Chapter 161 The Yellow Turban Thieves in Qingzhou are rising again, and Meng De is breaking the thief's momentum

Yizhou, Jingzhou, Qinzhou and Yongzhou, where Chang'an are located, because of Liu Qian's butterfly reaction to attack Dong Zhuo, several princes are in a state of sending troops to fight for hegemony. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoAt this time, the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou, Shandong Province had waves, and for a while, people in Beihai, Taishan, Le'an and other places were panicked, and many government officials abandoned their officials and fled to avoid the disaster.

Troubled times make heroes! And in the troubled times, within the recklessness, there are many ambitious people who take advantage of the chaos, or seek short-term comfort, or seek long-term merit. Therefore, it is not surprising that the princes of all parties support their own troops and become careerists; Those prefectures and counties coincided with natural disasters and famine, and in the midst of the recklessness, there were bold people who rose up and gathered tens of thousands of people, raising wooden sticks as swordsmen, and also became a force. It is the portrayal of the Central Plains at this time, and it is the rotten bricks of the Han Dynasty like a dangerous building.

After the failed rebellion of Zhang Jiao, the thief of Taishan, the thief of Taishan, fled back to Taishan and lived incognito for several years. Now that I know that Dong Zhuo is in power, all the princes are opposed. He thought that he was a godsend, so he wandered around, contacted the former Taiping Taoist believers, and wanted to make a comeback, calling it General Titiangong to take revenge.

On this day, he contacted Yang Feng of Beihai County, Si Li of Le'an County, Ping Hanzi of Zhangqiu, Outline of Licheng, Liu Shi of Boyang and several others to secretly meet the alliance in Taishan. 7

"Ladies and gentlemen, after the Heavenly Princess's Immortal is gone, I am always thinking about avenging the general. However, a few years ago, the imperial court was still stable, and we had no chance of revenge. Now, Dong Zhuo is in power, and the princes of the world gather to ask for it, forcing him to return to Chang'an. And the princes of the world, all ambitious people, have taken this opportunity to dominate the frontier and not be controlled by the imperial court. This good opportunity from heaven is for us to raise volunteers again to avenge General Tiangong. Seeing that Yang Feng and the others had arrived, Huang Long told what he had planned.

Yang Feng once set up a nine-palace gossip array with Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao. When Liu Qian cracked the Nine Palaces Array, the Nine Palace Army killed several members of the Yang family, including Yang Feng's two brothers, Yang Long and Yang Hu. Therefore, he deeply hated the imperial court, and when he heard that Huang Long was leading the incident, he said without hesitation: "Since the Heavenly Gong General Immortal left, my brothers have not had a good time!" Do the dog officials of the imperial court have to use the 'Yellow Turban Remnants' as an excuse to kill those strong men who refuse to serve in labor. Many brothers were angry for a while and reasoned with them, but they were poisoned by the dog officials. Brother Huanglong, say it! You pick a head, and our brothers follow. ”

Ping Hanzi, formerly known as Pingfeng, is a native of Zhangqiu. Because he is usually uneven, he is deeply loved by the people in the township, and they all call him a flat man, so he preached. He is accustomed to seeing the power and fortune of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, accustomed to the misery of the people's lives, accustomed to the arrogance and domineering of the heroes of the noble clan, and also understands that it is difficult for him to make trouble alone. Seeing that Yang Feng was the first to speak in support of Huang Long, he also said: "Huang Long is the head of the Taishan Bamboo Gang (Huang Long is the leader of the Taishan Bamboo Gang), our brother supports you." ”

Ji Gang, Liu Shi and others also expressed their support.

Huang Long saw that all the brothers supported him, so he said: "Qingzhou's territory is too big, I think everyone agreed on a time and started together, which makes it difficult for the government army to take care of it. I don't know why, brothers? ”

"I look at the stars, and three days later is the time of murder and oversale. Why don't I wait and do it together in three days? "The syllabus was originally the nephew of the Youhuai layman, who had followed the Youhuai to learn art for several years, and was also good at stargazing. Ever since Right Huai was defeated and died in the Nine Palaces Array, he has been very hostile to the imperial court.

"Since Master Ji has already set the time, then I will act together in three days. There are still three days to go, and I will go down to gather the brothers and take their respective county governments and county offices in one fell swoop. By the way, Yu Fu from Changyi sent a message, and if I agreed on the time, I would tell him. Brother Yang Feng, send someone to inform him when you go back. After Huang Long finished speaking, he raised the wine bottle in his hand, invited everyone to drink, and said: "For the rest of General Tiangong's spirit in heaven, and for the future happiness of the people of my Central Plains, come!" Brothers, it's done! ”

Everyone raised their glasses and drank together.

Huang Long also said: "On the three days, we will work together, and after taking down the county, we will kill them together and go to Linzi." Whichever is advanced in Linzi, we will make him king. ”

After speaking, cut his fingers and make an alliance with blood.

Everyone cut their fingers and made an alliance.

Three days later, Huang Long raided Taishan Mansion with more than 57,000 people, besieging and killing 2,700 officers and soldiers and 300 officials guarding the county government in Taishan Mansion.

Most of these people were dressed in cloth and carried wooden sticks; Only a few leading generals wore a shred wisp of shabby armor. They first stripped the officers and soldiers of their uniforms and leather armor, and then opened the armory of the county government and began to arm themselves. Soon, there was an armed force of more than 10,000 people wearing standard armor and carrying control blades, and a militia wearing cloth clothes or half-helmets or half-armor and carrying wooden sticks.

At the same time, there were people* in Beihai, Le'an, Zhangqiu, Licheng, Boyang, Changyi and other places, and the county guards and county commanders either fled or died. All of a sudden, the yellow scarf in Qingzhou rose again, and the wind swept across the state. Qingzhou Thorn Shi was forced to defend Linzi City, and sent an envoy to Chang'an for help.

Soon a letter spread to Chang'an. Dong Zhuo saw the letter and handed it to Huangfu Song on the side. Huangfu Song took the letter, watched it for a while, and said: "Your Majesty can protect one person, but can you break this yellow scarf?" ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he asked, "Who is it?" ”

"Cao Cao, Cao Mengde!"

"Bold! How can that noisy villain be worthy of this job? How much good does he have to do you? It seems that Dong Zhuo still resents Cao Cao for sending a letter to crusade against him, and he lost Huangfu Song.

"I hope that the Taishi will calm his anger. This is a two-pronged solution. Huangfu Song was unusual, and did not make a resigned accusation, but even said bluntly, "Send Cao Mengde to fight with the remnants of the Yellow Turban, and you can calm the war; Second, it can weaken Cao Mengde's power. ”

"Then since Cao Mengde dares to oppose me, how can he trust me?" Dong Zhuo asked.

"That Cao Mengde has always admired the scholar Cai Yong. The Taishi can send Cai Yong to go, and he will definitely be able to send troops! "It seems that Huangfu Song has made up his mind to let Cao Cao go on the expedition.

The next day, after Dong Zhuo asked Li Ru, he sent the scholar Cai Yong to Dongjun and Jibei with a holy decree, so that Cao Cao and Bao Xin could lead the army to exterminate the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou.

A few days later, in the city of Yanzhou East County, the county guard house. Taishou Cao Cao looked at the holy decree in his hand and couldn't help laughing: "God-given opportunity!" Just the remnants of the Yellow Turban, isn't it just to send me a great source of soldiers? Liu Shengju had only 30,000 or 20,000 horses, and after one battle after another during the Yellow Turban period, he continued to grow, and he was afraid that he would have 350,000 horses when he entered Sichuan. This time, I want to follow Liu Shengju's example, absorb the surrendered troops, and enrich my strength. Only in this way can we gain a firm foothold in the future when we compete for hegemony. ”

Cao Cao is worthy of being a traitor, and after some lessons from Yuan Shao and others, his ambition also began to flourish.

He summoned six generals, including Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Li Dian, and Le Jin, and finished explaining the matter of the holy decree in detail, so he ordered the six people to gather their subordinates and go to Jibei to meet Bao Xin.

They felt that when Jibei was in Jibei, Bao Xin was eager to fight for merit, and had already led 20,000 troops to go deep into the land of Mount Tai and fight with the thief leader Huanglong. It seems that Bao Xin has the heart to strive for merit and profit, and he will never have the idea of correcting. At the beginning, his brother Bao Zhong was beheaded by Huaxiong because of his greed for merit. This time, he ventured into Mount Tai again. Huang Long commanded more than 30,000 militiamen, disguised as woodcutters who went into the mountains to collect firewood. When these people returned from collecting firewood, they were deliberately discovered by Bao Xin's soldiers, and they were all arrested in Bao Xin's military camp and filled the firewood for military use. These woodcutters were also forcibly conscripted into military service.

In the middle of the night, these soldiers set fire to Bao Xin's grain and grass, opened the camp gate, and led Huang Long and others to attack Bao Xin's army. In a hurry, Bao Xin was beheaded by the Huanglong soldiers, and the Jibei army was defeated.

Cao Cao saw the soldiers who had been defeated by the Jibei army, and hurriedly stopped them and inquired about the situation ahead. When the soldiers saw that Cao Cao and the others were all standard equipment, and knew that they were the officers and soldiers who had come to beg for thieves, they put away the panic and said, "I don't know who the adult is?" My lord commanded the troops deep into Mount Tai, fought with the thief leader Huanglong, mistakenly hit the enemy's plan, and was lost in Mount Tai. ”

"I'm Cao Cao, the Taishou of Dongjun, and I ask you if they're still fighting?" Cao Cao asked.

"There are still generals in command, but most of the soldiers have fled. If the adults don't give up, the villains are willing to lead the way. Seeing that Cao Cao and the others looked mighty and seemed to be bold, the soldier asked for an order.

"Good! Lead the way, and wait for us to exterminate the thieves, and you will be rewarded. ”

"Master Xie." After the soldier finished speaking, he took the horses sent by Cao Cao's soldiers and led the way in front.

Cao Cao and others led the army to follow.

After a while, I heard the noise of people and the neighing of horses in front of me.

Cao Cao stopped everyone and asked the sergeant: "Let's ask the little brother, is there only this way on this side?" ”

"My lord, it is a fork in the road to go forward, but it is a road into the mountains. A road leads directly into the middle of the valley, and a road leads directly to the valley. The sergeant said.

"You're saying we can enter the valley from three directions?" Cao Cao asked.

"Yes, sir." The sergeant knew that the questions of these big men were related to his own fate, so he answered every question seriously.

"Good! God help me! Yuan Rang, Miaocai, the two of you led the horse army of 5,000 to rush to the front valley. After entering the valley, he directly covered up and killed the enemy general, and after killing the enemy general, he pardoned the rebel soldiers, 'those who surrender will not be killed'! This time, our army must take the surrender of the soldiers as the priority! Zilian and Zixiao, you two led troops from the middle road into the valley to attack the enemy's middle road, and they also directly covered up the enemy general, and after killing the enemy general, they also pardoned the rebel soldiers to surrender! Wen Qian, Man Cheng, you two follow me to attack from this road. This time it is the trend of catching turtles in the urn! Our army is invincible! When Cao Cao learned of the situation of this valley, he was overjoyed and ordered his six generals to fight against the Huanglong Department with the momentum of catching turtles.

Sure enough, the Huanglong army pursued and killed Bao Long, the deputy general of Bao Xin, and rushed to the exit of the middle of the valley and met Cao Ren and Cao Hong. Cao Hong raised his sword and killed Huanglong with just one combination. Bao Long was saved, rode his horse over, beheaded the Yellow Dragon, and handed it over to Cao Ren. Cao Ren provoked the head of the Yellow Dragon with a spear and shouted loudly: "The head of the thief has been executed, and you will not surrender if you rebel, when will you wait?" ’”

At this time, in front of the valley and behind the valley, Cao Cao and Xiahou brothers led their troops to cover up. Seeing that the leader was beheaded and had no way to escape, the Yellow Turban soldiers threw down their swords and surrendered to Cao Cao.

encircled and suppressed the first section of Huanglong, Cao Cao collected more than 10,000 remnants of Bao Xin's soldiers, and got the general Bao Long; Twenty or thirty thousand Yellow Turban soldiers were captured, and tens of thousands of Yellow Turban old and weak troops were captured.

After that, Cao Cao adopted the strategy of winning with stability and breaking them one by one, first leveling Tai'an and Boyang, then fighting Pingchang, Beihai and Changyi, and then rescuing Linzi, and finally extinguishing Le'an.

After a battle, Cao Cao's troops not only did not appear damaged, but increased from the initial 30,000 to 150,000, known as 300,000. Cao Mengde's reputation has also been greatly enhanced.

After Cao Cao's victory, he wrote a list of merits and touted Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo was so happy that he got carried away, canonized Cao Cao as the general of Zhendong, the second rank of the official residence, and moved to Yanzhou to assassinate the history. Since then, Cao Cao's power has increased in vain. At the same time, Cao Cao's ambitions increased.