Yuan Shao's men were able to avoid Taishi Ci's navy because they had been paying attention to Taishi Ci's fleet. After all, when Taishi Ci had stopped Yan Liang's army, it had caused quite a commotion. N ∈ n ∈.
In that battle, the fleet led by Taishi Ci managed to sink the ship that Yan Liang was on and caused him to suffer heavy injuries. If it wasn't for Yan Liang's soldiers who reacted in time and pulled him ashore in a fluster, Yan Liang's ending wouldn't have been too good.
Since then, the movements of Taishi Ci's navy had been noticed by Yuan Shao's men. There were even scouts on the north bank of the Yellow River that paid attention to Taishi Ci's fleet.
Although the Yellow River magnified the width of Baidu and greatly affected their observation, in the mountainous region of Qingzhou, there were always some sections of the Yellow River that were relatively narrow. From the north bank, they could still discover the movements of Taishi Ci's navy.
This was also the reason why Yuan Shao's men were able to avoid Taishi Ci's navy.
"Hou Wen, do you have anything to say?"
Within the Changle Palace of the Chang 'an Imperial Palace, Liu Xie pointed at the two bowls of porridge in front of him and asked the person in front of him.
This person was the Imperial Censor Hou Wen that Liu Xie had mentioned. Although in terms of official position, he was not a small official under the Imperial Censor. However, he was still an unknown person.
Behind him stood the Cheji General Li Jue and the Rear General Guo Si. However, the two of them had no time to take care of Hou Wen at this moment.
The cause of the matter had to be the drought that had not improved. Due to the drought in Sanfu, the price of grain had skyrocketed. There were even cases of cannibalism in Chang 'an. The little Emperor Liu Xie ordered the Imperial Censor Hou Wen to cook rice and beans porridge to help the people.
However, Hou Wen used the excuse that there was not enough grain to fill his own pockets. While he made a fortune, he did not alleviate the disaster at all.
Liu Xie knew that Hou Wen did not use all the grain to help the people and instead took the chance to steal the public grain. Thus, he sent people to get five liters of rice and beans to cook porridge in front of him. In the end, he cooked two large bowls of hot porridge, which directly proved that Hou Wen had made a false report.
"Men! Drag him out and flog him fifty times! "
At this time, Liu Xie was already fourteen or fifteen years old, and he had the ambition to take back the authority of the Han Dynasty. Thus, he took advantage of Hou Wen's mistake to establish his authority and gave Hou Wen fifty strokes of the cane.
The reason why Liu Xie had the guts to do so was because Li Jue and Guo Si, who held the real power, were not in Chang 'an City!
It turned out that not long ago, Ma Teng and Han Sui had joined forces with some of the scholar-officials in Guanzhong. Sending out 500 thousand troops to attack Qinchuan County with the intention of attacking Li Jue and Guo Si together to snatch control of Yongzhou and Chang An.
When Li Jue and Guo Si heard of the situation, they immediately sent out 400,000 troops with Fan Chou and Li Jue's nephew Li Li to stop the attack. Naturally, they were not in Chang An City.
Ma Teng and Han Sui's attack on Yong Prefecture's Qinchuan New City and the Battle for Xu Province happened one after the other. As such, the Lords in the central and western regions were not calm, and it affected a lot of people.
"Your Majesty, please spare me! Your Majesty, please spare my life...
… "
Hou Wen loudly begged for mercy. 50 strokes of the cane was not a small number. If he was not careful, he would lose his life!
In the past, when Emperor Ling of Han was still around, he would often use the punishment of the cane. Not to mention 50 strokes of the cane, if he was hit, at most 20 to 30 strokes would be enough to take his life.
If he met palace maids, eunuchs, or weak scholars, he would only need a few strokes to end his life. How could Hou Wen not be afraid?
However, Liu Xie did not seem to hear his pleas. Even after the guards dragged Hou Wen out, Liu Xie did not seem to have any intention of changing his orders.
As a free and intelligent little Emperor, Liu Xie had thought of many things. Liu Xie had thought of all sorts of ways to take back the authority of the Han Dynasty. In the process, he gradually realized that it was futile to rely on the vassals. Thus, he used Li Jue, Guo Si, and the others to deal with Ma Teng and Han Sui. He wanted to seize the opportunity to take back some authority. At the very least, he wanted to establish his authority.
"Peng! Peng! Peng!
… "
"Ah! Ah! Ah!
… "
"…"
"…"
Outside the hall, there were sounds of banging and wailing. Although Liu Xie could not hear it, he naturally understood the situation outside. His eyes were filled with determination.
At this time, in Qinchuan New City, the Imperial Censor Liu Dan, the Imperial Censor Zhong Shao, the Left Assistant General Liu Fan, and the Attendant Ma Yu were all in a study in the inner city, secretly discussing some matters.
The four officials took the initiative to meet Li Jue and Guo Si. They came together to deal with Ma Teng and Guo Si's army. However, if they knew what the four of them were discussing, Li Jue and Guo Si would not have easily allowed them to come with the army.
"…"
When the time comes, we will be like this...
Who?! "
Just as Zhong Shao was explaining a map that was spread out on the table, he suddenly smelled something strange outside the window. The four of them hurriedly put away the map. When they opened the door to check, they found that there was nothing unusual.
Zhong Shao, Ma Yu, Liu Dan, and Liu Fan were also puzzled. Zhong Shao was the strongest among the four of them. When he noticed the abnormality, the other three did not react. Thus, they were not sure if Zhong Shao's senses were off or if there really was someone else.
…
Actually, Zhong Shao and the other three dared to act as Ma Teng and Han Sui's spies not only because they were staking everything on one throw. At this moment, on the Ziwu Road near Yong Province, there was a 200,000-strong army rushing towards Jiameng Pass.
Among the four of them, Liu Yan was the eldest son of Yi Province's Magistrate. Thus, it was normal for Yi Province to make a move.
The only regretful thing was that Liu Yan's body was very weak and he could die at any moment. If that was not the case, Liu Yan would have sent more than 200,000-strong army.
Although Yi Province's terrain was very good for defense, Liu Yan, who was close to Jingzhou, had been eyeing it covetously. Thus, when Liu Yan was seriously ill, they had to leave behind a large number of troops to guard against him. This was the second reason why Yi Province's number of troops was limited.
At this point, with the [Battle of Xuzhou]'s large-scale system storyline, many large and small forces within the region of the three kingdoms' civilization were affected. Although not all of them were directly related to the storyline, they were more or less involved, actively or passively.
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