Chapter 34: Putting down the Yellow Turbans

Author: Magic Prince

Chapter 34: Putting down the Yellow Turbans

Zhu Jun led his troops to surround Wancheng, and then cut off the food in the city. Han Zhong sent envoys into the city to try to surrender, but Zhu Jun did not allow them to surrender. At this time, Liu Bei said to Zhu Jun, "The reason why the great ancestors in the past were able to conquer the world was very important." The reason is that you can accept surrender, so why do you refuse Han Zhong's surrender?"

Zhu Jun replied: "The situation now is different from that at that time. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the people had no fixed masters, so we could use rewards to recruit them. But now that the country is unified, these yellow scarf bandits are plotting rebellion. If they were allowed to surrender easily, how could it serve as a punishment and warning?

If these yellow turban bandits pillage wantonly when they are successful, and easily surrender when they fail, then the number of bandits will only increase in the long run, which is not a good plan."

Liu Bei added: "If these bandits are not allowed to surrender, then we will surround Wancheng now, leaving no gaps. If the bandits fail to surrender, they will definitely fight to the death. By then, the tens of thousands of bandits in the city will unite as one, and their fighting strength will be strong." It is not a trivial matter. It is better to withdraw the troops from the southeast corner and concentrate them to attack the northwest corner. When the time comes, the bandits will definitely choose to abandon the city and run away. Then we will attack them. The bandits will be unwilling to fight, and they will win in a short time."

After hearing this, Zhu Jun felt that what Liu Bei said was indeed a good idea, so he readily agreed. He then withdrew the two troops in the southeast and went to the northwest to attack. When Han Zhong saw this, he led his army to abandon the city and leave. At this time, Zhu Junsan The people then led their troops to cover up the killing. Han Zhong was shot from his horse and died. The rest of the Yellow Turban Army had no resistance at all and fled in all directions.

However, just when Zhu Jun and Liu Guanzhang were about to take advantage of the situation to continue their pursuit and kill the remaining Yellow Turbans, Zhao Hong and Sun Zhong arrived with their respective Yellow Turban thieves and fought with Zhu Jun. The troops and horses led by Zhu Jun had been fighting for a long time and were exhausted. The reinforcements of the Yellow Turban Army were huge, so Zhu Jun had to lead his army to retreat temporarily. Zhao Hong took advantage of the situation and recaptured Wancheng. Zhu Jun led his army to retreat and camp ten miles away from Wancheng.

Zhu Jun was leading the army and was preparing to launch an attack when he suddenly saw a group of fierce troops coming from the east. The general headed by this group had a broad forehead and broad face, and a strong back and waist. This man was a native of Fuchun, Wu County. His surname was Sun, his given name was Jian, and his courtesy name was Wen. Taiwan, said to be after Sun Wu.

When Sun Jian was only seventeen years old, he went to Qiantang with his father, and saw more than ten pirates robbing merchants' money and goods, and dividing the loot on the shore after the robbery. Sun Jian said to his father: "These pirates We should destroy the thieves."

So Sun Jian went ashore with his knife, shouted loudly, and acted like he was commanding people to come over. The pirates believed it and thought it was Sun Jian who had called the army. They were so frightened that they abandoned their belongings and fled in panic. Suddenly caught up and killed a pirate.

Because of this incident, Sun Jian became a celebrity in the local counties and was recommended as a school captain. Later, the Kuaiji demon bandits rebelled in Xuchang and called themselves "Emperor Yangming". Tens of thousands of people rebelled with him. , Sun Jian and the commander-in-chief recruited more than a thousand local warriors, and together with the soldiers of the prefecture and county, they attacked and defeated the bandits, and killed Xu Shao, the son of the bandit leader in Xuchang.

Zang Min, the governor, reported to the emperor to express Sun Jian's contribution. Sun Jian was named Yandu Cheng, and later Xuyi Cheng and Xia Pi Cheng. Now that he saw the Yellow Turban bandits rising everywhere, he gathered the financial resources of brave young men and many businessmen from the countryside, and a total of He had 1,500 elite soldiers from Huaisi and invited these soldiers to come to support him.

Zhu Jun was overjoyed when he saw this, and ordered Sun Jian to attack the south gate of Wancheng, while Liu Bei attacked the north gate of Wancheng. Zhu Jun himself attacked the west gate of Wancheng, leaving only the east gate of Wancheng to allow the Yellow Turban bandits to escape.

Sun Jian was very brave. He was the first to scale the city wall and killed more than 20 bandits. The bandits were frightened when they saw Sun Jian and ran away one after another.

Zhao Hong galloped over on horseback, holding a war spear, and headed straight towards Sun Jian. Sun Jian was extremely calm when he saw this, and estimated the distance. Before Zhao Hong arrived, he jumped directly from the city wall and killed Zhao Hong in one fell swoop. Zhao Hong snatched the war spear from Hong's hand, turned around and stabbed Zhao Hong to death, and then flew on his horse to kill other Yellow Turban rebels in the city.

Sun Zhong led a band of thieves to break through from the north gate, but they directly ran into Liu Bei's army coming to intercept them. Sun Zhong knew that he was no match and had no intention of fighting, so he just led his troops to escape out of the city.

Seeing that Sun Zhong was only running away and not fighting, Liu Bei took out his bow and arrow and shot at Sun Zhong. Unfortunately, Sun Zhong was hit by the arrow and fell off his horse and died. Zhu Jun led his army to cover up the enemy from behind and killed more than tens of thousands of the enemy invaders, and even more surrendered. Countless people, more than ten counties and counties in Nanyang were pacified in one fell swoop.

Zhu Jun won a great victory and returned to the court with everyone. The emperor made Zhu Jun a general of chariots and cavalry, and also served as Yin of Henan. Zhu Jun also reported the military exploits of Sun Jian, Liu Bei and others. Sun Jian had some connections in the court, so he was also named Some county commanders took office within a few days.

But Liu Bei and others waited in the city for many days, but never received the reward, so the three of them gradually became depressed. One day, the three of them went out for a stroll on the street, and happened to encounter the convoy of the doctor Zhang Jun. When Liu Bei saw it, he Then he told them about his military exploits.

Zhang Jun couldn't help being surprised after hearing this, so he summoned Liu Bei to the court to see the emperor, and said to the emperor: "When the Yellow Turban Army rebelled before, the main reason was because the Shichang attendants selling officials and titles were not people who had a good relationship with them. If they don't use them, anyone who has a grudge against them will definitely be punished by them, causing the world to be in chaos. Therefore, the ten regular servants should be killed, their heads should be hanged in the southern suburbs, and envoys should be sent to announce to the world that all those who have merit can be If you can be reused and rewarded, if you can do this, you will be able to bring peace to the world."

When the Shichangshi heard this, he was furious and told the emperor that everything Zhang Jun said was a lie. The emperor believed the words of the Shichangshi but not the loyal ministers, so he ordered the guards to expel Zhang Jun from the court.

The ten permanent servants secretly discussed together and thought that the reason for this was that Liu, Guan, and Zhang had indeed contributed to defeating the Yellow Turban Army, but they could not be appointed, and they had complaints in their hearts. It was better to give them a small official position temporarily and keep them until later. We'll deal with it slowly when the time comes.

So Shi Changshi said some words in front of the emperor, and finally Liu Bei got a small official named Anxi County Lieutenant of Zhongshan Prefecture in Dingzhou. Although the official was a small official, Liu Bei felt that it was better than nothing, so he So I set off for my appointment that day.

Liu Bei dismissed all the rural warriors he had recruited back to their respective villages, leaving only more than 20 personal followers. Yu Guanyu and Zhang Fei came to Anxi County to take up their posts.

Liu Bei was in charge of the county affairs for more than a month. During this period, he had no trouble with the people. The local people thought that Liu Bei was a good official. After taking office, he ate and slept with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, just like Xuande in Choren.

Sit wide, close, stand tall and stand, untiring all day long.
Chapter completed!