Chapter 81: Pacifying the Yellow Turban
Li Man said that he didn't believe in the stars, but when he was about to fight, he chose to act according to Li Yang's words, and trapped Zhang Jiao to death in Guangzong City with a trick!
Three days later!
The news of Zhang Jiao's death spread from Guangzong City!
It was noon, Li Mansheng stood outside the tent with his hands in his hands, silently looking up at the sky!
Dong Zhuo strode over and laughed loudly: "Zhang Jiao is dead, Zhang Jiao is dead!" ”
When he walked in front of Li Man, he saw that he was still looking up at the sky, and he didn't mean to care about himself at all.
Dong Zhuo followed Li Man's gaze and looked up, but only saw the blue sky.
Dong Zhuo retracted his gaze, looked at Li Man with a puzzled expression, and said softly, "What is the general looking at?" ”
"I'm watching the sky at night!" Li Man said lightly!
"Huh?" Dong Zhuo was a little confused, so he looked up at the sky again, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with him, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the sky, and said inexplicably: "General, in this daytime, which astrological phenomenon do you watch at night?" ”
Dong Zhuo and Li Man get along very well, so when they talk, they have a lot less scruples!
Li Man smiled slightly, and said lightly: "You don't understand!" ”
Dong Zhuo is a rough person, he knows very little about the astrological theory, and adopts a respectful and distant attitude, especially after seeing Li Man's appearance at the moment, but he feels that the astrological theory seems to be like that, and it should not be done.
Seeing that Dong Zhuo didn't speak for a long time, Li Man finally retracted his gaze, glanced sideways at Dong Zhuo, and said, "What is Zhong Ying doing here?" But the horn is dead? ”
Dong Zhuo was shocked when he heard this, regardless of the scorching sun, he looked up at the sky for the third time, and thought while looking at it: "There is no vanity under the fame, and the ancients did not deceive me." The general is really unpredictable! ”
After a long time!
Dong Zhuo withdrew his gaze, stretched out his hand and rubbed his somewhat astringent eyes, met Li Man's gaze, and sneered: "The sun is dazzling!" The last general has limited ability, and he wants to ask the general about the astrological signs, but I wonder if the general can give him a lesson or two? ”
"I don't understand either!"
"Huh?" Dong Zhuo's eyes widened, and his face was in disbelief!
Dong Zhuo knows Li Man's personality very well, he believes that Li Man will never use this kind of thing to deceive himself, he said that he doesn't understand, he really doesn't understand!
Dong Zhuo was about to open his mouth to ask again, but he saw that the three brothers Li Yang were walking towards him hand in hand, so he swallowed back the words that had come to his mouth!
Li Man smiled faintly and said, "People who understand astrology are here!" ”
Li Yang and the three of them walked in front of Li Man and Dong Zhuo, saluted and greeted the two, and then Li Yang took the lead in speaking, saying: "General Qiyu, there is news in Guangzong City that Zhang Jiao is dead!" Guangzong can be broken! ”
In private, the three called Li Man their father.
When there were outsiders, the three of them called Li Man a general as a subordinate!
"No need to be polite!" Li Man looked at Li Yang with interest, his middle finger and ring finger kept tapping on his thigh, and said, "I think that after Zhang Jiao's death, Guangzong can break his fingers?" ”
"Zhang Liang's prestige is limited, and he has no ability to command the army, but he is mediocre!" Li Yang talked eloquently and said, "With just a little trick, Guangzong City can be wiped out!" ”
Li Man gave Li Yang an encouraging look and said, "What's the best plan?" Let's talk about it! ”
"The Yellow Turban is overwhelming, it can only be outwitted, not invincible!" Li Yang said: "The general can order the army to attack the city with all its strength tomorrow, and it is best to win and break the city, if the city cannot be broken, the general can order someone to release the news, saying that the general wants to make the army rest for a few days, and then attack the city!"
Zhang Liang Shaozhi will definitely be in the middle of the plan and relax his vigilance! At that time, the general can personally lead the army to launch a decisive attack on Guangzong at dawn the next day!
At dawn, it is most likely to be sleepy, and once you fall asleep, it is difficult to wake up.
On the premise of preconceived ideas, the Yellow Turban Army will definitely decide that the general will not attack Guangzong in the next few days, so that they will relax their vigilance and be completely defenseless against our army. ”
"That's a brilliant plan!" Li Man stroked his palms and smiled: "According to my son's plan, I will definitely be able to break the Guangzong." On the day the city is broken, my father will personally ask the Son of Heaven for my son! ”
Dong Zhuo looked confused, feeling that his head was a little insufficient, he looked at Li Man on the left and Li Yang on the right, and said in his heart: "What plan?" What's the scheme? What do you mean? What's the situation? ”
Dong Zhuo really can't imagine that a sixteen-year-old and a half-year-old child can also use tricks, who will believe this when he says it?
Li Man patted Dong Zhuo's shoulder lightly and said, "Tomorrow, when the siege of the city is under the full command of Zhong Ying, I will personally sit in the Chinese army and wait for the news of your victory!" ”
After a short period of confusion, Dong Zhuo had come back to his senses, and bowed his hand and said, "The last general will take the order!" ”
Dong Zhuo thought that after Zhang Jiao's death, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army would drop sharply, and the combat effectiveness would also drop a lot.
As a result, reality gave Dong Zhuo a resounding slap in the face!
Dong Zhuo commanded the army, and on the second day, launched an attack on Guangzong City.
thought that after Zhang Jiao's death, the Yellow Turban Army would definitely become vulnerable, but to Dong Zhuo's surprise, the Yellow Turban Army fought back desperately under the leadership of the Rengong general Zhang Liang, and even made Dong Zhuo's onslaught for a day without success.
It was only at this time that Dong Zhuo finally put away his contempt and paid attention to Li Yang's strategy!
After Dong Zhuo led the defeated troops back to the camp, Li Man ordered the camp gate to be closed and ordered the army to rest in the camp for a while.
After Zhang Liang learned the news from the scout that the door of the Han army's camp was closed, he really decided that the Han army would not attack Guangzong again in the near future, so he relaxed his vigilance against the Han army.
As a result, Li Man acted according to Li Yang's plan, and at dawn the next day, he personally led the army to launch a decisive attack on Guangzong City!
The Yellow Turban Army was taken by surprise, and as soon as the battle was engaged, the Han Army occupied the absolute initiative on the battlefield.
Referring to previous battles, in this case, if the ordinary troops had fled in disarray. But Guangzong's Yellow Turban Army is worthy of being the backbone of the Yellow Turban Army. Rao was in an extremely unfavorable situation, and they were still fighting fiercely with the imperial army under the leadership of Zhang Liang.
The imperial army met stubborn resistance from the Yellow Turbans, and the battle began at dawn and lasted until evening.
The disadvantages in the early stage are not so easy to get back, especially when Zhang Liang is facing the world-famous Li Man.
When the Yellow Turban Army desperately resisted until the evening, Li Hu ascended first, followed by Han Bao, and the two slaughtered in all directions at the head of the city, and finally opened the southern gate of Guangzong City and welcomed the army into the city.
In this battle, the Yellow Turban Army suffered more than 80,000 casualties, and the remnants fled one after another, and the nail of Guangzong was finally pulled out by Li Man!
After entering the city, Li Man ordered people to dig up Zhang Jiao's coffin, chop his body into minced meat, put his head in a wooden box, sprinkle lime, and ordered the post man to hold Zhang Jiao's head, hurry up to Luoyang with 800 li, and report to the Son of Heaven.
In November, Li Man continued his efforts and led the victorious army to attack Zhang Bao's headquarters in Quyang (near Gucheng Village, Jinzhou, Hebei).
Although Zhang Bao had a large number of people, the individual combat ability of the Yellow Turban Army under his command could not be compared with the Yellow Turban Army of Guangzong, and Zhang Bao was not Li Man's opponent, and was defeated and lost in less than a month, and all the more than 100,000 Yellow Turban Army under his command took the initiative to surrender to Li Man.
At this point, all the main forces of the Yellow Turban Army were completely destroyed, and the scattered Yellow Turban Army in other areas knew that they could not make it into the climate, and they either surrendered or fled, and all of them were disbanded.
The largest peasant uprising in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, was finally quelled by the imperial court.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty rewarded meritorious deeds, and Li Man bore the brunt of it, and was named the Marquis of Youzhou and the Marquis of Anxiang.