Chapter 181 Guangzong persuades to surrender Outside Guangzong city.
It was not Dong Zhuo who led the army to the city today, but Liu Han.
"Listen to the rebels in the city. I am Liu Han, the king of the Han Dynasty. I want you, General Tiangong, to come out and answer the question!"
After everyone in the city heard this, they looked towards Zhang Jiao.
"Brother, no! Liu Han is so scheming, it's too dangerous to show up at this time."
Zhang Liang disagreed, "Let me lead my men out to fight for a while to weaken the strength of the Han army, and then I can make a decision."
Zhang Jiao shook his head, "Shudong (named by Zhang Liang myself), I have my own plan, no need to persuade me."
Seeing that his attempts to dissuade him were fruitless, Zhang Liang stopped talking.
Not long after, Liu Han saw one or two thin middle-aged men with gray hair on their temples, wearing Taoist robes, and haggard faces standing at the top of the city. "I am Zhang Jiao, General Zhang Jiao, Your Highness, what advice do you have?"
Liu Han looked at Zhang Jiao and counted the days in his mind, "It seems that he is not far away from death."
"Yao Dao, long time no see!"
In front of everyone, Liu Han talked to Zhang Jiao as if he were chatting at home, which was puzzling. What was even more surprising was that the King of Hejian had met Zhang Jiao before.
Zhang Jue naturally understood what Liu Han meant and replied calmly: "We haven't seen you for two years, and your highness is even more charming than before."
"Gu Shi's demeanor is even better than before, but seeing that you are not in good health, you actually took advantage of the Gu grassland to attack Hu and made such a big fuss among the big men. I really underestimate you."
Regarding Liu Han's words, Zhang Jiao smiled slightly when he heard the words, then saluted and said: "I will take this as your highness's compliment. I wonder if your highness is here today. What advice do you have?"
Seeing this, Liu Han also revealed the purpose of coming to Guangzong today.
There are now 15 Yellow Turbans in Guangzong City, plus hundreds of thousands of refugees. These are all Han people! When you make a mistake, you must admit it, and when you are beaten, you must stand upright.
Liu Han didn't want so many people to be killed all at once. Many of them could become free labor for the construction of Bingzhou.
"Why do you want to die when you know you're going to fail?"
Zhang Jiao's uprising was doomed to fail from the beginning.
First, the Han Dynasty has been entrenched for more than four hundred years. Although the official army has been abandoned for a long time, it is not something that a group of farmers can contend the uprising broke out, the Yellow Turban Army was suppressed not only by the huge official army of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but also by powerful armed forces from all over the country.
Secondly, the Yellow Turbans were discovered by the imperial court as a hasty launch. The rebel armies in various places looked majestic, but in fact they were fighting independently and without coordination. More importantly, the most important link before the uprising started was Luoyang. As long as nothing happened in Luoyang, they would Can be suppressed with full force.
Third, the historical limitations of peasant a subjective point of view, the Yellow Turban Army lacked strategically minded military leaders, and its uprising plan was extremely incomplete. After the uprising, the insurrectionary armies did not gather quickly. Instead, they dispersed and acted in isolation, without even supporting each other. After cooperating with each other, they were finally defeated by the officers and soldiers one by the same time, the leaders of the rebel army lacked military command skills. Zhang Jiao, Zhang Liang, Zhang Bao, Bo Cai, Zhang Mancheng, Zhao Hong, Han Zhong, etc. all only knew how to stick to one city or one pond, or besieged a fortified city for a long time, and were incompatible with the Eastern Han Dynasty. The army is exhausted by fighting and does not know how to use flexible tactics and tactics to take the initiative. It is always passive and beaten until it fails.
Fourth, the generals who suppressed the Yellow Turban Uprising, such as Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, and Lu Zhi, were all capable generals who were good at fighting. Their ability to lead troops in battle, their military command abilities, and their use of tactics and strategies were all higher than those of the Yellow Turbans. As the leader of the army, he was often able to defeat the many with less, the weak with the strong, and finally defeated the Yellow Turban Army.
Fifth, although the Yellow Turban Rebellion started as a peasant uprising, after the uprising, it completely deviated from its original purpose. It brutalized the peasants more crazily than the government at the time, lost the basis of peasant support, and completely turned into a group of bandits. Without the support of the broad masses of the people and the suppression of the government, it ultimately failed.
Therefore, even if Liu Han changed many details in the middle, it would not affect the final outcome.
"If you don't break, you don't stand. If you break, you will stand. Your Highness should know this truth better than I do. The big man is dead, and I just want to be the one who wakes him up. Even if I die, even if I bear the infamy of the ages, I admit it."
"How outrageous! The devil dares to continue to confuse the public with his evil words!"
Liu Han didn't speak, but Dong Zhuo on the side spoke first.
"Do you know that because of you alone, the whole country is in flames of war and all lives are devastated?!"
Dong Zhuo spoke righteously, but only he knew best what he actually thought.
Zhang Jiao heard this and ignored Dong Zhuo. In his eyes, Dong Zhuo was more hateful than those powerful nobles who only knew how to exploit the people, because he was a powerful noble himself and condoned the powerful nobles.
"Hmph! This big man was destroyed in the hands of greedy people like you!"
Zhang Jiao's words hit Dong Zhuo in the foot, causing Dong Zhuo to be furious, "Who can fight with me?"
"Shut up!" Liu Han interrupted Dong Zhuo, "Did I ask you to interrupt?!"
Liu Han looked at Dong Zhuo with murderous intent, as if looking at a dead man at this moment, "It's time, the damn fat man wants Zhang Jiao to fight with me, so as to seriously damage my army." Dong Zhuo was stared at by Liu Han. I was so frightened that I retreated to the back and stopped talking.
After warning Dong Zhuo, Liu Han frowned and said with sincerity: "Surrender, I guarantee that they will not all die. As for you, I will try to keep a whole body."
Zhang Jiao burst out laughing after hearing this, "His Royal Highness has been roaming the grassland for several years, and he has more than 40 dead souls in his hands. He is still short of a mere 15 Yellow Turbans? Wouldn't it be better to kill them all together and ask for credit?"
"I believe Your Highness doesn't need me to say more. As long as Guangzong is surrounded for a few more months, the food and grass in the city will be cut off, and the soldiers will not be killed, my head will be presented to Your Highness."
Liu Han looked at Zhang Jiao and snorted coldly, "Yao Dao, Gu's sword has never been used against my Han people. They killed all the foreigners who treated my Han people as human beings. Besides, I know your suffering, They are just a group of refugees who are too hungry to survive. Since they can’t survive no matter what they do, it’s better to fight hard, break the state capital and rob the grain depot.”
"Hey~~~!"
After hearing this, everyone gasped, "Is Your Highness crazy? Doesn't it mean that rebellion is innocent?"
Zhang Jiao was also shocked by Liu Han's words. Although he knew that King Hejian was very human, he paused for a long time and looked at Liu Han seriously, "Your Highness, can I trust you?"
Liu Han also looked at Zhang Jiao seriously, "Now, besides Gu, who else can you trust in this big man?!"
Zhang Jiao's face showed a smile, and he looked at Liu Han with admiration, "Since I knew that Your Highness participated in the war, I knew that the defeat was certain. If Your Highness really wants to suppress the rebellion, and the Bingzhou army goes south, we will all be prisoners within three months. But so far, His Highness has done this. I heard that after the war, Your Highness also ordered people to treat the wounded and sent the prisoners to Bingzhou for resettlement. I thank His Highness for your good intentions."
After saying these words, Zhang Jiao actually made a decision in his heart. He breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had aged ten years in an instant, and his body was shaking.
"Father!"
"Brother!"
Zhang Ning and Zhang Liang on the side saw this and hurriedly ran to support Zhang Jiao.
Zhang Jiao reluctantly stood still, "I, Zhang Jiao, have met countless people in my life, and the one I admire the most is His Highness. I hope that His Highness can keep his promise so that they will no longer suffer, no longer be hungry, and no longer be homeless.
The great man is dead, the powerful are guilty, the nobles are guilty, all the princes in the court are guilty, even the man on the dragon throne is guilty!
But I, the Han people, are not guilty!
Not guilty! They are all forced!
I am forced to have no choice! "
"puff!"
After saying that, Zhang Jiao spit out a mouthful of blood and fainted.
"Father!"
"Brother!"
There was a commotion in the city.
Liu Han, who was under the city, knew that Zhang Jiao's life was short.
"Order, the army pulls out of camp and retreats ten miles to the stronghold."
"Here."
Dong Zhuo stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, do you really want to let them go? And Zhang Jiao?"
Liu Han squinted and said, "Otherwise? Kill them all? Build a Jingguan?"
Dong Zhuo repeatedly said he did not dare.
The other generals did not dare to come forward and speak anymore. Zhang Jiao, the evil Taoist, had already made such remarks that he had no king or father, and that he should be punished for his crimes. This man didn't say anything, so what else could they say?
It's better to obey orders. Anyway, this person will take care of you if something goes wrong, so why worry about it?
(End of this chapter)
