In Luoyang's Imperial Palace, Emperor Han Ling dragged his sickly body and waited listlessly for the reports from the officials.
More than a month ago, the Right Middle General Zhu Xi was killed and beheaded, shocking the world.
At this moment, General He Jin came out and said,"" Your Majesty, the moth thief Zhou Cheng who killed Zhu Rong has appeared in Yingchuan. He is attacking Yingchuan County, burning, killing, and looting. I suggest that you send Zuo Che Qi to attack as soon as possible..."
General Zuo Cheqi was referring to Huangpusong.
Huangpu Song and Zhu Wei had defeated Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang.
Huangpusong even chopped off hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban heads to build the capital. When the Yellow Turban in the world heard Huangpusong's name, they would tremble in fear.
Therefore, in He Jin's opinion, as long as Huangpu Song led his troops to Yingchuan, the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan would be quickly wiped out.
However, Emperor Ling of Han didn't seem to pay too much attention to this matter. After all, Zhang Jiao and his brothers were dead. What could a mere Zhou Cheng do?
"Ah ~" Emperor Han Ling yawned lazily and looked at Zhang Rang.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty had long been hollowed out by wine and sex and had no interest in government affairs. Otherwise, he would not have trusted the eunuchs and sold his official positions.
At this moment, Zhang Rang said in a shrill voice that was neither male nor female,"Why use a sledgehammer to kill a chicken? Such a small matter could be left to Sima Sun Jian, a subordinate of Zuo Che Qi.”
Zhang Rang and the other Ten Generals were deeply trusted by the Han Ling Emperor, so almost all of his suggestions were adopted by the Han Ling Emperor.
Sun Jian was completely different from Liu Bei. Sun Jian was rich and knew how to use money. He sent people to Luoyang and bribed Zhang Rang and the others with a large sum of money.
Now, Zhang Rang was returning the favor by giving Sun Jian a chance to perform meritorious deeds.
"Then send Sun Jian to punish the thief," said Emperor Ling of Han.”
Soon, the messenger from Luoyang arrived at Wan City with the imperial edict.
After Sun Jian received the imperial edict, Huangpu Song also appreciated Sun Jian's loyalty and bravery, so he gave him 5000 soldiers.
Including Sun Jian's 3000 troops, there were a total of 8000 troops. They set off from Wancheng and quickly marched towards Yingchuan.
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At the same time, Zhou Cheng was still plundering people in Yingchuan.
Not only in Wuyang, Dingling, Yu County, Xu County, and the other six counties, Zhou Cheng knew very well that although the government army was elite, it was a fact that there were few soldiers.
Zhu Xi, Huang Pu Song, and the others led troops to quell the rebellion in various counties. Every time they pacified a place, they would recruit local soldiers to maintain law and order.
These local soldiers were not regular soldiers at all. They had not been trained for a long time and had not yet formed combat strength.
Therefore, Zhou Cheng could attack the city without any fear, and he had the idea of plundering the entire Yingchuan. He was crazy.
So far, Zhou Cheng's subordinates had expanded to more than 100,000 people.
Among them, the Yellow Turban soldiers who had been scattered in the wilderness and heard that Zhou Cheng had killed Zhu Xi had come to join them one after another. There were nearly ten thousand of them at the moment.
Fame was a good thing, and Zhou Cheng had finally experienced it.
It was just that over 100,000 people sounded quite intimidating, but in reality, their combat strength was limited.
Among these 100,000 people, although there were 20,000 strong men, Zhou Cheng lacked weapons and equipment.
Not to mention crossbows, warhorses, and armor, even spears and steel knives were lacking. Most of the people's weapons were still wooden sticks, tree branches, and farming tools. They were very rustic.
However, Zhou Cheng had his own way to increase the combat strength of these 100,000 people in a short period of time.
At this moment, outside Changshe County, Zhou Cheng had gathered more than 100,000 troops. It took him a lot of time to get them to line up.
In front of more than 100,000 people, Zhou Cheng stood on a high platform in his sleeve armor.
Even though Zhou Cheng's face was still childlike, the head of Zhu Xi on the Zhou flag behind him was exceptionally eye-catching.
"I once followed General Di Gong and General Ren Gong. In Changshe, which is the place under your feet, I fought a bloody battle with Huangpu Song and Zhu Xi.”
"That night, the soldiers set fire to the village. They burned and killed at least tens of thousands of people, including the elderly, women, and children.”
"Huangpu Song and Governor Guo Dian of Julu defeated General Di Gong in Quyang and captured more than 100,000 people. In the end, all of them were killed. The bones of more than 100,000 people, including the elderly, women, and children, were used to build the temple.”
"I'm telling you all this because I want to tell you not to take any chances. The government troops will not let go of any heads. In their eyes, your heads are military merits!”
" Therefore, whether you are willing or not, if you want to live on the day of the war, you will have to fight to the death. The old, the children, and the women will do the same. Because the sabers in the hands of the government troops will not show mercy to you even if you are the old, the weak, the women, and the children.”
What Zhou Cheng was doing now was intimidation and brainwashing. He was emphasizing that the government troops were butchers who killed without batting an eye. Even the old, weak, women, and children who surrendered would not survive.
Thus, he could only fight to the death to survive.
Of course, the ancients were easy to deceive. For example, in order to protect himself, Jia Xu suggested to Li Jue and Guo Si to lie that Wang Yun and his men wanted to kill all the Xiliang people. This would make the Xiliang army afraid and unite as one. They would rush into Chang 'an, force Wang Yun to death, and chase away Lu Bu.
Now, Zhou Cheng was the same. He needed these 100,000 people to fight with all their might. Only then could he survive.
Because from the day he killed Zhu Rong, Zhou Cheng knew that there was no turning back.
"Fight to the death with the government troops!"
"Revenge for the great teacher!"
"Fight to the death with the government troops!"
"Revenge for the great teacher!"
At this moment, the soldiers who had already been arranged shouted loudly, their voices soaring into the sky.
Currently, Zhou Cheng's main goal was to avenge Zhang Jiao. After all, Zhang Jiao had traveled far and wide and had many disciples. He had saved people and many people were grateful to him.
Moreover, only under the banner of avenging Zhang Jiao could the Yellow Turban warriors in the world be attracted to join them.
Especially the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans!
If there were no Qingzhou soldiers that were reorganized by the Yellow Turbans, what would Cao Aman be?
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