The capital, in the wine cellar in the first palace of the emperor. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yuan Ying and other old ministers knelt beside Yuan Xie, their faces were full of joy. Zhong Xuan took the lead in opening his mouth: "On the sage, the champion Hou united the princes of the Nineteenth Road, and raised troops to defeat Dong Meng together, and Xiliang Taishou Ma Teng was contained in Dong Meng's lair, and now, the coalition volunteers have conquered the tiger prison and are chasing and killing Li Ru and Qi Tian's remains, I believe that in a few days, Yuan Junhou will be able to enter the capital and kill Dong Meng." ”

Yuan Xie still had a happy look on his immature face, and hurriedly asked: "Do you know which nineteen princes are the princes of the Nineteenth Road? These people are loyal ministers, and I will reward them heavily in the future." ”

Huangfu Chu replied: "The first town, the later general, Nanyang Taishou Yuan Bai, the second town, Yanzhou Assassin Shi Yuandai, ...... Hou Yuanqi, the general and champion of the 18th town hussar. In addition, Zhong Lingjun has already said just now that there is also Xiliang Ma Teng in Xiliang to contain him. ”

Yuan Xie pondered in his heart, and asked suspiciously: "Didn't you say that the princes of the Nineteenth Road?

Yuan Ying replied: "There is another person, in fact, he is not a prince, this person's name is Taishan, he used to be the plain minister, and later when Zhang Ju rebelled, he abandoned the official and disappeared. Knowing that the princes from all walks of life would ally to discuss Dong, he didn't know where it came from. ”

Zhu Huan suddenly said: "Shengshang, when he was recruiting the Red Turban Army for his ministers ten years ago, he had several encounters with this Taishan, and this person was very kind on the face, but he always gave people a feeling that his kindness seemed to have been deliberately modified. However, this person has some ability, and he has two fierce generals under him, both of whom have the courage of ten thousand people. ”

Zhong Xuan interjected: "Anyway, having such a person is also a help." Yuan Junhou's strength alone, after all, is a little thin, if this Mount Tai can become Yuan Junhou's arm, it is not a good thing. ”

While everyone was discussing, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the cellar. This is the code that Yuan Ying set with everyone at the beginning, every odd-numbered day, it will use three long and two short knocking sounds, and every even-numbered day, it will use two short and three long knocking sounds. Yuan Ying also learned from Yuan Qi in doing this, which was able to effectively prevent Yuan Xie's hiding place from being leaked.

Huang Fuchu walked over and opened the door, and a figure flashed into the wine cellar, and then quickly turned his hand and closed the door of the wine cellar. Everyone looked carefully, and it turned out to be Song Qiong, the captain of the city gate. At the beginning, when Zhang Shao of Wancheng led the remnants of the red scarves to gather people to make trouble, Yuan Qi had selected soldiers in the army, and Song Qiong was selected by Yuan Qi to join the army. Later, when Yuan Qi pacified Wancheng and returned to Beiping, Song Qiong and Song Xi brothers did not go to Youzhou with Yuan Qi because their families were in the capital, but returned to the capital.

It is precisely because the Song Qiong brothers once followed Yuan Qi and were promoted because of this, so the two brothers have always been respectful to Yuan Qi's father Yuan Ying, and after Yuan Ying secretly tested, he confirmed that the two brothers were loyal to the Yuan family, so they were also drawn into the same camp.

Song Qiong first hurriedly bowed to Yuan Xie, and then said hurriedly: "The big thing is not good, according to reliable information, the princes have joined forces and dispersed!"

When everyone in the wine cellar heard this, they were all shocked, the alliance of the princes of the Nineteenth Route was like a bamboo, and they had already conquered the Tiger Pass, marched into the capital, and killed Dong Meng was just around the corner, how could they disperse at such a critical moment?

Yuan Xie's face instantly became gloomy, and there was even some tremor in his voice: "What the hell, what's going on?"

Song Qiong swallowed his saliva with difficulty, sorted out his thoughts, and then split the coalition army into two camps, Yuan Qi led the army to pursue, and most of the princes made a general statement about the matter of watching from the wall. It is also thanks to Song Qiong that he is the captain of the city gate, responsible for the inventory of the various city gates in the capital, so he can inquire about the reason for the disintegration of the princes of the Nineteenth Road so quickly.

After listening to Song Qiong's story, Huang Fuchu had a shocked look on his face, and said bitterly: "In this way, the princes of the Nineteenth Route have been split into two factions, Yuan Junhou and others are in the minority and advocate ********, while Yuan Ding and most others are stagnant in the tiger prison and want to watch from the wall?"

Yuan Xie slapped the wall in anger and said angrily: "Yuan Ding, this bastard who misled the country and the king! He dared to openly oppose the imperial brother, what position did he put me? Could it be that I am just a bargaining chip for him to gain political capital?

Song Qiong was not shocked, and continued: "The Holy One is angry. It could be even worse. Ugong Terulie took the lead in leading troops to pursue Li Ru and Qi Tian's troops, but was ambushed by Li Ru's design, and his military horses were completely lost. After hearing the news of the defeat of Unomiya Teruje, that Taishan immediately led his troops back and returned to the Tiger Prison Pass. Now, only the princes of Yuanjunhou, Liaoxi Taishou Gongsun Ruyun, Changsha Taishou Sun Jian and Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang have come to Qinwang, and the total number of people from these four roads is less than 50,000. ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked up to the sky and sighed, with a sad look on their faces.

Yuan Xie sat down in a daze, and said listlessly: "Could it be that at the critical moment, there are only a few loyal people?"

Looking at Yuan Xie's decadent expression, Song Qiong felt a faint pain in his heart, but the current situation was critical, and he really couldn't hide these facts. Suddenly remembering something, Song Qiong suddenly raised her head, took out a piece of silk cloth from her arms, and said in a loud voice: "By the way, the minister almost forgot a major event! This is sent by Mr. Sima Jia Yuan, a military officer under the command of Yuanjun Hou, and the people who came to say that the strategy to destroy the thief is all in it." ”

When Yuan Xie heard that it was sent by Yuan Qi, he hurriedly reached out and took the silk cloth and looked at it carefully. In fact, Yuan Qi really didn't know about this matter, and Jia Yuan sent someone to send it to Song Qiong on his own initiative. There are only a few words on the silk cloth, which probably means that if you want to destroy Dong Meng, the best way is to break the fortress built by Dong Meng from the inside, and this breakthrough is to find a way to provoke the contradiction between Dong Meng and Qi Tian.

After Yuan Xie finished reading the fast silk cloth, his panicked heart became calm again. No matter when and where, as long as there is a place of origin, there will be miracles, and as long as there is the help of yuanqi, you will be safe. This is the trust that Yuan Xie has lost to Yuan Qi for a long time. Handing the silk cloth in his hand to Yuan Ying and the others, Yuan Xie said: "You all see, do what the imperial brother wants, I believe him." ”

Yuan Ying and the others circulated the silk cloth, and Wang Nuo patted his thigh and said: "Wonderful! Qi Tian is now commanding 40,000 Bingzhou troops, and the original Bingzhou assassin Shi Dingli was forced to death by Dong Meng and Li Ru. If Dong Meng and Qi Tian turn against each other, I am afraid that these 40,000 merger state troops will immediately turn against each other, and when the time comes, the saint will pull Qi Tian over, which is equivalent to mastering the 40,000 merge state army, and then cooperate with Yuan Jun and Marquis, and the big thing will be done!"

Jia Yuan's desperate poisonous plan was secretly carried out behind Yuan Qi's back, because Jia Yuan knew that with Yuan Qi's character, he would definitely not agree to this plan to include Qi Tian, but this strategy was the most sure path to success, with Jia Yuan's keen observation of people's hearts, he foresaw that Dong Meng would definitely not be able to tolerate Qi Tian, or in other words, Dong Meng would not be able to tolerate Qi Tian's 40,000 state troops. Only by provoking the contradiction between Dong Meng and Qi Tian can Yuan Qi smoothly attack the capital city, and when Dong Meng dies, when the time comes, Yuan Qi will have one more fierce general under his command, this kind of best of both worlds, Jia Yuan thinks it is very cost-effective, so he will secretly send someone to send this silk cloth to Song Qiong.

Everyone in the wine cellar gathered together and discussed for a while, and for the time being, they only made a rough plan, but every detail still had to be carefully scrutinized to ensure that nothing went wrong. This is the only chance for Yuan Xie to turn around, and everyone does not dare to be reckless.

Seeing that the time spent in the cellar was not short, and if it continued to be suspicious, everyone had to end the meeting. At the time of parting, Zhong Xuan suddenly said to Yuan Ying: "Brother Yuan Ying, according to a certain opinion, you should not show up for the time being, Yuan Junhou is the leader of the coalition army, and he has assassinated Dong Meng, once Dong Meng is angry with you, I am afraid that it will cause death." It's better for Brother Yuan Ying to stay here to accompany the saint for the time being, and in the evening, someone will arrange for someone to send Zhenjun over. "The Zhenjun in Zhong Xuan's mouth is Yuan Ying's eldest son and Yuan Qi's brother Yuan He.

felt that what Zhong Xuan said was very reasonable, and the others also persuaded Yuan Ying to stay temporarily, and promised that Yuan He would be sent over intact before dark today, and finally even Yuan Xie also exported to keep Yuan Ying, and Yuan Ying agreed.