Chapter 635 The war in Yangzhou, Zhang Shicheng’s home was stolen
For example, the Yuan family in Runan, under the leadership of Yuan Wei, the brother of the Yuanshu clan, not only regained a large number of lost cities from the Yellow Turban Army, but also expanded their own strength.
Although Yuan Wei's ability to lead an army was average, and he even said he didn't know how to fight at all and only knew a little bit about the art of war, this did not mean that he did not have people who led the army around him.
Moreover, Yuan Wei's strongest ability is his political attributes. Under his manipulation and arrangement of public opinion, the Runan family's self-confidence in fighting the Yellow Turban Army has skyrocketed like never before!
It can be said that nearly half of the thirty-seven counties in Runan have been successfully recovered by them.
If the Runan Yuan family has made its own reputation here in Yuzhou, then the same is true for the Yingchuan and Qiaoguo families.
Not only that, this is the old territory of Confucianism. No matter how lawless the Yellow Turban Army is, they dare not destroy it wantonly here. After all, the strength of Confucianism is not free of charge!
Qiao State is the hometown of Cao Cao, as well as the hometown of brothers Xiahou and Xu Chu.
Since Wang Yu had arranged everything in advance when he arrived here, these three families basically joined forces.
Xu Chu's elder brother Xu Ding may not be as good as his younger brother Xu Chu in terms of peak strength, but his current strength is still slightly above him.
In addition, Dian Wei's brother Dian Jie was also sent here by Wang Yu. With the brave fighting of these two fierce generals, the Cao family and other combined forces relied on the strength of the city wall to persevere.
As for Donghai County, where Xuzhou is located, not all of it was captured by the Yellow Turban Army!
Xiao Chengzhi, the prefect of Donghai, has considerable leadership ability. Under his leadership, the soldiers of Donghai County firmly defended Tan County, Lanling, Xiangben and other counties.
Not only that, even Mi Zhu, a wealthy businessman in Qu County, Donghai County, responded to Xiao Chengzhi, the prefect of Donghai County, and successfully captured Qu County after the Yellow Turban Army issued this order.
You must know that Mi Zhu is a well-known wealthy businessman in Xuzhou, and his ancestors have been engaged in farming for generations. In this way, they can raise servants, have nearly 10,000 customers, and have assets worth hundreds of millions.
The original Liu Bei was able to gain a foothold in Xuzhou because he married Mi Zhu's sister and received the full support of the Mi family.
But this time, the Mi family tried its best to help Xiao Chengzhi for the survival of their own family. This was even more powerful for him who already had family support.
In just a few days, half of Donghai County, which originally had only three counties left, was recovered by him, and the power Xiao Chengzhi controlled became stronger and stronger.
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Xiao Chengzhi got back half of the land in just a few days because of the help from the Mi family of Donghai.
Then the nearby Langya Kingdom, located in Donghai County, naturally received help from the Langya Zhuge clan and the Langya Fu clan.
Zhuge Gui, a native of Yangdu, Langya, entered the official career during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was first appointed as Liang Fuwei in Taishan County. Later, he was recognized by Yingshao in the name of "Xiaolian" or "Maocai" and was recruited to Taishan County.
He was appointed as the magistrate of Taishan County.
He had three sons and two daughters in his life: the eldest son Zhuge Jin, an important minister of the Eastern Wu;
The second son, Zhuge Liang, was a famous prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty;
The youngest son, Zhuge Jun, served as an official in the Shu Han Dynasty and became a captain in Changshui;
The eldest daughter married Kuai Qi, the nephew of Kuai Liang, the nephew of Kuai Yue, after the minister of the Western Han Dynasty Kuai Tong, who was promoted to the governor of Fangling. Later Liu Bei pacified Hanzhong and ordered Meng Da to attack Fangling, but was killed by Meng Da's soldiers.
The second daughter married Pang Shanmin, the son of Pang Degong and Pang Tong's cousin.
It can be said that the Zhuge family in Langya is also one of the top aristocratic families in Langya area. He was not from a commoner family as Zhuge Liang said. If he was a commoner, there would not be many aristocratic families in the entire late Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms.
In this life, under Wang Teng's advance arrangements a few years ago, Zhuge Liang was accepted as a disciple by his junior brother Sima Hui. In other words, the Langya Zhuge family has been tied to the Wang family!
As for the Langya Fu clan, that cannot be ignored.
The ancestor of the Langya Fu family was Fu Sheng, a famous Confucian master during the Qin and Han Dynasties, who once served as a doctor in the Qin Dynasty.
And Fu Sheng lived to be a hundred years old.
It is said that Kong Anguo, a descendant of Confucius, and Sima Qian were both his students.
From the beginning of Fu Sheng back then to the current helm of the Langya Fu clan, Fu Wan, the Fu family has been in continuous existence for four hundred years, and one can imagine the heritage contained in it.
Fu's classics passed down from generation to generation, influenced Qilu, and was called "Fu's School of Dongzhou".
Moreover, the Fu family's family training was very strict, and they had been Han officials for generations. The Confucian classics were taught in the family, and there were many famous Confucian scholars. They formed an indissoluble bond with the two Han dynasties through Confucian classics, and became an important scholar among the three princes, and were prominent in the dynasty.
Relatives of emperors and nobles.
The Langya Fu clan has a profound influence in the local area, directly affecting the Qilu land where the three states of Qing, Xu, and Yan are located. Even the current Yellow Turban Army has to give it some face.
However, as the Yellow Turban Army became enemies of the world's aristocratic families, this situation was completely broken!
If we say that before the Yellow Turban Army really broke up with the aristocratic family, the Langya Zhuge clan and the Langya Fu clan just tried their best to help the Han army without having to exert any effort to support the Han army.
But now, in the face of the Yellow Turban Army, a life-and-death enemy, they can only help the Langya Wang family with all their strength. After all, if the Langya Wang family climbs down, their families will not be saved.
In addition to the two major families of Zhuge and Fu, Langya Kingdom also has other powerful families.
At this moment, under the leadership of the giant Langya Wang family, a fierce struggle was launched against the Yellow Turban Army.
In addition to Langya Kingdom and Donghai State, the Chen family located in Xiapi Kingdom also raised the banner of resistance!
Chen Gui's wife is the sister of Wang Yi, the leader of the Langya clan, and Chen Deng is her son.
Wang Yu's good friend Chen Yi was the grandson of the late Taiwei Chen Qiu and the son of Chen Cong.
Although Wang Yu managed to rescue Chen Qiu five years ago, so that he was not executed by the Ling Emperor, but was only dismissed from his official position, after this incident, he was completely disheartened by the officialdom.
Not only that, Chen Qiu was not young anymore. In July 182 AD, he passed away due to old age in his hometown of Xiapi. After Wang Yu got the news, he immediately went to Chen's house in Xiapi to express his condolences.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Naturally, the Chen family welcomed this with joy, because they knew that if it were not for Wang Yu's help, Chen Qiu would have died in Han Dynasty three years ago.
In the hands of the Emperor.
It would not take three years. They, the younger generation, provided shelter. Relying on the connections left by Chen Qiu while he was still alive, the Chen family did not suffer from the loss of family power due to the departure of Chen Qiu. Instead, the family power grew stronger.
It is precisely because of this meeting that Wang Yu and the Chen family have completely established a relationship, and because Chen Ni, a genius of the younger generation, has a close relationship with Wang Yu, they naturally want to hug Wang Yu's thigh tightly.
Therefore, as a result, the position of head of the Chen family was originally supposed to be held by Chen Gui, the most capable person, but due to the relationship between Chen Yi and Wang Yu, Chen Cong, Chen Gui's cousin, took the position.
Although Chen Zong's ability is good, he is too stubborn to expand and is not able to expand. Naturally, he is not as good as Chen Gui, who has reached 91 in peak politics!
But who gave Chen Zong a good son?
Wang Yu tested Chen Yi's five-dimensional attributes and found that they were much higher than he imagined.
Three years ago, Chen Yi was only nineteen years old, and his five-dimensional attributes had reached this point.
It is conceivable that as long as he is given enough time, he may not be unable to become a silver-level political talent.
Under Wang Yu's management and Chen Yi's own abilities, he was able to successfully become the county magistrate of Xiapi County in the next three years.
Not only that, a long time ago, Wang Yu considered that the Yellow Turban Uprising in the future would reach a very terrifying level, so even his good friend Zang Ziyuan was brought here through his connections and became the lieutenant of Xiapi County!
One of them is responsible for strengthening the army, and the other is responsible for ensuring the peace and stability of the people. It is under their leadership that Xiapi County did not fall into the hands of the Yellow Turbans.
And now, in the sixteen counties of Xiapi, as Zhang Jiao issued an order to start an all-out war with the aristocratic families, the aristocratic families in the occupied areas started to fight against the Yellow Turban Army one after another!
Zang Ziyuan decisively contacted these aristocratic families in the occupied areas and took advantage of this opportunity to regain the lost territory. In just a few days, three counties were taken back.
As for the remaining county towns that had not yet been recovered, Zang Ziyuan immediately sent an order to those aristocratic families, asking them to gather all their resources and come to Xiapi.
How could those aristocratic families disagree with this?
After all, the Yellow Turban Army is so powerful that even if they take the city, they won't be able to hold it for a few days. When the city is breached, what awaits them is the confiscation of their homes and the extermination of their clans!
Therefore, they actively sent people to contact Zang Ziyuan to get guidance, and then led the tribe to move to Xiapi!
In this way, the entire Xiapi County was instantly plunged into endless flames of war. No one knew how long this lasted!
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If we talk about Xuzhou, most of the aristocratic families in Xuzhou survived because of the support of the Langya Wang family and the Lanling Xiao family, as well as the support of other aristocratic families, big and small, who also donated money and materials.
Well, the same is basically the case in other states!
Yangzhou.
Liyang battlefield!
This is the gateway to Jiujiang County. As long as the Yellow Turban Army commanded by Zhang Shicheng can capture this place, they can march straight into Jiujiang County.
Therefore, in this battle, Zhang Shicheng led a total of 120,000 troops. He not only had the invincible Jin Boring general Lu Gu with the strength of the god of war, but also his younger brother Zhang Shide!
However, Liyang City is not so easy to win.
During the Chu-Han War, Xiang Yu named his father Fan Zeng the Marquis of Liyang. After Fan Zeng took office, he saw that Liyang faced the Yangtze River to the east and was located at the collision between the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River, but there was no danger to defend it, so he decided to build Liyang City as a fortress.
barrier.
Liyang City was built on Gaofu, with a circumference of 4.5 kilometers, a height of 7.33 meters, and a parapet wall of more than one meter. There was a hao around the city. When it was first built, it contained the sub-city, the south city, and the new city.
It is recorded in "Minutes of Du Shi Fang Yu": "In the early Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, ordered Guan Ying to return to Jianghuai, built another city, and changed Yafu City into Guluo City."
It can be said that today's Liyang City has been rebuilt after several generations, and its solidity can be imagined.
Because of this, even if Zhang Shicheng commanded an army of 120,000, there was no way to capture Liyang City.
Not only that, when Zhang Shicheng attacked Liyang City, he was also harassed by the Han army behind him.
Tao Qian, the governor of Danyang, and Lu Kang, the governor of Lujiang, will naturally not remain indifferent!
Lu Kang, a descendant of the Lu family in Wu County, Wu County, was loyal to the Eastern Han Dynasty and had considerable political achievements in the local area.
Not only that, Lu Kang's military capabilities were not weak either. In the third year of Guanghe's reign, Huang Rang from Lujiang united with the Jiangxia barbarians who were brutally oppressed and exploited by Han feudal landlords and staged an armed uprising in Lujiang.
At that time, Huang Rang's tribe had more than 100,000 troops and captured four counties in a short period of time. However, under the suppression of Lu Kang, the prefect of Lujiang, they ultimately failed.
It can be said that although Lu Kang is old, his ambition is still there.
After learning that Zhang Shicheng was attacking Liyang, Lujiang, which was already close to Jiujiang County, could not remain indifferent and watch the Huang Qing army invade Jiujiang County.
After all, if Jiujiang County is captured, Lujiang County will not be able to escape.
Therefore, Lu Kang dispatched 10,000 troops and led them himself. They set out from Shu County and marched together with land and water armies.
In this way, with the support of Lu Kang's army, the defenders of Liyang City became more numerous. In addition, Tao Qian was always behind Zhang Shicheng, constantly harassing his logistics. This severely hindered the attack of Zhang Shicheng's army.
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For two months, they failed to capture Liyang City, and instead lost troops and generals.
Just after the battlefield in Liyang City reached a stalemate, a piece of news that shocked everyone reached the land of Yangzhou, that is, Zhang Jiao was going to start an all-out war with the aristocratic family!
As soon as this news came out, Lujiang, Jiujiang, Danyang County, and the county towns that had not yet fallen, who dared to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers at this moment, all provided funds to help the Han army.
As for the aristocratic families in the occupied areas, they also launched a wave of resistance!
Since these three governors are all people who know the art of war, this also resulted in the places captured by the Yellow Turban Army. Except for Danyang County, which was not in a good location, other places were intact!
After the aristocratic family rebelled, Zhang Shicheng suddenly faced the situation of being attacked from both sides. In this case, he could only choose to give up his plan to attack Liyang and march into Jiujiang!
After all, an unstable situation has emerged in his own rear.
Don't forget, there are several aristocratic families in Wu County.
The four major families of Gu, Lu, Zhu and Zhang alone are enough for Zhang Shicheng to have a good drink.
After all, these four major families are all in Wu County.
This time when he sent troops to Jiujiang, it was impossible for Zhang Shicheng to take away all the elite troops. There were still 50,000 troops stationed in Wu County, and General Yan Baihu also commanded 20,000 troops stationed in Wu County.
It stands to reason that with such a configuration, there should be no problems.
However, Zhang Shicheng still underestimated the strength of the aristocratic family and did not know how deep they hid it.
