It seems that the magnificent historical picture is about to begin. It will not be long before Taizong Xuanwu Emperor Yuan Xi, the second Qinwang scene will appear. Yuan Xi felt that he should say goodbye, as it was already very late.
After leaving, he didn't know when he would see Zhen Mi again, but Yuan Xi knew that he had to go on. A strong man must move forward bravely and fearlessly, and finally reach the other side of victory. If he is heartbroken like ordinary people, everything will be in vain.
"Third brother, Mi'er, Xianyi, this is the farewell. I will move out of the Prefectural Mufu and live in the military camp tomorrow. If you have anything, come to me in the military camp. Maybe... in a few days, the team will Go south, and when this battle is over, I will definitely come back to visit you as soon as possible."
Yuan Xi bowed his hands to the Zhen brothers and sisters and said goodbye with deep affection. A man should do something to protect them.
Zhen Mi's eyes were a little red. She didn't say those common sayings like "I'll wait for you", but just nodded slightly. He said: "I don't have the wings of a colorful phoenix, but I have a clear mind."
Listening to Zhen Mi's gentle words, Yuan Xi felt warm in his heart. The happiest thing in the world is to have such a "Luoshen"-like girl caring about him. With a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for, right?
Suddenly, an idea flashed in my mind, and another sentence popped out of my mouth: "Eternal love will eventually end, but this love will last forever!"
At this moment, Zhen Mi was completely messed up, and tears burst out of her eyes... This young couple was disgusting enough. .
After saying goodbye, Yuan Xi left Zhen's house. Under the watchful eyes of Zhen Yao and Zhen Mi, he got on his horse and disappeared under the moonlight. Zhen Mi stood at the door with the green bamboo, watching the group of people retreating. Just closed the door and went back to the house. Yuan Xi returned to the Prefectural Mufu.
Ten days later, 4,000 Qingzhou elite cavalry and 2,000 Wuhuan cavalry were assembled in Liyang, Wei County.
The generals who went on this expedition included Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci, Duan Pixian, and Hao Zhao.
Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun each commanded half of the Qingzhou elite cavalry, while Wuhuan's sudden cavalry was led by Taishi Ci, Duan Pixi, and Hao Zhao. Also accompanying the army on the expedition was Guo Jia, who worshiped as military advisor and offered wine.
This trip is risky. Yuan Xi asked Zhu Gongdao to protect Bu Lianshi and return to Qingzhou first. Because they had to march quickly and secretly, Yuan Xi and others set out in a very low-key manner. Only Yuan Shao and a few cronies sent him off.
Yuan Xi took Xu Chu and five hundred personal guards. Along with Wen Chou's five thousand troops, they set out from Yecheng. After arriving at Chaoge in Hanoi, Yuan Xi's Qingzhou Army crossed the river south and marched toward Luoyang along Henan Yin on the south bank of the Yellow River.
The Qingzhou Army was all cavalry, and after recruiting Wuhuan cavalry, they also acquired a lot of Wuhuan horses, making the entire team one man and two cavalrymen. Plus more than a thousand mules and horses carrying grain. Yuan Xi's army could fight alone for more than a month without backup supplies.
As the team passed through Rongyang and Chenggao, Yuan Xi looked at the abandoned and damaged Dihu Lao Pass. I can't help remembering and sighing, the sharp sound of wind in my ears seems to be accompanied by the sound of weapons in the fierce battle.
Yuan Xi looked at the steep pass in ecstasy, feeling a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart for some unknown reason.
"Sir, what are you thinking about?" Guo Jia asked, "The situation in Guanzhong is still unclear, so we can only adapt to circumstances."
Yuan Xi shook his head and sighed, "Maybe he remembered Luoyang, the imperial capital of the past. Unfortunately, Luoyang City in the past is now a white land! How many times have you brought troops to Luoyang?"
Outside Chang'an City, a Xiliang army of more than 20,000 people built a camp and then pretended to attack the city. Call the formation at the west city wall of Chang'an.
The Xiliang army that came out of camp to call for formation was different from the subordinates of Guo Si, Li Que and others. From their weapons and armor to their robes, they are not Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army.
There are seven to eight thousand of them, including more than three thousand Xiliang cavalry. The rest of the infantry were mostly spearmen, and there were also Qiang and Hu soldiers mixed in.
In front of this Xiliang army formation was a young general who was only seventeen or eighteen years old. The young general was riding on a white horse. His body was strong and well-proportioned, and his hands were long and powerful.
His appearance is even more heroic, but his bright eyes are full of unruliness and arrogance.
The young general on the white horse wears a pair of fish scale armor and has a lion-shaped hood on his head. He holds an iron spear with a tiger head in his hand. When the soldiers under Li Que's command on the city saw such a mighty young general, they couldn't help but admire Lu Bu's reincarnation.
I saw the young white horse general cheering up and shouting: "I am the son of Ma Shoucheng, the general who conquered the west after General Fubo. I am also Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi. You and other traitors, please dare to come down and fight with me!"
There was a burst of whispering on the city wall, and a certain kind of soldier behind Ma Chao couldn't stop shouting and cursing. Half an hour later, the city gate opened, and nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses poured out of the city.
The leader was Guo Bang, who was extremely powerful in Chang'an City. Behind him were Fan Chou, Li Que's nephew Li Li, and a kind of general.
When the soldiers were lined up, Guo Si came to the front and laughed loudly: "Child of the Ma family, is your father Ma Teng timid and afraid to come out to fight? I will send you a nephew with a yellow mouth. If I hurt you, Aren’t you being said by the world to bully the younger generation?”
Ma Chao, an extraordinary warrior, sneered and galloped forward towards Guo Bang. At the same time, he took out a strong bow from the saddle, put an arrow in his right hand, pointed it at Guo Bang and fired.
Ma Chao's horse was extremely fast and the distance had been closed in an instant, and the feathered arrow was even more swift and powerful. The cold light struck, and Guo Bang immediately sensed the crisis. But after all, Guo Bang is a warrior who has experienced hundreds of battles. He tightened the reins and leaned back quickly.
"Whoosh!" "Cang!" Guo Bin managed to avoid the arrow, but his iron stomach was shot out, making him dizzy and careless.
"General, be careful!" Five generals behind Guo Bang rode out to protect him.
Ma Chao laughed wildly, and the tip of his spear went straight to the throat of an enemy general who was blocking the way. With a "pop", the enemy general was knocked off his horse and made no sound. The remaining four generals surrounded Ma Chao. They swung their tridents, long knives, spears, and halberds, aiming directly at Ma Chao's vital points. Ma Chao curled his lips, but he was not afraid.
The tiger-headed iron spear swung up and swung the four weapons away. The force was so fierce that the tiger's mouths of the four people were numb.
Ma Chao shouted and rushed towards an enemy general. The moment the two war horses met, the iron spear quickly struck the enemy general's chest, killing another person in one round.
Three enemy generals were chasing after him. Ma Chao reached out and grabbed the enemy general's gun barrel behind the tip of his spear, and pushed him off his horse with one force. Trampled by the horse's hooves, the bones of the fallen enemy exploded, and even the internal organs were squeezed out.
Then Ma Chao avoided the three crosses and stabbed the enemy general in the abdomen with a gun in his right hand. The last enemy general seized the opportunity, approached Ma Chao and struck down with his sword.
It was too late to pull out the iron spear, Ma Chao drew out the saber from his waist, avoided the long blade and cut the enemy general's throat at the same time.
Ma Chao wanted to chase Guo Bang again, but he had already escaped back to his own formation. This Jin Ma Chao was really powerful.
"Mighty!" "Mighty!" The soldiers on Ma Chao's side cheered loudly. As for Guo Si, everyone took a breath. Such a brave general could only be matched by the flying general Lu Bu. Seeing Ma Chao standing with his spear across his shoulder, standing proudly in the middle of the road like a god, the Xiliang army couldn't help but feel frightened.
This battle is very similar to Zhao Yun's battle with the four generals of the Han family in his later years.
Fan Chou swallowed his saliva and said, "Old Guo, look at this boy from the Ma family, he looks a bit like Lu Bu!"
Guo Si was in shock, and he shouted: "Whoever he is, we have many soldiers, so there is no need to be afraid if we can stabilize our position!"
Ma Chao burst out laughing: "Dong's old troops were mediocre. Isn't there anyone in the Xiliang army who can fight with me?"
Seeing that no one in Guo Si's formation dared to fight anymore, Ma Chao waved his iron spear and asked the soldiers to press forward. For a time, the two armies were fighting in the west of Chang'an City.
Liu Xie hurried to Princess Wannian's side hall and shouted away several maids. Liu Yan, who was scribbling with a pen, was surprised and quickly put away a few pieces of paper.
"Sister Huang, Ma Teng and Han Sui have led their troops to fight outside the city of Chang'an. The troops of Guo Si and Li Que have been mobilized to guard. We will leave Chang'an after the Autumn Festival tonight and tomorrow!" Liu Xie said anxiously.
"Master Yang, are they all ready? Where are the accompanying soldiers?" Liu Yan asked excitedly.
Liu Xie looked excited and said, "Yang Taiwei and Zhao Situ said they can leave at any time. Five hundred Huben and Yulin warriors have also been summoned. Fan Chou and Yang Feng agreed to escort us to Hongnong."
"It's great. With my father's blessing, I finally waited for this day." Liu Yan cried with joy.
"Sister Huang, you can only bring two or three close maids with you. When the time comes, Sister Huang, please stay with me and the Queen and don't get separated," Liu Xie said.
Liu Yan agreed and sighed: "The Queen has just married His Majesty, and she will flee with us."
Liu Xie held Princess Wannian's hands and said, "I will not let down the expectations of my father and sister. As long as we get through this difficulty, everything will be fine."
Yecheng, Prefecture Mufu.
The news of Yuan Xi's attack "finally" reached Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was "shocked" and almost became furious and "fainted". After all the staff persuaded him, he stopped his grief and gathered everyone to discuss countermeasures.
In fact, Yuan Shao knew about it not long ago, but he suppressed it. It happened that Yuan Xinan went to King Qin this time to deal with the affairs of the princes, so today's incident happened. Li Shimin also faced the battle for his son's inheritance. He almost committed suicide, but at this moment, Yuan Shao was not necessarily acting for others to see.
"The Xiongnu barbarians have repeatedly invaded our territory, and they even wanted to murder my son Yuan Xi before. If I don't avenge this revenge, won't I be ridiculed by the people of the world? I will personally lead the army and go west from Yanmen to kill the Hulu!" Yuan Shao sat down On the high platform, the resentment could not be suppressed, and he vowed to personally conquer the Huns and avenge his son Yuan Xi.
Shen Pei came out and said: "My lord, I have temporarily stopped my thunderous wrath. The second young master was assassinated for no reason. I'm afraid there must be something fishy in this. There are 20,000 border troops guarding Yanmen. Why can the Huns march straight in? We should send important officials to investigate this matter thoroughly." , before I can give an explanation to the Second Young Master."
Feng Ji understood what the trial match meant. He wanted to pour dirty water on Yuan Tan and remove the stumbling block for Yuan Xi. They both stood up and said: "This matter is indeed strange. We should send a responsible person to investigate. Only then can we come to a conclusion! If the lord allows it, I am willing to investigate this matter personally!"
"What are your intentions? Yanmen is far away from Yecheng. Black Mountain thieves rarely enter Yecheng to plunder. It is also blocked by natural barriers. My nephew Gaogan is stationed here with 3,000 troops. There is no way that the Xiongnu can attack. Large-scale infiltration into Yanmen territory. In the entire Yanmen and Youzhou territory, apart from the 20,000 troops that my son Yuan Tan took over, it was the Northern Expeditionary Army commanded by Gao Gan and Qu Yi. If the Xiongnu barbarians had not assassinated Xi'er, could it be Does my son want to kill his brother?"
Yuan Shao angrily stared at the two humerus staff below and asked loudly. Obviously he couldn't accept such speculation. After all, family scandals should not be publicized. What's more, the most taboo thing in the Yuan family was brotherly strife, because the same was true for brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.
If a son wants to kill his younger brother, Yuan Shao cannot accept it no matter what. Not to mention the pain of almost losing a son, if the matter spread, wouldn't it make the world laugh?
As a current plan, the first thing Yuan Shao has to do is to save the face of the Yuan family and Yuan Benchu. Even if this thing is true, it must be covered up.
Even if Yuan Tan was to be punished, he should be punished quietly instead of making a big fanfare and letting everyone in the world know that Yuan Shao's eldest son was going to kill his second son.
Moreover, now in Yuan Shao's heart, he is more willing to accept that his second son was plotted and assassinated by the Huns, rather than being plotted by his eldest son.
Then he could march against the Huns and avenge his son Yuan Xi. If the murderer was his eldest son Yuan Tan, would it be possible for him to kill his eldest son to avenge his second son? The palms and backs of the hands are all flesh. Although Yuan Shao doesn't like Yuan Tan very much, this is his son after all!
For the sake of his own face and the honor of his family, this matter became Yuan Shao's objection. No one was allowed to touch or mention it, otherwise he would become furious. Besides, Yuan Xi was not injured, and he would just have to make up for it in the future, so today's scene was a carefully arranged political drama.
"My son Xian Yi was assassinated by the Huns! The evidence is conclusive and no one can have any objections. If anyone dares to speculate or even slander my son Yuan Tan, he will be killed without mercy!" Yuan Shao was furious and waved his sleeves. And go, this is for everyone to see, and at the same time, it also gives Yuan Tan and others a warning and leaves room for maneuver.
Shen Pei and Feng Ji looked at each other, and for a moment they couldn't figure out why Yuan Shao suddenly got angry. However, they could only speculate as to whether Yuan Tan murdered Yuan Xi. They had no real evidence and did not dare to draw any conclusions.
Moreover, Yuan Shao was in a rage at the moment. If he touched his reverse scale again, I'm afraid there would be no good fruit to eat.
The two of them had no choice but to retreat in dismay and think of other ways to deal with Yuan Tan. They could not just watch his power grow and threaten Yuan Xi's status.
After learning what Yuan Shao meant, Yuan Tan felt a little relieved and even felt a little ashamed of Yuan Shao. Before that, Yuan Tan had already prepared for the worst. If Yuan Shao had doubts about him and was ready to recruit him back to question him, he would occupy Youzhou and stand on his own.
With his agitation ability, he should be able to coerce tens of thousands of people under his command to follow him. Although the road to hegemony will be more difficult and dangerous without the Yuan family, there is no way around it. Even if he didn't kill Yuan Xi, Yuan Xi would kill him, not to mention that he just did it in advance.
Moreover, Yuan Shao was surrounded by enemies on all sides, including the Xiongnu in the north and Cao Cao in the south. Yuan Tan believed that even if Yuan Shao knew that he had murdered Yuan Xi, he would not raise a large number of troops to attack him. He did not have the courage, courage, or cruelty. As expected, everything was as expected by myself and Xin Ping, my stupid father.
This paragraph about Yuan Tan is excerpted from "Book of Jin". We, the descendants, have no idea how fierce the fight between Emperor Taizong Xuanwu and Yuan Xi's brothers was at that time. But isn't it too strange that Yuan Tan assassinated Yuan Xi repeatedly.
I think it is true that Yuan Xi was assassinated. After all, the most ruthless imperial family, Emperor Taizong, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, often sent assassins and spies to each other, didn't they?
The reason why I am talking about strangeness is not to deny the authenticity of Yuan Tan's assassination of Yuan Xi. What I want to say is that Emperor Taizong Xuanwu and Emperor Yuan Xi deliberately politicized the matter of Yuan Tan's assassination of himself, otherwise it would not be possible. Things that were suppressed by Yuan Shao coincidentally broke out again the moment Yuan Xi went south.
There is no mention in the history books about how Emperor Taizong Xuanwu and Emperor Yuan Xi operated secretly. It is estimated that historians used Spring and Autumn style to cover it up deliberately for the sake of the venerable person's confidentiality.
I guess that this may have something to do with the black-clad prime minister who has always been invisible, that is, Yuan Xi’s teacher and secret guard chief Zhang Hong. I don’t believe that Zhang Hong, who holds great power, eats and drinks every day. It's impossible to do nothing for fun, otherwise why would he enter Lingyan Pavilion, right?
Here, Zhang Hong must have put a lot of effort and energy into Yuan Xi's fight for the heir. Otherwise, why would Yuan Xi always get the first-hand information? Zhang Hong must have secretly bribed and instigated many people to rebel. Layout and long time.
