After the court discussion, Huangfu Song was appointed.
So Huangfu Song was able to use his position as General Zuo to lead the army to attack. He would rely on Chang'an to unite the Liangzhou official army to fight against the Liangzhou rebels.
Liu Hong also ordered the generals in Liangzhou to obey Huangfu Song's command, and Huangfu Song would give them orders - if Liangzhou still had enough officers and soldiers.
Liu Hong's requirements for Huangfu Song were also very clear.
First, the rebels are not allowed to enter the land of Sanfu and threaten the imperial mausoleum.
Second, completely eliminate the rebels within half a year.
Huangfusong took these two requirements very lightly and believed that he could achieve these two goals. He felt that the entire Liangzhou except for him was an insect and not worth mentioning at all.
So he accepted the appointment and prepared to attack.
Yang Ci, Yang Biao and the entire Jinwen school had high hopes for Huangfu Song and gave him great support.
However, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty still underestimated the sharpness of the Liangzhou rebels.
They are too arrogant.
In early February of the first year of Zhongping, when Huangfu Song had just finished reorganizing his 40,000 troops and was preparing to attack, the rebels had already entered the land of Sanfu.
Liangzhou's defense line was broken and could no longer stop the rebels.
The rebel leaders Bian Zhang, Han Sui, Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, Song Yang, Wang Guo and others led their respective armies to invade the Sanfu land, and their troops were directed towards Yongxian and Meiyang.
The Luoyang court was shocked. Liu Hong no longer cared about Wen Wen's concern in the countryside and personally ordered Huangfu Song to attack immediately without delay.
Huangfu Song was also anxious, and his previous calmness was completely gone. He ordered the army to reorganize at night, and led the army to attack early the next morning. He also asked his nephew Huangfu Li to lead a cavalry as the vanguard general. He himself led the main force to attack. Followed by.
At the end of February of the first year of Zhongping, the main force of Huangfu Song's army arrived near Meiyang. He stationed troops in Meiyang and watched the situation. He learned that the rebels were not making good progress in Yumi County, Yong County and Chencang County, and were defeated by the local defenders. Trapped by the terrain, we cannot advance quickly.
He relaxed a little, deployed his troops, and started fighting with the rebels in early March.
I don’t know if I haven’t fought, but I will be shocked when I fight. Although this rebel army is mainly composed of Qiang and Hu from Liangzhou, its fighting style is quite similar to that of the Han army. I don’t know where these Qiang and Hu learned the infantry army. The formation was actually used in a stylish way.
Huangfusong was unprepared at first, suffered some losses, and fought a few small defeats. Then he gradually came to his senses and realized that this rebel army was not simple. There were experts inside, and there were definitely people from the Han army system in the past. , so he dealt with it cautiously.
In mid-March, Huangfu Song fought against the rebels several times, with victories and defeats, and the fighting was back-and-forth.
By the end of March and the beginning of April, Huangfusong had become familiar with the rebels' fighting style and was able to adapt to their infantry and cavalry attacks. He won several small victories and gradually suppressed the rebels back from Yumi County.
In mid-May, the battle line began to slowly shift to the west. However, in late May, the Liangzhou rebels came to support. A relatively powerful cavalry came to support and defeated Huangfu Song's cavalry. Huangfu Song had to avoid its edge. , retreat slowly.
Afterwards, Huangfusong relied on the city's defense line to fight several successful defensive battles, consuming some of the Liangzhou rebels' forces. Then the army pressed forward and began to push the Liangzhou rebels back.
As a result, the front returned to its state in April, and continued to move west. The rebels could not resist Huangfu Song's offensive and were constantly retreating.
Seeing that the threat to the Sanfu Land was beginning to be lifted, Huangfu Song was very proud and told the court that he would definitely be able to deal with the rebels within half a year. He wanted to show off his military exploits and let the Jinwen School use it to gain Political advantage.
As a result, Zhang Rang saw this memorial, and the act of popping champagne during the half immediately made Zhang Rang unhappy.
Huangfu Song used to belong to Lu Qiang. Although Lu Qiang is dead now and his power has been divided between Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, Lu Qiang is still Zhang Rang's former enemy. , those who didn’t know thought he had become a complete man again.
Now Lu Qiang is dead, but Huangfu Song is still there. Seeing him being complacent makes Zhang Rang very unhappy.
Moreover, Zhang Rang also knew that Huangfu Song had now changed his family and joined the Jinwen School, and the Jinwen School was not dealing with Liu Bei. Zhang Rang felt that Liu Bei had helped him a lot before, and now might be the time for him to repay Liu Bei.
If he tried every means to defeat Huangfu Song and prevent him from gaining any merit, not only would he be able to vent his anger, but he would also be able to do Liu Bei a favor and repay a favor.
"Let's do Liu Xuande a favor now so that Liu Xuande can return a bigger favor to us in the future. Maintaining this relationship will bring a lot of benefits to us."
Zhang Rang persuaded Zhao Zhong, and Zhao Zhong agreed, so the two of them slandered Liu Hongjin together.
They said that Huangfu Song had been unsuccessful in the battle for many months and had not achieved any obvious results. He failed to drive the rebels back to Liangzhou and annihilate them, and he wasted a lot of money and food. Now the court needed a quick victory, but Huangfu Song could not win quickly. He was obviously not a suitable general.
At this time, Liu Hong was troubled by the difficulty of spending money for the imperial court. When he saw that Huangfu Song could not drive the rebels out of Sanfu after three or four months of fighting, he became very angry, so he nodded and approved Zhang. Jean and Zhao Zhong's opinions, and then asked about candidates who could replace him.
Zhao Zhong took the opportunity to recommend Zhang Wen, who had been dismissed from the position of Sikong due to bad luck.
Zhang Wen was from Nanyang with a low background. He was able to enter the official career because he was appreciated and promoted by the eunuch Cao Teng. He followed the eunuch's path, so he was always considered to be a member of the eunuch group.
After Cao Teng's death, Zhang Wen fell silent for a while. While maintaining a relationship with the Cao family, he also had contacts with other eunuchs. He also spent a lot of money to become Sikong before, so he had a chance to come back.
But I have to say that he was so unlucky that he caught up with the great war between the Modern Literature School and the Ancient Literature School. As a member of the eunuch group, he felt a bit like a human being.
Because he did give a lot, the eunuchs who promoted him to the throne were a little embarrassed.
Taking money but not getting things done, or at least poor after-sales service, is a very bad reputation.
After all, there are twelve of the ten regular attendants, and the relationship between them is cooperation and competition. If I don't do well in the after-sales business, in the future, people will go to other regular attendants to do things instead of myself. Then won't there be no income?
Who would think they have too much money?
So Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong decided to help Zhang Wen to speak up.
And it shouldn't be said that Zhang Wen is indeed a man of some real ability. It's just that he didn't come from a high family and couldn't take the normal path, so he took the eunuch path. He really wanted to make something career.
So this opportunity came to him.
Anyway, in Liu Hong's view, the ancient literature school, the modern literature school and the eunuch group are the three forces in the court, and they are no different. If the people of the modern literature school are no longer good, then they should be replaced by people from the eunuch group. If the eunuch group still can If it doesn’t work, then let’s change to someone from the ancient literature school.
Anyway, after a round, you can always find someone to solve the problem.
So Liu Hong waved his hand——
Zhang Wen, come on!
Liu Hong ordered Zhang Wen to be appointed as the cavalry general. Huangfu Song's army was originally given to him, and he was given an additional 40,000 troops, so that the number of infantry and cavalry under his command increased to about 80,000.
This time, no matter what, you have to deal with the Liangzhou rebels for me!
Liu Bei knew this news immediately. After knowing it, Liu Bei's mind became active.
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PS: I ate Baixiang’s new version of old hen noodle soup in the morning, and I also put in the leftover steamed rice noodles from last night and cooked it together. I ate it all and it tasted very good, so I’ll add another chapter.
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