Chapter 225: alienation plan
Chapter 225: Divorce plan
Chapter 224: Divorce plan
Chen Liu, Yellow Turban Parliament Hall.
Zhang Jiao frowned and sat on the main seat with a serious face, looking at the old and new marshals below. Next to him stood a girl of about fourteen or fifteen years old. The girl had bright eyes and white teeth. , slim, smart and capable, is Zhang Jiao's biological daughter Zhang Ning.
Looking at his frowning father, a trace of distress flashed in Zhang Ning's eyes. Zhang Jiao is now the most powerful person in the world, but there is no joy at all on his face, and there is only a deep feeling on his face. of fatigue.
After thoroughly consolidating Yanzhou, Chenliu has become the political center of the Yellow Turban Army, and all government affairs from all directions are directed towards Chenliu.
Zhang Jue simply cannot handle the mountain of government affairs. In addition, Zhang Jue also has to deal with the overt and covert fights among the factions within the Yellow Turbans. A series of events have made this aging old man physically and mentally exhausted.
Zhang Jiao is now very disappointed with Huang Chao, his original favorite heir. After tasting the poison of power, Huang Chao can no longer quit. In order to ascend to the top, he goes around to win over people's hearts and consolidate his position, lest he lose power.
On the other hand, the son-in-law Xiang Yu, whom Zhang Jiao had not considered before, has become more mature and restrained since he received the assistance of the counselor Jia Guo. From now on, Xiang Yu is indeed a good candidate for Zhang Jiao's successor.
Wherever there are people, there is struggle. Now the internal fighting among the Yellow Turbans is more intense than before. It used to be a three-legged confrontation, but now it is Xiang Yu and Huang Chao who are facing each other. Hong Xiuquan also knew that he could not compete with the two, so he consciously withdrew from the competition and now became The two parties are trying hard to win over each other.
And Zhang Jiao saw all of this, and in his heart, he had no ability to organize it.
Today, Zhang Jiao's health is getting worse and worse. Both his energy and physical strength are not as good as before. Therefore, Zhang Jiao can only disperse his power and only control the overall situation.
Zhang Jiao also knew that he had worked too hard and might not live for a few more years. The internal conflicts in the Yellow Turban Army had reached an extreme point. Zhang Jiao could not imagine what the Yellow Turban would be like if he died.
And this decisive battle with the Han Dynasty is the last chance for the Yellow Turbans to transfer the contradiction to the outside world, and it is also Zhang Jiao's last chance!
“Ahem…”
Zhang Jiao coughed twice, which made most of the new and old Qu Shuai present worried. If something unexpected happened to Zhang Jiao now, the good situation that took more than a year of hard work to be formed would be disintegrated in one fell swoop.
Of course, not everyone in the Yellow Turbans wishes Zhang Jue well. Zhang Jue is like a big mountain. As long as he is around, no one dares to make the slightest move.
Seeing that he had attracted everyone's attention with his cough, Zhang Jiao laughed at himself and said lightly: "If you really care about my health, you should do less immoral things. Do you really think that I don't know what's going on below?"
Zhang Jiao's tiger eyes swept around all Qu Shuai's bodies present. Everyone's hearts trembled and their bodies tensed up, unable to move.
Seeing this, Zhang Jiao sighed and said softly: "The uprising of our Yellow Turban Army is for the benefit of the people of the world. Now that the world has not yet been decided, some scum are using the banner of our Yellow Turban Army to oppress the people wantonly. How will the people of the world view this?" My Yellow Turban Army?”
When Fang La heard this, he immediately stood up and said: "Master, my Yellow Turban strength has expanded too fast, and it is inevitable that the good and bad below will be mixed. Don't worry, whether it is corruption or power-seeking for personal gain, the disciples have been strictly investigating and will never let anyone go. The moth that ruined my reputation as a Yellow Turban!"
Zhang Jiao heard the words, and after the last beating, Fang La became much calmer, so Zhang Jiao handed over the most offensive matter of anti-corruption to Fang La.
Since Fang La took over this post, he has been selfless and tough. He has killed many people and offended many others. However, there are too many moths in the Yellow Turban, some of which are deeply hidden, and Fang La cannot kill them all!
"Don't just focus on the middle and low-level people, the high-level people must also investigate. Once discovered, we will never tolerate it!" Zhang Jiao said coldly. "No!" Fang La said solemnly.
Zhang Jiao nodded with satisfaction, and then asked: "How are the preparations for the decisive battle?"
Most of the Yellow Turban government affairs were handled by Huang Chao, and Huang Chao immediately stood up and said respectfully: "My lord, in the past five months, I, the Yellow Turban, have mobilized nearly two million people and transported a total of 18 million grain and grass to Yanzhou. Stone, enough for my Yellow Turban army of one million to fight for two years!"
Zhang Jiao nodded and continued to ask: "Xiang Yan, how is the training of the Eastern Expedition Army going?"
In order to prevent Huang Chao from monopolizing power, Zhang Jiao decentralized the affairs and handed them over to Xiang Yan.
Xiang Yan stood up unhurriedly and said with a smile on his face: "To the wise master, Yanzhou currently has a total army of one million, and we, the Yellow Turbans, have always used a combination of combat training and training that has grown in actual combat. Method, the combat power of the army is far greater than before. "
“What about the army’s change of uniform?” Zhang Jiao asked.
Although the Yellow Turban Army had a large number of people before, their equipment was terrible, and some even used wooden guns to fight.
During these five months, Zhang Jiao concentrated resources from all directions and fully armed a million-strong army in order to increase the overall combat effectiveness of the army.
“The millions of troops have been redressed, and all the soldiers have been equipped with iron weapons. There are 500,000 troops in armor, including 300,000 leather armor troops, 50,000 iron armor troops, and 50,000 cavalry!”
The ratio of soldiers to armor and equipment is already quite high. Even the Han army cannot equip everyone with armor, except of course the Yanmen army.
"Okay, okay, with such combat power, our Yellow Turban Army will definitely be able to break through Luoyang and wipe out the Han Dynasty!" Zhang Jiao laughed and asked Zhang Ning on the side: "Ning'er, you and your sister are in charge of the Taiping Guards, tell me. The current strength of the Han Dynasty!"
Zhang Ning's eyes suddenly turned into crescents when his father finally asked him. Then he thought of something and became serious again.
"Father, the current situation of the Yellow Turban is not optimistic. The Han Dynasty has gathered 400,000 troops and is in danger of eight passes. Lu Zhi has defended Hulao Pass watertight. Even if we, the Yellow Turban, have a million troops, we still want to attack Luoyang. It’s not easy in the city!”
Zhang Jiao nodded solemnly. He tried his best to hold back part of the Han army and trapped Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun to death in Yuzhou and Jizhou. However, the Han army still gathered an army of 400,000.
This 400,000 yuan may not be enough for advancement, but it is more than enough for defense, not to mention that the Han Dynasty also has Lu Zhi, a famous general who is best at defense.
“Can we only attack by force?” Zhang Jiao asked unwillingly, and all the generals also looked solemn.
Of all the battles, siege warfare is undoubtedly the most cruel. It is not easy for the Yellow Turban Army to accumulate such wealth. Everyone present does not want their sons to be wasted in siege warfare.
“In order to minimize casualties, my sister formulated a foolproof ‘division plan’ and personally sneaked into Luoyang to implement it.” Zhang Ningxin said.
(End of this chapter)