The Rhapsody of Mounted Blade Players

After Cao Cao left with his troops, several other princes who were completely disappointed with Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, left one after another in the next few days. This further reduced the strength of the alliance of princes. Zhang Jiao seized the opportunity and launched an all-out attack to completely defeat Yuan Shao. This coalition of princes was defeated.

Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, was the first to flee with his soldiers when the coalition was defeated. Although this behavior allowed him to preserve his strength, it also allowed other princes to see his true face. Many of them had been with him before. The princes who had good relations with him also broke with him.

Without the allied forces of the princes to cause trouble, Zhang Jiao led the main army back to Luoyang City again and began to attack it fiercely.

In the end, Luoyang City was completely captured by the Yellow Turban Army a week later. The young emperor Liu Bian and most of the royal family members were directly killed. Among those officials, many staunch royalists were also beheaded by Zhang Jiao, and only a small half of them were beheaded. Officials survived after defecting to the Yellow Turbans.

As for the people in the city, except for those who were pretended to be young and strong and died in battle when defending the city, ordinary people were not killed by the Yellow Turban Army. After all, this Yellow Turban Army was directly led by Zhang Jiao, and it was The elite men under him could barely maintain military discipline.

As news of the fall of Luoyang City gradually spread, the prestige of the Han court also weakened greatly.

In the original plot, the prestige of the Han court was also completely lost bit by bit.

Although the Yellow Turban Army captured Luoyang City in the original plot, there was fierce internal fighting between the relatives group headed by He Jin and the eunuch group headed by Zhang Rang. In the end, Dong Zhuo took the opportunity to go to Beijing and take control of the real power. He also deposed the emperor without authorization. This operation can be said to be no less shocking than the fall of Luoyang City by the Yellow Turban Army.

Later, incidents such as Cao Cao holding the emperor hostage to make the princes and Yuan Shu proclaim themselves emperor occurred. Each of these incidents greatly damaged the prestige of the Han Dynasty. By the time Liu Bei gained power, not many people had any interest in reviving the Han Dynasty. What a fantasy, Cao Cao, who once wanted to save the Han Dynasty, has now darkened and turned into Prime Minister Cao who holds the emperor in power to control the princes, becoming Liu Bei's biggest obstacle to reviving the Han Dynasty.

After conquering more than a dozen cities, Zhang Jiao, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, officially declared the founding of the country and established the Daqian Empire.

After Ye Tianlong learned the news, he couldn't help but lamented Yuan Shao's incompetence. To be honest, although the troops of the coalition of princes at that time were much smaller than the Yellow Turban Army, they were more elite than the Yellow Turban Army. After all, these The soldiers under the princes are all elite county soldiers or border troops drawn from various places. Among them are the Bingzhou cavalry under Ding Yuan, the Baima Yicong under Gongsun Zan, and the Liangzhou cavalry under Dong Zhuo. Their combat effectiveness is probably stronger than that of Cao Cao. The recently formed Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is even more powerful.

If Yuan Shao, as the leader of the alliance, could be more tolerant and have a long-term vision, and unite the entire coalition to fight against the Yellow Turban Army, how could they be defeated so easily?

Now, with the defeat of the allied forces of the princes, the Yellow Turban Army has completely gained the upper hand. Even Zhang Jiao has announced the founding of the country, and its territory has almost reached about one-third of the original area of ​​the Han Empire.

If the princes from various places are still so unsatisfied in the future, maybe it won't be long before Zhang Jiao will wipe them out one by one.

Compared with the changes in the Three Kingdoms world during this period, the Calradia continent where Ye Tianlong is located has been very peaceful during this period, and there are not even some small-scale fights between countries.

But everyone knows that this is the calm before the storm. When Ye Tianlong takes action, the continent of Calradia will usher in another war of annihilation.

At this time, the recruits under Ye Tianlong's command are indeed almost fully trained. Considering that the Swadia Kingdom is a powerful country and has an unknown number of evil demons behind it, the next battle may last for a long time. Therefore, Ye Tianlong decided to let all the soldiers go home in batches to visit their relatives on vacation before officially sending troops.

As Ye Tianlong's order was issued, generals from all over the country began to let their soldiers go home in batches to visit relatives.

As an immigrant who had recently migrated from the Water Margin world, He Cheng was very lucky. He was among the first batch of people to go home to visit relatives.

After He Cheng, who had been in the military camp for more than a month, learned that he could go home to visit relatives, he immediately packed his luggage happily and embarked on the road back home.

Most of the immigrants under Ye Tianlong's command came from the Water Margin world, and most of their homes were in Linhai Town. This was mainly because the first batch of civilians from the Water Margin world who immigrated there were all the same people as Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun. The brothers knew each other, and out of the mentality of joining together with fellow villagers, most of these immigrants chose to settle in Linhai Town, the place closest to the naval training base.

Many immigrants who came later chose to settle here out of a herd mentality.

The same is true for He Cheng's family. His family was originally a very ordinary peasant family in the Water Margin world. Later, because he couldn't afford the various exorbitant taxes imposed by the government, he had no choice but to sell the land in his hands and come here. Here I went to live with a relative who was said to be doing well.

Facts have proved that their bet was not wrong this time. Their relatives did do well here. They were among the first batch of navy soldiers recruited by Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun. When He Cheng and his family came here, his family Among my relatives, the one with the highest military rank became a sergeant.

He Cheng saw that his distant cousin was doing so well, and after settling down his family, he also chose to sign up to join the army.

He Cheng, who had just turned twenty, met the requirements in all aspects, so he successfully became a soldier of the Qinglong Empire.

And because he trained very hard and performed well during the recruit training, he was directly promoted to the squad leader of his class, and his military rank was promoted to upper class soldier in advance.

He Cheng, who felt that his future was bright, felt full of energy and wind under his feet as he walked home.

Just when He Chenggang had not gone far, he was lucky enough to encounter a caravan preparing to go to Linhai Town. When the leader of the caravan saw that he was wearing a camouflage uniform for recruit training, he guessed what He Cheng was. Cheng was a soldier of the Qinglong Empire, so he warmly invited He Cheng to ride in his carriage.

After a few shirks, He Cheng saw that the other party had indeed sincerely invited him to ride in the car, so he agreed. After all, it was a good thing to take a few steps less to save energy.

Later, while on the road, He Cheng also chatted with the caravan leader and found that the other party actually came from the Rhodok Kingdom, which was far away from the Qinglong Empire.

The reason why the other party is so enthusiastic about these big soldiers of the Qinglong Empire is because the soldiers of the Qinglong Empire have strict military discipline and will never do things like robbing caravans and extortion.

This is naturally a good thing for merchants who travel from various places. In addition, the Qinglong Empire has many novel goods that are not available in other places, so during this time, many merchants from all over the country come to the Qinglong Empire.

Because he knew that the soldiers of the Qinglong Empire were all in strict military discipline, and because he wanted to get some more detailed information about the Qinglong Empire from He Cheng, a local, the caravan leader so enthusiastically invited him to get in the car with him.

He Cheng only chose less sensitive answers to the caravan leader's questions. After all, during this period of training, he was also informed by the instructors of the need to keep some important information confidential. He would no longer be the ordinary person he was before. Farmers usually just say whatever they ask.

After answering the caravan leader's question, He Cheng asked curiously about the situation of the Narodok Kingdom. After all, according to their instructor, several countries on the Calradia continent will be next. Their goal of conquering the Qinglong Empire, it is also a good thing to know some information about these opponents in advance at this time.

However, the guy who could take a large caravan all the way to do business in the Qinglong Empire was obviously not a fool. When faced with He Cheng's question, the caravan leader only answered some irrelevant questions. , those more sensitive issues were muddled through with gags.

Although there was a small battle of wits between the two, overall, the conversation was quite pleasant.

Linhai Town also gradually appeared in sight while they were chatting.

At this time, the population of Linhai Town had exceeded one hundred thousand, and most of them were refugees from the Water Margin world. Looking at these fellow villagers who came from the same place as himself, He Cheng couldn't help but feel particularly cordial.

After saying goodbye to the caravan boss, He Cheng happily trotted towards his home.

Including him, there are four people in He Cheng's family, namely He Cheng's son and He Cheng's parents.

He Cheng originally had a wife, but because the government had collected more and more exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the harvest of the fields was not good that year, after finally paying the taxes, He Cheng's family did not have enough food to eat. .

At that time, He Cheng's wife had just given birth to his son, and she needed to breastfeed her son every day. This was the time when her body needed to replenish her body. As a result, she could only drink some gruel every day, and she soon starved to death due to malnutrition.

It was precisely because of this incident that He Cheng made up his mind to sell his land and go to live with his relatives, because he really didn't want to watch his relatives starve to death anymore.

When He Cheng trotted all the way to the door of his house, he happened to see his three-year-old son digging mud at the pond not far from the door. His body and face were covered with dirty mud, and he almost became a child. Made a little clay figurine.

"You stinky boy, I've only been away from home for a few days! You started playing in the mud again! You're so dirty! Wash it off quickly, or I'll beat your butt to pieces!" He Cheng looked at his body covered in dirt. The son who had fallen into the mud shouted angrily.

He Cheng's son He Xiaomiao was so frightened when he heard the sound that he rushed to the pond, grabbed a handful of water from it and started washing his face and body.

He Cheng's parents heard his voice and walked out of the house one after another. His father was still holding a few straws in his hands, and it looked like he was rubbing the straw with the rope.

And He Cheng's parents couldn't help but cursed a few times when they saw their grandson covering themselves in mud. However, compared to He Cheng's father, their tone was not so harsh, and they didn't say anything. The matter of breaking He Xiaomiao's butt. Obviously, these two old people doted on their grandson He Xiaomiao much more than He Cheng. This was normal. After all, He Cheng's wife died young. With such a son, these two old people naturally doted on him very much.