Chapter 252 Reorganization of the Montenegro Yellow Turban
Fifty thousand Montenegrin troops were divided into four groups, taking the heads of Li Damu and others, and set out that day. Liu Xiang sent 500 additional crossbowmen to each of them, and led more than 12,000 men to guard the prisoners and defend them.
Camp.
The journey may be long or short, the march may be fast or slow, the four armies and horses march at dawn and spend the night, and soon arrive in various valleys. The valleys may be large or small, and the number of troops stationed may be small or large. The main force of their troops is lost. Commander Qu takes the lead, and the strength of the resistance is not the same.
Not big.
The valleys from Jingxing to Fukou were cleared one by one by 50,000 troops. Within one month, four to five thousand people were killed and more than 80,000 prisoners were taken. Li Damu, Zhang Leigong, Wang Baique, and Liu Dashi were completely defeated.
removal.
Two flowers bloom, one on each side.
It is said that on the day Liu Xiang sent out troops, he launched an alliance on the pretext that someone had colluded with the imperial court and had ulterior motives, and used Zhou Cang's name to invite the leaders of various ministries to meet at the main stronghold in Jingxing.
Those who have doubts and dissent, as well as those who have accepted the imperial edict, will naturally not come. However, there should be many who are sincerely attached to the Black Mountain Army, inherit the legacy of the Yellow Turban Army, and are determined to rebel. This step is to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
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At the same time, he ordered an infantry battalion of 6,000 people to go south, and escorted more than 20,000 prisoners in the camp back to Youzhou. They were sentenced to five years of hard labor and were sent to various mining areas and hard labor camps to dig, cut trees, build embankments, and build roads.
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After waiting for ten days, nine Qushuai arrived. These nine were relatively weak, with a total of less than 80,000 men and horses. They were scattered in the mountains from Fukou diameter to Baijing. There were still seven who did not come, most of them were
It seems that there are more than 100,000 powerful forces near Baijing, Taihangxing and Zhiguanjing who have chosen to become his enemy.
Liu Xiang hosted a banquet for the attendees, and everyone was shocked the moment he appeared. The Black Mountain Yellow Turbans were originally an alliance gathered in his name, but it was also because he was "seriously injured and dying" that they were in turmoil. Seeing him appear alive in front of them
, those who came here felt happy, and those who had hesitated were even more frightened.
He cupped his hands as a gift and said with a smile: "I'm very happy that you all can come. Wang Fen of Jizhou used Zhao'an as a bait to divide Heishan. Sure enough, some people have had different intentions, ignored the covenant, and pursued selfish interests. Their intentions should be punished."
Everyone returned the greetings, and Yu Digen's curly beard trembled violently, and he complained with great grievance: "After the assassination of the divine envoy, Sui Gu, Yu Du and those people relied on their power to bully us. We were about to hide in the mountains.
I'm here, please ask God to bring justice to us."
Huang Long, Zuo Xiao and others also followed suit.
Liu Xiangxin said, I am not here to uphold justice for you. I want to recruit you, and my appetite is even greater than that of Sui Gu.
But he couldn't say it like that. He considered his words, pressed his hands down, and waited for everyone to calm down before speaking: "They are all the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, hiding in the mountains to survive. Those people attacking allies are really hateful. According to me
It seems that there may be other reasons. Perhaps they were instigated by others to kill the Yellow Turbans and receive rewards for meritorious service. Don’t worry, I will definitely send troops to destroy them."
After saying this, his voice changed: "Have you ever thought about how long you can stay in this mountain? Maybe for many lifetimes? Will your descendants be willing to become mountain residents?"
The mountain people are very miserable. They lack everything from salt, food and medicine. They are mainly primitive tribes and people who cannot stand the exploitation and have fled into the mountains. As long as there is a way to survive, the people do not want to be mountain people.
Of course, the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans have Liu Xiang as their backer, and they can buy daily utensils and salt and grain. Selling stolen goods to the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans and transporting daily utensils and supplies for them has become a source of income for the Youzhou caravan. It is also because they "colluded with bandits."
, there are five passages in the Eight Routes of Taihang, which are already the exclusive trade routes of Youzhou people. They have also replaced the Jizhou people and become the second largest supplier in Bingzhou.
The first is Sili. They have Fenhe River water transportation, but Youzhou cannot compare with it.
This kind of business has been going on for almost two years. The military caravans who took this route made a lot of money, and Liu Xiang also got a lot of it. There was no problem in supporting the Montenegrin Army.
In the past six months, those military families have begun to clamor to invade Jizhou, because Wang Fen imposed heavy taxes on them after he took office. Many tax cards were set up on Taihang Mountain East Road, and they had to pay once to pass the customs. They have become accustomed to Youzhou
The good old days of collecting transaction taxes from the market only during large-scale transactions naturally did not sit well with Jizhou.
Jizhou must be attacked, and everyone in Youzhou wants to fight. The question is when is the right time to send troops, and how to fight so that the imperial court will not send large troops to suppress it.
Liu Xiang was thinking, and others were also thinking, but he was thinking about different things. He was thinking about how to reorganize the Yellow Turbans and how to attack Jizhou. Those military leaders, Qu Shuai, were thinking about whether to fully commit themselves.
No one is a fool. With their own strength, it is difficult to live in the mountains and valleys, and it is impossible to get out. What this person wants is for them to join in and accept the adaptation like Zhou Cang did.
Zhou Cang's benchmark is standing there, prospering and growing. Some of them are really moved. Others who don't want to be restrained don't have the guts to refuse. This is a murderous evil star. Don't look at his nice words now.
, if you dare not respond, the next step will be to kill the owl with a steel knife, right?
None of the nine people objected. They were very enthusiastic and enthusiastic, and they all said: "I would like to follow the envoy of God to sweep the world, inherit the legacy of the great sage and mentor, overthrow the Han Dynasty, and change the world."
The atmosphere was very harmonious, at least in Liu Xiang's eyes.
There were no obstacles in the process. Five thousand soldiers from the Montenegrin Army and eight thousand infantry battalions protected them, and one after another people began to evacuate northward.
The Black Mountain Yellow Turbans split into two groups, one consisting of 100,000 people south of Baijing led by Sui Gu, Yu Du, and Bai Rao, and the other consisting of more than 200,000 people led by the Black Mountain Army Zhou Cang. The two parties faced each other at a distance.
The war has not started yet. Those in the south dare not take the initiative to attack, while those in the north are reorganizing.
Liu Xiang had no hobby of letting the old, weak, sick and disabled go to the battlefield.
Li Damu and others' 80,000 prisoners were escorted back to Youzhou, and the young men were sent to serve five years of hard labor. The craftsmen were selected and sent to various workshops, and the female workers who were good at reeling and weaving were also sent to weaving workshops in various places.
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The remaining nearly 60,000 people were taken to Shanggu and Daijun to open up wasteland and farm fields.
The nine people who took the initiative to join the army eliminated more than 40,000 old and weak people and moved them to Shanggu County and Dai County to divide the fields for farming. This made the 30,000 people who stayed behind very envious. They had to achieve military merit before they were eligible to be rewarded with land.
At the end of August in the fourth year of Zhongping, the Black Mountain Army expanded to 90,000 men, and the territory it actually controlled extended to the middle section of Baijing, one of the eight Taihang Trails. Baijing is a north-south passage that intersects with Fukou Trail at the northernmost end and heads westward.
Leading to Shangdang County in Bingzhou.
Zhongshan Kingdom, Changshan Kingdom, and Zhao Kingdom are all within the sphere of influence of the Black Mountain Army. It is only a matter of time to take over all three lands.
But Liu Xiang could no longer stay in the Taihang Mountains to lead the troops in the war. He had important matters to return to Youzhou.
Liu Zhoucang, Zhang He, Zhang Liao, and Taishi Ci led the troops. While training, they also took advantage of the new grain harvest to borrow grain from various counties in Jizhou. If they encountered the team of Sui Gu and others, they would attack on the spot if they found fighters. He would lead the infantry
The camp of 8,000 people returned to Youzhou.
Before leaving, he did not forget to look at each other in disgust. He sent people to spread the news in the south that the gods had promised: those who came to surrender on their own initiative would be divided into fields;
Hard labor.
Public opinion is fierce!
Liu Xiang smiled evilly and left the Taihang Mountains.