Chapter 348 Eliminate thieves for the country, just today!
Chapter 348: Eliminate thieves for the country, today!
The undercurrents inside and outside Luoyang City affect everyone's heart.
The red sun was setting in the west, and it was getting late. Ma Su was lying on the wall bored, his thoughts racing.
He didn't know that Li Su had contacted Lu Bu, but he vaguely guessed that Ding Yuan might be dying soon.
At this time of crisis, no one can prevent this tragedy from happening except the Yuan family, the promoters behind the scenes.
In fact, Ma Su had the idea of saving the Han Dynasty at first, but after personally experiencing the power of the Yuan family in the Han Dynasty, he gave up this idea for a while.
In front of the Yuan family of the Fourth Generation and the Three Dukes, and in front of Yuan Shao who intended to overthrow the Han Empire, everything was in vain.
Yuan Shao was born in the most prominent family in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the "Runan Yuan Family". Starting from Yuan An, Yuan Shao's great-grandfather, five people were ranked third in the family within four generations. Yuan Shao was originally a commoner, his mother was just a maid, and his status in the family was low.
He adopted his uncle Yuan Cheng (Yuan Cheng died early) and became the eldest son.
Yuan Shao was born handsome and majestic, and was loved by his father Yuan Feng and uncle Yuan Wei. With his wealth, he became a son at a young age. He was appointed as the magistrate of Puyang County before he was twenty years old, and had a reputation of being upright and capable. Not long after, his mother died of illness and was in mourning.
He served for six years after his father's death, and gained a good reputation as a filial piety. Later, because the court was already in chaos, Yuan Shao refused to be summoned by the court and lived in seclusion in Luoyang. Although he was living in seclusion, Yuan Shao actually did not stop and kept secretly making friends with the party.
People and chivalrous people, such as Zhang Miao, He Yong, Xu You and others.
After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, He Jin appointed Yuan Shao as Sili Xiaowei, He Yong as Lieutenant Commander of the Northern Army, Xun You as Huangmen Minister, and Zheng Tai as Minister. More than 20 party members were promoted at the same time, and they all became
He Jin's confidant is also Yuan Shao's party member.
In addition, there are many officials from all over the world who are descendants of the Yuan family, and Yuan Shao can use this to influence the general trend of public opinion in the world.
At that time, Jian Shuo was very uneasy when he saw that He Jin was re-employing Party members. He told Zhao Zhong and others, "Brother Generals are in power, and Party members all over the world want to eliminate us people. Just because I am in charge of the forbidden troops, we will not make a decision for the time being."
, we should close the Shangge together and hunt and kill him urgently. "But the Changshi Guo Sheng was from the same county as He Jin. The Queen Mother He was favored by Emperor Ling, and Guo Sheng had contributed. Therefore, Guo Sheng trusted the He family, so he and the
Zhao Zhong and others discussed and decided not to follow Jian Shuo's plan, and gave Jian Shuo's letter to He Jin, betraying Jian Shuo. He Jin had Huang Menling arrest Jian Shuo, kill him, and command the garrison himself.
After Jian Shuo's death, Yuan Shao persuaded He Jin to continue taking action to eliminate the eunuchs and preserve his name for future generations.
After two calamities caused by the party, eunuchs and scholar-bureaucrats have become feuds. Even nobles like the Yuan family are very concerned about eunuchs and want to kill them.
But unlike Yuan Shao, after the young emperor ascended the throne, the relationship between the He family and the eunuchs had changed from the initial mutual use to a master-servant relationship. The He family was the master and the eunuchs were servants. He Jin himself did not want to kill the eunuchs, so He Jin did not want to kill the eunuchs.
The Queen Mother also objected to this, but she could not stand the anger of the scholars.
He Jin was held high by Yuan Shao and other scholars. He had no choice but to retreat or kill him, so he had to report the matter to the Queen Mother He. Of course the Queen Mother He did not agree. Just like Dou Wu at the time, He Jin did not dare to go against the Queen Mother's will.
.Afterwards, I thought, "Maybe I'll just kill a few people who have committed crimes to show the anger of the people."
But Yuan Shaona was willing to give up. Seeing that He Jin was wavering, he said to him again: "The eunuchs are close to the Supreme Being and convey the edicts. If they don't catch them all, it will cause endless troubles. Moreover, now that the plan has been exposed, why didn't the general make a decision earlier? Things take a long time.
Change, if you start too late, you will suffer disaster."
Empress Dowager He's mother Wuyang Jun and He Jin's brother He Miao were bribed by eunuchs many times, so they were obstructed in many ways, which made He Jin even more indecisive and hesitant to make a decision.
When Yuan Shao saw this situation, he felt very anxious and once again offered advice: "Assemble powerful generals from all over the world and lead troops to Beijing to give military advice to the Queen Mother."
In fact, killing a few eunuchs is not enough to call for military remonstrance, but He Jin is indeed a pig butcher. He thought this idea was very good and could pull himself out of the whirlpool, so he ordered to summon Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou, and Dong Zhuo, the governor of Hedong, to lead the army to Beijing.
He also sent his subordinates Wang Kuang and Cavalry Commander Bao Xin back to their hometown to recruit troops, and in the name of the Qing monarch, they gathered troops from all over the country.
The news spread and the capital was shocked. Empress Dowager He felt that the situation was serious and hurriedly sent the Shi Changshi, Xiao Huangmen and other eunuchs home. The eunuchs panicked, as frightened as a bereaved dog, and went to kowtow together to beg He Jin for forgiveness. Yuan Shao advised him repeatedly.
He Jin took this opportunity to kill them, but He Jin probably thought that the eunuchs who had resigned from power were not a problem, so he let them go.
Yuan Shao was very unwilling and wrote to all states and counties, falsely claiming that it was He Jin's intention, and ordered the eunuch's relatives to be arrested and imprisoned for investigation.
After Yuan Shao's continuous efforts to foment discord and sow discord, the eunuchs were completely desperate and could only rise up to resist and fight to the death with He Jin.
The daughter-in-law of the eunuch Zhang Rang was the sister of the Empress Dowager He. Zhang Rang kowtowed to his daughter-in-law and said, "I have been favored by you all my life. Now I have to stay away from the palace. I can't bear to leave. Please come to the palace to visit the Empress Dowager one last time. Your Majesty, I will die without regrets."
"So after explaining the situation, these eunuchs quickly entered the palace again.
Under the command of Zhang Rang, he led the constant attendants Duan Gui, Bi Lan and dozens of others to quietly ambush the palace with weapons. He pretended to be summoned by the Queen Mother to enter the palace and killed He Jin.
As soon as He Jin died, Yuan Shao immediately led his troops into the palace. General Yuan Shu also led an army to attack the palace city and burned Qingsuo Gate. There was a chaos in the palace, and Zhang Rang and others took the young emperor Liu Bian and Chenliu king Liu Xie hostage and fled in haste.
Yuan Shao and his uncle Yuan Wei pretended to obey the imperial edict and killed the eunuch's close partisans, Xu Xiang and Fan Ling. Then they went under the Zhuque Palace to hunt and kill the eunuch Zhao Zhong and others who had not had time to escape. They also ordered the palace gates to be closed, strictly prohibiting entry and exit, and ordered the soldiers to search.
All the eunuchs in the palace, young and old, were killed, and more than 2,000 people died.
After killing the eunuchs, Dong Zhuo entered the capital, and the world was in complete chaos.
As soon as Dong Zhuo entered the capital, he took power and retreated his troops without encountering any decent obstruction. Yuan Shao, who had previously dared to lead his army into the palace, eliminate all the eunuchs, and had a large number of troops, simply lay down and allowed Dong Zhuo to do whatever he wanted. Only the upright and loyal ministers
Ding Yuan stood up with five thousand forbidden troops.
Looking at the entire incident, the traces of being artificially promoted by Yuan Shao are too obvious.
Ding Yuan was bound to die in the end, but he actually did not die in the hands of Lu Bu, nor in the hands of Dong Zhuo, but in Yuan Shao's plan.
If Shi Changshi is a dog, He Jin is a pig, Dong Zhuo is a tiger, and Ding Yuan is a wolf, then Yuan Shao is a hunter. He first provoked pigs and dogs to fight, killed the pigs with the help of the dogs, and then went into battle to kill the dogs himself.
, won unanimous praise from party members all over the world, and also laid the foundation for his subsequent start in Tianhu, where he had countless talents.
After that, Yuan Shao hid behind the scenes and watched the tigers and wolves fighting, watched Ding Yuan being killed by Dong Zhuo, and watched Dong Zhuo bring chaos to the Han Dynasty.
At this time, it's time for Yuan Shao to show up.
So Yuan Shao appeared. He climbed up and called out, summoning all the princes in the world to attack Dong Zhuo.
Regarding the historical endings of the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, one died of vomiting blood and the other died of depression, Ma Su's understanding is that both brothers were angered to death.
In order to overthrow the Han Dynasty, the Yuan family planned for more than ten years and occupied the two most fertile areas in the world (the surrounding areas in the north and Yuzhou and Huainan), and even risked the lives of their uncle and family. In the end, the brothers were turned away.
The born Cao Cao was hung up and beaten. Seeing that the great cause he had worked so hard to plan was finally going to be cut off, how could the Yuan brothers not be angry?
Then again, judging from the current situation, no matter who wins, Dong Zhuo or Ding Yuan, the Yuan family is the winner.
If Dong Zhuo wins, the Han Empire will be gone; if Ding Yuan wins, the Yuan family will rely on their huge reputation to continue to control the court, telling the story of Wang Mang.
In comparison, the Yuan family may prefer Dong Zhuo to win.
Therefore, during the life-and-death battle between Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Luoyang City strangely stood still, which can fundamentally make sense.
——This is the truth that Ma Su inferred based on the known information.
"Da da da--"
"Da da da--"
Just when Ma Su was lost in thought, the sound of horse hooves and the footsteps of soldiers could be heard on the street outside Cai's mansion.
A bearded general led a large number of soldiers, coming from east to west along the street. On the flags held high by the soldiers, the word "Bao" fluttered in the wind.
Bao Xin?
Ma Su was stunned, jumped off the wall, and blocked the way.
When he saw Bao Xin, his extinguished thoughts became active again.
Maybe try to kill Dong Zhuo?
"Who's blocking the way? Get out of the way!!"
"Xu~~"
"Snapped--"
Seeing a person suddenly appear in the middle of the road, Bao Xin was so frightened that his helmet almost flew off. He quickly reined in his horse and whipped him.
On He Jin's order, he went to Yanzhou to recruit troops. Before the recruitment was completed, He Jin died.
Hearing the news, Bao Xin's people were stunned and hurried back to Luoyang, where they found Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan fighting outside the city.
He knew that Dong Zhuo was by no means a good man, but a wolf, tiger, and leopard, so he thought of going to see Yuan Shao to discuss countermeasures, but unexpectedly someone came to block his way...
Ma Su stood proudly on the road, neither dodging nor avoiding, watching coldly as the whip got closer and closer to him.
Snapped--
The tip of the whip was tightly grasped by a big hand, and a man stood in front of Ma Su.
It was Zhu Heng, a young general from Qu'a. When he saw Ma Su jumping off the wall, he jumped out too, and fulfilled his duty as a guard at the critical moment.
Bao Xin pulled hard a few times and found that the whip did not move at all. He knew that he had encountered a tough problem, so he suppressed his anger and said with a sullen face: "Who are you? Why are you blocking my way?"
Zhu Heng turned sideways and gave way to Ma Su.
Ma Su raised his nostrils to the sky and said proudly: "Say my name and I'll scare you."
"I am Chen Liu, Cai Yong, and Cai Bojie..."
At this point, he paused deliberately, and after Bao Xin showed an incredulous look, he calmly spoke the second half of the sentence.
"My son Cai Su is the one!"
Bao Xin rolled his eyes. He knew Cai Yong of course, but he didn't know that Cai Yong had such an old son and was so naughty. He suppressed his impatience and asked, "Master Cai stopped me, but something happened?"
"I have something to do. It's a matter of national importance. I would like to ask Captain Bao to lend me a moment to speak."
Bao Xin took back the whip. He jumped off the horse in doubt, followed Ma Su to the roadside, and stared at him.
"Captain Bao, it's like this..."
Ma Su carefully considered his words and analyzed the consequences of Dong Zhuo's victory to Bao Xin one by one. Finally, he said solemnly: "After tonight, everything will be over!"
Hearing this, Bao Xin was greatly shocked. Although he was a warrior, he understood the meaning of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. Naturally, he did not want to see such a scene. He immediately waved his hands and said: "I will go to see Yuan Benchu to discuss a night attack on Dong Zhuo."
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"No!" Ma Su quickly stopped him, "It's an urgent matter at this time, and we must not tell a third party about it, otherwise the matter will fail."
Bao Xin took a look at the darkening sky, with a hesitant look on his face, "Well, Dong Zhuo has many powerful generals under his command, and the soldiers are all good at fighting. I only have three thousand new soldiers under my command, how can I succeed in a night attack?"
Ma Di laughed, pointed at Zhu Heng and said, "If Captain Bao doesn't mind, we are willing to help you!"
Bao Xin was immediately in awe, "Are you afraid of death?"
"How can a man be depressed when he is born in heaven and earth... Ahem, when you report to the country and eliminate the traitors below, why do you have to fear death?! Captain Bao, please give me a horse. I have already brought the weapons."
Hearing this, Bao Xin was moved again. He was also a cheerful man, and he immediately decided to go for it! Then he asked the soldiers to give up two horses, rode with Ma Su and Zhu Heng, and headed out of the city."
It is urgent to protect our home and country.
Bao Xin didn't even have time to ask how old Ma Su was. He only knew that Cai Yong's son was a good man.
After the soldiers and horses left the city, it was completely dark.
Through a series of reconnaissance, Bao Xin basically determined the approximate number of soldiers in Dong Zhuo's camp: about three hundred people, and the commander Dong Zhuo was in the camp - this made Bao Xin admire Ma Su's vision. He decided to mobilize the entire army
Attack quietly twenty miles away.
Bao Xin's idea was to first take a detour to the west of Dong Zhuo's camp, then advance eastward in a roundabout way, and then decide the next step based on the battle situation, either to capture Dong Zhuo alive or to chop Dong Zhuo into pieces - because of Ding Yuan's
The troops were to the east of Dong Zhuo, so there were more scouts distributed in the east, and Bao Xin did not want to alert the enemy.
There was no words along the way, only the clicking sound echoed in a small patch of night sky.
More than an hour later, Bao Xin successfully reached the west side of Dong Zhuo's camp, that is, the back.
"Wait until the enemy is asleep before launching an attack! The enemy has not yet relaxed his vigilance, so a direct attack will not be very effective."
Bao Xin got off his horse, tiptoed to Ma Su's side, looked into the dark camp, and sighed: "You Chang, if what happens today, you and I will be remembered in history."
"No." Ma Su waved his hand, disapproving of this statement, "...the name will go down in history, let's take a look."
"How sure do you think we are?"
"About seventy percent..."
"Seventy percent, that's quite a lot. I didn't expect you, Youchang, to be young, experienced, and courageous. Mr. Cai has been studying all his life, and he has indeed taught great talents... By the way, Youchang, how old are you this year?" Bao
Although Xin was a military commander, he had keen observation skills. Hearing Ma Su's relatively young voice, he suddenly became curious about the latter's age.
"Eight years old." Ma Su did not intend to hide his age. At this moment, the three thousand soldiers behind him were ready for everything. After saying this, Ma Su stood up and shouted, "Soldiers, charge! Get rid of thieves for the country.
Just today!"
After that, he rushed out with his spear in hand. Zhu Heng and the soldiers followed closely and rushed out without hesitation.
Eight years old?
Now eight-year-old children are a bit too wild...
Bao Xin was stunned and looked at Ma Su's back. He stayed there for a while, then urged his horse forward and rushed into Dong Zhuo's camp.
Thanks for the 100-coin reward of Wei La is the bottom line
