Chapter 318: Qingzhou Yellow Turban (1)
The next day, Zhuang Shaoyou convened everyone to discuss the matter, and the matter of Goguryeo was expected to be delayed for some time, but he did not expect it to end so quickly. However, the domestic political situation in Goguryeo was unstable and could change at any time, and after this battle, the sailors were greatly tempered, and the value of the fortress of Hongya Town was also reflected, but this was not enough.
Zhuang Shaoyou made up his mind to rearrange the defense of southern Liaoning, first of all, to strengthen the fortress of Hongya Town, allocate 20 million yuan to increase the wall of Hongya Town, and Zhang Sansuo's department suffered a lot of losses, recruited new soldiers in southern Liaoning, and replenished the garrison of Hongya Town with 3,000 people.
There is a large island of considerable scale in the sea less than 20 miles south of Hongya Town, called Hongya Island, there is a small harbor on the island, which is a natural harbor and can moor big ships. Zhuang Shaoyou decided to build a naval division base on Hongya Island, which was specifically responsible for maritime patrol and defense in this sea area, and temporarily dispatched a team of naval divisions to garrison it.
The situation on the peninsula was turbulent, and the southern Samhan was overwhelmed, so Zhuang Shaoyou decided to secretly support Samhan's armaments, so that he could hold out for a while longer, and then solve the affairs of the peninsula, Goguryeo, and Buyeo together, and completely eliminate the hidden dangers in Northeast Asia.
In the naval battle of Changsheng Island, the loss of the sailor was not small, but the harvest was also quite rich, many talented soldiers appeared, Zhuang Shaoyou ordered the ink to select the materials that could be made into the naval academy for training, and the training work was personally grasped by the ink, and most of the sailors temporarily stayed in southern Liaoning to rest and train.
The place of subordination.
The soldiers of the thirteenth princes besieged Luoyang in three ways, and neither side did their best in the initial battle, but only stopped confronting each other after a little temptation, and Dong Zhuo was naturally happy to see it. And the alliance of princes is because of the disunity of people, no one wants to take the lead, and use their own capital to fight Dong Zhuo, in the end, they didn't make wedding clothes for others?
The two sides held each other for half a month in Sili, and at the request of the princes of all walks of life, the alliance leader Yuan Shao had to set an example again and led the army to attack Mengjin. Yuan Shao's headquarters took the lead in retreating after the defeat in the battle, and Wang Kuang and Han Fu's men and horses also followed, causing Gongsun Zan to fight alone, and finally retreated to the north bank.
After this battle, the North Road coalition army was damaged, and its Gongsun Chan suffered the greatest loss, losing more than 2,000 elites, Gongsun Chan was extremely angry, and accused Yuan Shao of being insidious in public, but Yuan Shao ignored it, Wang Kuang and Han Fu were also the only ones who saw Yuan Shao's horse, and it was obvious that they were pulling the shelf, and Gongsun Chan was angry and waved his army to retreat.
The princes of the Thirteenth Road have already retreated all the way, and it is the road with the strongest combat effectiveness, and people are excited for a while.
Yuan Shao adopted the advice of his subordinates and decided to abandon the plan to attack Mengjin, and led more than 50,000 men and horses of the Northern Route Army to cross the river to the south and go to Suozao to join the princes of Yanzhou Seven Routes, and jointly plot to Chenggao.
At the beginning of May, Zhuang Shaoyou's four counties began to carry out this year's summer ploughing, in view of the blow of spring drought, Zhuang Shaoyou attached great importance to this summer ploughing, and vigorously cultivated new fields in the four counties.
Last year, there were 20,000 hectares of corn fields in Liaonan County, and this year, 30,000 hectares have been reclaimed, reaching 50,000 hectares. 20,000 hectares of newly reclaimed corn fields near Puyang, East County; Juye County reclaimed 30,000 hectares of corn fields, while Taishan County only reclaimed 5,000 hectares because of limited land.
In ten years, after the summer grain was planted, Zhuang Shaoyou breathed a sigh of relief, corn is more cold resistant than wheat, as long as it is not too bad a condition, the problem will not be too big! I just hope that God won't go too far and stop torturing all living beings in the world! Although this corn tastes bad, the yield is high, and the people of Qingyanzhou are all counting on it to live!
On May 10, the princes' coalition army launched an attack again after many more days, after the North Route Army and the East Route Army combined, the total strength has reached 110,000, Dong Zhuo of Luoyang was also very nervous, dispatched troops, sent the main army to Bishui Pass to guard, Chenggao's Lu Bu army and the princes immediately abandoned the city and retreated westward, returned to Bishui Pass and Dong Zhuo's army to join forces.
The alliance of princes took the opportunity to occupy Chenggao, and under the hype of Yuan Shao and his cronies, the news of the coalition's victory spread all over the world, and the prestige of the alliance leader Yuan Shao was high, and there was no difference for a while.
And Yuan Shu of the South Road was not to be outdone, and sent Sun Jian to lead the army to attack Liang County, and defeated Dong Zhuo's army again, but Liang County was not lost. Yuan Shu also sent people around to publicize his exploits and try to fight against Yuan Shao.
After this battle, the alliance of princes did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but stopped again and confronted Dong Zhuojun, while Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, drank and feasted with all the princes every day in the big tent, and kept using means to win over the world's heroes.
Zhuang Shaoyou laughed after receiving the news, a group of clowns jumping off the beam were just that!
At the end of May, the Qingzhou Division of the Intelligence Department sent news that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army was in turmoil again, attacking the city everywhere. Guan Hai, the leader of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, conquered Beihai City, Beihai Taishou Kong Rong led his troops to retreat to Duchang City, and Guan Hai led an army to besiege Duchang, known as 300,000 heavenly soldiers! Kong Rong sent messengers to ask for help in many ways, and Puyang also received a letter from Kong Rong asking for help.
If it was just Kong Rong and the Yellow Turban Army fighting, Zhuang Shaoyou would not bother to pay attention to it, but Zhuang Shaoyou was worried about Zhang Ning, so he hesitated again and again, and finally decided to send troops to Qingzhou!
Three days later, Zhuang Shaoyou, Xun You, and Huang Zhong led 15,000 infantry to Donglai County, Qingzhou, by boat.
On the first day of the first lunar month, the army landed in Huang County, Donglai County. After a day and a night of sea turbulence, the army was exhausted, and Zhuang Shaoyou ordered to rest on the spot.
Originally, I heard that there was a large army crossing, and the people nearby were panicked, and the people who had suffered from the military disasters were ready to flee with their families, but then I heard that it was General Zhuang Shaoyou from Liaodong, and the people were all happily gathered towards the Zhuang Shaoyou station in Huangxian County.
After receiving the report from his subordinates, he personally went out to the camp to pacify the people. Officials from nearby counties have fled since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and for several years, the area has been in a state of anarchy and chaos.
Zhuang Shaoyou inquired, according to the eagerness of his heart, began to sort out political affairs, took over Zhihuang County, Donglai County, and several nearby county seats, and recruited a group of scholars to manage government affairs on the spot.
Donglai government affairs sorted out a little clue, Zhuang Shaoyou led the army westward, ready to rush to Duchang to investigate, and Kong Rong received the news of Zhuang Shaoyou's troops, and immediately overjoyed, sent an envoy to Zhuang Shaoyou to praise Zhuang Shaoyou.
On the eighth night of the first month, Zhuang Shaoyou's army entered the territory of Ye County, an important town in Donglai.
The scout came to report, and there was a shout of killing in the town ten miles ahead.
Zhuang Shaoyou wanted to camp here for the night, but when he heard the scout's report, he immediately ordered the whole army to set off and rush to the town at full speed.
Half an hour later, Zhuang Shaoyou came to the outside of the town, and saw the fire flashing in the town, and the night sky was full of wailing, obviously someone was looting here.
Zhuang Shaoyou's face sank like water, and he ordered: "Huang Zhong! Ordered you to bring a brigade into the town, but there are raiders, and there will be no mercy! ”
As soon as Huang Zhong heard the joy, he immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Subordinates obey orders!" ”
Huang Zhong received the military order and ordered 2,500 soldiers to kill in the town.
An hour later, Zhuang Shaoyou stood in the center of the town, with more than a hundred captives in front of him.
Zhuang Shaoyou asked, "Who are you?" Why loot here? ”
A group of captives had already been frightened by Huang Zhong's thunderous methods, this team of men and horses saw the opportunity quickly, and hurriedly surrendered, and those who saw the opportunity slowly had already become the ghosts of Huang Zhong's bow.
A man with thief eyebrows and rat-eyed eyes stood up, looked at Zhuang Shaoyou with a flattering face, and said with a smile: "General, the younger one is the hundred captains under Vice Marshal Zhao, I don't know where the general came from?" ”
Zhuang Shaoyou snorted coldly: "Answer my question!" ”
Zhuang Shaoyou's evil aura spread out, and the centurion was so frightened that he trembled, fell to the ground softly, and said tremblingly: "The general spares his life!" The little ones are just doing what they are told! That's what everybody does! As long as the general is willing to spare the little one's life, the little one will follow the general from now on, before and after the saddle, but there is an order, never give up! The general spares his life! ”
Zhuang Shaoyou took out his sword, pointed at the centurion, and said expressionlessly: "I want to know about the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and tell me everything you know!" ”
There was a stench all around, Zhuang Shaoyou glanced at the centurion in disgust, this waste was so frightened that he peed his pants! It's disgusting!
The centurion trembled and poured out everything he knew, including all the miscellaneous gossip.
It turned out that the commander of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army was Guan Hai, but there were not many people in Guan Hai's headquarters, and there were only more than 5,000 people when he responded to Zhang Jiao's call to raise troops, most of whom were thieves in Qingzhou. Now Guan Hai claims to have 300,000 Yellow Turbans, but in fact, there are only 100,000 soldiers who can fight, and the rest are the families of the Yellow Turban Army, most of whom are old and weak, women and children, not to mention any combat effectiveness, and it is these hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses who besiege Duchang City.
Guan Hai recruited troops and horses under the banner of Zhang Jiaozhi, and collected a lot of Yellow Turban remnants and bandits. There are a total of four deputy canal marshals under Guan Hai, each of whom has 20,000 or 30,000 horses, Guan Hai's strength is the strongest, there are 30,000 descendants and horses, and the combat effectiveness is relatively strong, so he can barely hold on, but the four deputy canal marshals are generally the masters who listen to the tune and do not listen to the propaganda, and they do their own livelihood by virtue of Guan Hai's banner.
And this centurion said that Vice Marshal Zhao is one of them, Vice Marshal Zhao's name is Zhao Ri, there are 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and his strength is second only to Guan Hai, and his sphere of influence is at the junction of Donglai County and Beihai County.
During the siege of Duchang City, the Yellow Turban Army was short of food, so Zhao Ri sent his subordinates out to plunder. Zhuang Shaoyou encountered more than 1,000 people in the Yellow Turban Army, and when he was looting in the town, he was killed by Huang Zhong and his people on the spot, and the remaining 100 captives were here.
After listening to the centurion's narration, Zhuang Shaoyou returned the scabbard, and the centurion breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw this, but Zhuang Shaoyou's next words made him heart and guts broken.
"Come on, gather the people of the town, and hand these people over to the people of the town to dispose of!"