In 184, the Tang and Zhou Dynasties reported to the government that Ma Yuanyi and other Taiping Dao disciples were preparing for an uprising, which caused Yuanyi's car to break up in Luoyang.
Emperor Ling hurriedly issued an edict to kill more than a thousand people in the imperial palace, provincial government, and the common people who interfered with the situation.
Due to the traitor's informant, Zhang Jiao sent people to inform all parties of the uprising in advance.
So thirty-six parties "rose at once" and numbered hundreds of thousands of people! Zhang Jiao called himself "General Tiangong", his younger brother Zhang Bao called himself "General Digong", and Zhang Liang called himself "General Renggong".
Within ten days, the whole world responded, and the capital was shocked!
In April of the same year, the Yellow Turban Army revolted. Large-scale rebellions broke out throughout the Han Dynasty, including Qing, Xu, You, Ji, Jing, Yang, Yan, Henan and other places. Thirty-six soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, large and small, rose up, and dozens of
Thousands of people participated in the Yellow Turban Uprising.
The Eight Prefectures have a vast sphere of influence and cannot be fully controlled by Zhang Jiao alone. There are thirty-six square canal commanders, namely Zhang Niujiao, Chu Feiyan (Zhang Yan), Bu Ji, Huang Long, Zuo Xiao, Yu Digen, and Zhang Bai.
Qi, Liu Shi, Zuo Wei, Zhang Ba, Ping Han, Da Hong, Sili, Yuan Cheng, Luo Shi, Lei Gong, Fu Yun, Bai Que, Yang Feng, Yu Du, Wu Lu, Li Damu, Sui Gu, Kuju,
Zhang Mancheng, Bo Cai, Wu Ba, Zhang Bo, Liang Zhongning, Wang Du, Peng Tuo and others.
In addition, Hong Xiuquan, Fang La, Wang Qing, and Tian Hu were balanced by the system before.
For a time, the war was raging in the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, and the suffering of the people was even worse. More and more people joined the Yellow Turban Army uprising and brought down the Han Dynasty!
The Yellow Turban Uprising was so powerful that officers in various prefectures and counties were exhausted. Moreover, because most of the Yellow Turban Army's lieutenants, generals and soldiers were refugees, with backgrounds of thieves and bandits, without food and clothing, and no knowledge of life and death. In addition, the Yellow Turban Army's personal worship of the great sage Zhang Jiao made the Yellow Turban Army fight.
Extremely ferocious!
In less than a month, all the states and counties were in emergency. Emperor Ling was angry and immediately ordered the three generals Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi, and Zhu Jun to unite the army to eliminate the rebellion!
However, the troops in the court were limited, so Emperor Ling hurriedly mobilized elite troops from all over the country to suppress the Yellow Turban Army. Powerful landowners from all over the country also raised troops to cooperate with the government and army to suppress the uprising...
At this point, the Yellow Turban Uprising officially kicked off!
Let us come to Yuan Shu's Runan County again. Under the influence of the rebels, all the counties fell, leaving only Runan safe and sound.
"Report... report to my lord! Rebels were found a hundred miles outside the city and are coming here..."
During this period, Lu Fang and other eight generals were appointed as scouts by Yuan Shu to pay close attention to the surrounding situation.
"Do you know the number of enemy troops?"
"The invading enemy army is overwhelming, I estimate it is about 100,000..."
Listening to Lu Fang's words, Yuan Shu frowned and felt a little anxious.
Pacing back and forth, thinking about countermeasures, Xun You was standing aside and said:
"Highway, you can ask General Yuchi to lead his troops to attack and catch the enemy by surprise first.
After disrupting the enemy's forces, he sent his two generals, Dian Wei and Xu Chu, to ambush them in the dense forest."
Then Xun You thought for a moment and continued:
"One surprise attack and one ambush, the enemy army will definitely be in chaos. At this time, you can lead the army on the road to directly cover and kill the generals, and the Yellow Turban army will be defeated without attacking!"
When Yuan Shu heard this, his eyes widened. Why didn't he think of it?
"Thank you sir for your advice!"
Yuan Shu has some ideas about beheading generals. But these 100,000 Yellow Turban troops can be used by me. When the time comes, I will ask my subordinates to capture a few Yellow Turban generals alive and keep them for future use.
Looking at the Yellow Turban Army approaching Runan on the horizon, Yuan Shu waved his hand!
"Wei Chi respectfully listens to the order."
"The last general takes command!"
Yuchi Gong came out of the queue, ready to receive orders.
"I name you as the chief general, Zhang Ming, Chen Dao, and Yuan Ji as the deputy generals, leading an army of 20,000 to conduct a surprise attack at the place where the Yellow Turban Army must pass.
Charge back and forth and scatter their army! Then return quickly..."
"I will obey your orders!"
Yuchi Gong accepted the order, stood up, and left with three generals. He ordered 20,000 people to head out of the city first!
Then Yuan Shu made another arrangement:
"Dian Wei, where is Xu Chu?"
"The end is here!"
Looking at the two capable generals in front of him, Yuan Shu nodded affirmatively and continued.
"I order you two to count 30,000 people and lay an ambush at the place where the Yellow Turban Army must pass. Take them by surprise and attack them unprepared!
Destroy the morale of his troops, and then quickly return..."
"I will obey your orders!"
Generals Dian Wei and Xu Chu accepted the order, quickly stood up, picked up their magic soldiers, ordered thirty thousand people, and quickly went out to ambush.
Seeing several of his favorite generals leaving the city, Yuan Shu nodded with satisfaction, then turned to ask Xun You who was beside him.
"Sir! Do you think my arrangement is appropriate?"
Xun You pondered for a moment, opened his mouth, and spoke a few words.
"The general will win this battle!"
"Hahaha, thank you for your kind words, Mr. Highway."
Yuan Shu was overjoyed and bowed respectfully, then stood up and waved, leading his generals and the remaining 30,000 soldiers to go out of the city to prepare for battle and meet the enemy!
"Squeak!"
The city gate was slowly opened, and the soldiers filed out.
Let us look back at the Yellow Turban Army again!
"Fifty miles ahead is Runan City. You guys, hurry up and wait until Runan City is captured. I'll let you have fun for three days and three nights..."
Peng Tuo, the general of the Yellow Turban Army, rode a tall horse and waved the sword in his hand to encourage his soldiers.
I saw those yellow scarf soldiers, their hearts perked up when they heard the words of their leader, and they couldn't help but quicken their pace!
"Peng Tuo, what do you think we should do after we capture Runan City? Hahahaha
I heard that Yuan Shu, the prefect of Runan, is very good at managing the place. Runan has a lot of money and food, and a warehouse full of gold and silver..."
Among the Yellow Turban Army, another commander, Wu Ba, showed a sinister smile with disgusting yellow teeth.
Wu Ba's words made the other Yellow Turban commanders a little unhappy, and they patted their horses and stepped forward and said
"The great virtuous master Fei Shu said that when we capture Runan City, we must treat the Yuan family and the people in the city well. Are you taking the great virtuous master's words as farts?"
The Yellow Turban general Liu Pi angrily scolded the two men, which made Peng Tuo and Wu Ba a little annoyed. They were about to retaliate when Gong Du stepped forward.
"That's right, the great virtuous master said, let us not offend the Yuan family. You guys don't take the great virtuous master seriously, you bastards!"
Gong Du's words were like igniting a barrel of explosives. Peng Tuo and Wu Ba were silent, but their eyes had turned vicious, and they didn't know what they were thinking.
Huang Shao, He Man, and He Yi in the rear, although they did not reprimand Peng Tuo and Wu Ba, it could be seen from their eyes that they were extremely disgusted with these two people.
"Hmph! The Yuan family is unkind. As a family, they don't know the sufferings of the common people... As the saying goes, generals will not accept military orders abroad. Since you have such big opinions, why don't you divide your troops and fight?"
Wu Ba shouted angrily and shouted that he wanted to divide his troops to fight. Peng Tuo remained silent, vaguely intending to support his division of troops!
"Mom, who do you think you are? If you divide your troops, divide your troops! Who is afraid of whom?"
When the two brothers He Man and He Yi saw Wu Ba's proposal to divide their troops, they immediately became furious and roared:
In this way, Wu Ba and Peng Tuo quickly gathered their 30,000 troops and rushed to Runan.