Three Kingdoms Summoning: Peak Resurgence

Chapter 158: The Yellow Turbans are everywhere, chaos has occurred

October, the first year of Zhongping.

During the past one or two months, a lot of things happened in the Han court. First, Liu Hong agreed to Qin Wen and Di Qing's immigration plan and issued an edict to relocate refugees from all over the world, calling on refugees from all over the world to go to the three northern counties.

In addition to this, the powerful families in the world were allowed to recruit soldiers on their own to resist the Yellow Turban Army.

If before, the imperial court was just ambiguous and neither cracked down on nor encouraged those who recruited on their own, then now, it has clearly issued an order allowing recruitment.

Not only that, in order to deal with the increasingly powerful Guandong families, Liu Hong immediately supported the recently famous Wang Yu and Qin Hao. One of them was the young patriarch of the Taiyuan Wang family, and the other was the son of the famous Yanmen prefect Qin Wen.

In terms of reputation, they are completely comparable to the current Yuan brothers.

Also because of the court's propaganda, Wang Yu and Qin Hao's reputations skyrocketed, and they became world-famous young heroes and the dream lovers of countless girls.

Not only that, some disciples who joined the Beggars' Sect praised Wang Yu's merits, making his reputation grow far beyond Qin Hao.

As the court spread the news, more and more refugees moved to the three counties, especially after they actually received land from Di Qing and Qin Hao.

In this way, among the people who went to the three counties, the news spread from one to ten, from ten to a hundred, from a hundred to a thousand, and from a thousand to ten thousand, and countless refugees rushed to the three counties.

Even Liu Hong himself did not expect that the Han Dynasty would win back the hearts of the common people because of an edict of relocation. After all, not all common people would embark on the path of rebellion.

Many common people still have illusions about the Han Dynasty, and these people naturally praise the current emperor for his wisdom and General Wang and General Qin for their benevolence.

It even caused some disturbances among the Yellow Turban Army. After all, since their uprising in Julu, the people of the world not only did not live a good life, but their lives became even more difficult due to war and persecution.

Of course, this group of people is small, and most of the Yellow Turbans are extremely determined.

After all, once they really embark on the road of rebellion, there is no chance to regret and they can only go down this dark path.

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The land of Yanzhou.

Those noble families lived even more miserably than in the original novels.

Not long ago, Huang Chao had surrounded Lu Zhi. Under such circumstances, even if Wang Yu and Zhu Jun's army came, they could only rescue Lu Zhi at most.

However, the addition of the Yanzhou family boosted the morale of the Han army and made them more powerful.

This resulted in even him, the main general of the Yellow Turbans, almost dying on the battlefield, and General Meng Kai even died in battle to save him.

This failure also made Huang Chao's status as the future successor of the Yellow Turbans once again precarious.

Huang Chao naturally knew a lot about the war situation in other places. Hong Xiuquan in Yangzhou relied on Yang Xiuqing and Shi Dakai.

In addition, he had recently promoted Wang Qing and others, and had powerful generals to help him, which made his journey smooth sailing. He had won battle after battle and had already captured most of Yangzhou.

Xiang Yan and Xiang Yu, grandfather and grandson, conquered Yuzhou and most of Xuzhou. Although Xiang Yan caused great losses to the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou because of Wang Yu's sudden appearance, it was generally not a big deal.

Huang Chao's defeat this time was a real defeat, with 150,000 troops directly lost, which made his current achievements seem a little disappointing. Therefore, Huang Chao naturally would not be kind to the Yanzhou family, but because the situation was not stable, Huang Chao temporarily forbeared and pretended to accept the surrender of the Yanzhou family. After completely receiving the fruits of victory in Yanzhou, he immediately turned his face against them.

Nearly a hundred noble families, both large and small, were massacred.

After this battle, the strength of the Yanzhou aristocratic families suffered heavy losses, and only one tenth of them remained. Without the aristocratic families holding them back, the entire Yanzhou naturally fell into the sphere of influence of the million-strong Yellow Turban Army.

After wiping out the Yanzhou noble families, millions of Yellow Turban troops also poured in here, especially the Chenliu Prefecture. As the place closest to Sili, it naturally became the base camp where the various Yellow Turban leaders gathered.

It can be said that the current Chenliu Taishou Mansion!

It is definitely a gathering of heroes!
Huang Chao, Xiang Yan, Xiang Yu, Hong Xiuquan, Fang La, Li Zicheng, Li Mi, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen...

Except for Zhang Xianzhong who had to stay in Jizhou to deal with Huangfu Song and could not be present, almost all the famous generals and rebel leaders among the Yellow Turbans were present.

And their conflict also came to Wang Yu's attention through the information conveyed by Guo Jia.

The Yellow Turban Army is now basically divided into three camps.

The camp of Xiang Yu and Xiang Yan.

Huang Chao camp.

Hong Xiuquan camp!
The other generals were wavering between the three of them.

For example, Wang Shichong made the same choice as in the original novel. Since he had no real power of his own in the Yellow Turbans, he chose to rely on Huang Chao, who valued and promoted him.

As for Li Mi, he himself came from a noble family, so he was naturally not interested in Huang Chao, who massacred the noble families of Yanzhou. Instead, he was quite inclined towards Xiang Yu, who came from an aristocratic family.

If things had gone as they had in the past, Zhang Jue would have been more partial to Huang Chao. After all, Huang Chao was not only a disciple of his cousin Zhang Churang, but also a great contributor to the development of the Yellow Turban Army to its current state.

Huang Chao was highly regarded by Zhang Jue for both his strategy and political wisdom.

However, with the appearance of Guo Jia, Xiang Yu won victory after victory and finally conquered half of Xuzhou. He also came into Zhang Jue's sight.

Not only that, Wang Yu also learned a plan from it, but this plan required him to pretend that he knew nothing. In summary, he was working without putting in any effort.

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It’s almost November!
At this time, it was already the winter season in the Gregorian calendar, and the climate of the entire Han Dynasty was becoming increasingly cold. In such cold conditions, the possibility of the Yellow Turbans launching a decisive battle became increasingly smaller.

However, the imperial court did not think so. Even though the weather was cold, the court still ordered the soldiers on the front line to guard the pass with all their might. After all, Hulao Pass was too important, and no one knew whether Zhang Jue would play by the rules.

But, as the old saying goes, every policy from the top has a countermeasure from the bottom!
Even if the imperial court issues orders again, there is nothing that can be done if the subordinates do not carry them out. After all, how can a thief be prepared for a thousand days without being able to guard against thieves the day before?
What's more, it is a very cold day now. According to normal people's understanding, if the battle starts now, the Yellow Turban Army will definitely give up fighting the Han Army because of the weather!

After all, it is freezing cold now, and the Han army defending the city is definitely in an advantageous position. If the Yellow Turban Army really launches an attack, they will definitely suffer heavy losses.

(End of this chapter)