Chapter 16 Woe to the Wall

The second bloody battle between the Yellow Turban Army and the official army on the bank of the Qing River ended in the victory of the Yellow Turban Army again, the entire army of Wanguan Army was annihilated, and the generals above the rank of captain of the official military academy, including the main general Han Liang, were all killed, Emperor Ling of Han fainted directly after hearing this, and the imperial doctors were busy again and finally woke up after a while, He Jin was called into the palace by Emperor Ling and reprimanded, held back the fire in his belly, returned to the mansion and smashed countless things, beat countless subordinates, and the whole He Mansion trembled.

Dong Zhuo and Li Ru led the Xiliang army to retreat westward, and Dong Zhuo sent his right-hand man Li Su to Luoyang City with a lot of money to make friends with He Jin. He Jin was originally very annoyed by the outcome of the Battle of Qinghe, first Lu Zhi was inexplicably defeated three months ago, and then Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army and official army were defeated by nearly 100,000 people, and he wanted to deal with Dong Zhuo, but when he saw Dong Zhuo's large number of gold, silver and jewelry, he immediately stopped being annoyed.

Moreover, Li Su belittled Han Liang as worthless with his three-inch incorruptible tongue, and cried again, saying that Han Liang insisted on going his own way and did not listen to the command, and as a result, he fell into the quagmire on the bank of the Qing River, the whole army was annihilated, and Dong Zhuojun suffered heavy losses.

Dong Zhuojun actually met the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in Hulu Mountain, and there was also the young demon who was famous in Hebei, Dong Zhuojun was still fearless to launch a charge, but the Yellow Turban Army was numerous, and occupied a favorable terrain, Dong Zhuojun suffered heavy losses, had no choice but to retreat, was chased and killed all the way, and did not forget to send troops to rescue Han Liang, but it was too late, the official army was annihilated, and Dong Zhuojun took the initiative to ask for punishment!

That Han Liang was recommended by He Jin, I heard that he was very stubborn and self-serving, it seems that this is the case, and the employment is improper! He Jin asked Li Su to keep this matter secret and not to leak the rumors, Li Su naturally agreed, and in the end, in order to cover up his improper employment, He Jin only issued a reprimand order to Dong Zhuo, removed Lang from his position, and still returned to Xiliang to assassinate Shi.

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It is said that when the matter of the battle on the banks of the Qing River in the court finally calmed down, the Yellow Turban Army was arguing here, for no other reason, just won the battle and gained a lot of gains, and there was also the reorganization of the cavalry battalion, Zhang Ning strongly supported Zhuang Shaoyou to be the general of the cavalry battalion, and Zhang Jiao also agreed.

After all, the bloody battle that day was thanks to Zhuang Shaoyou's correct command, first blocking the enemy's rear road with a four-stage arrow formation twice, and then the second cavalry company assaulting and digging through the officers and troops, as well as the timely play of the attack tactics, which made the officers and soldiers confused, and they barely won the victory.

In fact, Zhang Jiao didn't know the agreement reached between Zhuang Shaoyou and Dong Zhuo and Li Ru, otherwise he should be even more grateful to him, if Dong Zhuo also led the army to attack with all his might that day, then the Yellow Turban Army would not have any possibility of victory, the strength of the Yellow Turban Army was a little stronger than its one-way journey, and in the face of two roads, there was no defeat or victory! Therefore, Zhuang Shaoyou's credit is great, Zhang Ning knows this best, but he can't explain it, so he simply doesn't explain it, and he wants to support Zhuang Shaoyou anyway.

In fact, in such a situation of the Yellow Turban Army, if you want money but no money, you want food but no food, you want beautiful women and no beautiful women, of course, if Zhang Jiao is willing to send her daughter out, it can be regarded as a big bargaining chip. The only useful reward is promotion, and the more people who are promoted to the official management, the more filial piety of his subordinates will naturally increase!

Except for the cavalry battalion of the Yellow Turban Army due to Zhang Ning's relationship, the other infantry are divided into three grades, the higher the level, the greater the privilege, those generals want to make the officers and soldiers equal, but the conditions do not allow it! If you can't eat enough, how can you be equal? Your cronies are treated the same as ordinary soldiers, why should people mess with you? Therefore, there is no material basis for equality at this stage, and we will talk about it later.

The Yellow Turban Army, the big tent of Zhang Jiao

Zhang Jiao is still wearing a yellow robe, sitting on the main seat, frowning and looking at the generals below, today Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang are also here, I heard that the battle was won here, and I brought people over, and the beautiful name said: Support friendly forces, but in fact, take advantage of the danger of others!

Zhang Bao's fat face, a pair of clever little eyes narrowed into a slit, I don't know what he was thinking, it looks like a mini version of Dong Zhuo, but although Dong Zhuo is obese, he has a strong domineering appearance, this Zhang Bao is like a businessman with a honey belly, there is always a smile on his fat face, he looks polite to everyone, he looks like a corporal of Lixian, and sits cross-legged cross-legged on the lower left side of the first case with one hand on his belly.

Zhang Liang is a thief eyebrows, thin eyes, this is the most similar to Zhang Bao, skinny and skinny, an old skin sticking to his face, a mustache on both sides, hair is oily black, he is seriously kneeling next to the desk at the bottom right, closing his eyes and recuperating, looking like a fairy wind and bones.

Zhang Ning did not take a seat, but stood behind Zhang Jiao's side, looking a little angry, and there were several other Yellow Turban Army generals in the tent, but they were all silent, as if they did not want to participate in it.

It turned out that Zhang Jiao's side won a big victory a few days ago, and the Yellow Turban Army in the entire Hebei region was invigorated and launched offensives to attack counties and counties all over Jizhou, but Zhang Jiao's troops suffered heavy losses after two bloody battles, and there were less than 50,000 people left.

Zhang Bao just saw the opportunity of Zhang Jiao's weakness, and planned to come here to fight the autumn wind, seeing that it was going to be autumn, and his brothers still couldn't eat, so he had to hurry up and buy some food, or how would he spend the winter?

Zhang Liang seems to be impartial, and he keeps persuading the two, but in fact, he is pulling the bias and helping Zhang Bao, because he also wants to make some benefits, and people will not be destroyed for themselves! The two major defeats of the officers and troops left a lot of baggage, and they also scored a piece of the pie for whatever they said.

Zhang Jiao sat on the top and said nothing, but he sighed in his heart, are these two really his brothers? It doesn't look like it, huh? Not only does it not look the same, but it also does not look like it, and it doesn't even look like it, so it is: Dragons are different? But his parents are honest farmers, and they have nothing to do with dragons, and they don't even have a dragon in their names.

Zhang Jiaoxin felt a burst of disgust, and a burst of helplessness, he knew the current situation best in his heart: what kind of virtue does the Yellow Turban Army have now? It seems that there have been many victories and unlimited scenery, but in fact, they are all back to the light, and they can't even survive this winter!

At that time, he proposed that the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou should be under unified command, coordinate operations, establish a large base area in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, manage it well, accumulate strength, survive this winter, and attack next year.

But their two brothers and the main leaders of the Yellow Turban Army did not think so, they thought that they wanted to cut their power and take away their soldiers, they resolutely disagreed, and still fought on their own, and the problem gradually became prominent since the summer, the food became less and less, and the entire original area was scraped to the ground, but there was still not enough to eat, and people starved to death every day, and ate human flesh every day.

This group of short-sighted guys, now they want to take advantage of the fire to rob, they are angry and happy, how can they make do with this group of people, and still want to seek the world? What a dream!

Just when Zhang Jiao was thinking, Zhang Bao took the lead in speaking: "Big brother, now we have just won two battles, but the damage is very great, so I think the big brother's previous suggestion is good, we should unify the command and gather the forces together to fight against the imperial court, otherwise we will be broken by each one." ”

Zhang Liang glanced at Zhang Bao and said in agreement: "Big brother, second brother he said that he has some truth, it should indeed be united, we can't be so scattered, we can remain relatively independent, but some things still have to be unified, such as grain and grass, we must be gathered and distributed in a unified manner."

Then there is the cavalry, there are 1,000 cavalry on the second brother's side, I also have 800 cavalry here, eldest brother, you still have 1,200 cavalry left, and there are a lot of war horses, we each choose some good equestrian skills to form a cavalry battalion with strong mobility, so that we can quickly support the attacked place! Everybody benefits, doesn't it?

As for the general of the cavalry battalion, Mei Niang is a girl, she is young, not very suitable for leading soldiers on the battlefield, big brother, you are such a baby daughter, in case there is a mistake, but it is not good, and the uncle does not want to see his niece have an accident, right? So you have to choose someone else. As for that Zhuang Shaoyou, I don't know where he suddenly appeared, we are not familiar with him, what if there is a problem? It's not a joke for such a big thing as the cavalry battalion, so I don't agree with Mei Niang's proposal. ”

Zhang Jiao was directly angry, when he was strong, he hid from himself, but now that his vitality is greatly damaged, these people think of uniting? Not only do you want to annex me, but also unify the grain and grass? Don't you just want to take advantage of the fire? To put it so high-soundingly, even my ace cavalry battalion is not going to let go, what a good brother of mine!

Before Zhang Jiao could speak, Zhang Ning couldn't help it, and scolded angrily: "At the beginning, my father said that everyone should act together, occupy a stable territory, and develop well, but you don't agree to live or die, but now that we have won the battle, our strength has been greatly damaged, but you have come to fight our idea?" Not only for our food, but also for the annexation of the cavalry battalions? You don't even think about it, whether my father agrees or not, I will never let you go to the cavalry battalion, and die of this heart as soon as possible! ”

"Mei Niang, where are you talking about this, it's all your own family, your father has hurt his vitality, don't you and your third uncle and I want to help out, you've said it too much!" Zhang Bao said with a calm face.

Seeing this, Zhang Liang smiled and said: "The family doesn't talk to each other, your father is the general of Tiangong, the leader of our Yellow Turban Army, can we do it if we just want to seize power?" My second uncle and I are both kind, Mei Niang, you don't want to be crooked, not to mention that you fight and kill on the battlefield all day long, who will dare to marry you in the future? ”

Zhang Ning was angry, and when he was about to refute again, he was stopped by Zhang Jiao, Zhang Jiao glanced at Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang below: "The grain and grass seized this time will be divided equally between the three of us, and the matter of the cavalry battalion will be discussed later, so be it!" After that, he closed his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Zhang Ning looked angrily at the two bastard uncles below.

Zhang Bao smiled: "Then let's do it"

Zhang Liang is also very satisfied, although he did not annex the cavalry battalion, but he also gained a lot, after all, he had to eat one bite at a time.

Big brother, he is already in the twilight, you can slowly consume with him, and the future will be long.