The Crusade Against Dong Zhuo (5)
The next day, Jin Xuan invited Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to discuss. Jin Xuan said,"Now, all the civil and military officials have no talent to help the world. I want to ask the emperor to appoint Benchu as the left prime minister and Meng De as the right prime minister. What do the two of you think?"
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao looked at each other in surprise. Yuan Shao said,""Today, the emperor and the civil and military officials are indebted to King Pingnan for his great service.”"I'm from the south," Jin Xuan replied."I'm not used to the climate in the north. I didn't dare to return because Dong Zhuo hadn't been destroyed. If Dong Zhuo is destroyed, he will soon return to the south. Benchu and Mengde are very talented and can certainly make the government clear and bright.”
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were delighted. "If that's the case, it's all thanks to King Ju Pingnan.”
"I can take on the title of Great General," Jin Xuan said."I'll just send a subordinate official to the court to take attendance."”
Seeing Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, there is no doubt. Jin Xuan continued,"Dong Zhuo still has 250,000 elite soldiers. Chang 'an is rich in food and money. It is not easy to capture it. It is better to carry out the plan of alienating each other, and issue an edict to appoint Li Ru as the prefect of Chang 'an and Li Cui, Guo Si, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji as generals, so that the generals and generals will be suspicious of each other, and soon there will be civil strife. In this way, Chang' an can be captured without fighting. Now the palace of Luoyang has been damaged and cannot be repaired. Go west to Hongnong County City, the houses are still neat, it is better to move here temporarily, wait until Chang 'an is captured and then move the capital there.”
After the discussion, they gathered the vassals to kowtow to the emperor. Soon after, Jin sent a memorial asking the emperor to appoint Yuan Shao as the left minister and Cao Cao as the right minister. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao also submitted a memorial to the court, requesting the imperial edict to appoint Jin Xuan as the general. The emperor listened to his advice and personally wrote in the hall.
Then Jin Xuan said that he would defeat Dong Zhuo's plan, and the emperor agreed. However, the jade seal could not be found, so he found a craftsman to quickly carve a chapter and use it for the time being.
When the chapter was completed, the Emperor issued an edict,"Li Ru was appointed Governor of Chang 'an, Li Cui and Guo Si were appointed Tiger Generals, and Fan Chou and Zhang Ji were appointed Palace Generals. They each led their own troops to capture Dong Zhuo. If he captured Dong Zhuo, regardless of whether he was dead or alive, he would be conferred the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Families.”
Jin Xuan, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao also requested to move the emperor to Hongnong as another palace. After Chang 'an was captured, the capital was moved.
The vassals packed up and escorted the emperor and civil and military officials to Hongnong for settlement.
The emissaries arrived in Chang 'an and went to Li Ru, Li Cui, Guo Si, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji respectively according to the secret plan given by Jin Xuan. After reading the edict, they left in a hurry.
Li Ru received the edict and knew that Dong Zhuo was trying to sow discord. He rushed to the four generals to comfort him and said that this was a plan for the court. Then he went to Dong Zhuo's house with the four generals to ask for an audience.
Dong Zhuo had already received the report. Seeing the five of them come together, he was puzzled. After arranging the machetemen in the mansion, he let the five of them enter the mansion. However, the five of them had already noticed that something was wrong. Only Li Ru entered alone, and the four generals hurried back to prepare.
Li Ru went to see Dong Zhuo and said,"My lord has been tricked. This is a plan to sow discord. If we work together, Chang 'an will be impregnable. For now, please go to the four generals alone to explain, I will go first to negotiate peace.”Dong Zhuo said,"Li Ru is a loyal minister. The four generals did not dare to come to see him. They must have different intentions. I will lead the army to capture him." Li Ru hurriedly said," My lord, you must not do this. These four generals have a total of 120,000 troops. My lord has 130,000 troops, including Lu Bu's troops. If you fight with the four generals, Chang 'an will be lost. Chang' an will be lost, and my lord will have no place to stand, so please think twice."”Li Ru urged.
At this moment, a report came in from the left and right,"Li Cui is about to lead his troops out of the city.”Dong Zhuo was furious and ignored Li Ru's dissuasion. He gathered 80,000 troops to capture Li Cui.
At the east gate, Dong Zhuo saw Li Cui about to leave the city and shouted,"Why did General Li betray me?" Li Cui did not have time to leave the city. Seeing Dong Zhuo's troops coming, he quickly ordered his bodyguards to inform the other three generals to lead troops to help. He led his troops to meet him.
Dong Zhuo had many soldiers, and soon, Li Cui's soldiers could not resist. Dong Zhuo went to meet Li Cui, and after more than ten rounds, Li Cui was cut off from his horse and died. Dong Zhuo also annexed his army, totaling 100,000.
Before they could stop, Guo Si and the other two generals came forward and saw that Li Cui was dead and his troops had been annexed by Dong Zhuo. "Revenge for Li Cui!" Li urged his troops to rebel again, and the city was in chaos. Dong Zhuo was killed by the three generals. Although he had killed Guo Si, he had been seriously injured and was thrown off his horse by Fan Chou.
Li Ru led his troops to arrive. Seeing that Dong Zhuo, Li Cui, and Guo Si had all died, he knew that the situation could not be salvaged. He appeased Fan Chou and Zhang Ji and ordered them to restrain their troops. Li Ru also collected Dong Zhuo's defeated troops. During the chaos, Lu Bu's general Gao Shun led 30,000 troops from Lu Bu's original army to open the south gate to defect to Jin Xuan.
After Dong Zhuo's death, Li Ru, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji had conflicts again. Li Ru saw that things were not harmonious, so he took the original Dong Zhuo's 80,000 troops and fled to Tianshui overnight.
Fan Chou and Zhang Ji collected a total of 120,000 soldiers and asked for credit.
Jin Xuan had long learned of the chaos in Chang 'an from outside Gao Shun. He led his troops to Chang' an and entered the city to pacify the people. He ordered Fan Chou and Zhang Ji to lead their troops out of the city to camp. When the emperor arrived, they would be rewarded separately.
Pingnan's army entered the city and did not invade at all. The people were at ease.
Fan Chou and Zhang Ji's troops had bad discipline. On this day, a small group of soldiers was looting outside the city. They were discovered and stopped by the Pingnan Army patrol, and the two armies clashed. When Fan Chou and Zhang Ji heard this, they were afraid of the revenge of Pingnan soldiers and fled to Anding overnight.
Jin Xuan also sent people to repair the palace and houses to welcome the emperor and civil and military ministers.
The emperor had arrived, and he had entered the palace to settle down. He issued an edict to grant Jin Xuan the title of King of Changsha and General, who controlled the army and horses of the world. His civil and military officials, all officials below the second grade, had the right to appoint and dismiss.
Jin soon saw that all things had begun to work, and asked to return home. The emperor did not agree and ordered the vassals to return to their fiefs temporarily. Jin Xuan, together with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, wrote a letter to resign and return to Changsha due to physical discomfort.
The emperor was not proud of Jin Xuan's great achievements, but he was strict in military discipline and loved Jin Xuan. The emperor saw that Jin Xuan insisted on returning to Changsha and held a banquet in the palace to bid farewell to Jin Xuan. At that time, the guards in the camp were all Jin Xuan guards, and Dian Wei led his guards to escort Jin Xuan into the palace.
The emperor heard that Jin had returned to the palace and personally went out of the palace to meet him. The emperor was weak, but orthodox and serious. His face was pale because of excessive wine and sex. When the two of them were seated, the Emperor said,"The capital is in chaos. Dong Zhuo has been captured. Fortunately, the king of Changsha was loyal and brave and saved the Han Dynasty from danger. Now that the court has just been established, there are many things waiting to be done. The king of Changsha abandoned me and left. I am very afraid. When I was in Chang 'an, I asked the King of Changsha to teach me what to do.”
"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness," Jin Xuan said."But I am a southerner and am not accustomed to the climate of the north." Now Mengde and Benchu are assisting each other in the court and restricting each other. They will not dare to treat Your Majesty well. Besides, I am in Changsha. If the two of them are captured, I will send a heavy army to attack them. Your Majesty in Chang 'an, should grasp the balance, so that Mengde, Benchu restrain each other. Then recruit elite soldiers as imperial guards, let confidants control. Then Your Majesty will be at peace in Chang 'an. If there is any change in the capital, I will definitely send troops to help the king. Please rest assured, Your Majesty.”
The emperor saw that Jin Xuan's intention to return had been determined, and Kou Zhun. He personally went out of the city gate and sent him thirty miles away. Jin Xuan asked Guo Jia to be the chief historian of the General's Mansion to deal with various affairs, leaving Zhao Yun with 10,000 bodyguards. --
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