Chapter 60 Heaven is dead, Huang Tian is here to stand

Since Emperor Xiaozhang, the lifespan of emperors in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty was generally no more than about 30 years old at most.

Only Emperor Xiaohuan lived to be thirty-six years old.

Liu Hong felt that the Liu family's short-lived fate would also befall him.

Maybe he really doesn't have much time left.

In his last years, Liu Hong acted more and more unscrupulously.

In this year, Liu Hong held a military parade in Pingleguan, Luoyang, calling himself the "Supreme General" and reviewing the army on horseback with a sword.

In the same year, thunder roared out from the plain in Jizhou.

"The blue sky has died, the yellow sky should be established, the year is Wuchen, and the world is blessed."

Zhang Jue, the great and virtuous leader of the Taiping Sect, raised the banner of rebellion in Jizhou.

This year is the year of Wuchen. The Han element is fire, and fire gives birth to earth.

So when the Taiping Sect members revolted, they all tied yellow scarves and were called the Yellow Turban Army.

At the end of the fifth year of Zhongping, the great and virtuous teacher Zhang Jue launched an uprising with Jizhou as its center.

In just three months, the uprising swept across the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, and the entire Han Dynasty was shaken.

In the sixth year of Zhongping, Zhang Jue led the Yellow Turban Army and was victorious in every battle.

The world once again witnessed the power of the people and the farmers.

In a short period of time, Zhang Jue had taken control of Jizhou, remotely controlled Qingzhou, and annexed Youzhou.

In five months' time, the thirteen states and three continents of the Han Dynasty were completely under Zhang Jue's control.

In the other ten continents, the Yellow Turban Army was also advancing victoriously.

Over the years, Taiping sect members have penetrated into rural areas, infiltrated county towns, and are also constantly advancing into state capitals.

Now, at Zhang Jue's command, all the hidden power erupted.

At the same time, some ambitious people who had long been unable to bear the pressure began to take advantage of the situation.

States and counties were lost, officials fled, the whole country responded, and the capital was shaken.

The Han Empire, which had lasted for four hundred years, suddenly seemed to be in turmoil.

In the sixth year of Zhongping, the Han court appointed Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi, and Zhu Jun as generals, leading 100,000 elite Han troops to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

The inertia of history is revealed once again, according to normal history.

These three generals of the late Han Dynasty were the main force in suppressing the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

But some things have changed a long time ago.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion led by Zhang Jue was definitely not a purposeless riot.

It was an organized and disciplined uprising.

The Yellow Turban Army did not burn, kill, and loot like loots.

Instead, whenever they arrive at a place, they carry out construction and reshape the local order.

At this moment, every member of the Taiping Sect firmly believes that the future of the world belongs to them.

Sooner or later, the Thirteen States of the Han Dynasty will be under their rule.

Therefore, when facing the place that he will rule in the future, he naturally cannot destroy it.

After consolidating his rule over the three continents, Zhang Jue marched directly into Sili, threatening the capital, shocking the whole country.

Emperor Ling of Han, who had always been high and mighty in the palace, finally felt panic at this moment.

Sili is an important place in the capital.

Now that the Yellow Turban Army has invaded Sili, the land of Central Plains has become open and has directly threatened the capital.

The imperial capital Luoyang faced the Yellow Turban Army head-on, which made Liu Hong, who had never taken the Yellow Turban Army seriously, and those ministers feel frightened.

In the eyes of these rulers, the Yellow Turban Army was nothing more than a group of peasants in the mud. Now the peasants were threatening their lives. How could this be tolerated?
Liu Hong immediately ordered Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi and Zhu Jun to quickly wipe out the Yellow Turban Army.

No one took the Yellow Turban Army seriously, and everyone thought they were just a group of mobs.

But they were wrong.

After five years, the strength of the Yellow Turban Army had undergone tremendous changes.

The Yellow Turban Army had long since grown into a strong, organized and disciplined army.

What the Yellow Turban Army lacks now is real combat.

At the beginning, the Yellow Turban Army may have been at a disadvantage against the imperial army.

But soon the cruelty of the battlefield caused a drastic change in the strength of the Yellow Turban Army, and it grew rapidly.

Even when facing the imperial court's army, the Yellow Turban Army became stronger and stronger with each battle.

The Han Empire ruled the world for four hundred years, and during these four hundred years, the Han rule was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Since the Han Dynasty, this name has become the name of a nation.

The Han Empire is now increasingly corrupt, but it still has a group of loyal troops.

No one can deny the former power of the Han Empire.

But no one can deny that the Han Empire is now corrupt.

The Han Empire was like the sun, and its light once illuminated the Thirteen States of the Han Dynasty.

But now it is on the verge of death.

But even so, there are still a group of people who are loyal to the Han Dynasty and are willing to risk their lives for it.

Historically, Huangfu Song and these three generals from the late Han Dynasty joined forces to put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

But at that time, what they faced was a group of pale and skinny refugees and a group of unarmed civilians.

Even though the Yellow Turban Army shook the Thirteen Prefectures of the Han Dynasty, they were no match for the imperial army in terms of strength, and they relied on a group of refugees who could not survive and were willing to sacrifice their lives.

With the proper command of Huangfu Song and others, the Yellow Turban Army was stopped. Eventually Zhang Jue, the core figure of the Taiping Sect, died, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion was put down.

But the Yellow Turban Army today is not the group of unarmed, hungry and defenseless refugees in history.

The current Yellow Turban Army’s equipment is more advanced than that of the imperial court, and each of their soldiers is equally strong and healthy.

After five years of farming, Zhang Jue had already figured out both weapons and food.

The current Yellow Turban Army is a group of Yellow Turban Army armed to the teeth.

As for military command, strategy, and military tactics, Zhang Jiao, who had studied abroad in modern times, has also trained a large number of related talents.

Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi and others were famous generals of their time, but Zhang Jiao relied on the modern times and embodied five thousand years of Chinese wisdom.

Therefore, even a hero of the late Han Dynasty like Huangfu Song, a famous general of the time, could not defeat the Yellow Turban Army in a short time under such circumstances.

On the contrary, the Yellow Turban Army became more and more courageous as the battle went on, and marched straight towards the capital with a mighty force.

At this moment, generals such as Huangfu Song realized that they were not facing a group of rabble, but a strong and iron-blooded army.

The Yellow Turban Army threatened the imperial capital and it seemed that they could break through it in an instant, which made Liu Hong in the palace even more frightened.

In the imperial palace in Luoyang, the sacred capital.

Liu Hong angrily threw the battle report in his hand and cursed, "You idiots, you are all a bunch of idiots. The Han army of hundreds of thousands can't stop a bunch of small people."

Liu Hong was furious, and all the ministers present knelt on the ground trembling with fear.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty, please calm down!"

"Your Majesty, although the Yellow Turban Army is powerful, they are just a bunch of peasants after all. Your Majesty, don't worry. Once our elite troops gather, the Yellow Turban Army can be destroyed in an instant."

"Yes! Yes! A mere mob can be destroyed with a snap of a finger."

No matter what the ministers present thought, they all spoke in unison at this moment.

(End of this chapter)