Chapter 619

Liu Hong instantly lost all color in his face, as if he were about to collapse on the dragon carriage.

"How could this be, how could this be?"

"Didn't I already send troops to suppress them? How could there be so many defeat reports?"

"Speak quickly, speak quickly!" Liu Hong looked at Zhang Rang impatiently.

"Your Majesty..." Zhang Rang said with a trembling voice: "This old servant dares not lie, Your Majesty; the defeat reports were just sent into the palace."

"The Prefect of Nanyang, Chu Gong, was defeated and beheaded by the Yellow Turban rebel leader Zhang Mancheng, and Wancheng was occupied."

"The Prefect of Runan Commandery, Zhao Qian, was beheaded by the Yellow Turban rebel Peng Tuo."

"The Yingchuan area has already been occupied by the Yellow Turban rebel leader Bo Cai, and the rebel army has already reached Xingyang."

"The officials of Donge County in Dong Commandery have attached themselves to the Yellow Turban rebels and have already been occupied by the Yellow Turban rebel leader Bu Yi..."

"The Inspector of Youzhou, Liu Wei..."

"And the Prefect of Guangyang Commandery, Guo Xun, and others... were all beheaded by the Yellow Turban rebels."

Zhang Rang reported the news of defeat in thirteen commanderies across eight provinces in one breath.

Liu Hong, listening to the defeat reports one after another, was somewhat dumbfounded sitting on the dragon carriage.

"My... my troops that I sent out?"

"Didn't I already send Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi, and Zhu Jun and others to lead troops to suppress them?"

"Why is there no news from them? Why is there no support?" Liu Hong looked at Zhang Rang with vacant eyes.

Zhang Rang, with a mournful face, pulled a submitted document from his sleeve, held it high with both hands, and said: "Your Majesty, the Right General of the Household, Zhu Jun, encountered the main force of the Yellow Turban rebels led by the Yellow Turban rebel general Bo Cai in the Yingchuan area, was defeated in one battle, and fled all the way from Changshe."

"The Left General of the Household, Huangfu Song, could not arrive in time to rescue him and is currently surrounded by the rebels at Changshe."

"These two defeat reports were submitted by the two of them, hoping that the imperial court would send more troops to rescue them."

"Trash!"

As soon as Zhang Rang's voice fell, Liu Hong let out a roar of rage.

"Defeated just after setting out, and still have the face to send people to ask for reinforcements!"

"This is the good person recommended by those two old dogs, Yang Ci and Yuan Kui!" Liu Hong said, gritting his teeth: "Immediately, have Yuan Kui and Yang Ci and the others enter the palace to see me right now."

"I want to ask them personally, is this the person they recommended!"

Liu Hong was so angry that he flicked his sleeves.

The young eunuchs carried the dragon carriage and immediately took Liu Hong toward the direction of the Jiade Hall.

Liu Hong turned and left.

Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, who were kneeling on the ground, then stood up.

After standing up, Liu Hong patted the dust off his knees and looked at Zhao Zhong, who was to the side.

The two of them looked at each other.

"Lord Zhao, this time, no matter what, we must let the Emperor transfer Duan Yu to suppress the rebellion," Zhang Rang said: "Yuan Kui and Yang Ci will absolutely not let us go."

"If we let them gain power, in the future, I'm afraid our end will not be as good as Wang Fu's," Zhang Rang said, narrowing his eyes.

Zhao Zhong also nodded busily.

During this period, those partisans who were re-employed almost every day submitted memorials to impeach the two of them.

Back and forth, they had secretly suppressed dozens of memorials.

But there were still some that would be seen by the Emperor.

Just two days ago, the previously refuted partisan Attendant Xiang Xu and Zhang Jun connected with more than a dozen partisans to submit a memorial together, and he and the two of them.

Demanding that the Ten Regular Attendants be beheaded, and then the world could be peaceful.

If it were in the past, in this situation, Zhang Rang would definitely find a way to kill the two of them.

But at the moment, the Disasters of Partisan Prohibitions had just been lifted, and the two of them jointly submitted a memorial to Liu Hong, hoping to execute these partisans who were spreading evil words, but Liu Hong did not agree.

As for why, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong also understood in their hearts.

Now the Emperor had to rely on the partisans, rely on the power of the noble families to eradicate the Way of Peace.

So the two of them could only endure.

But what the two of them didn't expect was.

It wasn't just the partisans in the Luoyang court; even in the army at the front suppressing the rebellion, there were memorials impeaching the two of them.

The Army Sima under the Left General of the Household Huangfu Song, Fu Xie, said that the disaster was due to the outside, but it all arose from the inside.

This meaning clearly said that they, the Ten Regular Attendants, were the root of the chaos.

If the situation continued to develop like this, it was inevitable that the butcher's knife would eventually fall on the necks of the two of them.

Therefore, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong thought of a method.

Since Yang Ci and Yuan Kui could recommend candidates to suppress the rebellion.

Then why couldn't the two of them also recommend one?

If the people recommended by Yang Ci and Yuan Kui were all defeated, but the person they recommended was victorious.

Then wouldn't their threat be resolved?

So, Zhang Rang found Zhao Zhong to discuss it.

Both of them thought of one person at the same time.

Duan Yu! ===== CHAPTER 621 =====