Liu Cheng took the roster and opened it and read it carefully.
His face was calm throughout the whole process, and his expression did not change.
After reading it, he put it on the desk and continued to eat meat and drink with Han Guang.
"What are the movements of the princes of Guandong?"
Liu Cheng asked while chewing the mutton.
Han Guang said: "Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao have temporarily stopped fighting.
Cao Cao fought with Lu Bu and Zhang Miao twice, but neither of them gained any advantage, but the situation is not good for Cao Cao.
Yuan Shu is plotting against Xuzhou and wants to instigate a rebellion against the Chen family, a powerful family in Xuzhou.
On the surface, our troops in Jingzhou and Yangzhou are not fighting, but they are making small moves secretly.
The subordinates think that there is no news worthy of the lord's attention, so they do not report it."
Liu Cheng thought of Taishi Ci and asked, "How is Taishi Ci's situation in Yangzhou?"
"After all, he was sent by the imperial court.
On the surface, Liu Yao was still very polite to him, but secretly he enlisted Jiangdong officials and military generals to isolate him.
However, Taishi Ci was highly skilled in martial arts and commanded troops well, and he was very popular among the soldiers.
Liu Yao also I don't dare to go too far, which is acquiescence to Taishi Ci's status in Yangzhou, but judging from the current situation, the troops and horses that Taishi Ci can directly command are less than a quarter of Liu Yao's troops."
After Han Guang had eaten and drank enough, he left quietly.
This time Liu Cheng believed that he had chosen the right person when choosing the commander of the Shadow Guard Division.
During Wang Yue's tenure as the commander of the Shadow Guard Division, the Assassin Department under the Shadow Guard Division developed rapidly, and every operation was very successful.
However, there are some shortcomings in intelligence collection, and Han Guang has obviously made great efforts in intelligence collection after taking over.
Liu Cheng got up and asked someone to take away the leftovers.
He walked around the tent alone with his hands behind his back, thinking about how to deal with this matter.
After a long time, he stopped and picked up the roster on the table.
He wanted to call someone, but after thinking about it, he gave up.
This roster was collected by the Shadow Guards Department.
The Shadow Guards Department was not part of the imperial government.
If the roster came into existence, it would be inevitable.
It will cause panic, and of course not only the people on the roster will panic, but also the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty and his confidants.
Liu Cheng had a good memory.
He read it again and almost remembered the names on the list.
He threw the list into a brazier and burned it to ashes.
In terms of monitoring the internal ministers and generals of the imperial court, the Shadow Guard Division is obviously inferior to the Bronze Mirror Division.
No, when Liu Cheng led his army to Xiangling the next day, Zhao Rui chased him from the direction of Chang'an on a fast horse.
Liu Cheng was not surprised to see Zhao Rui catching up.
If Zhao Rui didn't come to report the relevant news at this time, it could only mean two problems: first, there was something wrong with Zhao Rui; second, the Bronze Mirror Division was monitoring the internal affairs.
It's basically just a flower stand and has no use.
Seeing that it was getting late, Liu Cheng ordered the camp to be set up.
The generals were directing the soldiers to set up camp.
Liu Cheng and Zhao Rui walked slowly by the Fen River.
"Zhao Rui, you are chasing after me from Chang'an in such a hurry, you must have something important to do," Liu Cheng asked, swinging his riding whip.
Zhao Rui clasped his fists and said: "It was the Bronze Mirror Division who discovered that someone in the court wanted to cause trouble.
They first took action against the lord.
They wanted to kill the lord, and then raised troops to seize power."
"Oh, who are these people and what are they going to do?"
"Back to my lord, after analyzing the news from various ministries, we have inferred the actions they are about to take and got a rough strategy, but it is not very detailed.
My subordinates have already sorted out this strategy, and there is also a copy of the plan involved.
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Please take a look at the list of things, my lord."
Zhao Rui took out two memorials, and Liu Cheng took them and looked at them one by one.
After reading it, Liu Cheng said with a smile: "These people are really courageous.
They conspired to cause rebellion under my nose."
Zhao Rui continued to report: "The spies deployed by the Shadow Guard Department in Yang Ding City recently received news that Tang Mao and his gang sent an official named Wang Li, a subordinate of General Wu Guan Zhong Lang, to instigate rebellion against Yang Ding, but Yang Ding was met by Yang Ding.
After Ding refused, Wang Li threatened his wife and children, and Yang Ding had to fight with Wang Li.
Li Xu and Wei Snake rushed 800 miles to Chang'an to report the matter to the Shadow Guards Department and asked the Shadow Guards Department to rescue his wife and children.
Their subordinates thought that in the plan of Tang Mao and others, Yang Ding must be an assassin.
The lord's part is very important, otherwise they wouldn't have put in a lot of effort to force Yang Ding to commit the crime."
Liu Cheng touched his chin and said: "So my schedule must be slowed down, otherwise they will not have time to make arrangements.
Do you think Yang Ding is reliable?"
Zhao Rui did not dare to draw a conclusion on this matter.
He replied: "The spies reported that Yang Ding originally planned to kill the other party to destroy the other party's plan.
Later, he thought that this could not solve the fundamental problem, so he thought of conceding to the other party, pretending to agree because his wife and children were being kidnapped.
Work hard for them" Zhao Rui didn't comment, just stated the facts, which was one of the reasons Liu Cheng admired him.
Liu Cheng said to Zhao Rui while thinking: "Have someone tell Yang Ding and let him continue to deal with Wang Li and try to figure out the details of their assassination."
"clear" Early the next morning, Liu Cheng ordered the entire army to slow down their marching speed by doubling, and only march fifty miles a day.
For a cavalry of more than 5,000 people, marching fifty miles a day was already very slow.
The situation on Liu Cheng's side was constantly reported back to Chang'an.
Among those who received the news were Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Xun Yu and others, as well as the state head Tang Mao and others.
However, relatively speaking, Jia Xu and Guo Jia got the news one or two days earlier.
They had special channels for transmitting information very quickly.
However, as Liu Cheng's army got farther and farther away from Chang'an, it took longer and longer for Chang'an to receive the news, and in the end, no news was received for several days in a row.
Grand Master's Mansion.
As the head of the state, Tang Hao was granted the title of Grand Master two years ago.
He is also a general of cavalry, but he is really a general of cavalry in name only.
However, in the past two years, he has secretly made friends with some military lieutenants and generals, and these are all under Liu's control.
As a person who is not very favored in front of him, he can only make friends with these people and win over them.
Outside the lobby of the Taishi Mansion, some loyal servants stood guard with swords.
There were more than a dozen officials sitting in the lobby, headed by Tang Hao.
Liu Bian has never been canonized as a queen, but Concubine Tang, who shared Liu Bian's sorrows, has become the de facto master of the inner palace in the palace.
Concubine Tang's father, Tang Hao, is the real head of the country.
Tang Hao, who was sitting at the top, was a little worried, "There has been no news for several days, and I don't know how far the plan has progressed."
The first person sitting under Tang Mao turned out to be Zhong Ji.
This person could be said to be on the same boat as Liu Cheng.
In order to deal with Dong Zhuo, they shared the difficulties together.
Even after Dong Zhuo died, even after Wang Yun was killed, he and Liu Cheng Liu Cheng remained a staunch supporter until Liu Bian turned eighteen.
Liu Cheng did not transfer power to Liu Bian, and Zhongji began to move further and further away from him.
Zhongji is a full-fledged imperialist.
He cannot tolerate the emperor being ignored.
This court belongs to the emperor anyway, and it should be headed by the emperor.
What's going on with a minister in charge?
Should he be Huo Guang or Wang Mang?
Tang Hao's first target was Zhong Ji.
Zhong Ji was no longer in charge of the army and took up the post of Situ.
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Situ was one of the three princes.
Logically speaking, he had great power.
But now Liu Cheng, the great Sima, was in charge.
Situ, The power of the three princes, Sikong and Taiwei, was greatly reduced.
Most of the government orders came from the Shangshutai.
Xun Yu was appointed as the Shangshu Ling, so what else could he do?
Zhong Ji cupped his hands and said, "Grand Master, don't worry.
In fact, no news should be good news.
This shows that our plan is proceeding steadily.
If something goes wrong, we should have received the news long ago, and Liu Cheng is getting closer and closer to Chang'an with his troops."
The farther you go, the more difficult the road is to travel, and it takes time for the people reporting the news to arrive.”
Tang Mao asked: "Situ Zhong, once good news comes from over there, we will launch an attack in Chang'an City immediately without giving other courtiers time to react.
Is that okay with you?
Can you send your troops?"
If you put it to use, will you not listen to orders at critical moments?"
Zhong Ji said: "Grand Master, please rest assured.
Although I am not in the army, my subordinates who were in the army are still there.
As long as I give an order, they will obey it without hesitation."
"That's good, that's good" Tang Hao looked at the first person sitting on the right and asked: "General Li, how can you kill an enemy with one stone?
Can you control the troops and horses to launch an attack?"
This General Li is also a person of great origin.
He is Li Meng, one of Dong Zhuo's generals.
Although his official position is not high, he is also a figure who participated in the Battle of Hulao Pass.
When the Xiliang Army was reorganized, many generals were worried Being liquidated by Liu Cheng, he was directly or After Jia returned home or chose to pursue an official career, Li Meng braved the courage to stay in the army and survived the hard days of reorganization and training for nearly half a year.
Later, he was appointed as a school captain and commanded a thousand soldiers and horses, which he had not received in the past few years.
Promotion, there is resentment in my heart.
Li Meng clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Grand Master.
The entire school under General Mo will follow my lead and nothing will go wrong.
As long as Grand Master gives the order, General Mo will lead the soldiers into the Grand Sima Mansion and control all the people."
Then he went to the government office and rushed into the Duke Protector's Mansion to kill all Liu Cheng's wives, children, and children."
Tang Hao looked at another warrior and asked: "General Wang, can you control the palace in the shortest time?"
This general named Wang is called Wang Zifu, one of the commanders of the imperial army, and he and Yulin General Lu Weihuang jointly guard the imperial palace.
Wang Zifu stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Don't worry, Grand Master, as long as the Grand Master says "zero", the general will immediately convey the false order to Lu Weihuang and ask him to go to meet the commander, and set up an ambush to kill him on the way, and then order the Yulin army with the emperor's order. , take over military power and control the palace."
Tang Mao shook his head and said: "It is feasible to use His Majesty's decree to trick him into seeing the driver, and to set up an ambush and kill him on the way.
But using His Majesty's decree to order the Yulin army is probably inappropriate.
As we all know, the military power is now in the hands of Liu Cheng, and the soldiers They were afraid that they would not obey the emperor's order.
After killing Lu Weihuang, they immediately sent troops to surround the Yulin army, declared Liu Cheng's crimes in the name of the emperor, and forced them to surrender.
If they did not surrender, they would be killed."
"yes"
Yilang Wu Shuo asked: "Grand Master, if there is an incident and it is necessary to kill Liu Cheng's relatives, it will be easy for others to say, but what about Cai Yong and Cai offering wine?
He supports the emperor's rule."
"Catch him first and then talk about it":