The number of Yellow Turban rebels in Xindu City is not large to begin with. Many of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and their fighting ability is very poor.
In less than an hour, all the Yellow Turban rebels in Xindu City surrendered.
In this battle, no one at Liu Bei died, and only a few were injured.
When they arrived at the Anping Palace and saw the money and food piled up in the palace, everyone felt happy.
At this time, having money and food means you have soldiers and horses. Having soldiers and horses means you can defeat others and occupy other people's territory. Occupying other people's territory means you have more money.
and food.
In the early days, why did Liu Bei keep wandering around, having nowhere to stay, and relying on others everywhere?
It is because Liu Bei does not have a strong family, nor does he have the support of nobles or powerful people. Without these, he has no capital.
Yuan Shao, the fourth generation and the third prince, has a strong background that Liu Bei cannot match.
Cao Cao, who had the support of a powerful family when he started his army, was unmatched by Liu Bei.
Gongsun Zan had a good father-in-law whom Liu Bei could not compare to.
And what does Liu Bei have at this time? Just a descendant of the royal family who is basically useless.
Is the descendant of the royal family useful? It is useful. But is it very useful? From the establishment of the Han Dynasty by Liu Bang to Liu Bei, the Liu royal family has reproduced for 21 generations. We can make an assumption that if each generation of the Liu family gave birth to 2 sons
, then after 21 generations, the total number of people will be more than two million.
Excluding those who died young and had no heirs, and of course those like Prince Jing of Zhongshan who gave birth to more than a hundred sons in his lifetime, the descendants of the royal family who came to Liu Bei must be worth more than a million no matter what!
The descendants of the royal family alone can form an army of one million people.
How can he stand out from millions of people? How can he be an ordinary person? What's more, Liu Bei's background is still white.
Among the heroes of the late Han Dynasty, Liu Bei was the only one who started from scratch and finally gained a place.
Therefore, after Liu Bei saw the money and food in Prince Anping's palace, Liu Bei laughed happily for a long time.
"Haha! Great things can happen, big things can happen."
Chen Meng wanted to tell his eldest brother that he was happy too early. However, Chen Meng finally thought that he should make Liu Bei happy first!
"Xianhe, fourth brother, you two should give some money and food to the residents in the city."
"Second brother, third brother, you two can use this money to recruit more soldiers and horses."
It was very necessary and correct for Liu Bei to do this. Because Liu Bei was not crazy enough to take these 500 people to Guangzong to fight Zhang Jiao's hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban rebels.
This is not called desperate effort, this is called risking death.
Two days later, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei gathered another 1,500 troops. Counting the existing 500 troops, Liu Bei already had 2,000 troops.
Moreover, after these two days, Liu Bei has been recognized by the people in Xindu. Liu Bei's benevolence has been planted in the hearts of the Han people.
After leaving Xindu, we continued southward, passed through Nangong and passed through the county, and then we came to the destination of Liu Bei's southward journey, Guangzong.
At this time, Zhonglang General Lu Zhi had led less than 50,000 central troops to surround Guangzong with 150,000 Yellow Turban troops. These 150,000 Yellow Turban troops were not ordinary Yellow Turban rebels, but were directly commanded by Zhang Jiao.
It still has a certain fighting capacity.
But even so, the 150,000-strong Yellow Turban Army was still surrounded by less than 50,000 Central Army troops. This shows how poor the Yellow Turban Army's combat effectiveness is.
Zhonglang General Lu Zhi, the ancestor of the Lu family in Fan Yang, taught two famous students, one was Liu Bei and the other was Gongsun Zan.
Therefore, when Lu Zhi heard that Liu Bei had led two thousand soldiers and horses to help, he couldn't help but happily paid the bill to welcome him personally.
"Teacher, I'm late."
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were certain rules for seating arrangements, among which sitting in the west facing east was the most honorable. Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty let his teacher sit in the most honorable position, which fully showed his respect for the teacher. From then on, "teacher" became
Gradually it became an honorific title for teachers.
Lu Zhi brought Liu Bei and the four of them into the camp, informed them of their intention, and introduced his three brothers to Lu Zhi one by one.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei didn't know Lu Zhi very well, but Chen Meng did.
Lu Zhi, a great Confucian of the time! His reputation spread far and wide. Moreover, Lu Zhi not only had high literary achievements, but also had a high military level. He could definitely be called a master with all-round talents in both civil and military affairs.
When Dong Zhuo wanted to depose Liu Bian, the young emperor of the Han Dynasty, Lu Zhi was the only one in the civil and military dynasties who dared to stand up and oppose him. Dong Zhuo wanted to kill Lu Zhi at that time, but later he did not kill him because he considered Lu Zhi's status as a great scholar and the most popular among scholars.
To remove Lu Zhi was to remove him from office. At this time, Lu Zhi was probably the only person who dared to resist Dong Zhuo and was not killed by Dong Zhuo.
Chen Meng knew about Lu Zhi's reputation, and of course he wanted Liu Bei to rely on Lu Zhi's reputation to improve his own reputation.
"I am surrounding the thieves here. The thieves' younger brothers Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao are in Yingchuan, facing off against Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun. You can lead your troops, and I will help you with a thousand officers and soldiers to go to Yingchuan to inquire about the news.
We will arrest you soon." Lu Zhi said to Liu Bei.
You have to drive Liu Bei away as soon as you arrive!
Of course Chen Meng was unwilling to let Liu Bei leave. Because after Liu Bei left Lu Zhi and arrived at Yingchuan, the war in Yingchuan was basically over, and then Liu Bei was driven back to Guangzong. Before Liu Bei returned to Guangzong, Lu Zhi was
Dismissed from office.
Such a result would not benefit Liu Bei at all.
Just as Liu Bei was about to respond to Lu Zhi, Chen Meng behind him suddenly said:
"General Zhonglang, I think this may be inappropriate."
Lu Zhi was a little surprised when he heard this. After all, there were not many people who dared to raise objections to Lu Zhi at this time.
"Oh... let me know if you have any thoughts on business," Lu Zhi said.
"Yingchuan County is far away from here. It will take us a lot of time to lead our troops to Yingchuan. By the time we arrive, I am afraid that the war in Yingchuan will be over. This is one of them.
The rebels in Guangzong are the leaders of all the rebels. We should wipe out the rebels here as soon as possible. If the rebels here are wiped out, there is no need to worry about rebels elsewhere. This is the second reason.
If the rebels here are eliminated, we can lead all our soldiers to Yingchuan, which will be more helpful to Yingchuan. This is the third point.
With these three points in mind, I think it is not the best way for us to go to Yingchuan at this time."
After a long meal, everyone came down, and Chen Meng's head was a little big.
After Chen Meng finished speaking, he glanced at Lu Zhi and saw Lu Zhi looking at him with surprise.
"I didn't expect you to have such knowledge at your age. You are very human." Lu Zhi said.
"Xuande, you are really lucky to have such a person!"
Liu Bei had only known that Chen Meng was extremely resourceful before, but now he couldn't believe it when he heard Chen Meng say such things. Liu Bei suddenly felt like he had found a treasure.
"Haha. This is my fourth brother, Zhang Yide."
"Haha! This is also my fourth brother, Guan Yunchang."
"That's it, Xuande is here to help me destroy the traitor Zhang Jiao!" Lu Zhi said. This chapter has been completed!