In this big man who was manipulated by Liu Bei, the situation before and after the Taiping Dao uprising was different.
The Luoyang court and local county and state officials knew about the situation in advance and were prepared because of Liu Bei's small leverage on the situation.
The local county officials even got the secret order from the imperial court, asking them to sneak attack and capture the local Taiping Road commander, eliminate the leadership and disintegrate their organization.
If the disintegration cannot be successful, then find a way to protect yourself first and defend the important city without losing the city or the ground. The imperial army will arrive soon.
In a word, just hold on!
If you can't bear it, don't be an official!
To be honest, it's not difficult. It's a high probability that the heads of local counties and states will be able to withstand it, either intentionally or not. The commanders of Taiping Road may not be able to withstand it.
However, the matching mechanism in the late Eastern Han Dynasty worked very well. The fact that the Yellow Turban Army was able to establish itself on this land shows that the temperament of this land is quite suitable for the growth of the Yellow Turban Army.
The governors and county chiefs worked hard for their own future and lives. After receiving the news at the end of February, they immediately began to take action to destroy the Taiping Road in their jurisdiction before the fifth day of March.
Their actions can be considered fast, but some people are meticulous in their actions, and some people do not know what confidentiality is when they act. The contrast is very sharp.
For example, Zhao Qian, the governor of Runan, acted more carefully and logically.
He moved quietly, without disturbing anyone, and carefully carried out sneak attacks. He successfully captured Peng Tuo, the commander of Taiping Road in Runan County, and then led more than 500 soldiers from the county and state to build a great momentum and successfully maintained the peace of Runan County. Yu County.
The Yellow Turban Army organization in Pingyu County was disintegrated by Zhao Qian.
In sharp contrast is Chu Gong, the governor of Nanyang County.
He guarded the "Longxing Land" of the Eastern Han Dynasty and did not know how to act cautiously. He actually did not know that the three or five minor officials in his government were Taiping Dao believers or the kind who were ready to rebel.
He openly discussed the matter of cleaning up Taiping Road in the county government, and assigned very important tasks to the three or five small officials, as if he was sincere.
The results were revealed in minutes.
Zhang Mancheng, the canal commander of Taiping Road in Nanyang County, was shocked when he learned about the incident. He immediately reacted and ordered his subordinates to prepare for action. That night, he personally led a surprise attack on the Nanyang County Governor's mansion and killed Chu Gong.
The unlucky Chu Gong didn't know who had betrayed him until the steel knife hit him.
After killing Chu Gong, the Taiping Dao believers in the city opened the gate of Wancheng. The Taiping Dao believers who were prepared outside the city swarmed in. Together with the Taiping Dao believers in the city, they captured many important places and killed many officials. .
Wancheng was defeated, everything in the city was turned upside down, and all those who were unfavorable to Taiping Dao were liquidated. In the chaotic situation, how many people who did not oppose Taiping Dao were also liquidated and had everything robbed? A number that cannot be explored.
Early the next morning, Zhang Mancheng announced that the great sage Zhang Jiao had not died, but had temporarily gone to heaven to meet the God of Huang Tian because of important matters. He himself was safe, but it was hard to say when he would return to the human world.
If the God of Yellow Sky talks happily with Zhang Jiao and has too many things to ask Zhang Jiao, then he may not let Zhang Jiao come back for three to five years, and Zhang Jiao will always live the life of a god in heaven.
Of course, everyone does not need to worry. Before going to Huangtian, Zhang Jiao gave him an order, ordering him to be the "Spiritual Envoy of God" to temporarily replace the great virtuous master and command everyone to attack the corrupt Han Dynasty Cangtian.
Zhang Jiao will pray for everyone above the yellow sky and use the Five Elements technique to increase everyone's luck and make everyone invulnerable to water and fire.
As long as you have a firm belief in the great sage and mentor, you will be blessed with luck. The stronger your belief, the more so.
Stimulated by the great victory, none of the Taiping Taoists doubted that Zhang Mancheng's ridiculous words were false. They all responded enthusiastically, willing to obey the orders of the divine envoy, and vowed to create their own Huangtian world.
The Nanyang County Yellow Turban Army was thus established. Twenty to thirty thousand people rose up together with great momentum, sweeping through Nanyang County, and the number continued to expand.
From the end of February to the fifth day of March, in just about seven days, the entire Central Plains underwent drastic changes.
The Taiping Dao organizations in some counties were successfully attacked by the government and declared to be disintegrated. The local government successfully defended its home base.
Some county officials were killed by the Taiping Dao organization because of their careless behavior. The local Yellow Turban Army was established, the city was taken away, the officials were massacred, and all those who opposed the Taiping Dao were liquidated, and the dead were even killed. Public.
Some county officials were simply unlucky. Unexpectedly, the local Taiping Dao organization had already known about Zhang Jiao's death and had been prepared for it. They immediately started an uprising at the first sign of trouble. They did not wait until the fifth day of March and rushed directly into the county governor's mansion. Massacre in all directions.
Most of the county guards and other officials in these places were killed without even a chance to escape.
There are also officials in some counties who are very lucky. The local Taiping Road Commander was shocked when he learned the news of Zhang Jiao's death. He felt that everything was over. Huang Tian died before the sky was dead. What should we do?
So the leader ran away, and the local Taiping Dao organization collapsed without their help.
On the fifth day of March in the seventh year of Guanghe, when the world was auspicious, eight Taiping Dao organizations in the entire Central Plains were successfully disintegrated, and four more Taiping Dao organizations automatically disintegrated.
The remaining Taiping Dao organizations successfully transformed into the Yellow Turban Army. In these seven days, they announced rebellions one after another, announcing that Cangtian was dead and Huang Tiandang was established. Let's all go together to overthrow the decadent Luoyang court!
They did know a lot about Zhang Jiao's death. Some people's faith and confidence collapsed because of this, and they decided to run away and wanted nothing more.
But more of the Qu commanders, like Zhang Mancheng, cherish their hard-won status and power and believe that regardless of whether Zhang Jiao dies or not, this battle must be fought and must not be given up halfway.
Otherwise, he will definitely be settled by the Luoyang court.
So they all started using banners similar to Zhang Mancheng's. Some said that Zhang Jiao would ascend directly after his cultivation, and some said that Zhang Jiao had entered a critical state of cultivation and could not go out. Anyway, no one acknowledged that Zhang Jiao was dead and tried to use this to continue to drive him. Devotees fight for them.
It's hard to say whether they still have faith in Huang Tian in their hearts.
Because those who have had close contact with Zhang Jue know who Zhang Jue is. They know that Zhang Jue will die, but they don’t know when Zhang Jue will die.
Anyway, no matter what, there is hope only if we continue to fight. If we don't fight, everyone's life will be difficult to save.
beat!
At present, in a successful situation, this method is still effective, and the hearts of the Yellow Turban Army are still stable.
Therefore, the county government that successfully disintegrated the Taiping Dao organization is not safe, because the Taiping Dao organization in the neighboring county may have successfully transformed into the Yellow Turban Army to fight back, so they were also allowed to temporarily restore the establishment of the county soldiers and defend key cities. .
However, it is indeed difficult for the inland counties and states that have been at peace for a long time and those soldiers with Eastern Han characteristics who are used as handymen to shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending the territory.
I usually act like a cow and a horse, but when things get tough, do you still want me to work hard?
Do you really think I'm stupid?
When the Yellow Turban Army rushed over madly with the slogan "Heaven is dead and Huang Tian is here to stand", the soldiers of the county and country were often defeated at the first touch, and collapsed thousands of miles away.
This is a war for the Yellow Turban Army, but for the county soldiers, it is a running race. Everyone competes to escape, and everyone is a magic patrol. They are afraid that they will be killed by the Yellow Turban Army if they run slower than others.
As a result, in local counties, except for the county towns where the county guards held firm, and a few county towns, most areas were swept by the fanatical Yellow Turban Army.
Throughout the first ten days of March, more than ten counties including Yingchuan County, Nanyang County, Runan County, Dong County, Jiyin County, Chenliu County, Wu County, and Kuaiji County were either defeated by the Yellow Turban Army and acted recklessly, or other than the county government. All counties and cities outside the county fell into the hands of the Yellow Turban Army.
Some Taiping Dao organizations were first disintegrated, and the remaining ones were organized by some people who persisted in their beliefs to continue the rebellion, causing local officials to suffer miserably.
(End of chapter)
