Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 37 What can ten thousand lives be exchanged for?

It was June of the first year of Zhongping when they arrived in Hanoi County. Zhang Jai, Dian Wei and the guards were stationed outside the city. Tao Qian, his father and son, Zhou Cang and Gan Chen entered the city and first went to the post to settle down.Then Tao Qian led Zhou Cang to the governor's mansion to pay a visit to Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou.

Ding Yuan and Tao Qian are about the same age, both over fifty, but they are tall and burly, with a wicked look on their faces, they can be seen as military generals.Zhou Cang was very surprised, how could these two people with different career paths get mixed up?
After greeting each other, Tao Qian inquired about the current news: "There is no news in Youzhou. I heard that the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou are in trouble. This time I have to detour to Bingzhou when I return to the capital. I don't know how the situation is now?"

Zhou Cang suddenly had an illusion that the real purpose of Tao Qian's detour to Bingzhou was to see Ding Yuan, but why did he want to see Ding Yuan?

"Fortunately, Gongzu took a detour to Bingzhou." Ding Yuan said, "The imperial court arrested Taiping Dao. In February, Zhang Jiao of Taiping Dao launched a rebellion in Jizhou, spreading rumors: the sky is dead, Huang Tian should die; the age is Jiazi, the world is happy. Rebellion The tribes wear yellow scarves and call themselves the Yellow Turban Army. When Jizhou launched an attack, bandits from other places responded, and the Yellow Turban bandits were very powerful. Zhang Jiao divided the seven prefectures into 36 parties, with tens of thousands of large ones and six or seven thousand small ones. The leader is called Qu Shuai, Zhang Jiao called himself "General Tiangong", and his two younger brothers, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, were "General Digong" and "General Rengong" respectively. Everywhere was neglected to take precautions. Zhang Mancheng, the commander-in-chief of Nanyang, attacked and killed Chu Gong, the governor of Nanyang County. The Runan Yellow Turban Army defeated the prefect Zhao Qian in Shaoling. Gongzu also escaped when he left Youzhou, and the Guangyang Yellow Turban Army killed the governor of Youzhou, Guo Xun, and the prefect Liu Wei, and now Youzhou is in chaos."

Zhou Cang was taken aback. Youzhou was still stable when he left. Why did a war suddenly break out? The new governor and prefect died without even sitting on their buttocks. Tao Qian left at the right time.Old fox, Zhou Cang took a peek at Tao Qian from the corner of his eye, only to see Tao Qian said with a little regret: "I caused trouble for the refugees in Youzhou and moved them to Saibei and Liaoxi. It seems that I have not done enough."

Master!Zhou Cang realized that he was still superficial and did not keep up with Tao Qian's rhythm.I thought Tao Qian was just trying to resettle the refugees, but now that I think about it, Tao Qian is using tens of thousands of refugees to infiltrate and Sinicize the foreign races. When the foreign races invade, they can also be used as meat shields, killing three birds with one stone, master!
Tao Qian asked Ding Yuan again: "How will the court respond?"

"The imperial court ordered North Zhonglang General Lu Zhi to lead his deputy to protect Wuhuan Zhonglang General Zong to lead the Northern Army's five academies to take charge of the northern front, and to deal with Zhang Jiao's main force in Jizhou; Left Zhonglang General Huang Fusong and Right Zhonglang General Zhu Jun Leading an army each, controlling the five schools, namely Tunqi, Yueqi, Infantry, Changshui, and Shesheng, the generals and guards of the five schools, the Sanhe knights, namely the Hedong, Hanoi, and Henan cavalry, and more than 4 newly recruited elite warriors To attack the Yellow Turban Army in the Yingchuan area, Zhu Jun went up to recruit Sun Jian from Xiapi to be the Sima of the assistant army." Ding Yuan said.

"The three veteran generals went to battle, attacking from the north and the south. They separated the Yellow Turban rebels and could not gather in one place. The general dispatched them in the middle and sat in the capital. The court responded properly." Tao Qian said, "It is not difficult for the officials and troops to break the bandits."

Ding Yuan sighed: "There is indeed nothing wrong with the imperial court's dispatching. Unexpectedly, in April, Zhu Junjun was defeated by Huangjinqu Shuai Bocai and retreated. Huangfusong had to join forces with him and stationed in Changsha for defense. Bocai led an army to besiege the city. .”

"What did Zhu Jun do? Tens of thousands of soldiers were defeated by a group of bandits." Tao Qian said angrily.Zhou Cang seemed to be listening to storytelling, but he was thinking about Bo Cai in his heart. This cousin is really not easy, and he has become the handsome guy of Fang Qu. He has never heard of Peng Tuo, and it seems that he is also a character.

"Gongzu misunderstood a bit. Zhu Jun was ill-prepared and led the recruits to face the battle hastily. Although this was not the main reason for the defeat, it is also an indisputable fact. There are too many Yellow Turban refugees, and Bocai's men can only fight There are 2 people, but there are 10,000+ refugees. Bocai is very cunning. He first let the refugees go forward, and let Zhu Jun fight, and he was killed. Ten thousand people were killed. The main force was led by the deputy commander Peng Tuo and hid behind. Taking advantage of Zhu Jun's unprepared attack, Zhu Jun was also careless, thinking that the Yellow Turban Army was nothing more than that, killing people softly. As a result, when the main force of Peng Tuo's army came out, he was caught off guard and was defeated. The most worrying thing is that the Yellow Turban Army gathered more and more. Refugees from all over the place converged in one place, 20 in Pocai alone, not to mention other places.”

"Alas, this is the great problem of the imperial court. If the refugee problem is not solved, one wave will be wiped out, and another wave will rise again. 20 people surround the Changshe, and the Yellow Turban regards human life as worthless. If people fill it, they will also fill the Changsha. Huangfu The general is in danger." Tao Qian sighed.

Zhou Cang was surprised again, what kind of tactic is this?First use the lives of the refugees to fill it, and exchange tens of thousands of lives for reducing the opponent's carelessness and physical strength, and then launch a fierce attack.Tens of thousands of lives, these people are so willing to die, what is the reason for forcing people to make such a crazy move.Is this Bocai's idea, or is it a trick commonly used by the Yellow Turban Army?Similarly treating tens of thousands of refugees as worthless, Tao Qian used much more clever methods.

"Seeing that Huangfusong was besieged, the capital sent Cao Cao out of Beijing to lead an army to Changsha for rescue in May. However, before the reinforcements arrived, Huangfusong saw that the Yellow Turban Army was camping on the weeds, and the camp was scattered and disorderly. He recruited 5 strong men with a lot of money. Sun Jian went out of the city secretly with torches in his hands, and set fire all the way in the evening when the wind was strong. The fire spread rapidly, and the Yellow Turban camp was in chaos, trampling on each other. Huang Fusong led the army out of the city to cover up and kill, but the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were surrounded by refugees and ran around, and met Cao Cao who came The reinforcements were attacked from three sides by Huangfusong, Zhu Jun and Cao Cao, beheading tens of thousands of people. Bo Cai and Peng Tuo retreated to Yangdi, while Huangfusong and Zhu Jun's army took advantage of the victory and pursued them."

"In this way, the suppression of the rebellion and bandits is just around the corner, and it depends on Lu Zhi's northern front." Tao Qian said.

Cao Cao showed up, and picked up a big leak in the first battle. It's really good luck. With this military exploits, the family still has a little background, and he will be promoted when he returns. Will he meet Cao Cao when he goes to Luoyang?And Bocai, why was he so careless, why didn't the soldiers camp separately from the refugees, and the camp was still built in a place with dense vegetation, isn't there no tickle?I don't know if he escaped or not, even if he escaped, he would become a key criminal arrested by the court. Zhou Cang felt a little dazed, should he send someone to deliver a letter to Pei Yuanshao, and pay attention to Bo Cai's movements? It is fine to accept Bo Cai alone, but he must never be taken in. Yellow Turban Army.

"Lu Zhi and Zhang Jiao are still in a confrontation. Although Lu Zhi is good at using troops, he is facing the main force of the Yellow Turbans, and Zhang Jiao will disturb people's hearts. I don't know what method he uses, and his subordinates seem desperate. So, Lu Zhi fought very hard, so he could only do it step by step..."

While he was talking, he heard the sound of footsteps, and strode in from the outside. A man clasped his fists and saluted. He looked tall and tall, nine feet tall, wearing a golden crown with hair tied on his head, and dressed in a brocade robe. There is a kind of domineering and arrogance.

(End of this chapter)