Zhang Yan has heard of the name of Huangfu Song.

After the defeat of the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains that year, some of the remaining troops fought and retreated, entered Hebei from the Central Plains, experienced some hardships and dangers, and took refuge in Zhang Yan under the banner of the Yellow Turban.

This time he learned that the commander of the Han army was Huangfu Song, and Zhang Yan decided to give Huangfu Song a head-on blow.

So Zhang Yan immediately sent people to contact the rebels of the Southern Xiongnu, hoping that the two parts of the army would unite, Zhang Yan would provide infantry, and the Southern Xiongnu would provide cavalry, and the two sides would unite to fight against the army of the Luoyang Imperial Court.

The Southern Xiongnu rebels were in distress, and they were very happy with Zhang Yan's help, and immediately accepted Zhang Yan's cooperation agreement, so Zhang Yan sent his subordinate Sun Qing to lead a force to fight with the Southern Xiongnu cavalry in advance, and the two sides met in Zishi County and decided to unite.

Then in the first battle, it defeated the proud and careless Huangfu Song's forward army, making Huangfu Song suffer the first defeat since going north.

Later, Huangfu Song learned that suddenly a very elite infantry unit joined forces with the Southern Xiongnu rebels to fight against the combined army of the Han army and the Southern Xiongnu cavalry.

Huangfu Song suddenly understood.

This is a great alliance of rebels.

Qiangqu found the Han government army to unite, and the orthodoxy and orthodoxy united, and the Southern Xiongnu rebels also found the rebels of the Han government to unite, and the rebels and the rebels also went hand in hand.

The situation is starting to get complicated.

Originally, the rebels of the Southern Xiongnu were rootless duckweed, but now, they have a foundation and a way back.

Huangfu Song was a little anxious, so he led his troops forward, and 50,000 Han troops and 20,000 Southern Xiongnu cavalry wanted to capture Zishi County and hit the morale of the rebel coalition army.

And Zhang Yan did not give an inch, mobilized more soldiers and horses to support Zishi County, he coordinated the dispatch of more than 30,000 mountain bandits from Bingzhou to attack Zishi County, united with the Southern Xiongnu rebels, and together in Zishi County and Huangfu Songqiang Canal Department to confront, the two sides fought very fiercely.

From mid-to-early May to mid-to-late June, the two sides were unable to defeat the rebel coalition, and although the rebel coalition was slightly inferior to the army led by Huangfu Song in terms of strength and combat effectiveness, it maintained a high posture in morale.

After a month of hard fighting, Huangfu Song had to bitterly admit that the mountain bandits in Bingzhou had indeed become the climate, these bandits were not simple bandits, they fought in a disciplined and organized manner, and they had a lot of equipment and ordnance, and they fought back and forth with the Han army.

The cavalry of the Southern Huns and the cavalry of the rebels also fought back and forth, and the two sides did not distinguish between victory and defeat.

Lu Zhi's prophecy came true, and the mountain bandits in Bingzhou seemed to be really difficult to exterminate.

In late June, the imperial court was dissatisfied with the fact that Huangfu Song had not been able to make progress for a long time, and Liu Hong issued an edict three times to reproach Huang Fu Song, asking Huang Fu Song if he couldn't do it, if you didn't, tell me, I will replace you.

The ancient literature school added fuel to the fire and ridiculed Huangfu Song's fall into the well.

Yuan Kui recommended Dong Zhuo, Zhou Shen, Zhang Wen and others to replace Huangfu Song four times, thinking that they were all more awesome than Huang Fu Song.

Huangfu Song was anxious.

And the modern literary school behind him was even more anxious, Huang Wan, who was transferred to Guangluxun, wrote to Huangfu Song six times in a row to ask him to hurry up and fight a decisive battle, he couldn't wait any longer, if he waited any longer, once the emperor made up his mind, the daylily would be cold!

Huangfu Song was forced into a corner, helpless, so he decided to storm Zishi County at all costs.

Not only his headquarters, but also the Qiangqu side was also asked by Huangfu Song to dispatch all his forces, and the Taiyuan County Guard and Shangdang County Guard were also asked by Huangfu Song to send troops to support.

Huangfu Song poured everything out, and more than 70,000 troops took turns to go into battle, taking turns to attack, using their housekeeping skills and crowd tactics together, and forcing soldiers to attack without death with rich rewards and strict military methods.

He set up a very strong team of warlords, once the army went into battle, those who dared not to go forward to fight to the death, and those who cowered and retreated, they would not be spared.

Those who dare to come forward and fight to the death and die in battle will be given a triple pension.

During the wheel war, he also gave the soldiers much better food treatment than before, and the meat that the soldiers usually did not eat was taken out by him and used as a reward for the brave soldiers.

The Han army could only start round after round of death battles bitterly and helplessly.

And the rebel coalition army also desperately resisted in order to survive.

The battle between the two sides was so fierce that even the Taiyuan county guard was killed by an arrow from the rebel coalition.

Finally, on June 29, after seven or eight days of non-stop frenzied offensive, the rebel coalition was forced to abandon Zishi County and retreat north due to the lack of hard power, intending to get closer to the mountain base camp for supplies and support.

Although it was a defeat and retreat, after seven or eight days of hard fighting, Huangfu Song's troops also reached the strong crossbow wood, and they could not pursue it with a tired attitude.

The rebel coalition retreated, retaining its strength.

In the nearly two-month battle, Huangfu Song paid the price of more than 5,000 soldiers killed and more than 10,000 soldiers wounded, broke through the county seat of Zishi, and won a heavy victory.

The result was to push back the rebel coalition army and make it all the way north, temporarily relieving the crisis state of Hedong County and Luoyang, and by the way, stabilizing the position of the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu in Qiangqu, stabilizing the mood of the Southern Xiongnu tribes, and making Qiangqu more willing to obey the Luoyang court in terms of political attitude.

When Liu Hong's fourth reproach edict was about to be completed, Huangfu Song hurriedly sent the news of this "Zi's great victory" to Luoyang.

When the news came, the literary school was ecstatic.

Yang Biao happily knelt in front of the spiritual seat of his father Yang Ci during the filial piety period to report the good news to him, and wept bitterly that Yang's investment in Huangfu Song had finally seen a return.

Huang Wan, who presided over the affairs of the court, immediately encouraged many officials to ask for merit for Huangfu Song, asked the emperor to clarify the status of Huangfu Song's meritorious hero, give him a reward, and encourage the soldiers to make persistent efforts to completely eliminate the mountain bandits and the rebels of the Southern Xiongnu.

Although Liu Hong didn't like Huangfu Song, he did win the battle and lifted the Luoyang crisis, so he should be rewarded.

So he issued an edict to give Huangfu Song and the army rich financial rewards, and transported cattle and wine and other gifts to Taiyuan County, so that they could be rewarded.

Seeing that Huangfu Song really made a contribution and now the literary school is arrogant, the ancient literary school feels very unhappy, but there is no way, people have indeed made a contribution.

Zhang Wen, Zhou Shen and others, who were eager to gain military merits and were eager to try, were also quite helpless when they learned the news.

The brothers He Jin and He Miao, who knew how many catties and taels they were afraid of going to the battlefield, also breathed a sigh of relief and secretly praised Huangfu Song.

Because of the merits of Huangfu Song this time, the modern literary school felt a little arrogant, and the bureaucrats led by Huang Wan repeatedly mocked Lu Zhi, Yuan Kui and others in the court and military meetings, believing that everything they were worried about had not become a real problem.

Huangfu Song won the battle, and the thieves retreated, this is the truth.

Lu Zhi was still worried, he had no intention of party fighting, and repeatedly warned the imperial court that this victory was a tactical victory by a sea of people, a tactical victory, not a real strategic victory, whether it was the Southern Xiongnu rebels or the bandits in Bingzhou, they did not hurt the fundamentals.

And even more dangerously, they united.

Lu Zhi once again sent a table to Liu Hong, asking Liu Hong to take advantage of this victory to adopt a strategy of appeasement, first of all, to divide and disintegrate the Southern Xiongnu rebels and bandits in the state.

For example, they were told that the Southern Xiongnu rebels were not guilty, and the court was willing to forgive them, and would give them another place to live, so that they would not have any more intersections with Qiangqu, as long as they surrendered, everything was easy to discuss.

Use good words to persuade the Southern Xiongnu rebels to come back, cut off the arms of the mountain bandits in the state, and then send people to the mountain bandit base in the state to find those big and small leaders, give them official wishes, give them various positions, and let them listen to the orders of the imperial court.

Huang Wan agrees with this, thinking that this is a good way to divide and disintegrate the mountain bandits, and it may have a miraculous effect.

But in the state of party strife, even if he thinks it is good, he can't support it, otherwise if Lu Zhi is allowed to make meritorious contributions, the gold content of Huangfu Song's merits will be low, which is not conducive to the modern literary school.

He had to object.

So he took a clear stand against Lu Zhi's suggestion.

"Taiwei Lu, what you said is nothing more than a wish to seal officials and let them get benefits, but do you really think that they will obey the orders of the imperial court so simply? They don't know kindness, and there is no need to appease them, so they are all exterminated! ”

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