I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 78
The crusade against the Baibo Yellow Turban by the imperial court and the army has undergone great changes compared with history, mainly reflected in the time, personnel and intensity of the crusade.

Historically, in the fifth year of middle age, Liangzhou rebels had invaded Sanfu and besieged Chencang, so the court hurriedly worshiped Huangfusong as the left general, and supervised the former general Dong Zhuo, each leading [-] troops to rescue Chencang.

At that time, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others did not donate nearly 20 million yuan as military expenses, and the court did not recruit new troops in advance. Huangfusong and Dong Zhuo were there to fight the fire. Of course they lost to Wang Guo, Han Sui, and Ma Teng. [-] rebels.

Therefore, Huangfusong decided to stick to Chencang and wait for work with ease.

Facts have proved that Huangfusong's judgment was not wrong. Later Liangzhou rebels besieged Chencang for [-] days but could not conquer it. The army was exhausted and had to retreat. The leader, Kingdom, also died of illness shortly after the defeat.

By the way, Dong Zhuo made two misjudgments, and Huangfusong's suggestion was not adopted. Therefore, when he saw Huangfusong severely inflicted on the rebels, Dong Zhuo was both ashamed and jealous, so he deliberately teased Huangfusong after he took control of Luoyang. Fortunately, Huangfusong was also a capable husband and did not attack Dong Zhuo verbally, so Dong Zhuo did not do anything to his family. On the contrary, Huangfusong was ordered by Situ Wangyun to copy Dong Zhuo's family and kill all Dong Zhuo's family members.

However, Huangfusong did not consider another threat, that is, Baibo Huangjin, despite his accurate judgment.

Because Dong Zhuo was transferred to Liangzhou for four months, Baibo Huangjin became more and more rampant in Hedong. Like this time, he first defeated Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu, and then attacked Hanoi, trying to cross the river from Hanoi and attack Henan.

The imperial court was supposed to mobilize troops for a conquest, but it happened that Emperor Ling was seriously ill. General He Jin, on Yuan Shao's suggestion, wanted to wipe out the eunuchs and help his nephew Liu Bian to ascend the throne. For this reason, Dong Zhuo was secretly summoned back to Beijing. At that time, the imperial court and Dong Zhuo didn't care about Baibo Yellow Turban, so that Baibo Yellow Turban took the opportunity to attack the eastern part of Henan, Dongjun, and Chenliu, and their momentum grew greatly.

By the time Dong Zhuo completely controlled the court, the Baibo Yellow Turban had become a thing of the past.

Coupled with the crusade by the Kwantung princes, Dong Zhuo was afraid that the Baibo Huangjin would unite with the Kwantung princes and cut off his retreat, so he decided to abandon Luoyang and retreat to Chang'an.

Simply put, the reason why the Baibo Yellow Turban became popular in history happened to be because of the vacuum period when the imperial court was weak and unable to take care of both ends, and Dong Zhuo, the prefect of Hedong, was transferred to Liangzhou. Supplemented by Huang Fusong, Zhu Jun, and Zhang Wen, each side is hurrying up to train the new army. The total strength of the three sides is more than [-], and there are Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Jian and other powerful generals. Wang Guo, Han Sui, Ma Teng No matter how capable they are, they can't scare the court like they did in history.

Besides, on the east side of the river, Ding Yuan replaced Dong Zhuo as the prefect, united Zhonglang General Meng Yi and the newly transferred Hanoi prefect Wang Kuang, caught Baibo Huangjin and chased him fiercely. Instead, he was forced to return to his old nest, Baibo Valley.

On June [-]th, Ding Yuan, Meng Yi, and Wang Kuang once again led their troops to the outside of Baibo Valley, executed the bandits who had been captured on the battlefield in front of Baibo Huangjin in the valley, and shouted to the valley, which roughly meant: Surrender before the battle The thieves can still be pardoned, but if they are caught on the battlefield, they will all be executed!
This threat and intimidation depressed the morale of the Baibo Yellow Turbans in the valley, and some bandits fled at night to surrender to the officers and soldiers.

Ding Yuan, Meng Yi, and Wang Kuang did not break their promises, they recruited these rebels under Ding Yuan's command, gave them food, and ordered them to shout in front of the valley to persuade them to surrender.

With these living examples, the Baibo Yellow Turban hiding in the valley undoubtedly began to shake. A large number of thieves took the opportunity to escape, or fled, or surrendered to the officers and soldiers. Zheng Tai, Zhang Feng, Han Xian and others could not stop them.

Seeing that their own situation is over, the leader Zheng Tai decided to break out to Hexi—that is, Zuo Fengyi. After all, judging from the current situation, they must not be able to expand eastward like in history. They can only go west. Auxiliary, Zhang Wen is in Jingzhao, Huangfusong is in Youfufeng, but Zuo Fengyi's situation is relatively relaxed, which may bring him a turning point for Baibo Huangjin.

But Zhang Feng, Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai are not as optimistic as Zheng Tai, and they all feel that their future is bleak.

When Zhang Feng returned to his residence and told his subordinates about Zheng Tai's decision, his general Xu Huang persuaded him: "The general situation is over, why not surrender to the army? Once the champion enters the valley, the general will not agree to surrender to the opposite side. "

This made Zhang Feng hesitant, not because he was afraid of death. After all, those who dared to fall into the grass and become bandits were definitely not good, and most of them were desperadoes. If you can recruit them and give them some good treatment, why should they seek death?
After thinking for a while, Zhang Feng told Xu Huang the worries in his heart: "I'm afraid that the officers and soldiers will turn back on their promises and trap and kill us."

I have to say that his consideration is also reasonable, after all, the officers and soldiers forgiving those thieves does not mean that they will forgive Yang Feng and other leaders of the rebel army.

So Xu Huang said to Yang Feng: "If I go to contact the officers and soldiers first, if the officers and soldiers kill me, the general will break out with Zheng Tai and others to Zuo Fengyi."

Yang Feng nodded in agreement.

That night, Xu Huang took advantage of the darkness to sneak out of the valley and took the initiative to join the army, just in time to run into Zhang Liao.

Xu Huang was a general under Zhang Feng's command, and he fought bravely. During this time, he had met Zhang Liao and Zhang Yang face to face. Zhang Liao naturally recognized him, so after disarming him, he brought him to Ding Yuan.

Ding Yuan also recognized Xu Huang and knew that Xu Huang was a brave general in the rebel army. Seeing that he came to surrender at night, he was very happy and polite. He made a promise to Xu Huang that as long as Xu Huang sincerely surrendered, he would grant him Xu Huang's official position as Sima.

Xu Huang originally intended to surrender, but seeing Ding Yuan's kind attitude, his doubts disappeared, and he immediately cupped his fists and bowed, and immediately revealed the truth that Yang Feng also wanted to surrender.

Ding Yuan was very surprised, after all, Yang Feng is Zheng Tai's general, one of the leaders of Baibo Yellow Turbans, if Yang Feng surrendered to his army, wouldn't it be able to severely damage the morale of the bandit army?
So Ding Yuan ordered Xu Huang to go back and tell Yang Feng that if Yang Feng was willing to surrender, he would recommend Yang Feng as the lieutenant of Hedong.

Even, in order to persuade Yang Feng, he told Xu Huang that his backer was Henan Yin He Miao, the brother of General He Jin, and the prince's uncle.

As soon as these words came out, let alone Xu Huang was stunned, when he went back and told Yang Feng, Yang Feng was also stunned, and only then did they know that Ding Yuan actually had such connections.

So what else is there to say?surrender!
So Yang Feng ordered Xu Huang to mobilize his trilogy to leave the valley and surrender to the officers and soldiers, and at the same time secretly sent people to invite Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai. Zheng Tai immediately realized that some of Yang Feng, Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai had defected to the army, and hastily ordered the whole army to break out of the siege, to Zuo Fengyi.

This move can be said to have disrupted Zhang Feng's arrangement, let alone Han Xian and the others panicked, Yang Feng himself was also panicked, fearing that Ding Yuan might misunderstand, he hurried to defect to Ding Yuan.

Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai fled to Zuo Fengyi one after another. After all, as long as Yang Feng can gain a foothold under Ding Yuan's command, they can surrender to the army in the future.

On the other side, Yang Feng and Xu Huang hurried to join Ding Yuan, explaining what happened, Ding Yuan was also to blame, and still accepted the two as his subordinates, but it was a pity that he got rid of Zheng Tai, the leader of the white wave and yellow scarf.

Yang Feng took the opportunity to say: "Don't worry, my lord. I have talked with Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai about defecting to the army. They have been persuaded by me, but Zheng Tai found out and disturbed the matter. After sunrise, I can send someone to contact Han Siam and the others and tell them to come and join the Lord."

Ding Yuan was overjoyed and nodded in agreement.

After sunrise, Ding Yuan ordered Zhang Liao and Zhang Yang to lead the army into the Baibo Valley, sweep away the remaining thieves in the valley, and take over the money and food that the thieves had looted by the way, while Yang Feng led Xu Huang to chase to the river bank and sent his confidants Contact Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai.

In view of the fact that Ding Yuan did not send pursuers last night under Zhang Feng's persuasion, Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai were not in a hurry to cross the river after breaking out of the siege, but wandered around Fenyin to see if Yang Feng would come to find him. them.

Seeing that Yang Feng really came, the three of them followed Yang Feng to Ding Yuan.

Only Zheng Tai led his people across the river and fled to Zuo Fengyi.

Half a day later, Ding Yuan saw that Yang Feng led Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai to surrender, but he did not break the contract. He ordered several people to restrict the trilogy under his command, and then compiled it into his own command. He immediately played to the court and narrated Baibo The Yellow Turban has settled the issue.

The memorial was sent to the Chongde Hall of the Han Palace, but Liu Bian was still the first to see it.

When he learned that Yang Feng, Han Xian, Li Le, Hu Cai, and especially Xu Huang had surrendered to Ding Yuan, he also felt a little strange. After all, in history, Yang Feng was defeated by Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu , took advantage of the situation and defected to Niu Fu, until Dong Zhuo died, Li Jue and Guo Si invaded Luoyang, Yang Feng once again turned to Xiandi, and escorted Xiandi back to Luoyang.

At that time, Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai were also invited by Yang Feng to intercept Li Jue and Guo Bang's pursuers. Unexpectedly, this time, Yang Feng and Xu Huang became Ding Yuan's subordinates.

He passed this memorial to Lu Zhi for review. Although Lu Zhi was delighted that Ding Yuan had won Baibo Yellow Turban, he was also worried that Yang Feng, Han Xian, and Li Le's bad habits would be hard to change.

This remark coincides with Liu Bian, after all these selfish guys are really not good people, especially Li Le, in the process of escorting Emperor Xian, he first forced Emperor Xian to give him the rank of thieves, and then rebelled, trying to take Emperor Xian back , a full-fledged speculator who lacks resourcefulness.

But from Liu Bian's current perspective, these people are not a big problem, the big deal is that they will be killed when they commit crimes.

When the news spread, He Jin, He Miao, and Yuan Shao were all overjoyed. He Miao immediately performed Ding Yuan's meritorious service and was made Marquis of Fei Township, while He Jin and Yuan Shao hurriedly played the role of Emperor Ling, asking Ling Emperor to send another Meng Yi went to Runan to flatten Gepi Huangjin.

Hussar General Dong Zhong immediately jumped out, saying that although Ding Yuan had severely injured Baibo Yellow Turban, he failed to wipe out the bandit army and captured the bandit leader Zheng Tai, and asked Emperor Zuoling to order Ding Yuan and Meng Yi to lead the army to cross the border and go to the left. Feng Yi chased after Zheng Tai's remnants, in short, he wanted to prevent the imperial court from sending troops to conquer Gepi Yellow Turban.

The two sides quarreled and debated in front of Lingdi, but were finally repelled by the upset Lingdi.

After the two parties left, Emperor Ling asked Zhang Rang, "Is Dong Zhong planning to deal with the Yuan family?"

"Yes." Zhang Rang nodded.

Emperor Ling asked again: "Who is offering advice to Dong Zhong?...With Dong Zhong's ability, I don't think he can come up with such a plan."

is your son...

How could Zhang Rang dare to tell the truth, and said with a sneer: "The old minister is not very clear."

Emperor Ling nodded, and then ordered Meng Yi to lead his army to Zuo Fengyi to pursue Zheng Tai, the leader of Baibo Yellow Turban.

After Zhang Rang told Liu Bian about the incident, Liu Bian laughed dumbfounded.

As he expected, Lingdi, who had guessed the pros and cons, also secretly helped Dong Zhong.

In late June, the Gepi Yellow Turban bandits invaded Runan, attacked prefectures and counties, and plundered those gentry who were not friendly with the Yuan family. The news spread to Luoyang, and Hussar General Dong Daxi went there, and took the opportunity to impeach the Yuan family for colluding with the Gepi Yellow Turban and plotting wrongdoing. , Emperor Ling also pretended to be angry, and called Sikong and Yuan Kai to question him.

Yuan Kai, Yuan Ji, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu couldn't argue with each other, so they could only decide to send people to Runan in person to prove his Yuan family's innocence by destroying the Gepi Yellow Turban.

The question is who to send?
Yuan Ji?Yuan Shao?
Or Yuan Shu?

(End of this chapter)