Chapter 254 Collecting Millions of Yellow Turbans from Qingzhou
Chapter 254 Collecting Qingzhou Yellow Turban Millions
These days, life between Sima Ju and Xu He has become increasingly difficult.
The lack of food and grass, as well as the increasingly cold weather, put the ordinary soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army on the verge of life and death. Mutinies continued in various departments. At the same time, a large number of Yellow Turban soldiers fled the army and surrendered to the Han army.
I originally expected Zhou Cang to defeat the Youzhou soldiers and obtain food and grass for the large army, but I never thought that the news from the scouts was that Zhou Cang had led all his Yellow Turban soldiers to surrender to Guan Yu, the leader of the Youzhou army. !
It is said that Guan Yu saw through Zhou Cang's military strategy in advance, made sufficient preparations, trapped Zhou Cang in his camp, and challenged Zhou Cang to a duel outside the camp.
Among the Yellow Turbans, Zhou Cang, who was famous for his bravery, was shot down by Guan Yu without even being able to hold on for five moves.
However, Guan Yu did not kill him. Instead, he praised his actions, recognized that Zhou Cang was a heroic figure, and extended an olive branch to him.
Later, Zhou Cang was impressed by Guan Yu's ability and magnanimity, and the crowd surrendered to Guan Yu. Guan Yu captured Zhou Cang's people without any bloodshed.
Zhou Cang's surrender greatly reduced the morale of the Yellow Turban Army, and also caused more low-level Yellow Turban soldiers to defect.
On the other hand, Liu Yu increased the reward for the heads of Sima Ju and Xu He from five million to ten million, which can be described as a generous act.
Under this situation, Sima Ju and Xu He finally realized that they could no longer linger in Qingzhou.
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Sima Ju and Xu He are dead, and the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou are leaderless. In this case, the Yellow Turbans can only survive if they take refuge under their own command.
Liu Bei smiled and said: "That's true!"
Seeing that Guan Hai was rude to him, Sima Ju was very dissatisfied and said: "You said there is a way to solve this crisis, why are you asking me now?"
The longer they stay here in Qingzhou, the more dangerous the two of them will be.
I didn't expect to enter the tent, but I saw that Guan Hai was fine at all. He was sitting there, looking at them with a fierce face.
In a desperate situation, Liu Yu's reward made them start to have other ideas.
Sima Ju and Xu He sent troops and horses to clear the road, but they were all blocked by Liu Jian's generals on the important road. None of the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army who went to seize the road survived.
As a commander of the same class as Guan Hai, Pei Yuanshao went to Guan Hai's military camp on the pretext of visiting.
He rewarded Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao heavily, and asked them to recruit and surrender the millions of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans on his behalf.
After saying that, without any explanation, everyone stepped forward and chopped Sima Ju and Xu He into pieces with their knives.
After Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao left, Liu Bei advised Liu Jian:
Faced with a dead end and a bright future, the two of them decisively chose to betray Sima Ju and Xu He.
If the two of them could behead these two men and hand them over to Liu Yu or Liu Jian, not only would their lives be saved, but they would also have a bright future. They would transform from rebels and bandits to high-ranking officials in the Han army. figure.
They never expected that Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao would have evil intentions and deliberately plot their lives.
"Deran, these two people sold themselves to others for glory and killed their colleagues. They are actually disloyal and unjust people. There is no benefit in keeping them under their control... Let's deal with them."
At this time, Liu Yu's reward for Sima Ju and Xu He also began to have an effect.
Guan Hai is also a person who listens to advice.
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Both of them knew that if this continued, the final result would be that Liu Jian would be captured alive or killed, and there was no third possibility.
When it came time for Guan Hai to advise the two men, Guan Hai was supposed to go to the military camp of Sima Ju and Xu He, but something unexpected happened. Guan Hai caught wind and cold and developed a high fever and could not move.
He didn't want the Yellow Turban Army to leave Qingzhou before he was fully prepared. How could Liu Jian let them leave if he was so greedy?
But now, Liu Jian is fully prepared.
This is a huge productivity asset.
He was very disgusted by the behavior of Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao.
What Liu Jian was prepared for was their escape.
The two discussed that Guan Hai should write a letter to Sima Ju and Xu He, saying that he had a way to break the enemy's encirclement and lure them into the urn.
But at this moment, the situation is no longer within the control of Sima Ju and Xu He.
"I have a way to ensure that our millions of Yellow Turbans are safe and sound. I just need to borrow something from the two commanders. Are you willing to borrow it?"
He needed to leave something behind in Qingzhou so that Sima Ju and Xu He could not leave the state so decisively.
"Brother Guan, in my opinion, although Grand Sima Liu Yu has put a reward of 10 million yuan on their heads, for the sake of long-term development, it is better for you and me not to defect to Grand Sima."
"Guan Haifu, how dare you rebel?"
When Guan Hai heard this, he raised his head and laughed.
One of these two people was called Pei Yuanshao and the other was Guan Hai.
After that, Guan Hai shouted loudly outside: "If Brother Pei doesn't come now, when will he wait?"
After the two received the money, they were overjoyed and immediately took orders to lobby various Yellow Turban Canal commanders.
The 15.6 million Yellow Turban refugees fell into his hands.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Pei Yuanshao leading a group of tough yellow turban soldiers with a knife into the tent.
Sima Ju and Xu He were now in dire straits and sought medical treatment urgently.
Among the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, there were two famous commanders named Qu, who were as famous for their bravery as Zhou Cang.
Guan Hai shouted to them without fear: "You two are the commander-in-chief. Now the life and death of millions of soldiers are in your hands. How should you protect the safety of the soldiers?"
Sima Ju and Xu He were now panicked. They didn't know what to do.
Why didn't Guan Yu and Gongsun Zan burn all the food and grass from the Yellow Turbans after they took it, but instead left some of it waiting for the Yellow Turbans to come back and snatch it?
Under this situation of being besieged on all sides, the morale of the millions of Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army completely collapsed.
Sima Ju and Xu He began to mobilize all the Yellow Turban soldiers, preparing to highlight Qingzhou and rush to Yanzhou, where they would seek further development.
Liu Bei asked curiously: "What are we negotiating about?"
"I would like to use your heads to save the soldiers of the three armies."
The two of them were a little surprised for a while and didn't know how to deal with this matter.
This was Liu Jian's instruction.
At the same time, Liu Jian also provided a bounty of 20 million heads to Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao.
Liu Jian smiled and said: "Brother hates people like them, and I hate them too."
They intended to go south again, but Liu Yu had already united with the big clans in Qingzhou, concentrated their forces, and blocked their way from the east with Yan Liang as the vanguard.
Pei Yuanshao said: "Liu Jian has established a large farm in Jizhou and recruited refugees. He has a very good reputation. If the two of us go to him, we will definitely be put into good use by him."
Anyone who says there is a way to break through, they will believe three points.
Sima Ju and Xu He were originally waiting for Guan Hai to come and advise them on good advice. Who would have thought that at this time, Guan Hai actually fell ill.
However, Pei Yuanshao stopped him.
The two of them were anxious and without much thought, they took people to visit Guan Hai's camp.
"Currently there are rebellions all over the world. The remnants of the Yellow Turbans and emerging rebels are revolting one after another. We will have many opportunities to deal with bandits in the future."
Now that the Great Sima Liu Yu has told the world that the crimes of Qingzhou Yellow Turban rebellion will all fall on Sima Ju and Xu He...
Tao Qian and Zang Ba also stationed troops in the southern border.
Liu Jian sent troops from Licheng to guard the chokepoints on the main roads leading from Jibei to Yanzhou.
"You two are not my lord and my father, so how can you rebel?"
The two of them knew the current situation of Qingzhou Yellow Turban.
"Although Liu Yu has the name of being a clan member of the Han Dynasty, he is not the same as us after all."
"But I need them now. I need them to be my lobbyists to conquer these millions of Yellow Turbans."
After seeing the heads of these two men, Liu Jian knew that it would not be difficult to accept the Qingzhou Yellow Turban this time.
"If I kill them both now, I'm afraid those bandit leaders who want to take refuge with me in the future will be deterred. This is not a good thing. You can't sacrifice a small thing for a big gain."
"Brother Pei's words make sense. That 20 million yuan is too far compared to the future. I listen to you, let's go to Liu Jian."
Guan Hai said: "Do you mean to defect to General Zuo?"
Xu He didn't think much about it, but subconsciously asked: "What do you want to borrow?"
"Brother, don't worry, I'm sensible about this, but to be honest, who doesn't have a few villains under his command? How can there be all gentlemen in this world? Some people won't even care until the last critical moment.
I know he is a villain."
Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao took the heads of Sima Ju and Xu He to defect to Liu Jian.
"Brother, after the two of them surrender the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans for us, you can come with me to see Liu Yu. There are some things we need to negotiate with Da Sima."
"Sima Ju and Xu He, today is the day you two die."
Liu Jian knew that this task was not difficult for them.
The Yellow Turban Army was already short of food and clothing, and had low fighting spirit. Moreover, Liu Jian was waiting for work, so the Yellow Turban Army simply could not break through his obstruction.
As soon as these words were said, Sima Ju and Xu He were both shocked.
Liu Bei is a man who places great value on loyalty and loyalty.
"Besides, Liu Jian is good at fighting and is a famous general of the Han Dynasty. If we serve in his army, we will definitely be able to get ahead! I heard that many of Liu Jian's subordinates are from low-level common people. This man's subordinates are a good place for you and me.
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Liu Bei nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, but these two are villains after all. It's better not to reuse them or not."
He could block the roads to prevent the Yellow Turban Army from leaving Qingzhou's jurisdiction.
Later, Guan Hai personally cut off the heads of the two men with a knife, and was about to send them to Liu Yu for Qinggong.
"Let's negotiate about Qingzhou and find out who should have the final say."
Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this.
"He is the Grand Sima after all, and his official position is above yours."
Liu Jian smiled and said: "It doesn't matter whether you are an official or not. What is important is to see what each of us is suitable for. Liu Bo'an is also a sensible person. Let's have a good relationship with him and let him focus on the overall situation."