The Emperor of Luoyi and the Emperor of Luoyang are not the same thing.
Luoyi is the ancient name of Luoyang, which was the name of the Zhou Dynasty, and the emperor of Luoyi refers to the emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty after King Ping moved eastward.
Liu Xie doesn't dare to think about being the second emperor of Guangwu now. He can't summon meteorites, and he doesn't have the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai. He can only "dream". Thinking of being Guangwu is simply a joke.
Even if he really had this idea, he couldn't tell it to Fu Wan and Dong Cheng, the two big mouths, let alone the traitor Cao Cao through them. He had to keep a low profile and position himself in a position that was acceptable to Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Biao.
And a "Emperor of Luoyi" who is in name only and only occupies Luoyang and the surrounding area, similar to the Emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, should be a model of emperor that can be accepted by several powerful princes around Luoyang. Liu Xie also thought it was good...the Emperor of Eastern Zhou Dynasty, he was also an emperor!
Moreover, Liu Xie was willing to take another step back from the Eastern Zhou emperor's model and allow Cao Cao to open a mansion and garrison troops in Luoyang! Of course, Liu Biao will definitely have to garrison troops in Luoyang, and Liu Qi can also open a mansion in Luoyang. In this way, the Cao and Liu families would check and balance each other, and Liu Xie's emperor of Luoyi would be more stable.
For Cao Cao, Liu Xie should be the emperor of Luoyi, accept Cao Cao's protection but not complete control, and give Cao Cao enough righteousness, and then support Cao Cao to block Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's plan, although it is not as good as Che Chaoxing, But it's barely acceptable.
"Yuan Chang, Daying, Fengxiao... what do you think of this emperor of Luoyi?"
In Luyang City, in Cao Jun's camp, Cao Mengde, who had just seen off the visiting Dong Cheng, immediately discussed with Zhong Yao, Ding Chong, and Guo Jia a plan to make Liu Xie the emperor of Luoyi.
"Master Mingshi, this young emperor is very good at knowing what's right!" Guo Jia frowned, "It seems that we did underestimate the young emperor before. He must have secretly colluded with Liu Jingzhou and used clever means to get rid of Zhang Ji, he conveniently created a dream for himself, the High Emperor... He is so scheming at the age of sixteen, so he has to guard against it!"
Zhong Yao clenched his fists and said: "Guo Fengxiao is right! It is better for Mingshijun to move his carriage and drive Xingxu, and keep the emperor firmly in his hands to avoid unnecessary complications!"
Ding Chong said: "Mengde, why are you hesitating? Gongren will definitely be able to persuade Yang Feng and Han Xian to raise troops...at the latest the day after tomorrow, Yang and Han's Yellow Turban thieves will come to Luyang." ! Are you still afraid that the emperor will not obediently flee to Xu County? As long as the emperor arrives in Xu County, won’t he be round if he wants him to be round, and square if he wants to be square?”
Cao Cao looked at Ding Chong with lightning eyes: "If the emperor refuses to submit, he must stick to Luyang. What should he do?"
"Then Mengde, please leave!" Ding Chong said, "Now that Liu Jingsheng's eldest son has not arrived, the armies of Yang Feng and Han Xian are coming. If Mengde, in the name of punishing thieves, leads your troops to leave Luyang, the emperor will only have With hundreds of weak soldiers under Dong Cheng's command, does he still dare to guard Luyang and wait for reinforcements?"
Cao Cao asked again: "What if the emperor goes to Wancheng that day?"
Ding Chong said with a smile: "Mengde, you can guard the official road from Luyang to Pheasant County and wait for the rabbit! You can also let the soldiers and horses left behind in Xu County march to Liang County and Rushui respectively, and go all the way to capture Yang Feng's lair, capture Yang Fengjun's family members, and guard Ruhe River all the way, waiting for the emperor or Yang Feng and Han Siam who want to go to Runan to surrender to Yuan Shu. In this way, no matter whether the emperor goes to Xu County, he will still be killed by the two thieves Yang Feng and Han Siam Even if I go to Liang County, I won't be able to escape from Meng De's hands!"
"Wonderful! Wonderful!" Cao Cao clapped his hands and laughed, "Even if the emperor and all the officials can escape from Luyang, Dong Cheng's few soldiers and horses will be lost! Without these soldiers and horses, the emperor will be What can I do if the Emperor Gao entrusts me with a dream?"
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"What? Yang Feng and Han Siam raised ten thousand troops and came to Luyang? Where did they get so many troops?"
Early the next morning, Liu Xie was sleeping soundly. He was woken up by Queen Fu in a daze, and he also heard a piece of news that surprised him!
Yang Feng and Han Xian, who were stationed in Liang County, rebelled again. They raised tens of thousands of troops and were marching towards Luyang in great force!
Upon hearing the news, Liu Xie immediately jumped up from a large lacquered wood bed and kicked Dong Guiren who was warming the bed next to him: "Dong Ji, wake up quickly, get up quickly... .Hurry up and bring me the imperial robes to put on!"
Dong Ji was woken up by his kick. She thought she had overslept. She rubbed her eyes and muttered: "Brother Emperor, please forgive me. I'm addicted to sleeping again..."
This look is so flattering!
However, Liu Xie had no intention of "liking" her. Instead, he gritted his teeth and said, "Dong Ji, you didn't oversleep. It was Yang Feng and Han Siam who rebelled again!"
"What?" When Dong Ji heard this, she immediately lost all sleep. She quickly got up from the bed, jumped off the big lacquered wood bed, took Liu Xie's white court clothes, and helped Liu Xie change with Empress Fu. .
After a while of busy work, before it was even bright, Liu Xie was sitting upright in the lobby of Luyang County Temple, wearing a white robe and carrying a big sword. A group of ministers from Lu Yang rushed over after hearing the news, and they were all so anxious that they were at a loss.
Liu Xie wandered around among the ministers for a long time, but he didn't see Cao Cao. This was something wrong! The little emperor hurriedly asked: "Where is Cao Sichen? Why hasn't he come yet? Send someone quickly to ask him to come!"
Hearing that the little emperor was looking for Cao Cao, General Dong Cheng stood up quickly, walked to the hall, saluted, and then said: "Your Majesty, after Cao Sichen learned that Yang and Han were coming with their troops last night, he immediately led them Two thousand of our elite troops have gone to meet the enemy!"
When Liu Xie heard this, he sighed and said with a smile: "Since Cao Sichen has sent troops, it will be fine. Cao Sichen is a god with his troops, and Yang and Han can't defeat him."
"Your Majesty!" Dong Cheng shook his head and said, "It seems that Cao Sichen's troops and horses did not stop the two thieves Yang and Han... An hour ago, the reconnaissance cavalry sent out by the minister reported that the troops and horses of the two thieves Yang and Han were... More than ten thousand people marched overnight last night, and now they are less than fifty miles away from Luyang County!"
"What? It's less than fifty miles away from the city... What about Cao Sichen? Where are his soldiers?"
Dong Cheng shook his head: "I don't know! Where did Cao Sichen go?"
Don't know where to go? Even Liu Xie, who was able to "foresee the unknown", was defeated by Cao Cao's move. Cao Cao was a big man and had two thousand troops under his command. Why did he disappear?
"Your Majesty," Taiwei Yang Biao, who was theoretically in charge of military affairs, quickly stood up and walked to the center of the hall. After saluting, he hurriedly said, "Perhaps Cao Sichen was accidentally defeated by Yang and Han. Got it!"
What? Cao Cao was defeated by Yang Feng and Han Xian? How can this be? Liu Xiexin said: What are the two thieves Yang and Han capable of? If they were so good at fighting, would they be killed by Liu Bei in history? Besides, Luyang is more than a hundred miles away from Xu County. Xu County is Cao Cao's old camp. There are only 20,000 to 30,000 Cao soldiers stationed there, right? Bringing thousands of people over to beat Yang Feng and Han Xian is not a joke? How could it be defeated?
This thing is... suspicious! Could it be that Cao Cao wants to harm me?
"Your Majesty! The matter is urgent. Please drive away from Luyang as soon as possible!" Another minister got up and went out. As he walked into the lobby, he gave advice to the little emperor.
Liu Xie looked around and found out that it was Zhong Yao who was speaking!
Well, it must be a scam!
When Zhong Yao didn't speak, Liu Xie was still a little confused. Now that Zhong Yao started to persuade him to run away... then he completely understood.
Zhong Yao is an important minister of Cao Wei! What he meant was what Cao Cao meant. He asked Liu Xie to drive away from Luyang as fast as possible, and Cao Cao asked Liu Xie to drive away from Luyang at high speed... Where to go after leaving Luyang? Must be going to Xu County? What a shame, Cao Cao, still thinking of trapping me in Xu County as a puppet?
Thinking of this, Liu Xie asked in a pretense of panic: "Zhong Pushe, where should I go after I leave Luyang?"
Zhong Yao saluted Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, the troops of Yang and Han are coming from the north, and Xu County is located in the northeast of Luyang. If you drive towards Xu County, you may be intercepted by the soldiers, so I It is recommended that drivers cross the Shuishui River and transfer to Pheasant County."
What? Crossing the Shuishui River to go to Pheasant Yang... there must be a scam! Very deceitful!
Liu Xie seems to be suffering from suspicion now! There are one hundred and twenty people who don’t believe Zhong Yao’s suggestions!
Seeing Liu Xie's silence, Zhong Yao thought that the emperor was afraid of being chased by Yang Feng and Han Xian's troops, so he continued to make suggestions: "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the army to the rear with Dong Weiwei, and we must protect it no matter what." Let His Majesty and all the officials arrive in Pheasant County safely!"
When Dong Cheng heard what Zhong Yao said, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "Your Majesty, please leave quickly. I'll leave the rest of the matter to you and Zhong Pushe!"
I see!
Liu Xie had already guessed what Zhong Yao was up to!
Although Dong Cheng, General Wei, was an unreliable leader, he didn't have many soldiers under his command. But Liu Xie only had Dong Cheng and Dong Cheng's hundreds of soldiers to rely on! Cao Cao did not dare to use force in Luoyang and Luyang because of the few soldiers Dong Cheng had. After all, in order to show that he had no bad intentions, Cao Cao only brought a thousand people to Luo. No one dares to say that this is a sure win against one thousand against five hundred, right?
As for the thousand captive soldiers captured from Han Xian, it's hard to say who they will help if they join forces!
Moreover, Dong Cheng did not need to defeat Cao Cao. As long as he could protect Liu Xie and escape, Cao Cao would not be able to step down.
"No! I won't leave!" Liu Xie slapped the case, and the slight panic on his face had disappeared without a trace, "In Luyang City, there are not only me and the officials, but also my family members and the people who follow me! How can I abandon the people and leave? I want to stay in Luyang and lead the army and the people to repel the two thieves Yang and Han!"
As soon as he said this, a group of worried ministers in the lobby were startled.
Taiwei Yang Biao was also anxious and hurriedly reported: "Your Majesty, there are only more than 500 soldiers in Luyang City, and the two thieves Yang and Han have more than 10,000 soldiers together. How can we resist it? Drivers should cross the Nishui River quickly and leave! "
Dong Cheng also nodded and said: "Your Majesty, please leave quickly... I will protect Yang Feng and Han Siam for Your Majesty!"
Liu Xie waved his hand and asked: "Why did Yang Feng and Han Xian come to have more than 10,000 troops? I remember that only a few thousand Baibo thieves came from the east of the river."
"Your Majesty," Zhong Yao said, "Yang Fengyang went out to plunder grain from Tunliang County. Many yellow scarf thieves from Yingchuan saw that his army was strong and that he had the power to open a government and appoint officials, so they ran to seek refuge. As a result, they were able to gather thousands of people The rest.”
"They are just a mob!" Liu Xie breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "I have the fortified city of Luyang, hundreds of officials, and more than 10,000 righteous people from Henan who follow me. There are many more people in Luyang City. The good people who are short of me, the strong men... If we gather the strong men, we can't be more than three thousand, and we are afraid that the reinforcements from Cao Sichen and Liu Jingzhou will not arrive?"
Zhong Yao never expected that Liu Xie would actually defend the city, so he quickly persuaded him: "Your Majesty, the son of a rich man, will not sit down in court? What's more, your Majesty is the emperor, how can you take such a risk?"
Yang Biaoyang reported: "Your Majesty, I also think that I cannot defend the city to wait for thieves. If anything happens to your Majesty, who can the Han Dynasty expect to revive?"
Dong Cheng said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the matter is urgent, you should leave Luyang as soon as possible!"
Where is Liu Xie willing to leave? But the loyal officials of the Han Dynasty in the lobby today seem to have no confidence in defending the city! Liu Xie thought to himself: It seems that I have to cheer them up. How should I cheer them up? I can...have it!
Liu Xie patted the table in front of him, then stood up suddenly, looked at the ministers below with burning eyes, and said loudly: "To be honest, I dreamed of the late emperor again yesterday!"
Dreaming again?
The ministers below are a little unsure. Now no one is sure whether Emperor Liu Xiemeng is real or crazy?
"Your Majesty," Zhong Yao asked, "did you dream about Emperor Taizu Gao again last night?"
"It's not Emperor Gao," Liu Xie said seriously, "What I dreamed about last night was Emperor Guangwu!"
Changed? What did Emperor Guangwu say?
Before the ministers below had a chance to ask questions, Liu Xie had already spoken: "Emperor Guangwu, the ancestor of the ancestors, taught me the method of defeating the enemy by falling stones!"
What?
The ministers all suspected that they had heard wrongly!
Falling rocks to defeat the enemy? Did Emperor Shizu Guangwu pass on the "spell to summon meteorites" to the young emperor? Isn’t this too awesome?
