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

Chapter 366: Heaven and earth are hard to change

In the dim room, seven candles were placed according to a specific pattern, echoing the Big Dipper in the sky. They were clearly closed, and the breeze coming from nowhere kept flicking the candles, as if trying to extinguish them.

A Taoist priest wearing a yellow scarf and yellow robe was sitting on a futon high up, his eyes closed, and he kept reciting scriptures in his mouth. The Taoist sword he usually carried on his back was now placed across his knees.

Suddenly, the candle was almost extinguished by an unknown wind. Zhang Jiao spat out a mouthful of blood. The blood stained the candle, as if adding lamp oil, it swayed without extinguishing.

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Zhang Jiao opened his eyes, with a pair of calm eyes on his pale face.

Listening to the fierce fighting outside, Zhang Jiao slowly stood up and left the room.

"Great Master!"

Several yellow scarf warriors who were standing guard outside the door saluted respectfully when they saw Zhang Jiao coming out of the gate.

Zhang Jiao nodded slightly, then came to the front hall and began to deal with the affairs that had accumulated in the past few days. At this time, thirteen days had passed since Dong Zhuo ordered the fierce attack on Guangzong.

It can be clearly felt that the Han army's attacks are getting weaker and weaker, which is due to fatigue.

"Call Qu Shuai Hei Ji."

After finishing the affairs, Zhang Jiao gave instructions to Zhu You who was assisting him.

After a while, Heiji, who was covered in blood, came to Zhang Jiao and saluted: "Disciple Heiji, pay homage to the great virtuous master!"

Screening away the others, he looked at Heiji with Zhang Jiao and said: "Heiji, I know that you are from the Bai country. There are many Bai people in the army and religion. I have called you here. I want to know what you are." Do you really agree with Taiping Dao?"

Heiji knelt down on one knee and said: "Tao Master, although Heiji is from the Bai Kingdom and accepted the assignment from the Bai Kingdom to help the Tao Master, he now believes in Taiping Tao. I really think that only Huang Tianluo will fall. Only all the people in the world have a way to survive.”

Zhang Jiao stood up, walked to the door, and looked outside: "When Pindao went to see Bai Wangshan, he told me that the time for Huang Tian's arrival has not yet come, and rashly launching an attack will only consume Taiping Dao's luck.

But Pindao couldn't turn a blind eye when he saw the people everywhere looking for food and survival, so he said to King Bai: The people in this world have been suffering from the harsh rule of the powerful for too long. Even if the final result is death, it is better than being aggrieved. Better to be driven to death.

Even if you die, you must die in resistance, never say a word, and die in silence and resentment. If it is true that the world can be changed, Huang Tian can be pulled down from the world a thousand years in advance to replace the sky.

It's a pity that the sky is still heaven after all. The power of heaven is strong, but the power of human beings is weak. "

After speaking, he looked at Heiji and said leisurely: "You must be the top leader of the Bai Kingdom's secret guards in the Taiping Dao army in Pindao."

Heiji knelt down on one knee silently: "Heiji, the secret guard of the Bai Kingdom, has met the great master."

"Alas, I wonder why the Bai Kingdom has accumulated strength for thousands of years and is only trapped in a corner? If you had all your help, how would you know that this yellow sky can't come down?"

Heiji didn't reply. This was something only the senior leaders of the Bai Kingdom and the Bai family had to think about. He was just a pawn.

Zhang Jiao shook his head to himself: "Immeasurable Heavenly Lord, it is the poor Taoist who has fallen into obsession. After all, the Bai family grew up in a big family and bloomed in the family. Even if he is a lotus, he will inevitably be contaminated with the smell of mud. .

Even if you want to help Pindao, I'm afraid the big families in the country won't be willing. In this case, let Pindao help you. "

Zhang Jiao took out a wrinkled "Taiping Sutra" from his arms and handed it to Hei Ji: "This book was given to Pindao by King Bai. His role and help to Pindao are still there. is immeasurable.

There is Pindao's annotation on Taiping Dao on it. It can be said that it is like the seed of Taiping Dao. As long as this book exists in the world, Taiping Dao will not be extinct.

Please hand him over to the current King Bai and tell him on behalf of Pindao: The Bai Kingdom gave Pindao three assistants, two of which have been used. For the third assistant, please ask Bai to use the Tao seeds of Taiping Dao well. Pass it on.

Waiting for the seeds of peace to be spread in the world again, please ask Mr. Bai to sow them for Pindao. Peace, peace, this is the paradise that many people dream about. "

Seeing Zhang Jue drifting away, Heiji wiped a tear from the corner of his eye, bowed to Zhang Jue's back as a disciple.

July 24
Zhang Bao of Julu took advantage of the Han army to attack Guangzong with all its strength, and secretly captured Quzhou in the rear of the Han army, and attacked the rear of the Han army's camp with tens of thousands of people.

The exhausted Han army collapsed, the cavalry fled in all directions, and the infantry was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops.

General Dong Zhuo escaped with his own cavalry, but was targeted by the Yellow Turban Army, who sent hundreds of rare Yellow Turban cavalry to pursue him.

Dong Zhuo fled all the way north, and his subordinates kept falling off their horses. He was about to be overtaken, and when the Yellow Turban Army's sword was about to fall on him, an arrow pierced the head of the Yellow Turban general.

A group of hundreds of light cavalry came from a distance and rushed into the Yellow Turban light cavalry. After all, the Yellow Turban Army's cavalry had been trained for too short a time and could not resist the Han army's cavalry. They were killed and fled in all directions.

Dong Zhuo was rescued, and a feeling of gratitude arose spontaneously. He said to the leader of the cavalry: "I don't know which general it is. I am Dong Zhuo. General Meng rescued me. I am very grateful."

The leading cavalryman said with some embarrassment: "General Zhonglang has misunderstood. We are not soldiers of the Han army, but local warriors from Zhuojun. We are currently under the command of Gongsun Zan, the governor of western Liaoning."

Dong Zhuo froze for a moment, looked at him and said, "Who are you?"

"Liu Bei, a native of Zhuojun County, named Xuande, responded to the imperial court's order and recruited men from his hometown to train local braves to kill the Yellow Turban bandits. Now, following the imperial edict, he followed Grand Administrator Gongsun and went south to assist the army in annihilating the Zhangjiao tribe.

Now he is the vanguard officer of Gongsun Prefect, with Gongsun Prefect's army behind him. "

What, he was just a commoner. Dong Zhuo thought he had lost face in front of others, so he suddenly turned cold and stopped talking to Liu Bei. He took the few remaining horsemen in the direction of Gongsun Zan. "My lord, this guy is so shameless. We rescued him, but instead we treated him coldly and asked me to poke more than a dozen holes in him to see if he still dares to be rude to my lord."

Before Liu Bei said anything, Zhang Fei, who was behind him, couldn't stand it first and was about to slap his horse forward.

"Third brother, please don't be impulsive. Dong Zhuo is the Dong Zhonglang General appointed by the imperial court. If he is really killed by you, we will have to accompany you to avoid being wanted and wander around the world."

"Humph."

Although Guan Yu on the side was much calmer, the back of Dong Zhuo also exuded a cold light.

"Forget it, Dong Zhuo looks down on our status, which shows that he is short-sighted and does not recognize talents. We don't need to have any feelings for such people. When our brothers make great achievements in the future, naturally no one will dare to despise us like this."

Here, when tens of thousands of Han troops were surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops, Gongsun Zan, who came from the north with thousands of fine cavalry from border counties, broke through a gap for the army and rescued the surrounded Han troops.

Tens of thousands of Han troops were able to escape. Finally, after losing 20,000 to 30,000 lives, 50,000 to 60,000 Han troops finally fled into Guantao County south of Guangzong.

When he learned that the army in Hebei was defeated, Liu Hong was furious. He dismissed Dong Zhuo, sent him to prison for interrogation, and sentenced him to "a crime reduced to the death penalty of the first degree", that is, life imprisonment.

At this time, Huangfu Song defeated Bu Ji, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in Dongjun. Liu Hong ordered Huangfu Song to lead his troops and immediately cross the river to the north to replace Dong Zhuo and take charge of annihilating the Yellow Turbans in Hebei.

August 3rd
Huangfu Song arrived at Guantao County with more than 10,000 troops and horses, and received tens of thousands of Han troops here. After several days of consolidation, the army began to move north again.

At this time, Zhang Jue died of illness, and there was a mourning in Guangzong City. Zhang Liang succeeded Zhang Jue and became the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in the world.

However, even though Zhang Liang has always had prestige within the Yellow Turban Army and was Zhang Jiao's third brother, his role in the Yellow Turban Army was very different from Zhang Jiao's.

Zhang Jiao's death caused doubts within the Yellow Turban Army for the first time as to whether Huang Tian could descend.

Zhang Liang was very aware of the rumors in the army and the doubts of his soldiers, so in order to prove that Huang Tian could descend, he gave up the city defense and arrayed his troops along the Qinghe River.

He wanted to defeat the Han army head-on and regain the military morale of the Yellow Turban Army.

So the two sides, the Yellow Turban Army of 200,000 to 300,000 people and the Han Army of 80,000 people, started fighting on the west bank of the Qinghe River.

Even though the Yellow Turban soldiers were numerous and powerful, the Han army was elite and Huangfu Song was a famous general. Under the strict formation of the Han army and Huangfu Song's excellent dispatch, the more than 200,000 Yellow Turban troops failed to break through the Han army's formation for several days.

August
After leaving behind the bodies of more than 10,000 people, the Han army's military formation finally began to be unable to hold on and slowly began to retreat. Seeing hope, Zhang Liang urgently ordered his men to attack the enemy formation with all their strength, and must disrupt the Han army's position.

However, no matter how the generals of the Yellow Turban Army charged, they were all killed by the generals of the Han Army, causing the Han Army to remain defeated without collapse.

After another two days, the Han army had retreated five or six miles, and the Yellow Turban Army also lost 20,000 to 30,000 men.

The Han army began to set up camp, closed the gates of the camp, and asked the soldiers to take off their armor and stomachs and start repairing them. Seeing this, Zhang Liang knew that the Han army would not attack today, and that after days of fighting, his own side was at the end of its strength, so he ordered repairs today and attack tomorrow.

Night, moon and stars are sparse
Outside the Yellow Turban Army camp, there was a pattering sound. This was the Han army coming to steal the camp.

It turned out that the Han army was removing and repairing their armor during the day for Zhang Liang to see. At night, Huangfu Song summoned the generals and asked them to assemble their soldiers, wearing armor and holding swords. He wanted to completely defeat Guangzong's Yellow Turban tonight.

"Boom!"

On the plains of Hebei, the lethality and assault power of the cavalry are very huge.

In order to carry out tonight's surprise attack, Huangfu Song specially transferred Gongsun Zan's troops who were confronting Zhang Bao in Julu.

Thousands of Han cavalry rushed straight into the Yellow Turban camp. Due to the many days of fighting, the Yellow Turban soldiers slept particularly deeply. Only when the Han army arrived at the entrance of the military tent did any soldiers wake up.

From south to north, there were more than 200,000 Yellow Turban troops, and their camps stretched for two to three miles. Tens of thousands of Han troops came from the south, driving the Yellow Turbans' defeated troops to continuously attack the northern fortresses.

Except for a few elites, most of the Yellow Turban Army were peasants who had not received training, so they had no way to deal with the impact of a defeated army.

Even if there were, they would be defeated by the Han army catching up from behind.

In order to prevent the Yellow Turban Army from escaping into Guangzong again, Huangfu Song ordered Gongsun Zan's troops to break through the Yellow Turban Army camp in the south, immediately withdraw from the battle, and detour between Guangzong and the Yellow Turban camp from the side, making sure not to allow the Yellow Turban Army to pass.

Therefore, there were wolves in front of them and tigers in the back. The Yellow Turban Army could only flee to the east and west in a panic.

The west side is fine, but the east side is Qinghe River.

By daybreak, the original hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans had disappeared overnight. The Han army beheaded more than 10,000 people. Tens of thousands of the Yellow Turbans were pushed into the Qinghe River and drowned. Fifty thousand or sixty thousand were captured, and tens of thousands fled from the west. Lost.

When Zhang Liang withdrew to Guangzong, he was beheaded by Gongsun Zan.

Guangzong was captured by the Han army.

(End of this chapter)