Han emperor system

Chapter 120 Collusion between officials and bandits
However, the five or six hundred Yellow Turban thieves eliminated by the Second Battalion of the Forbidden Army this time were the backbone of the Runan Yellow Turbans. Therefore, the other three leaders of the Runan Yellow Turbans, He Man, He Yi, and Huang Shao, were very angry. He gathered a large group of people, searched for the imperial army, and plundered the local people more vigorously. He also threatened that whoever dared to help the imperial army would kill all the people in Zhuangzi, so some ordinary people did not dare to help the imperial army.

When the news of the Forbidden Army reached Shangcai, a messenger sent by Liu Bian also arrived at Shangcai, and handed a letter from Liu Bian to Guo Jia. Going to Zhiping, Runan County, the propaganda of this battle was carried out with great fanfare along the way. Every county had to post an announcement and recruit a group of young and middle-aged people to accompany them, and the momentum became more and more powerful.

Of course, in this way, not only the Yellow Turban thought that the crown prince Liu Bian had already gone to Runan County to govern Pingyu, but Bao Hong and Gan Ning among the forbidden army also believed that the prince had gone to Runan County to govern Pingyu, but they didn't know that Liu Bian was going to Zhipingyu in Runan County at this time. He was watching them in Gepiwu not far from them.

On this day, Prince Liu Bian's convoy came to Gucheng County, which is far away from Zhipingyu, Runan County, and then they stopped suddenly and stopped going forward, as if they didn't intend to go to Zhipingyu, Runan County at all.

Moreover, as soon as the prince arrived in Gucheng County, he immediately sent people around to issue an announcement, asking those ordinary people who were forced to join the Yellow Turbans to go out of the mountains and surrender to the county yamen, and their sins would be pardoned and they would be allowed to return to their hometowns to live in peace. , by the court to solve their living problems.

Of course, if they can vote with the heads of some stubborn Yellow Turban leaders, there will be a lot of rewards, and any group of more than 50 people who collectively come down the mountain to vote can let them join the militia and participate in the action of encircling and suppressing the Yellow Turbans , and then rewards for meritorious deeds, including money, official positions, land and other rewards.

The location of Gucheng County is only about 37 miles away from Zhipingyu, Runan County, relatively speaking, it is still in the center of Runan County, so the announcement quickly spread from Gucheng County to all 37 counties in Runan County, because Guo Jia specially sent people to The announcement was sent to the government offices of the counties, and a group of people were hired with a lot of money to post the announcement in all the counties, villages, and villages. Overnight, the streets and alleys of the [-] counties in Runan County were covered with court announcements.

"Everyone, we obviously didn't send someone to post these announcements, why are they everywhere in the streets and alleys?"

In Zhipingyu County, Runan County, a large group of people were sitting around the gate of the sheriff’s office, and the atmosphere seemed a bit dull. If someone who knew these people saw it, they would be so surprised that their eyes would drop to the ground, because everyone present except Most of the officials in Runan County, there are more than a dozen burly men who exude dignified momentum, but the three people sitting at the top are not the county officials of Runan County.

"It seems that the imperial court not only sent people to send announcements to our county, but also sent other people to post announcements. Could it be that the imperial court has suspected our officials in Runan County?"

"That's right, the prince's convoy arrived at the ancient city, only thirty miles away from Zhipingyu, Runan County, but stopped moving forward. From any point of view, this is not in line with common etiquette, unless the prince already knows All the officials in our Runan County are unreliable?"

"How is this possible? All the high-level officials in the entire Runan County are here, and there is nothing wrong with them. Those lower-level officials should not see any problems with us. Who will inform the prince? "

"It's hard to say. Maybe someone among us has already turned to the court? Maybe someone tipped the court off?"

Suddenly, a voice resounded, which immediately caused a great uproar, and the whole hall was filled with a strong sense of murder, especially the three yellow scarf leaders sitting on top, staring fiercely at the same time , swept towards the surrounding officials.

"Is this a joke? Among us here, who has not been dissatisfied with the imperial court for a long time? If there was no response from us at the beginning, how could the rebel army capture the city of Runan County? So, I think that although it is possible, But it is unlikely to be the people here."

"That's right, we are all grasshoppers on the same rope now, this kind of joke can't be joked, it will make people panic, and it won't do anyone any good."

"That's right, we should work together, as long as we can hijack Prince Liu Bian, then we can make our request to the imperial court, and we can also integrate rebel armies from all over the world. At that time, a huge alliance can be established, and great things can be expected. .”

"Everyone be quiet first, let's listen to the arrangement of the three generals? General He, please give me your orders." At this time, the official headed by Runan County called everyone to stop the discussion, and then asked a person on the main seat Said a bandit leader in his forties who was wearing armor and a cloak.

This person is He Yi, the leader of the Runan Yellow Turban. He has a domineering appearance, a bandit-like look, and a knife-like gaze. His body is full of cold air. When he was swept away by his gaze, many officials of Runan County below fell silent, all of them silent. up.

"That's right. Now that things have come to an end, no matter how much you complain, it won't help. Why don't we discuss our next actions. Second and third, what do you two think?"

Seeing that everyone was full of fear for him, He Yi was very proud, but when she thought of the death of the Yellow Turban leader Liu Pi, she felt sad, and then turned to ask the two other leaders next to her.

These two people are He Man, the second head of the Runan Yellow Turban, and He Yi is cousin. Since Zhang Mancheng started the uprising in Nanyang, they have acted as little bosses under Zhang Mancheng's subordinates.

Later, Zhang Mancheng was defeated and killed, and the two of them escaped to death. After two years of hiding, they saw that the court relaxed their pursuit, so they contacted some former yellow scarf thieves and formed a new team.

Due to the chaotic wars in the past few years, the lives of ordinary people in the world have become more impoverished, so some desperate people were bewitched by them to join them. In addition, the court officials in the Runan area did not act, so they finally tolerated them. It has grown to a scale of thousands of people.

Afterwards, they adopted various methods, bought some imperial officials in Runan County, contacted some vicious gangsters, captured several small counties, released some prisoners, and slowly started to do whatever they wanted in the Runan area .

As for Huang Shao, he was also Zhang Mancheng's subordinate back then, but later he started a new uprising in Yingchuan. After Lin Jun was defeated, he fled to Runan with dozens of cronies, joined He Yi's subordinates as a leader, and became one of the four leaders.

(End of this chapter)