Xuande

Chapter 208 Zhang Wen, Come on!
After the court discussion, Huangfusong was appointed.

So Huangfusong was able to use the position of General Zuo to lead the army to attack. He will rely on Chang'an and unite with the Liangzhou government army to fight against the Liangzhou rebels.

Liu Hong also ordered the generals in Liangzhou to follow Huangfusong's command, and Huangfusong would give orders to them-if there were enough officers and troops in Liangzhou.

Liu Hong's request to Huangfusong is also very clear.

First, the rebels are not allowed to enter Sansuke to threaten the imperial mausoleum.

Second, completely wipe out the rebels within half a year.

Huangfusong took these two requirements very lightly, thinking that he could completely achieve these two goals, and felt that the whole Liangzhou was nothing but insects except him.

So he took the appointment and was ready to strike.

Yang Ci, Yang Biao and the entire Jinwen School had high hopes for Huangfusong and gave him great support.

However, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty still underestimated the sharpness of the rebels in Liangzhou.

Seeing that the threat of the Sanfu Land began to be lifted, Huangfu Song was full of ambition, and expressed to the court, saying that he would definitely solve the rebel army within half a year. He wanted to show his military achievements and let the Jinwen School gain political advantage.

After all, there are twelve of the ten servants, and the relationship between them is cooperation and competition. If I don’t do well in the after-sales business, people will find other servants to do things instead of me, so there will be no income?

Anyway, after a round, you can always find someone who solves the problem.

They said that Huangfusong fought unfavorably for many months and did not achieve obvious results. He failed to drive the rebels back to Liangzhou and wipe them out.

In mid-March, Huangfusong and the rebels fought against each other several times, winning and losing each other, fighting back and forth.

Zhao Zhong took the opportunity to recommend Zhang Wen, who had been dismissed as Sikong because of bad luck.

Liangzhou's defense line was broken, and the rebels could no longer be stopped.

Zhang Wen was from Nanyang, with a low family background. He was able to enter the official career because he was appreciated and promoted by the eunuch Cao Teng.

So this opportunity came to him along the way.

Huangfusong 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.

The rebel leaders Bian Zhang, Han Sui, Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, Song Yang, Wang Guo and others led their respective armies to invade Sanfu.

Now that Lu Qiang is dead, but Huangfusong is still there, Zhang Rang is very unhappy seeing him full of ambition.

But I have to say that he was too unlucky to catch up with the chaotic war between the modern literature school and the ancient literature school. As a member of the eunuch group, he felt a bit out of place.

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. If not, then change to someone from the ancient literature school.

They are so arrogant.

After Cao Teng's death, Zhang Wen was silent for a while, and while maintaining a relationship with the Cao family, he also had contacts with other eunuchs. He spent a lot of money as Sikong before, so he had the chance to come back.

If he tries to kill Huangfusong and prevent him from gaining merit, not only can he vent his anger, but he can also do Liu Bei a favor by the way, which is repaying the favor.

At this moment, Liu Hong was having a headache because of the difficulty of the imperial court. Seeing that Huangfusong had been fighting for three or four months, he still couldn't drive the rebels out of the Sanfu area. Let and Zhao Zhong's opinions, and then ask who can replace him.

He calmed down a little, deployed his troops, and began to fight against the rebels in early March.

Huangfusong was unprepared at the beginning, suffered some losses, and fought a few small defeats before he gradually came back to his senses and realized that this rebel army is not simple. There are high-level people inside, and there are definitely people from the Han army system in the past , so deal with it cautiously.

I don't know if I don't fight, but I'm startled when I fight. Although the main body of this rebel army is the Liangzhou Qianghu, but they fight with the rules of the Han army. These Qianghu don't know where they learned the infantry army. Array, actually used in a decent way.

After that, Huangfusong fought several successful defensive battles relying on the city's defense line, consuming some of the troops of the Liangzhou rebels.

Who thinks they have too much money?
So Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong decided how much to help Zhang Wen.

So Liu Hong waved his hand——

And should I say it or not, Zhang Wen is indeed a man of some real ability, but he was born in a low family and couldn't go through the normal way, so he took the way of eunuch. He really wanted to make some career.

"Now let's do Liu Xuande a favor. In the future, Liu Xuande can return us a greater favor. Maintaining this relationship will benefit us a lot."

As a result, Zhang Rang saw the letter, and the opening of champagne at halftime made Zhang Rang upset.

In the first ten days of February of the first year of Zhongping, when Huangfusong had just finished reorganizing the [-] troops and was preparing to attack, the rebels had already entered Sansuke.

Because he did give a lot, the eunuchs who pushed him to the top were also a little embarrassed.

Moreover, Zhang Rang also knew that Huang Fusong had changed his family to join the Jinwen School, and now that the Jinwen School and Liu Bei were at odds, Zhang Rang felt that Liu Bei had helped him a lot before, and now might be the time for him to repay Liu Bei.

Zhang Wen, you give it to me!
Liu Hong ordered Zhang Wen to be appointed as the general of chariots and cavalry. Huangfusong's army was originally handed over to him, and he was given an additional [-] troops, which increased the number of infantry and cavalry he led to about [-].

By the end of March and the beginning of April, Huangfusong had become familiar with the rebel army's fighting style and was able to adapt to their cavalry assault. He won several small victories and gradually suppressed the rebel army back from Yumi County.

In mid-May, the battle line began to slowly shift to the west, but in late May, Liangzhou rebels came to support, and a relatively fierce cavalry came to help, defeating Huangfusong's cavalry, Huangfusong had to avoid their edge , retreating slowly.

Taking the money, but not doing things well, at least the after-sales service is not done well, which is a very bad reputation.

So the front line returned to the state in April, and it was still going west. The rebels couldn't resist Huangfusong's offensive and were constantly retreating.

At the end of February in the first year of Zhongping, the main force of Huangfusong's troops arrived near Meiyang. He stationed troops in Meiyang and waited and watched the situation. The terrain is trapped, and it is impossible to march quickly.

The Luoyang court was shocked by this, and Liu Hong no longer cared about the concern of Ruanrou, and personally ordered Huangfusong to attack immediately without delay.

Zhang Rang persuaded Zhao Zhong, and Zhao Zhong agreed, so the two slandered Liu Hongjin together.

Huangfusong was also very anxious, his previous calmness was completely gone, he ordered the army to rectify in the starry night, and led the army to attack early the next morning, and let his nephew Huangfu Li lead a cavalry as the vanguard general, and he himself led the main force to rush forward. follow.

This time, no matter what, get rid of the Liangzhou rebels!

Liu Bei was the first to know this news, and 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 the leftover tamales from last night and cooked them together. I ate them all, and the taste was very good, so I added a new chapter.

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