Volume 2 The Yellow Turban Rebellion Chapter 14 Zhang Jiao self-immolated and joined forces with Guangzong
"What a heavenly justice!" Zhang Jiao smiled a little panting, and even coughed slightly: "Ahem, cough, cough... The horn also thought that the champion of Megatron was different from the world, and he couldn't see Erer today, but Erer! ”
"You are waiting for a chaotic minister and thief to be killed, don't beg for mercy or say anything, you insult my Han heroes, you really deserve to die!" Dong Zhuo, who rushed over, saw Zhang Jiao so arrogant, and his heart was on fire. Although it was not Dong Zhuo who led the troops to break the city, Dong Zhuo was also a general of the Han Dynasty, and he was insulted by a thief, and Dong Zhuo was angry.
"Jun Hou, such chaotic ministers and thieves are not so much nonsense, just cut them down!" Dong Zhuo turned to Xiang Ao and said, his eyes were full of anger.
"Hahaha, kill and kill, nonsense!" Zhang Jiao laughed, with a little tears in the corners of his eyes.
"The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand! My Zhang Jiao conforms to the will of heaven and opposes Han, but it is the expectation of the people of the world, what do ordinary people know? ”
"It's not a pity that my Zhang Jiao died, but even if my Zhang Jiao is dead today, there are still tens of millions of Zhang Jiao in the world waiting for the opportunity to overthrow the corrupt man. Hahaha..."Zhang Jiao was like a demon, laughing, dancing his hands, and even tears dripping from the corners of his eyes. Or attachment, or sighing, or angry?
"The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand!" Zhang Jiao stopped sealing the demon, as if he had exhausted the last trace of strength in his life, and staggered to his feet and shouted.
"The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand! We will follow us forever! The Yellow Turban believers sitting around Zhang Jiao followed and shouted the Yellow Turban slogan, Xiang Ao frowned, and saw Zhang Jiao take out an object from his cuff with some effort--- fire fold.
Not good! Xiang Ao secretly exclaimed. When he first arrived at the square, Xiang Ao smelled an extremely pungent smell of tung oil, and the smell of tung oil was also common in the battlefield. But such a pungent Xiang Ao is also extremely strange, but he was attracted by Zhang Jiao who was sitting in the square and didn't think much about it.
"The whole army retreats, quickly, quickly retreats!" Xiang Ao shouted anxiously, Zhang Jiao is going to die together.
"Boom.." Xiang Ao and the others only retreated a few zhang away, and the fire in the square broke out instantly, instantly drowning Zhang Jiao and the others. Fortunately, before the fire spread to Xiang Ao and the others, Zhang Xu stopped. Even so, Xiang Ao, Dong Zhuo and others were also in a cold sweat.
The faces of the thousands of soldiers around were crimson by the burning crowd, and Zhang Jiao and others in the crowd only shouted the slogan of the yellow scarf, and there was no crying and fear. Such a belief, so firm, let the surrounding soldiers be moved. Xiang Ao looked at the figure looming in the fire, recalling that he had to meet twice in a hurry, Xiang Ao was uneasy.
In September, Huangfu Song conquered the Cangting of Dongjun that Bu had occupied, killed thousands of enemies, and cleared most of the Yellow Turbans of Dongjun. He immediately wrote to Luoyang to request that the army go north to help Xiang Ao. Imperial Court Yun. And Zhu Jun and Cao Cao besieged Wancheng Yellow Turban for more than a month, and Liu Hong issued an edict urging Zhu Jun to break through Wancheng as soon as possible and exterminate the Yellow Turban.
And Xiang Ao, who broke through Guangzong and forced Zhang Jiao to death, had cleared the Yellow Turban fleeing from the boundary of Guangzong at this time, and the whole army went north.
At this time, Zhang Liang led tens of thousands of elite yellow turbans to break through Yan County, gathered around the Yellow Turbans to flee, and even coerced many people, and made up the so-called 100,000 troops in Wu County to wait for them. As for Liu Bei, who pursued Zhang Liang, he was eager to make meritorious contributions and tried in vain to break Zhang Liang with 5,000 soldiers and horses, but was counterattacked by Zhang Liang's army, and finally only escaped with Liu Bei's three people and more than 1,000 cavalry, and Liu Bei recruited 3,000 townships in Zhuo County fled bravely, died, and even hundreds were captured by Zhang Liang.
Fortunately, Zhang Liang was afraid of Xiang Ao and did not dare to pursue, and Liu Bei gathered more than 1,000 fleeing Zhuojun villagers after the defeat, otherwise Liu Bei would not know how to explain to the Zhuojun fathers. After preparing for the war, Liu Bei began to be a little frightened of Xiang Ao's military law and prepared to escape, but thinking of his fellow teacher Yu Lu Zhi and a little bit of past feelings, Liu Bei dared to lead the tragic army to find Xiang Ao to confess the crime.
After learning about the military situation, Xiang Ao was almost angry. In the past, Liu Bei also looked like a little outstanding person, and he didn't want to be so eager for quick success and kill the lives of soldiers. After being angry, Xiang Ao did not inform the action of the matter, but only asked Liu Bei to teach the more than 1,000 cavalry who had fled back, and ordered them to return to Zhuo County to wait for the imperial edict.
Liu Bei knew that he was at a loss, and he couldn't get any benefits for the time being, so after obtaining the consent of the remaining Xiangyong, he returned to Zhuo County with Xiangyong.
When Xiang Ao was about to go north, Huangfu Song had already led the army to Julu County, Xiang Ao waited for a while, and after joining forces with Huangfu Song, the army went north to surround Xiaquyang and Wu County.
After the merger, the number of Han officers and soldiers plus Xiangyong was only 50,000, which was still insufficient compared to the 200,000 yellow turbans claimed by Xiaquyang and Wuxian. But Xiang Ao and Huangfu Song were not worried, after all, there were only more than 20,000 real yellow turban elites in Wu County, and most of the nearly 100,000 yellow turbans in Xiaquyang were also rabble.
As for Dong Zhuo, he returned to Beijing after Xiang Ao broke the city. In Dong Zhuo's original words: The Yellow Turban is a local chicken and tile dog, and the champion Hou can fight well, and it will only take a long time to extinguish the Yellow Turban in Jizhou, and he can return to Beijing to report on his work. In fact, Dong Zhuo had a little resentment towards Xiang Ao in his heart, Dong Zhuo always felt that if it wasn't for Xiang Ao, the person who broke the city at this time should be himself, and there was always a thought in his heart that Xiang Ao robbed him of his credit.
Out of sight and out of mind, Dong Zhuo planned to go back to Beijing to report the military situation.
"General Huangfu, Jizhou Yellow Turbans now have to Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao, although hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans have been gathered, but it is already twilight, and it will not take much time, I don't know if General Huangfu can have a strategy to break the enemy, so that we can pacify the rebels as soon as possible!"
"What the champion Hou said is very true, but he will hear that Zhang Jiao has been defending the city for several months, and Zhang Liang is newly defeated, and he will not go out of the city easily. For the time being, we will have to besiege it for the time being, waiting for the opportunity. Huangfu Song returned after a moment's thought: "However, Zhang Liang's army is newly defeated, even if there are many people, the army's morale must be unstable, maybe it can be used as a breakthrough!" ”
"Your Majesty, what General Huangfu said is very true. Zhang Liang was newly defeated, and at this time the army was disheartened, and we did not attack because of the siege of Quyang, so we broke Zhang Liang first. After Zhang Liang's army is destroyed, Zhang Baojun will definitely be even more chaotic, no matter how he defends it, we will have an opportunity to take advantage of it. Xi Zhong also agreed with Huangfu Songdao.
"I don't know what Mr. is?" Huangfu Song was already curious about the people around Xiang Ao, especially Xi Zhong dressed as a scribe. Now that he heard that Xi Zhong agreed, and the words were reasonable, he asked curiously.
"Hahaha, General Huangfu is curious soon!" Xiang Ao and Huangfu Song already have some friendship, and they have been paying attention to Xiang Ao's drama since Huangfu Song arrived, but they have never asked. At this time, Xiang Ao saw that Huang Fu Song was curious to ask, so he made fun of Huang Fu Song.
"Fengyuan bullied the old man, how old?" Seeing Xiang Ao like this, Huangfu Song's face suddenly darkened.
"Righteous and true father, Ao knows his mistakes!" Although Xiang Ao hugged his fists and apologized, the smile in his eyes couldn't be suppressed.
"Fengyuan laughs if he wants to, and the old man is not so stingy!" Seeing Xiang Ao's strange expression, Huangfu Song said helplessly: "But this gentleman needs to be introduced to the old man!" ”
Not only did the people on the side, but even the military generals of Jizhou and Xiang Ao's subordinates were all confused. I felt that the style of painting changed too quickly, and I was extremely uncomfortable.
Xiang Ao stopped laughing and said: "Yi Zhengong, this is Ao's military division, Yingchuan Xizhong, and Xizhicai!" Mind strategic, belly hidden mystery! ”
"Oh?!" Huangfu Song's eyes lit up, and he could be praised by Xiang Ao, it must be extraordinary.
"The gentleman is too famous, General Huangfu must not take it seriously!" Xi Zhong saw Huangfu Song's goosebump-inducing eyes, and hurriedly returned the salute modestly. Huangfu Song didn't say much, but just took a deep look at Xi Zhong, and his expression was a little abrupt.
"The old man of Yingchuan opera also knows that there are many talents, and it is expected that Zhicai is also a handsome man!" But Huangfu Song didn't say anything, just politely praised.
"General Huangfu has a good reputation, loyalty is a descendant, and he lacks knowledge. It's just that fortunately, the monarch can enter the general's mansion. ”
Seeing that the drama was polite, Huangfu Song didn't say anything more, just chuckled.
"The Jizhou battlefield was originally supervised by Fengyuan, but the old man was only ordered to go north to help." Huangfu Song turned to Xiang Ao and said, "Fengyuan has been fighting against Zhang Liang for several months, and he should know Zhang Liang very well. In this way, the old man besieged Quyang first, and after Fengyuan broke through Wu County, the two of us joined forces to attack Zhang Bao! ”
When Xiang Ao heard this, only Huangfu Song didn't want to snatch Xiang Ao's credit. However, Xiang Ao was not polite, and thanked Xie gladly accepting.
"In this way, we will divide our troops and act, pacify the Yellow Turban as soon as possible, restore peace to the world, and share worries for Your Majesty!"
"As it should be!"
Immediately, the two of them went east and west, and surrounded Quyang and Wuxian respectively. However, what neither of them expected was that such a circle would be more than a month later.
Xiang Ao traveled to Wu County, did not give Zhang Liang the Yellow Turban a chance to breathe, and began to attack the city after repairing for half a day. Just like the battle of Guangzong, Xiang Ao still divided nearly 30,000 troops into three teams to attack Wuxian day and night, even if he couldn't see his fingers at night. Zhang Liang also has a tacit understanding to defend the city, and the two of them have been fighting each other for most of the month, regardless of victory or defeat.
The longer the siege lasts, the more the Yellow Turbans will slowly begin to recover, and perhaps not as rumored, the Yellow Turbans will be destroyed. In this way, Xiang Ao had to slow down the pace of siege, attack the city during the day, and rest the camp at night.
And so it dragged on until mid-October. Liu Hong saw that the Yellow Turbans in the world had not subsided in Luoyang, so he issued an edict ordering Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song and Xiang Ao to break the city and annihilate the Yellow Turbans within a month.
For the edict, Xiang Ao was okay, not too anxious, but Zhu Jun was like taking drugs, and in less than half a month, he cooperated with Xu Xuan, the assassin of Jingzhou, and Qin Jie, the Taishou of Nanyang, to break through Wancheng, and even raised a butcher's knife to slaughter all the captured Nanyang Yellow Turbans to shock the rebels in the world. Zhao Hong and Han Zhong successively conferred the head, and the Nanyang Yellow Turban fled in a panic, and then elected Sun Xia as the commander of the Qu, leading the remaining Yellow Turbans to flee north of Wancheng.
And when the good news came from Zhu Junjun's army, Huangfu Song was also a little anxious and launched a fierce attack on Xia Quyang. At this time, Xiang Ao also got new military information outside the city of Wuxian, and there was no food in Zhangliang City. When he heard the news, he immediately specified a plan.
lied about the military situation in the Yellow Turban, saying that Xiang Ao's heavy grain and grass were all hoarded in Xiabo County, Anping State. And when attacking Wuxian, he secretly weakened the forces in the north, so that Zhang Liang mistakenly thought that there was an opportunity. When Zhang Liang discovered the "weak" army in the north of the county seat of Wuxian County, he was doomed to Zhang Liang's death.