The Three Kingdoms: If you don't have money to buy an official position, you can only be the em

Chapter 40: The End of the Old Generals and the Imperial Court's Recruitment
Huangfu Song's army retreated, left the battlefield and headed straight for Luoyang.

This battle has been lost. Although the outcome is still uncertain, the rise of Shennong's army has become inevitable. The Yellow Turbans have become powerful and can no longer be easily suppressed.

"No, they bite too hard!"

"They're going to leave us behind!"

The army suffered heavy casualties during the retreat.

Seeing those soldiers who trusted him and followed him buried in a foreign land one by one, Huangfu Song gritted his teeth and said, "Those with only sons at home, step out; those with parents at home, step out; those with wives and children at home, step out!"

Hearing this, many people stood up.

Only a few thousand people remain.

"Come with me!"

He took the last few thousand men and turned back to block the official road.

He didn't carry any weapons and even took off his armor.

Just blocking the road.

"If you want to chase me, you have to step over my dead body!" Huangfu Song said with a miserable smile as he looked at Jiang Cheng who was chasing him.

This really put Jiang Cheng in a difficult position.

Thousands of unarmed people.

"Capture them and take them away one by one!" Chen Gong ordered.

However, due to this delay, the army ahead had already gone far away, and they dug holes and cut trees on the road, setting up various obstacles to block the pursuit.

As for Huangfu Song, he directly ordered those thousands of people to surrender.

No more fearless struggle.

But he himself stood at the intersection with his sword drawn, staring at everyone.

"Old General, why bother?" Jiang Chengdao said.

If possible, he really didn't want to do it.

This old general, who was not well-known in the Three Kingdoms period, was actually the one who once changed the world. Without him, the chaotic times would have come many years earlier and would not have survived until the princes defeated Dong Zhuo.

"I am a Han official and a minister, so I should be loyal to him!" said Huangfu Song.

In this regard, Jiang Cheng could only say: "Goodbye, old general!"

He immediately shot him in the head and ordered his soldiers: "Give General Huangfu a proper burial!"

……

To everyone's surprise, the 300,000-strong army, which had gathered the elite troops of the entire imperial court, failed to defeat the Yellow Turbans. Instead, they were defeated by the enemy and only returned with 100,000 soldiers.

lost heavily.

Emperor Liu Hong was so furious that it was rumored that he smashed all the transparent objects in the palace. He seemed to be crazy and was so angry that even the Ten Attendants did not dare to approach him easily.

On the next day, an imperial edict was issued directly from the West Garden.

The three brothers Zhang Jue, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were appointed as generals of protecting the country, and given the titles of God of Heaven, God of Earth and God of Man. Jiang Cheng was appointed as the "national teacher", and Nuwa Mountain was used as a Taoist temple, and a thousand miles of land was drawn and all given to him.

From now on, Nuwa Mountain will be renamed "Taihang Mountain".

"Our emperor has made a good plan. As long as we accept the imperial decree, the original unfavorable situation will be reversed instantly, and the Han court can suppress the rebellion with peace of mind." Zhang Jue said.

"Then do you accept it?" Chen Gong asked.

"Accept!" Jiang Cheng said, "First of all, we have also suffered heavy casualties. If we continue to capture cities, the defense line will become weaker and weaker under the ink effect, and it will be difficult to sweep the world now."

It is true that the imperial court was defeated, but it was just that the expedition was unsuccessful, not that the imperial capital was conquered.

There were still people in the two major military regions of Bingzhou and Xiliang. Later, only 100,000 elite troops of Dong Zhuo's 300,000 Xiliang troops participated in the war.

In addition, the imperial city also has the Imperial Guard. The rebel king who besieged the imperial city has been beheaded, there is no pressure, and the surrounding Yellow Turbans have also been pacified - in this case, Jiang Cheng's desire to break through Luoyang with his own strength is nothing but a fool's dream.

You know, the biggest enemy in the world has not taken action yet.

The noble family is still watching outside!
If they really fought to the death with the emperor, both sides would suffer losses, and in the end the aristocratic families would benefit for nothing.

Yuan Shao would die of happiness!

"Secondly, we need to recuperate. The longer we delay, the stronger the Yellow Turbans will become." Jiang Cheng added, "Build high walls, store up food, and slowly claim the throne! The general policy cannot be changed. For subsequent expansion, we can just use the 'Heavenly Master Going to the Countryside' method to arm the enemy's rear. There is no need to engage in direct warfare!"

Having said that, he looked at Zhang Jue and spoke again.

"Finally, and most importantly, there are too many Yellow Turban thieves!"

This is a bit unethical. We all agreed to revolt together, but you surrendered and stopped fighting. This is totally cheating people. However, what did the other parties do except waving the banner of the Yellow Turbans?

No help coming!

He started out as a poor commoner from the bottom of society, but ended up becoming a vicious bandit, burning, killing and looting.

The landlords and wealthy people might deserve to die, but some kind-hearted people were also exposed. Even some Yellow Turban leaders openly selected concubines on their territory and forcibly married beautiful girls or even women.

Is there any royal law?
Gone!

They are thieves!

"Alas, the Yellow Turbans were forced to revolt and were not well prepared. I did not know that a fire would burn so fiercely and encourage the evil of human nature. I am afraid that I will not be able to face my ancestors in the afterlife!"

How could Zhang Jue not know what the Yellow Turbans were like?

If it weren't for Jiang Cheng, they would just be a group of thieves!

……

Jiang Cheng did not accept the imperial edict openly, but he did not kill the person who conveyed the edict, nor did he send the edict back. Afterwards, he only captured a city within a thousand miles of Taihang Mountains and then withdrew his troops to recuperate.

Immediately afterwards, road construction and checkpoint construction began.

Develop breeding, export various agricultural and sideline products, and export various handicrafts.

The troops that could be found on the surface were gone.

Only the yamen runners in each city were left, and he seemed to have become a local official and no longer the leader of the rebellion - that abnormal behavior caused great suffering to the Yellow Turbans, and Guan Hai couldn't help cursing in Qingzhou.

But the court breathed a sigh of relief.

Send troops again to wipe out the rebel kings.

very smooth.

But the situation in the imperial city became even more tense: that battle weakened the military generals' group too much, even General He Jin was affected, the Ten Eunuchs continued to cause chaos, and the civil officials' group also began to emerge.

The various fights were so fierce that it was unbelievable.

Even someone like Lu Bu, who was temporarily commanding the Bingzhou Army, could be taken down!

Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had made many contributions, but they were still only given the title of county magistrate and were not given important positions. Cao Cao was still the commander without any troops, and Yuan Shao was still the high-ranking lieutenant of Xiyuan.

Everything has changed, yet it seems like nothing has changed.

It looks quite weird.

"In the court, there are interests everywhere, and when someone gets promoted, someone else has to move up. Without a major reshuffle, things will remain the same and nothing will change!" Jiang Cheng sighed.

Just then, Chen Gong walked in.

"Cai Yong has been captured and brought back to Taihang Mountain, but he is unwilling to surrender and has insulted you for betraying your master and ancestors. Now your whole family has been on a hunger strike for three days. If you continue like this, I'm afraid you will be blamed!"

Jiang Cheng: “…”

This shouldn't be the case! As far as he knew, the teacher was a very flexible person, otherwise he wouldn't have taught a disciple like Cao Cao. Why did he become so rigid now?
(End of this chapter)