Later, when old Kyoto people recalled this day, everyone said that it rained heavily that day and lasted all day and night, flooding the Chongde Hall in the Nangong Palace.
Others said that the rain that day was red, and it took a long time to move the corpses out of the General's Mansion, the Great Situ's Mansion, and the North Palace, so the ditches on both sides of Tianjie were all red.
Someone covered Yuan Wei's body with a straw mat, and then it was transported to the outside of the city along with other disciples of the Yuan family and buried hastily. It was not buried in Mang Mountain.
Since this year coincided with the Year of Jiazi, this incident was also called the "Jiazi Change" or the "Jiazi Coup".
The impact of the Jiazi Incident was far-reaching. It does not need to be summarized by future generations, only the parties at the time knew it.
After the incident, Yuan Shu fled to Nanyang with the remaining disciples of the Yuan family. Yuan Shao was also alarmed by the changes in the rear on the western front battlefield, so he hid and fled back to his hometown to recruit troops.
As for why Yuan Shao was able to abscond from the army, it was simply the result of more or less letting go of the military officers. After all, soldiers were mostly unwilling to participate in such things and gave Yuan Shao a chance. After all, who knows what will happen in the future?
In any case, the Yuan family's elite suffered all casualties in the Jiazi coup. Only two brothers, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, went to the southeast. In addition to the two edicts drafted before the previous incident, Cao Cao was asked to control Jinan and Liu Biao was sent to Jingzhou.
The storm in Kanto is rising again.
However, the Luoyang court could no longer care about this. He wanted to gather the troops on the western and northern fronts first. Because the Yuan family's children were either ambushed or had fled, the court was very cautious when accepting the above-mentioned Yuan family's forces.
smoothly.
Of course, Prime Minister Xu also contributed to this. He overcame all opinions and stopped purging the army, and only punished the Yuan family's culprits. This stabilized the morale of the army.
It was also Xu Xiangyan who said that His Majesty was blessed with extraordinary powers, extraordinary destiny, and a great treasure. Then he supported Liu Bian's pro-government despite all opinions.
This time, it was no longer the general He Jin who was assisting the government, nor the empress dowager who was in charge of the government, or the ten-year-old Liu Bian who was in charge.
Of course, although Liu Bian was precocious at this time, he did not have much ability to govern. He could not even recognize the names of the ministers from foreign dynasties, let alone clarify their relationship network and specific abilities.
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Therefore, Xu Xiang was worshiped as Taifu by the young emperor to assist Liu Bian in handling specific affairs. Even at Xu Xiang's suggestion, many elite scholars were recommended to the palace by him, and they became Langguan in the ban, directly dealing with
Liu Bian took charge and helped him manage the government.
Because these middle-men ministers were within the forbidden area, they were also called Zhongshumenxialang by the court. Because these people did not follow the normal transfer procedures, they were also regarded as lucky ones by the ministers from outside the court.
But no matter how much talk there was outside, with the support of the little emperor, these Zhongshu disciples from all over the country quickly took control of the running of the government and quickly clarified the chaos of the Jiazi Rebellion.
Among these people, Zhong Yao, who was recommended by Prime Minister Xu, was reused because of his outstanding abilities, and was directly appointed and removed as an officer under Zhongshu's sect. Although his rank was not high, his power was almost greater than that of the three previous ministers.
Prime Minister Xu got a lot of benefits, and General He Jin, who suffered a lot of blood during the Jiazi Incident, also gained a lot. He is still a general, and as the uncle of the little emperor, this position is naturally his. But this time he The general has real power.
After the Jiazi Incident, He Jin took command of all the armed forces inside and outside Luoyang, from the northern and southern armies to the forbidden provinces and foreign countries, and all military power was taken back by the General's Office.
Coupled with Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun who are still leading the battle on the outside, a new power structure in the Luoyang court is taking shape.
Not only that, because of the elimination of the forces led by the Yuan family and others, the obstacles between Kanto and Kansai are decreasing. Now the two sides have begun to have private contacts and talks.
Although the talks ended on bad terms several times, and neither party wanted to give up their power, in the end, the life-and-death struggle between the two parties during the Yuan Wei era had to cool down a lot.
And the time is occupied here in Kanto. The officials in Kansai found that Liu Hong was a little hardworking at first, but soon his old self emerged.
But Liu Bian on the opposite side showed the demeanor of a young hero, which had to make some officials in Kansai who care about the Han Dynasty think deeply.
Will the two capitals merge and the Han Dynasty really be able to revive again?
But all this is unknown, and the officials in Kansai will not give up their power and positions just like this. Moreover, some people think that Liu Hong's poor health is not a good thing, because he can grab more power.
Moreover, although their little prince Liu Xie is still young and has not shown much courage, isn't it the happiest time for powerful ministers to be in charge?
Therefore, the Kansai side is still preparing its military and weapons, and let's talk about it. This battle can be fought with confidence.
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The impact of the Jiazi Incident soon spread to Hebei.
At this time, Zhang Chong was stationed in Guangzong and was responsible for controlling the reorganization of the Yellow Turbans in Hebei.
As the Yellow Turban Army was gradually withdrawn from the Xiaba front line and the outskirts of Dongwu City, a total of 120,000 Yellow Turban Army troops participated in this reorganization.
In the end, there were a total of five elite battalions of officers and soldiers, with a total of 10,000 elite soldiers. These people were not inferior to the Taishan Army's Central Guards in terms of technical and combat capabilities. Even among the five captains, they were all first-class elite soldiers. As long as the following By retraining these people's battle capabilities, the Taishan Army's military capabilities will rise to another level.
And with the supplement of these 10,000 elite officers, the Taishan Army began a new round of military expansion. Zhang Chong recruited a total of 15,000 field guards from Zhao, Wei, Julu and other places. Thousands of people, plus the 10,000 elite soldiers, the Taishan Army's five captains were directly expanded to five armies, each of which was an independent front army with 10,000 soldiers and 4,000 heavy equipment.
Such a large military expansion naturally required Zhang Chong's supervision and control, so Zhang Chong stayed in Guangzong during this period.
Affairs from various parts of Hebei were also continuously sent to Guangzong's marching shogunate from the repaired stations, and were handled by He Kui and others.
The entire Taishan Army is operating in an orderly manner, accumulating strength and preparing for the next expansion.
It was also at this time that Feijun Waiji, who was lurking in Kyoto, sent a message about the whole story of the Jiazi Incident.
Zhang Chong was stunned for a long time before finally confirming that the Yuan family of Xuanhe IV would be even more miserable than in history. After all, in history, except for some members of the Yuan family who died under Dong Zhuo's sword, most of the elite members had long since
They are distributed in Kongju County, Kanto.
Later, Yuan was able to preside over the discussion against Dong Daye because of these networks.
But what now? If Yuan Yi and others are all dead, only Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are left to abscond. Even if they return to Guandong, given the extent to which they were convicted by the Han Dynasty, they will be able to respond to the call like in history.
It's still quite difficult.
Zhang Chong also didn't expect that Liu Bei would play such a powerful role in the Jiazi Incident. According to the news sent by spies, Liu Bei had officially entered the genealogy list and became the popular "Uncle Liu" in the Guandong court.
Uncle Liu Huang, it really went round and round, Uncle Liu Huang still became Uncle Liu Huang. And he was able to seize the opportunity better than ever before. It seems that he has really turned around this time.
Compared with Liu Bei's incident, Liu Biao's march south to Jingzhou was lackluster. Compared with most people in this world who believed that Liu Biao had a narrow escape from death, Zhang Chong certainly knew that this person would secure the four northern counties of Jingzhou with the support of local nobles.
, and then they will defeat the Jingnan Alliance and truly occupy Jingzhou.
However, Liu Biao's ability was just that of a housekeeper, which was not enough to have a profound impact on the trend of history. But the last item in the letter was that Cao Cao was appointed Prime Minister of Jinan and was moving to Jinan with his troops.
Zhang Chong couldn't sit still.
Historically, Cao Cao was the Prime Minister of Jinan, but the situation at that time was completely different from Zhang Chong's. At that time, Jinan did not have a Taishan Army.
Therefore, it can be seen that Cao Cao will definitely step up his attack on the Taishan area after taking office. But now Zhang Chong's main energy is focused on the development of Hebei, and he cannot pay more attention to the old Taishan area.
At the same time, Zhang Chong also vaguely noticed a change from various aspects of intelligence.
That is, with the silence between east and west, many counties in Kanto are trying to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign against their Taishan Army.
First, in the Qingzhou area, the Yellow Turban forces were severely damaged by internal strife, and the unknown Sima He occupied most of Qingzhou. Then, after Tao Qian in the Xuzhou area surrendered the Langya bandits, and with the help of elite soldiers recruited from Danyang, his strength increased by leaps and bounds. Laiwu
Reports from the region were saying that Xuzhou's army was slightly commotion, and it was obvious that they had bad intentions towards them.
Zhang Chong sighed, secretly saying that the time for peaceful development in the central and southern Shandong region may be running out. This is also inevitable. Last year, Zhang Chong led the Taishan Army out of the mountains and fought in central and southern Shandong, wiping out tens of thousands of enemies and wiping out the Han army in this area.
Almost exhausted.
Therefore, even if Zhang Chong leads the main force north to Heshuo, the central and southern Shandong base area can still rely on the field guards to maintain one side.
But as time passed, the Han Dynasty apparently also made adjustments to this place. Not only did they select a group of capable officials to take charge of the place, they also restructured new military units.
As a result, Lu Zhongnan, which has a slightly weak military but a lot of land, has become the fat meat of these new warlords in Guandong, and everyone wants to take a bite.
Zhang Chong estimated that if it hadn't been for his consecutive victories in the north, these jackals might have pounced on him long ago.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chong knew that it was urgent to set up a governor in Zhongnan.
But who to choose?
It is said that Zhang Chong now has many talented people under his command, such as Guan Yu, Zhang Dan, Ding Sheng, Yu Jin, and Dong Fang who can be on the military side, and there are Li Damu, Dian Wei, Xu Huang, Li Hu, Cai Que, Guo Zu, Pan Zhang, etc.
Charge for him.
As for Xiang Duman, He Kui, Tao An, Fan Chang, Yan Zhuang, Gao Sheng, etc., they can make suggestions for him, and even collect grain and dispatch supplies. He also has Zhuge Gui, Xun You and others.
In addition to other people engaged in literature and art, those who have just surrendered can be said to be full of civil servants and military officers.
But who can preside over the situation in central and southern Shandong, facing Cao Cao, Sima He, Tao Qian and the governors of southwestern Shandong and other places?
The first thing Zhang Chong thought of was Guan Yu. After all, this gentleman was considered the most important general under his command. Regardless of his military merits and seniority, he was qualified to sit in high office on his behalf and preside over the military affairs of Central and South Shandong.
However, during this Northern Expedition, many problems exposed by Guan Yu still made Zhang Chong a little worried. He decided to return to Yecheng first and then think about it carefully.
That's right, Zhang Chong decided to withdraw his troops from Guangzong and return to Yecheng.
One is that the reorganization of the Yellow Turbans in Hebei has been basically completed. In addition to the selected more than 10,000 elites who will be deployed and trained near Yecheng, the remaining more than 100,000 Yellow Turban troops will be sent to Wei and Zhao.
Cultivation on vast plains.
It was precisely because of these active forces who had military experience and had recently left farming to fill local communes that Zhang Chong dared to safely mobilize 15,000 field guards to join the army.
Another aspect of the withdrawal is that although Guangzong is close to clear water, it can also be transported. But after all, it is the front line, and the people have almost no intention to produce and rely entirely on the transportation of grain and grass from the outside. Therefore, before Zhang rushed into Guangzong, several things had happened in Guangzong.
There was a food shortage, and it was obvious that Guangzong was not a place to stay for a long time.
Therefore, Zhang Chong decided to move most of Guangzong's people and Taoist disciples, as well as the Hebei Yellow Turbans, to the more stable lands of Zhao and Wei, and only use Guangzong as a frontline military station.
After all, compared to Guangzong, Zhang Chong's Yecheng was obviously more suitable as a base.
In fact, when Zhang Chong decided to return to Yecheng instead of Handan, it already indicated that the northward offensive would come to an end in the next period of time.
In Zhang Chong's mind, his subsequent arrangement was to establish himself as king in Yecheng.
That's right, Zhang Chong had never done this before, and it wasn't because he was worried about being shot first. At Zhang Chong's size, even if he didn't become the king, he would still be the Han Dynasty's primary target.
Zhang Chong did not claim the title of king simply because he had not yet been able to handle his relationship with Taiping Dao.
Later generations generally looked down on the Yellow Turban Army, but Zhang Chong deeply understood what the Yellow Turban Army's rich human resources meant to him.
Not to mention the more than 10,000 elite soldiers and the more than 100,000 colonization troops, from now on, their Taishan Army will stir up the banner of anti-Han forces and truly become the only hope for the poor in the world.
In order to maximize this righteousness, the establishment of the kingship was particularly important, so as to show the determination to be incompatible with the Han Dynasty.
And at his level, if he doesn't do more, the military officials below him will also be frustrated.
Therefore, Zhang Chong, knowing that the situation in Guandong would change greatly, immediately returned westward with a population of 150,000 soldiers, heading back to Yecheng.
The news of Zhang Chong's plan to establish an army spread to the upper echelons of the Taishan Army through his continuous small-scale private conversations.
All the generals were overjoyed about this, just as Zhang Chong thought. If Qu Shuai doesn't make progress, how can they make progress?
After returning to Yecheng, Zhang Chong first reviewed the newly formed five armies on the Tongque Platform. He ordered 50,000 elite soldiers to line up in the wilderness, with countless banners and iron armor.
After the troops shouted three cheers, they changed their formations according to the flags on the Bronze Bird Platform, either horizontally or vertically, sometimes forming a row, and sometimes dividing into a circle.
Seeing such a mighty master in front of the Tongque stage, Zhang Chong was filled with pride and confidence in the historical mission he was about to shoulder.
Sure enough, an army of millions will make you more heroic.
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