Chapter 225 Divergence plan
Chapter 224: A plan of separation
Chenliu, Yellow Turban Parliament Hall.
Zhang Jiao frowned, and sat upright on the main seat with a serious face, looking at the old and new coaches below. Beside him was a girl about fourteen or fifteen years old. The girl had bright eyes and white teeth, a slim figure, smart and capable, and was Zhang Jiao''s biological daughter Zhang Ning.
Looking at his frowning father, a hint of heartache flashed in Zhang Ning''s eyes. Now Zhang Jiao is the most powerful person in the world, but there is no joy on his face, and only deep fatigue.
After completely consolidating Yanzhou, Chenliu has become the political center of the Yellow Turban Army, and government affairs from all directions have poured towards Chenliu.
Zhang Jiao couldn''t handle the mountain of government affairs at all. In addition, Zhang Jiao had to deal with open and secret struggles between the factions within the Yellow Turbans. A series of things have made the old man exhausted physically and mentally.
Zhang Jiao is now very disappointed with his former favorite heir Huang Chao. After tasting the poison of power, Huang Chao can no longer quit. In order to get ahead, he wins over the hearts of the people and consolidates his status, for fear of losing power.
The son-in-law Xiang Yu, who had never considered Zhang Jiao before, has become mature and restrained since he received the assistance of his counselor Jia Guo. Now, Xiang Yu is really a good candidate for Zhang Jiao’s heir.
There are struggles in places where there are people. Now the Yellow Turban internal struggle is more intense than before. It was originally a three-legged tripod, but now it is Xiang Yu and Huang Chao''s two heroes. Hong Xiuquan also knew that he could not compete with the two, so he consciously withdrew from the competition and has now become the target of vigorously winning over between the two sides.
Zhang Jiao saw all this and said anxiously that he had no ability to organize it.
Nowadays, Zhang Jiao''s health is getting worse and worse. Both his energy and physical strength are no longer as good as before, so Zhang Jiao can only disperse his power and control the overall situation himself.
Zhang Jiao also knew that he had overworked and probably had a life in a few years. The internal conflicts of the Yellow Turban Army had reached the extreme. Zhang Jiao could not imagine what the Yellow Turban would look like if he died.
This decisive battle with the Han Dynasty is the last chance for the Yellow Turbans to divert conflicts and the last chance for Zhang Jiao!
“Ahem…”
Zhang Jiaocha coughed twice, which made most of the new and old coaches present worried. If Zhang Jiao had an accident now and had a good situation that had been formed after more than a year of hard work, it would have dispersed.
Of course, not everyone in the Yellow Turban hopes that Zhang Jiao is good. Zhang Jiao is like a mountain. As long as he is in one day, no one dares to move at all.
Seeing that he coughed, it attracted everyone''s attention. Zhang Jiao laughed at himself and said lightly: "If you really care about my health, you should do less moral things. Do you really think that I don''t know what''s next?"
Zhang Jiaohu''s eyes swept around all the Qu Shuai''s body, and everyone couldn''t help but feel nervous, and their bodies were tense and motionless.
Zhang Jiao sighed when he saw this and said softly: "Our Yellow Turban Army uprising is to seek benefits for the people of the world. If it is not decided today, some scum will bully the people by the banner of our Yellow Turban Army. How does the people of the world view our Yellow Turban Army?"
When Fang La heard this, he immediately stood up and said, "Master, my Yellow Turban strength has expanded too quickly, and it is inevitable that the quality is uneven below. Don''t worry, whether it is corruption or using power for personal gain, my disciples have been conducting strict investigations. We will never let any borer that ruins my Yellow Turban reputation!"
Zhang Jiao heard this and said a little. After the last beating, Fang La became much more calm, so Zhang Jiao handed the anti-corruption thing that offensived people the most to Fang La.
After taking over this position, Fang La has been selfless and tough, killing many people, and offending many people. However, there are too many borers inside the Yellow Turban, and some are hidden very deeply, and Fang La can''t kill them at all!
"Don''t just focus on the middle and lower levels, and the high-level staff must also check it. Once you find it, you will never tolerate it!" Zhang Jiao said coldly. "No!" Fang La said solemnly.
Zhang Jiao nodded with satisfaction and asked, "How are the food and grass preparations for the decisive battle?"
Most of the Yellow Turban government affairs were handled by Huang Chao, and Huang Chao immediately stood up and said respectfully: "Report to the lord, in the past five months, our Yellow Turban mobilized nearly two million people, and the total grain and grass transported to Yanzhou totaled 18 million stones, which is enough for my million-strong army of Yellow Turbans to fight for two years!"
Zhang Jiao nodded and continued to ask, "Xiang Yan, how is the training of the Eastern Expedition Army going on?"
In order to prevent Huang Chao from being authoritarian, Zhang Jiao handed over the military affairs to Xiang Yan.
Xiang Yan stood up calmly and said with a smile: "Report to the great wise and good teachers, there are currently a total of one million troops in Yanzhou, and the Yellow Turbans have always adopted the training method of combining combat training and growing in actual combat. Now the combat power of the army is far greater than before."
"What about Dajun''s dressing problem?" Zhang Jiao asked.
Although the Yellow Turban Army had a large number of people before, its equipment was terrible, and some even fought with wooden guns.
During these five months, Zhang Jiao concentrated resources from all directions and armed a million troops with all his strength in order to improve the overall combat effectiveness of the army.
"The million-dollar army has been replaced, and all soldiers are equipped with iron weapons, with 500,000 armies in armor, including 300,000 leather armored troops, 50,000 iron armored troops, and 50,000 cavalry!"
The proportion of equipment of this army is no longer low, and even the Han army cannot be equipped with armor, except for the Yanmen Army.
"Okay, okay, with such combat power, my Yellow Turban Army will definitely be able to break through Luoyang and destroy the Han Dynasty!" Zhang Jiao laughed and asked Zhang Ning on the side, "Ning''er, you and your sister are in charge of the Taiping Guard, tell me the current strength of the Han Dynasty!"
When Zhang Ning heard his father finally asked himself, his eyes suddenly turned into crescent moons, and then he remembered something and became serious again.
"Father, the current situation of my Yellow Turbans is not optimistic. The Han Dynasty has gathered 400,000 troops, and there are eight dangers. Lu Zhi has even kept the defense of Hulao Pass. Even if I have a million troops, it is not easy for me to attack Luoyang City!"
Zhang Jiao nodded solemnly. He tried his best to finally hold up some of the Han army''s forces and trapped Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun to death in Yuzhou and Jizhou, but the Han army still gathered an army of 400,000.
These 400,000 yuan may not be enough, but defense is more than enough, not to mention that there are also famous players like Lu Zhi, who are the best at defense.
"Can you only have to attack hard?" Zhang Jiao asked unwillingly, and all the generals looked solemn.
Among all the battles, the siege is undoubtedly the cruelest. It is not easy for the Yellow Turban Army to accumulate this wealth. No one present wants it. Their men are spending their siege.
"In order to minimize casualties, my sister formulated a foolproof ''disaster plan'' and sneaked into Luoyang to implement it myself." Zhang Ning said confidently.
(This chapter ends)