Chapter 59, Unrest
Zhang Xian, the county magistrate of Huairong County, is busy cleaning the battlefield. The head of the Yellow Turban Army is his biggest hobby recently, a county magistrate who has always been known as a wise man. He didn't know why Zu Zhao was very disgusted with cutting off the enemy's head, and even a little sudden about his military achievements, but he understood his duty. Since the Governor of Post was unwilling to do it, his subordinate should share his worries for Shangguan.
In just a few days, the head of the killed yellow scarf army was marinated with lime and piled up on the streets of Huairong County, dense like a hill.
The surviving people of Huairong County saw that these heads were either throwing rotten eggs or vegetable leaves for no other reason. Although the current Yellow Turban Army was just beginning to fight for the people, it lost its original intention after forming an army. Burning, killing and plundering was crazier than the officers and soldiers, which is why the Yellow Turban Army did not Reasons that are not seen by the people of Huairong County.
As for those living prisoners of the yellow scarf army, they were punished to kneel in front of the county government every day and show them to the public with huge wooden shackles. For Zhang Xian, the county magistrate of Huairong County, and his subordinates, this is a distinct military merit to show off. Every day, women and children come here to dig up these prisoners with their sharp fingers. Some prisoners are even directly dug out of their eyes and eaten, because those women and children's husbands and brothers died when the Yellow Turban Army attacked the city. Of course, at this moment, there is revenge and beating the draught dog.
"Deputy, after detailed calculation, I killed 300 people and captured 210 people this time, and we lost more than 600 people to the Yellow Turban Army before and after!" When Zhang Xian said these words, his lips were trembling and excited.
"Ao!" Zu Zhao just nodded faintly without any expression.
Zhang Xian was stunned. Lord Post really has a city. Such a great military merit is so quiet that he can hold it like this at such a young age. He is really a master.
"Your excellency is very happy. If you report it, it will be a great success!" Zhang Xian still continued to flatter. It is difficult for others to reach middle age and wander in the officialdom to feel that they can see through people's hearts, but they can't figure out the thoughts of the young general in front of them.
"Since there are 190 heads, then take out the heads of 100 people and give them to the hot-blooded officials, civilians and volunteers in Huairong County!" Zu Zhao looked at Zhang Xian's face and saw through the other party's thoughts at a glance. As the saying goes, if there is no profit, it can't be seen early. The guy in front of him is nothing more than military merit.
Ah? Thank you for your support!" Zhang Xian bent down and made a big salute to Zu Zhao. He has been in Huairong County for many years and has a tendency to sit through the county government of Huairong County. Seeing that Zu Zhao has made such great achievements, he, a bureaucrat known as a literati, can't sit still and brazenly wants some military merit. After all, they are also meritorious in guarding the county, but Zu Zhao He was directly leveled to the heads of 100 people, which surprised him.
"I hope the county magistrate can give me more grain and grass to 300 cavalry!" Zu Zhao also spoke lightly.
"Don't worry, Lord Post, I will never let you down!" Zhang Xian patted his chest with a shocking sound.
On that day, Zhang Xian invited 300 Youqi on behalf of the gentry to express his gratitude. The chief of the stinguifu pavilion of Huairong County in Huairong County all rolled up their sleeves and competed with the cavalry. Zu Zhao did not stop him from drinking. 300 Youqi probably never thought that he would have such a treatment one day. Those who came with great interest did not refuse, and they were even more proud of themselves as Youqi.
The wine was hot, and Zhang Xianzuzhao and Xiancheng and others talked about the current chaos.
If it was normal, no one dared to talk about the situation in the court, and a man pointed out the country and laughed.
However, wine is the essence of grain, and it is also a lubricant to bring people closer to interpersonal relationships. In addition, Zu Zhao generously gave military merit to Zhang Xian and a few people in Huairong County, so he subconsciously did not treat himself as an outsider.
"White bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no chicken crow for thousands of miles. Hundreds of people have left it, and their thoughts are broken. Zhang Xian shook his head and looked compassionate.
Zu Zhao felt funny, "This poem is well written. Did the county magistrate do it?" Zu Zhao knew that this poem was made by Cao Cao's bribes of people and spread quickly in the scholarly forest, which became the poem in Zhang Xian's mouth.
"No, this is the poem of Cao Mengde, the captain of the cavalry. The subordinate felt that the artistic conception was the same as what he saw and unconsciously read it!" Zhang Xian saw that Zu Zhao seemed to smile, and the idea of pretending was immediately dispelled. The subordinate also has some classmates in Shilin. They usually exchange letters and have some understanding of the current rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army. The subordinate said a bold word, and the current form is not very optimistic!"
Zu Zhao looked at Zhang Xian and didn't expect that this guy was a well-in-known person.
"I didn't expect that the county magistrate Zhang had such a good news. How about listening to this governor?" Zu Zhao's force of alcohol was also asked by Zhang Xian, which is also the benefit of alcohol and can bring each other closer.
Lord Post should know that the Yellow Turban Army was originally a exile, but for thousands of years, those exiles were not enough to eat and wear, and there were countless people who died of hunger in front of their homes, calling the ground every day should not work. Zhang Jiao, the leader of the bandit, was dead, Huang Tian stood in the year of Jiazi, and the slogan of great luck in the world. Demagogy launched a rebellion in the giant deer, and the number of exiles followed reached 100,000, covering eight continents: Qingzhou, Youzhou, Jizhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou, divided into 36 squares, generously 10,000 and 7,000 to 8,000 people. These rebel bandits took their parents, wives and children so that they could have a meal and passed through the state and counties. If you can grab it, you can grab it. If you can burn it, you can burn it. Like a locust, there is no grass left. To be honest, when the subordinate heard the attack of the Yellow Turban Army, he was so scared that he almost peed his pants. You know, these people are either bandits or gangsters. They are bloody and have a large number of people. How can my small Huairong County stand their tos?
Zhang Xian's face was pale, and he remembered the ferocity of the Yellow Turban Army, and his memory is still fresh.
Zu Zhao drank a cup of tea silently. Although later generations praised Zhang Jiao's uprising of the Yellow Turban Army, Zu Zhao was deeply despised. Relying on the noisy team of feudal superstition, that is, he could fool the world for a while, and the world ate the most, and finally the Yellow Turban army fell into a huge locust, not only against Landlords and gentry have become pests that harm the good people. How can they become bigger? It can be said that they have gone to a fork in the first place.
But he is most interested in the response of Emperor Han Ling. At this moment, the news is blocked. Zu Zhao doesn't know much about the current situation: "I don't know what the situation is now?"
"Zo Zhonglang general Huangpu Song, right Zhonglang general Zhu Jun, and Bei Zhonglang general Lu Zhi respectively mobilized the generals and volunteers to kill them. At the same time, they showed great compassion to release all the prisoners on death row and allowed them to lead the team to make meritorious deeds to atone for their crimes. Zhang Jiao, the rebel, called General Tiangong and his younger brother Zhang Baocheng, and Zhang Liang said that General Rengong quickly formed three rebel nests.
Zhang Liang, the general of Rengong, lived in Panhuan, Jizhou, Zhang Baotun, the general of the emperor, and Zhang Jiao, the general of Tiangong, became the hub of the rebels. The three-way rebels formed a situation of encircling Luoyang from the north, east and south directions.
Among them, the most serious threat to Beijing Luoyang is the more than 200,000 yellow scarf army in the direction of Yingchuan, led by Bo Cai and Peng Tuo, who have marched less than 300 miles to Luoyang. General Zhu Jun led 30,000 iron horses and rushed to suppress it, but abandoned his armor, which led to expose the Changshe, where the core of the rear grain and fodder supply, was exposed to the Yellow Turban Army. In the city, there were only Zhonglang general Huang Pu Song and 3,000-step cavalry to meet the enemy. At this moment, I'm afraid that they have fallen, and those grain and grass are estimated to have also become the Yellow Turban Army. Quartermaster!"
Zhang Xian continued to say it with drunkenness. At this moment, it is inevitable that some buildings will be bleak.
Zu Zhao was also very moved when he heard it. If the Yellow Turban Army destroys Huangpu Song, I'm afraid history will be rewritten.
Now the most optimistic thing is Lu Zhi's army, which is reluctantly said in the form of Zu Zhao and other generals in front of him.
Relying on the strength of wine, Zhang Xian pulled Zu Zhao and said a lot and talked endlessly about the grievances he had suffered over the years, but Zu Zhao did not say a word, although he was full of wine with a heavy heart.
Zhang Xian was the only one who did not dare to mention Lu Zhi, because Lu Zhi was leading troops to fight nearby. He was afraid that there was an ear next door, and someone with intentions would render his wine words. Once Lu Zhi was in a bad mood that day, his county magistrate might be masturbated to the end. Even now he is equally uneasy. That day, the exile rebellion conquered the county town was the day of his death. In this troubled world, he, the county magistrate, did not know what will happen tomorrow after today.
Because of Zhang Xian's wine talk, the whole banquet fell into dullness for a moment.
Zu Zhao suddenly stood up. At this moment, there are still his 300 horses in the banquet. If this low mood affects him, where is his morale?
"You all know how the bandits are extinct now. I believe that when they enter the city, they will take everything from you. I am invincible in this battle and vow to fight to the end! The cavalry died in battle, Bu Yong, Bu Yong killed the man, and the man died in the battle, and women and children! Keep the last drop of blood!"
He pulled out the sword that was still with blood in his hand and suddenly shouted, "I will win!"
Three hundred horsemen stood up together and roared together: "Bight win! Must win! You will win!"
Strong morale infected the gentry who was still in the downturn. Zhang Xian's pale face still had the anesthetic effect of alcohol, but he also raised his hand and shouted: "I will win!"
So that a good banquet turned into a momentum mobilization meeting at the end.
Zi Zhao has been paying attention to Zhang Zizhong's movements all the time. He does not believe that Zhang Zizhong will not come back after suffering such a big loss in his hands.
Sure enough, Zhang Zizhong returned to Laochao Shiling County with the defeated soldiers and began to recruit more than 3,000 young and middle-aged people to prepare to go to Huairong County again.
What Zhang Zizhong wants is food. His yellow scarf army is talking about the army, but these yellow scarf soldiers fight with their wives and children. If they win, they can grab food and eat them. They won't starve to death. If they lose, not only will they die, but the wives and children behind them will starve to death. Although they carry a large group of burden, But it makes the Yellow Turban Army more effective from a certain perspective.
When the news came out, Huairong County fell into an uneasy atmosphere again.