In June of the seventh year of Guanghe, Qin Jie, the governor of Nanyang, fought with Zhang Mancheng and killed Zhang Mancheng. The Yellow Turban Army changed its command to Zhao Hong and occupied Wancheng with more than 100,000 people.
Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's army continued to attack the Yellow Turbans of Runan and Chen, and pursued Bo Cai to Yangdi. Finally, they defeated Peng Tuo in Xihua, and the rest of the army wanted to escape to Wancheng.
However, Sun Jian ascended the city first and entered the city first. The people advanced like ants, defeating the enemy and successfully defeated the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou. On the other hand, Lu Zhi defeated Zhangjiao in several battles and killed more than ten thousand people.
Zhang Jue had no choice but to retreat to Guangzong, and Lu Zhi built barriers, dug trenches, and built ladders to capture the city. When Emperor Ling sent Zuo Feng to inspect the military situation, someone advised Lu Zhi to bribe Zuo Feng, but Lu Zhi refused, so Zuo Feng falsely accused Lu Zhi of incompetence in combat.
Emperor Ling was furious and sent Lu Zhi back to the capital in a prison car. The capital had no choice but to issue an edict to readjust: Huangfu Song went north to Dongjun; Zhu Jun attacked Zhao Hong in Nanyang; and Dong Zhuo replaced Lu Zhi.
At the same time, the Xianling, Qiang and other ethnic minorities in northern Liangzhou and the refugees in Wuhan, Heguan and other places also took the opportunity to rebel. They elected Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou as generals, killed Ling Zheng, the captain who protected the Qiang, and carried out semi-forced actions. Let Bian Zhang and Han Sui, two local celebrities in Xiliang at that time, join the team.
In July, Zhong Yu's army, which had rested for a month, set out again. Wherever the army passed this time, there was even less resistance. Zhong Yu's previous deeds of enfeoffing ministers and splitting the soil and enclosing borders have been reported.
Although dozens of wealthy families in Nan County were wiped out along with this reward, Zhong Yu had used his actual actions to tell all the noble families in the world that as long as they did not go against him, he would not treat them badly.
And in order to set an example and appease them, they also awarded Cai Mao and Huang Chengyan, two lucky people, as the kings of a country. Although they only have the fiefdom of one county, it is still a country!
Think about the fact that the King of Zhou entrusted eight hundred princes. Which country has not inherited his legacy for hundreds of years, and after the country is destroyed, he can continue to survive as a noble in the victorious country.
With such a guarantee, it means that his family can inherit it for thousands of years without declining. This is more meaningful than any promise.
So although there were fewer troops going out this time, he only had 50,000 people going out in the two major states. But what we passed along the way was not so much a conquest as it was an acceptance of cities one by one. Basically, once the flag of the army arrives, all the city gates will basically open wide.
Only a few mentally retarded people can uphold their loyalty to the Han Dynasty and resist to the end. Then you use their mere efforts of one city and one county? How long can it hold back the army? It's just a little more twists and turns, and it'll be over in a blink of an eye.
In September, the East Route Army of Zhong Yu's army marched to Kuaiji County and governed Shanyin County. This was already the easternmost and southernmost county of Yangzhou. As long as such a county was pacified, it would mean that Yangzhou was completely included. Under the rule of Zhong Yu.
As the governor of Kuaiji County was tempted by Zhong Yu's enfeoffment of a county, the prefect Wang An surrendered in Kaicheng. All the officials of Kuaiji County, big and small, lined up at the city gate to welcome the army into the city.
As the dragon flag symbolizing the Han Dynasty fell down at the top of the city, the red, fire and blue Liniao flag, unique to the imperial kingdom, rose. It completely declared that the entire Yangzhou was freed from the rule of the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty no longer had a foothold south of the Yangtze River.
In the southernmost part of the Han Dynasty, a few days later, as Rinan County was taken away by the southern barbarians and the Linyi Kingdom was destroyed, the entire developed land in the west of the South China Sea was brought under the rule of Zhong Yu's imperial kingdom.
The entire Jiaozhou was subsequently conquered by Zhong Yu. At this moment, Zhong Yu's national flags were planted all over the south of the Yangtze River. His imperial kingdom had grown into a behemoth like the Han Dynasty.
At this time, the Han Dynasty, which was already like a broken ship, finally put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion that was raging in the Central Plains after repairing it. It began to concentrate its forces and headed for Hebei, preparing to eliminate Zhang Jiao, the last spiritual leader of the Yellow Turban Army.
When Bei Zhonglang's general Lu Zhi was brought to the capital by Emperor Ling because of his disadvantage in the long battle, he was handed over to Dong Zhuo to command the northern army, but he was defeated by Zhang Jiao.
The imperial court had to recruit Huangfu Song to lead the army that had just pacified the Central Plains and had not had time to rest and go to the north to suppress the Yellow Turban Army, which was being abused because it was not controlled by the Han army.
However, a dramatic scene happened. When Huangfu Song led the county soldiers and the central army he had continuously mobilized from all over the Han Dynasty to Guangzong City, they found that the thief Zhang Jiao, whom they were extremely afraid of, had died of illness. His younger brother, General Zhang Liang, the Duke of Digong, was left behind to defend Guangzong City with a group of mourning soldiers.
However, after Zhong Yu's tight blockade of the entire Yangtze River, the entire Han court did not know how the war in the entire south was going, and thought that the entire south was actively resisting Zhong Yu's attack.
They never believed that the Yellow Turban Army, which swept across the entire northern Han Dynasty, could not conquer the entire Central Plains in one fell swoop.
And how could the nameless forces originating from the land of Bashu quickly pacify the entire south of the Yangtze River? I have never heard of such a thing since ancient times.
Therefore, for the defense of the south, he only left his 20,000 to 30,000 troops to guard in dangerous places, and did not pay too much attention.
The last essence accumulated by the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, the more than 100,000 field troops commanded by Huangfu Song were all brought to Hebei by him at this time, preparing to put down the Yellow Turban Army that had been ravaging the Han Dynasty for nearly a year as soon as possible.
After more than half a year of fighting, the treasury of the Han Dynasty, which was not rich to begin with, had been completely depleted, and not even a mouse was found in the warehouse. It can be said that if he were beaten for another half a year, the entire Han Dynasty's finances would be declared bankrupt.
Therefore, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty constantly urged Huangfu Song to put down the rebellion in Hebei as soon as possible, so that the troops who went on the expedition could return to their hometown, and the money and food that flowed out like running water began to come back.
However, Zhong Yu was not ready to go on an expedition at this time. All his elite troops were sent to conquer two states. They had already experienced three months of war, although there was no too intense battle.
But even if a person has been traveling for three months, his mind is still very tired, so he must take a period of rest before he can continue fighting.
He wanted to wait until those armies had rested for a month, then gather the 500,000 troops he had recruited throughout the south, march northward, and wipe out the entire Central Plains in one fell swoop.
Strive to pacify the entire Han Dynasty within a year, so as to draw a perfect conclusion to his strategy of the Three Kingdoms world.
In October, Huangfu Song defeated the Yellow Turban Army and killed the local general Zhang Liang in Guangzong City.
In November, he and Julu County Governor Guo Dian killed the general Zhang Bao in Quyang County, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion subsided.
However, just when Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty thought that the world was peaceful and no one would rebel again, bad news reached the ears of Liu Hong and other officials in the Luoyang court.
The Qiang people and refugees in the Liangzhou uprising have already invaded Guanzhong, and the army is approaching Chang'an. The ancestral tombs of the Han Dynasty are about to be dug up.
At this time, Xiliang's more than 100,000 cavalrymen had already approached Meiyang County, Fufeng County. After a few more counties, they would be able to reach Chang'an City and dig up the Liu family's ancestral graves.
If this is still bearable, then once the entire Guanzhong is lost, only Tongguan will be left to the west of Luoyang City to garrison, and the Xiliang army can attack Luoyang at any time, threatening the entire rule foundation of the Han Dynasty.
This is something that no ruler can tolerate. Bandits and bandits can invade the place where he lives at any time, and the king's life is threatened. Do you still expect your subjects to be loyal to the emperor
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