The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 368 Butterfly Wings
"A butterfly in the tropical rainforest of the Amazon River Basin in South America, occasionally flapping its wings a few times, can cause a tornado in Texas two weeks later."

Although this sentence is just a metaphor, sometimes an inconspicuous little action can indeed cause a series of huge reactions. This is the butterfly effect.

Sometimes, things are just so unexpected.

Zhang Yi, governor of Bingzhou, died in May of the fourth year of Zhongping (187).

In the original time and space, Zhang Yi lived until the beginning of the fifth year of Zhongping (188).

In the first month of spring in the fifth year of Zhongping (188), Xiu slaughtered the Hu Kou Xihe and killed the county guard Xing Ji.

Ding You, amnesty for the world.

In the second month, there was Xingbo in the Purple Palace, and Guo Tai, a remnant bandit of the Yellow Turban, set up in the Baibo Valley of the Xihe River, and invaded Taiyuan and Hedong.

In March, Xiutu and the Hus attacked and killed Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou, and joined forces with the left Huns of the Southern Huns to kill Shanyu.

Bingzhou, which was originally occupied by the Southern Huns, was occupied by Xu An. Guo Tai, who was supposed to revolt this year, had already surrendered to Xu An.

In the past, all the territories occupied by Zhang Yan, Guo Tai, and the Southern Huns, plus Shangdang County, which should have belonged to the Han court, were also occupied by Xu An.

Up to now, the two counties of Dai County and Shanggu County in Youzhou have also been acquired by Xu An, and more than [-] people in Shanggu Wuhuan have chosen to surrender.

The territory under Xu An's rule has a total population of nearly [-] million people.

The most important Taihang Eight Xings, except in Wangwushan, Hanoi County of Goulian Sili Xiaowei Department and Zhiguan Xing of Hedong County, the other seven Xings have also been occupied by the Yellow Turban Army.

In the north of the Han Empire, a powerful force is rising.

Everything seems to be going well.

The cavalry of Wuhuan and Xiongnu were incorporated into the sequence directly under Xu An.

The Yellow Turban Army no longer needs to be afraid of the cavalry that the Han army used to be proud of. With the bow cavalry of the Huns, the cavalry of Wuhuan, and the cavalry of the Xiaoqi Battalion who are good at fighting, even the cavalry of Sanhe, Xu An dared to fight with them Compete.

Now that the Yellow Turban Army has fully completed the installation of iron weapons, the swords and armor of the elite troops are far better than ordinary county soldiers, not to mention those weak village braves.

The Yellow Turban Uprising in Qing, Xu, Yu, and Yan prefectures is also being planned.

Lianyou became cold, and Xu An used the technique of combining verticals to draw in two major allies, just to cope with the transfer of a million yellow scarves from the four states.

In ancient times, there were many large-scale immigrations. Those immigrants were passive, and they were all densely populated and numerous areas under the rulers, and they immigrated to those sparsely populated areas.

With the support and help of the government, there are officers and soldiers along the road to maintain law and order. Countless ministers have made careful plans and perfected the plans. Even the emperor himself asked questions and kept an eye on them all the time.

But that's it. During several large-scale immigrations in history, a large number of immigrants died on the way.

But this time, the millions of Yellow Turban soldiers immigrating from the four states are even more difficult.

From Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou to Jizhou, it is first necessary to break through the blockade and encirclement of the Han army in the four states.

At the beginning of the uprising, the Han army was scattered and passive, and it was not very difficult to break through such a blockade.

Xu An dispatched a large number of Eagle Guards to go deep into the Qingxu four prefectures to link up the Yellow Turban Army who had been scattered in the four prefectures. This time, they were no longer fighting alone.

The Yellow Turban Army from the four prefectures will revolt at the same time in August, rush to Qingzhou to join forces, then cross the Yellow River, pass through Jizhou, advance towards the Taihang Mountains, and enter Bingzhou all the way.

The difficulty lies in the fact that the Yellow Turban Army of the Four States has assembled in Qingzhou.

According to the historical scale of the Yellow Turban Army of the Four States, the total number of them definitely exceeded two million.

The number of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou alone is as high as more than one million.

The Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou launched an uprising in October of the fifth year of Zhongping (188), which swept across the entire Qingzhou in an instant, and more than hundreds of thousands of people responded from all over the country. Afterwards, the scale of the Yellow Turban Army was like a snowball. Seeing the arrival of the Yellow Turban Army, they all abandoned the city and ran.

In December of the third year of Chuping (192), the main force of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, which had fought for four full years, surrendered to Cao Cao. After surrendering, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army had more than a million people, including their families.

Among them, [-] strong and healthy people were compiled by Cao Cao into relatively independent "Qingzhou soldiers".

The Yellow Turban Army in Gepi County, Runan County, Yuzhou, the Gepi Yellow Turban Army, caused a shock at the beginning of history far more than the Yellow Turban uprising in the other three prefectures.

First of all, Runan County in Yuzhou is a county with a large population, an important financial area, and is extremely rich.

There are thirty-seven cities in total, with a total household of more than [-], and a total population of [-] million. This is not counting the servants of those powerful families in Runan County, and the hidden population.

Therefore, the scale of the Gepi Yellow Turban Army was also very terrifying, and the shock caused directly reached the court of Luoyang.

Regarding the three prefectures of Qing, Xu, and Yan, the Han court only ordered the generals from all over the country to attack, but the Yellow Turban Army in Gebei County in Yuzhou did not.

Shortly after the Yellow Turban Army uprising in Gepi, the Han court dispatched Bao Hong, one of the eight captains in Xiyuan, to lead an army to attack the Yellow Turban Army in Gepi County, Runan County, Yuzhou.

The two sides fought more than a dozen battles in Yuzhou, and finally the Han army and the Gepi Yellow Turban Army fought a decisive battle in Gepi.

After all, the Gepi Yellow Turban Army was just an emerging rebel army. Even though they fought desperately, they were defeated by the Han army led by Bao Hong in one fell swoop.

The defeated Gepi Yellow Turban Army did not stop fighting, and they continued to retreat in the direction of Peijun.

Taipingdao believers in Qing and Xu also gathered to respond to the uprising of the Gepi Yellow Turban Army and wanted to attract the Gepi Yellow Turban Army.

However, the Han court did not move slowly. When the Yellow Turbans in Xuzhou became more and more powerful, the Han court sent Tao Qian as the governor of Xuzhou to suppress the Yellow Turban Uprising in Xuzhou.

Tao Qian recruited Zang Ba and Sun Guan as generals, and defeated the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in Xuzhou in one fell swoop.

The Xuzhou Yellow Turban Army, which suffered a heavy blow, could only escape from the territory of Xuzhou. Some went north to try to make peace with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, another part made peace with the Gepi Yellow Turban Army, and some joined the Yanzhou Yellow Turban Army.

The Yanzhou Yellow Turban Army's Yellow Turban Army is the smallest, with only tens of thousands of people. Even if they can fight with some Xuzhou Yellow Turban Army, they still cannot escape the fate of extinction in the end. Only a few hide in some forests and barely survive.

Only the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou was unable to be defeated for a long time. After fighting for four years, they finally surrendered due to insufficient food and grass.

Throughout the dynasties, such as Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, such as Chimei and Lvlin in the late Western Han Dynasty, such as the Yellow Turban Army in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, such as Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng in the late Yuan Dynasty, everyone called them peasant rebels.

But at the end of the Ming Dynasty, for example, when Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong first revolted, everyone called them peasant rebels, but later they called many rebels rogues.

This is because a considerable part of the rebels in the late Ming Dynasty did not belong to the peasant rebels at all. They burned, killed, looted, bullied the weak, coerced refugees, and drove civilians to attack the city. They are only worthy of being called rogues.

Of course, not all rebels in the late Ming Dynasty turned into rogues, and there were still some rebels who stuck to the bottom line.

However, the destructiveness of the rogue bandits was enormous. Those rogue bandits in the late Ming Dynasty roamed around without production at all. Most of the rogue bandits just burned, killed and looted as supplies for the army.

Wherever the rogues hit in the late Ming Dynasty, basically that place was completely destroyed by the rogues.

Those rogues are not limited to one city and one place. Their first thought is not to occupy a place, use it as a base, accumulate strength, gather troops to fight against the Ming court, and then win victory and overthrow the tyranny.

Those rogues are just roving bandits, erratic rebels.

Some people smear the Yellow Turbans as rogues and saboteurs, which is simply ridiculous.

The biggest difference between the Yellow Turban Army and those bandits in the late Ming Dynasty lies in this.

Whether it was the uprising of the Yellow Turban Army in the seventh year of Guanghe (184), or the resurgence of the Yellow Turban in the fifth year of Zhongping (188).

The Yellow Turban Army has always assembled troops, occupied cities, and fought head-on with the main force of the Han army, trying to expand their territory and grow stronger. They did not do nothing at all, but only caused destruction.

The Yellow Turban Army gathered troops to fight against the main force of the Han army, and conquered the city, but never drove the people to attack the city.

The uprising of the Yellow Turban Army, the Yellow Turban Army led by a small number of uprising leaders such as Zhang Jiao, and the Yellow Turban Army composed of followers of the Taiping Dao are mostly quite organized.

Throughout ancient China, almost all peasant uprisings involved burning, killing and looting, but this was unavoidable.

For example, the Yellow Turban Army, many thieves, bandits and bandits, under the pretense of the name of the Yellow Turban Army, and the scum of the Yellow Turban Army, burned, killed, looted, and slandered the reputation of the Yellow Turban Army.

But just because of this, the uprising of the Yellow Turban Army cannot be completely denied.

It should be the main body, not a handful of scum, that decides whether an army is an insurgent army, a bandit, or a robber.

If a small group of scum in the rebel army killed people, then all the rebel army were either rebels or murderers?
Then who turned a group of honest farmers, these law-abiding traffickers, into devils and murderers? !

Those people are the real murderers, the real devils, we should blame them instead of venting our anger on all the rebels because of the scum among the rebels.

Don't be An'an hungry and die, and follow the example of the praying mantis?
Instead of obediently starving to death at home, why go to that praying mantis trying to block the car?Why resist?
Isn't it ridiculous to say such a thing?
Taipingdao has never been a cult, never has been.

Most of the people who make up the Yellow Turban Army are nothing more than a group of peasants, soldiers, and traffickers who have been oppressed to the extreme and are about to starve to death.

Even if people are compared to animals, regarded as the lowest animals, they are just fighting for survival, they are just trying to live.

They just want to live, they only have such a humble wish, but those high-ranking feudal dignitaries want to deprive them of the right to survive.

Officials and dignitaries enjoy luxury and luxury, lust for extravagance, and work hard all their lives, but the poor at the bottom can't even guarantee food and clothing. They can only sell their children and daughters, succumbing to slavery, freezing to death in the wilderness, starving to death in the fields .

The real difficulty lies in the long road from Qingzhou to Jizhou and then to Taihang Mountain.

Jizhou is located in a plain area, with a panoramic view and no danger to defend.

The Yellow Turban Army of the Four States who transferred from Qingzhou to Jizhou will also be completely exposed to the vision of the Han army. Hordes of Han troops will come from all directions, just like the smell of blood in the sea. shark.

Those Yellow Turban soldiers were never poor peasants, no longer beggars. In the eyes of the Han army and those greedy officials, these Yellow Turban soldiers were their promotion capital, their military and military exploits.

For this transfer, Xu An planned for several years, raised money for a long time, and united almost all forces that could be united.

only……

A wise man has a lot of worries, and he will definitely make a mistake. Because of Xu An's joining, history has changed beyond recognition.

Liu Yan, who was supposed to write a letter to change the governor to state governor after the resurgence of the Yellow Turban Army this year, has already put forward his plan and obtained the approval of the emperor Liu Hong.

However, Liu Yu, who was supposed to have Zhang Ju dispatched King Wuhuanqiao to lead [-] cavalry to attack Jizhou and Qingzhou in the south and defeat Pingyuan County and Qinghe County, was dispatched to Youzhou in advance by Emperor Liu Hong.

And it was Liu Yu's arrival that changed the original course of history.

Xu An forgot one thing, a fatal thing.

Liu Yu served as the governor of Youzhou long before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and he enjoyed a high reputation among the tribes of Xianbei, Fuyu, and Wuhuan.

When Liu Yu served as the governor of Youzhou, he was lenient and benevolent in government, appeasing the people, and won the hearts of the people. He advocated a gentle policy towards the local nomads.

He had great prestige among foreign tribes such as Xianbei, Wuhuan, Fuyu, and Yeji, and he paid tribute at any time without daring to disturb him. The people spread songs and sang songs praising Liu Yu's merits. Later, he was dismissed due to some official business.

Just like Fu Xie, the prefect of Hanyang County, won the respect of a large number of foreigners because of his benevolence and virtue. Thousands of people even knelt down in the city to persuade Fu Xie to surrender, but Fu Xie was still between life and righteousness in the end. Choose righteousness, fight hard and die.

Liu Yu's prestige was even greater than Fu Xie's.

In the Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun rebellions in history, the biggest factor of defeat was that the Wuhuan people chose to return to the Han court and to Liu Yu.

Hearing that Liu Yu was appointed governor of Youzhou again, Qiu Liju, the commander of Wuhuan at that time, was overjoyed when he heard that, and immediately sent envoys secretly to find Liu Yu, expressing his willingness to surrender again, saying that the joint rebellion with Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun was just an injustice of the Han court. The governor of Youzhou oppressed Wuhuan, but he had no choice but to ask Liu Yu to forgive Wuhuan for this rebellion.

Without the support of the Wuhuan tribe, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun were unable to support themselves. Under the onslaught of the Han army in Youzhou, they quickly went to defeat.

The reason why the Wuhuan tribe rebelled against Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun was actually because of the Han court's rebellion and policy changes.

Before Liu Yu led troops to Zhuo County in Zhuo County, he did not rush to march, but recruited soldiers and trained them painstakingly.

But because of Xu An's aggressive advances in the two counties, Liu Yu had to lead his troops to Jicheng in Guangyang County. The news that Liu Yu came to Youzhou again finally spread to the territory controlled by Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun in Youzhou.

perhaps……

Qiu Liju will surrender sooner, and even King Wuhuanqiao's journey to the south will end...

But Xu An had no way of knowing all this. The Yellow Turban Army who had just captured the two counties of Youzhou began to gather in the direction of Taihang Mountain after a short rest.

Xu An, who has just won the allegiance of Xu You, is now full of ambition.

Xu An commanded the army under his command and was advancing towards the Taihang Mountain area. He didn't know what kind of shocking hurricane would be set off by the chain reaction triggered by the move to occupy Bingzhou.

(End of this chapter)