Chapter 904: The Surprising Change of the Yellow Turban Collar
Sun Ce was defeated, and thousands of Jiangdong troops retreated like a tide.
Although the little overlord of Jiangdong was only reluctant to lose and suffered only minor injuries, a defeat was a defeat. It is not known how much impact it had on his own confidence, but it had a huge impact on the morale of the Jiangdong army.
Although Taishi Ci won the victory, he did not lead his troops to pursue him. Although Jiangdong's army retreated, it was not chaotic. There was no need to fight with them at this time. It was better to get the spoils of war that had been agreed upon in advance.
Looking back, the Yellow Turban Army did not enter Shouchun, but sent envoys into the city to contact Liu Bei and Lu Bu, asking them to send out the captured Yuan Shu and his family members.
Although they were full of doubts and didn't understand what the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Calabash was planning, the two men did not use any tricks and readily sent Yuan Shu and his family members out.
When they were giving it away, the envoys from the two families said that they had not yet found the jade seal that had fallen into Yuan Shu's hands, and hoped that the Yellow Turbans would inform him after finding out the news from Yuan Shu.
Of course, this is just a mere reminder.
Liu Bei and Lu Bu had asked about it a long time ago. When Shouchun City was destroyed, the city was in chaos, and the jade seal of the country disappeared immediately afterwards. In the end, it could not be found anywhere.
It's not that Yuan Shu is hiding, this guy is planning to go crazy at the last moment, gathering his family members to prepare for self-immolation, how can he still have the mind to pay attention to the jade seal of the country?
At this time, when Liu Bei and Lu Bu inquired in person, they both knew that the disappearance of the imperial seal had nothing to do with Yuan Shu, and they had no intention of pursuing it further.
Of course, it's not that these two guys don't pay attention to Yuan Shu, but they have more important things to deal with at this time.
Both Liu Bei and Lu Bu had ideas about the division of spoils and the future division of Huainan territory, so naturally they had no intention of paying attention to Yuan Shu, a loser.
Taishi Ci didn't care about this. After confirming the identity of Yuan Shu and his family, he directly said goodbye to Liu Bei and Lu Bu. There was no need for the two million Yellow Turban knights to stay here.
In this battle of Huainan, two million Yellow Turban elite cavalry came on an armed parade. They didn't win any battles, they just showed their faces in front of the surrounding forces.
When Liu Bei and Lu Bu heard the news, they hurried out of the city to see each other off, regardless of their private dirty laundry.
They want to solidify their relationship with the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. Among other things, the five thousand talisman carts of food and grass supplies currently delivered every month are supplies that the two families value very much.
Not to mention that the grain and grass supplies provided by Qingzhou Yellow Turban are of stable quantity and excellent quality, just such a stable source of supplies is very important to both companies.
In the future, when they govern the local area, they will have to be restrained by the powerful families in the area. Not to mention the collection of materials, they will have to deal with it for a long time.
At the critical moment, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans' supply channel may be the only source of food and grass supplies in their hands, and it cannot be cut off easily.
Besides, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans were quite generous. The purchase price of grain and grass supplies was still the same as before the collapse of the Han Dynasty. How much money did it save them?
Obviously, Qingzhou Yellow Turban also wanted to make good friends with them, and they hit it off right away.
As the first Yellow Turban general in Qingzhou, Taishi Ci naturally understood the thoughts of the leader Lei Hu very well, and responded enthusiastically to Liu Bei and Lu Bu's overtures. At the same time, he also invited the two families to send envoys to stay in Qingzhou Yellow Turban, so as to save trouble in the future.
Messengers should be specially sent back and forth.
Not only can the two families send envoys to the Yellow Turban collar, the Yellow Turban collar will also send envoys to settle in the core territories controlled by the two families, forming a more reasonable communication mechanism.
It's unlikely that anything would have to be done by high-level officials like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhang Liao. That would be too time-consuming and energy-consuming, and it would be difficult for such high-level officials to leave their base at will.
If one of them is ambushed by hostile forces, the loss will be heavy, and it will also have an extremely negative impact on the relationship between the three families.
When Liu Bei and Lu Bu heard this, they felt that this was the right idea, and after thinking about it for a moment, they readily agreed.
This is a good thing for both of them, so there is no need to refuse.
Besides, they are indeed very curious about the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. If they can send envoys to stay permanently, it will have a great effect on their understanding of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, so they will naturally agree readily.
Not only that, they even directly named the envoys in front of Taishi Ci and brought their entourage to prepare to return to the Yellow Turban Territory with Taishi Ci.
After chatting for a while, Taishi Ci returned with two million yellow scarf knights and envoys from the two families.
Just like when they arrived, the two million Yellow Turban knights did not enter the city. They were all stationed in the wild. They did not want to make people unhappy at all.
With Tai Shi Ci's wisdom, he could naturally see that the land of Huainan should basically fall into the hands of Lu Bu. Liu Bei also had Xuzhou to govern, and his men were not very civilized and had no energy to care about the Huainan area.
On the way, we also encountered six convoys of fu chariots transporting grain and grass supplies to Liu Bei Group and Bingzhou Langqi. Taishi Ci also sent hundreds of thousands of horsemen to escort them.
After half a year, Taishi Ci and his party returned to Qingzhou Huangjinling from Shouchun.
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The Yellow Turban collar at this time was very different from when Taishi Ci left a year ago.
Under Lei Hu's governance, the Yellow Turban collar experienced a surging wave of development almost every once in a while.
When Taishi Ci was in the military camp, he saw that images and sounds could be directly displayed, and a woman with a pretty face was broadcasting the latest news, and he couldn't help but look shocked.
"Have you researched the graphic communication talisman array that the big leader mentioned?"
He asked the military commander next to him: "This has begun to spread among the military, but what about the people?"
"The general guessed correctly!"
The small school next to him explained: "When the general led the troops on an expedition, the Taoist Academy had already produced results, and the rune sound-image device in front of him was quickly formed, which could receive the graphics and sounds transmitted by the main station. It was better than the previous runes.
Wen Communication’s loudspeaker is much more powerful!”
"It really is!"
Looking at the broadcast of the beautiful woman with a beautiful face in the rune sound recorder, there are lines of words flowing below. Anyone with good eyesight can basically hear and understand clearly.
Taishi Ci was not a simple martial artist. He only understood the function of these runic sound and picture devices after a moment's thought, which was of great help to the Yellow Turban senior officials in controlling their territory.
"This thing is a popular trend in the territory right now. Since it was launched among the public half a year ago, it has been selling like crazy. I heard that hundreds of thousands of units have been sold!"
The small school next to him said loudly: "I heard that when the Taoist Normal University completely stabilizes the sound and image talisman array, it can be directly built by outside businessmen, and the output will be greatly increased!"
"Yeah?"
Taishi Ci nodded, feeling quite good.
The Yellow Turban Leader's strength had obviously improved greatly during his absence, which made him sigh with emotion and couldn't help but feel a little proud.
That is to say, the Yellow Turban Leader has no idea of expansion, otherwise the entire Qingzhou would have been under its control.
"Besides this rune sound mapper, are there any other new things below?"
Putting away the surging thoughts in his heart, Tai Shici continued to ask: "It has been more than a year since I left. These changes should not be the only ones in the territory!"
"Of course!"
The junior colonel next to him smiled and said, "General, didn't you notice? There are still talisman carriages on the official roads in the city. How is it different from before?"
"What difference can there be? Wait..."
Taishi Ci curled his lips indifferently at first, then suddenly realized and said: "It seems that many of the talisman carts traveling in the city and on official roads are not transported by oxen!"
"exactly!"
The principal explained with excitement on his face: "The general doesn't know that the Taoist Normal University has developed a rune-powered carriage not long ago, which can travel tens of thousands of miles without the need for an ox-horse to transport it!"
"so smart?"
Taishi Ci was surprised. As a military leader, he naturally knew how important the appearance of such a good thing would be to the improvement of the Yellow Turban Army's combat power.
In the past, although there were talisman carts that could transport more supplies, the logistics crews still had to rely on oxen and horses for transportation. This was also the main reason why the talisman carts were not built further in Dali, or the scale of the logistics crews was limited.
If they can get rid of the restrictions of oxen and horse transport, the Yellow Turban Army will no longer have logistical pressure, and food and grass supplies can be transported to the rear wherever they hit in time, which will not only improve the Yellow Turban Army's combat power.
"Of course it's great!"
The schoolmaster looked proud and said with a mysterious smile: "The rune-powered bicycle frame that has been launched is said to be in its early stages. The big boss requires the Taoist Academy to develop better rune driving gear!"
"better one?"
Tai Shici couldn't help but smile bitterly, shook his head and said: "The big leader is really striving for excellence and is not dazzled by these things at all. I'm afraid the Taoist masters at the Taoist Academy will have another headache!"
"Haha, the general doesn't know, I'm afraid those Taoist masters just want to do it!"
The principal curled his lips, and it was hard to tell whether he was envious or gloating: "Those guys in the Taoist Academy are obsessed with it. I heard that every time they develop new runic tools, they are not only of great use to us Yellow Turban Leaders, but also to
Their own level will also be greatly improved!”
"It's natural!"
Taishi Ci smiled and said: "They are studying this. The deeper they study, the faster their own Talisman cultivation will improve. This is a mutually reinforcing thing. There is nothing surprising!"
"Yes, Taoist masters are very popular nowadays!"
The primary school student said with envy: "The runes class in the school is very exciting. Even some young adults can't help but listen curiously and want to become Taoist masters!"
"This is a good thing!"
Taishi Ci smiled and said: "The big leader always complained that the number of Taoists was too small, and many ideas and things could not be realized. It should be much better now, right?"
"This subordinate is not very clear!"
The principal shook his head and said: "I just heard that the Rune Wen Hall is going to open in every village. It shouldn't be enough, otherwise the big leader wouldn't go to such extreme measures. This would prevent all the people from becoming Taoists!