At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 212 Xingba catches the spy

However, Hu Cai, Li Le, Han Xian, Yang Feng and others learned that Li Jue and Guo Si were leading troops to rob the emperor, so they originally led their troops to resist.

Unexpectedly, before the two sides fought, a scout came to report that the emperor and his ministers were heading to Luoyang. On the way, they met the senior governor of Bingzhou who came to King Qin's rescue.

When Hu Cai heard this, he immediately became furious and swung his sword to kill the scout, cursing: "Your Majesty appointed me as the General of the Northern Expedition and led the Bingzhou Shepherd. Who is a high-ranking person who dares to serve as the governor of Bingzhou?"

Han Xian also said: "If Gao Qian is ordered to go to Jizhou to rob the emperor, won't all our official positions be in vain?"

Li Le nodded and said: "We fought with the Xiliang army for a long time before bringing the emperor's chariot to Hedong County. How can we let the high officials reap the benefits?"

Yang Feng frowned for a long time and said: "High-ranking officials are not easy people. With our strength, I am afraid it will be difficult to compete with them. Someone has a plan to let the high-ranking officials be crowned and keep the emperor!"

Everyone hurriedly asked: "What's the clever idea?"

Yang Fengdao: "Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and others all have no more ambitions than the Emperor. If they knew that the Emperor was acquired by high-ranking officials, they would definitely be terrified."

"We can make a truce with the Xiliang army and attack the high-ranking officials together. After we recapture the emperor, we can then discuss where to stay. How can such a high-ranking official survive?"

After everyone heard the words, they all said good things, so they sent people to Li Jue and Guo Si's army to discuss peace talks.

As expected, Li Jue and Guo Si had no intention of fighting Bai Bo's army, and the only one they wanted was the emperor. When they heard that the emperor had been captured by a senior official, they immediately agreed to a truce.

Hu Cai felt very unhappy at this time because a Bingzhou governor actually appeared in front of him, the Bingzhou shepherd.

He secretly thought: "If we don't kill high-ranking officials, wouldn't my position as a state pastor be in vain?"

Thinking of this, Hu Cai immediately said: "I will lead the army to attack the senior officials first, and you generals can cut off the rear for me!"

Han Xianguan paid homage to General Zhengdong and led Youzhou as a herdsman. He had the same idea as Li Le and also fantasized about being able to capture Youzhou in the future.

He also came out and shouted: "The bandit army is so powerful that General Zhengbei may not be able to support him alone if he goes there alone. I will lead my troops and go together with General Zhengbei."

Hu Cai was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "If there are generals who conquer the west with us, why should we be afraid of ordinary men?"

Seriously: a group of grass bandits robbed the emperor, flew up the branches and turned into phoenixes.

The two then mobilized their troops and took the lead to kill Gao Gan.

The army chased eastward for more than twenty miles, but saw dust covering the sun, golden drums noisy, and people shouting and horses neighing. The two men hurriedly ordered their soldiers to shoot at the foot of the formation, line up in formation, and be ready.

Not long after, I saw senior officials leading the army to kill.

Hu Caiyao pointed to the senior official and shouted: "Who is coming? Tell me your name!"

Gao Gan shouted: "A certain Gao Gan is the governor of Bingzhou. Who are you?"

Hu Cai was furious when he heard this, pointed at Gao Gan and cursed: "Your Majesty has personally appointed someone as the shepherd of Bingzhou. How dare the traitor kidnap the emperor and make himself the governor?"

After saying this, Hu Cai clapped his horse and shouted sternly: "General Hu Cai is here. Do you dare to come out and fight with me?"

Not to be outdone, Han Xian clapped his horse and shouted sternly: "General Zhengdong and Youzhou Mu Han Xian are here, who dares to come forward and fight with me!"

Both of them were grassroots bandits and liked to show off their bravery. When they saw that the senior officials were weak and bullied them for their poor martial arts skills, they wanted to rush out and show off their power to boost the morale of their subordinates.

Before Gao Gan could answer, he angered a general in the Bingzhou Army.

The general clapped his horse out, pointed at Hu Cai with a long knife in his hand, and cursed: "Baibo grass bandits, treasonous traitors, intimidating the emperor, humiliating ministers, forcing the imperial court to appoint officials, how dare you bark here?"

Hu Cai and Han Xian were both furious. They were from bad backgrounds, and they had managed to intimidate the emperor this time. They and hundreds of people under their command had become officials.

They never thought about it, but they were exposed in front of the battle. How could the two of them not be angry?
They shouted, and without asking the general's name, they directly rode towards him and killed him, hoping to give the Bingzhou Army a show of strength.

The reason why the two of them were so arrogant was because they had previously occupied Hedong County and knew that there were no strong generals under the command of Gao Gan. Almost all of those real strong generals fought under Yuan Shao against Gongsun Zan.

If not, how dare they be so arrogant?
"court death!"

Seeing Hu Cai and Han Xian rushing toward them, the general was not surprised but delighted. He sneered a few times and, one against two, was not afraid at all, and killed them towards them.

"clang!"

"clang!"

"puff!"

"puff!"

I never thought that this general was so brave. Even if he was one against two, he would still be within five ranks and kill Hu Cai and Han Siam.

The general beheaded Hu Cai and Han Siam and hung them on his horses. His voice sounded like thunder on the battlefield: "Yan Liang is here. Hu Cai and Han Siam have already been killed. If you don't surrender, how long will it take?" ?”

Yuan Shao knew that there were many generals in Guanzhong and was worried that the high-ranking officials would be unable to support him alone, so he mobilized Yan Liang and his elite cavalry to go to Bingzhou to follow the high-ranking officials to serve the king.

Hu Cai and Han Xian did not expect this, so they were caught off guard and killed by Yan Liang, a fierce general.

When Bai Bo's army saw Hu Cai and Han Xian being killed, they all fled in panic. Gao Gan took the opportunity to use his troops to cover up the killing and defeated them.

When Li Le and Yang Feng learned that Yuan Shao had sent Yan Liang, they were afraid and did not want to follow in the footsteps of Hu Cai and Han Siam. They immediately found an excuse to retreat and went to Runan to join Yuan Shu.

The Xiliang army under Li Jue, Guo Si and others saw that the Baibo army, who had been fighting with them so easily, was defeated so easily, and they had no fighting spirit.

Li Jue and Guo Si had no choice but to lead their troops to retreat.

After the two left, only Dong Cheng and Zhang Yang were left with the emperor.

Gao Gan said: "The Eastern Capital was burned to ashes by Dong Zhuo and is in ruins. How can it be the place where the emperor and his ministers live?"

"Jizhou is rich, with a household registration of one million, abundant soldiers and food, and there are hussar generals guarding it. I hope that your majesty and the ministers can move to Yecheng and move the capital here. In the future, the traitors will be eliminated, Luoyang will be rebuilt, and the old capital will be returned. Not too late."

As soon as Gao Gan finished speaking, Dong Cheng said immediately: "In the past, Emperor Gaozu first made his capital Luoyang, and later moved to Chang'an. Since the rise of Guangwu and Zhongxing, the Han Dynasty has established its capital in Luoyang for more than 160 years."

"How many royal nobles and court ministers are buried on the outskirts of Luoyang City. This is the foundation of the Han Dynasty. How can we easily move the capital?"

Zhang Yang also echoed.

After hearing the words, Gao Gan pondered for a moment, and then said: "What the two generals said makes sense. Since we can't agree on the same opinions, how about going to Luoyang first and waiting for me to write to the Hussar General before making the final decision?"

Dong Cheng and Zhang Yang were a little surprised when they heard this. They didn't expect that senior officials could be so easy to talk to.

Gao Gan stood up, saluted the two of them, and said: "We will not discuss the matter of moving the capital for the time being. The two generals will follow me to see His Majesty!"

The two of them didn't think much about it. They relaxed their vigilance slightly and followed Gao Gan towards the direction of the emperor.

When they arrived at the emperor's residence, they did not dare to lead their troops to follow, so they had to let their soldiers stay outside and wait.

As soon as they reached the courtyard, the senior officer stopped and said to Yan Liang beside him: "General, you can take action."

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

Yan Liang understood, suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist, and killed two people in a row.

When the soldiers outside saw this, they were all shocked and wanted to rush over and kill Yan Liang to avenge Dong Cheng and Zhang Yang.

"Choo Choo Choo!"

At this moment, a dense rain of arrows poured down, killing many people.

Yan Liang stood with his sword across his side and shouted sternly: "Dong Cheng and Zhang Yang are dead. Those who surrender will not be killed!"

It didn't take long for Dong Cheng and Zhang Yang's old departments to be annexed by senior officials.

When the emperor and his ministers saw this, they couldn't help but be horrified. Sikong Zhangxi came out and shouted sternly: "What is Yuan Cai doing? He wants to rebel!"

Gao Gan fell to his knees in fear and said: "Sikong Rongzhen, Dong Cheng and Zhang Yang are no different from the Xiliang generals and the Baibo army generals. They all have their own agenda and intend to hijack the emperor."

"Killing two people was a helpless act."

Zhang Xi heard this and said: "These two people have done a good job in protecting the emperor. You killed loyal ministers indiscriminately. What do you think, your majesty and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty?"

The high official knelt down in fear and said, "I didn't consider this matter carefully. I asked Sikong to take the emperor to Yecheng first. After I see the hussar general, I will go and take the blame myself!"

Yuan Shao once gave a superstitious message to senior officials, that is, to resolve all unstable factors and at the same time shock the emperor and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

Yuan Benchu ​​could show dignity to the emperor and ministers, provided that these people could not point fingers at him, so he secretly told senior officials to act in this way.There is no doubt that the high-ranking officials did a very good job in this matter. They not only killed the two stumbling blocks Dong Cheng and Zhang Yang, but also shocked the emperor and the ministers of the court.

Most importantly.

Even if someone wants to criticize Yuan Shao for this in the future, he can blame everything on senior officials.

However, Yuan Shao also secretly told senior officials that those Xiliang generals, Baibo army generals, and court ministers without foundations could be killed as appropriate to shock everyone.

However, court ministers from aristocratic families must be treated with courtesy.

It has to be said that Yuan Shao, who came from a noble family, was much smarter than Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Si, Hu Cai, Han Xian and others in how to deal with court ministers and political struggles.

With Yuan Shao's background, as long as things don't go too far, aristocratic families will surely follow him.

When the emperor and his ministers arrived in Yecheng, Yuan Shao ordered tens of thousands of soldiers with bright armor and sophisticated weapons to line up in two rows. He led his civil and military troops out of the city for twenty miles to meet the emperor and their ministers.

When facing the emperor, Yuan Shao bowed humbly, and when facing the ministers, Yuan Shao comforted him with gentle words.

Yuan Shao was good at winning people's hearts, otherwise he wouldn't have attracted heroes from all over to join him when he didn't hold any official position.

Although many people know that Yuan Shao may not be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, compared with Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Si and others, as long as they are peaceful officials under Yuan Shao's rule, they will have very good treatment, and they will not worry about when they will be Kill.

Especially after experiencing the great changes during the eastward migration, many officials also knew that the strength of the Han Dynasty was exhausted.

As long as it can bring dignity to the emperor and everyone in the court, it doesn't matter if they support Yuan Shao.

But it is said that Yuan Shao welcomed Luan and drove to Yedu, built palaces and palaces, established ancestral temples, provincial offices, and government offices, and built cities and treasuries.

Yuan Shao went to the Emperor to express his gratitude to the Emperor, and appointed ten people who had made great contributions to the rescue as marquises.

Yuan Shao proclaimed himself the General and the Marquis of Ye. He took charge of the affairs of the state on holidays, recorded official affairs, and received rewards for civil and military officials. As a result, everyone in Jizhou rejoiced. Even the people in Yingchuan who had originally opposed welcoming the emperor stopped saying anything. .

From then on, all power was vested in Yuan Shao, and major affairs of the court were reported to Yuan Shao first and then reported to the emperor.

Since the emperor was in Jizhou, many scholars from all over the country who were interested in the Han Dynasty traveled thousands of miles to join him. Yuan Shao's strength suddenly increased.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

But Jia Xu walked out of the cabin, looked at the ships on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and spoke to comfort Ling Cao and Chen Wu.

Chen Wu asked doubtfully: "Why did you say this, sir?"

Jia Xu stroked his beard and said, "What Zilie said is not wrong. The Jinfan thieves did cross the land and water of Ba County before. Even the county chiefs must be courteous."

"But ever since Gan Ning, the thief of Jinfan, began to study various schools of thought, he no longer plundered everywhere."

"If my prediction is correct, these ships with bells should be merchant ships operated by Gan Ning's former subordinates. As long as you don't ram them, I don't think there will be any serious harm."

Zhou Qi learned the lesson from his first attack on Jingzhou and asked Chen Wen to inquire about Yizhou intelligence early on. He especially knew the fierce general Gan Ning in great detail.

Gan Ning was indeed dissolute in his early years and brought disaster to all sides.

However, after receiving the crown, Gan Ning suddenly realized that he did not want to spend his life in a muddle and wanted to make a difference, so he began to study hard.

At this time, Gan Ning, instead of continuing to cause trouble everywhere, served as postal supervisor in Bajun. He was a county official with a rank of [-] shi, supervising counties and townships on behalf of the prefect. He had a humble but powerful position.

As expected, the fleet passed by Jia Xu and others. Although whistles sounded from time to time on the ship, no one robbed the caravan.

Jia Xu and others headed west from Yufu, passing six cities along the way. Each city was built near mountains and rivers. The terrain was very steep, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Yufu, also known as Baidi City, where Liu Bei will be left alone in the future, is also called Jiangguan. It is an important pass that guards the Yangtze River and connects Jing and Yiliang Prefectures.

If you want to lead a large army and conquer these cities one by one, all the way to Chengdu, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Most importantly.

Ever since Liu Biao reported to the court that Liu Yan, the herdsman of Yizhou, was disloyal, Liu Yan had been on guard against Jingzhou, and the city defenses along the river were well built.

Bajun, the Sheriff's Mansion.

Gan Ning had just finished handling his official duties and took out his military book and started reading. Suddenly, someone walked forward, holding a larger brocade box, and walked mysteriously to Gan Ning's side.

"Xingba, what do you think is in here?"

This man was the knight-errant who followed Gan Ning back then. Even though Gan Ning had become the postal inspector of Ba County, he still called him by his first name, and Gan Ning didn't feel dissatisfied.

Gan Ning put down the military book in his hand, looked at his former brother, and said seriously: "In today's world, the princes are rising together and wars are endless. It is the time for our generation to display our great ambitions."

"I have warned you a long time ago that you should study hard so that in the future you can become a general and a wife."

"Since you have obtained an official position in the county governor's mansion, why don't you work hard instead of wandering around every day like before?"

When the man heard Gan Ning's words, he smiled and said: "Xingba can relax and study, but so-and-so can't. My brother got a good thing today. Xingba will put down his bird book and have a good appreciation with so-and-so. !”

Gan Ning shook his head, ignored his brother, and picked up the military book on the table again.

"Hey!"

When the man saw this, he laughed darkly, opened the brocade box, and took out a beautifully crafted, luxurious yet restrained brocade robe.

Gan Ning, who was still reading, caught a glimpse of the brocade robe with his peripheral vision, threw away the military book in his hand, sat up suddenly, grabbed the brocade robe from the man's hand, his eyes lit up.

He gently stroked the brocade robe and felt the silky feeling on his hands. He couldn't wait to put it on himself, turned around in a circle, and asked his brother: "How does it feel to wear this brocade robe on me? "

Gan Ning had a luxurious personality, especially fond of embroidered clothes, and also had a special liking for Shu brocade.

Although the material of this dress is not Shu brocade, the workmanship and feel are as good as or even better than Shu brocade.

The man suppressed his laughter and tutted: "This is really: hegemony among people, brocade among silk!"

Yang brocade originates from Anfeng County, Lujiang County, Yangzhou. It was also invented by Zhou Qi when he was the head of Anfeng County. Over the years, it has slowly opened up sales, and its reputation is even as good as that of Shu brocade.

Gan Ning was slightly startled when he heard this, and said with some doubts: "I have seen Yang Jin before, but it definitely doesn't have this kind of workmanship and feel."

The man came to Gan Ning's side and said somewhat mysteriously: "This is not an ordinary Yang brocade, but the best among Yang brocades, something ordinary people can't buy at all."

When Gan Ning heard this, he frowned slightly and asked, "Where did this thing come from?"

The man replied: "He is a businessman from Jingzhou. He heard about Xingba's name and learned that Xingba likes brocade robes, so he asked me to give Xingba clothes made of the best brocade."

When Gan Ning heard this, his expression slowly darkened.

He took off his brocade robe, placed it in the box, and said, "Send the things back the way they came."

The man was very surprised when he heard this and said: "Don't Xingba like this kind of things the most? Moreover, this brocade robe is definitely worth a lot of money, why should you return it?"

Gan Ning said: "When you treat others with courtesy, you must ask for something."

"If I dare to accept such a valuable thing, they will dare to take my life."

But the man said with a nonchalant look on his face: "Xingba is joking, who in Ba County can take your life?"

"If you like something, keep it. If you don't want to do things for them, don't do it. We are Jinfan thieves. In the past, when we saw something we liked, we just grabbed it. Even if this brocade robe is stolen, how dare they say anything more?"

Gan Ning shook his head and said: "In the past, we were Jinfan thieves. As thieves, we naturally had no problem robbing everywhere."

"Now we are no longer thieves. Many old brothers have changed to the right path. If we have to do things for others after receiving heavy gifts from others, how can we just take them freely?"

The man took away the brocade robe and muttered: "It's too bad to be a bird official. You can't just grab something you like when you see it."

When Gan Ning heard this, he smiled and cursed: "Robbing an official is more terrifying than a thief."

"You send the brocade robe back first, and then report back after you find out their details. The things that Gan Ning likes will not slip away so easily!"

The man understood, understood immediately, and left with a smile on his face.

Gan Ning watched his brother leave, and immediately called the people around him, saying: "Gather the old brothers from the past, and then go to the county to borrow some people. Let's go catch the spies in Jingzhou!"

The corners of Gan Ning's mouth raised slightly, and a playful light flashed in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)