Chapter 1144: Battle for the Million Yellow Turbans!【2】

Although most of the Yellow Turban Rebellion had been quelled.

It was only most of it.

Although the three Zhang brothers were dead, there were still many thief soldiers in various places using Zhang Jiao's name and the name of the Taiping Dao.

And Qingzhou was one of the provinces with the most remaining Yellow Turban soldiers among the many provinces.

When quelling the rebellion at that time, Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song only cleared out the Yellow Turban thief soldiers near Yuzhou and Jingzhou.

But the remote Qingzhou was separated by Xuzhou and Yanzhou.

When Cao Cao first took office as the Inspector of Yanzhou, he was only busy quelling the rebellion in Yanzhou, while the Inspector of Xuzhou, Tao Qian, was also cleaning up the interior of Xuzhou.

This led to the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou snowballing, becoming more and more numerous.

And it had already threatened both Yanzhou and Xuzhou.

Taishan Commandery, where Cao Cao was at this time, was a strategic location connecting Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yanzhou.

The northern part of Taishan Commandery connected to Qingzhou, while the eastern part connected to Xuzhou.

Just after the beginning of the year, the million Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou swept through the Qi State and attacked Taishan Commandery.

As the Inspector of Yanzhou, Cao Cao did not dare to delay, so he led thirty thousand troops, marched east from Puyang, and arrived at Taishan Commandery.

With thirty thousand troops facing a million Yellow Turban thief soldiers, Cao Cao naturally did not think of defeating them.

Cao Cao still had some self-knowledge about this; after all, he was not Duan Yu, and the Yanzhou troops were not the Liangzhou cavalry.

Cao Cao's intention was very simple: to drag it out.

The million Yellow Turbans had to eat, which was why they attacked cities and plundered land.

But if the cities were defended, leaving them with no grain to eat, it wouldn't be long before these million Yellow Turbans would naturally scatter like birds and beasts.

And not only that.

After seeing Duan Yu lead a million refugees into Liangzhou, Cao Cao also thought of a plan.

That was, after dragging the Yellow Turban thief soldiers to collapse, he would absorb their essence, enter Yanzhou, and carry out military land cultivation.

A Yellow Turban Rebellion had caused the population to plummet and a large amount of land to be left idle.

Cao Cao's plan was to drag it out until these Yellow Turban thief soldiers had no grain and scattered, then take the essence and discard the dregs, and then absorb them into Yanzhou for settlement.

This plan was good, but someone started to make trouble at this time.

This person was none other than someone else.

It was Liu Bei.

After entering Xuzhou, Liu Bei served as a Cavalry Commandant under Tao Qian.

Because he was capable in battle, he helped Tao Qian quell the Yellow Turban thief soldiers in Xuzhou, thus making many great contributions.

For this reason, Tao Qian submitted a memorial to the imperial court, recommending Liu Bei as the Chancellor of Langya.

Tao Qian letting Liu Bei serve as the Chancellor of Langya also had a purpose.

The Chancellor of Langya was adjacent to the Beihai State of Qingzhou.

At that time, it was also when the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans were most rampant.

Tao Qian's intention was to let Liu Bei block the Yellow Turban thief soldiers who might go south at any time in the Langya State, so as to restore the post-war Xuzhou.

Yuzhou, west of Xuzhou, had already been leveled by Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, and there was no threat, and there were not many Yellow Turban thief soldiers in Yangzhou to the south.

As long as there were no Yellow Turban soldiers making trouble in Qingzhou to the north, with the foundation of Xuzhou's commerce and vast land, it wouldn't take long to restore prosperity.

Liu Bei, under these circumstances, successfully became the Chancellor of Langya.

Cao Cao also had to admit that Liu Bei was a talent, and his ability was also very outstanding.

After taking office in the Langya State, it didn't take long for him to gain the reputation of benevolence and righteousness.

And this guy told everyone he met that he was a relative of the Han imperial family, a descendant of Prince Jing of Zhongshan, and he won a large number of hearts.

The common people praised Liu Bei for his benevolence and righteousness, and the noble clans of the Langya State also gathered around Liu Bei.

Plus, with Tao Qian's financial and grain support, the Yellow Turban thief soldiers of Qingzhou were really blocked outside the Langya State for a while.

Originally, this didn't have much to do with Cao Cao.

You, Liu Bei, just manage your Langya State well.

However, more than half a month ago, when Cao Cao sent troops to Taishan Commandery, Liu Bei also moved troops from the Langya State to Linyi, which was adjacent to Taishan Commandery.

And he also used the name of recruiting and quelling the rebellion.

Intending to divide the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans.

Cao Cao, who walked out of the Bian County government office, was aggressive.

Following Cao Cao's order, the civil and military officials stationed in the county government office who had come to Bian County with Cao Cao also walked out of the county government office and began to wait for Cao Cao outside the county government office.

In front of the gate outside the county government office, a sturdy man nearly a zhang tall with an extremely burly build was wearing heavy armor and had two short halberds tucked behind his waist, standing in front of the gate.

His hair was yellowish, and his pupils were also yellowish like tiger eyes.

When Cao Cao walked out from the courtyard, the sturdy man bowed to Cao Cao, his voice as dull as a tiger's roar.

Cao Cao turned his head to look at the sturdy man, and his tense face finally revealed a smile.

After looking the sturdy man up and down, he found that the straps of the sturdy man's combat boots were loose, so Cao Cao bent down and personally tied the straps of the combat boots for the sturdy man.

The sturdy man immediately straightened his back, his expression moved.

The surrounding officials and military generals looked at everything that happened before them, their expressions different.

After standing up, Cao Cao patted the sturdy man's thick arm and said: "Dian Wei, have you eaten enough today?"

Dian Wei grinned and nodded.

"Good, it's good to be full; if you're full, you have strength. Liu Bei's two brothers must be fought by you," Cao Cao said.

"What kind of people are Liu Bei's two brothers?" Dian Wei shook his head to indicate he hadn't heard of them.

Cao Cao smiled and said: "There are not many people in this world who can fight with Zi Yi; at least his two brothers can still exchange a few moves with Zi Yi."

Duan Yu.

Dian Wei had heard of this name.

Nearly a year ago, Dian Wei had heard this name.

At that time, Duan Yu was still quelling the rebellion in Dong Commandery of Yanzhou.

If it weren't for something at home that he couldn't get away from, Dian Wei would have wanted to go and join Duan Yu.

It was a pity he missed it.

"If Zi Yi had known that there was such a fierce general as Dian Wei in Chenliu, he would definitely have gone to recruit him."

Cao Cao sighed: "But it's also fortunate that Zi Yi didn't know, otherwise Dian Wei would be serving Zi Yi in Liangzhou now, how could it be my turn."

"The Lord treats the end general like a relative; this life, I will never serve two masters!" Dian Wei said in a muffled voice.

"Let's go, leave the city for the camp," Cao Cao ordered.

In the main tent of the camp outside Bian County.

Cao Cao, wearing a Hu chest armor and a red cloak behind him, sat in the main seat.

On the left and right sides were civil and military officials.

The Cao clan generals stood on the left: Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan, Xia Hou Dun.

Besides that, there were Yu Jin from Taishan Commandery of Yanzhou, Li Dian from Shanyang Commandery of Yanzhou, Yue Jin from Dong Commandery of Yanzhou, and Zang Ba from Taishan Commandery of Yanzhou. ===== CHAPTER 1146 =====