After hearing what Lu Zhi said, Liu Bei quickly realized what Lu Zhi meant.
"Teacher, what you mean is that you are worried that Yang Ci will do something behind our back?"
"You and I are leading troops outside. Isn't this Yang Ci's best opportunity?"
Lu Zhi worriedly said: "In marching and fighting, the reason why there is a saying of decisive victory thousands of miles away, naturally there is also the possibility of doing bad things thousands of miles away. With Yang Ci's hatred for us, if he can stay peacefully in Luoyang without doing anything, I don’t believe in the action.”
Of course Liu Bei couldn't pretend he didn't hear what Lu Zhi said. Of course he knew that Yang Ci would not miss this opportunity, but he also believed that He Jin and Zhang Rang would take action and would not let Yang Ci do anything substantial. of destruction.
If Yang Ci had any brains, he would not cause any substantial damage.
However, Lu Zhi's worries were not completely unreasonable. Although he could not cause substantial damage, any rumors or the like would be enough for Lu Zhi to drink.
Anyway, the core idea of party struggle is that it is more uncomfortable for the enemy to make meritorious service than for me to make mistakes.
Liu Bei thought about the party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty and the crisis in Liaodong at that time. It can be seen that the complete collapse of the situation in Liaodong at the end of the Ming Dynasty was very directly related to the party struggle within the imperial court. If the intensity of the party struggle at that time had not been so intense and had been relaxed a little, the situation in Liaodong would not have been so bad. The corruption is so obvious.
If a group of people immediately went into battle to deal with Hou Jin, they would have to face two enemies, both internal and external, at the same time. No one wanted to let the political enemies make meritorious deeds. Even if Hou Jin took advantage, they were not willing to let the political enemies take advantage.
The current political situation in Luoyang is actually somewhat similar to that of the late Ming Dynasty, except that the Yellow Turban Army is far less of a threat than Houjin, so the situation is still under control, but if you don't care at all, it is estimated that Yang Ci and others will inevitably be attacked. The conspiracy.
Neither Emperor Liu Hong nor the eunuch group were friendly to the Ancient Literature School, and they would definitely not be friendly to Lu Zhi.
Although I, the biggest "traitor" of the Ancient Literature School, don't care about the quality of the Ancient Literature School in terms of fundamental interests, looking at the current situation, this battle still needs to be stable.
There are too many variables in Luoyang, and it is hard to tell whether it is on his side or on the side of the Yellow Turban Army.
Liu Bei then privately sent people back to Luoyang City and asked Liu Hui, who was left behind, to pay more attention to the situation in Luoyang.
Lu Zhi is worthy of being a veteran. Although the new situation in the party struggle was opened by Liu Bei, in terms of struggle experience, Lu Zhi is obviously more experienced.
His prediction was good. In late April, Yang Ci and others did start to cause trouble in Luoyang.
The cause of the matter was that after late April, the northern Luzhi Front Army, which had received five consecutive good reports, did not receive any more good news.
It has to be said that Liu Bei's five relatively large-scale victories as the vanguard army were really a boost for the Luoyang court at that time, because neither the Huangfu Song Front Army in the east nor the Zhu Jun Front Army in the south received any good news in the initial battle. .
It sounds like they were unlucky.
After Zhu Jun led his army to the battlefield, they ran into the Yellow Turban Army led by the powerful "God Envoy" Zhang Mancheng.
Zhang Mancheng is a somewhat capable person. As one of Zhang Jiao's direct disciples, he has been running Taiping Tao forces in Nanyang for a long time.
At that time, he had won a lot of victories in Nanyang County's east and west conquests, and was in the limelight. He also had a small but slightly better-organized force under his banner. Zhu Jun's vanguard army fought with it, but did not get any benefits.
Zhu Jun was cautious at first, and he was even more worried about the strange political situation in Luoyang. He did not dare to let go. He felt that he had encountered a ruthless person when he was not successful in the first battle. He was greatly surprised and restrained the army to advance slowly, step by step, cautiously.
At present, the two armies are temporarily in a state of confrontation in Nanyang County.
On Huangfusong's side, he wanted to prove himself too much by making meritorious deeds.
He ran into the main force of the Yellow Turban Army led by Bu Si, Zhang Bo, Liang Zhongning and others in Dongjun. After winning the first battle, he hurriedly pursued the Yellow Turban Army to continue their meritorious service, regardless of the fact that the army needed to rest after traveling a long distance. As a result, he was killed by the Yellow Turban Army. He fought back and was defeated.
The truth is that the boat capsized in the gutter.
So throughout mid-to-early April, it was rainy in the southern and eastern theaters, while only the northern theater was sunny and beautiful.
When the people of the Jinwen school saw this situation, they were so angry that their teeth itched. Yang Ci even cursed Lu Zhi in his dreams to quickly collapse and fall, so that he could breathe a sigh of relief.
Yang Ci knew that General He Jin was getting angry every day, and Lu Zhi was his only hope, so he didn't dare to do any substantial damage to Lu Zhi's front army, but let him just watch. , he can't do it.
Not to mention, maybe his resentment was too strong. After the middle of the year, for more than ten days in a row, there was no new news of success from the northern theater.
Yang Ci sent people to inquire and found out that Lu Zhi was surrounding Julu County and had not launched an attack. He sent people to shout into the city every day, as if he was waiting for something. On the court side, Emperor Liu Hong and General He Jin were both because of There has been no new good news for a long time, which makes me quite anxious.
Liu Hong's worry is also true. After all, it is his empire and the Liu family's empire. This is still very important for an emperor who has awakened the consciousness of imperial power.
After learning the specific news, Yang Ci, who felt as if there were ants crawling on his body, rolled his eyes and realized the plan.
The Han army cannot move, but Lu Zhi can. As long as Lu Zhi is not allowed to make contributions, isn't that enough?
Yang Ci did not take action personally, but sent Yang's former officials to report to the court and began to build momentum.
The content is very simple. It means that Lu Zhi fought very well before, but recently he has stopped fighting. He has clearly surrounded Julu County, but he has not attacked. What is he doing?
Is there any exquisite military arrangement?
Or is this an act of self-respect?
Or has he reached an ulterior agreement with the Taiping Dao thieves in the city?
If you encircle without attacking, the loss will indeed be relatively small, but with an army of 20,000, there are war horses, and more than twice as many auxiliaries and grain transporters. If people eat horses' chews, the amount of grain consumed in a day is astronomical. If Lu Zhi is so good at fighting, why not end the battle as soon as possible to save money and food for the court?
The problem is huge, the problem is huge!
Some officials who were former officials of the Yang family wrote to the emperor accordingly, requesting Lu Zhi to rush to attack Julu County, eliminate the surrounded Yellow Turban bandits, and then sweep Jizhou as soon as possible to end the battle.
If Lu Zhi does not obey orders, it means that Lu Zhi does have different intentions, so replace him quickly!
There were many people on the list, and the momentum was quite large. Officials who did not belong to the Ancient Literature School began to make moves, and they were keenly aware that Yang Ci was preparing to launch a new round of struggle against the Ancient Literature School.
Dongyuan's investigation on Luoyang Taiping Road has been somewhat tepid in recent times. It is said that this is because most of the emperor's energy is focused on the war and he has no time for other things.
In addition, the military agent Huangfu Song promoted by one of the eunuchs, Lu Qiang, had a poor record. Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others who had always had a bad relationship with Lu Qiang and had conflicts seemed to have found an opportunity to overthrow Lu Qiang. , are busy fighting among themselves, so Dongyuan's actions have slackened a bit.
But how can this fight stop?
The emperor was concerned about the war, and the eunuchs were also fighting among themselves around the war. So how could we, the School of Modern Literature, not help out?
In northwest Shanxi, it should turn into a mess!
On April 21, Taiwei Yang sent a letter to Emperor Liu Hong. The main message of the letter was that he hoped that the emperor would immediately ask Lu Zhi to attack Julu City immediately, and that he would take it within a time limit. He could not tolerate Lu Zhi continuing to besiege without attacking. .
Yang Ci believed that Lu Zhi's behavior of not attacking was very bad. Not only was he wasting the court's money and food in vain, but he might also be seeking personal gain for himself, and he might even have reached some kind of agreement with the Taiping Dao thieves.
Based on this, Yang Ci extended the question to the actions of the Taiping Dao thieves in Luoyang and the assassination of Liu Hong. He believed that these three things might have some very secret connection. If Lu Zhi continued, he suggested that the court should capture Lu Zhi. Zhi, take him back to Luoyang for questioning!
Really, even a blind person can see what Yang Ci wants to do.
This is a very serious political accusation for a general who is leading troops abroad, and may even be related to Lu Zhi's political life, and even his own life.
As soon as the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar.
(End of chapter)
