While the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong was looking forward to Wang Mi's troops arriving in Luoyang to consume Zhao Gu's troops in the city, a panic-stricken Xiongnu general ran up to Liu Cong.
"Your Majesty, it's bad! Wang Mi was killed!"
When Liu Cong heard the news, his face was full of shock and disbelief. He grabbed the general's clothes and said sternly.
"What did you say! Say it again!?"
The general was shocked by Liu Cong's anger and said tremblingly.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Wang Mi has been killed!"
"Wang Mi is brave and treacherous, who can kill him so easily?!" Liu Cong suddenly shouted loudly.
The reason why Liu Cong was so angry was not because of his deep friendship with Wang Mi. Although Wang Mi had an old friendship with his father Liu Yuan, it didn't have much effect on Liu Cong at all. What if his dead father Liu Yuan had any influence on him? If he had the strength, he would not give Liu Yuan a cuckold posthumously.
For the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom, the main force was the Xiongnu troops and horses, which were used to capture the two most important places of Luoyang and Chang'an. Barbarians such as Tiefu Xiongnu, Baibei Xianbei, Loufan Qiang, Lu Shuihu, etc. were used to involve the Jin Dynasty. The forces in Bingzhou in the military pass used Liu Ling, Shi Le, Wang Mi, Zhao Gu and other refugees to interfere with the troops in the Central Plains.
No one would have thought that none of the four military leaders of the Huns and Han Kingdom in the Central Plains were left.
For Liu Cong, the emperor of the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty, the military pressure that he needed to face directly increased suddenly.
"Your Majesty, I have heard that several of Wang Mi's generals rebelled in the city of Yuzhou. Wang Mi led his light troops to attack, but when he was passing through Chen County, he was attacked by thieves at night. His chief officer, Liu Tun, took advantage of the chaos to attack. I killed Wang Mi, beheaded him and left, but I don’t know where he went now.”
"Idiot, what an idiot. I didn't expect that Flying Leopard Wang Mi, who has been famous all his life, would be so stupid."
Liu Cong patted the saddle hard and said with great regret.
"Your Majesty, there must be another hidden reason for Wang Mi's death, but the most important thing to do now is to immediately send someone to canonize his younger brother Wang Zhang, so that Wang Zhang can stabilize the remaining tribesmen and prevent them from collapsing. This way If so, even if Wang Mi dies, those tens of thousands of Jin soldiers can still be used by Your Majesty!"
Hu Yanyan, the cavalry general next to him, rolled his eyes and immediately spoke to Liu Cong.
"Yes, yes, even if Wang Mi is gone, as long as those Jin soldiers can still be used by me." Liu Cong quickly realized the crux of the problem.
"Where is Wang Zhang now?" Liu Cong asked again.
When the Hun general heard this, his face became troubled.
"Your Majesty, after Wang Mi was killed, many of his subordinates refused to obey Wang Zhang and started a chaos in Xiangcheng, Yuzhou. The specific news is unknown. As for where Wang Zhang is now, even the generals don't know. .”
After hearing this, Emperor Liu Cong of the Huns was speechless for a while, then he put his hand on his forehead and sighed.
"The death of Wang Mi seems to have been premeditated. Kill Wang Mi first, and then disrupt his army. From now on, there will never be another flying leopard that can single-handedly bring trouble to the hinterland of the Central Plains."
"Hurry and send someone to investigate. You must find out for me whether Wang Mi's death was caused by the Qingzhou thieves or the Jin captives!"
Liu Cong gave the last stern order.
After the general was ordered to leave, Liu Cong glanced at Hu Yanyan, the cavalry general next to him, and said.
"It seems that Wang Mi's soldiers can't wait any longer, but this Luoyang City can no longer be filled with the lives of our five Huns."
"General Huyan, just use your previous strategy and send cavalry to search for the nearby Jin slaves within a radius of forty miles. Regardless of men, women, old or young, all must be covered with soil and trenches. Even if they die, they must die in this trench!"
As Liu Cong spoke, he stared at the Luoyang city wall in the distance with a fierce expression. On the Luoyang city wall, the Jin army flags were flying wantonly, as if they were provoking Liu Cong.
"I will obey the order, Your Majesty, please rest assured, not even a Jin prisoner's chicken or dog within a radius of dozens of miles will be missed!" Hu Yanyan, the general of chariots and cavalry, immediately accepted the order.
At this time, Chen Yuanda, the imperial censor who came with the army, immediately stepped forward and loudly advised.
"Your Majesty! You can't do this!"
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong both respected and feared Chen Yuanda, a wise man among the Huns. When he saw Chen Yuanda's objection, he immediately frowned and said.
"Chen Qing, what do you mean by this! Do you want me to sit back and watch Zhao Gu, a thief, take over Luoyang?"
"Your Majesty, I have no intention of doing this. Zhao Gu has betrayed the great kindness of the emperor and Han Dynasty. Naturally, he should be punished with the power of heaven. But the people around Luoyang are innocent. In fact, these people are all your majesty's subjects. How can there be any The truth is that traitors kill good people first in order to seek destruction!"
Chen Yuanda, the censor doctor, had always been physically weak. After saying these two sentences, he was already out of breath, but he persisted and continued.
"Your Majesty is determined to conquer the world. Regardless of whether they are Huns or Jin people, they should be treated equally as subjects of the emperor. If he does such cruel things in order to capture Luoyang, how will he be able to rule all the people from now on?"
As soon as Chen Yuanda said these words, some of the surrendered ministers from Jin who came with the army nodded in agreement.
These Jin people and ministers all felt that since Liu Yuan and his son had taken up the banner of reviving the Han Dynasty, they should be the emperors of the world. Whether they were Huns or Jin people from the Central Plains, they should all be the sons of the Han Dynasty. People should not discriminate against them.
However, none of these Jin surrender officials dared to say Chen Yuanda's words, because Chen Yuanda himself was a Huns, and no matter what he said, he would not let the Hun Emperor Liu Cong have other ideas.
After Liu Cong heard what Chen Yuanda said, he didn't take it seriously.
"Chen Qing, now that the world is not at peace, what we need are warriors who are good at fighting, not good people who farm. If the Jin farmer who plows the fields dies, there will be other Jin farmers. But if our Huns If one son dies, then one is missing!"
After hearing Liu Cong's dismissive attitude, the imperial censor Chen Yuanda continued to argue vigorously.
"Your Majesty, as long as you are taught combat skills, even farmers can become good soldiers!" Chen Yuanda said sincerely.
Unexpectedly, after Chen Yuanda said these words, the Huns Emperor Liu Cong became furious.
"Chen Yuanda! I think you are an old fool! If all the Jin people become good soldiers, where will there be a place for us Huns to stay!?"
Liu Cong said this and waved his arms angrily.
"Okay, no more words! Otherwise, no matter who it is, they will be engaged in military law!"
When Chen Yuanda saw this, he had no choice but to bow his head and plead guilty, and did not dare to say any more words.
The Huns Emperor Liu Cong no longer looked at Chen Yuanda, but stared at Luoyang City in the distance.
"Even if all the Jin people in Luoyang die, I am not afraid. Without the Jin people, there are still Di, Tiefu, Bai, Lou Fanqiang, and Lu Shuihu. These people can guard Luoyang for me. !”
Yanzhou, Luzicheng.
This temporary capital of the Han Dynasty became more and more crowded with the influx of more and more officials, soldiers and civilians.
Liu Yu's temporary palace has no royal style at all, which is similar to the ordinary residences of ministers and prime ministers. Of course, compared with the residences of the royal palaces and nobles in Luoyang Didu, it is far from enough.
Liu Tun, who had served successively as a lieutenant of the Jin Dynasty and a doctor of Guanglu in Luoyang, was quietly looking at this temporary palace of the puppet Han.
As an important contributor to the attack and death of Wang Mi, Liu Tun was naturally sent to Liu Yu's palace together with Wang Mi's head.
After entering this shabby palace, Liu Tun did not wait long.
Soon, several waiters came in to remind him.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty is here. Welcome!"
Liu Tun quickly tidied up his clothes and prepared a grand ceremony to meet him.
However, a burst of hearty laughter soon came in, and Liu Tun didn't even pay homage to him.
"Haha, apart from Wang Mi's contribution, Duke Chang Sheng is the leader!"
Before Liu Tun could bow down, he saw a tough warrior coming in. The person following behind him was none other than Wang Mi's nephew Wang Li.
Seeing the confusion and uneasiness on Liu Tun's face, Wang Li smiled and said.
"Mr. Liu, this is the Emperor!"
When he heard this, it was exactly what Liu Tun had guessed, and he quickly knelt down to worship.
"The sinner Liu Tun, pays homage to the Emperor..."
However, Liu Tun was interrupted halfway through his polite words, and his kneeling body was lifted up by a pair of strong arms.
"If you are promoted to Duke, you are a great meritorious official, so you can avoid the red tape."
Liu Yu's face was full of smiles.
"Your Majesty, Tun is a sinner. I don't dare to treat Your Majesty like this! The first person to kill Wang Mi should be Wang Li or Ran Long. It really shouldn't be me."
This was not Liu Tun's deliberate condescension. In the attack on Wang Mi, the person who carried out the conspiracy from beginning to end was Wang Mi's nephew Wang Li. The person who finally beheaded Wang Mi was the heroic general Ran Long.
"Young Master, please don't give in!" Liu Yu waved his hand and said.
"Wang Mi acted cruelly and brought disaster to Zhongzhou. Yanzhou and Yuzhou were all attacked by him. Now that Wang Mi is executed, these two states can live in peace."
"Since Changsheng Gong is the first meritorious service, the reward promised at the beginning cannot be broken!"
After Liu Yu finished speaking, he waved, and an attendant behind him quickly handed over a box with both hands.
"Here are the seals and ribbons of the Han Shizhong, Sili Xiaowei, and Chengyang County Duke. Please accept them, Duke Changsheng!"
When Liu Tun was in the Jin court, he served as the Sili captain five times and was considered a celebrity for a while. However, as the overall situation of the Jin court deteriorated, he soon became a prisoner.
He never imagined that he would be appointed as the Sili Colonel for the sixth time.
"Your Majesty has treated me so kindly, and even if I die, I can't repay him!" Liu Tun immediately burst into tears of gratitude.
Seeing him like this, Liu Yu felt relieved.
Not long ago, Hua Hui, Xun Fan and other important ministers who entered the Han Dynasty from the Jin Dynasty all died of illness. As a result, there were almost no prestigious Jin ministers in the Jin Dynasty that Liu Yu had accepted.
Others such as Hua Xiu, Gongsun Sheng, Xi Jian, etc., although they were very prestigious in Liu Yu's Han Dynasty court, their respective reputations and prestige were actually not very high, either because of their shallow qualifications before, or because they were from a humble background and could not Fully bear the heavy responsibility that will be shouldered.
In this way, Liu Tun, who had just been the hero of Wang Mi's death, became the most suitable candidate.
Sure enough, after Liu Yu expressed his thoughts.
Liu Tun quickly noticed Liu Yu's intention.
"Sili Xiaowei? Your Majesty, now all Sizhou is in the hands of the Hulu or the Jin army. Now that I have appointed you as Sili Xiaowei, are you going to march into Sizhou?" Liu Tun said.
"Yes, Zhao Gu in Luoyang is now trapped in a heavy siege by the barbarians. The Jin armies in several counties around him are out of power, but it is the time when we are marching into Sizhou."
Liu Yu said.
"In this case, how many troops does Your Majesty plan to use to capture Sizhou?"
"Hahaha, this time we are planning to attack Sizhou, we cannot use troops for the time being, but must outwit them." Liu Yu said with a smile.
"No troops?" Liu Tun was a little surprised. He originally thought that Liu Yu planned to send the elite Qingzhou Han army to attack Sizhou westward, but he didn't know that there were no troops. This simply made Liu Tun feel desperate.
"Your Majesty, if we don't have soldiers and horses, there are hundreds of large and small forts in Sizhou, and the Hulu and Jin armies are even more complicated. How can we pacify them?"
After Liu Yu heard this, he didn't take it seriously.
"Longsheng Gong, now more than ten generals, commanders, dock owners, etc. in Sizhou have sent people to vote for surrender. It can be said that the people are worried about Han!"
After listening to Liu Yu's words, Liu Tun didn't think there was any reason to "outwit" him.
After all, in Liu Tun's view, the so-called "people's thoughts" are basically something that there is no solution for.
Now Zhao Gu in Luoyang is besieged by the Huns and barbarians, but the Jin troops in Guanzhong and Henan are unable to do anything about it. For the surrounding Wubao powerful men who are waiting to protect themselves, this is simply forcing them to abandon the Jin Dynasty.
In this way, these powerful people in Sizhou Wubao must either seek refuge with the Huns and Hu Han who came from Bingzhou, or they must seek refuge with the Qingzhou Han Kingdom in the east. Anyway, the power of the Jin Dynasty is the weakest for Sizhou. Yes.
"Since you are a man of thoughts, shouldn't your Majesty send troops immediately to rescue the people of Sizhou?" Liu Tun said directly.
After hearing Liu Tun's words, Liu Yu thought to himself that this man's reputation for being straightforward seems to be well-deserved.
"I'll tell you the truth, Lord Changsheng, now my Han Dynasty treasury is completely empty, and I have no savings at all to send troops to the west!"
Liu Yu sighed and said.
"However, these loyal ministers and righteous men of Sizhou cannot bear to let their expectations be disappointed."
"Therefore, in this matter, a capable minister with equal authority should go to Sizhou to integrate the powerful powers of the counties and join forces to fight against the Hulu."
"Wait until next year when the treasury is abundant and the soldiers are ready, then we can send troops to Sizhou to quell the Hulu tribe in the territory!"
"At that time, it will be time for these Sizhou heroes to serve!"
