Chapter 88: The Yellow Turbans Will Be Defeated
"There are nine reasons why the Yellow Turbans will fail."
"First, the overall quality of the Yellow Turban Army is too low. Although the Yellow Turbans are currently strong, they are like a tight string. All it takes is one big defeat to ruin all their advantages."
Hearing this, Qin Hao couldn't help but nodded. The overall quality of the Yellow Turban Army was indeed too low. How could the quality of an army of one million people formed in a hurry be high?
Low quality also means poor military discipline. In the Yellow Turban Army, although Zhang Jiao has various bans imposed by the major commanders, incidents such as disturbing the people are still banned repeatedly.
If things go on for a long time, the Yellow Turban Army will lose the support of the people, and the support of the people is the foundation for the Yellow Turbans. If it loses the support of the people and without the support of the people, it will only be a matter of time before the Yellow Turbans perish!
Of course, the low quality of the army also means that its combat effectiveness is weak. This is the biggest reason why Qin and Wen's 30,000 elites were able to easily defeat Fang La's 80,000 army head-on, and also dared to plan to ambush Fang La and Zhang Xianzhong's 100,000 coalition troops. .
In today's three major battles, although the Yellow Turbans have an advantage, they only rely on their numerical advantage. If they lose a game casually, they may be defeated by the Han Dynasty one by one.
What Wang Meng said was absolutely correct, the Yellow Turban was like a tight string, but a small setback could not withstand a big defeat.
On the contrary, the Han Dynasty was different. With the natural danger of Hulao Pass, the Han Dynasty could hide behind Xiongguan and maintain an unbeatable situation.
Although the Han Dynasty looked dangerous from the situation, as long as the Yellow Turbans could not break Hulao Pass, they would not be able to enter Sizhou, thus threatening the imperial capital Luoyang.
"Second, the Yellow Turbans have insufficient foundation. At the beginning of the Yellow Turbans uprising, there were one million troops. Now the Yellow Turbans have more than ten million followers, but they still only have one million troops. My lord, does your lord know why the Yellow Turbans don't expand their army?"
"Grain and grass!" Qin Hao said directly without thinking.
"Yes, an army of one million is so huge that even the imperial court cannot afford it, let alone the Yellow Turbans. The Yellow Turbans army is huge in number, but the only way to obtain food and grass is through seizure and plunder."
"How can it be possible to supply millions of troops for a long time like this? Therefore, I can conclude that the Yellow Turbans will soon run out of food, and then it will be time for the imperial court to counterattack."
In fact, Qin Hao also knew this, but he didn't think of it himself. He came to it after analyzing the information passed by the Jinyiwei spies.
But Wang Meng analyzed it on his own without any information. It can be seen that there is still a big gap between top wise men like Qin Hao and Wang Meng.
"Thirdly, Zhang Jiao has no children, his successor is vacant, internal fighting continues, and the conflicts have long been irreconcilable. Once Zhang Jiao dies, the Yellow Turbans will surely fall into internal fighting."
Hearing this, Qin Hao couldn't help but sincerely admire Wang Meng. At the same time, he also had more questions in his heart, so he asked: "Sir, how do you know that the hearts of the Yellow Turbans are not unified?"
The internal information of the Yellow Turban is top secret. It is impossible to know it as Wang Wangmeng. Where did this analysis come from?
Wang Meng smiled lightly when he heard this and said: "It's very simple. Hong Xiuquan is the most vocal among Zhang Jiao's disciples, and Xiang Yu is Zhang Jiao's prospective son-in-law. Does your lord know where Zhang Jiao sends these two men?"
"Hong Xiuquan attacked Yangzhou and Xiang Yu attacked Xuzhou."
"Yes, Yangzhou is located in the southeast and is a remote place. Even if they take it all, it will not be a big achievement for the Yellow Turbans. Therefore, Hong Xiuquan is not Zhang Jiao's choice as the successor."
"What about Xiang Yu?"
"Xuzhou is a wealthy place in the Central Plains, and capturing it is indeed a great achievement. However, Xiang Yu is not the Yellow Turban general of Xuzhou. Zhang Jiao only sent him to capture the land of Danyang. Therefore, although Xiang Yu is Zhang Jiao's son-in-law, he is not in Zhang Jiao's heart. The choice of successor.”
After listening to Wang Meng's words, Qin Hao suddenly realized something: "So the heir in Zhang Jiao's heart is actually Huang Chao."
Qin Hao never expected that Zhang Jiao would be so selfless, not passing on his son-in-law, younger brother, or apprentice, and actually wanted to pass the position to Huang Chao, who had nothing to do with him.
But this is also a way to bring disaster. Huang Chao is not Zhang Jiao, and Xiang Yu and Hong Xiuquan cannot obey him.
"Zhang Jiao led two brothers to attack Jizhou, and later sent Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang to take charge of Qingzhou and Youzhou. However, he sent Huang Chao to attack Yanzhou. It turned out that he wanted Huang Chao to take the greatest credit, so that he could eventually support Huang Chao to rise to power. , Zhang Jiao is such an old fox." Qin Hao slowly muttered to himself. At this moment, he finally realized and figured out all Zhang Jiao's previous arrangements.
Yanzhou is the closest to Sizhou and is at the center of the Yellow Turban Uprising. Here the Yellow Turbans can concentrate superior forces in the shortest time, and then use Yanzhou as a base to directly attack Sizhou. If they can finally break through the Han capital Luoyang, Huang Chao will be the biggest contributor to the Yellow Turbans Well, with this credit, at least most of the Yellow Turban commanders won’t be talking anymore!
"However, Huang Chao encountered General Lu Zhi, who was the most experienced in using troops among the three generals, so he was unable to capture Yanzhou quickly, which made Zhang Jiao's plan fall short." Wang Meng said with some regret.
"Today's Yellow Turbans are roughly divided into three factions, Hong Xiuquan, Xiang Yu and Huang Chao. Hong Xiuquan has the support of most of Zhang Jiao's disciples, Xiang Yu has Xiang Yan as his backing, and Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang will definitely support Huang Chao, so once Zhang Jiao dies , the Yellow Turbans will definitely split and be defeated one by one by the imperial court sooner or later."
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"Ninth, and most importantly, the Yellow Turban Uprising was a civilian uprising, so at the beginning of the uprising, they were destined to stand on the opposite side of the world's aristocratic families. The aristocratic families would never sit back and watch the Yellow Turban Army, the untouchables they looked down upon, gain the world."
Speaking of this, Wang Meng couldn't help but flash a hint of ridicule at the corner of his mouth.
"When the imperial court really cannot hold on any longer, the aristocratic families in the occupied areas may remain indifferent in order to protect themselves, but the aristocratic families in the unoccupied areas will definitely help the imperial court, providing people when needed, money when needed, and food when needed."
The relationship between the Yellow Turbans and the aristocratic families is very special. For small and medium-sized families that do evil, the Yellow Turbans have always directly eliminated them, but they are more tolerant of big families. After all, the power of big families is not small, and the relationship is complicated. If you offend one, you will be a group. Before the Han Dynasty was destroyed, Zhang Jiao did not want to make too many enemies.
Although the Yellow Turban temporarily spared the Aristocratic Family, the Aristocratic Family did not appreciate it. To this day, few Aristocratic families have taken the initiative to seek refuge. The Yellow Turban's hot-faced people ignored the Aristocratic Family's cold ass, and the Aristocratic Family also missed the only opportunity to reconcile with the Yellow Turban.
There was a hint of coldness in the corner of Wang Meng's mouth, and he continued: "But we can no longer wait for that time in the Yellow Turban. Now the day when the Yellow Turban will run out of food is coming. Instead of being defeated because of the lack of food, it is better to obtain food and grass by any means."
When Qin Hao heard this, he was immediately horrified and said, "Sir, are you saying that the Yellow Turbans will seize food from aristocratic families?"
"That's right."
"Isn't this drinking poison to quench thirst?"
"Zhang Jiao has no choice." Wang Meng said calmly.
Qin Hao lowered his head when he heard this. Yes, he would do the same thing. He really had no choice!
"The aristocratic families in the occupied areas will definitely suffer heavy losses, but at the same time, it will also strengthen the determination of the aristocratic families in the world to share the same hatred. If they stand on the opposite side of the aristocratic families in the world, the Yellow Turbans are destined to fail. No one can stop this."
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Originally, Qin Hao did not think that the Yellow Turbans would definitely fail, because the talent lineup of the Yellow Turbans in this era is too strong.
But after listening to Wang Meng's nine-point theory that the Yellow Turbans were bound to fail, Qin Hao understood that the Yellow Turban Army, which stood on the opposite side of the aristocratic family, was doomed to fail from the beginning of the uprising. This was something that no one could reverse.
No matter how powerful a person is, he can't fight against the world, and in this era, aristocratic families are the world.
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