Zhang Niujiao's words made many Qu Shuai think deeply.
Last year's defeat was too tragic. They had good momentum, but were defeated in an instant. You must know that when they started the uprising, they had an army of one million people, occupying less than half of the country, but they did not last even a year.
When they were in the Taihang Mountains, all the Yellow Turban generals were thinking about why they were defeated so quickly.
After discussion, they all believed that they were blindly attacking cities and plundering territory, without a stable territory, and they did not clear out the noble families who were hostile to them. As a result, they were divided and surrounded by the noble families in the world, and were later annihilated by the imperial court.
So this time when they came down from the Taihang Mountains, they were the first to attack the powerful nobles in Jizhou. They were worried that they would organize an army to attack them again, so they decided to strike first. Obviously, this strategy was very effective. After conquering these forts, they not only gained
A large amount of grain, weapons, and property armed the Yellow Turban Army, improved their combat effectiveness, and seriously weakened the imperial court's strength, allowing them to easily occupy half of Jizhou.
Guo Daxian said loudly: "Since we have occupied Jizhou, why not stay in Jizhou? Now we need money, food, and people. Why should we say that we cannot defeat the imperial army? We are all human beings, and
We are dozens of times more powerful than the imperial court, so how can we know we can’t defeat them if we don’t give it a try?”
"Jizhou is the richest place in the Han Dynasty, and it is here that we can support the millions of troops of our Yellow Turban Army. If we go to the barren mountains and wild mountains like Youzhou and Bingzhou, how can we feed these millions of troops by eating grass and sand?
, If we can’t feed the army, how can we fight the imperial court?”
"Commander, now that there are no Han troops in the entire Central Plains, what should we do carefully? To the east we occupy the entire Jizhou, then across the Yellow River to occupy Qingzhou and Xuzhou, to the south to occupy Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and even go all the way to Luoyang.
Jizhou can give us hundreds of thousands of soldiers. After occupying the entire Central Plains, it will not be easy to get an army of one million. By then we can conquer Luoyang City and the world will be ours."
Guo Daxian's words made all Qu Shuai present nod. Compared with other remote villages, they would naturally prefer to stay in the wealthy Jizhou, and they did not think that poor rural areas like Youzhou and Bingzhou could support their millions of Yellow Turban troops.
Chu Feiyan said angrily: "We have just wiped out tens of thousands of Jizhou's soldiers, and you think you are invincible. The Han Dynasty has iron armor, iron swords, and iron cavalry, especially the border counties that have been fighting for decades. Dong Zhuo
Ten thousand cavalry defeated tens of thousands of our soldiers in one charge. You are blinded by such a gap! How can we fight them? With the rattan armor on our bodies or wooden guns, we can't even make a long spear with each man.
Come on, how do we fight here?"
Guo Daxian was startled by Chu Feiyan's roar, but he still whispered: "There are many of us. The imperial court only has tens of thousands of people, but we have millions of people!"
At this time, Zhang Niujiao said: "Everyone, please don't deceive yourself. Although we claim to have a million soldiers, most of them are old, weak, women and children. There are only about 300,000 people who can really fight, and the number of casualties in the battle in Jizhou County has exceeded
50,000, which means we only have more than 200,000 troops. Judging from last year's battle situation, as long as the imperial court mobilizes 30,000 Xiliang cavalry, we will definitely be defeated."
Zhang Baiqi whispered: "The combat effectiveness of our Yellow Turban Army has also improved. In the past, we didn't have enough food to eat, and we were not prepared. We only had wooden farm tools as weapons, so our combat effectiveness was naturally poor. But now with the capture of Wubao, our equipment
They are not much worse than the Han army! The rattan armor and spears are also more effective than farmers. Now we are different."
Obviously, most of the Qushuai still don't agree to give up Jizhou! Everyone still wants to fight for it, but who knows if they haven't fought before!
Zhang Niujiao said helplessly: "Okay, our combat effectiveness has improved, but do you think the imperial court can't send out 100,000 troops to encircle and suppress us? You know, when we started the uprising last year, the imperial court didn't even seem to have 100,000 troops, but with less than a few
Within a few months, the imperial army's army increased to more than 300,000, and our Yellow Turban Army was divided into various places, and then defeated one by one. Isn't this a cruel enough lesson?"
Then Zhang Niujiao looked at the many channels and said: "Let's face it, everyone, we just caught the imperial court off guard. After the imperial court reacts, we will face the crisis of hundreds of thousands of imperial troops. We want to survive
Come down and get ready now, we won't be able to occupy Jizhou for long!"
After Zhang Niujiao's painstaking persuasion, many Qu Shuai had to face reality. After unifying their opinions, they began to discuss where to open up a suitable territory for them.
Xu Wei looked at Zhang Niujiao and the others with great interest. Although Zhang Niujiao was not very famous in history and Xu Wei had never even heard of his name, judging from the current situation, he was sober and had certain strategies.
With his vision, he can be regarded as a hero, but he doesn't understand that such heroes are unknown in the Three Kingdoms. Are all the heroes of this era so powerful?
After repeated consultations with more than a dozen leaders of the Yellow Turban Army, everyone finally focused on Bingzhou and Youzhou. These two states are located at the northernmost point of the Han Dynasty, very far away from Luoyang, especially Youzhou, the distance is even longer.
From the current point of view, Youzhou is far away from Luoyang City. Even if they capture Youzhou, the court will not take any big action. The more important thing is that even if they want to go to Youzhou, given the poverty of Youzhou, they will not be able to go to Youzhou.
They can't afford to support dozens of armies to fight, which means they won't face too many troops wherever they go. The Yellow Turban Army can take advantage of their large numbers!
The situation in Bingzhou is similar to that of Youzhou, but Bingzhou is close to Luoyang City, so the court pays more attention to it, and there are Huns and Xianbei people in Bingzhou. These barbarians may come to strangle their Yellow Turban Army. The most important thing is that the land of Bingzhou is smaller than that of Youzhou.
The state was all barren, and they were worried that they would not be able to support the numerous Yellow Turban Army.
After Zhang Niujiao and others compared, they found that Youzhou was more suitable for their development.
After determining the direction of development, Zhang Niujiao said: "Youzhou still has the foundation of our Yellow Turban Army. Last year, the Yellow Turban Army in Guangyang County rose up together with the Tiangong General Zhang Jiao, captured Jicheng, and killed Guo, the governor of Youzhou.
Xun and the prefect Liu Wei. Although the Yellow Turban Army was later eliminated, the people supported the Yellow Turban Army, believed in the Yellow Turban Army, and supported the Yellow Turban Army. The only trouble now is the border troops in Youzhou. Not only are they cavalry, but they also fight with them all year round.
When the Hu people fight, their combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of Jizhou's soldiers. We don't have cavalry, so if we go to the vast Youzhou, we will probably be annihilated on the grassland by Youzhou's cavalry!"