Chapter 279: Zhang Jiao Becomes Emperor

In 184 AD, in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, at the end of May, Sun Jian led 6,000 soldiers and horses from the headquarters and 100,000 Jingzhou soldiers sent by Ding Yuan to attack the first Zhang Mancheng, the Yellow Turban thief in Nanyang, and even won the battle, and recovered the ten of the 36 counties of Nanyang in just over a month, and Zhang Mancheng, who was known as the "divine envoy", was also besieged in Wancheng, the situation was very good, and the name of Sun Jian's fierce tiger resounded all over the north and south of the river in just over a month.

In 184 A.D., in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, at the beginning of June, Huangfu Song burned the Yellow Turban Army outside Lantian City, broke the Yellow Turban Army in the periphery of the Qinling Mountains, and beheaded tens of thousands of thieves. And coincidentally, the god of war Lu Bu also appeared on the stage of the Han Dynasty's power struggle in early June, leading 8,000 wolves to ride north to Shangsizhou, and conquer the first enemy in life, Bocai!!

In 184 AD, in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, in mid-June, Zhu Jun attacked Zhang Bao's camp in the middle of the night in Xinxi County, Runan County, seriously injured Zhang Bao, and killed tens of thousands of enemies, Zhang Bao had no choice but to retreat to Shouchun, but at this time he returned to Runan County under the rule of Zhu Jun, it was already ten rooms and nine empty, and even many county towns became dead cities, not to mention people, not to mention a mouse.

The three-way army was overjoyed, and Emperor Ling of Han was overjoyed and even awarded rewards, of course, these rewards could not be sent to Luoyang for the time being, because Luoyang was still surrounded by 200,000 troops at this time.

Luoyang was besieged, the world was shaken, and there were countless people who wanted to be the king, but unfortunately, the officials everywhere were unable to protect themselves, and the three-way army of thieves who had the ability to go to Luoyang to rescue them could not move, because when they moved, perhaps the whole battle situation would be affected, and when the war situation collapsed, what difference did it make if Luoyang could not be saved?

Of course, there are exceptions, such as the Han clan prince Chen Wang Liu Chong, Liu Pet sealed the country in Chen, is a rare monarch in the Han family to establish a country with bravery, it is rumored that its arrow laws are not false, extraordinary into the sainthood, the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the early days of the outbreak of the Chen State, Liu Pet in his personal name, took over the actual military power of the Chen State, forcibly expelled the Yellow Turban thieves, based on the Chen State, the surrounding towns were included in the rule, and in just a few months, it had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses.

Since Bocai led the army to leave Yuzhou and stationed in Sizhou, Yuzhou has actually had a power vacuum, and the major counties and counties are only garrisoned by scattered small Yellow Turban troops, which can be said to be vulnerable at all.

After Emperor Ling sent a letter to Liu Tai in his private name, Chen Wang Liu Chong took up the name of King Qin, exhausted the army of tens of thousands of Chen State, recovered the major counties and counties of Yuzhou, and in just over a month, the whole territory of Yuzhou fell into the hands of King Chen, and after pacifying Yuzhou, King Chen looked at Sizhou, and raised 150,000 troops overnight, and sent troops to Luoyang.

Of course, King Chen did not dare to rush directly into Sizhou, after all, this is a bit rebellious, because from beginning to end, King Chen and Liu Pet did not receive the edict of Emperor Ling, if Emperor Ling did not send a letter to Liu Tai, Liu Pet may have no scruples, but since Emperor Ling sent a letter, Liu Tai may go south at any time, although Liu Pet has bravery, but he does not dare to argue with Liu Tai who is in the north of Xinjiang, in case the time comes to rush into Sizhou stupidly, so that Emperor Ling is dissatisfied, what should Emperor Ling do if he let Liu Tai accept himself?

King Chen Liu Pet raised the banner of righteousness and King Qin, Emperor Ling naturally did not have any dissatisfaction, but felt that when he was in trouble, only his own family could really trust, and after King Chen arrived in Xinzheng, he issued an edict overnight, asking people to take out of Luoyang from the tunnel and hand it over to King Chen Liu Pet.

The content of this secret letter is very simple, that is, to ask Chen Wang Liu Chong to recover all the lost counties in Sizhou behind Bocai, and to wait for the arrival of the god Marquis Liu Tai outside Luoyang City, of course, after Liu Tai arrives, Chen Wang Liu Chong will naturally be under the jurisdiction of Liu Tai.

A king, being ridden on by a marquis, will King Chen and Liu Pet be dissatisfied? No! Because Liu Pet is the Han family, or the whole world, there are few people who are loyal to the Han family, because in Liu Chong's view, everything he inherited was given by his ancestors, and Emperor Ling was the heir of his ancestors, so he was naturally the object of his loyalty, not to mention that Emperor Ling just asked Liu Pet to hand over the military power to Liu Tai, even if he killed himself on the spot, Liu Pet would not hesitate at all.

Of course, Liu Chong is still a little emotional, because Liu Tai is not only the object of worship of the Han people, but also the object of worship of the Han family, everyone hopes to expand the territory like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but no one has done it for hundreds of years, but Liu Tai has done it, and Liu Tai is an orthodox Han family member, that is to say, Liu Chong's own family, for this kind of relative, Liu Chong likes it too late, how can he resist?

Well, it's not that Liu Chong is completely satisfied with Liu Tai, although Liu Tai is a relative of the Han family, but Liu Tai's many reforms in northern Xinjiang are indeed a bit rebellious, if it weren't for Emperor Ling's not to investigate, King Chen is afraid that he would have jumped up and scolded a long time ago, don't think about it, King Chen is a strong-blooded and impulsive person, otherwise he would not have raised an army of 150,000 in the Han clan as a prince who has no military power.

Just when the situation of all parties was happy, a major event happened to the Western Route Army, that is, Lu Zhi's department, and it can even be said that it was a major event that shook the foundation of the Han Dynasty, that is, Lu Zhi was defeated, and the defeat was very miserable, and it was rumored that Lu Zhi himself was also seriously injured, and in just half a month, all the counties west of Chang'an were occupied by the Yellow Turban Army, and Chang'an City was also besieged by the Yellow Turban Army, and the water was blocked.

The siege of the city, naturally it is impossible to only besiege and not attack the county city of Shame, and even the Yellow Turban Army has gone crazy, day and night, the four cities are not empty, hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban Army are like eating aphrodisiacs, and they are not fatal to attack the city, in just three days, several gaps in Chang'an City were almost breached, and even the solid walls have a lot of cracks, which shows the madness of the siege troops.

Why are the Yellow Turbans so mad? According to the grapevine, when the county town was about to be engulfed by the fire, the sky suddenly rained a rare downpour, and the torrential rain even almost submerged the county town of Zheli, and the terrifying fire that burned originally, needless to say, was all extinguished by the sudden rainstorm, and most of the countless Yellow Turban troops who were supposed to be lost in the fire survived, and a small number of people were seriously burned by the fire, and it was impossible to go back into battle.

After this incident, they became more and more convinced that as long as they followed Zhang Jiao, they could really have a way out, so in this battle against Chang'an, the Yellow Turban Army broke out into unprecedented madness, and even they believed that as long as there was a great sage and good teacher in the rear, even if they died, they would get the immortality of their souls.

In fact, what they didn't know was that this rainstorm really relied on Zhang Jiao, because Zhang Jiao used a taboo, otherwise how could there be a torrential rain under the condition that the sky was clear at that time? After the heavy rain, Zhang Jiao's complexion recovered from his original pathological state to his heyday, and he looked more immortal, and he was fluttering between his actions, as if he could fly into an immortal at any time.

The strange thing is that since the Heavenly Sacrifice, the subduing aura on Zhang Jiao's original body has completely disappeared, and he looks like an ordinary middle-aged man, but this middle-aged man makes people feel loved and convinced from the bottom of their hearts, this is not obtained by mysterious breath, but Zhang Jiao's kind of strange effect that has been on the temple for a long time and has been rendered by others, even Zhang Jiao himself does not know.

Don't talk nonsense, at the beginning of the siege of Chang'an, Zhang Jiao supervised the battle on the rear altar of the Yellow Turban Army under the city every day, in order to ensure the attack power of the army, Zhang Jiao and even dialect, if he did not capture Chang'an City, he would not leave the altar one step, and if he captured Chang'an City, he would be on the site of Weiyang Palace, officially called the emperor and completely destroyed the Han Dynasty.

Emperor!! This is what all the generals and believers who follow Zhang Jiao want to see the most, why? Because Zhang Jiao is not called the emperor, then all the believers who follow Zhang Jiao are anti-thieves, that is, street rats that everyone shouts and beats, and once Zhang Jiao is called the emperor, then the two sides are completely equal, and the battle between countries sounds more bloody and more heart-to-heart.

Zhang Jiao understands the hearts of believers, and also understands the needs of the Yellow Turban Army, before the Heavenly Sacrifice, Zhang Jiao has been cautious, because Zhang Jiao does not want to push the entire Zhang family into a place of no return, but after the Heavenly Sacrifice, Zhang Jiao understands that even if he is careful, if the Zhang family is defeated, the end is doomed, this is inevitable, since this is the case, then why be afraid of anything?

Simply! Even if the grave will be dug up and whipped in the future, it doesn't matter, Zhang Jiao has seen through everything, so Zhang Jiao decided that as long as he broke through Chang'an City, he would officially claim the emperor in Chang'an City!

Although Chang'an City is the capital of the Han Dynasty, it has been in disrepair for a long time, and most of the materials have been transferred to Lantian and Zhili County, resulting in a lack of resources in the city.

Since it is impossible to hold on, Lu Zhi is not a person who can't think of it, in order to leave a fire for the Han Dynasty, and for the sake of his own loyalty, Lu Zhi ordered Dong Zhuo to lead 200,000 Xiliang Tie to the east to break through and rush to Luoyang to save King Qin!!

Dong Zhuo originally disagreed, but alas, the food and herbs in the city were insufficient, if the 200,000 Xiliang army stayed, it would only drag down Lu Zhi, and the creed of the cavalry was always to attack, attack, and attack again, how could they defend the city? Staying in the city is just 200,000 more mouths to eat.

In this case, Dong Zhuo can only evacuate, although he understands that as soon as he leaves, Lu Zhi can be said to have no hope of surviving at all, but Dong Zhuo can only go for the sake of his clan and for the sake of 200,000 brothers who follow him, and he has to go!

And the east is also Dong Zhuo's only way to go, because today, there is no way for Dong Zhuo to go, the official road in the northwest has long been taken away by the yellow scarf, in order to prevent the army in Chang'an City from breaking through to the northwest to Xiliang to regroup, Zhang Jiao even personally sat in the northwest direction, in this case, Dong Zhuo has any other good choice?

The cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army was too small, and under the impact of Dong Zhuo's preparation, the Yellow Turban Army was not vulnerable at all, and it can be said that the loss of men and horses was less than two or three thousand, so it went away and fled to the Xiongguan Hangu in the east, which was still in the hands of the Han Dynasty!!

Dong Zhuo led people to escape, Zhang Jiao surprisingly did not react, but ordered again, urging the army to attack Chang'an, and gave a heavy reward, as long as the first 100-person troops to attack Chang'an, everyone can receive 100 catties of gold!!

As the saying goes, money can make the devil grind, and under the heavy reward, are you still afraid of the person who has not received the reward?

The Yellow Turban Army's frenzied siege of the city one after another, on the fourth day of Dong Zhuo's 200,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry evacuation, the Han Dynasty accompanied the capital Chang'an into the hands of Zhang Jiao, but unfortunately, Lu Zhi, the commander of the Han army, did not know where to go, otherwise the ending of this war would have been more perfect.

The capture of the Xiongcheng city of Chang'an in more than ten days is a miracle, an irreproducible miracle, because under the city of Chang'an, the Yellow Turban Army fell more than 200,000 corpses, the corpses are piled up like a mountain, and the blood flows like a river, which is the best complete translation of the battle of Chang'an.

After capturing Chang'an, Zhang Jiao seemed to be unable to wait for a moment, cleaned the battlefield overnight, pulled all the corpses of the Han army in Chang'an City outside the city and burned them clean, and then summoned all the senior generals in the army, 100,000 Yellow Turban wrestlers, on the site of Chang'an Weiyang Palace, officially enthroned as emperor!!

(To be continued)