On the west bank of Yingshui River, the last organized army of the Han army also retreated.
Half an hour ago, defeated troops from Huangfu Song's army swam across the Yingshui River and surrendered to Zhu Jun's army. Zhu Jun and other generals finally knew the story of Huangfu Song's army.
Is Huangfu Song alive or dead? The Taishan Army from the other side is actually here?
After that, more and more defeated troops arrived, and more details of the battlefield were learned by Zhu Jun and others. Finally, the generals discussed it and admitted the battle. It was impossible for the Han army to fight against the Taiping army of Yingyang again.
However, fierce conflicts broke out among the generals about where to withdraw. Especially the guard Fu Xie insisted on getting closer to General Zuo Zhonglang. But the other generals did not agree. It can be said that Huangfu Song's lieutenant Zhao Rong The act of abandoning Zhu Jun's army alone has made Sun Jian and other powerful generals full of disbelief in General Zuo Zhonglang.
And Zhu Jun didn't want to return, which would be a failure. Instead of retreating to the rear and receiving orders from the court, it would be better to continue to get closer to Runan. There, he could connect with the local powerful forces and directly attack the rear of the Yellow Turban Army. At that time, he would absorb the counties in the Huaisi area. You can still kill him again.
None of the generals had objections to Zhu Jun's decision, especially Sun Jian, who knew the Huaisi area very well and supported it. As for the guard Fu Xie, even if he disagreed with it, the coach had decided to do so, so he had no choice but to obey.è
Just like that, half an hour later, Zhu Jun broke out of camp and left without even cleaning the battlefield.
After that, no matter it was the Runan Yellow Turban on the west bank or the Yingchuan Yellow Turban on the east bank, everyone reacted. The Han soldiers retreated, leaving behind a baggage full of battlefields.
So what are you waiting for? Grab it!
The battlefield baggage and prisoners on the east bank of Yingshui naturally belong to the Yingchuan Yellow Turbans. There is no doubt about this. But on the west bank of Yingshui, there is a bit of competition.
Although the Taishan Army swept across the Han Army in the rear, their numbers were small. On the one hand, they had to continue to pursue the enemy, so most of the baggage only stayed where they were.
Originally, there was still a faint internal competition among the Runan Yellow Turbans for the position of Qu Kuai, but when He Man sent Huang Shao out, there was no suspense.
Huang Shao originally had the will of Peng Tuo, the commander-in-chief of Ququ. Peng Tuo confessed this matter in front of all the soldiers before his death. It is very difficult to lie. He Yi, who was the first to arrive, had not hinted at this before. A guard made a lot of promises, but in the end he gave up after knowing that all the guards knew.
As evidenced by many soldiers, Huang Shao is nominally the new commander-in-chief of the Runan Yellow Turban. Moreover, Huang Shao is not weak in terms of strength. First, He Man stood firmly on his side, and then the two of them found Liu Pi. After promising something, Liu Pi also sided with Huang Shao.
He Yi and Gong Du were the ones who had ideas about Qu Shuai's position, but they were at odds with each other. As for Wu Ba, the last strongman, he had not come back yet and was still staying on the east coast.
In this way, with the support of the old brothers left by Peng Tuo in the Chinese Army, and with the position of more than half the powerful commander, Huang Shao became the new Runan Qu Commander.
The first thing he did when he became the leader was to grab the baggage from the Taishan Army. Of course, in the eyes of the Runan Yellow Turbans, these baggage belonged to them.
Millet, money, clothes, money, carts, war horses, and the baggage left by the Han army piled up like mountains on the battlefield. In order to secure his position, Huang Shao directly used this method to win over the soldiers. But what did the Taishan army think?
The Yellow Turban Company in Runan snatched dozens of war horses, and a conflict broke out between the Taishan Army and the Runan Yellow Turban Army. These dozens of war horses were collected from the battlefield by a team under Wang Zhang's command, because most of the people were
The war horses continued to be collected, and only one team of soldiers was responsible for guarding.
Then the Runan Yellow Turbans rushed up to grab these dozens of war horses. Instead of trying to collect them one by one, weren't these ready-made? Seeing the Yellow Turbans rushing up to grab the horses, a five-man team from the Taishan Army rushed up to stop them, but they were all stopped.
Got beaten up.
In particular, their corps leader was slapped six times in the mouth by a rough yellow turban boy opposite. The man slapped him and cursed:
"Donkey Ball, I didn't just look at you because you were a match for Mount Tai, I just made a fool of you. This mouth is just to make you remember, and you dare to compete with us, Ru Nanfang. You are going against heaven!"
The chaos here attracted Sun Yu, the Taishan army general who set up a flag nearby.
Sun Yu was driving back with a dozen people and a few captured war horses. Then he saw He Tie, the corps leader he had left behind to guard the horses, being whipped by the Runan Yellow Turban, while the others were still leading their horses.
The man's anger suddenly boiled up, and he ran over, and then whipped the young Runan yellow scarf general who was beating him to the ground with a whip.
This whip hit the man's skin to pieces, but the Runan yellow scarf behind him did not dare to protect him.
After all, these Runan Yellow Turbans still knew that if the Taishan Army had not arrived on the battlefield in time, they might have died in this war. In other words, the Taishan Army was their savior.
Originally, when I followed this young handsome man to seize the horse, my mentality was just sneaky and lucky. But now that the real owner has come, he not only leaves immediately but also wants to beat him up. This is really unjustifiable.
The young handsome man was so disfigured by the whip that he wanted to get it back again, but looking at the looks of his companions behind him, he knew in his heart that this was not going to work. In the end, he said a few harsh words and left in embarrassment.
Captain Sun Yu looked disdainfully at the group of Runan Yellow Turbans who were going away, spitting thick phlegm on the ground, then pulled up the beaten team leader He Tie and cursed:
"If you encounter this kind of thing, just fight it back, you turtle, don't even think about becoming my soldier."
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At the edge of the battlefield, there was the original defensive barrier of the Han army.
The Taishan Army is here now. Small groups are constantly leading prisoners into the camp, and then sending them into the newly fenced fence.
Because Zhang Chong decided to stay in Yingyang longer, he wanted to meet with the Yellow Turban commanders from Yingchuan and Runan to discuss the next strategy.
So at this time, many military officials were directing the former Han army's followers to join the strong men and rebuild the damaged forts. It was not to guard against anyone, but it was always right to do things on a prudent side.
At this moment, Yan Zhuang, the chief secretary of the army, was inspecting the camp with Zhang Chong, the leader of the army.
Yan Zhuang has been a little proud of himself recently. His younger brother Yan Gang has repeatedly won military exploits in the Cavalry and has now become the deputy commander. It can be said that they are Yan brothers, one is on the inside and the other is on the outside, and both are blossoming.
But he was happy to try again. Yan Zhuang was still doing what he was doing seriously. He knew where his foundation was. At this time, he was meticulously reporting the latest statistics:
"Commander Qu, aside from the 800 Han cavalry captured in the previous battle, the number of prisoners currently inspected includes 400 cavalry, 1,400 Han soldiers, 600 swordsmen, and 12,000 soldiers.
In addition, the most important war horses are still gathering, and there are currently 600 horses in the stalls. In addition, the Han army has six camps, and our army has fought three, including 6,000 pieces of military uniforms, and 100,000 shi of corn left.
Countless money and silk."
At this moment, Zhang Chongzheng walked to a larger fence. Inside, there were people in ragged clothes and all kinds of people.
Zhang Chong pointed to Yan Zhuang behind him and said:
"Are these the disciples of the Han army?"
Nodding solemnly.
Previously, the Han army had 40,000 soldiers, but the number of followers alone was 40,000. After several battles, many of them fled, but in the end, 12,000 people were captured by Taishan's army, which was a lot.
"How many people are in this column?"
"This column is five hundred people. There are a total of twenty-four such fences, divided into four fields."
Looking at these skinny men and women, Zhang Chong couldn't bear it. These people were poor people who were forcibly recruited by the Han soldiers, and now they were locked up like animals.
So Zhang Chong said:
"These Dingkou are our greatest asset in this war. These people generally have hatred against the Han soldiers, and a little propaganda can help them stand on our side. Therefore, we must not slack off in eating. We must calm these people's hearts as soon as possible."
Yan Zhuang hesitated for a moment and asked:
"Don't we send these people back to their hometowns like in the past?"
Obviously, Yan Zhuang did not want to support these people. After all, if more than 10,000 people were to eat, the daily cost of corn would be a fraction.
Of course Zhang Chong understood what Yan Zhuang meant. In the past, all the captured Han army disciples were sent back to their hometowns with food. Because at that time, the army implemented a strategy of elite troops, and bringing these people with them would only hinder the army's mobility.
But looking at the old and weak men and women in the column, Zhang Chong sighed and asked:
"Do you still think these people have families?"
When Yan Zhuang heard this, he fell silent.
They came all the way from Fengqiu. The big and small dock walls in the middle were either destroyed by Han soldiers or looted by Taiping Road. How could there be any human habitation there?
Zhang Chong continued:
"We are different this time. We are going to stay near Yingchuan for a while. During this time, we can conduct further investigations on these twelve thousand people to see which of them are craftsmen, which are farmers, and which are
There is craftsmanship. In short, everyone who is born must have a use. We just want to put these more than 10,000 people to use."
Yan Zhuang felt a pain in his heart, secretly thinking that this was not a simple job, but Qu Kui had made up his mind, and they could only do it with their heart.
At this time, the Taishan sergeants who had returned from the battlefield told Zhang Chong one after another about the tyrannical behavior of the Yellow Turbans in Runan. All the army officials were resentful, saying that they were ungrateful and ungrateful.
Zhang Chong listened to these words that were not conducive to unity, but did not stop them. Although there is an old saying, "Don't say things that are not conducive to unity." But if you don't do something, how can others be willing to be united by you? They do want to unite with you.
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July 24, the sixth year of Guanghe.
On the west bank of Yingshui River, the battlefield that was originally full of corpses has been cleared one after another, followed by a huge military market, where countless people are trading with each other.
This was Zhang Chong's suggestion. Zhang Chong wanted to use the captured baggage to exchange prisoners with the commanders from each battalion in Runan.
Two days ago, Zhang Chong met Ma Yuanyi, the envoy of the gods, and Huang Shao of the Runan Yellow Turban. In Ma Yuanyi's tent, Zhang Chong greeted Ma Yuanyi for rescuing each other many years ago, and Huang Shao also expressed his gratitude to Zhang Chong.
Chong expressed his gratitude for traveling hundreds of miles to rescue him, and the atmosphere was relatively relaxed and warm.
No matter how huge the damage to Taiping Road is, everyone in this big tent at this time is the winner of this war.
The main purpose of Zhang Chong's meeting with Ma Yuanyi and Huang Shao this time was to confirm their strategic views on the next step.
But the first thing happened, everyone broke down.
Did Ma Yuanyi want to lead his people to continue heading north, or attack Luoyang, the capital, as planned. After escaping from Luoyang, what he thought about all the time was to lead his people back to Luoyang and massacre all the ministers of the dynasty for the sake of his comrades who died in vain.
revenge.
But Huang Shao from Runan is unwilling to go north. Unlike the former canal leader Peng Tuo, Huang Shao and other young commanders generally do not have much identification with Hebei Taiping Road. Because they all developed their respective canal leaders in their hometowns.
Their roots remained in the local area. The original first-generation Qukui were still connected to each other because of the overall strategy of Taiping Road. By the time Huang Shao's group was established, it was inevitable that they would fall apart.
Huang Shao ignored Ma Yuanyi's embarrassment and said directly that he would take his brothers back to Runan. The old brothers who had stayed behind were severely reduced in number under the attack of powerful troops led by Wang Yun, the shepherd of Yuzhou. Now, Han Youzhong
General Zhu Jun also led the main force of more than 10,000 Han troops south to Runan. If Huang Shao did not bring his men back, the old brothers in Runan would surely suffer a fatal blow.
This was absolutely unacceptable to Huang Shao. Huang Shao, who came from a lower class background, made a clear distinction between fighting for his children in his hometown or fighting for San Zhang who was far away in Hebei.
The huge division of the Yellow Turbans in Runan and Yingchuan was placed directly in front of Zhang Chong. He originally wanted to suggest that the two armies go north to attack Aocang with him. As long as the logistics of Beizhonglang General Lu Zhi is cut off, the three major Han armies will
The main force is really either disabled or dead.
The current situation was something Zhang Chong never expected before the war. But at this point, Zhang Chong still made his suggestion known.
Sure enough, not only Huang Shao shook his head, but even the divine envoy Ma Yuanyi rejected Zhang Chong after repeated thinking. Ma Yuanyi meant that if the army must be divided, he would tend to go to Nanyang, where there are still 100,000 Yellow Turban troops.
Ma Yuanyi now only has more than 10,000 troops at his disposal, so he is not very reassured. Moreover, many young commanders in Nanyang are his old subordinates. As long as he goes to Nanyang, Zhang Mancheng will have no choice but to be annexed by Ma Yuanyi no matter how much he has his own opinions.
That's right, it's annexation. In Zhang Chong's view, Ma Yuanyi's true intention is to annex friendly forces and restore strength.
Regarding the next step of the coalition's strategy, how important it is. Although everyone did not reach a consensus at the beginning, they still have to talk a few more times. And now that Yingyang has captured a large amount of Han army's corn, they can definitely do it here
While resting and digesting, we can continue chatting.
Finally, Zhang Chong suggested setting up such a military market. He just took a fancy to the prisoners in Runan and Yingchuan. Before, he didn't know much about the quality of the population in Runan and Yingchuan.
But when Yan Zhuang, the chief registrar, handed Zhang Chong a new batch of detailed investigation books about his disciples, Zhang Chong realized how hidden dragons and crouching tigers there were in Runan and Yingchuan.
The combined population of Runan and Yingchuan is nearly 3.5 million. In addition to a large number of well-dressed and powerful people, there are more Guizhou heads. And these Guizhou heads generally have very good quality, such as the more than 10,000 disciples surrendered by Zhang Chong.
Attachment, one in ten men actually knows Braille to some extent, which is very scary. You must know that in the late Qing Dynasty, when literacy was so popular, less than 20% were literate.
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This is actually why Zhang Chong doesn't know the origin of these disciples. They are not really disciples. Counting up many generations, they are more or less powerful. The population of these people has increased from generation to generation, and the social class has become lower and lower, but
The flow from top to bottom has brought down the previous cultural literacy to some extent. This has created the terrifying literacy rate in Ying and Ru. And compared with other places where literacy is useless, the Ruying area has developed commerce and literacy.
Skills are inherently more practical than those in other regions.
After obtaining this data, Zhang Chong made up his mind to build a military market and attract these high-quality Guizhou leaders no matter how much it cost. Only then did he understand why later generations of Cao thieves said they must rely on the intelligence of the world, and then
I chose Yingchuan and Runan. These two places are the real think tanks in the world.