371 The uneven seal of the throne is the disaster of Sanliang!

Generals such as Lu Bu, Li Su, Hou Cheng, Zang Ba led hundreds of remnants of troops across the river and fled to Anyi. They planned to pass through Hedong and head north to Bingzhou.

Lu Bu's army fought for several days and was very tired.

The Ghost King, the players of Guanxi, were attacking Hedong, and found that the leader of this remnant army was Lu Bu. He was overjoyed and led 5,000 players to take Lu Bu under his command. Yesterday, a large number of historical generals were subdued by the players of the princes, which made the Ghost King envious. This opportunity came, so he naturally did not want to let it go.

Five thousand players' troops were wiped out.

Lu Bu defeated this player and lost only one or two dozen riders, so he continued to head north.

I saw a group of players coming again.

Seeing this, Lu Bu couldn't help but sigh to the left and right generals: "Why are there so many ants that cannot be killed? We still need to choose a good place to rest in order to avoid burying the ants. Just take time to make a comeback."

The generals were sad.

After defeating all the players, Lu Bu's army arrived in Shangdang.

The prefect of Shangdang was Zhang Yang, the prince of Guandong, and was stranded in Luoyang. He had few garrison troops and was attacked by the princes of Guanxi several times. Lu Bu captured the city, and then temporarily stayed in Shangdang to recuperate and recruit soldiers.

The Ghost King of Guanxi, the Ghost King of the Princes, Longqi, Dark Emperor and other players, raised troops to attack the party several times, but suffered heavy losses and lost the idea of ​​subjugating Lu Bu.

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Chang'an City is now the imperial capital.

Under the full force of the Kansai Duke Alliance and the Kansai Duke Alliance, Dong Zhuo's power was destroyed. The situation of separatist forces in the east and west was settled.

The nine-year-old emperor Liu Xie temporarily lived in the former General Dong Min's mansion in Chang'an, with Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi and Zhu Jun as the Taiwei, Situ, Sikong, and Gong as the assistant to the state affairs. There were also hundreds of ministers including Wang Yun, Cai Chao, Yang Biao, Zhong Fu, Lu Kui, Zhou Huan, Cui Lie, etc., and remanded the government affairs again. The eunuchs were all dead, and He Jin and the Empress Dowager had already died. Now only these ministers from the gentry still survived.

The four major princes of Xiliang, Huangfu Song, Han Sui, Ma Teng and Zhan Xiaobai were a little stiff due to the issue of enfeoffment of official positions.

Huangfu Song's reputation became even more prosperous because of the extermination of Dong Zhuo, but he lost his military power. As soon as the war ended, he was immediately overthrown by Sanliang and was carried to the position of Taiwei, but he did not have the real power to mobilize troops, and the real power was gone by Sanliang.

The official positions of various princes were actually secretly controlled by Sanliang, especially Zhan Xiaobai.

Zhan Xiaobai gained the most, first-rank general of chariots and cavalry, and controlled the military power of Chang'an City. Ma Teng was second, first-rank general of cavalry, and controlled the city of Tianshui. Han Sui was second, second-rank general of protecting the country.

This arrangement was made by Zhan Xiaobai, which made Han Sui very dissatisfied.

He worked harder than Ma Teng, and Zhan Xiaobai only had a lot more and more, but he got a false second-rank official position. The most important thing was that Tianshui City, which he valued the most, was actually given to Ma Teng by Zhan Xiaobai in private. The two of them didn't even mention it to him, which made him very annoyed.

Han Sui found Zhan Xiaobai privately.

"Xiaobai, why did you give Tianshui to Shoucheng?"

"Brother Wen Yue, you don't have any soldiers. Even if I want to give Tianshui City to you, there is nothing I can do!"

"It only takes a few days to transfer troops from Jincheng to Tianshui."

"At that time, Zhang Xiu surrendered and asked to withdraw his Tianshui troops to Chang'an immediately. I didn't have time to wait for you to transfer troops, so I had to let Shoucheng's troops go to protect Tianshui City first. If you want Tianshui, just ask Shoucheng directly! Anyway, they are all brothers, and his city is not your city."

Han Sui turned his sleeves and went to find Ma Teng.

Ma Teng was not vague and said, "Wen Yue, this is wrong. How much did I spend to defeat Niu Fu's 20,000 troops before I seized Tianshui City. The spoils, whoever wins the trophy, is the rule of Xiliang! You have made great contributions at Hangu Pass, which is good, but the merits should be rewarded by the court. Even if you are allowed to serve as the governor of Liangzhou, that's fine. But if you want Tianshui City, it's not good, and I can't explain to my brothers."

Han Sui was furious and wrote a letter to the court, requesting to be awarded the title of the governor of Xiliang.

This request was immediately rejected by the court ministers.

Han Sui found that he was being slapped by Xiaobai and Ma Teng. All major and small matters in Chang'an were decided by them, and he no longer had any power.

In disappointment, Han Sui left Chang'an, returned to Jincheng's nest, and raised troops.

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Zhan Xiaobai met the emperor Liu Xie at the general's mansion and asked to reduce the taxes of Xiliang and the three auxiliary officials.

This was his second memorial in two days. The first memorial was to dismiss Dong Zhuo, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others from all old crimes, especially the pardon of Dong Zhuo's old subordinates; the second memorial was to dismiss Xiliang, Sanfu and two places for years of war, and one year of tax exemption was needed to restore vitality.

The first memorial was opposed by the ministers, and they tended to eliminate Dong Zhuo's old subordinates. Of course, the opposition was invalid.

In the entire Chang'an, there are only five military forces: Ma Teng's more than 20,000 troops, Zhan Xiaobai's 12,000 Western Liang Iron Cavalry Army, Zhan Xiaobai's nearly one million players' army, Zhang Xiu's 10,000 troops, and the 17th Guanxi player lords.

Among them, Ma Teng's more than 20,000 cavalry were half in Tianshui City and half in Chang'an City.

Zhan Xiaobai persuaded Zhang Xiu to surrender nearly 10,000 NPC Xiliang elite soldiers in Tianshui and retreated this force to Chang'an. In addition, the 12,000-level Western Liang Iron Cavalry that had been left in Chang'an, the total NPC troops reached more than 22,000. In addition, there is an extremely large number of player troops, which belongs to the power of Zhan Xiaobai. Zhan Xiaobai's strength is the best in Chang'an.

The seventeenth Guanxi princes were scattered in Liangzhou and Bingzhou, and could not be united into groups.

Huangfu's troops were destroyed and completely destroyed. Han Sui lost his troops, but his old nest, Jincheng, still has the strength.

In addition to being awarded the title of First-Class General, Zhan Xiaobai also took the initiative to serve as the guard of the imperial capital.

Ma Teng was afraid of Zhan Xiaobai's huge player force and did not compete for power with Zhan Xiaobai.

Moreover, with the support of Zhan Xiaobai, he successfully obtained the position of General of the First-rank of the Great Han cavalry, and the Tianshui City belonged entirely to him, and he was very satisfied. When his own interests were not lost, he would not rashly have conflicts with Zhan Xiaobai. In the Chang'an area, Ma Teng did not have much confidence to defeat Zhan Xiaobai.

Zhan Xiaobai believed that Han Sui and Ma Teng's old crimes must be pardoned, and Dong Zhuo's old subordinates must be pardoned. Ma Teng was willing to cooperate. Both of them asked for pardon, but the court officials were unable to resist. The emperor approved the report.

Zhan Xiaobai's second memorial was to exempt Xiliang and Sangu's taxes for one year. It was not surprising that it was once again strongly opposed by the ministers.

Wang Yun, Yang Biao and others were extremely angry and scolded everyone.

"The court now has only three auxiliary officials who can collect taxes. Where can the imperial court maintain the money and food for this reduction?"

"Where is the General of the Cheqi and Cavalry who wants to set up the court? How vicious is the general's heart!"

"Dong Zhuo's death, Xiaobai wants to take charge of the government alone?"

Zhan Xiaobai said: "The money and grain of the imperial court are naturally raised by wealthy prefectures and counties such as Jizhou, Gunzhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou, etc. Can the Guandong prefectures and counties not paying money, grain and taxes, and they cannot rebel? The hometowns of all the ministers seem to be in Guandong."

The ministers were speechless.

The nine-year-old emperor Liu Xie said curiously: "General Xiaobai, where are the princes of Guandong now?"

Zhan Xiaobai said: "Sun Jian accidentally found the jade seal in Luoyang and hurried back to Changsha. The princes quarreled because of taking the jade seal and almost fought. Cao Cao was very disappointed and led his army to Yangzhou. Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei dared not stay for a long time, so they returned to Youzhou. The rest dispersed. Yuan Shao saw everyone dispersed, and went out to Jizhou. There were still some players in Luoyang now."

The emperor said "Oh" and said nothing, but he couldn't help but reveal a look of disappointment.

Zhan Xiaobai felt a little funny. Is the little emperor trying to fight against the princes of Guandong to support the king and protect the emperor?

The situation where the Guanxi princes assisted the emperor and established their capital in Chang'an could not be changed. Although the Kanto people, NPC and player princes had many soldiers and wide generals, and their total strength was far greater than that of the Guanxi princes, the people's hearts were scattered and it was difficult to continue to advance westward.

Lu Bu destroyed the eight NPC Kanto princes in one breath, which caused a tragic blow to the Kanto Alliance. The danger of continuing to move westward was too great. Most of the NPC princes became interested in retreating because of this. Moreover, they received official positions from the court, and the emperor was assisted by old ministers such as Huangfu Song, so they had no more reason to continue moving westward.

Just relying on the eighteen Kanto players and princes who were uneven in their hearts, it is difficult to attack Hangu Pass, which was guarded by millions of soldiers with one force.

Apart from this, there are no other princes who can threaten Zhan Xiaobai.

Who do the little emperor wants to find to suppress himself?

Han Sui's troops were exhausted and he had to be dispatched from Jincheng. But it was difficult to start a war with him. One fight, he would not be afraid of Han Sui or Ma Teng now.

Unless Han Sui and Ma Teng join forces to advance again towards Chang'an.

However, this possibility is very small. Ma Teng is not for nothing to give up the heavy city of Tianshui. Ma Teng's ambition is smaller than Han Sui, and he does not have much desire to dominate Xiliang. However, Ma Teng's ambition is greater than Han Sui.

Zhan Xiaobai discovered that Ma Teng had close contacts with court ministers Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi and others recently.

Huangfu Song won over Ma Teng, which was not beyond Zhan Xiaobai's expectations. Ma Teng was more loyal to the court and could be used by the court. However, Zhan Xiaobai could not be. He is a player and only does what he wants to do.

However, Huangfu Song won over Ma Teng, what did he want Ma Teng to do? This reason does not seem sufficient to let Ma Teng deal with him.

Zhan Xiaobai smiled. In fact, what he did was nothing. He was ready to start to clear the obstacles.

The two memorials in the previous period were just preparations before taking action. He then compiled a book to the 17th Guanxi player princes and powerful village leaders from all over the country, friendly reminding them to always pay attention to the movements of Han Sui and Ma Teng's army to avoid accidents.

The seventeen players and princes took the opportunity to occupy Liang in the battle against Dong, and a considerable number of small and medium-sized cities in the two states, hoping to use this as the foundation to build an NPC system city for their own forces.

Now, it's time to fight to defend their achievements.
Chapter completed!