Chapter 665 They ran faster than the Yellow Turban Army
These things happened in a short period of time, and many people did not react. Even Dong Zhuo was very surprised when he learned about it.
But Dong Zhuo was an experienced veteran soldier after all. After thinking about it for a moment, he immediately figured out the connection.
"No, the Yellow Turban Thief is going to run away!"
"run?"
Niu Fu was very surprised: "They massacred the wealthy people, obviously out of anger. Your plan succeeded. There is indeed collusion between the Xuzhou wealthy people and the Yellow Turban thieves. Now they are fighting among themselves and can no longer cooperate. No one will inform the Yellow Turban thieves anymore.
News, isn’t this a good opportunity for us to defeat the Yellow Turban Thieves?”
"Internal strife will not lead to the annihilation of the clan."
Dong Zhuo immediately walked out: "This move has offended the wealthy people of Xuzhou. The Yellow Turbans will no longer have a foothold in Xuzhou. Unless the Yellow Turbans have decided to escape and leave Xuzhou, they will never do that.
Just decide, Fu, send the order immediately, reorganize the whole army, and set off as soon as possible!"
"only!"
Although Niu Fu didn't immediately understand the joint here, Dong Zhuo gave the order, and Niu Fu immediately nodded and went to pass on the order.
Dong Zhuo reacted quickly, but he was still a little slow. By the time he led his army to catch up to Liangcheng County, the Yellow Turban Army had already set fire to the city and fled. Dong Zhuo was so angry as he looked at the black smoke billowing from Liangcheng County.
Shivering.
Finally, Dong Zhuo ordered to select three thousand elite cavalry to accompany him in pursuit of the Yellow Turban Army, from Liangcheng County to Jiangdu County in Guangling County. On the way, they were blocked by the Yellow Turban Army's rear troops three times, and were forced to stop fighting three times.
Of course, the battles were won, but the Yellow Turban Army was still not that strong in front of the elite cavalry led by Dong Zhuo himself.
Finally, they finally caught up with the Xuzhou Yellow Turbans who were crossing the Yangtze River south in Jiangdu County, and fought with them here.
The battle was won, and the rear troops of the Yellow Turban Army were defeated by Dong Zhuo, killing more than 3,000 Yellow Turban Army soldiers. However, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in Xuzhou still crossed the river and left Dong Zhuo without any tools for crossing the river.
Dong Zhuo was unable to pursue due to practical conditions and his status as the governor of Xuzhou, and he hated this very much.
Looking at the roaring river, the resentment in his heart could not be suppressed, so he turned his head and looked behind him in the direction of Xuzhou with bloodshot eyes.
Sure enough, Xuzhou can't do well with these insects!
In a rage, Dong Zhuo went to the State of Pi and the governor of Guangling, saying that these two people were insects and wanted to kill them.
Dong Zhuo's reasons are very good.
The main force of the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Army, more than 20,000 people, fled from Xiapi State to the port of Jiangdu County, Guangling County with a lot of luggage, and then fled south across the Yangtze River from the port.
During this period, the Prime Minister of Xiapi and the Sheriff of Guangling did not contribute even a little bit!
They did not mobilize any troops to do anything to stop them. It was as if they were in an uninhabited country. There was no obstacle at all. They went south smoothly and traveled very fast.
This resulted in Dong Zhuo missing the opportunity even though he pursued desperately.
Even if these local officials put in a little effort, send an army to stop the Yellow Turban Army, and fight with them for even a day, Dong Zhuo can catch up with the Yellow Turban Army and fight them to the death in Jiangdu County.
Don't they have an army on hand?
No, there is a point. Although Dong Zhuo commanded most of the army in Xuzhou, because he was on the battlefield, these county guards and ministers had more or less more than 2,000 to 3,000 handymen.
.
It's not a very strong combat power, but it's better than nothing. It can usually defend the city and so on. If it really wants to fight, although it won't win, it can cause some damage to the opponent, right?
For example, destroying some bridges or destroying the road conditions of some roads will prevent the Yellow Turban Army from moving as fast.
As long as they put in a little effort, the Yellow Turban Army would not be able to escape south so smoothly.
But they didn't.
The Prime Minister of Xiapi and the Governor of Guangling disappeared during the whole process, and not a single army was sent out. They only hunkered down in their lair and did not dare to go to war. They had thousands of soldiers and horses, but they had no idea of going to war.
The Jiangdu County Magistrate also failed to fulfill his responsibilities. As soon as the Yellow Turban Army came, he fled in confusion. Even if he led his troops to hold on for a while, he could buy Dong Zhuo some time.
As a result, they ran faster than the Yellow Turban Army.
If any one of these local officials had done something, they could have saved the situation and allowed Dong Zhuo to annihilate the Yellow Turban Army, but none of them did.
Dong Zhuo was almost driven crazy.
When Liu Bei, who was far away in Luoyang, learned about this, he was also very angry. He felt that there were indeed many insects in the Han Dynasty. Surrounded by so many insects, occasionally one or two capable people would be dragged down to death by the insects.
So Liu Bei went to the imperial court to report that Prime Minister Pi, the governor of Guangling, and the magistrate of Jiangdu had neglected their duties and delayed the war, and demanded that these three be executed.
At the same time, Liu Bei asked Gui Bao, the governor of Yangzhou, to pursue and eliminate the Yellow Turbans who fled into Yangzhou without any mistakes.
The imperial court approved Liu Bei's request and the order was issued.
The Prime Minister of Xiapi, the Guangling County Sheriff and the Jiangdu County Magistrate were quickly arrested, put into prison cars and taken to Luoyang to be executed. Dong Zhuo saw these three bastards crying and shouting with his own eyes. Although he felt relieved, he still felt in his heart.
There is very strong dissatisfaction.
The failure to completely wipe out the Xuzhou Yellow Turbans frustrated his dream of returning to Luoyang to take up a position. He had no way to return to Luoyang with his current half-assed achievements. Even if he could go back, he would not be qualified to hold the high position of Jiuqing.
It was meaningless to return to Luoyang if he could not hold a high position, so he chose to stay in Xuzhou and continued to think of ways to find credit. He searched and searched but could not find any suitable credit. In extreme boredom, he even began to fill Xuzhou's reputation.
Make trouble for bandits.
He thought about killing all the bandits in Xuzhou. Would he be able to accumulate enough merit?
Dong Zhuo thought this way, then all the bandits in Xuzhou would really suffer.
When the Xuzhou Yellow Turbans were still there, a lot of government energy and troops were used to deal with the Xuzhou Yellow Turbans. The local bandit strongmen in Xuzhou ushered in a peak period of development.
During that time, it was considered their spring. They robbed homes and houses, ate delicious food and drank spicy food, drank wine in large bowls, ate meat and divided the money on large scales. They did whatever they wanted, and even robbed rich people.
Of course, these guys had some brains and did not interfere with the nobles, so the Xuzhou government did not care too much about the damage to the local tyrants and civilians.
The government didn't have enough energy to deal with them, so they just grabbed it here and there, which was a great deal of fun.
But after the warm spring passed, the cold winter came.
Dong Zhuo is here.
Dong Zhuo's obsession with returning to Luoyang and assuming a high position could no longer be contained. In his fanatical pursuit of military exploits, he took out his anger on all the bandits in Xuzhou. He fought seventeen times in three months, wiping out seventeen groups of bandits, large and small, and killing two thousand and one bandits.
More than a hundred people.
From Langya County, to Donghai County, and then to Pengcheng Kingdom and Xiapi Kingdom, Dong Zhuo fought in four counties, hanging up and beating the local bandits. Those bandits who had been well fed before all became Dong Zhuo's military exploits.
But despite this, the merits of suppressing bandits are far inferior to those of fighting enemies with political significance. After all, the bandits did not raise a banner and said they wanted to rebel against the Han Empire. The bandits only looted homes and disturbed public order, which had little political significance.
Dong Zhuo himself also knew that such behavior was mostly to vent his emotions.
But after a period of venting, he finally got a chance.
Liu Bei wanted to implement the slave restriction order in the four Central Plains states, Yangzhou, and Jingzhou. The four Central Plains states were the first phase, and the two Jiangnan states were the second phase. Xuzhou's slave restriction order was more difficult to implement. Some counties were more cooperative, and some counties were more cooperative.
It's pretty tough.
Among them, the most powerful ones are Xiapi State and Guangling County.
Officials of other counties can stabilize the affairs of their own counties to some extent. The county governor and the prime minister can come forward to suppress the opponents or eradicate them. However, in Xiapi and Guangling counties, the new governor and prime minister have not yet arrived.
, leading to a certain amount of confusion.
Fortunately, the Xiapi Kingdom is because the base camp of the Yellow Turban Army is in the Xiapi Kingdom. After years of fighting, many powerful families were destroyed by the Yellow Turban Army. They had fled southward before, and those who planned to lie down did not take the initiative to resist.
That's too much.
Therefore, county-level officials can control the local situation.
But Guangling County is different.
There is such a big commotion in Guangling County, and the reasons are really complicated.