The Prime Minister of the Thieves passed away, leaving the Yellow Turban Army without a leader. Naturally, they began to think about surrendering. The other thieves suddenly realized that they would either disband or commit suicide.
In this way, Huangfu Song was promoted to a noble rank by the imperial court and became a general of chariots and cavalry, as well as the shepherd of Jizhou.
Huangfu Song took this opportunity to express his feelings to his old friend Lu Zhi and explained Lu Zhi's situation to the court. Lu Zhi was rehabilitated and restored to his original title. Cao Cao also received a reward for his contribution to breaking the thief. The Japanese generals returned to the court, but the court did not respond at all to Liu Bei and the others.
"It's his grandma's. Why do all the hard work and dirty work belong to us, but the credit belongs to them? It really pisses me off!"
After knowing the result, Zhang Fei was naturally very angry.
Of course Liu Bei felt grievances, but as his elder brother, he should exercise restraint, so he advised: "Yidemo must be angry. Everyone has merit in eliminating thieves. The court cannot cover everything, so we should understand."
"Yes, I agree with what brother said."
Yuyi echoed from the side.
Zhang Fei had no choice but to lose his temper and threw the whip to the ground, finally letting go of his anger.
On the other side of the battlefield, Zhu Jun heard about the fighting situation on Huangfu Song's side and quickly urged all the troops to concentrate all their efforts on attacking Yangcheng.
The deaths of the thieves Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang sharply reduced the fighting spirit of the Yellow Turban Army, and they were no longer in the mood to fight. The situation was reversed for a while. The originally mighty Yellow Turban Army turned into a small army, like a dying army. Like candles.
At this time, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army had been dissipated. A man named Yan Zheng took advantage of Zhang Bao's sleep to cut off his head and opened the city gate to surrender. In this way, Zhu Jun defeated several more people one after another. Prefectures and counties, and sent people to report the success to the court.
Zhang Jiao also had some capable disciples who followed Zhang Jiao wholeheartedly. After learning about Zhang Jiao's death, they were heartbroken and decided to launch an army to avenge themselves. They gathered tens of thousands of people including Zhao Hong, Han Zhong, and Sun Zhong to burn, kill and plunder. plunder.
After the imperial court received the report, it immediately sent Zhu Jun with the troops preparing to return to encircle and suppress them again.
At this time, Liu Bei was also preparing to leave with his men. He met Zhu Jun who was returning. After learning about the situation, he thought that the great task of eradicating the thieves was not over yet and he still had to go, so he and Zhu Jun attacked in the direction of Wancheng.
After Zhu Jun arrived at Wancheng with his army, he ordered to surround it. At the same time, he sent four Liu Bei brothers to lead troops to attack the southwest corner of the city gate. Zhao Hong sent Han Zhong to fight, and Han Zhong was ordered to lead his elite troops there. Southwest corner resistance.
After Zhu Jun knew that the opponent's main force had been mobilized, he quickly led the main force to attack the northeast corner of Wancheng. He had 2,000 cavalry at his disposal, and the attack was menacing.
Zhao Hong was afraid that the defense in the northeast corner would be torn apart, so he quickly sent Han Zhong to guard it. As soon as Han Zhong moved, he couldn't look at each other. Liu Bei immediately ordered to follow behind to cover up the enemy. The Yellow Turban thieves were defeated and had to enter Wancheng and never come out again.
As a result, Wancheng became an isolated city. Under siege, the food was quickly exhausted.
Han Zhong walked around the city and found that the army was disorganized and the people were dissatisfied. If he continued like this, he would definitely starve to death, so he sent people to find Zhu Jun outside the city and expressed his intention to surrender, but Zhu Jun refused. .
At this time, Liu Bei was beside him. He felt a little puzzled and said: "When Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was able to conquer the world, it was because he had an extraordinary mind and could tolerate those who surrendered. Why can't you accept Han Zhong?"
Zhu Jun smiled and said: "I know about Xuande Gong's benevolence and righteousness, but the situation is different now. At that time, the Qin Dynasty was in riots, the world was in chaos, and there was no democracy, so it was useful to recruit and surrender, which could attract many talents. Now the world is at peace. , only the Yellow Turbans rebelled. If they tolerated their surrender but could not persuade them to be good, they would have acquiesced in their desire to plunder. If things go on like this, they would surrender as long as they failed, and they would rise up if they were let go, so how could they convince the people. "
Yu Yi thought about it and realized that what he said was right. Moreover, he and the Yellow Turban Army had a deep hatred, so he added: "General Zhu Jun is right. The Yellow Turban Army are all loyal believers of Taiping Dao. Their thinking is difficult." Change, not to mention killing him, will definitely scare other people who are ready to take action."
Liu Bei sighed: "Now Wancheng is besieged like Tietong. Now they beg to surrender and we don't allow it. Then they will definitely fight to the death. When the time comes, a last-ditch battle will definitely cause heavy casualties to tens of thousands of people in Wancheng. "
Yu Yi lamented that the eldest brother's heart was really too soft. He didn't know that one general's success could lead to thousands of bones being withered. With his familiar knowledge of Lu's Spring and Autumn Period, he also had some room to change the matter.
"I understand my brother's painstaking efforts. If it is for the sake of the people, it should be a benevolent move, so he will withdraw to the southeast and concentrate all his forces to attack the northwest. If a gap appears, they will definitely abandon the city and flee, and we can attack them outside the city in one fell swoop. It’s annihilated.”
Zhu Jun agreed to Yu Yi's suggestion and evacuated the troops on the southeast and southeast sides, and then attacked the northwest corner together. As expected, Han Zhong abandoned the city, so Liu Bei took several brothers to cover up the killing, and shot Han Zhong dead on the way. The leader of the thieves died, and the others had no intention of fighting, so they fled everywhere.
Halfway through the pursuit, Zhao Hong and Sun Zhong fought their way out, breaking their original plan. After fighting, they found that the opponent's power was very strong, so they temporarily retreated.
Zhao Hong took advantage of the situation and chopped Wancheng back, but did not gain any advantage. Zhu Jun did not want to retreat easily, so he stationed himself ten miles away, preparing to cultivate himself before making a sneak attack.
Just as they were about to attack, a pair of men and horses suddenly came from the east. The man in the lead was born with a broad forehead and a tiger body with a bear waist. He asked his name. His surname was Sun, his given name was Jian, his courtesy name was Wentai, and he was from Fuchun, Wu County.
Liu Bei didn't know the man, so he asked Zhu Jun where he came from.
It turns out that Sun Jian is also a well-known figure. It is said that when he was seventeen years old, he followed his father to Qiantang, met more than a dozen pirates, robbed the merchant's finances, and divided the spoils on the shore. Originally, this matter had nothing to do with them, but Sun Jian told his father that I would catch this little thief.
Sun Jian's father was shocked, but he had already come ashore with his sword in hand. He raised his head and shouted, commanding things from east to west, as if calling for people to come. The pirates thought that some officers and soldiers were coming, so they were so frightened that they lost their belongings and left. While they were running away, Sun Jian caught up with him and killed a thief, which was a great achievement.
Because of this act of righteousness, Sun Jian's reputation spread, and he was nominated by the county magistrate and recommended to become a school captain. Later, a thief named Xuchang openly rebelled in Kuaiji, claiming to be emperor, and gathered tens of thousands of thiefs. Sun Jian He recruited some warriors and went up to kill them and cut off their heads.
So someone else reported his achievements to the court, and he was promoted to another level.
Liu Bei introduced his brothers to Sun Jian one by one. Sun Jian smiled and said: "This time I heard that the Yellow Turbans were rebelling, so they gathered some businessmen and recruited thousands of warriors to defeat the thieves together."
