A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 364 Imperial Offensive
April
Lu Zhi's 30,000 Imperial Army and Zhang Jiao's 40,000 Yellow Turban Army fought in Liang Qi. The city of Liang Qi was crumbling, but the Yellow Turban Army who came to support came in an endless stream.

The Yellow Turban Army in Liang Dynasty reached more than 60,000 people. Even so, the city of Liang Dynasty still could not be saved, because the city of Liang Dynasty was small and large troops could not deploy. This was an advantage for Lu Zhi and a disadvantage for Zhang Jiao.

So Zhang Jiao ordered Zhang Liang to build a large city in Guangzong, install a wide range of city defense equipment, and expand the width of the city wall to facilitate the deployment of the Yellow Turban Army's large corps and serve as the place for the final decisive battle.

He also ordered Zhang Bao to send a general to lead his troops south and station troops in the great city of Julu, so as to form a rivalry with Guangzong.

On the other hand, after Zhang Bao received the order, he sent Zhang Niujiao to lead 30,000 troops south to Julu, and he led tens of thousands to Bohai County. His commanders Cheng Yuanzhi and Deng Mao led 50,000 troops and continued to invade Zhuo County. .

After Zhang Liang captured Julu, he moved all the way east to capture the Anping Kingdom, and is now leading an army of tens of thousands in a fierce battle with the Qinghe Kingdom.

Yuzhou, Yingchuan County.

Originally, Bocai's uprising went very smoothly, but since Liu Hong issued the order for each state and county to recruit local warriors to defend themselves, Bocai directly felt the pressure.

The speed at which a city could be captured in one day was now unable to capture a city in several days. Moreover, his army of hundreds of thousands remained at the foot of Yangdi City for several months without being able to enter.

Although most of the southern counties of Yingchuan have fallen into their own hands, the Yellow Turban Army will not be able to achieve its strategic goals if they cannot capture Yangzhai and Henan Yin.

Now the imperial court's counter-rebellion army has conquered Yangcheng and is now heading towards Yangdi.

As a rare general in the Yellow Turban Army, Bo Cai prepared a big one for the Han army.

So he ordered the entire army to withdraw to Changshe and march slowly to lure the Han army to pursue them. He also sent a letter to Peng Tuo, the commander-in-chief of Qu in Runan County in the south, asking him to lead some troops and secretly station troops in Yingyang.

Peng Tuo, who had just defeated Zhao Qian, the prefect of Runan, received a letter from Bo Cai and left tens of thousands of troops to continue his attack on Runan County. He personally commanded the 60,000 Yellow Turban Army and secretly arrived at Yingyang City.

Due to the current chaos in the world, in addition to the Yellow Turban Army, many ghosts and ghosts in the mountains have come out to burn, kill and loot under the banner of the Yellow Turban Army, so there is no communication.

In addition, the Yellow Turban Army massacred and plundered powerful families in the territory, making the Han people unclear about the intelligence within the control of the Yellow Turban Army.

Only then did Peng Tuo arrive at Yingyang smoothly, leaving the big man unaware at all.

Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song led 40,000 soldiers and horses to break the siege of Yangdi, and were warmly received by the Yangdi clan. However, they knew that they could not stay here for a long time, so after staying for a day, they immediately ordered the army to march towards the main force of Bocai. Chase.

The two of them used Zhu Jun's 20,000 men as the front army, and Huangfu Song's 20,000 men as the rear troops to protect the army's food routes. And to prevent the Yellow Turbans from raiding.

Soon, the Han army captured Bocai's main force in Changshe, more than 100,000 people. They were beaten by the 20,000 Han army and lost their armor and armor, and marched all the way towards Yingyin City.

Zhu Jun surrounded Yingyin with Bocai's remaining 100,000 men. When he was preparing to attack the city, tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops suddenly appeared from the side. The Han army's formation was in chaos. At the right time, Bocai also led his troops to attack Zhu Jun's troops from the front.

So under attack from two sides, Zhu Jun's 20,000 Han army was defeated.

Fortunately, Huangfu Song was behind the formation. Under the tide of the Yellow Turban Army, Huangfu Song tried his best to stabilize his position and slowly retreated. From a distance, Bo Cai saw Zhu Jun's troops reorganizing his army and knew that he had no chance. Then the order was given to stop the pursuit.

After this battle, Zhu Jun's tribe lost more than 10,000 people, leaving only a few thousand people. Huangfu Song's tribe lost thousands of people, leaving only 15,000 people. Combined, the Han army only had more than 20,000 people left.

Reluctantly, the two of them had no choice but to retreat to Changshe and sent a messenger to the court to request reinforcements.

April 20

The Han army was besieged in Changshe by more than 100,000 Yellow Turban troops. The Yellow Turban army knew that the Han army was elite, so they did not attack the city with ants, which was a waste of lives. Instead, they formed a camp on the spot and established a long-term siege, waiting for the Han army to lead. After eating up the food and grass, he went down to the long commune.

Yingchuan was only part of the Yellow Turban Army and could not give up other places for Yingchuan, so Bocai had no choice but to thank Peng Tuo for his help and said bluntly that if there were difficulties, he could seek help from him. The two counties of Yingchuan and Runan would watch and help each other. .

After the two said goodbye, Peng Tuo returned to Runan with his 50,000 men and continued to attack the south, while Bo Cai led his army of more than 100,000 men and continued to besiege Changshe.

Now for Liu Hong, the situation in the entire world is very critical. The three Zhang brothers in Hebei, with Julu as the center, are constantly attacking cities and territories. Lu Zhi is blocked in Liangqi City and cannot enter.

The Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou even defeated its own elite troops and besieged the Han army in Changshe. Others, such as the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang, also captured Wancheng and almost occupied Nanyang County.

There is also the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou. Because it is too far away from Luoyang, the Han court cannot control it, which makes the Yellow Turban trend intensify in Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

Even in Jingzhou and Yangzhou, a small number of Yellow Turban troops conquered the county towns. However, compared to the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains, which often numbered tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, the Yellow Turban Army in Jingzhou and Yangzhou really could not get on Liu Hong's table.
He just ordered the powerful men in Jingzhou and Yangzhou to recruit local braves on their own to cooperate with the government in suppressing the rebellion. It was precisely because of this order that the power of Jingzhou and Yangzhou greatly increased.

Faced with the problem in Hebei, Liu Hong issued an edict and ordered Gongsun Zan in western Liaoning to lead thousands of cavalry from border counties and go south to cooperate with Lu Zhi in attacking Zhangjiao's headquarters.

He also strictly ordered all counties to fight to the last moment and not to surrender or lose the city. However, if the city was captured by the Yellow Turban bandits, the prefectural magistrate would execute him and all his officials would be imprisoned.

However, if there is a successful defense against the Yellow Turban thieves, those who wait until the court reinforcements arrive will be promoted and rewarded without hesitation. Seeing that Lu Zhi had been delayed for so long in Liang Qi, Liu Hong was a little dissatisfied. Even if you are so slow, the Yellow Turban is not even. If it continues, the court will run out of money.

So Lu Zhi was ordered to step up his offensive, and the Yellow Turban Army in Hebei must not be allowed to wreak havoc or expand further.

Regarding the problem in Henan, Liu Hong had no choice but to send reinforcements again to the direction of Changshe. In order to prevent the Yellow Turban thieves from Nanyang from attacking the Gyeonggi area, Liu Hong ordered General He Jin to guard against the Nanyang Yellow Turbans and never let a Yellow Turban thief go. Enter Henan Yin, or you will be dismissed from his post.

May
The imperial court conscripted Cao Cao as the Cavalry Captain, and led three thousand knights recruited from the Sanhe area to gallop to Changshe for rescue.

Moments before arriving at Cao Cao, Huangfu Song found the right opportunity and secretly led his troops at night to burn the weeds outside Bocai's camp, causing the Yellow Turban camp to burst into flames, and the soldiers rushed to leave each other, causing a roar in the camp.

At this time, the Han troops in Changshe City, led by Zhu Jun, came out in full force and followed the light of the fire to kill. Cao Cao, who was outside the encirclement, saw the fire soaring into the sky and hurriedly ordered his cavalry to come and join them.

So under the siege of the three Han armies of Cao Cao, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun, the Bocai tribe suffered an unprecedented rout. In panic, they fled to Yangdi.

When the Yangzhai defenders saw the Yellow Turban rebels fleeing here, they felt cruel and led the city defenders out of the city to defeat Bocai, who was killed among the rebels.

Seeing that the general was dead, the remaining Yellow Turban troops fled in all directions. When Cao Cao and others chased after him, they left only corpses on the ground and a dark mass of prisoners.

In this battle, Bo Cai's tribe was wiped out, and the remaining Yellow Turban troops fled in all directions. They were already out of control, and Yingchuan County could be easily pacified.

The Han army beheaded more than 10,000 people and captured 70,000 to 80,000 people. The rest were either trampled to death or escaped into the mountains and forests.

Looking at the 70,000 to 80,000 prisoners in front of them, the three generals looked at each other in confusion. Cao Cao was in a low position and said nothing.

Zhu Jun had been quelling barbaric chaos in the border counties all year round, and he had long ago taken human life seriously. However, Huangfu Song, who came from the border counties, was a member of the Qing sect, but he also had a strong temperament.

In order to prevent the remnants of the Yellow Turbans from resurrecting in Yingchuan, it was impossible for him and more than 20,000 people to stay here to look after the prisoners and not go to other places to quell the rebellion.

So the fate of these prisoners has been decided.

June
Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun of Yingchuan reported to the court that the Yellow Turbans of Yingchuan had been pacified and 80,000 people had been beheaded in this battle. Now the army is heading towards Runan and Nanyang.

Because of what the Yellow Turban Army did to powerful people and powerful families, the truth outside Yangzhai City was not publicized due to the deliberate blockade by the imperial court and local powerful people.

However, the news was still passed to a prince king in the north.

Bai Ke looked at the information in his hand and sneered: "It seems that these big families are not the same as us after all."

When the Yingchuan battle report arrived in Liu Hong's hands, Liu Hong was extremely excited. This was the first good news he had received since the Yellow Turban Rebellion. He was so happy that he did not go to court for many days.

Same month
Under the urging of the imperial court, Lu Zhi finally defeated the Liang Dynasty and defeated Zhang Jiao's troops in Quzhou with more than 100,000 men. Zhang Jiao's troops retreated into Guangzong City.

Just when Lu Zhi was about to continue marching, he found that there were tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans in Julu City on the left. For the safety of the army, Lu Zhi had to build barriers, dig trenches, and make ladders. While being wary of the Julu Yellow Turbans, he slowly attacked Guangzong.

Hearing that Lu Zhi had surrounded Zhang Jiao in Guangzong, Liu Hong was very happy and sent several envoys with a lot of food and wine to go down on his behalf to reward the Han troops in various places.

Another purpose was to see if these generals, who held tens of thousands of elite Han troops, had any intentions of rebellion.

Because now the Yingchuan Yellow Turbans have been pacified, and the Runan Yellow Turbans have also been defeated by the Xiangyong formed by the powerful forces in Runan in the south, and the Huangfu Song tribe who came south from Yingchuan. Peng Tuo was even captured by the main force of the Han army in Xihua. Live and behead him on the spot.

The Yellow Turbans in Nanyang, under the leadership of the new prefect Qin Jie, fought against Zhang Mancheng, the leader of the Yellow Turbans in Nanyang. The remnants of the Yellow Turbans, together with the remnants of Bocai's retreat to Nanyang, retreated to Wancheng to defend themselves, and a new leader, Zhao Hong, was introduced.

In addition, the Yellow Turban Uprising in Youzhou was also suppressed by the joint efforts of Gongsun Zan, the governor of western Liaoning, and Zou Jing, the captain of the school.

And when Cheng Zhiyuan's troops heading north met the most elite border cavalry in the world, an unprecedented defeat was justified.

The tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops were torn apart by thousands of cavalry from Zhuojun and Liaoxi, and only a few thousand survived.

Then, Gongsun Zan took his junior brother Liu Bei from the school captain Zou Jing and continued southward. Together with his teacher Lu Zhi, he defeated the main force of the Yellow Turban Army.

The largest force in the world, the Yellow Turban Army, had been wiped out, and Liu Hong finally felt relieved, at least the big man would not be lost in his hands.

But as soon as he calmed down, he began to worry about the generals of the Han army who had tens of thousands of elite soldiers, so it was logical to send envoys to reward the troops.

(End of this chapter)