Chapter Twenty-Three: Death and Life Though Destiny
Tao Qian finally took office with a fierce ambition, he was born in a border place like Danyang, he was good at martial arts since he was a child, and he was 10,000 happy for such an errand as the western expedition to Liangzhou...... Not to mention, countless heroes were promoted after the Yellow Turban Rebellion was put down before, not only did the three main heroes each hang their general seals, but their respective subordinates also completed the jump in their careers.
And with Tao Qian's qualifications, as long as he wants to come to this expedition with a little merit, he will definitely enjoy a big county when he comes back, and if he can make great contributions, Fenghou Dejun will not be able to win both.
However, Tao Gongzu was full of pride, all the way south, and as soon as he arrived in Luoyang at the end of June, he heard the news that the imperial court was wantonly sealing the marquis...... But it was not his, but for the twelve.
The so-called plus households with marquises, all those without marquises are made up, and the twelve permanent servants are now not pulled, known as the twelve candidates!
Why? The answer is that last year's campaign for the Yellow Turban was meritorious...... According to the rules of the Han family, you can't be a marquis unless you have military merits.
Of course, there are folk rumors in Luozhong that this is a reward given by the twelve middle school attendants for building a naked swimming pool to make the Son of Heaven comfortable in the summer. According to more trivial sources, when the Son of Heaven went in to escape the summer on the first day, he bluntly said left and right:
"If it is like this for ten thousand years, it is really comparable to a god!"
However, the news is unclear, and not everyone can go to the harem, maybe it's just a rumor...... More evidence shows that the previous plan of Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others to collect money for the Son of Heaven has achieved a certain effect, and a large amount of money has entered Luoyang from the state and county, and finally concentrated in the West Garden, so that the Son of Heaven is extremely satisfied.
A clear proof is that the Son of Heaven took the initiative to ask Dasi Nong to move the official treasury under his control to the West Garden Hall, and named it Wanjin Hall...... Although it is not clear what the meaning of this action of wasting manpower in vain is, it is said that the Son of Heaven is very eye-catching when he sees it, and the whole person is very satisfied.
The imperial court is at war, and the Son of Heaven is collecting wealth...... Just think that he is collecting money for the country, and don't mention it for the time being. However, what is the matter of giving twelve eunuchs a marquis in the name of the Ping Yellow Turban?! Tao Gongzu is 10,000 dissatisfied.
It must be known that after the Yellow Turban of the Japanese Level, the whole country, that is, several festival commanders gave the reward on the title, and then down, such as Guo Dian, which was posthumously given to the marquis after his death...... And now, what did the twelve eunuchs do, they have been crowned marquis? ! If you really want to be a marquis, those captains and lieutenants, Fu Xie, who was a councillor in the court, Cao Cao who went home, and a few Taishou who were martyred before, why can't it be the turn of these twelve eunuchs?
Therefore, not only Tao Qian is not convinced, I am afraid that the soldiers of the world are not convinced!
In fact, some people have already put the action of the Son of Heaven together with the previous addition, saying that the addition is the Son of Heaven's distrust of the people, and this time the feudal marquis is the Son of Heaven's dishonesty to the scholars.
However, the front-line military affairs were urgent, and Tao Qian didn't have time to scold the eunuchs for misleading the country with his former colleagues, so he hurriedly hung up his seal of Yangwu Duwei, took his subordinates, and hurried to the west of Chang'an to meet Huangfu Song.
However, in mid-July, Tao Gongzu worked hard all the way to lead troops to Fufeng, but he was hit with another stick head-on - it turned out that the leader of his expedition, Huangfu Song, the general of the left chariot cavalry, was deposed because of the locust plague!
Not only was he dismissed, but he also took away his left car cavalry general's seal, and also cut the title, the county marquis became a township marquis again, and 8,000 households became 600 households...... In this situation, it can only be said that Gongsun Xun and Zhu Jun are really prescient, no matter how these two say it, they have not cut off their knights, especially Gongsun Xun, who avoided the hot general at the beginning, and at this time he can still hang a general's seal to farm at home.
Of course, if you say a thousand things and ten thousand, whether it is as rumored in the army, the Son of Heaven does not want to take Huangfu Song as the commander anymore, so as not to have too much authority; Or is it as the legend in Luozhong, it was Huangfu Song who impeached Zhao Zhong's mansion before it exceeded the system, which triggered retaliation...... The only thing that is certain is that the heroes of the Yellow Turbans in the past, either active or passive, coincidental or intentional, have now been hidden by the imperial court; At the same time, the power of the eunuchs rose again, completely controlling the situation!
But no matter what, Tao Gongzu, who was already indignant about the situation, waited for a month in Chang'an, and finally waited for the main army of the imperial court.
Sikong Zhang Wen was equipped with the general seal of the chariot cavalry who was removed by Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun was filial piety, and was the commander of the army; Ruling Jinwu Yuan Peng as deputy marshal; Jia Zhonglang made Dong Zhuo a general who broke the captivity; Zhou Shen, the assassin of Yuzhou, was the general of Dangkou; He also ordered Fufeng and Hedong along the way, as well as the history of the counties of Liangzhou and the two thousand stones, to be allocated and dispatched...... Of course, Tao Qian, the commander of Yangwudu, as the former subordinate of Huangfu Song, was also included in it, and the military counselor; At the same time, Zhao Qi, a famous man in Kansai who had been imprisoned by the party for more than ten years, was also cited as a long history in the general's mansion.
In the end, including Sun Jian stationed in Nanyang and other elite soldiers of various counties, as well as the five schools of the Northern Army who specially removed the meritorious ministers who fought for the Yellow Turbans in the past, as well as the knights of Xiliang and Sanhe, the whole army was mighty, nearly more than 100,000 people, all out of Guanxi.
In late August, the army was assembled, and the commander Zhang Wen took Fufeng Meiyang as his base camp and began to quell the rebellion of Xiliang.
Meiyang is located at a three-way intersection, which can lead to Hanyang County of Liangzhou to the west, Anding County of Liangzhou to the north, and behind it is the Weihe Plain, which is the heart of Guanzhong...... Naturally, there was no mistake in choosing this place.
However, after a series of internal political struggles, Han Sui and Bian Zhang, who gradually gained the command of the rebels, did not intimidate the 100,000 imperial army at all, they actually mobilized on a large scale, united the Xianbei, Qiang, and Zahu, and also made up 100,000 people, and then took the initiative to raise a large army along the western road, and the two sides confronted each other in Meiyang.
And don't say it, the repeated battles are all defeats of the imperial court.
One more thing to say here, Sun Wentai, who has always been indomitable, suffered a big loss this time, shortly after he started the war, he led more than 1,000 cavalry to meet the main force of the rebels in the north of Meiyang, and the whole army was wiped out, not to mention, the tiger himself was almost killed in battle, and after being rescued by his subordinates, he found that the official seal was lost. Fortunately, the war was dangerous, and no one wanted to punish him, but he was only allowed to counsel military affairs, and he was not allowed to lead the troops independently.
Of course, after all, the confidence of the imperial court is still sufficient, Zhang Wen's side is not only more elite than the Zahu on the opposite side, but the quality and quantity of the generals are also much higher than Han Sui and others on the opposite side...... So, after a month of fighting, seeing that the rebels were gradually separated due to logistical problems, they went to Zuo Fengyi, Hedong and other counties to plunder, and the main force of the rebels in front of him became less and less, Zhang Wen finally adopted the suggestion and divided the troops to each other.
All the way for Zhao Qi, he led his troops out of the north road and went to Anding, trying to contact the loyal Han forces who were still guarding the big city in Liangzhou, and swept away the Zahu who invaded Hedong and Zuo Fengyi along the way; All the way for Dong Zhuo, he led his troops to walk from the south bank of Weishui on the right side of the wind, trying to spare the rebels from flanking.
In other words, Zhao Qi has a long way to go, and Zhao Qi himself is almost eighty years old, so it is difficult to get obvious results for a while; But Dong Zhongying is experienced in a hundred battles, plus this time he fought in the Kansai region that he is familiar with, and he also cooperated properly with the local Fufeng Taishou Bao Hong, so this way is almost a success in the first battle!
As soon as the two sides fought, Dong Zhuo, who led the troops independently, defeated Han Sui, Bian Zhang and other rebels one after another! It is said that Li Dao and Guo Yan are particularly outstanding, and Dong Zhuo's long history Liu Ai also openly compared Sun Jian, who was wiped out by the whole army, in the army, and the so-called two and stepped on one...... made Sun Jian a laughing stock in the army for a time.
The war reversed, and then, Zhang Wen led the army behind, with Dong Zhuo in front, and fought along the west road that the rebels had marched before, driving the enemy like a sheep, and within a month, he actually drove Han Sui and Bian Zhang all the way back to Liangzhou.
But the good things of the Han army were not over, just when Han Sui and Bian Zhang were stabilizing their positions on the border between Liangzhou and Sili and preparing to continue the confrontation, that night, the rebel barracks suddenly encountered a magical thing.
"Bian Gong." Outside the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Wenhou was almost bloodless. "What is this?!"
"Bian Gong, Han Gong, the two of you must have an idea for this kind of thing." Beigong Boyu, who was born in Huangzhongyi, is also a master of the six gods.
"Wenyue, this ...... What does this say? Bian Zhang's hands trembled, looking at the sky and shocked, but he was helpless.
Han Sui's face turned pale and he was speechless, even Cheng Gongying, who was beside him who had always been known for his calmness and solemnity, also looked frightened to the point of not knowing what to do.
The night was dark, but no one in the rebel army fell asleep, and they all went out of the camp to look at the sky and were speechless.
It turned out that in the night sky in November, there were countless meteors, like rain, and such a beautiful scenery was a terrifying celestial phenomenon in the eyes of Han Sui, Bian Zhang, and even tens of thousands of Liangzhou rebels...... They are not afraid of swords, they are not afraid of life and death, but they are afraid of heaven's damnation!
"I ......"
Han Sui was just about to speak, suddenly, a rather dazzling starlight slipped from the sky and disappeared in an instant, this bright light not only alarmed the mules and horses in the army, sounded bursts of neighing, but also made the rebels completely unprepared, but also made Han Sui and Bian Zhang, who were full of scriptures and extremely superstitious, instinctively remembered the old things of Han Shizu and Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu.
"Let's go!" Bian Zhang really can't support it. "Let's go! This is a sign that the Han Dynasty's destiny is still there, and he wants to stay and fight, for fear that he will end up with Wang Mang's army in Kunyang. ”
"But, where can we go?" Han Sui looked at the chaotic military camp, and his mind was also rarely blank. "Isn't it Liangzhou in the back?"
"Go to Jincheng County." Beigong Boyu on the side also quickly gritted his teeth after hearing that the piece of armor did not leave four words. "The terrain there is already dangerous, and besides, we originally raised troops from Jincheng County, and the counties there are all our people."
"What about the rest of the Qiang people who were finally lifted?" Han Sui was still a little reluctant after all, a month ago they still had an army of 100,000, and they had won many battles against the Han army, and he Han Wenyue even had a dream of entering the court and punishing the eunuchs, and he was a general.
"Let each of them go back to their own county." Cheng Gongying reluctantly persuaded. "Jincheng is barren, even if it is fought in the county, it can only raise 20,000 soldiers at most."
Han Sui was helpless, and the rest of the people were the same...... The rebellion has been in the present until now, even if there was still some smell of coercion and coercion at the beginning, but at this time, it has already been raised by tens of thousands of troops under his command to raise personal ambitions, and now who does not have some big dreams in the Spring and Autumn Period? But the more this happened, looking at the sky where there were still meteors, the more frightened and helpless they became.
In the final analysis, it is not only the restrictions of the times, nor is it just ignorance, but more importantly, this group of Liangzhou people, like the vast majority of people in this world, still feel that the big man is the one with the mandate of heaven, and he is a rebel and a thief! Zhang Jiao's kind of religious madman is still a minority.
In fact, on the other side, the forward of the Han army, which was blocked by the rebels in the Wuyue Mountains on the border of Liangzhou and Sili by relying on geographical advantages, saw the sky full of meteors but their morale was greatly boosted, and they all thought that this was the omen of the Han Dynasty's destiny.
As a result, Dong Zhuo, the commander of the vanguard and the general of the Breaker, almost immediately made a decision and immediately invited his deputy, Bao Hong, the guard of Fufeng County.
The two hit it off and decided to send troops overnight.
In this battle, the morale of the Han army was like a rainbow, and the rebels were about to flee, so it can be said that they had no will to fight, so as soon as the two sides fought, the rebels broke away, and the battle quickly degenerated into a pursuit war...... Not to mention that Dong Zhuo and Bao Hong beheaded thousands of heads on the battlefield, and more importantly, the rebels withdrew neatly, the Qiang people returned to their own counties, and the main force of the rebels turned back to Jincheng and defended Yuzhong City, the gateway of Jincheng County. Correspondingly, Hanyang County, the easternmost and most heartfelt county in Liangzhou, was fully recovered in an instant, and Zhang Wen also personally brought the army into Hanyang, and then stationed in Jicheng, the capital of Hanyang County.
So far, it can be said that the Han army's counterinsurgency operation has been successful by eight points, while the Liangzhou rebels have correspondingly fallen into a desperate situation.
At this time, Zhang Wen, the general of the Sikong and Che Cavalry, also officially gathered the generals in Jicheng to discuss the next step of the march, preparing to completely sweep away the rebellion in Liangzhou.
100,000 people, up and down the hall, in the shogunate, at a time, 2,000 stones, more than 100 stones, all sat and obeyed orders? Zhang Wen was also complacent, and paced in.
However, as soon as he took his seat, before the crowd would pay homage, a majestic man in the first position on the left hand side shouted loudly: "Why should Sikong do this and waste time by gathering the crowd in vain? I have dealt with it quite well on the front line, please join me with 20,000 soldiers, and 50,000 troops will go straight to Jincheng, then Liangzhou will be peaceful! ”
Zhang Wen was angry for a while, but he saw that the person who spoke was Dong Zhuo, who had made great contributions, and he was a rough person who had never studied...... How to deal with him? just ignored the other party, and then sat down on the top seat with a straight face
Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo has been unlucky in the fight since he was in the yellow scarf last year, and he was once imprisoned, this time he raised his eyebrows, and he was a little careless, so he was naturally rampant, so he still kept talking in public, and even left the table directly, and praised his achievements with the generals in the hall and said:
"According to me, if 20,000 soldiers can't fight me, it's not impossible for me to have 30,000 troops in this headquarters, but I need 20,000 soldiers to be back-up...... It's not that I'm afraid of war, but that I traveled to that place in Jincheng many times when I was young, and I know the terrain, as long as we cut off the rebels' grain route and take Yuzhong, then ......"
Dong Zhuo was unscrupulous and pointed fingers, everyone looked at each other and looked at Zhang Wen one after another, but found that although Zhang Wen's face was pale, he didn't interrupt the other party's meaning, so he thought that the other party had the same opinion as Dong Zhuo, so he really went to listen to Dong Zhongying Chen talk about his plan.
But on the other hand, those who have been following Zhang Wen in the Chinese army know that Dong Zhuo's words are not what Zhang Wen means at all, and they even go in the opposite direction. And the reason why this cavalry general can tolerate Dong Zhuo being so arrogant is not because he is broad-minded, nor because he respects the other party's military exploits, but because he dare not do it.
It must be known that Zhang Wen is a typical bureaucrat, on the one hand, his academic attainments have not been pulled down, on the other hand, he has never been fierce about the eunuchs, and he is willing to pay money for promotion, plus he was promoted by Cao Cao's grandfather Cao Teng in his early years, so he can be reluctantly recognized by scholars and eunuchs at the same time, and serve as the general and commander of the chariot and cavalry.
However, this kind of person is also destined to be a person who cannot be relied on...... He was worshiped as a chariot general in Luoyang, and when he was preparing for the westward expedition, a famous man he deliberately recruited persuaded him to take the opportunity to punish the eunuch, and he was so frightened that he almost lost his soul; Before in Meiyang, Dong Zhuo was originally quite confident in becoming the coach after Huangfu Song went to the throne, so he was very unhappy with Zhang Wen, and he was quite rude when he met him, and at that time Sun Jian suggested that Zhang Wen immediately kill Dong Zhuo to establish his authority, but Zhang Wen was also too scared.
It's not that you should really be punished at this time, and it's not that you can really kill Dong Zhuo Liwei as soon as you arrive in Meiyang, but the question is, isn't this a war? This kind of person is destined to be indecisive.
Dong Zhuo finished speaking, turned around, and then seemed to remember that Zhang Wen was the general of the chariot cavalry, so he officially bowed his head and asked for battle: "Please Sikong and I have 20,000 soldiers, and within two months, this chaos will be quelled!" ”
Zhang Wen couldn't help sighing: "General Po Lu, don't be impatient, you have already made a conclusion about sending troops...... Those who go to Yuzhong will be selected separately. ”
"Who?" Dong Zhuo was furious.
"Me!"
Zhou Shen, the general who was sitting at the head of Zhang Wen's right hand, directly raised his knife and stood up, and asked him solemnly. "100,000 troops are on the march, does the general want to swallow the war exploits alone?"
Dong Zhuo wanted to speak and stopped, but he calmed down instantly...... Because this slutty general Zhou Shen is not a miscellaneous person, not to mention that his person is almost the same as his Dong Zhongying's name, the so-called slutty Kou is broken, and it is parallel when you hear it; And with similar qualifications, Zhou Shen is also a person who has served as the assassin of Yuzhou, and is over forty years old; What's more important is that this person is from a famous family in Liangzhou, not to mention that he is from Liangzhou, but his family background is much higher than him!
"Does General Dangkou want to make meritorious service?" Dong Zhuo was depressed for a while, but after all, he suppressed his anger and asked.
"I'm trying to get rid of my hometown." Zhou Shen couldn't help but say more. "Dong Gong, you have been fighting repeatedly, and it has been very hard."
Dong Zhuo laughed dryly and went back to the banquet directly, and sure enough, with Zhang Wen's statement and Zhou Shen's initiative, everyone in the audience was more inclined to attack the main force of the Han army in Yuzhong, Zhou Shen, a general with a higher family background.
"That's so." Dong Zhuo smiled reluctantly. "I lead 20,000 soldiers, what about supporting General Dangkou?"
"It doesn't have to be that way." The first Zhang Wen suddenly smiled. "Before, many monarchs came to my scene to ask for war, and I also think that you should have some credit to share the profits, plus the labor expedition, money, food, and forced labor, it is difficult to support the rear...... So, I came up with a brilliant idea. ”
Dong Zhuo rarely had some heart palpitations.
"I want to divide the army into six routes, and fight to eliminate the cool things in the west." Zhang Wen took a few shots of the case, and it was rare to raise his eyebrows and announce it loudly. "General Dangkou can lead 30,000 troops and go straight to Yuzhong to deal with Han Sui and Bian Zhang."
"Subordinates take orders!" Zhou Shen took the initiative to come out and respectfully accepted the order.
"General Po, your headquarters of 30,000 remains unchanged, you might as well lead troops to Anding County in the north to defeat Xian Lingqiang, who broke away from the rebels before!" Zhang Wenfu looked at Dong Zhuo kindly.
Dong Zhuo was finally furious: "Why does Sikong make the military a child's play, is this a matter for those who can see?" Xian Lingqiang has lived in stability for many years, with a deep foundation and a large number of people, even if 30,000 people go to the conquest, it may not be useful. But if you can sweep away Yuzhong and destroy the rebels, you can easily surrender ......"
"That's so." Zhang Wen finally got a little impatient. "After General Zhou led 30,000 people to destroy Han Sui and Bian Zhang, General Dong went to surrender himself...... Why the repeated gaffes? Is it only you who can defeat the rebels in front of you? ”
Dong Zhuo wanted to speak again, but saw Zhou Shen standing there, holding his knife and staring, but he had nothing to say.
————I'm the dividing line of the knife———
"In November, there were meteors like fire at night, reflecting the thief camp, Han Sui and Bian Zhang were ominous, and they returned to Jincheng. Dong Zhuo and Bao Hong, the right Fufeng, and others attacked the chapter and then broke it, and the chapter and then went to Yuzhong. —Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Fan Ye
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