This time, Zhang Jiao absorbed the experience of the previous failure and made overall arrangements.
He planned to mobilize a total of 300,000 to 400,000 Taiping Taoists in eight states across the country to launch an earth-shaking uprising, to defeat the decadent rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty in one fell swoop, and to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom under the rule of Taiping Taoism, so that everyone could achieve happiness together.
Everyone agreed to launch the uprising on March 15th in the seventh year of Guanghe's reign, and the agreed slogan was "If you live in Jiazi, the world will be prosperous".
There were many participants in this uprising, ranging from poor people who lost their land to officials in the government, from homeless refugees to wealthy landowners and powerful men, from the exploited to the exploiters, everything included. .
It can be called a hodgepodge of social classes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
Believers from all walks of life who were dissatisfied with the status quo mobilized.
Believers all over the country seem to have transcended the boundaries of the era when counties were the country, breaking through all barriers and uniting together, and will issue the strongest voice of their era against the decadent Eastern Han Dynasty.
Zhang Jiao was quite excited about this incident.
He excitedly expressed his emotions to his entourage and family members, telling them that the great Huangtian era was coming, and the prosperous age of Taiping Dao was coming.
He actively communicated with the thirty-six Fang Qushuai and exchanged letters, telling them when to launch the uprising, how to capture the city, how to eliminate the lackeys of the Eastern Han Dynasty, etc.
Then he shared a series of information about the Eastern Han Dynasty's military defenses submitted to him by the believers with the Thirty-six Fang Qushuai, providing them with sufficient military information so that they could eliminate the local resistance forces of the Eastern Han Dynasty as soon as possible. .
And for Luoyang, whom he was most afraid of, he also had corresponding arrangements.
He sent his trusted disciple Ma Yuanyi to coordinate the plan, preparing for a bold beheading tactic, and united with the eunuchs in the court who were convinced that "Heaven is Dead and Huang Tiandang is established" and were dissatisfied with the status quo to assassinate Liu Hong.
As long as Liu Hong dies, the Han Central Committee will definitely be in chaos. By then, the entire Eastern Han Central Committee will be destroyed, and he will almost dominate the local area.
Zhang Jiao still had a relatively deep understanding of the military strength of the Eastern Han Dynasty, including the more than 10,000 professional Central Army and the more than 200,000 garrison troops across the country, which were not easy to deal with.
His side seems to be very powerful, but in terms of combat effectiveness, it is obviously no match for those veterans who lick blood from their swords, so he clearly knows that the key victory point of this uprising lies in this devastating blow to Luoyang.
The importance of Luoyang to the Eastern Han Empire is self-evident.
As long as the center can be destroyed, the formidable military power of the Eastern Han Empire cannot be coordinated and commanded. Without coordinated command, there will not be enough deterrence. He can fight all the way to Luoyang to seize the bird position, win the final victory, and establish Huang Tian prosperous age.
But in other words, if this move cannot be made well and the Luoyang plan cannot be executed smoothly, then the problem will be huge.
Once caught in a tug-of-war with the Central Committee of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the weaknesses of the Taiping Daoists who have not received comprehensive military training will be fully exposed. Even if they can defeat the Han army with a momentum in the early stage, they will not last long.
Therefore, killing with one strike was Zhang Jiao's greatest expectation. He had been paying close attention to the news from Ma Yuanyi.
In addition to paying attention to Ma Yuanyi's news, he also needs to hide his actions to a certain extent and not let some local official figures notice the abnormality. Therefore, he still conducts missionary activities to "induce people to do good" as the government expects. .
As long as Ma Yuanyi is well prepared, we will wait for the auspicious day of March 15th next year.
But Zhang Jiao never imagined that a person who was completely different from him was plotting his death, just as he was plotting Liu Hong's death.
He can be called a void tactical converter.
The success of Zhang Jiao's early missionary work was inseparable from the practice of going deep into the masses and becoming one with the masses. It was precisely because of his extensive contact with the masses that he was able to spread his reputation throughout most of the Han Empire in a way that was different from the mutual praise of the gentry.
Until now, although Zhang Jiao has had access to a large number of dignitaries in the Han Empire, and his status is different from the past, he still has not given up his attitude of getting deep into the masses and getting along with them.
Due to various considerations, in this period of time, which was only a few months away from the uprising, he appeared more frequently than in previous years, spread teachings more frequently, and contacted local powerful people more frequently, instead of staying in seclusion to engage in mystery.
He was like an ordinary old Taoist. On the eve of leading the army to revolt, he was still doing the things he usually did. His big heart was amazing.
He felt that everything was developing for the better. The only thing that worried him was that his health had not been very good during this period, and his recovery was very slow even after taking medicine.
One brother, Zhang Liang, was secretly planning the uprising, while the other brother, Zhang Bao, took time to be with him and personally tended to his condition.
In the early morning of December 23, the sixth year of Guanghe's reign, Zhang Jiao, who was preparing to start another day of missionary activities, coughed several times at home, cleared his throat, and felt uncomfortable in his throat.
Zhang Bao brought him the boiled medicinal soup and watched him drink the medicinal soup with his own eyes.
After drinking, Zhang Jiao smacked his lips with a bitter look on his face.
"It's so bitter. No matter how many times I drink it, it's still bitter."
“Bitterness is good medicine.”
Zhang Bao smiled, took out a piece of candy and handed it to Zhang Jiao: "If it's bitter, just eat a piece of candy."
Zhang Jiao quickly stuffed the piece of candy into his mouth, and the bitterness on his face gradually faded away.
"If you can't eat caramel, drinking medicine will be a first-rate chore. If you have caramel, drinking medicine will be something worth looking forward to. Baby, don't you think things in this world are interesting?"
"Brother finds it interesting, but I don't think this candy is valuable."
Zhang Bao smiled and said, "But it's worth it if you can feel better, brother. Brother, you have to get better soon, so that you can lead us to build the world of Huangtian together."
Zhang Jiao smiled.
"Don't worry, Cangtian hasn't been killed yet, how can something happen to me? But you, don't always accompany me. Liang needs you more, I just have some people to accompany me, anyway. It’s not an important matter, Liang is running around every day now, contacting this and that, I think he is the most tired.”
Zhang Bao shook his head repeatedly.
"Brother's matters are the most important thing. Without him, our big things won't be successful. Brother, please pay attention to your health and don't dare to take yourself lightly."
Zhang Jiao sighed slightly after hearing this.
"This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is Luoyang. I don't know if Yuanyi can arrange everything properly. If he succeeds, we can make things happen here. Otherwise, it will be really dangerous. "
"With my brother here, no matter how dangerous it is, we can avert the danger. I have always believed that."
Zhang Bao smiled and said: "Brother is our backbone."
"That's what you said."
Zhang Jue chuckled, and then showed some dissatisfaction: "This is like this in Hebei, but it may not be the same after crossing the river. Several people in Nanyang and Yingchuan have been very slack on me recently, and they don't write many letters. Give it to me, I have to write to ask about the matter myself, otherwise they will not take the initiative to inform me."
Zhang Bao also knew a lot about this and was quite dissatisfied.
"Brother still believes in them too much. When in front of him, everyone is his good disciple. Once he leaves his brother and goes to those places, I am afraid that it will be too late to become a prince. They are all waiting for the rebellion to break the earth and make a prince. Woolen cloth."
(End of chapter)
