"Moreover, everyone in the world knows that the only people who are willing to crusade against Dong Zhuo's rebellion now are Qingzhou Liu Thorn History, Xuzhou Tao Thorn History, Yuzhou Sun Thorn History, and Yuan Gong You!"

"How dare Sun Tingshi break the covenant?"

"If Duke Yuan still has concerns, he can give Sun Tingshi an order: when you enter Luoyang, you need to be with the soldiers and horses of Liu Tingshi and Tao Tingshi, and you can't enter the city alone and ruin the alliance."

"Please also ask Yuan Gong to be able to see clearly!"

Hua Jixiao was righteous and reasonable, and listed the past events of Wu Qi and Le Yi.

Yuan Shu was ashamed and scolded Zhang Xun again: "If it weren't for Zicheng's persuasion, it would have almost ruined my big thing." If you dare to slander Wentai again, don't blame me for not remembering the old feelings! ”

Zhang Xun looked at Hua Ji hatefully, and didn't dare to say more.

Yuan Shu thought for a moment and decided to adopt Hua Ji's suggestion, and at the same time gave Sun Jian an order while preparing grain and grass for Sun Jian.

The general idea is similar to Hua Ji's suggestion, asking Sun Jian to enter the city with Liu Bei and Tao Qian's soldiers and horses, and at the same time to hold Yuan Shu's banner at the front!

Hua Ji, who returned to the post house, quickly sorted out the information he had recently discovered, and then sent people to Qingzhou as soon as possible.

The mission to Chang'an has not yet been completed, and Hua Zhi does not want to return in vain.

Staying under Yuan Shu's command can also obtain information on the battle situation in Luoyang in a more timely manner than Qingzhou.

The information that Hu Zhen's troops defeated Yangrencheng, Guangcheng Pass, and Taigu Pass were broken by Sun Jian was successively transmitted to Dong Zhuo.

Such a fiasco made Dong Zhuo so angry that he directly lifted the wine table in front of him.

"Master Ben mistakenly believes Hu Zhen, hate!"

Dong Zhuo just wants to kill people now!

As early as before Hu Zhen sent out his troops, Dong Zhuo was worried that Hu Zhen would delay the fighter because of arrogance and discord with the generals, so he gave Hu Zhen a strict order, asking Hu Zhen to go to Guangcheng Pass to recuperate first and then attack Yangren City.

As a result, Hu Zhen dared to disobey the military order, so that Sun Jian became famous in Yangren City!

also lost Guangcheng Pass and Taigu Pass, so that the south of Luoyang was directly out of danger to hold.

"Wen You, is there a plan to retire Sun Jian?" Dong Zhuo, who was furious, didn't want to use his brains and summon Li Ru to ask for advice.

Li Ru carefully pondered the situation in Luoyang, and offered advice: "Taishi, Sun Jian is brave, it is better to marry him, promise a high-ranking official, and then let Sun Jian make a list of the sons of the Sun family who can serve as assassins and county guards, and promise to agree; If it succeeds, it will be a brave general, and if it fails, it can also be used to make a gap between Sun Jian, Sun's children and Yuan Shu. ”

Dong Zhuo frowned: "Sun Jian is under the banner of King Qin, and he wants to crusade against this Taishi to gain fame and fortune. If he is canonized in the name of the Son of Heaven, Sun Jian will be delighted. ”

"According to Wenyou's plan, send someone to Yique Pass as soon as possible, and let Feng go first to persuade Sun Jian."

After a pause, Dong Zhuo said worriedly: "Li Dao sent back the news that Huangfu Song defeated Lu Zhi, but the generals in the army complained about Huang Fu Song. Hua Xiong, the commander of the prison army, was also killed in battle. ”

"Ben Taishi wanted to use Huangfu Song to repel Lu Zhi, but the generals were dissatisfied, and rumors spread to Ben Taishi's ears, saying that Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi secretly colluded and deliberately sent Xiliang Army to death."

"It's hard to tell if this rumor is true or not."

Dong Zhuo had a headache.

There is Sun Jian in the south of Luoyang and Lu Zhi in the east, and Huangfu Song's actions are quite puzzling.

"Did Taishi ever think that if Huangfu Song really defeated Lu Zhi, would he be able to kill him again?" Li Ru reminded faintly.

Dong Zhuo suddenly woke up: "Wen You's meaning, Huangfu Song wants to use the credit of defeating Lu Zhi to build momentum for himself, even if the old man hates him to the core, he doesn't dare to kill him." ”

"Otherwise, the generals under the command of this Taishi will be difficult to restrain them."

He has made great merit, and instead of rewarding, he kills.

This will not only make Dong Zhuo blamed by the ministers of the DPRK and China, but also make the generals under his command have the sad thoughts of rabbits and foxes.

Dong Zhuoneng's biggest reliance on Chang'an is the 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands.

But there are 100,000 soldiers and horses, many generals, and many factions.

Dong Zhuo, who is trusted by Niu Fu, naturally will not be jealous of Dong Zhuo because he killed Huangfu Song.

No matter how great Huangfu Song's credit is, it has nothing to do with him Niu Fu.

But for the rest of the people, the mind is unpredictable.

Everyone followed Dong Zhuo to get promoted and make a fortune, but as a result, he had to die after making meritorious contributions, who can be willing?

No matter how cruel Dong Zhuo is, he doesn't dare to do this kind of thing that shakes the morale of the army.

Only with clear rewards and punishments can soldiers serve their lives!

But if the rewards and punishments are unclear, the generals under their command don't know how many people will collude with the civil and military ministers of the DPRK and China to make profits.

"Therefore, even if this Taishi knows that this rumor was deliberately sent by Lu Zhi's old horseman, he must transfer Huangfu Song back to Chang'an!" Dong Zhuotie's face was blue.

It's a very uncomfortable feeling to be calculated.

Li Ru's eyes were a little gloomy: "There is no need to transfer Huangfu Song back to Chang'an, just the Taishi personally drives the troops to Luoyang." ”

"Lu Zhi himself has no soldiers and horses, and his soldiers and horses are composed of soldiers and horses supported by Han Fu, Liu Bei and Tao Qian."

"Although Li Dao Guo Yan is brave and good at fighting, it is difficult for them to retreat with strategies outside the battlefield."

"But the Taishi can make promises to Han Fu, Liu Bei and Tao Qian, especially Liu Bei, the assassin of Qingzhou, who is still a hypocrisy, and his name is not right!"

"If the Taishi promises to give Liu Bei a Qingzhou pastor, even if Lu Zhi wants to enter the army, Liu Bei's generals will hesitate."

"The same goes for Han Fu and Tao Qian's subordinates!"

"Without soldiers and horses, what will Lu Zhi use to resist the Taishi army?"

Dong Zhuo was happy to hear this, stroked his palms and laughed: "Wenyou's plan is very suitable!" This Taishi coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes to be canonized as they wanted. ”

"This group of Kanto rats, if they say that they are good, they are here to be kings, and if they say they are ugly, they are here to ask for officials!"

"Without the edict of the Son of Heaven, they will always be just rebellious ministers and thieves!"

"However, before the Taishi arrives in Luoyang, in order to prevent the old puppet of Huangfu Song from making trouble again, he has to unload the military power of this old puppet first!"

Dong Zhuo did not hesitate.

led 3,000 Flying Bear Army first, and the rest of the foot rode behind, and arrived at Tongguan in less than three days.

Upon learning of Dong Zhuo's arrival, Lu Bu came to Tongguan from Yique Pass and truthfully informed Dong Zhuo of Sun Jian's refusal to make peace.

"Father-in-law, Sun Jian is arrogant, bluntly saying that his father-in-law is against the sky and has no way, and overthrows the royal family, if he doesn't kill his father-in-law's three clans, and the county shows the four seas, then he will not be blind, and how can he be reconciled."

Hearing that Sun Jian was so arrogant, Dong Zhuo laughed instead of being angry: "If you want to kill the three clans of this Taishi, then you have to see if you, a tiger, have this ability!" ”

"Where are Li Dao and Guo Yan now?"

Lu Bu replied: "Yesterday, I found out the news that Li Dao and Guo Yan had returned to Luoyang City, but Lu Zhi of Chenggao Pass was joining forces with Sun Jian, preparing to attack Luoyang together. ”

Dong Zhuo sneered: "One army? What stupidity! If the soldiers were divided into two ways, this Taishi would still find it tricky, but now that the troops are in one place, they can easily deal with it. ”

"Fengxian, you quickly return to Yique Pass, and join Xu Rong in Luoyang, and three days later, meet in Luoyang."

At this time, it was no longer important to divide troops to garrison the passes.

The most appropriate means is to unite forces and gather the main force to annihilate the enemy.

Meantime.

Dong Zhuo sent people to Lu Zhi's army to send envoys.

This Sun Jian refused to marry, but Dong Zhuo, the three forces of Liu Bei, Tao Qian and Han Fu, still had to fight for it.

"You are Dong Zhuo's messenger?"

Looking at the middle-aged brocade clothes in front of him, Guan Yu's eyes were a little puzzled.

Whether it is clothing or temperament, it shows the extraordinary.

This is no ordinary messenger!

The middle-aged man in brocade arched his hand and said: "Under the command of the Taishi, Liu Ai has a long history." ”

"Your surname is Liu, too?" Guan Yu squinted Danfeng's eyes: "As far as Guan knows, most of the officials surnamed Liu in this Beijing official are the descendants of Prince Zong surnamed Liu. ”

Liu Ai said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "I am indeed from the clan, and serving as the chief of the Taishi is also under the order of the Son of Heaven." ”

Guan Yu snorted coldly: "I don't know what Liu Changshi wants to do when he comes to find Guan?" ”

Guan Yu didn't have much good impression of the middle-aged man in front of him, who was a clan relative but gave Dong Zhuo a long history.

Even if Liu Ai claimed to be the long history of Dong Zhuo on the order of the Son of Heaven.

With eyes like Guan Yu, Liu Ai has seen a lot in Chang'an!

I don't know how many ministers and scholars scolded Liu Aizhu behind their backs.

But Liu Ai ignored these abuses.

Liu Ai has his own way of being loyal to the monarch and doesn't care what others think.

"Taishi has the intention to ask the Son of Heaven to play Qingzhou Liu Thorn History as Qingzhou Mu, hoping that Qingzhou Mu can focus on the governance of Qingzhou, rather than chasing the fame of King Qin."

"Please also ask General Guan to tell me on his behalf!"

Liu Ai's answer made Guan Yu secretly surprised.

Sure enough, as Mr. expected, Dong Zhuo would take the initiative to send someone to promise benefits.

Guan Yu remembered Zheng Ping's instructions, and did not immediately agree to Liu Ai's proposal, but sneered: "Today, Dong Zhuo can show his brother as Qingzhou Mu, and tomorrow he can also play other people as Qingzhou Mu. ”

"With this benefit, you also want Guan to withdraw from the army?"

Seeing that Guan Yu didn't say anything to death, Liu Ai continued to ask: "I don't know if General Guan has any other demands?" In the next can return to the Taishi. ”

Guan Yu's eyes lit up: "My brother is the son of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, after Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan, and the eldest grandson of Liu Xiong, the county commander of Fan County, Dongjun. He made great contributions to pacifying the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, and was recommended by the Qingzhou scholars to serve as the Qingzhou Thorn History. ”

"Being a Qingzhou pastor, this is a matter of course!"

"If Taishi Dong wants to marry a good brother, he has to let Zong Zhengqing determine the genealogy of the clan and tell the name of the elder brother of the Han family."

"The elder brother married the niece of the king of the plains, and the king of the plains is the brother of Emperor Huan, this is seniority, and the elder brother and the Son of Heaven should also have an uncle-nephew relationship."

"Liu Changshi, can you understand?"

Liu Ai was secretly surprised.

Guan Yu said so simply, he obviously had already guessed today's situation.

This Qingzhou Thorn Shi Liu Bei is not a thing in the pool!

"General Guan, Liu Tingshi's request will be truthfully returned to the Taishi in the future."

"If the Taishi agrees, will General Guan withdraw his troops?"

Liu Ai looked at Guan Yu quietly, carefully observing the changes in Guan Yu's expression and eyes.

But Guan Yu didn't give Liu Ai a chance, and got up to see off the guests: "Liu Changshi, the rest of the things, let's talk about it when Guan sees the edict of Qingzhou Mu and the edict of the clan genealogy!" ”

After speaking.

Guan Yu's personal guards directly blasted Liu Ai out of the barracks.

"The edict of the genealogy of the clan, but also about seniority and uncle and nephew of the Son of Heaven? Qingzhou Liu Thorn Shi's ambition is not small. ”

Liu Ai, who was blasted out of the barracks, did not get angry, but became more interested in Liu Bei.

Let Zong Zhengqing determine the genealogy of the clan and then announce it with the Son of Heaven Decree, this is to let everyone in the world know that Liu Bei is a member of the Han family.

And not the descendants of some clan king!

This means that once Dong Zhuo agrees to Liu Bei's request, Liu Bei's identity will be the same as Liu Yu in Youzhou, Liu Yan in Yizhou, Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Liu Dai in Yanzhou.

As a clan member to shepherd one side, such an identity is not comparable to a simple Qingzhou herd.

To put it simply, if Dong Zhuo wants to make it bad in the future, and then appoint a Qingzhou pastor with the order of the Son of Heaven, Liu Bei has a reason to refuse!

If you want to depose a clan minister, you need to meet the Son of Heaven to decide!

It is not that someone with a holy decree can replace the minister of the clan.

In particular, Liu Bei also talked to the Son of Heaven about his uncle and nephew, which is not easy to depose.

And the minister of the clan was ordered by Liu Xie to shepherd one side, which is equivalent to recognizing the legitimacy of Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven!

The orthodoxy of the Son of Heaven is also very important to Dong Zhuo.

Yuan Shao and others crusaded against Dong Zhuo, that is, they did not recognize Liu Xie, the son of heaven, which was also one of the reasons why Dong Zhuo would agree to Li Ru's proposal and poison Liu Zhuo.

Liu Wei is dead, and the rest of Liu Xie has to admit it if he doesn't admit it!

After all, Emperor Ling only had two sons, and one died, and the rest was not orthodox but orthodox.

Yuan Shao saw that Liu Wei was dead, so he was naturally unwilling to support Liu Xie, so he secretly instigated Han Fu to persuade Liu Yu to be emperor.

Although it was unsuccessful, it also shocked Dong Zhuo.

In case Liu Yu really became the emperor, then it would be useless for him to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

After Liu Ai came back and told Dong Zhuo about Guan Yu's request, Dong Zhuo agreed without much thought: "Qingzhou can't be controlled by the Taishi, whether it is given to Qingzhou or not, Qingzhou is controlled by Liu Bei." ”

"But if you can canonize Liu Bei Qingzhou Mu with the edict of the Son of Heaven, and then let Zong Zhengqing determine the genealogy of the clan and announce it with the edict of the Son of Heaven, then Qingzhou will be equivalent to recognizing the orthodoxy of the Son of Heaven in Chang'an."

"As for seniority, uncles and nephews with the Son of Heaven, well, this can't be written directly in the edict!"

"Changshi, you quickly return to Chang'an and prepare the corresponding seal of the holy decree."

As for Lu Yi and Cao Bao, Liu Ai was blasted out before they saw it.

Dong Zhuo didn't plan to spend more energy on solicitation.

After all, Han Fu and Tao Qian were both appointed by the imperial court as Jizhou Mu and Xuzhou Thorn History, and now following Lu Zhi to King Qin is tantamount to choosing to be a traitor.

It is already a big victory to make Liu Bei's soldiers and horses retreat.

Liu Ai's actions were fast.

After all, it is only 800 miles from Luoyang to Chang'an, and the envoy's round trip is much faster than the march.

In just a few days, Qingzhou Mu's edict and seal, as well as the clan genealogy given to Liu Beiding by Zong Zhengqing, were sent to Guan Yu again.

"General Guan, what you want, Taishi has already prepared."

"But talking about uncles and nephews with the Son of Heaven involves too much, although the Son of Heaven admitted it privately, he made it clear that it could not be written in the edict."

"I did it myself! If you don't believe it, you can find someone who understands it to verify the authenticity! ”

Liu Ai showed Guan Yu the seal of the holy decree one by one, and was afraid that Guan Yu would not understand and also gave an anti-deception explanation.

"Liu Changshi, wait a minute!"

Guan Yu got up and directly took the holy decree seal and ribbon to Lu Zhi's tent to verify the authenticity.

The stakes are very high, and Guan Yu doesn't dare to be negligent.

(End of chapter)