In the blink of an eye, it has entered July, since the first battle between the Qiang rebels and the Han army, the Qiang people no longer fight with the Han army, and every time the formation is covered by the army, the Han army is killed and retreated. In the end, as long as they stayed in the camp and no longer fought, the Han army followed the camp and the Qiang people could not attack the Han army's camp, and the Qiang people were looting everywhere. After Huangfu Song learned about it, he used this as a lure to set up an ambush and brutally defeated the Qiang people several times. The two sides won and lost each other, but neither could win against the other, but in general, the Qiang people had the advantage.

Zhang Xiu performed well in the war for three consecutive months, whenever he appeared Qiang people would always send six to ten Qiang generals to besiege him, at the beginning Zhang Xiu would be surrounded by them and trapped and waiting for help, and then Zhang Xiu was smart, every time he relied on the degree of sassy dew and the Qiang generals to fight, often as long as the battle was half an hour, the Qiang generals could be cut one by one under the horse. The Qiang people were very helpless about this, so they had to keep transferring Qiang warriors from Xiliang, and each time they relied on the soldiers to surround Zhang Xiu with the number of people, restricting him from breaking through, and later he ignored the enemy and me, and shot Zhang Xiu with random arrows, in short, Zhang Xiu has become a thorn in the eye of the Qiang people, a thorn in the flesh.

On this day, the Han army camp, Huangfu Song received an urgent report, and immediately summoned the generals after reading it, only to hear Huangfu Song frown and say: "The defenders of the counties have reported that there are a large number of borers (locusts) in Guanzhong, and I am afraid that there will be no harvest in Guanzhong this year." ”

After hearing this, everyone in the tent was shocked and said: "The food and grass of our army are all supplied by Guanzhong, and if there is a pest plague, our army will run out of food." ”

Zhang Xiu bowed his hand and said: "Not only that, but the borer is a disaster for the people, and the people will not be harvested, and when the time comes, the people in the pass will be everywhere, and I am afraid that it will be taken by the Qiang people." ”

When Huangfu Song saw Zhang Xiu out of the ranks, his brows stretched and asked, "What is Bo Yuan's strategy to solve the current predicament?" ”

Zhang Xiu replied: "When the insects in Guanzhong occur, there will definitely be displaced people, and then there will be chaos in Guanzhong, and the counties will need to free up manpower to deal with the displaced people, and when the Qiang people attack the counties, they will not be able to defend it." There is no grain in Guanzhong, Xiliang does not produce much grain, only the capital Chang'an has a large amount of surplus grain, and the Qiang people will kill Chang'an, and the counties are empty, they will not be able to hold for a long time, and it is useless for our army to come to Chang'an City when the time comes. Therefore, embroidery asked the general to return to Chang'an, with a strong city to defend, as long as Chang'an is not lost, even if all the counties in Guanzhong are lost, they can also regain the lost territory according to Chang'an, but if Chang'an is lost, Guanzhong has been lost at all, and it is even more difficult to recapture Guanzhong. And Chang'an to the Beijing division of Luoyang to the Qiang cavalry degree of a few days to arrive, Chang'an and Luoyang between the Hangu Pass has been in disrepair for a long time, no longer the four stops of Qin, if so, the Beijing division is in danger, so embroidery please the general to the overall situation, back to the division of Chang'an. ”

After hearing this, Huangfu Song asked, "What Bo Yuan said is reasonable, but what about the people in Guanzhong?" ”

Zhang Xiu said: "In such a situation, I am afraid that Your Majesty is also worried, and will definitely mobilize a large army to fight against the Qiang people, and as long as the army arrives, the rest will not worry." ”

After hearing this, Huangfu Song was silent, looked around at the generals for a long time, and asked, "What else do you have to do?" After asking three times in a row, no one spoke, so Huangfu Song had to close his eyes, then opened them in vain, and ordered loudly: "Order, all departments immediately clean up, and then return to Chang'an." Hu Zhen. ”

"The end will be."

"Ordered you to lead your troops back to Chang'an first and take care of everything. Ben will write a letter to you later, and after you return to Chang'an, you will immediately order someone to send it to Luoyang to present your majesty. ”

"No."

"Li Ming."

"The end will be."

"Order you to be the front, and send scouts to listen to the whereabouts of the rebels, and there must be no mistake."

"No."

"Zhang Xiu."

"The end will be."

"Command you to lead your troops to guard the two wings of the army, and if the rebels come, the army will be cut off."

"No."

"Huang Min."

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After issuing more than a dozen orders in a row, the entire battalion took action, and in less than an hour, the army moved and rushed towards Chang'an. Along the way, I have seen many refugees appear, rushing to Chang'an, Huangfu Song saw it, remembered the words of Zhang Xiu, and said secretly: "Fortunately, I heard what Bo Yuan said, if it weren't for this, I am afraid that I would be a criminal minister of the Han Dynasty." ”

The army was not intercepted by the Qiang people along the way, I am afraid that Beigong Boyu and Han Sui did not expect Huangfu Song to retreat, but after Huangfu Song returned to Chang'an, there was no army to contain the Qiang people before the imperial court reinforcements arrived, and the land of Sanfu became a paradise for the Qiang people to loot.

Two days later, the Huangfu Song army returned to Chang'an, and the officials of Jingzhao Mansion saw the return of the Huangfu Song army, and their original worries were relieved. Huangfu Song was stationed in Chang'an, and at this time, Huangfu Song ordered Hu Zhen's subordinates to send an urgent report to Luoyang has been sent to the general's mansion, and above the main hall, Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, is rare to go to the court, and a group of civil and military ministers are sitting on both sides.

I only heard a smile and the little eunuch shouted in his scream: "Something to start, nothing to retreat." ”

As soon as the words fell, the general He Jin immediately played: "Report to Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the left chariot general Huangfu Songguan." ”

Emperor Han Ling's eyelids, which were originally fighting, opened slightly, and said, "But Emperor Aiqing has good news for me. ”

He Jin glanced at Emperor Ling, thinking of the message from Huangfu Song, his heart beat for a while, but thinking that this matter was not trivial, he had to bite the bullet and played: "Your Majesty, Huangfu Song, the general of the left chariot, reported urgently, there was a bug disaster in Guanzhong, and the displaced people were everywhere, and I am afraid that Chang'an will be lost, and he has returned to Chang'an." Now the counties in Guanzhong are empty, and the Qiang rebels are pointing out that they are afraid that all the people in Guanzhong will fall except for Chang'an, so they ask His Majesty for reinforcements. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers in the court talked about it, and Emperor Ling's originally half-squinted eyes had opened at some point, and there was anger in his eyes. I saw that the Spirit Emperor patted the long case in front of him, and stood up, and he didn't know where his body that had been hollowed out by wine came from this power.

I saw Emperor Ling shoot the case, and shouted: "Bastard, I sent an army to deal with him, and there are still relevant counties in the county to help, and only ordered him to guard the ancestral garden and mausoleum for me, how do you know that after March, I told me that Guanzhong is empty, and I am afraid that all of them will fall except for Chang'an." If that temple is a mausoleum, he is really a criminal minister of the Han Dynasty. The order was issued to remove Huangfu Song from the post of general of the left chariot cavalry, and Keri returned to Luoyang to accept the guilt. ”

Huang Fu Song's dismissal was not unexpected by everyone, even the ministers and the family faction who had a close relationship with Huang Fu Song did not dare to touch this moldy head, this thing may be burned if it is not good.

As soon as Emperor Ling's words fell, a eunuch came out. At this time, the Spirit Emperor sat down again and asked in a harmonious voice, "What is the best plan for Aiqing, you?" ”

It was still the general He Jin who came out first and said: "The minister recommended the general Zhou Shen as the commander, and led the elite northern army of the Beijing division into the pass to fight the rebels. ”

As soon as He Jin's voice fell, on the other side, his political opponent Zhang Rang, a regular attendant, said in his characteristic shrill voice: "Your Majesty, the old minister Bao Ju Yuan Zhonglang will lead Dong Zhuo to lead the original Pingqiang army under his command to fight the rebels. ”

At this time, the scholars and the eunuchs had already protected their own people, but they did not dare to say much, and the emperor Fu Song who was protected by their own faction that day was in vain, and they were afraid that they would offend the Emperor Ling, so they were silent.