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Volume 2: Unpredictable Chapter 444: An old minister offers advice

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    Li Cui and Guo Si both understood the truth after hearing this. Under Li Ru's influence, their relationship gradually improved on the surface, but in their hearts, they still had a deep fear of each other.

    In the imperial court, Taiwei Yang Biao had been secretly observing the relationship between the two thieves Li Cui and Guo Si. Seeing that the time had come to eliminate the thieves, he made a secret visit to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty one night.

    Although Yang Biao was dismissed from his official position by Dong Zhuo at first, he was later invited by Li Ji. Li Ji wanted to please Yang Biao and other important officials of the old dynasty, and asked Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to give him a high position as a Taiwei in order to win over people's hearts.  However, how could Yang Biao associate with thieves? He has always wanted to eliminate thieves.

    "Your Majesty, I have seen two thieves, Li Cui and Guo Si, who are not in harmony with each other. They are jealous of each other and will turn against each other sooner or later. I also heard that Cao Cao, the general of Zhendong, has more than 200,000 troops, and all his advisers and generals are talented.  , If you can get this person to support the country and eliminate the traitors, why worry about the world being unjust!"

    When Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty heard this, he finally had hope of getting rid of the control of the two traitors Li Cui and Guo Si. He thought about himself, the majestic emperor of Han Dynasty, but since he came to the throne, he was first controlled by Dong Zhuo, and then fell under the control of Li Cui and Guo Si.  Si's hands were like puppets, letting others play with them, and he couldn't help but shed tears on the spot.

    "I have been bullied by two thieves for a long time! If I can punish them, it will be a great blessing! Cao Cao's grandfather Cao Teng served three generations of the royal family, and his father Cao Song was also a veteran minister in the court. The Cao family has been loyal ministers for several generations. If  I'm really lucky to have Cao Cao come to rescue me! However, the traitors are very powerful. In recent years, Li Cui and Guo Si have used my name to recruit troops in Liang and Yong prefectures, with a total strength of 200,000.  It¡¯s hard for General Zhendong to defeat the traitor!¡±

    When Yang Biao saw Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty shed tears, his old heart ached with severe pain, and he hurriedly played.

    "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have a plan to make the two thieves kill each other, and then order Cao Cao to lead troops to kill them, clear out the thieves, and stabilize the court." After hearing this, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty immediately held back his tears and said anxiously.

    "What's the plan?"

    "I once heard that Guo Si's wife was jealous, so he made someone use counter-intentional tactics on Si's wife. The wind on the pillow is the most difficult to resist, and the first wife is a close relative, how could Guo Si not fall into the trap?"

    "Good! In this case, Lieutenant Yang, everything depends on you. If it succeeds and the Han Dynasty can be rebuilt, I will definitely not count on Taiwei Yang's contribution!"

    After Yang Biao and Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty came to an agreement, they rushed back to the mansion overnight to prepare countermeasures.  The next day, Yang Biao secretly sent his wife into Guo Si's house. Mrs. Yang had been on good terms with Li Cui and Guo Si's wives earlier under Yang Biao's instructions.  Mrs. Yang was intelligent by nature, and she was also the wife of a Taiwei. It didn't take long for Li Cui and Guo Si's wives to become close friends who talked about everything.

    Mrs. Yang found Mrs. Guo Si, went to a secluded place, and whispered.

    "In the past few days, I have been to Sima's Mansion and I have seen General Guo coming in and out of Sima's Mansion. I have also seen him and Mrs. Li Sima flirting with each other several times, and their relationship is very close. If Sima knows about it, General Guo and Mrs. Li Sima will be harmed.  I am good friends with Mrs. Li Sima and General Guo, so why would you say something offensive like this?

    Guo Si's wife's eyes widened when she heard this, with a look of surprise on her face. However, she thought that in the past few days, Guo Si often used Li Ru's name as an excuse to have banquets at Li Ji's house, and every time.  After staying out all night, he immediately became suspicious.  Guo Si's wife also thought that she had heard in the past few months that her husband and Li Jie had something going on and that their relationship was extremely tense. Perhaps Li Jie had been vaguely aware of the activities of Guo Si and his wife.

    The more Guo Si's wife thought about it, the more she realized it was the case, and her face became uglier. She scolded Mrs. Li Ji for being shameless and seducing Guo Si, and expressed her gratitude to Mrs. Yang.

    "It's strange that he often stays out at night! It turns out he did such shameless things with that bitch! It's not my wife's words, I don't know. I should be careful!"

    Mrs. Yang Biao sneered in her heart when she saw that Guo Si's wife had no doubts. Later, after a few words of concern, she left.  Guo Si's wife thanked him again and again and said goodbye.  A few days later, Guo Si went to Li Jue's house for a banquet at Li Ru's invitation.  Although Li Ji and Guo Si had equal power, after all, Li Ji was the leader who was favored by the Liangzhou soldiers.  In terms of love and etiquette, it was appropriate for Li to host this banquet.

    When Guo Si's wife saw Guo Si going to Li Cui's house for a banquet again, her face immediately darkened and she said bluntly.

    "Li Jue is moody and deeply jealous of you. There is no room for two tigers in a mountain. If he poisons himself after drinking, can you teach me and your son how to live alone?"

    But Guo Si refused to listen. Instead, he insulted his wife. She was ignorant.  When Guo Si's wife heard this, she became very jealous, thinking that her husband must have been fascinated by that bitch, and she didn't know who was the real wife.

    The next day, Guo Si came back very drunk and felt a little hungry, so he asked someone to cook food.  Upon hearing this, Guo Si's wife suddenly hatched a plan and put poison in the food.  After Guo Bang had eaten, he suddenly felt severe pain in his abdomen. Guo Bang's wife had been waiting by his side for a long time., and quickly helped him spit out the food. As soon as Guo Bang vomited, he felt no pain at all.

    "Husband, Li Cui must have intentionally harmed you, and he was afraid that you would be suspected if you died in Sima's house, so he added a slow poison to the wine. In this way, the poison will be released when you return home, and no one will suspect it.  On his head!"

    Guo Si was drunk at first and believed half of it without analyzing it. Later he remembered that Fan Chou died at the banquet hosted by Li Ji.  Immediately, Guo Bang was so frightened that he almost woke up from the drunkenness. His eyes were so wide that the corners of his eyes almost burst, and he roared angrily.

    "Good day, Li Zhiran! I work with you to achieve great things and intend to share wealth and honor. But you can't tolerate me. Now you want to murder me for no reason. If I don't strike first, I will be killed!!"

    Guo Bang is like a lion that has been awakened. Of course, the first thing a lion does when it wakes up is to look for food.  Guo Bang's eyes flashed with a dim light, and he rushed to the school field to meet with his confidants, without even bothering to take a rest. He organized the troops under his command and discussed the deployment of attacking Li Jue's command in three days.

    Unexpectedly, there was a general among Guo Si's confidants who had been bribed by Li.  Guo Si made an agreement with his confidants, and after the banquet was over, the man immediately informed Li Jue secretly.

    After hearing this, Li Jue was furious on the spot, his whole body seemed to be on fire, and he shouted hysterically.

    "Guo Adoan dares to do this! If it weren't for me, how could he have achieved the high position he has today! You ungrateful fellow, I will definitely kill you!"

    Even so, Li Jiu also thought that he only had 80,000 troops in Chang'an, and the other 40,000 troops were led by Zhang Ji who was stationed in Hongnong.  As for Guo Si's troops, almost all of them are in Chang'an, with a total of 80,000, which is the same as his.  If we attack rashly now, we will lose a lot of troops.

    After Li Jiu thought about it, he summoned a young general and ordered him to rush to Hongnong at night. He secretly ordered Zhang Ji to rectify his troops. Three days later, he came to Chang'an and besieged Guo Si together.

    Unexpectedly, the young general Li Ji called happened to be the chess piece that Guo Si secretly ordered to lurk around Li Ji. After receiving the order, the young general did not go to Hongnong, but rushed to Guo Si's mansion to report to Guo Si.  Guo Si's expression changed after hearing this. If he hadn't made arrangements in advance, he was afraid that disaster would befall him in three days.  At that moment, Guo Si took Li Cui's secret letter from the young general, imitated Li Cui's handwriting, and wrote a fake letter, asking the young general to give it to Zhang Ji. The content of the letter was to order Zhang Ji to immediately send the letter to Zhang Ji.  He sent troops to attack Lu Bu in Shangluo.

    After that, Guo Bang secretly dealt with the traitors who were bribed by Li Ji.  At this time, Li Cui didn't know that Guo Si had used the strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain and transferred Zhang Ji to attack Lu Bu. He was also worried that when Zhang Ji's troops arrived in three days, they would attack from both front and rear, and they would be able to capture Guo Si's head.

    What Li Cui did not expect was that late at night the next day, Guo Si suddenly raised his troops, gathered his troops and horses, and then attacked the camp of Li Cui's subordinates.  Fortunately, since Li Cui learned that Guo Si had the intention to rebel, he had already sent agents to monitor Guo Si's camps in and outside the city.  As soon as Li Cui's spies saw the crowds surging in the camp of Guo Si's subordinates, the sounds of horses leaping, and the sounds of soldiers clashing with each other, they knew that Guo Si had planned a rebellion in advance and immediately came to report Li Cui.

    Li Ji immediately rushed to the camp in the school field in the city to notify the soldiers of various departments to prepare for war. He also sent several generals to the camp outside the city to notify. When Guo Si's leading troops arrived, Li Ji's troops in the city had just reorganized half of their troops.  To block it, although there was some haste and chaos at first, as Li Cui led the Flying Bear Army to fight and killed Guo Si's vanguard of the attack, the chaos was temporarily shaken.

    In the camps on the east and west sides outside the city, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under Li Cui and Guo Si rushed to Chang'an City. For a while, Chang'an City seemed to have turned into a hellish Shura field. Both Li Cui and Guo Si's soldiers  Horses, taking advantage of the situation, captured the residents.

    Seeing that it was hard to decide the outcome, Li Jie ordered his nephew Li Xian to lead his troops to surround the palace. He used two chariots, one to carry the emperor and the other to carry the queen. He also ordered Xu Rong and Li Ru to supervise the chariots. Li Xian,  Li Ru and Xu Rong hurriedly led their troops and rushed to the palace in the city with 20,000 soldiers.  Li Xian rushed in with his troops. Most of the palace guards were Li Jie's subordinates, and they immediately followed Li Xian into the palace.  Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and Empress Fu were on the dragon bed, and they were forcefully pulled down to the bed by Li Xian.  Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had no time to scream, but Li Xian stabbed his neck with a knife, and he dared not make a sound.  Queen Fu was afraid that Li Xian would hurt Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, so she just cried and was at a loss.  Later, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and Queen Fu were both driven into the carriage by Li Xian, and the rest of the palace servants walked away.  Li Xian led his troops out of Houzaimen. When Guo Si's troops arrived, they fired arrows at random, killing an unknown number of palace residents.  Weiyang Palace was full of blood and flesh, and the scene was extremely miserable.  Everywhere was the sound of the soldiers and horses of Li Cui and Guo Si fighting, and the screams of the palace people.

    And Li Jue sent people to kidnap all the important officials in the city, and then led the Xiong Army to Weiyang Palace to cover up the killing. Guo Si could not resist for a while and temporarily withdrew from the palace. Li Xian escorted the chariot and ventured out of the city and rushed to the city.  In the camp of Li Jue to the east.  Seeing that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had left the city, Li Jing began to order all the troops to retreat slowly.  After that, Guo Si led his troops into the government, robbed and captured all the concubines, and later ordered people to find the whereabouts of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and Empress Fu.After searching to no avail, they found out that Li Ji had captured the two men. He immediately threw his knife and became furious, and even ordered the troops to set fire to the palace to vent his hatred.

    The fire spread across the sky, and the city of Chang'an in the dark night was illuminated by the fire. The billowing fire made it particularly vivid to see the tragic scenes of countless people captured by Li Cui and Guo Si's soldiers and horses on the streets of Chang'an.

    This night, the city of Chang'an passed for a long time under the sounds of burning, fighting, screaming, and crying.
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