Wei Tong was taken out and beheaded in public, and then more Wei party members were picked up and followed in Wei Tong's footsteps.
Wei Tong and others, as the founders of Taiping Taoism, were purged in this way, which would inevitably lead to great turmoil.
In order to control the situation, Zhang Bao kept all the young commanders in the hall and were not allowed to go out. Then Zhang Bao transferred his old troops in Quyang into the city and started to recruit people according to the list.
Zhang Bao did not use the soldiers and horses in the city, but specifically used his old troops outside. This is because the Wei family has been rooted in Taiping Road for a long time, and no one knows how many people have benefited from it. If he uses the old troops in the city, he may attack here and attack there. The news leaked out. Therefore, foreign soldiers are usually used to carry out such cleaning tasks.
So from this point of view, in another dimension, Yuan Shao's suggestion to He Jin to mobilize foreign troops to the capital to eradicate the eunuchs is very pertinent. Because the eunuchs have been in power for more than a hundred years, who in the upper and lower parts of Kyoto is with them? Doesn't matter?
Moreover, in all previous struggles, the eunuchs have always been the ones who won the final victory. Who doesn’t know this among those who grew up in Kyoto?
Therefore, if He Jin really listened to Cao Cao's suggestion and wanted to capture the eunuchs with only two or three people, that would be a dream. As long as He Jin gave an order, someone would immediately be betrayed to the eunuchs in exchange for wealth.
Compared with the Northern and Southern armies, the advantage of foreign soldiers is too great. They neither understand politics nor know any eunuchs. If there is an order from above, they can just kill.
But there are also disadvantages to using foreign soldiers to enforce the law, that is, if one mistake is not made, the massacre will be indiscriminate.
At this time, Zhang Bao's old troops in Quyang were like this. Zhang Bao's old troops were fighting on the front line in Quyang, and their daily lives were very difficult.
Once we began to inspect the residences of the Wei family, we saw that they were extravagant, extravagant and licentious. Especially the residence of Wei Shou was filled with beauties and women from Yan and Zhao.
These miserable men were neither angry nor jealous. They were fighting bloody battles in the front, while the upper-class figures who were called Taoist envoys were enjoying themselves in the back. Thus, a systematic massacre began.
Zhang Bao, who originally gave the order, would never have imagined how quickly these Yellow Turban soldiers with firm faith would collapse when they saw the arrogance of the upper class. And the soldiers at the bottom who only relied on faith to restrain themselves, after the collapse of faith, How crazy it will become.
Zhang Bao didn't know any of this.
At that time, three thousand soldiers from Zhang Bao's old troops entered the city. Under the leadership of their respective military officials, they quickly raided Wei Shou's mansion and killed all of Wei Shou's party members.
At the beginning, when all the Taoist disciples in the city heard about Wei's execution, the whole city cheered. Because it was these Wei's party members who were responsible for controlling the supply of supplies to the whole city. These people usually deducted rations and enriched their own pockets. Everyone had already known that. blame.
That's not all. When the Wei Mansion was built that day, a lot of people were recruited, and there were many conflicts. Therefore, the Wei family members were arrested, and the whole process was cheered.
But gradually, the Taoist disciples watching nearby realized that something was wrong.
Those of Zhang Bao's old men who were responsible for arresting people became more aggressive with killing. From the beginning, they only killed the remnants of the Wei family, but then they implicated the entire family. These Yellow Turban soldiers not only killed with passion, but also had their own thoughts.
They have killed the remnants of the Wei family. Will the relatives and children of these remnants not hate them? If they come to power in the future, will they not retaliate against them? It is better to eradicate them now than to simply be retaliated against in the future.
As a result, the massacre began to expand, and more and more people were involved. The blood melted the ice and snow, and the whole city was filled with a fishy stench. However, the remaining members of the Wei family knew that they would not survive, so they rose up to resist each other, and fought to the death with Zhang Bao's tribe.
On this day, corpses filled the moat, and blood flowed down, only melting the frozen water.
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While Guangzong City was hunting and killing members of the Wei clan, at night, outside the city, the flying army of the Taishan Army, led by the guard general Shi A, climbed over the wall and broke in, directly arresting the owner and ten of his guests.
Remaining people.
The owner of this house still resisted, but Shi A cut off his thumb and threw it to the ground.
The owner covered his severed finger and said viciously:
"Who are you? Do you know who I am?"
Shi A ignored him, but a fat black man came in from outside the house and walked along the path:
"I know very well who you are. Aren't you Lu Xun, general Lu Zhonglang's guard?"
This man named Lu Xun turned pale when he heard this, and then he was about to bite his tongue and commit suicide. But unfortunately, it was a bit difficult for him to commit suicide in front of Shi A.
Finally, Lu Xun, whose jaw had been removed, and a group of his gang members were put into a sealed van and sent to another place in the city.
Afterwards, the flying army officers quickly cleaned up the place and left with Dong Zhao and Lu Xun.
On the road, Dong Zhao and Shi A were in a car.
Shi A couldn't help but said to Dong Zhao:
"Mr. Envoy, do you want to tell the Taiping Road in Hebei Province about the deputy envoy's communication with Han army spies this time?"
Dong Zhao thought for a while, then shook his head and said:
"This matter should not be made public. We just need to hand this person over to Ma Yuanyi."
Shi A nodded. During this time, he had been convinced of Dong Zhao, so he didn't say anything more about his decision.
Then just like that, Dong Zhao closed his eyes and rested in the car.
To be honest, Dong Zhao is really tired these days. He never expected that Guangzong would be involved in such a big whirlpool this time, but Dong Zhao also enjoyed it and played a decisive role in it.
Role.
And the beginning of everything was that Ma Yuanyi volunteered to join the Guangzong with the mission. After arriving at Guangzong, Ma Yuanyi left everyone and entered the military mansion. After that, no one knew what he and Zhang Bao talked about. It’s just that
Then Ma Yuanyi invited Dong Zhao and asked him to perform a play.
Later, Dong Zhao successfully lobbied Wei Shu to lead his troops to conquer Julu, and Zhang Bao took the opportunity to transfer Wei Shu away from Guangzong to prepare for the elimination of his wings later.
But in the process, a big change occurred, namely the Lutai fire this morning. This was not part of Zhang Bao and others' plan. Even if they wanted to cleanse the remnants of the Wei family, they would not choose to risk the safety of the great virtuous master.
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And the Wei family is even less likely to attack Zhang Jue, because Zhang Jue is still biased towards the Wei family, otherwise Zhang Bao would not throw a rat weapon at him.
Therefore, Zhang Bao and others knew that there must be a force in the city, and most of them were spies of the Han army. They set fire to Lutai to burn to death the Great Master, the spiritual leader of the entire Taiping Dao.
And who is this force? He, Dong Zhao, knows exactly. This person is none other than his deputy, Zhong Yan, a member of the Zhong clan of Changshe.
He arranged for Shi Achacha, who was monitoring Zhong Yan, to see him communicating with a group of people in the city one day before the Lutai fire. It was these people who burned Lutai.
It turned out that Zhong Yan was really a spy of the Han army.
Then Dong Zhao and Shi Ashun found the Han army's stronghold in the city and started cooking.
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Dong Zhao and others took Lu Xun to a private room.
At this moment, the fire in the room was burning brightly, and God sent Ma Yuanyi to personally take charge, preparing to torture Lu Xun.
Lu Xun was hung on the wooden frame. He looked at the yellow scarves who wanted to sleep on their skins, and smiled scornfully, but he was speechless because his chin had been removed.
Ma Yuanyi did not ask Lu Xun. Instead, he called an old man and asked him to concoct Lu Xun.
The old man looked wretched, but when he faced Lu Xun, he had an inexplicable eagerness. Lu Xun was a military man and was very sensitive to temperament, so he felt that this man had a sinister aura.
The old man smiled at Lu Xun, and then began to open a box, which was filled with gold needles. The old man thought about it, took out the thinnest one, and blew it, and the sound was clear and crisp.
Then Lu Xun saw the old man inserting the needle somewhere on his face, and then a heartbreaking pain came over him, making him sweat on his forehead and lose consciousness.
But it wasn't over yet. Another injection followed, and another. Finally, Lu Xun was soaked to the skin, with feces and urine coming out from his private parts. But the old man was still torturing him, and he had no choice but to die.
Finally, Lu Xun closed his eyes in despair and whined.
Ma Yuanyi, who had been watching the execution throughout the city, said slowly:
"Have you thought about it?"
Lu Xun nodded desperately.
So, Ma Yuanyi gave the old man a wink. Then the man took out the needle for Lu Xun considerately, and then the yellow scarf warrior beside him fixed Lu Xun's chin.
Ma Yuanyi said meaningfully:
"You have to seize the opportunity when it's given to you, but you won't always be able to meet my kind-hearted person."
Lu Xun closed his eyes and said nothing.
Ma Yuanyi was not in a hurry and just looked at it.
After a long while, Lu Xun finally said:
"What do you want to know?"
Ma Yuanyi asked:
"What is your name, how did you enter the city, how did you lurk, who did you contact, and how did you burn the deer platform? In short, I am interested in knowing anything you know."
Lu Xun no longer struggled and explained the matter in detail.
His name was Lu Xun, and he was the domestic slave of Lu Zhi, the general of Beizhong Lang, and also the general of the army. He entered Guangzong to assassinate Zhang Jiao, the spiritual leader of Taiping Dao.
Lu Xun was in Guangzong a long time ago. In other words, when Taiping Dao attacked Guangzong, Lu Xun was sent by Lu Zhi to assist Guangzong in guarding the city.
After the city was broken, Lu Xun prepared to die in the city together with the defenders, but he did not die after jumping into the moat and was fished out. After that, Lu Xun comforted the widows of the former Guangzong and the county officials who died in the city, and actively talked with them.
Get in touch with the Han army outside.
Soon the Han army's offensive swept into Guangzong, and Lu Xun and Lu Zhi got in touch and made an appointment to cooperate internally and externally.
Previously, Lu Xun relied on his bravery to recruit himself into Yan Zheng's command and became a general in charge of fifty people. Lu Xun gathered the elite Han soldiers who were originally scattered in the city and joined the Yellow Turban Army together. Each of them added up to hundreds of soldiers.
With the number 10 manpower, it is possible to win one door.
However, the plan to seize the gate was canceled because of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans who unexpectedly joined the battlefield. In this battle, the Han army was defeated. Lu Zhi led his army to Julu, and Lu Xun also lost contact with the Han army.
Just when Lu Xun was desperately preparing to take the opportunity to leave the city, the Han army turned around and actually won a great victory in Julu. After that, the Yellow Turbans in Hebei shrunk to Guangzong, and the Han army also contacted him again and asked him to lurk in Guangzong and take advantage of the opportunity.
Assassinate Zhang Jiao.
In order to make it easier for Lu Xun to win over the Yellow Turban generals, Lu Zhi also sent Lu Xun more than a dozen blank letters of complaint. If the letter was less than a thousand stones, Lu Xun could fill it in, and it would take effect after filling it out.
In this way, Lu Xun began to lurk and recruit people in the city.
The first person he found was his own Qu Shuai Yan Zheng.
Yan Zheng is an old man from Taiping Road. He is in his thirties, has a handsome appearance, a white face and a long beard, and is quite cunning. In several battles with the Han army, Yan Zheng has made contributions and has been promoted all the way to the top.
Xiaoshuai, you will be responsible for guarding the east gate of Guangzong.
Although the east gate was far away from the direction of the Han army's attack, it was already the most suitable Yellow Turban general that Lu Xun could come into contact with.
In fact, it was very dangerous for Lu Xun to seek strict government.
Because Yan Zheng was nimble and alert, he had the military nickname "Capable" and was the first echelon among the small commanders. In the original Guangping War, the Hebei Yellow Turbans originally planned to use Yan Zheng to replace Yang Feng to guard the important area of Guangping.
But before Yan Zheng left, Guangping had been captured by Lu Zhi's army. People at the time sighed:
"If strict government is in place, Guangping will not be lost."
From this, it can be seen that Yan Zheng is well-known in the military for his good fighting skills. Moreover, when Lu Xun found Yan Zheng, he was at the height of his power, so how could he switch sides?
But in fact, Lu Xun made the right bet, and Yan Zheng was really instigated by him, and the price was the prosecution of Ye Chengwei. However, Yan Zheng was also very cunning. He did not actually participate in Lu Xun's affairs, but was responsible for
His actions turned a blind eye and acquiesced.
He did not stop, did not take the lead, and did not participate. But once the Han army successfully broke through the city, the due credit for this still belongs to his strict administration.
This is the typical cunning of Guizhou leaders. They eat both sides and want both sides. But who knows, they acquiesce and participate in it.
The reason why Yan Zheng was able to instigate rebellion was not just because of the accusation, but because he was uneasy. As an upper-level military officer, he knew the extent of corruption in Taiping Road in Hebei and the strength of the Han army.
It is different from the enthusiasm of the people below who believe in Taiping Dao crazily and want to establish an earthly kingdom and open up the world of Huangtian. Yan Zheng believed everything Taiping Dao said. He was already confused about his future prospects, and Lu Xun's appearance was just in time.
He could finally jump off the Yellow Turban Army ship before it sank.
This is why for every dog-slaughterer at the bottom who is righteous, most of the people at the top are disloyal, because the latter are too close to power and are more desperate.
Later, with Yan Zheng's tacit approval, Lu Xun began to instigate rebellion against the military officials in the army. He used all 16 notices and didn't even keep his own.
Soon, Lu Xun found an opportunity, that is, Wei Tong, the backer of Yan Zheng, was transferred to the position of Chief of Lutai Guards. Lu Xun thought of a way.
That was to burn Lutai and burn Zhang Jiao to death directly. Moreover, this move could also be framed by the Wei family. He was friends with Guangzong and knew very well about the contradiction between the Wei family and Zhang Bao. He knew that the two factions had reached the point where they were incompatible with each other.
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No matter whether the action is successful or not, Zhang Bao must eradicate the Wei family. By then, Guangzong's chaos will be right in front of him.
In fact, all this happened according to Lu Xun's expectation. After the Lutai fire, Zhang Bao captured Wei Tong on the spot at the military meeting, and then launched a large-scale purge of Wei's party.
After the meeting, when Yan Zheng told him this with fear, Lu Xun was not only feeling happy? He was so happy that he felt so happy!
Then the whole city was in chaos, with fighting all over the place. Lu Xun listened to this and was immediately intoxicated.
Until the fat black man broke through the wall with someone.