The Power of the Three Kingdoms at the End of the Han Dynasty and the Imperial Power of the Han Dyna

Chapter 184 The Battle of Nanyang
(I just finished the transfusion. I became positive and caused an upper respiratory tract infection, and then I had a fever. I had to go to the hospital. I didn’t update it regularly. I would like to apologize to everyone in advance.)
June, the seventh year of Guanghe (184 years).

After eliminating the Runan Yellow Turbans, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, also suppressed the local rebellion, and the threat to the east of Luoyang was basically eliminated.

After a short period of repair, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and others received the emperor's new order.Wang Yun, the governor of Yuzhou, Liu Chong, the king of Chen, and others guarded the place. Zhang Liao, the general in charge of the school inspection, led his troops north to attack the Yellow Turbans in Dongjun. Zhu Jun, the general in charge of the bandits, led his troops south to attack the Yellow Turbans in Nanyang.

June,

Zhu Jun went south with a great victory, and the pioneer Sun Jian and others rushed to Wancheng.

It had been more than 100 days since Zhang Mancheng, the "god envoy" of the Yellow Turban Army, attacked Wancheng, but he died unexpectedly during the attack.

The remaining Nanyang Yellow Turbans elected Zhao Hong as the commander-in-chief of the canal, with tens of thousands of people in attendance.

By the time Zhu Jun arrived, Wancheng had been occupied by the Yellow Turban Army.

Xu Qiu, the governor of Jingzhou, and Qin Jie, the prefect of Nanyang, joined Zhu Jun. The Han army only had more than [-] people at this time, but it surrounded Wancheng, which had tens of thousands of people.

Problems such as insufficient soldiers, lack of equipment, and long battles with little rest resulted in Zhu Jun having to barely support himself on the Wancheng battlefield.

Wancheng's dilemma lasted from June to August.

There was another debate in the court. Some people thought that Zhu Jun was incompetent and petitioned to withdraw Zhu Jun.

Sikong Zhang Wen reported: "At that time, Qin Yongbai rose, and Yan Ren Leyi, it took a long time to defeat the enemy. Zhu Jun has achieved success in conquering Yingchuan, leading his troops to march south, the strategy has been decided, and the generals are changed before the battle. This is Lu Ziqian is a warning to military strategists. If the King of Hejian had not been good at fighting, Dong Zhuo would have defeated the imperial army attacking Guangzong. You might as well give Zhu Jun a little more time."

(Zhang Wen (? - November 191, 11), courtesy name Boxen, was born in Nanyang Rang.)
This discussion put pressure on Zhu Jun, and he mobilized his sergeants to launch a fierce attack.Sun Jian led the attack. He took charge of the attack, braved the arrows and took the lead in scaling the city wall.

In the end, some results were obtained, and the Yellow Turban canal commander Zhao Hong was killed in a battle. This was the second canal commander killed by the Yellow Turban in Wancheng.

Although Zhao Hong died, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army was not lost. Everyone elected Han Zhong as commander and still occupied Wancheng.

Zhu Jun had no choice but to attack Wancheng again in order to report victory to the court as soon as possible.

After several days of observation, he discovered that the new Yellow Turban commander was not skilled in mobilizing troops, and he also lacked the dexterity to create changes when facing the enemy.

So Zhu Jun came up with a plan. He first asked the soldiers to beat the war drums and bluff a feint attack from the southwest corner. As expected, the Yellow Turban Army was fooled and they were all attracted to the southwest of Wancheng for defense.

However, Zhu Jun personally led Sun Jian and other elite troops to secretly attack the northeast corner of Wancheng.Zhu Jun and Sun Jian led five thousand elite soldiers to the top of the city, took the lead in breaking into the fortifications deployed by Han Zhong, and opened the city gate in the northeast.

Although the Han army was small, it was well-equipped and good at fighting.Zhu Jun's subordinates had quite a number of imperial troops from the Fifth Battalion of Beigong. They wore dark iron armor and used longbows and crossbows for long-range attacks, spears and iron halberds for mid-range attacks, and swords with ring heads for close range attacks.

On the other hand, most of the Yellow Turban Army should be made of wood, wearing single clothes, lacking medium and long-range attack methods, and can only use the sea of ​​​​people to pile up.During the battle to defend the city, personnel could not be deployed, and their disadvantages were fully apparent in local battles.

The Han troops filed in, and Wancheng's defense was immediately torn open.

The Yellow Turban Army had lost two generals, lost the protection of the great city of Wancheng, and lost all its vigor.At the same time, among the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army at this time, there were remnants of defeated troops from Yingchuan, Runan, and Chen who had retreated here.They were frightened by Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, and the fear spread to the entire army inadvertently.

The new commander Han Zhong was unable to command an army of 10 people in terms of his familiarity with the army and his personal command ability. He knew that the loopholes were difficult to seal, so he had to retreat to the small town and asked Zhu Jun in panic. drop.

When the Yellow Turban Army's envoys came to the Han army camp to request surrender, Jingzhou Governor Xu Qiu, Nanyang Prefect Qin Jie and others all thought it was acceptable. After all, the Han army had more than 1 soldiers at this time, and the Yellow Turban Army still had 10 capable warriors.

But only the commander Zhu Jun objected, "Soldiers are similar in appearance but different in appearance. In the old days of the Qin Dynasty, the people did not have a definite leader, so they rewarded people to persuade others. Now that the sea is unified, only the yellow turbans create bandits, and surrender cannot be used to encourage good deeds." , asking for it is enough to punish the evil. If you accept it now, you will be more rebellious. The thieves will go to war if they are advantageous, and they will beg for surrender if they are blunt. It is not a good plan to let the enemy's commanders invade."

Everyone knew that Zhu Jun's move was obviously based on personal grudges and was unwise, but now that he was the biggest on the battlefield, no one dared to object.

After all, back in Changshe, Zhu Jun had accepted the surrender of hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops before, but it was Liu Han who was in charge of military affairs at that time.

Secondly, Zhu Jun has a explosive personality. He was defeated by Bo Cai in the first battle of the Yellow Turban War. He was very humiliated and he was unwilling to accept it.This time the southern battlefield was dominated by Zhu Jun alone, and he needed a complete victory to prove himself.

Thirdly, Zhu Jun came from a humble background. The poor progress of the Wancheng war had already been impeached by Yousi. If he accepted the Yellow Turban surrender again, and if the eunuchs suspected and slandered him and said that he was secretly collaborating with the Yellow Turban Army, he would be unable to defend himself and his life would be in danger. , he is not Lu Zhi, he does not have the support of the King of Hejian behind him.

However, one person came to Wancheng and changed Zhu Jun's decision.

"Play Zhicai?"

Zhu Jun knew who Xi Zhicai belonged to, "Why did he come to Wancheng?"

"I'm just sharing the general's worries."

Xi Zhicai walked into Zhu Jun's tent and saluted: "General, since the Nanyang Yellow Turbans are willing to surrender, why not leave it to me to handle it?"

"That's good!"

Zhu Jun readily agreed, for the following reasons:
[-]. Xi Zhi belongs to King Liu Han of Hejian. He must have Liu Han’s intention when he comes here. The reason why he can keep his official position after defeat and even make a comeback is because of King Hejian’s memorial. He has no one to rely on, so he offends this man again.
This guy is much more ruthless than the nobles and eunuchs!

Huangfusong is a lesson learned from the past!
Let’s not talk about whether the suppression of the rebellion was successful or not. After the suppression of the rebellion, it is still a question whether the Chaona Huangfu family can gain a foothold in the Han Dynasty.

Second, the reason why he did not agree to surrender included selfishness. If the war did not go smoothly because of his refusal to surrender, he would be under increasing political pressure. He would dream every day that an official would talk about his faults.

But with Xi Zhicai helping to deal with it, it would be Xi Zhicai or the King of Hejian behind him who was responsible for the trouble. He had nothing to do with it.

Third, and the most important point, you come here just because you want to play. Why do you bring 2 people here? Forget about 2 people, they are still all cavalry!
Zhu Jun seriously doubted that if he disagreed, his military power would be immediately revoked, and then the commander-in-chief would become Xi Zhicai.

After all, the Generalissimo of Ping Huangjin is still the King of Hejian. As long as he does not rebel, the nobles dare not say a word, the generals cannot say a word, and the eunuchs cannot say a word, then His Majesty will pretend that he does not know.

Xi Zhicai looked at Zhu Jun happily and nodded, "My lord, you will not deceive me. Sometimes fists are more effective than reason."

(End of this chapter)