A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 361 The Yellow Turbans bring chaos to the world, Liu Hong lifts the party ban

March 2
Liu Hong received an urgent military report: "There are thieves in Hebei. They call themselves: "Yellow Turban Army". They are composed of Taiping Taoist believers. Under the leadership of Taiping Taoist advocate Jiao, they capture counties and cities, attack local powerful forts, and distribute food.

At this time, the Yellow Turban Army had already captured Litao, the capital of Julu County, and occupied the entire Julu County. Most of Bai County fell into the hands of the Yellow Turban Army. "

This was followed by urgent official documents from the governors of other states. Zhang Niujiao and Fan Kai in Changshan County responded to Zhang Jiao's rebellion and captured the county seat. The responders were very heavy.

In addition, Cheng Yuanzhi and Deng Mao from Youzhou; Xu He and Sima Ju from Qingzhou; Bo Cai and Peng Tuo from Yuzhou and other Taipingdao leaders from many states responded to Zhang Jiao and others from Hebei.

According to statistics, there are now hundreds of thousands of people across the country who have responded to the Yellow Turban Army. The local counties, counties and state capitals are unable to resist at all and can only continue to send emergency documents to the central government.

For a time, half of the territory of the Han Dynasty was in flames from south to north, and military reports were still being sent in at a speed visible to the naked eye, which showed that new rebellions were increasing and their scope was expanding.

"This, this, this..."

Liu Hong was holding a mountain of emergency documents from various states, counties and counties in his hands. His whole body was shaking and he felt short of breath. Could it be that the big man was about to die in his own hands?
No, no, absolutely not. Even if I die, I cannot die in my own hands. I want to be the emperor, the emperor, not the king of the country.

"Quick, send the order! Beat the drums and all the officials will go to court. Also, prepare the carriage frame as quickly as possible. I want to return to the palace in the shortest possible time!"

Liu Hong's face was extremely ugly, and he walked out quickly, giving urgent instructions as he walked.

Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other regular attendants on the side had never seen Liu Hong in such a panic, so they had no choice but to follow Liu Hong's instructions in a panic.

In the midst of the hustle and bustle, Liu Hong's emperor's carriage set off from Xiyuan towards Nangong in Luoyang City.

"Get out of the way, it's urgent paperwork!"

At this time, Luoyang City was in panic. Soldiers lined up and came back and forth. Post envoys with feathers on their backs kept flying in from outside the city. The people and military officials along the way hurriedly got out of the way.

"Quickly, close the city gate here, leaving only the small one."

"You guys, go over there, your side, and the rest, follow me!"

"When the emperor arrives, all his subjects will avoid him!"

A knight speeds down the largest road, clearing the traffic ahead.

Liu Hong's car drove on this wide road at an unprecedented speed, heading straight into Nangong.

Seeing the emperor Luan Jia, the palace gates along the way were opened one after another from a distance.

By the time Liu Hong arrived at the Greenhouse Hall, hundreds of officials had been waiting here for a long time.

"I will see you, your Majesty. Your Majesty will live forever!"

"No need to worry, just get up and talk."

Liu Hong sat on the throne of the emperor with a serious face, looked at the ministers below and said: "Dear ministers, the Yellow Turban bandits are now raging across the prefectures and counties, and there are as many as ten counties across the prefectures. This has never happened since the beginning of the Han Dynasty. Passed.

Only Wang Ni's chaotic government in the late Han Dynasty can compare. Fortunately, I eliminated the Yellow Turban thieves in Henan Yin in advance, so that I can have a meeting with you all in the Xuanshi Palace.

Dear ministers, there must be some rules for this yellow turban thief thing. Please tell me, how should we do it? "

Situ Yuan Wei came out and said: "Your Majesty, according to the reports from various places, there are many yellow turban thieves, and their poison spreads far away. The total number may not be less than 300,000.

The troops in various counties and counties were unable to control them, but they continued to abandon cities and villages. This required the court to send heavy troops to quell the rebellion. However, there are currently only more than 30,000 people in the five schools of the Central Imperial Guard, so it may be difficult to put down so many rebellions at the same time. "

After Yuan Wei explained the difficulties at this time, one of the ministers immediately spoke out:
"Your Majesty, please lift the ban on the party. The party members have great influence in the local area and are quite critical of the imperial court's imprisonment of them. If they are still imprisoned in the local area, won't they be forced to surrender to the Yellow Turban bandits?
Therefore, I sincerely request that in order to prevent those party members from joining forces with the Yellow Turban thieves and causing irreversible things, the party ban should be immediately imposed.

By the way, the imperial court could also rely on the local power of the Party members to assist the imperial troops in annihilating the Yellow Turban thieves. This lifting code can pay for the imperial court's hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops and billions of military expenditures.

In addition, Your Majesty is also requested to give the palace money and fine horses from the West Garden to the sergeants to improve their morale, so that the Yellow Turban thieves can be defeated easily. "

This man is the son of Huangfu Jie, the governor of Yanmen, the nephew of Huangfu Gui, and the minister Huangfu Song.

Liu Hong was still a little hesitant about Huangfu Song's proposal. At this time, Lu Qiang, one of the ten regular servants standing aside, also came out and said:
"Your Majesty, the world is now in a war, and the Yellow Turbans want to seize the world. Therefore, putting down the Yellow Turbans is the top priority of the imperial court. The threat from the party members can only be regarded as a disease of Xianfu.

The life-threatening cancer of the Yellow Turban Thieves should be removed first. After all, the party members are loyal to the big man. Huangfu Shilang's proposal is very pertinent, and I hope that your Majesty will give priority to the great man. "

"I ask you to impose a party ban to quell the yellow turban bandits."

As soon as Lu Qiang finished speaking, all the ministers of the Qing Dynasty in the queue of ministers, including the two or three important ministers who were the only ones left in the position of Jiuqing, including Wei Yuan Xu, also went out to request Liu Hong. Zhang Rang and other Zhongchangshi kept silent about all this, because they were also a little panicked at this time and didn't know how to calm down the Yellow Turban Army.

To do practical things, you have to look to the ministers and eunuchs of the Qing faction. Let them make money, frame people, and play conspiracies. They are good at it. Let them solve the rebellion and govern the country, but it will not work.

Liu Hong naturally knew that the only way to defeat the Yellow Turban thieves was to rely on the Qing style. After all, Lu Zhi, the famous general of the Han Dynasty, was also of the Qing style, and Zhu Jun was also inclined to the Qing style. Even Baima, who guarded the border, was also of the Qing style.

Immediately, Liu Hong issued an edict on the spot to lift the ban on the party, grant amnesty to the party members, and return the exiled party members. In addition, in order to show his sincerity, he appointed the leader of the party, Bai Ya, who was over 80 years old, as the Taifu on the spot. , Xun Shuang, a member of the party, was appointed as Shangshu Ling and others.

Then he ordered the ministers to donate horses and crossbows, and recommended the descendants of generals and people with profound strategic knowledge to the public transportation department for interviews.

Then, based on the suggestions of the ministers in the DPRK, Hejin Yin of Henan was appointed as the general. He led the five battalions of Yulin soldiers on the left and right, stationed in Duting, marshalled weapons, and guarded the capital.

He also ordered captains to be stationed at important passes and ferries in Kyoto such as Hangu Pass, Dagu, Guangcheng, Yique, Fuyuan, Xuanmen, Mengjin, and Xiaopingjin.

Then he issued an edict to the governors and prefects of various prefectures and counties, ordering them to prepare for war, recruit and train soldiers, prepare weapons, strictly guard against death, and wait for reinforcements.

March

The imperial court issued a recruitment order to all brave men of good family and retired soldiers within the scope of the Sili Xiaowei Department.

The scope of the Sili Xiaowei Department includes the Sanhe area (Hedong County, Hanoi County, Henan Yin), Hongnong County, and Sanfu area (Jingzhao Yin, Zuofeng Yi, and You Fufeng) near Luoyang.

As Liu Hong dissipated all the money he had collected in the palace over the years, and many eunuchs "ruined families and made trouble", he recruited more than 40,000 people in just over ten days.

Then the imperial court opened the arsenal and distributed weapons to them, and an elite army ready for battle was formed.

Then the imperial court appointed Lu Zhi as Bei Zhonglang General, and ordered Zong Yuan, the Wuhuan Zhonglang General, to be his deputy. He led a total of 30,000 people from the five schools of the Northern Army to cross the Yellow River and take charge of the northern front to deal with Zhang Jiao's main force.

Zhu Jun was appointed as the You Zhonglang General, and Huangfu Song was the You Zhonglang General. Each held his own, and led the three auxiliary elite soldiers, the Sanhe Knights and the newly recruited elite warriors, a total of 40,000 people, to jointly attack Yingchuan, which threatened Luoyang. The Bocai Department of the Yellow Turban Army in the county.

Due to the emergency of the war in Hebei, and the pardon of party members by Liu Hong in Yingchuan County, the local powerful families in Yingchuan played an extremely active role, so that the Yingchuan Yellow Turban Army led by Bo Cai only captured the county seat, but not the county seat. .

Therefore, Liu Hong urgently ordered Lu Zhi to lead 35,000 school soldiers to rescue Baijun. Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were ordered to lead their troops to stay in Goushi first, waiting for the soldiers to complete their training before setting off.

Taking advantage of this time, Zhu Jun immediately reported to the court, and Lu Zhi recommended one of his tiger generals, Sun Jian, Sima of Lujiang County, as an assistant army Sima, and ordered him to lead young people from his hometown and recruit merchants and elite soldiers from Huai River and Si River. , a total of more than a thousand people set out with Zhu Junjun's company.

March 25
Thirty thousand elite soldiers from the five schools of the Northern Army led by Lu Zhi crossed the Yellow River and arrived at the front line of Baijun.

Due to face reasons, the Bai Kingdom could not do nothing about the Yellow Turban Army's affairs in Hebei. Therefore, Bai Wangke directly sent five thousand domestic battalions to station at the border between the Bai Kingdom and Bai County. However, Baiguo is a vassal state and cannot send troops to fight abroad without the order of the court.

Therefore, Bai Ke's move not only gave an explanation to the court. After all, the Bai Kingdom was still a vassal state of the Han Dynasty, but also reassured Liu Hong, "Look, our Bai Kingdom is honest enough." It can even realize Bai Ke's idea of ​​letting Zhang Jiao develop.

Anyway, without the orders and edicts of the imperial court and the assistance of the army, he would not have sent a single soldier to go abroad.

At this time, Zhang Jiao had already reached Ye County in Bai County, and was leading tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops under his command to besiege Ye County.

After he planned to conquer Ye County, he would go all the way south to the north bank of the Yellow River, and then wait for an opportunity to cross the Yellow River and capture Dongjun. In this way, he could connect with the Bocai tribe in Yingchuan and threaten Yin in Henan and Luoyang together.

His purpose was to connect the Yellow Turban Army north and south of the Yellow River to form a general trend. It is a pity that Ma Yuanyi failed, otherwise this move could easily succeed.

What he didn't expect was that Ma Yuanyi's failure allowed the imperial court to respond so quickly. In just over half a month, it dispatched a full-scale forbidden army.

After more than half a month, nearly a month of development, the Yellow Turban Army under Zhang Jiao has reached 50,000, and he has also expanded the number of Yellow Turban warriors based on the 200 Yellow Turban warriors, so that the Yellow Turban Army under his command alone The number of strong men has reached 600.

Among the 50,000 Yellow Turbans, 10,000 were well-armed and armored, making them the elite of the army. The remaining 40,000 were mostly peasant soldiers armed with simple weapons or farm tools. Only the Yellow Turban officers and Zhu You had weapons.

Therefore, when Lu Zhi led the Han Imperial Guards to arrive, as soon as the two sides came into contact, the Yellow Turban Army collapsed and scrambled to flee backwards. The Yellow Turban Army lost thousands of people in just one battle.

Even if Zhu You in the Yellow Turban Army boosts morale and unites the military spirit, it will still fail in the face of absolute strength.

Zhang Jiao's troops had no choice but to retreat to Liang Period for defense. Fortunately, these peasant troops were not good at fighting and were good at running. When they retreated to Liang Period and counted their numbers, they found that only a few thousand of them had not returned. The rest came back, leaving Liang Qi's Yellow Turban Army with more than 40,000 people.

At the same time, he sent a letter to Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, who were attacking cities and territories in the north, asking them to send reinforcements to support them. Even if they could not defeat the imperial army, they should slow down their actions and create time for the Yellow Turban Army in other directions.

Zhang Jiao knew very well that the longer time passed, the harder it would be for the court to destroy him, and time was on his side.

(End of this chapter)