Chapter 120: The Yellow Turban Rises
Jizhou Julu, where the headquarters of Taiping Road is located. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Taiping Taoist advocate was listening to the report of his subordinates.
In recent years, the continuous drought and plague have given Zhang Jiao a big stage, using the talisman water mixed with medicine to make the majority of poor people convinced. Zhang Jiao has accumulated a lot of prestige.
Zhang Jiao used his prestige among the people to divide the believers in the eight prefectures of Qing, Xu, You, Hebei, Jing, Yang, Yan, and Henan into 36 parties; There are more than 10,000 people in the big square and 6 or 7,000 people in the small side; Each side had a commander under his unified command, and prepared for a large-scale uprising with the intention of overthrowing the Han Dynasty and establishing a new world ruled by the Yellow Turban Army.
After listening to the report of his subordinates, Zhang Jiao was very happy. The plan is well underway, and if nothing else, the overthrow of the Han Dynasty and the establishment of a new world are not a big problem. What Zhang Jiao needs now is time, as long as he has more time to prepare, he can deliver the final blow when the Han Dynasty is at its weakest. When the time comes, Zhang Jiao can be called a lonely widow.
"You have worked hard, the peaceful world is coming, everyone still needs to work hard." Zhang Jiao said with a smile.
Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao walked out and said flatteringly: "Everything is led by the sect leader, the sect leader Hong Fu Qi Tian, Shou and Tianqi, all in the world." "Others are also sycophants.
Zhang Jiao listened to these flattering words, and he also laughed happily. Fantasizing about a better life after success, Zhang Jiao is very longing.
"Master, something is wrong." At this moment, one of Zhang Jiao's disciples rushed in.
was interrupted by someone to look forward to a better life, Zhang Jiao was very displeased, and scolded: "What are you panicking, how do I usually teach you, everything must be Taishan collapse and not move, understand?!! ”
The disciple knelt in front of Zhang Jiao and said tremblingly, "Don't blame the master, this matter is too important. Senior Brother Tang Zhou has rebelled! ”
Zhang Jiao looked at the disciple kneeling in front of him, shocked, and said: "This is impossible, Tang Zhou is the most reliable of my personal disciples, it is impossible to betray the Taiping Dao." ”
"Master, it's true. Tang Zhou, a traitor, greedy for life and afraid of death, and greedy for vanity, has long abandoned his master's teachings. Tell me all about the plan of Taiping Dao, and confess that we should be Ma Yuanyi in the Jingshi, and Ma Yuanyi has been torn apart. Now the government has ordered you to be arrested. The apprentice still has the wanted documents brought from Luoyang. The disciple of Zhang Jiao held the wanted document in his hand, and tears rained down.
Zhang Jiao really believes it now, but he didn't expect that his most trusted disciple would betray him, that feeling made Zhang Jiao's heart hurt so much that he couldn't speak.
"Big brother, the government already knows everything. We can't afford to sit still. Zhang Bao looked at the wanted paperwork.
"Big brother, let's reverse now." Zhang Liang said on the side.
This is also the opinion of other Taiping Daoists.
Zhang Jiao pondered for a while, his heart fell into a struggle, he only needed a little more time to be ready, but Tang Zhou, a brute, fell short.
After a while, Zhang Jiao's face was firm, he got up from his seat, and said loudly: "The Han family is unkind, treat the people like pigs and dogs, I am too peaceful to respond to the people and overthrow the tyranny, at this time." The order goes down, the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious. Taiping Road rises up! ”
Other groups of people responded. Zhang Jiao's order spread as quickly as possible to all the Taiping Taoists throughout the Han Dynasty.
In the seventh year of Guanghe, the imperial court was corrupt, the eunuchs and relatives fought endlessly, the border wars continued, the country's strength became weaker and weaker, and due to the great drought in the country, the grain was not collected and taxes were not reduced, which seriously deprived the people of hope for survival.
Although the preparation was insufficient, the Taiping Taoist advocates still shouted the slogan of "the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious", calling himself "General Tiangong", and his younger brothers Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao were "General Digong" and "General Rengong", leading the desperate poor peasants to rise up one after another, they tied yellow scarves on their heads, and launched a rebellion in Julu, Jizhou. It is known as the "Yellow Turban Rebellion".
The Taiping Taoists scattered throughout the Han Dynasty rose up, attacked the prefectures and counties, beheaded the officials, and the vast number of poor peasants responded en masse.
The defenders in various places suffered a sudden blow and were not well prepared, and the Yellow Turban Party had long been plotting against the enemy, resulting in the defeat of the Han army, and the Yellow Turban Party seized a large number of weapons and armor, and its power continued to expand, and it was very likely to overthrow the rule of the Han Dynasty in one fell swoop.
Zhang Jiao's ambitions continued to expand in favor of the Yellow Turban Party as the war situation grew. At the same time, a life of corruption began. The Yellow Turban Party, which originally overthrew tyranny and saved the people from fire and water, began to turn sour. They plundered everywhere, and passed through them like locusts, destroying them for better or worse.
Emperor Ling was also dazed by the recitals from all over the country. The prosperity of the Celestial Empire has become precarious all of a sudden. One accidentally, the hat of the king of the dead country was put on the head of the Spirit Emperor. Thinking of the four big words "King of the Dead Country", Emperor Ling was finally afraid. Not believing that this was true, the Spirit Emperor also pinched himself, feeling pain, not a dream.
"What now?" The Spirit Emperor was really panicking now.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, if you organize troops to suppress it now, you will be able to eliminate the Yellow Turban traitors." He Jin showed an uncommon momentum at this time.
"Quasi-play!" Seeing that Taiping Dao was so powerful, Emperor Ling agreed with He Jin's suggestion very much.
He Jin and the ministers quickly discussed the countermeasure, and the ten permanent servants did not dare to cause chaos in such a situation, and even gave a lot of valuable suggestions. In the face of such a grim situation, it is very rare for the gentlemen and villains of the Han Dynasty to stand on the same front and be unanimous with the sword.
The biggest reliance of the ten permanent servants is Emperor Ling, and if the Han Dynasty is finished, the first to suffer will be Zhang Rang's eunuchs. Therefore, they will not add to the chaos of such a thing as suppressing the rebellion under any circumstances.
Not to mention the ministers, the Yellow Turban Party kills all officials, and it destroys the majority of families, and the ministers are all on the Yellow Turban Party's must-kill list. The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty finally broke out of the small universe, and it didn't take a noon to make a response plan. If they could do this normally, there would be no such troubled times as they are now.
Emperor Ling hurriedly agreed to the ministers' plan of response, except to believe in these courtiers, Emperor Ling had no other way.
The general He Jin led the five battalions of Yulin to stay in Duting, and the whole weapon was guarded in Luoyang, and He Jin really began to have his own army and firmly controlled Luoyang. laid the groundwork for the battle that followed.
Emperor Ling issued another edict to set up a garrison of the capital lieutenant at the Kyoto pass such as Hangu Pass, Otani, Guangcheng, Yique, Yuyuan, Revolving Gate, Mengjin, and Xiaopingjin, and the originally high-ranking and powerful commander began to become worthless.
Once again, he issued an edict to all localities to take strict precautions, and ordered all states and counties to prepare for battle, train soldiers, count weapons, and gather rebels. A grassroots figure like Liu Bei finally has a bright future.
Huangfu Song asked for the lifting of the party ban, and took out the palace money and the good horses of the West Garden to give to the sergeants to boost morale. Now that the country is almost unsaved, what is the money, Emperor Ling feels that it is not so important, as for lifting the party ban, Emperor Ling does not take it seriously, he is the lord of the world, and I wish that the people of the whole world would throw their heads and spill their blood for themselves. Emperor Ling wisely accepted the proposal, granted amnesty to the party, and returned the migrants. He also asked the ministers to donate horses and crossbows, and recommended the descendants of the generals and people with deep strategies to be interviewed at the Public Vehicle Bureau. The lifting of the party ban is to slap the face of the ten permanent attendants, and the ten permanent attendants also dare to be angry but dare not speak, and they hold a grudge against Huangfu Song in their hearts.
He Jinjin showed superior military ability and sent many elite troops to suppress the chaos in various places. Lu Zhiling's deputy general Zongyuan led the five colonels of the Northern Army to take charge of the northern front and deal with Zhang Jiao's main force. Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun each led an army, controlling more than 40,000 people from the Five Schools, the Three Rivers Knights and the newly recruited elite warriors to defeat the Yellow Turban Army in the Yingchuan area.
The Han army was well planned and began to suppress the Yellow Turbans. But the Yellow Turbans, which have become a climate, are not so easy to deal with.
The Han army did not win the first battle. Zhu Jun's army was defeated by the Yellow Turban Bocai and retreated, and Huangfu Song had to be stationed in Changshe with him to defend, and was besieged by Bocai's army, and the Han army was few and demoralized.
In addition, the Runan Yellow Turban Army defeated Taishou Zhao Qian in Shaoling, and the Guangyang Yellow Turban Army killed Youzhou Assassin Shi Guo Xun and Taishou Liu Wei, and the Yellow Turban Army showed no signs of defeat due to the actions of the Han Dynasty.