In late May of the fifth year of Zhongping, Liu Bei made all preparations. The advance preparations for the army's advance were also made for him by Dong Huang, the prefect of Wudu. As long as the army crossed the Qishan Mountains and entered Wudu County, everything was ready.
So Liu Bei ordered the army to advance.
This time, Liu Bei planned to train his troops, so he brought more new soldiers. The generals were mainly Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Ma Teng, and Yan Xing, and the others also brought a
Dong Huang, because Dong Huang was the governor of Wudu, he was closest to the front line of entering Shu.
The army set out in late May. In early June, the army entered Wudu County, followed the West Han River southward, and arrived at Baishui Pass, where it was welcomed by Zhao Yao, the prefect of Guanghan County.
Along the way, Liu Bei definitely felt that the road to Shu was not easy.
Qishan Road is already a relatively flat road among Shu roads, otherwise Zhuge Liang would not be obsessed with Qishan Road.
The main reason is that there is a section of the journey where we can rely on the water transportation of the Western Han River, which can reduce logistical losses to a considerable extent. If we rely solely on land transportation, it can definitely bring down a regime.
Unfortunately, in Liu Bang's time, there were still waterways connecting Shuzhong and Guanzhong. Using the power of water transportation, the connection between Shuzhong and Guanzhong was not too troublesome.
Unfortunately, a major earthquake in Wudu in the early Western Han Dynasty destroyed the waterway, so this most convenient and most useful road could no longer be used.
For this road that Zhuge Liang had fought so hard for, Liu Bei walked and looked at it, and he just had to "write" a poem called "The Road to Shu" to express his feelings about the difficulty of this road.
Difficulty is really difficult, and it takes a lot of effort to walk. It is difficult for people to move forward on their own feet, let alone transporting a large amount of materials.
The quality of the road is quite bad. It is even a road that Dong Huang led some people to repair in advance. In many places, the original state is just a mud road, which will break down after walking on it.
When the army finally arrived at Baishui Pass, the prefect Zhao Yao was not as calm as expected, but greeted Liu Bei's arrival at Baishui Pass with a bit of embarrassment.
The leader of the Yizhou Yellow Turban Army, Ma Xiang, raised troops from Guanghan County, which he administered. This was a heavy blow to him, and he was not able to contain the Yellow Turban Army.
As a result, Xi Jian, the governor of Yizhou, was killed by the Yellow Turban Army.
In all senses, this is a harbinger of Zhao Yao's bleak political future.
"The lower officials were incompetent and could not resist the Yellow Turban thieves, so that the prefectures and counties suffered disasters. This is the official's incompetence. After this battle, the lower officials resigned from office to express their gratitude to the emperor."
Looking at Zhao Yao's frustrated expression, Liu Bei didn't say anything. He asked him about the current status of the Yellow Turban Army in Yizhou and learned that Guanghan County, Ba County and Jianwei County were all within the Yellow Turban Army's influence, and the Yellow Turban Army
The leader, Ma Xiang, has already claimed to be the emperor.
Good guy, how long has it been since you called yourself the emperor?
Isn't this guy too confident?
"Where is Ma Xiang currently?"
"In Qianwei County."
Zhao Yao whispered: "After killing Ambassador Xi, he led his troops to Jianwei County, and sent people to attack Ba County. Now both Jianwei County and Ba County are in danger, and our Guanghan County is also in more danger. Yizhou
My father and I look forward to the general coming to our rescue just as we look forward to the rain after a long drought, and we also ask the general to wipe out the rebellion!"
Liu Bei nodded slowly.
"I am here to quell the rebellion, and I will not do anything unnecessary. Please tell Mr. Guanghan not to worry."
Zhao Yao hesitated for a moment and said with a miserable look on his face: "Whatever Guanghan County can provide, the lower officials will do their best to provide. However, after this rebellion, many places in Guanghan County were broken down, the elders were displaced, and they were quite poor. We also asked the general to
Forgive me."
Liu Bei raised his eyebrows, realizing what Zhao Yao said.
"Don't worry, our army is strictly disciplined and fully paid. You don't have to worry about military discipline. Anyone who dares to rob your father or elders will be killed by me."
Zhao Yao looked at Liu Bei, blinked, hesitated for a while, and then bowed.
"In that case, I'll leave it to the general."
Liu Bei looked at Zhao Yao for a while.
"You don't look like a tyrannical person who exacts excessive taxes. Why did this Taiping Dao rebellion first appear in Guanghan County?"
"This... Luo County, the prefecture's governance, is in Guanghan County..."
"Oh? Since you know that Xi Jian is so tyrannical and arrogant, why don't you stop him?"
Zhao Yao smiled bitterly for a while.
"Since the general once served in Luoyang, why did he ask questions knowingly?"
"It's quite embarrassing for you."
Liu Bei smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said nothing more: "But this time the new governor of Yizhou is not a greedy and violent person. He is definitely much better than Xi Jian. It's a pity that you have to resign.
, that’s good, you can avoid many disputes in the future and live a long life.”
Zhao Yao looked at Liu Bei and said nothing, just sighed.
"I'm just lingering on my last breath. How can a person like me be worthy of a long life?"
Seeing his depressed look, Liu Bei didn't say much.
He quickly led his troops towards Mianzhu and Luoxian County.
In addition, he divided his troops into two battalions and handed them over to Qianzhao, who led the more stable Cheng Pu and Han Dang to advance towards Bajun to deal with the Yellow Turban Army attacking Bajun.
This was Qianzhao's first time leading troops on a mission independently. He seemed a little excited, but also a little worried that he would not be able to complete the mission well.
Liu Bei had full trust in him.
"What we need to fight this time is not an elite army. With your ability, I completely believe that you can do it. You always fight by my side. When will you be able to take charge on your own? I can trust someone who can entrust me with big things."
Not much, Zi Jing, you have to grow up."
When Qianzhao heard what Liu Bei said, his expression changed several times, and finally he firmed up and held Liu Bei's hand.
"In this case, I have no doubts. Just leave it to me. Even if you die, I will die on the battlefield and will never embarrass you."
"Who wants you to die!"
Liu Bei laughed and cursed, hugging Lianzhao into his arms and giving him a firm hug.
"See you in Chengdu."
"See you in Chengdu."
Qianzhao also gave Liu Bei a big hug in return.
As Liu Bei expected, the enemy he faced this time was really weak and pitiful based on the strength of the Liangzhou Army.
Although only one battalion of the Liangzhou Army led by Liu Bei was a veteran, and the rest were recruits mainly from Liangzhou who were recruited after coming to Liangzhou, but against the Yizhou Yellow Turban Army, they can be called the elite of all battles.
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In the first battle of Mianzhu, Liu Bei's troops recaptured Mianzhu in only one and a half days.
During World War II, Liu Bei conquered Luoxian County in just half a day and won a complete victory.
The Yizhou Yellow Turban Army did not have uniforms and had no powerful weapons. Most of them wore tatters or even no clothes. They had cloth strips tied around their heads and simple primitive weapons such as wooden sticks and bamboo guns in their hands.
Fighting is like a swarm of swarms, defeat is like an avalanche.
They fought with Liu Bei in a field battle, and their numbers were larger than Liu Bei's Liangzhou soldiers. However, they died within a short time of starting the battle, and were defeated across the board. They were no match for them at all.
After the two wars, Liu Bei understood the background of this Yellow Turban Army through interrogation of prisoners of war and understanding of some local people.
The Yizhou Yellow Turban Army is not stronger than the other Yellow Turban Army. They look the same. They are not even a Yellow Turban Army. They can only be said to have borrowed the reputation of Taiping Road. In essence, they are still farmers and laborers who can't stand Xi Jian.
Most of them were not natives of Yizhou, but were refugees who had taken refuge in Yizhou due to the Taiping Dao Uprising or other incidents. They were gathered by Xi Jian to work. However, because Xi Jian and his supervisors were too dishonest, they
I couldn't bear it anymore, so I took advantage of the reputation of Taiping Dao to raise an army.