The third year of Chuping is destined to be an extraordinary year.
To the west of the Taihang Mountains, the situation is undercurrent. Grand Master Dong Zhuo built the Yinwu in Xi County, which was completed at the end of March. He moved the Taishi's residence to the Yinwu, and moved all the grain and grass he had plundered and accumulated over the past few years to the Yinwu. The amount of grain amounted to four million. stone. Xiwu is seven feet high and covers an area no less than that of Chang'an City, and the materials in it can last for thirty years. Dong Zhuo was very satisfied with this and said to himself: "Even if I can't bring peace to the world, owning this place will allow me to live out my old age peacefully." ”
During this period, Taiwei Zhao Qian was ordered by Taishi Dong Zhuo to successfully instigate Jialong's rebellion in Yizhou, and then led troops to attack Yizhou southward and conquer Hanzhong County. Unexpectedly, when he entered Jiange, Liu Yan sent troops to block Jiange, and at the same time mobilized the Qiang soldiers from the vassal state of Guanghan, and successfully quelled Jialong's rebellion. Zhao Qian could not hold out at Jiange for a long time, so he had to leave Su Gu, the prefect of Hanzhong, to lead his troops. Return to Chang'an from Baoxie Road.
Han Sui, Ma Teng and other coalition forces in Liangzhou were filled with fear when they saw that Dong Zhuo had won several battles in a row this year. In early February, Dong Zhuo promptly sent Wen Yi, an admonishing official, to Longshang to appease Han Sui. He named Han Sui the General of Zhenxi, Ma Teng the General of the Expedition to the West, and the other leaders were all Zhonglang Generals. In addition, all the warlords in Liangzhou were recruited by Dong Zhuo. After the recruitment, Han Sui and others reciprocated the favor and immediately paid tribute to the grand master.
In terms of Bingzhou, Xu Huang completed his army reorganization and was appointed by Chen Chong to try to regain Shangjun. Taking Sanchuan County as his base, he repeatedly dispatched a small number of cavalry as surprise troops, bypassing Qiuci and Fushi, constantly harassing the Xiongnu tribes south of Zouma River, and moved all the Tiefu tribesmen they encountered back to Xihe. Dugu Qubei tried several times to set up ambushes, but they all ended in failure, which made him very angry. Then he reported it to General Jianwei Xu Rong.
After Xu Rong learned the news, he tried to retaliate with others and led thousands of people to attack Sanchuan County on a small road. However, the Baibo Army had been cultivating the southwest of Lishi for nearly ten years. When Xu Rong made the slightest move, he was ambushed and attacked by Xu Huang's army, resulting in nearly 2,000 casualties. The attack was ineffective, so the Liang army had to retreat and ordered Dugu to go to Beido to build a fort to reduce nomadic herding. However, as a result, the herdsmen of the Tiefu tribe were extremely dissatisfied with the princes in the tribe, and many of them took the initiative to flee to Lishi. As a result, Shangjun's defense line was extremely weak. Under such circumstances, Xu Rong expanded his troops locally to prepare for war. Not surprisingly, the two sides would definitely have a war after the autumn harvest.
To the east of the Taihang Mountains, various forces are entangled, sometimes reconciling, sometimes fighting to the death, and the situation is even more complicated.
The first is Hebei. After Han Fu, the former shepherd of Jizhou, abdicated, he was repeatedly forced by Yuan Shao's generals. Han Fu finally could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide in Chenliu County. The news spread to Jizhou, and then caused a large-scale rebellion by Han Fu's old tribe: Zhao Fu came out of Pingxiang to invade Julu, Cheng Huan came to Xiang State and occupied Zhao State, Li Li entered Gaoyi and captured Zhongshan, each with ten thousand people, and Heishan The army jointly responded with great momentum.
What was even more fatal for Yuan Shao was that Han Fu's son Han Chun led the remaining Han clan to flee north to Youzhou and asked Liu Yu to send troops to avenge Han Fu.
Fortunately, as early as the beginning of the second year of Chuping, Yuan Shao listened to the strategy of Chief Shi Fengji and pretended to be enamored of Liu Yu. He repeatedly sent Zhang Qi, the former Lelang prefect, as an envoy to pay tribute to Liu Yu. While inquiring about the reality of Youzhou, he claimed that he hoped Liu Yu Yu proclaimed himself emperor in Youzhou. Although Liu Yu had no intention of proclaiming himself emperor, seeing Yuan Shao's behavior, it was inconvenient for him to become an enemy of Yuan Shao. When he sent an envoy to repay the courtesy, Yuan Shao also bowed to the north and bowed to the envoy, which greatly reduced Liu Yu's hostility. Therefore, when Han Chun came to surrender, he tried to comfort him but had no intention of going south. …
However, Fenwu General Gongsun Zan was very hostile to Yuan Shao. He advised Liu Yu: "Yuan Benchu was disloyal to the imperial court in order to give him the title of envoy, and he forced the Jizhou Mu to be killed. This was in fact a treason. He was a great thief of the country." Ah! Now Han Chun comes to defect to you because he thinks you are benevolent. How can you sit back and watch?" But Liu Yu was still unwilling to become an enemy of Yuan Shao, so Gongsun Zan led the troops on his own. In February, he issued a petition against Yuan Shao in Fan Yang , counted Yuan Shao's crimes in detail, and led 20,000 troops southward to Zhongshan Kingdom.
At this time, Yuan Shao had just gathered an army to annihilate Zhao Fu, and was in the process of killing Cheng Huan in Zhao State. The war was reaching a critical moment. When he heard the news that Gongsun Zan was going south, he was shocked and had to divide his troops. Yan Liang and Chun Yuqiong each led an army of 10,000 to occupy the area. The two cities of Zhongqiu and Bairen resisted the troops of Gongsun Zan, Li Li and others who went south to assist. He personally led an army of 40,000, and used generals Zhang He and Qu Yi as minions to attack Xiangguo City. This war has now swept through Hebei and is about to continue to escalate.
South of the river, battles were even more frequent.
In the battle with the Liang army, Yuan Shu lost Nanyang first and then Yingchuan. For a while, he did not dare to fight with the Liang people again, so he donated tens of millions of dollars to Guo Bang's tribe who occupied Yingchuan, hoping to exchange for peace between the two armies. . This played into Guo Si's wish. After he invaded Yingchuan, he was afraid of Guan Yu's tribe who was waiting at Shenyuan Pass. He immediately agreed, leaving only Guo Gong, the newly appointed governor of Yuzhou by the imperial court, to join Li Jue's tribe and go south to continue to provide assistance to Liu Biao. pressure.
After Yuan Shu gained some peace, he neither dared to go east to regain the lost territory nor start a war with Cao Cao, so he turned south to plunder Yangzhou. Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, had always been friendly with the Yuan family in Runan. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shu suddenly launched an attack and was besieged by Xu Kun in Shu County. Soon he was defeated by the leader. Yuan Shu proclaimed himself the shepherd of Yangzhou and captured the Lujiang River one after another. and Jiujiang counties, and recruited generals such as Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui, Ji Ling, etc., in an attempt to attack the counties in the south of the Yangtze River.
But for Liang Jun, the focus at this time was still on Liu Biao in Jingzhou.
After Li Jue's troops conquered Nanyang, all the counties in Jingzhou were shocked, from Xiangyang to Jiangling. After Li Jue selected celebrities such as Deng Yu in Nanyang, Deng Xuanzhi, Cen Hao's son Cen Hong and others went to the north of Mianshui River to show their strength. Counties such as Yinxian, Zhuyang, Shandu and other counties surrendered one after another. However, before arriving at Deng County, Liu Biao had already sent a new army to station, and the general was Huang Zu, the new governor of Jiangxia.
Huang Zu went against the weak attitude of Mianshui counties and said forcefully to Li Jue's envoy: "If you want Huang to surrender, you have to give Li Jue's head in exchange!" Li Jue was furious when he heard this, and the entire army besieged Deng County. , Unexpectedly, the siege failed for more than ten days, so Xiangyang sent Kuai Yue to lead the army from Xianshan, and repeatedly attacked Li Jue's troops from the flanks. Li Jue suffered successive disadvantages, so he had to temporarily withdraw his troops.
After a slight repair, Li Jue and Guo Si joined forces and once again led an army of 60,000 people southward to surround Deng County. Their troops were directed towards Xiangyang. Apparently, they had made up their minds and would not withdraw their troops until Xiangyang was forced to surrender.
Liu Biao was inspired by Huang Zu's battle in Deng County, and he also made plans for a long-term tug of war. While dispatching reinforcements from various counties in Jingnan, he also sent envoys to Guan Yu in Henan to ask for reinforcements, hoping to attack the Liang army from the north to the south. The east and west are equally divided with the Huishui River as the boundary.
Unexpectedly, after the envoy arrived in Henan, he was unable to see Guan Yu. Instead, he learned a piece of news that shocked the world. …
At the end of March, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army had completely defeated Taishan and Langya counties. Tao Qian and the Taishan bandits were defeated and retreated to Donghai County. This was an ordinary thing and not worth mentioning. Unexpectedly, after the Yellow Turban Army defeated Langya, Langya King Liu Shun, Liu Xi and his son were captured by the rest of the Yellow Turbans. However, the Yellow Turbans not only did not harm them, but treated them with great courtesy.
At the beginning of April, the Yellow Turban Army led Prince Langya and his son to Mount Tai where they were enshrined, and they prayed to heaven:
“Today, the world is in great harm. The imperial court imposes excessive taxes and expropriations, officials pretend to be public servants for their own benefit, powerful annexations continue, thieves run rampant in the counties, corvees lose time to farm mulberry trees, and floods and droughts are common in the world. This is a state of maladministration and moral decay!
It was like this when Emperor Gaozu founded the country and Emperor Ai was out of power for 200 years. His destiny was about to end. But the founder of the Han Dynasty rose from the green forest to pay tribute to the people and then received orders from the emperor to reorganize the Han Dynasty. It has been two years since then. After a hundred years, we know that the time has come for the big man to receive another order.
The unworthy descendant Liu Shun (Xi) was worried when he saw the troubled times. Although his virtues are shallow, today I have been elected by the people. They hope that I can make decisions for the people and refresh politics. I remember that the common people were in trouble and were accused by Mi, so I was spared the trouble. Holding the gallbladder and living on the ice, I will temporarily follow the group discussion. "
So Liu Shun was made emperor by the Yellow Turban, and Liu Xi was made the prince. Jianyuan Geng Cang made Linzi his capital. Then Zhang Rao was made the general, Guan Hai was the chief Sima, Xu He was the Sikong, Guan Cheng was the Situ, and Wu Ba was the Taiwei. After occupying each county and setting up prefects, he even sent a message to the four states of Yanzhou, Hebei, Xuzhou, and Yuzhou. Order the governors from various places to submit to the Linzi court.
Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, received the message and ignored the dissuasion of the chief historian Chen Gong. He immediately led the soldiers from the central county to attack Juping, Liangfu, Bo County and other places under the Yellow Turban rule. As a result, he encountered Zhang Rao's tribe on the south bank of Wenshui River. The two armies fought and Liu Dai's entire army was wiped out. The Yellow Turbans took the opportunity to capture the four counties of Jibei, Lu, Dongping and Rencheng.
Cao Cao was temporarily elected as the governor of Yanzhou by Zhang Miao, Chen Gong and others. He gathered the remnants of Liu Dai while blocking the Gengcang army, and barely stopped the battle line at Juyeze. Guan Yu saw that Cao Cao was in trouble, so Guo Si withdrew his troops and led the main force in Henan. Heading to Shanyang to join forces, one side barely gathered an army of 40,000, and the other side gradually gathered an army of more than 100,000. The two armies faced each other, and a war was about to break out.
The impact of the Yellow Turban emperor's establishment was significant. Wherever the message went, the people were in uproar. Many of the remaining Yellow Turban troops who had survived Zhang Jue's death raised troops to respond. The roads to Linzi were crowded with people and vehicles. In one month, no less than 400,000 people came to the Linzi court.
When many celebrities learned that the Yellow Turbans had established a new emperor, and saw this scene, they could not help but feel shaken. They talked privately: "The ancestors who came out back then were in the Green Forest Army, and there are no people who can compete with them. It's just red eyebrows. Now that the Yellow Turban can make King Langya the emperor, we can no longer regard him as a common person. Perhaps the one who determines the world is among them!" So there were also famous people such as Wang Weng, Liu Zheng, Wang Du, Cheng Gong, Teng Dan and others joined the army.
During these eight years, the Han Dynasty encountered numerous rebellions. Those who were as powerful as Zhang Jiao only lost their power within a year; those who had been separated for as long as Han Sui and the Song Dynasty were still cramped in a corner of Longshang; those who claimed to be emperors like Zhang Chun never established the Yuan Dynasty. But now Gengcang's army gathered the three of them, changed the Yuan Dynasty and established the emperor, sent troops to the four states, and the world responded, as if they were competing in the Central Plains to compete with the world.
Since then, Shandong has been greatly shaken.
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