Chapter 407 Jiazi
Later, when old Kyoto people recalled this day, everyone said that it rained heavily that day and lasted all day and night, flooding the Chongde Hall in the Nangong Palace.
Others said that the rain that day was red, and it took a long time to move the corpses out of the General's Mansion, the Great Situ's Mansion, and the Beigong, so the ditches on both sides of Tianjie were all red.
Someone covered Yuan Wei's body with a straw mat, and then he was transported to the outside of the city along with other disciples of the Yuan family and buried hastily. However, he was not buried in Mang Mountain.
Since this year coincided with the Year of Jiazi, this incident was also called the "Jiazi Change" or the "Jiazi Coup".
The impact of the Jiazi Incident was far-reaching. It does not need to be summarized by future generations, only the parties at the time knew it.
After the incident, Yuan Shu fled to Nanyang with the remaining disciples of the Yuan family. Yuan Shao was also shocked to hear about the changes in the rear on the Western Front battlefield, so he fled back to his hometown in hiding and recruited troops.
As for why Yuan Shao was able to abscond from the army, it was simply the result of more or less letting go of the lords in the army. After all, soldiers were more or less unwilling to participate in such things and gave Yuan Shao a chance. After all, who knows what will happen in the future?
In any case, the Yuan family's elite suffered all casualties in the Jiazi coup. Only two brothers, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, went to the southeast. In addition to the two edicts drafted before the previous incident, Cao Cao was asked to control Jinan and Liu Biao was sent to Jingzhou. The storm in Kanto is rising again.
However, the Luoyang court no longer cares about this. He wants to gather the troops on the western and northern battlefields first. Because the Yuan family's children were either ambushed or absconded, the court had a smooth time accepting the Yuan family's forces.
Of course, this also involves the contribution of Prime Minister Xu, who fought against all opinions and stopped purging the army, and only punished the Yuan family's culprits. This calmed the morale of the army.
It was also Xu Xiangyan who said that His Majesty is divinely powerful, has an extraordinary destiny, and is about to receive a great treasure. Then he supported Liu Bian's pro-government against all opinions.
This time, it was no longer General He Jin who was assisting the government, nor the Empress Dowager, who was in charge of the government, or the ten-year-old Liu Bian who was in charge.
Of course, although Liu Bian was precocious at this time, he did not have much ability to govern. He could not even recognize the names of the ministers from foreign dynasties, let alone clarify their relationship network and specific abilities. .
Therefore, Xu Xiang was worshiped as Taifu by the young emperor to assist Liu Bian in handling specific affairs. Even at the suggestion of Prime Minister Xu, many elite scholars were recommended to the palace and became ministers in the ban, directly responsible to Liu Bian and helping him manage politics.
Because these middle-men ministers were within the forbidden area, they were also called Zhongshumenxialang by the court. Because these people did not follow the normal transfer procedures, they were regarded as lucky people by the officials from other dynasties.
But no matter how much talk there was outside, with the support of the little emperor, these Zhongshu disciples from all over the country quickly took control of the running of the government and quickly clarified the chaos of the Jiazi Rebellion.
Among these people, Zhong Yao, who was recommended by Prime Minister Xu, was reused because of his outstanding abilities, and was directly appointed as an officer under Zhongshu's sect. Although his rank was not high, his power was almost greater than that of the three previous ministers.
Xu Xiang gained great benefits, and General He Jin, who suffered a lot of blood during the Jiazi Incident, naturally also gained a lot. He was still a general. As the uncle of the little emperor, this position was naturally his. But this time he, the general, had real power.
After the Jiazi Incident, He Jin took command of all the armed forces inside and outside Luoyang, from the northern and southern armies to the forbidden provinces and foreign countries, and all military power was taken back by the General's Office.
Coupled with Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun who are still leading the battle on the outside, a new power structure in the Luoyang court is taking shape.
Not only that, because of the elimination of forces led by the Yuan family and others, the obstacles between Kanto and Kansai are reducing. Now the two parties have begun to have private contacts and are discussing.
Although the talks ended on bad terms several times, and neither party wanted to give up their power, in the end, the life-and-death struggle between the two parties during the Yuan Wei era had to cool down a lot.
And the time is occupied here in Kanto. The ministers in Kansai discovered that Liu Hong was working hard at the beginning, but soon his old habits started to show up, and the body of the girl from the public broadcast was getting worse every day.
But Liu Bian on the opposite side showed the demeanor of a young hero, which had to make some officials in Kansai who were concerned about the Han Dynasty think deeply.
Will the two capitals merge and the Han Dynasty really be able to revive again?
But all this is unknown, and the officials in Kansai will not give up their power and positions just like this. And some people also think that Liu Hong's poor health is a good thing, because he can grab more power.
And although their little prince Liu Xie is still young and has not shown much courage, isn't it the happiest time for powerful ministers to be in charge?
Therefore, the Kansai side is still preparing its troops and preparing for the war. Let's talk about it, and this battle can be fought with confidence.
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The impact of the Jiazi Incident soon spread to Hebei.
At this time, Zhang Chong was stationed in Guangzong and was responsible for controlling the reorganization of the Yellow Turbans in Hebei.
As the Yellow Turban Army on the front line of Xiaba and outside Dongwu City were gradually withdrawn, a total of 120,000 Yellow Turban Army troops participated in this reorganization.
In the end, a total of five elite battalions of officials were obtained, with a total of 10,000 elite soldiers. In terms of technical and combat capabilities, these people are not inferior to the Central Guards of the Taishan Army. They are all top-notch elite soldiers among the five captains. As long as these people's battle capabilities are trained later, the military capabilities of the Taishan Army will rise to another level.
And with the supplement of these 10,000 elite officers, the Taishan Army began a new round of expansion. Zhang Chong recruited a total of 15,000 soldiers from Zhao, Wei, Julu and other places to protect the fields. With the addition of these 10,000 elite soldiers, the Taishan Army's five captains were directly expanded to five corps. , each army is an independent front army with ten thousand soldiers and four thousand heavy equipment.
Such a large military expansion naturally required Zhang Chong's supervision and control, so Zhang Chong stayed in Guangzong during this period.
Affairs from various parts of Hebei were also continuously sent to Guangzong's marching shogunate from the repaired stations, and were handled by He Kui and others.
The entire Taishan Army is operating in an orderly manner, accumulating strength and preparing for the next expansion.
It was also at this time that Feijun Waiji, who was lurking in Kyoto, sent a message about the whole story of the Jiazi Incident.
Zhang Chong was stunned for a long time before finally confirming that the Yuan family of Xuanhe IV would be even more miserable than in history. After all, in history, except for some members of the Yuan family who died under Dong Zhuo's sword, most of the elite members of the Yuan family had long been distributed in the Kongji County of Guandong.
Later, Yuan was able to preside over the discussion against Dong Daye because of these networks.
But what now? For example, if Yuan Yi and others are all dead, only Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are left to abscond. Even if they return to Guandong, given the extent of their being convicted by the Han Dynasty, it would still be quite overwhelming to imagine that a hundred people responded to the call like in history. Difficult.
Zhang Chong also didn't expect that Liu Bei would play such a powerful role in the Jiazi Incident. According to the news sent by spies, Liu Bei has been officially listed in the genealogy and has become the most popular "Uncle Liu" in the Guandong court.
Uncle Liu Huang, it really went round and round, Uncle Liu Huang still became Uncle Liu Huang. And he can seize opportunities better than ever before. This time it seems that he has really turned around.
Compared with Liu Bei's incident, Liu Biao's journey south to Jingzhou was lackluster. Compared with most people in this world who believed that Liu Biao had a narrow escape from death, Zhang Chong certainly knew that with the support of local powerful families, he would secure the four northern counties of Jingzhou, and later defeat the Jingnan Alliance and truly occupy Jingzhou.
However, Liu Biao's ability was just that of a housekeeper, and was not enough to have a profound impact on historical trends. But the last article in the letter, that is, Cao Cao was appointed Prime Minister of Jinan and was moving to Jinan with his troops, which made Zhang Chong unable to sit still. Historically, Cao Cao served as the Prime Minister of Jinan, but the situation at that time was completely different from Zhang Chong's. At that time, there was no Taishan Army in Jinan.
Therefore, it can be seen that Cao Cao will definitely step up his attack on the Taishan area after taking office. Now Zhang Chong's main energy is focused on the development of Hebei, and he cannot pay more attention to the Laotaishan area.
At the same time, Zhang Chong also vaguely noticed a change from various aspects of intelligence.
That is, with the silence between east and west, many counties in Kanto are trying to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign against their Taishan Army.
First, in the Qingzhou area, the Yellow Turban forces were severely damaged by internal strife. The unknown Sima He occupied most of Qingzhou. Then, after Tao Qian from the Xuzhou area surrendered the Langya bandits, he recruited elite soldiers from Danyang to help, and his strength increased by leaps and bounds. Reports from the Laiwu area said that Xuzhou's army was slightly commotion, and it was obvious that they had bad intentions towards them.
Zhang Chong sighed, secretly thinking that time for the peaceful development of the Central and South Shandong region may be running out. This is also inevitable. Last year, Zhang Chong led the Taishan Army out of the mountains and fought in central and southern Shandong, wiping out tens of thousands of enemies and wiping out all the Han troops in this area.
Therefore, even if Zhang Chong leads the main force north to Heshuo, the central and southern Shandong base area can still rely on the field guards to maintain one side.
But as time passed, the Han Dynasty apparently made adjustments to this place. Not only did they select a group of capable officials to take charge of the place, they also restructured new military units.
As a result, Lu Zhongnan, which has a slightly weak military but a lot of land, has become the fat meat of these new warlords in Guandong, and everyone wants to take a bite.
Zhang Chong estimated that if it weren't for his continuous victory in the north, these jackals might have pounced on him long ago.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chong knew that it was urgent to set up a governor in Zhongnan.
But who to choose?
It is said that Zhang Chong now has many talents under his command, such as Guan Yu, Zhang Dan, Ding Sheng, Yu Jin, and Dong Fang who can be on the military side, and Li Damu, Dian Wei, Xu Huang, Li Hu, Cai Que, Guo Zu, Pan Zhang, etc. Charge for him.
As for people like Duman, He Kui, Tao An, Fan Chang, Yan Zhuang, Gao Sheng, etc. who can advise him, and even collect grain and dispatch supplies, he also has Zhuge Gui, Xun You and others.
In addition to other people engaged in literature and art, those who have just surrendered can be said to be full of civil servants and military officers.
But who can preside over the situation in central and southern Shandong, facing Cao Cao, Sima He, Tao Qian, and the governors of southwestern Shandong?
The first thing Zhang Chong thought of was Guan Yu. After all, this gentleman was already considered the most important general under his command. Whether it was military merit or seniority, he was qualified to sit high on his behalf and preside over the military affairs of Central and South Shandong.
However, during this Northern Expedition, many problems exposed by Guan Yu still made Zhang Chong a little worried. He decided to return to Yecheng first and then think about it carefully.
That's right, Zhang Chong decided to withdraw his troops from Guangzong and return to Yecheng.
One is that the reorganization of the Yellow Turbans in Hebei has been basically completed. In addition to the selected more than 10,000 elites who will be deployed and trained near Yecheng, the remaining more than 100,000 Yellow Turbans will be sent to Wei and Zhao. Cultivation on vast plains.
It was precisely because of these active forces who had military experience and had recently left farming to fill local communes that Zhang Chong dared to safely mobilize 15,000 field guards to join the army.
Another aspect of the withdrawal is that although Guangzong is close to clear water, it can still be transported. But after all, this is the front line, and the people have almost no intention of producing and rely entirely on the delivery of grain and grass from the outside. Therefore, before Zhang Chong entered Guangzong, Guangzong had experienced several food shortages. Obviously Guangzong was not a place to stay for a long time.
Therefore, Zhang Chong decided to move most of Guangzong's people and Taoist disciples, as well as the Hebei Yellow Turbans, to the more stable land of Zhao and Wei, and only use Guangzong as a frontline military station.
After all, compared to Guangzong, Zhang Chong's Yecheng was obviously more suitable as a base.
In fact, when Zhang Chong decided to return to Yecheng instead of Handan, it already indicated that the northward offensive would come to an end in the next period of time.
In Zhang Chong's mind, his subsequent arrangement was to establish himself as king in Yecheng.
That's right, Zhang Chong had never done this before, and it wasn't because he was worried about being shot first. At Zhang Chong's size, even if he does not become king, he must be the Han Dynasty's primary target.
Zhang Chong did not claim the title of king just because he had not been able to deal with the relationship with Taiping Dao.
Later generations generally looked down on the Yellow Turban Army, but Zhang Chong deeply understood what the Yellow Turban Army's rich human resources meant to him.
Not to mention the more than 10,000 elite soldiers and the more than 100,000 land reclamation soldiers, from now on, their Taishan Army will stir up the banner of anti-Han forces and truly become the only hope for the poor in the world.
In order to maximize this righteousness, the kingship system is particularly important, so as to show the determination to be incompatible with the Han Dynasty.
And at his level, if he doesn't do more, the military officials below him will also be frustrated.
Therefore, knowing that the situation in Guandong would change greatly, Zhang Chong immediately returned westward with a population of 150,000 soldiers, heading back to Yecheng.
The news of Zhang Chong's plan to establish an army spread to the upper echelons of the Taishan Army through his continuous small-scale private conversations.
All the generals were ecstatic about this, just as Zhang Chong thought. If Qu Shuai doesn't make progress, how can they make progress?
After returning to Yecheng, Zhang Chong first reviewed the newly organized five armies on the Tongque Platform. He ordered 50,000 elite soldiers to line up in the wilderness, with countless banners and iron armor.
After all the troops shouted "Long Live Long Live" three times, they changed their formations according to the flags on the Bronze Bird Platform, either horizontally or vertically, sometimes forming a line, sometimes dividing into a circle.
Seeing such a mighty master in front of the Tongque stage, Zhang Chong was filled with pride and confidence in the historical mission he was about to shoulder.
Sure enough, a million-strong army is even more heroic.
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(End of chapter)