Chapter 389 The Final Calculation
The Louguan Incident has ended, and Zhang Bao has become the biggest loser.
Not long after he took up the position of Great Master, he was dragged into the military mansion in embarrassment by his left beard and Zhangba. After that, he was placed under house arrest in another palace.
As for Zuo Beard Zhangba himself, he took advantage of the great victory and the surge of blood to occupy the main hall and enjoy the treatment of the winner.
Dozens of Zhao Guoqi, who were raised by the military government, danced fearfully among the swords and guns, embodying the excitement of the Eighth Army's victory in Zuo's beard.
The happy Zuo Zhangba did not forget the promise he made to the soldiers just before the battle. He opened the Taiping Dao treasury and began to reward the meritorious soldiers in the mutiny.
He did not stipulate who should take how much, but boldly told everyone that whatever they can take is yours.
I don’t know how many people were stimulated by this order. I don’t know how many people would rather bend their backs to take away one more piece of cloth.
That night, a grand banquet was held in the military mansion to reward those who had achieved merit, and there was singing and dancing all night long.
There is a saying that Zuo Zhuzhangba's work is much brighter than Zhang Bao's, at least he is really willing to give it. The Yellow Turbans at the bottom don't care what you do above, they don't care who can give you benefits. Therefore, Zuo Zhuzhangba's wave of wealth dispersion really stabilized the team.
But even if it is stable, it can only be stabilized by spreading money for a while. If you try to use this trick next time, it will not work. Because people will think that they have earned it based on their ability. If you give less, they will be armed to ask for it.
So Zuo Beard Zhangba can't slack off, at least not yet.
He didn't have any capable confidants to help him participate in the praise painting, so he did many things based on instinct and discussions with everyone.
For example, regarding the captured Digong General Zhang Bao, the consensus among everyone was that it would be better to kill him. After all, there is uncertainty in the city. Who knows if there are people who are ambitious enough to start a rebellion in the name of rescuing Zhang Bao.
So the next day, Zuo Zhangba opened several pink arms and walked to the side hall with determination.
Here, Zhang Bao has not had any water or rice for a day and looks miserable. At this moment, when he saw Zuo Zhangba coming in aggressively, he hurriedly lowered his head and shouted:
"Why is the Holy Lord here?"
Zuo Zhangba was stunned when he heard this, and it took him a while to realize that he was talking about himself. He pointed at himself, then at Zhang Bao, and laughed at his confidants:
"Who knew that our Earthly General was such a thing? Afraid of death? Just be afraid of death."
In fact, Zhang Bao is not so unbearable. But sometimes it's just a matter of thought.
If he was defeated, he would just commit suicide and there would be no need to think too much about it. But once I was locked up here and thought about it for a night, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that death was not the right thing to do.
So after seeing Zuo Beard Zhangba come in, he shouted these words in the excitement.
Zuo Zhangba's ridicule towards Zhang Bao made him blush extremely, but he also knew that this was not a time of arrogance, so he flattered Zuo Zhangba with a smile on his face:
"General Zuo is not a mortal. He should be my son, Huang Tian. I don't think this great sage and mentor is enough. He must be the Holy Master to show General Zuo's divine gift."
In fact, Zhang Bao also has a hint or two of truth in it. He knew that his talents were mediocre and he could no longer pursue the idea of Taiping, so he might as well use the crown on his head to save Gou Quan's life in troubled times.
In fact, Zhang Bao's words are very touching. After all, if Zhang Bao can take the initiative to give in, it will be easier for Zuo Beard Zhangba to accept the Taiping Dao inheritance, so Zuo Beard Zhangba will most likely agree.
But unfortunately, he overestimated Zuo Beard Zhangba's political wisdom. In fact, people didn't understand it at all. Anyway, for Zuo Zhuzhangba, killing Zhang Bao was because he was afraid of long nights and many dreams.
So in order to have a peaceful sleep, Zhang Bao might as well die.
But Zuo Beard Zhangba also knew that he should not take action here, so he said to Zhang Bao:
"For the sake of General Tian Gong, I will give you a way to survive. I will send you out of the house, and you can live an ordinary life."
Zhang Bao nodded hurriedly and breathed a sigh of relief secretly.
But when Zhang Bao was about to leave the military mansion with his wife, his wife was crying, saying that leaving the mansion would lead to death.
This crying made Zhang Bao panic and annoyed Zuo Zhangba, so he immediately asked the guards to escort the two of them and take them to a mansion outside the military mansion.
This mansion was directly monitored closely by people sent by Zuo Beard Zhangba, and it could be said that there were layers of defenses.
After initially clearing up Zhang Bao's problem, Zuo Beard Zhangba once again discussed with his clan brother Zuo Xiao who should succeed the position of the Lord of Taiping Road.
The meaning of Zuo Xiao is very simple, that is, do nothing and never stop. Now that we have clearly identified the mutiny, what will the brothers who do not sit in that position and let them do big things think? Do they think you don't have the guts to sit down?
So just cut it off without any hesitation.
What Zuo Xiao said makes sense, but things cannot be done this way. Zuo Beard Zhangba is more sober than his own clan brother, that is, his prestige is nothing at all in Taiping Dao.
Let's not talk about the Yellow Turbans outside Hebei, such as Qingzhou, Bingzhou and other Yellow Turbans. Even the Yellow Turbans in Guangzong and Anping, only 30% of the troops can be influenced by Zuo Zhuozhangba.
But don't think that these three levels are small. In other words, Zuo Beard Zhangba's strength is half of the other Yellow Turban Army leaders combined. No one can compete with Zuo Beard Zhangba alone.
Moreover, on this day, the military commanders in the city at eight o'clock, Zuo Beard Zhang, happened to discover that Guo Tai, that is, Guo Daxian was missing.
It is said that this person took advantage of the chaos in the city and ran away.
This Guo Tai is no ordinary Qushuai. He is the most powerful Qushuai in Bingzhou. He was invited by the General Dao to cross the Taihang Mountains and enter Guangzong.
From this point of view, Guo Tai is much more popular than Zhang Chongzhong.
Now that Guo Tai has run away, Zuo Beard Zhangba lacks a handle that can control the Bingzhou Yellow Turban, so Zuo Beard Zhangba dare not usurp the throne directly.
Then he remembered the excuse for the previous uprising, which was the two posthumous sons of General Zhang Jiao. After thinking about it, he decided to give it up as soon as the general election was over. He would first support the two posthumous candidates, and then keep the real power in his own hands.
But Colonel Zuo was confused and said:
"Those two are in the belly. I don't know whether they are alive or dead, male or female. How can I be promoted to the top?"
Who knew Zuo Beard Zhangba cursed:
"Are you so rigid? Don't you know how to find a child from the city at random? Who do I care if it's a real one?"
Good guy, Zuo Beard stopped pretending and started calling Zhang Jiao by his first name.
After receiving instructions from Zuo Zhangba, Zuo Xiao began to secretly search for a newborn baby boy in the city, and soon found one from Zhou Zheng.
So, in the afternoon of the same day, Zuo Beard Zhangba sent all the ceremonial guards and utensils of the great virtuous master into the mansion, indicating that the great virtuous master's son, the young master, had inherited the throne.
Then that night, Zhang Bao and his wife died violently in the house, and they did not live for more than one night. The person in charge of dealing with Zhang Bao was Chu Feiyan, because Zuo Zhangba found that this man was really a good knife and he was very easy to do this.
Everything was running according to Zuo Zhuzhangba's plan. After the generals in charge of Anpingguo and Qinghe front lines learned that the great virtuous master's posthumous son had been established, they all sent expressions of willingness to obey Guangzong's side. manage.
Just when Zuo Yanzhangba proudly thought that he was still a good player in politics, an unexpected incident happened that he had never expected.
The accident was Guo Tai who escaped from Guangzong.
Contrary to Zuo Zhangba's expectation, Guo Tai did not secretly return to Baibo Valley in Bingzhou, but went directly to Julu, where the Guan Yu Zuo Military Academy of the Taishan Army was stationed.
When the travel-worn Guo Tai appeared in Guan Yu's military tent and told Guan Yu everything that happened in Guangzong City, Guan Yu understood that an important opportunity was placed in front of him.
However, Guan Yu did not dare to make the decision. He first asked Guo Tai to rest in his tent, and then ordered Dian Wei to return to Handan in person with his troops and report the military report to his commander, Zhang Chong.
Time flies very fast.
Zhang Jiao died on May 17th and was buried on May 20th. Zhang Chong learned about Zhang Jiao's death on May 21st. But by May 23, Zhang Chong knew a series of things that happened in Guangzong City.
When Dian Wei brought this news, he said that Guan Yu also believed that this was the best opportunity to solve the problem of the Yellow Turban Army once and for all.
Zhang Chong couldn't help it anymore and hurriedly sent out letters to all the five captains to come to Handan to discuss matters.
In the end, everyone unanimously decided that it was time for the Taishan Army to take up the banner and kill Zuo Beard Zhangba, who was responsible for the military rebellion.
In this way, Zhang Chong decided to fight quickly. He led the six battalions of assault cavalry from Handan and took over the Guan Yu tribe closest to Guangzong first. Then Zhang Dan of Zhao and Ding Sheng of Wei Jun came from the other two groups. Advance to Guangzong.
They met at the foot of Guangzong City.
Regarding this, Zuo Beard Zhangba, who had no source of information for a long time in Guangzong City, knew nothing about it.
At this time, he was having a headache about how to deal with Zhang Bao's death.
Although Zuo Zhuzhangba despises Zhang Bao, and even though this man died in his hands, Zuo Zhuzhangba still has to deal with Zhang Bao's death well even if it is just a pretense.
However, Zuo Zhangba had a fierce conflict with a group of military leaders regarding the treatment of Zhang Bao's death.
According to the views of Zhang Baiqi, Zhang Leigong, Yu Du, Bai Rao, Sui Gu and other military leaders, Zhang Bao was a great virtuous teacher after all and should be buried with the same treatment as Master Zhang.
More or less, these people couldn't bear to see Zhang's second son end up like this, not to mention that this was also their first time to join forces to test the bottom line of Zuo Beard Zhangba.
Zuo Beard Zhangba did not know that these people were trying to test him, but even so, he would never tolerate Zhang Bao being buried as a great virtuous teacher. In that case, Zuo Bearded Zhangba would really be a traitor and traitor Already?
So Zhang Bao, the beard of Zuo, was angry at the military palace, saying that Zhang Bao deceived his brother, stole his sister-in-law, and usurped the throne. It was a mercy not to execute Zhang Bao without delay, but how could he dare to be buried with the honor of a great virtuous teacher?
Therefore, Zuo Beard Zhangba insisted on expelling Zhang Bao as a monk and ending the matter as a commoner. This shows that his rebellion was motivated by public motives and righteousness.
At this time, Zuo Beard Zhangba was no longer just the leader of the Yellow Turban Cavalry Army left behind by Guangzong, he had transformed into an auxiliary Taoist Grand Master.
The so-called grand master naturally means that his left beard is the teacher of our young master. He is truly inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.
Of course, in Zuo Zhuzhangba's heart, he was not inferior to one person, but truly superior to everyone.
So how could Zuo Beard Zhangba, who thought he had great power, tolerate the opinions of Zhang Baiqi and others? Lei Lei was furious.
Seeing that Zhang Baiqi dared to stab him in front of him, he drew out the sword from his waist and shouted angrily:
"Well, Zhang Baiqi, do you think the sword on my left beard is disadvantageous?"
Zhang Baiqi was also tough. Although he didn't have a sword in his hand, he still stiffened his neck and replied:
"You have a knife on your left beard, don't we have one?"
As soon as these words came out, Zuo Beard Zhangba narrowed his eyes and stopped talking.
Because there is a key point in this sentence, that is, Zhang Baiqi is talking about us. In other words, Zhang Baiqi is not alone. There is someone behind him?
Who is that? How many are there?
Zuo Zhangba's eyes glanced at Yu Shigen, Liu Shi, Sili, and Rongzai who were standing opposite, and then glanced at Zhang Lei Gong, Yu Du, Bai Rao, and Sui Gu, who more or less supported Zhang Bai. Riding handsome.
Zuo Zhangba was shocked and confused. The former are the foreign military factions stationed outside Guangzong City with Zhang Baiqi. They are generally the former Ren Gong Generals and some miscellaneous names. During the military coup on the 21st, these people were stopped outside the city and could only wait. The final result.
But those who followed, such as Zhang Leigong, Yu Du, Bai Rao, and Sui Gu, were all members of the Tiangong generals. If these people did not stand behind his left beard, how could they support Zhang Baiqi?
Thinking of this, Zuo Zhangba's eyes became more and more fierce, and his eyes gradually showed malice. It was obvious that he was thinking about whether to chop these people up now.
On the opposite side, Zhang Baiqi kept paying attention to his left beard and Zhang Ba. When he started to look at him in a wrong way, he immediately came out to make peace.
Although he was one of the wisest among the several commanders in the army, since General Ren Gong died under Julu City for no apparent reason, they, the generals of the Ren Gong clan, began to feel sad.
Whether it is personnel recruitment or troop supply, it is the last round, so even if he joins forces with Yu Shigen, Liu Shi, Sili, Rongzai and Kushai, they are actually just holding together for warmth, and their strength cannot stop them at all. Stop holding the left beard of an elite soldier.
Not to mention that the only one with weapons in the hall at this moment was Zuo Shaozhangba.
After the grandson rebelled, he was not only treated like a gentleman but also brought a sword into the palace. If Zuo Beard Zhangba really goes crazy at this moment, who can stop him?
So how could Zhang Baiqi, known as a wise man, put himself and others in danger? The harsh words just now were enough to show his tough side, what is needed now is to show his softness.
So Zhang Baiqi came out of the queue with a smile, holding a five-baht coin in his hand, and said to his left beard:
"Since you and I each have our own opinions, why don't we leave the outcome to Huang Tian to decide? I will throw the copper coins now. If the seal is on the top, then I will bury General Digong with a grand ceremony. If it is on the bottom, then listen to the Grand Master."< br>
Perhaps the last words of the Grand Master made Zuo Beard Zhangba happy, and the man nodded. Who knows, this person was just playing for fun, thinking that if his wishes really didn't work out, he would kill Zhang Baiqi and his gang.
Just as Zhang Baiqi threw the copper coins, a soldier from outside suddenly rushed in and said something shocking:
"The Taishan Army is coming to kill Guangzong."
After saying this, the whole place was silent for a moment, except for the sound of the copper coins rolling on the floor.
The copper coin rolled all the way and finally stopped at Zuo Zhaozhangba's feet.
But Zuo Zhuzhangba no longer had the intention to see the final result at this moment. He only had one thought in his mind:
"It's over."
(End of chapter)