In mid-September, a person appeared in Qinghe, Jizhou. Claiming to be the reincarnation of Zhang Liang, the general of Digong, he also gathered more than 1,000 horses and began to attack the county seat, and there were many responders around him.

Immediately afterwards, the general Zhang Bao, Zhang Mancheng, Zhang Niujiao, Bocai and other generals of the Yellow Turban Army in the past were "reincarnated" one after another, all over Jizhou. Everyone is under the banner of the Yellow Turban Army, and they all follow the dress of the Yellow Turban Army back then, wearing yellow scarves on their heads.

By the middle of October, there were more than 30 Yellow Turban troops in Jizhou, and there were countless other small Yellow Turbans.

From the initial capture of Guangzong by the new "Zhangjiao" to the Yellow Turban Army all over Jizhou, it was only a month, at the beginning, the Yellow Turban Army only captured some remote small counties, and the purpose of the Yellow Turban Army was also very clear, that is, to grab food, and not to entrench in the city for too long. It is precisely because of this that the Yellow Turban Army did not attract enough attention at the beginning. After the county guard reported to Yecheng, more people thought that the so-called Yellow Turban Army was just some rogue in the name of the Yellow Turban Army, after all, the energy of the imperial court was mainly on the front line.

However, then, the Yellow Turban Army became more and more troublesome, which attracted the attention of the Wei court. At this time, the largest Yellow Turban Army has gathered 10,000 people! The Yellow Turban Army, with a size of 10,000 people, already has enough strength to attack the county seat.

Sure enough, after these new Yellow Turban troops struggled to find enough food in some small counties, they turned their attention to the larger counties and counties.

Cao Rong immediately ordered Cao Shuang's troops to exterminate the new golden rebellion, and in the face of well-equipped soldiers, the peasant army was naturally vulnerable, whether it was the quality of the soldiers, weapons and equipment, training level, or command in battle, the two sides were not at the same level at all, and the peasant army was almost defeated in a battle.

However, this new peasant army has one thing in common with the peasant rebel army in history, that is, the wildfires are inexhaustible, and the spring breeze blows and grows again. Groups of peasant armies were exterminated, and new peasant rebel armies continued to rise, and Cao's army, which had exterminated the peasant rebels, had to run for their lives and fight fires everywhere.

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Luoyang City.

Adou looked at the information in his hand, his face full of absurd colors.

"Hahaha...... The reincarnation of Tiangong General Zhang Jiao? Ha ha...... It's just one, even Zhang Liang, Zhang Bao, Bocai, and Zhang Mancheng have also been reincarnated, ridiculous, ridiculous! Pang Tong next to him couldn't help laughing.

"Taifu, you said that this reincarnation exists?" Adou suddenly asked.

"The theory of rebirth has been around since ancient times, but is there such a thing as a thing. The minister does not know. ”

Adou nodded slightly, whether there is reincarnation or rebirth, Adou has the most right to speak.

"Taifu, you said that the reincarnation of Zhang Jiao, is it true or false?" Adou then asked.

"Your Majesty, the minister can be sure that this so-called Zhang Jiao must be fake. However, the Yellow Turban Army was the most prosperous in Jizhou back then, and now someone is pretending to be Zhang Jiao, which will definitely cause a lot of people to respond, but the minister feels that the time has come to attack Jizhou. ”

Adou nodded again, now Jizhou is worried about internal and external troubles, Cao Shuang is difficult to support alone, and now there is a peasant uprising. Once there is a great peasant uprising in a regime, then it is not far from its demise.

"Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, there are at least 100,000 Yellow Turban troops in Jizhou now, and if it continues, I am afraid that the Yellow Turban will be in the same situation, if Your Majesty sends someone to infiltrate Jizhou. Bringing in the Yellow Turban Army will definitely be a big help in the future. And after His Majesty captures Jizhou, he can also save a lot of effort to pacify the rest of the Yellow Turban. Pang Tong continued.

"Taifu must already have a suitable candidate, right?"

"The minister recommended two people to His Majesty, Liao Hua and Zhou Cang under the command of Guan Junhou are all old Yellow Turban generals, and sending the two of them will definitely be able to gain the trust of the Yellow Turban Army. These Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou are all from ordinary people, and His Majesty only needs to promise some land money and grain to be able to subdue these Yellow Turban Army. ”

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to Taifu to handle it. Only when it is time to attack Jizhou, it is time to prepare. ”

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Qingzhou, Linzi City.

Looking at the latest information from Jizhou, Zang Ai had mixed feelings in his heart.

Back then, Zang Ai's father Zang Ba once followed Tao Qian to exterminate the Yellow Turban Army, and later Tao Qian was jealous of Zang Ba, and Zang Ba ran to Taishan County to settle down as a coward, and those who took refuge in Zang Ba were all the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army back then, so Zang Ai always had special feelings for the Yellow Turban Army.

Next to him, Sima Yi let out a long sigh: "What a Liu Adou, what a vicious strategy." ”

Why do you say that? This Jizhou Yellow Turban Army, what did Liu Chan do? ”

"If it weren't for Liu Chan's cavalry to attack Jizhou, how could there be the Yellow Turban Army everywhere today. If the people have enough to eat, who will be idle and have nothing to do to rebel? Historically, most of the common people rebelled because the officials forced the people to rebel. I have heard that the taxes under Cao Heng's rule are quite heavy, and it is normal for the officials to force the people to rebel. It's just that this gang of thieves just borrowed the reputation of the Yellow Turban Army. Sima Yi paused, and then said: "Fortunately, Jiangdong is mountainous and hilly, which is not conducive to cavalry swinging, otherwise, if the Han army relies on the advantage of cavalry, if Jiangdong also uses this trick against Jiangdong, Jiangdong will definitely be defeated." ”

"Your Excellency. Wei is already at the end of its power, and now it is full of internal troubles, and I think now is a good time to attack Jizhou. Zhuge Dan interjected from the side.

"That's right, I'll go to Your Majesty, let's go to Jizhou."

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Yecheng.

The peasant uprising made Cao Shuang anxious, although the battle of the rebel army was indeed not very good, but the whole Jizhou was full of beacons, Cao Shuang saved the east, the west beacon fire rose again, saved the west, and the county town in the east rushed to occupy it.

In the court, Cao Rong looked at the ministers in the hall and said weakly: "Ladies and gentlemen, what is the best plan to break the enemy, come." ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, there are no words, and the court is quiet.

"Hey......" Cao Ei shook his head helplessly, this year, Cao Ei has become accustomed to this kind of silence, every time he asks these courtiers, everyone doesn't have many words.

"Your Majesty, the Yellow Turban Thieves are like wildfire. It was difficult to extinguish it for a while, and the minister thought that the current situation should be stabilized first. Zhongshu Liu Fang said.

"Oh, then how does Liu Aiqing think to stabilize the situation?" Cao Rong then asked.

"Your Majesty, the target of the Yellow Turban bandits is my Jizhou county seat, and the minister thinks that it is only necessary to strengthen the troops of each county. In a county town, if there are four or five thousand defenders, there is absolutely no fear of the Yellow Turban rebels. Therefore, the minister thought that His Majesty could recruit new troops and station them in various counties, so that the Yellow Turban thieves would have no city to attack. There is no food to grab. ”

"Expansion?" Cao Rong smiled helplessly, and then continued: "Aiqing knows that now the 400,000 troops under the command of Cao Shuang, the general of the front line, have tightened the treasury of the imperial court. There are hundreds of large and small cities and counties in Jizhou, even if there are 3,000 people in one city, maybe hundreds of thousands of people can be stationed in each city, where can I have so much money and food to support hundreds of thousands of troops! ”

Another Chinese scholar, Sun Zi, immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, what Lord Liu said is not unreasonable, but it is also true that the treasury is tight, so the minister thinks that His Majesty can follow the method of eradicating the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the past, and issue an edict to all localities to take strict precautions, and order all prefectures and counties to prepare for battle, train soldiers, order weapons, and gather righteous troops, so that local heroes can organize troops on their own and exterminate the Yellow Turban Army." His Majesty only needs to be rewarded with an official position after the ceremony. ”

"Good strategy." Cao Rong lightly slapped the table, the Han Dynasty's success in exterminating the Yellow Turban Army was largely due to the delay of time for the main force of Huangfu Song by relying on local forces, of course, this also created the rise of people such as Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Dong Zhuo and others. Although Liu Bei won a county lieutenant, he was also one of the beneficiaries of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. If there were no heroes in these places who delayed the time for the imperial army, Huangfu Song's army would probably be like Cao Shuang now, fighting fires everywhere and running for his life.

"Your Majesty, no!" At this moment, a person walked out, and Cao Shuang saw that it was Lu Yu who spoke.

Lu Yu is the son of Lu Zhi, and Lu Zhi was one of the commanders of the Han Dynasty to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion, so Lu Yu can also be regarded as a witness to the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

"Your Majesty, although Lord Sun's strategy is good, if you let those local heroes set up private soldiers to suppress bandits, and exterminate the Yellow Turban Army in the future, it will cause a trend that will not fall, and it will be difficult to manage, and our dynasty may follow the old road of the Han Dynasty because of this!" Lu Yu opened his mouth and said.

Hearing Lu Yu say this, many ministers nodded in response. The Han Dynasty of the past has died, and if it is divided into three points today, the princes of the three parties are all the beneficiaries of the Yellow Turban Rebellion that year. For example, Cao Cao is just a lieutenant of the northern capital of Luoyang. Because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he was promoted to one of the eight captains of Xiyuan; Sun Jian is just a Jiangdong Tu clan, but he was named the Marquis of Wucheng and the Taishou of Changsha; Liu Bei also recruited Guan and Zhang due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and became a hero from a mat weaver and shoe seller. Others, such as Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Tao Qian, Liu Yan, and Gongsun Zhan, have received more benefits.

Thinking about it, if it is according to Sun Zi's words, Jizhou may appear next Cao Cao, the next Sun Jian, and Cao Rong's head is covered with beads of sweat.

"Your Majesty, Lord Lu's words are wrong!" Sun Zi immediately retorted: "Your Majesty, the reason for the defeat of the Han Dynasty is not because of the local tyrants, but because of the dispute between relatives and eunuchs. In the past, Emperor Ling died early, and the two princes were young and unable to govern, so there was the rebellion of He Jin and Zhang Rang, and then they were taken advantage of by Dong Zhuo. Your Majesty, please think about it, if the Young Emperor had already become an adult at that time, or if the Spirit Emperor was still alive, how could He Jin Dong Zhuo be in power? Without Dong Zhuo's rebellion, there would be no chaos in the world in the future. And now Your Majesty, you are in the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, Your Majesty is wise, far superior to Emperor Ling, and my court is also loyal and courageous, there is no He Jin, Dong Zhuo such a calamity to the country and the people's courtiers, only the local heroic, how to worry about it. The minister thought that now he should give priority to solving the Yellow Turban rebellion. ”

A smile appeared on Cao Rong's face, Sun Zi's sycophant shot was good, just right.

"What Sun Aiqing said is true and what I mean, just do what Sun Aiqing said, and order the recruitment of righteous people everywhere to exterminate the Yellow Turban Rebellion!"