Yes, according to Yu Ji and Zuo Ci.

The reason why the Yellow Turban Army was able to win successive battles at the beginning of the uprising and easily capture the big cities where heavy troops were stationed such as Nanyang and Yingchuan was that in addition to planning in advance for many years, there were a large number of believers in the city who believed in the Taiping Dao. The main reason is that before the Great Sage and Good Master hung up, there was a rather special unit in the Yellow Turban Army, which was enough to erase the disparity in force between them and the heroes of the Shi clan, as well as the disparity in force between them and the Han army composed of the backbone of the army.

This is very important.

As those families with a long bloodline that can be traced back to the era of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors of the Ancient Times, the probability of stimulating the awakening of battle qi and spiritual power is obviously much greater than that of ordinary people, not to mention, those who believe in the Taiping Tao are generally some low-level poor people who can't survive, and it is very difficult to even survive, how can they compete with those who eat and drink without worrying about physical fitness.

But on the contrary, whether it is in terms of high-end armed forces, or most of the soldiers who are cannon fodder, Taiping Dao is not weaker than others, relying on the "Yellow Turban Warrior" sacrifice method obtained from Nanhua Laoxian.

As long as the number of people who believe in Taiping Dao is large enough, it can absorb the thin lich blood and firm belief in the believers' bodies through some ritualized means, and use it to strengthen a small number of them and achieve the purpose of rapid improvement in strength. Those who are strengthened can not only become infinitely powerful and blessed by huge faith and spiritual power, but also not be afraid of ordinary sword and gun damage and battle energy attacks.

It can be imagined how powerful the Yellow Turban Army is that has been planning for many years and has accumulated thousands of Yellow Turban wrestlers.

Even if it lacks foundation, the number of high-end forces at the level of strategists and generals is scarce, and the strength can already be more. If the number is enough (more than ten), and then they form a formation, they can even block and deal with second- and third-rate generals (more powerful than the urban management troops who have trained the iron cloth shirt of the golden bell hood).

In particular, this mode of ritual enhancement is like a snowball, as time goes by, more and more believers gather, and the strength of the Yellow Turban Army will increase exponentially, until it truly sweeps the world at some point in the future.

In fact, even if at the beginning of the uprising, their number was only a few million, they still managed to coerce the Jingshi, and the world shook.

It was precisely when he saw this that Emperor Ling agreed to lift the "party scarf" policy that had been implemented for more than 20 years, and summoned the forces of the scholars scattered all over the country to fight against the Yellow Turban. I have to say that if there is no such long-planned turmoil, with the power of the Han royal family, it will still be able to barely suppress the powerful families that are ready to move in various places.

However, just like the "Wolf God Bloodline Transformation Ritual" that Nanshan encountered in the Wuhuan people's lair, although this sacrificial training method can greatly improve their strength, it has quite serious consequences for those who have absorbed the lich bloodline and belief in their bodies.

Originally, these two represent a person's roots, and if any part is missing, it will be a serious illness, not to mention that both are consumed at the same time.

As long as time passes, those Yellow Turban believers who have given all their lives will be as pale and weak as tuberculosis ghosts, and at worst they will directly fail their organs and die of mental withering.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Yellow Turban Army, which was so vigorous and invincible at the beginning of the uprising, was quickly defeated in less than a year as soon as Zhang Jiao died.

Without the Yellow Turban Lux that can replenish consumption, the remaining people can be said to be all old, weak, sick and disabled, and they are completely vulnerable in front of the officers and soldiers who have gathered the children of the wealthy family.

Of course, for Nanshan, the reason why he brought the chengguan troops over, in addition to the characteristics of not being afraid of ordinary attacks and being able to facilitate him to arrest people and keep them alive, the most critical reason is that the Yellow Turban Lux who seems to be Taipingdao is very similar to his chengguan troops, and he can use this to pretend to be some connections.

"Looks like you're very knowledgeable, you recognize it so quickly....."

Facing Zhang Rao's shocked gaze, Nanshan showed a somewhat mysterious smile.

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And when Nanshan used the relationship of "great sages and good teachers" to collect Yellow Turban refugees everywhere, the potential enemy was not idle.

In order to weaken him, a future opponent, the wealthy family represented by the Yuan family not only vetoed Liu Yu's proposal to be promoted to return to the central government in the court, but also quietly sent some people over to make trouble.

"Lord Yan Liang, now we have reached the boundary of Qinghe, and further forward is the activity range of the Qingxu Yellow Turban, according to the news from the shadows we left in Taiping Dao, this time we went out to beg for food, and there are a total of seventeen Yellow Turban Army in the direction of Jizhou, in addition to the three that we directly control, the remaining fourteen shares, and six families are oriented to us. Although these people are known as the commanders and leaders, and the number of troops under their command ranges from tens of thousands, and the number of dependent servants can even reach more than 100,000, in fact, they are almost like refugees, and they no longer want to flee everywhere under the pursuit of officers and soldiers as they are now, and constantly starve. I believe that as long as you receive the guarantee of Yuan Dagongzi, it will not be difficult to unite them and kill that guy together....."

Yes, the family side has been linked to Taiping Road for a long time.

Or it can be said that without local support and indulgence, Taiping Road would never have developed so smoothly in the early stage.

Just kidding, it doesn't cost money to cure diseases with runic water, even if the cost is less than the normal medical expenses, it will be a rather terrifying astronomical amount to be apportioned to a large number of believers. Coupled with the cost of connecting believers from all over the world, and the cost of opening the altar to preach the Fa, Zhang Jiao was able to gather millions of believers in just over 20 years.

Moreover, if it weren't for the help of these wealthy families, the court would have discovered the threat of Taiping Dao a long time ago, how could it be possible to wait until the incident was almost ready, and then hurriedly react and mobilize troops from various states to fight against the Yellow Turban. It is to take advantage of the Yellow Turban Rebellion to consume the strength of those loyal to the Han family, and then support the army to overthrow the emperor's authority that is pressing on their heads.

Even the so-called Tang Zhou whistleblower may also be that the wealthy family is worried that they will not be able to control it, and they will launch the shadows that have been buried long ago in advance, so that the Han has time to deal with it, so as not to be really taken over by the Yellow Turban Army.

Now, Yuan Shao plans to repeat his old tricks.

Not only did he send the most powerful military general under his command, Yan Liang, who was one of the four court pillars in Hebei, but also followed the strategy of the strategist Tian Feng, preparing to use some of the shadows left in Taiping Road before to set a trap, and when Nanshan thought he had gathered enough manpower, he would launch a deadly attack.