Xuande

Chapter 413 I Save Your Life

After Liu Biao set off, he traveled day and night and arrived in Qingzhou in a short time. He met Liu Yu, the shepherd of Qingzhou and the elder of the clan, at the Qingzhou prefecture, and told Liu Yu what happened in Luoyang.

At that time, Liu Yu did a good job with the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou.

Because he insisted on treating the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army in a gentle way, and was always unwilling to kill, Liu Yu encountered some dangers at the beginning and suffered several defeats.

But because Liu Yu restrained military discipline and required the army not to harm the lives of the people in Qingzhou, Liu Yu himself and Liu Yu's army had a good reputation in Qingzhou.

In addition to fighting, Liu Yu took the trouble to send people to communicate with the leaders of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army again and again, telling them that there is no future for being a thief, and they will be wiped out by the court sooner or later. The military power of the court is too strong. He said, why do you have to rebel?
Such words sounded nonsensical at first, we all rebelled, why do you ask us to rebel?

The opposite is you, you still don’t have any tricks?
Therefore, the Yellow Turban Army reported to Liu Yu the names of several well-known corrupt officials in Qingzhou, and asked Liu Yu to punish these corrupt officials. Otherwise, they would never be willing to negotiate with Liu Yu.

They thought that Liu Yu would definitely not attack these corrupt officials, but after careful investigation, Liu Yu confirmed that these officials were indeed corrupt and neglected human life, and the crime was heinous.

He was very angry, and he really went to the court as the governor of the state to dismiss these corrupt officials, questioned them, ransacked their homes, put them in prison, put them in a prison car, and sent them to Luoyang for execution.

Therefore, Liu Yu moved some people in the Yellow Turban Army through his actual actions and gained their trust, which made the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army willing to negotiate with Liu Yu.

Liu Yu proposed a plan to let them disarm and return to the fields, and then select elites from among them to form an army and invite them to eat imperial food, which successfully moved a considerable part of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army.

Some leaders of the Yellow Turban Army headed by Zhang Rao, Guan Hai, and Guan Cheng thought this plan was good, and they were willing to surrender to Liu Yu.

However, some leaders of the Yellow Turban Army headed by Xu He and Sima Ju insisted that Liu Yu cannot be trusted and should not give up resistance and join Liu Yu, otherwise they will regret it.

The two sides could not come to an agreement, so an internal split occurred.

Zhang Rao, Guan Hai, and Guan Cheng led some soldiers and horses to surrender to Liu Yu and stopped making trouble, while Xu He and Sima Ju led another army south to Xuzhou to join the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Army and continue fighting.

Liu Yu was very trustworthy, and he did what he said, asking the court for forgiveness for Zhang Rao, Guan Hai, and Guan Cheng, and appointed them as school captains, let them lead their original subordinates respectively, and selected 1 elites to join Liu Yu. The army under Yu's command has become a force to maintain local law and order in Qingzhou.

So Liu Yu's prestige in Qingzhou was even greater.

When Liu Biao arrived in Qingzhou, the chaos in Qingzhou had just come to an end.

Knowing that Liu Biao, a subordinate of the general, was coming, Liu Yu warmly entertained his fellow clan, and then learned about what happened in Luoyang and Liu Biao's reason for coming from Liu Biao.

Then Liu Yu expressed his anger very simply.

"The son of heaven is really ridiculous. It's okay to sell the official title. The son of the empress does not make the prince, but wants to abolish the elders and establish the young, and make the son the prince? Is this trying to destroy the orthodoxy of the big man? I can't accept the emperor's misconduct !"

Not only was Liu Yu willing to send troops to cooperate with He Jin, but he was also willing to publicly oppose the emperor's abolition of the elders and the establishment of the younger ones. Liu Biao was very surprised by his straightforward support, and Liu Biao praised Liu Yu's profound sense of righteousness.

A successful persuasion boosted Liu Biao's confidence, so he went to Xuzhou again.

Compared with Qingzhou, the situation in Xuzhou is much more difficult. Liu Yan has no intention of making peace with the Yellow Turban Army. He just fights. He has been fighting since he took office until now, and the fight has not been finished for more than half a year.

In addition, some time ago, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army went south to Xuzhou, which made Liu Yan's situation even more difficult, so that Liu Yan had a good opinion of Liu Yu and was very dissatisfied with him.

Liu Biao's arrival and his purpose of coming are actually nothing to Liu Yan. No matter who the emperor chooses to be the crown prince, Liu Yan does not intend to participate in it. The only thing he thinks now is to leave Xuzhou, the place where the Four World Wars took place, and go to a safer place. The place where he is a state shepherd.

After learning the news of Luoyang's civil strife, he became more clear about his idea of ​​avoiding disaster, but he really didn't want to speak out to Liu Biao, and he didn't want to offend either Liu Hong or He Jin, so he pointed at Xuzhou's Chaos smiled wryly.

"If I can't deal with the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Thief, I can't do this Xuzhou Shepherd anymore. Why are you talking about sending troops to Luoyang? Jing Sheng, please take care of me and say something nice for me. Don't let the general have any opinion of me. .”

Liu Biao knew that Liu Yan didn't want to get involved in this matter, but the situation in Xuzhou was his best shield. He couldn't do anything after thinking about it, so Liu Biao could only embark on the return journey with a full stomach.

Although Liu Yan failed to win him over, the joint efforts of He Jin and Yuan Kai still won the support of a considerable number of local military and political chiefs. Under the banner of supporting the eldest son's succession, they sent troops to Luoyang one after another.

Until November of the fifth year of Zhongping, [-] troops had gathered in Luoyang, ready to be inspected.

Until this time, Liu Hong still hadn't recalled it.

He really felt that this was an action to respond to the celestial phenomena and relieve the disaster of the Han Dynasty, so he called himself the "Supreme General", accompanied by He Jin, held the Emperor's Sword, and inspected the soldiers from all directions outside Luoyang City.

On the night when Liu Hong and He Jin inspected the army together, the long-forgotten Shi Changshi got together to brainstorm and discuss their current difficult situation.

In the end, they barely came up with an answer that wasn't an answer.

During the Taipingdao uprising, the eunuchs in the palace colluded with Zhang Jiao, which should be the main reason for their current difficult situation.

At that time, although they were fooled by them with a lot of money, Liu Hong obviously didn't forget about it so easily.

Money can buy forgiveness, but it can't buy trust. Once you lose this one-time thing, you can never get it back, no matter how much you spend.

It has to be said that their judgment was correct. The important reason why Liu Hong refused the current ten permanent servants to place their cronies in the West Garden Army was that the ten permanent servants had been unclear with Zhang Jiao.

Although they put the blame on Cao Jie and others who were dead, and spent a lot of money to buy the VIP service called Forgiveness, but this time, a person unexpectedly appeared in the eighth captain of the Xiyuan Army.

Feng Fang.

The son-in-law of Cao Jie, whom they used as a shield, had been dead for a long time.

What does this mean?
Unless Feng Fang is really powerful enough to make Liu Hong ignore everything, otherwise, this proves that Liu Hong doesn't trust the current ten servants, he is even willing to trust a dead person, and he is not willing to trust the ten servants.

Liu Hong didn't believe what they said. Liu Hong always believed that they were indeed hooking up with Zhang Jiao, and they had evil intentions, but they had to change their strategy due to reality.

So he would rather believe in the dead Cao Jie than in the living Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong.

Otherwise, Feng Fang would not be in the position.

There is no reason for Jian Shuo, a small yellow family, to suddenly become Liu Hong's favorite.

A huge sense of crisis enveloped the Shi Changshi, Zhang asked Zhao Zhong and others to gather for a meeting to discuss what they should do in the new situation.

"Your Majesty would rather use the small yellow gate than wait for me. You should already know what this means, so I don't need to say more. So let's discuss what I should do and what I should do right now. Don't wait. not talking."

Zhao Zhong, as the host, convened everyone to brainstorm and do their best to try to find a way out for everyone.

In the current situation in Luoyang, without soldiers and military support, isn't it just a piece of meat in someone else's bowl?
The eunuchs have been arrogant and domineering for so long. In the hearts of the people in the world, they can be regarded as a great lack of virtue. They belong to the type that everyone wants to chop up a piece of meat and eat it. If there is no army in hand, they will I can't even guarantee that I will live until tomorrow morning.

Liu Hong refused to give them this guarantee.

Is this still available?

We must find another way out!
So the great minds of Shi Changshi began to make suggestions and brainstorm, and finally came to a conclusion-we want to engage in private soldiers, recruit soldiers, and form an army, just listen to our army!

Then this conclusion was rejected.

Who are you, you dare to recruit private soldiers?

Believe it or not, if you recruit private soldiers today, you will be killed by Liu Hong tomorrow?

Liu Hong now has more than 3 Xiyuan troops in his hands, and Jian Shuo is not of the same mind with them. Not to mention whether this army can fight in the field, it is still easy to deal with them eunuchs, isn't it?
The great eunuchs thought of some unreasonable ways, and thought of some ways that were not even thought of with their brains - such as surrendering to He Jin and asking He Jin to protect them.

Is this a way people can come up with?

Zhang Rang felt desperate for this.

When it comes to making money, doing bad things, and asking for land and homes, everyone is good at it, but when it comes time to make suggestions, a group of people don't even have the strength to protect themselves.

Although Zhang Rang controlled the spies of the East Garden, which could barely be regarded as an armed force, but the number was not enough, and if there was a real fight, it was not enough for them to bite their teeth.

So what to do?

Zhang Rang stood at the window, with a bright moon in front of his eyes, and behind him a group of guys who were chattering for a long time and couldn't discuss a solution to the problem. At the moment of upset, Zhang Rang suddenly remembered a sentence that someone once said to him.

Zhang Rang remembered the face of this person clearly, and Zhang Rang also remembered the scene when he said this sentence.

"Old Zhang, remember, even if your life is threatened in the future, you come to me and I will save your life."

(End of this chapter)