That night, Guo Xun, the assassin of Youzhou, received Gao Shun's battle report, and was very happy, and immediately sent someone to invite Liu Wei, the Taishou of Guangyang County, and decided that the two of them would draft a chapter to the imperial court together, and early the next morning, send a fast horse to report to the capital. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The main battle merits are attributed to Gao Shun; He is the assassin and the Taishou Liu Wei of Guangyang County is in the middle of the command, and his contribution is indispensable; Zhuo County Xingtai Shou Xiang Fu, Zhuo County Captain Zhang Yan, Guangyang County Captain Cheng Pu, and the military Sima Fangliang and military Hou Xu Huang of the Wuhuan Captain's Mansion also have certain credits; He also suggested that His Majesty the Emperor send Gao Shun to lead a large army south to Jizhou to quell the rebellion.

After this battle, the situation in Youzhou was very stable.

In addition to Zhongshan County, other counties were occupied by the Yellow Turban Army one after another, and the three cities of Julu, Guangzong and Xiaquyang became the three centers of the uprising in Jizhou, and the responders from all over the country were concentrated nearby, each reaching more than 100,000 people.

The chaotic situation made the local people flee in large numbers, and the nearby Youzhou became the preferred place to flee, except for the wealthy families such as the families and landlords in Youzhou who hired some displaced people, the rest were driven to Shanggu County by Guo Xun, fortunately, he set up a relief porridge shop outside Jixian County, and these ordinary people would not starve to death.

Zhang Mancheng of Nanyang County called himself a "divine envoy", under the slogan of avenging Ma Yuanyi, led tens of thousands of people to conquer the county to govern Wancheng, and killed the Taishou Chu Gong, the people of the surrounding counties responded positively, and after plundering the county seat and the rich family, they carried materials to Wancheng and concentrated their strength, and became the center of the Yellow Turban Army's southern uprising.

Qu Shuai Bocai led tens of thousands of people to capture Yingchuan, with great momentum, gathered nearly 100,000 people, and prepared to set off to the capital Luoyang.

Peng Tuo captured Runan County, and the Yellow Turban Army won victories.

These three places became the foundation of the Yellow Turban Army in the area south of the Yellow River, like three sharp knives, threatening the Han court.

They burned the government and plundered the wealthy, most of the Central Plains Prefecture and counties were lost, and the officials heard that the Yellow Turban Army was coming, and they all fled in a hurry.

The rebel armies of Qing, Yan, Henan, Jing, Yang, Xu and other states gradually moved closer to them.

Liu Xu, the king of Anping, and Liu Zhong, the king of Ganling, were taken hostage and imprisoned outside Guangzong, while Liu Yi, the king of Xiapi, and Liu Wei, the king of Huaiyang, were besieged by the Yellow Turban thieves and fled from the country.

However, the imperial court did not take action for a long time, mainly to protect Luoyang, so that the Yellow Turban Army was not suppressed, and the local counties were unprepared, which made the Yellow Turban Army develop extremely rapidly and grow very quickly.

Yellow turban thieves swept through the clans and destroyed the landlords' granges; forced many large landowners and scholars to flee. Xuzhou Yellow Turban broke through the Beihai, the famous scholar Zheng Xuan and the people of the door to take refuge in the mountain, and the bandits were full, the west road was not passable, so they circled in the suburbs of Qing, Xu, Yan and Henan, went to Shouchun in the east, and looked at the rivers and lakes in the south; Xu Jing, a native of Runan, fled further, he and his relatives and friends floated through the sea, south to Jiaozhou, through the countries of Dongou and Minyue, traveling thousands of miles, and did not see the Han land; Others, such as Le'an, Guoyuan, Guan Ning, Bingyuan, and Wang Lie, who fled to Liaodong; Those who fled to Jiaozhou included Yuan Hui of Chen County and Xue Zong of Pei County; Those who fled to the south of the Yangtze River include Beihai Wang Pei, Linhuai Lusu, Chen Liuyangxing, Yiyang Han Song, Pingyuan Liu Wei, etc.; Those who fled to Jingzhou included Sima Zhi of Hanoi, Du Xi of Yingchuan, Zhao Yan, Pei Qian of Hedong, and the Zhuge family of Langxi.

These powerful landlords who were forced to leave their granges could not take away their land, even those slaves, tenants, and tribesmen, they could only take some of them, and a considerable number of them broke away from their original dependency relationship, but they had nothing to live on, and many people were forced to join the Yellow Turban team, which strengthened the strength of the Yellow Turban Army.

By the end of March, the situation was very critical, and the ministers were forced to pay a large amount of money, grain, weapons, armor, war horses, and household clothes to Emperor Liu Hong, hoping that His Majesty would send troops to suppress the thieves as soon as possible.

The emperor was very happy in his heart, but he still sat firmly in Diaoyutai, on the pretext of rectifying the officers and soldiers, that is, he did not send troops, he decided that this time he must use the Yellow Turban Army to severely weaken the strength of the scholars, and at the same time, he was also waiting for the battle report from Youzhou.

Emperor Liu Hong didn't do nothing, he changed his fatigue for many years, and he still did a lot of superficial articles.

First, send people to rescue the kings of the kingdoms captured by the Yellow Turbans, and try to redeem them;

Second, personnel transfers and appointments are carried out.

Discuss the candidates for the history of Yuzhou, and then select Wang Yun of Taiyuan.

the removal of Sikong Zhang Ji; With Dasi Nong Zhang Wen as the commonplace.

In the end, he ordered people to train soldiers and horses, and asked the minister to recommend generals to prepare for the attack.

Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other eunuchs were not idle, they were taking the opportunity to eradicate dissidents.

This time, learning from the lessons of the past, Gao Shun ordered the people to hand over the music directly to Zhang Rang.

In mid-March, Zhang Rang received the medal in advance, and his heart was overjoyed, this was the first medal received by the imperial court since the Yellow Turban Thieves riot, and it was a big victory, with 25,000 medals at the first level alone; What made Zhang Rang even happier was that Gao Shun was more knowledgeable this time, and handed over the piece directly to him, allowing him to get a head start.

He didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to the palace to report to the emperor.

Emperor Liu Hong was overjoyed after reading the recital, this Gao Shun is really a loyal and righteous person, not only has a good literary style, but his military talent should not be underestimated, only a few thousand cavalry, and tens of thousands of yellow turban thieves were annihilated.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, this Gao Shun can be used with confidence, and it is absolutely loyal to Your Majesty."

"Haha, Zhang Changshi, how should I reward it?"

Zhang Rang said: "Your Majesty, this is simple, the meritorious personnel are all low-level officers such as captains and military candidates under Gao Shun, and the minister's opinion is that only Gao Shun can be rewarded, and his subordinates will be rewarded by him." ”

There is no need to reward Gao Shun's subordinates, it can save him a lot of expenses, Liu Hong is very happy; It's not bad to support Gao Shun, saving a lot of expenses such as salaries and grain and grass, and he is both loyal and has the talent to govern the army, which is really a rare good person.

"What shall be the reward for him?"

Zhang Rang was very embarrassed and said: "Your Majesty, if you reward him for his military position, then he will have to spend military expenses for him, and it is not good to lead troops if he is civilian, so it is better to let him be appointed as the Taishou of Julu County, responsible for defeating the Yellow Turban Thieves in Jizhou and recovering Jizhou." ”

Liu Hong asked rhetorically: "There is still a Taishou in Julu County, but he can be dismissed because of his loss of land, but he is so young, is it inappropriate to be appointed as a Taishou now?" ”

Zhang Rang suggested: "Your Majesty, all counties in Julu County are occupied by the Yellow Turban Thieves, the people's livelihood is withering, and the non-powerful power cannot be stable. And it must be dilapidated after the war, and it needs its strong financial support, and the scholars will not compete for the position of Julu County. ”

"Hehe, what Zhang Changshou said is right, so he appointed him as the Taishou of Julu County." Liu Hong was very happy, in this way, he not only rewarded the meritorious person, but also threw out the mess, and also saved a lot of expenses for the imperial court, and allowed the other party to work harder for the imperial court, which was very affordable and won with one stone.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhang Rang was very happy, thinking to himself that the love he owed Gao Shun a few years ago was finally repaid.

Zhang Rang saw that Liu Hong was in a good mood, and suggested: "Your Majesty, is there a decree now for Gao Shun to wave his troops south to Jizhou and smash the Yellow Turban Thief's lair?" ”

"Haha, don't be in a hurry, I believe that the assassin Guo Xun and Taishou Liu Wei will have a concert, and it will not be too late for me to make an order after seeing their concert."

Zhang Rang said: "Your Majesty, the Yellow Turban Thief is fierce, if it is late, the minister is afraid that its strength will be even stronger!" ”

Liu Hong smiled: "Hahaha, a group of rabble, how can they be the opponent of Youzhou Iron Cavalry?" It is a few months of development, and it is still a farmer who has just put down his hoe. Now that they haven't made a big enough fuss, I'm not satisfied, so I'll give them a few more days to hope they don't disappoint me. ”

"Your Majesty is wise! It's just that those ministers in the court bother Your Majesty every day, and it's not easy to deal with it. ”

The emperor said: "Hehe, hold on for a few more days, and when they have almost wiped out the family and the Yellow Turban thieves have gathered, then Youzhou and the capital will send troops at the same time to wipe out these Yellow Turban thieves, and the world will be peaceful." ”

"Your Majesty is wise! Killing two birds with one stone, in this case, the scholars will not be able to compete with Your Majesty. ”