Just after the thunder, it rained heavily outside, and the sky seemed to be covered with a string of beaded curtains. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info A cool breeze blew in his face, and the cool breeze felt very cool on his face.

Zhang Fan listened to the sound of the rain, and handed over a volume of holy decree to Xi Zhicai, who opened it and saw that it was written:

In the summer and May of the first year of the first year of the First Ping, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty said:

I have heard of praise and virtue, reward to the material, hussar general Fan Su Wei loyalty, Xuande Ming'en, keep the festival and ride friendship, to be safe and happy, I am very commendable.

Since I succeeded to the throne, I have been diligent and diligent, respecting God and caring for the people, not giving more land and not drawing money from households, and begging the tyrannical scoundrels with the profound benevolence of the saints.

Today, the yellow turban thieves harass my Yanzhou, and they are close to the ban. Zi Er was appointed as a general and a pastor of Yanzhou, and Xi Zhi was ordered to kill this rebellion, save my captive officials, and find out the villagers who were threatened. It not particularly relieves the diligence of the monarch's father, but also comforts the hidden pain of Confucius and Mencius. Chin this.

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Xi Zhicai said with a strange face:

"Yanzhou Mu? Li Dao wants to borrow a knife to kill people? Isn't that too straightforward? ”

Zhang Fan couldn't deny it, and half-thought:

"What do you think?"

"Since the lord asked, it is estimated that he intends to agree." Xi Zhicai pondered for a moment and said:

"But I really don't see that the pacification of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban has much benefit to you, could it be that you have taken a fancy to the 300,000 elites of the Qingzhou Army?"

Zhang Fan smiled slightly, "That's right." Now I don't lack fame, fortune and merit, but these 300,000 young people are good things, and I don't want to cheapen others for nothing. ”

Why did Cao Cao start his business, didn't he rely on this Qingzhou army?

Chase the yellow scarf to Jibei. In winter, 300,000 people were surrendered, more than one million men and women, and those who received their elite were called Qingzhou soldiers.

In December of the third year of Chuping, the Yellow Turban Army retreated to Jibei, and the Cao Army set up strange soldiers to defeat the Yellow Turban Army. More than 300,000 Yellow Turban troops and millions of men, women, and children were forced to surrender to Cao Cao. Cao Cao organized the elite and brave men into a new army, known as the Qingzhou Army.

The Qingzhou Army was an important military force for Cao Cao to unify the north. After the incorporation of the Qingzhou soldiers, Cao Cao's power increased greatly and became the backbone of his subsequent seizure of the world. Since then, Cao Cao has gradually germinated the lofty ideal of "leveling the world".

Cao Cao said in the autobiography-like article "Let the County Know Its Own Order":

"When I was promoted to filial piety, I just wanted to be a county guard and get a good reputation as a clean official."

Ren Jinan: "Remove the residue and remove the filth", "I thought that the strong and the rich were angry, and I was afraid of causing family disasters, so I returned to illness." ”

Later, he moved to the military academy captain, intending to make meritorious contributions to the country for the thief, and after his death, the tomb was titled "the tomb of Cao Hou, the general of the Han Dynasty's expedition to the west".

Soon, he raised troops to fight against Dong Zhuo, and his ambitions were also limited. It was only after "leading Yanzhou Mu and breaking the Yellow Turban that 300,000" that there was the power to pacify the world, and after pacifying Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao Liu Biao, he had the ambition of "leveling the world".

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The origin of the Qingzhou soldiers is naturally the Yellow Turban Uprising, and the Yellow Turbans who were attacked everywhere flowed around. Millions of civilians in eight of the thirteen states of the Eastern Han Dynasty participated, but it was the Yellow Turban Army in Xuzhou and Qingzhou that could hold out until the end.

survival of the fittest, most of them are in poor health, stupid in brains, old and weak, women and children are disabled...... They all died in the repeated encirclement and suppression of the officers and soldiers, and the remaining ones who persisted for a relatively long time naturally gradually improved regardless of their combat effectiveness or combat experience......

Tao Qian's attack on the Yellow Turban Army was very strong, causing all the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Army to pour into Qingzhou, and the Xuzhou Yellow Turban soldiers and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban soldiers gathered together to be called the Qingzhou Army. The Qingzhou army has a large number, with a total of more than 1.4 million men and women, and more than 300,000 strong men.

Qingzhou Thorn Shi Jiao and mediocre timidity, Beihai Xiangkong Rong is weak, and the collection of yellow turbans is not effective, which is also the main reason for the growth of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army.

Why are Qingzhou soldiers so powerful?

It's very simple, from the central court to the local princes, everyone has a surprisingly consistent attitude towards the Yellow Turban Army:

Kill! Not! Pardon!

Millions of yellow scarves were screened layer by layer, and each one of them survived from the thousands. Since those who are not powerful enough have become corpses, aren't all the rest powerful?

In history, when Cao Cao had just broken the Yellow Turban Army, Gongsun Zhan responded to Yuan Shu's request and sent Liu Beitun Gaotang, Shan Jingtun Plain, and his ally Tao Qiantun Fagan to threaten Yuan Shao, who occupied Jizhou. This was the first battle of the Qingzhou soldiers.

At that time, Tao Qian's army was stationed within the jurisdiction of Dongjun, and the plain and Gaotang were also adjacent to the Jibei Kingdom. Therefore, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao carried out a north-south flank attack. As a result, Yuan Shu's encirclement was completely broken, and the Qingzhou army shined and became famous in the first battle.

Officially, because everyone in the Qingzhou Army has experienced several years of anti-encirclement and suppression and accumulated rich combat experience, it has formed combat effectiveness so quickly.

The Qingzhou soldiers followed Cao Cao to fight Puyang, break Lu Bu, take Xuzhou, destroy Yuan Shu, fight Guandu, defeat Yuan Shao, go down to Jingzhou, and surrender Liu Biao.

Within a decade, Cao Cao had brought northern China under his rule. During this period, the "Qingzhou soldiers" made great contributions.

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There are few historical records of the activities and deeds of the Qingzhou soldiers. The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms contains only the following partial facts:

In 194, Cao Cao attacked Lü Bu in Puyang, and Lü Bu sent troops to meet the battle, first using cavalry to invade the Qingzhou soldiers. The Qingzhou soldiers were scattered, Cao Cao's camp caught fire in chaos, Cao Cao fell from his horse and burned his right palm. The general Lou Yi helped Cao Cao to get on the horse and led him away. Cao Cao's dispatch of troops this time was unfavorable, and the Qingzhou soldiers were not held responsible.

In 197, Cao Cao recruited Zhang Xiu. Yu Ban saw that more than ten people were injured and walked away, and Yu Ban asked the reason, saying: "It was robbed by Qingzhou soldiers." Yu Ban said angrily: "The Qingzhou soldiers also belong to Cao Gong, but they are still thieves?" Yu Ban wanted to denounce and ask for guilt, but after Cao Cao knew about it, he was not allowed to ask for guilt and did not deal with it.

In 220, Cao Cao fell ill and died. The Qingzhou soldiers were "good at beating the drum and leading each other". At this time, the people thought it appropriate to forbid it, and those who did not listen to it could crusade against it. Jia Kui didn't allow it, and told him to give him food.

From the above three historical materials, it can be known:

The establishment of the Qingzhou soldiers has not been disrupted for more than 20 years and has maintained a certain degree of independence. Relevant historical data show that the Qingzhou soldiers have existed for at least 28 years (192-220) since they were incorporated in December of the third year of the first peace.

Cao Cao was defeated several times in the southern and northern wars, and the Qingzhou soldiers did not disperse, nor did they take the opportunity to defect. Some people in Cao Cao's group have opinions about Qingzhou soldiers, but Cao Cao has always been tolerant of Qingzhou soldiers. Cao Cao trusted the Qingzhou soldiers, and the Qingzhou soldiers also trusted Cao Cao.

The Qingzhou soldiers would only listen to Cao Cao's orders. As soon as Cao Cao died, the Qingzhou soldiers in Luoyang "thought that the world would be in chaos, and they all beat the drums and went without permission," and were not willing to obey the command of others, including Cao Cao's successor, Cao Pi, and thus caused great chaos in a short period of time.

At that time, Jia Kui, the doctor, was a very talented person, and in order to prevent them from rebelling, he unconditionally provided them with food and money to return home. After paying homage to the Han court for the last time to serve them all their lives, most of them returned to the fields and lived a leisurely farm life.

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To sum up, from Zhang Fan's point of view, the advantages of this Qingzhou soldier are too prominent, it belongs to the "potential stocks" with small investment and large returns, and once you miss it, you will regret it for life, and there is absolutely no reason for cheap outsiders.

Thinking of this section, Zhang Fan said:

"I asked the tea secretary to send you the information of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and you discussed with Guo Jia to come up with a strategy to surrender as soon as possible."

Xi Zhicai replied in a proper manner: "No, my subordinates obey orders." (To be continued.) )