The internal contradictions accumulated by the Ancient Literature School for a long time suddenly broke out when the entire country was in crisis.
The outbreak was so unexpected.
The people who are still staying in Lu Zhi's mansion have suddenly become a minority, and the majority has followed Yuan Wei to Yuan's mansion to set up another mountain. The people who stayed looked at me and I looked at you, panic, embarrassment, and worry There are many emotions.
"What should I do?"
Fu Qian said anxiously: "Why did Yuan Ciyang suddenly mention this matter? Doesn't he know the current situation? Or is he doing it on purpose? Is he deliberately trying to take this opportunity to damage Ziqian's prestige?"
Cai Yong sighed.
"Do I need to say more? It seems that Yuan Ciyang came well prepared. Ziqian and us were caught off guard, completely unprepared, and... what he said does make sense and can attract many people.
In addition to "Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals", other ancient classics inheritors have been coveting the status of the famous school for a long time. They did put a lot of effort into defeating the modern literature school, but now they have not received corresponding rewards, and they feel resentful in their hearts. It is also a matter of course. "
Saying this, Cai Yong shifted his attention to Xun Shuang who was aside.
"Mr. Xun, you..."
"Don't look at me, what does this matter have to do with me?"
Xun Shuang spread his hands and smiled bitterly: "Yuan Ciyang was initially willing to discuss some things with me, but a long time ago, he became increasingly unwilling to discuss things with me. We were not friends to begin with. At most they are acquaintances.
I just heard that he was doing something recently, sending family members to the battlefield and so on. As for today, I never expected it. I can only say that the fourth generation and third prince, the Runan Yuan family, planned It’s not small. It’s hard to say what the future will be like. "
Everyone who stayed looked unhappy.
Shao Qing and Fu Qian asked tentatively: "What does that mean by Zigan? Zigan won't surrender without a fight, right? Just watch Yuan Ciyang lead the modern literary giants to dominate our ancient literary school?"
"In this situation, do we still need to fight?"
Cai Yong smiled bitterly and said: "People's hearts are not enough and desires are hard to satisfy. Zi Qian has long seen it, so he simply didn't say anything. Now the only thing that has some effect is Zi Qian's position as Taiwei, but if Yuan Ciyang is still not satisfied if……"
"He dares!"
Fu Qian glared: "The fourth and third princes of the Yuan family are great, but he is too greedy to want everything! Although the Yuan family is powerful, can he, the Yuan family, be able to dominate the Ancient Literature School with one hand?!"
"It couldn't be done before, but not necessarily now."
Xun Shuang said abruptly from the side: "Those of us who don't want to start a fight now seem to have been squeezed out. The position of Wenyue House is too tempting, and there are really many people who are eager to replace it. Reputation can’t restrain everyone, let alone other people? I guess even if Mr. Zheng comes back, he may not be able to control the situation.”
Fu Qian was immediately choked and speechless.
Cai Yong was left worried.
"The hearts of the people are insufficient and the desires are hard to satisfy. Once the fighting in the court resumes, we don't know what will happen? The war situation in Hedong has not completely calmed down yet. The war in the court has resumed. On the one hand, there is fighting and internal fighting. This is terrible. How come?"
"Anyway, let's keep a low profile and avoid the spotlight for the time being."
Xun Shuang said slowly: "Let's see how the situation develops in the future. Whatever Yuan Wei wants to do, the Jinwen School will never sit back and wait for death. What's more, he also wants to pay attention to the war in Hedong County and do two things at once. I want to Let’s see if Yuan Ciyang has this ability.”
Xun Shuang didn't quite think that Yuan Wei had the ability to do two things at once.
In his opinion, Yuan Wei did not have the ability to be civil and military, otherwise Yuan would not have the need to take such good care of Dong Zhuo, a Liangzhou native.
However, when the Yuan family was preparing to transform into a military direction, the whole family suddenly turned around in a somewhat bluffing manner.
But when it comes to military affairs, Xun Shuang does not think that the Yuan family can be compared with Lu Zhi and Liu Bei's masters and apprentices.
He is just using each other with those families within the framework of the Ancient Literature School. Once he wants to do something beyond this framework, the military power of Lu Zhi and Liu Bei's masters and apprentices cannot be underestimated.
Moreover, the Xun family has already invested in two outstanding tribesmen in Liu Bei. Xun Shuang himself is also very willing to cooperate with Liu Bei instead of cooperating with the Yuan family. He always feels that the Yuan family is a bit unreliable.
So this time, Xun Shuang made his own choice.
Of course, Xun Shuang's choice was also known to Yuan Wei.
When Yuan Wei didn't see Xun Shuang appear at his home, he knew that Xun Shuang had not chosen to cooperate with him, which made Yuan Wei quite unhappy.
However, it doesn't matter. Many powerful families of the Ancient Literature School have chosen to cooperate with him. He has successfully seized the actual leadership of the Ancient Literature School from Lu Zhi. This is enough.
The Yuan family itself has a strong group of ancient officials supporting it in the court. In addition, this part of the ancient literature school cooperates with the Yuan family because of their interests. The Yuan family has basically become the most politically powerful family in the court.
The Jinwen school has fallen into a trough, and Lu Zhi's power is not enough to make waves. At that time, the only one who can compete with Yuan's power will be the eunuch group.
As for eunuchs...
Mainly, the alliance headed by Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others was the most difficult to deal with. Yuan's connections among the eunuchs could not fight against them.
Moreover, the eunuchs also controlled military power through the brothers He Jin and He Miao. As long as this power existed, the eunuchs' foundation in Luoyang would be difficult to shake, and the Yuan family could not be said to be able to defeat the eunuchs.
Therefore, what really needs to be started is not only the modern and ancient literature, but also the military aspect.
If the military power of the eunuchs could be dismantled, then it would not be an unthinkable thing to defeat the eunuchs and allow the Yuan family to dominate the court.
In Yuan Wei's mind, a bold plan was slowly brewing, and a plan to drain the military power of the eunuch group was gradually taking shape.
It is true that Yuan Wei does not know how to fight, but Yuan Wei understands people's hearts - at least within the rules, he understands.
So he immediately wrote to Dong Zhuo, asking Dong Zhuo to strive for a big victory to pave the way for his upcoming political offensive in the DPRK.
Dong Zhuo couldn't help but roll his eyes when he received Yuan Wei's letter.
Is victory so easy to win?
What's more, it's such a big victory.
If it can be beaten, will Huangfusong's head still move?
After Dong Zhuo sent troops to investigate the terrain and people's sentiments around the Baibo Valley, he deeply felt that this wave would not end well. The Baibo army was defeated for a while, but the main force still existed and the fighting power was still there. The mountain bandits and the Southern Huns in Bingzhou could be attacked at any time. support.
And the support from his side...
It cannot be said that the army is well-prepared, but it can also be said that it is better than nothing.
Under this situation, Dong Zhuo felt that it would be good if he could stabilize the front line in Wenxi County. Where could he make further progress?
It would be too difficult to do this and become the governor of the state.
Dong Zhuo was troubled and depressed by this.
More disturbing things followed.
After a short rest, in mid-to-late March of the fifth year of Zhongping, the Baibo Army attacked again. The front was pointed directly at Wenxi County and launched another attack on the Han army in Wenxi County. The front was sharper and there were more cavalry. , and there are more infantry.
Dong Zhuo observed the figure of the Southern Xiongnu cavalry among them, and secretly thought that something was wrong. He thought that the Southern Xiongnu had begun to support the Baibo Army. This was a big problem for him, so he had to shrink the front and concentrate his forces on defense.
If he still wants to win the battle under such circumstances, isn't it costing his life?
