Chapter 6 Seizing Military Power
Liu Cheng walked out of the arsenal wearing armor, with boots on his feet, with a Pojun Bond in his hands, with a greedy wolf knife on his waist and a scarlet cloak on his shoulders. As soon as he said goodbye to the eunuch at the guard, he turned around and met the eunuch Pan Yin. Pan Yin hurried over with four little eunuchs with a roll of yellow silk and hurried over to Liu Cheng: "Mr. Liu, the edict has been received. The Empress Dowager ordered our family to go to the Xiyuan army with Lord Liu!"
"Okay, we'll leave now without further ado!"
Several people quickly left Zhuqueque and rode their horses to the Xiyuan army. The emperor returned, and the chaos soldiers from all over Luoyang City also returned to the camp. Liu Cheng and others rarely saw the chaos along the way, and soon rushed to the Xiyuan camp.
"Who is coming? Stop dismounting!" At the gate of the camp, a small school saw Liu Cheng and others coming on horseback. He immediately held a knife in one hand and reached out to stop Liu Cheng and others and shouted loudly.
Liu Cheng signaled Pan Yin to lift the imperial edict, but he did not stop and shouted: "The imperial edict has arrived. Those who dare to stop the imperial edict will be killed without any hesitation!"
The gatekeeper school saw Liu Cheng's tall and mighty power, and followed him with a small yellow gate and a few eunuchs. He immediately did not dare to stop him, so he quickly retreated aside and asked Liu Chengren to ride a horse into the camp. In fact, even if the imperial edict came, the gatekeeper could not let the small yellow gate break into the military camp directly, but wanted to send people to notify the head general of the camp to come to greet him. According to relevant etiquette, the order was in chaos now. Jian Shuo, the commander of the Xiyuan Army, had long been killed by He Jin, and no eight lieutenant of the Xiyuan Army was qualified to preside over major military affairs.
Liu Cheng asked Pan Yin while riding his horse: "Eunuch Pan, have you been to the Xiyuan Army before? Do you know where the Right School is stationed?"
Pan Yin said: "I have been here. These eight schools are stationed in one of the directions, and the right school is in the northeast corner!"
Under Pan Yin's leadership, several people quickly found the right school base, which was also a separate camp with rows of barracks. A swordsman and a few spear-carved soldiers stood at the door and stood guard. Seeing Liu Cheng and others riding horses, they immediately stepped forward and asked, "Who is coming?"
Liu Cheng shouted: "I am the emperor's general of the Central Army of Yulin, and Liu Cheng, the uncle of Anyi, was ordered to follow Eunuch Pan from the Xiaohuangmen to announce the order. You quickly opened the gate and sent someone to report to the right army's lieutenant Chunyu Qiong, the army's Sima Zhao Rui and the five subordinates of the five armies came to welcome the angels!"
"Ah, yes, open the camp gate!" The swordsman quickly waved his hand and asked a few spear-holding soldiers to open the gate. One of the soldiers quickly ran to the barracks.
When Liu Cheng and others arrived at the military conference hall, the army's Sima Zhao Rui and five military officers had already come out of the conference hall. "The Sima Zhao Rui of the Right Army of Xiyuan Army (the former Qu army was waiting for the Yuanjin, the latter Qu army was waiting for the Han Juzi, the left Qu army was waiting for the Lu Weihuang, the right Qu army was waiting for the Liang Chengyi, the middle Qu army was waiting for the Xia Chaozong) welcomed the angels! The armor of the humble army was there, please forgive me for the humble army's innocence!"
This·······Liu Cheng suddenly opened his mouth wide, and almost staggered. He remembered that the historical records of previous lives recorded that among these people, except for Liang Chengyi and Xia Chaozong, the others were attacked by Cao Cao's army when they were stationed in Wuchao with Chunyu Qiong. They were all beheaded. It turned out that these people were Yuan Shao's people so early, and they were still the original team. I'm sorry, it's not easy to take over military power easily.
Liu Cheng and others turned over and dismounted and handed the horse to the little eunuch behind him. He calmed down and slapped Pan Yin.
Pan Yin nodded slightly and said to the army's Sima Zhao Rui: "Sima Zhao, where is Chunyu Qiong?"
Zhao Rui bowed and said, "Go back to the angel, I don't know. The lieutenant was ordered to lead troops out of the camp yesterday. Most of the soldiers have returned to the camp. Lord Chunyu and a small number of soldiers have not returned yet!"
Liu Cheng sneered, "After orders? Whose orders are you? The Xiyuan Army has been directly under the emperor since its establishment. Except for the military captain Jian Shuo who can command the troops, there is no tiger talisman and imperial edict, and no one has the right to mobilize a soldier. Jian Shuo is dead, who can mobilize you?"
"This..." Zhao Rui couldn't speak.
A man flashed out of the five army's waiter and said, "General, I don't know who the order of Lord Chunyu is, but we only obey Lord Chunyu. Not long ago, Lord Chunyu sent someone to report that he was injured in the battle last night and is now recuperating at home!"
Liu Cheng's eyes were fixed, and he thought to himself that he was not here. If he was there, it would take some time for me to successfully take over the military power. He immediately waved: "It doesn't matter whether Chunyu Qiong is or not. Before promulgation, please ask Sima Zhao to send someone to beat drums and gather soldiers and generals, and notify the defenders at the gate. From now on, no one is allowed to enter and exit, and those who violate the order will be killed!"
Seeing Liu Cheng speaking with murderous intent, Zhao Rui suddenly felt a stern and quickly agreed: "Yes, sir! Come, beating drums and gathering troops! Lord Chunyu is not here, the right army is the right Sima, and will pass on Sima's military orders. From now on, anyone is prohibited from entering and leaving. Those who trespassing will be killed without any quarantine!"
"As for order!" A messenger agreed and ran towards the gate.
"Dongdongdongdongdong·····" the drumbeat sounded quickly, and the soldiers came late. After a quarter of an hour, the soldiers of the right school stood on the school ground as if they were decent.
Liu Cheng, Pan Yin, Zhao Rui, Han Luzi, Lu Weihuang, Liang Chengyi, Xia Chaozong and others and a few young eunuchs walked up to the platform. Pan Yin took the imperial eunuch from the young eunuch, stepped forward a few steps to launch the imperial eunuch and shouted: "The emperor's decree!"
Zhao Rui and others walked to the front and stood in a row, facing Pan Yin holding the imperial edict in one knee, and more than 2,000 people in the audience also knelt down together.
"I heard that the right army lieutenant of the Xiyuan Army, Chunyu Qiong, did not think about loyalty to the emperor and served the country. He led his troops to attack the palace monarch and killed thousands of palace people. He burned and killed the enemy in the city. He was a serious crime of corruption. The people and gods were angry. He immediately removed Chunyu Qiong's official position, and was killed without mercy, confiscated his property, and killed three clans! The soldiers of the Right Army followed Chunyu Qiong to attack the palace monarch and ravaged the people, making a big mistake. They should have been killed all of them. I think that God has a good life, but you don't know the reason. You are deceived by Chunyu Qiong, and you are understandable. Now you will only punish the evil ones. The rest will not be punished. You will be ordered to be the general of the Yulin Central Army lieutenant and command the right army's troops. I will be honored!"
More than 2,000 people from the audience looked at each other. Several military officers on the stage were also shocked at this time. Liu Cheng shouted: "Don't you thank Your Majesty for your unjust sin? Do you really want to rebel?"
The soldiers were not Yuan Shao's confidants, and they immediately shouted: "Long live your life, long live, long live, long live!"
Suddenly, former Qujun Hou Yuyuanjin stood up and pointed at Liu Cheng and shouted: "Wait, you said you are the General of the Central Army of the Yulin and the Uncle of Anyi. Why have we never seen you?"
"That's right, you must be falsely spreading the imperial edict. Brothers, take down all these fake edicts!" Later Qu Jun Hou Han Luzi shouted, and immediately drew his sword and pointed at Liu Cheng.
"Bold! I have long known that you and the Yuan family hawks are unwilling to lose their military power, but I have indeed guessed it! You dare to openly disobey the order, and you deserve to die!" After Liu Cheng shouted, he immediately drew his sword and rushed towards the unprepared Guan Yuanjin and slashed it with one knife.
Guan Yuanjin was shocked and hurriedly drew his sword to block it. With a click, Guan Yuanjin's long sword was cut into two pieces by the Greedy Wolf Sword, which was cut like mud in Liu Cheng's hand. The knife was not diminished, and his neck was cut off instantly. His head rolled to the ground, and blood spurted out like a fountain. The headless corpse fell to the ground with a "touch".
Han Luzi watched as Liu Cheng cut off his head, and angrily slashed at Liu Cheng. Liu Cheng waved his sword and opened the sword. The true power in his dantian was running at full speed to his arms and slashed several times in a row with the maximum force and the fastest speed. The penultimate knife slashed on Han Luzi's knife. Han Luzi didn't move, and he didn't dodge like a fool. Liu Cheng cut into a stern. Liu Cheng was a little surprised, but he didn't think about it carefully, just thinking that the other party deserved to die.
The fight ended in the blink of an eye. Liu Cheng looked at Zhao Rui, Lu Weihuang, Liang Chengyi, Xia Chaozong and others with a fierce and evil spirit, and asked coldly: "You should resist the order and not obey it?"
Zhao Rui hurriedly crawled on the stage and said, "I dare not be a humble position, I am willing to obey the imperial edict, and I hope that only the generals will follow the lead!"
Liu Cheng's eyes swept to the other people again. Seeing Zhao Rui like this, Lu Weihuang, Liang Chengyi and Xia Chaozong also bowed one after another: "I am hereby the imperial edict, I hope that only the generals will follow!"
Liu Cheng observed these people and found that Zhao Rui was not Yuan Shao's person. This could be seen from the attitude of this person just now. As for the other three, he was a little confused. He looked at Zhao Rui and asked: "Sima Zhao, except for Han Luzi and Yu Yuanjin who are Yuan Shao's person, who else is Yuan Shao's person? Tell me!"
Zhao Rui hurriedly bowed: "Sir, we are not very familiar with Yuan Shao. Han Luzi and Yu Yuanjin have been sworn by Chunyu Qiong to obey Yuan Shao. A few days ago, Chunyu Qiong was ordered by Yuan Shao to win over and imply that we were serving Yuan Shao. At that time, we were thinking that we were the Han army, how could we become a subordinate of someone's private army? Therefore, we did not make a clear statement. Yesterday, Chunyu Qiong summoned us to falsely send an order to fight the thief and ordered the mobilization of troops and horses out of the camp. We didn't know at first, but when we arrived at Zhuqueque, we realized that we were going to attack the palace, but at that time it was already difficult to get rid of the tiger. Chunyu Qiong, Yu Yuanjin, Han Luzi and others were eyeing each other and coercing from the side, and I had to wait!"
Lu Weihuang, Liang Chengyi, Xia Chaozong and others also said: "Yes, Lord Zhao's words are true. We are loyal to the Han Dynasty and have not obeyed Yuan Shao and Chunyu Qiong. We were forced to do something a few days ago!"
Liu Cheng's murderous gaze swept across the faces of several people and said in a deep voice: "Okay, I believe that you, Your Majesty the Emperor has issued an order to go without any blame. Then what you have done a few days ago will be cancelled and no one can mention it again. From now on, the right army is up to me to decide, and no one will be able to issue military orders to you through me will be invalid!"
Everyone immediately clasped their fists and agreed: "No!"
Liu Cheng swept over the faces of several people again and shouted: "Where is the Zhongqu Army Hou Xia Chaozong?"
Xia Chaozong felt nervous, and he stood up and fisted and said, "I am in a humble position!"
Liu Cheng shouted, "I ordered you to lead your troops to join Eunuch Pan to Chunyuqiong's house to rectify the law on the spot, and confiscate the family and destroy the clan! All the property obtained from the confiscation came to the army, and there must be no mistakes!"
"As for the order!" At this time, Xia Chaozong no longer cared about anything else and could only stand on the side of Liu Cheng, otherwise he would be confirmed as a rebellion.
After Pan Yin and Xia Chaozong left with their men, Liu Cheng shouted to the audience: "Everyone, get up!"
With a "boom", everyone stood up.
Liu Cheng helped Zhao Rui, Lu Weihuang, Liang Chengyi and others up one by one, and asked, "Sima Zhao, how many soldiers do I have in my right army now?"
Zhao Rui replied: "In the eight schools of the Xiyuan Army, except for the 500 troops and 500 soldiers in the Dian Army, there were 2,500 soldiers in the other schools. Yesterday, our army lost nearly 300 people, and now there are more than 2,200 people left. In addition to the more than 400 people taken away by Xia Junhou and Eunuch Pan, there are still 1,800 people left here!"
Liu Cheng thought for a while and asked, "Everyone, I want to select 200 elites from these people as a division. I wonder what you mean?"
The few people looked at it and said in unison: "Sir, we have no objection!"
"In addition, from now on, the former Qu people are personally directed by our officers, and the latter Qu people choose one of the hundreds of generals in the army. How to choose it is assessed from the two aspects of military tactics and martial arts. Later, the official will report to Yousi. Lord Zhao, you are the army's Sima, what do you think?"
Zhao Rui hurriedly said: "I think it is feasible!"
"Okay!" Liu Cheng nodded and shouted to the 1,800 people in the audience: "I have three things to announce: First, I want to select 200 brave men from you and others as the team. My men's monthly military salary will double and their food will double! There is nothing to recommend two people. If anyone is dissatisfied, he can challenge the recommended person, and the winner can be replaced! Second, I will also serve as the former Qu Junhou, personally lead the front Qu Junhou, and the rear Qu Junhou will be selected from the 100 generals in the entire army. This officer will conduct assessments from the two aspects of military tactics and martial arts. The best person will be appointed by the official as the Hou Qu Junhou. All the 100 generals come to the stage, and the others are elected by Benshi as the official's team. If no one challenges, they can go to the front of the stage to stand against the soldiers! If anyone challenges, the winner will be decided on the spot!"
Some 100 people will come to the stage immediately, and Liu Cheng immediately assessed them separately, and many brave men who were elected from the stage came one after another to stand in front of the stage.
Chapter completed!