Eight hundred and seventieth chapters Qingzhou Yellow Turban General
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, natural and man-made disasters continued, and the people were in dire straits.
After many years of planning, the Taiping Taoist advocates had become powerful. In the first year of Zhongping, they raised the flag of rebellion. More than a billion Yellow Turban believers shouted, "Heaven is dead, Huang Tian is here. If you are born in Jiazi, the world will be prosperous." They attacked counties and plundered counties.
The situation was overwhelming, and wars broke out in half of the thirteen states in the world. For a time, the Han Empire, which had a territory of hundreds of millions of miles, was in turmoil.
Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty was furious and immediately sent generals Huangfu Song, Zhu Xie and Lu Zhi to attack the Yellow Turban rebellion in three directions.
At the same time, heroes from all walks of life took advantage of the situation, and the Han court's control over local areas was seriously reduced. In order to eliminate the Yellow Turbans, they even loosened restrictions on local powerful forces, and powerful local armed forces in various places followed suit.
Battles involving tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of troops occurred one after another in the hinterland of the Han Empire, including Jizhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou and other prosperous Han states, all of which suffered heavy losses in the chaotic wars.
After successive battles, although the army of the Han Dynasty was limited in strength, under the command of several generals, under extremely unfavorable circumstances, they burned down the Changshe and killed millions of Yellow Turban elites, turning the tide of the war in one fell swoop.
After that, the morale-rich elites of the Han army, Lien Chan, Lian Jie and several other armies joined forces to surround Zhang Jiao, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, who was sitting in Guangzong City. The momentum of the Yellow Turbans took a turn for the worse. They lost consecutive battles on all fronts and lost their initial momentum.
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Soon after, dozens of the top warriors of the Han army besieged the Taiping Taoist leader's corner, and the battle was so dark that the Guangzong city collapsed, affecting millions of people.
Such a tragedy even led to a catastrophe, severely injuring Zhang Jiao, who had the strength of an immortal, in one fell swoop. Most of the dozens of top warriors in the Han army perished, and those who survived were severely injured.
A few days later, Zhang Jiao died due to serious injuries. The tens of millions of Yellow Turbans in Guangzong City were slaughtered by the army. Hundreds of millions of dependent people became prisoners of crime. The land of Guangzong became a ghost land for a while.
After that, the army fought in succession and killed Zhang Jiao's two brothers, Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao. The Yellow Turban Rebellion was overthrown as quickly as it came, and it has since subsided, at least that's what the official said.
The imperial court generously awarded rewards, and the heroes who emerged from the Yellow Turban Rebellion all had official positions and territories. Unfortunately, the world was still not peaceful.
The main force of the Yellow Turbans has been destroyed, but the number of Yellow Turbans in various places is still over one billion. It cannot be wiped out in a short time.
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The Qingzhou Yellow Turbans are considered a relatively powerful group among the Thirty-Six Square Yellow Turbans.
Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the entire Qingzhou, which is tens of thousands of miles away, has been in ruins under the ravages of hundreds of millions of Yellow Turbans. Every county, county and city has been destroyed. Among them, the powerful and wealthy families have been killed and injured. The common people have been harmed to the point that their families have been destroyed, and they have even been coerced into joining.
He exists as cannon fodder in the Yellow Turban Army.
The imperial court wiped out the main force of the Yellow Turbans in the hinterland of the Central Plains and declared that the Yellow Turban Rebellion had ended. Qingzhou was still suffering from the Yellow Turbans, but it was peaceful for a period of time after the death of the Taiping Sect leader Jiao Gang.
However, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which spread to most of the Han Dynasty, did not really shake the foundation of the powerful family. On the contrary, it shook the foundation of the Han Dynasty.
Local exploitation is even worse, and there is no sign of post-chaos rule.
Yellow turbans from all over the country took the opportunity to rise up, causing trouble everywhere and disturbing the peace of the place.
But at this time, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty passed away, and the courtiers' struggle for power actually attracted Dong Zhuo, a hero from Xiliang, to the capital. Later, Dong Zhuo brought trouble to the capital, and the entire Han Dynasty was completely in chaos. No one paid attention to the remnants of the Yellow Turbans who were gradually showing signs of revival.
The eighteen princes challenged Dong, and the strongest men in the world fought outside Hulao Pass, almost destroying Hulao Pass.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Lao Dong burned down Luoyang, and then ran to Chang'an to live in a drunken dream. The heroes in Guandong divided their territories and attacked each other in chaos.
At the same time, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans revived and once again ravaged Qingzhou.
When the Yellow Turban Army passed by, it was like locusts passing through. All the cities were destroyed and turned into ruins. All the villages they passed by were empty of houses and nothing but destruction.
In order to raise food, the Yellow Turban Army could only fight on the move, going to "borrow" food wherever it was available. There was no so-called base area at all, and it was much worse than bandits and bandits.
No, after the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army's wanton destruction, the entire Qingzhou was in ruins. Except for those big cities that were difficult to conquer, the entire Qingzhou food supply system collapsed.
The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, together with the people it enslaves, is nearly 100 million strong, and the amount of food and supplies it needs to consume is also massive, and one city or one place simply cannot cope with it.
That is to say, when you break the houses of powerful merchants, you can harvest a large amount of food and grass that is enough for the army to enjoy for several months. Even if you conquer the city, it cannot compare with such a huge harvest.
During this period, the supply of food and grass for the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou was insufficient, so the leader Guan Hai personally went out to command an army of nearly 100 million Yellow Turbans to besiege Beihai County.
However, the city of Beihai County stretches for thousands of miles, and the city wall is 30 feet high. In addition, there are nearly a million soldiers guarding the city, and there is strong support from the surrounding powerful families, and the world-famous Confucian Kong Rong is in charge. It is not easy to break through.
Guan Hai didn't care so much, and divided his nearly 100 million Yellow Turban Army into several groups, which were commanded by his generals.
The rise of the Yellow Turban Army suddenly developed too rapidly. There are very few core members among them. Most of them are not specialized in military affairs, and they do not have time to slowly think about improvement. What they like to play most is the human sea offensive. As for military discipline and lineup,
Don't care at all.
The same is true. Although the number of Yellow Turbans surrounding Beihai County is large, they are scattered in a mess outside the city. You can tell at a glance that they are just a mob.
It is a pity that Beihai County has no generals. Although the county governor Kong Rong is a great scholar, he does not understand military strategy. The nearly one million troops in the city are not very powerful. They have long been frightened by the boundless Yellow Turban Army outside the city and have no courage at all.
Go out of the city and invite a fight.
Of course, although the Yellow Turban tribe seems to be a ragtag group, the Yellow Turban general led by Guan Hai is not bad at all. At least none of the generals in the city can be the opponent of the big leader Guan Hai.
During the initial testing process, after losing several so-called generals, the county governor Kong Rong simply stayed behind closed doors and ignored the unpleasant invitations to fight outside the city.
Different from other chaotic scenes, the nearly ten million Yellow Turban troops surrounding the southern city of Beihai County showed a rare order.
Close to the city wall are the well-organized millions of elite Yellow Turban troops, and behind them are neatly planned living areas for the elderly, weak, women and children. At first glance, there are neat sheds and streets with simple but complete facilities, and countless people wandering around.
During this period, although his clothes were blue and his face was yellow and thin, his mental state was pretty good.
The outermost area is an area where millions of Yellow Turban elites and second-line troops are stationed together, all in the same orderly manner.
Several huge ditches that are a hundred feet wide and ten feet deep completely separate the rear army from the Qingzhou land behind them. Hundreds of wooden bridges are arranged on them. The Yellow Turban soldiers in the rear army only need to guard the wooden bridges and do not have to worry about possible attacks from the enemy.
Threats from the rear.
It took a full month to set up the large-scale camp here.
The leader, Guan Hai, refused to comment on this, and the other three commanders and generals even ridiculed him, thinking that doing so was a waste of energy, and there was no need to bother at all.
According to their thinking, the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou are currently very powerful. Even if Yuan Shao, who dominates Jizhou, or Gongsun Zan, who occupies Youzhou, sends troops to attack, they have to be careful not to be too presumptuous.
Is there any force in Qingzhou that the Yellow Turban Army can fear?
Unfortunately, they didn't know that the defenders of Beihai County were most afraid of the Yellow Turban Army outside the southern city.
Whether it is the county governor Kong Rong, the general of the garrison, or the children of powerful families in the city, anyone who has seen the orderly camp of the Yellow Turban Army outside the South City can't help but feel chilled and dare not be careless in the slightest.
The defenders on the south wall are also the largest, with nearly half of the defenders stationed on the wall here, which shows the importance the defenders attach to it.
The Yellow Turban Army tent outside the southern city of Beihai County was placed at the junction of the first resettlement area for elites and the elderly, weak, women and children, with a high, thunder-shaped military flag rising straight into the sky.
The messengers and generals coming and going were equally orderly, and the generals' tents gave off a majestic and solemn look, which made people involuntarily feel awe in their hearts.
Lei Hu sat behind the handsome case, easily handling the trivial matters in the camp one after another, without any sign of being impatient or unable to handle them.
The entire large camp with tens of millions of people seemed to be in order under his management without any signs of chaos.
"General, our food reserves are less than a month's supply. We must call the chief as soon as possible!"
A scholarly quartermaster was reporting in a deep voice to Lei Hu, who was leisurely handling military affairs: "Otherwise, there may be trouble in our camp!"
"No problem!"
Lei Hu put down his work, raised his head and said with a smile: "Beihai County can't hold on for that long. There will naturally be enough food and grass supply by then!"
The scholar-looking quartermaster's face changed slightly, he opened his mouth but said nothing, he just said goodbye and left, looking quite miserable and embarrassed.
This guy……
Lei Hu smiled lightly and didn't take it seriously. He ignored the mountain of military affairs on the commander's desk. He stretched and got up and walked out of the commander's tent, strolling around slowly with a group of capable guards.
The Yellow Turban soldiers they met on the road showed reverence and shouted "Hello General", which shows Lei Hu's prestige and popularity in the army.
At this time, he was the Qingzhou Yellow Turban General, one of the big bosses under Guan Hai, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban leader, and a Yellow Turban general who was famous for his wisdom in the Qingxu area.
Ahem...
It's really shameful to say that he himself didn't expect to travel to the mythical end of Han Dynasty, and became a member of the failed Yellow Turban Army. In the end, he quickly emerged among the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and it took less than a few years.
He became an important general under Guan Hai.
Lei Hu didn't have much negative emotions about this, and he didn't complain about anything. The Yellow Turbans were just Yellow Turbans. At least he now has tens of millions of troops under his command, including 1.5 million elites, 2 million second-line troops, and
More than 7 million old, weak, women and children are doing well.
At this moment, a huge noise suddenly came from the north gate, and a terrifying power shot into the sky...