Chapter 582: The Taiping Army
"Pah, pah."
Every time he raised his foot and put it down, he stepped into the pool of blood, which was slightly sticky.
The drizzle was as thin as needles, falling drop by drop on Luo Xiao's face as he lifted up his visor, bringing a hint of coolness.
A strong smell of blood kept coming towards him. He looked up and saw corpses lying everywhere. Streaks of red blood were flowing out along with the rain.
Among these corpses, there were many from the Han army, and most of them had expressions of despair and horror on their faces, but there were more from the Taiping army, and their faces were filled with anger.
This is not the end of the dynasty, the elite Han army is undoubtedly the best in the world.
If it weren't for the right time, place and people, and if all three were on Luo Xiao's side, and if Huangfu Song hadn't expected to change people, it would have been impossible for the Taiping Army to win this great victory with its combat power.
A burst of hurried footsteps was heard, and a few generals appeared in front of Luo Xiao, their faces full of excitement and said: "General, the general results of the battle are out. The Han army's Yulin Guards are almost destroyed, and all the Sanhe Knights are buried.
The Han court had not suffered such a great defeat for many years.
General, are we going to march directly into Luoyang?"
Luo Xiao was not surprised by the Han court's casualties. The Taiping Army suffered even greater casualties, estimated to be around 50,000.
But not anymore!
The Taiping Army's grassroots organization was actually very good. After all, its predecessor was a super-large religious group that could organize hundreds of thousands of people to revolt. Moreover, the Taiping Dao was not just composed of young and middle-aged people, but mostly entire families as believers.
The structure of Taiping Dao was originally established for the purpose of establishing a Taoist country on earth.
It would be most ridiculous to say that such a group has no grassroots organization.
Luo Xiao was prepared to spend a little time to completely transform the Taiping Army into a more efficient army purely for war.
When the Taiping Army was just established, such adaptation was the most effective and had a profound impact on the future.
As for the difficulties that may be encountered during adaptation, they are not a problem.
Zhang Jue's prestige is supreme in the Taiping Dao. He has just won a major battle and made great ambitions. Now in the eyes of everyone in the Taiping Dao, he is a true great and virtuous teacher!
It is the light that can lead everyone to see through the darkness!
Luo Xiao was quiet. Ever since he was injured that day and suddenly recovered, the Great Sage Master became more and more ethereal, with an inexplicable pressure and aura, which was extremely impressive. Although the leaders were anxious, they still waited quietly for Luo Xiao to speak.
Charge into Luoyang?
Luo Xiao turned around and looked at everyone, and there was fire in everyone's eyes.
That’s Luoyang, where the royal aura resides. If we can break into Luoyang, who can still say that we, the Taiping Dao, are thieves?
Luo Xiao also wanted to attack Luoyang from the bottom of his heart.
His heart is the heart of all people. In heaven, they worked together to destroy the destiny of the Han Dynasty, and heaven will no longer favor the Han Dynasty.
But this is not enough, and mortals don’t know it.
Therefore, on earth, Luo Xiao's goal became to destroy the sanctity of the Han court and to instill in everyone the concept that the Han court had lost its mandate of heaven.
But in fact, attacking Luoyang is not a particularly good choice, because it is difficult to succeed. There are not only eight passes around Luoyang, but Luoyang City itself is also high and well-defended.
When our ancestors designed the city, they wanted to build an impenetrable city for the Zhou Dynasty.
The best way now is to use Luo Xiao's powerful coordination ability to enable the Taiping Army in various states to develop locally, grow rapidly, and finally bring the momentum to overthrow the Han court.
At the same time, the nobles and powerful people in the Han court were eliminated one by one.
But the biggest problem now is that Luo Xiao doesn’t know how long he can live, and there is definitely no hope for him to pacify the world.
But one year and two years, five years and ten years are completely different!
After a moment of hesitation, Luo Xiao slowly said, "Contact the commanders in the prefectures and counties..."
As Luo Xiao spoke here, the literate Taoists in the Taiping Dao were excited and took notes quickly. It contained Luo Xiao's strategic plan and strategic requirements for the commanders of other states and counties.
Because they are so far apart, the leaders have great autonomy, but they cannot deviate from Luo Xiao's overall goal.
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Luoyang.
Huangfu Song fled into the pass and breathed a sigh of relief. The people around him looked at him nervously, feeling panicked by the defeat and extremely confused about the future.
Huangfu Song's mentality may be the best one among them, he is a true hero.
Seeing everyone's regretful expressions, he immediately scolded them, "Everyone, raise your heads. Victory and defeat are common in the military.
How many people in this world have never experienced failure?
If you get upset when you fail, how can you fight back?
What we should think about now is not the last failure, but how to survive the accountability of the emperor and the ministers.
How can I let the emperor and the ministers know that although we were defeated, it was not because I, Huangfu Song, was incompetent, but because Zhang Jue, the leader of the Taiping Army, was too strong. "
Huangfu Song was actually not too worried about his own safety.
In the Han Dynasty, there were few people who could become prefects even after being framed by eunuchs.
Most people, even ministers at the level of the Three Dukes, such as Chen Fan, who was famous all over the world, died.
Huangfu Song is not only famous throughout the world, his ability in fighting is also recognized by the whole court. Such technical talents will always have some privileges.
Especially in the current situation, the emperor is not stupid enough to kill the general.
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The situation in the court was exactly as Huangfu Song had expected. After learning of his defeat, the whole court was shocked. It was simply outrageous that he led the most elite troops of the Han Dynasty, but was defeated by the peasant army.
Some of Huangfu Song's political enemies even seized on this point and said that he had ulterior motives and was an accomplice of the Taiping Army.
But everyone knew that Huangfu Song could not do these things with his undefeated reputation throughout his life.
What's in it for him?
Before going to Hebei, he fought his way from Luoyang to Nanyang and first pacified the Taiping Army in the Sanhe area.
Moreover, he had a large army at his command. If he attacked Luoyang directly, he would have wiped out the emperor and the ministers at once.
How could it be the Taiping Army's accomplice?
A surge of attacks came towards Huangfu Song. Everyone was criticizing him and demanding severe punishment for him, but among these attacks, only one person mentioned severe punishment, and almost no one said that Huangfu Song should pay with his life.
It is a typical case of loud thunder but little rain.
It's not just the courtiers outside the palace, but the eunuchs inside the palace as well.
This group of eunuchs really wanted to kill Huangfu Song, but the Taiping Army was too close to Luoyang.
In addition to Huangfu Song, there were Zhu Jun and Lu Zhi, one in Nanyang and the other in Yangzhou.
The rest of the most capable generals were still in the border counties, scattered around Luoyang, and Huangfu Song was the strongest one.
How dare they kill Huangfu Song?
Huangfu Song even calmly wrote in the letter: "Now the country is in turmoil, and there is disunity among the states and counties. If the rebel leader Zhang Jue contacts the Taiping Army in Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Liangzhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou and other places, gathers millions of people and attacks the eight passes together, with the current strength of the court, can it hold on?
I think it is impossible.
Many of the families of the nobles and powerful people in the prefectures and counties were destroyed by the Taiping Army. They recruited local militia but were not recognized by the court. They became resentful and accused the court, saying, "The court cannot control the bandits, and it suppresses us. Isn't this killing people with borrowed knives?"
The turbulence during this period can be seen from this. I am worried that if the party ban is not lifted soon and the recruitment of local militia is allowed, they will become alienated from the court and even join the Taiping Army directly.
The only solution now is to release the scholars from their factions, and let the heroes in each state and county lead their own local militia to wipe out the Taiping Army in various places, so that the various Taiping Army units cannot be connected to each other, and the states and counties can be separated into states, counties, and even counties. "
Times have changed. If it were before, Huangfu Song could have directly chosen a county to be the prefect after hearing these words.
But this time, after he submitted the letter, the emperor and the ministers were silent at first, and then quickly responded.
"To support the enemy and protect oneself is the best way."
Faced with this situation, Huangfu Song mocked himself helplessly.
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The annihilation of the imperial guards in the "Battle of Ferry" caused a heavy blow to the central government of the Han court, which instantly switched from strategic offense to defense. The outcome of this war was not a serious blow to the Han court, but it left endless disasters.
After the victory, Zhang Jue, the leader of the Taiping Army, carried out an internal reform. This reform completely transformed the Taiping Army and its military strength expanded rapidly, which was a necessary condition for the development of subsequent events.
The reversal of the offensive and defensive situation between the Taiping Army and the Han court was so sudden that the decline of the Han court was not a smooth parabola, but went straight downward.
This is a typical example of how heroes accelerate the course of history! - History of the Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty
(End of this chapter)
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