Jia Xu took a group of women back to his home in Luoyang where he had lived for many years. After sending away the soldiers from the Prime Minister's Mansion who came to see him off, he immediately summoned his eldest son Jia Mu, who had grown up and was crowned.

"Sir, are you still the same as before?" Facing his father who looked obviously gloomy today, Jia Mu couldn't help but be a little cautious.

"Yes." Jia Xu sat in the hall of the house, lowered his head and responded softly. "But there is no need to search for their families... they will be sent directly to Xun Sikong's house. They are all from Yingchuan."

"Here!" Jia Mu quickly bowed and nodded, but did not leave in a hurry because he knew that his father must have other instructions.

"The Prime Minister has made up his mind to move the capital." Jia Xu continued to lower his head and said. "I was in Xiaopingjin before, but I didn't know that he was not only afraid of attacking the Dong Alliance Army, but he was also somewhat discouraged and wanted to return to Guanzhong to enjoy himself and retire...

… Don’t keep all your belongings, sell them all to buy rice and grain. Except for the frame of the carriage I am traveling on, all the rest of the livestock, carriages and horses will also be sold. Then the army will naturally have troops and horses to pick them up... Only one

The thing is, starting from next month, you will bring the neighbors and old friends from Luozhong to your home early, and then say that they will be our servants, so as to protect them."

Jia Mu wanted to speak but stopped.

"What do you mean?" Jia Xu noticed something strange about his son.

"My father was in Xiaopingjin before, so I'm afraid I don't know about it," Jia Mu replied helplessly. "These days, relatives and friends in Luozhong, and even neighbors, move around less and less... Some people even regard our home as a den of tigers and wolves, for fear that

Avoid it."

Jia Xu was stunned for a moment, but rarely smiled bitterly: "Since the prime minister led the Guanxi soldiers to Henan in large numbers, some of his relatives and friends died innocently at the hands of the Xiliang soldiers, or some property and houses were seized by the Xiliang soldiers... Treat me like

It is normal for the Prime Minister’s confidants to be enemies of Qi. Don’t blame them!”

"That……"

"Do your best!" Jia Xu finally no longer had to hide his helplessness in front of his own son. He slumped on the chair with his head tilted back, his eyes closed tightly, one hand dropped and the other covered his face. "Do your best!

The world is like this, but I, Jia Wenhe, have no wrong feelings after all!"

Jia Mu bowed and resigned.

It is said that Jia Xu lives in a place where ordinary people live in Southeast City, but as Sikong, Xun Shuang and his nephew Xun You live in the place where the nobles and nobles of Xicheng live... Not to mention the traffic coming and going, it is the first day of the first lunar month.

, the atmosphere was also extremely lively, with countless servants of the nobles and nobles walking around carrying incense and candles for sacrifices, sacrificial animals, and Zhengdan gifts.

Come to think of it, Yangcheng had a similar atmosphere, but suddenly encountered Dong Zhuo's troops, right?

"I have inquired clearly." Even though Xun Gongda was hiding, he was actually a little helpless standing in front of his uncle at this time. "They are all the people of Yangcheng... Sun Jian did not have time to send troops, but Li Jue was jealous of Xu Rong.

In recognition of Li Meng's military exploits, he sent his cavalry out of Zhengyuan Pass, where the people were preparing for Zhengdan sacrifices in the city..."

"Needless to say." Xun Shuang, who had been sitting on the hot bed since his return, couldn't help but interrupt his grandnephew's report, and then said a shocking sentence. "Dong Zhuo must be killed to help the country!"

His expression was furious, and his hair was shaking uncontrollably under the lamp. It was hard to imagine that he had been talking and laughing with Dong Zhongying all day long.

However, Xun You returned to his usual motionless posture at this time, and seemed to have expected his uncle's decision: "Dong Zhuo is violent and violent, and of course he must be eliminated as soon as possible. But now that the main force of Kansai has left Hangu Pass, forty to fifty thousand

The Kansai army is surrounding Luoyang. If Dong Zhuo is killed at this time, Luoyang will inevitably turn into a battlefield. Not only will Henan turn into ghosts, but the emperor and the ministers may also get into trouble... My uncle, King Hongnong is dead, and now

The emperor is the only legitimate Miao descendant of the Han Dynasty. If something goes wrong, let alone help the country, I am afraid that the Han Dynasty and the whole world will perish at our hands."

"What should we do?"

A man cut off his head and hung it on a horse, but we actually wanted to apologize in his house! And we should be grateful to him for giving me the position of three princes?! Didn't you see it today? Even young people like Liu Fan look down on me

For those who work for the tiger!"

Xun You remained silent and did not refute.

However, Xun Shuang, who has always been very magnanimous, rarely vented his gaffe but then nodded slowly: "Gongda is right, the timing is not good, so we can't do it hastily... Liu Fan, on the other hand, will not be punished by Dong Zhuo for his gaffe today.

Bar?"

"It won't be dealt with." Xun You said softly. "I heard that Dong Zhuo intends to use troops in Yizhou to build the foundation of Guanzhong after moving the capital... And since he has to fight with Liu Yizhou, Liu Fan will be as stable as Mount Tai in the short term!"

"Can you win me over?" Xun Shuang continued to ask. "Although Liu Junlang is selfish, he is a scholar of our generation after all, and Liu Fan is also a passionate young man... If we can get Liu Junlang to send troops to help through him,

Or you can ask Liu Junlang to coordinate with Han Sui and Ma Teng in Liangzhou, maybe there will be some opportunities."

"I don't think there is any need to win over him," Xun You said thoughtfully. "After this incident, Liu Fan will most likely want to kill Dong Zhuo. If we don't go to him, he will do it himself; and we

If you go to find him, you might be easily exposed!"

"What about Wang Yun?" Xun Shuang asked again. "Is Wang Yun trustworthy?"

“Trustworthy!”

...I guess that when Dong Zhuo was deposed, he was determined to kill Dong... Otherwise, with his previous stubborn character and loyalty to the Han Dynasty, how could he succumb to this point?

?”

"So that's it." Xun Shuang looked surprised. "Then what about today..."

"After all, Jia Wenhe is from Xiliang, and he is also a man of refuge. How could he plot against Dong Zhuo?"

, and your thoughts, uncle."

Xun Shuang was horrified, but when he saw the calm face of his great-nephew, he finally felt relieved: "You mean, although he won't plot against others, he won't report on us either?"

"Not bad." Xun You nodded immediately.

"It's said that you know people but don't know their hearts." Xun Shuang was still a little worried. "After all, he is from Xiliang. The chaos in Hanoi almost cost Yuan Benchu ​​his life and ruined the overall situation. What if..."

Before he could finish speaking, there was suddenly a loud noise outside, which shocked Xun Shuang into silence. However, soon after, a close family member came to report that a group of women had been sent by Jia Xu, the captain of the school, because their home was small and there was nowhere to put them.

, so I asked Sikong to help take care of these Yingchuan Township people.

Xun Shuang looked at his grandnephew, who still had a normal expression, and nodded suddenly. He put aside the previous discussion about plotting for a new leader, sighed, and then personally went to make arrangements for the women from the same village who no longer had fathers, brothers, husbands, or even children.

went.

But when his uncle walked out of the room, Xun Gongda still stood in the house like a wooden sculpture, staring at the candlelight in front of the bed, lost in thought for a long time.

On the New Year's Day of the first lunar month, Dong Zhuo officially sent an envoy to announce the change of Yuan Dynasty to Chuping. However, with the new year's title of the young emperor, the world officially entered an era of war and chaos.

In the direction of Hanoi, Yuan Shao's main force was not lost, but it could be said that his muscles and bones were damaged. Therefore, while he stepped up his defense in Sanjin, Hanoi, he also managed to cheer up, reorganize his troops, and accumulate strength... And I don't know if he was affected by it.

In response to stimulation, people become more decisive and ruthless in their actions.

Dong Zhuo asked the court to send Da Honglu Han Rong, Shaofu Yin Xun, General Wu Xun, the great craftsman, Jin Wu Hu Mu Ban, Yue Cavalry School Lieutenant Wang Gui and other officials to persuade him to stop the army. Instead of seeing him, he actually

Wang Kuang, who had no more troops, ordered Wang Kuang, as the governor of Hanoi, to arrest all the lobbyists in one fell swoop and imprison them to show his determination.

As for the jujube, although the jujube coalition had fought against Dong in the past, they had been unable to organize an effective offensive because they had sent out many orders, so they had been stalling at the junction of Chenliu and Henan. But after the Chinese New Year, as they marched in Hanoi

Yuan Shao, who was licking his wounds, gave orders over and over again, each time with harsher and more explicit words. For the last time, he simply took all the ministers who had been arrested for only two or three days to Suanzao, and then had them publicly executed...

The princes finally did not dare to delay any longer, so under the coordination of Cao Cao, they officially launched the westward expedition and quickly advanced to Hulao Pass within the first ten days.

On the other side, with the Yingchuan prefect Li Min being cooked to death, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian finally faced Dong Zhuo's army.

In fact, on the fifth day after Li Min was killed, Xu Rong and Li Meng suddenly led their cavalry to attack Luyang City in Nanyang County, which Sun Jian now regarded as his base camp. At that time, Sun Wentai was actually meeting with the lieutenant general outside the city.

A banquet was held to celebrate the spring day. All the army officers, local officials and village elders were drinking on the high platform, and some troops were displayed under the stage.

At this time, if Dong Jun's cavalry launches a surprise attack, they might be able to finish the whole thing in one fell swoop.

However, Sun Jian was not afraid in the face of danger. When he saw that the other party was actually the vanguard, there was no general in charge of the overall situation in the army, so he pretended to be calm and continued to drink and have fun on the stage, talking and laughing without any confusion. When the wine was finished,

, then he took his time and arranged the officials in an orderly manner, and the troops entered the city calmly, and then deployed defense.

Dong Zhuojun was suspicious and afraid of an ambush, so he did not dare to act rashly throughout the whole process... But when Xu Rong and Li Meng, the two people in charge of the overall situation, arrived, they were faced with a well-defended fortified city, so they had to retreat.

In any case, as mentioned before, with the power of Jia Xu and Lu Bu in Sanjin, the last layer of cover in the world has been torn off. In troubled times, warlords are fighting in a melee, and those with strong soldiers and horses are the first. The so-called era of great strife has completely arrived.

In fact, at this moment, even Gongsun Xun in Taiyuan felt the impact of the wave of the times, and it was inevitable that he would have some collision with the center of the times.

Of course, the geographical location is there, it's just an indirect collision.

"Yufuluo sent someone to congratulate the Lantern Festival?"

After taking a short rest in Jinyang, Gongsun Xun, who was collecting grain, military supplies, young men, and even talents through house raids and "donations", received an interesting message.

"Yes, the messenger has arrived in the city, and it is Hu Chuquan, Yufuluo's brother. I think his sincerity is quite high." Xi Zhong reported his position at the same time.

Gongsun Xun pondered for a moment.

By the way, Gongsun Xun stayed in Jinyang for more than half a month, not just to gather food and auxiliary troops; nor was he addicted to playing the ridiculous game of confiscating homes and donating money with so many local families... From a military perspective

, the army does not need much repair. If you want to send troops, you can send troops immediately after controlling more than 20 cities in the 16 counties of Taiyuan; and if you want to train the local noble families, you can also go back and deal with them after asking Dong.

In fact, Gongsun Xun and his Youzhou Army really encountered two difficulties:

The first is the direction of entry.

In Qixian County, Taiyuan, the Shanxi Landlord Channel is no longer a line, but divided into two. One goes southwest along the Fen River to the prosperous Hedong; the other goes southeast, leads to the Shangdang Basin, and then connects to Hanoi.

With...Wei Jun.

No matter which direction you go, the advantages and disadvantages are obvious... Hedong Road is easy to walk, and there is Fenshui, which has begun to thaw, to serve as a natural logistics supply line. However, there are more than 100,000 regular troops who have defeated Niu Fu, and their morale is good.

The Baibo bandits are prosperous, and their leader Guo Tai, as a remnant of the Yellow Turbans, probably has nothing good to say to Gongsun Xun. As for going to the Dang to Hanoi, the road is relatively difficult. There are many checkpoints in the mountains along the way, but the Dang's

Yufuluo, the real Chanyu of the Xiongnu, and Zhang Yang, the self-proclaimed prefect, have relatively few soldiers, and there is the possibility of political negotiations between the two parties.

To be fair, if Gongsun Xun had enough troops at this time, he would definitely divide his troops, but he only had 20,000 troops, so he had to make a decision to be on the safe side.

Secondly, there is the question of who will sit in Jinyang and serve as the governor of Taiyuan.

To be honest, if we only choose one qualified prefect, Gongsun Xun would have too many people at his disposal right now. If nothing else, there is no doubt about the abilities and qualifications of Guo Xun and Guo Yao. Wang Ze’s brother

Wang Rou was also idle at home and expressed her surrender. However, the internal political weight of these people in the Gongsun Xun Group was a bit ridiculous.

In fact, according to the plan, Gongsun Xun planned to let these "newcomers" with rich administrative experience and political qualifications work in his own heart, and then transfer young subordinates such as Chang Lin and Du Ji who he really trusted and relied on to

Come up with these key nodes.

In other words, it stands to reason that Chang Lin or Du Ji should be transferred to serve as the Taiyuan prefect at this time.

But the problem is not that simple, because Taiyuan or Jinyang needs more than just a prefect.

In other words, although Gongsun Xun easily captured Jinyang with the help of his subordinates' good fighting skills and internal support, no one can deny the value of this city! In fact, after this battle, Gongsun Xun fell into the trap of marching.

After solving the problem of direction, I finally understood why Taiyuan is the core of Jin!

The reason is very simple. The geography is here, and the military superiority is here. This is the heart of Jin... With one city in hand, we can control Yanmen in the north, suppress Hedong in the west, and Shangdang in the east!
To be continued...