Chapter Ninety-Three: A Coincidental Encounter with Liu Guanzhang
Just when the edict was still on the way, Luoyang had become a mess. Tang Zhou, a disciple of Zhang Jiao, a great sage and mentor of Taiping Dao, wrote to Liu Hong to secretly report Zhang Jiao's incident on March 5, and at the same time confessed to Ma Yuanyi, the eunuch Feng Zhen, Xu Feng and others, and Ma Yuanyi was split in the city. The people of Luoyang and the Taiping Daoists were killed as many as 1,000 people, and at the same time, an edict was issued and Jizhou arrested Zhang Jiao and others. forced Zhang Jiao to have to start in advance. The 36 square commanders of the Yellow Turban Army raised troops to attack various cities at the same time, Zhang Jiao called himself the general of Tiangong, his first Zhang Bao called the general of the earth, Zhang Liang called the general of the people, and the righteous army burned all over the Central Plains.
Of course, the three counties under Ouyang Xuan were not exempt, Beihai Donglai belonged to Qingzhou, Langxi belonged to Xuzhou, and the situation of the rebel army was chaotic and complicated. Less than 8,000 people participated in the uprising in Donglai County, and 40,000 peasants participated in the rebellion in Beihai County under the leadership of Qu Shuai Guan Hai, and Langxi County was more troublesome, there was a local army of 40,000 volunteers, and there were rebels from Donghai County and Taishan County who entered Langxi County and plundered everywhere.
Lang Evil County is more special, because when Tang De first arrived in Han, Lang Evil and Beihai are still a country, the Lang Evil King at that time was Liu Rong, Liu Shang, the king of Beihai, after Tang De's operation, Liu Rong agreed to retire under the temptation of heavy money and can seal the territory, and took his family to the Americas by boat, and suddenly turned to Ryukyu on the way, where a new country was established, the country name Peng, which lasted for four hundred years, and then merged into China (there will be a detailed explanation later), before leaving, the book recommended Ling Hu Zhang to be too guarded, Of course, a large amount of brass was used later to have this Taishou position, and Liu Shang, the king of the North Sea, did not agree to Tang De's conditions, and finally Tang De had to use a plan to hold Liu Shang's family hostage on the island, and reported that Liu Shang's family was suddenly infected with the plague, and the whole family died, and also held a grand funeral, and finally bought a Taishou with money like Lang Xie. The talents of the two counties are all in the hands of Ouyang Xuan, otherwise the status of a state minister is still suspected of being restricted. Because the counties are relatively wealthy, they have also become the focus of the Yellow Turban Army.
This time Ouyang Xuan sat in Langxie County, the rebels of Donglai County and Beihai County were repulsed as soon as they emerged, Ouyang Xuan did not give these rebels a chance to live, if it was simply a rebellion, it would be enough, but these rebels should be called bandits, burning, killing and looting are all evil, and the place where they pass is a scorched earth, if the man does not agree to join the rebel army, he will be killed, and the woman almost does not escape the fate of being killed after being humiliated, or become the plaything of the bandit generals. After listening to the reports from all parties, Ouyang Xuan was already furious, and ordered that no prisoners be left, no surrender would be accepted, and all of them would be killed. In this way, the 8,000 bandit army of Donglai County was surrounded by Tang De's 50,000 Donglai County defenders after a bloody wash of villages and towns, and in front of the well-trained and well-equipped regular army after a long period of training, these bandit troops could not withstand a single face, that is, they were killed, and the remaining surrenderers were hanged and the head of the village, which was regarded as avenging the villagers who were robbed and killed by them. Peng Fei and Zhong Zhao cooperated openly and secretly, when the bandit army marched to Yingling, Peng Fei led 100,000 defenders to surround it, and after a day of bloody fighting, 40,000 bandit troops were annihilated at the cost of 5,000 casualties.
Now only Langxie County is not pacified, the three-way bandit army, all the way to the local bandit army in Changxian County, Yangdu raging, all the way from the west of the bandit army is marching to Dong'an County, from Donghai County from the south to Jiqiu and Kaiyang. These three bandit armies are the same, where they passed, Ouyang Xuan concentrated 300,000 defenders, and the troops were divided into three routes, Ling Hu Zhang led 100,000 troops to Dong'an, Li Mu led 100,000 troops to Changxian and Yangdu, and Ouyang Xuan led 100,000 soldiers and horses to send troops to Qiu Kaiyang. The first of these three soldiers and horses to receive the enemy was Linghu Zhang's department, surrounded the bandit army in the hilly area north of Dong'an, Linghu Zhang's first horse, the first to enter the enemy formation, 60,000 bandit troops were almost at the touch of a button, just a day to behead 20,000, capture 40,000, rescue more than 5,000 women who were robbed by the bandits, in front of these women, Linghu Zhang buried these bandit prisoners alive, and the bandit leader was ordered to light the sky lantern by Linghu Zhang.
Li Mu was more troublesome, the bandit army was more scattered, and they plundered villages and towns, and they waited for the other two armies to converge and then attack Feiguo. Li Mu divided his troops into three routes, adopted a circular encirclement area, and advanced layer by layer, and the three-way army was connected from end to end, attacking and advancing in a clockwise direction, gradually narrowing the encirclement. A bit like the shutter of a camera, it is this way that effectively prevents the resurgence of the bandit army, each area after the front army, the rear army will sweep over, after half a month of encirclement and suppression, in the end there are less than 10,000 bandit troops left to be besieged in the village of ten miles south of Chang County, after a morning of fighting, all annihilated this bandit army, leaving no one alive.
Ouyang Xuan's side was facing the 70,000 Yellow Turban Army, which had already surrounded Jiqiu before Ouyang Xuan arrived, and he couldn't attack it for a long time. When Ouyang Xuan arrived at Jiqiu, the Yellow Turban Army had already besieged Jiqiu for five days, but they couldn't do anything about Jiqiu, which was not a stable city wall. Ouyang Xuan admired this guard very much, and learned through inquiry that the guard here was Tai Shici recruited by Tang De, just nineteen years old this year, only two years in the army, stood out from the soldiers, was deeply valued by Tang De, and personally taught a set of marksmanship, and was discovered by Li Mu at the beginning of last year, requisitioned from Tang De, and personally taught the art of war in the Chinese march, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion began, he was assigned to serve here as a county lieutenant, there were only 8,000 defenders in the city, and it withstood the crazy attack of 70,000 Yellow Turban Army for five days.
After Ouyang Xuan arrived, he divided his troops to surround the Yellow Turban Army from three sides. At dawn on the second day, an attack was distributed, and 100,000 hoplites and hoplites slaughtered the Yellow Turban Army outside the city like an overwhelming force. The hoplite cavalry just rushed into the enemy formation, in the face of strong pressure, the Yellow Turban Army retreated like a tide to the only unsurrounded south side, Tai Shi Ci in the city saw this, and immediately led the troops out of the city from the south gate, and the depression of being besieged for five days was swept away, and the Yellow Turban Army quickly collapsed under the internal and external attacks, Ouyang Xuan took the lead, and where the big knife in his hand passed, there was a vacuum in an instant, and he closely pursued the fleeing Yellow Turban Army. At the south gate, he joined forces with Tai Shici and continued to chase from behind, after all, two legs could not outrun four legs, and soon surrounded the scattered Yellow Turban Army in a valley with a radius of ten miles. As soon as Ouyang Xuan gave the order for a general attack, Tai Shici took the lead and led the army into the enemy formation. For the rout, Tai Shici did not underestimate the enemy, according to the wartime offensive formation, constantly changing, the spear in his hand was like a baton, commanding the soldiers and horses under his command. In a moment, the Chinese army was killed, and the enemy general was knocked off the horse, and the rest of the Yellow Turban Army was killed by the 100,000 army.
After the three counties were pacified, Ouyang Xuan ordered the whole army to divide the county towns and continue to clear the remnants of the bandit army. For this kind of one-sided slaughter-like battle, Ouyang Xuan was not interested at all, and he didn't even feel anything. But the shock of these soldiers recruited by the three counties was absolutely strong, and they looked at the former instructor's breezy face, and they couldn't understand why they didn't look excited about such a big victory. Some curious soldiers also asked, and most of the answers were: "It's very boring to fight against weak brigades."
Tai Shici also asked Ouyang Xuan this question, and Ouyang Xuan replied: "If the soldiers are not victorious, it is a loss for the generals. The way of the general is not only to know the art of war, bravery, but also to know human nature, time, terrain, and the truth of things, but also to be good at observing, investigating, learning, and making good use. Ingenuity can be solved for a while, but it cannot be used for all generations, and although the clever plan can be completely successful, it cannot be borrowed again and again. Only by moving randomly, following the trend, and judging comprehensively, can we win all battles. When the country is peaceful, the generals need to care for the people, not with the power of the country, and pay for their own small work; In the war of the country, the generals led their people, did their best, and drove the country away; Advance does not seek fame, retreat does not avoid sin, only act, acts in the benefit of the Lord, loyal and dare to admonish; Love soldiers like sons, the body is sick, and do not use the withering of ten thousand bones, but make a name for oneself." Ouyang Xuan told Tai Shici the way of the generals that he had instilled in the Chinese soldiers for many years, and this time he was very satisfied with his performance, judging the situation and leading by example. At the moment when he was most needed to appear, he just went out of the city, and when he needed his courage the most, he was like entering a no-man's land, taking the lead, and he was brave.
"The last will remember the teachings of the Lord." The newly recruited soldiers didn't know Ouyang Xuan's true identity, but they all knew that the actual owner of the three counties was the young man named Zou Yuan, who was about sixteen or seventeen years old in front of him. In their eyes, all the generals under their command are gods who are worth 10,000 people, at least the thousand-person army formation they form can't compete with any of them, even the polite Donglai Taishou is also good at kung fu, and when he was training, he fought three thousand heavily armed soldiers with one manpower, and his face did not change, not to mention the handsome Lang Xie County Taishou, who walked in the thousand-man army formation with his bare hands, and could not hurt a single person, what kind of courage this should be, it can no longer be seen with ordinary people's eyes. Tai Shi Ci saw Ouyang Xuan deep into the enemy formation today, and that kind of powerful and courageous state made him fascinated, and it was definitely not the ability that a pampered prince, noble, and wealthy family could have.
Back in Kaiyang, Ouyang Xuan did not make any further military moves, nor did he report the battle situation of the three counties to Qingxu and Xuzhou. Just order the armies to keep the Yellow Turban Army out of the three counties. Tang De hurried from Donglai County, and brought with him the imperial court's edict and seals. Because of his great contribution to quelling the rebellion in the three counties of Shandong, Zou Yuan was specially named the Zhonglang general, and led the soldiers and horses of the three counties to encircle and suppress the Yellow Turban Army. Seeing Tang De's unsmooth stool, he asked: "How much copper money did this Zhonglang general spend", "Back to the lord, it is not more than 80 million money".
"Well, I finally have a position, and it's easy to act. It's also good to exchange some scrap copper for an official position." Nowadays, paper money has begun to be used in China, and copper is used as the cheapest metal in China. When Huaxia banknotes are issued, they are exchanged at a ratio of 100 yuan to 50 gold coins. In addition to being used in electrical appliances, copper loses its monetary value.
At the same time, there is also a letter of help from Gong Jing, the assassin of Qingzhou, Beihai is close to Linzi, the state of Qi, the seat of Qingzhou, and it is normal to have a letter for help. Ouyang Xuan ordered 50,000 soldiers and horses to be transferred from Beihai and Langya County, led by himself, Peng Fei as the deputy general, Tai Shici as the partial general, and the troops were ordered to go out three days later.
Beihai County to Qingzhou Zhizhi Linzi is very close, immediately hurry, less than two days to Linzi City, outside the city is full of Yellow Turban Army, a strong Linzi city is surrounded by water. Through Zhong Zhao, I learned that there were no more than 5,000 soldiers in Linzi City, and there were at least 80,000 soldiers in the Yellow Turban Army camp under the city, but they were all dressed as peasants, with yellow turbans on their heads, and weapons were also varied.
Ouyang Xuan did not order an immediate attack, but garrisoned the enemy camp five miles away from the east gate. When the army arrived, it was already evening, Ouyang Xuan ordered to bury the pot and make rice, the momentum was very huge, the food was fragrant, especially the smell of barbecue, which was enough to make the saliva of those Yellow Turban soldiers on the opposite side. There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, the Malay newspaper said: 5,000 soldiers and horses came from the back side of the north at night, led by four generals. Ouyang Xuan naturally knew who those four were, and they were also the three people Ouyang Xuan wanted to see the most, Ouyang Xuan had seen both Han characters, in fact, Ouyang Xuan wanted to see these three the most, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Especially Guan Yu, Ouyang Xuan has always wanted to compete with him since he used the big knife.
"Come on, quickly go and inform Liu Xuande, attack the enemy camp at the same time as Chenshi, and solve Qingzhou's behavior." "No!" , it was rumored that the guards came out as promised and went straight to Liu Bei's barracks.
As soon as the hour arrived, Ouyang Xuan was already in front of the formation, Zhong Zhao on the left, Tai Shici on the right, and the Sima leaders of each battalion and department pressed the position. The drummer and trumpeter were already ready and waited for Ouyang Xuan to give the order. As the hour passed, Ouyang Xuan pointed the big sword in his hand forward, the drums and trumpets sounded in unison, and 30,000 hoplites under the cover of 20,000 cavalry slaughtered the Yellow Turban Army outside the east gate with great momentum.
Just like when fighting in the three counties, Ouyang Xuan was in the middle, behind him were the Yulin guards and the Chinese army, Zhong Zhao led the troops on the left, Tai Shici led the troops on the right, lined up in a three-headed arrow formation to kill the enemy camp, Ouyang Xuan faced the Yellow Turban Army that was not even complete with bows and arrows, and easily opened the gate of the camp, covering all the way, and the guards behind him were even more enemies and hundreds, and the corpses of the Yellow Turban Army were all over the field. As a last resort, the Sima of each battalion had to spread out to both sides, from the sharp arrow formation to a word, the horse neighed and shouted, and in an instant, the Yellow Turban Army outside the east gate was defeated like a mountain, and fled to the north and south. According to Ouyang Xuan's prior deployment, Zhong Zhao led the army to the north gate, Ouyang Xuan and Tai Shi Ci led the army to attack the north gate, and after dispersing the enemy, Tai Shi Ci led the troops to attack the west gate. The enemy army outside the east gate was empty, and Zhong Zhao took the lead, leading the army to chase the fleeing enemy army like a tiger down the mountain to kill the south gate. Ouyang Xuan and Tai Shi Ci were five hundred steps apart from each other, and they were also extremely brave, a stainless steel gun with a red sweaty BMW under his crotch, like a red tiger descending from a mountain, and the enemy soldiers everywhere they passed all abandoned their weapons and ran wildly. Ouyang Xuan's side didn't even give these enemy soldiers a chance to escape, and the blade was in a mess. In less than an hour, he arrived at the north gate, and the north gate at this time was also full of killing sounds, and the drums and trumpets sounded in unison, which was obviously weaker than Ouyang Xuan's side. The two generals at the head, one black and one red, one gun and one knife, are also invincible, but there are too many enemy troops, their actions are somewhat restricted, and the rout of the troops is rushed, Zhang Fei Guan Yu's formation is also a little chaotic, but it is also fleeting, because Tai Shici led the troops to take the lead in the convergence of the two. Now Tai Shici's marksmanship has made a qualitative leap under the teaching of Ouyang Xuan, Tang De, Li Mu and Peng Fei, and there is no one else who can be defeated today except for the soldiers of the Huaxia Yulin Army, this is Ouyang Xuan's final conclusion. There are still three people that Ouyang Xuan, the general of the Han land, still wants, one is Zhao Yun, the other is the young general Qu A who attacked Sun Jian with Tai Shi Ci, and Zhang Liao, now Tai Shi Ci is under Ouyang Xuan, Zhao Yun is still in Changshan Kingdom, and Qu A is still a young general, as for Zhang Liao, he should still be a young general under Yuan Shao. As for the other famous generals, after more than three hundred years, Ouyang Xuan's cultivation is not lower than those people, and any Yulin soldier will be stronger than them.
Tai Shi Ci and Liu Bei Zou Jing joined forces, Tai Shi Ci respected the many soldiers, and ordered to rush to the West Gate with the defeated army and divide 5,000 cavalry at the same time, and set up an ambush 50 miles outside the West Gate to intercept and kill the defeated army. Ouyang Xuan was not idle, covering all the way, sweeping away the Yellow Turban Army at the North Gate, and ordered the Chinese army under his command to shout, let the soldiers defending the city open the north gate, let the army process from the north gate, go out from the west gate, and cover the thief army inside and outside. At the same time, 10,000 cavalry were divided, and under the leadership of two other Simas, the remnants of the fleeing Yellow Turban Army within 100 miles around Linzi were cleared. The city gate opened a little bit, Ouyang Xuan took the lead, entered the city from the north gate, under the guidance of the defenders in the city, passed through the city, there was the west gate to kill, with Tai Shi Ci and Zhong Zhao to attack the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army at the west gate on three sides, and now there are 40,000 Yellow Turban Army routs gathered here at the west gate, and under the attack on three sides, they had to flee to the west. Ouyang Xuan ordered Zhong Zhao to lead troops to garrison Ximenwan and clean up the battlefield. He and Tai Shi Ci took the Yulin Army and Liu Bei's army and horses to chase the rout, the reason why the poor Kou Mo chased was that the crash process would make himself from strong to weak, but now it is still the strong side, although Liu Bei persuaded Tai Shi Ci many times to give up the pursuit, but still did not change his original intention, the remaining less than 30,000 Yellow Turban rout army just came out of less than thirty miles, that is, it was intercepted by the five thousand cavalry in front of the ambush, plus the back of the Yulin Army and Liu Bei's army to cover up, they chose to surrender. It's just that they encountered a god of evil, and with Ouyang Xuan's order, the Yulin guards and 5,000 cavalry fired together, followed by a round of rushing killing, killing these 30,000 people here. Looking at this bloody scene, Liu Bei couldn't bear it and twisted his head to the side.
"Why is Brother Xuande so afraid of the slaughter?" , a voice came from the side.
Liu Bei looked at this general, who was even younger than the young general just now, and said slowly: "It's all juvenile nature, these thieves are just bewitched people, when they can be used, why kill them?" ”
"The benevolence of women, Brother Xuande has seen that everywhere he has passed, all are barren, men who do not obey kill them, and women are mostly beheaded after humiliation, or as playthings for thieves and generals. Have you ever considered it for those people? They have only avenged the blood of the people who have been killed and humiliated by them."
Liu Bei had no choice but to shake his head and remain silent. After the war, as the army returned to Linzi City, Gong Jing, the assassin of Qingzhou, had already been given a wealth of labor and military things, but it was just some wine, food and food. Without Ouyang Xuan's order, these soldiers have not moved, as soon as Ouyang Xuan came back, these soldiers all stared at Ouyang Xuan, with a wave of Ouyang Xuan's hand, the guards shouted orders, and then they received the supplies in the battalion as a unit, and returned to the camp tent to enjoy it slowly. Ouyang Xuan, Zhong Zhao, Tai Shici and Liu Bei were invited by Gong Jing into the city government, where there was a first-class banquet.
Gong Jing still knew about Ouyang Xuan's spending money to donate a Zhonglang general, and the fact that he had a Zhonglang general, and at the same time, he also knew that Ouyang Xuan was the actual ruler of the three counties, and he didn't see that Langya Taishou had to obediently obey this person's orders. The reason why Ouyang Xuan brought Zhong Zhao out this time was because Langya County was under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou, and Qingzhou Thorn Shi couldn't control the affairs of Langya County, and Ouyang Xuan was a Zhonglang general, and he was in charge of the soldiers of the three counties, and Gong Jing really couldn't do anything about Ouyang Xuan. But the original letter was from him, Ouyang Xuanyan could not take precautions, and even had the intention of killing the killer. At the banquet, Ouyang Xuan barely spoke. In a hurry on the battlefield, he didn't look at Liu Guanzhang carefully, so he took this opportunity to take a closer look, Liu Bei is not as described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, his ears are big, but they don't hang down his shoulders, his arms are slightly longer than ordinary people, and his hands are not over his knees. Guan Yu's face is not as red as the legend, but the kind of skin color between black and white, which looks a little dark red, the beard is indeed very long, and when it comes to the abdomen, Guan Yu's height seems to be about two meters. Zhang Fei, on the other hand, has a black face similar to the sun, with a beard and large eyes, similar to hyperthyroidism. And Liu Bei is polite, with a short beard and a square scarf, indicating that he still has not mixed up with an official and a half-position, while Ouyang Xuan is wearing a military attaché hat. Because Ouyang Xuan never grew a beard, the stubble was very thick.
During the banquet, Liu Bei toasted many times, but Ouyang Xuan had shirked it for various reasons, which caused Zhang Fei to stare at him, but Ouyang Xuan didn't care. At the end of the banquet, Gong Jing thanked Zou Jing again: "Thank you Liu Gong for your help in this Qingzhou disaster. It is the same letter and the same is a bandit, Liu Gongneng sent troops here, Jing was very comforted", and he didn't even look at Ouyang Xuan. Zou Jing got up and replied: "This time, Gong Taishou asked my lord to send a certain and Xuande to lead the troops to come, which is also to ensure that my dynasty does not lose its program. Today, the rebellious army has been pacified, Jing will lead the troops to retreat, there are still more bandits in Youzhou, and Jing will still defend the safety of Youzhou." Liu Bei also got up and bowed and said: "Recently, I heard that Zhonglang fought Lu Zhi and the thief in Guangzong, and he was a teacher of Lu Zhi in the past, and he wanted to help him. Say goodbye to General Zou and inform Liu Gong on your behalf."
"It's okay, Jing will say goodbye to you, and when he helps each other in the future, I'll talk about it later."
"Yuan also said goodbye to the history of assassination, and led the troops to continue to clear the remnants of the bandits in Qingzhou."
"Pivot and slow, there are still some things to do", after speaking, his eyes looked to the sides, and Ouyang Xuan saw the killing intent in his eyes.