On the Jingzhou battlefield, Nanyang Governor Qin Jie devised a plan to lure the enemy in. He wanted to directly kill the Yellow Turban Army Commander Zhang Mancheng. When the plan was about to succeed, unexpected changes occurred.
At this time, hundreds of horsemen suddenly rushed from the south. They did not answer even after approaching the battlefield. They charged towards the center of the battlefield and then drove away.
Although this cavalry did not cause much damage to the Han soldiers and horses, it completely disrupted the Han army's position and gave Zhang Mancheng an opportunity. Zhang Mancheng abandoned the troops who were in ambush and mingled out among the rebels alone.
In Jingzhou, the only ones who are willing to support the Yellow Turbans and capable of rescuing the Yellow Turbans are the Xiang family who live in seclusion here.
Of course, it was not Xiang Yu who led the troops to support this time, but Long Jie, one of Xiang Yu's five tiger generals, who came to the rescue.
The reason why Xiang Yan didn't let Xiang Yu take action was that it was a waste of time to kill a chicken with a bull's knives, but on the other hand, she was worried that Xiang Yu's character would ruin things.
After all, Xiang Yu had always looked down on the Yellow Turban Uprising before, believing that the Yellow Turbans would never be a big deal. Moreover, Xiang Yu had always wanted to take action personally. If he were to lead the troops there, I am afraid that Xiang Yu could directly lead the troops to fight against the Han army.
Since this ambush, Zhang Mancheng has become completely cautious. He would rather miss the opportunity than take any more risks.
In this way, Zhang Mancheng relied on his superior strength to devour Wancheng bit by bit. Within ten days, the Han army was unable to sustain, Wancheng fell, and Nanyang County fell.
As a result, the entire situation in Jingzhou has become critical. What's more serious is that the Nanyang County Four War Zone can directly threaten Luoyang to the north, and if it goes east into the Central Plains, the situation will not be much better. By then, once
When Zhang Mancheng's army joins Zhang Liang and Bocai in the Central Plains, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun will be defeated. In this way, the Han Dynasty is in danger and the world is in danger.
Under the influence of the system, although only a small number of the many heroes of the ages have gathered together for the time being, it is obvious that the power of the Yellow Turbans has undergone a complete transformation, although this transformation is only maintained now.
From this, we can also see the extraordinary power of these ancient heroes. Under their secret operations, the Yellow Turban Uprising, which was coming to an end quickly, is still strong, continuing to consume the few vitality of the Han Dynasty and laying the foundation for their own future.
Let's talk about the Yellow Turbans. Originally, the Yellow Turbans were in a good situation, but Zhang Jiao's order caused the world's situation to change again.
In other words, Zhang Jiao knew that such a reason would arise, but had no choice but to do it. At this moment, the shortcomings of the Yellow Turban Uprising were finally exposed.
After the Yellow Turban Uprising, within a short period of time, the Yellow Turban Army was overwhelmingly powerful and was about to sweep the world. But at this time, Zhang Jiao issued an order to loot the world's famous families. But behind this order was the increasingly serious Yellow Turban war.
food crisis.
After all, the Yellow Turbans were not engaged in production, although Zhang Jiao had planned to store a batch of grain and grass before the uprising, and after the uprising, the Yellow Turban Army accumulated a batch of grain and grass through continuous plunder.
But in the end, it was all in vain, coupled with the huge population of the Yellow Turban Army. Within two months of the uprising, the Yellow Turban Army had a food crisis.
In fact, Zhang Jiao had anticipated this situation at the beginning of the uprising, and had taken some measures early to be just in case, and sent officials to manage the captured areas.
However, the members of the Yellow Turban Army are all civilians and other people from the lower class of society. These people may have some courage to charge into battle. However, it is really difficult for them to govern the local area and develop people's livelihood. It is precisely for this reason that although Zhang Jiao tried his best to
Local order was restored and people's livelihood was restored, but the effect was insignificant.
Facing the red-eyed Yellow Turban Army, and Zhang Jiao had already issued an order to loot the aristocratic families, some larger aristocratic families were fine, but most of the small and medium-sized aristocratic families suffered. Those small and medium-sized aristocratic families did not even have time to recover.
The gold and silver were so soft that they followed far away. Some aristocratic families did not even have time to escape, but were hacked to death by the Yellow Turban Army who invaded the house, and all of them were killed.
As the most powerful class in the Han Dynasty, how could the aristocratic family just sit back and wait for death? What's more, after suffering such a big loss, they would not be able to swallow this breath without revenge.
For some elites from aristocratic families, they have seen through the true nature of this gang of rebellious people. It is no longer feasible for their aristocratic families to sit back and watch the fight between tigers and wait for opportunities to further control their influence. If this Yellow Turban Rebellion is not put down as soon as possible,
I am afraid that their aristocratic family class will also be severely damaged along with the big man.
For a time, whether out of selfishness or publicity, all the Han aristocratic families contributed money and food to build soldiers and armor for the court and prepare an army. In a short period of time, the aristocratic families actually helped the Han organize a large-scale new army.
There is no guarantee of combat strength, but after all, they are fully equipped with soldiers and armor, which is much stronger than the Yellow Turban Army composed of farmers.
Some elite children of aristocratic families even directly joined the various armies of the Han Dynasty, either as generals and commanding the armies in battle, or as counselors and making suggestions for the generals.
The aristocratic family is indeed the most powerful class in the world today. Although it has not yet reached its peak as it did during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and became a powerful family, its power at this time is not weak.
Although the Han army, which had the full support of the aristocratic families, was still at a disadvantage in terms of strength, it was able to block the Yellow Turban Army's successive attacks. The Yellow Turban Army's previous overall advantage came to an abrupt end, and the two sides fought.
Maintaining a delicate balance for a while, the two sides were in a real stalemate at the two main battlefields in Jizhou and the Central Plains, and no one could do anything about the other.
There is a stalemate on the battlefield between the Central Plains and Jizhou, but the war between Bingzhou is about to begin.
As mentioned before, Wang Qing, one of the four major bandits of the Water Margin, once suffered great losses in Bingzhou. Later, Wang Qing was unwilling to swallow his breath and even stayed in Bingzhou by himself, becoming the Yellow Turban Canal Commander in Bingzhou.
The Yellow Turban Uprising shocked the world with its momentum, and everyone in the Han Dynasty was in danger for a while. With Wang Qing's character of revenge, he naturally would not miss this opportunity. Wang Qing actually tried every means to travel everywhere in person, and mobilized
More than 200,000 Yellow Turbans gathered outside Bingzhou, preparing to attack Bingzhou to avenge the shame of defeat.
Of course, apart from the robbers and bandits Wang Qing and Tian Hu originally gathered, only a small number of the more than 200,000 Yellow Turbans were Bingzhou believers, and the number was negligible. The other Yellow Turbans were mobilized from several surrounding states by Wang Qing's connections.
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Due to Li Xiang's tyranny, the population of Bingzhou is not large. Although the refugees gathered over the years have greatly improved the situation, in a war-torn world, population is a precious resource. How can Li Xiang let it go?
The Yellow Turbans have developed a congregation in Bingzhou. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Yellow Turbans have few followers in Bingzhou.