Chapter 219: The Situation in Hedong

The Yellow Turban Rebellion, which had been silent for two years, broke out again, since Zhang Jiao died in the Battle of Julu, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang died in battle, and the Yellow Turban Army fell apart. It was gradually exterminated in various places. Zhang Yan of Hebei called himself the Heavenly Master and carried the banner of the Yellow Turban Army.

As one of the 36 commanders, Guo Da was at odds with Zhang Yan, so he led his troops to Hedong County and captured Xiangling County. The soldiers settled in a valley in the northwest of the city, the big mountain on one side of the valley, the mountain and stone forest do not grow an inch of grass, from a distance, it is white, also known as the white wave valley, and more than 100,000 yellow turban soldiers are stationed in it.

To the north of Hedong County is Shangdang County, Taiyuan County, and to the west is Hexi County. To the south is Guanzhong. The location is extremely important, and it is the main thoroughfare connecting the entire state.

On the second day of the lunar month, Guo Daqin led 20,000 Yellow Turban soldiers out of Baibo Valley and attacked Jiangyi County, Hedong County, the county defenders only had more than 2,000 county soldiers, and the city was broken for two days, and Xing Ji, the Shou of Hedong County, was killed.

Guo Da entered Jiangyi County, it was a cold winter, the people in the city were unclothed, and countless people died of starvation. Mrs. Guo ordered to open a warehouse to release grain, and led troops to loot the large households in the city to relieve the people. Those who resisted were all killed, and at one time countless merchants and scholars in the city were killed.

On the sixth day of the lunar month, Guo Dalu sent Han Xian to lead 50,000 troops to attack Anyi and Wenxi. Defend against Si Li and reinforcements from Hedong County. Although Han Xian is not strong enough, he is resourceful and deeply trusted by Guo.

On the seventh day of the lunar month, Guo sent Hu Cai to lead the Yellow Turban Army with 10,000 troops to attack Fenyin and relieve the county. Another 3,000 Yellow Turban troops were dispatched to garrison on both sides of Fenshui to resist reinforcements from Zuo Fengyi's direction.

Shangdang County's Taishou Xizhi heard that the Yellow Turban Army of Hedong County had risen again, fearing that it would affect Shangdang County, so he immediately discussed with Liu Pi, the school captain, and Guan Hai. Each brought 2,000 county soldiers, Liu Pi was stationed in Yang'a County, and Guan Hai was stationed in Xi's family. Xi Zhicai personally went to Taiyuan. Report the matter to General Zhenbei.

On the tenth day of the lunar month, Guo Tai sent Yang Feng and Yu Poison to lead 5,000 Yellow Turban troops to attack Pishi and Beiqu counties.

On the twelfth day of the twelfth month of the month, Yang Feng sent the general Liu Shi to attack Puzi County, Puzi County is in the southwest corner of Hedong County, adjacent to four counties, at the junction of three counties, belongs to a small county, and has two hundred county soldiers.

Liu Shi led a thousand Yellow Turban troops to the city gate, and the county soldiers on the city wall were so frightened that they trembled timidly, and they had no intention of fighting. The county lieutenant had no choice but to go out of the city to fight it alone to save morale, but he didn't expect that Sanhe would be beheaded under the horse. Blood mixed with internal organs flowed all over the ground, and the county commander on the city wall hurriedly ordered to guard the city gate.

Liu Shi took the shield from the soldier's hand, rushed to the city gate single-handedly, and chopped it down with an axe, and the city gate shook and creaked. The archers on the city wall hurriedly shot arrows to block, and Liu Shi raised his shield to meet him and block the bow and arrows. The axe in his hand did not stop, but the three axes saw that the city gate fell to the ground, and the Puzi County Commander fainted in fright, and the rest of the county soldiers put down their weapons and surrendered, and Puzi County was broken.

Liu Shi sent troops to inform Yang Feng, while appeasing the people of Puzi County, for fear of causing panic among the people, he led troops to garrison outside the city.

On the thirteenth day of the lunar month, Yong'an County surrendered. Since then, more than half of Hedong County has fallen into the hands of Guo Da, Guo Tai while recruiting new soldiers, while strengthening the contact in all directions, Yang Feng suggested that he could get in touch with the Xiongnu and Qiang people, and discuss attacking Taiyuan County and Hexi County together in the coming year. At first, Guo Da was reluctant, after all, he united with foreign tribes to attack the Han Dynasty, and his nature changed. But he couldn't stand Yang Feng's repeated persuasion, and finally sent Yang Feng to contact the Xiongnu and Qiang people.

Yang Feng received the order and set off for Puzi County, which is west of Xihe County and south of Shangjun, which has now been occupied by the Xiongnu and Qianghu.

The two-day storm and snow slowly subsided, turning into fine snow particles, and the animals that had been hungry for two days slowly came out and poked their heads out. An old fisherman was looking for something by the river on the frozen Luo River, and seemed to reproduce the sadness of lying on the ice and begging for carp. A fast horse galloped away, and the frightened birds on the ground hurriedly flew up the branches, and a large snowflake fell from the startled tree.

The fast horse rushed to the west gate of Luoyang, holding a letter bucket high, and Hedong County reported urgently. When the soldiers at the city gate took the letter, they fell to the ground.

North Palace, Anfu Palace.

Emperor Liu Hong was lying on the bed, the imperial doctor had just left, and Zhang Rang, the ten permanent attendants, looked at Emperor Liu Hong with a worried face, for fear that there would be another accident.

Emperor Liu Hong fell in love with a concubine yesterday, so he let her go to bed, and then fainted after the morning court, and was so frightened that the ten permanent servants were in a cold sweat. Liu Hong is only thirty years old now, and it stands to reason that he is in the prime of life, but when he was young, he was extravagant and did not know how to control himself, which led to a serious deficit in qi and blood. The imperial doctor had already explained, but Emperor Liu Hong thought that he had been fine for a few months of recuperation, so this happened.

The ten permanent servants have already issued a gag order, but how can there be secrets in the palace, there are eyeliners inside and outside the palace, and the relationship is complicated. I believe that in less than half a day, the entire Luoyang City will know about it.

"I'm fine, send someone to report today's recital to the Qinzheng Palace," Liu Hong said.

In the official system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the newspapers from all over the country were first sent to Shangshutai, and the Shangshu preliminarily checked the reports and screened out important matters. It was forwarded to the emperor for approval.

"Your Majesty, you better rest more, just let the ministers deal with those reports," Zhang Rang said worriedly.

Liu Hong entered the palace at the age of twelve, and Zhang Rang took care of the diet and daily life. watched Liu Hong grow up. No different from his children, Liu Hong fell ill, and Zhang Rang was worried from the bottom of his heart.

"Let's change clothes, if there is a constant war today, I can't feel at ease if I don't watch the report," Liu Hong said. Get up and put on the dragon robe and walk out of the Anfu Palace.

Outside the Anfu Palace, a cold wind blew in his face, Liu Hong couldn't help but shiver, his pale face was a little blue, and the corners of his mouth were purple. The beard on his chin is a little gray, and his body is a little less prestigious. Liu Hong walked down the steps, the snow had stopped, the eunuch and the palace maid were cleaning the snow on the road, seeing that it was the emperor coming, he hurriedly knelt down, Liu Hong waved his hand to let them get up.

As far as the eye can see, everywhere is white, the snow covers the steps and roads, the pavilions and pavilions have also been greatly modified by the snow, the Deyang Hall in the distance is tall and majestic, but the glittering glazed tiles are gone, only the seahorse and the lion are still half of their heads.

Liu Hong walked into the Qinzheng Palace, the eunuch had already placed the brazier, the warm air made him feel a lot more comfortable, Liu Hong looked through the newspapers, all the war reports from all over the country, no good news came, Xiliang Han Sui, Ma Teng attacked Lu Zhi's camp at night, injured more than 20,000 soldiers, has withdrawn troops to Chang'an, and Huangfu Song joined forces. Only after the beginning of spring can the army be enlisted. He Miao led the army into Longxi and was ambushed by the Qiang people, and more than half of the 10,000 soldiers were killed and wounded. Zhang Yan of Hebei rebelled again in Changshan, Zhaojun, Zhongshan, Shangdang, and Hanoi, gathering millions of troops, and all parts of Jizhou responded.

Liu Hong stood up and paced back and forth, his whole mind buzzing. What's wrong with this world, so many people want to rebel. Because of what, is he too mediocre and incompetent, today's fainting made him understand that he was afraid that there was something wrong with his body, and he should have made plans early.

"What's the situation in Bingzhou?" asked Liu Hong.