Chapter 115: Attack on Luoyang
Although Liu Zheng has long known that the Yellow Turban Army is a group of bandits who are inadequate and conspiracy, they are all peasants who can't achieve great things. But he didn't expect them to be so unbearable.
Maybe this can't be blamed on these Yellow Turbans.
In the Jizhou battlefield in history, there was no Zhang Mancheng, because Zhang Mancheng at that time had already been in Nanyang and was killed by Qin Jie.
Therefore, Zhang Bao naturally has no controversy, and can directly become the next commander of the Yellow Turban Army, leading the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army to continue to fight with the officers and soldiers.
But now with the appearance of the divine envoy Zhang Mancheng, it is different.
Zhang Jiao wanted to pass the throne to Zhang Mancheng, but Zhang Bao did not agree, and the uncle and nephew started a fight.
Exhaust the last vestige of the Yellow Turbans.
And the reason why Zhang Mancheng did not die as in history is also because of the emergence of Liu Zheng, which changed the trend of history, and he has to swallow this bitter fruit himself.
Pei Yuanshao was so angry when he saw Liu Zheng, this was the first time he saw Liu Zheng so out of shape, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak for a while.
"Zhang Mancheng is a waste, and Zhang Bao! These two guys, it's over, everything is over, the Yellow Turban Army has gone to a strange place. ”
Liu Zheng sighed again, everything was originally moving in a good direction.
Liu Zheng has been in Luoyang for half a month, and seeing that his tunnels are about to be opened, he can directly lead people into the city.
But now something like this has happened, which has hit Liu Zheng hard.
Pei Yuanshao hesitated for a moment, and seemed to find that Liu Zheng's anger had subsided, and the whole person had calmed down, so he continued to ask Liu Zheng.
"Qu Shuai, what should we do next? The Jizhou Yellow Turban Army has been completely wiped out by the official army, and I am afraid that there are tens of thousands of us left. ”
"What to do? What else can I do? Ran, of course! Without the Jizhou Yellow Turban Army covering for us, how long do you think we can hold out here in Luoyang? ”
"I'm afraid that as soon as Huangfu Song's soldiers and horses arrive at the Tiger Pass, Xu You's side will not be able to hold on, and once the Tiger Pass is defeated, we will be blocked in the Gyeonggi area of Luoyang, and we will be wiped out by a large number of soldiers and horses gathered by the official army at any time."
Liu Zheng thought about the next consequences, and the expression on his face became solemn again.
"Damn, the tunnel under the wall of the Tiger Prison is about to be opened by us, who knew that such a situation would occur!"
Liu Zheng was unwilling, but in this situation, he had no choice but to withdraw from Luoyang as soon as possible, otherwise he would wait for Huangfu Song's soldiers and horses to arrive.
It's more embarrassing, and when the time comes, you may not be able to walk away if you want to.
"Hurry up and let Zhou Cang come to see me!"
Liu Zheng turned around and said something to Pei Yuanshao, but as soon as he finished speaking, he immediately regretted it.
"Forget it, the situation is urgent, I'd better go see him."
After speaking, he walked out of the big tent and took the initiative to rush towards the place where Zhou Cang was.
It didn't take long to find Zhou Cang, who was organizing people to dig tunnels in Luoyang City.
"Zhou Cang!"
Liu Zheng shouted at Zhou Cang from afar.
As soon as Zhou Cang saw Liu Zheng, he immediately shouted at Liu Zheng excitedly.
"Qu Shuai, you're here, I'm looking for you, our tunnel has been dug almost completely, according to my estimate, it will soon be able to get through to the city."
When Liu Zheng heard this, his face was even more solemn, this news should have been a very good news for him, but now it sounds like a little chicken.
"I'm afraid I can't keep digging!"
"Huh? What's wrong? ”
"I just got the news that General Tiangong Zhang Jiao has returned to heaven."
Liu Zheng calmed down and said a word to Zhou Cang.
As soon as this news came out, Zhou Cang's expression was immediately shocked.
The whole person was stunned in place, Zhou Cang is different from Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng is a modern person after all, and he does not have so much loyalty to Zhang Jiao's beliefs, but Zhou Cang is different, he is deeply brainwashed by Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Sect.
admired Zhang Jiao very much, but Zhang Jiao's sudden death made Zhou Cang not slow down for a while.
"This ...... Qu Shuai,...... Are you supposed to be ......?"
"Brother Zhou Cang, the matter is true, my scout, the news that I just found out from Jizhou is the news sent by Mr. Xu You, it will not be fake."
Pei Yuanshao saw that Zhou Cang had some suspicions, so he immediately said one more word and confirmed the authenticity of the news to Zhou Cang.
After hearing Pei Yuanshao's words, Zhou Cang completely understood that Zhang Jiao was really dead.
"Ah, what are we going to do now? What about the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou? ”
"I'll tell you later, I'm afraid we're going to be ready to retreat."
"But, Qu Shuai, this passage was finally opened, so you gave up?"
Zhou Cang looked at the deep and dark hole below, and dug down the city wall from here, which was enough to lead directly to Luoyang City.
If you take advantage of the night to enter the city, not to mention that you will definitely be able to defeat the entire Luoyang City, you will definitely be able to make a great disturbance, bringing a lot of shock to Luoyang.
Especially in Luoyang City, the existence of various nobles and celebrities must be rich, if you can enter Luoyang City to loot, Liu Zheng feels exciting when you think about it.
"Yes, the tunnel that was finally dug through was wasted like this, and I am not willing to do it, Pei Yuanshao, the people and horses over there in Jizhou, how long will it take to reach the Tiger Prison Pass?"
"I don't know about this, but if I want to come for a day or two, we still have it."
"Okay, Zhou Cang immediately let your people continue to dig, we must dig through the tunnel today, we will take advantage of the night tonight, make a last stand, and enter Luoyang, even if we can't kill the emperor, we must leave traces of our Yellow Turban Army in Luoyang."
After deciding on the next plan, Liu Zheng quickly began to arrange.
He did not let all his soldiers and horses enter Luoyang City, but chose to divide his 10,000 soldiers and horses into two batches.
A group of 8,000 people, commanded by Xu Huang and assisted by Huang Zhong, directly attacked the gate of Luoyang City after it was dark and night, with Liu Zheng's actions.
The purpose was not to capture the city, but to attract the attention of the officials and soldiers in the city, and to cover for Liu Zheng, Zhou Cang and others to enter Luoyang City.
And the remaining 2,000 people will sneak into Luoyang City directly from the tunnel after Xu Huang and others start attacking the city, and burn and loot Luoyang City.
If you can break the imperial city and enter the palace, it is naturally very good, but if there is not enough time and no chance, Liu Zheng also wants to cause a big movement in Luoyang, so that Emperor Han Ling in the palace will notice, only in this way will Luoyang be busy.
Liu Zheng and their escape were also able to buy enough time.