Collapse, surrender to me!

Emperor Huan kept a low profile for more than ten years and eliminated his foreign relatives in one fell swoop.

The current Queen Mother is looking for someone to adopt, so naturally she doesn't want to attract another second Emperor Huan of Han who would stab her in the back when he grows up.

So Liu Hong, who was young, fatherless and had a weak background, became Emperor Ling of Han.

But what these people didn't expect was.

Liu Hong was like a larger version of Sun Quan, with his head full of checks and balances. When he grew up, he quickly conquered the three forces of court officials, eunuchs, and external relatives. He was very proud to think that his checks and balances had reached the pinnacle and he had firmly grasped power in his hands.

It's not surprising that an arrogant person would do anything.

In 178 AD, the Xidi official residence in Luoyang started a business, which was selling official positions.

From Guannei Hou to Huben, Yulin, and even the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers, all were priced clearly according to their salaries. If a virtuous person came to buy, he could get a 70% to 50% discount. If he had no money, he could provide a mortgage, but he would have to pay back double the money for the purchase after taking office.

The taxes in Goose City were collected after 1990.

But in Liu Hong's eyes, it is not a problem at all.

Anyway, officials need people to be officials, so it’s better to sell them for money.

If there were widespread complaints, or even if the officials were forcing the people to revolt, he could simply kill the official to calm the public anger, and then sell the vacant official position for a sum of money.

Zhang Jue's uprising swept across eight states, and countless officials were killed.

These are all new money bags. They can be sold in large quantities once Zhang Jue is defeated.

After all, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he has supported his relative He Jin, emptied his own treasury, and lifted the ban on political parties.

The checks and balances that were thought to be perfect were thrown into chaos.

"Look at it."

Liu Hong threw the letter in his hand to Zhang Rang, one of the Ten Attendants.

After reading it, Zhang Rang immediately knelt down.

"Dong Zhuo's lies mislead the people, he deserves to be killed!"

Zhang Rang was sweating coldly.

After all, it was he who recommended Dong Zhuo to take office.

"Do you think what Dong Zhuo said is true or false... Never mind, you don't dare to tell the truth even if I ask you."

Liu Hong waved his hand.

"Let Huangfu Song go."

……

There was no reason for Huangfu Song to refuse the credit.

The only thing that puzzled him was that Emperor Ling gave him a request, which was to try his best to capture Zhang Jue alive.

This order was actually quite difficult to carry out. If Zhang Jue wanted to die, he would most likely commit suicide. Moreover, the soldiers would probably be so angry when they saw Zhang Jue's head that his order might not be of much use.

Of course, what puzzled him even more was that Emperor Ling was checking and balancing things every day.

He represented the officials of the aristocratic families, so Emperor Lingdi did not use him after dismissing Lu Zhi and used Dong Zhuo instead.

It's only been a few days and he's changed his mind again.

Compared with Dong Zhuo, Huangfu Song's arrival did not arouse opposition from the generals.

Even Huangfu Song himself felt that the atmosphere in the military camp was a bit weird.

All the soldiers seemed absent-minded.

He frowned immediately.

"Call all the departments to come and discuss the matter!"

Huangfu Song initially thought that only some individual soldiers were like this.

As a result, after he gathered everyone together, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, because even these generals seemed to have no ambition to make progress.

The other side is making real contributions, why aren't any of them tempted?

"Where is Julu Prefect Guo Dian?" Huangfu Song frowned.

"General, Governor Guo has been captured by the Yellow Turban bandits."

“…What’s going on?”

Huangfu Song was shocked.

They were attacking the city, so if they wanted to be captured, they had to at least break into the city.

With a large army charging outside the city, there is no possibility of being captured.

Immediately, someone told the story of how Zhang Jue used magic to capture all of Guo and his cavalry that day.

"Cholera in the army!"

After hearing this, Huangfu Song almost drew his sword and killed the man.

But when he saw that the generals around him all had the same attitude, he suddenly drew his sword and looked around, feeling confused.

"In this case, tomorrow we will defeat Zhang Jiao!"

"What's your plan, General?"

"The troops march forward to Xiaquyang." Huangfu Song said without hesitation.

"..."

The generals were confused. Just one of them arrived, and now he wants to run away like Dong Zhuo?

"Now that Zhu Jun is in Xiaquyang and Dong Zhuo's Xiliang troops have also gone there, I only need to mobilize another 20,000 troops and march to Xiaquyang. Zhang Jue must move."

Huangfu Song’s meaning was very clear, which was to surround the point and attack the reinforcements.

General Zhang Bao, the Lord of Earth, and General Zhang Liang, the Lord of People, were both in Xiaquyang. If Zhang Jue did not send troops to rescue them, Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo and Zhu Jun would be able to completely wipe out this part of the Yellow Turban Army.

At that time, we will gather a large army to attack Guangzong City. There is no possibility of failure.

This is Yang Conspiracy.

Just when Huangfu Song was arranging the division of troops.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Guangzong City were shouting the name of the Great Sage Teacher.

Zhang Jue rose to prominence because of an epidemic that broke out in the Han Dynasty, and he used talismans and water to cure diseases and save lives.

This is also the basic method used by most missionaries.

Make everyone believe in you by curing the patients.

Before this, Zhang Jiao would recite a few spells, draw a few talismans, and then burn the talismans into ashes and mix them in water. The patient would then drink the talisman water and the disease would be cured.

He also secretly put in some herbs as a consolation prize.

But this method of treating diseases is very low.

While one person is cured, there may be 100 people who have drunk the magic water and died without any effect.

But given the Han's current state.

Even if Zhang Jue only cured a few people, people were willing to spread the word by word of mouth, as if they had grasped at the last straw and chose to believe it.

Zhang Jue had no choice but to try his best.

When Grayxiu saw this, she asked him if he wanted to try the magic water that could truly cure all diseases.

Zhang Jue nodded naturally.

Then he saw Gresh's saliva dripping into a well.

"From now on, the talisman water will be the water from this well."

"..."

Although Zhang Jue found it a little difficult to speak, he still took the lead and drank a sip.

I immediately felt much better.

Unfortunately, this fact is difficult to tell to others.

Therefore, it was distributed to the people in the city who were suffering from disasters and diseases in the name of the talisman water of the Great Sage Master.

In the past, Zhang Jiao's talisman water could save one out of 100 people, and it was able to attract so many believers. Now it can be said that it can cure a hundred people if a hundred people come, and the impact produced is naturally more terrifying.

In this era, people are willing to sacrifice their lives in return for the life-saving grace.

In Guangzong City today, except for the elderly, women and children, almost everyone else is willing to fight to the death with Zhang Jue.

These are nearly 100,000 soldiers with high morale.

They just don't have any decent weapons and have no training.

Zhang Jue's mood has been getting better and better since he met Grace.

But early this morning, a military newspaper made him feel heavy.

"Huangfu Song has divided 20,000 troops to attack Xiaquyang. I'm afraid my two brothers are in danger."

From any perspective, it was impossible for Zhang Jue to abandon the Yellow Turban Army in Xiaquyang.

"I will lead the troops to rush to Xiaquyang. The safety of Guangzong City depends entirely on the Immortal."

Zhang Jue didn't expect that he would be able to ask Grayxiu for help so soon.

Anyway, you will get it in the future. The first time is easier than the second time.

……

Naturally, there are also spies from the imperial court in Guangzong City.

Not long after, Huangfu Song also received the secret letter.

But he read it over and over again, but just couldn't understand it.

As the letter said, Zhang Jue led 30,000 veteran soldiers and 20,000 newly recruited troops, a total of 50,000 troops, and headed straight for Xiaquyang.

"Is Zhang Jiao crazy?!"

Huangfu Song had fought for so many years, but this was the first time he had seen such irresponsible behavior.

This is almost all the military force in Guangzong City.

Without the city and supplies, let alone an army of 50,000, even a hundred thousand would have no way out under the imperial court's encirclement and suppression.

There is no reason to give up your home.

But Huangfu Song didn't care whether Zhang Jue was crazy or not. He immediately turned around, turning the front army into the rear army, gave up attacking Xiaquyang, and instead took Guangzong City, which was short of troops.

After taking Guangzong, we can pursue Zhang Jue and attack from both sides together with Dong Zhuo and others. Then we can win the battle in one go!

"Speed ​​is of the essence in war. I have a secret report that Guangzong is empty. Move out the whole army and attack immediately!"

After Huangfu Song returned to the imperial military camp, he issued orders directly.

In an instant, nearly 50,000 troops advanced rapidly and approached Guangzong City.

At first, some other soldiers felt a little confused.

But their army had already entered the range of the bows and arrows, but there was not even a single archer on the city wall, and they were immediately shocked.

But at this moment.

Grayshu flew down from the city wall.

Standing in mid-air.

"Look, it's a fairy!"

The army was in turmoil.

"What fairy? It's a witch!"

Huangfu Song was also stunned for a moment, but immediately ordered the arrows to be shot.

When those people said in unison that Zhang Jue could cast magic, he was already mentally prepared.

After all, what one person says is different from what a group of people say.

The three become tigers, and they all talk about gold.