From the moment Luo Xiao's will was determined, the entire land centered on Xingyang began to operate at full capacity.

Qingzhuang, who had previously gone to Luoyang as a suspicious soldier, began to be stationed on the spot, and the first thing Luo Xiao had to build was a stable logistics channel from Luoyang to Xingyang.

The last time I fought with Yuan Shaojun, it was because I was in an ambush, I wanted to hide my whereabouts, and I wanted to take it by surprise, so I used the strategy of elite soldiers to completely crush Yuan Shaojun in a wave of rushing formation.

But this time it's going to be very difficult, and it's going to be a tough battle.

Hundreds of thousands of Taiping soldiers were sent to the east of Xingyang by Luoxiao in batches and stationed respectively.

Among them, the most elite are the 20,000 Chinese army led by Luo Xiao, 10,000 armored cavalry wearing iron armor and invincible in battle, 10,000 light cavalry, one man and two horses.

Such a large-scale mobilization of troops and horses naturally attracted the attention of Luoyang, and Luo Xiao's actions always surprised them.

The last time I thought it was going to attack Luoyang, I ended up attacking Yuan Shaojun.

This time, I thought that I would definitely attack the army of the Kwantung princes, but the army pressed the border to attack Luoyang.

But as Yuan Shao and other princes fled to Luokong and Huangfu Song's army, and told the first-hand information of the defeat, all the princes of King Qin fell into silence.

Naturally, there are people who don't believe it, but Luo Kong believes it.

Jia Wenhe can know people's hearts and have no last resort, he said that these people are not lying, and these people must not be lying.

In the army of Wushuang Hou, Luo Kong rubbed his head a little confused, "Wenhe, I got the news from Huangfu Song before.

This horn is a war-seeking commander like Han Wumu, and the ability to command is not below him.

Now why did he suddenly become an invincible soldier like King Xiang.

It is like a myth that he led 2,000 cavalry to charge head-on, 3,000 white horses, and 2,000 elite cavalry, and one person fought alone and ten fierce generals still won the battle. ”

Luo Kong is quite knowledgeable, and Gongsun Zhan's White Horse Yicong is the elite of the elite.

Under the same number, I am afraid that the only ones who can win the White Horse Righteous Followers are the Dare Warriors and the Temple Army, and the rest are also among the two middlemen.

But such a strong white horse was crippled in the frontal charge.

This can only prove that Zhang Jiao was too fierce, which caused the cavalry of the Taiping Army to be a notch stronger.

Jia Xu said in a deep voice: "Lord, you really have to be careful this time."

When Chen was talking with Yuan Benchu and Cao Mengde just now, he asked about the tactics and other arrangements for the last game, and found that there was nothing wrong.

Losing without making a mistake and having a superficial advantage can only say one thing.

There is a problem with Zhang Jiao's prediction, this person is much stronger than expected!

This is very likely to be a super strong person who has gone to the extreme in both military power and strategy, and is an immortal-level figure who is not inferior to the soldier immortal Han Wumu and the soldier master Xiang Wang. ”

Luo Kong learned in Zhaocheng, how strong Han Xin and Xiang Yu were, although he had never seen it with his own eyes, but he could see from that passage of text that at least he was far inferior, because he couldn't do the record of these two people.

Luo Kong's mind couldn't help but flash a face with an indifferent look on his face at all times, extremely beautiful, the family is recognized as the most talented child, Wen Taowu and the entire Gaia Luo clan.

If it's a brother, then it must be okay, but it's a pity that I don't know where my brother is.

……

Yuan Shao, the princes who were defeated from the Kwantung region, were actually not discriminated against, victory or defeat was a common thing in soldiers, but whenever there was a war, there was no defeat.

These princes basically have a wide range of connections, some of them communicate with the princes who are usually good friends, and some of them leave the army directly and go to Luoyang.

The Han court side is constantly discussing, but the Taiping army side is a different scene.

All the Qu Shuai just waited for Luo Xiao's order and would not put forward their own opinions, while Luo Xiao took stock of the opponents in the court for the Taiping Army, mainly the Taiwei Huangfu Song and the Wushuang Hou Luokong.

These are the main leaders of the imperial army, but these two people, especially their younger brother Luo Kong.

Luo Xiao knows his talent and ability very well, he is a fierce general, and it is not a problem to command tens of thousands of troops, which is enough to dominate the world.

In any era, he is enough to be a Founding Father-level general.

But in this golden world, the gap between him and himself is so big, it is no exaggeration to say that just by using the punching style, Luo Xiao can make him fight ten battles and ten defeats.

Now Luo Xiao wants to command the large corps and the charging style at the same time, and it is no exaggeration to say that he can fight ten Luokong at the same time.

And with his stupid Oudoudou's strategic ability, Luo Xiao can play him in the palm of his hand.

This is what Luo Xiao is most worried about, he is bound to break the Han Court's Mandate of Heaven and trample the sacred majesty of the Han Court to the end.

In this process, the biggest obstacle is Yinghou and Wushuanghou.

This is his relative, although he knows that with the collapse of the Han Court's Mandate of Heaven, the end of Yinghou and Wushuang Hou is doomed.

But it was impossible for him to let his sword edge be stained with the blood of his relatives, even if it was as Zhang Jiao.

Now that Yinghou Luochuan has returned to Kanto, before Luo Xiao dies, he and Luo Chuan may not see each other again.

The only thing to do now is to leave that kid alive on the battlefield, and it is best to let him return to the Western Regions.

……

With the large-scale mobilization of the Taiping army and the imperial court, the eyes of all the states in the world seem to be here, and even the war has weakened a little.

But anyone with a normal brain can see that this battle of Luoyang will determine the trend of the world.

If the Taiping army wins, the only thing the royal family can do is to flee to Chang'an, Yongzhou, and ensure that they will not be caught by the Taiping army.

If the Taiping army is defeated, it will not be the end of the troubled times.

There are too many Taiping troops in the world and thieves pretending to be Taiping troops, and the imperial court is not capable of pacifying so many Taiping troops.

The emperor still had to rely on these princes who participated in the war, and at that time the world would be divided.

Unless someone can shock all the princes in Luoyang.

This kind of bright situation was in front of everyone, and the nobles of all the states and counties in the world began to look for warlords suitable for cooperation.

It is not an exaggeration to say that choosing the lord is a lifelong event, in case the chosen lord is not good enough, and then it will be difficult to change jobs if he is dissatisfied.

Generally speaking, there is only one chance to change jobs at most, and basically the reputation of changing jobs twice will stink, and in this era, if you have a reputation for disloyalty, don't think about mixing up.

The hearts of the people in the world are fluctuating, how can the emperor who is far away in Luoyang not know?

He's a dumb man, but he's not a fool, on the contrary, he's very smart.

It's just that he used all his wisdom for personal enjoyment and to maintain his supreme power, and even did not hesitate to do things that harmed the world.

In the Luoyang Palace, the tall and magnificent palace, the extremely prosperous palace, can be seen everywhere pearls, jade, gold and silver decorations, colorful curtains from the corridors hanging down.

This is the residence of the emperor of the emperor's bedroom, a row of palace ladies waiting in the outer hall, the candle light keeps flickering, in the slight crackling sound, flickering and dimming.

It was supposed to be a quiet night, when suddenly an angry shout came from the dormitory: "Traitor! It's all traitors! ”

The emperor woke up from the nightmare, the eunuchs and palace ladies who were waiting for the night hurriedly walked in, knelt on the ground and listened to the will, the emperor gasped for breath, recalling the scene in the dream, his face was full of anger, and shouted loudly: "Quickly call the permanent attendants, and summon the close ministers into the palace, I have a will." ”

After the eunuch got the decree, he hurriedly walked out, he didn't want to stay in front of the angry emperor for a moment, although it was night, but the palace came to the will, and all the big people in the ordinary were awakened from their sleep, and then hurried to the palace.

No one knew what was wrong with the emperor, he called people into the palace at night, and after entering the emperor's bedroom, he saw that the emperor was sitting on the bed and did not come down.

As an emperor, how can he face the ministers of the imperial court like this?

Isn't this disrespectful to the minister?

Wang Yun's temper was too clear to his relatives and friends, so he was directly restrained and said in a low voice: "This is not a formal meeting, Your Majesty is not in the right mood, and now the situation is tense, so don't dwell on these little things." ”

Wang Yun recalled the tense situation of these days, but it was not right to dwell on these small things now, so he suppressed his dissatisfaction in his heart, and sat down angrily, but he didn't show it on his face.

After everyone arrived, the minister saw that the permanent attendants in the palace were also there, and immediately a few people asked in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, have you summoned me and other ministers to come here, but are you discussing the affairs of the country?" ”

Only then did the emperor completely get rid of the nightmare, and said in a hoarse and dark voice: "I felt it in my sleep just now, so I summoned all the secretaries to come. ”

Hearing this, the few people just now immediately said: "Then please also ask all the permanent servants to avoid the ministers, the three permanent attendants who are known as the Qing name are not there, what qualifications do these eunuchs have to stand in the palace with us and other honest ministers?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the attendant immediately jumped to his feet, pointed at the scholar who spoke, and said angrily: "Who are you scolding? It is really arrogant to say hurtful words in front of His Majesty. ”

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became solemn.

The conflict between scholars and eunuchs is simply one of the eternal conflicts of the Later Han Dynasty, especially after the matter of the party, the blood feud between the two sides can no longer be resolved.

The emperor didn't expect that the scholars would directly scold on such an occasion, completely ignoring his face as the emperor, and an evil fire swished up in his heart, and rushed from his heart to his brain!

The emperor looked at the two of them viciously, and there was a faint killing intent in the hall, "If there are any more people who hurt people, they will be dragged out and killed directly."

The world is in such a state of crisis, and you are still fighting here, do you still have me in your hearts? ”

Seeing that the palace finally fell silent, the emperor said: "I summoned all the ministers to come because I was worried about the Taiping army.

I just dreamed that the Taiping army had entered the city of Luoyang, and I and the princes and ministers fell in a pool of blood, and the whole city of Luoyang was ablaze. ”

The ministers didn't expect the emperor to be worried about this, but they didn't know what the situation was at the front line.

can only vaguely comfort: "Your Majesty, don't worry.

Taiwei is proficient in military affairs, Wushuang Marquis is a general in the Western Regions, and the rest of the princes are all heroes.

will definitely be able to defeat the Taiping Army and return the world to a bright future. ”

The emperor swept away everyone's expressions, but in fact, this was not what he was most worried about.

What he saw in his dream was not the scene of the Taiping army breaking through Luoyang, he believed that in order to destroy the Taiping army, everyone in the world would go all out.

What he was really worried about was that he was now fighting against the princes who were encircling and suppressing the Taiping army.

He still trusted Huangfu Song before, but these days the daily attendants kept blowing the wind in his ears, and he began to doubt.

Especially even the five surnamed families would rather go to Kanto to beg for thieves than defend Luoyang, which made the emperor's suspicions blazing.

Previously, Huangfu Song obviously had an absolute advantage, but in the end he was defeated, which led to the opening of the party and the rise of the heroes.

Did Huang Fusong really deliberately set up a situation to unravel the party?

The reason why Huang Fu Song has not been removed now is because there are no available generals in the imperial court except Huang Fu Song.

And the emperor thought that even if Huangfu Song was from the Shi clan, he would not give Luoyang to the Taiping army.

A few more people analyzed the reasons for the victory of the imperial court for the emperor, and the emperor listened carefully on the surface and then waited until everyone finished speaking, and suddenly said: "It seems that the defeat of the Taiping army is a matter of time."

I have a new worry, even if I defeat the Taiping army near Luoyang, I am afraid that the imperial court will suffer heavy losses.

What about the Taiping army between the states and counties?

I received some news a few days ago, if there are some courtiers who are loyal to me on the surface, but secretly have bad intentions, what should I do? ”

As soon as the emperor's faint but cold words came out, the hall fell into silence in an instant, and endless waves were set off in the hearts of the wise people.

At this time, the emperor suspected that those princes with heavy troops had bad intentions!

One is not good, this matter of King Qin, I am afraid that something big will happen, first ask who the emperor is suspecting!

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The reasons for the demise of any dynasty are complex, but at the root of it, the main causes are the collapse of finances, corrupt officials, natural disasters, and an unqualified king.

Naturally, on the way to the demise of the Han Dynasty, an atypical faint monarch appeared, and the ancient Chinese aristocracy called him the "Ling" Emperor, that is, the "flexible and intelligent emperor", which I think is a kind of irony.

For he does seem to be intelligent, and has never been left in power in the course of his life.

But that's all.

He trampled on almost all the conventional political rules, and in the face of the gradually corrupting and corrupt system of electing officials and the fiscal and taxation system, he chose the most wrong way to collect money by buying and selling official positions and noble titles.

The Chinese refer to it as "drinking a cup of poisonous wine to quench your thirst", which is a wonderful metaphor for the decline of the Han Dynasty under this "Ling" emperor. - General History of the World: Qin and Han Dynasties, Vol. 15

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