The effect of Ma Fei Powder is indeed powerful, but one drawback is that it must be consumed with alcohol, so the effect is that one plus one is greater than two.
The strong liquor was mixed with hemp powder. Not long after Tai Shici forced it down, Liu Bian fell directly to the ground, as if dead, his breath was weak, and he passed out completely.
If you don't get close enough to feel your pulse, you might just be able to fish in troubled waters just by testing your breath.
However, Yan Zhong did not think that Ma Fei Powder could be hidden from others. He just walked out and said to everyone calmly: "Wang Yun knew that he was going to die, so he forced the emperor to drink poisoned wine, and then committed suicide by taking poison. You can leave later.
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"The Emperor is dead?"
Li Li couldn't believe it, so he came over and wondered: "Why did he die so easily?"
Yan Zhong said calmly: "If you die, you will die. Li Xiaowei and Guo Xiaowei counterattacked Chang'an this time to kill the emperor and avenge the grand master. Anyway, a living emperor is of no use to us, so let him be
His body should have been dragged outside the city and buried."
"Zhongcheng, do you want me to help?"
Wu Xi came over and showed a flattering smile.
Yan Zhong waved his hand: "No, he is the emperor after all, and I was once a court minister, so I will bury him personally."
Taishi Ci, Hou Xu and several palace maids and eunuchs carried Liu Bian's body out with sad faces.
Li Li leaned over, stretched his neck and said: "Uncle, I have grown so old and have never seen what the emperor looks like. Let me take a look, just take a look."
Yan Zhong stopped him and said with a smile: "What's so good about the emperor? He has one nose and two eyes just like us. The most important thing now is to go to the city to plunder grain, grass and money as soon as possible. In the future, we Xiliang people want to have a grand plan
Hegemony requires occupying Guanzhong and sitting on all this wealth. Why don't you go to the city and plunder it?"
"Okay...it all depends on uncle's arrangements."
Li Li and Wu Xi were stopped by Yan Zhong. Although they did not come close to touch the emperor's body, they saw with their own eyes that people were carrying a pale-faced young man passing by them. After a few glances, they found that there was nothing interesting to see, so they led the
His subordinates dispersed.
Some people may wonder why people like Wu Xi and Li Li don't seem to attach much importance to the emperor's attitude. They don't seem to doubt Yan Zhong's words at all, nor do they consider whether the emperor will fake his death?
However, in history, Li Jue and Guo Si almost had the emperor and Wang Yun executed together, but Fan Chou persuaded them, and then they changed the situation to kidnapping the emperor's residence for rare goods.
In addition, the slogan of Li Jue and Guo Si's counterattack on Chang'an was to kill the emperor and Wang Yun and avenge Dong Zhuo. Therefore, in their minds, even if they caught the emperor, they would still be executed. Death now or later
Death makes no difference, so naturally it doesn't matter.
Seeing that Wu Xi, Li Li and others were fooled, Yan Zhong also breathed a sigh of relief.
He rushed to find the emperor before people like Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou, because he was afraid that people like Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou would come around and understand the importance of the emperor.
It is indeed a very lucky thing to be able to transport the emperor away without any danger.
At that moment, under his arrangement, Taishi Cihou Xu and dozens of spies from the Military Intelligence Department, wearing the military uniforms of the Xiliang Army, quietly carried Liu Bian out of the city and headed east.
Yan Zhong himself stayed. He needed an honest excuse to leave. Otherwise, if he left tonight, any fool would guess that there was something wrong. Li Jue, Guo Si and others would definitely suspect that the emperor was being hidden by him.
When he got up, it made Liu Bian's whereabouts suspicious, and he couldn't stop the world from talking about it.
At this time, people like Li Jue and Guo Si were still looting the city. Historically, their subordinates captured Wang Yun and the emperor and brought them to them. After Li Jue and Guo Si executed Wang Yun, they also wanted to kill the emperor.
, was persuaded by Fan Chou, and then continued to cause trouble in Guanzhong.
Now that no one has brought the Emperor to them, these people naturally don't think too much. The main reason is that the threat of the Kwantung Army is nearby. They just want to deal with the Chang'an court, plunder some more, and lead the soldiers back to their hometown in Xiliang.
Therefore, after capturing Chang'an, Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Wang Fang and others sent troops to loot and loot, and killed countless people inside and outside the city. Historical records record that "there was no trace of human life in Guanzhong, and Chang'an was reduced to ruins."
The turmoil lasted until the next morning, when the whole city became completely quiet. Except for the occasional screams and wails, there was no more hustle and bustle.
The raging flames are still burning, and the palaces everywhere have been reduced to ruins. There are corpses everywhere on the streets, in people's homes, and in the palaces. The blood seems to have stained the entire city of Chang'an. Some Xiliang people with red eyes are even looting.
When the treasures were stolen, even the companions around him began to take action, so that there were many civil strife in the Xiliang army caused by the treasures.
The riot lasted all night. In other words, the current situation was no longer controllable by Li Jue and Guo Si. The soldiers were scattered everywhere. Even if they wanted to restrain them, they could not order them in a short time, like after the defeat of Shu.
, during the Zhonghui Rebellion, the soldiers went crazy and killed many people in Chengdu for several days before they calmed down.
It can be seen from this that among the rebels, unless Li Jue, Guo Si, King Fang Fanchou and others immediately summoned all levels of army commanders, commanders, generals, generals and other mid-level officers to order their subordinates to quell the riot, at least within a short period of time,
This killing must continue.
In the Weiyang Palace, the city was still in dire straits. However, the main senior generals had no intention of restraining their subordinates, but continued to let them plunder wealth and make plans for their future escape back to Xiliang.
Now they are sitting here having a meeting to discuss the next plan.
After all, the emperor is dead and Wang Yun is also dead. We have to think about what they will do in the future. Should they continue to stay in Guanzhong or go west and return to their hometown in Liangzhou? This is a very real question.
In the Xiliang army, the five great generals had the highest status. Li Jue and Guo Si were just Niu Fu's right-hand lieutenants, and did not have such a high status.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In addition to the five great generals, Yan Zhong has the highest status as Dong Zhuo's mastermind and is sought after by everyone.
Therefore, Yan Zhong took the main seat without hesitation.
On the left and right are Li Jue and Guo Si, followed by Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, Wang Fang Jiaxu and others. Finally, there is one person, Li Ru. He was released and can continue to sit here because he is Dong Zhuo's counselor.
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"Mr. Chenghan, is the emperor really dead?"
This is the third time Jia Xu has asked. He has asked twice in private just now, and now he is asking in front of everyone.
Yan Zhong rolled his eyes and said, "The bodies of the Emperor and Wang Yun that many soldiers saw with their own eyes included Lieutenant Li's nephew Li Li. Is this still false?"
Jia Xu's eyes were rolling around, and he felt something was wrong. He looked at Yan Zhong with flickering eyes. He wanted to ask where the emperor's body was now, but he hesitated for a moment and finally didn't ask.
Yan Zhong had been staring at his face. Seeing that Jia Xu didn't speak, he felt relieved. Fortunately, Jia Xu was a man who was greedy for life and afraid of death. He was afraid of offending the people behind him. If Li Ru had been replaced, maybe he would
It might be bad.
Speaking of Li Ru, Li Ru now looks haggard and pale. After Dong Zhuo's death, Guanzhong lost a leader. As a visionary counselor, he naturally knew what the consequences would be after Dong Zhuo's death.
None of the generals in the Xiliang army could replace Dong Zhuo's position, and no one obeyed anyone. Even if Yan Zhong was allowed to sit on the chief throne, it was only because of his prestige and fame, rather than fear of him.
So now Li Ru has no thoughts on the emperor at all, but is thinking about what he should do in the future, whether to find a hero to assist him, or to remain anonymous for the rest of his life.
"Mr. Chenghan, now we have counterattacked Chang'an. The Emperor and Wang Yun are both dead, what should we do next?"
Li Jue asked worriedly: "Should I go back to my hometown in Xiliang?"
What’s next?
Of course the next step is to watch you kill each other.
Yan Zhong sneered in his heart, but waved his hands and said: "What are you going to do back home in Xiliang? Xiliang is a barren land, how can it be as wealthy as Guanzhong? When the First Emperor and Gaozu unified the world, they relied on Guanzhong. If you want to
If you want to make a difference, you must naturally occupy this place, first defeat Han Sui and Ma Teng, and then dominate the pass, then you can look at the world."
"But......"
Several people looked at each other and said nothing.
It's certainly a good thing to look at the world.
But the problem is that whoever is the boss here and whoever is the younger brother will be divided into two groups.
In the past, Dong Zhuo was the eldest brother and they were the younger brothers.
Now that Dong Zhuo is dead and even the nominal emperor is gone, they each lead their own armies. Who will lead them is a big problem.
"Of course, I'm just a suggestion. It's up to you whether you listen to it or not."
Yan Zhong said calmly: "And I also know what your concerns are now. If it were me, I would return to Xiliang first. Now that we have plundered Guanzhong, everyone has money, food and soldiers. If we can defeat Han Sui
Ma Teng recruited a large number of Qiang and Liangzhou soldiers in Xiliang, and with so many soldiers and horses, and then fought back to Guanzhong to seize grain land, he would dominate one area in the future and become the king of vassals. It is not impossible. Now the road is clear.
I’ll give it to you, the rest is up to you.”
Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, Wang Fang and others all looked at each other with fear in their eyes.
But Jia Xu and Li Ru looked at Yan Zhong in shock.
Yan Zhong shared such a good strategic plan with them in front of everyone, making it clear that he was trying to kill two peaches and three people in order to create a wedge between them.
However, Jia Xu and Li Ru had different ideas. Jia Xu was preemptive and vaguely guessed that Yan Zhong had already surrendered to someone else. This move was probably to clear the obstacles in Guanzhong for the people behind the scenes and make full preparations for seizing Guanzhong in the future.
Li Ru, on the other hand, thought that Yan Zhong was using a vicious strategy to select a hero to assist him. To put it bluntly, he was raising gu.
After these people fight each other, the remaining person can replace Dong Zhuo and become the hero.
Therefore, neither of them spoke after hearing Yan Zhong's plan.
Jia Xu acted wisely to protect himself. He was afraid that if he revealed the secret, he would be hated by the people behind Yan Zhong, which would lead to death.
Li Ru felt that Yan Zhong's strategy was good. If a hero could be selected, wouldn't it be wonderful if he would assist him?
Therefore, for a time, people like Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, and Wang Fang, who had low intelligence, could not guess what Yan Zhong was thinking.
Jia Xu and Li Ru, both of whom are highly intelligent, have concerns or agree in their hearts.
Both parties actually implicitly acquiesced in Yan Zhong's idea.