Chapter 304: Attack and Defense

In 184 AD, in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, September 21, Emperor Ling issued an edict again to grant marriage, the object is still Liu Tai, and the woman is Wang Yun's righteous daughter Ren Hongchang, only twelve years old, but it is rumored that its long country and city, even when Emperor Ling summoned Ren Hongchang, he was also fascinated by Ren Hongchang's beauty, of course, Emperor Ling is not a fool, Liu Tai wants a woman, Emperor Ling cannot rob it, otherwise, Luoyang may be destroyed by Liu Tai's anger.

In 184 A.D., in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, September 22, Bocai was killed, and the body was hung behind the Suzaku Gate, Zhang Jiao fell ill in anger, and issued an edict to posthumously seal Bocai as the king of Luoyang, and his heirs who stayed in Yizhou inherited the king of Bocai.

In 184 AD, in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, in the early morning of September 23, Jia Long commanded 500,000 troops to surround Luoyang, the army arrived in Luoyang, Jia Long immediately ordered the siege of the city, countless siege equipment were launched together, the most powerful of which was the catapult, which brought huge losses to Luoyang, Luoyang, which had just been relieved, fell into the siege again, but the difference is that there are 200,000 Qinglin army iron cavalry and 100,000 Luoyang original defenders who have just retreated into Luoyang City, and the gap between the two sides is not very big.

Moreover, Liu Tai's 290,000 army was not far behind Jia Long, (Wei Jie led the headquarters to detain the Yellow Turban prisoners to Hebei) The difference between the two sides was only two days, and if Jia Long could not capture Luoyang City within two days, he would suffer the tragic fate of being flanked from front to back.

In 184 A.D., in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, September 23, night, in just two days, Zhang Jiao's condition worsened sharply, and Zhang Jiao, who was dying, once again performed demon magic, sacrificing the essence and blood of more than 100 Yellow Turban wrestlers to continue his life for a month, but this time, Zhang Jiao was no longer able to go to the ground, and could only act with the support of the guards, or sit on the carriage and horse.

After renewing his life, Zhang Jiao immediately issued an edict to entitle Jia You as the king of Weixing County, and ordered Jia You to enter Wuguan with a large army and join Zhang Mancheng in Nanyang to conquer Luoyang. Zhang Man became the king of Nanyang County, no matter what the price was, he would annihilate or repel Sun Jian's army in a short time, and join forces with Jia You to enter Luoyang.

Jia Long was named the king of Hongnong County, and asked Jia Long to immediately lead the army to Gucheng, and Zhang Jiao's headquarters attacked Hangu Pass, and opened the west gate of Luoyang, Jia Long did not want to receive the edict, but Zhang Jiao's reputation in the Yellow Turban Army was too high, and in desperation, he could only evacuate Luoyang and rush to Gucheng to attack Hangu Pass with Zhang Jiao in Hongnong County......

In 184 A.D., in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, on September 24, Zhang Jiao raised millions of troops to personally march eastward, Dong Zhuo set up in the west of Hangu Pass Hongnong County all the checkpoints were destroyed, seeing the urgency of the situation, Huangfu Song, who withdrew from Lantian to Hongnong County, led the army into Hangu Pass overnight and joined Dong Zhuo to resist Zhang Jiao's army.

In 184 A.D., in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, on September 25, Emperor Ling ordered the general He Jin to be Liu Tai's adjutant, and granted Liu Tai full authority to control the soldiers and horses of the states and counties of the Han Dynasty. Liu Tai, who had just arrived outside Luoyang City and had not yet rested, received the holy decree and discussed with Guo Jiagong and Sun Jue and other generals, and immediately ordered Liu Chong, the king of Chen, to lead an army of 150,000 to Luyang to curb the route of Zhang Mancheng and Jia Youbei's superiors.

At the same time, Liu Tai issued an edict to Dong Zhuo and Huangfu Song, requiring Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo, no matter how bad the situation in Hangu Pass is, they must stick to wait for Liu Tai's army to come.

Of course, Liu Tai did not forget Gongsun Chan and Gongsun Du, who were still behind Zhang Jiao's lair, during this time, these two were unusually quiet, and did not make any moves behind Zhang Jiao's chrysanthemum, well, and did not say that they wanted to rebel against the court or stand on their own feet or anything, so Liu Tai gave a royal edict to the two, asking Gongsun Chan and Gongsun Du to attack Yibei immediately, and if they have the ability, it is best to take Chengdu.

In 184 A.D., in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, September 26, Yuan Kui wrote to Emperor Ling to request Emperor Ling to change the history of the state to the state pastor, in charge of the military and political power of the state and county, in case of the Yellow Turban rebellion, it can be pacified in time, and a series of benefits of the state pastor were displayed, after the Emperor Ling accepted the opinions of the hundred officials, changed the history of the state to the state pastor, and appointed Liu Bei, who had an outstanding record in Yangzhou, as the Yangzhou pastor, Liu Dai, the clan's relatives, as the Yanzhou pastor, and transferred the original Yuzhou Thorn Shi Wang Yun as the servant, Sikong Huang Wan as the Yuzhou pastor, Zhang Wenfu as the Sikong, and Jingzhou Thorn Shi Ding was originally the Jingzhou pastor, Dong Zhuo, the assassin of Liangzhou, is the pastor of Liangzhou, Han Fu is the pastor of Qingzhou, Wang Min, the former assassin of Yuzhou, who was deposed, is the pastor of Xuzhou, Liu Yan, who is still in Jinyang, is the pastor of Yizhou, and Liu Yu is the Taishou of Chengdu.

Originally, Liu Tai was going to let Liu Yan and Liu Yu enjoy their old age in peace, but Emperor Ling played this hand, and Liu Tai couldn't help but send the second elder out, because Liu Tai understood that Emperor Ling was to put Liu Yan and Liu Yu far away from the northern Xinjiang, so as to avoid Liu Tai's unscrupulous rebellion, of course, this hand was more for the court officials to see.

In 184 A.D., in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, September 28, Liu Tai wrote to Emperor Ling, asking Cao Ying, the captain of the Tiger Prison, to be the Taishou of Runan, with full authority to control the military and political power of Runan, and to recruit Zhang Bao, the puppet king who was still in Shouchun, and Emperor Ling allowed it, and because of Liu Tai's recommendation, Cao Ying became a celebrity in the court in the blink of an eye, and one of the figures of Liu Tai's party among the hundred officials.

In 184 AD, in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, at the beginning of October, Liu Tai, who had been in the military camp, had never entered Luoyang, swore in the army, and led an army of 490,000 to leave Luoyang for Hangu Pass.

In 184 A.D., in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, on the fifth day of the tenth month, 470,000 iron cavalry and 20,000 foot soldiers of the Tianci Army officially met with the 500,000 Yellow Turban Army knocking on the east side of Hangu Pass, and the battle was about to break out, but Liu Tai did not order a direct decisive battle, but set up camp in the east of the Yellow Turban Army, and did not know what to do.

In 184 AD, in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, on the sixth day of October, after resting overnight, Liu Tai sent a letter to Jia Long with private quotes, hoping that Jia Long could surrender to the Tianci army as soon as possible, ensure Jia Long's safety and the return of 500,000 Yellow Turban troops to their hometowns, or go to Hebei to settle down.

In 184 A.D., in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, on the seventh day of October, Liu Tai ordered 100,000 troops to attack the Jia Long military camp.

In 184 A.D., in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, on the eighth day of October, Zhang Jiao in the west of Hangu Pass ordered to attack Hangu Pass to death, and those who killed one enemy were rewarded with a catty, and those who attacked the city were rewarded with ten gold, and the morale of the Yellow Turban Army was greatly shaken, and the Emperor Fu Song and Dong Zhuobu of Hangu Pass suffered heavy losses, and sent documents to Liu Tai's camp for help.

In 184 A.D., in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, on the ninth day of October, Liu Tai ordered 20,000 foot soldiers to attack Jia Long's camp, Jia Long ordered the soldiers to pretend to be invincible, leading the enemy deep, and then the moat was buried by the Tianci soldiers, after the foot soldiers rushed into the camp, Jia Long personally supervised the formation, led more than 100,000 Yellow Turban troops to surround 20,000 foot soldiers, the foot soldiers suffered heavy losses, and returned to the camp under Liu Tai's 30,000 Jinyi guards, according to preliminary statistics, in this battle, the foot soldiers were killed and wounded as many as 4,000 people.

In 184 AD, in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, on the tenth day of October, Liu Tai personally led 30,000 Jinyi guards to attack Jia Long's camp at night, winning, killing more than 10,000 enemies, Jia Long, who got the news, led his troops to rescue, Liu Tai had no choice but to retreat to the headquarters camp.

In 184 A.D., in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, October 11, Guo Jiaxian planned to store water to impact Jialong's camp, Liu Taiyun, three days later, I don't know where Jialong got the news, built a stone wall in the east of the camp, and found a lot of wooden planks to wrap the stone wall, seeing that nothing could be done, Liu Tai had no choice but to divert the water away, because if the water was released, the water would be blocked by the stone wall and wooden planks, but the impact of Liu Tai's camp.

In 184 A.D., in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, October 15, Dongfang made a plan to burn the Jialong camp, Liu Taiyun, collected hundreds of barrels of fire oil from all over the country, attacked the Jia Long camp late at night, and scattered the fire oil all over the camp, but unfortunately, when the soldiers were ready to light the fire oil, the sky thundered, and the fire oil was washed away, and Liu Tai had no choice but to order the withdrawal of the troops.

Because of Liu Tai's two night attacks, Jia Long once again ordered to strictly defend and send 30,000 people to the eastern camp, but unfortunately, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army are too watery, and under the strict military discipline, even if there are many people? Jia Long is also helpless about this situation.

After a long period of defense, Jia Long also made a counterattack, on the night of October 16, Jia Long made a night attack on the Tianci military camp, but unfortunately, Jia Long underestimated the Tianci army, and the 50,000 Yellow Turban soldiers who went to the camp were wrapped in dumplings, with thousands of casualties, more than 40,000 prisoners, and less than 1,000 soldiers who escaped.

After receiving this lesson, Jia Long was not stupid, in the Yellow Turban military camp in the west, no matter how provocative the Tianci army was, he did not fight, and built the camp equipment at night, and built the camp like an iron bucket.

On the night of October 17, the day gave the army a big tent.

"Bang!"

"Bastard, a little Jia Long, actually made my army of more than 400,000 people unable to move an inch, and he was angry with this king." Liu Tai sat on the dragon-patterned soft couch with anger on his face, and threw a wine glass in his hand on the ground.

"Your Highness is angry." Guo Jia glanced around at everyone, and saw that many generals, including Zhao Yun, lowered their heads and didn't dare to make a sound, a smile hung on the corner of his mouth, and he stood up and arched his hand at Liu Tai and said: "Your Highness, Jia Long is very human, and it is impossible to defeat Jia Long by ordinary means, why don't we find another way?" ”

"Oh? What do you mean? Liu Tai calmed down his anger, just now he was only angry because the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and when he saw that Guo Jia seemed to have thought of some good way, he asked out loud.

"Actually, it's not difficult, although Jia Long has the ability, it doesn't mean that Jia Long's subordinates are all hard bones, isn't Jia Long unwilling to surrender? As the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, we can buy Jia Long's generals with a lot of money, and promise high-ranking officials, are we afraid that no one will want to? Guo Jia smiled, and after finishing speaking, he glanced at Dongfang Jue.

"Lord, this method is feasible for Master Guo." Feeling Guo Jia's gaze, Dongfang Jue nodded, got up and said to Liu Tai. Although he didn't come up with the solution himself, Dongfang Jue is also a figure with a head and a face, as long as the plan is useful, there is no need to offend people.

Liu Tai glanced at Dongfang Jue, then looked at Guo Jia, and shook his head helplessly, although the two seemed to have a good relationship, Liu Tai felt that the two had begun to wrestle in private.

(To be continued)