Yan Xing stood in the tent with his hands behind his back, looking at the head on the table, thinking.

Dong Dai, who is not good at poetry and books, has just been no big talk, but Yan Xing knew that she used the allusion of "Zi Lu's political question":

It is said that once, Zilu ran to ask Confucius, if the king of Wei asked the teacher to govern the national affairs, where would the teacher start.

Confucius' answer was "Is it necessary to correct my reputation!"

Zilu, who has always been straightforward in his character, heard that the measure he took was to "correct the name" at the beginning of Confucius's rule, and immediately expressed his thoughts: Is this necessary? This is too pedantic!

When Confucius faced the straightforward Zilu, he was amused and laughed, so he said the great truth that "If the reputation is not upright, the words will not go well, and if the words are not upright, the things will not go well" is more well known to later generations.

And Yan Xing urgently needs to "reform his name"!

He controlled the land of Sanhe. He was the name of the court and was appointed as the prefect of the Hanoi and the Yin of Henan. However, in name, he was also the prefect of Hedong and the General Pingbei, and had no right to command the land of Sanhe.

Therefore, although he won the Hanoi County, he had to use the strategy of "Hanoi people governing Hanoi" to calm the hearts of Hanoi.

Pei Qian became the "Yin of Henan", but there were still many commanders in the cities east of Chenggao, and the powerful people did not accept this kind of jurisdiction.

General Pingbei's shogunate stretched out his hands very long and used his elite soldiers to rule the land of the Three Rivers, but people's hearts were not only relying on strong armored and sharp soldiers.

If you look at it longer, it will not only rule the Three Rivers, but also pursue Guanzhong in the future, and compete for the Central Plains with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Biao and others, all of them will need to "reform their reputation"!

As strong as Gongsun Zan and Sun Ce, they are proud of their strength and are not justified. They control prefectures and counties with their military force and want to seize control of one side. As a result, one ends up rebelling all the states and the other ends up dead as a powerful man, not to mention Yan Xing, who is in the heart of the Central Plains and intends to fight with the heroes!

With just reputation and background, Yan Xing is not as good as the three kings of four generations. Yuan Shao, who is deeply rooted and lush, Liu Biao, who is a relative of the Han Dynasty, and even Cao Cao, who has a large number of Qiao and Pei heroes, supports it!

Therefore, compared with Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Cao Cao and others, Yan Xing urgently needed the emperor to "reform his reputation".

This is also the reason why Yan Xing insisted on facing the emperor west before the vitality of Hedong was restored, and even dispatched armored cavalry and other elite Hedong soldiers to risk confronting Li Jue's army head-on.

He welcomed the Chang'an court in the west and controlled the emperor and the court officials. Yan Xing was so arrogant that he had the titles and official positions that he was urgently short of, and also had the Taoist ruling and righteousness to march into Guanzhong and fight for hegemony of the Central Plains in the future.

For the Hedong camp, this is a huge profit, and it is worth Yan Xing taking risks.

But then again, after defeating Li Jue, Yan Xing still needs to do a lot of things to control the emperor and court officials, squeeze out the generals in the army who are also ambitious and have the meritorious contribution of protecting the emperor, and become a powerful minister who is inferior to one person and above ten thousand people.

The most urgent task is to establish authority and win over the hearts of the people.

And there is no way to achieve this goal faster than "rewarding merits and sins".

Just so happened that the owner of the head in front of Yan Xing poisoned King Hongnong, helped the rebellion, coerced the emperor, and killed ministers. For the Chang'an court, he was a complete traitor.

With Li Ru's head, Yan Xing was able to shock Yang Ding, Dong Cheng and other generals in the army and win over the hearts of some people in the court while "reforming his reputation".

"Come here, pack this head into a box, and send it to Tongguan along with the heads of Hu Feng, Wang Fang and other thieves to report to the emperor and reveal the victory!"

Yan Xing quickly ordered the heads of these traitors to be presented to the emperor along with the good news. He was looking forward to the shocked and fearful expression on his face when the emperor and the generals Yang Dong saw this row of bloody heads.

After seeing these off, Yan Xing didn't care about resting, but summoned Xi Zhicai, Zhou Liang and others as soon as possible. He cheered up his spirits, and his rough fingers passed through the Guanzhong land on the map, and began to discuss with his military staff the arrangements for military use.

It is almost December now, with heavy snow all over the sky, and the mountains are closed and the road is frozen again. It is impossible for the Three Rivers, whose vitality has not yet recovered, to send troops to Guanzhong at this time. Li Jue, whose power has declined, can still take the opportunity to gather the defeated soldiers and return to Chang'an to survive for a while.

But once the spring of the next year begins, Li Jue, who has lost enough deterrence, will become the prey of all the people from Liangzhou, Hedong and Hongnong, and Guanzhong will once again become a place for all parties to fight.

Although according to the internal situation in Hedong, Yan Xing was more willing to wait until the autumn harvest next year before dispatching troops to deal with Li Jue, who was surviving in one fell swoop.

But Ma Teng and Han Sui from Longyou are very likely to not let Hedong wait until after autumn. They will impatiently take advantage of the beginning of spring and lead their troops to the east to enter Guanzhong to pick peaches.

Therefore, the Huayin City, which is west of Tongguan and east of Chang'an, is particularly important for Hedong.

Yan Xing needed to stay here to deal with the earth-shaking changes in Guanzhong that were destined to be earth-shaking.

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The next day at dusk, under Tongguan, Yang Ding Camp.

After Song Guo was missing, Yang Ding, Dong Cheng, Zhang Xiu and the three of them gathered again.

But this time their faces were gloomy and chilling.

After yesterday's great defeat, the military strength of the three men had been severely weakened, and the total number of soldiers and horses was only 10,000, and most of them were injured and all the armored staff were lost.

This strength is simply vulnerable when facing the troops of Hedong and Hongnong, and it is almost a slump.

Next, if it were Yan Xing, Duan Wei, he would turn against each other, Yang Ding, Dong Cheng, Zhang Xiu and others would obviously have no power to fight back.

Therefore, after entering Tongguan, as they approached Duan Wei's Laochaohu County, Yang Ding, Dong Cheng and Zhang Xiu became more and more urgency.

Along the way, although Duan Wei, who was cautious and mature, did not show obvious hostility towards Yang Ding and Zhang Xiu, he still felt lingering fear when he looked at the bright swords and soldiers of Hongnong soldiers, Yang Ding, Dong Cheng, Zhang Xiu and others were still worried and worried.

So, Yang Ding, Zhang Xiu and others who were unwilling to sit and wait for death and surrendered, gathered together again to discuss the next countermeasures.

"The old thief Duan Wei is treacherous and honest. Just look at the camp of Hongnong soldiers. He pretends to reconcile with us on the surface, but he is always on guard against us. If this continues, we will be controlled sooner or later."

Yang Ding looked at the two men with equal calm faces and suddenly stretched out his fist and punched the desk, taking the lead in breaking the silence.

Among the three, except for Zhang Xiu and Duan Wei and Yan Xing had a blood feud, the hatred between Yang Ding and Duan Wei was second to each other. On the contrary, Dong Cheng, although he was defeated by Gan Ling, under Yan Xing, in essence, he and Duan Wei and Yan Xing did not have too much connection.

It was just because of the powerful army of Hedong and Hongnong, Dong Chengcai, who was worried, stood on the side of Yang Ding and Zhang Xiu, trying to resist the powerful Yan Xing and Duan Wei by joining together to keep warm.

Yang Ding felt that if this continues, Dong Cheng, who is not determined, may feel timid, so he must speak first and break the silence.

Dong Cheng, who was big and thick, was indeed timid. He rubbed his rough hands and said hesitantly:

"Oh, yes, yes, we have seen the soldiers of Duan and Yan, especially the iron-armored cavalry in Hedong, which is as powerful as thunder and is invincible as the blockers. How can we resist this little force? What's more, after the new defeat, the army's morale is shaken, and the military rations are even more dependent on Hongnong. I'm afraid that most of the soldiers will disperse before we raise our troops."

Speaking of this, Dong Cheng secretly glanced at Zhang Xiu, then looked at Yang Ding and said:

"We can make an appointment with Duan and Yan in private to join the emperor and join the court. Although we have to surrender to Duan and Yan, we can still save our lives and wealth. How about it?"

Although Dong Cheng said something to Yang Ding, Yang Ding pretended not to see Dong Cheng. After pondering for a long time, he suddenly started to ask Zhang Xiu.

"What does General Zhang think?"

Zhang Xiu, who had been silent for a long time, smiled coldly when he heard Yang Ding's inquiry, and said directly:

"Mr. Yang is the elder who is in charge. If you have any questions, just say it bluntly. Why do you need to spy on Xiu's intentions like this? Xiu and Yan and Duan Erzhe are blood enemies, so how can you kneel in front of the enemy and sit and die with your hands."

After hearing Zhang Xiu's words, Yang Ding smiled awkwardly, and Dong Cheng's face became even more ugly, but he still had to speak and asked directly:

"Since General Zhang is unwilling to reconcile with Yan and Duan, can he have other good solutions under such circumstances?"

When Yang Ding heard this, he looked at Zhang Xiu intently, waiting for Zhang Xiu's following with interest.

Zhang Xiu, who had been silent for a long time, did have a plan in his mind. He glanced at Yang Ding and Dong Cheng, and stood up suddenly and said coldly:

"Yes! Xiu's good strategy is to kill Duan thieves, seize Hongnong, and reject Yan thieves outside Tongguan!"

"Absurd, this is simply seeking death!"

When Dong Cheng heard Zhang Xiu's plan, he jumped up in fear and pointed at Zhang Xiu and said in fear.

Then he realized that he had lost his composure, put down his finger and continued:

"General Zhang, don't be obsessed with hatred. If you do such a disaster, our troops can't even defeat Duan Wei. How can we kill Duan Wei and resist the army in Hedong? Humph!"

"Haha, can't you kill me? Mr. Yang, if I remember correctly, the Master Zhong, who is beside the emperor, is very close to you."

Zhang Xiu sneered, and ignored Dong Cheng, who was disgraced on his face, but turned to Yang Ding.

Yang Ding was not as ruthless as Dong Cheng. He laughed dryly, nodded directly, and admitted this fact without any hesitation.

"Okay! If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger's son? Both of them are soldiers who know the military and know the truth that the military can only be killed by using troops. If we can forge an edict and attack Duan's thief at night, Duan's thief will be frightened and panicked, and there are many old soldiers under my uncle under my command. Why don't we worry about not being able to take advantage of the situation to accomplish something!"

Zhang Xiu flew at the high-high boxing sound, and said with a cold face.

"This, this, this—" Dong Cheng's expression had changed drastically when he heard the plan he said in Zhang Xiu. When he saw Yang Ding's expression change, he seemed to be intentional, he quickly opened his mouth to persuade:

"This matter is too risky. How can we do it if we are under the slightest military force? Even if you succeed in a while and kill Duan Wei, how can we resist the Hedong soldiers who will invade the next big attack?"

Zhang Xiu sneered and continued:

"We have also seen this pass in Tongguan. Although Tongguan is a new building, it cannot be called a majestic pass. It is a dangerous terrain. It stands between narrow cliffs and narrow roads. In the past, Duan Wei could use it to resist Li Jue's army. How can we not stop Hedong troops from outside the pass based on this?"

"But Hongnong's land has long been surrounded by Yan Xing's soldiers. Even if the soldiers and horses in Hedong do not enter Tongguan, they can still attack from the river and Henan. How should we resist?"

This time, Yang Ding stood up suddenly, stared at Zhang Xiu, ignored Dong Cheng, and asked the question he wanted to know the most.

Zhang Xiu faced Yang Ding's gaze, and the tiger in desperate situation also smiled crazy.
Chapter completed!