The day after Liu Hong's order was issued, the latest battle situation was reported from Hedong County.
Most of the main rebel force retreated.
In particular, the Southern Huns cavalry almost completely retreated to Taiyuan County, and a large rebel force also retreated to Taiyuan County. The number of rebels who stayed to continue the attack on Wenxi County was greatly reduced, and the pressure from the Han army on the front line was greatly reduced. decrease very much.
Liu Hong was greatly surprised by such a good thing and immediately attributed the credit to Liu Bei. He didn't care that Lu Zhi also expressed the same opinion.
However, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty attributed the credit to Lu Zhi. The Ancient Literature School immediately launched a large-scale publicity and advocacy on this matter, further praising Lu Zhi as the Optimus Prime who was said to be the best at fighting and with the strongest military ability. The position of Taiwei is well deserved.
He also boasted that as long as Lu Zhi was here, Luoyang would be as stable as Mount Tai. As a result, Lu Zhi's reputation further improved, and Yuan Wei felt even more uncomfortable.
Considering the Yuan family's future development needs, he felt that Lu Zhi could not be allowed to assume the position of leader of the ancient literature school like this, so he decided to push forward his plan.
It happened that he learned that the rebels were currently retreating on a large scale, and only a small number of troops were still attacking Wenxi County on the front line. However, according to analysis, the number of rebels should be less than the number of Han troops on the front line, and the Han army should have survived the most difficult period. time.
So he began to think about it, and planned to use He Jin's relationship with the Ancient Literature School to send Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to the front lines, and return with military merits to establish the martial ethics of the Yuan family.
Thinking of this, Yuan Wei was also quite emotional.
In just a few years, Wu De, an existence that everyone once paid no attention to, has gradually acquired an important position in the current court and political struggles and cannot be ignored.
Lu Zhi and Liu Bei, the two masters and disciples, because of their strong martial virtues, actually controlled the Yuan family, the fourth generation and the three princes, in the large group of the ancient literature school. For a while, even the Yuan family had to retreat from the limelight.
Judging from the current situation, Yuan Wei judged that for a long time in the future, abundant martial ethics will inevitably become a necessary quality for a superior person. Without abundant martial ethics, one may not be able to straighten his waist.
This was unimaginable four or five years ago. The Han-Qiang war tortured everyone so much that if we could not fight, we would not fight. Wouldn’t it be better for everyone to play politics in a harmonious manner?
Why must we fight to the death?
But now, Yuan Wei suddenly had a strange feeling.
He felt that there seemed to be some serious problems in the Han Dynasty. If this problem was not solved, the existence of martial ethics would become more and more important. Unless this problem could be solved, the Han Dynasty would return to the way it was in the past.
Yuan Wei really did not want martial virtue to become an important basis for judging people. In this case, the status of scholars would inevitably decline, and the status and interests of their noble families would also be affected, and the Jiujiu warriors would have to feel proud again.
This situation shouldn't happen.
Therefore, Yuan Wei decided to do his best to reverse this future, make the world more suitable for scholars to hold power and live, and strive to build a scholar-friendly society.
For this reason, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, come to me!
After Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu learned about Yuan Wei's request, they had mixed feelings in their hearts. If Yuan Shao was a little better, Yuan Shu was very angry.
Just because he is not the eldest son, his treatment since childhood was not as good as that of his eldest son Yuan Ji. Although he and Yuan Ji are brothers from the same mother, this brotherly love has long been gone under the impact of the family's differential treatment. There are no more left.
Just because of the order of birth, he had to fight on the battlefield with his concubine Yuan Shao, while Yuan Ji could enjoy the protection of his family in the rear. How unfair was this?
But there is no way, Yuan Shu has no right to resist, he must comply with the needs of the family and safeguard the interests of the family.
So Yuan Shao followed this matter to He Jin, hoping that He Jin could arrange for the two brothers to go to the battlefield.
He Jin was quite puzzled by this.
"The fourth and third princes of the Yuan family are so powerful. Why did Ben Chu and Gu Gong go to the battlefield? The battlefield is not a good place. I had a slight bump and was injured. Please teach me how to report to Mr. Yuan?"
Yuan Shao smiled bitterly.
"This is my uncle's request. My uncle said that when the country is in crisis, I, a descendant of the Yuan family, have received the emperor's favor in this life. It is time to stand up with the sword to repay the favor to the emperor. How can I hide in Luoyang City and turn a blind eye? "
He Jin sighed after hearing this.
"Mr. Yuan understands righteousness deeply, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people. If the country has more people like Mr. Yuan who are dedicated to the country, how can the situation be reduced to this point?"
The corners of Yuan Shao's mouth twitched slightly.
How many more people like him are there?
Hehe, it would be better to have fewer people.
Yuan Shao would not have a good impression of this kind of elder who did not consider himself at all. On this point, he and Yuan Shu, the plastic brother who had always disliked each other, had a very consistent view.
How should I put it, this plastic family is also a match.
He Jin had no clue about the ambitions of the Yuan family. Regarding the Yuan family's seemingly upright pursuit of the country, He Jin quickly arranged to get rid of the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu and go to the battlefield.
At this point, Yuan Wei still did what his elders should do. He bought all kinds of equipment for the two brothers, arranged various experts as their personal soldiers to protect their safety, and tried his best to ensure that these two people would not die. On the war zone.
Although it wouldn't be a big problem if he died, it would be an earth-shattering thing if he really died.
But even at this point, in terms of personnel allocation, Yuan Shu's personal guards were better than Yuan Shao in terms of number, quality, and equipment. The difference between concubines and concubines had never touched Yuan Shao so much at this time.
After Yuan Shao learned about this incident, he resented Yuan Wei even more.
The two brothers went to the battlefield in this way, each assuming the identity of a commander from another department, and rushed to Wenxi County with more than a thousand horses to earn military merit.
However, this military merit is obviously not easy to earn.
When the two arrived at the front line of Wenxi County, He Miao and Zhou Shen were preparing for a new military operation.
It turned out that seeing the main force of the rebels retreating, with only two or three kittens left in front of them, He Miao and Zhou Shen, a pair of wise men, were actually moved.
The sky cleared up and the rain stopped, and they felt that they could do it again. They felt that the main force of the rebels had retreated, and the rear army in front of them probably had no will to fight. So the two of them discussed whether they could go out of the city to fight the rebels. Earn military honors.
The two of them discussed for a while and thought that maybe they could do this, but they were always being suppressed and beaten. General Wei and the former general of the Han Dynasty were too disrespectful. It would not be good to return to the army like this without winning a battle.
So the two prepared to plan a proactive battle.
Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu arrived at the front line just at this time. He Miao and Zhou Shenyi combined their efforts and assigned Yuan Shao to be Zhou Shen's personal guard, and Yuan Shu to be He Miao's personal guard. These two young masters went to the battlefield to earn military merits. We can't really put these two people in danger.
After all, not everyone is Liu Bei.
Zhou Shen had seen Liu Bei's ferocity with his own eyes. As a inheritor of Confucian classics, he was so brave that he didn't look like a Confucian scholar. Now he was working as a shepherd in Liangzhou and had made great achievements, and he was about to become a general.
Are Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu also Liu Bei 2.0 and 3.0 launched by the Yuan family?
Zhou Shen guessed so wickedly.
Not long after the two arrived at the front line, the counterattack organized by He Miao and Zhou Shen was about to begin. Under the leadership of the two men, 20,000 Han troops came out of the city and took the initiative to attack Guo Taisuo's troops, hoping to make a weak point.
But they made a huge mistake.
Mrs. Guo is not a soft persimmon.
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PS: I'm in a good mood today, so I'll add another chapter.
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