Fifty-third round

The Yellow Turban Rebellion began to see an end, and the battle for deer appeared

After solving the affairs of the Zhen family, Li Xin led his wife and children back to Guangzong, and as soon as he arrived in Guangzong, the messenger of Tiandao came with the news that the troops of the Yellow Turban Army were defeated by the troops of the Han court in Changshe, and the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou was at a disadvantage.

From the beginning of the burning of Changshe, the troops of the imperial court changed their disadvantage, from being forced to defend, to taking the initiative to attack, in Yingchuan, Changshe wiped out most of the main force of the Yellow Turban Army led by Bo Cai, and after Zhang Jiao lost Guangzong, it dealt a serious blow to the Yellow Turban Army troops whose morale was already poor. At the beginning, under the leadership of Bo Cai, he defeated the troops of the Han court several times, and even trapped Huangfu Song's troops in Changshe for a time, but the poor consideration of the siege directly led to the defeat of the Yellow Turban Army.

Because the Yellow Turban Army was an insurrectionary army, it lacked regular equipment and support materials, especially tents, which were extremely scarce, which led to the Yellow Turban Army having no choice but to use local materials and grass to build temporary shelters. This provided good conditions for fire attack. The grass that was originally dried in the sun was prone to fire, and due to the narrow terrain of the long shrine, there was not enough distance between the tents. Although the fire was avoided as much as possible, it could not be saved under the strategy of fire attack. And in May and June, it is the season when the weather is dry and dry, and Huangfu Song is set on fire by the wind, so the wind borrows the fire, and the fire borrows the power of the wind, igniting a skyrocketing fire.

People say that the water and fire are ruthless, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who have not undergone much formal training, saw the fire that ignited, and panicked all of a sudden, even if Bocai tried to save the defeat, but it was too late, the chaos of more than 100,000 people could not be calmed down for a while, and at the same time he exposed his position, so that Huangfu Song mobilized elite cavalry to attack Bocai, Bocai could not resist, and had to retreat in the direction of Runan. The Yellow Turban Army that was really killed in this battle was only about 10,000, but the rest of the soldiers either scattered and fled, like frightened birds, or they were demoralized and did not have any confidence.

In the face of such a combat-effective force, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, as well as Cao Cao's troops who arrived later, naturally could not let go, and killed Bocai from near Runan, and the Yellow Turban in Yuzhou was basically wiped out. Then the two roads were divided, and Huangfu Song went to Wancheng to attack the yellow turban here.

Although Wancheng was broken by the Yellow Turban Army, the price paid by the Yellow Turban Army was not small. Coach Zhang Mancheng died in the battle with Nanyang Taishou, who supported Wancheng, and Zhao Hong took his place, but when it comes to the ability to command troops, Zhao Hong is not as good as Zhang Mancheng, so it can be regarded as a major loss. On the other hand, because Zhang Jiao retreated to Chongzhou, he was facing the danger of being directly attacked, so naturally in order to protect himself, the troops in Xuzhou helped to defend it, and at the same time collected the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou. This reduced the pressure on the state capitals of Qingzhou and Xuzhou. Due to the relatively small area of Chongzhou, the supplies provided were limited, so Zhang Jiao had to slow down the progress of recruitment, which made the defenders of Chongzhou not so exaggerated.

Zhang Jiao's body is now getting worse day by day, and he is getting weaker and weaker after entering June, which has aggravated the division within the Yellow Turban Army. Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang both coveted the position of their eldest brother, but there was only one position of the great sage and good teacher, so the brother Ni Wall was inevitable. When Zhang Jiao is alive, he can still suppress his subordinates, so that they can temporarily unite and fight against foreign enemies together, but once Zhang Jiao is dead, then the Yellow Turban Army will collapse without attacking.

Because Huangfu Song led the main force of the Han army to attack Wancheng, the pressure on Chongzhou was light, so that the Yellow Turban Army had no common enemy, and naturally there was no more internal fighting, and the continuous internal friction seriously weakened the strength of the Yellow Turban Army.

In fact, this is all under the control of the two major families, their respective cronies in the Yellow Turban, in various ways began to break away from the Yellow Turban, so that the Yellow Turban Army was shaken, and the two families joined forces to put pressure on the imperial court, allowing their own army to attack the Yellow Turban Army, at the same time

Surrendered personnel are allowed to be accepted and given reuse. Soon, the army that had been secretly cultivated after whitewashing appeared in front of the people openly, and the military strength of various families increased a lot. And soon, with the support of financial resources, the families all pulled up a team.

Although the number of troops is not as good as Li Xin's army, when it comes to the background, it depends on the family. In terms of the potential of the war, the families are much stronger than Li Xin, and although with the support of the Zhen family, Li Xin's situation has improved, but it is still not optimistic. The reality of the state involved most of Li Xin's energy. The three armies did not move the grain and grass first, and the state was not a granary, so how to get enough grain was Li Xin's biggest problem.

There is no such problem for the two major groups, as long as the acquisition is fine, the price is not the point, the point is whether someone sells to you. Since each family has tightened the grain trade, the situation is not optimistic for people like Li Xin and Longxi Li who rely on the purchase of grain and grass. This is also the method used by the two great families to balance Li Xin and the Li family in Longxi. Without food and grass, no amount of money can get too many troops, after all, gold and silver cannot be eaten.

He simply relied on the technology of later generations to improve production, so that the current situation of food shortage in the state could be alleviated; In addition, Jizhou is a large grain-producing state, and the Zhen family can purchase a lot of grain and grass, which makes Li Xin basically change the status quo of being controlled by others due to food problems. The Li family in Longxi is not so lucky, even if it relies on the agreement with Li Xin, it is far from enough, so it relies on the previous accumulation to support it, but this is by no means a long-term solution, but there is no suitable opportunity in a short time, so they can only continue to wait for the opportunity and try to soar into the sky.

With the defeat of the Yellow Turban Army decided, the major families have started their own careful thinking, and the Kwantung family tried to protect the Han Dynasty and tried to use the central government to control the locality; The Kansai family used its power in the court to tighten its control over the region, especially Yuzhou, which had just been recaptured, which was the foundation of the Kansai family. Although they are all ready to move, everyone knows that the biggest enemy now is the Yellow Turban Army, and they want to prevent him from fishing in troubled waters and resurrecting the ashes, so they basically stand still and wait for the situation to change.

This creates a strange balance, although the undercurrent is surging below, but on the surface it is indeed calm and harmonious, and even the mutual suppression in the past is much less.

This is the last silence before the storm, just waiting for one to act impatiently.

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I'm sorry, I chose to give up. It's not because of anything else, it's just reality, hoping to stay in touch and wait for the day when I regain my dream.

The Water Mirror Immortal Master's final pen!