The sound of war drums rang out without warning in Guangzong City. More than a thousand soldiers outside Guangzong City were stunned when they heard the drums. Before they could react, the gates of Guangzong City were already wide open, and a large number of yellow scarves were already charging towards the Han people.
Kill them from the direction of the army.
"The Yellow Turban is coming! Run!"
The soldiers left in the Han camp were only responsible for bluffing and creating opportunities for Dong Zhuo to sneak into Chencang. At this time, some soldiers were not even wearing equipment. How could they be the opponents of the Yellow Turbans in such a desperate situation?
Fortunately, during his tenure, Lu Zhi supervised the construction of many earthen walls and trenches. The fortifications greatly delayed the progress of the Yellow Turban Army and created time for the Han soldiers to escape.
None of the soldiers in the entire camp thought of resisting, and they immediately dispersed like birds and beasts approaching a disaster.
When the Yellow Turbans caught up, the camp was already empty.
"Great virtuous teacher, I did not do my job well! I made all the Han troops run away!" The person who had delivered the message before kneeled respectfully in front of Zhang Jiao.
"I don't blame you. I had already predicted it before I went. I just need to capture the Han army's baggage." Zhang Jiao seemed very calm, without any fluctuation.
"Three hundred pieces of food, wages and armor of the Han army have been seized." The person who sent the message reported the results of the battle.
"Very good! Distribute the armor to the core members, intensify training, and build an army that can compete with the Han army as soon as possible."
Although the three Zhang Jiao brothers controlled Julu County, the Eastern Han Dynasty had repeatedly disbanded its troops, which resulted in the neglect of state and county military policies, and the entire Julu County did not have much armaments.
The soldiers under their command are still unequipped, with only a small number of personal soldiers, and the core believers possess standard weapons and armor.
If the number of weapons and equipment increased several times, Zhang Jiao might not be able to huddle in Guangzong City in embarrassment!
Most of the Yellow Turbans are a ragtag group, but most of them obviously do not include the three Zhang brothers. These three people are really talented and practical, but the quality of their individual soldiers is far inferior to that of the Han army.
Zhang Bao led a great victory in Quyang, and Zhang Jiao surrendered the enemy's baggage outside Guangzong City. The two victories did not make Zhang Jiao change his mind, and he still maintained his conservative strategy. Zhang Jiao prayed every day for his reinforcements to appear as soon as possible, one day at a time.
My physical condition is also declining day by day.
Huangfu Song and others from Dongjun have also arrived near Dong'a. There are now two groups of rebels in Dong'a. The largest is Huangjin Busi. He has less than ten thousand people under his command, which is not enough to support his attack on the city. They are roaming around Cangting.
The other group is Wang Du of Dong'a. This man was originally the county magistrate, but when the Yellow Turbans were rampant in various places, he abandoned his position as county magistrate and rose up.
When the county magistrate saw that something was wrong, he abandoned the county seat and ran for his life. When the officials and people in the county saw that the magistrate had run away, they also ran away. Wang Du worked for a long time and finally ended up with an empty city!
The empty city completely lost its meaning in his hands, so Wang Du led his troops to camp five or six miles outside the city. One of the people who originally fled observed Wang Du's abandonment of the city. He discussed with the big family in the county and planned to return to the county.
Stick to it.
The officials and people in the county were frightened and refused to go back, thinking that although the thieves had abandoned the city, they were still in the west. They could only go against the thieves and go eastward to be safe.
This person left after saying: "Foolish people cannot think about things." He did not give up, but secretly sent people to the east to raise a flag and pretend to be Wang Du and others, and also deployed the famous families in the county as internal agents.
After seeing the flag, they shouted "The bandits are coming!" and took the lead to go to the county town. In this case, the officials and common people could only follow and flee back to the county town.
Seeing that the people returned to the city again, Wang Du led his troops to attack the city. No one in the city responded, and due to the lack of siege equipment in the army, Wang Du finally decided to retreat.
Just as Wang Du was leaving, the city gate opened wide, and people, officers and soldiers came with farm tools and weapons. In a hurry, Wang Du had no choice but to retreat, and now fled around Dong'a.
And the person who planned all of this was no ordinary person, this person was the later famous Cheng Yu!
Cheng Yu is also a famous figure in history, but he is somewhat infamous for his "payment of human flesh", but it is undeniable that he has talent.
Huangfu Song and Liu Jing were already very close to Dong'a City and could already see where Wang Du was stationed. Judging from the number of camps, there were only two to three thousand people in Wang Du's camp at most, which was nothing to be afraid of!
"General Wang! A royal army appeared outside! It looks like there are more than ten thousand people!"
Wang Du was relaxing in the camp when he heard his subordinates let out a thunder in his ear.
"What? Ten thousand people!" Wang Du was so anxious that he didn't even have time to put on his shoes and rushed out of the tent with bare feet. His feet were a little painful from the ground, but Wang Du couldn't care about it at this time.
He was extremely shocked by the scene before him! There were more than ten thousand people!
There was no end in sight of the soldiers wearing standard armor! Fiery red flags were flying in the air.
"It's over!" This was Wang Du's first reaction. This battle left him unable to even have the slightest thought of resistance.
"General Wang! What should we do!" The subordinates on the side were so anxious that their foreheads were sweating. The opponent was almost in front of them. General Wang was stunned and could not give a single order.
"What should I do?" Wang Du repeated, and then he sat down on the ground and closed his eyes as if he suddenly saw everything.
The subordinates on the side were even more confused, thinking: "Where did you come from?"
Seeing that Wang Du had no orders, he had no choice but to make arrangements himself, and organized the entire army to prepare for the attack.
After he finished all this, Wang Du said, "Stop working, it's all in vain." There was no wave in his voice, as if he was a dead person.
Huangfu Song and Liu Jing soon arrived in front of Wang Dujun.
"Where is Wang Du!" Huangfu Song's majestic voice sounded.
"Here." Wang Du was still sitting on the ground with no intention of getting up.
Huangfu Song also looked at this man curiously. He didn't know what kind of medicine this man was selling in his gourd, but he sat on the ground in silence before the army arrived.
Without waiting for Huangfu Song to continue asking questions, Wang Du said to himself, "I, Wang Du, have worked so hard to become the county magistrate, but I come from a poor family and have no hope of promotion, so I have no choice but to bet on the Yellow Turban.
I just sigh that time is also fate!"
His words were extremely emotional, and his whole life was outlined in a few sentences.
"Hmph!" After hearing this, Huangfu Song did not feel sympathy for Wang Du, but was even more disgusted. In his eyes, eating the emperor's salary and sharing the emperor's worries was a big deal, and it was also a principle that must be followed in life.
Wang Du became a county magistrate and was receiving a salary from the imperial court. He did not appreciate the emperor's kindness and instead joined the rebels. He was even more despicable than ordinary rebels.
Liu Jing also hated Wang Du's words. You have to know how many people in this era are in the precarious situation and the mountains and rivers are in turmoil. It is a trivial matter not to have enough to eat. If they are not careful, their lives will be lost.
Wang Du is still unsatisfied after becoming a county magistrate. He is really a man of insufficiency.
"Today's fate is that I, Wang Du, have trapped myself in a cocoon, but I ask the general to bypass my soldiers. They are all innocent, and the blame lies with me alone!" Wang Du stood up and kowtowed to Huangfu Song three times.
Then he pulled out the sword of his subordinate and committed suicide.
"Hey." Huangfu Song sighed. Although Wang Du was hateful, he still had some conscience in his last words, "Everyone take off your armor and put down your weapons, otherwise we will not kill you!"
No one could give up the chance of survival, so all the soldiers who had just put on their armor were now taking it off in a hurry, and all of them only regretted that they did not have two more hands.
"Fu Xie, tie them all up and escort them to Dong'a City with the army."
This series of events did not waste much time, and the army soon arrived at Dong'a City.
Wang Du's two or three thousand men could not always be led by Huangfu Song's army. Since the army was marching, it needed rest and pay, so they had no choice but to go to Dong'a City.
When the county magistrate heard that there was a large army approaching outside the city, he quickly came to the city tower. He was so panicked that he hurriedly sent someone to find Cheng Yu.
"Zhongde, do you think this is the reinforcements sent by Wang Du?" the county magistrate asked.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Yu burst into laughter when he opened his mouth: "Hahahaha! Magistrate, you were bitten by a snake once and were afraid of well ropes for ten years. An army with such sophisticated equipment and strict military discipline must be the imperial army to suppress thieves."
The county magistrate was relieved when he heard Cheng Yu's answer. In fact, he had no talent. He only became the county magistrate by bribing the eunuch's children with money from his family.
He only wanted to gain a superior status as a county magistrate. During his tenure, he did not do anything harmful to the natural world or plunder the people's wealth. This was one of the reasons why Cheng Yu was willing to help him.
"The county magistrate, hurry up and open the city gate to welcome us!"
After the county magistrate ordered the guard sergeant to open the city gate, he and Cheng Yu went out to greet him.
"I am the magistrate of Dong'a County. I wonder what I call the general?"
The county magistrate saw that the man in front of him was commanding an army of tens of thousands, and his official position should be very high, so he spoke first.
"I, Zuo Zhonglang, general Huangfu Song, came to Dongjun on the emperor's order to fight against thieves. Just now, I met Wang Du and a group of rebels on the road. Wang Du had already committed suicide, and all the other soldiers surrendered. Many of them were from Dong'a City.
The original garrison will be left to you to handle from now on."
Huangfu Song didn't even dismount his horse when he spoke. The county magistrate didn't think anything was wrong, he just felt that everything was as it should be.
"Okay! General Huangfu, please come in quickly!" The county magistrate led the way and welcomed Huangfu Song and others into the city.
Liu Jing, who was behind Huangfu Song, had sharp eyes and noticed that there was another person beside the county magistrate. He was wearing ordinary clothes, but he looked extraordinary.
The whole person is much taller than the county magistrate. If you look carefully, he doesn't look like a military commander. He also has a beautiful beard on his chin.
Liu Jing became very interested in this person and thought that after entering the city, he must find a way to find out about this person's background.
The army was large in number, and only the personal guards entered the city with them, while the rest of the soldiers camped outside Dong'a City.
After entering the city, everyone went straight to the county government. The county magistrate was also very good at handling matters. He immediately arranged a banquet and sent people to call the wealthy people in the city.
After all, someone has to pay for the banquet. These famous families love to make friends with people in power. Nowadays, being an official mainly depends on the recommendation of officials and their filial piety.
Once you get connected with an official, the probability of your child becoming an official is much higher than that of ordinary people!