I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 254 Collecting Qingzhou Yellow Turban Millions

These days, the life of Sima Ju and Xu He has become more and more difficult.

The lack of food and grass, as well as the increasingly cold weather, put the ordinary soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army on the verge of life and death, and the mutinies continued. At the same time, a large number of Yellow Turban soldiers fled the army and surrendered to the Han army.

Originally, Zhou Cang was expected to defeat the Youzhou soldiers and get food and grass for the army, but never thought that the news from the scouts was that Zhou Cang had led all the yellow scarf soldiers under him to surrender to Guan Yu, the leader of the Youzhou army. !
It is said that Guan Yu saw through Zhou Cang's strategy of using troops in advance, made sufficient preparations, trapped Zhou Cang in his camp, and singled out Zhou Cang outside the camp.

Among the Yellow Turban Army, Zhou Cang, known for his bravery, even failed to persist in five moves under Guan Yu's hands, and was shot down by Guan Yu.

But Guan Yu didn't kill him, instead he praised his actions, agreed that Zhou Cang was a hero, and offered him an olive branch.

Later, Zhou Cang was overwhelmed by Guan Yu's ability and bearing, and all the people surrendered to Guan Yu.

The surrender of Zhou Cang caused the morale of the Yellow Turban Army to drop, and at the same time, it caused more and more low-level Yellow Turban soldiers to defect continuously.

On the other hand, Liu Yu increased the reward for the heads of Sima Ju and Xu He from 500 million to 1000 million, which can be described as a big deal.

Under such circumstances, Sima Ju and Xu He finally realized that they could no longer stay in Qingzhou.

The longer Qingzhou stays here, the more dangerous the two of them will be.

Sima Ju and Xu He began to dispatch all the Yellow Turban soldiers, preparing to go out of Qingzhou to Yanzhou, and then Yanzhou to seek development.

But at this moment.The situation is no longer under the control of Sima Ju and Xu He.

Liu Jian was on guard against them escaping.

Why didn't Guan Yu and Gongsun Zan burn all the food and grass after taking down the food and grass of the Yellow Turban thieves, but left some of it waiting for the Yellow Turban army to come back and grab it.

This is Liu Jian's instruction.

He didn't want the Yellow Turban Army to leave Qingzhou before he was fully prepared, so how could Liu Jian let them go.

He needs to leave something in Qingzhou so that Sima Ju and Xu He cannot leave other states so decisively.

But now, Liu Jian is fully prepared.

He can block the roads to prevent the Yellow Turban Army from leaving Qingzhou's jurisdiction.

Liu Jian sent troops from Licheng to guard the main roads from Jibei to Yanzhou.

Sima Ju and Xu He sent soldiers and horses to clear the road, but they were all blocked by Liu Jian's generals on the main road, and none of the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army who went to grab the road survived.

The Yellow Turban Army was short of food and clothing, and their fighting spirit was low. Moreover, Liu Jian waited for work with leisure, so the Yellow Turban Army could not break through his obstruction at all.

Sima Ju and Xu He panicked now, they didn't know what to do.

They intend to go south again, but Liu Yu has united with the big clans in Qingzhou, concentrated their forces, and blocked their way from the east with Yan Liang as the vanguard.

Tao Qian and Zang Ba also sent troops to the south.

In this situation of being besieged on all sides, the morale of the million Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army completely collapsed.

And at this time.Liu Yu's offer of rewards to Sima Ju and Xu He also began to have an effect.

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In the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, there are two famous Qu Shuai, who are as famous for their bravery as Zhou Cang.

One of these two people is called Pei Yuanshao and the other is called Guan Hai.

The two of them knew the current situation of Qingzhou Huangjin clearly.

Both of them knew that if things continued like this, the final result would be that Liu Jian would be captured alive or killed, and there was absolutely no third possibility.

In the desperate situation, Liu Yu's reward made them have other ideas in their hearts.

Now that the Great Sima Liu Yu has announced to the world that the crime of the Yellow Turban rebellion in Qingzhou all fell on the heads of Sima Ju and Xu He...

Then if the two of them can cut off the heads of these two people and hand them over to Liu Yu or Liu Jian, not only their lives will be saved, but they will have a bright future in the future. figure.

In the hopeless and bright future, the two of them resolutely chose to betray Sima Ju and Xu He.

The two negotiated that Guan Hai would write letters to Sima Ju and Xu He, saying that there was a way to break the enemy and break through the siege, and lead them into the urn.

Sima Ju and Xu He are already in dire straits, and are desperately ill.

Whoever said that there is a way to break through, they will believe three points.

It never occurred to them that Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao would have bad intentions and deliberately plot their lives.

On the day when Guan Hai advised the two of them, Guan Hai was going to the barracks of Sima Ju and Xu He, but suddenly, Guan Hai suffered from the cold and developed a high fever, and was unable to move.

Pei Yuanshao, as the commander-in-chief of the same class as Guan Hai, went to Guan Hai's barracks under the pretext of visiting.

Sima Ju, Xu He had been waiting for Guan Hai to come to advise them on good advice, who would have thought that Guan Hai would fall ill at this time.

The two of them were anxious, and without much thought, they took people to Guan Hai's tent to visit.

He didn't want to enter the tent, but he saw that there was nothing wrong with Ben Guanhai, he sat there, looking at them fiercely.

The two were a little surprised for a while, not knowing how to deal with this matter.

Guan Hai shouted at them without fear: "You two are the commander in chief. Now the life and death of millions of soldiers are in your hands, how can you protect them?"

Seeing that Guan Hai was rude to him, Sima Ju was very dissatisfied and said, "You said there is a way to solve this crisis, why are you asking me now?"

When Guan Hai heard this, he raised his head and laughed.

"I have a way to keep our millions of yellow scarves safe and sound, but I need to borrow something from the two marshals, do you want to borrow it?"

Xu He didn't think much about it, but asked subconsciously, "What do you want to borrow?"

"I want to use you and others to save the soldiers of the three armies."

As soon as these words came out, both Sima Ju and Xu He turned pale with shock.

"Guan Haipifu, how dare you rebel?"

"The two of you are neither my lord nor my father, so how can you rebel?"

After finishing speaking, Guan Hai shouted loudly towards the outside: "Brother Pei is not coming at this time, when will we be waiting?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Yuanshao rushed into the tent with a group of sturdy yellow scarf soldiers holding a knife.

"Sima Ju, Xu He, today is the day of your death."

After all, without any explanation, a group of people stepped forward and raised their knives to chop Sima Ju and Xu He into minced meat.

Afterwards, Guan Hai personally cut off the heads of the two with a knife, and was about to send them to Liu Yu for light work.

However, Pei Yuanshao stopped him.

"Brother Guan, in my opinion, although Da Sima Liu Yu has offered a reward of 1000 million yuan for the heads of the two of them, for the sake of long-term development, it is better for you and me not to join Da Sima."

Guan Hai said, "You mean to go to General Zuo?"

Pei Yuanshao said: "Liu Jian farmed in Daxing, Jizhou, and took in refugees. He has a very good reputation. If the two of us go to him, we will definitely use him."

"Besides, Liu Jian is good at fighting and is a famous general of the great man. If we work in his army, we will surely have a bright future! I heard that Liu Jian's subordinates also have many low-level common people. This man's command is a good place for you and me .”

"Although Liu Yu has the name of the clan of the Han Dynasty. But after all, he is not a fellow traveler with us."

Guan Hai is also a person who listens to advice.

"Brother Pei's words are very reasonable. Compared with the future, the 2000 million yuan is too far away. Listen to you, let's go to Liu Jian."

……

Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao took the heads of Sima Ju and Xu He to Liu Jian.

After seeing the heads of these two people, Liu Jian knew that it would not be difficult to accept the Qingzhou Yellow Turban this time.

He rewarded Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao heavily, and asked them to recruit those million Qingzhou Yellow Turbans instead of him.

Sima Ju and Xu He are dead, and the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou have no leader. In this case, the Yellow Turban Army can only survive if they take refuge under their own command.

At the same time, Liu Jian also gave Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao the head reward money of 2000 million yuan.

After the two took the money, they were overjoyed, and immediately took orders to lobby all the yellow scarfs.

Liu Jian knew that this task was not difficult for them.

The 60 million Yellow Turban refugees have fallen into his hands.

This is a huge productivity asset.

After Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao left, Liu Bei advised Liu Jian:

"Deran, these two people betrayed their masters for glory and beheaded their colleagues. They are really disloyal and unrighteous people. There is no benefit in keeping them under your command... Let's deal with it."

Liu Bei still attaches great importance to loyalty and loyalty.

Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao's actions made him very disdainful.

Liu Jian smiled and said, "My brother hates people like them, and so do I."

"But I need them now. I need them to be my lobbyists to subdue the million Yellow Turbans."

"Currently there are rebellions all over the world. The remnants of the Yellow Turbans and the new rebels are rising one after another. We will have many opportunities to deal with the rebels in the future."

"If I kill them both now, I'm afraid that those bandit leaders who want to join me in the future will be deterred. This is not a good thing, and we can't lose the big because of small things."

Liu Bei nodded and said: "Your words are reasonable, but these two are villains after all, so they should not be reused or not."

"Brother, don't worry, I have a measure of this, but to be honest, who doesn't have a few villains under his command? How can it be possible that they are all honest and gentlemen in this world? Some people don't even come close to the last moment. I know he's a villain."

Liu Bei laughed and said, "That's true!"

"Brother, after the two of them have surrendered the Qingzhou Yellow Turban for us, you will go with me to see Liu Yu. We need to negotiate with Da Sima about some things."

Liu Bei asked curiously, "What are you negotiating with?"

"Negotiate with Qingzhou, who should have the final say."

Liu Bei was taken aback when he heard this.

"He is the great Sima after all, and his official position is higher than yours."

Liu Jian said with a smile: "It doesn't matter whether you are an official or not. The important thing is to see what each of us is suitable for. Liu Bo'an is also a sensible person. Let's talk to him and let him focus on the overall situation."

(End of this chapter)