When Guo Bin entered Beijing for the second time, everyone had seen it, and Wei Zhongdao naturally knew that those who came with Guo Bin were highly valued by Guo Bin, so the wine and food were extremely sumptuous, which could be described as a joy for the guests. During the banquet, he had to make fun of Wei Zhongdao's family affairs, and he always smiled a little shyly, and he was not annoyed. Therefore, everyone has a good impression of Wei Zhongdao, especially Zhang Fei, who has begun to call Wei Zhongdao a brother after a drink.

Guo Bin really can't imagine how Zhang Fei, a black-faced and reckless man, can make a contract with Wei Zhongdao, a rich son who is slightly weak.

Cheerful and pleasant times are always fleeting, and it is almost February in the blink of an eye.

He Jin summoned Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Guo Bin into the mansion to discuss, and said: "The first Zhang Jiao of Taiping Dao sent his disciple Tang Zhou to contact the eunuchs Feng Zhen and Xu Feng to make an appointment. Say that the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious. ”

Yuan Shao got up and said, "Hmph! The ambitious people of the wolf are clearly bullshit. ”

Cao Cao said: "Uncle Guo, please give an order, Cao Mengde will obey everything." ”

Guo Bin also hurriedly got up to make a statement.

It's just that Yuan Shao was embarrassed and said: "Shao Ben swears that if the disaster of the party is not rehabilitated one day, Shao will not enter the court as an official for one day." Although the round-up of Taiping Dao is a state affair, Shao still cannot break his oath. However, behind-the-scenes dispatch, financial distribution, etc., Uncle Guo, please rest assured. ”

He Jin got up and said, "Okay! The three of them are worthy of being the three young men, and they are really heart-to-heart and heroic! ”

At that moment, everyone discussed the details, and then they each said goodbye and left.

Out of He Jin's mansion, looking at the sunny and spotless blue sky of the Han Dynasty, Guo Bin's heart seemed to be pressed with heavy dark clouds.

Guo Bin secretly said in his heart: "History, finally as promised." ”

The so-called "year in Jiazi" refers to the year in Jiazi. And Zhang Jiao and the Taiping Dao disciples from all over the country agreed to do things on the fifth day of March this year, March is the month of Jiazi, and the fifth day of the first month is the day of Jiazi. Therefore, Zhang Jiao's choice of Jiazi month and Jiazi day in the year of Jiazi is also meaningful.

On the five elements of yin and yang, the first of the heavenly stem belongs to the wood of yang, and the son of the earthly branch belongs to the water of yang, and the wood of water is born.

A is the meaning of dismantling, which refers to the dissection of all things and the appearance of the armor.

Zi means Zi, which refers to the fact that all things sprout under the yang energy of both movement.

Therefore, the Jiazi day of the Jiazi month in the year of Jiazi is the time when yang energy is at its peak and all things are sprouting. It was the time when the Han Dynasty fell and the Taiping Road rose. Zhang Jiao's choice to act on this day can also be said to be well-intentioned.

According to Zou Yan, a master of the five elements of yin and yang during the Warring States Period, the "Five Virtues of the End": "Five Virtues" refers to the five virtues or properties of earth, wood, metal, fire, and water. "The end of the five virtues" refers to the cyclic movement of these five properties from beginning to end and over again, which Zou Yan uses as the basis for historical changes and dynastic changes.

According to this statement, the Han Dynasty belonged to fire virtue and color was still red. The so-called fire gives birth to earth, and the new dynasty should be Tude, and the color is still yellow. Therefore, when the Taiping Dao is moving, all believers must tie a yellow scarf on their heads as a sign, which is called the Yellow Turban Uprising.

Therefore, judging from the date of his actions alone, Zhang Jiao's rebellion was actually premeditated. He wanted to take advantage of the 60-year date, the peak of yang energy, in order to overwhelm the Han Dynasty in terms of luck and replace it and establish a new dynasty. This is really a cute and childish plan full of peasant thinking. However, it has to be said that without Tang Zhou's whistleblowing, with his careful planning and strong strength, it would not be impossible to capture Jingshi and overthrow the Han Dynasty in one fell swoop. However, if he can be recognized by the wealthy families in various places after the establishment of a new dynasty, it is basically a fool's dream.

Why? For throughout Chinese history, no peasant revolt against the old dynasty has ever been successful. Of course, except for people like Zhu Yuanzhang who rebelled against foreign races, because he stood on the commanding heights of public opinion from the beginning. He wanted to overthrow the tyrannical rule of Meng Yuan, and he was widely supported by the vast number of scholars in the world.

And Chen Sheng and Wu Guang at the end of the Qin Dynasty, although they were supported by some intellectuals and the declining aristocracy of the Warring States Period, still began to rot from within, and were finally strangled under the strong force of the imperial court.

Looking at the Taiping Dao uprising, although they developed some lower-class landlords to become their believers, the wealthy families in the world did not recognize them. As soon as the imperial court issued an edict, people with lofty ideals in the world rose up to respond, but any person can organize a vote of people, even if there is no money, someone will fund it (such as Liu Bei).

Therefore, it was impossible for the Taiping Dao uprising to establish a stable new dynasty, and their greatest achievement was to capture the capital, and then be exterminated when the rebels of King Qin from all over the country entered the capital. After that, the situation became clearer: the rebel armies did not belong to each other, and the spoils were unevenly distributed, so they were not convinced by each other and fought fiercely, and the Central Plains finally entered the era of chaotic and strife warlords in advance.

This is also the reason why Guo Bin resolutely opposed the Taiping Dao Uprising and opposed it everywhere. In ancient times, any rebellion that could not establish a stable and stable dynasty was a hooligan to the people.

Guo Bin rode on horseback and walked on the street, followed by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with 20 personal guards on horseback. These people were all carefully selected by Guan Yu, not only Guo Da and other five former Fulong Villa soldiers who had been personally instructed by Hua Tuo, but also fifteen special soldiers who had undergone severe training.

These special soldiers are not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also hard-trained, and there is nothing to blame in terms of loyalty. Most of these people were a group of people who besieged Guo Mansion in the capital, injured Guo Bin and then were thrown into prison, and then fished out by Guo Bin and treated in Guo Mansion. After they joined Fulong Villa, Xi Zhicai arranged for people to bring the old and young in his family to the village for resettlement. They are both adoring and awe-inspiring and grateful to Guo Bin.

If you want to talk about the rivers and lakes, most of them are people at the bottom of society. Since he was a child, he didn't learn any skills, so he learned some kung fu from others, and made a Zhuang Ke nursing home for people who mixed well, but what he mixed badly was rags, and he couldn't even eat hot meals every day.

However, since serving Guo Bin, their mental outlook has undergone a great change. One by one is wearing the most high-end standard woolen military uniform, carrying the steel ring head knife of the Yulin military standard on the waist, and the tall horse under the crotch is full of energy and pretentious, and it is really majestic and domineering on the road.

Whenever they went to work, or patrolled, or guarded the important members of the village, there were always young girls who took the initiative to greet them, and there was an endless stream of people at home who came to say goodbye, and they had to break the threshold. The prodigals of the past have become successful people who wear famous brands and drive luxury cars (a good horse is like a luxury car), and even the attitude of the old lady in the family towards them has changed.

Moreover, Guo Bin built duplex villas for them, all of which are located in the excellent section of Fulong Villa, not only with these material rewards, but also with great respect from all walks of life. These greatly satisfied their vanity, so they were willing to die for Guo Bin one by one.

Since Guo Bin was seriously injured by a sneak attack by a blue-robed monster, his subordinates decided to equip Guo Bin with special guards. Although Guo Bin felt that there was no need to be so troublesome, he still agreed at the insistence of his subordinates. In Guo Quan's words, it is: "The so-called gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, even if the guards can't beat the master, but they can block the sword!" ”

Therefore, Guo Bin's guards are all tall and strong, and their equipment is different from that of ordinary soldiers. In the event of a siege, twenty men could form a circle, with a shield wall on the outside and iron bars on the ground. There are trap locks between the shields, which can be connected into one.

In an emergency, it only takes two minutes for the guards to build a small castle to ensure Guo Bin's safety. At the same time, you can use the cavalry bow carried by the horse to shoot at a long distance, and at close range, you can poke out the spear from the gap left by the shield wall to hurt the enemy, and once even the shield wall is broken, you can also form a spear formation to break through.

It can be said that for Guo Bin's safety, his subordinates have already thought of all the problems. Moreover, Guo Bin's twenty personal guards use the best equipment that can be provided at present.

Even their armor is chain mail specially made by Guo Bin on a whim.

To say that this chain mail is not technically difficult to make, but it is extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive. Because he put it on a person like a garment, and made of small iron rings that are interconnected and interlocked. This armor came from the Western Regions and was first invented by the Scythians in the northern part of the Black Sea in the fifth century BC, and was called "ring lock armor" during the Wei and Jin dynasties.

Cao Zhi wrote in his "The First Emperor's Armor Table": "The first emperor gave the ministers armor, one collar for black light and one for bright light, one collar for ring lock armor, and one collar for horse armor. Among them, the "ring lock armor" is commonly known as chain mail.

This armor has many advantages over ordinary armor. First of all, it is light and breathable, much lighter than ordinary armor made of iron sheets; Secondly, they are not afraid of swords, nor of bows and arrows in general. Book of Jin. Lü Guang Zai Ji describes this type of armor as "armor like a ring lock, inaccessible to shots." ”。

However, the shortcomings of chain mail are also obvious, the cost is high, not to mention that it is not suitable for large-scale equipment of the army, and its protection is afraid of heavy weapons and sharp weapons. Melee blunt weapons such as maces and meteor hammers are the nemesis of chain mail, and the impact of crossbow arrows can also penetrate chain mail. The Welsh longbow and various Chinese crossbows, Central Asian national bows and arrows, Tatar bows, Manchurian bows and other powerful bows and crossbows are also the nemesis of chain mail.

Therefore, after Guo Bin ordered someone to try to make fifty sets, he stopped production. These fifty sets of chain mail are not only equipped with Guo Bin's personal guards, but also Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Guan Hai, and even Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xu Shu and others are also equipped with a set.

Since then, no more chain mail has been made, so the fifty sets of chain mail that Guo Bin originally made have become highly collectible and highly loved treasures by collectors, and have become a symbol of identity and status. And these 50 sets of iron chain mail, weighing about 13 kilograms, were even speculated by collectors to the price of gold of the same weight decades later. There is no market.