Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 565 Rumors Are Spreading 1
Ever since Gongsun Zan led four thousand white horses to take over the military power on the eastern grassland, the territory of Youzhou is now a bit unstable.Those rats who had been lurking for a long time now crawled out at this time, and they seemed to want to make trouble.

Now, the family members of those generals in the army were all taken over by Jia Xu to live in Gongsun Xu's mansion. In order to ensure the safety of Gongsun Xu's mansion, Jia Xu deliberately asked for orders to mobilize five thousand troops to guard the outside of the mansion. It was completed when I was in Youzhou, so Jia Xu didn't encounter any trouble at that time.

However, after Gongsun Zan left, those people in the court gradually became restless.On the third day after Gongsun Zan left Youzhou, Wang Zifu asked to send a large army to the border to defend against the Xianbei army.

Although there are a lot of troops stationed in Youzhou, the number of troops dispatched abroad at this time may not be enough. Besides, Youzhou is close to the grassland, so even if you want to send reinforcements, you must at least ensure the safety of the northern part of Youzhou.

With no soldiers to send, the [-] troops guarding Gongsun Xu's mansion were dispatched in batches. If Liu Bian hadn't repeatedly disagreed with the transfer of the [-] tiger and cardinal troops, I'm afraid there would only be one left in Gongsun Xu's mansion. servant.

In the palace, Liu Bian is also very troubled now, those ministers are always talking bad things about Gongsun and his son in front of him, and now the few people he trusts the most are not around, Grand Tutor Lu Zhi and Cai Yong both said they were sick for almost a month, At this moment, Liu Bian didn't even have anyone to talk to.

"The queen mother is here." The voice of the eunuch on duty sounded outside the house, and Liu Bian knew that it was his mother who came to visit him.

"My son has seen the queen mother." Liu Bian stepped forward to salute the queen mother and said, "Why is mother here free today to come to me?"

"You child, the mother misses you and comes to see you. Do you still have time?" The Queen Mother sat down and said, "Bian'er, tell me the truth, have you encountered any trouble recently?" , there are rumors in the palace, you have nothing to worry about now."

"Yes, queen mother." Liu Bian knelt in front of the queen mother and said: "After the captain left, some ministers became more and more shameless. Two days ago, the prince asked to send more troops to the border. I also think it is a good thing. Who Knowing that he took my warrant to transfer the [-] garrisons in his family's military home.

I heard that there was some conflict between the two sides at that time. Later, I heard from Master Wang that Wang Zifu actually wanted to transfer the general's 5000 soldiers, but I didn't give him such a warrant. It was already too late for him to transfer the [-] troops. It exceeded my expectations, and who knew that he had even set his mind on the general's personal soldiers.

The generals of the Forbidden Army in the palace were originally candidates provided by the Taiwei and the General, and they were also selected by me and the General through consultation. But these generals don’t know what happened these two days. Most of them either claimed to be sick or they wanted to Saying goodbye to the old man and returning to his hometown, the boy felt that there must be something strange in it, and he was very annoyed now. "

"The storm is coming." Empress Dowager He nodded and said, "Son, I'll ask you a question, and you answer me truthfully. There are only you and my mother and son here. If this word comes out of your mouth and enters my ear, no one else will." I know, tell me, if one day you had to choose between the great general and the throne, which one would you choose?"

"Ah, what's the meaning of the queen mother?" Liu Bian said in surprise: "What do you mean by choosing one? Wouldn't it be better to have a general to assist me? My child needs a general to deal with many things. It's just a barbarian from outside the Great Wall. There is no general to help me." General, the tranquility of the border cannot be guaranteed at all.

Moreover, I regard the general as my elder brother, and my younger sister marries the general as his wife. The general and I are brothers and sisters, so how could I make such a choice?Besides, when we were deeply trapped by Dong Zhuo, it was the general who sent troops to save our lives, and later it was the general who used tricks to save us.

Without a great general, how could I have my throne?I believe in the general, just like I believe that he is my elder brother. With him, I will never have to make such a choice. "

"Silly boy, isn't the general not here now?" The Queen Mother replied: "Now there are rumors that the general has died in the grassland. Time, there must be a reason for the groundless rumors. Besides, the general has not come back until now, something must have happened to him.,

Now there are hundreds of thousands of barbarians at the border, and there are those rebels in the south who want to go north. Under such circumstances, if the general is really still alive, can he not come back?Son, if he is really gone, how will you treat his family and subordinates. "

"Don't talk about it behind the scenes." Liu Bian stood up suddenly and said, "I said before that I regard the general as my elder brother. This kind of thing will not happen to us. I believe he is still alive. Now that the border is in an emergency, soldiers are needed. When they work together, most of the general's subordinates are veterans on the battlefield.

For example, Yan Liang in the east, I heard that some time ago he was under great pressure to beat the [-] Xianbei army in the east to the ground. Although many ministers said in the court that Yan Liang took the opportunity to provoke trouble, he might give the Xianbei army an excuse to go south , but I think General Yan Liang is doing the right thing. With him, the eastern defense can keep peace.

Hmph, the barbarians in the grassland are ambitious. Do they need an excuse when they go south?This is really a big joke. Could it be that if the border guards are suppressed, they won't go south?Now that the enemies have all come to the Great Wall, isn't this a prelude to going south?
It's ridiculous that the prince persuaded them to ask to kill Yan Liang, which is really a big joke.Hmph, these rats dare to intimidate me. If the general is here, would they dare to say such a thing? "

"Well, Bian'er, I'm relieved if you think so." Empress Dowager He nodded and said, "I'm still worried that you will be confused at this time. Alas, in the emperor's house, there are always many things you can't help yourself. Now The general and the Taiwei are not here, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on behind the scenes."

"Mother, don't worry, baby,,,,,,"

"Report,,,,,," a eunuch shouted outside the house: "His Majesty, the latest battle report from the border has come, and it is extremely urgent."

Although being interrupted is a very unpleasant thing, but Liu Bian still smelled a sense of uneasiness in this urgent sentence
"Submit it quickly." Liu Bian said anxiously: "It shouldn't be. General Yan Liang is guarding the eastern grassland, and now there is a Taiwei who is going to inspect it. How could something happen in the eastern part at this time? Could it be that the Xianbei army has increased troops in the east again? It’s impossible, but it’s not right, General Yan Liang leads an army of more than 20, even if the Xianbei army has [-] people, it’s impossible to force him into a urgency.”

As he said so, Liu Bian's movements were not slow. He quickly took the battle report and browsed it, but after he read it, he was stunned.

"What's the matter, Bian'er, did something happen at the border?" The Queen Mother He asked anxiously: "Could it be that the Xianbei army broke through the defense line and went south? If that's the case, we should have prepared early in the morning. What the hell is going on?"

"There is no accident at the border." Liu Bian slowly put down the battle report and said: "Tens of thousands of Xianbei troops took advantage of the chaos to attack some tribes that had surrendered to our Han. General Yan Liang sent 7000 troops to defeat the enemy, beheading no less than [-] of the enemy, and taking five thousand prisoners. Remain."

"It turned out to be like this. This is a good thing." Empress Dowager He patted her chest and said, "It seems that this Yan Liang is really a powerful character, and he was able to restrain the Xianbei army to death at this time. Your Majesty should reward him heavily." yes."

"But, but,,,,,," Liu Bian said in panic: "The Taiwei encountered an enemy army attacking the tribe on the way, and he led his troops to pursue the enemy army and killed more than 1000 enemy troops. , Taiwei was heavily besieged by the enemy.

In the end, the Taiwei was rescued by General Yan Liang, and the loss of the four thousand white horses in his headquarters was not too great. However, the Taiwei was seriously injured, causing the recurrence of the old injury, and he is still unconscious. General Yan Liang believes that the enemy is extremely dangerous It is possible to go south at this time, so he brought the Taiwei back to the barracks to heal his injuries. "

"What, you, you mean..." The Empress Dowager He also turned pale with fright, she grabbed the battle report and glanced at it and said: "How could this be, how could this be, the Taiwei was seriously injured , what should I do now."

"Conspiracy, it must be a conspiracy, who is it?" Liu Bian said angrily: "First, the whereabouts of the general are unknown, then there is an emergency at the border, and then the Taiwei was ambushed and seriously injured. Could it be that who is targeting Beijiang? Now there is no overall command in northern Xinjiang, and it is difficult for the various defense zones to cooperate well without unified dispatch, which is troublesome."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." The eunuch who was serving Liu Bian ran over and said, "Your Majesty, the prince Fu, Lord Wei Huang and several other ministers came outside the palace to say that they had something to say, and this old slave stopped me." Can't stop."

"The news spread so quickly." Liu Bian said indifferently, "What are you stopping them for? Let them in."

Empress Dowager He knew that she should retreat for a while. After all, her status was rather embarrassing. She had better not participate in this kind of state affairs, otherwise she would definitely give others an excuse to gossip.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something big has happened, something big has happened." Several ministers came in and knelt on the ground crying: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Taiwei was ambushed because he was chasing the enemy, and now he is being led by Yan Liang." Gone, now the whole city is rumored that this is an ambush set by Yan Liang.

The Xianbei army had already agreed to negotiate a peace, but who knew that Yan Liang was pressing every step of the way, so that the Xianbei army had to resist. As a result, Yan Liang took the opportunity to dispatch an army of [-] to provoke a war. hundreds of miles away.

The Xianbei army was cruel and merciless, massacring the common people. Master Taiwei couldn't see it, so he led his army to pursue him. He wanted to rescue those people, but he fell into the siege of the Xianbei army. Fighting endlessly, he was seriously injured in the end, but now he is caught by Yan Liang, Your Majesty, all of this is Yan Liang's conspiracy, no one can control him now. "

"Yan Liang? Conspiracy?" Liu Bian said slowly, "Hehe, conspiracy, conspiracy, so ruthless, so vicious."

(End of this chapter)