an opportunity I gave Yuan Shao. ”

"Last year, the court was weak, and it was one of them that it couldn't make a move, and giving the Yuan family a chance was also the reason."

"But it's a pity that the Yuan clan with the tall lintel doesn't intend to give me, the emperor, a face!"

This matter, whether it is Huangfu Song or Duan Xuan and others, do not know.

At this moment, I was a little shocked when I learned it.

"Yuan Shao......" Huangfu Song opened his mouth, there was some contradiction in his heart, he was a little unsure whether he should advise on this matter.

He only vaguely felt that the emperor had just finished the war in the west, and he immediately prepared to go east, as if he had other plans.

After hesitating for a moment, Huangfu Song turned to say: "Your Majesty, the land of Sanfu has not yet been stabilized, and the minister thinks that this matter should be given priority. ”

"Taiwei is trying to talk about Han Sui?" Liu Wei raised his eyebrows and asked.

Huangfu shook his head, "Exactly." Although Han Sui surrendered to the imperial court, this person was repeated and difficult to trust. ”

"Taiwei left 10,000 troops in Chang'an, and there are Gai Xun and Yulin troops stationed in the north, which is enough, but what else does Taiwei have to worry about?" Liu Wei asked.

Gai Xun guarded Chang'an before, and whether it was the enemy's situation, or the terrain and the mastery of soldiers and horses, it can be said that he was handy. He was able to guard Chang'an for so long before, and now he can do the same.

For this upright veteran, Liu Wei made no secret of his trust.

"Gaixun went to the Northland?!" Huangfu Song let out a low sigh of surprise.

He was also unaware of this.

The northern land is adjacent to Jing Zhaoyin, and it stands to reason that Gai Xun has arrived with an army, and he should know it very easily.

"Don't you know?" Liu Wei was also a little surprised.

Huangfu Song's deployment of troops around him sounded a little confused.

"If it weren't for His Majesty just mentioning, the minister really didn't know about this matter at all, it seems that General Gai Xun would have covered his soldiers and horses very well." Huangfu Song shook his head a little embarrassedly and said, "I didn't even reveal the slightest rumor." ”

If Gai Xun deliberately covered up the footprints of the soldiers and horses, this would barely make sense.

"If General Gai Xun is in the Northland, and the distant governor of Chang'an soldiers and horses, the minister will have nothing to worry about." Huangfu Song then said, "More than half of the soldiers and horses left in Chang'an are the soldiers that General Gai Xun once recruited in Chang'an. ”

"So, the captain doesn't have to worry too much. Keeping it, I think there should be no problem. What the imperial court should consider now should be how to maintain obscurity, and when the time comes, it will recover Liangzhou. Liu Wei said.

Moreover, the western defense line is not only this one.

In addition to these two regular soldiers and horses, Xun Yu's people in Jingzhao Yin Tuntian can also fight at any time and turn into soldiers and horses.

Huangfu Song was stunned to find that he had only been on the expedition for half a year, but it seemed that he could not keep up with the emperor's plan for the world.

In this way, the imperial court can indeed free up its hands to deal with the affairs of Kwantung, but although Yuan Shao is not a minister, he used the excuse of courting Dong to cover up the big sin of that day. Now that the imperial court has sent troops, the ministers are not worried about anything else, but they just feel that some divisions seem to be unknown. Huangfu Song said a little implicitly.

"Xun Qing, explain it to the captain!"

Liu Wei was too lazy to tell Huangfu Song about the cause and effect of this matter again, so he threw it to Xun You.

"Yui!" Xun You got up and talked about the Eastern Crusade for Huangfu Song.

After listening to this, Huangfu Song's expression became numb, and it looked like he had been sucked out of his soul.

He is simple, and it is really difficult to digest such an unreasonable expedition.

"Your Majesty, do this...... Will it make the people of the world lose their trust in the imperial court? Huang Fu Song almost didn't know what way to express his mood at the moment, and his heart was a little confused when he heard it.

This plan sounded like a scoundrel to the imperial court.

If you don't give food, I'll beat you!

If you give food, then use your food, and find a reason to beat you.

Moreover, the reason after that is not martial arts.

It was actually on the grounds that Yuan Kui conspired against him and connected the nine clans.

Unless Yuan Shao honestly suffers death, if he resists a little, it will be a rebellion.

Yuan Kui's perception of the emperor is neither good nor bad, but he can be sure that Yuan Kui will definitely not really do anything rebellious. He can tolerate others to rebel, but he will never take the initiative to rebel himself.

This is Yuan Kui, since Emperor Fu Song knew about this person.

He doesn't do good things or bad things, and he has a completely bad attitude.

"What is there to lose faith in the world? Do people in the world now know that there is still an emperor in the Han Dynasty? I think that there are some of these things and there are not. To put it bluntly, I just want to destroy him Yuan Shao and give him a reason, that is, to give the world a face! Liu Wei said arrogantly and unreasonably.

The fist stiffened, and Liu Bian's tone naturally hardened.

After spending the last bit of the Han Dynasty, training hard for a year, and building an army of 150,000, Liu Wei felt that he should have some confidence to speak like this now.

Huangfu Song was speechless, and could only smile bitterly and bow his head slightly.

silently put away the idea of admonishment, Yuan Shao, the thief, should indeed be consulted.

And the imperial court, it's time to show the princes of the world a show of force!

……

Duan Xuan and his subordinates were arranged near Xianyang Garden.

Built in the second year of Yanxi, Xianyang Garden is one of the many royal palaces.

The area is slightly smaller than that of the West Garden, but it can also accommodate tens of thousands of troops.

After setting up camp, Duan Xuan immediately raised his tent almost non-stop and convened the generals to discuss the matter.

He looked around at the people under his tent, especially on Zhang Ji's face for a full pause, and then said in a deep voice: "Princes, the meteorological princes of the imperial court have also seen it today, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the law is strict and the weather is strict. ”

"It's very different from what we've heard in the west. I just sent someone to secretly inquire about some merchants in the Sunset Pavilion, and I got a little news, you might as well listen to it together. ”

Zhang Ji, whose beard was stubble, like being gnawed by a dog, reclined on the mat and rudely interrupted Duan Xuan's words, "What do you mean by staring at me like that?" ”

"I'll talk about you and me later, let's hear the news I sent someone to hear first." Duan Xuan said with some displeasure, "The imperial court has been recruiting soldiers and horses on a large scale since last year, and Your Majesty has placed a huge school field in the West Garden for military training. ”

"How many troops there are, those eight-sided businessmen are not very clear, some say 100,000, some say 40,000. But it's absolutely certain, it's true. They had seen several sturdy cavalry passing by the Sunset Pavilion, which should be one of the soldiers and horses in the West Garden. ”

"In addition to these, Your Majesty reorganized the five schools of the Northern Army, which were commanded by Zhang Liao, the subordinate general of the original Ding Yuan. This person is also a tiger general. ”

Zhang Ji couldn't help but sit up straight, and his face gradually became solemn.

He said with a gloomy expression: "Your Majesty obviously doesn't trust our Western Army, should we find another way?" ”

Duan Xuan frowned fiercely, "Where is there any other way out?" Since His Majesty does not trust, he will definitely be wary. Moreover, I think Your Majesty should not trust it, and don't forget, we are rebels! ”

Zhang Ji snorted, his expression becoming more and more solemn.

Duan Xuan continued: "Even if we rebel against the imperial court when we send troops to the east, but the world is so big, is there really a place for me to go?" ”

"I only learned today, and almost all of the ones Your Majesty reuses now are fierce generals! In addition to famous veterans such as Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Gai Xun, there are also young generals such as Cao Cao, Zhang Liao, Lu Bu, and Xiahoudun. ”

"These people, I think you've all heard of them. There was no one in Guo Yan's army who was Lu Bu's enemy, and there were countless generals who were killed by this person. ”

"Obviously, today's court is not what we know."

"The emperor, who has been despised by countless princes, is really as obscure as he himself said!"

"I say this to you, in fact, there is only one meaning, An'an, don't make trouble!"

"Whoever causes trouble, I will cut whom!"