Chapter 36: The Yellow Turban Uprising

In the first year of Hanzhongping, in February 184 AD, Tang Zhou, a disciple of the giant deer man Zhang Jiao, went to Luoyang to report on the starry night. Speaking of the giant deer people, the Yellow Turban Taoist advocates horns, and their brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang gathered hundreds of thousands of people to rebel.

Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty was shocked and hurriedly ordered He Jin, the general of the chariot cavalry, to mobilize the five colonels of the elite Northern Army of the Beijing Division, and capture Ma Yuanyi, Zhang Jiao's disciple, in Luoyang.

When Ma Yuanyi was gathering a crowd to rebel, after being besieged by the official army, more than 1,000 Yellow Turban Sect followers, under the leadership of Ma Yuanyi, fought a fierce battle with the official army in Luoyang. Later, due to the disparity in troops, more than 1,000 Yellow Turban Sect followers were killed, and Qu Marshal Ma Yuanyi was arrested, and then the car was torn apart in Luoyang.

Liu Hong also issued an order, and He Jin, the general of the relocated cavalry, was the general, led the Yulin Army and the five schools of the Northern Army to be stationed in Luoyang, and added the captain of the Eight Passes to guard the Eight Passes.

At the same time, the edict ordered the county guards in all parts of the country to capture the leaders of the Yellow Turban Sect in each county according to the list according to Tang Zhou's secret report.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Jiao learned that Tang Zhou had informed, and immediately sent a letter to all over the country to be generous and small, and to raise the matter in advance. For a time, the Yellow Turban Beacon swept through the eight prefectures of Qing, Xu, You, Hebei, Jing, Yang, Yan and Henan in the Han Dynasty, covering dozens of counties.

The head of the Yellow Turban Doctrine Army was wrapped in a yellow cloth scarf, and the slogan "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the year is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious". Calling himself the Yellow Turban Army, the Yellow Turban Sect advocated that Jiaojiao called himself 'General Tiangong', and named his younger brother Zhang Bao as 'General Digong' and Zhang Liang as 'General Rengong'. He also named Zhang Man, the commander of the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army, as the 'divine envoy', and ordered Zhang Mancheng to lead the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army to attack Luoyang in the north.

The Yellow Turbans were numerous and powerful. They broke the government, captured and killed corrupt officials, rich and shoddy gentry, and the court shook for a while.

After Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty got revenge, Long Yan was furious. He also heard that Feng Xu and Xu Feng were the internal responses of the Yellow Turban Sect, and immediately ordered someone to hunt them down. Later, he followed the advice of the general He Jin, moved Huangfu Song to the left middle general, Zhu Jun to the right middle general, and Lu Zhi to the former middle lang general, each leading the northern army and a colonel, and tens of thousands of soldiers from various prefectures and counties crusaded against the Yellow Turban Army.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the leader of the Shi Clan, Taiwei Yuan Kui, played Liu Hong, and should relieve the party of the calamity and reactivate the party to serve the country. Liu Hong also listened to them one by one.

At this time, Zongzheng Liu Yu believed that the uprising of the Yellow Turban Army was huge, and he should order the local Taishou and Assassin Shi to recruit troops to guard it. Liu Hong also followed Liu Yan's advice and ordered each county to recruit rebels to guard the county.

Liu Yu also suggested to Liu Hong that Liu Jin, the guard of Yanmen Gate, fought bravely, and he was a member of the royal family, so it was time to contribute to the country. After the predecessor Zongzheng Liu Yan was transferred to Youzhou Assassin History, the time was not long, and there were no effective generals under him, so Liu Jin should be allowed to lead the army eastward to assist Liu Yan in quelling the rebellion.

As soon as Liu Hong heard that he was right, he issued an order, crowned Liu Jin as the general of the Zhonglang in peace, led the people of the headquarters into Youzhou, and assisted Liu Yan, the assassin of Youzhou, to conquer the Yellow Turban Army. However, the Huns took advantage of the fire to loot, and Liu Hong ordered Liu Jin to strengthen the defense of Yanmen Pass, and the army of one to two thousand people could be appropriately expanded for the garrison of Yanmen Pass.

After the eunuch who carried the decree arrived at Yanmen Pass, Liu Jin received the holy decree and ordered the troops to go out.

Over the past three years or so, Liu Jinshu has lived in Yanmen Pass, trained soldiers and horses, accumulated strength, and greatly enhanced the army's combat effectiveness.

Not only that, Liu Jin also went to the Xiongnu many times, leading the cavalry deep into the hinterland of the Xiongnu, not only training a strong cavalry, but also dealing a heavy blow to the strength of the Xiongnu Zuoxian King, Zuogu Liwang and other departments.

After more than a dozen blows, the entire Xiongnu Zuoxian King and his affiliated tribes were feared by Liu Jin's Han army like a tiger, and Liu Jin was called 'Shenweitian General' by the Huns, and he was in the limelight for a while.

By the time Liu Jin led his troops into Youzhou, it was already the middle of March in the first year of Zhongping, and 2,000 Han cavalry galloped all the way for more than 1,000 miles under the leadership of Liu Jin. The wind and dust came to the place of governance of Youzhou Thorn History, Fanyang City.

As far as the eye can see, the overwhelming Yellow Turban Army, under the command of Cheng Yuanzhi, the commander of the Youzhou Yellow Turban Army and the disciple of the great sage and mentor Zhang Jiao, is storming Fanyang City from all sides.

The 30,000 Yellow Turbans were armed with shabby knives and guns, rudimentary wooden sticks, hoes for ploughing the fields, and other things. Climbed up the head of Fanyang City along the ladder and fought fiercely with the Han army defending the city.

Fanyang City, which had only 3,000 defenders, was already in danger under the fierce onslaught of tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops who were not afraid of death. Responsible for commanding and defending the city is Youzhou, don't drive Xian Yu Yin, military Sima Yang Huai, Gao Pei.

Under the leadership of these three generals, although the situation of the Han army was precarious, it could barely hold on. After all, the weapons and armor of the Han army were much better than those of the Yellow Turban Army, which was only equipped with wooden sticks and cloth clothes, as well as a small number of knives and guns.

However, Liu Jin and the others were still far away from Fan Yang City, so they didn't really see it, and they only thought that Fan Yang City was about to break the city.

Seeing this, Liu Jin shouted: "Brothers, come with me." After three years of getting along day and night, Liu Jin's courage and Liu Jin's strategy have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the five thousand Yanmen soldiers, and they don't need too many words, all the soldiers agreed in unison, and they each urged the war horse to follow the fiery war horse, which was the belief in the god of war in their hearts, and that was the unconditional trust in Liu Jin.

The earth trembled, and the sound of violent horses' hooves came from far and near. Cheng Yuanzhi, the commander of the Youzhou Yellow Turban Army, changed his face greatly at the moment when the sound of horses' hooves broke out. He knew that this was the characteristic sound of a large cavalry charge, for he had seen cavalry in the army of the great sage.

"Enemy attack" Cheng Yuanzhi roared hoarsely, and the 20,000 Yellow Turban troops in the middle of the formation immediately became noisy when they heard this. Fortunately, the formation of the elite troops in the Yellow Turban Army, the Yellow Turban Warriors, is still complete.

The two thousand iron horsemen were like sharp arrows off the string, and they rushed into the Yellow Turban Army that had just changed their formation.

Liu Jin, who took the lead, waved the dragon halberd, and immediately cut off the three Yellow Turban sergeants who were blocking the horse, and the four hooves of the red charcoal fire dragon horse were like flying, and Liu Jin, who was carrying the horse, entered the thick Yellow Turban military formation.

The two thousand Yanmen iron horsemen who followed closely behind Liu Jin's horse in a goose-shaped formation also killed them. The sharp three-edged iron spears were swung again and again, and all the Yellow Turban soldiers who stood in front of their horses without exception were all pierced through their chests by the sharp three-edged iron spears.

The two-foot-long tip and hideous blood groove of the spear only needed a single blow to kill anyone stabbed by it. Because the triangular design and the hideous blood groove caused by the wound are so terrifying that even Lang Zhong, who is skilled in medicine, rarely dares to boast that he can save the injured in front of this kind of wound.

Cheng Yuanzhi, who is in his thirties, like all the Yellow Turban sergeants, also wears a yellow strip of cloth tied to his head, the difference is that he is wearing a pair of iron armor that he snatched from a squire's house a few days ago, which makes him stand out from the army.

Looking at the battlefield like a slaughter, Cheng Yuanzhi felt cold and frightened. In his cognition, only the cavalry under the command of the Great Sage and the Good Master was the most powerful, but it turned out that this cavalry that came out of nowhere, whether it was the equipment, the speed of the breakthrough or the means of killing the enemy, was far superior to the cavalry under the command of the Great Sage and the Good Master.

"Followers of the Great Sage and Good Master, kill all the enemies in front of you and clear the obstacles in the way of the Great Sage and Good Master", Cheng Yuanzhi shouted hoarsely, and at the same time ordered the most elite Yellow Turban wrestlers under his command to enter the battle.

Countless examples tell us that in the face of high-speed cavalry, except for the infantry with a complete formation, any infantry that rushes against the enemy will only have one end, being defeated, torn apart, or even completely annihilated.

The resistance of the Yellow Turban Army was not without fierceness, nor was it without tragedy, under the tall war horses and the hideous spears, anyone who dared to resist was without exception pierced by the spears.

However, the bravery of the Yellow Turbans is admirable. Even if many Yellow Turban soldiers were pierced by spears, they would do their best to hold on to the hideous spears with the last bit of strength in their bodies, creating opportunities for their comrades behind them to kill the enemy.

Liu Jin, who was worried about the battle situation in the city, couldn't help but secretly admire when he saw the Yellow Turban Army so brave. However, the ruthless war could not allow him to have the kindness of a woman, so he heard Liu Jin shout: "Hierro, rush up and behead that enemy general for me", Liu Jin pointed to Cheng Yuanzhi who was not far away under the handsome banner and ordered.

Geyero agreed, urged his mount, and led the two men and horses to rush forward. The huge mace in his hand smashed and swept wildly, and the Yellow Turban Army in front of the horse was not a general, that is, a stick of incense, and Gioelo led 400 well-equipped Han Army iron cavalry to kill the chaotic formation of 20,000 Yellow Turban Army.

The Yellow Turban Lux was composed of young men drawn from tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army, although there were only 5,000 people, but they were all equipped with iron weapons, such as wooden spears, Pu knives and other weapons, and their combat effectiveness was quite good.

But Gerero didn't care about this, in his eyes, it was too simple to kill this group of Han people who had just put down their hoes and farm tools, and under the wielding of his mace, these yellow turban soldiers fell into a large area.

The thrill of killing made both sides of Geerro red, and he had only one purpose in mind, and that was to kill the commander of this army.

The sound of horses' hooves was urgent, and Hierro led four hundred elite cavalry equipped with leather armor and leather vests, and easily killed the Yellow Turban Warriors Array commanded by Deng Mao.

"Kill", Hierro shouted, and led the unabated Han cavalry to rush directly in front of Cheng Yuanzhi, raising the mace in his hand.

When it fell again, the mace brought up a piece of white brains, and Cheng Yuanzhi's horrified expression did not dissipate, and he passed away with endless fear.

The Yellow Turban Army, which had lost the command of Cheng Yuanzhi, was in chaos, and the formation that had been disrupted by the Yanmen Iron Cavalry was already chaotic at this time. There were yellow figures everywhere, and some of the soldiers who had been defeated by Liu Jin's army threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground trembling and wanted to surrender.

Liu Jin, who was in a hurry, didn't look at these people, and led the regrouped cavalry to kill Fanyang City, which was still in a fierce battle. (To be continued)