Chapter 294: The Tiger Prison is in an emergency
In 184 A.D., at the end of August of Han Guanghe, 290,000 Tianci troops on the middle road finally entered Wei County after ten days of climbing mountains and wading through water, Jizhou in addition to the surrounding Xindu, the most prosperous county, and also the most important county in the eastern capital Luoyang to control Jizhou.
The county governance of Wei County is Yecheng, Yecheng is adjacent to the Yellow River, rich in resources, large population, has been designated as the national capital many times in history, is the real military and political center in the north, if it is not for the Xindu is located in the center of Jizhou, the state administration will be determined in Yecheng, of course, after the princes were divided, Yuan Shao in order to prepare for the south, also moved the military and political center of the entire Hebei to Yecheng, making Yecheng one of the most prosperous cities in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
Rebuqiu is the northeast barrier of Wei County, occupy Rebuqiu, you can enter the hinterland of Wei County, a horse Pingchuan soldiers under the rule of Ye City, the Yellow Turban Army originally stationed in the Rebuqiu got Liu Tai personally led the army to come, the thousands of people stationed in the garrison fled cleanly, of course, before escaping, they also robbed the Rebuqiu with their hands, most of the people's surplus food and some small gate valves in the family, have become children waiting to be fed, making Liu Tai depressed.
Of course, the grain and grass brought by the army is no problem to fund thousands of people and some gate lords in the city, after all, every time Liu Tai goes out to fight, he pursues the policy of the army not moving the grain and grass first, especially now that the Yellow Turban Army is raging all over the world, most of the people have been robbed by the Yellow Turban Army, and every time the Tianci Army recovers a place, it is equivalent to spending more grain and grass, which is why before going south, Liu Tai raised millions of catties of gold to collect grain and grass, because Liu Tai had seen it beforehand, this battle is not about you being strong and I am weak, It's about how to keep the people alive after recovering the lost land.
The situation in the north is okay, after all, Jizhou has always been very wealthy, but the situation in the Central Plains, Liu Tai didn't dare to think about it, because Liu Tai learned from the intelligence everywhere that if you enter the Central Plains, if you don't prepare millions of stone grains, then watch the people starve to death.
The Yellow Turban Army plundered the counties and counties, forcibly conscripted the young and strong into the army, resulting in a serious loss of young and strong people in various places, no one cultivated the cultivated land, and a piece of fertile land was wasted, in order to fill the stomach, they could only grab more and more, and the team was getting bigger and bigger, it was rumored that the Yellow Turbans in Yanzhou were nearly more than one million, and among the million people, seventy percent were old and weak women and children, if they really couldn't find food, these people would even be eaten as food, in this case, how could the Yellow Turban Army still keep the hearts of the people?
Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, in the same way, those who lose the hearts of the people lose the world, the Yellow Turban Army only cares about looting, regardless of the bad behavior of production, has completely angered people of all classes, not only the gate lord clan, including ordinary people, may rise up at any time to make the Yellow Turban rebellion, now it is only a matter of time, lack of a fuse! It is believed that as long as Liu Tai officially enters the Central Plains, the people of all parts of the country will unite to create a rebellion against the Yellow Turban Army.
The Yellow Turban Army of Wei County did not have the courage to fight against Liu Tai at all, and did not even have the courage to say hello, and after Liu Tai's army entered the Qiuqiu, he fled to the south bank of the Yellow River with pots and pans overnight, and the good name was "After participating in the Central Plains Yellow Turban Army Conference, he turned his head to deal with Liu Tai", of course, everyone understood that the Yellow Turban Army was afraid, so they fled, they didn't want to die, and they didn't want to be absorbed by Liu Tai.
In fact, it's no wonder that they are afraid of the Tianci army, after all, Cheng Yuanzhi was defeated in the hands of Liu Tai in one day, and the 700,000 "army" in Jizhou turned into ashes in a month, who dared to pinch Liu Tai's tiger whiskers? Even if Zhang Jiao was present, he didn't dare to use more than 100,000 or 200,000 soldiers and horses against Liu Tai's nearly 300,000 Youyan Iron Cavalry, right?
The Yellow Turban Army of Wei County ran away, and Jizhou nominally returned to the return of the Han Dynasty, which was the first large county to be completely recovered, and it was also the first big victory since the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, 700,000 Yellow Turban Army except for more than 100,000 people who fled in embarrassment, all of them were wiped out, and Cheng Yuanzhi, the northern stone pillar of the Dajin Dynasty, died, which brought an extremely heavy blow to the Dajin Dynasty.
The actual surname of the Ling Emperor can't take it out, and even the Chixiao Sword has been given away, is it possible to give the jade seal to Liu Tai as well? It's obviously impossible, so I got the good news that I was secretly sent to Luoyang, and Emperor Ling and the hundred officials were in trouble, how to reward them? Can't chill Liu Tai's heart, because they don't dare, now Liu Tai is the only hope of the Han, in case of offending Liu Tai, as long as Liu Tai puts some water, Luoyang will be flooded by a million Yellow Turban Army, so the hundred officials are very cautious, and they have studied and studied the issue of rewards.
In the end, Emperor Ling and Baiguan had no choice but to decide to remove the name of King Yan! Well, this is not a cutting domain, don't get me wrong, Emperor Ling and Baiguan went to the name of King Yan and gave Liu Tai a more domineering king title, how to dominate? God! Yes, the gods that the people believe in, the god-king who reigns above the gods!
What a name to admire, what a name to surrender? God-King! It is more domineering than Huang Yanjing, and it is magnificent! The most speechless thing is that this name was not thought up by others, but the person in power of the Yuan family, Yuan Kui, one of the three princes!
What is Yuan Kui's intentions? Actually came up with such a name, which makes people speechless? In fact, Yuan Kui's intentions are very simple, that is, to raise Liu Tai and hold it to the sky, as the saying goes, the higher you hold it, the more it hurts to fall! Yuan Kui thinks that he is not Liu Tai's opponent in his lifetime, but the problem is that Yuan Kui still sees that the troubled times are coming, in this case, why push Liu Tai, who is already on the cusp of the storm, up again? Push to the tip of the sword! Pushed to the eyes of the world's heroes in the future, they had to join forces to deal with Liu Tai, and they had to regard Liu Tai as a big trouble!
The old bureaucrats, the old fritters, the sinister degree of Yuan Kui's move makes people have nothing to say, a god king name, no pain or itching, has no practical benefits at all, but almost knocked Liu Tai into a place of no return! God, what is it? Even the emperor can only kowtow to the figure, but what about Liu Tai, who is known as the god king? Could it be that Emperor Ling would kowtow to Liu Tai?
Great rebellion!! Rebels and thieves!! Yuan Kui sent out a title, in fact, the biggest reason is to separate the Spirit Emperor and Liu Tai, after all, with the support of the Spirit Emperor, it is simply a fool's dream to let Liu Tai step down, and the title of a god king, at least can make the Spirit Emperor feel jealous in his heart, and it is easy to say that there is jealousy, because what the monarch is most afraid of is jealousy, because whenever the monarch is jealous of his subordinates, it is also the beginning of the endless death between the two sides.
Who was Huo Guang in the past? The abolition of the emperor was newly established, and the power leaned towards the government and the opposition, but because he was jealous of the new emperor, he ended up in the end of a family raid and extermination. Not comparable!
After all, Emperor Ling and Baiguan are not in charge of the army, and it is the general He Jin who is responsible for defending the city, He Jin is also capable, with the help of the staff, the entire Luoyang City is well organized, and a huge Luoyang City is guarded like an iron bucket, and the Bocai under the city, not to mention three months to capture Luoyang, as long as Luoyang is not chaotic inside, even if it is impossible for thirty months, of course, If the Central Plains Yellow Turban Army attacked the Tiger Prison Pass, it would be another matter, after all, millions of troops attacked the city, and it was impossible to resist without more than 200,000 people stationed there.
The West Gate of Luoyang is guarded by Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo has 200,000 Xiliang Iron Riders, so there is no problem, but what about the Tiger Prison Pass at the East Gate? The defenders of Tiger Prison Pass are only 10,000 of Cao Ying! And the Tiger Prison is densely packed with the camps of the Yellow Turban Army, how can Cao Ying defend it? How can it last so long? Could it be that Cao Ying is really a god-man?
In fact, Cao Ying's situation is very bad, worse than all the ministries, and now Cao Ying has almost reached the level of wiping his neck to commit suicide, but Cao Ying is not an ordinary person after all, and he can not be an ordinary person, although he is frightened to death, but on the surface, he is the same as always, and he is still talking and laughing at the Yellow Turban Army who are constantly attacking the city with arrows, and he is indescribably chic.
"Boom Boom Boom" Tiger Prison Pass shook for a while, under the city was the Yellow Turban Sergeant who hit the city wall with a giant tree, and the rows of giant trees broke out with a terrifying impact under the impetus of terror, making the Tiger Prison Pass constantly shaking, the strength of many people is great, the ancient saying!
Cao Ying stood at the head of the city, and his left hand was Cheng Yu, the military advisor of the Tiger Prison Pass, since Cheng Yu learned of Cao Ying's ambitions, although he did not have direct allegiance, he would usually be called the lord, a monarch, not so easy to be, at least to withstand the test of his subordinates.
Of course, Cao Ying has at least 80% of Cheng Yu's loyalty now, because Cao Ying is indeed too charming, that kind of courage in the face of danger, that kind of convincing bearing, so that Cheng Yu can't help but bow to Cao Ying many times, Cao Ying is an admirable person, at least so far, this is the case.
"My lord, the Yellow Turban Army's offensive has intensified again." Looking at the boundless Yellow Turban Army siege troops, Cheng Yu twitched his face and said loudly.
"Enhe" Cao Ying nodded, a smile hung on the corner of his mouth, and said: "Attack, attack, they won't be big tail wolves for long, and soon the Northern Xinjiang army will go south, and the million Yellow Turban Army in front of us will blink an eye."
"With a snap, it will be shattered, hehe" Cao Ying's left hand turned to the sky, opening and closing, with words, very vivid, without the slightest worry on his face, as if he was not worried at all that before the Tianci army went south, the Yellow Turban Army would be able to attack the city.
"I hope it's as my lord expected." Cheng Yu opened his mouth, nodded with a heavy face and said, in fact, Cheng Yu is not optimistic about the Tiger Prison Pass, although the Tiger Prison Pass occupies a natural risk, but Cao Ying is too passive, and he is completely beaten.
In fact, I don't blame Cao Ying, after all, after more than half a year of attrition, the original defenders of about 20,000 or 30,000 are now only seven or eight thousand, and seven or eight thousand people are still out of the city to fight with the Yellow Turban Army? Hold on when you're full!
After all, Cao Ying is not a god, and it is impossible to completely see the combat power between the two sides, in Cao Ying's view, the tiger prison defenders who are short of food and grass, insufficient soldiers, and insufficient equipment to defend the city can only hold on for four or five months at most, but now, it has lasted for more than half a year.
"Oh, by the way, Zhongde, where is King Yan's army now?" Although the imperial court changed the title, it was impossible for Cao Ying to get the news so quickly, and he still called Liu Taidao as the king of Yan.
"Wei County has been recovered by the King of Yan, I heard that the army has entered Yecheng, but during this time, it is said that the flood in the upper reaches of the Yellow River is going south, and the Yellow River section south of Wei County is flooded, I am afraid that it will take three to ten The 300,000 troops of the King of Yan can cross the river and enter Yanzhou." What Cheng Yu didn't know was that Gao Shun's 150,000 sailors had already entered Baimajin in northern Yanzhou by riding the monstrous flood, otherwise they would definitely not be so pessimistic.
"Three to ten?" Cao Ying's eyebrows jumped, and a blank look flashed in his eyes, what Cheng Yu didn't know was that Cao Ying's heart was more bottomless than anyone else, because the Tiger Prison Pass has been broken many times now, and it is unknown how long it can be held, in case Liu Tai's army goes south, it is attacked by the Central Plains Yellow Turban Army gathered in Yanzhou
"Yes, the fastest is three, the slowest is ten!" Cheng Yu is from Taishan County, which is a high land and can often observe the water of the Yellow River, knowing that every time there is a big flood, the time period when the flood has passed.
"En" Cao Ying replied slightly, weak and inaudible, looking at the Yellow Turban military camp tent stretching across the sky under the city, and sighed in his heart and thought: "Could it be that I Cao Mengde is dead?" ”
(To be continued)