Chapter 52: The Fall of the Yellow Turbans (3)
Updated: 2012-11-07
The next day, after lunch, the Yellow Turban soldiers bragged and slapped together as before, saying something that others didn't know, and compared it to see who said something novel.
At this time, a voice attracted everyone, and only one soldier said, "Do you know, in fact, the brothers we escaped had nothing to do. Even if the Han army caught us, they would not kill us, but would be treated well."
As soon as this statement was spoken, a storm suddenly stirred up in the hearts of all the Yellow Turban soldiers. The Yellow Turban soldiers did not dare to escape, on the one hand, because they were taken by Zhang Liang, but more importantly, they were afraid that the Han army outside the city would be arrested and executed.
The soldier said slowly, "I tell you, you can't spread the word, otherwise I will be in trouble."
Dozens of Yellow Turban soldiers around him shouted that it would be no exaggeration. One soldier said impatiently: "I said you would say it or not, I'll just keep it."
The Yellow Turban soldier looked at the expected gazes coming from everyone and said slowly with satisfaction: "To be honest, brothers, I was caught by the Han army outside the city that night when I went out. However, they did not make things difficult for me, but asked me if I would go back to be an ordinary citizen or continue to be a Yellow Turban thief."
"Of course I mean to be an ordinary citizen. A general-looking person told me that I should never be a thief anymore. Then I treated me with delicious food and drinks for a few meals and then let me go. I thought I could not just throw my brothers away here, so I turned back and told my brothers about the news that I would leave tonight." The soldier said half-true and half-false.
Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, the Yellow Turban soldier suddenly became anxious and said, "The general also said that as long as he wanted to stop being a thief, he would never be embarrassed to be an ordinary citizen. However, if he resisted desperately in Guangzong City, he would be killed and unpardoned when the city was broken."
After this soldier said this, many soldiers believed it.
The same thing happened in several places of the Yellow Turban Army. They conveyed a common news that the Han army outside the city would not kill the Yellow Turban soldiers who escaped from the city.
Although the Yellow Turban soldier repeatedly emphasized not to tell others, this incident spread quickly among the Yellow Turban Army.
That night, many Yellow Turban soldiers ran away again. Some Yellow Turban soldiers also saw what happened today, so they naturally tried their best to stop it. Seeing that they could not stop it, they simply followed the soldiers to escape. Anyway, if they didn't escape, they would definitely die, and it would not be necessary to escape.
The next day, the Yellow Turban Army in the city counted the number of people, and there were more than 2,000 soldiers missing, including some sergeant commanders, some commanders, and hundreds of generals.
Zhang Liang was angry again. Zhang Yan was still lying on the bed, so he had to kill a few more advanced generals to show his warning.
Not only did Zhang Liang's actions not stop these Yellow Turban soldiers, but they also made many Yellow Turban generals feel sad. As a general of the Yellow Turban Army, Zhang Yan has always been highly valued by Zhang Jiao. Unexpectedly, he was beaten by Zhang Liang for something and is still lying on the bed. Today, Zhang Liang killed several more generals, which made many generals disheartened.
After hearing this, Zhang Yan, who was lying on the hospital bed, called Zhang Liang confused and fainted in anger.
It seems to be to prove that the rumors in the Yellow Turban Army yesterday were not fake. On the afternoon of that day, outside Guangzong City, the Yellow Turban soldiers who escaped and were caught shouting to Guangzong City that they were good in the Han army. The Han army promised that they would let them go tomorrow, and behind them were Han soldiers who were waiting for battle.
This was even more exciting to the Yellow Turban soldiers in the city. The Yellow Turban soldiers who were hesitant last night decided to escape today. Instead of being trembling all day in the city and suffering from Zhang Liang's tyranny, it would be better to escape directly. Some soldiers saw that they had escaped so much and the city was difficult to defend, so they also ran away.
In less than ten days, the Yellow Turban Army fled more than 100,000. Although Zhang Liang kept killing the generals in the army, he could not stop the Yellow Turban Army from escaping. In order not to be punished by Zhang Liang the next day, many generals also took the lead in running away.
For a time, the Yellow Turban Army in the city became the Chu army in ambushing on all sides. The Yellow Turban soldiers outside the city who said they were well treated in the Han army were like Chu Qu; the Yellow Turban soldiers were only thinking about how to escape, and the Han army outside the city was also very well assigned to each other and never attacked the city. They brought the captured Yellow Turban soldiers to speak outside the city every day.
There are only tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers left in the city, most of whom are old, weak, sick and disabled, and the rest are loyalists of the Yellow Turbans.
Looking at the decayed situation in Guangzong City, Zhang Yan, who was being patrolled by the guards, could only do anything. Thinking about the great wise and good teachers who raised their arms and followed them, the Han army who killed them all the way was abandoned and dragged their troops. Unexpectedly, in just a few months, the Yellow Turban Army reached its current level.
Zhang Liang counted the number of people every day, and after getting angry, he continued to sing and dance to peace, and did not take the decay in Guangzong City seriously at all. Some of the loyal generals of the Yellow Turban dared not dissuade them, because those generals who went to dissuade were all beheaded by Zhang Liang for the crime of rebellion.
On this day, the Han army suddenly launched a fierce attack, with the momentum that they would never give up until they captured Guangzong City.
When Zhang Liang received the news of the Han army's siege, he immediately asked the guards to send orders to Zhang Yan to lead his troops to defend the city. Zhang Yan, who received the order, immediately went to defend the city with his wounds.
This time, the Han army's attack was very fierce. Although the Yellow Turban Army on the city repelled the Han army that was sieging the city again and again, the Han army was like an indestructible Xiaoqiang and launched an attack on Guangzong City again and again.
The siege lasted until noon and was still unknown. The city wall was covered with blood, and the corpses of the Han and Yellow Turban Army were piled up under the city wall, and Guangzong City was filled with a strong smell of blood.
At this time, only the sound of dong dong drums sounded from the Han army. It turned out that Huangfu Song saw that Guangzong City could not be captured for a long time, so he beat the drums himself to cheer for the Han army.
Seeing the commander's drums personally, the Han army stepped on the corpse under his feet and launched a fierce attack on Guangzong City again.
Guangzong City was finally torn apart by the brave Han army, and the Han army, who had obtained a breakthrough point, attacked even more fiercely.
Seeing the Han army attacking the city, many Yellow Turban soldiers abandoned their armor and fled.
Zhang Yan killed dozens of fleeing soldiers, but still could not stop the Yellow Turban soldiers from losing and fleeing.
More and more Han troops attacked the city wall, killed the Han troops on the city wall, guarded the breakthrough point of the city wall, and waited for more robes to come up.
Seeing that Guangzong City was really hard to save, Zhang Yan also cared about so much. He still shouldered the will given to him by Zhang Jiao, so he had to escape from the city wall with his confidants, and fled from Guangzong City with Zhang Ning and his men.
The chief generals who defended the city fled, and the Yellow Turban soldiers also retreated one after another. Some surrendered directly to the Han army, while others fled directly to the city.
After learning that Guangzong City had been captured by the Han army, Zhang Liang cursed and hurriedly packed up his soft spots and fled out with his confidants, heading to join Zhang Bao in Julu.
Guangzong City was broken, and Guangzong City, which had been besieged for more than half a year, was captured by the Han army.
When the Han army attacked the city, Zhang Liang disappeared. Huangfu Song personally led the cavalry and chased outside Guangzong City under the leadership of several Yellow Turban soldiers.
How could Zhang Liang run with two legs than four legs? Not long after he left the city, he was caught by Huangfu Song's cavalry. The reason why he could find them among so many fleeing Yellow Turban soldiers was inseparable from Zhang Liang's bright clothes.
Zhang Liang looked at the more than a hundred cavalry Han soldiers who were catching up with him, then looked at the more than 200 soldiers around him, and shouted loudly: "Kill a Han army, reward 20 stakes, and be promoted to another level." At the critical moment, Zhang Liang no longer cared about these external things.
When money and power work, when he heard Zhang Liang's reward, these Yellow Turban soldiers rushed towards the Han cavalry.
At this moment, two cavalry rushed out of the Han army. One of them had a phoenix-eyed lying eyebrow, long beards, and a long iron sword in his hand. The other was a leopard with a head and a round-eyed, wearing spear armor, holding a spear, and shouting: "Zhang Liang, come to your life!" The sound was like thunder, and Zhang Liang's legs were so weak that he almost fell to the ground.
These two people were Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and the two generals who followed Huangfu Song, and there was no enemy in the Yellow Turban soldiers.
No matter how rich you have, you have to have the life to spend it. Seeing that the Han army was very brave and powerful, the Yellow Turban Army, which had just become quite powerful, scattered and fled in all directions.
Zhang Liang was captured alive. Although Zhang Liang kept begging for mercy, Guan Yu still tied him up without hesitation and threw him onto a war horse.
Back at Guangzong City, Huangfu Song counted the losses and captures of the Han army, and then ordered the three armies to revel in the carnival to celebrate the victory of the Han army.
At noon the next day, Huangfu Song gathered the three armies, and rows of Han soldiers stood there neatly, waiting quietly for Huangfu Song's orders. On the side of the school, some Han soldiers were escorting the captured Yellow Turban soldiers, holding big swords in their hands, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn. The people also came with the people in the city invited by Huangfu Song. The people looked at the captured Yellow Turban soldiers and pointed at them.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Huangfu Song signaled everyone to be quiet, and then shouted: "The Yellow Turban Rebels are rebelling against our Han Dynasty. Now, we will catch the first thief Zhang Liang and behead him..."
The sword and axe were raised and the sword fell, and Zhang Liang died.
Huangfu Song, also known as the Han army, raised Zhang Jiao's tomb, killed his corpse and owed his head, and sent it to the capital together with Zhang Liang's head to report his victory to the Han emperor.
At this time, Dong Zhuo, who was far away in Hedong County, was cursing in anger because Zhang Jiao died like this. Zhang Jiao had been besieging Guangzong for so long. Zhang Jiao was not rude in his arms. Not long after he was transferred by the court because of unfavorable combat, he died. This great contribution was so cheap that Huangfu Song was in vain. How could Dong Zhuo not be angry?
After Jia Rong came to Hedong County with the Xiliang Army, he was busy with training every day, constantly practicing his own camp and cavalry. The methods of drills were endless, such as jungle warfare, mountain warfare, and plain impact warfare. Now what soldiers lack the most is the battlefield experience. During this period, Li Ru came several times and called Jia Rong a military training genius. Therefore, Dong Zhuo valued Jia Rong even more.
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