Chapter 470: Yellow Turban Surrender
Chapter 470 Yellow Turban Surrender
Chapter 469: Yellow Turban Surrender
After Luoyang was completely out of food, countless people starved to death every day, and it became a mess.
In order not to starve to death, soldiers had no choice but to kill people and eat meat to survive.
Weak people had no choice but to exchange their sons for food, or kill their neighbors and take their meat for food.
With only fifteen days of food shortage, among the 700,000 people in Luoyang, another 100,000 old and weak people died in their belly.
This trend is still expanding and has completely escaped the control of the Yellow Turbans.
As for the troops on the front line, they have eaten all the corpses of their compatriots who died in the battle, and are now on the verge of collapse.
When faced with life and death, all the badness of human nature is exposed, the whole world seems to turn black, everyone's hearts are filled with despair, and there is no hope at all.
April 18, the third year of Zhongping (186).
On the third day after Zhang Sheng left Luoyang, Zhang Jiao ordered the frontline troops to lay down their weapons and surrender unconditionally to the Han army.
After receiving the order, Chen Youliang, the frontline deputy commander, hesitated for a long time and finally gave up the resistance and surrendered to Bai Qi with more than 200,000 Yellow Turbans.
Bai Qi was overjoyed after receiving the news. He led his troops to surround the Yellow Turban camp. After several confirmations, and after confirming that the Yellow Turbans had been disarmed, he accepted Chen Youliang's surrender.
Soon afterwards, Zhang Shicheng, Wang Shichong and other commanders also led their armies to surrender to the Han army. Generals such as Qin Wen, Dong Zhuo and Huangfu Song also accepted the Yellow Turbans' surrender after disarming them.
Although the main battle troops outside have surrendered, there are still more than 100,000 hungry and crazy defenders in Luoyang City. The Han army must march to Luoyang before they can accept the surrender.
Liu Hong, who was far away in Chang'an, after receiving the news of Zhang Jiao's surrender, immediately decided to take charge of the army himself.
After Liu Hong left, Qin Wen from the west, Qin Hao from the south, Bai Qi from the east, and Huangfu Song from the north all led their troops towards Luoyang.
Jingzhou, Lumen Mountain.
Looking at Xiang Yu's leaving figure, Zhuge Liang sighed and couldn't help but persuade him: "General Xiang, your injury is just fine. What's more, the situation is now determined. What can you do even if you go?"
Hearing this, Xiang Yu stopped for a while, then turned back to Zhuge Liang and said, "I must atone for my sins."
A hint of complexity flashed in Zhuge Liang's eyes. It wasn't until Xiang Yu's figure walked away that he said in a deep voice: "Master, is this the way of verticality and horizontality?"
Gui Guzi walked out from behind Zhuge Liang, looked at Xiang Yu's retreating back, and said calmly: "This is Zongheng."
Zhuge Liang opened his mouth, but had no words to reply.
The Way of Zongheng and Zongheng, these are two concepts!
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April 30th.
500,000 Han troops surrounded Luoyang behind the old capital division and formally accepted the surrender of Luoyang Huangjin.
At this moment, Liu Hong from behind also arrived in time.
“Meet Your Majesty.”
The generals of the Han Dynasty, headed by the Governor Qin Wen and Huangfu Song, all respectfully saluted Liu Hong on the throne.
Of course this is all superficial respect. Except for a few people, most generals do not have much respect for Liu Hong, the notorious emperor.
“Everyone loves you so much.”
Liu Hong was overjoyed when he saw this. He had great ambitions but little talent, and had never really held great power.
After seeing this scene, Liu Hong had the illusion that he was already in power, and felt that the Han Dynasty was about to be resurrected in his own hands. Thinking of this, Liu Hong couldn't help but feel even more grateful to the old man who secretly helped him plan and defeated the Yellow Turban step by step.
If it weren’t for Master Wang, the great Han might really have perished in my hands.
Alas, Master Wang, if you are willing to assist me, the resurgence of the Han Dynasty will be just around the corner.
Such a great talent, but it cannot be used by me. What a pity! Liu Hong thought with great regret.
“Your Majesty, the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Luoyang City have all left the city and surrendered to our army. Our army has now completely controlled the four gates of Luoyang, and the recovery of Luoyang is just around the corner.” Qin Wen reported to Liu Honghui respectfully.
Liu Hong patted Qin Wen's shoulder affectionately and said happily: "Okay, Aiqing and his son have made great achievements this time, and I will definitely reward him."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. This victory is all due to Your Majesty's great blessing." Qin Wen complimented.
"Hahaha…"
When Qin Hao heard this, he looked disdainful and felt that Liu Hong was extremely hypocritical.
Qin Hao has learned from Zhang Rang that Liu Hong is suspicious of him because of the "Tian Lei" incident, and has secretly made preparations to suppress his father and son.
In other words, Zhang Rang helped Qin Hao fool him, so Liu Hong didn't know the truth of the incident. Otherwise, no matter how great Qin Hao's contribution was, Qin Hao still wouldn't be able to escape the fate of the rabbit and the dog.
Hmph, I have made such great achievements, but you want to kill me just because of a possibility?
Fortunately, I was not prepared to be loyal to you, a foolish king, from the beginning, otherwise I would not know how I would have died.
Wait a minute, Hunjun, sooner or later your kingdom will belong to me. Qin Hao thought with extreme displeasure.
On the other side, Liu Hong praised the generals who had made great achievements one by one, and then pretended to be compassionate and asked: "Luoyang has been without food for many days, and the people in the city will definitely suffer. What is happening in the city now?"
"Your Majesty is kind. I have ordered people to go and distribute food to the people of Luoyang. I will never let anyone in Luoyang starve to death again." Qin Wen replied.
“Okay, I’ll do your best to help you, I’ll rest assured.”
The Han Dynasty has basically no reputation among the people, but now it only needs to consume some food and grass to win over the people's hearts. Liu Hong will naturally not let go of such a good thing.
“By the way, since the Yellow Turbans have surrendered, why don’t you see the bandit’s head?”
This is the real purpose of Liu Hong's trip. He personally came to Luoyang to severely humiliate Zhang Jiao, the old thief who scared him awake countless nights.
“Your Majesty, there is no bandit Zhang Jiao among those who surrendered. However, according to reports from the surrendering troops, Zhang Jiao is still in the palace.”
After hearing Zhang Jiao's name, a trace of hatred flashed in Liu Hong's eyes, and then he sneered:
"What does this old thief mean? He ordered his men to surrender, but he has to resist stubbornly? Do you want to retain the last dignity? Please come with me to see if old thief Zhang Jiao still wants to play What tricks are there?”
Surrounded by a large group of generals, Liu Hong headed directly towards the palace, and the sights along the way shocked everyone.
It’s so miserable, it’s really so miserable! Qin Hao couldn't help but said.
At the main entrance of the palace, Zhang Jiao stood alone on the tower, with only nearly a hundred loyal yellow scarf warriors left beside him.
Looking at the smoke and dust rising not far away, Zhang Jiao knew that his end was coming, and couldn't help but said to himself: "It's a pity that I didn't get to see Ning'er in the end."
An old man walked up to Zhang Jue and said loudly: "Didn't my lord say that there are no regrets anymore? Isn't this a regret?"
After seeing the person coming, Zhang Jiao was stunned for a moment, and then said anxiously: "Brother Yan, you, why didn't you leave?"
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