The scouts who scattered out reported that the Qiang rebels retreated from Chang'an to Chencang, and the motive was unknown.

After receiving the information, Huangfu Song ordered the army to rest for a while, preparing to survive this cold winter, and wait for the snow to melt in the spring and winter of the next year, and then gather the army to fight the rebels.

The winter climate here in Guanzhong is not suitable for attacking fortified positions.

However, the early spring came, and the winter snow in the fields had not yet melted, and Huangfu Song could not wait for the news of the rebels, but waited for the imperial court's inscription.

When begging for the yellow turban last year, Huangfu Song passed through Yedi and found that the residence of Zhao Zhong, a regular servant, exceeded the regulations of the imperial court, so he confiscated it to the Son of Heaven.

After Zhao Zhong learned about it, he held a grudge against this and wanted to unite with Zhang Rang to deal with Huangfu Song.

Zhang Rang, the head of the ten permanent servants, is an extremely greedy old eunuch, he feels that Huangfu Song is from Jiangmen after all, with a solid background, there is no need to make a fish to death, originally both sides went their own ways, but Huang Fu Song did go too far this time.

Zhang Rang sent a small yellow gate to Chang'an and asked Huangfu Song for 50 million money. If it is given, then everything can be treated as if nothing happened.

Huangfu Song refused to give it, so Zhang Rang secretly instigated the party henchmen to impeach Huangfu Song for a series of battles to no avail, and spent countless money and food. The Son of Heaven didn't believe it at first, but after a long time, the three of them became tigers, and Liu Hong followed and believed it. not only sent someone to recall Huangfu Song from Chang'an, but also collected the seal of his left cavalry general, and cut off 6,000 feudal households. Changed the title of the townsman, and there were 2,000 households.

Huangfu Song has been loyal to the Han family for many years, and now that he is treated like this, the sorrow in his heart can be imagined.

However, the king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers cannot not die.

Huangfu Song, who received the edict, packed his bags, only took five or six personal guards, and returned to Luoyang.

As soon as Huangfu Song left, there was no governor in Chang'an City, and the plan to attack the rebels was delayed again and again.

Until May, Zhang Wen, who had not long taken over as Sikong, was ordered to replace Huangfu Song's general Che Cai, take over the important military affairs in the Sanfu area, and be responsible for commanding the attack on the rebels.

When Lu Bu met Zhang Wen, he met an old acquaintance, Sun Jian, a Jiangdong tiger who served as Sima of another department.

Prior to this, when Zhang Wen first arrived in Chang'an, he had used the edict of the Son of Heaven to sign Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo delayed for a long time before going to Jin to see Zhang Wen.

As a superior, Zhang Wen will inevitably blame one or two for being neglected. When Dong Zhuo answered, his attitude was casual and undeferential, as if he did not take the new boss in his eyes at all.

The content of the edict is to promote Dong Zhuo to the general of the captives and cooperate with Zhang Wen to fight against the rebels.

After Dong Zhuo received the order, he didn't say anything and left the mansion directly.

"Sikong, Dong Zhuo is very rude and arrogant. He shall be beheaded in accordance with the article of the military law 'Summons not arriving in time', affirming the decree. ”

Sun Jian is a fierce character, he can't get used to Dong Zhuo's domineering appearance of dealing with his superiors, and admonishes him to be beheaded in accordance with military law to shock his prestige.

Although Zhang Wen was angry in his heart, he still endured it, "Dong Zhuo has a reputation between the Turbid River and Longshan, and if he is killed today, the Western Expedition will have no support, and morale may be weakened." ”

Sun Jian strongly opposed this and listed Dong Zhuo's three major crimes: "A certain observation of Dong Zhuo's speech and demeanor, disrespecting you, despising the chief, and behaving rudely, is also a crime; Bian Zhang and Han Sui rebelled for nearly a year, and they should be requisitioned in time, but Dong Zhuo said no, shaking the morale of the army, and his second crime was also; Accepting the assignment, returning in vain, and the commander was late when he was recruited, and his attitude was arrogant and arrogant, and his three sins were also. ”

"If the general is interested in Dong Zhuo and does not immediately kill him, then the fault of damaging the majesty of the commander and the laws and regulations of the army is on you. The general commands the royal army and is powerful in the world, so why rely on Dong Zhuo! Sun Jian's tone was sonorous, striving for Zhang Wen to kill Dong Zhuo.

Zhang Wen seemed to have something unspeakable, he waved his hand at Sun Jian, sighed and said, "You go down first, let me think about it." ”

In the following time, Zhang Wen dispatched troops and gathered 100,000 soldiers and horses from the surrounding counties such as Zuo Fengyi and Right Fufeng, ready to fight the rebels.

After the troops were assembled, Zhang Wen personally led the army out of the city and stationed in Meiyang.

Han Sui heard the news and immediately led his army to attack. Fortunately, Zhang Wen had expected it and personally led the army to meet the attack, coupled with Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu leading the cavalry to attack from the left and right flanks, causing the rebels to be unable to defend themselves and retreat in defeat.

After cleaning up the battlefield, in the temporary tent of deliberations, Sikong Zhang Wen stroked his palms and laughed, he didn't expect to win such a big victory for the first time in commanding the troops.

After the generals sat down, Zhang Wen glanced around, and first praised Dong Zhuo: "In this battle, Zhong Ying should be the first merit, if you hadn't reminded him in time, this general would most likely suffer heavy losses." ”

"Sikong doesn't have to be too humble, this is the general's job." Dong Zhuo hugged Zhang Wen with a fist, and a cruel smile appeared next to his fierce face, which made people tremble.

Zhang Wen nodded, and then looked at the generals in the tent, also appreciating: "Of course, this defeat of the rebels also has the credit of the generals in fighting. I will report to the court and invite you to reward and ask for merit. ”

"Thank you, Sikong!" The generals hugged their fists in thanks, their eyes showed joy, and their good impression of Zhang Wen in their hearts was rising. As for whether Zhang Wen will march and fight, they don't know very well in their hearts, but at least this third prince is very good at being a man.

"What's next?" Zhang Wen asked.

Repelling the rebel attack does not mean that the war has been won. Only by completely recovering Liangzhou and quelling the Qiang chaos can this trip be regarded as a successful end.

As soon as the words fell, a middle-aged general got up and clenched his fists: "A certain general thinks that he should take advantage of the victory to pursue, not give the rebels the slightest respite, and recapture Chencang first, and then drive them back to Liangzhou." ”

"General Bao's idea is certainly good, but Chen Cang, as a throat place to enter Guanzhong, has a strong defense, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it may not be easy to attack if you want to attack it." Another general stood up and gave his opinion reasonably.

"If you don't attack, do you have to wait blindly and waste the imperial court's food and salary?" Some of the hot-tempered generals were already yelling with dissatisfaction.

"Storming Chen Cang is no different from sending him to death, and he should ...... it"

The generals in the tent insisted on their own words, and they were fighting for each other.

The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable. Zhang Wen had no experience in commanding troops to fight before, so it was difficult to make a decision for a while.

Sun Jian, who served as Sima of other departments, saw Zhang Wen hesitate, and the look in his eyes was obviously extremely disappointed. He looked at the young general next to him, who also didn't say a word, and asked, "General Lu, why didn't you say a word?" ”

This Jiangdong tiger asked himself not to look down on anyone, but when he faced the young pilot in front of him who was famous and brave and good at fighting, he always felt a little ashamed in his heart.