Chapter 61 Zhang Jiao's Daughter, Zhang Ning
"When today is such a talented person, is everything in his hands?" Zhang Yan looked at Xi Zhong's leaving figure. She was in a passive situation on her home court.
Unconsciously, as the dramatist expected, Zhang Yan was affected by his last few words.
"It seems that Yuan Shao's conditions cannot be agreed to. Everything is under the control of the emperor. If he sends troops to help Yuan Shao again, he will really become a traitor and will never be able to cleanse himself of it for the rest of his life." Deep down in his heart, Zhang Yan had an idea.
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No one wants to be a traitor and live forever in the dark mountains and forests. The Yellow Turbans are also human beings, and they were once ordinary Han people. What they long for is a stable life, to be carefree, not to be so precarious.
"It's better to leave this matter to General Tiangong, let's see how she decides." Zhang Yansi thought about it, but still felt that the stakes were very important and did not dare to make independent claims.
then.
"Come here, please immediately ask Commander Zhang Niujiao to go to General Tiangong's camp to discuss matters." Zhang Yan ordered loudly.
"promise."
Behind Zhang Yan's camp, a secret room in a manually excavated cave was guarded by the most elite soldiers of the Yellow Turbans, named Yellow Turban Hercules.
When Zhang Jiao raised his troops in the early stage, the reason why he was able to win every battle and defeat the imperial officers and soldiers was because of the Yellow Turban Warriors. According to rumors, the Yellow Turban Warriors were selected by Zhang Jiao from among millions of Yellow Turbans.
The elites they produced were cultivated using some secret method to make their physical fitness extremely strong, capable of blocking ten or even a hundred.
At this time.
Zhang Yan came with Zhang Niujiao, another commander of the Yellow Turban Army. The latter was similar in age to Zhang Yan, but he was a little more ruffian and vicious.
"Please inform General Tiangong that we have something important to report." After Zhang Yan came to the cave guarded by the yellow turban warriors, she did not show any dignity of Qu Shuai, but said to a yellow turban warrior guarding the cave.
"kindness."
The yellow turban warrior in front of the cave took one look and immediately made way for him: "General Tiangong has given an order. There is no need to communicate with the two commanders when they come. Just go in."
"Thank you very much." Zhang Yan cupped her hands and thanked her, then led Zhang Niujiao in.
Entering the cave, there is a different cave world, and it is actually the size of a mansion in the outside world.
In the deepest part of the cave, there is a portrait painting hanging high. If any of the princes and generals who fought against the Yellow Turbans saw it, they would definitely know that the man in the painting was Zhang Jiao, who was once known as General Tiangong and one of the leaders of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
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Under Zhang Jiao's portrait, there is a seat, and sitting on it is a person whose whole body is covered by a black robe. However, if you look closely, you can see that her figure is very thin, and she does not seem to be a man.
When the imperial court suppressed the Yellow Turbans, the three Zhang Jiao brothers were all dead, but now Zhang Yan and the others still call this person General Tiangong, and her identity is also very reminiscent of her.
"See General Tiangong."
After Zhang Yan and Zhang Niujiao arrived, they bowed to the people on their seats.
"What's the matter? Do you want both of you to come see me at the same time?" the person on the seat said.
As soon as the voice came out, it turned out to be a woman. The voice seemed extremely soft, like the cry of an oriole, which was very pleasant to hear. Moreover, there was a kind of heroic spirit of a woman in this soft voice.
Based on this, we may be able to guess the identity of this woman. Zhang Jiao's daughter, Zhang Ning, is also nicknamed Mei Niang.
"Reporting to the general, Yuan Shao rebelled and betrayed the imperial court. He also sent a special envoy to ask me, the Yellow Turban, to send troops to attack Yanzhou and delay the imperial court's offensive. He promised that as long as this was accomplished, he would immediately give us 500,000 stones of grain and grass, and we would return the money after sending troops.
We will continue to supply." Zhang Yan said respectfully.
"You agreed?" Zhang Ning, whose face was covered by a cloak and black robe, couldn't see clearly, let alone her expression, but her voice was extremely cold.
"The general knows that this matter is of great importance, so he does not dare to make a decision, so he came here to ask for instructions from the general." Zhang Yan said in awe.
"If it's just this matter, you shouldn't need to come together." Zhang Ning said coldly.
"The conditions given by Yuan Shao were extremely generous, enough to allow us, a million Yellow Turbans, to live for several months. I originally wanted to persuade General Tiangong to agree, but just after Yuan Shao's envoy came, the emperor's envoy came and brought an imperial edict.
." Zhang Yan said seriously, holding out the imperial edict with both hands.
"The emperor's imperial edict?"
Hearing the name of the Emperor, Zhang Ning in the cloak also seemed a little excited. He immediately took the imperial edict and opened it to take a look.
Liu Xie said personally that Zhang Ning saw his forgiveness of the Yellow Turbans and the opportunity given to them.
"Today...Today, today the emperor actually admits that the Yellow Turban Rebellion was due to the inaction of the imperial court?" Zhang Ning said with a trembling voice.
"General, this imperial edict is not as simple as condoning our Yellow Turbans. It is a choice given to us today. If we make the wrong choice, it will be the catastrophe of millions of my people. Therefore, I only
Now it's time to ask the general to decide whether to send troops to help Yuan Shao or rely on the court to deal with Yuan Shao." Zhang Yan said with great solemnity.
"Have you forgotten why my father led you to revolt in the first place?" Zhang Ning stood up slowly, his tone a little heavy.
"The sky is dead, and the yellow sky must stand."
"The great virtuous master was to resist the nobles who oppressed us and save the people." Zhang Yan and Zhang Niujiao said in unison.
"Then do you know who Yuan Shao is?" Zhang Ning asked again, and you could hear a bit of anger in his tone: "The Yuan family is the largest noble family in the world, the most powerful. The reason why my father raised the army was to corrode
Get rid of all the nobles in this country and reshape a brand new country. If we make deals with the nobles for some benefits, then we will be against dad's wishes, and my Yellow Turban teachings will no longer exist."
"General, you are right, colluding with the nobles will trap me, the Million Yellow Turbans, into injustice, and trap the great sages and teachers into injustice." Zhang Yan agreed.
"But, what if we obey the emperor's imperial edict and send troops to attack Yuan Shao, and after Yuan Shao is overthrown, what will happen if the emperor turns his back and disowns us? Furthermore, compared to the nobles, the Han Dynasty is the largest noble family." Zhang Niujiao was a little worried.
said.
Almost all the Yellow Turbans were extremely disappointed with the imperial court.
After Zhang Jiao's defeat, hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans abandoned their armor and surrendered, but in the end they were massacred by the army and died in silence. Since then, there has been no case of Yellow Turbans surrendering again.
"The emperor was brought to power by Dong Zhuo, but his talents and strategies were unparalleled by everyone. He killed Dong Zhuo and put down rebellions. All these things were not comparable to those of the previous Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, so I decided to take a gamble.
The fate of my million yellow scarves."
After Zhang Ning thought carefully for a while, he suddenly decided.
Chapter completed!