Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Yellow Turban Rebellion
Zuo Feng's face was also full of red light, and his mouth never closed.
Dong Zhuo was also constantly flattering behind Zuo Feng, and Zuo Feng was smiling.
Jia Ronghuaxiong and a few of them also followed Dong Zhuo to send the angel all the way out of the camp, and the angel said to Dong Zhuo before leaving: "Lord Dong, please rest assured, I will definitely say more good things for the Lord in front of the Holy One, and Lord Dong will make a lot of contributions in the frontier." ”
Dong Zhuo thanked Zuo Feng vigorously.
After the angels were far away and they couldn't see their figures, Dong Zhuo's flattering expression just now immediately disappeared without a trace, replaced by his usual majestic face, and turned to the generals behind him and shouted: "Go back to the camp!" ”
Looking at Dong Zhuo's unkind face, Jia Rong knew that Dong Zhuo must also be unhappy, he was also a battlefield general, but he was constantly flattering to a eunuch, and no one could stand it.
Although Dong Zhuo was appointed as the assassin of the state, Dong Zhuo did not give up his control of his original troops, in Dong Zhuo's view, any official is false, and only the military power in his hands is the most real.
Dong Zhuo did not go to the state to serve, although he was the assassin of the state, but the Han court's war against the Qiang people did not end, the battlefield was not only Gaoping County, this time the entire Xiqiang rebellion, the Qiang people wantonly attacked the city and plundered the land on the border of the Han Dynasty, and the border people were displaced; In order to quell the rebellion against the Qiang, there were about 200,000 troops stationed on the frontier.
The Eastern Han Dynasty garrisoned troops for more than ten years for the Qiang rebellion, and the military expenditure was as high as more than 24 billion, and the financial resources of Liangzhou were exhausted by military spending.
The army was stationed on the frontier, guarding against the Qiang, and in the past ten years, the Qiang people rebelled three times, and the Han army fought with them hundreds of times, but they could not completely wipe out the Qiang; Because the Qiang people are basically cavalry, the upper horse is the soldier, the dismounted is the people, the army is very mobile, and it is difficult for the Han army to find its main force for a decisive battle.
Although the Han Dynasty also had cavalry, it was a minority after all, and officers like Dong Zhuo who were born and raised in Xiliang like Dong Zhuo, although there were not a few cavalry, they could not be compared with the Qiang people.
Thus, the war became a protracted war.
Although the frontier is in turmoil, it is an opportunity for military generals, and what military generals hope to encounter is war, and only war can make them famous; The Qiang rebellion lasted for ten years, and many famous generals were achieved, such as Huangfu Gui, Zhang Huan, and Duan Ying, all of whom were able to achieve prestige because of the Qiang rebellion.
The people who suffer the most are the people at the bottom, who not only have to send the strong men of their families to the army, but also have to complete heavy taxes every year, especially the people of Liang and Erzhou, after such a long war, the people's livelihood is withering.
In the following days, the army was stationed in Gaoping County, and every day was to constantly train people.
During this period, Jia Rong told Li Ru that he wanted to go back to Lijia Village, but Li Ru said that he could not go back until the army was completely settled down, citing the busy affairs of the army; Although Jia Rong was very dissatisfied with Li Ru's statement, he still respectfully agreed, Li Ru, he couldn't afford to provoke him.
Since the last time Li Ru talked to him, and then knew his identity, he was careful in everything he did, and even paid attention to his usual words.
couldn't go back to Lijia Village, so Jia Rong stopped thinking about it for the time being; In the subsequent training of soldiers, Jia Rong stepped up his pace, his own soldiers were very deficient compared to the soldiers of the other five departments, and their experience in battle was not as good as those hundred soldiers of other departments.
Soldiers will suffer a great loss if they do not form battle formations on the battlefield, and Jia Rong did not forget to teach the infantry battle formation training while focusing on training cavalry.
During this period, Guo Yan continued to tutor Jia Rong on the knowledge of war, and the battle formations of soldiers on the battlefield were taught to Jia Rong by Guo Yan; Jia Rong studied very seriously, although he came from the future, understood the trend of history, and had certain advantages, but for the war, he was also a beginner, after all, there was a big difference between what he learned in writing and how he used it in practice.
Although the soldiers are still young soldiers in the past, after experiencing two wars, they have grown up, and Jia Rong is also constantly increasing his training, which is more harsh than the training of later armies.
The soldiers also silently followed Jia Rong to train, and they were not disgusted by Jia Rong's behavior, they also knew that only if their own skills were strong, they could have one more chance of surviving on the battlefield, and after seeing the cruelty of war, no one would joke with their lives.
The cavalry has also made great progress under Jiang Yu's training, and after a period of hard training, Jia Rong can also make simple movements such as chopping on a fast-running horse.
Jia Rong did not return to Lijia Village in the end, and only buried his endless thoughts about Xiu'er in his heart.
The New Year's bell rang again, and it was nearly two years since Jia Rong came to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
This year, Emperor Han issued an edict to change the year name to Zhongping, and this year is the first year of Zhongping.
In the first year of Zhongping, the whole country was in drought, and the people in many places had no harvest, and the Han Emperor not only did not reduce taxes, but increased the burden on the people, because the Xiqiang War did not end, and the Han Emperor had to continue to maintain the cost of the battlefield.
The people are desperate, and the matter of changing children and eating can be seen everywhere; In order to survive, many people sold their fields to large scholars at low prices.
In February of the first year of Zhongping, Zhang Jiao, a Taiping Taoist, falsely said, "The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand; The year is in Jiazi, the world is auspicious", leading the believers to revolt, and the rebels are all wrapped in yellow scarves, so they are also called yellow turban soldiers.
Zhang Jiao founded the Taiping Sect for a long time, and he often traveled around the world to draw talismans for the people to cure diseases, and the treatment for the people was also free; He used his right to speak in the hearts of the people to divide the believers in the eight prefectures of Qing, Xu, You, Hebei, Jing, Yang, Yan, and Henan into 36 parties, with more than 10,000 people in Dafang and 6,700 people in Xiaofang, and each side set up a Qu Shuai, which was under his unified command.
Zhang Jiao called himself "General Tiangong", and his younger brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were "General Digong" and "General Rengong" respectively, leading the believers to kill the prefectures and counties.
The number of Yellow Turban soldiers increased from more than 300,000 to more than 700,000 in just one month.
Within a month, there were wars in 28 counties in seven states across the country, and the Yellow Turban Army was like a bamboo.
Emperor Han hurriedly summoned the general He Jin and asked him to organize troops to enter the passes around Luoyang, protect the Beijing division, and set up passes around Luoyang City.
At the same time, an edict was issued to let all states and counties recruit soldiers to eliminate the Yellow Turban thieves.
The news reached Gaoping City, Jia Rong was discussing with Guo Yan how to train cavalry to fight, hearing the news of the Yellow Turban Uprising, Jia Rong sighed in his heart, it was time to come, the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the first year of Zhongping broke out as recorded in history, and the life of the people will not be peaceful in the future.
Guo Yan was shocked when he heard about the Yellow Turban Uprising, he did not expect that anyone would dare to openly challenge the majesty of the Han Court.
A month later, the Han Emperor's decree came, appointing Dong Zhuo as the Zhonglang general, Hedong Taishou, and sending troops to the Yingchuan area to suppress the Yellow Turban soldiers.
Hedong Taishou is naturally more down-to-earth than Dong Zhuo's previous history of the state assassination, the history of the assassination was just a fictitious position in the Han Dynasty at this time, it is not good to say, and even the rights of the Taishou are not large; It was not until after the Yellow Turban Rebellion that the Han court established the position of state pastor (the evolved version of the history of the assassin) in order to consolidate its rule over the prefecture and county, and the history of the assassin had real power.
After Dong Zhuo received the order, he immediately reorganized the team, and named Huaxiong, Guo Yan, Niu Jin, Li Xuan, and Jia Rong as captains, commanded five departments, and sent troops to Keri.
Jia Rong also became a school captain, recalling how many ups and downs and tribulations he experienced from having nothing at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to becoming a military captain now, and now the soldiers he led have grown up, what he lacks is only the continuous training on the battlefield, and the teenagers in Lijia Village have also matured, no longer the lively teenagers who were chirping around themselves on the training ground in Lijia Village two years ago.
Three days later, Dong Zhuo led the army to the land of Yingchuan, where the activities of the Yellow Turban soldiers were rampant.
On the way to Yingchuan, Jia Rong saw that along the way, many people's houses were burned down, and the fields were also ruined and turned into barren fields.
The three armies slowly marched towards Yingchuan, and at this time, a horse galloped to the Chinese army, and the sentry turned over and dismounted, and saluted Dong Zhuo and said: "General Qiqi, the yellow turban was found ten miles ahead, and the number was about 10,000. ”
After listening to the news of the sentinel report, Dong Zhuo immediately issued an order for the three armies to stop advancing, and then summoned Hua Xiong, Guo Yan and other generals.
After the five lieutenants arrived, Dong Zhuo said: "More than 10,000 Yellow Turban thieves were found in the front, and I don't know which of the generals dared to fight and beat out the prestige of our army, so that the Yellow Turban thieves could see the power of our Xiliang Army." ”
After Hua Xiong listened to Dong Zhuo's words, he didn't think about it, and immediately stepped forward and said, "General, I am willing to go." ”
Listening to Hua Xiong's majestic and confident voice, Dong Zhuo nodded with satisfaction and said, "General Hua is worthy of being the first person in our army. ”
After receiving Dong Zhuo's praise, Hua Xiong scratched his head happily, and he didn't know where to put his hands.
Seeing Dong Zhuo's gaze looking at him, Jia Rong stepped forward and arched his hand to Dong Zhuo and said, "General, I am willing to go to my humble position, fight the yellow scarf, and raise the prestige of our army." ”
Guo Yan saw Jia Rong come forward to ask for his life, and also expressed his willingness to Dong Zhuo to face the Yellow Turban.
Dong Zhuo saw that the generals were enthusiastic, and hahadaxiao said: "With the help of the generals, it will be easy to break the yellow turban thief." ”
However, Dong Zhuo did not give an order, but asked Li Ru behind him: "I don't know what the virtuous son-in-law thinks?" ”
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