Chapter 293: Counterattack on All Fronts (7)
When the main force of the Yellow Turban Army saw that the main general had fled, they couldn't care about killing the enemy and began to disperse. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ info Xiahoulan was hindered by these rebels, and she didn't catch up with Guan Hai, so Guan Hai successfully escaped.
Xiahou Lan ordered the soldiers under his command to shout in unison: "The Holy Lord of the Yellow Turban has returned to my Lord, why don't the Yellow Turban Brothers in Qingzhou serve my Lord and share the peaceful and prosperous world?" β
The Yellow Turban soldiers heard such words, knowing that Xiahou Lan was determined to surrender, not to kill the enemy, and they originally had some yearning for Jizhou and Le'an in their hearts, but now that the opportunity has come, how can they not cherish it?
The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, which was still scattered and fleeing, stopped at this time, and Xiahoulan organized the soldiers to collect and pacify the remnants of the Yellow Turban.
Several captain-level generals came to Xiahou Lan, dismounted and bowed, "General Xiahou can really treat us well?" β
Xiahou Lan said: "There is no joke in the army! Moreover, my lord is benevolent and not a murderer, but as long as you are honest and hardworking, my lord will let you live and work in peace and contentment. Even if you don't believe in me, you should believe in your holy master, right? β
Zhang Ning's return to Jiang Sheng, everyone in the world has heard of the yellow scarves, to be honest, if there is something to eat, who will rebel? The resettlement policies of Le'an and Jizhou have made these Yellow Turbans struggling to make ends meet.
As soon as several generals discussed, they immediately returned to their own camp to gather their troops and horses, and explained Xiahoulan's meaning, and then more than 70,000 soldiers of the Yellow Turban surrendered.
When Xiahoulan entered the Yellow Turban Base Camp in Taishan County, he sent a letter to the judge, asking how to deal with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban. Because of the importance of the matter, the trial and the starry night urgently reported to Jiang Sheng, Jiang Sheng replied that the chief evil leader should be closely examined, and the rest would be accepted if they were safe, and if Le'an could not be placed, they could be guided to Jizhou.
After receiving Jiang Sheng's reply, Zhang Nan led the army to escort 150,000 old and weak women and children and young and strong laborers who had not participated in the war to Le'an, while Xiahou Lan led the army to find the Hai army.
Xiahoulan's plan was to raid the Guanhai Department, deter by force, and then use 150,000 old and weak women and children as hostages to force the Guanhai army to surrender.
Now Xiahou Lan has collected these 70,000 soldiers, and did not collect their weapons, but monitored their move north, and it was finally peaceful along the way.
According to Jiang Sheng's request, only 30,000 of the more than 200,000 Yellow Turban soldiers were left in Le'an, and the rest had to move to Jizhou.
The explanation of the trial is that only this Le'an County in Qingzhou is under the rule of Jiang Sheng, and the rest of the counties are under the jurisdiction of Tian Kai, a subordinate of Gongsun Zhan, and Le'an County can't accommodate so many people, so let them go to Jizhou.
The Yellow Turban soldiers thought about it, no matter what, when they arrived in Jizhou, they at least had land to plant and eat, so they dragged their families and mouths into Jizhou through the countryside of Yangxin County, Xun Yu agreed to deploy these Yellow Turban soldiers, family members, and the old, weak, sick and disabled people to Changshan, Zhongshan, Hejian, Wei County, and Anping County, and they were properly resettled by the local minister or Taishou.
As a result, the yellow turbans in Qingzhou have been scattered, and it is difficult to form interest groups to ensure the safety of Jizhou.
Xun Yu also selected their elite from these Yellow Turban soldiers to form a team of 60,000 people, and Jiang Sheng awarded them the title of "Qingzhou Battalion" and placed them under the command of Zhang He.
Jiang Sheng asked Zhang He to lead the Qingzhou battalion because Zhang He was one of the first people to follow Jiang Sheng, when the Qingniu horn was eliminated, Zhang He fought side by side with Jiang Sheng, and now he is one of Jiang Sheng's henchmen, so the Qingzhou battalion was handed over to Zhang He.
Zhang He carefully selected from them and composed 50,000 of them, which were divided into pikemen, rangers, broadsword soldiers and other arms, in the words of later generations, that is, mixed legions.
Although the Yellow Turban soldiers were scattered, but the land and money, it was also considered a favor, under the suggestion of Xi Zhicai, the Yellow Turban Army, which was not selected for the Qingzhou battalion, together with the elderly, weak, women and children of their families, implemented the tuntian system, in addition to self-sufficiency, the surplus grain directly went into the army grain depot and was used as war preparation materials.
Cao Cao also began to implement the Tuntian system at this time, and his strength was constantly increasing, and he took the opportunity to incorporate 30,000 Yellow Turban Army, which became a unique army, called Qingzhou Bing, and was assigned to Cao Chun's command.
Yuan Shao knew that Liu Dai was dead, so he played Cao Cao as the pastor of Yanzhou, and at the same time, Jiang Sheng also played Xun Yu as the pastor of Yanzhou.
Emperor Xian was a little embarrassed, how could Yuan Shao say that he was also the third prince of the fourth world, and because of the organization of the Kwantung Heroes Alliance to discuss Dong Zhuo, and Cao Cao's assassination of Dong Zhuo and participation in the Kwantung League was not a small credit, so it stands to reason that he has to give face. But Jiang Sheng said in public terms, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he has been fighting for the Han Dynasty, and he is the respect of the Taiwei, and in private, he is still the brother-in-law of Emperor Xian and the husband of Princess Wannian, and it is not good not to give face, and it is difficult to make a decision for a while, so the matter is temporarily shelved.
At both ends of the table, after Guan Yu's army evacuated from Chonghe County, Wei Xu led the army to quickly station, Wen Chou attacked in a big way, and Wei Xu also refused to fight.
Wen Chou's army only has a ladder and a trebuchet made of a gourd painting scoop, while organizing the soldiers to fire stone bullets, the infantry army carries the ladder to the city, because the strength and accuracy of the trebuchet are very poor, and the impact point of the bullet is also irregular, and the infantry army that rushes to the front is killed by the stone projectiles projected by their own people.
When the trebuchet attacked, all Wei Xu's army retreated under the city, leaving only a small number of observers to monitor the movements of the Wenchou army, and when the Wenchou army infantry attacked the city, the whole army quickly climbed to the top of the city, with the help of small trebuchets and crossbows to kill and wound a large number of enemies.
Wen Chou's army fought hard for half a day, more than 3,000 people were killed and wounded, and had to withdraw the troops in Mingjin, and the same was true on the second day, Wen Chou saw that the siege was hopeless, and at least gave up, only waiting for the opportunity in the camp outside the city.
Yuan Shao sent someone to deliver the news, ordering Wen Chou and Jiang Yiqu to join forces and move to Dongguang, join up with LΓΌ Xiang's army, and prepare to attack Dongguang.
Tian Kai occupied Yangxin, and constantly collected the old department of Gongsun Zan scattered in the Bohai Sea, and the army continued to expand, when Yuan Shao's army attacked Dongguang with all its might, Tian Kai already had 50,000 troops, and took Yangxin as a base to conquer the surrounding townships and plunder materials for armament.
Yuan Shao's main energy now is to take Dongguang, keep Chengping in the northwest, Fuyang in the northeast, and Lecheng in the west.
Under the unified command of Wen Chou, the battle of Yuan Shaojun's attack on Dongguang began.
Tian Feng and Fu Zhu mobilized soldiers from Anping, Qinghe, Julu and other counties to support Gao Lan's Dongguang defensive battle at full speed, Jiang Sheng's order was to hold Dongguang for ten days, as long as one person was alive, Dongguang could not be lost.
After Yuan Shao's strategists obtained the battle report from the front, they also saw that Jiang Sheng was going to defend Dongguang to the death, so they transferred 10,000 people from the Nanpi defenders and threw them into the Dongguang battlefield.
Jiang Sheng sent Xun You to stationed in Dongguang, planning defensive operations, one side defended, one side was bound to win, so it attracted a large number of Bohai Navy to surround Dongguang, the pressure of Gao Ran can be imagined, there were fierce siege battles every day, both armies were killed and wounded, but still fought endlessly in Dongguang.
The intention of attracting Yuan Shaojun's main force had basically been realized, and Jiang Sheng issued an order to Zhang He to conquer Lecheng.