Ma Yuanyi, whose name is unknown, was the commander (that is, the commander-in-chief) of the Yellow Turban Army in Jingzhou and Yangzhou before the Yellow Turban Uprising. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In January of 184 AD, Ma Yuanyi was ordered by his master, that is, Zhang Jiao, the immortal master of Taiping Dao, to secretly enter Luoyang to prepare for the Yellow Turban Uprising. And there was a chance to capture Emperor Ling of Han, so as to successfully plot the dynasty and usurp the throne.

And before this, Zhang Jiao had already instructed Ma Yuanyi that he was ready to start on March 5, 184 AD, it is worth noting that 184 AD is the year of Jiazi, and March 5 is Jiazi Day, so when Zhang Jiao launched the Yellow Turban Uprising, the slogan issued was "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the year is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious."

After Ma Yuanyi entered Luoyang, he began to rebel against some of the Ten Standing Attendants, at first things went quite smoothly, and some of the Ten Standing Attendants had already agreed to Ma Yuanyi's request, after all, as mentioned above, with the physical condition of Emperor Han Ling declining, and Emperor Han Ling didn't care, he still didn't care, and he still didn't control it, so the Ten Standing Servants also began to worry that Emperor Han Ling might die one day.

So the ten permanent servants also began to seek a way back for themselves, Zhang Jiao saw through the idea of the ten permanent servants, so he dared to arrange for Ma Yuanyi to enter Luoyang to rebel against the ten permanent servants, and things went very smoothly, Feng Yu and Xu Feng and others in the ten permanent servants have accepted Ma Yuanyi's rebellion, and Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong did not explicitly agree, but also maintained contact with Ma Yuanyi, and did not report Ma Yuanyi.

However, according to relevant records, around February 15, Ma Yuanyi was suddenly reported by the same party Tang Zhou, Emperor Ling of Han was furious, and immediately ordered the arrest of Ma Yuanyi, and after being arrested in February 184 AD, he was soon sentenced to car splitting, and more than 1,000 Yellow Turban members were arrested at the same time, all of whom were killed on charges of rebellion.

It was precisely because of Ma Yuanyi's defeat that Zhang Jiao was forced to abandon his original plan and decided to start a rebellion in February early.

In Zhang Jiao's original plan, the capture of Luoyang was the most important link, and was even considered by Zhang Jiao to be the key to the success or failure of the Yellow Turban Uprising!

Although Zhang Jiao is just a peasant, he is also a little knowledgeable, he knows very well that although he has many believers, he can form a very limited combat effectiveness, plus his believers are distributed in the Han states, it seems that it is indeed a huge momentum, with many soldiers and horses, but what Zhang Jiao can really control is the soldiers and horses of his headquarters, that is, the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou, the Yellow Turban Army in other states and counties is just hanging a name, and then involving the official troops for the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou, Zhang Jiao did not expect that he could command these Yellow Turban Army to fight.

It is true that although the Yellow Turban Army was huge at the beginning, Lu Zhi, as the commander-in-chief of the official army, saw through the essence of the Yellow Turban Army at a glance, and directly led his troops to attack the main force of the Yellow Turban Army where Zhang Jiao was located.

Therefore, Zhang Jiao, who foresaw all this, knew that it was impossible to fight a long-term and protracted war with the officers and troops by relying on the troops in his hands, so Zhang Jiao formulated a perfect plan.

The first is to determine the location of the Yellow Turban Uprising, that is, Jizhou, because it is Zhang Jiao's hometown and the place where Zhang Jiao first preached, so Jizhou has the most Zhang Jiao believers, and many officials from counties, counties and counties have also become Zhang Jiao's believers, so Jizhou was selected as the base camp.

After that, Zhang Jiao arranged for his close disciple Ma Yuanyi to go out to gather believers in Jingzhou and Yangzhou, totaling tens of thousands of people and began to move towards Yecheng, preparing to join the believers in Jizhou before the Yellow Turban Uprising, and then they could revolt at the same time.

And at the same time, Changshe, Nanyang, Dongjun, Runan and other places also began to gather more Zhang Jiao believers, and began to plant a large number of believers in Luoyang City, these believers are responsible for creating public opinion at the same time, but also waiting for the Yellow Turban Uprising, when Zhang Jiao leads the army to Luoyang, they can create chaos in the city, and the inside should be combined with the outside.

Of course, Zhang Jiao also knew that it was impossible to take Luoyang City just by relying on those believers, so Zhang Jiao would let Ma Yuanyi enter Luoyang to oppose the Ten Standing Attendants, after all, the Ten Standing Servants could influence the decision-making of Emperor Han Ling, and the Ten Standing Servants also controlled a part of the forbidden army in their hands, and they could control Emperor Han Ling while the Yellow Turban Army attacked Luoyang.

It's a pity that Zhang Jiao's wishful thinking is no matter how loud he plays, no matter how thorough the plan is, he didn't expect to prevent it day and night, it is difficult to prevent thieves, and there is a traitor in the Yellow Turban Army.

This traitor is Tang Zhou.

Tang Zhou is a member of the Yellow Turban Army, some say that he is a disciple of Zhang Jiao, and some people say that he is a subordinate of Ma Yuanyi, in short, he has a certain status in the Yellow Turban Army.

That's why Zhang Jiao sent Tang Zhou to the capital as a messenger to contact Ma Yuanyi, but after Tang Zhou arrived in the capital, he rebelled, directly accused Zhang Jiao of preparing to rebel, and confessed Ma Yuanyi's whereabouts, and then betrayed all the Zhang Jiao believers in Luoyang City.

It can be said that this Tang Zhou directly destroyed Zhang Jiao's carefully planned plan, and also made the Yellow Turban Uprising, which originally had a very high success rate, destined to end in a farce.

In Liu Xin's opinion, if there was no whistleblowing from Tang Zhou, Ma Yuanyi would probably rebel against the entire Shichang Group, and as long as there were no accidents, the day Zhang Jiaobing came to Luoyang would be the time when the Han Dynasty perished.

Therefore, Liu Xin felt that if there was no whistleblowing from Tang Zhou, the success rate of the Yellow Turban Uprising would be as high as eighty percent, and the success rate of the Yellow Turban Uprising after Tang Zhou's whistleblowing was as low as one percent.

However, what makes Liu Xin the most worthy of scrutiny is why Tang Zhou chose to inform, after all, Tang Zhou also has a certain status in the Yellow Turban Army, and he can be entrusted with an important task by Zhang Jiao and selected as a messenger to contact Ma Yuanyi, which shows that Tang Zhou is not bad in Zhang Jiao's mind, at least a trustworthy person.

However, according to the records of various historical materials, such as "Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 58, Emperor Xiaoling Zhongzhong Pingnian", there is a cloud: spring, and the horned disciple Jinan Tang Zhou told him in a book. So he collected Ma Yuanyi and the car was split in Luoyang. Zhao Sangong, Si Li, the provincial direct guards and the people who have something to do with the road, killed more than 1,000 people.

Tang Zhou can be said to have directly denounced Zhang Jiao as soon as he arrived in Luoyang, and betrayed Ma Yuanyi and Zhang Jiao's believers. (To be continued.) )