"Isn't it painful to test disaster with your own body? If you are confused and know how to rebel, you can still avoid it." [Three Kingdoms·Wei Zhi]
It was May 25th, the third year of Ping Dynasty in the early Han Dynasty.
Xuanping Gate is located at the northernmost position in the east of Chang'an City. Most of the victorious and triumphant troops entered the city through this gate, so it was called "Xuanping Gate". Because the two sides of the gate are green when viewed from a distance, it is also called Qingmen among the people.
There is a gate tower built on it, called Xuanping Tower. The city gate leads directly to the east-west Xuanpingmen Street. The nearby Xuanpingli is the residential area of wealthy people after Beique Jiadi. Xuanping Gate is located in the east of Han Chang'an City.
It is an important gate. Armies have always attacked Chang'an from the east, often attacking this gate first and entering through this gate.
Xuanping Gate was burned down during the war when Chimei entered the Pass to overthrow Wang Mang's rule. Due to its important location, it was later restored and rebuilt by Guangwu Zhongwu. It now stands majestically beside the moat, with three doorways opening underneath.
, looking from a distance, it looks like a giant beast, opening its big mouth and swallowing a team into its belly.
Li Jue took the lead, walking in front of the team with Guo Si and others. In front of the wide moat, he reined in his horse, frowned and looked up at the tall tower, then looked back and looked straight at the deep and dark doorway. His heart pounded.
, is so real and powerful, and everything in front of you is so incredible.
He gathered hundreds of thousands of people and came from Shaanxi County in a mighty manner. In the end, he only fought an unskilled encounter in Xinfeng and after a brief handover of weapons at the foot of Chang'an City, he was captured.
Chang'an?
Li Jue still seemed to be living in a dream. In his opinion, the imperial garrison was still capable of fighting. Although he had many soldiers and generals, he was still afraid of the little emperor in the city. If this battle continues,
, in fact, it is difficult to predict the outcome. Even if you win afterwards, it will probably be a miserable victory.
He had imagined countless possibilities for this war, but he never thought it would be so easy!
Even if Cai Yong, who is friendly to everyone, comes to persuade him in person, even if the culprit Wang Yun has been killed, even if he and Guo Si have already made plans.
Li Jue still had some doubts about this matter, but he never figured out where the uneasiness in his heart came from. Before that, he visited Jia Xu's tent at night, hoping that Jia Xu could give him some useful advice.
Opinion.
Jia Xu said, "Now everyone in the army, except Hu Wencai and Yang Zhengxiu, has chosen to submit to the imperial court and is willing to stop the army and enter the city to enjoy wealth and wealth. How can the general's power alone go against the wishes of the entire army?"
"But this is too simple. No matter how I look at it, I feel something is wrong." Li Jue said worriedly: "If he ambushes soldiers and horses in the city and asks you to come in, wouldn't we all be trapped in it?"
Jia Xu knew that Li Jue was cunning and shrewd, and acted more carefully than Fan Chou and others thought. Now Li Jue and Guo Si had the strongest troops in the army, and Hu Zhen and Yang Ding, two powerful families in Liangzhou, also had some
Have prestige.
If these four people insist on refusing to enter the city, and if they also engage in annexation activities outside the city after Fan Chou and others enter the city, they will undoubtedly be a huge threat to the imperial court.
Fortunately, Li Jue did not think of this, and everyone in the army knew that the court had pardoned them, so the possibility of continuing to rebel with Li Jue was very small.
Jia Xu's mind changed rapidly. After thinking through the pros and cons, he sat here calmly and tried to dispel Li Jue's concerns: "General, the reason why we raised troops is to force the imperial court to grant amnesty and punish Wang Yun. Now that the imperial court has bowed its head, these two
Everything has been achieved, and the general and others do not need to sacrifice their lives to receive the title of nobility. What does the general have to worry about?"
"As for the general's concern, he is just worried that the imperial court will ambush soldiers and horses in the city. This is unnecessary. General, just imagine, if the imperial court really has this intention, who else besides Wang Yun can have such a powerful plan?"
After hearing this, Li Jue thought deeply and said: "That's right. Even the Grand Master admires Wang Yun's strategy. As for the rest, I haven't received any good comments from the Grand Master."
"Is it possible?" Li Jue suddenly had an idea and said, "Wang Yun is not dead?"
Before Jia Xu could answer, Li Jue denied it to himself: "It's impossible. Dong Cheng and Zhang Ji have already gone to the city to see it, and they definitely won't deceive me. So, once Wang Yun dies, the court will
Isn’t it possible that no one in the country came up with this plan?”
Jia Xu said: "We have hundreds of thousands of troops and rashly ambushed us in the city. Aren't we afraid that the whole army will mutiny? Even if there are such people, looking at the central government, no one has the prestige to suppress the mutiny."
Li Jue thought for a while and realized that what Jia Xu said was reasonable. Huangfu Song was the only one with such prestige in the court, but Huangfu Song was old and his courage had become less. When the situation was favorable, he could still be strong-willed, but now the situation is
It was obviously not conducive to the imperial court, and Huangfu Song would definitely not come forward to suppress it.
Thinking about it this way, he felt that he was worrying too much. Li Jue raised his eyes to look at Jia Xu and said with a smile: "Haha, in that case, let's go to the city to receive a reward and meet the little emperor. We will wait until we receive the titles.
Seal the ribbon, and if we leave the city and return to the camp, I hope the imperial court will not dare to use treacherous tactics against us."
Jia Xu immediately pretended to be planning for Li Jue and agreed: "What the general said is that now that the imperial court is inferior to others, why would he come up with such a plan? If the general still has concerns, it is better to send Li Li and others
Stay in the army and keep an eye on the military camp for the general. If something happens, you can immediately lead the army into the city for rescue."
Li Jue had this intention, so he immediately took Jia Xu to the big tent to discuss with everyone, and agreed to enter the city, leaving only Li Li, a trusted member of the tribe, and others to guard the army.
When Cai Yong, Zhao Wen and others saw that Li Jue was persuaded by Jia Xu, they all felt more at ease. When Hu Zhen, Yang Ding and others saw this, they also knew that they could not do anything and had no choice but to follow the masses.
Seeing that Hu Zhen and Yang Ding looked worried, Jia Xu comforted them and said: "You two didn't want to see Wang Yun determined to persecute Zhongliang, so Xinfeng turned against you. It was a righteous act, so what's wrong? Since the court now fully understands
With great righteousness, I will naturally not hold you two accountable for your faults."
Zhao Wen did not want to get involved in this matter, and echoed: "What Jia Xiaowei said is that the imperial court has said that it will forget the blame. Later, you two only need to apologize a little in front of the Taiwei and others, and the matter can be ignored.
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Hu Zhen and Yang Ding's expressions became a little brighter at this moment, and they felt a huge weight drop in their hearts.
The group was headed by generals such as Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, and Dong Cheng, each with hundreds or dozens of personal soldiers. Together with Zhao Wen and other envoys as escorts, a total of a thousand people entered the city.
Li Jue took one last look at the dark doorway, finally made up his mind, and rode into the city with his head held high.
What greeted them in the city was Situ Zhao Qian, an old acquaintance of Li Jue and others, who had been taken as Dong Zhuo's arm along with Wang Yun.
Li Jue knew Zhao Qian. When Zhao Qian was the captain of the Sili School, Dong Zhuo's favored chariot master Wang Shizi was executed by Zhao Qian because of repeated violations of the law. Dong Zhuo was furious, but Zhao Qian had always been respected by Dong Zhuo.
He was afraid, so he did not commit any additional crimes. Later, he led the army to attack Baibo Huangjin alone, and was ranked as one of the Three Dukes with Wang Yun.
I heard from Hu Zhen that Zhao Qian was dissatisfied and depressed because Wang Yun excluded him from the plan to kill Dong. Li Jueben also wanted to take the opportunity to win over Zhao Qian and let Zhao Qian follow Hu Zhen's example and defect on the battlefield and open the city gate to welcome the army.
It's a pity that Zhao Qian is now the leader of the ministers and is no longer someone that Li Jue can win over.