As more and more news came, Fu Bian was assassinated by the nobles of Jizhou. The soldiers of Jizhou rebelled because of this incident. The Yellow Turban thieves united with the soldiers of Jizhou and massacred the nobles to avenge Fu Bian.
This incident shocked the entire court. Emperor Ling was very angry when he heard the news. He did not expect that Fu Bian was really assassinated by the nobles of Jizhou. These nobles dared to assassinate the officials of the imperial court. In the eyes of Emperor Ling, If you come here, you are rebelling.
What made him even more angry was that Cui Lie deceived him like a fool and said that Fu Bian was not killed by them. Emperor Ling simply let the rebellion in Jizhou go unnoticed and only asked officials from Youzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Bingzhou to guard the area. Good border, just don’t let the Yellow Turban Army from Jizhou escape from Jizhou!
Since you nobles and clansmen dare to assassinate even the officials of the imperial court, let you and these rebels kill them all. See whether you kill all these rebels or these rebels kill you! Since you have the ability to force these rebellious people, use Go out and kill them all!
But in fact, the current Jizhou nobles do not have much strength at all. After being killed by Zhang Niujiao, their vitality was severely damaged. This year is not enough time to restore their vitality. However, the strength of these Zhang Yan's combined county and national soldiers is stronger than Zhang Niujiao's original Be big.
In particular, these county soldiers were full of resentment against the powerful nobles who robbed their land. Now they had the opportunity to take revenge. Each of them did it more ruthlessly than the Yellow Turban Army. Basically, few people escaped from the Wubao that they conquered. Every Wubao was captured. Breaking through was equivalent to the destruction of a family that had been with them for generations. Counties and counties were broken through, and soon half of Jizhou fell again. Wang Fen sent urgent reports to Luoyang City for help every day!
Zhang Yan became an accomplice in retaliating against the gentry and county soldiers. He not only provided a large number of manpower to help these county soldiers, but also gave them the crowbar originally made by Xu Wei. With such a magical weapon , the walls of any Wubao are almost like paper and can be easily breached.
These nobles and nobles who were wiped out couldn't figure out what happened to the world? How come the fortress they worked so hard to build was of no use at all?
Faced with the threat of death, these noble families had to unite together. The entire Jizhou noble families took out 50,000 private soldiers and stationed them in Hejian State and Anping State to resist the rebels led by Zhang Yan and Yan Liangwen Chou.
But they could only barely withstand Zhang Yan's attack and had no ability to counterattack. The wealthy nobles in Jizhou knew that they could only rely on the power of the imperial court to annihilate Zhang Yan.
So they wrote to the court one after another, asking for support. Officials from all over the country, including the three princes and nine ministers, wrote to severely punish Zhang Yan and the rebel soldiers. Cui Lie even called for the Northern troops stationed in Xiliang to be transferred to Jizhou to suppress the rebellion!
Emperor Ling just looked at them coldly and waited until they stopped talking before saying: "You say Zhang Yan is rebellious, but what does it mean to kill Fu Bian's Jizhou clan?"
It is difficult for everyone to explain this. The main reason why this rebellion was so big is that the powerful nobles in Jizhou assassinated Fu Bian and forced the entire army of Jizhou to rebel. The assassination of court officials can be regarded as a crime. If they rebelled, both sides of the war would be considered traitors to the imperial court.
Everyone looked at Cui Lie one by one to see if he had anything to explain, so that they could follow him and cheer!
Cui Lie retorted: "Your Majesty, the Jizhou nobles assassinated Fu Bian. This is just a rumor with no real evidence. It was created by Zhang Yan to confuse the soldiers of Jizhou County. It is not credible at all!"
Killing officials is really nothing. Mutiny and rebellion, if you don't do something like this, you can be regarded as a noble family! They have even killed the emperor, but they can't say whether they can do this kind of thing. Cui Lie naturally denies it!
Of course, Cui Lie had already scolded all the powerful nobles in Jizhou in his heart. He had already tried to find a way to get rid of Fu Bian. An assassination was simply superfluous and would cause endless troubles. Now the troubles are coming.
The stupidest thing is to force the entire county's soldiers to rebel, with the Yellow Turban thieves on the side. Anyone with any brains knows how to coax the big-headed soldiers and let them help guard their homes and homes. In the end, they robbed other people's land. They forced the county soldiers to side with Zhang Yan, the yellow turban thief, and even insulted pigs by calling them pig teammates!
Yuan Wei followed up and said: "Your Majesty, the nobles in Jizhou have been loyal to the imperial court for more than 200 years. How can your Majesty doubt their loyalty because of some treasonous rumors!"
Emperor Ling sneered and said: "Zhongliang? But the court has no money and food, and it can't find soldiers and horses to suppress the rebellion. We can only ask the loyal people to wait for the court!"
Emperor Ling looked at these important ministers and secretly made up his mind that no matter what they said, he would not send troops to support Zhongliang in Jizhou!
Cui Lie immediately said: "Your Majesty, as long as there are reinforcements, it will be enough. The counties and counties in Jizhou will find ways to provide it! Now that the rebels in Xiliang are out of control, letting General Huangfu lead 30,000 northern troops to support Jizhou is enough to defeat Zhang Yan!" "
Cui Lie is very sober. Now he can only sacrifice his wealth to save his life. The most important thing is to destroy Zhang Yan and the rebels in Jizhou! And Huangfu Song is the number one general in the Han Dynasty. With his support in Jizhou, Zhang Yan can be defeated easily!
At this time, an urgent message was sent to the Xiliang front line by a 800-mile cavalry team.
Zhao Zhongcong took the bamboo slip, placed it on the table in front of Emperor Ling and slowly opened it.
The emperor leaned over and glanced over it. He wanted to laugh but tried to hold it back, so his face was now very distorted. He grabbed the bamboo slip, threw it to Cui Lie with all his strength, and said: "Cui Situ, take a look!"
The bamboo slip fell to the ground with a "pop..." sound. Cui Lie hurriedly leaned over to pick it up, and his expression changed drastically when he saw the content!
The eyes of all the officials in the hall were eager and expectant.
Cui Lie said bitterly: "Xiliang urgently reported that Liangzhou rebel leader Wang Guo led 100,000 rebels to surround Chencang. Huangfu Song asked the court for support!"
The courtiers were instantly in an uproar!
If we add this group of rebels, the imperial court will have to face three groups of rebels with more than 100,000 troops at the same time. For a time, the entire north of the Han Dynasty seems to be full of beacon fire, and the only mobile force of the imperial court is the 30,000 northern troops in Luoyang City. This amount of troops is a bit insufficient no matter which direction they are deployed. This may be more dangerous than Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Uprising. After all, Zhang Jiao only led a million rebels and did not have much combat effectiveness. But now these three groups of rebels have less combat effectiveness. Not even inferior to the elites of the imperial court!
Faced with such a dangerous situation, the courtiers were a little anxious. This time the big man seemed to be a little worried!
Zhu Jun, the master craftsman, said: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to investigate the responsibility. Xiliang has General Zuo who is enough to repel the rebellion in Liangzhou. The court must find a way to put down the rebellion in Jizhou. If Zhang Yan is allowed to gain momentum, he will join forces with Thunder Duke of Mayi to attack Bingzhou and the entire north will no longer belong to the imperial court! Even Luoyang City will be under attack by the Yellow Turban thieves! More importantly, the imperial court has relied on the money and food of Jizhou in recent years. If the entire Jizhou was captured by the rebels, the imperial court would be afraid It’s not even enough to maintain the current strength!”
In Zhu Jun's view, Emperor Ling's anger at not supporting Jizhou might change the color of the whole country, so he could only stand up to mediate the conflicts between the two sides. Now the most important thing is to quell the rebellion in Jizhou!
Hearing such serious consequences, Emperor Ling could only put away his temper. "Does the imperial court still have troops to deal with rebellion?"
The minister ordered Lu Zhi to go out and ask: "There are still 100,000 troops in Youzhou?"
"What!" Emperor Ling was shocked. How could Youzhou suddenly become an army of 100,000 people?
Lu Zhi said: "Your Majesty has forgotten that a year ago, Youzhou governor Liu Yu defeated 150,000 Yellow Turban bandits and captured 100,000 of them. Then Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, wrote to the court, saying that he would take these Yellow Turban captives to Youzhou to garrison the fields and guard the border. Several A few months ago, at the border of Helian and Chenbing, the whole Youzhou was in a panic, so they armed these 100,000 field soldiers to guard the border of Youzhou. Although Helian was fighting against the Thunder Lord of Mayi, this army had not yet been disbanded and could be used Support Jizhou!"
After a sudden turn of events, Cui Lie was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "Your Majesty, please order the troops from Youzhou to support Jizhou!"
But the attendant Yang Biao immediately came out and retorted: "Your Majesty, the field soldiers in Youzhou were all Yellow Turban bandits a year ago. Now let them attack Zhang Yan. I am worried that they will rebel again and take refuge with Zhang Yan. I am afraid that the situation will be even more dire by then." Take control!"
Emperor Ling was in a dilemma now. He didn't know whether he should let the troops in the field pacify the situation in Jizhou!
Lu Zhi thought for a while and said: "I think the key to the current war lies with the soldiers of the prefectures and states in Jizhou. Their own soldiers and horses of the imperial court are just because Wang Fen let the nobles and nobles invade their land. In addition, the cause of Fu Bian's death has become a mystery. Only then did they attack the counties in Jizhou.
But they did not intend to betray the imperial court. Judging from the information obtained now, the 50,000 county soldiers did not collude with Zhang Yan and the others. If His Majesty pardons them, Zhang Yan alone will not be able to bring harm to Jizhou. Youzhou sends a brave general, enough to defeat Zhang Yan!"
Cui Lie said angrily: "They slandered Zhongliang and killed the gentry in Jizhou. Lu Zhi, you actually said that they were bewitched and did not betray the imperial court!"
Lu Zhi asked back: "Cui Situ, do you want 100,000 field soldiers to quell the rebellion?"
These Cui Lie are in trouble!
Emperor Ling looked at Cui Lie who was in a dilemma and said mockingly: "Situ Cui really wants to help the loyal people of the court to avenge themselves. I can issue an order to let these field soldiers go to Jizhou to quell the rebellion!"
Cui Lie gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, that's not what you meant. The 50,000 county soldiers are all soldiers from Jizhou. They were just temporarily confused by Zhang Yan. If Your Majesty pardons them, I think they will find their way back!"
Emperor Ling felt much better when he saw Cui Lie's distorted expression. He asked Lu Zhi: "Ai Qing, do you think it would be better to send the general from Youzhou to counter the rebellion?"
Lu Zhi had already prepared: "Liu Bei, the military commander of the military camp, is brave and good at fighting. He has made many military exploits. He is also kind and kind. He is the most suitable to recruit the soldiers of the county and state in Jizhou and can be the commander in charge of counterinsurgency! The imperial court can let these military soldiers guard against the barbarians." , mobilize 30,000 border troops under the command of Liu Bei to attack Zhang Yan!"
Emperor Ling said: "I appointed Liu Bei as the Zhonglang General in the fight against thieves, and led 30,000 border troops south to Jizhou to put down the rebellion! At the same time, he told the world that the soldiers of Jizhou County were bewitched by Zhang Yan. If they are willing to return astray, I will pardon their guilt. !”
"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" Cui Lie, together with the three ministers and nine ministers, said in unison.
Cui Lie has given up resistance. This is the best arrangement for Jizhou!
In October of the third year of Zhongping, the Colonel's Mansion in Tuntian, Youzhou!
The imperial edict from the imperial court soon reached Liu Bei's hands.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others immediately congratulated Liu Bei on his promotion!
Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said: "I have all the soldiers in the field, but the imperial court will not let these soldiers go south to suppress the rebellion. Now I only have 5,000 Karasuma soldiers in my hands, and I don't know where the other soldiers are!"
Zhang Fei said disapprovingly: "Youzhou is the border. My eldest brother is still worried about the lack of soldiers. If I don't talk about other places, I will say that Shanggu County is full of Wuwan people. Recruiting their warriors will be enough to meet the requirements of the court. Isn't eldest brother and Hei
We have good relations with Ling Wang Nanlou, so asking him to help recruit 10,000 to 20,000 cavalry is not an easy task.
In fact, one of the policies of the border counties of the Han Dynasty was to recruit the Hu and Xianbei people within the territory to fight, which could be regarded as using the Hu to control the Hu. This policy was often used in Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Liangzhou.
Nanlou, the black feathered king who was friends with Liu Bei, is the Shanggu Karasuma tribe. There are more than 9,000 tribes in the Karasuma tribe. They are the most powerful tribe of the Karasuma tribe today. They mainly live on the grasslands along the Sanggan River and Shanggu County in Dai County.
Shanggu Wuwan has always had a very good relationship with the Han people. He has sent troops several times to help the Han people attack the Huns and Xianbei people. The Han court did not treat them badly, and rewarded them generously. The leader made him a king, sent his princess to marry, and opened dozens of markets in Shanggu.
Over the years, we have gotten along well with each other.
When Liu Bei came here, he still had a conflict with Nanlou. He was worried that Liu Bei, like other Han officials, would use farmland to invade their pastures, exploit their tribes, and bully their Wuwan people. This kind of thing happened frequently in border counties.
If everyone could stand it, they would be exploited by Han officials; if they couldn't stand it, they would kill the officials and rebel.
But what Nanlou didn't expect was that Liu Bei was actually a rare good official among the Han people. Although he not only did not bully the Karasuma people when he was working in Shanggu in Daijun, he also helped many poor tribes. He even recruited people when he was working in the fields.
He killed many Wuwan people and allowed many Wuwan people to survive. Later, Liu Bei even copied Xu Wei's briquette stove and honeycomb briquettes and sold them to the Wuwan people, allowing them to spend the winter better.
So Nanlou began to have a good relationship with Liu Bei, and the relationship between them was so close that they could hardly be called brothers.
And with Nanlou's strength, it is really not difficult to recruit 10,000 to 20,000 cavalry!
But Liu Bei said distressedly: "It's not like you don't understand the military discipline of the Karasuma people. Our 5,000 Karasuma cavalry have been training for a year, and then we can barely let them grab things without seeing them. Now there are 2-3 more."
How could Wan Karasuma soldiers control them?
The Hu people are double-edged swords. They have strong combat power and are not afraid of death. However, their military discipline is extremely poor. Burning, killing and looting are the norm. Therefore, the court rarely recruits the Hu people into the interior of the Han Dynasty. It only lets them fight with the Xianbei people at the border.
Even if they want to rob, there is no place to rob!
Jian Yong said: "Xuande, it's better to ask Liu Shijun for help. We can still find 30,000 soldiers in Youzhou!"
At this time, the governor of Youzhou was engaged, and Xian Yufu was brought to the Tuntian Xiaowei Mansion. He approached Liu Bei and said: "Ming Gong has arranged 20,000 soldiers in Zhuojun, and we are just waiting for Xuande to lead them south to quell the rebellion!"
Liu Bei was moved and said: "Thank you so much, Inspector Liu! Brother Yu Xing!"
Then he found Nanlou, recruited 5,000 Karasuma cavalry from his tribe, connected with his own 5,000 cavalry, and headed south to Zhuojun!