Chapter 467: We run out of ammunition and food and go to hell together
Zhang Jiao felt that his life was a tragedy.
A father is lost in childhood, a mother is lost in youth, a wife is lost in middle age, a disciple is lost in old age...
Nanhua Taoist is Zhang Jiao's most respected master, but he has been using him from the beginning to the end to achieve Baijia's conspiracy.
Zhang Jiao originally thought that he had broken the cage that Baijia had compiled for him, but when he realized what he was doing, he realized that it was just a bigger cage.
God's will cannot be reversed by manpower. If you go against the will of God, you will be hurt by God in the end. That's all, I'm tired too!
After letting out a long sigh, Zhang Jiao looked at all the commanders and asked softly: "Does anyone still remember my original intention of raising the Yellow Turban army?"
"Fight for the people of the world." All Qu Shuai shouted together.
"Everyone knows it." Zhang Jiao glanced at the crowd and shouted angrily: "But how did you do it? Aren't the people of Luoyang just the people?"
All the commanders looked ashamed.
Between preserving themselves and sacrificing the people, everyone chose to preserve themselves. They didn't feel there was anything wrong with this, but it deviated from the original intention.
"I, the Yellow Turban, may lose this time, but the one who laughs in the end will definitely not be the big man. The war has brought too many disasters to the people, and the people have already been overwhelmed. The big man can ignore the death of the people, but we can't." Food...cough..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Jiao suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood, and all Qu Shuai screamed in surprise when they saw this.
"Master." "Great virtuous teacher."
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In the third year of Zhongping, February 21st.
Under the orders of the great virtuous teacher Zhang Jiao, the Yellow Turbans officially opened positions and increased their volumes.
After the news came out, the people of Luoyang couldn't believe it was true.
But when bags of relief food were distributed, the people of Luoyang understood who was really on the side of the people.
Under the Yellow Turbans' rule, land was distributed to the people, corrupt officials were punished, unjust and false cases were re-tried, and even when food was about to be cut off, grain was returned to the people.
As for the big man, just thinking about it makes him cry!
Under the rule of the Han Dynasty, powerful families continued to squeeze the people, corrupt officials were everywhere in every state, and the people simply could not survive.
Compared with the Yellow Turban, it was really much better, but how did the people of Luoyang repay it?
Constantly resist the Yellow Turbans' policies to benefit the people and reject all the Yellow Turbans' goodwill.
Now think about it, isn’t this something you have to deal with?
Zhang Jiao's act of repaying evil with kindness made most people in Luoyang feel ashamed and finally forgot their hatred.
Since then, even the people of Luoyang, which was once the imperial capital, have begun to despise the big man. The big man has completely been called a "violent man", and no one can stop the people of the world from talking about him.
The Han may have won the war, but he completely lost the hearts of the people;
Although the Yellow Turbans lost the war, they won praise from people all over the world, and even the Han army had no admiration at all!
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February 22nd.
Zhang Jiao ordered Zhu Yuanzhang to serve as the chief general, and led Dian Wei, Xu Ding, Li Jin, Yue Xi and other generals to lead an elite army of 300,000 to attack Dagu Pass, preparing for the final desperate move.
As early as before the war, Bai Qi expected that the Yellow Turbans would fight tooth and nail. Considering that there was no shortage of troops in both the north and the south, Bai Qi applied for reinforcements from Qin Hao in advance.
Qin Hao gave Bai Qi 30,000 reinforcements, and asked Ran Min, Xue Rengui and Xiong Kuohai to come to help. He also wrote a letter to Huangfu Song, hoping that Huangfu Song could also divide his troops to support Bai Qi.
After Huangfu Song received the letter, he ordered Han Xin and Qin Jian to lead an army of 30,000 people and go to Dagu Pass to support them.
With 60,000 reinforcements, Daguguan's military strength was unprecedentedly rich.
Bai Qi detached an army of 30,000 to support this Liao army to deal with the Yellow Turban Army in the direction of Yanzhou. With only 50,000 defenders, he was able to withstand the fierce attack of an army of 300,000.
March 15th.
After more than 20 days of fierce attack, Dagong Pass remained as stable as Mount Tai, but the food and fodder on the front line were about to be exhausted.
Zhu Yuanzhang continued to attack Cui Liang in Luoyang.
Now the food supply for everyone in Luoyang has been changed to one meal a day for the city, and all food is given priority to the army.
The people of Luoyang also chose to understand this. After all, the Yellow Turbans themselves could hardly survive, but they gave them a meal, which was really the most benevolent thing.
The Yellow Turbans adopted the method of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. While tightening their belts, they also tried every means to raise food.
Zhang Sheng directly asked the army to spread out across the land of Sizhou, and used all available methods such as hunting, fishing, digging wild vegetables, etc. to find edible food to supply the troops on the front line.
But this was barely enough for the soldiers and civilians of Luoyang, and it wouldn't last long at all.
The Yellow Turban Army and the people of Luoyang used various methods to hold on for another month, but Zhu Yuanzhang still failed to capture Dagong Pass.
After a series of searches, almost all the wild beasts in the mountains were hunted down, all the fish in the water were caught, all the roots of wild vegetables and trees were dug up, and even all the sparrows in the sky were shot.
The Yellow Turbans have completely run out of food, and no food can be found around Luoyang. Nearly a thousand people and soldiers starve to death every day, and some have even begun to eat corpses.
April 15th, Luoyang, Imperial Palace.
Zhang Jiao, who was about to run out of oil and lamp, stood at the top of the steps of the palace, looking at Luoyang City where mourning was everywhere, and his heart felt peaceful.
"Although I, Zhang Jiao, am defeated, I still want to leave a spark of fire for the Yellow Turbans."
Zhang Jiao murmured to himself, and then asked: "Is Zhu Yuanzhang back?"
Before Zhang Sheng could answer, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was covered in scars, stood up, his eyes full of shame and self-blame: "I will never trust my good teacher. Death is not enough..."
"Kid, it's not your fault."
"A great teacher."
"Call me Master. From today on, you, Zhu Ming and Zhu Yuanzhang, are my disciples of Zhang Jiao."
"Master."
Zhu Yuanzhang burst into tears. At this moment, he hated his own incompetence. Why couldn't he break through Dagong Pass?
Zhang Jiao said to Zhang Sheng and others beside him: "Sheng'er, you leave Sizhou on the mountain road and go to Yanzhou to raise the Yellow Turban banner again. You must not try to force the Han people into submission. One day, I, the Yellow Turbans, will definitely destroy the Han people. .”
Although the four gates of Sizhou were indeed blocked, it was actually only a large army that was blocked. If a few people crossed the mountains, it would be impossible for the Han army to stop them.
Zhang Sheng was shocked when he heard this and said hurriedly: "Father, what will you do after the child leaves?"
Zhang Jue had already taken a dim view of life and death. Feng Qingyun said calmly: "I think that with my father's current physical condition, if he is still traveling over the mountains and ridges, he will definitely die on the road. This is not the way my father wants to die."
"If the father doesn't leave, neither will the child." Zhang Sheng said stubbornly, tears flowing out of his cheeks unconsciously.
"Silly boy." Zhang Jiao stroked away Zhang Sheng's tears and said lovingly, "Even without this defeat, my father's time would still be short, so there is no need to feel sad for my father."
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