Chapter 137: Seeing the Yellow Turban Army for the First Time
"You should prepare quickly. We will start the attack one month in advance." Zhang Jiao weakly ordered.
"No!" Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang accepted the order with clasped fists. Then they went down in high spirits and prepared to start an attack. After the two left, Zhang Jiao called his confidants and whispered something to them.
, went down to make arrangements. After a while, the confidant led an unusually burly man to Zhang Jiao's bed. Also invited was Zhang Jiao's daughter Zhang Ning.
"Great Master!" When the big man saw Zhang Jiao, he hurriedly came forward and knelt down.
"Get up and talk." Zhang Jiao was still weak, and his tone was unusually gentle when he spoke.
"Huh!" Zhang Jiao took a deep breath, and then said softly: "Ning'er, don't be sad, this is destined by God. I already know that I don't have much time left, so don't make me sad in vain." Zhang Jiao slowly said
He stretched out a hand and wiped away the tears on Zhang Ning's cheek.
"That boy is right. I underestimated everyone in the world. But it's not too late to know now." Zhang Jiao looked up at the sky and said softly.
Zhang Ning and the big man on the side were very confused, not knowing what their father (the great virtuous teacher) was talking about.
"Guan Hai, come forward and obey the order!" Zhang Jue put away his weak look and endured the pain in his chest and said to the big man.
"Guan Hai takes the order!" Guan Hai hurriedly stepped forward.
"I order you to protect the young lady, and then you can leave." After saying these words, Zhang Jue's breath became weaker and his face became paler.
"I don't, I don't want to leave dad. I want to stay with dad." After listening to Zhang Jiao's words, Zhang Ning's tears instantly flowed down like a storm.
"Ning'er, don't be willful. You are still young. There is still a long way to go in the future. If you don't leave, dad will be killed on the bedside right now." Zhang Jiao knew that his daughter was strong, so he could only threaten.
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"But where does daddy plan to go with Ning'er?" Seeing that his dad was threatening death, Zhang Ning did not dare to go against Zhang Jiao's words, so he could only say this.
"Go to Yingchuan. Didn't that kid go to Yingchuan to study?"
"Him!" Zhang Ning looked at Zhang Jiao in surprise. Of course she knew who her father was talking about.
"Guan Hai!" Zhang Jue roared softly.
"exist!"
"Take the young lady away quickly and go to Yingchuan. You must protect the young lady's life with your own life!"
"Nuo!" Guan Hai returned the visit with fists in his hands, and then hit Zhang Ning on the neck with a knife, knocking him unconscious. Then he picked up Zhang Ning and turned around and walked out.
Seeing that Zhang Ning was finally taken away, Zhang Jiao on the bed finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After a few more days, Zhang Jiao's health finally improved a lot. He could barely stand up with the help of Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang.
"Are you ready to notify the soldiers on all sides?" Zhang Jiao asked Zhang Bao softly.
"It's ready." Zhang Bao said softly.
"Okay! Send people out immediately, and travel under starry night to notify all parties to start an incident immediately. Then you two prepare to pack up, and I will worship the heavens and organize an incident tomorrow."
"No!" Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang replied together.
Early the next morning, Zhang Jiao, wearing a gorgeous Taoist robe and a yellow scarf on his head, arrived at the altar that had been prepared.
"Open the altar to worship the sky!" Zhang Jiao climbed onto the altar with a wooden sword in his hand, pointed at the sky, and shouted: "The sky is dead, Huang Tian should stand, and the world will be prosperous at the age of Jiazi." Although Zhang Jiao's body is not yet healthy.
Recovery, but these few words shouted with sufficient confidence, resounding throughout the sky.
In the audience, many congregants looked enthusiastic and shouted excitedly, "The sky is dead, Huang Tian is standing, and the age of Jiazi will bring good luck to the world."
Suddenly, Zhang Jiao waved his hand, and the audience immediately stopped shouting. At this time, Zhang Jiao was seen shouting again: "A certain person was ordered by heaven and became the 'Tiangong General'. My brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang are respectively '
"General Di Gong', 'General General Ren Gong'."
"Greetings to General Heavenly Lord! Greetings to General Earthly Lord! Greetings to General Renggong!" After Zhang Jiao finished speaking, the audience fell to the ground and kowtowed.
Less than half a month after Zhang Jiao worshiped heaven, wars broke out in seven states and twenty-eight counties across the country. The Yellow Turban army was in turmoil, states and counties were lost, and officials fled, which shocked Kyoto.
At the same time, in the main hall of Luoyang Palace in Kyoto, the anger at this time was very heavy. The entire hall was filled with tension and uneasiness.
On the golden throne, Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong knelt and sat on the dragon chair. He held a bamboo slip in one hand and kept trembling.
Touch - Emperor Ling angrily threw the official document to the ground and roared: "Who can tell Gu what these rebellious officials and traitors want? What do Gu's soldiers do for food? In just one month, two people in the country...
Eighteen counties are all in war."
At this time, under the court, a man suddenly stood up and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. The most urgent task now is to organize an army to fight against the bandits." The speaker was General Huangfu Song, Zuo Zhonglang.
"What Lord Huangfu said is true, I will reconsider it." Seeing someone starting, all the civil and military officials in the court kowtowed and said.
"The weakest lord must be furious; the darkest lord must have twilight." Although Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was a mediocre king, he also knew that once the hungry people rebelled, the crown would surely fall. He pondered for a while, and then said: "
Chuan Gu ordered to worship He Jin as the general, and led the five battalions of soldiers from Yulin on the left and right to station in the capital pavilion, prepare weapons, and guard the capital; from Hangu Pass, Dagu, Guangcheng, Yique, Fuyuan, and Xuanmen,
Mengjin, Xiaopingjin and other Kyoto passes are stationed with captains, and they must be guarded to the death, and a bandit must be allowed to enter the capital. Then he issued an edict to lead various places to guard against it, and ordered the states and counties to prepare for war, train soldiers, prepare weapons, and summon rebels."
"I accept your order!" All the civil and military officials in the court kowtowed.
"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to ask of you." At this time, Huangfu Song, who was the first to remonstrate, said.
"It doesn't matter what you say!"
"Replying to your majesty, I believe that it is appropriate to accept the ban on the party, and give the palace funds and fine horses from the Western Garden to the sergeants to improve their morale."
"This..." Emperor Ling pondered for a moment and did not leave to answer.
At this time, another minister admonished: "The evil caused by the party has accumulated resentment for a long time. If we collude with the Yellow Turbans, I am afraid there will be no salvation."
Finally, Emperor Ling pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement: "What you said is true. I immediately issued an order to grant amnesty to party members on the day of Renzi, to return all the immigrants, and to ask all ministers to donate horses and crossbows.
The descendants of generals and people with profound strategic knowledge from the private sector went to the Public Transport Department for interviews."
After Emperor Ling finished speaking, all the ministers in the court praised Emperor Ling for his wisdom. This was something that the Emperor Ling, who was addicted to wine and sex, rarely heard. He smiled with satisfaction, and then said: "Who can lead the army for the annihilation?
Rebellious.”
"I wish to go!" Huangfu Song was the first to come out to ask for orders. Later, General Zhu Jun, the right middle man, also came out to ask for orders.
"I would like to lead the army to Jizhou to attack the rebellious traitor Zhang Jiao." At this time, an upright voice came from the hall. He looked carefully and saw that it was Lu Zhi, Lu Zigan, the general of Bei Zhonglang.
"It's so comforting for my lonely heart. You are all the pillars of the country." Looking at the three people who came down to ask for orders, Emperor Ling grinned. "He ordered Lu Zhi to lead the deputy general Zong Yuan and lead the five sergeants of the Northern Army to take charge of the northern front, and Zhang Jiao's main force Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun each led an army, controlled five schools, Sanhe Knights and newly recruited elite warriors, a total of more than 40,000 people, to attack the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan area."
"We accept the order!" The three people bowed hurriedly.
Just when Emperor Ling was about to give the order to withdraw from the court, General Zhu Junyou, the right middle man on the side, said: "Your Majesty, I still have something to report."
"But it doesn't matter!" Emperor Ling was obviously in a good mood and said loudly.
"I would like to recruit Sun Jian from Xiapi to serve as an assistant army commander. He will take the young men from his hometown and recruit elite soldiers from various merchant brigades, Huai Rivers and Surabayas, a total of more than a thousand people, to set out with our army to fight against the bandits."
"Yes!" Seeing that it was a matter of begging a thief, Emperor Ling did not stop him in any way, and immediately nodded in agreement. Then he said to a few people: "I will wait quietly in the palace for some good news. If nothing happens, I will retreat from the court. You and others will hurry up. Go and prepare, and soon we will lead the troops to fight against the thieves."
"I have received your orders." The ministers in the court kowtowed and then filed out one after another. Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Lu Zhi were also ready and led their troops to the battlefield one after another.
But heaven did not follow people's wishes. Although the Han army was strong, it had not fought for a long time, resulting in a decline in combat power. Although the Yellow Turban Army was incompletely equipped, it had a large number of people, and its morale was high after consecutive battles and victories, causing the Han army to lose the first battle. In April, Zhu Jun's army was defeated by the Yellow Turban Bocai and retreated. Huangfu Song had no choice but to garrison Changshe with him for defense. However, Bocai led a large army to besiege the city. With few officers and soldiers, morale was low.
In Changshe City, two extraordinary-looking young men in Confucian robes were wandering on the deserted streets. Behind the two young men was an unusually burly man. At this time, Bocai's army had surrounded the entire Changshe Group. Moreover, there are few officers and soldiers in the city, making the city extremely deserted. All the houses in the city have their doors closed. All the people in the city are extremely nervous. The notoriety of the Yellow Turban Army has already spread all over the country. Now that the Yellow Turban Army is approaching the city again, how can it not make the people in the city fearful? .But at this time, these two extraordinary-looking young men were talking and laughing, and there was no trace of fear on their faces. This made the people passing by them sigh.
"I didn't expect that the Han army was so useless and could act like this in the face of a group of refugees." A young man looked at the weak Han soldiers on the city wall and curled his lips and said with disdain.
"What Fengxiao said is wrong. Although the Han army is powerfully equipped, it lacks training and has no momentum at all. On the other hand, the Yellow Turban Army, although they are all refugees, is as powerful as a rainbow and can attack them all. More importantly, you But I don’t know how fanatical the Yellow Turban Army is." Another young man said with a smile. You must know that the reason why the Yellow Turban Army won consecutive battles in the previous period was because of the fanaticism of its followers. Facing a group of people who are not afraid of life and death, It is difficult for people, even experienced warriors, to defeat them.
Yes, they are Zhao Fei and Guo Jia. The appearance of these two people here was completely arranged by Zhao Fei. Zhao Fei knew that the Han army would be defeated and trapped in Changshe. So, Zhao Fei knew very well. He brought Dian Wei and Guo Jia there early to wait.
"Fanatical?" Guo Jia muttered these two words, and then recalled that the Yellow Turban Army attacked the city some time ago. Although he looked at it from a distance, Guo Jia was shocked by the way the Yellow Turban Army marched forward one after another, not caring about life and death.