Chapter 273: Liu Hong and Liu Che
As the days passed, things in the county were slowly improving, and after Fu Quan finished handling official business every day, he went to visit Liu Jian, whispered a few words to her, and cared for her. Every once in a while, Fu Quan will also take a look at Gan Ning, who was "boiled" by himself, and he wants to wait for this unruly eagle to completely lose his arrogance, and then talk about the future with this brocade handsome.
There is news from the north that after the Xianbei people fell into the civil strife for the throne, they still did not forget to come to the frontier of the Han Dynasty to plunder, but this time without the wise decision of Tanshi Huai, his sons obviously did not have the kind of power he had, and they could suppress the Xianbei tribal alliances.
Therefore, compared with the previous Xianbei invasion, this invasion of Youzhou and Merge Prefecture is obviously more disorganized, and the three Xianbei are fighting separately, and there is no previous advance and retreat at all, and they are united. Although they also looted some booty, but there were not as many as before, and since Fuquan killed Xianbei Hu Chief Tan Shihuai in Youzhou, and killed more than 20,000 Xianbei soldiers and horses, the Han army has high morale for Xianbei, the bitter master, and the two states are the elite of the Han border army, and a total of more than 10,000 Xianbei people have to leave.
It is said that when the good news reached Beijing, Emperor Liu Hong was not too excited, but said in front of hundreds of officials in the court, "Xianbei is not benevolent and unjust, and the king of the Han Dynasty should raise troops outside the fortress and use the prestige of the country".
When he first heard the news, Fu Quan felt that he couldn't understand this Emperor Han Ling, who was infamous in later generations and splashed an unknown amount of dirty water, he could only say that the emperor's mental technique was not something that ordinary people could understand.
If Liu Hong is mediocre and unsympathetic, it's just that among the emperors of the two Han Dynasty, he is obviously the kind of emperor who is not enough to be better than the top and more than the bottom. Not to mention, it is the famous Han Wu Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, although he has been in power all his life and has made outstanding achievements, but how the people under his rule are doing, it can be said that it is almost the same as the people in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms. If it weren't for the legacy of Liu Che's grandfather, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Liu Heng, the people of the world would have been grateful for Liu Heng's kindness, and Liu Che would have issued a "Luntai Guilty Edict", and the people of the world would not have too much resentment, otherwise the Western Han Dynasty would have begun to have troubled times.
The difference between Liu Hong and Liu Che is that Liu Hong does not have the same luck as Liu Che, and has Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi, two loyal and famous generals who have opened the hanging, as the backing, otherwise without the many immortal achievements that Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi made to him in the early stage of his illness, how could he have so many brilliant achievements in Liu Che's life. Think about it, after Wei Qing and Huo Qu's illness, although Liu Che still continued to win in the second half of his life, it was obvious that those achievements were obviously far behind Liu Che's achievements in the first half of his life.
Of course, it is not that there are not so many famous generals in Liu Hong's dynasty, after all, there were so many wise and brave famous generals in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, but it is obvious that these famous generals do not have the luck of Wei Qing and Huo Quai, and there is a queen of the world at home, so that the emperor can unreservedly trust and delegate power to them.
Later generations said that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty did not have the enterprising heart at all, and Fuquan would only poke his nose at it, if not, then in the sixth year of Xiping in history, why did Xia Yu, Tian Yan, and Zang Min still lead their troops out of the fortress to conquer Xianbei?
It's just that this expedition is doomed to the fate of failure, although Xia Yu, Tian Yan, and Zang Min are good generals, but they are not famous generals, in the situation of the Han Dynasty at that time, the real famous generals are only "Liangzhou Sanming", and the other famous people in the Three Kingdoms are either not born young, or they have no talent but no chance to show it.
However, at this time, the "Liangzhou Sanming" Huangfu Gui was dead, and only Zhang Huan and Duan Cheng were left, and among these two, Zhang Huan indirectly harmed Dou Wu, and Shangshu avenged Dou Wu and others, and was later framed and dismissed for offending the eunuchs, and finally returned to his hometown to teach his disciples and no longer go out. As for Duan Cheng, because he took refuge in the eunuchs, he was not trusted by the princes of the court at all, even if the sky fell, they would not let go of Duan Cheng to lead the troops to go out to the outside of the Saiwai to make a name for the eunuchs, even if Duan Cheng made the greatest achievements in the "Liangzhou Sanming", the effect of dealing with Zhuhu was also the best.
Some things, that's the case, for their own benefit, even if they know that others are very good, but that person is harmful to themselves after they succeed, most of these people, except for saints, will definitely not let that person accomplish this.
People are not for themselves, the heavens and the earth are destroyed, and the court princes at that time were like this, so there were Xia Yu, Tian Yan, Zang Min, the three good generals went out to fight, and the means were naturally much worse than the Xianbei male lord Tanshi Huai, and in the end, most of the tens of thousands of troops were not plugged out, and the three sides of the Han Dynasty suffered because of this. And Liu Hong and the entire Han court also did not be there for a long time or did not want to mention the conquest of Xianbei for a long time because of this matter, which is the reason why later generations described Liu Hong as not enterprising, and if he failed once, he had already crippled the family of the Han border county, where could he withstand other tribulations?
Now, Liu Hong has full confidence because of his great victory over Xianbei, and the entire Han court also has an understanding of the military strength comparison between the Han and Xianbei because of this matter, and naturally has different ideas in his heart than in history.
Therefore, since Liu Hong shouted that strong sentence, the princes of the court have been very concerned about completely eliminating the scourge of Xianbei. After all, if the conquest is successful, it will also be a merit for them, and it is impossible to say that some of their admonitions on the battlefield will be adopted, so that the war will be won, and they will be able to leave a few more strokes in the history books in the future. The Wenchen in this world is a virtue, no matter ancient or modern, you can't make yourself famous, the world knows it, and you can leave a name in history and be famous for centuries, so what else do you want to do?
This is the case with the ministers of the current Han court, but to their surprise, after Emperor Liu Hong said that, he always dealt with the past vaguely about the repeated proposals of the court to send troops to attack Xianbei again. Among them, Xia Yu and Tian Yan are the most diligent, after all, they almost succeeded in the previous time, and finally let Fuquan stir up the situation with a complete shame above the court, and Yuan Yu, the eunuch behind them, even completely made Fuquan an enemy for this reason, which has always made these two people angry.
It's just that, due to the current power and favored saints of the Song family and the Fu family, they never dared to have any dissatisfaction, and they didn't even dare to target Fu Quan, so they could only endure it themselves. Now that they have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions again, of course the two of them have to keep admonishing the emperor and send troops as soon as possible while Xianbei is still in civil strife, after all, when which son of Tanshi Huai dominates Xianbei, it will be extremely unfavorable to the Han Dynasty.
However, the advice of the two was like mud into the sea, and they couldn't get a reply at all, and I don't know what Liu Hong thought. Of course, this does not mean that Liu Hong has not done anything at all, according to the news obtained by the Beijing Division, Liu Hong moved the Tai Lieutenant Duan Cheng to the captain of the Yue Cavalry, and added the title to the servant, this will came so unexpectedly, just at this important time, it can't help but make people think deeply.
And there is other news that an angel went to Hongnong to convey his will in Zhang's mansion, and the emperor wanted to recruit this famous general of Liangzhou again. I don't know if this news is true or not, but Fu Quan has already seen a trace of the emperor's thoughts from this, and this expedition to Xianbei seems to be not far away.