The great man will live forever

Chapter 303 Night attack on Dong Zhuo

In June of the first year of Zhongping (184), after Beizhonglang general Lu Zhi was dismissed by the court, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty changed his position to Dong Zhuo as Dongzhonglang general and took over the affairs of the Jizhou war zone.

Dong Zhuo gave up the siege of Guangzong County, where Zhang Jiao was holding, and led his main force north to attack Xiaquyang County, where Zhang Bao was holding, but the siege failed for more than a month.

As for why Dong Zhuo gave up the siege of Guangzong County where Zhang Jue was guarding, it was because he learned that Zhang Jue was already dead at that time. Once Zhang Jue died, Zhang Bao, the second brother of Zhang Jue, the second leader of the Yellow Turban Army, naturally became the most powerful general. important goals.

Of course, there are some deeper purposes.

"Ning'er, as you expected, Dong Zhuo abandoned our Guangzong and instead besieged the powerful second brother. I can't figure it out. According to common sense, we are weaker. Why did he do the opposite?"

This is where Zhang Liang is confused.

Zhang Ning smiled slightly and said, "What do you think of Lu Zhi, third uncle?"

"He is very capable and is a rare and famous general."

"If he had been desperate, could our Guangzong be saved?"

It is worth mentioning that Lu Zhi besieged Guangzong for three months, from March to June, but could not defeat it. Is it really all because of the desperate resistance of the Yellow Turban Army?

"This……"

"Third uncle, you are looking at the problem too superficially. Lu Zhi is deliberately delaying, and the same is true for Dong Zhuo."

Zhang Liang was stunned, "How could this happen? It's rare that they are not afraid of being blamed by the court? Even Lu Zhi was arrested."

"It is true that he was arrested, but he will not die. He will probably be reinstated in less than a year."

Zhang Ning, or Po Shu Yuzhu, has read "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" and "Three Kingdoms". She has the ability of photographic memory, so she will naturally remember them.

In the original history, in August of this year, another government army commanded by General Huangfu Song of Zuo Zhonglang had pacified the Yellow Turban Army in Dongjun, Yanzhou, and the imperial court sent Huangfu Song to Jizhou to pacify the Yellow Turban Army.

Huangfu Song lived up to everyone's expectations and finally returned triumphantly.

After Huangfusong returned to Luoyang, he wrote to Emperor Ling, delegating the credit for pacifying the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou to Lu Zhi, so Lu Zhi was reinstated and still served as Shangshu.

Although Lu Zhi was indeed framed by the eunuchs, it is also true that he did not attack Guangzong in March. It may not be that he took the initiative to delay.

"Why did they do this?" Zhang Liang couldn't figure out what's the benefit of doing this.

"Because they represent the gentry, and the sworn enemy of the gentry is the eunuch power.

Before our Yellow Turban Uprising, there had already been two disasters caused by the party's imprisonment. The gentry group was jointly suppressed by eunuchs and relatives, and they were killed and exiled.

Therefore, if the gentry wanted to fight back, they had to accumulate their own military strength. Our Yellow Turban Uprising was their opportunity. The court was unable to solve us, so the emperor could only delegate military power and allow localities to recruit local warriors.

At this time, the nobles had the power and military power they dreamed of, and it was military power under the sun.

They can use the resources of the imperial court to suppress the rebellion to raise troops, so it is best not to destroy the Yellow Turbans too quickly and allow them to develop.

Lu Zhi was also a nobleman, so he delayed progress. Lu Zhi was imprisoned by the eunuchs, and Dong Zhuo succeeded Lu Zhi in the same way. "

When she said this, Zhang Liang's eyes lit up and he suddenly understood. He had never considered this before.

"Then how did Dong Zhuo become a noble?"

He understood that Lu Zhi was born in the Lu family of Fanyang, which was a large family and had lived in Zhuo County (now Zhuozhou, Hebei Province) for generations. Because Zhuo County was under the jurisdiction of Fanyang County (called Zhuo County in the Han Dynasty), the gentry called it the commander of the county, so it was named "Fanyang". Lu's".

Zhuoxian County was originally the Zhuoyi of the Yan State. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was one of the famous capitals in the world with "rich crowns in the sea". It has vast plains and fertile fields. It is a famous fertile land. When Jing Ke assassinated the King of Qin, he presented the "Governor of the State of Yan" "Kang" map is located in this area.

The Lu family of Fanyang worked and studied here for generations, and their descendants multiplied and multiplied, becoming a world-famous noble family. Therefore, Lu Zhi was an out-and-out noble family and a leader-level figure.

But Dong Zhuo was from Minxian County, Gansu Province, and his family was considered powerful in the local area. They were not considered a noble family, but more like warriors and nouveau riche.

"Dong Zhuo's family is indeed not a noble family. He is from Xiliang. He gradually became rich after being appreciated by Zhang Huan, one of the big bosses of Xiliang and one of the Sanmings of Liangzhou.

The imperial court finally managed to bring down Sanming in Liangzhou. It was afraid that Liangzhou would grow bigger and bigger, so it successively appointed him as the Guangwu Ling of Yanmen County in Bingzhou, the Northern Commander of Shu County in Yizhou, and the Colonel of Wuji in the Western Regions...

Just transfer him out of Liangzhou and then find a way to remove him from office.

But later, he climbed onto the lap of Situ Yuan Kai and was recruited as a sergeant by him. Later, he served as the governor of Bingzhou and the governor of Hedong County.

Now, does uncle understand? "

Zhang Liang instantly understood that no one could ignore the Yuan family at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. This Yuan family was Yuan Shao's family. The fourth generation and the three Dukes were no joke.

Sangong is a collective term for the most respected officials in ancient times.

Of course, the official positions of the "three public officials" are different in different periods. For example, in the Zhou Dynasty, Taishi, Taifu and Taibao were regarded as the three princes.

The three princes of the Qin Dynasty were the prime minister, the Taiwei, and the imperial censor. In the early Western Han Dynasty, they were similar. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty changed it. In the later period, the three princes were the prime minister, the chief minister, and the imperial censor.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the official positions of the three princes changed again, and they were Taiwei, Situ and Sikong respectively.

Of course, in order for Liu Xiu to increase his imperial power, these three princes no longer had great real power.

However, nominally speaking, Sangong was still the highest-ranking official of the Eastern Han Dynasty government, equivalent to the prime minister.

His status is very high, and he can be said to be an extremely human minister. It is the highest honor that all non-Liu family members can receive.

Therefore, the more three sons a family has, the deeper the family's heritage and the higher its reputation.

The Yuan family in Runan, where Yuan Shao lived, was an absolutely famous family in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Yuan Shao's great-grandfather Yuan An was a famous figure during the Han Dynasty Emperor Zhang, and served as Sikong and Situ; while Yuan Shao's great-grandfather Yuan Chang served as Sikong during the Han Dynasty Emperor He;

Yuan Shao's grandfather, Yuan Tang, also held high positions, including Sikong, Situ and Taiwei. Yuan Shao's biological father, Yuan Feng, also rose to the rank of Sikong. Yuan Shao's uncle, Yuan Wei, became Situ...

It was as if these three princes were monopolized by the Yuan family. When the Liu family was the emperor, they were the three princes.

As long as someone serves as the third official, his disciples and former officials will be close to him, forming a huge power and network.

For example, Dou Xian, a relative of the Eastern Han Dynasty, only stayed in the court for more than ten years. As a result, he had "30 people in his family, all of whom were governors of two thousand stones."

Think about it with your toes, four generations and three princes, there have been people who have served as ministers in the court for nearly a hundred years. How big is the family network?

At least half of the people in the Eastern Han Dynasty were disciples and former officials of the Yuan family. The Liu family was the first, and the Yuan family was the second.

"Niece, when you say this, my uncle is simply enlightened. Then what does the Yuan family want to do? Become the emperor?"

"Of course it means to have greater power, and there may be no further intention."

"Then what should we do now? Are we going to fall in love with the aristocratic family?"

"They are raising bandits to respect themselves. Once we get a little bigger, they will not hesitate to destroy us, and they can't delay it for long. The emperor and eunuchs will urge them. If it doesn't work, they will replace them. Huangfu Song is not a nobleman, he is He was born as a general in Liangzhou."

Zhang Ning is standing on the shoulders of giants and can see things naturally and thoroughly. Many things cannot be taken at face value.

According to the records in "Three Kingdoms", there were three waves of people who fought against the main force of the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou.

In the first wave, it was Lu Zhi, Liu Bei's teacher, who failed and was almost beheaded when he was caught.

The second wave was Dong Zhuo. He left the weak ones alone and went to fight the strong ones. He was still procrastinating and was caught and almost killed.

In the third wave, Huangfu Song won, and won relatively easily.

Is Huangfu Song from the northwest particularly powerful, or are Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo such noobs that they can't even defeat the Yellow Turban peasants?

……

Xiaquyang County, Julu County, Jizhou, (west of Jinzhou City, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province), is a semi-mountainous county. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. From northwest to southeast, the landform consists of low mountains, hills, and plains. It is commonly known as "Six Mountains" "One water divides three parts of fields";

It is located in the west of the North China Plain and at the eastern foot of the Taihang Mountains.

"The Age of Huangtian? Big brother is preaching in his dream?"

Zhang Bao was wearing armor, holding the letter in his hand, and murmuring to himself.

At this moment, his personal soldier Wu Zhengqing walked in.

"General, Dong Zhuo has led troops to surround us in Xiaquyang. He is stationed in the east of the city, and Guo Dian, the prefect of Julu, is stationed in the west of the city."

"What?" Zhang Bao looked ecstatic.

"General, what's wrong?"

"Hahaha, Huang Tian has never abandoned us, Huang Tian's era is bound to come!"

"Send the order, leave a small number of people in the east city to defend, and the main army will stay in the west city."

"General, if Dong Zhuo's army comes to attack, Dongcheng will not be able to defend it."

Zhang Bao said firmly, "No, he won't attack so quickly. Even if he attacks, it will mostly be just a show."

"General, how can you be so sure?"

"God Huang Tian told me!"

... West of the city,

"Kill!"

"what!"

"Help!"

At night, the battlefield was dark, with only stars dotting the sky.

The brutal siege battle began, with the sound of swords clashing echoing in the night sky, and the soldiers' shouts and screams intertwined.

The enemy and ourselves fought fiercely on and off the city wall, and torches illuminated the tragic scene of the battlefield.

Arrows whizzed past, and dense crossbow arrows poured down like black rain, ruthlessly piercing the bodies of the advancing Han soldiers. In an instant, blood and flesh spattered, and the tragic scene was horrifying.

The siege ladder was lowered, and strong men continued to climb up the city wall. However, the Yellow Turban Army on the wall resisted tenaciously. Bows and arrows, rolling stones, wood, and gold juice kept flying down from the city wall.

Although the Han army tried its best, the city wall seemed like an insurmountable mountain.

The fighting became more brutal at night. The flames burning on the top of the city reflected scenes full of killing and blood.

The Han army struggled to wield their weapons and charged continuously, but they were often defeated by the Yellow Turbans' fierce counterattacks. In the night wind, the smell of blood and the wailing cries were intertwined, making people feel frightened.

Although the siege forces continued to charge, they were unable to break through the strong defenses of the city walls.

"Clap!"

"Boom!"

"what!"

Bodies of Han soldiers continued to fall from the ladders.

"Prefect, the Yellow Turbans have too many people to attack. They have enough equipment to defend the city. If they continue to fight, they will only increase the casualties."

Several captains and Sima tried to persuade them, but their men suffered heavy casualties.

"That's it, withdraw the troops. Why are there so many yellow scarves in the West City? You guys go to the East City and have a look."

As a result, he sent people to the east of the city to see that Dong Zhuo had not attacked the city at all.

"Shuzi!" Guo Dian, the governor of Julu, yelled and even went to find Dong Zhuo himself.

"Why didn't General Dong attack the city?"

"After a long journey, soldiers need to recuperate."

Guo Dian, the governor of Julu, said helplessly: "Then you should also feint to attack so that you can cooperate with me."

"You didn't send anyone to notify me."

"I sent my personal guard Yu Pu to inform him, but he hasn't come back yet. Has the general detained him?"

"How could it happen? Someone's coming." Dong Zhuo shouted, and a soldier came in.

"Tu San, Governor Guo said he sent a man named Yu Pu to our camp, but he disappeared. Do you know?"

The soldier Tu San immediately knelt down and said, "Ah, General, he was so sneaky that he was killed as a Yellow Turban spy."

"What? You are so bold. Come, drag him out and behead him."

"General, don't blame me. Spare your life. He is really sneaky. We thought he was a spy."

"Yes." Several people around him also knelt down quickly.

"Please general, for Tu San's loyalty, please forgive him."

Seeing the people around him pleading for mercy, Dong Zhuo pretended to be helpless and said, "Those are the personal guards of Governor Guo. It depends on Governor Guo's wishes."

Seeing this scene, Guo Dian, the governor of Julu, could only wave his sleeves helplessly and left angrily.

With so many people begging for mercy and Dong Zhuo looking murderous, can he kill their soldiers? Moreover, Dong Zhuo had more power than him, so he could only eat Coptis chinensis while being mute, which was extremely difficult.

Not long after, Guangzong's Yellow Turbans, led by Zhang Liang, quietly came to the vicinity of Xiaquyang.

In the city, Zhang Bao looked at the 20,000 yellow scarves. They were all the elites he carefully selected.

"Tonight, follow my orders and go out of the city to attack Dong Zhuo. Guangzong's reinforcements have arrived. They will cooperate with us and succeed in one stop. The sky is dead and Huang Tian is standing!"

"The sky is dead, Huang Tian must stand!" the Yellow Turban elites roared.

That night, it was dark and everything was quiet. Dong Zhuo outside the city felt a little uneasy. He got up from his tent and called his soldiers.

"Tu San!"

"exist!"

"Call Colonel Li, Colonel Guo, and Colonel Liu over."

"promise!"

After a while, three people came over. These three people were Li Jue, Guo Bang, and Niu Fu. These three people were Dong Zhuo's confidants. Now that he was a captain, Niu Fu was still his son-in-law.

"What does the general want from us?"

"I feel uneasy tonight. Please strengthen your defenses to prevent the enemy from sneak attack."

Niu Fu laughed and said, "Zhang Yue, this is impossible. No matter how panicked the Yellow Turbans are in the city now, if we don't fight them, they will get what they want. How dare they come out to fight us?"

"It's your duty in the military!"

Niu Fu said quickly: "Yes, General, these Yellow Turban rebels are untouchables who have put down their hoes and have no fighting power at all. General, give me 5000 troops and horses, and guarantee to capture this city within 10 days."

"You can't go too fast, and the Yellow Turbans in the city are not necessarily weak. Be careful of capsizing in the gutter."

Niu Fu didn't understand, "Why? The general said a few days ago that he needed to recuperate after being tired, but now he's almost done recuperating, but he still doesn't attack the city? Brothers are still waiting to be rewarded for their meritorious service."

Li Jue on the side guessed what he was talking about and asked, "General, what does Yuan Situ mean?"

Dong Zhuo glanced at him and nodded coldly.

Niu Fu said helplessly: "The general is now the Zhonglang General and is in charge of Jizhou's defense. Why should he look at the Yuan family's face?"

"You don't understand. The Fourth Generation and the Third Duke are joking. He can make me become the General of Zhongnan, but he can also make me lose it immediately. In their eyes, we may be their dogs, but we can't be tigers?"

Niu Fu flattered him, "That means that the general will not only be a tiger in the future, but also a dragon."

Dong Zhuo scolded, "Don't talk nonsense."

He pretended to be angry, "Dragon is the real Dragon Emperor, is there anything we can do? Be careful of trouble coming from your mouth."

Although he said this, his heart was very hot.

"Yes Yes!"

"Anyway, when you step up your defenses, I always feel uneasy."

"Okay." But he didn't finish speaking for long.

"Kill!"

"Come on!"

"The sky is dead, the yellow sky should be established, and the age of Jiazi will bring good luck to the world!"

The light of the fire was particularly bright in the dark night. 2 elite Yellow Turban troops came out of the city and headed straight for Dong Zhuo's camp. Of course there were some who stayed behind, but they were all weak in combat effectiveness. They were also to guard against Governor Guo in the west of the city.

"General, it's bad, the Yellow Turban rebels attacked the camp at night." Guard Tu San said quickly.

Dong Zhuo was furious, are you treating me like a weakling?

"How courageous, these yellow scarf bandits. Grandpa didn't go to find them, but they came instead. Come here, prepare your horses to defend against the enemy, and let them have a taste of our power."

A big battle in the night is about to happen.

(End of this chapter)