Chapter 124: The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind does not stop

In mid-September, a man appeared in Qinghe, Jizhou. He claimed that he was the reincarnation of General Zhang Liang, and also gathered more than a thousand troops to attack the county town. Respondents gathered around him.

Immediately afterwards, generals of the Yellow Turban Army such as Zhang Bao, Zhang Mancheng, Zhang Niujiao, Bocai, etc., "reincarnated" one by one, spread all over Jizhou. Everyone under the banner of the Yellow Turban Army, and they all followed the costumes of the Yellow Turban Army and wore Yellow Turban Army.

By mid-October, there were more than 30 Yellow Turban Armys in Jizhou, and there were countless other small Yellow Turbans.

It took only one month from the initial "Zhang Jiao" to the capture of Guangzong and the Yellow Turban Army spread throughout Jizhou. At the beginning, the Yellow Turban Army only occupied some remote small counties, and the purpose of the Yellow Turban Army was very clear, which was to grab food and not to occupy it for too long. It was precisely because of this that the Yellow Turban Army did not attract enough attention at the beginning. After the county magistrate reported it to Yecheng, more people thought that this so-called Yellow Turban Army was just a few bandits who were named the Yellow Turban Army. After all, the energy of the court is mainly focused on the front line.

However, the Yellow Turban Army became more and more troubled, which attracted the attention of the Wei court. At this time, the largest Yellow Turban Army had gathered thousands of people! The Yellow Turban Army, which was a large number of ten thousand people, had enough strength to attack the county city.

Sure enough, after these newly-emerging Yellow Turban Army had difficulty finding enough food in some small counties, they turned their attention to larger counties and counties.

Cao Rui immediately ordered Cao Shuang to send troops to wipe out the newly-emerged Golden Rebellion Party. Faced with well-equipped soldiers, the peasant army was naturally vulnerable. Whether it was the quality of soldiers, weapons and equipment, training level, or command on the front line, the two sides were completely different at the same level, and the peasant army almost collapsed in one battle.

However, this newly-emerging peasant army has a common point with the peasant uprising army in history, that is, wildfires cannot be burned out, and spring breezes have reappeared. Flows of peasant army were wiped out, and new peasant uprisings continued to rise. Cao's army, who wiped out peasant army, had to run around to put out fires.

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Luoyang City.

Adou looked at the information in his hand, his face full of ridiculous colors.

"Hahaha... General Zhang Jiao of Heaven is reincarnated? Haha... It's fine if one of them is reincarnated, even Zhang Liang, Zhang Bao, Bo Cai, and Zhang Mancheng are reincarnated. It's ridiculous, ridiculous!" Pang Tong next to him couldn't help laughing.

"Taifu, do you think this reincarnation will exist?" A Dou suddenly asked.

"The theory of rebirth in the world has existed since ancient times, but I don't know whether this is true or not."

Adou nodded slightly. A Dou had the most say in saying whether he was reincarnated or reborn.

"Taifu, do you think the reincarnation of Zhang Jiao is true or false?" A Dou continued to ask.

"Your Majesty, I can be sure that this so-called Zhang Jiao must be fake. However, the Yellow Turban Army was the most prosperous in Jizhou back then. Now that someone pretended to be Zhang Jiao, it will definitely cause a lot of responses. I think that the time to attack Jizhou has come."

Adou nodded again. Now Jizhou is suffering from internal and external troubles, Cao Shuang is alone and can’t help but have a peasant uprising. Now a peasant uprising has occurred. Once a regime has a peasant uprising, it will be not far from destruction.

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou now has at least 100,000 people. If it continues, the Yellow Turban Army may be revealed. If Your Majesty sends people to sneak into Jizhou and gathers up the Yellow Turban Army, it will definitely be a great help in the future. And after Your Majesty seizes Jizhou, it will save a lot of effort to appease the remaining Yellow Turban Army." Pang Tong continued.

"The tutor must have already had a suitable candidate, right?"

"I recommend two people to Your Majesty. Liao Hua and Zhou Cang, the two generals under Guan Junhou, are both old Yellow Turban generals. Send them to the two of them to gain the trust of the Yellow Turban Army. These Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou are all from the common people. Your Majesty only needs to grant some land, money and food to subdue these Yellow Turban Army."

"Okay, let's leave this matter to the Grand Tutor. Only when attacking Jizhou, it's time to prepare."

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Qingzhou, Linzi City.

Looking at the latest information coming from Jizhou, Zang Ai felt mixed emotions.

Zang Ai's father Zang Ba once followed Tao Qian to destroy the Yellow Turban Army. Later, Tao Qian was suspicious of Zang Ba. Zang Ba ran to Taishan County to become a bandit, and those who defected to Zang Ba were all the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army back then, so Zang Ai always had special feelings for the Yellow Turban Army.

Next to him, Sima Yi sighed: "What a cruel plan."

"Why did the Lord say that? What's the matter with Liu Chan in the Jizhou Yellow Turban Army?"

"If Liu Chan had not sent cavalry to harass Jizhou, there would have been no Yellow Turban Army everywhere today. If the people had enough food, who would have been idle to rebel? The common people have been forced to rebel. I have heard that Cao Rui had a heavy tax quota, so it was normal to be forced to rebel. But this group of rebels happened to borrow the reputation of the Yellow Turban Army." Sima Yi paused and continued: "Fortunately, Jiangdong is full of mountains and hills, which is not conducive to the cavalry's performance. Otherwise, if the Han army uses this trick to me with the advantage of the cavalry, Jiangdong would definitely be defeated."

"Sir, Wei State is already at the end of its strength, and now it is even more troubled. I think now is a great time to attack Jizhou." Zhuge Dan said from the side.

"I'm right, I'll submit my congratulations to you now, let's send troops to Jizhou."

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Yecheng.

The peasant uprising made Cao Shuang feel overwhelmed. Although the battle between the rebels was not very good, there were beacons everywhere in Jizhou. After Cao Shuang saved the east, the beacons rose again on the west. Rescue the west, and another county town rushed to capture it on the east.

In the court, Cao Rui looked at the ministers in the hall and said weakly: "My dear friends, what are the good plans to defeat the enemy? Come quickly."

Everyone, look at me, and I look at you, there was no words, and the court was quiet.

"Oh..." Cao Rui shook his head helplessly. Over the past year, Cao Rui has become accustomed to this silence. Every time he asks these ministers, no one says much.

"Your Majesty, the Yellow Turban Thief is like wildfire that is difficult to extinguish for a while. I think we should stabilize the current situation first." Secretary Liu Fang said.

"Oh, then Liu Aiqing thought how to stabilize the situation?" Cao Rui continued.

"Your Majesty, the target of the Yellow Turban bandits is my county town in Jizhou. I think that you only need to strengthen the troops of each county town. If there are four or five thousand defenders in a county town, you will definitely not be afraid of the Yellow Turban bandits. Therefore, I think that Your Majesty can recruit new troops and station them in various counties, so that the Yellow Turban bandits have no city to attack and no food to rob."

"Expand the army?" Cao Rui smiled helplessly, and then continued: "Your dear, you know that the 400,000 army under the command of the front-line general Cao Shuang has tightened the imperial treasury. There are hundreds of cities and counties in Jizhou, even if there are three thousand people in a city, maybe hundreds of thousands of people can be stationed in various cities. How can I have so much money and grain to support hundreds of thousands of troops!"

Another Secretariat Sun Zi immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, what Lord Liu said is not unreasonable, but the tight treasury is also a fact. Therefore, I think that Your Majesty can follow the method of extermination of the Yellow Turban Rebellion that year, issue an edict to all localities to prevent it strictly, order all prefectures and counties to prepare for combat, train soldiers, assemble some weapons, and summon local heroes to integrate their own troops and eliminate the Yellow Turban Army. Your Majesty only needs to be awarded an official position in the future."

"Good plan." Cao Rui slapped the table lightly. The Han Dynasty's successful extermination of the Yellow Turban Army was largely due to local forces to delay time for Huangfu Song's main force. Of course, this also led to the rise of people such as Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Dong Zhuo and others. Although Liu Bei got a county magistrate, he was also one of the beneficiaries of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. If there were no local tyrants who delayed time for the imperial army, Huangfu Song's army would probably be like Cao Shuang now, running around to put out fires and run around.

"Your Majesty, no!" At this moment, a man walked out alone. Cao Shuang saw that it was Pushe Lu Yu who was speaking.

Lu Yu was Lu Zhi's son, and Lu Zhi was one of the commanders of the Han Dynasty to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion, so Lu Yu was also a witness to the Yellow Turban Rebellion back then.

"Your Majesty, although Lord Sun's plan is good, if the local tyrants set up private soldiers to suppress bandits and eliminate the Yellow Turban Army in the future, it will cause a big slack and difficult to manage. Our dynasty may follow the old path of the Han Dynasty!" Lu Yu said.

After hearing what Lu Yu said, many ministers nodded in response. The Han Dynasty in the past had already fallen, and today, the three princes of the three sides were all beneficiaries of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. For example, Cao Cao was only a Northern Commander of Luoyang, and was promoted to one of the eight lieutenants of Xiyuan due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion; Sun Jian was just a Tu tribe in Jiangdong, but was named Wucheng Hou and the prefect of Changsha; Liu Bei also recruited Guan and Zhang people due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and jumped from a mat and foot seller to become a hero. Others such as Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Tao Qian, Liu Yan, and Gongsun Zan got more benefits.

Think about it, if Sun Zi said, Jizhou might have the next Cao Cao and the next Sun Jian, and sweat would appear on Cao Rui's head.

"Your Majesty, Lord Lu's words are wrong!" Sun Zi immediately retorted: "Your Majesty, the reason for the defeat of the Han Dynasty was not the local tyrants and powerful, but because of the dispute between the eunuchs of foreign relatives. In the past, Emperor Ling was premature, and both princes were young and unable to manage politics, so the He Jin and Zhang Rang Rebellion were caused by Dong Zhuo. Please think, if the Young Emperor had become an adult to govern the government, or Emperor Ling was alive, how could He Jin and Dong Zhuo have great power? Without the Dong Zhuo rebellion, there would be no chaos in the world and the heroes would be in the future. Now Your Majesty is in the prime of Spring and Autumn Period. Your Majesty is wise and far superior to Emperor Ling. In our court, everyone is loyal and courageous. There is no such thing as Dong Zhuo's ministers who are harming the country and the people, and the local tyrants are worth mentioning. I think that now we should solve the Yellow Turban Rebellion first."

A smile appeared on Cao Rui's face. Sun Zi's flattery was good, just right.

"What Sun Aiqing said is exactly what I want. Let's do as Sun Aiqing said, and issue an order to recruit righteous men from all over the country to wipe out the Yellow Turban Rebellion!"
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