Volume 1 The Yellow Turban Rebellion Chapter 141 The Defeat of the Officers and Troops
Under the leadership of Guo Bin, the distance that could be reached in three or four days was halfway on the third day. It was just after noon on this day, and everyone had eaten a sumptuous lunch, and was enjoying the shade under the shade of the trees.
To say that the hundred feather forest elites knew that they were here to arrest a criminal, but the identity of this criminal was extremely special, and everyone didn't think that they could get any benefits.
But who knows, out of such a strange thing as Guo Bin, not only did he march all the way to pick up the beautiful scenery, but he only walked for an hour and a half every day. Not only that, but I ate three meals a day, and there was no shortage of meat, and after only three days, many people have been resurrected, even if they are training in Beijing, they have not had such a good life!
That's not all, the Marquis of Fulong Pavilion even promised that when he stayed in Beijing, everyone would receive a set of genuine standard military uniforms for Yang Zhai's clothing. The price of this set of military uniforms is as high as 2,000 yuan, but it is a real luxury! Although many merchants saw that Yang Zhai clothing made money, they imitated its style and produced many low-cost imitations, but for some reason, they were always unsatisfactory. Therefore, these imitations have not been recognized by the nobles in Beijing, and if you want to buy the most authentic, the most detailed, and the latest styles of Yangzhai clothing, you can only buy them in their stores.
Moreover, its stores not only have ready-to-wear garments, which are suitable for the general public, but also can be customized by wealthy nobles or wealthy businessmen to meet their special requirements, and can also customize the latest military uniforms. I don't know how other tailors make clothes, they fit so well, not only are they not fat or thin, but they also look very energetic when they are worn.
Needless to say, military officials are civil officials, and they often go to Yangzhai Clothing to customize a set of this kind of short-placket clothing. I heard that because of the promotion and propaganda of the crown prince Liu Bian, coupled with the respect of those who respected the status in Shilin, the general He Jin wrote to the imperial court, and the Son of Heaven personally issued an order to order Yang Zhai clothing to shoot special clothing for Tai students, and provide ready-to-wear clothing for this kind of clothing for a long time.
This is not only a matter of great honor, but also a great economic benefit. If this deal is really done, and Yang Zhai Clothing can really design suitable clothes for Tai students, then the children of Confucianism in the world will be proud to wear such clothes, and at today's prices, the profit is really unpredictable.
Who would have thought that this young man could be so smart, and he really thought about all the money-making business in the world.
Guo Bin didn't know what these Yulin elites were thinking, he stared in the direction he came, and saw a cloud of smoke and dust slowly approaching them, and gradually even the sound of horses' hooves could be heard clearly.
Seeing that it was getting closer, as soon as Guo Bin gestured, ten cavalrymen turned over and got on their horses, and the people stopped them. brought it to Guo Bin, but it turned out to be a messenger sent by Guangzong's camp to ask for help.
The envoy naturally knew Guo Bin and Lu Zhi, although according to reason, this kind of military secret cannot be said to outsiders, but one of these two people is the former commander of Guangzong City, and the other is an upstart in the officialdom who has won the favor of the Son of Heaven, and the envoy is not stupid, how can he hide it from the two of them? So he hurriedly told Guangzong about the battle situation.
It turned out that since Lu Zhi left his post, Dong Zhuo changed Lu Zhi's steady and steady combat style, and ordered the sergeants to take the initiative to attack, but he was under the city, and the work was fruitless, and he was even organized by the Yellow Turban Army to be elite, highlighting the outside of Guangzong City, and fought a few decent defensive counterattacks. The officers and soldiers were already small, and this time they encountered setbacks, and the sergeants lost more than 5,000 people, if it weren't for the solid and proper arrangement of the camp before Lu Zhi, I am afraid that the officers and soldiers would have lost the camp under Guangzong City
Hearing the news, Guo Bin and Lu Zhi glanced at each other, their hearts full of helplessness. Since ancient times, Xiao Gui Cao Sui is the most difficult, especially in the officialdom, the new official has to make a little political achievement to show his ability, otherwise it seems that he is not as good as his predecessor.
The so-called three fires for new officials to take office must be different from their predecessors, and to carry out reforms is to show their ability, otherwise they will become conservative and complacent.
Whether it was the Son of Heaven in the capital or Dong Zhuo, who came from Hedong to take office, he only saw several big victories of the official army in the early days of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but how could he have known the efforts of the official army inside? Therefore, they really regarded the Yellow Turban Army as a weak and bullying bandit, and under negligence, Dong Zhuo was inherently defeated.
In fact, Dong Zhuo can't be too harsh and made the mistake of Zhao Kuo back then. To say that Dong Zhuo has led troops in the northwest for many years, and can accumulate merit to achieve the position of Taishou in Hedong, although he has the credit of the support of nobles, he is naturally not a reckless man who does not know soldiers. However, the reason why the Son of Heaven removed Lu Zhi from his post and investigated him was that he stopped moving forward and sentenced him to a reduced death sentence (i.e., life imprisonment).
Therefore, Dong Zhuo must try his best to avoid the "mistakes" made by Lu Zhi, listen to the will of the Son of Heaven, and actively attack. Therefore, the casualties of the officers and soldiers were huge, so that the Yellow Turban Army was able to take the opportunity to highlight part of Guangzong. Dong Zhuo's defeat resulted in the loss of 5,000 people, and the direct result was a great demoralization of the officers and soldiers. In this era, once an army loses morale, no matter how good the training and equipment are, its combat effectiveness is not worth a damn.
Therefore, after this battle, the siege of Gwangjong City can already be said to be a big joke. Although the main force in Guangzong City was still there, it could not prevent some Taiping Dao people from flowing to the Central Plains, which undoubtedly left a great tail for the war to completely exterminate the Yellow Turban Army.
Since then, thieves from all over the country have dared to call themselves the Yellow Turban Army by occupying any mountain, and there is no doubt that it is directly related to Dong Zhuo's decision-making mistakes in this battle.
The messenger rushed into Beijing to report the news, and Guo Bin ordered the soldiers to speed up.
Presumably after so many days of delay, Guan Yu had already handed over the letter to Huangfu Song, and Huang Fu Song's intercession for Lu Zhi was probably also on the desk of the Son of Heaven, as long as the news of Dong Zhuo's defeat reached Jingshi, it would be logical for Lu Zhi to be acquitted. Therefore, Guo Bin's entourage in Beijing has no need to continue to delay.
This time the speed was accelerated, and within a few days, it entered the territory of Luoyang. When he arrived in Beijing, Guo Bin first went to settle Lu Zhi, and made a little bit up and down, and then went to hand over Dong Zhuo's general order.
Lu Zhi earnestly instructed Guo Bin and said: "Dong Zhuo has been defeated repeatedly, and it will be difficult for the imperial court to be compatible. Dong Zhuo is not enough, I am afraid that the old man will not be used. And Huangfu Yizhenfang defeated 200,000 Yellow Turban thieves in Changshe, and his achievements were world-shattering, and the imperial court would inevitably enable him to go to the northern front to fight against the main force of the Yellow Turbans. "Yizhen is the expression of Huangfu Song.
Waving his hand to stop Guo Bin, who was about to speak, Lu Zhi continued: "Huangfu Yizhen treats you as a nephew, and you have served under him in the Changshe, so they must be familiar with each other. After you have paid the order, you can ask to go to Guangzong to continue to suppress bandits. Huangfu Yizhen has lived in the border for a long time and is familiar with military affairs, you will be able to show your strengths under him and make special achievements for the imperial court! ”
Hearing these words, Guo Bin couldn't help but be in awe of Lu Zhi's vision and insight. He naturally knew that Lu Zhi was guilty in history, and after Dong Zhuo was defeated one after another, it was Huangfu Song who took over the command of the Northern Route Army, and led the Northern Route Army to exterminate the main force of the Yellow Turban Army entrenched in Jizhou, and roughly completed the important task of exterminating the Yellow Turban Army. However, he knows this because of the developed Internet in later generations, because of the popularity of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and the wide dissemination of various books and videos commenting on the Three Kingdoms, not because he really has the profound vision, keen insight and rigorous scientific logical reasoning ability beyond ordinary people that penetrate this era.
And Lu Zhi was able to keenly and accurately perceive the future political trend through the analysis of various information, and what he relied on was naturally his real ability.
Originally, Guo Bin's plan was to lead a large army to send Lu Zhi back to Beijing and then return to Guangzong. At that time, presumably Huangfu Song should have also arrived at the Guangzong battlefield. After joining up with Huangfu Song, how to capture Guangzong City will have another plan.
After arranging Lu Zhi's food and lodging in prison, Guo Bin flew to Cai Yong's mansion. is not only to meet Cai Yong, the leader of the literary world who values him very much, but also to have a matter about Taixue, which requires Guo Bin to have an interview with Cai Yong. As for what it is, it's too much of a student's uniform.
This incident spread all over the city in Beijing. It is said that the Son of Heaven personally issued an edict and ordered Guo Bin's Yangzhai clothing to customize school uniforms for Tai students. It is groundless, not without a cause. This matter has basically been recognized. It's not that Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven, doesn't know the severity, it's obviously the Yellow Turban Chaos, and the Jiangshan Society is in danger at a moment, but he wants to engage in these falsehoods. In fact, this is not a means for the Son of Heaven to marry good scholars, and even to marry good families in the world.
Most of the world's big families use poetry and books to pass on their families, so the family history is a very appropriate evaluation of it. Many qualified families will often send outstanding children from the clan to Taixue, and the imperial court will select the outstanding ones to directly supplement the officials. This has also become a way for the children of wealthy families to enter the government.
Therefore, Taixue is highly valued by the family, and by the time of Emperor Han Qian, the number of Taixue students has been more than 30,000. Once a student has a fixed school uniform, he will be respected wherever he goes, which is also a benefit to be able to enter the highest university in the country.
Because there are too many students, Guo Bin's plan to provide school uniforms for free is naturally unreasonable, so he changed to provide school uniforms for Taixue at cost price. Therefore, Guo Bin only charges 700 yuan for each set of school uniforms. This includes not only the cost of purchasing felt, but also the cost of processing, such as labor costs, site use fees, etc. He visited Cai Yong this time to finalize the style of Tai School uniform.
Cai Yong's generation of great Confucianism, well-versed in ancient and modern, familiar with allusions, familiar with scriptures and history, and has a deep study of the ritual system of various dynasties. Therefore, the Son of Heaven handed over the responsibility of ruling the style of the school uniform to Cai Yong, and ordered Guo Bin and Cai Yong to jointly formulate the style of the school uniform, and then report it to the imperial court, and finally the Son of Heaven personally decided.
Cai Yong's prestige in Shilin has always been very high, and after establishing the "Xiping Stone Scripture", he has won the respect of Tai students, and he occasionally goes to Taixue to teach on weekdays, so it is extremely suitable for him and Guo Bin to jointly formulate the style of Tai school uniforms.
However, when Guo Bin came to the outside of Cai Yong's mansion, he found that something was wrong, and saw several servants of Cai Mansion busy taking off the red lanterns at the main entrance.
Frightened, Guo Bin rolled the saddle and dismounted, came to the front, pulled a familiar porter and said in a trembling voice: "Why is this? But what happened? Sir, sir, is he okay? ”