Xu Wei sneered: "Because the rights of their noble clans were originally taken from you warriors. You must know that those who became prime ministers in the former Han Dynasty were basically warriors. Even in this dynasty, warriors were in power at the beginning. It's just that The powerful nobles like Yuan Wei have wrested power from the warriors and nobles bit by bit. Of course they are worried that you will take it back again. Now that Dong Zhuo can take power, can Huangfu Song do it? If Huangfu Song takes power, he is equivalent to the general of Kansai. Take power!"
Li Ru was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. Of course he knew that Huangfu Song's prestige was higher than that of their generals. Since their generals could hold power, why couldn't Huangfu Song? Then he thought about the generals in the court. If Huangfu Song could do it, , So can Lu Zhi do it, can Zhu Jun do it?
Zhang asked them to use the imperial power to fight for power with them at most, but when Emperor Ling died, they became homeless dogs, and the relatives were almost the same. They were actually dependent on the imperial power. They could stay in power for more than ten years at most, and even had to rely on the help of the noble family.
But if a warrior is in power, it is really possible to suppress a noble family like Yuan Wei for decades or hundreds of years, and even the rules of the game will be changed for you. For example, you can't be a marquis without military merit, and you can't be a prime minister without being a marquis.
You must know that the previous dynasty had such rules. The Kansai generals relied on such unspoken rules to suppress the Kanto scholars for hundreds of years. They have been unable to get ahead. It is best to wait until Emperor Guangwu to fully control the Kanto nobles. The right of a big man.
Li Ru smiled bitterly and said: "Yuan Wei and the others really think too much. The relationship between my general and Huangfu Song is not good at all."
Xu Wei smiled and said: "Yuan Wei must have thought more, otherwise he would have died long ago, not to mention that Dong Zhuo was his subordinate before. With his high and arrogant heart, how could he let a warrior stand on his head?" , if your general wants to reconcile with Yuan Wei and the others, the best way is to give up his current rights and return to Xiliang!"
Li Ru shook his head and said: "It is impossible for our general to agree!"
Just kidding, how long did Dong Zhuo have to fight to get to where he is now? How could he be willing to give up the rights he had obtained in vain? Li Ru knew that Dong Zhuo would rather die together with Yuan Wei than return to Xiliang in despair!
Xu Weidao: "In this case, your general must be prepared to fight Yuan Wei and others, especially to distinguish who is his enemy and who is his friend. As long as you adults can win over your allies, Yuan Although the strength of the valve is strong, Mantis is stronger than the entire Han Dynasty, and the strength of the Han Dynasty can easily crush them to death!"
"Who is the enemy and who is the friend?" Li Ru thought thoughtfully!
Now the general's enemy is Yuan Wei, but who is his friend?
Li Ru put aside these thoughts and said: "I am looking for Qu Shuai this time to ask Qu Shuai for help?"
Xu Weidao: "Say!"
Li Rudao: "My general wants to buy Qu Shuai's iron armor and various steel swords, including 5,000 sets of iron armor and 30,000 swords. Money is not a problem!"
Li Ru is really confident about this. Emperor Ling is an excellent businessman. His Wanjintang has tens of billions of money, which is enough to provide the financial income of the Han Dynasty for 3-4 years. In addition, the Empress Dowager Dong is also a money-crazed person, Shi Chang Dong Zhuo now has nearly 20 billion of the money of the servants and the He family, so he is really not short of money now!
Xu Wei showed a smile and was waiting for this sentence: "The price is the same as before, in exchange for grain!"
At this time, Li Ru looked sad and asked, "Isn't five baht enough?"
Xu Wei said helplessly: "Mr. Wen You knows the situation of our Tengjia Army. There are too many victims, there is a lack of food everywhere, and people are about to starve to death. What's the use of asking for money? General Dong has controlled the entire Han Dynasty.
Can’t you even get this little food?”
Li Ru smiled bitterly and said: "Last year, the taxes from the counties in Guandong were not handed over. At that time, my general didn't care. After all, the Shi Changshi's family was copied. The imperial court had already had taxes for several years, but after Yuan Shao and the others rebelled,
, my general discovered that there is not much food left in the entire city of Luoyang, and now my family can barely maintain the food and wages of an army of hundreds of thousands, and there is really no food to trade with!"
Xu Wei shook his head and said: "Your general's political skills are too bad. He will be fooled by Yuan Wei. Yuan Shao used taxes from the court to recruit troops, and later rebelled against him, and these governors were appointed by himself."
Xu Wei thought for a while and said: "Ask your general to hand over Shangdang County to me completely, and I will give you 5,000 sets of armor and 5,000 swords!"
Li Ru was surprised and said: "This is Han's land, how can it be bought and sold?"
Xu Wei smiled and said: "Now Yuan Shao is rebelling in Hanoi County. Don't you worry that Yuan Shao will lead his younger brother to attack Shangdang County first. By then, your family will have nothing and tens of thousands of soldiers will be lost. I
The armored sword is worth more than 1 billion yuan. If a city can be sold for such a price, it is considered worthwhile!"
This is not a city but a county! Li Ru secretly said in anger.
But after thinking about it, I think it makes sense. As soon as Yuan Shao and others rebelled in Hanoi, Shangdang County became an enclave. It can be said that there are enemies on all sides. But if it is sold to Lei Gong, not only the Xiliang army can concentrate its forces. Lei Gong's army
Not only can it threaten Yuan Shao and Han Fu, but it can also contain Huangfu Song, which is of great benefit to Dong Zhuo without any harm.
As for Lei Gong's troops getting closer to Luoyang City, then his general must really be in Luoyang City to worry about it. If he is really driven out of Luoyang City, it won't be their turn to worry about Lei Gong's affairs!
Li Ru, who had figured it out, said sternly: "I will persuade my master to agree to this deal. I only ask Commander Qu to allow my general to use five baht to buy some armors and swords."
Xu Wei also wanted to improve the combat effectiveness of Dong Zhuo's army. He thought for a moment and said, "But the price must be calculated according to the price of grain!"
Now calculated by the price of grain, the price of weapons is equivalent to three times. Li Ru gritted his teeth and said: "Okay!"
Just have good weapons and equipment now!
Jizhou, Zhao State!
After Lu Zhi left Luoyang City, he immediately ran to Zhao State to find Huangfu Song, told Huangfu Song exactly what happened in Luoyang City, and said solemnly: "Yizhen, you are the only one who can bring things right now. I
Go to Youzhou immediately to contact Brother Bo'an. The two of you combined have nearly 200,000 troops, which is enough to wipe out Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo. By then, the entire Han Dynasty will be saved and the court can return to normal!"
In Lu Zhi's opinion, Dong Zhuo was not a good person, but Yuan Wei was still not a good person. Without his connivance, how could Dong Zhuo have grown into what he was now.
In the original history, Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao accounted for more than 80% of the military strength of the Han Dynasty. He could not see the hope of the revival of the Han Dynasty, so he had to live in seclusion in Dushan, Shanggu County.
But things are different now. Liu Yu, Huangfu Song and Liu Bei have mastered more than 200,000 elites. This power is enough to change the world, so he wants to change the current situation!
But when Huangfu Song heard this, he smiled bitterly and said: "Ziqian, I have been preparing to deal with Lei Gong. Now you want Bo'an and I to attack Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo with all our troops, but what about Lei Gong?"
"You don't think that Lei Gong is a vegetarian, do you? Youzhou and Jizhou have no troops to defend them. Lei Gong's 200,000 troops will definitely come out from the Taihang Mountains, and the entire three northern states of the Han Dynasty will become the territory of the Tengjia Army!"
Lu Zhi said clearly: "Now we have to find a way to save the imperial court. Even if Lei Gong really takes over the three northern states, as long as we stabilize the imperial court, the imperial court will still have an advantage against Lei Gong relying on the remaining 10 states. Relying on the power of the imperial court is enough
Defeat Lei Gong, but if we let Dong Zhuo and Yuan Wei take their actions, the entire Han Dynasty will be torn apart by them. Without the help of the imperial court, you and Bo'an will never be able to defeat Lei Gong!"
Lu Zhi's idea was simple: save the Han Dynasty first, and use Youzhou and Jizhou to delay the strength of the Tengjia Army. When the Tengjia Army consumed these two states, Huangfu Song should also wipe out Dong Zhuo and Yuan Wei. By then,
They can integrate the strength of the entire Han Dynasty to deal with the Tengjia Army!
But Huangfu Song smiled bitterly and said: "Ziqian, although your idea is good, it is unrealistic. Lei Gong can feed tens of millions of people in one state. Now food has become Lei Gong's only shortcoming. If Lei Gong occupies the big granary of Jizhou
, I am afraid that the momentum of the Tengjia Army cannot even be suppressed by the big men."
"If I lead an army to fight against Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao and the others, the one who will win in the end will be Thunder Lord of the Tengjia Army. By then we will all be defeated. Thunder Lords will swarm down from the Yellow River, and there will be no one in the world who can resist them.
The power of Thunder Lord."
"And what Lei Gong did in Bingzhou, I believe you have also heard of it. He killed all the nobles and nobles like us. If he really takes over the world, I'm afraid we will all die without a burial place!"
Lu Zhileng said with this face: "Are you just planning to sit in Jizhou and see the big man walking into the abyss? Huangfu Yizhen must have misjudged you!"
Huangfu Song said calmly: "In this situation, the army in the hands of Bo'an and I has become the pillar force of the Han Dynasty. No matter whether Dong Zhuo or Yuan Shao wins, as long as we are here, the Han Dynasty will still exist, and there will be at most one powerful minister. But if
The army in our hands has been exhausted, and the big man is really likely to be gone! Zigan, I have a heavy responsibility now, and I can't do it easily!"
Lu Zhi was also speechless. Now the whole Han Dynasty was completely divided. He didn't know for a while whether Huangfu Song's idea was right or wrong!
The words were divided into two parts, and suddenly the whole city of Luoyang was spreading all kinds of evil things done by Dong Zhuo and the Xiliang army.
Today it is said that the Xiliang army bought and sold by force, tomorrow it will be said that the Xiliang army killed people and set fires, and there are also rumors of Dong Zhuo sleeping in the palace at night, and there are noses and eyes.
He is now seeking the support of the entire Sili family. How could Dong Zhuo tolerate such slander? He asked his subordinate Hu Zhen to lead a battalion of soldiers to arrest these rumors.
However, Hu Zhen was a barbarian. He brought Xiliang's tactics to Luoyang City. Anyone who spread the message would be arrested and anyone who dared to rebel would be killed.
But this is Luoyang City, and a brick thrown casually will hit a high-ranking official worth 2,000 shi. Hu Zhen's arrests led to the arrest of many children of noble families.
Even though they were surrounded by Hu Zhen, these rich children yelled: "You barbarians from Xiliang dare to interfere in my affairs. Do you know that my uncle is Zhang Taiwei, who used to be Dong Zhuo's superior? You are not a good person."
Capture me and let Dong Zhuo come out to see me!"
Hu Zhen was furious and hacked the son of a noble family to death with a knife. The others were frightened and did not dare to speak out anymore.
At this time, Hu Zhen said to her men: "If anyone resists again, shoot to death!"
The Xiliang cavalry also knew and obeyed Hu Zhen's orders, and killed them if they dared to resist. In this way, hundreds of disciples of noble families, imperial students, and ordinary people were arrested and dozens of people were hacked to death. And they were all like that
The descendant of a noble family! The people of Luoyang City were immediately frightened, and they shouted that they would never dare to spread any rosy rumors about Dong Zhuo again.
Hu Zhen originally thought that this would deter the noble families in Luoyang City, but he did not expect that revenge would come so quickly.
When he led several of his men to a small alley, a crossbow arrow roared towards them.
Hu Zhen couldn't react at all, and could only watch helplessly as the crossbow arrow shot into his chest. The huge inertia made him fall on top of his own soldiers!
The soldiers were frightened and shouted: "There is an assassin!"
Dozens of assassins rushed towards Hu Zhen's personal guards!
One of these personal guards was left to take care of Hu Zhen, while the others formed a formation and rushed towards the assassin!
These assassins were highly skilled in martial arts and had outstanding swordsmanship. Even though these soldiers were elites in hundreds of battles, they were beaten back steadily. At this time, Hu Zhen regained her breath, and Ma Yi's steel armor saved Hu Zhen's life and withstood the attack.
Crossbow!
Hu Zhen saw rivers of blood flowing from her men's killings.
He yelled angrily: "You cowards, look at how powerful I am, Hu Zhen."
Picking up the two swords on the ground, Hu Zhen rushed into the group of assassins without fear of death. Hu Zhen didn't care about the assassins' swords at all. It was a lose-lose style of play. Even if he was cut, he had to cut the assassin first. The assassins were all killed.
Hu Zhenhan was frightened by his fearless fighting style, and he ran like a wolf.
Hu Zhen's patrolling soldiers came over. When they saw Hu Zhen covered in blood, they immediately surrounded the assassins and chopped them into pieces!
"Captain, are you okay?"
Hu Zhendao: "I can't die even though I'm protected by steel armor! Do you know who assassinated us? Is there anyone left alive?"
The soldiers around looked at each other and said: "They were killed too quickly and there was no one left!"
Hu Zhen sneered: "I know who it is even if I'm not alive! Bring all the brothers and let's go get revenge!"
Hu Zhen's army surrounded a mansion of a wealthy family.
Hu Zhen led people to break open the door, and then shouted: "Kill all the people in this mansion, no one will be left alive!"
The luxurious mansion had already deeply stimulated the soldiers of Xiliang. Now after hearing this, they all rushed into the mansion with red eyes, killing people and robbing treasures when they saw them. The whole mansion was ablaze.
"My brother is the former Taiwei Zhang Wen, how dare you kill people here!" Zhang Wen's elder brother Zhang Shi said angrily.
Hu Zhen sneered: "You arranged for the assassin to assassinate me!"
Zhang Shidun was stunned. He didn't expect that the assassin would confess to him even after he failed. He didn't even expect that Hu Zhen would dare to ransack his house without even interrogating him!
He could only say: "Our family has been here for generations. You have no right to arrest me. If you act like this, I will go to Dong Zhuo and sue you!"
At this time, a cold sword struck. Zhang Shi's head flew, and a stream of blood spurted out from his body. His eyes widened in disbelief. He was really killed like this!
Hu Zhen said coldly: "Kill all the men, arrest all the women, and find all the money!"
Under the massacre by the Xiliang soldiers, a mansion that had been held hostage for generations instantly turned into a bloody slaughterhouse!
Hu Zhen took a fancy to the mansion in the flames but did not relieve her anger and said fiercely: "The grass must be cut to remove the roots. Brothers, follow me and kill all those enemies of the Prime Minister!"
Over a dozen noble families in Luoyang City were massacred overnight!