Chapter 1153 Reactions From All Parties
Just when Huangfu Chaobo gathered everyone to discuss countermeasures, the situation in Guanzhong changed again. After the young emperor took control of Jingzhao Yin, he stopped expanding as the counselors had guessed. He first digested the territory under his control and stepped up the training of the army. You know, although they have more than 100,000 troops, they are all a mob, especially the 50,000 northern troops of the general of chariots and cavalry, which are basically prisoners and defeated soldiers collected inside and outside Chang'an City. Their combat effectiveness can be said to be quite poor.
Not only that, in order to defend against the Tang army in the east, Dong Cheng also handed over the most elite 20,000 troops to Ju Jun, the captain of the shooting sound, to garrison Tongguan to defend against the Tang army east of Tongguan. The remaining 30,000 northern troops were led by Dong Cheng back to Chang'an for training and reorganization.
At this time, Li Jue, who was saved by his personal soldiers, had woken up. After learning that the young emperor had controlled Jingzhao Yin and that he was almost killed by Guo Si's hidden arrow, his anger towards Guo Si had broken through the sky. After receiving the news that the young emperor's army had withdrawn to Chang'an, Li Jue, regardless of his own injuries, mobilized all the troops of Zuo Fengxu and launched an attack on Guo Si's Youfufeng County City Huaili City.
Guo Si was also very angry now. At this point, he knew that both of them had been calculated by the young emperor, but this damn Li Jue actually wanted to fight him to death, so Guo Si also mobilized all his troops to fight against Li Jue's army in Huaili City. As a result, because the strength of the two families was not much different, the winner was not decided in the end. However, Li Jue's only son Li Shi was hit by a stray arrow in the battle and died on the spot shortly after being rescued. Li Jue fainted again, so his subordinates had to carry the unconscious Li Jue and the dead Li Shi back to Gaoling City.
Li Jue died within a few days after returning to Gaoling City, so the generals of the Li family suddenly lost their backbone. Just when Li Jue's army was in panic, Dong Huang's envoy Li Ru appeared in Gaoling City. After Li Ru's persuasion, Li Jue's army decided to join Dong Huang's army.
A few days later, Duke Dong Huang of Liang ordered Generals Niu Fu and Duan Wei to lead 50,000 troops to Youfufeng. After several battles, Dong Huang's army defeated Guo Si's army, and Guo Si was beheaded on the spot by Duan Wei. Li Meng and Wang Fang fled from Sanguan to Hanzhong and took refuge with Zhang Lu, the governor of Hanzhong.
Dong Huang's sudden move surprised the young emperor Liu Xie. In the stunned eyes of Liu Xie's army, Dong Huang easily obtained the two counties of Zuofengxu and Youfufeng, becoming the most powerful vassal in Guanzhong.
Dong Huang suddenly ran out to pick peaches, which made Liu Xie very angry, but no matter how angry he was, Liu Xie finally suppressed his anger. There is no way. The situation is stronger than people. Li Ru had long been prepared for Liu Xie's move. After controlling two more counties, 50,000 Dong Huang troops immediately took over the two counties and took all the remnants of Li Jue and Guo Si back to Dong Huang's old nest for reorganization and training!
The situation in Guanzhong fell into silence again, but the situation in the whole world was strangely calm.
Huangfu Chaobo's enthronement made all the major forces in the world fall into silence. For a time, the wars between the major forces stopped, and it seemed that the whole world calmed down in an instant. But under this calm, countless undercurrents are surging. While everyone is envious, jealous and hateful, they are also actively planning something.
In Nanpi City, the Duke of Wei's Mansion, since the news of Huangfu Chaobo's promotion to the King of Tang came, Yuan Shao has been on the verge of going berserk. In a few days, there were several slaves and maids who were executed by corruption in the Duke's Mansion.
But the blood of these people still couldn't calm down the Duke of Wei Yuan Shao.
"In the absence of heroes, a young man can become famous. Huangfu Chaobo, a son of a good family, has become the ruler of a country. I think our Yuan family has three dukes for four generations, but we can only live in this small place in Hebei. Hi..." Yuan Shao's roar came from the study, followed by the sound of broken dishes. This frightened the guards and maids outside the study and dared not make a sound, fearing that their voices would alarm the owner inside. The faces of the bloody people carried out of the mansion in the past few days were still shaking in front of everyone.
And in Qingzhou, hundreds of miles to the south, after the previous war, Cao Cao set up his Duke of Qi's mansion in Linzi City, the seat of Qingzhou. Now, unlike Yuan Shao's rage, Cao Cao seemed unusually calm on the surface, but his heart was like a raging sea, and he couldn't calm down.
In just a few years, Huangfu Chaobo went from a commoner to the king of the largest vassal state in the world, and became a figure second only to the lord of the world. In a few years, the world has changed so much that Cao Cao could hardly believe it.
Now Cao Cao lives in the place where the King of Qi lived. The real palace has been destroyed in the war. Standing on the tallest building in the Duke of Qi's Mansion, Cao Cao looked far away in the direction of the former Qi Palace, but his mood was mixed.
In Ji County, Youzhou, in the Duke of Yan's Mansion, Gongsun Zan was having a banquet with several brothers to listen to music. There were wine cups and singing and dancing, and it was so lively. When the news came that Huangfu Chaobo was named the King of Tang by the current emperor, Gongsun Zan had no interest in appreciating singing and dancing. He raised the wine bottle in his hand, drank it all, and said calmly: "King of Tang, King of Tang, it's really good..."
In the mansion of Duke Wu of Jiangdong, Sun Ce had led his troops back to Jianye. After receiving the news, Sun Ce knew why Huangfu Chaobo was the King of Tang. He looked at his sworn brother and smiled bitterly, "I didn't expect Huangfu Chaobo to have such courage and directly presented the jade seal to the Han Emperor in Chang'an. It was a good plan."
Yuzhang, Xiangyang, and Yizhou, the only three remaining governors of the Liu family in the Han Dynasty, were also envious of the generosity of the little emperor in the north and Huangfu Chaobo's title of king. You know, according to the Han Dynasty's ancestral system, only the Liu family could not be kings, but the emperor dared to do so and titled Huangfu Chaobo a king, and a one-character king. It can be said that the best handle was handed over to the descendants of the Liu family. One day, this will become the best excuse to attack the little emperor. However, the minds of several people are not on this now. They just think that since Huangfu Chaobo can also be crowned as a king, then the descendants of the Liu family like themselves are not as good as him, an outsider.