Xuande

Chapter 145 A Big Man Can Fail Many Times

When things have come to this point, it can be said that Luoyang court's first response strategy is not a great success.

The number of Taipingdao organizations that lost their combat effectiveness because they were really disintegrated is not large. Although some lost their leaders, the rest of them stubbornly became the Yellow Turban Army and continued to fight.

It can only be said that the implementation of this strategy is still too late. If Yang Ci's suggestion was followed from the third year of Guanghe, the situation would never develop to the point it is today.

Despite this, almost one-third of the Taipingdao organization lost their organization and combat effectiveness in the first wave of offensive, and failed to rise up, which weakened the intensity of the Taipingdao uprising in the Central Plains.

And because of the seven-day response time and the request of the Luoyang court, the local counties were not completely reduced to cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered. Although there were still many dead, there were still some county guards and county magistrates who could fight. score.

Although the intensity of this wave of Yellow Turban uprising was great, although the Eastern Han Empire was in a mess, it was not to the point of collapse.

The situation that Liu Bei leveraged 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, Huangfusong and Zhu Jun completed the preparation of ordnance and supplies and the preparation of food and fodder logistics in a relatively short period of time.

During this period of time, He Jin really worked hard like a sweatshop in order to secure his position as the General. Just after dawn, the General’s Mansion began to work until the stars filled the sky, and the gate of the General’s Mansion Not closed yet.

With his diligence and high efficiency, He Jin really got praise from some people during this period. For example, Lu Zhi praised He Jin as a capable person, not the kind of idiot he imagined, and maybe he can really do it for him. It's also possible to make some achievements.

He Jin is indeed not an idiot, but it depends on where he is.

The position of the general is too high, the authority is too heavy, and the importance is too great. After Liu Hong's death, there was a power vacuum. The huge power vacuum required extremely strong political ability to cover it, but He Jin's ability could not cover it. It seems that he is like a straw bag.

Now it seems that he is not an idiot, the main reason is that he is simply doing logistical work. With the end of the war, the situation that the general needs to face will become more complicated.

At that time, it was the time to judge whether He Jin was qualified.

However, Liu Bei has heard some rumors recently that the Jinwen School seems to be seeking some kind of breakthrough at the military level.

Thinking about it, it is actually not difficult to understand. The four military figures who are mainly responsible for suppressing the Taiping Dao this time, He Jin and Huangfu Song are both members of the eunuch group, Lu Zhi is a master of the ancient literature school, and Zhu Jun is free and has no affiliation. The military power is completely out of the hands of the Modern Literature School.

Before the Taipingdao chaos broke out, military power had not yet shown a significant role in the political struggle between the two schools.

The political struggle between the two schools is also mainly reflected in the academic level and the court level, throwing dirty water at each other to make troubles, the main focus is on the level of social death, and it does not involve other levels.

However, with the Taiping Dao incident, the power of the army suddenly became important, and they directly intervened in the court. At this time, the bigwigs of the Modern Literature School suddenly discovered that they were too lacking in military power. too much.

Of course, this is not a matter of a day or two.

As early as the period of the Han-Qiang War, the Luoyang court discovered the overall cultural weakening of the people in the Kanto region. The military power of the Hebei and Nanyang powerful groups that Liu Xiu relied on to seize the world has declined and cannot be relied on, and it is impossible to resist the aggression of the Liangzhou region. Qiang people.

They just want to debate scriptures and drink at home with peace of mind, and they don't want to go to the battlefield to drink wind and eat sand.

In desperation, the Kansai Samurai Group began to rise, and Liangzhou Sanming stepped onto the stage of history.

The Guandong scholars who controlled the Luoyang court had to hand over the military command to the Kansai people, and temporarily endured the situation that the Kansai people entered Luoyang through military exploits to share power.

However, this kind of conflict of interests cannot be reconciled. Once it appears, it will inevitably cause confusion.

The successive political failures of Liangzhou Sanming made the Kansai people fall into a political decline, while the Kanto scholars continued to hold important power in the Luoyang court.

This also led to the dissension between the border warriors and the Luoyang central court.

Especially in Liangzhou, during this period, Kwantung scholars did not regard Liangzhou people as their own, and Liangzhou people did not regard the Luoyang court as their own court. Liangzhou people were second-class citizens of the Eastern Han Empire.

Liangzhou was even on the verge of being stripped from the border of the Eastern Han Empire by the Luoyang court.

However, the Guandong Modern Literature School, which dominated the Luoyang court, was indeed constantly weakening its culture. There were not a few military talents at all.

They are all shameless politicians who are pampered.

This situation did not change until the Taipingdao Uprising. The three main generals who put down the Taipingdao Uprising were border warriors, Lu Zhi in the north, Huangfusong in the west, and Zhu Jun in the south.

Originally, this situation was understandable.

Because the Yuan family in Runan, which is more flexible in terms of morality and political integrity, has a more changeable style of conduct, other modern rich families may not be willing to show shame to the border warriors, but the Yuan family is willing.

Dong Zhuo, the current governor of Hedong, 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 Kwantung scholar family. He used to hang out in the circle of Liangzhou people all the time. Because of his bravery and courage in combat, he was accepted and praised by Zhang Huan, one of the Three Mings of Liangzhou. promoted.

But later, he offended the Liangzhou gang because of certain things, and the society in this circle died, but Yuan Kai, who was then Situ, summoned him to get him out of the predicament, and he went straight up.

So he also became a member of the huge group of former officials of the Yuan family.

No one knows what methods Dong Zhuo used to make a comeback after his death as a Liangzhou native, and even to climb the high branches of the Yuan family, but this is not important anymore. A worthy military talent.

Originally, this was a bonus item for the Jinwen School. With Dong Zhuo in hand, the Jinwen School would definitely push Dong Zhuo to the top position, so that he could gain merits in the Taipingdao Rebellion and increase political chips for the Jinwen School.

It is a pity that with the Yuan family's rebound, Dong Zhuo also joined the ancient literature school group with the Yuan family.

In this crusade against Taiping Road, Dong Zhuo, the prefect of Hedong, was recommended by Yuan Kai to lead an army to join Lu Zhi's command with the military post of captain of the thief, and accepted Lu Zhi's restraint.

Seeing that the ancient literature school has strong military capabilities and a wealth of talents, Yang Ci and the bigwigs of the modern literature school also began to feel anxious.

They were stunned to find that they did not have any military talents in their hands, unable to get a share of the war, and could only watch the ancient literature school make contributions.

It can be said that it is more uncomfortable to watch the people of the ancient literature school make great achievements than to be punished for their own crimes.

A group of people calculated that there was no other way to rob meritorious service, 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, then we will do things from behind.

Food, ordnance, military pay, rewards, and even rear policy-making, we can all use our strength. We can't fight a war, but we can also make these guys unable to win a battle!
Yang Ci was quite moved by this.

On the other hand, Yang Biao frowned and looked at his father.

"Father, if they are defeated and the bandits come to Luoyang, will it be good for us?"

Yang Ci was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and then looked at Yang Biao.

"They won the battle and their reputation has grown. Is it good for us?"

After hearing this, Yang Biao lowered his head and remained silent.

Yang Ci looked at Yang Biao and sighed slowly.

"Don't worry, the big man can fail many times, but the ancient literature school can't even fail once. The big man's defeat is not once or twice. Now the world is still the world of the big man, but as long as Lu Zhi loses once, I can take him life."

Yang Biao wanted to say something after hearing this, but looking at Yang Ci's unambiguous expression, he knew that what he wanted to say was meaningless.

So Yang Biao gave up persuasion.

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PS: I ate noodles for breakfast today, so I added a new chapter.

PPS: It’s New Year’s Eve, Happy New Year’s Eve~ Here’s the red envelope~~
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