The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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In the west of Changshan County, in Wanren Mountain, a group of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses was marching eastward.

The valley road is narrow and rugged, and the marching team traveled nearly fifty miles.

The front of the soldiers and horses has left the mountains and entered the hills and plains outside the mountains. The rear is still advancing along the river valley in the mountains. The central army connecting the front and the rear is passing through a dangerous checkpoint built in the mountains. .

This pass is the well-known Jingxing Pass.

Xing, meaning the place where the mountains are interrupted.

The Taihang Mountains stretch for thousands of miles, with hundreds of mountains towering and steep and unreachable. From south to north, there are a total of eight canyons running through the east and west. This place has been a battleground for military families since ancient times. It belonged to Zhao during the Warring States Period. At that time, Zhao State built a checkpoint here, which was one of the "nine fortresses in the world".

The troops that came out of the mountains, passed the checkpoint, and entered the plains of Changshan County eastward were Chu Feiyan's troops.

He just personally led his troops and fought **** battles for two days to conquer this pass.

Once you pass this off, go east and you will be smooth and smooth, and there will be no obstacles.

When the Jingxing Pass was closed, four or five people looked eastward, surrounded by more than a hundred warriors armed with spears.

"It took more than half a year of hard work, and it's finally time for Duke Huangfu to leave office!"

The speaker was a burly man of less than thirty years old.

He is Chu Feiyan.

Chu Feiyan is not young, but he became famous very early. He is a true man from Changshan. He was quite famous in his hometown before he was crowned. The only countryman who followed his lead, fled into the mountains and turned into a bandit.

The Taihang Mountains are steep and deep, and have always been a place for two kinds of people to escape.

One is the outlaws who have committed crimes, the other is the common people who evade heavy taxes.

Before Chu Feiyan entered the mountain, many people of these two types hid and escaped in the Taihang Valley in Changshan County. He has a great reputation, bravery and agility, as well as resourcefulness and skill. Soon after entering the mountain, he formed several gangs. Not only did he quickly gain a foothold in the mountain, but his power became more and more powerful, from more than a hundred people to more than a thousand people to today's With more than 10,000 people, in the mountains west of Changshan County, he has long been the dominant force.

Even the bandits in Zhongshan in the north of Changshan and in the mountains of Zhaojun in the south also implicitly respect him.

When the power is large, it is inevitable that the status quo will be disturbed.

In the early spring of this year, a million Yellow Turbans revolted. At Zhang Jiao's invitation, he also rose up and attacked the mountains. He had conquered some cities in Changshan, but he did not expect that the Yellow Turbans would rise so loudly within half a year. The matter was suppressed by Huangfu Song.

He saw the opportunity early, and when Huangfu Song led the main force of the Han army to besiege Zhang Jiao brothers, he made a decisive decision, abandoned the cities he had laid down, and led his troops back to the mountains. Taking advantage of the danger of Taihang, he was lucky to escape the blow of Huangfu Song. To be buried with Brother Zhang Jiao.

Rao is so, for more than half a year, his life has been very difficult.

After annihilating the main force of the Yellow Turbans of the Zhang Jiao brothers, Huangfu Song happily accepted the imperial edict, disbanded and repatriated most of the troops, in order to avoid suspicion from the court, leaving only more than 10,000 cavalry under the tent. Just enough to sit in the counties of Jizhou, although it is not enough to enter the mountains to attack, but the prefecture of Jizhou is in Changshan, the same county as the mountain where Chu Feiyan hides. It is like a tiger lying on the side of the couch. For more than half a year, he dared not take a step out of the mountain. Fortunately, before escaping back to the mountain, he looted a lot of grain and grain, so he was able to make ends meet and did not starve to death in the mountain.

——From this, we can also see his methods. Under such embarrassing and unfavorable situation, his subordinates are not scattered, which is not easy.

If you change to someone who is not mentally strong, you may be desperate in this situation. You know, even a million yellow turbans can't beat Huangfu Song's blow, let alone more than ten thousand people who are desperate and desperate? But Chu Feiyan did not. Not only did he not, but he also wanted to die.

Why seek life from the dead?

Through the fall of the Yellow Turbans, Chu Feiyan has clearly realized the bravery of the soldiers of the Han family. Although the government is chaotic and the place is chaotic, the foundation of the Han family is still there, as well as Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Lu Zhi, etc., especially Huangfu Song In this way, there are famous generals who use soldiers like gods, and there are also a large number of backbone generals "loyal to the Han Dynasty" such as Xun Zhen, Sun Jian, and Fu Xie.

Now the only way to survive is to get rid of the identity of "rebel" and change to a Han family official.

How to change to a "Han family official body"?

Surrender is definitely not an option.

The Zhang Jiao brothers were all dead, and Huangfu Song also whipped their bodies, chopped off their heads, and sent them to the emperor to present to the emperor. Surrender can only be a matter of holding back and giving others a hand, and it can only be a way of self-destruction.

So if you don't surrender, how can you get an "official body"?

Chu Feiyan thought about it for a long time, and finally came up with a solution: make another rebellion.

Although the Yellow Turban Rebellion failed, the Han family was also devastated.

First of all, from an economic point of view, although Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and others took a long time to pacify the Yellow Turbans, it only took half a year, but a huge amount of military resources were spent, and this war was not a war in one place and one county, but spread to the entire Central Plains , North, Henan, Hebei, Qing, Yan and other plentiful and prosperous places were almost all destroyed in the war. This is a major blow to the Han family.

Secondly, from a military point of view, although the Han soldiers were victorious, they also suffered a lot of casualties, and there were still a lot of remnants and remnants of the Yellow Turban Road. Once wiped out, where the situation is serious, even the prefectures and county officials have given up the countryside, and the only thing they can do is defend the city.

Why didn't Huangfu Song take advantage of the prestige of a great victory to enter the mountains and attack Chu Feiyan, Huang Beard, Zuo Xu, Wang Dang, etc.? Isn't it just because the Han family has been severely damaged, not only lacking money, but also lacking enough soldiers?

Against such a background, Chu Feiyan believed that if he rebelled again and then voluntarily asked to surrender, nine out of ten he would be pardoned by the court and granted an official. Of course, in order to achieve this goal, his "second rebellion" must be loud enough.

If the momentum is not strong enough, the chaos of a mere county or county will definitely be difficult to enter into the "eyes of the imperial court".

Therefore, since the second half of last year, after making this decision, he has been in close contact with Zhang Niujiao, Wang Dang, Yu Du and other tyrants, thieves and the rest of the Yellow Turbans from various counties in Jizhou, forming alliances with them," conspiracy."

At the end of last year, there was chaos in the northwest. Boyu Beigong and Marquis Li Wen rebelled. This spring, there was a big epidemic and countless refugees. The Han court was so overwhelmed that it couldn’t take care of Jizhou anymore, and even transferred Huangfu. Song, this is a God-given opportunity to rebel.

Opportunities are only for those who are prepared.

For more than half a year, Chu Feiyan has used various rhetoric and offered various interests, and has persuaded Zhang Niujiao, Wang Dang, Yu Du, etc. to join him in a joint uprising, everything is ready, and the east wind comes again, he immediately arrests him. Taking this opportunity, Huangfu Song resolutely raised the flag and rose again when Huangfu Song left office less than a month ago.

He is a native of Changshan~www.wuxiaspot.com~ has been in the mountains for a long time, and he is familiar with mountain roads. To say that he raised the flag this time, he did not need to go to Jingxingguan. Jingxing is the valley road that connects Bingzhou and Jizhou. He did not come to Jizhou from Bingzhou. He came from the mountains. There are many ways to get out of the mountain for him to choose. .

With Jingxing in hand, it can enter Jizhou in the east and Bingzhou in the west.

By laying down this place, firstly, he could show to the Han court and Jizhou prefectures and counties that he had "no small ambitions" and attract their attention, and secondly, it would improve his reputation and status in the "Allied Forces", which were mostly illiterate. They may not know the strategic position of Jingxing, but they know that the guards at Jingxing Pass were personally dispatched by Huangfu Song when he was the shepherd of Jizhou.

Standing on the Jingxing Pass, Chu Feiyan looked eastward out of the mountain, and looked westward at the cavalry and cavalry soldiers and horses dozens of miles along the road, facing the cool breeze of the mountain and the splendor of the afternoon sun, and said in her heart: "I have few troops and horses right now, there are only more than 10,000 people. People, even if Jingxing is in hand, is not enough to threaten the land of the two states, but capturing this pass is enough to declare my 'ambition' to the Han court and to Jizhou prefectures and counties."

Ordinary bandits will only attract too much attention from the imperial court, but he is afraid that he will not get enough attention from the imperial court.

"This time, I have united the strong men and heroes of the various counties, and one hundred thousand soldiers and horses will rise at the same time. Although it is far less than the momentum of the million yellow turbans last year, it is still enough to shake Jizhou. After half of Jizhou is conquered, I can ask the court to surrender. If you get an official body, then you will have good soldiers and good generals, and you will sit along the mountains of Montenegro. If the world becomes more and more chaotic, you will still be a feudal lord in one place.

(To be continued)