Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Assassination of Liu Kun
In a luxurious courtyard in Jinyang City, Bingzhou, a man with starry eyes and a long beard was listening to the music girl in the house, although the music was melodious, but the man's attention was obviously not on the music, he waved his hand, several beautiful music girls slowly retreated, the man sighed lightly, and his face was full of melancholy.
This person is Liu Kun, this person has a great background, Liu Kun is a descendant of Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan in the Western Han Dynasty. He is very different from Liu Bei's boasting, Liu Kun's family is a royal descendant of the Eight Classics, and the serious families all have serious genealogies. His grandfather, Liu Mai, once served as Xiangguo's army and cavalry attendant. His father, Liu Fan, was an official to Guanglu Doctor. Liu Kun works in poetry and is quite famous. Jia Miquan, the nephew of Empress Jia, was the master, and a group of literati from wealthy families gathered beside him, singing and harmonizing with each other, called "Twenty-Four Friends", and Liu Kun's brothers were also in the meantime. In the fifth year of Yuankang in the Western Jin Dynasty, the twenty-six-year-old Liu Kun was appointed as the secretary. Later, he was opened as a subordinate by Sima Tai, the king of Gaomi, and moved to the post of Author Lang, Doctor of Taixue, and Shang Shulang.
Liu Kun's reputation in the early years was very high, so he was respected by many people, he was engaged in the division at a young age, and his career was more smooth, in the Eight Kings Rebellion, Liu Kun's position rose again and again, and even made the Marquis of Guangwu. And Liu Kun is not only brilliant in literature, but also shows a very high military talent, in the second year of Yongxing, Liu Qiao attacked Sima Yu, Liu Kun could not be rescued, and his parents were captured. In the first year of Guangxi, Liu Kun obtained 800 cavalry from Wang Jun of Youzhou, defeated Sima Mao, the king of Dongping, defeated Liu Qiao, rescued his parents, and killed Shi Chao, the general under Sima Ying, and surrendered Lu Lang, the guard general of Xingyang. This made his reputation even higher.
In September of the first year of Guangxi, in order to expand his power, Sima Yue sent Liu Kun to serve as the general of Bingzhou Assassin, Jia Zhenwei, and the general of the Xiongnu Zhonglang. Liu Kun led more than 1,000 people to leave the capital Luoyang and arrived in Jinyang in the spring of the first year of Yuanjia. At that time, Jinyang experienced war and became an empty city. Liu Kun pacified the displaced people, developed production, and strengthened defense in an environment surrounded by strong enemies on the left and right. Within a year, Jin Yang regained his vitality and became one of the few remaining resistance forces of Jin in the Central Plains.
Jinyang has always been a fortress against ethnic minorities in the north, but when Liu Kun took office, the situation was very serious. At that time, Jinyang was surrounded by the powerful Xiongnu Qianzhao to the south, the rising Xianbei Dynasty to the north, and the Youzhou Thorn Wang Jun to the east who had allied with the Xianbei of the Duanbu.
Liu Kun showed great political skill, befriending Tuoba Yilu, the leader of the Baxian Bei, and relying on the Xianbei people to resist the attacks of Liu Cong and Shi Le of the Zhao Han Dynasty, and defeated their attacks several times.
After the Yongjia Rebellion, Liu Kun became the banner of the north against the Hu people, and there was an endless stream of people who took refuge. Liu Kun has more and more people under him, which makes Liu Kunzhi complacent, and he begins to be lustful and pro-villain, which makes many capable people leave. Now he is no longer the boy who smells the chickens and dances.
At the beginning of this year, Liu Cong sent Jin Chong and Bu Yi to besiege Jinyang, the administrative office of Jin and Prefecture, but failed due to Tuoba Yilu's troops to rescue him. But blessing and misfortune are not a single line, Xu Run, a native of Henan, was reused by Liu Kun because he knew the rhythm of music, but this person was incompetent and domineering. General Fenwei Ling Hu Sheng Jin said that Liu Kun would get rid of Xu Run, but he was falsely killed by Xu Run, causing the rebellion of his son Ling Hu Ni and others. Under the leadership of Linghu Ni, Liu Cong's generals Liu Cang and Liu Yao attacked Jinyang for the second time, and this time the Xiongnu army was violent, with tens of thousands of troops, which made Liu Kun breathless. And because of Ling Husheng's death and the panic in the state, this is what worries Liu Kun the most.
In fact, Liu Kun was not confused, he also knew that Ling Husheng was unjustly killed, but this Ling Husheng offended himself many times, making Liu Kun lose face many times, in order to maintain his authority, Liu Kun also took the opportunity to execute Ling Husheng, but Liu Kun never expected that this would bring a catastrophe to himself, and also let his subordinates fall apart, in just one month, the number of soldiers who fled was as high as tens of thousands, and the number of soldiers who left was countless, which made Jinyang's defense force seriously insufficient.
But he is now a state assassin, and he can't easily admit his mistakes, so although many of his subordinates asked to kill Xu Run, Liu Kun still refused, although he didn't like Xu Run very much, but it was related to his own face. And now he knows that killing Xu Run won't solve any problems, and Ling Fox Mud will not rejoin himself because of this, but will greatly reduce his authority. Not only that, but this made everyone think that Liu Kun was mediocre, and the number of fugitives was increasing day by day.
Just when Liu Kun was sighing and panicking, suddenly his subordinates came to report and Xu Run to see him. Liu Kun was furious, isn't this guy bad enough to hurt himself? If it weren't for his own face, he would have killed this person a long time ago, so Liu Kun directly refused to summon Xu Run, and Xu Run asked to see him.
Outside the gate of the Assassin's Mansion, a well-dressed man was anxiously waiting for Liu Kun to summon him, and the man who usually regarded his demeanor as heavier than his life didn't even care that the Tusun hat on his head was crooked. This person is Xu Run, whom Liu Kun hates, he knows that he has made a big disaster, and if he doesn't show his worth, he will never have good fruit to eat, so after a messenger who claims to be the Yizhou Iron and Blood Army visited him this morning, he actually met him for the first time without asking for benefits.
When he heard that the Iron Blood Army had thousands of cavalry and wanted to return to the state to assassinate Lord Liu, he finally found a way to save himself. If he recommends this army to Liu Kun, then it will be equivalent to sending charcoal in the snow, and maybe his own life will be left behind.
But he left Fu Yi and the others in the mansion, and he immediately prepared a horse and came to the Thorn Shi Mansion, but he didn't receive an interview from Liu Thorn Shi, which was very different from the previous time when he came to see Liu Kun, so he was even more urgent.
"Lord Xu, Lord Assassin Shi has official business, and I don't have time to see you, so please please. "The porter of the Assassin's Mansion is called Tian Dazui, this person claims to be a loyal and righteous man, and he is extremely contemptuous of Xu Run, a person who relies on his whiskers to slap his horse, Xu Run used to rely on the favor of the Assassin History, he had no choice, but now, he has confidence. Therefore, even if Xu Run broke the sky, coerced and enticed, begged for reason, and even told the importance of the thousands of people in the Iron and Blood Army, Tian Dazui firmly refused to report it a second time. Xu Run left in despair, but he didn't give up, Liu Kun has several important staff generals, as long as there is one to help, he still has hope, but it's a pity that the upright people are angry that Xu Run killed Ling Husheng, causing a big disaster to Jinyang, so he didn't see it at all. And those who have slippery beards have long been jealous of Xu Run's power, and now it is too late to see him unlucky and happy, how can they help him, so Xu Run ran for a day and was stunned that he did not complete such a seemingly simple thing.
Fu Yi waited anxiously in Xu Run's mansion, he cautiously rushed to Jinyang, and after patient inquiry, he found out some information about Jinyang. He went to meet Liu Kun, but unfortunately Liu Kun couldn't meet someone like Fu Yi who didn't know the details, and the porter who knew Liu Kun's temperament very well didn't even notify him, and it was not easy to hand over the money.
And Fu Yi could only bring the gift to the most favored Xu Run's house, and Xu Run received it, but Fu Yi would never know that Xu Run was also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it was difficult to protect himself. In the evening, Xu Run came back dejected, said a few words to his housekeeper, and Fu Yi and the others were gorgeously driven out of Xu Run's mansion.
Fu Yi, who was kicked out, was very angry with Xu Run, he spent so much treasure, but it didn't have any effect, although Xu Run didn't ask for money, but Fu Yi took care of Xu Run's mansion and spent almost half of the money he brought. Now that the money is gone, there is not much money for dozens of them to live in the hotel, and Fu Yi really doesn't know what to do.
Fu Yi still didn't give up, and stayed in Jinyang to find an opportunity to meet Liu Kun, and at this time Liu Kun also started to act against Zhao Han's attack. On the one hand, he sent the generals Zhang Qiao and Hao Shu to lead troops to block the Han and Zhao troops, and on the other hand, he begged for help like his sworn brother Tuoba Yilu, the leader of the Xianbei people. And he listened to the advice of his advisers and prepared to go to Yizhou to recruit soldiers, which gave Fu Yi the opportunity, he went to visit the conscript, but unfortunately he learned that the engagement had left, and stayed for a few days, Fu Yi and others ran out of ammunition and food, and could only prepare to return to Taihang.
It's a pity that when more than 50 of them went out of the city, they were stopped, although the state is close to the grassland, but because of the war, the horse farm has been destroyed, so there are very few war horses, and more than 50 war horses are not a small number, plus more than 50 of them are in the prime of life, or it is difficult to train cavalry, so they were about to go out to resist the Han Zhao army's general Zhang Qiao's troops pulled strong Ding.
Chu Yun didn't know about a series of changes at all, but a piece of news that Feng Chengjia inquired about caught Chu Yun's attention, and Liu Kun was recruiting soldiers in Zhongshan County and Changshan County. Although the county guards of the two counties were dissatisfied with the merger of states and meddling in the affairs of Yizhou, they did not dare to disobey it, so the order for conscription was still passed out meticulously.
But the conscription was not smooth, Yizhou was originally because of the war There were very few men in the prime of life, and the local government and wealthy families were also dissatisfied with the conscription of the state to Yizhou, so there were many obstacles, so they came for half a month to see how hundreds of people were recruited, which was a drop in the bucket for the war situation in the state.
Before he came, he boasted to Liu Kun about Haikou, but now this situation made him very embarrassed, and at this time several good horses entered Changshan County.
"Governor, shall we go directly to the door?" These people are none other than Chu Yun and his guards who came to contact him in person.
"Fu Yi should have been gone for more than two months, and I always feel that something has happened to him. Han Zhao's advance team is menacing, and it has already entered the territory of Bingzhou, if we want to get involved, we must do it as soon as possible, so we will go directly. Although Chu Yun didn't know the truth about Bingzhou, it was definitely not a good thing to take refuge in Liu Kun at this time, but Chu Yun knew that Shi Le was putting more and more pressure on him. Although Shi Le is now confronting Xiang Bing, Chu Yun feels that Xiang Bing will be defeated sooner or later, and when the time comes, there will be no way to hinder Shi Le's forces, and once Shi Le returns to Yizhou, then the Iron Blood Army will be in big trouble.
"Stop, who are you?" Chu Yun had just arrived outside the courtyard where Changshan County was preparing for Mo Han when he was stopped by someone, and Chu Yun walked over.
"This little brother, Mo Han is an old man, I hope you will give it a voice. Chu Yun put a piece of silver cake in the hand of the porter without a trace, and the porter glanced at it and was overjoyed.
"What's your name, how can I tell Mo Zhi?" The porter didn't lose his square inch because of the lot of bribes Chu Yun gave.
"You just need to tell Mo that I can help him with his errand this time, and you don't have to say anything else. Chu Yun said with a smile, and the porter made sure again and again before walking in.
"This porter is very good, although he is a little greedy, but he is still very disciplined. Chu Yun smiled and said to Guo Yong beside him, but Guo Yong didn't think so, he just felt that Chu Yun gave a little too much, it was a piece of silver cake.
Changshan County used to be a large county, with a population of more than 600,000, and the population of Changshan County alone was as many as 100,000, but unfortunately it was a long time ago, and now the population of Changshan County is tens of thousands, and the population of Changshan City is only 20,000 or 30,000. If you want to recruit soldiers among a population of 20,000 or 30,000, it is more difficult than ascending to the sky, Mo Han is ready to give up Changshan and go to Zhongshan County, he hopes to have a good harvest in Zhongshan. Just when Mo Han asked his old servant to pack up, the porter came to tell someone about the visit.
"Please. Mo Han heard the concierge's announcement, although he was very interested in what came from outside and could help him, but he still maintained his dignity as a thorn and did not go to greet him in person.
When Chu Yun came in, Mo Han was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai drinking tea, but he still couldn't help but sneak a glance at Chu Yun, Chu Yun's calm and unhurried aristocratic temperament made Mo Han can't help but stand up.
"Mo Han is engaged in the Assassin Mansion in Xia Bingzhou, I don't know what to call Brother Ren?" Mo Han involuntarily gave up his dominance, it was really that he was just a child of the lowest family, but Chu Yun's temperament was high, in this era of looking at his family background, it was no wonder that he put his posture so low.
"In Chu Yun, the Chu family in Xia Ye City, I am really happy to have the honor to see Mo Zhi today. Chu Yun smiled and saluted, Mo Han was thinking in his heart what kind of family the Chu family in Yecheng was, it was really that the Chu family was too low-key and not famous. But Mo Han still asked him to sit down very graciously.
The retreat of people in this era is very serious, Chu Yun sat with Mo Han for an hour, both of them were talking about their respective family backgrounds and ups and downs, Mo Han finally affirmed the identity of the children of Chu Yun's family, although it was very comfortable to talk to Chu Yun, but Mo Han really didn't want to waste time. Therefore, Mo Han's voice changed and he talked about the attack on Jincheng by the Han and Zhao States this time.
"Brother Chu, I don't know what you think about Han Zhao's attack on the state this time?" Mo Han looked at Chu Yun and asked, he didn't value Chu Yun's family background, because of this troubled era, no matter how big the family was, it would be wiped out, but because Mo Yun said that he could help him recruit troops, he talked to Chu Yun in the way the children of the family interacted in this era. In fact, he didn't know that Chu Yun was impatient than him, Chu Yun hated these metaphysical things the most, so when he heard that Mo Han finally stopped talking about some ups and downs, Chu Yun breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it is not easy to pretend to be a child of a family in this era.
"Brother Mo, this time Han Zhao is menacing, Liu Cang and Liu Yao are both fierce generals who have commanded the army for many years, and the army under them is also a fierce soldier who has been fighting for many years. In addition, they have a traitor Ling Hu Ni as a guide, so that Hu Ni knows the truth and reality of Bingzhou, although I don't know the real strength of Bingzhou now, but I think the situation is not much better, you are engaged in Bingzhou should know better than me, so I think this time the battle of Jinyang is really worrying. After Chu Yun finished speaking, Mo Han was silent, even Chu Yun, who didn't know the truth of the state, could see that the situation was not good, not to mention Mo Han, he petitioned to come to Changshan to recruit soldiers this time, firstly, he wanted to show himself in front of Liu Kun, and secondly, because he also felt that something could not be done, so he found an opportunity to escape and stayed away from Jinyang, a place of right and wrong.
"Brother Chu, what you said can help me complete the task, I don't know what to do?" Mo Han was just engaged in and didn't want to think about these important matters that he didn't have a say in, so he cared about his task instead.
Chu Yun saw the reality of the strong internal cadres outside the state through the dialogue with Mo Han, now that the tens of thousands of troops of Han and Zhao are attacking Jinyang, Liu Kun is powerless to resist at all, if he intervenes at this time, then his goal of becoming an official can be achieved, after all, Jinyang is in danger, but his iron-blooded army will definitely go to the front line of resistance, which Chu Yun can't accept. If you talk about a few thousand people, then you can still consider it, but against tens of thousands of people, it is by no means something that the iron-blooded army can contend with. But because Chu Yun was too eager at the beginning, and when he said it, Chu Yun couldn't break his word and get fat, otherwise he would not be able to gain the trust of the other party in the future, so when Chu Yun was thinking of a way, a man in armor walked in and relieved Chu Yun.
"Don't do it, Lord Thorn Shi is here in person, please go and see you. Mo Han was stunned, Chu Yun was also stunned, Liu Kun, as the assassin of Bingzhou, left Jinyang and appeared here at this time, and something big must have happened in Bingzhou.
ps: Dear readers, the data in this book is very bad, so I regarded it as a practice work, although this paragraph is in the outline, but I wrote it as a historical class, of course, it will turn back to martial arts, which is my selfish ability to sharpen my history. After writing so many chapters, I can only say that history is too difficult to write, and I have to check a lot of information for every historical figure and historical event, and I really have nothing to do, but I will still try my best to write it well.