Three hundred and sixtieth eighth chapter forced counterattack
Chapter 368 Bi-anti
Huangfu Song made arrangements for the camp and returned to Chang'an the next day. Taiwei Ma Rixi and General Zhu Jun of the Left led a group of civil and military personnel to greet Huangfu Song. Lu Bu returned in triumph, and his eldest son Huangfu Zuo was also among them.
What happened was exactly what Huangfu Song had expected. He learned from Huangfu Zuo that during the two days of his absence, Wang Yun launched a bloody purge against Dong Zhuo's clan members, former subordinates, and old officials, and thousands of them were killed.
Huangfu Song turned to Zhu Jun and said, "Why didn't Gongwei stop him?"
"Stop it? How to stop it?" Zhu Jun smiled bitterly upon hearing this.
On the one hand, Wang Yun was afraid that Dong Zhuo's cronies would be as obedient as he was and plot secretly, lest he repeat Dong Zhuo's mistakes, so he might as well kill them all to avoid future troubles. Secondly, Wang Yun was not alone in this operation. A group of people who were dead played a role in fueling the flames.
Dong Zhuo was also an old official of Yuan Wei. It can even be said that Dong Zhuo's rise was due to his talent, and Yuan Wei's support cannot be ignored. Dong Zhuo not only failed to be grateful, but instead killed his old master and his Manchu clan. This has been the case since the Han Dynasty. It is unique and cannot be tolerated by nature. In addition, because of the Wu Fu assassination incident last year, Dong Zhuo raised his butcher knife and killed thousands of people. The deceased officials of the Yuan family suffered the most. This bloody feud must be avenged. Now that Dong Zhuo is dead, the opportunity has come. Of course, he will take crazy revenge.
"..." Huangfu Song was silent for a while. Wang Yun was arrogant and confident, so naturally he would not easily listen to what others said.
"And..." Having said this, Zhu Jun shook his head.
"And what?"
Zhu Jun said slowly: "The prince has decided to recruit Niu Fu, Dong Yue, Fan Chou, Li Meng, Hu Zhen, Yang Ding and other Dong Zhuo foreign generals. They must return to the capital within ten days to report on their duties. If they exceed the time limit, they will all be punished for treason. The Yi tribe. The generals have no way to retreat. They must either return to the capital and be slaughtered, or they can rise up and risk their lives to fight. These people are all veteran generals who have been on the battlefield for ten or even decades. They will never sit still and wait for death. As you can imagine, A war is about to break out. It will continue until death."
Huangfu Song sighed: "There is obviously a better way, why is the prince so forced?"
"Does Yi Zhen really not know?"
"..." How could Huangfu Song not know this?
Zhu Jun added: "However, Yizhen surrendered more than 20,000 Dong Zhuo's elite Reebok cavalry this time. The strength of the imperial court has greatly increased. If he calls on the hussar cavalry again, Yuan Jingzhou will eliminate the rebellion, and it may not be possible to defeat Dong Zhuo's remaining party in one battle."
"I hope everything will be as Gongwei said." Huangfu Song said this, but secretly shook his head. Not to mention Gai Jun, Yuan Shu had his own agenda and joined forces with them to seek skin from the tiger. As for the Liangzhou generals, although Zhu Jun As a famous general, he was from Guandong after all. He had never been on the battlefield in Western Xinjiang. He had limited understanding of the generals in Liangzhou and underestimated them. Huangfusong was from Liangzhou and had served as the commander-in-chief of the border army. He considered himself to be very knowledgeable about the generals in Liangzhou. He knew quite well that they were definitely many times more difficult to deal with than Zhu Jun imagined.
The group of people were chatting and walking, passing by a market, Huangfu Song suddenly stopped talking, looking at Dong Zhuo's corpse in the market, the sky lantern being lit, and the Chang'an people who were in a state of madness and joy, and felt a variety of emotions in his heart.
Huangfu Zuo said: "Father..."
Huangfu Song didn't say a word, he raised his eyes to look at the looming and majestic Weiyang Palace in the distance, sighed, and set off again.
Huangfu Song entered the palace gate and went straight to the chancellery. Sure enough, Wang Yun was here. He was discussing political affairs with Sun Rui, the new chancellor. When he saw Huangfu Song arriving, he stood up with a smile to greet him.
After Huangfu Song exchanged a few words of greetings, he said sternly: "Dong Zhuo has been in power for several years, which has caused the sea to boil, and bad resentments among the people and the people have arisen from all directions. The country has declined to this point, and I still hate Dong Zhuo for being the cause of disaster, and I think the princes will do the same. Servant
I know that the prince is eager to revive the country, but Dong Zhuo is dead and his power is still there. There are no less than one hundred thousand soldiers and horses in Guanzhong. If you are not careful, you will be destroyed."
Wang Yun's smile gradually faded, and he said in a neutral tone: "What General Huangfu wants to say, you might as well say it clearly."
"The prince's recruitment of Dong Zhuo's remnant party is really suspected of being too hasty. This matter should be considered in the long term." Huangfu Song knew that saying this would make the relationship between him and Wang Yun more tense, but he still said it, for no other reason.
But for the sake of society.
Wang Yun's face was ashen. He had been in charge of state affairs for the past two days and used thunderbolt methods. He kept his words in the court. No one dared to raise objections. Huangfu Song was the first one in recent days. Wang Yun clearly felt that his authority was being undermined.
Threat, but Huangfu Song's famous works have won the hearts of the military, so he had to hold back a breath and said: "What General Huangfu said is indeed reasonable, but the envoy came out of the capital with the imperial edict and was unable to catch up."
Huangfu Song opened his mouth, which eventually turned into a sigh. After saying this, he still had no choice but to say goodbye and leave.
Wang Yun escorted Huangfu Song to the door of Shangshutai, and watched the latter's back go away, his face uncertain. After a while, Lu Bu arrived and told Huangfu Song how to enter Dong camp. Finally, he suggested dividing his power to prevent him from losing his tail and becoming a king.
The second Dong Zhuo.
Wang Yun narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking...
The current military strength of the Chang'an court includes more than 10,000 forbidden troops in the city, 10,000 Huangfu Li's troops, more than 20,000 Shanglinyuan (Dong Zhuo) camp, and 10,000 Zuo Fengyi's Gaoling Duanchuan tribe, totaling more than 50,000 people. Huangfu Song holds Shanglinyuan in his hands.
In the camp, Huangfu Li's troops had more than 30,000 elite soldiers, accounting for most of the total force. Duan Xuan and his fellow villagers also mostly favored him.
If Huangfu Song was given time to eliminate his dissidents, pacify his confidants, and then lead his army on an expedition and win a few battles, I'm afraid that the day he returns to Beijing would be the time to "take him and replace him."
What Lu Bu said is reasonable. It is indeed not appropriate to let Huangfu Song hold the power for a long time. However, the current situation is not optimistic and we cannot take away all his power...
On the next day, the imperial edict appointed Huangfu Li as the general to fight against the rebels Zhonglang. He led 10,000 troops to the front line of Zheng County east of Chang'an to guard against Niu Fu and Hongnong Dong Yue in Hedong. General Huangfu Song of Wei and General Lu Bu of Fenwei were stationed in Chang'an to command the troops.
For the imperial army, Zhu Jun, the general of the left, left the capital and entered Shanglin Garden, guarding the capital internally and guarding Fan Chou externally.
On that day, the Chinese and Chinese forces joined forces to kill Dong Zhuo, and the city gates of Chang'an were closed tightly until Huangfu Song came with good news, and then they were reopened. For a time, the soldiers and people were surging, and the gates were crowded, and spies from all over the country were among them.
, as soon as they left the city, they immediately rode quickly towards the territory.
The first people to get the news were undoubtedly Dong Zhuo's old men, among whom Niu Fu from Hedong and Dong Yue from Hongnong were the fastest.
Dong Zhuo is dead
This news hit Dong Yue's heart like a thunderbolt. His face was as white as snow, and he felt faintly suffocated. Dong Yue was Dong Zhuo's son, that is, his clan nephew. He was only in his early thirties, but he had served in the army for more than ten years.
Only by employing soldiers steadily and with surprising changes can he surpass the Dong family. Dong Zhuo loved him very much and repeatedly called him the Dong family's thousand-mile horse.
"Wencai, what should we do now?" Dong Yue has always been known for his calmness and maturity. Now he asked Hu Zhen for advice. His face was full of confusion and fear. He was obviously frightened by this sudden bad news. It can be seen that this news had a huge impact on him.
Hu Zhen squeezed the knife in his hand tightly, his facial features were twisted into a ball, showing his ferociousness, and he said word by word: "Old dog Wang Yun, slave Lu Buyong, they are so cruel, they want to kill us all."
Not only Dong Zhuo died, but Dong Min and Dong Huang also died. All the Dong family members who stayed in Chang'an died. Even Dong Zhuo's closest confidants and his deceased officials did not escape the disaster.
Dong Yue clan brother and school captain Dong Ji stood up and said: "What else is there to say? Since the court won't let us live, we will fight with them."
There were more than ten generals in the tent, half of them rose up to respond, and the other half remained silent. There is no doubt that the former are all Dong Zhuo clan members and close followers, and they can only resist if they want to survive, while the latter are either collateral clan members, or Han generals, and
Dong Zhuo has little to do with it.
Hu Zhen's eyes quickly swept across the large tent, taking in the generals' reactions one by one and silently remembering them in his heart.
Dong Yue was distraught and ordered his generals not to reveal the news of Dong Zhuo's death. Anyone who dared to disobey would be killed without mercy. Then he dismissed them all and left them alone in the tent.
Time passed moment by moment, and Dong Yue stayed in the tent for a whole day. During this period, he did not eat any wheat or drink any water. The panic in his eyes also dissipated little by little as time went by, and turned into
Solid.
Before sunset, the envoy from Chang'an arrived at the camp in Shaanxi County and read the edict in public.
Hearing that the emperor summoned Dong Yue and Hu Zhen returned to the capital to report on his duties, the generals behaved in different ways. It was Dong Ji who jumped out with his sword, pressed it against the envoy's neck, and said viciously: "Going back to the capital to report on your duties? Are you going back to the capital to send your mother to death? Take us for granted."
Idiot?"
Dong Yue and Hu Zhen looked at each other and remained silent.
The envoy saw that the generals in the tent did not seem to have the same mind, and became more confident. He pointed at Dong Ji's nose and reprimanded: "I am an envoy of the emperor, and you dare to threaten me with a knife. Aren't you afraid of harming your family?"
"It's a disaster for the family, it's a disaster for the family..." Dong Ji covered his face and laughed. Tears flowed from his fingers. The hand holding the knife kept shaking. A gash was cut on the messenger's neck in an instant, and the blood flowed endlessly. The messenger
He was so horrified that he immediately shut up and did not dare to say anything more.
Seeing Dong Ji's crazy behavior of laughing and crying, several generals who wanted to dissuade him stopped and stopped.
Dong Ji let go of his hand, his rough square face covered with tears. He stared at a pair of scarlet eyes and grinned: "It will harm my family? Hahahaha, my family are all in Chang'an. Tell me, I still have family now."
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The envoy's face changed drastically, a white light suddenly flashed through, and the envoy's head flew away from the body with a plume of delicate blood.
With a "bang", the headless corpse fell to the ground.
Dong Ji raised his knife and laughed wildly...
After letting Dong Ji vent for a long time, Dong Yue, who had been silent all the time, called the guards outside the tent, carried away the messenger's body, sat down in the commander's seat, and said to the generals who had different thoughts: "What I mean.
I think you all already understand, how about it?"
Dong Ji put the bloody knife in his hand on the desk in front of him, looked at the generals in the tent, and said with a murderous look on his face: "The imperial court is so forced, we have no way out, no one will have any illusions about the imperial court anymore?"
"It's all up to the lieutenant to make the decision." All the generals stood up one after another.
"Very good..." Dong Yue nodded with satisfaction. When the envoys entered the camp, it would be difficult to conceal the news of Dong Zhuo's death. The first task was to send the generals back to appease the good soldiers. At the same time, in order to express his determination to fight against the imperial court, Dong Yue also
In retaliation for Wang Yun, Lü Bu massacred Dong Zhuo's clan members and close associates in Chang'an. He sent an order to capture more than a thousand men and women from Bingzhou in the camp and beheaded them all.
As for himself, he closed accounts with Hu Zhen and Dong Ji to discuss important matters. "Niu Zhonglang has probably received the news by now. I plan to cross Hebei in person to discuss countermeasures with him..."
Dong Ji said it was good, and if he united with Niu Fu, he would have a greater chance of winning in the counterattack on Chang'an.
Hu Zhen, however, has a strange face. Dong Yue is a first-class person in terms of leadership, skills, and conduct. He is very similar to Dong Zhuo, but there is one thing about him that is not as good as Dong Zhuo. This is also the point where his future achievements are destined to be difficult to match Dong Zhuo's.
, that is, xing lattice.
His character is too gentle and not ruthless. This may not be a big deal when he is a general, but it makes the superiors feel more at ease. But now that Dong Zhuo is dead and all the generals stand side by side, this is a big flaw. What's more terrible is
Yes, he is very skillful with outsiders, but he is not on guard against "his own family".
Hu Zhen dared to assert that once Dong Yue entered Hedong, he would definitely be killed by Niu Fu.
"Dong Zhonglang, you must not go on this trip." Hu Zhen thought about it and decided to persuade Dong Yue. He had never thought that Dong Yue was killed by Niu Fu, and he had no master in the army, so he took the opportunity to stand on his own. But although he
There were many generals under Dong Zhuo's command, but they were not his relatives after all. In addition, the soldiers were worried about Dong Zhuo's death. If Dong Yue died again, his morale would collapse and they would scramble to escape. Even if he had extraordinary abilities, he would not be able to save himself.
"Oh? Why is this?" Dong Yue and Dong Ji both looked at Hu Zhen in surprise.
Hu Zhen tried his best to explain in gentle language: "It is true that Niu Zhonglang is related to Dong Gong by marriage, but after all, they do not have the same surname. It only takes a divorce letter to sever ties with Dong Gong. Zhonglang's departure is really
Throw yourself into a trap."
Dong Yue disapproved and said: "Hudong County is too worried. Wang Yun, the old dog, is so arrogant that he not only wants to kill the Dong family, but also wants to kill all the people in Liangzhou, including Niu Zhonglang. If he doesn't want to sit back and wait for death, he should
How could you kill me if you join forces with me..."
When Hu Zhen saw this, he had no choice but to open the skylight and speak frankly: "Wang Yun's old dog has done his best to make Dong Gong's direct line suffer. Now the only ones who can unite the disciples and lead the group are Zhonglang and Niu Zhonglang..."
This statement was so straightforward that even Dong Ji, who was a reckless man, understood it, not to mention Dong Yue, whose expression gradually became serious.
Finally, Hu Zhen said slowly: "Zhonglang or Niu Zhonglang, who should be the leader?"
"..." Dong Yue suddenly changed his color. Yes, he is Dong Zhuo's nephew, and Niu Fu is Dong Zhuo's daughter-in-law, and both of them have heavy military support and support, so who should be the leader? The simplest and most direct way is
One of them died...
"Perhaps I am overly worried, but in emergencies, I have to be cautious, and my heart is never wrong." When Hu Zhen said this, he pointed at Dong Ji and said: "Dong Xiaowei is also a relative of Dong Gong's family.
, sending him as an envoy can also show the importance of Zhonglang, I wonder what Zhonglang wants?"
Dong Yue looked at Dong Ji, who nodded immediately without any hesitation. After all, although Niu Fu married Dong Zhuo's daughter, he was still an outsider in his eyes. When the two were fighting, he naturally favored Dong Yue.
"I'll leave everything to you." Dong Yue patted Dong Ji's shoulder and said solemnly.
Dong Ji said: "Without further delay, I will cross the river tonight..."