Chapter 63
In June of the seventh year of Guanghe, Nanyang prefect Qin Jie fought with Zhang Mancheng and beheaded Zhang Mancheng. The Yellow Turban Army changed to Zhao Hong as its commander, and occupied Wancheng with more than 100,000 people.
However, Huangfusong and Zhu Jun's army continued to attack Runan and Chen Guo's Yellow Turban, and pursued Bocai to Yangzhai, and finally defeated Peng Tuo at Xihua, and the remaining army wanted to escape to Wancheng.
But Sun Jian entered the city first, and the crowd advanced like ants, smashing the enemy army, and successfully defeated the Yellow Turban army in Yuzhou. On the other hand, Lu Zhi smashed Zhang Jiao in several battles, beheading more than ten thousand people.
Zhang Jiao had to retreat to Guangzong, and Lu Zhi built barriers, dug trenches, and made ladders to capture the city. At the time when Emperor Ling sent Zuo Feng to inspect the military situation, someone persuaded Lu Zhi to bribe Zuo Feng, but Lu Zhi refused, so Zuo Feng falsely accused Lu Zhi of ineffectiveness in fighting to Emperor Ling.
Emperor Ling was furious and sent Lu Zhi back to Beijing in a prison cart. The capital had no choice but to readjust after issuing an edict: Huangfu Song went north to Dongjun; Zhu Jun attacked Zhao Hong in Nanyang; and Dong Zhuo replaced Lu Zhi.
At the same time, Xianling, Qiang and other ethnic minorities in northern Liangzhou, as well as refugees from Fanghan and Heguan, also took the opportunity to rebel. Let Bian Zhang and Han Sui, two local celebrities in Xiliang at that time, join the group.
In July, Zhong Yu's army, which had rested for a month, set off again. Wherever the army passed this time, there was even less resistance. Before Zhong Yu sealed off the officials, the deeds of cracking the soil and sealing the border have been spread.
Although dozens of noble families in Nanjun were destroyed along with this award, Zhong Yu has used his actual actions to tell all the noble families in the world that as long as they don't oppose him, then he will not treat those noble families badly.
And in order to set an example and comfort, two lucky people, Cai Mao and Huang Chengyan, were awarded as the kings of a country. Although there is only one county fief, it is also a country!
Think about the entrustment of the king of Zhou to the eight hundred princes, which country has not been handed down to him for hundreds of years, and after the country is destroyed, it can continue to survive as a nobleman 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.
So although there are fewer troops this time, he only has 50,000 troops in the two big states. But what they pass along the way is not so much a conquest, but a acceptance of cities one by one. Basically, as soon as the flag of the army arrives, all the gates of the city will basically be opened wide.
Only a few brain-dead people will uphold and resist the loyalty of the Han Dynasty to the end. Then you use their mere power of one city and one county? How long can it stop the army? It's just a lot of twists and turns, and it's over in an instant.
In September, Zhong Yu's army's East Route Army marched to Shanyin County, Kuaiji County, which is already the easternmost and southernmost county in Yangzhou. As long as such a county is pacified, it means that Yangzhou is completely incorporated into the Under the rule of Zhong Yu.
As the governor of Kuaiji County was tempted by the closure of a county in Zhongyu, the prefect Wang An opened the city to surrender, and all the officials of Kuaiji County, large and small, lined up neatly at the gate of the city to welcome the army into the city.
Following the fall of the dragon flag at the top of the city, which is unique to the Yu Kingdom, the red fire blue bird flag rose. It completely declared that the entire Yangzhou was separated from the rule of the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty no longer had an inch of foothold in the south of the Yangtze River.
And in the southernmost part of the Han Dynasty, a few days later, as Rinan County was lost to the southern barbarians, Linyi Kingdom, which lost its founding state, was destroyed, and the entire land west of the South China Sea that had been developed by people was brought under the rule of Zhong Yu's Yuguo.
The entire Jiaozhou was subsequently conquered by Zhong Yu. At this moment, Zhong Yu's national flag was planted all over the south of the Yangtze River. His Yu Kingdom had grown into a colossus like the big man.
At this time, the Han Dynasty, which was already like a broken ship, finally put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion that was raging in the Central Plains after repairing it.
When Bei Zhonglang general Lu Zhi was unfavorable in a long battle, he was questioned by Emperor Ling and sent back to the capital, and Dong Zhuo was handed over to lead the northern army, but he was defeated by Zhang Jiao.
The imperial court had to recruit Huangfusong to lead the army that had just pacified the Central Plains and had not had time to rest to the north to suppress the Yellow Turban Army that was being abused because it was not controlled by the Han army.
However, a dramatic scene happened. When Huangfusong led the county soldiers and the central army that he had continuously drawn from all over the Han Dynasty to the city of Guangzong, he found that Zhang Jiao, the most feared thief, had died of illness. Leaving his younger brother Digong General Zhang Liang with a group of mourners to defend Guangzong City.
However, after Zhong Yu's strict blockade of the entire Yangtze River, the entire Han court did not know how the entire southern war was going, and thought that the entire southern area was actively resisting Zhong Yu's attack.
They never believed that the Yellow Turban Army that swept across the entire northern part of the Han Dynasty would not be able to conquer the entire Central Plains in one go.
And how can the unknown forces that originated in the land of Bashu quickly pacify the entire Jiangnan? Never heard of such a thing since ancient times.
Therefore, the defense of the south is just to keep his army of 20,000 to 30,000 to guard the dangerous places, and he doesn't pay too much attention to it.
The last essence accumulated by the great man for hundreds of years, the more than 100,000 field troops led by Huangfusong, were all taken to Hebei by him at this time, and he was going to put down the Yellow Turban Army that had ravaged the great man for nearly a year as soon as possible.
After more than half a year of fighting, the treasury of the Han Dynasty, which was not rich at all, had been completely exhausted, and there were no rats in the warehouse. It can be said that if he was beaten for another half a year, the finances of the entire Han Dynasty would be declared bankrupt.
Therefore, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty kept urging Huangfusong to put down the rebellion in Hebei as soon as possible, so that the troops who went out to return to their hometowns, and the money and food that flowed out like flowing water began to return.
However, Zhong Yu was not yet ready to go on an expedition at this time. All his elite troops were sent to conquer two states, and had already experienced three months of war, although there were no too intense battles.
But even if a person has been driving for three months, his mind is still very tired, so he must rest for a period of time before he can continue to fight.
He wanted to wait for those troops to recuperate for a month, then gather the 500,000 troops he had recruited in the south, and go northward to flatten the entire Central Plains in one fell swoop.
Try to calm down the entire Han Dynasty within one year, so as to draw a perfect end to my strategy of the Three Kingdoms World.
In October, Huangfu Song defeated the Yellow Turban Army and killed General Zhang Liang in Guangzong City.
In November, with Julu County Guard Guo Dian murdered General Zhang Bao in Xiaquyang County, the Yellow Turban Rebellion subsided.
However, just when Emperor Han Ling thought that the world was peaceful and no one would rebel anymore, a bad news reached the ears of Luoyang court Liu Hong and the court princes.
The Qiang people and refugees from the Liangzhou uprising have already attacked Guanzhong, and the army is approaching Chang'an, and the ancestral tomb of the Han Dynasty is about to be dug.
At this time, Xiliang's more than 100,000 pacers had already approached Meiyang County, Fufeng County. After a few more counties, they would be able to reach Chang'an City and dig Liu's ancestral grave.
If these can be tolerated, then once the entire Guanzhong is lost, there will only be one Tongguan to be stationed 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?