Xiliang Iron Cavalry

Chapter 53: The Yellow Turban's Fall

Jia Rong didn't let his own kung fu down either. He trained hard every day. He made great progress in riding, military boxing, and foot fighting, especially when fighting on horseback. In short, today's Jia Rong is no longer what he used to be. Comparable, on the horse and Hua Xiong can also fight soundly and vividly. . .

As in the past, Jia Rong found that his strength was also getting stronger and stronger. Could this be his greatest advantage as a traverser? Ten meetings.

Emperor Han in Luoyang received the victory memorial from Huangfu Song Kuaima, and when he saw the heads of Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang, he immediately smiled and relieved the worries of the past few months; Leading the uprising, attacking the city and pulling out the village all the way, the momentum is like a broken bamboo, and it is about to attack the capital. Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty can't eat well and can't sleep well. Although Emperor Han is very greedy for money, he also understands that the country is lost. There is no reason for anything, let alone the defeat of the Han Dynasty in his own hands, so the Han Emperor has changed his previous style in the past few months.

After receiving Huangfusong's victory, Emperor Han almost jumped up for joy, but he still tried his best to stop himself and was going to the court; Emperor Han immediately decreed: Huangfusong has made great achievements in battle, and he will be named the Marquis of Duxiang, and all the officers and soldiers will be killed. The official is promoted to a higher level, so please.At the same time, Huangfu was rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold, a thousand pieces of cloth, and a carload of fine wine, which were sent to Guangzong immediately. When the Emperor Han was happy, he showed great kindness.

The happy Emperor Han was also generous once in a while, passing an edict to hold a banquet in the palace at night, and invite all the officials to the banquet; at the same time, he ordered that the heads of Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang be hung on the city gate, so that people all over the world can enjoy the feast. Look at the prestige of Hanting.

The officials were also very happy to hear the news, not only because they killed Zhang Liang and Zhang Jiao, but also because Emperor Han was able to host a banquet. Emperor Han hadn't held a banquet for many years, and all officials were basically accepted by Emperor Han. After scratching, everyone was thinking about how to have a good meal at night.

When the imperial decree was passed to Guangzong, the morale of the Han army became even higher. Soldiers fought not only to defend their families and the country, but also to get promoted.

Huangfusong was very generous. He distributed the thousand pieces of gold bestowed to him by the Emperor of Han to his generals, and all the cloth as rewards to all the generals. The three armies drank the fine wine, and the gold could be exchanged for five baht.

Huangfusong did not forget his promise, and rewarded the Yellow Turban soldiers who had helped him before, and sent them back to their hometown after some instructions.

After that, Huangfusong settled down the people in the city and left a group of soldiers to guard the newly recovered Guangzong, so as to prevent the remnants of the Yellow Turban from resurging. The Guangzong prefect appointed by the imperial court was rushing here.

Then Huangfusong rectified the soldiers and left Guangzong City.

Huangfusong led the soldiers along the way to rush to Julu County. Julu was the site of Zhang Jiao's uprising, which was Zhang Jiao's base camp, so it was also the most tenacious stronghold.

Today's Yellow Turban Army is retreating steadily, even Julu, the most powerful Yellow Turban, is no exception. The Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Bao has been defeated repeatedly and has no choice but to retreat to Quyang County.

Huangfusong and Julu prefect Feng Yibing joined forces to surround Quyang County with three floors and three floors outside. At this time, when the morale of the Han army was high, the deaths of the first Yellow Turban bandits Zhangjiao and Zhang Liang shocked Quyang County. The morale of the Yellow Turban soldiers inside is not very high.

In any case, Julu is also Zhang Jiao's headquarters, Zhang Bao is also quite talented, the imperial army is quite good, and he treats the soldiers well, so although the city of Quyang County is small, there is no desertion incident. The foreign Han army also fought equally, and the attack and defense were also impressive.

The siege of Quyang County lasted more than a month, and the Han army launched more than a dozen attacks, but Quyang County was still unable to capture it. Zhang Bao's resistance was quite stubborn. Zhang Bao took the lead in every battle. Huangfusong was very grateful for Guangzong's defense at the time. Fortunately, it wasn't Zhang Bao, otherwise it would be difficult to break through even after a year of siege.

The Han court also wanted to end the war quickly, and kept urging Huangfusong to take Quyang County as soon as possible.

Huangfusong racked his brains to think of a way, but he couldn't think of a perfect solution; he had no choice but to call the generals together.

But after a cup of tea, all the generals who received the order came to the big tent of the Chinese army where Huangfusong was.

Seeing that all the generals have arrived, Huangfusong got up from his seat and said: "The Holy Majesty has repeatedly urged to break through Quyang County as soon as possible. In recent days, all the generals have also seen that the Yellow Turban Army in Quyang County is resisting very fiercely. Our army He has also been unable to fight again and again, and I don’t know what good strategies the generals have, so let’s talk about it.”

As soon as the words fell, the generals began to discuss in whispers.

At this time, Sun Jian came out from among the generals, cupped his hands to Huangfu Song and said, "Sun Jian is not talented, and I am willing to lead the people to attack the city tomorrow. If the city is not destroyed, I would like to present my head to see him."

Huangfusong nodded in satisfaction. Since the battle with the Yellow Turban, Huangfusong has admired Sun Jian's bravery very much, and he always takes the lead in every battle.

However, mere bravery can't solve the problem, nor can it dampen the enthusiasm of the generals under him. Huangfusong said: "Wentai's bravery is very commendable. Tomorrow's attack on the city, we will use Wentai as the vanguard."

Sun Jian returned to his seat satisfied.

Seeing that Huangfusong praised Sun Jian so much, Zhang Fei behind Liu Bei was unwilling. Liu Bei pressed Zhang Fei who was about to attack, got up and saluted Huangfusong and said, "General, our army has more people than the Yellow Turbans in the city, and our morale is higher than that of the Yellow Turbans in the city." The Yellow Turban, who has a humble job but no talent, has a plan."

Huangfusong hurriedly said: "Xuande, tell me quickly."

Confidence flashed in Liu Bei's eyes, and he said slowly: "Our army can attack the Yellow Turbans in the city in turn, so that the Yellow Turbans can't get a rest, and the soldiers are exhausted. If this is the case, the day of breaking the city can be waited."

After hearing Liu Bei's strategy, Huang Fusong thought for a long time and said, "Just use Xuande's strategy!" Often the most primitive method may be the best.

Seeing that Huangfusong adopted his strategy, Liu Bei was also very happy, and Zhang Fei even looked at Sun Jian in a demonstration.

Huangfusong divided the Han army into four groups, which attacked Quyang County in turn.

Ten days later, the Yellow Turban Army in the city fell asleep as soon as their heads touched the city wall; in the past ten days, the Yellow Turban Army has suffered a great crime. .

Under the fierce attack of the Han army, Quyang County was breached. Zhang Bao led his troops to resist desperately and was killed by the Han army in the chaos.

With the defeat of Quyang by the Han army and the defeat of Zhang Bao, it meant that the Yellow Turban uprising for more than nine months had completely failed, and the Han Dynasty was preserved.

After counting the losses and captures of the Han army, Huang Fusong immediately reported the victory to the Han court.

When the news reached Luoyang, the Emperor of Han was overjoyed. He called heaven to bless the great man, comforted the ancestral temple, and ordered civil and military officials to celebrate for three days. All have rewards.

The rest of the Yellow Turban Army, which is a small group in the local area, will be taken care of by the shepherds of the states.

The most unlucky one is Dong Zhuo, who has no benefit at all. He has been busy for so long in vain. Although Dong Zhuo has been very active during the past few days in Hedong, helping the Han court to wipe out the remnants of the Yellow Turbans nearby, the Emperor Han still did not No reward was given to the Xiliang army, but Dong Zhuo was dismissed for his hard work, and Dong Zhuo was driven back to Xiliang in despair, and continued to be his tyrant.

Seeing Dong Zhuo who kept getting angry, Li Ru stepped forward to persuade: "My lord, don't get angry. Our Xiliang army failed in the battle this time. It's lucky that the Han emperor didn't punish him. It's not that my lord is still a general of Zhonglang conferred by the court. Harvest, from the perspective of Confucianism, this world is bound to be in chaos!"

Dong Zhuo couldn't help asking: "Great chaos? What's the explanation for this statement?"

Li Ru said slowly: "My lord has been busy fighting against the Yellow Turban rebels, and I don't know about the imperial edict; Power over a state's military."

Dong Zhuo looked at Lu with confusion in his eyes, and said, "So what?"

"My lord can take this good opportunity to go back to Liangzhou to recruit troops. If Confucianism does not predict, the world will be in chaos. This move by the Han emperor will make the Han court fall into a situation where the ministers are strong and the monarch is weak, and then there will be a lot of princes... ..." Li Ru whispered in Dong Zhuo's ear.

"At that time, the world will be in chaos, and my lord will be able to show his strength. My Xiliang army will be all elite. At that time, my lord will provide elite troops to clear the king's side, punish traitors, and achieve immortal fame." Li Ru said with excitement in his eyes. As if that day had come.

After listening to Li Ru's analysis, Dong Zhuo was overjoyed and ordered the soldiers to prepare and return to Xiliang.

Liu Bei was also awarded the title of Captain of Anxi County because of his meritorious service in combat, which is not quite comparable to Liu Bei's fame. Thinking back when Liu Bei led his troops to resist the Yellow Turbans, the Yellow Turbans who killed all the way lost their helmets and armor, and killed many enemy generals, but they were only sealed. He is a county lieutenant; there are people in the court who are good at being officials. Although he is the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, he is a wandering branch and has lost his title.

Liu Bei's mentor, Lu Zhi, served in the Han court, but Lu Zhi had just been pardoned for his crimes, so he had no right to speak, and he didn't take care of his disciple.

Because of his meritorious service in fighting with Zhu Jun and Huangfusong, Sun Jian was promoted from the assistant army Sima to the other department's Sima, and worked with Huangfusong.

The rest of the soldiers who made great achievements in the battle were all rewarded, and Jia Rong also faded out of the sight of the Han court from the huge honor of burning the Changsha, and did not receive any rewards.

The Han dynasty was able to survive, which was the happiest thing for those scholar-officials. During the war, it did not affect their earning money. They hoarded grain, raised grain prices, sold horses, etc. After the war, they made a lot of money. overflow.

The most suffering is the people at the bottom. The country is constantly fighting, and the war needs food to support it, and the army is needed to fight. The Han Emperor raised taxes and forced soldiers. Many people were displaced due to excessive taxes and drought. At that time, the people had to eat only Yizi, and they went far away, and the situation of starving to death on the road can be seen everywhere.

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