When things have reached this point, it can be said that the first step of the Luoyang court's response strategy is not a great success.
The number of Taiping Dao organizations that have lost their combat effectiveness because they were truly disintegrated is not large. Although some have lost their leaders, the remaining organizations still tenaciously became the Yellow Turban Army and continued to fight.
It can only be said that this strategy was implemented too late. If it had been implemented as early as the third year of Guanghe according to Yang Ci's suggestion, the situation would never have developed to the point where it is now.
Despite this, almost one-third of the Taiping Dao organizations lost their organization and combat effectiveness in the first wave of offensives and were unable to initiate uprisings, which weakened the intensity of the Taiping Dao uprising in the Central Plains.
The local counties and counties were not completely reduced to cattle and sheep to be slaughtered because of the seven-day response time and the requirements of the Luoyang court. Although many people died, there were still some capable county guards and county magistrates who fought a little. score.
Although the intensity of this wave of Yellow Turban uprisings was great, and although the Eastern Han Empire was in a state of disarray, it was not on the verge of collapse.
The situation Liu Bei stirred up is really completely different.
Moreover, the Luoyang court had really made preparations in advance.
Under the coordination of He Jin, the three troops of Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun completed the preparation of ordnance supplies and food logistics in a short period of time.
During this period of time, He Jin really worked like a sweatshop in order to secure his position as General. As soon as the sun broke, the General's Mansion began to work until the stars filled the sky, and the gate of the General's Mansion Not closed yet.
He Jin has really been praised by some people for his diligence and efficiency during this period. For example, Lu Zhi praised He Jin as a somewhat capable person, not the idiot he imagined, and maybe he could actually work for him. Maybe he will make some achievements.
He Jin is indeed not a fool, but it depends on where he is.
The position of general is too high, the authority is too heavy, and the importance is too great. After Liu Hong's death, a power vacuum appeared again. The huge power vacuum required strong political ability to fill it, but He Jin's ability could not fill it, so he He looked like a straw bag.
Now it seems that he is not a fool. The main reason is that he is simply doing logistical work. As the war ends, the situation that the general needs to face will become more complicated.
At that time, it was time to judge whether He Jin was qualified or not.
However, Liu Bei has recently heard some rumors that the Modern Literature School seems to be seeking some kind of military breakthrough.
It is not difficult to understand if you think about it. The four military figures who were mainly responsible for suppressing the Taiping Road this time were He Jin and Huangfu Song who were both members of the eunuch group, Lu Zhi was a leader of the ancient literature school, and Zhu Jun was living abroad with no affiliation. Military power is completely out of the hands of the Jinwen school.
Before the Taiping Dao chaos broke out, military power had not yet played a significant role in the political struggle between the two political factions.
The political struggle between the two political schools is mainly reflected in the academic level and the court level. They throw dirty water on each other and cause trouble. The main focus is on the level of social death and does not involve other levels.
However, with the Taiping Dao Rebellion, the power of the army suddenly became important and directly intervened in the court. At this time, the big guys of the Modern Literature School suddenly discovered that they were really lacking in military power. too much.
Of course, this is not something that happens in a day or two.
As early as the Han-Qiang War, the Luoyang court discovered the overall cultural weakening of the people in the Guandong region. The military power of the Hebei and Nanyang powerful groups that Liu Xiu relied on to conquer the world had declined and could not be relied on, and they were unable to fight against the fierce Liangzhou area. of Qiang people.
They just want to debate scriptures and drink at home in peace, and do not want to go to the battlefield to drink and drink.
In desperation, the Kansai Warrior Group began to rise, and Liangzhou Sanming stepped onto the stage of history.
The Kanto scholars who controlled the Luoyang court had to hand over military command to the Kansai people, and temporarily tolerated the situation where the Kansai people entered Luoyang's power through military exploits.
However, this kind of conflict of interests cannot be reconciled, and once it occurs, it will inevitably cause chaos.
The successive political defeats of Liangzhou Sanming made the Kansai people fall into political decline, while the Kanto scholars continued to hold important power in the Luoyang court.
This also triggered a rift between the border warriors and the central court in Luoyang.
Especially in Liangzhou, during this period, the Guandong scholars did not regard the Liangzhou people as their own, and the Liangzhou people did not regard the Luoyang court as their own court. The Liangzhou people were second-class citizens of the Eastern Han Empire.
Liangzhou was even on the verge of being stripped out of the Eastern Han Empire by the Luoyang court.
However, the Kanto Modern Literature School, which dominated the Luoyang court, was indeed constantly weakening in culture, and there were not many military talents at all. In their circle, there was no environment where all-rounders like Yun Wen and Yun Wu could appear.
They are all a bunch of shameless politicians who are pampered.
This situation did not change until the Taiping Dao Uprising. The three main generals who quelled the Taiping Dao Uprising were all border warriors: Lu Zhi in the north, Huangfu Song in the west, and Zhu Jun in the south.
Originally there was a solution to this situation.
Because the Yuan family of Runan, who was relatively flexible in moral standards and political conduct, had a more changeable style of acting, other Jinwen wealthy families might not be willing to shamelessly contact border warriors, but the Yuan family was willing.
The current governor of Hedong, Dong Zhuo, is an old official summoned by the Yuan family.
He is from Liangzhou, a barbarian and a second-class citizen in the eyes of the Guandong scholar family. He used to hang out in the circle of Liangzhou people. Because of his bravery and courage in fighting, he was accepted by Zhang Huan, one of the Three Mings of Liangzhou. promoted.
However, he later offended the Liangzhou Gang for some things, and he died in this circle. However, Yuan Wei, who was Situ at the time, summoned him to get him out of the predicament, and he rose to prominence.
So he became a member of the huge group of Yuan's former officials.
No one knows what means Dong Zhuo used to make a comeback after his death as a Liangzhou native, and even climbed to the top of the Yuan family. But this is no longer important. Since then, the Yuan family has had a promising future. Useful military talents.
Originally, this was a plus point for the Jinwen School. With Dong Zhuo in hand, the Jinwen School would definitely push Dong Zhuo to the throne so that he could gain merit in the Taiping Dao Rebellion and increase the political bargaining chip for the Jinwen School.
It is a pity that as the Yuan family rebelled, Dong Zhuo also followed the Yuan family into the ancient literature school group.
In this campaign against Taiping Road, Dong Zhuo, the prefect of Hedong, was recommended by Yuan Wei and led an army to join Lu Zhi's command with the military rank of thief commander and accepted Lu Zhi's control.
Seeing that the Ancient Literature School had strong military capabilities and was full of talents, Yang Ci and the leaders of the Modern Literature School began to feel anxious.
They were shocked to find that they had no capable military talents and could not take a share of the war. They could only watch the people of the Ancient Literature School make contributions.
It can be said that watching people from the Ancient Literature School make great achievements is more uncomfortable than being punished for their own crimes.
A group of people calculated that there was no other way to seize the merit, so someone suggested that we can't get any benefits, and people from the ancient literature school can't get any benefits either.
If we can't use our strength on the frontal battlefield, we'll do something from behind.
We can use our strength in food, ordnance, soldiers' pay, rewards, and even rear-line decisions. We can't win the war, but we can also make it impossible for these guys to win the war!
Yang Ci was very moved by this.
On the other hand, Yang Biao frowned and looked at his father.
"Father, if they are defeated and the thieves come to Luoyang, will it be good for us?"
Yang Ci was stunned for a moment, thought about it again, and then looked at Yang Biao.
"They won the battle and gained a lot of prestige. Is it good for us?"
After hearing this, Yang Biao lowered his head and remained speechless.
Yang Ci looked at Yang Biao and sighed slowly.
"Don't worry, the Han Dynasty can fail many times, but the Ancient Literature School cannot fail even once. The Han Dynasty is not defeated once or twice. The world is still the world of the Han Dynasty, but as long as Lu Zhi is defeated once, I can kill him. life."
After hearing this, Yang Biao wanted to say something more, but looking at Yang Ci's uncompromising expression, he knew that what he wanted to say was meaningless.
So Yang Biao gave up the persuasion.
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PS: I had noodles for breakfast today, so I’ll add another chapter.
PPS: It’s New Year’s Eve, Happy New Year’s Eve~ Bring me the red envelope~~
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