The Invincible World Summoned by the Late Han Dynasty Chapter 638: Guo Wei helps the Han army, causing catastrophe to the Guandong family he comes from
Chapter 638: Guo Wei helps the Han army, causing catastrophe to the Guandong family he comes from
An army of 40,000 people, plus leading generals like Guo Wei, as well as fierce generals such as Chai Rong and Wang Lin, if they choose to join any side, they can completely change the current situation in Yanzhou.
It was precisely because Gao Yingxiang saw this that he offered Guo Wei such an attractive offer.
If Guo Wei at this time is really just a mountain king and has not defected to anyone, it may be possible to accept Gao Yingxiang's conditions.
It's a pity that Guo Wei is Wang Yu's hidden subordinate, which means it is impossible for him to lead the army to defect to the Yellow Turbans, even if he can maintain a high degree of autonomy.
In fact, Guo Wei himself knew that if he really did this, he would cause serious trouble in the future. After all, Lu Zhi was not an ordinary court general.
Because Lu Zhi's son-in-law Fang Xuanling was a subordinate of his lord, not long ago, Guo Wei received a message from Fushui Fang, and the person who sent the letter was none other than Fang Xuanling.
It can be seen from the content of the letter that Fang Xuanling already knows that Guo Wei's Liangshan is a force supported by Wang Yu, and this also proves how high Fang Xuanling's status is in Wang Yu's heart.
Therefore, in the face of Gao Yingxiang's solicitation, Guo Wei did not agree, but he did not offend him completely. He just sent someone over to express his thoughts.
He told Gao Yingxiang that he just wanted to occupy the mountain and become the king, and he had no great ambitions for hegemony. He neither wanted to defect to the Yellow Turbans nor to the imperial court.
After getting Guo Wei's answer, Gao Yingxiang breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he was sure to remain neutral, because as long as he didn't interfere, Gao Yingxiang wouldn't worry about Lu Zhi.
After all, the Yellow Turban Army's military strength is superior to that of the Han Army.
It's a pity that Gao Yingxiang had his own whims after all.
How could Lu Zhi be indifferent to a very powerful military force like Guo Wei? He sent people to recruit him many times, but got the same answer.
He just wants to stay neutral!
This made Lu Zhi a little frustrated and wanted to give up on this path. In the end, Fang Xuanling gave him reassurance and analyzed Guo Wei's psychology with Lu Zhi.
Only then did Lu Zhi realize that the bargaining chip he gave was too low. After all, Gao Yingxiang could give such a bargaining chip. If he couldn't offer a higher bargaining chip, why should anyone help him?
After figuring out the key point, Lu Zhi immediately sent a letter to Luoyang to report the current situation in Yanzhou.
When Liu Hong learned about Lu Zhi's request, he agreed without saying a word.
After all, Liu Hong has now tasted the benefits.
Because half a month ago, before Lu Zhi had sent a message to Luoyang, proposing to reward Guo Wei and others as a means of edicting the people of Liangshan, Wang Yu had already sent someone to convey the results of the first battle in Hetao.
Liu Hong was so excited that he directly awarded Wang Yu a large reward to encourage the entire army.
And now, Lu Zhi has given him such good news, how could Liu Hong choose to refuse!
Things have reached this point. He just wants results now. As long as there is a chance to defeat the Yellow Turban Army, he will definitely do his best if he can!
After all, it’s just a mere prefect position!
Moreover, Liu Hong is playing a trick here!
Guo Wei, a Liangshan bandit, wanted to be granted the position of prefect if he wanted to be entrusted with the imperial edict. He could give him the position, but he needed to conquer it himself.
The position of prefect given to him by Liu Hong was the position of Prime Minister of Jibei. However, because the King of Jibei Liu Luan and his son Liu Zheng died at the hands of Gao Yingxiang at this time, the blood inheritance of Jibei Kingdom was cut off.
Therefore, Liu Hong directly abolished the feudal state of Jibei and appointed Guo Wei as the prefect and the general in charge of the rebellion.
Before Liu Hong accepted his fate, he asked Da Hehe to investigate Guo Wei's life story!
However, since Wang Yu had made arrangements in advance, and Zhang Rang was assisting him, the information Liu Hong saw about Guo Wei was only the information Wang Yu wanted him to see.
However, despite this, Liu Hong was shocked. He did not expect that Guo Wei was so famous in the north.
Not only that, such a character actually did not defect to the court, but chose to become a bandit.
Those corrupt officials working for this group of aristocratic families should be killed!
At this time, Liu Hong hated those aristocratic families who did evil things even more.
However, in Liu Hong's view, there was no chance. As long as Guo Wei saw how great the emperor's favor was, he would be willing to serve the Han Dynasty.
As long as Lu Zhi makes proper arrangements, he will be able to catch Gao Yingxiang by surprise.
And this is also true.
After receiving Liu Hong's order, Guo Wei immediately accepted the imperial edict and successfully contacted Lu Zhi, setting a trap for the Yellow Turban Army. In the end, he not only defeated Gao Yingxiang, but also resolved the crisis in the Dongping Kingdom.
At this point, Dongping Kingdom and Jibei County have all been recovered!
As for Chenliu County, half of it is still in the hands of Gao Yingxiang. However, with the addition of the Liangshan army, Lu Zhi still has high confidence in conquering Chenliu County.
However, just as Lu Zhi was about to gather his troops and completely capture Chenliu County, a piece of news that could alarm the big man soon reached his ears.
That was the first corner of the Yellow Turban Thief, who issued an order to declare war on the aristocratic families in the world, that is, to collect all the food and grass from the aristocratic families under his rule!
At this time, the Yellow Turbans instantly stung the hornet's nest in Yanzhou.
You must know that the Yanzhou family is not only large in number, but also in quality. Even Cao Cao at that time fought with Lu Bu here for several years because of the Yanzhou family's backstabbing.
The Pingyang Gaotang family in Taishan County is a descendant of the great Confucian scholar Gaotang Sheng.
The Chenliu Gao family was one of the famous families in the Guandong family camp. In the late Western Han Dynasty, Gao Gu once entered the court as an official. He was later killed because he opposed Wang Mang's usurpation of power. Since then, his reputation has spread!
And in the past few decades, because they have climbed the high branches of the Yuan family in Runan, several generations have produced high-ranking officials with more than two thousand dan!
Taishan Ming clan is a descendant of Mingdu. He has a certain status in Confucianism and respects Gongyang Chunqiu's learning.
Chao family in Nancheng and Chao Kan served as Sikong in Yongyuan. Although their fame in later generations was not very famous, they could not be ignored during the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.
Taishan (Nancheng, Pingyang, Liangfu) Yangshi!
This is a giant family, with countless talented people.
The Pingyang Bao family, a clan of Gongqing Mu Shou, known for their elegance throughout the world, came after Bao Xuan, the official of the Western Han Dynasty, and Cao Cao's good friend Bao Xin came from this family.
The Wang family of Taishan, Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi in the novel, came from this family.
Although the Gao family in Le'an has declined somewhat, they are still so skinny that a camel is bigger than a horse, so they should not be underestimated!
After being promoted to the Hu Wu family, he was a doctor during the reign of Emperor Jing. After Hu Wusheng was born and raised in Gongyangshou, he was still considered a celebrity in this era.
The rare surnames in Taishan are Fan, Chunyu, Yu, Lou, and Yu. Although their surnames are not common, it is precisely because of this that they are valuable.
Because there are many people here from hidden families.
In addition, there is the Dong'axue family!
The white horse is the Gong family, the Shangguan family, and the Fei family!
Puyang Tian family!
There are three rare surnames in Dongjun: Teng, Sang, and Jin!
The Juye Li family in Shanyang County, the family to which Li Dian belongs.
In the Juye Wu clan, there was a man named Wu Rong. In the last years of Emperor Huan, he served as Jinwu Cheng, and his position was as high as that of Jiuqing!
Gaoping Zhang family, after Zhao Wang Zhang Er!
The Wang family of Gaoping was a wealthy family and a powerful family with two sons and three sons. The very famous Wang Can, one of the seven sons of Jian'an, came from this family.
Although the Gaopingsi family and the Dai family are also rare surnames, this does not mean that their connections and status are weak. They are also a wealthy family with a history of two thousand stones.
The Shanyang Li family, Wang Yu's general Li Jin, belonged to this family.
Gaoping Liu family, Lu Gong and Wang Yu later, Liu Biao is from this family!
The Xi family of Gaoping (Jinxiang) was really well-known during the Jin Dynasty. Now, the family accumulation is not as good as some of the above aristocratic families, but it is already developed.
The Tan family of Gaoping, whose boudoir is Yongsu, is known to the world as Tan Bin, one of the eight heroes, comes from this family.
It is worth mentioning that Tan Daoji, who likes to boast that he is the Great Wall and has always been the best, comes from this family.
Gaoping Xuan family, during the reign of Emperor Huan, Xuan Feng was appointed as Sikong, Situ, during the reign of Emperor Xian and Dong Zhuo, Xuan Fan was appointed as Sili Xiaowei, Guangluxun, Tingwei!
Xuan Jing and Xuan Bao are also from this family, with the names of Ba Gu and Ba Ji respectively, and their status among the Guandong aristocratic families is not low.
The Xue family of Gaoping, the Zhai family of Jinxiang and the Xiahou family are also one of the great families in Guandong.
To guard against the Donghou clan, one Duke, two ministers and two marquises!
Changyi Man clan, Man Chong’s family!
Hu Ludu, Du Shang, a famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and one of the "Eight Chefs", was from this family.
The Zhongchang family in Jinxiang, Gaoping, also belongs to a medium-sized family.
It can be said that although there are no top-notch aristocratic families in Yanzhou, there are many middle- and upper-class aristocratic families. These people will not just watch the money they have accumulated over generations just be given away in vain.
The rebellious Yellow Turban Army.
In one day, the aristocratic family proved to the people and the Yellow Turban Army through their own strength that your uncle is your uncle after all!
In just a few days, Jinxiang, Hulu, Gaoping, Changyi, Fenggao, Puyang, Baima, Dong'a, Fangdong, Juye and other county towns were captured by the aristocratic families.
Although the Yellow Turban Army, led by Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and others, responded promptly, they still underestimated the power of the powerful families.
Except for some small and medium-sized aristocratic families, they will not be able to take down any powerful aristocratic families, because if time goes on, Gao Yingxiang and the others will wait for Lu Zhi's army!
Although this battle seemed to last for a month, within this one month, it was enough to make the Yellow Turban Army and the aristocratic family completely furious!
After this battle, the Guandong family's vitality was seriously damaged.
Of course, the Yellow Turban Army was not happy either. Under the counterattack of the aristocratic family, their sphere of influence was reduced by nearly half. Even the strength of the main battle force dropped by more than 200,000 in an instant!
It can be said that in this month-long crazy fighting, the total casualties of the Yellow Turban Army totaled more than 300,000.
But in contrast, the potential for war has greatly increased.
Because these remaining people have experienced the baptism of blood and fire and are no longer fledgling recruits.
Their sensitivity to the battlefield can allow them to be very capable, even in charge of fifty people.
Not only that, the Yellow Turban Army also seized a large amount of food, grass and wealth from the aristocratic families during this month of fighting, which was enough to support their upcoming military training.
Although many aristocratic families survived the Yellow Turban Army's counterattack, not all aristocratic families did it.
Some aristocratic families were more unlucky. Although they were strong enough, they were unable to withstand the Yellow Turban Army's counterattack due to the lack of support from the Han army, and ended up being annihilated!
But the Yellow Turban Army doesn’t care about this!
They only know that the things they plunder from the aristocratic families in this month will be enough for them to consume for the next year.
Although, judging from the results of the battle, the Yellow Turban Army fought very brilliantly this time. Even if they really broke up with the aristocratic family, nothing irreversible happened.
But in reality, things are often not that simple.
What Dou Jiande was most worried about finally happened.
That means the Yellow Turban Army has already killed the red eye.
As long as anyone dares to resist them, they will use thunderous means!
A person who can become the patriarch of a big family and survive for decades or even hundreds of years, although such a person can sometimes be very stupid, but sometimes he can be very smart.
Facing the counterattack of the Yellow Turban Army, with no choice but to have no reinforcements, the aristocratic family, which was already in a desperate situation, immediately turned its attention to the common people.
These ordinary people basically only know how to live, and they don’t know what morality is, let alone what the Yellow Turban Army represents to them.
These aristocratic families, who were in desperate situation, didn't care about so much at this time. They just spent their money and bought the people in the city to work for them!
They also promised that as long as they join their private soldiers and repel the Yellow Turbans' attack, both those who survive and those who do not will be rewarded with money and food after the war.
At this time, the ordinary civilians in the city were completely crazy.
No matter dead or not, as long as you are willing to fight against the Yellow Turban Army and save the master of the family, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future. Even your ancestors will never encounter such a profitable business once in eight lifetimes!
Under the inducement of money, these common people didn't care what kind of aristocratic or poor family they were. These days, it was the uncles who gave them money, so they helped the aristocratic family to fight against the Yellow Turban Army, which originally belonged to the common people, without any guilt.
Before the war started, Dou Jiande had already stated in advance that something like this might happen, and Zhang Jiao also took it to heart. After issuing an order to go to war with all the aristocratic families, he also strictly ordered the Yellow Turban Army not to attack
The people took action.
However, Zhang Jiao's thinking was too naive, and he underestimated the human heart after all!