Chapter 29: An inventory of the three major battlefields
Chapter 29 An overview of the three major battlefields
Chapter 28: An inventory of the three major battlefields
On April 13, the entire Julu County in Jizhou fell.
April 19, Xiapi Banjun in Donghai, Xuzhou, Henan fell.
April 26, Yangzhou…
On May 3, all Yuzhou except Yingchuan County had fallen.
On May 27, all of Nanyang County except Wancheng, the administrative center, had fallen.
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The current situation can no longer be described as critical. The number of people from all over the world who have turned up in yellow scarves and turned their backs has reached four to five million, with nearly one million soldiers available to fight.
The Yellow Turban thieves were so powerful that the officials and troops were overwhelmed. If the Han Dynasty was not careful, they might be in danger of destroying the country.
At the time of the destruction of the country, the Han Dynasty could no longer care about money and food. General He Jin reported to Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty and asked for an urgent order to recruit troops everywhere to prepare for the Yellow Turban bandits. He also asked powerful people from all over the country to recruit rebels to fight against the bandits. Make meritorious service.
After Liu Hongyun's report, he also sent Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun, the generals of Zhonglang, to lead their elite troops to fight against the Yellow Turban thieves in three separate groups.
Huangfu Song led 80,000 elite troops to Hebei and was responsible for annihilating the three Zhang Jiao brothers who had nearly 400,000 troops in Jizhou;
Lu Zhi led 70,000 elite troops to the Central Plains and was responsible for annihilating Huang Chao, who had nearly 300,000 troops in Yanzhou;
Zhu Jun led 80,000 elite troops to Yuzhou and was responsible for annihilating Xiang Yan, who had more than 200,000 troops.
After all the 250,000 troops were dispatched, the huge Sili land was almost empty of soldiers. The capital Luoyang only had 30,000 defenders, and the entire Sizhou garrison only had 50,000 defenders. This was undoubtedly quite dangerous for the capital of a country.
General He Jin proposed to immediately recruit 100,000 troops to defend the capital. However, Emperor Ling Liu Hong believed that an army of 100,000 was still unsafe, so he ordered the recruitment of 200,000 troops with a wave of his hand.
Luoyang once again gathered 250,000 troops in a short period of time, but the combat effectiveness was unknown. Anyway, their mission was only to guard the stability of the capital, Luoyang, but at this time, news came from the battlefield ahead that the war was not going well.
As expected of Huangfu Song, he came from a family of generals. Soon after he went to Jizhou, he set up an ambush in the Wei County area and wiped out 150,000 Yellow Turbans in one battle. He won the first major victory against the Yellow Turbans since the war began. Although the record was extremely brilliant, Huangfu's army There were also nearly 30,000 casualties.
The battle loss ratio of one to five is absolutely good news. Logically speaking, we should celebrate. But the key is that the Jizhou Yellow Turban Army still has 250,000 people, and they have recruited 100,000 young men from among the masses to join the army. The strength has been Restored to 350,000.
The Yellow Turban Army has no military pay, so it can fight as long as it has food and grass, and its reserves are also very sufficient. The imperial army needs to be paid. If it continues to be consumed like this, the treasury, which is not rich in the first place, will really be empty.
The most important thing is that through this battle, the Han Dynasty also learned that the Yellow Turban Army was not as weak as they thought. Although their equipment was crude and their training was insufficient, their resistance was very tenacious. If they wanted to quickly wipe out the Yellow Turban Army, they almost It's impossible.
Huangfu Song only had 50,000 troops left in his hands. Although they were all elite, it would undoubtedly be extremely difficult to capture the 350,000 Yellow Turbans who were fearless and fearless.
In desperation, Huangfu Song was forced to go on the defensive, while replenishing his troops on the spot, and at the same time began to prepare for a defensive counterattack.
By mid-May, the two sides had fought dozens of times, with each winning and losing, and the war situation gradually fell into a stalemate. Thanks to Huangfu Song's efforts, the Hebei war situation was barely able to maintain an unbeatable situation.
The war situation in the north is not going well, which can't help but make the court worried, but the Central Plains and the south are even more dangerous.
Lu Zhi, who was born as a Confucian scholar, met Huang Chao, who was also a Confucian scholar. The friction between the two sides was extremely fierce. East County of Yanzhou became the main battlefield between the two.
In terms of their ability to lead troops, the two men were equally matched. They fought against each other more than ten times and both suffered casualties.
Although Huang Chao was full of clever tricks, Lu Zhi was cunning and cunning and could always see through Huang Chao's plans.
In desperation, Huang Chao had no choice but to personally lead the main army to surround Lu Zhi in Dongjun, and then sent another general Zhu Wen to lead an army of 100,000 to continue to attack the other prefectures and counties in Yanzhou.
Lu Zhi was helpless when he saw this. He felt exhausted mentally and physically even against a Huangchao, and he had no energy left to divide his troops for rescue, so he had to replenish troops on the spot and at the same time send orders to the prefects of all counties in Yanzhou to defend to the death.
Although the battle situation in Hebei and the Central Plains battlefield was unfavorable, they could barely block the Yellow Turban Army's offensive. However, Zhu Jun in Yuzhou was not so lucky.
Zhu Jun himself is also a first-class commander, but he met the top commander in Chinese history, Xiang Yan, the military **** of the Chu State, and his soldiers were still at a disadvantage, so naturally he was miserable.
In the first battle, Zhu Jun originally wanted to rely on the advantage of his elite soldiers to repeat the overlord's battle, break through Xiang Yan's battle formation head-on, and then go to annihilate Hong Xiuquan in Yangzhou after regaining Yuzhou, but he didn't expect that he would plunge into Xiang Yan's carefully laid pockets. Array.
Seeing that Zhu Jun had been fooled, Xiang Yan ordered his second son Xiang Liang to lead the entire army and forcibly blocked the Han army's attack from the front, which made Zhu Jun feel sad.
80,000 elite soldiers were almost beaten by Xiang Yan's 200,000 troops. If Zhu Jun hadn't reacted quickly enough to break through in time, the entire army would have been annihilated.
However, even if they successfully break out of the encirclement, the casualties of the army will be huge. After the breakout, more than half of the 80,000 elite troops have been killed or wounded, leaving only 30,000 people and their morale is low.
Zhu Jun could only fight and retreat, and then while recruiting troops on the spot to resist, he asked the court for help and waited for reinforcements from the court.
However, one thing Zhu Jun should be thankful for is that Xiang Yu asked for orders to attack Danyang County in Jiangdong, so he was not among Xiang Yan's army. If Xiang Yu was there, the only thing waiting for Zhu Jun would be the annihilation of his entire army, and there would be absolutely no possibility for him to break out.
The three armies failed to achieve anything, and Zhu Jun in the south suffered a direct defeat. This made Han Emperor Liu Hong angry, but also more frightened. Is this great man going to perish in my hands? I don’t believe it! Liu Hong's roar resounded throughout the court, but he still could not reverse the situation.
Although Huangfu Song and other three generals failed to suppress the Yellow Turbans, and Zhu Jun was directly defeated, Liu Hong had to use them because at this time, almost all the warworthy generals in the court had been sent, and there were no generals left.
And even if the generals are replaced at the last moment, it is estimated that they will not be able to do better than the three generals, so they can only provide assistance. After all, you can't watch them lose, right?
But at this time, in addition to 50,000 veterans, there were only 200,000 recruits who had never been on the battlefield, but the Han Dynasty did not care about these.
Although the Luoyang New Army has never been on the battlefield, it has received training for nearly two months. It is better than those mud-legged soldiers of the Yellow Turban who have not even been trained!
So the 250,000 troops that Luoyang had just assembled were immediately sent out with another 150,000 troops. Huangfu Song received 30,000 reinforcements, Lu Zhi received 50,000 reinforcements, and Zhu Jun received 70,000 reinforcements.
After the reinforcements were dispatched, Sili was empty again, so Liu Hong ordered to recruit another 150,000 troops. However, no matter how many new soldiers there were, it would still be difficult to destroy the Yellow Turbans. So General He Jin proposed a plan to mobilize the elite border troops to suppress the Yellow Turbans. Fang Zheng had nothing else. The Emperor Ling had no choice but to agree.
The generals recruited this time include Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou, Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, Dong Zhuo, the governor of Hedong, Gongsun Zan, the general of Huanzhonglang who protects Wu, and Qin Wen, the governor of Yanmen...
Four years ago, the Qin family had moved its focus from Xianyang in Guanzhong to Jinyang in Bingzhou to take root and develop again.
After becoming an official, Qin Wen did not stay in Luoyang as a general. Instead, he followed Qin Hao's suggestion and asked for a transfer to merge with the state. He was later named the prefect of Yanmen.
In the past four years, Qin Wen repelled a total of 13 Xiongnu invasions of more than 10,000 people from the south. Due to his outstanding military exploits, he was awarded the title of General Pingbei, General Protector of the Xiongnu Zhonglang, and Marquis of Yanmen. He was second only to the governor Ding Yuan in Bingzhou.
Taking advantage of Qin Wen's authority, Jia Yu led the Qin family's caravan through various difficulties, and finally monopolized the trade between Bingzhou and the northern grasslands, and controlled the four most profitable businesses of Bingzhou's grain, cloth, and iron horses.
After four years of explosive development, the Qin family now looks like the fifth largest business family in the Han Dynasty.
After reading all the contents of the battle report word for word, Qin Hao closed the battle report in his hand with satisfaction, and then fell into thinking.
"The big man is now in a mess. My father will lead the army south soon, and I have been silent for four years. It's time to be born. I have studied with the master for four whole years, and I don't know how much the fifth dimension has increased. It's time to come A big inventory!”
Qin Hao has not tested his five-dimensional attributes for four years. There is no other reason than being too busy and neglecting it. However, Qin Hao believes that in addition to charm, the four dimensions will definitely be greatly improved.
“System, give me a comprehensive inventory of the past four years.” Qin Hao ordered the system.
【Okay, let's start taking stock. Ding dong, the host’s current five-dimensional attributes are commander 88 (+78), force 85 (+75), intelligence 95 (58), politics 89 (+69), and charm 95 (+10). After four years of hard study, the host’s total attributes have increased by 290. Points have been automatically converted into summoning points for the host. Currently, the host has 290 summoning points. 】
“The average attribute is over 90, it’s not easy.”
"Will the host be summoned?"
Qin Hao thought for a moment and then replied: "No, let's wait until I take over some of the military power from my father before calling. At the moment, I don't have a single soldier in my hand."
“Okay, let’s continue with the inventory.”
[Ding dong, during the four years of studying with the great Confucian Wang Xu, the name of the host Wang Xu's disciple has been spread. In addition, he has plagiarized many Tang poems and Song lyrics. Currently, the host's talent and reputation in the Han Dynasty have been widely circulated. The reputation task is No. The second ring of 'Small Prestige' has been completed, with a reward of 50 summoning points, a magic weapon card, and 1 charm point (note: already included in the current charm value). 】
【Ding dong, the third ring of the reputation mission "Famous Masterpiece" has been completed, and the reward is 60 summoning points, a mount card, and 2 charm points (note: it is already included in the current charm value). 】
Although Qin Hao copied without any burden, plagiarism is always not a good thing, so Qin Hao felt a little embarrassed when he heard it, so he laughed dryly and started to quibble.
“I didn’t expect that walking around with the master can also build reputation. If you know that this is possible, I will stop being a literary thief.”
Over the past four years, Qin Hao has spent a lot of time in order to complete this prestigious task with high failure penalties, and finally found that the easiest way to increase his reputation was to copy poems.
Poetry has an extraordinary charm in this era. A good poem or a good article is enough to make an ordinary official become a celebrity. This shows that the Han people respect poetry.
Qin Hao's Chinese skills are pretty good, so naturally he won't let go of such a good opportunity to cheat. Besides, which time traveler doesn’t plagiarize? That's really stupid! Therefore, there is no psychological burden for Qin Hao to plagiarize.
However, it is not easy to be a literary thief. You must know that not everything can be copied. You must always consider whether people of this era can accept it. It will definitely not be too advanced. And the most important thing is that it must be consistent with the theme and be in line with reality. , if you recite Qingming poems during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the same words will completely change their flavor.
At the age of thirteen, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Qin Hao recited a song called "Shui Tiao Ge Tou" in front of Gui Guzi. Just because of the three words "share the beauty of the moon" in the poem, he was laughed at and called a "prodigal son" by Gui Guzi for a long time.
【Most of the host's reputation is earned through plagiarism. If he didn't become a literary thief, he wouldn't have been able to complete the third ring so quickly. 】
"Is it? lol!"
Qin Hao's face suddenly became more embarrassed. After all, plagiarism is always disgraceful, and it is possible to meet the original author in this era. The scene would be embarrassing!
【Ding dong, since the host has completed the third ring of the prestige mission, the fourth ring of the prestige mission "Famous in Four Directions" is unblocked. Success rewards 70 summoning points, a magic weapon card, a mount card, 3 charm points, and the mission is limited to three years. Failure penalty: 140 summoning points will be deducted. 】
【Currently, the host has a total of 30+290+50+60 summoning points, for a total of 430 summoning points. 】
“These four years of torture have really paid off. With 430 summon points, I can perform three top summons!
(End of this chapter)
