On the Jingzhou battlefield, Nanyang Governor Qin Jie devised a plan to lure the enemy in, intending to directly kill Zhang Mancheng, the envoy of the Yellow Turban Army. Just when the plan was about to succeed, something unexpected happened.
At this time, hundreds of horsemen suddenly rushed from the south. They did not answer even after approaching the battlefield. They charged towards the center of the battlefield and then walked away.
Although this cavalry did not cause much damage to the Han soldiers and horses, it completely disrupted the Han army's position and gave Zhang Mancheng an opportunity. Zhang Mancheng abandoned the troops who were in an ambush and got out alone among the rebels.
In Jingzhou, the only ones who are willing to support the Yellow Turbans and capable of rescuing the Yellow Turbans are the Xiang clan who live in seclusion here.
Of course, it was not Xiang Yu who led the troops to support this time, but Long Qie, one of Xiang Yu's five tiger generals, who came to the rescue.
The reason why Xiang Yan did not let Xiang Yu take action was that it was a waste of time to kill a chicken with a bull's knife, but on the other hand, she was worried that Xiang Yu's character would ruin the matter.
After all, Xiang Yu had always looked down on the Yellow Turban Uprising and believed that it would be difficult for the Yellow Turbans to become a major event. Moreover, Xiang Yu has always wanted to take action personally. If he leads the troops, I am afraid that Xiang Yu can directly lead the troops to fight against the Han army.
Since this ambush, Zhang Mancheng has become completely cautious. He would rather miss the opportunity than take another risk.
In this way, Zhang Mancheng relied on his strength to devour Wancheng bit by bit. Within ten days, the Han army was unable to continue, Wancheng fell, and Nanyang County fell.
As a result, the entire Jingzhou situation became critical. What's more serious is that Nanyang County's Fourth Battle Area can directly threaten Luoyang to the north, but if it goes east into the Central Plains, the situation will not be much better. At that time, once Zhang Mancheng's army joins Zhang Liang and Bocai in the Central Plains, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun will be defeated. In this way, the Han Dynasty is in danger and the world is in danger.
Under the influence of the system, many outstanding people from all ages have gathered together, although only a small number of them have been able to do so for the time being. But it is obvious that the power of the Yellow Turbans has undergone a complete transformation, although this transformation is only maintained now.
From this, we can also see the extraordinary power of these ancient heroes. Under their secret operations, the Yellow Turban Uprising, which was coming to an end quickly, is still strong, continuing to consume the few vitality of the Han Dynasty and laying the foundation for their own future.
Let's talk about the Yellow Turbans. Originally, the Yellow Turbans were in a good situation, but Zhang Jiao's order caused the world's situation to change again.
In other words, Zhang Jiao knew that such a reason would arise, but had to do it. At this moment, the shortcomings of the Yellow Turban Uprising were finally exposed.
After the Yellow Turban Uprising, within a short period of time, the Yellow Turban Army became unstoppable and was about to sweep the world. But at this time, Zhang Jiao issued an order to plunder all the famous families in the world. Behind this order is the increasingly serious food crisis in the Yellow Turbans.
After all, the Yellow Turbans were not engaged in production, although Zhang Jiao had planned to store a batch of grain and grass before the uprising, and after the uprising, the Yellow Turban Army accumulated a batch of grain and grass through continuous plunder.
But in the end, it was all in vain, coupled with the huge population of the Yellow Turban Army. Within two months of the uprising, the Yellow Turban Army had a food crisis.
In fact, Zhang Jiao had anticipated this situation at the beginning of the uprising, and had taken some measures early to take precautions, and sent officials to manage the captured areas.
However, the members of the Yellow Turban Army are all civilians and other low-income people from society. These people may have some courage to charge into battle. But letting them govern local areas and develop people's livelihood is really difficult for them. It is precisely because of this that although Zhang Jiao tried his best to restore local order and restore people's livelihood, the effect was ineffective.
Facing the red-eyed Yellow Turban Army, and Zhang Jiao had already issued an order to loot the aristocratic families, some larger aristocratic families were fine, but most of the small and medium-sized aristocratic families suffered. Those small and medium-sized aristocratic families didn't even have time to collect the gold and silver, so they went to other places. Some aristocratic families didn't even have time to escape, and they were hacked to death by the Yellow Turban Army who invaded the mansion, and all of them were killed.
As the most powerful class in the Han Dynasty, how could the aristocratic family just sit back and wait for death. What's more, after suffering such a big loss, they wouldn't be able to swallow this breath without revenge.
For some elites from aristocratic families, they have seen through the true nature of this gang of rioters. It is no longer feasible for their family to sit back and watch the fight between tigers and wait for opportunities to further control their influence. If this Yellow Turban Rebellion is not put down as soon as possible, I am afraid that their aristocratic family class will also be severely damaged along with the Han Dynasty.
For a time, it may come out of selfishness or publicity. All the families of the Han Dynasty contributed money and food, built armor and prepared armies for the court. In a short period of time, the aristocratic family forces actually helped Dahan organize a large-scale new army. Although the combat strength cannot be guaranteed, after all, the soldiers and armor are fully prepared, which is much stronger than the Yellow Turban Army composed of farmers.
Some elite children of aristocratic families even directly joined the various armies of the Han Dynasty, either as generals and commanding the armies in battle, or as counselors and making suggestions for the generals.
The aristocratic family is indeed the most powerful class in the world today. Although it has not yet reached its peak as it did during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and became a powerful family, its power at this time is not weak.
Although the Han army, which had the full support of the aristocratic families, was still at a disadvantage in terms of strength, it was able to block the successive attacks of the Yellow Turban Army. The Yellow Turban Army's previous overall advantage came to an abrupt end. The battle between the two sides maintained a delicate balance for a while. The two sides were truly stalemate in the two main battlefields of Jizhou and the Central Plains. No one could do anything about the other.
There is a stalemate on the battlefields between the Central Plains and Jizhou, but the war between Bingzhou is about to begin.
As mentioned before, Wang Qing, one of the four major bandits of the Water Margin, once suffered great losses in Bingzhou. Later, Wang Qing was unwilling to swallow his breath and even stayed in Bingzhou by himself, becoming the Yellow Turban Canal Commander in Bingzhou.
The Yellow Turban Uprising shocked the world with its momentum, and for a time everyone in the Han Dynasty was in danger. With Wang Qing's unyielding character, he would not let go of this opportunity. Wang Qing actually tried every means to travel everywhere in person, and mobilized more than 200,000 Yellow Turbans to gather outside Bingzhou, preparing to attack Bingzhou to avenge the shame of the defeat.
Of course, apart from the robbers and bandits Wang Qing and Tian Hu originally gathered, only a small number of the more than 200,000 Yellow Turbans were Bingzhou believers, and the number was negligible. The other Yellow Turbans were mobilized from several surrounding states by Wang Qing's connections. .
Due to Li Xiang's tyranny, the population of Bingzhou is not large. Although the refugees gathered over the years have greatly improved the situation, in a war-torn world, population is a precious resource. How can Li Xiang let it go? The Yellow Turbans developed a congregation in Bingzhou. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Yellow Turban congregation in Bingzhou is sparse.
