: Requesting Mu to Shou Liangzhou

[In March of the fourth year of Zhongping, Li Ru made a plan to alienate, Ma Teng rebelled, killed Geng Bi, and Liangzhou was in chaos.]

Longxian Beixie.

"Brothers, this Han Dynasty has no way to live for us Qiang people. If you rebel, follow General Ma Teng to rebel~~"

"Yes, we Di people have also rebelled!"

"We would rather regard General Ma Teng as General Heaven and will no longer be enslaved by the dog emperor."

"Kill Yan Xing and kill those official troops!"

"Follow General Ma Teng to attack Chang'an, to Luoyang, kill the dog emperor~~"

"It's reversed~~"

Before the two armies started to fight, the Liangzhou army was in chaos. Countless Qiang and Di soldiers turned against each other and rebelled. Before the Liangzhou army that had just assembled had time to start an attack, they were already in chaos! Ma Teng took the opportunity to block the killing, and only three thousand iron cavalry actually attacked Yan Xing's nearly 20,000 army, and ran away.

Yan Xing was defeated ten consecutive times and retreated for 80 miles. When the next day, he gathered the remaining troops of each unit and counted it. Nearly 20,000 troops were only less than 2,000 cavalry left. The rest were either killed in battle, rebelled or lost. What made Yan Xing even more discouraged was that the army's food, grass and supplies were lost, and the soldiers were depressed and they were powerless to fight again.

"General, what should I do now?" Sima from another department came to Yan Xing and asked dejectedly, "Long County must not be able to go back. Are you going to Ji County (Hanyang County) or Linjing (Anding County) now?"

"Report~~" As soon as the Sima of other departments finished speaking, another horse galloped back and reported urgently, "General, Ma Teng's rebels have caught up again, less than five miles away from our army."

"Damn it!" Yan Xingqiang drew his sword and said quickly, "Damn it, don't run away, fight against the rebels!"

Sima from another department said anxiously: "No, General, our army's morale is low, the rebels are in full swing, and they cannot fight."

"Get out!"

Yan Xing was furious and kicked the Sima of another army away. When he was about to turn over the horse, he suddenly felt the ground under his feet trembling slightly, and a faint sound of hooves came from the horizon. Yan Xing immediately realized that there were a large group of cavalry approaching this side quickly, but didn’t the horses say that the rebels were still five miles away?

Moreover, the direction seemed to be wrong. The rebels were clearly in the northeast direction, but the sound of the hoof was clearly coming from the southwest direction, and in the southwest direction~ Could it be Dong Zhuo's army?

Yan Xing suddenly changed his expression and shouted loudly: "Brothers, get on the horse!"

When Yan Xing's two thousand remaining soldiers were barely forming a formation, a large group of black cavalry had already revealed their hideous faces from the horizon in the southwest. Looking at them, countless cavalry were sweeping across the mountains and fields along the desolate land. Thousands of iron hooves hit the ground, rolling up rolling smoke and dust, and trying to cover the entire sky~~

"It's the official army!" Sima from other departments suddenly shouted in surprise, "General, it's Dong Zhuo's official army, our reinforcements have arrived!"

"Don't be too happy too early!" Yan Xing took a deep breath of air conditioning and said in a voice, "It seems that they are not here to help us, but to kill us~~"

"What? Kill us!" Sima from another army said in surprise, "No~~No, right?"

Yan Xing said coldly: "Let's open your eyes and take a look."

Sima from other departments looked closely and saw that the sweeping cavalry had quickly spread out toward the two wings, forming a wide front and were beginning to accelerate. The sharp sabers were reflecting a dazzling coldness against the cold rising sun. It was clearly a group of evil wolves who had discovered their prey. Where were the reinforcements?

Longxian, Ma Teng’s tent.

A Qiang general suddenly stumbled into the tent and gasped, saying, "General~ General, something big is wrong."

Ma Teng stood up suddenly and said in a deep voice: "What happened?"

The Qiang general said: "After the general's order, he led his troops to chase and kill the remaining soldiers of the Yan Xinggou bandits. He did not want to meet Dong Zhuo's official army in Tianshui. Our army was caught off guard and was defeated by Dong Zhuo's army. There is still ~~~~~~"

"Dong Zhuo's official army?" Ma Teng said in disgrace, "What else?"

The Qiang general said: "Also, Dong Zhuo's army has now come straight to Longxian."

"What?" Ma Teng was shocked and sternly said, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

“Uh~~”

The Qiang general whined and speechless. Pang De on the side advised: "General, the military situation is urgent, so hurry up and gather the army to prepare for the battle."

"Report~"

As soon as Pang De finished speaking, he raided into the tent and knelt down and said anxiously: "General, the army attacking Ji County was ambushed by Dong Zhuo's army and the entire army was destroyed."

"Report~~There are a large number of officials approaching from the south to Longxian."

"Report~~There are a large number of officials approaching from the west to Longxian."

"Report~~A large group of cavalry were passing north of Long County, with unknown wherever they were."

The horse explored the horse and sent the unfavorable news back to the tent like a flow of water. Even though Ma Teng had been through the battlefield for a long time, he couldn't help but panic! He had long expected that Dong Zhuojun would not sit idly by, but he never expected that Dong Zhuojun would come so quickly! He had just rebelled on his side, and Dong Zhuo's army was already at the gate!

Taking a deep breath of air conditioning, Ma Teng shouted: "Come here!"

A group of personal soldiers rushed into the tent and said sternly: "Here."

"Sentence~~" Ma Tengli shouted, "Everyone who scattered into various townships immediately gave up the plunder and quickly gathered in Anding County. The people who stayed in Long County immediately abandoned the city with this general and moved towards Anding County."

"Affect the order."

The personal soldiers responded to the promise and took the order and left.

"Ling Ming." Ma Teng's eyes finally fell on Pang De and said in a low voice, "If you choose the two hundred most elite soldiers from the army, you must protect the three young men."

Pang De said in a voice: "General, don't worry, as long as Pang De has a breath, he will never let the three young men suffer any damage."

Ma Teng put his iron helmet on his head and said quickly: "Go~~"

Luoyang Xixiao, Xiyuan Military Camp.

When he was in the morning court, Emperor Ling of Han suddenly had a whim and insisted on going to Xiyuan to inspect the military camp. Fen Shuo, He Jin and all civil and military officials had no choice but to accompany him. Unexpectedly, before the monarch, minister and officials arrived at the gate, they encountered a team of fully armed soldiers escorting more than a dozen ragged soldiers out of the camp.

"Let you grab it!"

"Boom!"

"Let you kill!"

"Boom!"

As the escorted soldiers shouted and scolded, the whip fell on the escorted soldiers like raindrops. Although the escorted soldiers were so whipped, they didn't say a word.

Emperor Ling of Han frowned and asked the general He Jin beside him, "What's going on?"

He Jin patted the horse to greet the leader of the Han army and asked, "Your Majesty is asking you what's going on?"

The officer was startled and turned over and fell to the ground. The soldiers behind him also knelt all over the ground. Only the dozen ragged soldiers were wearing heavy wooden shackles and iron chains, so straight that it was difficult to kneel down, which seemed extremely annoying.

The officer immediately replied with his head in panic: "Go back to Your Majesty, these bastards, as an official army, stole out of the military camp at night and pretended to be bandits to kill all the people in the nearby villages, and did not even let go of the infant children. It is unforgivable! The villain has been ordered to arrest them and is being taken to the execution ground to prepare for military law."

"What!?" Emperor Ling of Han was so angry that his face turned pale and said, "There is such a thing? Take it here, I want to interrogate it myself."

The officer did not dare to neglect and rushed to the front of the Han Ling Emperor's horse with two soldiers. The Han Ling Emperor pointed the horse whip in his hand at the nose of the rebel soldier and asked, "What's your name?"

The rebel soldier thought he would die, so he simply put his life and death aside and said proudly: "I'm called Gou Erdanzi."

"Gou Erdanzi?" Emperor Ling of Han frowned and asked, "I ask you, why do you pretend to be a bandit and burn, kill and rob?"

Gou Erdanzi stammered his neck and said, "That's all for the officials."

"How do you say this?"

"I have an 80-year-old mother in my family and two wives to take three children who can't walk. But the court has not paid military salaries for several months. If I don't rob, how can I rely on to support the whole family?"

"What!" Emperor Ling of Han said in surprise, "I haven't paid military salaries for several months?"

He Jin waved his hand, and the officer hurriedly led the soldiers to escort the rebels who had committed the crime and drove over the emperor's car to the execution ground. He Jin and Fishuo hurriedly welcomed Emperor Ling of Han into the central army's tent. Emperor Ling of Han was still angry and went straight into the central army's tent from the gate. What he saw along the way was that most of the new army soldiers were flirting with their faces and were in a low spirit.

The monarch, ministers and officials came to the central army tent and were not in time to sit down. Emperor Ling of Han asked He Jin: "He Aiqing, the gou Erdanzi said just now that he had not paid military pay for several months. What's going on? Didn't I ask someone to pay money, grain and equipment on a monthly basis? How can I not pay military pay for half a year?"

He Jin sighed and signaled his younger brother He Miao with his eyes.

He Miao had no choice but to give a speech: "Your Majesty, money and grain are paid, but now the prices of grain in the capital have soared, and the prices of grain have changed three times a day. The same money could have been bought with one stone of millet, but now it can't even buy one jun (four jun is one stone, one jun is thirty jin of Han jin). The money and grain are only enough to maintain the food and clothing of the soldiers, and there is no extra money to pay."

"So that's how it is." Emperor Ling of Han sighed and said, "Since that's the case, you can spend more money and grain from the national treasury."

Situ Wang Yun said: "Your Majesty, the treasury now has little money and food, and it is only enough to maintain the daily expenses of all officials in the capital and the inner courtyard of the imperial palace."

Emperor Ling of Han was silent, and the treasury was empty, but he didn't expect that it would be so deficit.

Wang Yun continued: "Since Your Majesty restored the state patriarchal system, Liu Biao, Liu Dai, and Liu Yan, the governor of Jingzhou, have been using the excuse of suppressing bandits, and have never paid money and grain to the court. However, Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou, Geng Bi, the governor of Liangzhou, and Yuan Shu, the governor of Yangzhou, have also pushed back and refused to pay tribute money, grain and taxes. At present, the government's expenses are all based on the capital, and the taxes in the three auxiliary and one corner are probably difficult to last."

"flat!"

Emperor Ling of Han slapped the table with a heavy palm and said furiously: "I can't spare these traitors!"

Wang Yun and Cai Yong looked at each other and smiled bitterly, shook their heads in slightest sense.

Although today, when Zi repented and changed his past, he worked hard to revive the ambition of revitalizing the Han Dynasty, the Han court is indeed terminally ill and has begun to enter a vicious cycle. The court does not have enough prestige, and the county will not be willing to pay money, grain, taxes and taxes. If the county does not pay money, the court will only become weaker and weaker. The weaker the court, the more unscrupulous the county will be~~

At present, the Liu Han court can barely maintain its orthodox royal status in the hearts of scholars all over the world. No local warlords dare to rebel publicly for the time being, but this is the thickness of a layer of window paper! Once the ambitions of warlords in some place expand and lead their troops to Beijing to control the court, the orthodox status of the Liu Han Dynasty will fall down.

At that time, local warlords in each state and county will tear off the fig leaf on their faces and launch a public rebellion. Then there will be chaos in the world, and the whole world will fall into endless disputes!

"Your Majesty~~"

When Emperor Ling of Han was angry, he suddenly saw the Sili Captain Yuan Wei rushed into the central army's tent and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the governor of Liangzhou, Ma Yue, sent the official document and said ~~"

Emperor Ling of Han frowned and said, "Hesitant, what did Ma Yue say in his official document?"

Yuan Wei said: "Ma Yue said in the official document that His Majesty had promised to marry Princess Yiyang to him, and said that the princess's car had left Luoyang and went to Hetao to marry him at night. Finally, he threatened the old minister to prepare a generous gift to send to Meiji, otherwise the old minister would have good looks."

"What!?" Emperor Ling of Han said in surprise when he heard this, "Why~~How could this happen?"

"And~~" Yuan Wei gasped for a few breaths and continued, "There are old officials who heard the messenger coming to deliver the message that Ma Yue had sent fourteen fast horses to report the news to the officials of another department of the Thirteen Prefectures in the Han Dynasty, and asked them to prepare rare treasures and send them to Hetao to celebrate the princess's wedding."

"Tell all the thirteen states in the world of Han?"
To be continued...