Emperor Shuang: The counterattack started from the Gaopingling Incident Chapter 529: Not as good as Qingzhou’s surrender of soldiers, there is really a shortage of people
Chapter 529: Not as good as Qingzhou’s surrender of soldiers, there is really a shortage of people
While eating, Qin Dan looked at the prisoners who were setting up tents and ordered to the left and right: "Although these Youzhou soldiers are not as good as the Qingzhou soldiers under Cao Mengde, they are not harsh, after all, we in Jiangdong are really short of men now!
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Qingzhou is one of the nine ancient states and one of the thirteen states of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It covers the vast area in the east and north of today's Shandong Province. Because the east belongs to wood and the wood is green, it is called Qingzhou.
The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army gathered a crowd to rebel because they could no longer survive. They fought without fear of life and death and were very fierce.
The Yellow Turban soldiers in Qingzhou were numerous and fought on the move. Everywhere they went, they looted everything, and later entered the territory of Gunzhou.
The highest official in Gunzhou was Liu Dai, the governor.
At that time, the government was in chaos, and some places were renamed Zhou Mu, while others were still called Governors.
Liu Dai was a native of Donglai, Qingzhou, a clan member of the Han Dynasty. He had been an official for many years and was one of the heroes in the late Han Dynasty.
When Liu Dai heard that the Yellow Turbans were coming, he was furious and wanted to go to war.
Bao Xin, the Prime Minister of Jibei Province, advised: "There are millions of rebels, and they are all fierce people. You should not fight with them. I think the rebels have no military supplies, and they have many family members who follow them. They only rely on looting for supplies. Over time, they will
It is bound to fall apart."
Liu Dai refused to listen and insisted on leading his troops into battle. As expected, they were defeated and Liu Dai was also killed.
When Liu Dai died, Gongzhou was left without a master, and the soldiers and people were in panic.
At that time, Cao Cao was in Dongjun, and Chen Gong suggested that he take the opportunity to seize Gunzhou. Cao Cao did not want to take it by force, so Chen Gong volunteered to lobby. Chen Gong first approached Bao Xin and said, "Cao Cao is a genius of the world. If he is welcomed as the governor of the state,
, we will be able to protect the environment and the people.”
Cao Cao once served as the Prime Minister of Jinan and had outstanding political achievements. Bao Xin admired him very much and naturally hit it off.
Chen Gong has many friends in Gunzhou, and everyone agrees.
So Bao Xin led the Yanzhou officials to Dongjun to meet Cao Cao.
Cao Cao left Xiahou Dun to guard Dongjun and became the herdsman of Yanzhou.
Chen Gong made great contributions to Cao Cao's plan to capture Gunzhou.
Cao Cao became the shepherd of Yanzhou this time. He was not appointed by the imperial court, and Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had no control over it.
When Cao Cao took charge of Gunzhou, he actually inherited a mess. His former commander died in battle, and he faced a very dangerous situation. The top priority was to wipe out the Yellow Turban Army.
However, the Yellow Turban soldiers are so numerous that they are not easy to eliminate.
Cao Cao fought several battles with the Yellow Turban Army, but could not win. Bao Xin also died in the battle, and his body was not found. Cao Cao had to carve a wooden man to bury and mourn.
At that time, Cao Cao had few troops, but the Yellow Turban army was powerful, fought fiercely, and had the upper hand. Therefore, everyone was afraid and uneasy.
What he didn't expect was that Cao Cao easily surrendered the millions of Yellow Turbans and selected their elite to form the Qingzhou Army.
What is even more amazing is that these Qingzhou soldiers have always been loyal to Cao Cao and allowed him to drive them. Cao Cao was able to subdue these people well and did a lot of work.
Cao Cao was deeply popular in the local area. During his tenure as the Prime Minister of Jinan, Cao Cao showed his talents as an able minister. He achieved great governance in the county and was supported by the people. He had a good reputation in Qingzhou. In that era when the court was dark and corrupt officials were rampant, he was indeed rare.
The common people believed that Cao Cao was a good official and were naturally willing to join him. This was the basis for Cao Cao to conquer the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army.
Second, Cao Cao used religion. One of the distinctive features of the Yellow Turban Uprising was the use of the religious form of "Taiping Dao".
When Cao Cao was the Prime Minister of Jinan, he ordered a ban on some religious activities that harmed the people, which happened to be consistent with the views of the "Taiping Dao". Therefore, the Yellow Turban Army regarded Cao Cao as a comrade and were willing to support him as their leader.
The Yellow Turban Army once took the initiative to write a letter to Cao Cao, saying in the letter: "You used to ban evil religions in Jinan, and you have the same views as my Taiping sect. Now that the Han Dynasty is about to fall, Taiping must be established, why don't you and I work together to
Let’s work together to achieve great things!”.
After reading the letter, Cao Cao cursed in public. When Cao Cao saw the rebels calling him a comrade, of course he would curse, but he should be happy in his heart.
This was the key to Cao Cao's ability to conquer the Yellow Turban Army.
Third, Cao Cao adopted the correct strategy. Cao Cao organized 300,000 young men into the Qingzhou Army, and also properly arranged other women, old and young, and allowed them to farm.
Due to years of war, there was a lot of land without owners, so Cao Cao took it back to the government, and then distributed it to them for farming, and provided them with cattle and farm tools. Later, a farming system was gradually formed.
The Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou has been fighting on the move for a long time, sleeping in the open air and taking the young and old with them. They feel that this is not a long-term solution and are willing to settle down.
Cao Cao solved their worries about food and clothing, so they were grateful to Cao Cao and regarded Cao Cao as their benefactor and savior.
Therefore, Qingzhou soldiers followed Cao Cao in his southern and northern campaigns and made great contributions.
The Qingzhou Army is indeed unique. These simple Shandong men are only loyal to Cao Cao and only obey Cao Cao's orders. They don't even pay Cao Pi's account.
After Cao Cao's death, the Qingzhou soldiers who had followed him for more than 20 years dispersed and went home to farm!
Cao Pi wrote a notice expressing his willingness to pardon the sins of this group of Qingxu rebels, and then sent his ministers with wine and food to appease these soldiers in Cao Pi's name.
Under Cao Pi's series of actions, this mutiny was resolved.
However, although the mutiny was resolved, the Qingxu issue behind it has not been completely resolved.
After Cao Pi ascended the throne, he began to solve the Qingxu problem.
Although Cao Pi was the son of Cao Cao, he was not as good as his father in terms of means and majesty. Therefore, when facing Zang Ba, Cao Pi often respected Zang Ba, an old minister, but often suspected him in his heart.
Especially after the Qingxu Mutiny broke out, Cao Pi's suspicion of Zang Ba reached its peak. Under such circumstances, Cao Pi began to seize Zang Ba's military power.
First of all, Cao Pi transferred his clan relative Cao Xiu to be the governor, in charge of military affairs in the Qingxu area.
We can imagine that after Cao Xiu arrives in the Qingxu area, he will definitely nail his power in the Qingxu area like a nail, and then create a gap in the Qingxu local power that Zang Ba has managed for many years for Cao Pi to better
The earth stretches vertically and horizontally.
Through this approach, Cao Pi took the first step towards seizing Qingxu's power.
Then Cao Pi began to deprive Zang Ba of his military power. In the third year of Huangchu, Cao Pi launched a three-pronged army to attack Wu.
Among them, the Eastern Route Army was led by Cao Xiu, Zhang Liao, and Zang Ba.
During this battle, Cao Pi gave Cao Xiu a yellow ax.
Huangyue is somewhat similar to what we call Shangfang Sword now. Through the power of Huangyue, Cao Xiu can control the generals in the army and even kill them.
Through Huang Yue's power, it can be said that Cao Xiu controlled the power of life and death of Zhang Liao and Zang Ba in his own hands.
Zang Ba had been lingering in the land of Qingxu before. After this southern expedition, Zang Ba was transferred out of the land of Qingxu and left his base camp;
Although Cao Xiu had Huang Yue in his hands, the army was still in Zang Ba's hands at this time.
Therefore, as long as Zang Ba's army is finally eliminated, Zang Ba can be controlled.
At this time, Cao Pi came out to Cao Xiu's army in the name of condolences to the army, and then used Zang Ba to come to see him, and captured Zang Ba in one fell swoop and seized his military power.
At this time, Cao Xiu used the power of Huang Yue to stop the mutiny of Zang Ba's army. Later, Cao Pi announced to the outside world that he would promote Zang Ba, but in fact he was promoted openly and secretly, depriving Zang Ba of his military power.
After that, Zang Ba was imprisoned in Luoyang, never returned to Qingxu, and never accomplished anything again.
Zang Ba's problem was solved in an understatement.
After Zang Ba was eliminated, the powerful forces in Qingxu area could be said to be leaderless, and they were cut off one by one by Cao Pi soon after...