"In the spring of the third year of Jian'an in the Han Empire, the allied forces of the princes and the barbarian army of the Southern Wilderness fought in the Gepo Plain. The Yellow Turban Ming King Qin Yang took the lead and defeated the barbarian army's barbaric formation. During this battle, the situation changed and the blood flowed into rivers, and bones were like mountains. The barbarian king Meng Huo
Life or death was uncertain, and Nanhuang surrendered to the military power of the Ming Dynasty. On the same day, Yuan Shu's 30,000-strong armored army on the west route was defeated, and the governor Zhang Xun led the remaining troops to escape back to Shouchun in embarrassment. The allied forces of the princes marched forward with great success, and within a month they arrived at Shouchun City.
Next."——"The Biography of the Three Kingdoms"
Outside Shouchun City, the allied forces of the princes camped.
All the generals gathered in the Jinding tent. After the battle at Gepo, all the princes in the world knew that Emperor Zhong's Yuan Shu was gone. In less than a month, Lu Bu's Xuzhou army defeated Ji Ling's army in Lingbi.
Liu Biao of Jingzhou also won a complete victory in the Ruxu war of words. After landing at Chaohu, the 200,000 Jingxiang navy attacked the important town of Hefei in Yangzhou and would join forces with Qin Yang's army soon.
At this time, Emperor Zhong Yuan Shu also sent an envoy to the Golden Summit tent with Emperor Zhong's secret letter.
"Young man Li Feng has met His Royal Highness the Yellow Turban King Ming." In the large tent, surrounded by generals, Li Feng, dressed as a scholar in a long gown, saluted Qin Yang respectfully.
"Li Feng? I heard that you are the Great Sikong of Emperor Zhong. What? Did you bring me the letter of surrender from Emperor Zhong today?" Qin Yang said lightly.
As soon as these words came out, all the generals in the camp laughed. Now all the fronts are victorious. After experiencing several defeats, there are only one hundred thousand remaining soldiers in Shouchun City, and the army has no fighting spirit and the people are panicked. Even the people in the city are in panic.
Everyone in the market knows that Yuan Shu, the Zhong Emperor, is doomed. Now all we have to do is wait for the arrival of allied forces to capture Shouchun in one go.
Facing Qin Yang's contempt and the generals' sneers, Li Feng's expression changed slightly but he did not get angry. He just said lightly: "Reporting to His Highness King Ming, our Shouchun City is the most fortified city in Yangzhou, with hundreds of thousands of armored men in the city.
There are countless people who have hoarded military supplies. If I, Emperor Zhong, ask for surrender, wouldn’t it be a joke to the world?"
Qin Yang snorted lightly and said disdainfully: "Oh, so it seems that our allies have overestimated their capabilities? Then I wonder why Master Sikong came to my golden-domed tent now? What if he came to declare a war?
Yes, please rest assured, Sir Sikong. Although our allied forces are weak, we will definitely not defeat Emperor Zhong’s desire to fight."
There was another burst of laughter in the big tent. But Li Feng bowed again as usual and said: "Li Feng is not here to declare a challenge this time..."
"Hmph! You won't fight, but you won't surrender. Could it be that you came here just to entertain our allied soldiers? If so, even if there is a rule that the two armies are fighting and not killing each other, I, Qin Yang, will be indispensable.
I'm going to break it again today!" Qin Yang slammed the table and shouted angrily.
Recently, Qin Yang's temper has been very bad. Although the battle to encircle and suppress Emperor Zhong was fought with victory, the generals in the coalition rarely saw His Royal Highness the Yellow Turban Ming King chatting and laughing as usual. At this moment, there was nothing
They would doubt that Qin Yang might really kill Li Feng in a fit of rage, who came to the Golden Summit tent regardless of life or death.
In an instant, a murderous atmosphere suddenly arose in the golden-domed tent. The generals of the Yellow Turban Army also glared at Li Feng one after another. As long as Qin Yang said one more word, Li Feng would probably immediately have his head sprayed with blood.
step.
Feeling that Qin Yang seemed to be really angry, Li Feng's eyes began to show a look of awe. He hurriedly bowed again and said: "Your Highness, please calm down. Li Feng definitely did not intend to entertain Your Highness, but I, His Majesty the Emperor Zhong, have obtained
A very shocking news. And this news is also related to His Highness Prince Ming’s Qianqiu hegemony, so my lord sent a villain to deliver this news to Your Highness. I hope His Highness can put the overall situation first!"
"News?!" Qin Yang's heart moved. Although he was angry, it did not affect his reason. At this time, seeing that Li Feng's expression had changed. The purpose of intimidating the peak had been achieved, so he said lightly: "What news?
Say it."
After Li Feng hesitantly looked at the generals in the tent, he did not dare to say anything more. He only took out a piece of silk from his arms and respectfully presented it to Qin Yang's desk and said: "Your Highness
, this is my lord’s handwriting. This matter is important, so please read it carefully..."
Seeing how mysterious Li Feng was, Qin Yang couldn't help but frown and stretched out his hand to unfold the silk. But he could only see half of it. All the generals had already noticed that Qin Yang's expression changed drastically, and even his eyes became extremely solemn.
After a while, Qin Yang finished reading the letter and let out a sigh of relief. He raised his head and said to Li Feng, "You go down and rest first. I will call you over when I reply to the letter."
After that, Qin Yang glanced at the camp full of generals and said calmly: "It's getting late today, so everyone should go back to the camp to reorganize the army and prepare for war... The three military advisors are staying here. I have something to say."
At this time, everyone naturally knew that Qin Yang must have encountered an extremely important matter and needed to discuss it secretly with several military advisors. Everyone saluted Qin Yang very wisely and then left the Golden Summit tent one after another.
When only Qin Yang, Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai and Jia Xu were left in the golden tent, Qin Yang took a long breath, threw away the silk in his hand and said lightly: "It's really
I didn’t expect that such a change would happen..."
Guo Jia was the closest to Qin Yang. When he saw Qin Yang being so cautious, he also felt doubtful and unfolded the silk to watch.
"What?! How is this possible?" After Guo Jia looked at it, he handed the silk silk to Jia Xu and Xi Zhicai, and his expression became extremely solemn.
The silk silk was written by Yuan Shu, the Emperor of the Zhong family, and the content was extremely flattering and lengthy. However, the news contained in it shocked everyone present.
"Is there anything impossible? The Sima family in Jizhou is the leading family in Jizhou. It controls almost the entire economic lifeline of Jizhou and is also one of the main providers of food and supplies for Yuan Shao's army. With their support, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao's millions in Guandu.
It is not difficult to have an army." Jia Xu said calmly.
Xi Zhicai chuckled and said: "In addition, according to this silk book, when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought this time, most of the weapons and equipment used by Yuan Shao's troops were defective. This must have been the fault of the Sima clan.
Bar?"
When Qin Yang heard about this, he shook his head feebly and said: "The attack on Yuan Shaojun's rations was due to Sima Yi and Xu You, but with these weapons and equipment, I did a big favor to Cao Cao..."
Speaking of this, Guo Jia and others suddenly remembered that this batch of ordnance was sold to Yuan Shao at a "low price" by Qin Yang when he was in the imperial capital. Originally, Qin Yang's plan was to wait until the war with Yuan Shao in the future.
He was able to trick Yuan Shao once, but he didn't expect to make Cao Cao's wedding dress. When he thought of this, Qin Yang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"That's not right." Guo Jia pondered for a moment and said: "If according to what this letter says, Sima Yi helped Cao Cao capture Yuan Shao alive in Jizhou City, and has successfully gained control of the four states in the north, then our scouts
We should also get the news, but why haven’t we received the battle report yet?!”
Qin Yang shook his head and smiled and said: "If our scouts report the northern war, they will definitely pass by Yanzhou. Cao Cao is extremely meticulous in his work, how can he let the news reach me as soon as possible? He first occupied the four northern states, and people's hearts were
Although he has the puppet Yuan Shao, he still can't win over all the people. So he will try his best to gain time to win over the people and strengthen his troops. Only in this way can we avoid us taking advantage of his unstable footing.
However, I think even so, I am afraid that the battle report between Ma Teng and Han Sui will arrive soon."
Everyone nodded, with a hint of worry in their expressions. No wonder Cao Cao delayed sending troops to aid Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, and chose to fight against Yuan Shao alone at the risk of not being able to encircle Yuan Shao. It turned out that Cao Cao had already planned to seize the city.
The four northern states still used the old trick of "holding the emperor hostage to order the princes".
Guo Jia pondered for a moment and said: "But in this case, isn't Cao Cao facing another trouble? Since he wants to use Yuan Shao, the Emperor Bo, as a puppet, what about the Han emperor in Xuchang?"
Xi Zhicai sighed and said: "It seems that there must be experts around Cao Cao to help. It seems that our plans are all in Cao Cao's calculations..."
"You mean..." Qin Yang was startled for a moment, and instantly understood what Xi Zhicai meant. He couldn't help but said out loud: "Do you mean that Cao Cao has already calculated that we will instigate Liu Bei, Dong Cheng and others in Xuchang City?"
people?!"
"Report——! Your Highness, the Xuchang scouts have urgent military information to report!" At this moment, the guard's report suddenly came from outside the golden dome tent.
"Xuchang?! Let him in!" Qin Yang's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Reporting to Your Highness, news came from Xuchang Pegasus. Imperial uncle Liu Bei and uncle Dong Cheng mutinied in Xuchang and rushed into the palace to kidnap the emperor. However, they were defeated by troops led by Xun Yu, Xiahou Dun and others soon after, and uncle Dong Cheng died in battle.
Liu Bei led the remaining defeated soldiers to escape towards Jingzhou."
"As expected! Did Cao Cao send people to pursue him?!" Qin Yang's heart sank and he asked hurriedly.
The scout reported back: "My subordinates have not received any news about this. However, although Xun Yu and others won, the number of troops in Xuchang is less than 50,000. It seems that they do not dare to pursue easily."
"Report to your highness! Ma Teng, the governor of Xiliang, sent Pegasus to ask for help!" Just as the scouts went down, a dusty and embarrassed young general suddenly rushed out of the tent.
"Ma Dai? Why are you here?!" Qin Yang recognized that the person coming was Ma Dai, Ma Teng's son and Ma Chao's younger brother.
Ma Dai was exhausted at this moment. He knelt down in front of Qin Yang and said: "Your Highness, please send troops quickly. Han Sui, the traitor, colluded with Cao Cao and raised 200,000 troops to capture Hulao Pass! Now my father has retreated to Luoyang to meet Li Jue.
The generals have united their forces, but the enemy's army is so powerful that even Luoyang may not be able to hold on for long..."