Chapter 664 Su Zhe’s mysterious plan, Wang Yu’s wedding is coming
Huang Chao's words just now seem very simple, but they actually have four hidden meanings.
First, it was a clever counterattack. Hong Xiuquan's reasons for the main attack were a bit whimsical and he did not understand military affairs at all.
Secondly, it was also to block his mouth.
After all, he just mentioned Lu Zhi, the commander-in-chief of the Han army, who caused Gao Yingxiang to suffer a big loss. If Hong Xiuquan was entangled, Huang Chao could take advantage of him and pit Gao Yingxiang and Hong Xiuquan against each other.
If such a situation really happens, he can take advantage of the opportunity to win over Gao Yingxiang, and even if he cannot be used by him, he can still be his ally in the Yellow Turban Army.
Third, in front of Commander Qu, who was indeed capable and skillful, and the great virtuous teacher Zhang Jue, he insinuated that Hong Xiuquan didn't care about the lives of those soldiers at all in order to show his face in front of Zhang Jue.
Once this is confirmed, or Zhang Jiao really believes that Hong Xiuquan is indeed such a cold-blooded and ruthless person, then Hong Xiuquan's qualifications as the successor to the Yellow Turban will naturally disappear.
And the fourth one is himself. Hong Xiuquan just contradicted him, so Huang Chao moved a round for him and regained his place. Even if he couldn't help him, at least he would have a better impression of him.
You must know that you are the chief military advisor of the Yellow Turban Army. Even if you only have a temporary favor, if you mention it casually in front of Zhang Jiao, it may change the situation of Huang Chao.
"This kid is really amazing!" Su Zhe praised in his heart. Huang Chao has mastered the control of human nature.
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When Hong Xiuquan heard that Huang Chao was talking about his juniors, his expression suddenly changed. It was because he was a little behind Huang Chao that he always outshone him in terms of status!
And now, he has said such provocative words. If he doesn't explain it, I'm afraid those people present may really think so in their hearts, and it will be really detrimental to him.
It's a pity that Hong Xiuquan's talent is not focused here. Even if he knew Huang Chao's intention, he couldn't think of any good rebuttal at the moment.
While Hong Xiuquan was thinking, Yang Xiuqing, who was standing next to Hong Xiuquan, saw that his lord was defeated and immediately stepped forward to rescue Hong Xiuquan.
"General Huang Chao's words are indeed reasonable, but he also ignored one piece of information, and that is the reinforcements from the Han Dynasty?"
"Did the general forget that a few days ago, the Han Dynasty had ordered the governors of Zhuojun, Liaodong, Bingzhou, Liaoxi, Youbeiping, Lujiang, Jiujiang and other counties to lead the local garrison troops to Luoyang?"
"If we really wait four months, the elite armies of the Han Dynasty will arrive in Luoyang one after another. By then, it will be even more difficult for our army to attack the city."
"And at this time, isn't it the last time for our army to gather all its forces and capture the eight passes of Luoyang in one fell swoop?"
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Hearing Yang Xiuqing's impassioned speech, a troubled look flashed in Huang Chao's eyes.
Naturally, Huang Chao had done some research on Yang Xiuqing. Although he came from a poor background, he was extremely talented and was definitely a man of both civil and military skills. He was much more difficult to deal with than Hong Xiuquan, that magician.
In fact, Huang Chao didn't understand why Yang Xiuqing fell in love with Hong Xiuquan. Apart from being really powerful in the religious field, in Huang Chao's opinion, he was just like that in other aspects.
This is really a flower stuck in cow dung!
Including Shi Dakai, he is not only a famous general who has fought many battles, but also has a very powerful force value. His strength is probably even slightly higher than his own.
Just as Huang Chao was sighing in his heart, how could a beautiful woman become a thief? A young man walked out from Huang Chao's side. This man was Jiang Xian, who was born in the Yin Yang family.
Although Hong Xiuquan, to a certain extent, was also a disciple of the Yin Yang family, after all, his master was a disciple of Nanhua Taoist.
However, no one recognized Hong Xiuquan's identity as a disciple of the Yin Yang family.
On the contrary, Huang Chao's identity was recognized by many Yin Yang family disciples.
After all, if Huang Chao's master in internal affairs and resourcefulness is Zhang Jiao, then his master in martial arts and art of war is Zhang Churang, the protector of the Yin-Yang family and the North Spear King.
At this moment, seeing Hong Xiuquan's men trying to embarrass his senior brother Huang Chao, Jiang Xian naturally refused to do it and immediately spoke uprightly: "What Brother Yang said is wrong. Just like what Hong Qushuai said just now, it seems to be a bit inflating other people's ambitions and destroying his own prestige!"
Jiang Xian took advantage of Hong Xiuquan's words and slapped Yang Xiuqing in the face, causing his expression to change instantly.
At this time, Jiang Xian continued: "It's true that the Han army has reinforcements, but we don't have any. Our Yellow Turban Army has millions of soldiers!"
"Moreover, during this period of time, training has been strengthened to improve the integration of the army. On the other hand, in the Han army, all parties from the Han Dynasty lacked integration with each other even if they were gathered together."
"The other thing is the equipment. In the past, why did we fail miserably? Wasn't it because of the equipment?"
"In the past, the Han army only needed one sword to injure or even kill us, but our army needed three, or even four or five swords to kill the enemy. But now, the situation is different."
"The offensive and defensive situation has changed. With a lot of money, we naturally have the capital to arm the entire army. In the days to come, we naturally do not need to let our soldiers use Xihi's wooden guns and hoes to fight with the Han
The army fought tooth and nail."
He is worthy of being a hexagonal warrior and the leader of the younger generation of the Yin Yang family. What Jiang Xian said just now can be said to have reached the hearts of Gao Yingxiang, Chen Youliang and other Qu Shuai.
The reason why they lost to the Han army was not because of their incompetence, nor because of the disparity in combat power between the two sides. It was simply because of the huge gap in weapons and equipment between the two sides!
Even if the Yellow Turban Army had a large number of troops, it would be difficult to defeat the already well-equipped Han army when their weapons and equipment were not at an advantage but at a disadvantage.
A few months ago, due to a serious lack of funds, most of the Yellow Turban Army only held long spears with spearheads made of ordinary iron. As for armor, most soldiers fought in leather armor.
Moreover, more than 30% of the troops did not even have leather armor and could only fight in civilian clothes.
As for the iron armor, only people with the rank of Qushuai and generals are worthy of wearing it.
This also led to the fact that during the Yellow Turban Uprising, some soldiers could only chop some wood into guns and hold such equipment. If it were not for the advantage of numbers, one can imagine how miserable the Yellow Turban Army was at the beginning.
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But even so, the Yellow Turban Army still suffered heavy losses in the early stage.
However, the early efforts were not in vain, and it was precisely because of the Yellow Turban Army's hard work these days that we achieved the stable life we have today.
Now that the Yellow Turban Army has territory and money, they will naturally not live in poverty like before. They can rely on these conditions to arm themselves well, thus increasing the overall combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army.
After all, today is different from the past. These soldiers are also their commanders. They will determine their status in the Yellow Turban Army in the future. If their capital is lost in vain, they will only cry!
Therefore, even if it is for themselves, they must equip their army well and then fight the Han army to maximize their chances of defeating the Han army.
In this way, in the conference hall at this time, Jiang Xian and Yang Xiuqing were facing each other tit for tat. There was not much difference in ability between the two, but Yang Xiuqing was slightly better in experience, so in the end, Yang Xiuqing was better in words.
Ge Congzhou on Huang Chao's side saw that Jiang Xian was showing weakness and immediately stepped forward to support him. As for Hong Xiuquan and his subordinates, Shi Dakai also stepped forward immediately.
At this moment, the entire conference hall became a battlefield between the two of them, with Huang Chao and Hong Xiuquan insisting on their own opinions.
You say something, I say something, like a little bird, chirping and arguing endlessly, giving people the feeling that it is a war where no gunpowder can be seen.
"Shut up, everyone. The Han army hasn't been wiped out yet, but our own people are causing chaos here. You are all commanders, how can you be so noisy here?"
Seeing more and more people joining in, forming a clearly differentiated situation, Zhang Jiao could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and directly shouted at everyone.
"We all realize our mistakes and ask the great sage to atone for our sins!"
Huang Chao and Hong Xiuquan saw that Zhang Jiao was angry and Donggan had gone too far this time, so they quickly apologized, while the others immediately shut up and did not say anything more.
"Commander, you are the think tank of our army. It's up to you to tell us, will our army take the initiative to fight the Han army or prepare for war?" Zhang Jiao looked at Su Zhe and asked.
At this time, he was a little undecided and could only focus on Su Zhe.
"Good teacher, I look down upon you. Our army wants to fight the Han army, but it cannot be a big battle. This is the best strategy. Our army is currently..."
After hearing Su Zhe's plan, Huang Chao was instantly enlightened. At this moment, he finally understood why the latter was the chief military advisor of the Yellow Turban Army.
Just with this IQ, I can't match him even if I try to flatter him.
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The Han army camp is here.
As the millions of Yellow Turban troops arrived in Yanzhou one after another, they instantly attracted the attention of all forces. After all, this was a fighting force that could destroy the Han Dynasty.
In fact, if used properly, it can change the situation in the world, and there is no reason why all forces should not pay attention to it.
It can be said that since millions of Yellow Turbans gathered in Yanzhou, their every move has been monitored by all major forces, and among them, naturally, the leader of the Han Dynasty, He He, was included.
Although Da He He has lived a very miserable life these past few years, under the joint infiltration of Taiping Guards and Fushui Fang, not one of the various troops under the command of Jian Shuo, Zhang Rang, and Wang Yue has been infiltrated.
It can be said that this place is full of spies under the Taiping Guard and Wang Yu, and this situation has caused them to be unable to counter-infiltrate the Yellow Turban Army here.
However, if it is just to inquire about the situation and be used by ordinary intelligence organizations, there is still no problem.
Since the millions of Yellow Turbans gathered together, the Yellow Turbans in Yanzhou were only transporting food, training men and horses, and increasing their running-in. On the surface, they did not look like they were going to fight at all.
In addition, the weather is now extremely cold, and my hands are so cold that I can't even stretch them out. The possibility of a decisive battle is basically zero, but even so, the court still dare not feel even the slightest bit tired.
Liu Hong sent people to the front line many times and strictly ordered Lu Zhi, who was the commander-in-chief at the front line, to lead his soldiers to adopt a strict defense strategy against the Yellow Turban Army and not to give the Yellow Turban Army any opportunity to take advantage of it.
After all, the Han Dynasty did not dare to gamble.
Besides, they were not the ones who were guarding the front and being taken care of by the wind and snow, so they didn't need to pay attention to it. They just needed to give orders to the front.
Therefore, this also led to a terrible situation when the Han army appeared in the front, with policies from above and countermeasures from below.
After all, the weather was too cold. If they followed the imperial court's instructions and continued to defend like this, they would collapse first before the Yellow Turban Army came.
I have only heard of someone who can commit a thief for a thousand days, but never heard of someone who can guard against a thief for a thousand days.
Lu Zhi naturally felt that the frontline officers were dissatisfied with this order. He knew that continuing like this would be detrimental to the morale of the army, so he summoned Guo Wei, Liu Che and other generals to discuss the next countermeasures.
In the end, it was Guo Wei who came up with a plan to let the soldiers take turns to garrison. This would allow the soldiers to rest for a while and alleviate the current situation to a certain extent.
Lu Zhi nodded to this, and followed Guo Wei's strategy, letting the frontline soldiers be stationed in batches. As expected, the voices of dissatisfaction became less numerous.
In this way, the two sides temporarily entered a peaceful stage.
But Lu Zhi also knew that this was a precursor to the coming storm. No one was sure whether the Yellow Turban Army would take advantage of the cold weather and the Han army's lax defense to launch a lightning attack.
Therefore, Lu Zhi can only try his best to make the best defense and adapt to changes in the situation.
While the Hulaoguan battlefield was still in a tense and quiet situation, Bingzhou in the far north was showing a lively scene.
That is Wang Yu, who wants to formally marry Bai Bing, the daughter of the Bai family, as his wife.
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Before Zhang Rang arrived in Bingzhou, Wang Yu wrote to his friends far away, saying that he would hold a wedding years ago and invited them to attend.
Of course, this also depends on the situation, because some people live in places where it is really not easy for them to come and join the state.
However, what should come will eventually come!
In the first year of Zhongping, on December 3, Yuan Shao came to Jinyang from Jizhou.
As Wang Yu's eldest brother, how could he not come over now that the brothers are getting married? Anyway, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army is now concentrated in Yanzhou, and there are Huangfu Song, Xiao Mohe and others in Jizhou, so there is basically nothing to worry about.
Not only that, when Yuan Shao came this time, he also brought Zhao Kuangyin with him and specially introduced him to Wang Yu.
Anyway, even if Zhaojun leaves them, there won't be any problems for the time being, and Gao Huaide, who is left behind, is not an easy person.
Wang Yu and Yuan Shao had also been apart for several years, but even so, there was no sense of unfamiliarity. As soon as the two met, they couldn't help but lament the current situation.
After all, the imperial court canonized Wang Yu as Wuyang Marquis this time, but Sima Zhao's intentions are known to everyone.
