Looking at this decadent old man, is this the great virtuous teacher Zhang Jiao!? That astonishing General Tiangong!? Zuo Aoran looked at the old man in front of him in disbelief. He waved to everyone and said, "Except
With the exception of Luo Shixin, all of you should go out. No one is allowed to come in without my order." The generals agreed and exited the back garden.
"Your Excellency must be General Zuo Aoran, General Zuo. General Zuo is both wise and brave. It is not unfair for me to lose to a wizard like General Zuo." Zhang Jiao stood up and said with a calm smile.
"Your Excellency, you have commended me. I, Zuo Aoran, will do my best to bring peace to the country." Zuo Aoran said calmly.
"For the country? To quell the chaos? Haha! General Zuo is really good at joking. Is this country still worthy of allegiance now? The emperor is debauched, the eunuchs are in power, the relatives are monopolizing power, and the Qingliu are for themselves. They have retired one after another, and the people have no time to live, but the court does not care about it. Instead, it has repeatedly
Increase taxes, I will rebel for the people of the world, why not, what is wrong, if I can overthrow this fatuous and corrupt court, I will definitely establish a prosperous and powerful country with peace in the world..." Zhang Jiao became more and more excited as he spoke.
"Be kind to the people!? Haha! It's ridiculous. Have you done it!? The soldiers under your command burned, killed and looted. They looted, killed and burned every village they encountered. Is this the "Three Guangs" policy you meant for the people?
Really!?" Zuo Aoran said coldly.
Zhang Jue was silent, he was completely silent, yes, he did not do it, he was a loser. Suddenly, Zhang Jue raised his head and stared at Zuo Aoran for a long time, until Zuo Aoran's scalp became numb, almost
When he ran away, he smiled slightly and said: "Maybe I can't do it, but you can definitely do it! You are a boy who is unwilling to be lonely. I see the heroism and ambition in your eyes. In the future, you will definitely be able to give back to the people of the world.
Peace and prosperity!"
"I have a question that I have buried deeply for a long time. I wonder if you can answer it for me?" Zuo Aoran said.
"Of course you can, but I wonder if the general can promise me something?" Zhang Jiao said with a deep sigh.
"What's the matter?" Zuo Aoran asked.
"Be kind to the captured Yellow Turban soldiers. Many of them are common people who don't have enough to eat. They followed me in the uprising just to get a small piece of land and a mouthful of food to satisfy their hunger. They are not inherently evil." Zhang Jiao had a pleading look in his eyes.
"Okay, I promise you!" Zuo Aoran really sympathized with this person at this time.
Zhang Jiao looked at the two brothers behind him, shook his head helplessly, and said to Zuo Aoran: "I wonder what questions the general has to ask Pindao?"
"Are you really a disciple of Old Immortal Nanhua? Is there really magic in the three volumes of the Book of Heaven? And what's going on with the Corpse Soldier Talisman?" Zuo Aoran asked all the doubts and puzzles in his stomach.
Zhang Jiao looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "I am his unfilial disciple. The three volumes of the Book of Heaven are divided into the Book of Dunjia, the Essential Technique of Taiping, and the Way of Clearing the Way of Taiping. The Corpse Soldier Talisman is a spell I practiced against the will of heaven. It can summon supernatural beings."
The corpse soldiers of the world and the corpses of soldiers who died in battles were awakened." After a pause, he added: "With the general's promise, I will die without any regrets. I just wish I could see the day when the world is peaceful." As he said,
, Zhang Jiao smiled happily, slowly picked up the sword that had been prepared from the stone table beside him, looked up at the bright sky, his eyes drifted far away, and murmured: "
Peace under heaven, peace under heaven, peace under heaven!”
If what Zhang Jue said is true, then he cannot die! Zuo Aoran saw Zhang Jue swinging his sword and was about to kill himself, so he hurriedly stopped him and said, "Wait a minute!" It's just talk without practice, Zuo Aoran said.
What Ao Ran is doing now is just talking. Can he save people by just talking without taking action!?
"call out!"
"Clang!"
A stone hit Zhang Jue's sword impartially. Zhang Jue's sword fell to the ground and he was not dead. At this moment, Luo Shixin's roaring voice suddenly sounded: "Brother Huangque told you to die slowly.
, you old man didn’t hear it!”
Zhang Jue was not dead, Zuo Aoran also let out a sigh of relief, glanced at Luo Shixin appreciatively, and then said to Zhang Jue: "You can see that day! Xu Wushan is in a remote place.
It’s a good place for old people. When you have nothing to do, you can still talk about Buddhist scriptures, practice Taoism and so on. What do you think of it there?”
After being stunned for a long time, Zhang Jiao asked in confusion: "What do you mean by this..."
"It's so simple, don't you understand? As long as you really understand the magic of immortality, then you can turn into a puff of smoke and go away like a god, and you will save yourself. In this way, you are the best to me.
You are a useful talent. It will be good for me to keep you here in the future! When my fortune is not right and I have to memorize words, I will accompany you to become a Taoist priest, and even do some magic and so on! My conditions are very generous!
" Zuo Aoran explained.
Zhang Jiao pondered for a moment, then said with some embarrassment: "My realm cannot turn into green smoke, how can I turn into black smoke?"
Wow! I'm dizzy! I'll beat your lungs out! This is okay! Zuo Aoran thought to himself, waved his hand and said: "This is okay, but you have to keep your sword, I can do it easily
You won’t mind if you give this piece of evidence to Long live today to prove that you are dead!”
"Of course, of course." After saying that, Zhang Jiao handed his seven-star sword to Zuo Aoran, then walked to his two younger brothers and whispered for a while. Then the three of them formed a triangle, holding a series of strings in their hands.
Fan made his hand seals and murmured words, and then a bolt of lightning fell from the sky. Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Liang suddenly disappeared in a burst of black smoke.
Zuo Aoran saw this scene. Although Zuo Aoran was mentally prepared, he was still very shocked and froze in place for a long time. Until Luo Shixin said: "We haven't reached the Nascent Soul stage yet!
"Zuo Aoran finally woke up from his shock.
Zuo Aoran then called the generals into the back garden and ordered: "Quickly send your confidants, um, no, you personally go get the fire starter, then place three corpses in the hall, and then set the hall on fire. If anyone asks
, they said that the three Zhang Jiao brothers died in the fire and turned into ashes, do you understand?"
"Understood! The three brothers Zhang Jiao died in the sea of fire." The generals repeated.
In the raging fire, the mansion was reduced to dust, and the news that Zhang Jiao was burned to death soon spread.
In 184 AD, the first year of Emperor Ling's Zhongping reign, the great sage Zhang Jiao launched the Yellow Turban Uprising based on the Taiping Taoists in early February. At the beginning, they seized states and counties, but the officers and soldiers fled in the face of the wind. The number of troops grew rapidly, reaching nearly one million.
Most of the Yellow Turban generals were reckless heroes and had no talent for strategizing internal affairs. Therefore, it was easy to capture a city, but their governance was a complete mess. They only knew how to support war with war, and there was no stable rear area at all.
Later, due to the rapid development of the army and insufficient logistical support, bad habits such as burning, killing and looting followed. In addition, the Yellow Turban soldiers had loose military discipline and frequently killed and disturbed the people. They had long deviated from the original intention of Huang Tiandang at the beginning of the war.
He quickly degenerated from his status as a savior to a troublemaker, and the people's morale was greatly lost.
At the time when the Yellow Turbans faced internal and external troubles, various states and counties began to recruit their own troops and then concentrate their forces, fortify the walls and clear the country to resist the Yellow Turbans, which further increased the logistical pressure on the Yellow Turbans. Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi, Zhu Jun, Dong Zhuo, with the Northern Army as the main force,
Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Zuo Aoran and other heroes launched a counterattack, which made the Yellow Turban soldiers even more difficult to move.
