Don't dare to break with the king [Han Wu Kuai Chuan]

The moxa wine presented by Wang Mang really contained a kind of chronic poison, but this poison has very special ingredients, colorless and tasteless, and it is impossible to find out what raw materials are used. If the little emperor didn't think of it, taking it every day , then he will die in a month - because he was already sick, and the ministers would never think that he died of poison.

From this wine alone, there is not enough evidence to prove that it is poisonous wine. The only way is that the emperor really took it and asked the imperial physician to testify.But when it is proved that it is poisonous, the little emperor is afraid that he will really be poisoned to death.

Liu Che didn't know what would happen if he died in the body he traveled through?Is it the death of the soul, or the death of the master of the body?He couldn't risk either outcome.

Therefore, we had to find witnesses. After Wei Qing's investigation, the person who brewed the aijiu was found.

This is Wang Mang's self-defeating means to get rid of it, because there is insufficient evidence, it will not affect him at all.However, Liu Che took the opportunity to lift Wei Qing up, called Wang Mang, and said earnestly: "It has been three years since I ascended the throne, and I have always seen An Hangong work hard for my great Han society, and now there are such treacherous villains who want to Killing me with poison, and trying to drive a wedge between my husband and me, even if such a person is called a national traitor, it is not an exaggeration."

At this time, Wang Mang was afraid of being suspected, so he just kept saying yes.

Liu Che deliberately gritted his teeth and said, "I hate people who want to harm me, so I want to send someone from my servant to assist in handling the case. I must thoroughly investigate this matter."

So Wei Qing crossed Wang Mang's path and directly participated in the investigation. Although he was only a small servant, he represented the authority of the emperor—although the little emperor didn't have much authority before, but since Liu Che passed through After doing some planning, they first drew Kong Guang over, and a group of ministers who were close to Kong Guang stood by Liu Che's side. In addition, the students under Wu Zhang's family, represented by Yun Qing, also inherited the teacher's behest and secretly provided the little emperor with Help—so now the authority of the emperor is somewhat established.

Wei Qing used the poisoned wine to clean up a group of Wang Mang's subordinates in the court. Wang Mang hated him so much that he wanted to pretend to be a loving elder.

After the poisoned alcohol case came to an end, Wang Mang had already realized that the little emperor had grown up and was no longer the puppet he was allowed to rub round and flatten.Fortunately, the emperor's power is still very weak, and Wang Mang is confident that he can still control him for a while. Now Huo Qubing in Zhongshan Kingdom is holding the banner of "Qing Emperor's side", gathering a large number of people, and his power has expanded to the Yellow River. Wang Mang From then on, he used all kinds of ruthless means to deal with Liu Che, fearing that Zhongshan would be unable to suppress him even more.

The Zhongshan rebellion must be quelled as soon as possible, and then find a way to deal with the little emperor, Wang Mang secretly planned in his heart.

In order to appease Wang Mang, Liu Che offered to add nine tins to Wang Mang, that is, to give him nine special gifts in the name of the emperor, namely chariots and horses, clothes, clothes, Zhuhu, Nabi, hundreds of tigers, scorpions, bows, and arrows. Chan, this is the highest courtesy to ministers who have meritorious service.

This satisfies Wang Mang very well and allows him to stop dealing with the emperor for the time being. In addition, Wang Yan mediates in the middle, creating a delicate balance between the two.

In such a short period of peace, Wang Mang gathered an army of 5 people. Half of the soldiers were led by Qingche General Sun Jian and his cousin Wei General Wang Lin, and went north to crusade against the Wei family rebels in Zhongshan.

For Liu Che, this is a good opportunity to make a move.After the poisoned alcohol incident, Liu Che named Wei Qing a Marquis of Guannei on the grounds of his contribution to assisting in the investigation of the case, which was equivalent to announcing to everyone that he was the emperor's confidant, and then he recommended Wei Qing to the counter-insurgency army.

Wang Mang's thoughts are actually not difficult to fathom. If Liu Che didn't declare Wei Qing as his subordinate with great fanfare, then Wang Mang would definitely refuse Wei Qing to join the army for any reason.

But now that Liu Che is sealing the Marquis of Guannei, it means that the courtiers clearly know that Wei Qing is on the side of the emperor, so Wang Mang will not refuse, as if he is against the emperor, but reluctantly gave Wei Qing a school lieutenant He placed him in his cousin's army so that he could be monitored at any time.

The anti-rebel army gathered in the outskirts of Chang'an for three days, and then set off.At this time, on the banks of the surging Yellow River, Huo Qubing ordered to his soldiers: "Is the pontoon bridge ready? I will lead you all across the Yellow River before the arrival of the officers and soldiers."

"Report to General, it can be set up tonight."

"That's good, we will cross the river in the middle of the night."

"General—" A fast boat rowed from the river to the bank, and a sentry jumped on it, "A messenger from Chang'an came from the other side, and sent the handwritten letter of King Zhongshan, and said that if the general did not believe it, he would accuse him. His name is Zhang He."

"Zhang He?" Huo Qubing took the silk and saw that it was indeed Liu Ju's handwriting, "Is that kid here too?"

The sentinel wondered: "The general knows this person? Is it one of us?"

"That's right, one of my own." Huo Qubing said, "Bring him across the river and come to my tent."

Apart from explaining Liu Che's plan to Huo Qubing, Zhang He also brought his father, Wu Han, to join Huo Qubing.

It turns out that Wu Han did not leave just after taking all the Wu family members out safely. Instead, he gathered a group of people in his hometown to lie dormant. After hearing that the Zhongshan Kingdom took the lead in raising troops against Wang Mang, he also responded, and merged along the way. Zhai Yi, the prefect of Dongjun, and other forces to crusade against Wang Mang.

At this time, Huo Qubing was short of manpower who could lead the army to fight. He heard that Zhang He recommended Wu Hanhui as a strong general, so he naturally accepted it.

"Uncle is in the anti-rebel army?" Huo Qubing is most concerned about this point, "He wants to seize the military power of the anti-rebel army, and join me to attack Chang'an. Is this a risky move?"

"The general expected you to say that." Zhang He replied, "So let me send a message to the general. The champion Hou didn't feel risky when he went deep into the Xiongnu with [-] riders. Don't worry about him this time, and wait to fight with him. Let's meet."

"It's true, when there was no news of my uncle's surprise attack on Dragon City, the family didn't know how scared he was." Huo Qubing recalled the panic in the Wei Mansion back then, and a smile could not help but appear on the corner of his mouth, yes, he should always Believe that uncle is omnipotent, "I haven't seen uncle for a long time..."

Wei Qing followed General Wei Wang Lin's army and marched faster than Sun Jianbu.

At this time, Wang Lin was analyzing the military situation in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"I didn't expect the rebel army led by Wei Bao to advance so quickly. They have already crossed the Yellow River and are stationed in the forest not far from us." Wang Lin tapped a certain place on the map with his fingers, "We will meet them tomorrow. .”

Along the way, Wang Lin also encountered a small group of peasant uprisings and rebels, all of which were suppressed by him with cruel means. At this time, he was a little ecstatic: "When the time comes, let them see how powerful I am."

Wei Qing stood aside and said with a sneer in his heart, when you met my nephew, you must have seen how good he is.

Wang Lin was not Huo Qubing's opponent at all in the war, and he was defeated and retreated. Sun Jian had the intention of fighting for merit, so he didn't join forces with Wang Lin, but made a detour to cut off the rebels from the rear.

Wei Qing calculated that the time was almost up, and was ready to start.

On this day, Wang Lin's vanguard and Huo Qubing's cavalry met on a narrow mountain road, and rolling stones and logs fell from the mountain.Seeing that something was wrong in the rear, Wang Lin hurriedly led the army back.

Not far from the valley, he was surrounded by Huo Qubing and his army.

Huo Qubing rode on his horse and said to the army led by Wang Lin: "Wang Mang took power, oppressed the emperor, and slaughtered the emperor's mother's family. It is really unfaithful and unrighteous. You are all the people of the big man. Why do you want to fight for a traitor and our rebels?" In the battle, if you lay down your weapons and surrender, the rebel army welcomes you to join us at any time."

Most of the officers and soldiers following Wang Lin were ordinary people. Seeing Wang Lin's cruelty and oppressive methods along the way, they were already shaken. Wei Qing secretly spread rumors in the army, so when Huo Qubing said these words, some people were already moved idea.

In front of the open space where the two armies faced each other, Zhang He read aloud a call to action against Wang Mang, listing his crimes one by one.

Seeing that the army's morale was shaken, Wang Lin was furious on the spot: "How can you be swayed by the remarks of the rebels? Whoever dares to join the enemy army, I will let you die with arrows piercing your heart."

"The anger of the people cannot be suppressed by pressure." Wei Qing who was standing on the side suddenly said, "If the general has confidence in Duke An Han, shouldn't he be unrestrained and let the soldiers choose?"

"Lieutenant Wei, what are you talking about?" Wang Lin said angrily, "Don't just rely on the fact that you are sent by the emperor, I dare not touch you. That little emperor stood in front of me, and I didn't pay much attention."

"Wang Lin, Wang Mang's cousin, relying on this relationship to become General Wei, dare to openly despise the emperor." Wei Qing looked directly at Wang Lin and said calmly, "Listen everyone, that Wei Bao on the opposite side It seems that what the general said about disloyalty and filial piety is not wrong."

Encouraged by Wei Qing, the soldiers quickly became agitated with each other.

"Yeah, we all respect the emperor, how can we talk like that."

"Isn't it just relying on his cousin Guan Da?"

"Dogs fight against people!"

Wang Lin heard that the more he got worse, he bent his bow and set an arrow and shot at one of the soldiers who scolded the loudest.

There was a sound of "ping", and a steel knife separated the arrows, saving the man's life.The crowd spread to both sides, revealing a young man in a black suit. He sneered at Wang Lin, "Oh, the dog bit someone."

The rescued person's eyes lit up. He knew this young man. He was a little brother brought by Wei Xiaowei. He seemed to claim his surname was Liu. However, when he saw little brother Liu before, his face was burnt. It was as clean as new, handsome and tender, like a kid from a rich family sent to exercise by some family.

The person who came was none other than Liu Che who joined the army with Wei Qing incognito.The middle-level generals in the army hardly ever saw the emperor, so naturally they couldn't recognize his identity.But Wang Lin is from the royal family, and he has participated in several palace banquets. At this moment, he pointed at Liu Che in disbelief and said, "Why are you here?"

"Fight the traitors." Liu Che looked at Wang Lin with a smile, as if looking at a dead person.

Wang Lin suddenly felt that something was wrong, and when he turned sideways hurriedly, he felt a gust of knife wind slashing from the back of his neck, and it was Wei Qing who attacked him.

Wang Lin suddenly fell off his horse, drew his sword and slashed at Wei Qing, shouting: "The captain is rebellious, quickly take him down."

"I see which one of you dares to touch him." Liu Che said coldly. Before he finished speaking, many people from the army stood up, surrounded him and Wei Qing, and fought with those Wang Lin's men who rushed up to fight. up.

These were all warriors selected by Liu Che from the palace guards and those families of generals who had secretly expressed their loyalty to him. This time he joined the team to crusade against the rebels to protect his and Wei Qing's safety.

Wei Qing's movements were even faster, Wang Lin was overwhelmed with his agility, and if there was a gap, Wei Qing would quickly lean over and stab him in the heart with a dagger.

"Don't General Wang like random arrows to pierce the heart? Don't worry, I only use a dagger." After speaking, Wei Qing kicked Wang Lin's body, which was still open-eyed, to the ground, facing his subordinates who were still resisting. shouted, "Wang Lin is dead!"