When the news of the Taishan Army sending troops came to Guangzong, the military officials in the city were very depressed.
In just six months, two large-scale mutinies occurred in Guangzong City. If the first was a spiritual blow to the church, then this last one was a blow to the courage.
Except for his direct descendants, not many people are willing to work for the unreasonable and illegal Zuo Beard Zhangba.
And these left-bearded men are naturally aware of this.
On the day when his army rebelled and imprisoned Zhang Bao, he began to regain power. First, he transferred Huang Long, who was responsible for resisting the Han army in northern Anping on the northern Xiabo front, back to Guangzong.
Huang Long holds a large number of troops, so he can naturally threaten Zuo Beard's position. But this man's family records are all in Guangzong, so he dare not resist. When his son in Guangzong wrote it in handwriting, it was personally given by an old servant at home.
When the letter was delivered to Huang Long, Huang Long hesitated for a long time and decided to go home.
Huang Long went south to Guangzong with only a few soldiers. As soon as he entered the city, he was captured by Zuo Zhangba without even seeing his family, and was imprisoned in a secret prison. Then in the early morning of the next day, Huang Long and his soldiers were captured together.
He was taken to the street and hastily executed on the charge of ineffective military use.
Although Huang Long was not a great military talent, nor was he very brave and good at fighting. But he was an old man in the sect, mature and prudent, and he was among the first batch of followers of Taiping Dao. This man was originally a direct descendant of Zhang Jiao, and was later assigned to Zhang Bao's strategy.
Qu Yang, in such a short period of time, was treated as an alien by Zuo Zhangba and eradicated.
Once Huang Long died, there would be no veteran generals on the Xiabo front who could calm the three armies.
But what's worse is that in order to strengthen his faction's advantage in Guangzong City, Zuo Zhaozhangba also withdrawn all the troops originally stationed in Linqing to Guangzong.
Linqing is in Qinghe, and it is the bridgehead for the Yellow Turban Army to resist the Han army in the Ganling direction of Qinghe State. In this way, the armies here are withdrawn. In other words, except for Guangzong, all the passes and passes along the way from Linqing to Guangzong
All important areas lost their cover, and the defense system completely collapsed.
Perhaps it was the long-term inaction in Qinghe that made Zuo Zhangba underestimate the Han army here. But in fact, as soon as he withdrew Linqing's troops, the Han army in Qinghe that had been dormant for a long time took action.
When the Qinghe Han army was dispatched this time, it was astonishing and as fast as lightning.
The Yellow Turban Army in the front retreated from Linqing, and the Qinghe Han Army in the rear fought out from Ganling. Under the leadership of the commander Shen Pei, the Qinghe Han Army marched for twenty miles and intercepted the retreating Yellow Turban Army to the west of Linqing.
After a great battle, 30,000 Yellow Turban troops were beheaded, 4,000 were beheaded, and 20,000 were captured.
It can be said that Shen Pei and his powerful Han army from the Qinghe Kingdom became known to everyone in Hebei during the First World War.
How did the Han army of Qinghe State become completely different?
It turned out that last year, when Yecheng was captured by Taishan Army in a surprise attack, Shenpei knew that a storm was about to sweep through Heshuo.
Most of his clans in Wei County began to migrate to Qinghe to join him because the wind was blowing in the wrong direction. As more and more aristocratic families came to the west, everyone in Qinghe knew about the Taishan Army's policy.
Dividing fields and analyzing households is simply digging up their roots. Even Emperor Guangwu didn't dare to do this when he conquered the world. How about your Taishan Army?
But the knowledgeable people of Qinghe Kingdom all know that the Qinghe County soldiers cannot fight. Let alone fight the powerful Taishan Army, these people will be in trouble even if they fight the Yellow Turban Army.
The Qingzhou Yellow Turban penetrated the entire Qinghe Kingdom.
Therefore, Liu Yu, the prime minister of Qinghe, had trouble sleeping and eating at that time. He was not only afraid of the future, but also unwilling to accept the fall of the Han Dynasty, and even more angry about the decline of the noble clan. Even in Liu Yu's heart, the last item was more important than the Han Dynasty.
important.
Clothes are civilization, and as long as aristocratic families like them exist, civilization can continue. Even if the world changes its masters, it will still be the same world.
At this time, Cui Yan, a prominent member of the county's prominent family and the leader of the Cui family in Qinghe, recommended Shen Ming.
Cui Yan has a majestic body, handsome appearance, and beautiful beard. He also studied under the great Confucian Zheng Xuan, so he was highly valued by Liu Yu, who was good at writing.
Seeing that Cui Yan recommended the judge, he also summoned this person to come in to oppose him.
Shen Pei immediately offered advice to Liu Yu and suggested forming a rural army to protect Sangzi.
He said that when Zhang Bolu, the great pirate, brought trouble to Qingxu, he relied on the method of strengthening walls and clearing the wilderness. He ordered powerful tribes to build strongholds and dredge, strictly guard the dangerous passes, and secretly capture the traitors. Only then could he be wiped out by the imperial army in one fell swoop.
But now if Qinghe wants to withstand the attack from behind by the Taishan Army, it must also learn this trick, even more thoroughly.
Not only did they have to build strongholds and dredge the mountains and join forces as forts, but they also needed to use local money and food to train an army belonging to them in Qinghe.
When Liu Yu heard the news, he was quite disapproving and looked down upon Shen Pei.
Why?
It’s one thing just because the so-called rural army, protecting Sangzi, was the previous imperial edict given by Liu Hong to the powerful people in Henan. But what was the final result? Anyway, the Taishan Army was not wiped out, but the local powerful people rose up.
Already.
But the judge's last words convinced him, and he finally said this:
"Every powerful family has its own property. Instead of moving in a hurry, abandoning the fields and houses, and being plundered by thieves, how can we stick to the village, defend our father and brother with our children, and protect the clan and party with our family assets?"
Yes, do these powerful people have any choice now? Instead of giving the thousands of furniture at home to the Taishan Army, why not use it to train the troops themselves?
Therefore, Liu Yu, who had no other choice, could only agree to let Shen Pei take charge of the work of organizing and training rural soldiers.
He was very capable in judging and matching, and on the third day after Liu Yu agreed, he issued a very detailed training policy.
There are three main points. One is that the powerful will help build strongholds and dredge the land. This is no different from the previous military training in Henan. But the second point proposed by Shenpei is very different from Henan, that is, Shenpei
It was proposed that in addition to the scattered rural soldiers in various places, a directly affiliated regiment training similar to a standing one should be organized.
This regiment is directly under the jurisdiction of the county. From the rural soldiers who have been trained in each county, strong and simple soldiers are selected to join the army. This new army will also be an important force for the Qinghe Kingdom to resist the Yellow Turban Army and the Taishan Army.
In terms of specific military training, the Shendu decided to follow the elite military policy of the Taishan Army and the Northern and Southern Han Army. That is to say, we should strive for excellence, not for large numbers, but for effectiveness, not for quick results. In half a year or a year, we can honestly Establish an elite force that is well-trained, well-equipped, and disciplined.
In order to improve the cohesion of the army, the Shenpai directly used the sons of powerful men as military officers. They wanted to use the blood and family ties of brothers, fathers, sons, uncles and nephews to consolidate the organizational strength of the army.
After that, Liu Yu accepted the strategy and mobilized thousands of warriors from all over Qinghe to Ganling to participate in the training of the new army. At that time, three generals stood out among the thousands of new troops, namely Jiao Hu, Zhao Rui, and Jiang Yiqu. In addition to these three In addition to the generals, there are thousands of people who were trained before when Shen was assigned to Xia Jinling. They were also three battalions and three generals, namely Shen Rong, Zhang Qi, and Xu Xun.
After that, Shenpei focused on these six battalions and six generals, with 2,000 people, and stepped up training.
In order to obtain financial and food support from Qinghe's powerful people, Shenpai asked Cui Yan to be the intermediary to coordinate and contact powerful people from all over the country.
With the coordination of Cui Yan, who was from a prominent family in the county, and the external threats of the Hebei Yellow Turbans and the Taishan Army, the powerful powerful men began to transport money and grain to Ganling.
After someone had food, Shen Pei began to practice carefully, and often went to suppress rebellions and suppress local bandits. These bandits may be the Yellow Turban Army, Han Army, or landless refugees.
There is only one way to judge these thieves, and that is to kill them all. Some people say that the Yellow Turbans caused chaos because they tolerated and tolerated these people who deserved to be killed twenty years ago, such as these gangsters. If we eradicate it as soon as possible, how can we be today?
Therefore, Shen Pei led his troops to defeat the bandits and killed them without mercy.
The ruthlessness and decisiveness shown by Shen Pei in the process of suppressing the bandits also won the recognition of Qinghe's powerful men, who all believed that he could protect his land and settle down.
Therefore, we strongly support the trial matching.
Although Liu Yu, the supervisor of the trial matchmaker, was very dissatisfied with the trial partner's easy killing, under the current general trend, he still turned a blind eye.
With the strong support of the local powerful, the new army in the hands of Shenpai expanded rapidly. There are already ten battalions of infantry and three battalions of cavalry, totaling 6,500 actual troops. Each battalion of 500 people is named The font size of the commander.
At this point, the Qinghe New Army was formed.
Originally, as soon as the new army was formed, Shen Pei wanted to lead his troops out of Qinghe to attack the Yellow Turbans first. But with the news of the war between the two capitals, the powerful people knew that the imperial court would not care about the life and death of Hebei for a long time. In this way, they How dare you let Shen Pei go out to fight?
Several times, they all asked Shen Pei to only guard his own county and only need to block the Yellow Turban Army.
The powerful men controlled the money and food for Shen Pei's new army. Even though Shen Pei wanted to suppress the thieves, he had no choice but to keep his troops in Ganling.
This stay lasted until May of this year, when Zuo Zhuzhangba killed Zhang Bao.
When news of Zuo Yanzhang's Eighth Army rebellion reached Shenpei's ears, he immediately realized that this was an opportunity for Qinghe's new army to emerge from the abyss.
He said to Liu Yu:
"You are a mediocre man with a left beard, and he will usurp power by chance, but it will not last long. I am willing to lead the Qinghe New Army out of the border and eradicate Guangping."
Liu Yu asked back at that time:
"Wouldn't it be bad if thieves and bandits of the other generation kill each other? Why should we let the new army take risks?"
Shen Pei took a deep breath and tried his best to persuade:
"If there is only one Yellow Turban thief in Hebei, it is natural for the thieves to cause chaos. But next to the Yellow Turbans in Hebei is the Taishan Army. Once the Yellow Turbans are in civil strife, they will surely lead the Taishan Army to march eastward. The Taishan Army is already a strong army. If
If the Yellow Turbans of Hebei gain manpower and material resources again, one will wax and wane, the other will wax and wane, how can I, Qinghe, refuse?"
Liu Yu was silent now. He knew what Shen Pei said was right.
In this world of great contention, if you don’t fight, the gap between you and your enemy will become wider and wider. By then, even your so-called resistance will be a joke.
With Liu Yu's consent, Shen Pei finally began to let go of his hands and feet, preparing to target the Yellow Turban Army in chaos. After that, he led 6,500 new troops to attack for 20 miles and defeat the Linqing Yellow Turban Army.
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In this battle, only 6,500 troops were able to annihilate 30,000 Hebei Yellow Turbans. It can be said that the Qinghe New Army tested their training results on the battlefield.
Now Liu Yu had nothing to say and began to let Shen Pei take action.
Because of Zuo Zhuzhangba's recklessness, the defense line south of Guangzong completely collapsed, causing Shenpei to lead 6,500 people to fight all the way to Guangzong's city.
Zuo Beard Zhang never expected that the first to attack Guangzong City was not the Taishan Army from the west, but the Qinghe Han Army, which he had always looked down upon.
Since then, Guangzong suffered a third siege. In the first two times, it was the main force of the Han army, but this time it was the local soldiers. The dramatic change in the situation was nothing more than this.
After the Shenpei troops arrived at Guangzong, they found that Guangzong's defense line was very tight, and from time to time he saw reinforcements from the Yellow Turban Army coming from the east and north.
What worries the judge even more is that according to careful sentinel inspection, the Taishan Army has also gone into battle, and is now blocked to the west of the Zhang River by the Yellow Turban Army.
After repeated deliberation, the judge decided to withdraw troops from Guangzong City and stationed them at the boundary bridge south of Guangzong. Apparently, they had prepared clear water as a line of defense.
Although Shenpei retreated, he did not let go of Guangzong's Yellow Turban Army.
He ordered his younger brother Shen Rong to personally lead three battalions of cavalry to continuously raid the fortresses and supplies near Guangzong, causing resentment in Guangzong's city.
And Zuo Zhangba was also frightened.
It's not that he was afraid of the Han army outside. In terms of strength, the enemy's soldiers were less than ten thousand, but how many Yellow Turbans were in the city?
It turns out that during the Yellow Turban Uprising in Hebei, the number of followers at its peak was 300,000. Later, after several wars, especially after the Wei Shou split and fled, the number of troops dropped to the current 160,000.
Of these 160,000, about 20,000 were stationed in Quzhou to resist the Taishan Army, and 20,000 were stationed in Xiabo in the north to resist the Han army alliance in Anping and Hejian. The remaining 30,000 were deployed on the southern front line, but
It has been annihilated by the trial rations. Finally, in the east, tens of thousands of people were stationed in Tobu City.
The remaining 80,000 soldiers were stationed inside and outside Guangzong. With so many troops gathered in Guangzong, it can be said that everywhere you look you can see soldiers with yellow turbans.
However, none of these young commanders with troops were willing to take the initiative to leave the city or the stronghold to fight in the field. It can be seen how low the morale was at this time.
On the other hand, Zuo Beard Zhangba also knew that he was unpopular and did not dare to send his troops out of the city. He was deeply afraid that once he was released, he would no longer be able to control himself.
But seeing the Han army constantly raiding nearby supplies, Zuo Zhaozhangba could not ignore it.
Guangzong of Anping State is located in the middle part of the Hebei Plain and is densely populated. Later, after the Yellow Turbans of Hebei moved the main road to Guangzong, all the Taoist sects gathered in Guangzong, once more than 100,000, plus now There are more than 80,000 Yellow Turban troops, and the entire Guangzong army has approximately 180,000 people.
What is the concept of these 180,000 people? At this time, the population of Luoyang city was only about 200,000, which still required the world to provide grain and grain.
So when a large number of Yellow Turbans huddled in Guangzong, the amount of grain and fodder they had to consume was countless. Originally, the grain and millet seized by the Yellow Turban Army from plundering prefectures and counties across Hebei were transported to Guangzong for storage, so there was enough for these people to eat.
But as the power of the Yellow Turbans in Hebei became smaller and smaller, the food supply began to be stretched. And now the Han army began to roam all over the place, constantly harassing the only remaining supply routes, so the shortage in the city was inevitable.
So Zuo Beard Zhangba knew that he could not wait any longer and decided to lead the main force out of the city to annihilate the hateful Qinghe Han army.
Zuo Beard Zhangba, as a fighting general, once decided to go out into battle, he would do so resolutely.
The sound of war drums emitted from the city continued all night long, penetrating through the clear water outside the city, passing through the boundary bridge on the clear water, and reaching the boundary bridge camp of the New Han Army in Qinghe.
Everyone knows that the thieves are really coming.