January of the first year of Zhongping.
The Taiping Taoist uprising took the slogan "Heaven is dead, Huang Tian shall stand, the age of Jiazi will bring good luck to the world". In just a few days, hundreds of millions of people responded in thirteen states across the world.
The speed of this uprising was beyond the expectations of the court and even some aristocratic families, especially Zhang Jiao's 36-fang Daqu Commandery, who were even more brave and invincible.
In just one month, more than ten counties fell.
The Taiping Dao Yellow Turban Army has even reached the land of Heluo and threatened the imperial capital.
"boom!"
"My dear friends, who can tell me? What's going on in this world?"
In the Chongde Hall, after listening to the report of Huangmen Shilang, Ling Emperor Liu Hong instantly smashed the beloved porcelain in his hand.
A pair of tiger eyes glanced fiercely at the ministers above the court. When these central ministers saw the Ling Emperor's gaze, their pressure instantly increased, and they all lowered their heads.
In the thirty years since Ling Emperor reigned, he has practiced the Liu family's soul method "Red Emperor Cloud Sutra", and his soul training is truly terrifying.
At that time, Dou Wu's cultivation had reached the peak of Shenzang, and he had even condensed half a step of martial arts. He could be said to be the top powerhouse in the world. With the help of the military formation, his strength was comparable to the third level of martial arts.
You know, this state has not been reached for thousands of years.
After all, the divine Han Dynasty has been in peace for thousands of years, and martial arts is the most important thing. Only in times of general chaos can one make rapid progress.
Just like Emperor Guangwu, he was just an ordinary disciple of Confucianism when he was young. However, he was a general in troubled times. He retired from both civil and military affairs. In just a few decades, he made breakthroughs in cultivation one after another. His soul path broke through Yin Shen, and his martial arts reached the peak of Dharma. He was only half a step away from breaking through.
The Dharma state is reached.
However, since Guangwu ended the troubled times and the world was at peace, in the past two thousand years, there have been almost no monks in the third realm of civil and military affairs.
Back then, Dou Wu was dominant with his half-step technique, but he was still killed by Emperor Ling using the technique of the Red Emperor's Soul.
It can be seen that the Ling Emperor's cultivation back then had definitely reached the peak of soul refining, and he was killed in one fell swoop with the help of the Divine Han National Fortune.
Of course, his own soul was damaged, and he had been in the palace for this year, trying to repair his soul.
It's just that this is destined to be impossible to accomplish. If the life span is lost, it is almost impossible to recover.
However, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even if the spirit emperor's soul is damaged, he is still in the realm of a soul refining master. With a look of dismay, these ministers felt the pressure and couldn't bear it.
"Your Majesty! The traitor Zhang Jiao is trying to subvert the world. It is really abominable. The most important thing now is to send troops to suppress it. The local armaments are slack and cannot be stopped. Your Majesty, please order the imperial army."
A minister stood up and said loudly.
Of course, the people above the court are not all those who are fighting for power and gain. There are also some upright Confucian ministers. Before settling in the center, many of them had traveled to the various states of the Han Dynasty, and they knew very well that the government armaments in various places were too derelict.
Among them is the centralization of power in the court, and the lack of local military power.
Secondly, there has been no war between the Shenhan and Han Dynasties for too long. Locally, the original county soldiers and county soldiers have no place at all.
The government is unwilling to invest a lot of resources in it.
Over time, no one wanted to serve as county soldiers or county soldiers anymore. After all, they wanted to get ahead or survive as soldiers.
The local government is unwilling to invest money and food. What's the use of being a county soldier just to support yourself? Naturally, young people are not willing to do so.
The military camps in many places are full of old, weak, sick and disabled people, and some even have no old, weak, sick or disabled people at all. The local county and county lieutenants control the military camps and eat their pay.
The most powerful part of the entire Shenhan army, apart from the imperial guards guarding the imperial capital, were only the elite border troops.
Because the frontier army has to fight with the barbarians on the northern grasslands all year round, and has experienced bloody battles, ordinary people can become warriors who practice strength, so the frontier army is very strong.
Moreover, the frontier army may be the only place where ordinary people can get ahead.
The aristocratic families control the promotion channels, and the divine men's inspection system means that even many disciples from poor families have no promotion channels, let alone the common people.
As for the border army, as long as you dare to fight and kill, and make meritorious service, you will at least have a chance, not to mention being promoted immediately.
Looking at the court, most of the three nobles and nine ministers, who were from common people in poor families, were promoted through military service in the frontier army.
This can be regarded as a rule recognized by all forces.
Moreover, the border army was strong and could protect the Shenhan Dynasty. As for the local area, there was no danger and no troops were needed.
Therefore, the imperial court had always been indifferent and ignored the issue.
But now, there is a problem, and it is a big problem. The local armaments are in ruins, and the momentum of Taiping Road has swept through the entire Shenhan.
Although most of Taiping Road is composed of farmers, and the peasant uprising has little military power, but compared to the local army with desolate weapons and equipment, they can still swamp the place with their numbers.
Nowadays, news of the city being breached came from various places, and the imperial court was also a little worried.
But everyone did not despair, because the Shenhan Dynasty still had a powerful imperial army that was not moved. The millions of elite imperial troops were the most powerful trump card of the Liu family.
"I invite you to fight"
So soon some military generals woke up and stood up one after another, asking for battles. For military generals, only by having war can they gain military merit.
In terms of military merit and nobility, to this day, the Han Dynasty still acts according to the rules of Emperor Wu's period.
If we can suppress this rebellious traitor and take Zhang Jue's head, wouldn't we be able to become a marquis?
Who doesn't want to be granted a title of lord or general, especially the military generals, who are even more excited.
In the end, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ordered Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun to serve as Zhonglang Generals and lead a million forbidden troops to suppress the Taiping Dao Uprising.
There are many senior officials in the Korean and Chinese military, and there are not a few people like Duan Jiong who were killed from the border army.
But Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was also afraid of these military elders, especially those who were not familiar with those from aristocratic families, so he would not reuse them even more.
The reason why Lu Zhi and the other three were chosen is because they have special identities.
First of all, Lu Zhi was a well-known scholar at home and abroad. Although he was a disciple of an aristocratic family, he was notoriously upright. Such people were used to reassure him and he did not have to worry about the other party threatening the imperial power.
As a general disciple, Huangfu Song had been loyal to the Liu family for generations, while Zhu Jun was a disciple of a poor family.
Therefore, he can promote these three people for their meritorious service, and he doesn't have to worry about anything.
In addition, the three people have extraordinary abilities.
Of course, although troops are to be sent out, the millions of forbidden troops cannot be sent out casually, and the food is an astronomical figure.
The three armies went ahead without using food and grass. When the million-strong army really left Luoyang, it had already been more than a month. This was because Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ordered that all parties dare not neglect anything. Otherwise, they would just gather food and grass on weekdays. , I’m afraid it will take three months or half a year.
The Taiping Road at this time should not be the Yellow Turban Army, which was raging crazily throughout the Shenhan Dynasty.
Many wealthy families in counties and counties were impacted and disappeared in this river of history.
This chapter has been completed!