The great man will live forever

Chapter 309 Escape to Liaodong

"How did the big man get to this point again?"

After going to Quyang, Huangfu Song led his troops to surround Zhang Bao.

Since the main force of the Yellow Turban Army was taken away by Zhang Ning, there were only 1 Yellow Turbans in the city at this time, many of whom were not elites. However, attacking the city has not been easy since ancient times.

"Therefore, the method of using troops is to encircle it by ten, attack it by five, and divide it by doubling it. If the enemy is small, it can be fought, if it is small, it can escape, and if it is weak, it can be avoided. Therefore, the small enemy can be strong, and the big enemy can be captured. also."

Therefore, even though the number of Yellow Turban troops in the city was far inferior to that of Huangfu Song's army, and their equipment was incomparable, for a while, the imperial army was still unable to penetrate.

After receiving the news that Dongpingling, the capital of Jinan, had been destroyed, Huangfu Song didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

He just felt like a fire captain. But now there are "yellow sky fires" everywhere, how can I save it by myself?

He burned down one hundred thousand Yellow Turbans, but there were still hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans waiting for him.

The arrogant arrogance of the Yellow Turban Army had just been suppressed, but in the blink of an eye, the empire was at war again.

Outside there are hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban main troops from Hebei and Nanyang, and inside there are eunuchs who are constantly holding back and making scheming moves.

Huangfusong also felt increasingly troubled by this. How could he completely wipe out these Yellow Turban rebels?

"That's all. Send an order to the entire army to speed up the attack and capture Quyang as soon as possible."

"promise!"

As a result, Huangfu Song began to intensify his attack on Xiaquyang, attacking day and night.

At the same time, the imperial court appointed Cao Cao as the captain of the school, Sun Jian as the Yilang, and appointed Lu Zhi as the general of Huben Zhonglang, and Dong Zhuo as the captain of Feiyu, and together they went to Qingzhou to attack the main force of the Yellow Turbans.

"Kill!"

After being besieged day and night by the imperial army, Xiaquyang was in danger for a while.

Zhang Bao felt that time was enough. He took over this place for two months. Now there are only more than 2000 remaining soldiers holding on in the city. It is only a matter of time before the city is broken.

"The whole army will follow me and break out from the north!"

"Come on!"

Zhang Bao led three hundred cavalry, followed by thousands of remaining soldiers, and came out from the north. With their tall horses and long spears, they defeated many Han troops blocking the road.

"The city is broken!"

"Kill!"

"Come on!"

The Han army's momentum surged, and they poured into the city like a tide. After two months, they finally captured Xiaquyang. It was not easy.

"General, Zhang Bao fled north with thousands of remaining troops."

While saying this, someone suddenly reported Zhang Bao's whereabouts to Huangfu Song.

"The captain of the Tun Cavalry School steps high and far."

"The general is here!"

"You immediately lead 2000 cavalry in pursuit, and you must not let Zhang Bao go!"

"promise!"

Two days later, the garrison commander Bu Gaoyuan came back with his army.

"Please punish me, general. I failed to catch up with Zhang Bao and killed 1000 Yellow Turbans. He fled into the Taihang Mountains with hundreds of remaining soldiers."

Upon hearing the news, Huangfusong frowned slightly, feeling disappointed and having a headache. He originally wanted to completely wipe out the Yellow Turban rebel army, but Zhang Bao's escape made his plan fail.

Huangfu Song knew that if Zhang Bao could escape, he would definitely reorganize the remaining soldiers and launch resistance again.

"That's all, that's all, he probably won't be able to cause much trouble!"

"Send the order, after the army is reorganized, go to Qingzhou and destroy the Yellow Turbans there!"

"promise!"

On November 184, 11 AD, Xiaquyang was captured, and Zhang Bao fled into the Taihang Mountains with his remaining soldiers.

Taihang Mountain is located at the junction of Hebei Province, Shanxi Province and Henan Province. It is the natural geographical boundary of the North China Plain and the Loess Plateau, with a total length of about 400 kilometers.

The mountain range runs northeast to southwest, starting from Xishan Mountain in Beijing in the north to Jiyuan County in northern Henan Province in the south, and is distributed in the mountainous areas of Hebei, Shanxi, Henan and Shanxi Provinces.

There are mountains to the west and plains to the east. You can attack when you advance and defend when you retreat.

Historically, the Black Mountain Army, a branch of the Yellow Turbans, rose up here in the following years. This was also the route Zhang Ning planned for Zhang Bao. Based on the Taihang Mountains, they would gather bandits and refugees and encroach on the surrounding Zhongshan Kingdom bit by bit.

It turns out that historically, the "Black Mountain Army" had two main leaders, Zhang Niujiao and Zhang Yan. Zhang Niujiao was from Boling, and Chu Feiyan (Zhang Yan) was from Zhending.

Boling and Zhending, namely Dingzhou and Zhengding, Hebei, are not far from Xushui, Hebei. The peasant uprising army once moved to Heishan under the leadership of Zhang Yan.

Heishan also belongs to the Taihang Mountains. After Zhang Yan became the queen here, the rebel army officially had the banner "Heishan".

The area near Heishan has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. During the Warring States Period, the State of Yan built a city here to resist the invasion of Zhao State and Zhongshan State. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, it was located at the junction of Youzhou and Jizhou. It was a strategic location fought over by Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao. During the Song Dynasty, it was the site of Liao State. Song border.

At this time, thousands of miles away, Qingzhou, Jinan Kingdom, Zouping County,

Lu Zhi, Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian all gathered here.

Lu Zhi sighed, "This yellow scarf is very different from the original one."

In three months, they regained Jinan Kingdom, but the neighboring Beihai Kingdom and Donglai County were all lost.

Cao Cao on the side thought for a while and then said, "Master Lu, I think they deliberately abandoned Jinan. This Yellow Turban Army is very smart and rarely confronts us head-on. We seem to have recovered Jinan, but the rebel forces continue to fight back. increase.

They didn't care about the gains and losses of a city or a land, and even distributed the land of aristocratic families to the refugees. Their military discipline was also very good, they didn't burn, kill, and loot, and they even held public trials...

These made the Yellow Turbans no longer a bandit in the hearts of the people in Qingzhou, and some people even took the initiative to help the Yellow Turbans, which was very detrimental to our efforts to eradicate the Yellow Turban bandits. "

"Humph!"

Dong Zhuo snorted coldly, "Captain Cao doesn't want others' ambitions to destroy his own prestige. I think he is just afraid of the Yellow Turban bandits. Otherwise, why would he abandon the Kingdom of Jinan?"

"I remember that Mr. Dong was their defeated general, right?"

"you!"

For a time, Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo were at odds with each other.

"Okay, stop arguing, Yuntai, how's the investigation going?" Lu Zhi looked at Sun Jian.

"Sir, it is said that after Zhang Jiao's death, the leader of the Yellow Turbans will be Zhang Ning."

"Zhang Ning?"

As the saying goes, if you know yourself and your enemy, you will be victorious in any battle. Lu Zhi had asked Sun Jian to check the detailed information of this yellow scarf a long time ago.

"Sir, it is said that Zhang Ning is only about 14 years old now and is Zhang Jiao's only daughter. After Zhang Jiao's death, it is said that she received Huang Tian's instructions and saw Zhang Jiao's soul, so she was revered as a saint by Taiping Dao. "

Lu Zhi stroked his beard and said solemnly: "Zi Buyu has strange powers and chaotic spirits. Wherever there are souls who have splayed their horns after death, it is her words that inspire people. The Tao of Taiping is the best at inspiring people."

"Yes, Mr. Lu is right. Whatever weird ghosts there are are Taiping Dao's means of inciting stupid people. No wonder the people of Qingzhou support the Yellow Turban Army. These stupid people should all die if they dare to fight against the imperial army!"

Dong Zhuo gritted his teeth and cursed, "Especially Zhang Ning, a witch like this!"

At this moment, a soldier came in.

"Report!"

"What's wrong?" Lu Zhi suddenly felt bad.

"General, Lieutenant Zhang attacked Anqiu and was surrounded by the Yellow Turban Army. The entire army was wiped out!" "What, isn't the main force of the Yellow Turbans in Gaomi? Why did they go to Anqiu?"

Gaomi and Anqiu both belong to Beihai Kingdom.

Qingzhou mainly consists of Pingyuan County, Donglai County, Jinan Kingdom, Le'an Kingdom, Beihai Kingdom and Qi Kingdom.

At present, both Donglai County and Beihai Kingdom are in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army. Beihai Kingdom is considered a big country. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Beihai County was changed to Beihai County and governed by Juju County (today's west of Changle County, Shandong Province).

Its jurisdiction covers the area east of Changle County and Linzi of Zibo City in Shandong Province, to the north of Anqiu, Zhucheng, Gaomi and other cities, and to the west of Laiyang City and the south of Pingdu and Changyi cities.

Gaomi is the capital of Beihai Kingdom.

Cao Cao immediately reacted, "Sir, it seems that the Yellow Turban Army is not at Gaomi at all, and is near Anqiu. This Yellow Turban Army is really cunning. It seems that we cannot disperse our forces. We should look for opportunities to surround the main Yellow Turban force and defeat them in one fell swoop. They annihilate.”

Lu Zhi nodded, "What Meng De said makes sense. Send an order to the entire army to rush to Anqiu immediately!"

"promise!"

However, when they arrived at Anqiu, there was no trace of the Yellow Turban Army.

"Come here, send spies immediately to find the main force of the Yellow Turbans."

"Sir, the Yellow Turban is in Yi'an!"

"Chase!"

But when they arrived in Yi'an, there was no trace of the Golden Army.

"Come here, keep checking. I still don't believe he can reach the sky."

"Sir, the Yellow Turban Army is in Jiaodong!"

"Chase!"

So, he chased her and she ran away, all the way to Luxiang in Donglai, then to Dangli, and then to Qucheng.

Arriving at Qucheng, Huangjin finally stopped.

In the city, Zhang Ning looked at Zhou Cang, "How are you doing? Are you ready?"

Zhou Cang hesitated, Zhang Ning frowned, "It's been half a year, right? Are you still not ready?"

"Originally it was enough. We had 200,000 people, but many people from Qingzhou were willing to join us along the way. Now there are 300,000 people. I'm afraid there won't be enough ships."

This is what Zhang Ning did not expect. She gathered the refugees, beat down the local tyrants, and rectified military discipline...

For a time, many people who were originally afraid of the Yellow Turbans were actually willing to join them.

Of course, the most important thing is that she provides food, and those who don’t have enough to eat naturally join in.

At this moment, many people are hungry and have no food to eat. Otherwise, Zhang Jiao's words: "The sky is dead, the yellow sky is standing, and the age is Jiazi, the world will be prosperous!" turmoil?

In the final analysis, the big man is too corrupt and too dark. Those farmers are easily satisfied. Even if they have leaves to eat, they are not willing to rebel. They really can't survive.

Zhang Ning frowned. This was something she hadn't considered. She thought for a moment and then said, "Then let's do it in two parts. We'll hold off the imperial army like this first. We can go back and forth for up to half a month. It's not a big problem."

"Then Saintess will go first?"

"No, I'll stay. Third uncle, you take Zhou Cang and the others there first." Zhang Ning said and looked at Zhang Liang.

"Niece, why don't you leave first?"

"Am I so bad that I can't hold on for half a month?"

"All right!"

So, Zhang Liang took the people across the sea secretly.

"I finally stopped running. Could it be that I ran into the sea?"

This pursuit made Lu Zhi very depressed, especially since he was not too young to bear such trouble.

"Come, attack the city, and we must destroy the Yellow Turbans!"

The imperial army began to attack the city, and they failed to capture it after half a month of attacking.

Cao Cao took the lead and said, "Master Lu, I feel bad. This Yellow Turban Army is behaving strangely. They used to run away, but now they are defending Qucheng. I'm afraid there are other plots."

Lu Zhi nodded, agreeing with his words, "Mengde, I feel the same way. This yellow turban behavior is hard to see through."

Dong Zhuo looked indifferent, "If you ask me, the Yellow Turban bandits have nowhere to escape, so they can only hold on to the city. What are they afraid of? Just block their retreat. Now that we are blocking them all around, how can they Are you going to go to the sea?"

"In the sea, it's not good, they might really cross the sea and escape." Cao Cao seemed to have thought of something and shouted.

Dong Zhuo laughed, "Haha, Captain Cao, in the sea, do the Yellow Turban Army want to feed the fish?"

"No, they will probably go to Liaodong!"

"Liaodong? It's a bitter cold land, inaccessible to people. Where are they going?"

"I suspect that the Yellow Turbans' original plan was to go to Liaodong. Apart from Liaodong, there is no place for the Han people to stay."

When Lu Zhi heard this, he suddenly realized, "Mengde, take people to Penglai immediately. You must prevent the Yellow Turban Army from escaping from the sea to Liaodong and annihilate all the Yellow Turban bandits."

"promise!"

However, before Cao Cao set out, Zhang Ning led the Yellow Turban Army to break out of the encirclement and rushed towards Penglai, where Zhou Cang had already arrived with He Chuan to meet him.

By the time Lu Zhi and his men caught up, they were already sitting on the boat.

"Go find the boat!"

Cao Cao had already thought of it and sent people to look for the boat, but he couldn't find it. "Master Lu, the boat has been taken away by the Yellow Turbans. And I asked about it. They were planning it a few months ago. The surrounding trees were cut down by them." Now, it is estimated that it will take more than half a year, or even several years, to build a ship again."

"It's God's will. If you go to Liaodong, go to Liaodong. As long as you send people to guard Donglai Ferry and important places in western Liaoning, no matter how hard the remaining Yellow Turban forces try, they can't make waves."

"Yeah!" Cao Cao also thought so. What can Liaodong do?

The Yellow Turban Army was on the boat, and the imperial army was at the port.

Zhou Cang looked at Lu Zhi's flag and shouted, "Where is Lu Zhi? My saint has something to say."

Lu Zhi wanted to hear what Zhang Ning had to say, so he asked a few loud soldiers to stand up and pass the message for him.

"I'm here! Yellow Turban Bandits, what do you want to say?"

Zhou Cang shouted, "My saint said that you are a great scholar, knowledgeable and famous all over the world. Do you know why our Yellow Turban Army rebelled?"

Lu Zhi sent someone to shout, "Thieves are thieves, and of course they do it for your own selfish interests. You confuse the people and try to subvert the world. For your own selfish interests, you burn, kill, and loot. You commit all kinds of evil. It is an unforgivable crime!"

"Haha, Mr. Lu comes from a well-established family, so he naturally has no worries about food and drink. How come you have worked hard every day, but you can only sell your sons and daughters?

Have you ever felt hungry, eaten leaves, bark, or soil?

You have never experienced that feeling of wanting to eat rocks. You are naturally aloof. Are ordinary people just wild dogs in your eyes?

Have you ever read Mencius? "

"It's natural!"

"Then we know that the people are the most valuable, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important. Is that why you get to Qiu?"

The people become the emperor, the emperor becomes the princes, and the princes become the great officials.

If the princes threaten the country, they will change their positions. After the sacrifice is completed, the rice is abundant and clean, and the ancestors are worshiped in time, but if it dries out early and the water overflows, it will be replaced by the state.

We, the Yellow Turban Rebels, have no other reason than to survive. The Han Dynasty suffers natural and man-made disasters, eunuchs wield power, Liu Hong is stupid, aristocratic families run rampant and tyrannical, annexing land, and preying on the common people...

As long as we have something to eat, we will not rebel. This day should die. Moreover, the Han Dynasty does not represent the sky. Before the Han Dynasty, there was the Qin Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty, the Xia Dynasty, and the Shang Dynasty. They all perished.

As a great Confucian, you read Confucius and Mencius, and in your mind you should pretend to be the world, not the decadent Han Dynasty and those aristocratic families. The world has been the world of all people since ancient times, not a certain family or a certain surname.

I, the Holy Lady, also want to give you a message: Confucian people should establish their mind for the heaven and the earth, establish their destiny for the people, carry forward the unique knowledge for the past saints, and create peace for all generations. Otherwise, what book have you read, and what kind of great Confucian is it? "

Watching Zhang Ning's boat go away, Lu Zhi fell silent. He stood on the shore and let the wind blow!

When you are unsure about something, you can ask the spring breeze. The spring breeze will not say anything, just follow your heart!

(End of this chapter)