Strictly speaking, Xu He and Sima Ju were not orthodox Yellow Turbans, but they started revolting several years after Zhang Jiao and others had died.
Although they also understand some of the Taiping Dao program, in terms of "academics", they only know what it is and don't know why.
They didn't know how to elaborate on Taiping Dao's program, so they could only make up some content that met the needs of the grassroots to coax them to join and make them work hard.
For example, in the prosperous era of Huangtian, everyone did not need to bear exorbitant taxes or pay taxes to the government. Everyone could have a hundred acres of land, everyone could have two or three wives, everyone could have enough to eat, and everyone could wear nice clothes. , live in a big and comfortable house.
Anyway, everyone has a bright future and a good life to live. If you believe in Huang Tian, you will have a future.
After all the deception, some people were willing to believe Xu He and Sima Ju's truth, but they obviously did not have Zhang Jiao's ability and could not deceive too many people. Many people felt that their current life was not bad, and the government Nothing can be done about them.
As long as you can beat it, nothing else is a problem.
They saw the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army sweeping across the northern part of Danyang County, and hoped to unite with the Yellow Turban Army and obtain the military protection of the Yellow Turban Army.
Xu He and Sima Ju also quickly realized the value of the Yellow Turban Army to the Shanyue Group, so they decided to exchange military protection and tactical guidance for some help from the Shanyue Group.
The cooperation between the two parties was very pleasant, and the life of the Yangzhou government was very difficult. In this case, they would also try to make the court uncomfortable and get the court to allocate funds.
But what Gui Bao didn't expect was that the court's response was a severe rebuke and the arrival of the army.
According to the latest policy arrangements, Yangzhou is classified as the Jiangnan Military Region. The Jiangnan Military Region will be assigned a 30,000-strong Central Han Army to be stationed. The commander of the troops is Zhennan General Guan Yu.
Gui Bao didn't know Guan Yu very well, but he also knew that Guan Yu was the earliest subordinate of General Liu Bei. It is said that they started together at a young age, were very close, had a deep relationship, and were trusted by General Liu Bei.
It happened that at this time, the Shanyue Group and the Yellow Turban Army in the Yangzhou area were collaborating and mixed together. However, the Yangzhou government was incompetent and could not eradicate the evil spirits, so the court had to solve this problem.
General Guan Yu of Zhennan will soon lead his troops south and arrive in Yangzhou, ready to launch a war against the Shanyue Group and the Yellow Turban Army.
All officials in Yangzhou must obey the imperial court's instructions during wartime and obey the orders of Zhennan General Guan Yu.
When Guan Yu gives orders, they must carry them out without making any mistakes. Otherwise, Guan Yu has the right to go up to the table to join them and remove them from their posts.
Moreover, once Zhennan General Guan Yu takes over the war, all the original armed personnel in Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Jiaozhi will obey Guan Yu's orders, and all military resources will be opened to Guan Yu. If not, Guan Yu will also have the power to remove relevant officials.
In short, Liu Bei legitimately gave Guan Yu the power to control everything through the Luoyang court. The entire theater must obey Guan Yu's orders during the war. If he violated the law, Guan Yu had the right to remove the person on the spot and report to the Luoyang court afterwards. .
Including Gui Bao, the governor of Yangzhou.
To put it bluntly, the Supreme Emperor of Jingyang Erzhou and Little Transparent Jiaozhi is here.
This news made Gui Bao's head feel dizzy. She didn't know how Liu Bei had the courage to make such an earth-shattering arrangement, but that's what Liu Bei did.
Gui Bao was not from Yangzhou, and he didn't think much about the interests of the locals in Yangzhou. He came here more to hang around and gain seniority, wondering if there was a way to get to the next level and enter the central government.
So he was full of resentment towards this unexpected disaster.
He resented the people of Xuzhou, resented the former Xuzhou governor Dong Zhuo, resented the prefect of Guangling and other county magistrates, and also a little bit against the general Liu Bei who unreasonably let him take the blame.
However, despite his resentment, he got nothing, and he couldn't help but feel extremely depressed. He felt that the possibility of him going to Luoyang for a promotion was getting smaller and smaller.
But he also realized that now that Guan Yu is here, it is not all bad for him, because the only possibility for him to rise to Luoyang now lies with Guan Yu.
If he can properly help Guan Yu handle logistical matters, he might be able to gain Liu Bei's appreciation through Guan Yu and leave Yangzhou, a remote place.
However, he has been the governor of Yangzhou for a long time, and he naturally knows that Yangzhou people, especially those in the south of the Yangtze River, have a kind of xenophobic sentiment. This sentiment is actually more obvious for people in the north of the Yangtze River.
Good things don't happen to them, and they are the ones who take the blame. Anyone who has experienced this kind of thing too often will become extremely dissatisfied with the Luoyang court.
Moreover, when Guan Yu comes, he will obviously take over the war management resources, and will also mobilize armed forces and military resources from various places to fight on the battlefield. At that time, there will inevitably be some conflicts with the locals. It is difficult to say that the two sides can resolve the problem amicably.
Then when the time comes, he, the governor of Yangzhou, will be caught in the middle, won't he be in a dilemma and become a different person inside and outside?
Gui Bao suddenly fell into a dilemma of worry.
But time waits for no one, and the Luoyang court will not care about the thoughts of some insects. Liu Bei will never show mercy to these insects who have no feelings for family and country but only themselves.
So Guan Yu, the head of the Jiangnan Military Region and General Zhennan, did not wait for the Chinese New Year and led his army southward in November of the fourth year of Jian'an.
During this march, in addition to Guan Yu himself, Liu Bei also sent Guo Jia to Guan Yu, and asked Guo Jia to serve as the marching staff officer, and to work with Guan Yu as a counselor for military aircraft.
Liu Bei believes that Guo Jia has relatively good thinking ability at the military staff level. Although he lacks experience, with more experience, sooner or later he can become an excellent strategic and tactical planner like Jia Xu Xunyou.
So this time he asked Guo Jia to go south with the army to receive training, and at the same time, he used his clever mind to solve some side problems for Guan Yu.
In addition, in order to ensure that Guan Yu would not be at a political disadvantage and be harmed by the local insects, Liu Bei assigned Cheng Yu, who was the general's commander, to Guan Yu as the chief of the march, specializing in matters outside the battlefield. Protect Guan Yu.
Cheng Yu has been relatively mature politically after working beside Liu Bei for a long time. In addition, Cheng Yu is used to seeing the warmth and coldness of people, and knows how the local grassroots bugs play tricks on their minds, so Cheng Yu is also quite good at dealing with these people.
For Guan Yu, who was not very experienced in politics, Cheng Yu's participation was a major reinforcement.
Then, Liu Bei directly issued an order to remove the original governor of Danyang County on the grounds of "cossing forward, delaying the opportunity to fight, and losing troops and generals", and dispatched General Zhong Yao to serve as the governor of Danyang County to rectify county affairs and assist Guan Yu in fighting.
It can be said that Liu Bei has made all kinds of preparations to prevent Guan Yu from overturning when he goes south to fight.
To put it bluntly, when Guan Yu goes south to fight this time, he is fighting away from home. It is not easy to do his best. He may not be able to do it by himself.
Therefore, not only Cheng Yu and Guo Jia, but also the three independent battalions of Gan Ning, Shi Huan and Yan Xing who had gone south before were also under Guan Yu's command. Guan Yu could mobilize these three independent battalions to assist in the battle.
And these three independent battalions are not simple existences.
In addition to the headquarters troops of the earliest battalion, these three independent battalions also recruited another battalion of local soldiers for training and raising naval forces at Liu Bei's request.
Although the training time is relatively short now and the naval force has not yet been fully trained, the number is still sufficient. If a fight really breaks out, Guan Yu can mobilize them.
Guan Yu's headquarters is the Tianwei Army, the 19th Army, and the 20th Army. Counting the three independent battalions, Guan Yu can directly mobilize nearly 50,000 military forces. If Guan Yu still needs manpower, the Jingzhou and Yangzhou areas The military servicemen of the county and state also need to obey Guan Yu's dispatch.
However, Guan Yu himself did not intend to deploy these military servicemen. He learned from the problems Cheng Yu had encountered and decided not to use the servicemen as a trustworthy force in the war. At most, he would let them take on some tasks of transporting logistics supplies.
Of course, we still have to rely on our headquarters for frontline operations.
In mid-November of the fourth year of Jian'an, Guan Yu prepared his headquarters to go south, and the march was quite fast. In early December of the fourth year of Jian'an, all the army arrived in Lujiang County and stationed there.
(End of chapter)
