Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 58

Nanyang was the hardest-hit area during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. At that time, the Yellow Turban's three major war zones were Jizhou, Yuzhou, and Jingzhou. The main battle site of Jingzhou was in Nanyang.

At that time, the Han court also responded, sending Lu Zhi to lead the main force of the Fifth Northern Army School to Jizhou to fight the main force of the Yellow Turban Army.

He also sent Huangfu Song to Yingchuan to fight against Yuzhou Yellow Turban.

Zhu Jun arrived in Nanyang.

In the process of pacifying the Yellow Turban in Nanyang, Sun Jian took the lead in the fortified battle of Wancheng, reached the top of the city, and broke through Wancheng. Only then was Zhu Junbiao as the other Sima, and gradually gained momentum.

After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the entire Yellow Turban forces fell apart due to Zhang Jiao's illness and death. The Jizhou Yellow Turbans were defeated by Huang Fusong, and most of them fled to Taihang Mountain or Qingzhou.

The Yuzhou Yellow Turban fled to the Funiu Mountain area, which is the southwestern area of ​​Yingchuan County, and later became Nanzhao County, Lushan County and other places.

And like them, the remnants of the Nanyang Yellow Turbans also escaped into the deep mountains and old forests.

Funiu Mountain and Dabie Mountain were their hiding places. Until Dong Zhuo’s rebellion, all princes from all walks of life were attacking Dong Zhuo. After no one cared about them, these talents slowly walked out of the deep mountains and invaded the northwest of Jizhou, Runan of Yuzhou and Nanyang. basin.

This time, Zhang Xiuguang's hero post was not mainly aimed at He Yi, He Man, Huang Shao, Liu Pi, Gongdu and others, but at the hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban remnants around the Nanyang Basin.

It can be said that He Yi and others are just incidental.

February 21.

Wancheng.

Under Zhang Xiu's call, a large number of leaders of the Yellow Turban Army have gathered here.

It is mid-spring, the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming and the sun is shining brightly.

There were countless horses and carriages coming and going inside and outside the city, and there was a lot of traffic, constantly rushing towards the direction of the prefect's mansion.

Unlike people like He Yi who were forced to bring all their tribes to Nanyang, the other Yellow Turban chiefs in Nanyang did not bring their tribes down the mountain, but came to have a look by themselves. information.

He Yi, He Man and the others were forced by Cao Cao to drag their families and move all the tribes here.However, the other Yellow Turban chiefs themselves were hiding in the deep mountains and old forests of Nanyang, and of course it was impossible to dispatch all out of caution.

So inside and outside the city looked lively, but in fact it was almost all part of Yingchuan and Runan Huangjin. There were more than [-] men, women, old and children, and there were about [-] to [-] soldiers, all gathered outside the city.

In the northeast of Wancheng, there is a village called Xiyangju. This is the place where Deng Feng, Liu Xiu's rebel general in the early Eastern Han Dynasty, fought with Jia Fu, one of the 28 generals of Yuntai.

Since the village was abandoned after the Nanyang Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhang Xiu asked He Yi, He Man and others to temporarily place the tribe here, and consume what they brought for food and drink first, and wait until Zhang Xiu re-divided the territory.

After getting this news, and finding out that none of the other yellow scarves had any part, He Yi, He Man, Huang Shao and others felt that they were sure of winning. More than enough.

Therefore, one by one according to Zhang Xiu's intention, the troops were placed outside the city, and he only brought a small number of personal soldiers into the city to participate in the meeting.

After noon, the agreed date arrived. Except for a few, most of the leaders of the surrounding Yellow Turban forces came, and even the Yellow Turban cottage hidden in the depths of the mountains with only a few hundred people came to share a share of the pie. event.

In the prefect's mansion, Zhang Xiugao sat in the lead, and Deng Hong and Hu Che'er sat beside him. The other leaders of the Yellow Turban Army were sorted according to their strength. He Yi, He Man, Huang Shao, Liu Pi, Gong Du and others were naturally seated front row.

Zhang Xiu looked left and right, and saw a cloud of followers below, two or thirty yellow turban generals, large and small, this was still selected, if even the cottage leaders with hundreds of people were included, there might be hundreds of them.

Except for He Yi, He Man and others, most of these people knew each other.Even He Yi and He Man, these Yingchuan Runan yellow scarves, have heard of their names even though they have never met.

After all, in the early years, the Yuzhou Yellow Turban was led by Bo Cai, and the Nanyang Yellow Turban was led by Zhang Mancheng. Yingchuan Nanyang was very close, and there was support between the two sides.

Everyone entered the hall and greeted each other.There are also those who are hostile to each other, all hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, and resources are tight. Even the Yellow Turban Army must have had friction and annexation in order to survive.

But now that they are in Zhang Xiu's territory, it is naturally impossible for them to fight under Zhang Xiu's nose. Therefore, even if there is an enmity, it will not break out for the time being, and at most they will ignore each other.

After everyone sat down according to the order of the seats, Zhang Xiu said slowly: "Everyone has already said hello and met the ceremony. Most of you know each other, but I don't know you. Why don't you introduce yourself?"

Huang Shao is the most powerful, he has a population of more than 3, and has more than 6000 soldiers under him, so he sat the first one under Zhang Xiu's right hand, when he saw the master's question, he stood up and said: "General Zhang is polite, I am Huang Shao. "

"Liu Pi."

"He Man."

"He Yi."

"Gong Du."

"Wang Qi."

"Zhao Hai."

"Lu Zhen."

"Xia Hao."

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Many Yellow Turban leaders introduced themselves one by one. These people have different forces, a total of 34 groups, with a combined strength of about 40 to [-] troops and a population of [-] million.

Although it is not comparable to the population of one million in the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans of the Black Mountain Army, it is already considered good in the environment where the Nanyang Yellow Turbans and Yuzhou Yellow Turbans have suffered heavy losses. If Cao Cao continues to invade in a few years, the number will be even smaller .

Zhang Xiu got to know each other one by one. After the introduction of the last leader, he continued: "You are all here by invitation, and everyone knows the matter. I defeated Liu Biao and occupied Nanyang, but I am in Nanyang. Without the foundation of the township party, and without the support of the big clan, the power is weak and cannot last long, so I invite you to come here and occupy Nanyang together, what do you think?"

"Naturally, we are all from Nanyang, and we all have township parties and roots here. It's just that the imperial court has suppressed them all these years, so we can't escape into the mountains. Now that the general has come to Nanyang, if we support him, he will surely be like a fish in the water. Shui Ye, we can return to our hometown, and the general can stay in Nanyang for a long time."

"Yes, Nanyang is the place where Guangwu and Longxing flourished. There is a lot of land, and the population once reached more than [-] households. It is rich in Jingzhou. If you can get Nanyang, you can go south to take Jingzhou. I very much welcome the general to occupy here. Let's unite to discuss Liu Biao."

"I agree."

"I agree, I can finally come out of the mountains."

He Yi, He Man and other Yingchuan Runan Yellow Turbans hadn't spoken yet, but most of the Nanyang Yellow Turbans agreed with Zhang Xiu's opinion.

Among them, there are also those who have read a few sentences a little bit, and they can still say "like swimming in water".

Many people think that Liu Bei said this when he met Kong Ming, but it is actually a proverb in the Han Dynasty. As early as in the Qin Dynasty, Li Si wrote it in the article "Using the Brush", and the Han people themselves often said it.

The main reason why they agreed one after another was that Nanyang yellow scarves were not very good.

Although entrenched in the Funiu Mountains and Dabie Mountains, Liu Biao's troops beat him to the ground and ran away. He only dared to go down the mountain to plunder villages occasionally on weekdays, and did not dare to appear in the Nanyang Basin openly.

Now that Zhang Xiu has defeated Liu Biao, they will be able to come out of the deep mountains, just like the demons in hell can return to the world, so naturally they all agree.

More importantly, their strength is actually not strong. There are two to 3000 soldiers and horses, and there are only a few hundred or even dozens of people. Even if they are attached to Zhang Xiu, it is nothing. It is better than staying in the mountains The old forest is much stronger.

Seeing that all but a few powerful leaders agreed to the conditions, Zhang Xiu laughed and said, "Since everyone is willing to come out of the mountain, that's great, but as the saying goes, a group of dragons cannot be leaderless, I think you should recommend One person, as the leader, what do you think?"

Most of the people's expressions were as usual, only a few leaders such as He Yi and He Man changed their expressions slightly.

Liu Pi forced a smile on his face and said, "General Zhang, I remember when you invited us to come, you said that we should rule Nanyang together. Why is it now that you want to elect a leader?"

Zhang Xiu said displeasedly: "Boss Liu, this Nanyang was brought down by me, and Liu Biao may come back at any time. Although I invited you to defend Nanyang, do you still want to be defeated by Liu Biao again and go back there?" Are you panicking like a guinea pig in an old forest deep in the mountains?"

"Of course I don't want to."

someone said.

Zhang Xiu spread his hands: "That's it. You are also from the Yellow Turbans. The reason why the Yellow Turbans failed was because of the lack of unity of command. I didn't want to take this opportunity to annex your troops. I just wanted to fight against Liu Biao. If there is no unified command, how can things be done? At that time, they will be defeated one by one by him, and everyone will still have to flee back to the mountains."

"The general is right. I am willing to recommend the general as the leader."

Immediately said cleverly.

"I would too."

"I agree."

"I'm OK."

More than a dozen leaders of the Nanyang Yellow Turbans stood up to express their views.

He Yi, He Man and the others did not look very good.

Because in their eyes, these Nanyang yellow turbans are shabby and settled. They are not as strong as their family. The population is hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

But what about them?

Each has tens of thousands of horses, although the actual strength is only a few thousand.But Zhang Xiu only has 8000 to [-] people, and they add up to [-] to [-]. Why should they listen to Zhang Xiu's orders?
Therefore, electing a leader to be commanded by others is the last thing they want to do. They would rather occupy one or two county towns to stand on their own, and they don't want to stay under Zhang Xiu's command.

For a moment, several people all looked at Gong Du. If he hadn't persuaded everyone to come to Nanyang, how could they have just left the tiger's den and entered the wolf's den?
"Hahahahaha."

Zhang Xiu laughed and said: "Since everyone loves you, then I will be disrespectful. It is not because I am greedy for power that I want to be the leader, but it is still the same sentence, if there is no unified command, how can I defeat Liu Biao? As long as everyone unites together, we will be the leader." Resist Liu Biao, and when Jingzhou is captured in the future, I will represent you as court officials."

"Let's get rid of this."

He Man had the worst temper, and said in a cold voice, "I haven't promised you to be the leader yet."

"I didn't agree either."

It was rare for He Yi to stand by He Man at this moment.

Liu Pi and Huang Shao looked at each other, stood up and said: "General Zhang, at the beginning it was clearly agreed that we would rule Nanyang together, but now you look at your posture, it seems that you want to annex us, forgive us for being difficult."

Only Gong Du's strength is the worst, he has less than [-] soldiers, and only one or two thousand soldiers who can fight, so he is very serious about relying on Zhang Xiu.

"Everyone should think clearly."

The soldiers sent by Zhang Xiu to deliver letters had been to Yingchuan, so they naturally knew that they were chased to nowhere by Cao Cao, so they immediately sneered and said, "You were sent to Nanyang by Cao Cao. I am against you, against the leaders of the Yellow Turbans in Nanyang, either you go back to Runan and fight Cao Cao to the death, or you don’t leave.”

"Is the general threatening me to wait?"

He Man said furiously.

"It's not a threat, I'm just stating a fact."

Zhang Xiu said coldly: "Nanyang was bought by my uncle with his life. Why do you think that I will give it to you for nothing? It is a good thing for everyone to unite. If you want to stand on your own, then leave Nanyang. You are not welcome here."

Leaving Nanyang?

Everyone looked at each other, and they could all see the murderous intent in each other's eyes.

joke.

Can't beat Cao Cao, who has 1 to [-] troops, and Zhang Xiu, who has less than [-] troops?
At that moment Liu Pi cupped his hands and said: "In that case, I will take my leave. This time we will leave Nanyang and go back to Runan. General Zhang will leave here."

"It's good to leave."

Zhang Xiu said lightly.

He Yi, He Man and others turned around and left.

After waiting for them to leave, the leader of the Nanyang Yellow Turban said: "General, why let them go? Their soldiers and horses are just outside the city. What if they attack the city suddenly? It's better to kill them on the spot. Annex them."

"That's right, General. Those Yuzhou Yellow Turbans think they are powerful and have always looked down on us. Now that the General occupies Nanyang, how can they be shackled by them?"

"General, please give an order, I will fight out immediately and capture them."

At present, many Nanyang Yellow Turban leaders suddenly showed their sense of ownership. The main reason is that they are willing to attach themselves to Zhang Xiu. After all, they have been beaten by Liu Biao before, and they know how powerful Liu Biao is.

Now that Zhang Xiu has defeated Liu Biao, he is obviously a werewolf who is more ruthless than Liu Biao, and being attached to him is only good but not bad.

However, Zhang Xiu sneered and said: "It's okay, I have my own opinion. Don't be afraid, everyone. My Xiliang army is invincible in the wild. I have never been afraid of anyone. Since everyone is willing to serve me as the master, please go back and count the roster. The members of Dingkou brought them down the mountain so that I can resettle them on the spot."

"Okay, I'll go back now."

"General Zhang, please wait for our good news."

"let's go."

Many Nanyang Yellow Turban chiefs responded one after another, preparing to go back to the mountains to make plans.

They were also fed up with the days of hiding in Tibet. They were not strong in the first place, and they were bullied every day in the past. Now they have a ruthless big brother to protect them, so naturally they all agree.

And just when many Nanyang Yellow Turban leaders were planning to attach themselves to Zhang Xiu, at this time He Yi, He Man and others went straight to Xiyangju after leaving the city.

Hundreds of war horses galloped along the road, and when they got out of the city, a few people breathed a sigh of relief and slowed down to discuss with each other.

"What do you think?"

Liu Pi asked.

He Yi showed a meaningful smile: "What do you think?"

"It seems that everyone thinks so."

Huang Shao smiled.

Only Gong Du hesitated and said: "I heard that the Xiliang army is powerful, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with."

"What are you afraid of? He only has a few thousand people. We have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Are we still afraid of him?" He Man said nonchalantly: "Besides, do you want to recognize him as the master? Anyway, I don't want to."

"Then do it."

Liu Pi finally said: "Gather your troops and attack Wancheng!"

"go!"

Everyone galloped at full speed, returning home like an arrow.

However, on a small hill in the distance, Gan Ning and Shen Chen stood together.

Apart from them, there were tens of thousands of troops brought by Wenpin and Zhang Yun farther away.

How could Liu Biao let these yellow scarves really come to Nanyang to make trouble?
In other words, he doesn't really care about the Yellow Turbans, he cares more about Zhang Xiu's fake surrender and really annexing these Yellow Turbans to strengthen himself.

Therefore, Zhang Xiu had to be watched every step of the way, and Deng Hong was by his side throughout the whole process.

The Xiliang Army, including Zhang Xiu's own, could only stay in Wancheng. The Jingzhou Army sent by Liu Biao outside the city had about 3 main troops, and they had quietly surrounded the entire Xiyangju.

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(End of this chapter)