Chapter 1166: Untitled

The fifty thousand-strong army controlled by the Zhang Clan is the elite of the Border Army; if such an army were to be consumed in vain, would that not be a great waste?

Su Fan chose Zhang Jiao because Zhang Jiao's ambition is not to become emperor; Zhang Jiao's ideal is to change the class structure of this world.

This is what Su Fan values.

Other ambitious figures, no matter what, only think of themselves and think of changing their own clans, whereas Zhang Jiao is an idealist.

This is also what best aligns with Su Fan's own thoughts; after all, the Jiuzhou he hopes for is one that develops toward the era of the first life, and if so, Zhang Jiao is the most suitable candidate.

Moreover, Zhang Jiao's ability is not poor, his strength is formidable, and he possesses the Taoist Sect himself.

Although the Taoist Sect is a religion and, by rights, should not participate in national politics, they can simply separate later.

Su Fan, however, does not mind.

At present, the chaotic times of the dynasty have descended, and the Liu Han Dynasty does not have the hearts of the people, which is different from history.

In history, the Great Han was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even many noble clans did not want the Han Dynasty to be replaced, but in this Mythical World, whether it be noble clans and powerful families, or humble families and commoners, there are not many who support the Imperial Court.

The common people are filled with resentment, so the Liu Han is destined to be finished.

The clever people of the world can all see it, the ambitious ones have all begun to prepare early, and those clever people are also examining the world to see exactly who is suitable for them to assist.

Regarding those ambitious figures, Su Fan naturally does not have much affection.

Therefore, Zhang Jiao is the person he has selected, but it is not so easy for Zhang Jiao to succeed; after all, there are already many ambitious figures in the final years of the dynasty.

And with so many noble clans, although this world is not as particular about background as history, as long as your strength is strong enough, you can ignore some discrimination.

If you have the strength of the Refining Spirit Realm, even if you enter Luoyang, no scion of a noble clan would dare to look down on you, unless they are the type of playboy.

However, there is no need to pay attention to that type of playboy.

But even so, Zhang Jiao is still not the first choice considered by those noble clans and powerful families.

Because Zhang Jiao's Dao is different from these noble clans, naturally many noble clans will not choose Zhang Jiao; Zhang Jiao stands on the side of the grassroots masses, so his Dao is different from the noble clans.

It was the same in history; the momentum of Zhang Jiao's Taoist Sect was able to grow so quickly also because of the countless grassroots commoners.

But there were various reasons for the final failure, though the fact that the noble clans and powerful families did not stand on their side was a major reason.

Noble clans and powerful families represent talent, and the Yellow Turbans' lack of talent was also a primary reason for their failure.

It is true that the Inheritance Zhang Jiao obtained allowed him to go from a first-tier commoner to suddenly becoming the Great Virtuous Teacher, and he even cultivated some disciples and talents.

However, in terms of contending for the world, it is still a drop in the bucket.

Comparing him to the founding emperor of the Eastern Han, that great mage Liu Xiu, he could be said to be uniquely gifted, and seizing the world was quite easy; although among the people he defeated his enemies by relying on the great mage and supreme forbidden spells, in reality, he was able to seize the world more because many of the scholar-clans in the world chose him.

Zhang Jiao is clearly unable to do that, unless he displayed unparalleled power from the very beginning, such that the feudal lords of the world could not resist him, then those scholar-clans would compromise.

Therefore, it is not so easy for Zhang Jiao to overthrow the world and establish a new dynasty; Su Fan cannot personally step in and conquer the world for him.

Therefore, he needs to find some helpers for the other party.

This time, coming to Bingzhou and unexpectedly discovering the Zhang Clan, he realized they were a good helper; originally, he had his eye on Zhang Liao.

He came to search for talented generals, and Zhang Liao, as the head of the five elite generals of Cao Wei, was naturally indispensable; originally, Zhang Liao's background was not considered too good, so the possibility of Zhang Jiao winning him over was relatively good.

After all, ordinary people might not necessarily think highly of Zhang Jiao.

For those like Zhang Liao, because their background is not good, their Inheritance should also not be very good; Zhang Jiao, after all, has the Taoist Sect Inheritance, and this Inheritance alone could certainly attract many people.

As it turned out, upon arriving in Bingzhou, he realized he had thought wrong; this is a transcendent world.

Even if Zhang Liao's background were poor, placed in this world, it would certainly be different.

The Yanmen Zhang Clan of Zhang Liao is not considered a noble clan, but it is a powerful military family; in reality, it is no worse than a noble clan.

Noble clans mostly evolved from the nobility of the Pre-Qin.

Military families are actually not bad in this world.

The Yanmen Zhang Clan, after several generations of development, can be said to not be much worse than the Bingzhou Wang Clan in Bingzhou; perhaps the only difference is that their influence is much weaker than that of the noble clans.

This point is indeed incomparable to the noble clans.

After all, noble clans mostly control the channels for upward mobility in the regions, especially the Imperial Court and government offices, while military families at most have some influence in the army.

Although the Liu Han does not have the trend of civil officials ruling over military generals, the influence in the army is indeed far inferior to that of the civil officials.

Moreover, generally speaking, the head of a region is a civil official, and the second or even third in command is the main military officer.

This invisible, unwritten rule also makes the influence of the noble clans greater.

Of course, with the descent of chaotic times, everything has become different, and the influence of the army has greatly increased.

Unless a civil official has very strong personal strength, they can only be behind the military commanders.

This point is unavoidable; this is the Great Trend.

And at this time, the value of the Yanmen Zhang Clan has greatly increased.

However, after arriving here, he saw Zhang Liao, but an even greater surprise was his grandfather; it is true that Zhang Liao is a famous historical general, a general who entered the Wu Temple.

And his grandfather had no reputation at all in history, not even a passing mention.

Yet now it is different; this Clan Head of the Zhang Clan is much more formidable than his grandson, whether in terms of personal strength or the ability to lead troops in battle, far beyond what the current, immature Zhang Liao can compare to.

It is true that Zhang Liao has a lot of potential, but to tell the truth, even if Zhang Hu cannot reach the level of a famous historical general, he is still a qualified commander.

Regarding the use of Cavalry, he is absolutely very qualified.

In reality, such a qualified commander is also very suitable for the Taoist Sect and suitable for Zhang Jiao.

The military generals Zhang Jiao lacks are not just top-tier ones; those qualified commanders are also actually very much in short supply.

Zhang Hu's ability, placed in the current Taoist Sect, is absolutely the best, and even Zhang Jiao might not necessarily be better than him.

The Inheritance Zhang Jiao obtained includes Militarystrategy, but so what? Even if Zhang Jiao studied it thoroughly, it would still be nothing more than empty talk on paper, as he has never practiced it.

And although the Zhang Clan's family Inheritance is not profound, he has led the great army of Yanmen in Bingzhou in hundreds of large and small battles against the Grassland Alien Tribes; in terms of experience in fighting, he is absolutely very rich.

Militarystrategy is actually just the summary of those legendary figures on the battlefield.