After the court meeting, Huangfu Song was appointed.

So Huangfu Song was able to use the position of General Zuo to lead the army to attack, and he would have his back to Chang'an and unite the Liangzhou official army against the Liangzhou rebels.

Liu Hong also ordered the generals of Liangzhou to obey the command of Huangfu Song, and Huang Fu Song gave orders to them, if there were enough officers and troops in Liangzhou.

Liu Hong's requirements for Huangfu Song are also very clear.

First, the rebels were not allowed to enter the land of Sanfu to threaten the imperial tomb.

Second, the rebels should be completely wiped out within half a year.

Huangfu Song looked at these two requirements very lightly, thinking that he could achieve these two goals, and felt that the entire Liangzhou was a worm except for him, which was not worth mentioning at all.

So he took the appointment and prepared to attack.

Yang Ci and Yang Biao, as well as the entire modern literary school, had high hopes for Huangfu Song and gave him great support.

However, the Manchu civil and military forces still underestimated the sharpness of the Liangzhou rebels.

They are too arrogant.

In early February of the first year of Zhongping, when Huangfu Song had just finished reorganizing his 40,000 troops and was preparing to attack, the rebels had already entered the land of Sanfu.

The Liangzhou defense line was broken, and the rebels could no longer be stopped.

The leaders of the rebels, Bian Zhang, Han Sui, Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, Song Yang, Wang Guo, and others, led their respective armies to invade the land of Sanfu, and the troops pointed directly at Yongxian and Meiyang.

The Luoyang court was shocked, and Liu Hong could no longer care about the concerns of the gentle township, and personally ordered Huangfu Song to attack immediately without delay.

Huangfu Song was also very anxious, the previous calmness was completely gone, he ordered the army to be rectified in the starry night, led the army to attack early the next morning, and let his nephew Huangfu Li lead a cavalry as a vanguard general first, and he himself led the main force to follow.

At the end of February of the first year of Zhongping, the main force of Huangfu Song's department arrived near Meiyang, where he stationed troops in Meiyang to observe the situation, and learned that the rebels were not making smooth progress in the areas of Yulu County, Yongxian County and Chencang County, and were trapped by the local defenders and terrain, so they could not march quickly.

He relented a little, regrouped his forces, and began to engage the rebels in early March.

I don't know if I don't fight, I was shocked when I fought with each other, although this rebel army was Liangzhou Qianghu as the main body, but when it started fighting, it had quite the rules of the Han army, and these Qianghu didn't know where they learned the infantry formation, and they actually used it in a good way.

Huangfu Song was defenseless at first, suffered some losses, and fought a few small defeats, only to gradually come back to his senses and realize that this rebel army was not simple, there were high-ranking people inside, or there were definitely people in the Han army system in the past, so he dealt with it cautiously.

In mid-March, Huangfu Song and the rebels fought several times, winning and losing each other, and fighting back and forth.

By the end of March and the beginning of April, Huangfu Song had become familiar with the fighting style of this rebel army, and had been able to adapt to their infantry and cavalry attack, and won several small victories, gradually suppressing the rebels from Yulu County.

In mid-May, the front began to slowly shift to the west, but in late May, the Liangzhou rebels came to support, and a relatively fierce cavalry came to help, defeating the cavalry under the command of Huangfu Song, and Huangfu Song had to avoid its edge and slowly retreat.

After that, Huangfu Song relied on the defense line of the city to fight several successful defensive battles, consumed some of the strength of the Liangzhou rebels, and then pressed the army and began to press the Liangzhou rebels back.

As a result, the front returned to the state of April, and continued to move westward, and the rebels could not resist Huangfu Song's offensive, and were constantly retreating.

Seeing that the threat of the land of Sanfu began to be lifted, Huangfu Songzhi was complacent, and presented himself to the imperial court, saying that he would definitely be able to solve this rebel army within half a year, and wanted to show his military merits, and let the modern literary school gain a political advantage.

As a result, Zhang Rang saw the recital, and the act of opening champagne in the half of the time immediately made Zhang Rang unhappy.

Huangfu Song used to be Lu Qiang's person, although now that Lu Qiang is dead, his power has been divided between Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, but Lu Qiang is still Zhang Rang's former enemy.

Now that Lu Qiang is dead, but Huangfu Song is still there, seeing him complacent, Zhang Rang is very unhappy.

And Zhang Rang also knew that Huangfu Song was now changing his court and joined the modern literary school, and now the literary school and Liu Bei did not deal with each other, Zhang Rang felt that Liu Bei had helped him a lot before, and now may be the time for him to repay Liu Bei.

If you try to kill Huangfu Song and prevent him from gaining merit, not only can you vent this evil anger in your heart, but you can also help Liu Bei by the way, which can be regarded as a favor.

"Now let's do Liu Xuande a favor, and in the future, we can let Liu Xuande return us a greater favor, and maintaining this relationship will have a lot of benefits for us."

Zhang Rang persuaded Zhao Zhong, and Zhao Zhong agreed, so the two slandered Liu Hongjin together.

They said that Huangfu Song had fought unfavorably for many months, did not achieve obvious results, failed to drive the rebels back to Liangzhou and annihilate them, and spent a lot of money and food in vain, and now the imperial court needs a quick victory, but Huangfu Song cannot win quickly, and is obviously not a suitable general.

Liu Hong was having a headache at this time because of the difficulties of the imperial court, and when he saw that Huangfu Song had been fighting for three or four months and could not drive the rebels out of the land of Sanfu, he was angry, so he nodded, recognized the opinions of Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, and then asked who could replace him.

Zhao Zhong took the opportunity to promote Zhang Wen, who had been removed from the vacant position because of bad luck.

Zhang Wen is a native of Nanyang, his background is not high, and he was able to enter the official career because he was appreciated and promoted by the eunuch Cao Teng, and he took the path of a eunuch, so he has always been considered a member of the eunuch group.

After Cao Teng's death, Zhang Wen was silent for a while, and while maintaining a relationship with the Cao family, he also had contacts with other eunuchs, and he spent a lot of money as Sikong before, so he had a chance to make a comeback.

But I have to say that he was too unlucky, caught up with the chaos of the modern literature school and the ancient literature school, and as a member of the eunuch group, he felt a little bit like he was not human inside and out.

Because he did give a lot, the eunuchs who pushed him to the throne were also a little embarrassed.

I took the money, but the matter was not done, at least this after-sales service is not done well, which is a very bad reputation thing.

After all, there are 12 people in the 10 permanent servants, and the relationship between everyone is cooperation and competition, if they do not do well in the after-sales business, they will go to other permanent servants to do things in the future, and if they don't look for themselves, then there will be no income?

Who thinks they have too much money?

So Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong decided to talk to Zhang Wen how much.

And whether it should be said or not, Zhang Wen is indeed a person with some real skills, but his background is not high, and he can't go through the normal way, so he took the path of a eunuch, he really wants to make a career.

So this opportunity came to him.

Anyway, in Liu Hong's view, the ancient literature school, the modern literature school and the eunuch group are the three forces in the court, there is no difference, at present, the people of the modern literature school are not good, then replace them with the people of the eunuch group, if the people of the eunuch group are still not good, then change the people of the ancient literature school.

Anyway, after a round, you can always find someone to solve the problem.

So Liu Hong waved his hand-

Zhang Wen, you give it to me!

Liu Hong ordered and appointed Zhang Wen as the general of the chariot cavalry, and the original Huangfu Song's army was handed over to him to command, and he was given 40,000 additional troops, so that the infantry and cavalry led by him increased to about 80,000.

This time, you have to deal with the Liangzhou rebels for me no matter what!

Liu Bei knew the news for the first time, and after knowing it, Liu Bei's mind began to become active.

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PS: I ate the new version of the old hen noodle soup of the white elephant in the morning, and I also put the leftover tamales from last night into it and cooked it together, and I ate it all, and it tasted very good, so I added a more chapter.

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