Chapter 98: Destroying Guo by Pretending to Pass Through
The year 186 AD passed quietly.
Whether it is "Honghuang" or reality, the Spring Festival has arrived one after another.
This Spring Festival, little Diao Chan made further progress and successfully broke through to the internal organs training stage. She received the Black Snake Sword as a reward from Qin Mo and was as happy as a child.
With the Yanyun Cone, the Black Snake Sword is useless to Qin Mo.
In close combat, he prefers to use the Dragon Spear.
Of course, the trump card of "Star-Breaking Sword Technique" cannot be thrown away, it is only used to control the mini flying sword Yanyun Zui.
It itself is a flying sword technique.
This Spring Festival, Qin Mo fulfilled his promise and gave a big red envelope to every employee in the studio. Li Bingyun alone received a year-end bonus of 200,000 yuan.
Everyone is happy.
Of course Qin Mo could give one million, or even more, but he knew very well that too much is as bad as too little. Can a boss who is not exploitative and not stingy be a good boss?
This Spring Festival, Qin Mo returned home to celebrate the New Year as a "university monk".
Because of the recent birth of a baby, our home is more lively and festive than in previous years. My parents seem to be a few years younger, like a young couple.
I am an old man, but I am still as wild as a young man!
On the night of New Year's Eve, Qin Mo returned to the villa and performed another self-torturing body training.
Only pain can keep him conscious and clear, not be confused by worldly love, not be bound by worldly family affection, and wholeheartedly pursue the way to immortality.
The road has just begun.
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The cold winter will eventually pass, the ice and snow will melt, all things will revive, and the earth will begin to show new vitality.
"Here comes the troublemaker..."
March 5, 187, Taifu Mansion.
"Sir, the Guandong families have already started the second round of impeachment." said Jia Xu, who had already returned to Luoyang.
Over the past winter, Jia Xu spent most of his time in Chang'an, assisting three generals in reorganizing the new army as the Chief Clerk of the Taifu Palace and Right Prime Minister.
"They are just a bunch of clowns." Qin Mo was calm. "I really want to see if these people can only talk or dare to take real action."
Things are different now.
The court had more than 300,000 troops under its jurisdiction, all of whom were elite soldiers. The political situation in Luoyang had also stabilized, and the young emperor had strong support behind him.
What is Qin Mo afraid of?
If there really is someone who is blind, he wouldn't mind starting a war to conquer the princes.
It’s a good opportunity to use someone as a sacrifice.
Jia Xu understood what he meant and suggested, "Then... how about killing a chicken to scare the monkeys?"
"What do you mean?"
Jia Xu said: "The Youzhou army has been reorganized and should march north to occupy the area under its jurisdiction. On the way, we can find a prince to attack and use him as a pretext to destroy Guo."
"The military advisor must have been selected." Qin Mo said with a smile.
"What do you think of Bao Xin, sir?" Jia Xu said.
Bao Xin is currently the Prime Minister of Jibei and one of the main princes fighting against Dong Zhuo.
Jibei State was a county-state, and the Prime Minister of Jibei was the Prime Minister of Jibei State, whose status was equivalent to that of a county governor.
After the campaign against Dong Zhuo ended, Bao Xin led his troops back to Jibei State. However, the tens of thousands of soldiers he had recruited before were not disbanded and remained stationed in Jibei State.
What is this?
This is obviously an act of usurpation and self-reliance!
Moreover, according to intelligence from three secret documents, Bao Xin has been very active in the past six months, constantly in contact with Yuan Shao and his ilk. This time, he acted as a vanguard in impeaching Han Sui, the governor of Yanzhou.
Serving as officials in the same Yanzhou, Bao Xin was obviously dissatisfied with Han Sui becoming his immediate superior.
"Very good, it's him." Qin Mo acted decisively and liked to cut the Gordian knot. He immediately ordered: "Talk to Zhang Liao about the specific details of the operation."
"promise!"
Jia Xu took the order, and it was obvious that he was a person who liked to take unconventional approaches.
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March 8, 188, sunny.
After receiving the secret order, Youzhou General Zhang Liao led 50,000 Youzhou troops, left the temporary camp on the outskirts of Chang'an, and set out for Youzhou.
In order to intimidate the Guandong families, Zhang Liao deliberately chose the most circuitous and longest marching route, starting from Chang'an. It was estimated that it would take a month to enter Youzhou.
The Kanto family was in great fear.
On March 20, the Youzhou army entered the territory of Yanzhou, passed through Chenliu, Dongjun, Dongping, and entered Jibei. Everything seemed normal.
At this moment, something strange happened.
Zhang Liao suddenly commanded the army, brazenly crossed the Jishui River, and headed straight for Lu County, the capital of Jibei State. Before the enemy could react, he had already led his troops to surround the barracks outside the city.
Follow,
Zhang Liao personally led his troops into Lu County, surrounded the Prime Minister's Mansion, and captured Bao Xin and put him in prison.
"Zhang Liao, how dare you arrest me?" Bao Xin was furious.
Zhang Liao rode on his horse with a stern face and said coldly: "Bao Xin, you are the Prime Minister of Jibei, but you have tens of thousands of private soldiers. What do you want to do? Are you planning a rebellion?"
Bao Xin's face suddenly changed and he finally panicked.
The various princes recruited private soldiers in the name . If the court did not pursue it, then naturally nothing would happen.
But once you take it seriously, it becomes a serious crime of treason.
As for whether to convict and impose sanctions, it depends on whether the court has the power to do so.
Obviously,
The court headed by Qin Mo has both determination and strength.
"Take him away!" Zhang Liao was unwilling to waste time talking to Bao Xin anymore.
As an imperial general promoted by Qin Mo, Zhang Liao's position was obviously very firm, and he carried out Qin Mo's secret orders to the letter.
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The news that Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin was stripped of his military power and escorted to Beijing for treason was like a hurricane, sweeping across Guandong and shocking the world.
All the noble families in Kanto were trembling with fear.
After receiving the news, they subconsciously wanted to unite again to resist the "tyranny" of the court, defend the interests of the aristocratic families, and "cleanse the court."
But after calming down a little, the only thing left in my heart was fear.
Things are different now.
Think about it, how many princes are left who fought against Dong Zhuo?
Sun Jian was killed, Cao Cao was transferred to be Shangshu Zuocheng, Qiao Mao was demoted to Liangzhou, Bao Xin was imprisoned, and Qin Mo, one of the main forces of the princes, dominated the world.
Chu Zhongliu was appointed as the prefect and had a favor with Qin Mo, so naturally he had no intention of going against Qin Mo.
Chenliu Prefect Zhang Miao suffered heavy casualties in the battle with Cao Cao in pursuit of Dong Zhuo, and was unable to protect himself. There were also city guards stationed nearby, so he dared not move.
Huang Wan, governor of Yuzhou, resigned, and Ba Zhi, governor of Xuzhou, stood by and watched.
Yuan Shao of Bohai and Yuan Shu of Runan, a pair of brothers who once enjoyed great glory, were suppressed by the two old ministers Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun and could do nothing.
Let me ask, who still has the strength to fight?
Not one!
Before they knew it, all the warlords had been completely defeated.
It's really horrifying.
History has taken countless turns under the influence of players. The current princes of Kanto are called princes, but they do not actually have many troops under their hands, and have basically never fought any tough battles.
How can we compare with the Youzhou Army?
After realizing this, how could the Kanto family, who were previously enjoying themselves, not be afraid?
Considering Qin Mo's previous warnings to the aristocratic families, they were afraid that the Youzhou Army would receive orders from Qin Mo again and uproot any aristocratic family that they disliked.
For a time, the Kanto region was in a state of panic.
For those princes who had their own private armies, life was even more difficult. They were unwilling to give up their troops, but were also afraid that the imperial court would attack them like it did Bao Xin.
Everyone is exhausted.
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Bohai County, Taishou Mansion.
The counselor Xu You said to Yuan Shao: "In this situation, if you want to save yourself, you have no choice but to the initiative to submit a petition to the court and offer your soldiers to show your loyalty to the court."
Yuan Shao looked embarrassed and sighed, "Why is it so? Why is it so?"
His ambition hadn't even had time to burn, but it looked like it was about to be extinguished by Qin Mo. He was really depressed, feeling extremely sad and angry, but he could do nothing about it.
"My lord, you should make a decision early." Xu You reminded.
