In the fourth month of summer in the sixth year of Guanghe, Zhang Jiao's disciples came out of Jinan in the Tang and Zhou Dynasties. There was a great earthquake in the Han Dynasty. The country was angry and ordered Tiqi to arrest Ma Yuanyi. Fortunately, Yuanyi ran away and entered the Taiping Road in Yingchuan, but the Taiping Taoist disciples in Kyoto were captured. Three thousand were arrested, and they were all placed in the city.
The state issued an edict to the three ministers, the Sili Xiaowei, and the imperial guards and the common people. Anyone who believed in the Tao of Taiping was beheaded. People in Kyoto were panicked for a while.
Governor Zhang Jiao, a great teacher of Taiping Road in Hebei Province, has been exposed, and he went to all directions in the morning and night. At that time, Taiping Road began to rise all over the country, and they all wore yellow scarves as a symbol. The government offices where they were burned were burned, the towns were robbed, the prefectures and counties were lost, and many officials fled. , in ten months, the world changed color, and the capital was shaken.
At the same time, Zhang Jiao claimed to be General Tiangong, Zhang Bao was called General Digong, and Zhang Liang was called General Renggong. He also named Ma Yuanyi the envoy of the gods, and Zhang Chong was named the "General Chongtian" for his meritorious service in Mount Tai. All are rewarded.
As for the Han court, Yin He from Henan Province quickly moved to the rank of general and was granted the title of Marquis Shen for his meritorious service in arresting thieves. He led the soldiers of the five battalions of Yu Lin on the left and right to garrison in the capital pavilion, repairing equipment, and suppressing the capital. At the same time, he added eight officials in Kyoto. The establishment was expanded and eight officers and captains were established. Elite soldiers from all over the world were sent out, and Lu Zhi, the general of the North Zhonglang, was sent to attack Zhang Jiao, Huangfu Song, the Zhonglang general of the Zuo Zhonglang, and Zhu Jun, the general of the Right Zhonglang, was sent to attack the Yellow Turbans of Yingchuan.
But bad news soon came. The prefects of each county wrote to Kyoto, saying: "Monsters and bandits are like humans, but they are not afraid of death. Fathers and brothers are wiped out, and sons and daughters rise in droves. Counties and counties cannot control them." In other words, counties and counties cannot control them. Without a master, the king's life is cut off.
Liu Hong was frightened and had no idea, so he called a meeting of ministers.
It was also at this time that General Zuo Zhonglang spoke to Huangfu Song:
"It is better to lift the ban on the party, to hide money in the middle, to stable horses in the west garden, and to be a sergeant."
Lu Qiang, a regular servant of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, also said:
"The world's party has been imprisoned for a long time, and there are many resentments. If you don't forgive for a long time, you will conspire with Zhang Jiao to make things worse, and you will regret that there is no way to save it."
These words finally made Liu Hong change his attitude towards Party members. He offered amnesty to Party members all over the world and returned all immigrants, except Zhang Jiao.
This piece of news that liberated the Party members was like dew after a long drought, causing Party members all over the world to rush to tell each other. Isn't it just for this day that they condescend to work on the Taiping Road? They have long known that as long as the other side of the Taiping Road rebels, the country will be destroyed. Don't dare to treat them as cattle and horses. Sometimes it is useful to raise thieves to respect themselves.
But they also know that you cannot keep raising thieves forever. It is time to kill the thieves now. Otherwise, if Taiping Tao really conquers the world, what future will they have as Confucian scholars? So for a while, the public ministers and scholar-bureaucrats returned to their hometowns to They armed their own tribes with chariots, horses, and soldiers, and went to Kyoto to form an alliance with the Han court's suppression army, and began to suppress Taiping Road.
As for Taiping Road, it has been developing particularly smoothly since Ye Chi ordered all parties to start trouble.
Zhang Jiao, the general of Tiangong, started in Julu, Zhang Bao, the general of Digong, started in Quyang, Zhang Liang, the general of Renggong, started in Guangzong of Jizhou, Zhang Chong, the general of Chongtian, started in Mount Tai, Sun Ji started in Jinan, Guan Hai started in Beihai, and Zhang Rao In Pingyuan, Xu He started from Le'an, Sima Ju started from Qi State, and Guan Cheng started from Donglai.
As for Bingzhou, Guo Tai started from Hedong. For Yanzhou, Bu Ji started from Dongjun. For Jingzhou, Zhang Mancheng, Zhao Hong, Han Zhong and Sun Xia started from Nanyang. For Yuzhou, Bo Cai started from Yingchuan and Peng Tuo started from Runan. On the Yizhou side, Ma Xiang and Zhao Zifeng rose up. On the Yangzhou side, Wu Huan took up Kuaiji and Chen Bai took over Wu Commandery.
For a time, the world was full of wars, and there were countless people taking advantage of the situation. In a word, the world was in chaos.
Zhang Chong received a handwritten letter from the great master of Hebei on April 3. In the letter, Zhang Jiao explained the situation of Hebei General Teacher. At present, they have captured Julu County and are attacking Wei County. Hebei General Teacher's strategy is , after taking Wei County, they attacked Hanoi, and then followed the Yellow River and went straight to Luoyang through Mengjin Pass.
Then Zhang Jiao tried his best to win over Zhang Chong in the letter, not only granting him the title of General Chongtian, but also awarding Zhang Chong the first contribution to the uprising. The purpose was to allow Zhang Chong to leave Mount Tai, cross Jinan, ford the Jishui River, and enter the Jishui River. After joining Pingyuan County with Zhang Rao, they crossed the river from Pingyuanjin, the ferry of the Yellow River, and then camped with the Hebei headquarters in Yecheng, and then attacked Hanoi together. As long as Hanoi is captured, Zhang Chong can go to Luo with his three brothers Zhang Jiao.
By now, Zhang Chong basically understood the strategy of Taiping Dao.
It was Zhang Jiao who had no intention of converging with all directions on the Taiping Road, but planned to attack Luoyang from three directions.
One is Hebei Road, which is to take Zhangjiao's route from Julu to Weijun, then to Hanoi, crossing Mengjin Ferry and entering Luoyang.
Another one is Zhang Mancheng's Nanyang Legion, which goes north through Funiu Mountain, enters Ye County, and then goes north along Ru River to the south gate of Luoyang and Guangcheng Pass. This road was also taken by Sun Jian later when he attacked Dong Zhuo.
The last one is the Ruying Army of Ma Yuanyi, Bocai, and Peng Tuo. They can go north along the Yingshui River, pass Yangcheng, and pass through the Songshan Mountains. As long as they capture the Shenyuan Pass between the Songshan Mountains, they can go straight into the Luoyang Basin.
It can be said that this road is the least and most promising to get to Luo. This is also the reason why the Taiping Road has been developing in the Ruying area for more than ten years, and Ma Yuanyi went directly to Yingchuan after escaping from Kyoto.
From this point of view, Taipingdao's plan was to attack with three heads and advance together. Zhang Chong was not sure, so he called many of his staff to the shogunate.
This time it was a major matter concerning the future development of the Taishan Army and even the life and death of the Taishan Army. Staff from all over the country rushed back to Fenggao to attend this meeting.
In addition to the generals at all levels such as Guan Yu, Zhang Dan and other generals, there were also famous staff members. Duman brought Wu Guan and Shan Ming from Mount Tai. Shan Ming was the one who placed the amulet on the tower of Dongpingling Mausoleum. A Tang and Zhou student who saved the lives of Zhang Chong and others with a rope. Later, after he entered the mountain, he followed Wu Guan and was responsible for the declaration of righteousness in the mountain. This time he also followed Duman out of the mountain to listen to the conference.
Then there was Tao An who returned to Fenggao with Zhang Chong. Although he was a newcomer, Zhang Chong valued him very much, so he directly let him participate in this conference, and he became the core staff of the Taishan Army.
Finally, there are many staff who stayed in Fenggao, including Chief Military Officer He Kui, Chief of Military Law Cao Zhao Da, Record Office Shi Fan Chang, Chief Bo Yanzhuang, Secretary Gao Sheng, Taishan County Governor Cai Yong, and County Chancellor Zhuge Gui. In addition, Cai Two of Yong's students, Ruan Yu and Lu Cui, were recorded as assistants.
Zhang Chong looked at the gathering of brave generals and advisers in the hall, and felt in his heart that even if his family's wealth could not be compared with that of the Han Dynasty, it could still be compared with the princes of a county.
Before Zhang Chong discussed the letter sent by Zhang Jiao, he had something important to do.
He ordered two banners to be made:
On one side is an apricot-yellow flag with the words "Practice for Heaven", on the left it says "Land to the tiller", and on the right it says "To the laborer his own strength". This flag is the faith flag of their Taishan Army and the slogan of their Taishan Army.
He ideal. Then there was a large crimson banner with the words "General Soaring to the Sky". This was the flag of their Taishan Army and the banner of the entire army.
After the flag was set up, Zhang Chong awarded the flag to the ten generals under the command of the second captain and the three troops of his own army, because from then on, their Taishan Army would restore the order of Taiping Road and fight against the apricots of Taiping Road.
Yellow flag.
In addition to these old battalions, there are three new battalions, namely Xi Shen's Lushan Battalion, Li Bi's Yishan Battalion, and Wang Han's Laiwu Battalion, with each battalion having 500 soldiers. These three battalions are all in March and Lianghe.
Among those who were trained after the war, Xi Shen's Lushan camp was the first to be trained, but it only lasted about half a year.
After the flag-changing, flag-raising, and flag-presenting ceremonies, all the military officers and staff sat on straw mats and listened to Zhang Chong talk about what was discussed this time. In fact, Zhang Chong didn’t need to talk about it. These warriors all knew that what was discussed this time must be
Importantly, didn’t you see that Yang Mao, the military deputy who had been guarding the rear for ten thousand years, came to Fenggao to attend the meeting?
The first words Zhang Chong said were earth-shattering:
"Taipingdao raised troops in April, and now the Great Master wants us to go north across the Yellow River and camp with him in Yecheng."
Two important messages were conveyed in one simple sentence.
Taipingdao Uprising, and the General Religion Camp.
Let’s talk about the first thing first. In fact, everyone was prepared for the Taiping Dao uprising, because during this period, as they interspersed between the Wen and Si rivers, they had already achieved strategic success in the entire central and southern Shandong area.
Advantage. Now the generals in all aspects of the Han Dynasty are on the defensive and are constantly dropping troops from all over the Central Plains. It can be said that the pressure on the Taiping Road in the Central Plains has been greatly reduced. It is impossible for the Taiping Road not to seize this favorable opportunity.
But when Zhang Chong said that Taiping Dao, who was originally scheduled to launch a beheading in Kyoto, was led by Tang Zhou, except for Ma Yuanyi who escaped, the rest were relocated to the city. The generals couldn't help but curse Tang Zhou dog slaves. This man harmed them.
They didn't have enough power and dared to tell the truth. They all clamored to go to Kyoto and burn Tang and Zhou to avenge their dead comrades.
After Zhang Chong described the situation of the Taiping Dao swarm in the world and the generals one by one, the generals present raised their arms and shouted, except for Guan Yu, Yang Mao and other orthodox military officials from the Han Dynasty system, they knew the strength of the Han Dynasty.
, not overly optimistic, the other generals were already fainted with joy at the sight of one person shouting, "The world will follow."
Zhang Chong did not dampen the optimism of the generals, because in the early stages of the uprising, optimism was better than pessimism.
He only talked about the current strategy of three Taiping Roads entering Beijing. One road is Hebei Taiping Road, which has already set off from Julu to attack Wei County. They will then go through Hanoi, pass Mengjin, cross the river, and go straight to Luoyang. The second road is Ruying Taiping Road.
, numbered 100,000 people, gathered in Changshe, and prepared to go north from Yingshui through the Songshan Mountains and into the Luoyang Basin. The third road was Nanyang Taiping Road, numbered 50,000 people, left Ye County, passed Luyang, and went north along the Ru River, from
Pass Guangcheng Pass and go around to Luoyang Basin.
Now let’s take the three routes from Taiping Road to Luo, and then ask the staff and counselors to see which route is best and which one we want to join.
Heifu below asked in confusion:
"Qu Kuai, didn't the Great Master order us to go north to camp with him?"
Who knew that Zhang Chong just smiled and said nothing, or Ding Sheng intervened:
"Heifu, when did you listen to a great and virtuous teacher like this? What are we doing? We only listen to Qu Kui, who cares about God and Earth."
Heifu suddenly understood, and then Hanhan stopped talking. The generals did not make fun of Heifu. They all knew that Heifu had this kind of temperament. He could do things but had no brains. If you give him an order, he will definitely complete it without compromise, but you have to let him do it.
He thought that it was not only Heifu's nightmare, but also his colleagues' nightmare.
Zhao Da, who has always been a thunderous member of the staff, was the first to stand up and start to counsel Zhang Chong.