Chapter 466: Hopes of a complete blockade are dashed

Among the three of Qin Sun Cao, Qin Wen is the eldest, so he is the eldest brother.

Sun Jian and Cao Cao are the same age, but the month is older than Cao Cao, so he is the second brother, and Cao Cao is the third brother.

In the end, the three of them were all princes of one side, and they supported each other in troubled times, which became a good story.

Looking at the two righteous brothers kneeling in front of him, Qin Wen said with a serious face: "Cao Cao is now ordered to be the main general, Sun Jian is the deputy general, lead 100,000 troops, go to Wuguan into Nanyang, and support the Southern Route Army to attack Yique Pass." ”

"No!" The two answered together.

Gongsun Chan and the other generals were all dissatisfied, but this is also understandable, after all, Qin Wen's partiality towards Sun Cao is too obvious, but what can be done if he is dissatisfied, who made Qin Wen the governor of the capital?

After sending reinforcements from the southern route, Qin Wen immediately began to consider reinforcements from the northern route, and finally set his sights on Dong Zhuo.

"Dong Zhuo, where is Yuan Shao?"

"The end will be." The two stood up together.

"Dong Zhuo is now ordered to be the main general, Yuan Shao is the deputy general, leading the army of 100,000, taking Puban into Bingzhou to cross the Yellow River, and supporting the Northern Route Army to attack Xiaopingjin Pass."

"No."

Dong Zhuo is the commander of the 200,000 Liangzhou army, and Yuan Shao is a member of the Yuan family, the first family in the world, and making friends with these two people is in line with the long-term development of the Qin family in the future.

As for the rest of the princes, no one has yet been able to enter Qin Wen's eyes, so there is no such thing as offending.

In this way, 200,000 Han soldiers left Hangu Pass in two ways, while Qin Wen continued to lead

One south and one north are surrounded by the Yellow Turban, and once they reach their destination, the Yellow Turban will no longer have the slightest possibility of breaking the cage.

In the third year of Zhongping (185), January 20.

Zhang Shicheng led and stormed Dagu Pass, but under Bai Qi's strict defense, Zhang Shicheng launched more than ten attacks but failed to overcome it.

January 24th.

Huangfu Song led and went south to attack Xiaopingjin, preparing to completely lock the north gate of Sizhou, but he was also affected by the climate, and failed to overcome several strong attacks, so he had to temporarily retreat to Mengjin Pass.

February 10.

Cao Cao's reinforcements arrived at Yique Pass and Qin Hao joined the division, and then under the day and night onslaught of hundreds of thousands of Han troops and countless fierce generals, they finally captured Yique Pass at the cost of losing 30,000 soldiers, and the south gate of the Yellow Turban was completely locked.

After conquering Yique Pass, Qin Hao organized a stubborn defense while sending reinforcements to Dagu Pass, so far the east gate is also foolproof.

February 16.

Dong Zhuo's reinforcements finally reached Mengjin Pass, and Huangfu Song immediately led an army of 150,000 to the south and attacked Xiaopingjin for the second time.

After a month-long siege, the gate of Xiaopingjin was finally smashed by Li Yuanba's ten hammers, and the north gate of Sizhou was completely locked.

Since then, except for the burned Tiger Prison Pass, seven of the eight passes in Luoyang have returned to the hands of the Han army, and everyone realizes that the Yellow Turban may be more auspicious.

On 20 February, Sizhou's private grain reserves were finally completely exhausted.

There are more than 3 million people in 78 counties in the four counties of Sizhou, and the military grain reserves of the Yellow Turbans are only enough for the army to last for two months, which is not enough for the three million people to eat.

But if the grain is not distributed for disaster relief, just suppressing the people's riots will make the Sizhou Yellow Turbans exhausted.

But if it is to divide the grain, it is tantamount to waiting to die.

In desperation, Zhang Sheng had to order to abandon the entire territory of Sizhou, and the whole army gathered in Luoyang to defend the city.

Zhang Shicheng, Li Zicheng, Chen Youliang and other commanders who led the troops outside gave up their stubborn defense and returned to Luoyang.

Until now, the yellow scarf can only use this method to delay time.

After all, Luoyang City has thick walls, and under the stubborn defense of hundreds of thousands of strict defense troops, it is impossible for the Han army to break the city, and the more than 70 people in the city who abandon it will also increase the logistical burden of the Han Dynasty.

There are two more hopes for the yellow scarf.

One is to drag it out until the climate warms up, so that they can break the cage.

The second is to hope that the Kanto Yellow Turban can break the cage from the periphery, so that they can also be rescued.

The heavens seem to be on the side of the Han, today's winter is unexpectedly long, the yellow scarves have not waited for the temperature to rise, and the Kanto Yellow Turbans have not been able to break through the Zhangliao defense line, let alone break the Dagu Pass.

An atmosphere of despair is gradually spreading among the yellow turbans in Luoyang.

The roof leak happened to rain overnight.

At this time, the people of Luoyang also launched a riot.

Luoyang, once the imperial capital, was the largest and richest city in this era, with millions of people in just one city.

But with the outbreak of war, the great conscription, the relocation of the capital and the massacre of Xiang Yu, the former imperial capital no longer saw its previous prosperity, and even the population plummeted to 700,000, but it was still the most populous city.

Among the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, if the people oppose the Yellow Turban, the people of Sizhou are definitely the strongest.

After the Yellow Turbans occupied Sizhou, the "Heavenly Country Acres System" implemented made the Yellow Turbans win a lot of people's hearts in Sizhou.

But the people of Luoyang still don't appreciate it, the people of the imperial capital are arrogant, and too many Luoyang people have died in the hands of the Yellow Turban, this hatred cannot be offset by a little 'small favor'.

In order to delay time, the Yellow Turban gave up more than 2 million people in Sizhou, but the 700,000 people in Luoyang also want to eat?

The yellow turbans do not have enough food, and distributing the food is equivalent to waiting for death.

For the sake of life's food, coupled with the hatred of relatives, the Luoyang riots intensified.

Seeing that the situation was gradually getting out of control, Zhang Sheng proposed to distribute grain to quell the riot, but he did not get the support of a Qu Shuai, not even Zhang Bai riding Zhang Niujiao.

In the eyes of the high-level Yellow Turbans, they have done their best to the people of Luoyang, but they can't take back the hearts of the people of Luoyang, so they can only kill the diehards of these big men.

Luoyang was about to face another massacre, but just as it was about to be implemented, it was personally stopped by Zhang Jiao.

In the main hall of the palace, with a pale face, Zhang Jiao said weakly to the crowd: "Pass the order to go down and distribute food to the people of Luoyang to quell the riot." ”

"Master, you can't share the grain."

Zhang Niujiao knelt down and persuaded, and then Zhang Baiqi also said: "Master, if you distribute food, there is really no hope of getting out of trouble." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately stood up, and the rest of the Qu Shuai also spoke one after another, hoping that Zhang Jiao could take back his fate.

Zhang Jiao smiled miserably and asked rhetorically: "Can you hold on to it until you get out of trouble without distributing food?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to answer.

Everyone knew in their hearts that in the face of the hundreds of thousands of Han troops who occupied the right time, place and people, it was almost impossible for them to get out of trouble.

The Yellow Turban's hopes have been dashed, but it is indeed a bit too cruel for them to admit this fact.

Zhang Jiao knew that everyone couldn't accept it, so how could he be willing to accept it, but what if he didn't accept it?

In the end, it failed!

Zhang Jiao's heart is extremely miserable, he is not for power or fame, for the benefit of the poor people in the world, he does not hesitate to offend the world's families, but there are still people who want to oppose him.