Li Man led the Liaodong Iron Cavalry to quickly quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Liaodong County with lightning speed.

At the same time, Zhuhu wanted to take advantage of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and go south to Koubian, Li Man threw a mouse taboo and wrote to the Son of Heaven to show the truth!

The Son of Heaven issued an edict ordering Li Man to lead the army to stay in Liaodong, and there was no need to go south to quell the rebellion!

Luoyang Imperial Palace, the front hall of the South Palace.

The Son of Heaven urgently convened a court meeting to discuss how to completely eradicate the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Beidi County Taishou Emperor Fu Song proposed that the imperial court should lift the ban on party members to be officials, (party members: most of them are Qingliu people who oppose eunuchs, and are persecuted for offending eunuchs, or die, or closed, or never allowed to be officials), and take out the gold and silver in the emperor's private treasury to reward the soldiers who go on the expedition, which can not only win the hearts of the people in the world, but also improve the morale of the army to the greatest extent.

Huang Pusong's voice lagged behind, and the hall was silent, and some people even shook their heads helplessly.

Why is this so? Because when he is the son of heaven, he is an unreliable thief, and he is a faint gentleman who can say "Zhang Rang is my father, and Zhao Zhong is my mother".

At the same time, this faint monarch also loves money like his life, and in order to save some money for his small treasury, he actually created a special department to sell official beards.

With Liu Hong's temperament, how could he possibly take out his small treasury for national use? How could he have released the enemies of the eunuchs to enter the court as officials?

Because of this, the courtiers of the full hall shook their heads helplessly.

To their surprise, Emperor Han Ling did not immediately refuse as they thought, but after hesitating again and again, he asked Lu Qiang's opinion.

Lv Qiang, the word Hansheng, a native of Chenggao (now Xingyang), served as a permanent attendant.

Lu Qiang organized the language for a while, and then said to the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, you have been suppressing the party for a while, and now more and more people are dissatisfied with this, if you don't pardon them again, I'm afraid those dissatisfied people will unite with the Yellow Turban Army." When the time comes, Your Majesty, you will regret it. Therefore, the minister felt that the most important thing now was to deal with a few officials who were most corrupt and perverted the law, and then grant amnesty to all party members. In this way, the chaos in the world may be quelled. ”

Liu Hong was really afraid of the Yellow Turban Rebellion that shook the world, so he immediately approved the proposal of Huangfu Song and Lu Qiang, and pardoned all the party members in the world.

At the same time, Liu Hong also allowed various localities to organize their own volunteers, and at the same time recruited elite soldiers from all over the country, ordering Lu Zhi, the general of Beizhonglang, to lead a division to attack Zhangjiao's headquarters, and ordering Huangfu Song, the general of the left Zhonglang, and Zhu Jun, the general of the right Zhonglang, to crusade against the Yellow Turban Army operating in the Yingchuan area.

Because as long as the Yellow Turban Army in these two places is wiped out, then the Yellow Turban Rebellion will definitely collapse completely.

In April of the same year, the Yingchuan Yellow Turban Army heard that the imperial army was coming to crusade, and personally led the main force to meet the Huangfu Song Division.

Huang Fu Song knew that the Yellow Turban Army under Bo Cai was several times larger than his own, and he did not dare to fight the enemy, so Huang Pu Song ordered to build a camp and build a fortress, preparing to fight a defensive counterattack with it.

Bocai is also a person who knows the soldiers, and knows that it is not suitable to take the initiative to attack the fortifications in his own territory, (no matter how loyal the troops are, there is a danger of collapse if they fail to attack the fortifications in the local territory, as for the reason, in a word, they know the way home), in order to ensure high morale, Bocai chose to avoid its edge, not to engage in field battles with Huang Pu Song, but to surround Huang Fu Song's camp, intending to cut off his grain and starve him to death.

And Huang Fu Song has no better way for the time being, in the case of a huge difference in strength, Huang Pu Song did not dare to choose to attack rashly, the two sides entered a stalemate stage, and the situation became more and more unfavorable to the imperial army.

In May of the same year, when Liu Hong learned that Huangfu Song had been surrounded by Bocai, he was greatly panicked, and he was at a loss in the court, not knowing what to do.

At this moment, an official walked out silently, he bowed deeply to Emperor Han Ling, and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, the minister recommends a person, as long as Your Majesty sends him to the rescue, he will definitely be able to save General Huangfu from fire and water, and maybe he can turn defeat into victory." ”

As soon as he heard this, Liu Hong seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and hurriedly asked, "Who does Aiqing want to recommend?" ”

"Cao Cao."

Cao Cao, whose name is Mengde, was a native of Peiguo County (Bozhou, Anhui), an outstanding politician, military strategist, writer, calligrapher in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the founder of the Cao Wei regime.

Cao Cao has been smart and witty since he was a child, and he never forgets to read, but he is a flying eagle and a lackey, and he plays excessively, and the friends he makes are only some "heroic" characters. His uncle looked very unhappy, so he repeatedly complained to Cao Song about Cao Cao, Cao Cao was afraid that he would be disgusted by Cao Song over time, and then shake his status as the eldest son, so he thought of a way to deal with his uncle.

One day, Cao Cao was playing outside, and when he saw his uncle walking towards him, he immediately convulsed to the ground, his mouth slanted and his eyes crooked, pretending to have a stroke.

The uncle was taken aback when he saw this, and hurriedly ran to Cao Song to inform him of the incident.

Cao Song also panicked and hurriedly found Cao Cao. But when he saw Cao Cao, people were also reciting the book happily, where did he still have a stroke?

Cao Song was very strange, came to Cao Cao, and said: "Your uncle just told your father that you had a stroke, but your father didn't see you have a stroke, it's really strange, is your uncle wrong?" ”

After speaking, Cao Cao smiled slightly, put the book in his hand aside, and said softly: "Father doesn't know, uncle has seen his son unwell since he was a child, and he wishes that his son had a stroke, so he will be wrong." ”

As soon as this remark came out, Cao Song suddenly became suspicious of Cao Cao's uncle, and thought that every time Cao Cao was mentioned, his uncle would raise his eyebrows, so he confirmed that Cao Cao's uncle had prejudices against Cao Cao, and since then, he refused to believe what Cao Cao's uncle said to Cao Song. Cao Cao was also able to do whatever he wanted. 20

Cao Cao was recommended by others, worshiped by the Son of Heaven as a cavalry captain, and led the army to Yingchuan to help Zhu Jun and Huang Pusong!

In the first year of Zhongping, in June, the combined forces of Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Cao Cao won victories one after another, not only wiped out all the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan, but also quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Chen State and Runan, and all the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the three counties was quelled in just three months.

And Huangfu Song did not take credit, and when he reported the battle situation in the book, he put all the credit on Zhu Jun and Cao Cao. Therefore, the imperial court named Zhu Jun as the Marquis of Xixiang, and moved him to the general of the town thief, and ordered him to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to crusade against the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang, while Huangfu Song continued to lead the headquarters and Cao Cao's troops to crusade against the Yellow Turban Army in Dongjun.

Let's look at Lu Zhi's side.

Since Lu Zhi marched to Zhang Jiao's main force, he fought a series of battles, killing more than 10,000 Yellow Turban troops before and after, Zhang Jiao could not resist, so he could only lead the main force to retreat to Guangzong (east of Xingtai, Hebei), and Lu Zhi's imperial army fought a defensive battle to defend the city, intending to defeat Lu Zhi in the form of defensive counterattack (defensive counterattack: generally refers to the demoralization of the enemy by defending the city or barrier, and then rushing forward when the enemy army is decadent).

Lu Zhi, a rare top-class talent in the imperial court at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, how could he be successfully calculated by a military chick like Zhang Jiao? Then he led the crowd to surround Guangzong City.

He was not in a hurry to attack the city, but ordered his soldiers to build large siege equipment, dig trenches, cut off communication in the city, and completely cut off the food routes of the Yellow Turban Army, intending to starve them to death.

In this way, Zhang Jiao became a turtle in the urn, and the fall of Guangzong City was just around the corner.

But at this moment, there was an incident within the court.

Liu Hong saw that Lu Zhi had not made a move after surrounding Guangzong, and he had doubts, so he sent his henchman Zuo Feng to inspect Lu Zhi's army.

Eunuchs, this extremely humble profession in the Western Han Dynasty was like a trick, no emperor would look at them with a straight eye, but by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this profession had become an existence that could influence the government. Therefore, as soon as the generals under Lu Zhi heard that Zuo Feng was coming to inspect, they all persuaded Lu Zhi to give Zuo Feng a sum of money to block his cheap mouth, not seeking merit, but asking for no fault.

But Lu Zhi resolutely refused, not only that, he was not even interested in seeing Zuo Feng, Zuo Feng held a grudge because of this, and after returning to Luoyang, he deliberately framed Lu Zhi, saying that with Guangzong's current state, it was a sure thing to capture Zhang Jiao alive, but Lu Zhi just let the troops hide in the camp to rest, and did not attack Guangzong at all, in order to rely on Zhang Jiao to balance His Majesty.

Liu Hong, who was extremely mediocre, listened to and believed it, and immediately sent officials to Guangzong to arrest Lu Zhi, and then sent another person named Dong Zhuo to replace Lu Zhi to command the imperial army in Guangzong.

Dong Zhuo, whose name is Zhongying, is a native of Lintao in Longxi (central Gansu), who likes to act chivalrous and righteous when he is young, often travels to the areas where the Qiang people live, and has deep contacts with those big people of the Qiang people.

Qiang is divided into two major clans in the east and west, and there are countless races, and the Western Han Dynasty was beaten by the imperial court and did not dare to let go, and the Eastern Han Dynasty rose, often intruding on the border, causing quite heavy losses to the Han Dynasty, and finally was bloodily suppressed by Duan Cheng Duan Maniac, and then it was subordinate to the Han Dynasty again.

According to the records of the "Book of Wu" and the "Heroes", Dong Zhuo was very brave, able to shoot the bow left and right on the galloping warhorse, and led the county soldiers to eliminate the invasion of the Hu people countless times, and because of this, those Qiang people would respect Dong Zhuo.

Because of this, Dong Zhuo was favored by Duan Cheng, the most ruthless general in the court at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and recommended him to become Yulinlang.

Later, Dong Zhuo became a military Sima again. When he followed Zhang Huan to fight the rebellion, he made great contributions, was appointed as Langzhong, and rewarded 9,000 fine silk horses.

As a result, Dong Zhuo rewarded almost all the rewards to the soldiers of his subordinates.

Therefore, the whole army is willing to die for Dong Zhuoxiao.

After that, Dong Zhuo made steady progress. He was successively moved to Guangwu County, the northern governor of Shu County, and the captain of Wuji in the Western Regions.

But in the position of captain of Wuji in the Western Regions, Dong Zhuo didn't know what mistakes he made and was removed from his official position, until Lu Zhi was framed by eunuchs and imprisoned, Dong Zhuo replaced Lu Zhi as the new commander.

It is said that after replacing Lu Zhi, Dong Zhuo's second spring should have come. It may seem like this, but it's not.

How did Lu Zhi get caught?

The first is, of course, the refusal to bribe the eunuchs.

But the second and most important thing is because Liu Hong doesn't know how to fight and wants to eliminate Zhang Jiao as soon as possible.

Therefore, Dong Zhuo had to launch a fierce attack on Guangzong, so as to dispel Liu Hong's doubts and allow himself to live.

Based on this, this seemingly easy and wonderful errand is actually not easy. You must know that Guangzong is still guarded by tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, and the city defense is also very strong, how can it be easily breached? But Dong Zhuo had no choice but to attack hard.

As a result, not surprisingly, Dong Zhuo led the army to attack for more than ten days, but still did not make any achievements, but was repeatedly counterattacked by the Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Jiao.

The imperial army was defeated in successive battles, and was beaten by the Yellow Turban Army and retreated for dozens of miles, only then did it barely stop the decline. The successive defeats made Lu Zhi lose all the strategic initiative that he had built up with great difficulty. The situation of the battle returned to the stalemate before the imperial army defeated Zhang Jiao.

According to the historical trend, Dong Zhuo has been attacking Guangzong for a long time, but Liu Hong has no way to take him, so he can only let it go!

But the great man of this life has a famous general who has made great achievements and made Zhuhu dare not go south to herd horses!