Yanzhou Chenliu, after a major disaster, the Han army was seizing the time to regain its strength and trying every means to recruit a new army.
Moreover, Lu Zhi also sent a large number of scouts or spies to investigate the current situation of the Yellow Turbans. Now, Lu Zhi is holding Huangfu Song, Li Xiang, Zhu Jun and others every day to discuss the next step in dealing with the Yellow Turbans.
The Han generals on Chen Liu's side are very busy now, and the atmosphere in the Luoyang court is not relaxed either.
In the main hall of Deyang, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was sitting on the dragon chair as high as before, staring coldly at the ministers in the hall.
"Is it true that I, a great man, can no longer provide any food and grass?" Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart and pretended to be calm and said.
Lu Zhi's battle report has been sent back, and Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong already knows that Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang, among the three leaders of the Yellow Turbans, have been killed together. Moreover, the Yellow Turbans have now taken the initiative to retreat.
Now, in the view of Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong, since the Yellow Turbans have retreated, it means that the Yellow Turbans are no longer able to survive. If the Han army does not take advantage of the victory to pursue the victory and take the opportunity to eliminate the Yellow Turbans, how long will it take?
Moreover, Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong also needed to vent his heart. Since the beginning of the war, the dignified Han Dynasty was suppressed by a bunch of chaos and could not hold his head up. He even had the power of subjugation. The Yellow Turban once became the Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong. The nightmare in Hong's heart.
Now, given the opportunity, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty Liu Hong naturally hoped to completely eliminate the Yellow Turbans. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty even wanted to eliminate all the rebellious officials and traitors such as Qin Zheng, Hong Xiuquan...
But when things came to a head, these ministers actually told him that there was no food and grass to support the army to continue the campaign. Therefore, at this time, Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong was very angry, very angry.
"Your Majesty, I have been fighting for a long time and I really can't get any more food." Faced with the question from Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Wei, who was born in the fourth and third generations of the Han Dynasty, stepped forward with an embarrassed look on his face and replied.
At this time, Yuan Wei occupied the position of the Three Dukes, and even the fourth generation of the Yuan family had great say. Moreover, Yuan Wei himself was the uncle of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the future heroes of the late Han Dynasty.
Behind him, Yuan Feng, who was also born in the fourth generation and the third prince, and many officials who looked up to the Yuan family also nodded in agreement, saying that they could no longer produce any food.
Hearing this, Liu Hong's face suddenly turned green and dark, and he changed into several expressions in the blink of an eye.
Naturally, Liu Hong knew very well about the empty treasury. At this time, Liu Hong asked the purpose of saying this, wasn't he hoping that these ministers could take the initiative again?
Before, when the Yellow Turban army was approaching, every time Liu Hong asked questions, he always asked for money and food. As time passed, Liu Hong actually had the illusion that the imperial court was completely in his hands. .
However, what happened today was like a huge slap that completely woke up Han Ling Emperor.
Until this moment, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty finally understood that he was still no different from before. I am afraid that not many people in this court would take him seriously.
"My dear friends, now that the Yellow Turbans are showing signs of fatigue, the opportunity for our big man to fight back has arrived. If any of my dear friends is willing to help my army with a batch of money and food, I will surely be richly rewarded in the future." Since hinting is no longer enough, I will simply give up. Emperor Liu Hong also stopped talking.
"Your Majesty, the yellow turban traitor must be punished by everyone. Every time I think about it, I wish I could go to the front line to kill the enemy. Now my government is short of money and food, but I am really helpless in waiting."
Yuan Wei said these words with great emotion, and squeezed out a few tears while speaking, to show that he was willing to serve the court, but felt ashamed that he could not do anything. If Li Xiang heard this performance, then
I must praise him more as an old actor.
And if someone who didn't know about it saw Yuan Wei's performance, they would have to praise him for serving the country and the people.
"Your Majesty, veteran..." Seeing Yuan Wei's wonderful performance, everyone in the hall was unwilling to be outdone and stepped forward to show off their acting skills.
Naturally, everyone in the court was unwilling to give to Han Ling Emperor's request for food and grass. They were willing to give it before because the Yellow Turban's knife was about to reach their necks. Out of self-protection, they had to
Give, even give full support.
Once the cannon is fired, there is ten thousand taels of gold. From the beginning of last year to now, it seems that this war has only lasted less than two years.
But in less than two years, families of all sizes have already spent more than half of their resources on money, food, soldiers, and even family soldiers or servants...
Now that the threat of the Yellow Turbans has dissipated, these aristocratic families will naturally no longer waste the resources that their clans have accumulated over many generations for the sake of the imperial court. In fact, some aristocratic families are already thinking about how to attract more money from the big man in the future.
He was trying to make up for his losses in the past two years.
Of course, not all aristocratic families are unwilling to support Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong. At least the Central Plains aristocratic families are willing to support Liu Hong with money and food.
After all, the Yellow Turbans still control half of the Central Plains. Naturally, these Central Plains aristocratic families hope that the imperial court can continue to attack the Yellow Turbans.
It is a pity that the Central Plains aristocratic families were the most severely hit by the Yellow Turbans. Nowadays, the Central Plains aristocratic families are in decline, and it can even be said that there is not even one out of ten. Although these Central Plains aristocratic families are still willing to support Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong's decision to continue to fight back against the Yellow Turbans
, but it is obvious that they are still somewhat incapable of doing so.
With the support of these Central Plains families alone, Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong could not collect enough money and food to support hundreds of thousands of troops on the expedition. Without enough money and food, it is obvious that the counterattack against the Yellow Turbans has become empty talk, and the army cannot be left hungry.
Go to war with your stomach.
In this case, let alone winning the battle or not. If this leads to a mutiny in the army and the last elite of the Han Dynasty rebels, there will really be no hope for the Han Dynasty at that time.
"Report, your Majesty, the Qiang rebellion in the northwest. Hundreds of thousands of Qiang troops invaded and invaded, and the troops are approaching Chang'an..."
It’s as if God doesn’t want Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong to completely eliminate the Yellow Turbans.
Here, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty Liu Hong was still trying his best to save money and food, but he couldn't get enough. Over there, the Qiang people in the northwest caused another big trouble for Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. This time, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty Liu Hong fought back
The Yellow Turban idea really came to nothing.
Compared with the Yellow Turbans, it is obvious that the Qiang people's deterrence is not weak. After all, although the Qiang people's military strength is much smaller than that of the original Yellow Turbans, the combat power of the two sides is far from the same level.
At this time, compared with dealing with the retreating Yellow Turbans, it is obvious that it is more urgent to deal with the Qiang forces that have invaded the border.