Although Liu Hong tried his best to conceal the news of his injury, the chaos in Jizhou was so big that it was impossible to hide it. What's more, Liu Hong's northern inspection tour was the focus of all major forces.

Liu Hong did not return, but as soon as the news of the attack came back to Luoyang, the cloudy Luoyang suddenly became agitated.

He Jin went to the palace to see Queen He almost every other day, naturally because of the rumors, but if something happened to His Majesty, he wanted to ensure that Queen He's son Liu Bian could inherit the throne, so that the status of the He family could be improved.

Go up one floor.

The Ten Constant Attendants, the Four Generations and the Three Dukes are all under his uncle.

Naturally, Yuan Wei did not relax. Guests from the Yuan Mansion were arriving, and it was not known who Yuan Wei had met and what he was going to do. Yuan Shu, Yuan Xu, and Yuan Yin were all recalled to his home.

Other officials also get together from time to time, attending your birthday banquet today and Quanzi's wedding banquet tomorrow. It's very lively.

Even the gatherings in Deyuju have increased, but the number of people is much smaller. Without core figures like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, they only get together to share some news.

Just when everyone was busy, a piece of news broke out in Luoyang City——

Liu Hong is back!

Already moved into Xiyuan.

Zhi Jinwu has also returned, and so has the Xiyuan Army.

After the news of Liu Hong's attack "sparked thousands of waves with one stone" in Luoyang City, it calmed down again with Liu Hong's return.

But the speculation has not stopped.

Although Liu Hong returned to Luoyang, he was seriously injured in the attack and had half his life left. He is now unable to govern...

Liu Hong is seriously ill and is considering who to make emperor...

Liu Hong is dead. For his own selfish desires, Shi Changshi did not announce the funeral secretly and wanted to do something rebellious...

It's just that no one believes information like the last one passed down from generation to generation.

Although Liu Hong did not hold court meetings, he had seen He Jin, Deng Sheng, Cui Lie and other ministers of the four houses. Situ Huangwan had become the shepherd of Yuzhou. He believed that Situ Cui Lie was bought with five million yuan.

It was decided before Liu Hong’s northern tour.

And Taiwei Zhang Wen is in charge of the Liangzhou war. At present, only the Liangzhou war can reach Liu Hong's ears.

There was also the rebellious Wang Fen. Liu Hong said he would capture this man alive and bring him back to Luoyang to be broken into pieces.

Cao Cao, the captain of the Dian Army, was the leader, and Zhao Rong, the assistant captain of the left army, was the deputy. They stayed in Jizhou to capture the rebellious Wang Fen.

Liu Hong's injury and knee problems are no longer serious, but the injuries on his body have never improved. Internal diseases were basically random in ancient times.

Liu Hong returned to Luoyang, while Guo Jia and Zhao Yun stayed in Jizhou because they had received "orders" from Ju Shou to continue attacking the Black Mountain Army.

After returning to Luoyang, Liu Hong conferred upon Ju the rank of Marquis of Tangxiang, Zhao Yun was made Marquis of Manlinting, and Guo Jia was a bit interesting.

Dong Zhao, the magistrate of Litao County, failed to stop the Black Mountain Army from advancing eastward. When he left Litao, he did not issue a warning or convey military information, which resulted in heavy losses for the Xiyuan Army and gave Wang Fen an opportunity to take advantage of it.

In consideration of his meritorious service in defending the city, he was not punished and was removed from the post of Litao County Magistrate.

Guo Jia, because of his meritorious service in escorting the troops and his meritorious service in the battle against the Black Mountain Army, took the initiative to ask for the battle and was granted the title of magistrate of Litao County.

Dong Zhao:???

what happened?

After Liu Hong left, Guo Jia began to take the second step, driving the tiger to devour the wolf.

No, it's to drive away wolves and devour sheep.

The Black Mountain Army suffered heavy losses in the battle with the Xiyuan Army, but because of their large numbers, they did not collapse, and Cao Cao often encountered them when he stayed in the Anping Kingdom.

There are Zhao Yun's invincible cavalry in the south, Gao Shun Zhu Ling's formation and new army in the west, and Cao Cao's army in the east. The Black Mountain Army became more and more frustrated in the war and had low morale, so it had to flee north.

When tens of thousands of Black Mountain troops entered Julu County again, Dong Zhao was really frightened again. However, after seeing that the Han army was pursuing him, Dong Zhao had a different expression.

The Montenegrin army marched north to the Zhongshan Kingdom, and Guo Jia chose to lead his army into Litao.

When Dong Zhao saw Guo Jia, he was full of surprise. After all, Guo Jia was less than 20 at this time and had many young talents. However, there were not many people who could serve as county magistrate before they reached 20, except for the heirs of famous families.

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Cao Mengde became the Northern Wei of Luoyang when he debuted, and Yuan Shao became the magistrate of Puyang County when he debuted, both at the age of Guan Guan.

What surprised Dong Zhao even more was that the leader was Changshan Zhao Zilong, who was famous in Jizhou, but he actually obeyed Guo Jia's orders.

He was the captain of Changshan County, the person who commanded the military of a county, and now he is also the Marquis of Manlinting. Where did this Guo Jia come from?

Dong Zhao felt that things were not simple.

Out of etiquette, after handing over the official seal, Dong Zhao bowed to Guo Jia, which was regarded as meeting Shangguan. In this way, the magistrate of Litao County was Guo Jia.

Guo Jia returned the gift and said with a smile: "It's just Mr. Tao. Don't worry about it, Mr. Gong. With your talents and learning, you will be back soon. Rather than wait until then, Jia has a heartless invitation."

Dong Zhao was stunned by what Guo Jia said. Out of courtesy, he raised his hands and replied: "I would like to hear the details."

"Brother Gongren has managed the county well, and fought side by side with the people in the city. He must have a deep friendship. I can't bear to break it off. Why don't I ask my brother Gongren to act as the county magistrate on his behalf. The salary and salary he gets will go to Gongren if he doesn't take it."

Guo Jia came up with a bold idea, which made Dong Zhao, who had just recovered, be startled again.

The newly appointed county magistrate is now being given up?

After all, he is an official with a rank of four hundred stones!

Dong Zhao didn't believe Guo Jia's words about the deep friendship with the people that he couldn't bear to break, but why did he do this? Dong Zhao was puzzled.

"Why is County Magistrate Guo like this?" Dong Zhao asked directly.

"You come with me!"

With that said, Guo Jia led Dong Zhao up to the tower and ordered someone to fetch a red flag with the word "Liu" prominently on it.

Guo Jia ordered people to take down the black and white flag with "Han" written in the middle and "personally" put the flag on the wall.

The so-called hands-on means just touching the hand and holding the flag. It takes two strong soldiers to do it.

There seemed to be nothing wrong with Liu and Han not dividing their families and replacing Han with Liu. Dong Zhao could not see anything.

"Do you know what the word 'Liu' means?" Guo Jia pointed at the flag spread out in the wind and asked loudly.

The two light blue scarves flying in the wind above his head are quite high-spirited.

"The Han surname is Liu." Dong Zhao replied.

Zhao Yun looked at the flag and already thought of the meaning of military advisor. It was clearly the "Liu" of the lord's surname "Liu Qing".

Unexpectedly, the military advisor would do such a thing, planting a flag and seizing the city. Thinking about it, he was quite enthusiastic.

Guo Jia replied seriously: "Not only the 'Liu' of the Han Dynasty, but also the 'Liu' of Liu Qing!"

After Guo Jia finished speaking, he stared at Dong Zhao with bright eyes.

The word "Liu Qing" really made Liu Dongzhao's expression change. He had heard Guo Jia's meaning clearly——

This city will later belong to Liu Qing.

He had naturally heard of Liu Qing's name. What made his expression change was that Guo Jia turned out to be a member of Master Liu Qing. Changshan Captain Zhao Yun obeyed Guo Jia. Was he also a member of Master Liu Qing?

What about Jushou, the prefect of Changshan?

That person is called the orphan of King Bohai who rose from a young age. He defeated the Yellow Turban, killed Zhangjiao, fended off Xianbei, destroyed the Xiongnu, paid homage to the governor of Yanmen, and was granted the title of Marquis of Wuzhou. Are these just superficial?

In fact, has he already come this far...

Dong Zhao didn't dare to think any further.

He did not think about Wang Fen. Wang Fen was colluding with the Marquis of Hefei. Everyone knew about this, but there were only a few people who accused Wang Fen of being a traitor.

There are many people who have not cursed Liu Hong to death.

Out of caution, Dong Zhao still asked: "County Magistrate Guo, would like to welcome the Marquis of Wuzhou..."

Halfway through the words, I couldn't speak anymore.

"I am the Marquis of Wuzhou as my lord!" Guo Jia said straightforwardly, "My lord's life needs no introduction, and how it is to govern the county. Litao is less than twenty miles away from Changshan County. You should have heard about the current appearance of Changshan County, right?

." Guo Jiadao.

Sure enough! Dong Zhao knew clearly that Jushou, the governor of Changshan County, was also a member of Liu Qing.

In the past, there were rumors that Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Liang were all killed by Liu Qing, but the credit was divided among them. Now that I think about it, that rumor is probably true.

Liu Qing killed Zhang Jiao's three brothers and divided the credit between Jushou and Zhao Yun. As a result, there were the prefect of Changshan County and the captain of Changshan County. Liu Qing himself went to Yanmen County to be the prefect.

This handwriting...

Seeing the change in Dong Zhao's expression, Guo Jia smiled and said: "Brother Gongren, are you thinking about killing Zhang Jiao brothers?"

Being caught by Guo Jia, Dong Zhao smiled awkwardly and said, "The county magistrate was joking. When Zhao heard about this, he didn't know the deeper meaning. He was just shocked!"

As for how well Changshan County is being governed, we should also mention that not only the refugees from Litao came to Changshan County, but also many good Litao people moved to Changshan. Jushu's ability to govern the county was undoubtedly brilliant.

Who would have thought that Jushou was originally the magistrate of Guangping County in Julu County, and he often returned to Litao to report on his duties. The relationship between the two was not bad. However, his former colleague suddenly became a prefect and became a marquis. And he,

But he just lost his job.

The difference is because Jushou followed Liu Qing, shared the credit, and rose to prominence?

"To be fair to Gongren, our army is coming for the Black Mountain Army in this battle. It is the order of my lord. The lord has spoken. Governor Guo has not returned, and Dong Gongren is defending the city alone. This is enough to make those corrupt officials who abandon the city surrender and serve as servants feel ashamed.
To be continued...