The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire - Chapter 89

[Chapter 88 The Yellow Turbans]

In June of the seventh year of Guanghe, Qin Jie, the prefect of Nanyang, fought with Zhang Mancheng and beheaded Zhang Mancheng.

The Yellow Turbans replaced Zhao Hong as their commander and occupied Wancheng with more than 100,000 people.

However, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun’s army continued to attack the Yellow Turbans of Runan and Chen State, pursued Bocai to Yangzhai, and finally defeated Peng Tuo in Xihua, and Yu’s army wanted to flee to Wancheng.

However, Sun Jian entered the city first, and the crowd advanced like ants.

On the other hand, Lu Zhi smashed Zhangjiao in several battles, beheading more than 10,000 people.

Zhang Jiao could only retreat to Guangzong, and Lu Zhi would build blocks, dig trenches, and make ladders to capture the city.

When Emperor Ling sent Zuo Feng to inspect the military situation, someone advised Lu Zhi to bribe Zuo Feng, but Lu Zhi refused, so Zuo Feng falsely accused Lu Zhi of ineffective combat to Emperor Ling.

Emperor Ling was furious and used a prison cart to send Lu Zhi back to Beijing.

The capital had to issue an edict to readjust: Huangfu Song went north to Dongjun; Zhu Jun attacked Zhao Hong in Nanyang; and Dong Zhuo replaced Lu Zhi.

At the same time, the Xianling and Qiang ethnic minorities in the northern part of Liangzhou and the refugees in Fanghan, Heguan and other places also took the opportunity to rebel. They elected Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou as generals, killed the Qiang Colonel Lingzheng, and semi-coercively. Let the two local celebrities in Xiliang at that time, Bian Zhang and Han Sui, join the team.

In July, Zhong Yu had already rested his army for a month and set off again.

Wherever the army has passed this time, the resistance is even rarer. Zhong Yu’s deeds have been reported about the fact that Zhong Yu had previously sealed off a group of ministers and split the soil to seal the border.

Although dozens of noble families in Nanjun were destroyed along with this award, Zhong Yu has used his actual actions to tell all the nobles in the world that as long as he does not oppose him, then he will not treat those nobles badly.

And in order to set an example and appease, two lucky people, Cai Mao and Huang Chengyan, were awarded as kings of a country. Although there is only one county fief, it is also a country!

Think about the Zhou King’s entitlement to eight hundred princes, which country has not been passed down to him for hundreds of years, and after the country is destroyed, he can continue to survive as a noble in the victorious country.

With such a guarantee, it means that his family can inherit him for thousands of years without dying, which is more meaningful than any promise.

Therefore, although there were fewer troops on the expedition this time, he only had 50,000 troops in the two major states.

But all the way along the way is not so much a conquest, it is better to accept the city one by one.

Basically, as soon as the flag of the army arrives, all the city gates will basically open wide.

Only a few mentally disabled people will uphold and resist the loyalty of the Han family to the end.

Then you use their mere city and county power?

How long can they hold back the army?

But it took a lot of twists and turns, and it was flat in an instant.

In September, Zhong Yu’s army marched eastward to Shanyin County, the prefecture of Kuaiji County, which is already the easternmost and southernmost county in Yangzhou. As long as such a county is pacified, it means that Yangzhou has been completely included. under the rule of Zhong Yu.

Following the temptation of the governor of Kuaiji Prefecture under the feudal state of a county of Zhongyu, the prefect Wang An opened the city and surrendered, and all the officials of Kuaiji Prefecture were lined up at the gate of the city to welcome the army entering the city.

With the fall of the dragon flag at the top of the city, which symbolizes the great Han, it is unique to the Imperial Kingdom, and the red-fire-blue Li-bird flag is raised.

It completely declared that the entire Yangzhou was separated from the rule of the Han, and the Han had no place to stand in the south of the entire Yangtze River.

In the southernmost part of the entire Han Dynasty, after a few days, as Ninan County was swept away by the barbarians in the south, the country of Linyi, which was seized and established as a country, was destroyed.

The entire Jiaozhou was also conquered by Zhong Yu. At this moment, Zhong Yu’s national flag was planted all over the south of the Yangtze River, and his imperial kingdom had grown into a behemoth like the Han.

At this time, the Han Dynasty, which was already like a broken ship, finally quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion that was raging in the Central Plains after repairing it, and began to concentrate his forces and headed to Hebei to eliminate Zhang Jiao, the last spiritual leader of the Yellow Turban Army.

When Beizhong Lang took Lu Zhi to the capital because of the long-term disadvantage, he was convicted by Lingdi and returned to the capital, and handed over to Dong Zhuo to lead the northern army, but was defeated by Zhang Jiao.

The imperial court had to recruit Huangfu Song to lead the army, which had just pacified the Central Plains and had not had time to rest, to go to the north to suppress the Yellow Turbans who were being abused because they were not controlled by the Han army.

However, a dramatic scene happened. When Huangfu Song led him from all over the Han Dynasty, the county and county soldiers and the central army came to Guangzong City, only to find that the thief Zhangjiao, who was extremely fearful, had died of illness. He left his younger brother, General Zhang Liang, to guard Guangzong City with a group of mourning soldiers.

However, after Zhong Yu’s strict seal on the entire Yangtze River, the entire Han court did not know how the entire southern war was going, and thought that the entire South was actively resisting Zhong Yu’s attack.

They never believed that the Yellow Turbans that swept the entire northern Han Dynasty could not conquer the entire Central Plains in one fell swoop.

And how can the nameless forces that originated in the land of Bashu be able to quickly pacify the entire Jiangnan?

Never heard of such a thing since ancient times.

Therefore, the defense against the south was only to leave his army of 20,000 to 30,000 troops and guard them at the critical point, and he didn’t care too much.

The last essence accumulated by the great Han for hundreds of years, the more than 100,000 field troops led by Huangfu Song, were all brought to Hebei by him at this time.

Prepare to pacify the Yellow Turbans that have been ravaging the big Han for nearly a year.

After more than half a year of fighting, the Han government’s treasury, which was not rich, was completely exhausted, and there were no mice in the warehouse. It can be said that if he fought for another half a year, the finances of the entire Han Dynasty could be declared bankrupt.

Therefore, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty kept urging Huangfu Song to quell the rebellion in Hebei as soon as possible, so that the army that went on the expedition could be returned to his hometown.

However, Zhong Yu was not ready to go out at this time. All his elite troops were sent to conquer two states. They had already gone through three months of war, although there was nothing too intense.

But even if a person has been on the road for three months, his mind is very tired, so he must rest for a period of time before he can continue to fight.

He wants to wait for those troops, after a month of rest, to concentrate the troops he has recruited in the entire south, a total of 500,000 people, to go north and wipe out the entire Central Plains in one fell swoop.

Strive to pacify the entire Dahan within a year, so as to draw a perfect end to this strategy of the Three Kingdoms World.

In October, Huangfu Song defeated the Yellow Turbans and killed Zhang Liang, the general of Digong, in Guangzong City.

In November, he and the governor of Julu County, Guo Dian, murdered the general Zhang Bao in Xia Quyang County, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion was quelled.

However, just when Emperor Ling of Han thought that the world was peaceful and that no one would rebel again, a piece of bad news reached the ears of Luoyang court Liu Hong and court princes.

The Qiang people and refugees in the Liangzhou uprising had already attacked Guanzhong.

At this time, Xiliang’s more than 100,000 troopers had approached Meiyang County, Fufeng County, and after a few counties, they could reach Chang’an City and dig Liu’s ancestral tomb.

If these are still bearable, then once the entire Guanzhong is lost, there will be only one Tongguan station left in the west of Luoyang City, and the Xiliang army can attack Luoyang at any time, threatening the ruling foundation of the entire Han Dynasty.

This is unbearable for any ruler. Where you live, bandits can invade at any time, and the life of the king is threatened. Do you still expect your subjects to be loyal to the emperor?

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