In the seventh year of Guanghe in the Eastern Han Dynasty (184 AD), the eunuchs in the Han Dynasty seized power, and the relatives and eunuchs fought endlessly. In addition, natural disasters continued, and the drought and locust plague made the people miserable, the people were displaced, and the hungry people rose up to resist, all of which were strongly suppressed by the Han Dynasty. Sporadic popular uprisings failed one after another, and the Han Dynasty seemed to be as stable as Mount Tai, but only a few people could see the explosion after the apparent calm. From time to time, there was a giant deer Zhang Jiao, who was originally a doctor who helped the world, because he couldn't see the greed of the Han Dynasty, and began to secretly plot to overthrow the Han Dynasty, which lasted more than ten years, and Zhang Jiao felt that the time was ripe. So with the code of "the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, and the year is good in the world of Jiazi", he contacted the uprisings and sects everywhere, and agreed to jointly rise up in March of the year of Jiazi to overthrow the Han Dynasty. Unexpectedly, Ma Hao, a subordinate of Ma Yuanyi, a subordinate of the Taiping Sect in Luoyang, was punished by Ma Hao for insulting women, and he was resentful, betrayed the Taiping Sect, and rebelled against the Taiping Sect to He Jingao, who served in Luoyang. He Jin immediately decided to capture all the Taiping Sect disciples in Luoyang, including Ma Hao, according to the clues provided by Tang Zhou, and tortured them severely, and came to the truth that the Taiping Sect was plotting rebellion, and the leader of the rebellion pointed directly at the giant deer Zhang Jiao. He Jin entered the palace overnight and asked Emperor Ling to order a large-scale arrest of the Taiping Sect, Zhang Jiao got the news and panicked, and his brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang said to Zhang Jiao: "If the incident happens, it is better to revolt early, so as not to sit and wait for death." So Zhang Jiao urgently ordered all parts of the country to revolt immediately, and in the middle of the month, Youzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and other northern states rose up one after another. The Taiping sect members wrapped their heads in yellow scarves, attacked cities and seized cities, burned official mansions, and killed officials, and then Yuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou and other southern states and counties also appeared one after another uprisings with yellow scarves on their heads, and counties in various counties fell one after another, and more officials fled when they heard the news. In an instant, the world was in turmoil, the Beijing division was shaken, and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty urgently ordered He Jin to be the general and lead the left and right Yulin armies to defend the Beijing division. An edict was issued to lift the "party ban", and he hid money in the palace to motivate officers and soldiers, and equipped the cavalry with horses in the West Garden.

Chen Lin has not left Anyang County since the old lady died of illness three years ago and resigned, and even Chen Li and his wife have moved to live in Chenjiabao, where the old lady was old. On this day, Chen Lin went to the huge Chenjia Grange in the east of Anyang County as usual to check, this Chenjia Grange has more than 10,000 tenant farmers, and the earthen wall that surrounds it is more than a foot high, which has the taste of a small county town. Suddenly, a Chen family guard rushed to ride a horse with a sergeant who looked like an officer and soldier ran over, Chen Lin asked what was the matter, only to see the sergeant: "Chen Gongzi, the small one came from the Taishou Mansion, and the Zhao Taishou specially ordered the small one to tell the son, the giant deer Zhang Jiao rebelled, and now Youzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yangzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou, Xuzhou Dahan Eight Prefectures are full of thieves with yellow scarves on their heads, attacking and killing the rich people of the official mansion and the scholar clan everywhere, and the prince is too vigilant to be careful, and now the back of Runan is headed by Xihua County, and several counties have been captured by anti-thieves. The imperial court ordered the local private army to assist the imperial court in exterminating the rebels, and Taishou hoped that Chen Gongzi could recruit a team of township warriors to help in the war within a month. ”

After the sergeant finished speaking in one breath, Chen Lin was shocked, and muttered in his mouth: "Grandpa, the world is in chaos, Grandpa is right." After sending away the sergeant, Chen Lin lowered his head and thought for a long time, suddenly raised his head suddenly, his eyes were full of determination, and he said loudly to Huang Yan behind him: "Huang Yan, quickly order, Chen Jiazhuang will be 2,000* young and strong equipped with spears and swords, put on cloth armor, and inspect the manor day and night, so that the rest of the people in the manor will start to strengthen the village wall. At the same time, when he returned to Anyang County, he said that the Chen family recruited Xiangyong to exterminate the Taiping anti-thieves, and if they were willing to join, they would be rewarded with ten stones of grain and one tael of gold, and the second and third young masters would be notified of this matter. The five hundred guards of the young master quickly put on the light iron armor, which was the iron armor that was finally obtained, and immediately entered Anyang City with a certain person, Chen Jiabao left three hundred foot guards to protect the courtyard, and followed the master to guard the food in the fort, and three hundred Chen family guards were more than enough to protect Chenjiabao. ”

With Chen Lin's order, the Chen family began to show their superiority after many years of secret preparations, and within two days, two thousand decent foot soldiers suddenly appeared in Chenjiazhuang, which was more and more elite than the one thousand county soldiers in Anyang County. And Chen Lin asked Chen Ze and Chen to recruit the two in the county, and also recruited three hundred young people to join, and many people were young men who were the brothers of Chen Lin back then, and Zhang Ba over there also drummed out three hundred people to join Chen Lin, Chen Lin was overjoyed, thinking that the Zhang family finally decided to attach to the Chen family.

Chen Lin felt that marching and fighting was no better than fighting on the streets, and there must be a law, but now that Chen Lin is not an official soldier, it is not easy to use the laws and regulations in the army, but Chen Lin drafted a ten killing order:

Those who do not respect the order, kill

Those who don't get up will be killed

Jin Xiang does not retreat, kill

* Plunderers, kill

Rumor-mongers, kill

Those who flee without permission, kill

Collaborating with the enemy to mutiny, killing

Those who desert without permission will be killed

Barracks privateers, kill

Those who have no dignity in their eyes will be killed

Chen Lin set up a military camp outside the city, trained soldiers and horses, read the ten killing orders and the barracks aloud, and shouted three links in a row, which everyone heard. Now Chen Lin has gathered 500 cavalry guards, and recruited 300 young people, Zhang Ba brought 300, and Chen Ze Chen and Chen Zhi each had 100 guards. Chen Lin is gathering everyone to discuss in the military tent, there are Chen Ze, Chen Zhi, Lin An, Huang Yan, Zhou Cang, Gao Shun, and Cai Yang in the tent. ”

Seeing this, Gao Shun strode forward and shouted angrily: "Zhang Yuanhua, this is a military camp, not your Zhang Mansion, as soon as the ten killing orders came out, are you going to commit it, and those who have no respect and humility will be killed." Zhang Ba laughed, bit his lips with his teeth, and glanced at Gao Shun not very friendly, Gao Shun did not squint, and his face was upright. Zhang Ba looked at everyone in the tent and sat respectfully on both sides of Chen Lin, Zhang Ba is not an ignorant person, knowing that he and Chen Lin have grown up, and they are no longer the playful young men of the year, and now they are gathered here to destroy the thieves, Chen Lin has faintly revealed the posture of the master. So Zhang Ba stood up with plastic surgery and bowed to Chen Lin: "Yuanhua is late, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”

Chen Lin also clearly saw the changes in Zhang Ba's eyes, and sighed in his heart, yes, there were no worries when he was a teenager, seeing that Zhang Ba could quickly figure it out, he felt a little comforted in his heart, looked at Zhang Ba with a little joy, and motioned for him to sit down. Chen Lin looked at the people in the tent, and thought to himself that a certain Chen Bozhi was famous, so these people helped me to complete it, and the only thing that made Chen Lin feel inadequate was Cai Yang, and Cai Yang was now only a guest of Chen Lin.

Chen Lin Zhengse said: "The Taiping Sect has no king's law, openly rebelled, against the imperial court, all the ministers and righteous men in the world are brave to serve the country, a few days ago, a certain person had to obey the order, recruit the village brave, help suppress the anti-thief, this gang of anti-thieves everyone wrapped in a yellow scarf, so there is a 'golden thief'. Now that the north of Runan County has captured several cities for it, the leader Peng Tuo has gathered 100,000 people, and everyone in Runan County is terrified. In my opinion, although there are 100,000 people, most of them are ordinary people, and it is not easy to have 3,000 of the 100,000 capable fighters and good fighters. If you win, you will be vigorous, but if you lose, you will be in a panic. And the armament is not complete, although the county town has obtained some iron weapons, how can we be able to carry the righteous soldiers. ”

After Chen Lin finished speaking, Huang Yan suggested loudly: "Big young master, now that the thieves are all on my back, I can also take out five hundred foot soldiers in Chenjiazhuang and go north with the big young master." ”

When Chen Lin heard this, he thought to himself that he was right, although Chenjiazhuang is not as solid as the county seat of Dahan, presumably there will be no large number of thieves here, and it should be okay to defend it with more than 1,000 people. So Chen Lin ordered loudly: "With five hundred cavalry guards as guards, Huang Yan is the commander, and Zhou Cang is the auxiliary; Chen Zhong to Chen Shuzhi each led a hundred cavalry as a division; Zhang Yuanhua led 100 cavalry as a division, and the remaining 200 were included in the brigade; Lin Juli, Gao Shun, and Cai Zilan each led 100 people as private subordinates; Then the soldiers and horses were transferred from Chenjiazhuang, and 500 foot soldiers were gathered, led by a certain person, practiced every day, formed a formation, and went north on the same day. Chen Lin divided the three hundred people brought by Zhang Ba into two hundred at once, the two brothers, Zhang Ba, Lin An, Gao Shun, and Cai Yang only had a hundred guards, but Huang Yan led five hundred guards cavalry, which shows what status Huang Yan has in Chen Lin's heart, and even the two younger brothers can't compare.

When Huang Yan heard this, her heart was moved, and everyone couldn't help but look at Huang Yan twice. Chen Lin finished the order and said to Zhang Ba with a smile: "Yuanhua, integrate the soldiers and horses you brought into other armies, and you may accept it." Zhang Ba smiled slightly: "Bozhi is becoming more and more like the lord" After speaking, he laughed. In this way, Chen Lin's personal power will appear in front of the people in Runan and in front of the Yellow Turban Army for the first time in this form.

Chen Lin's righteous army of 1,600 people, but 1,100 are cavalry, only 500 are foot soldiers, which makes up most of the horses of the Chen and Zhang families, and now Chen Lin left less than 100 horses in Chenjiabao and Chenjiazhuang, which can only be used to run horses and send letters. After another, Chen Lin was training soldiers and horses in the military camp, fighting against Zhang Ba and others. Among them, Zhang Ba's foot combat is unique, no one is invincible, and even Cai Yang, who has unparalleled sword skills, can't beat Zhou Cang when he gets off the horse. And the horse battle is headed by Cai Yang, followed by Zhang Ba, Huang Yan is slightly inferior to Zhang Ba, but Huang Yan's arrows are sharp, and Lin An is also on par with Chen Linwu, both of them are the same as Huang Yan. And the youngest Chen Ze Chen Zhi seems to have the feeling of being behind, Chen Ze is fast, Chen Zhi is steady and orderly, which surprises Chen Lin and others.

Chen Lin's 500 guards are based on more than 300 young men in those years, not to mention loyalty, * practiced for many years to this day, can fight on horse, can shoot when dismounted, and is well-equipped. It is a fifty refining Han-style simple knife, carrying an iron bow on his back, and a long iron knife with a ring handle for horse warfare. The guards never left Chen Lin all day long, but Chen Lin's personal guard. The 500 infantry soldiers used ordinary swords and cloth armor made by the county soldiers, but they were a hundred times more spiritual than the county soldiers.

Seeing that the scale of the righteous army had been completed, Chen Lin decided to lead the army north and go to Pingxing to meet Zhao Qian.