Chapter 20 Zhang Jue's Uprising
The Yellow Turbans’ actions could be concealed from the imperial court, but they could never be concealed from the aristocratic families.
Up to now, the aristocratic families have been sitting on the Diaoyutai, probably because they are confident that they can completely curb the Yellow Turbans. Now they just plan to use the Yellow Turbans to make the emperor lift the ban on political parties.
Moreover, no matter how intense the Yellow Turban Rebellion was, its focus was in the Central Plains region and had nothing to do with his Liangzhou.
However, the Western Qiang Rebellion in 185 AD was more worthy of his attention, as it was a Qiang rebellion that destroyed the entire Liangzhou.
The more Guo Hao thought about it, the more his headache became, so he had to hastily put an end to his thoughts.
After all, he is essentially a reckless man. If the dragon-slaying skills he learned in compulsory education were not solid enough, he would not be able to handle these trivial matters at all.
He desperately wanted a counselor to give him advice.
Guo Hao gave up thinking and took Tuanzi out. He decided to take Tuanzi on patrol to calm down. If he continued thinking like this, he would have a cerebral hemorrhage.
Guo Hao obviously felt relaxed after going out. The villagers coming and going on the road also greeted Guo Hao with respect. They knew clearly that their current life could not be separated from Guo Hao's efforts.
Looking at the buildings on the roads in the village, Guo Hao nodded with satisfaction. These were all his achievements.
The drawings purchased from the exchange have been almost completed. Whether it is the production building or the safety building, Guo Hao is satisfied.
The various buildings supported by the game system are nothing short of miraculous. Are you afraid of the cattle and sheep that grow up in one month? Although they don’t taste as good as normally grown cattle, they can still satisfy your hunger if they are dried into jerky.
For the food-scarce Beifeng Village, these are gifts from God.
What made Guo Hao most satisfied was the city defense buildings.
[Wooden Arrow Tower, Building, Field of View +2, Ranged Damage +10%, Attack Range +10%. Can accommodate 10 people]
[Wooden chevaux de frise, building, defense value 100, damage to cavalry +20%. ]
[Stone wall, building, defense value 10000, can absorb popularity. ]
It was only after the city wall was built that Guo Hao understood what popularity was. It was not the kind of popularity that one gets from a celebrity, but the popularity of humanity.
In a popular sense, it means collecting the breath emitted by people to strengthen the city's defense.
This kind of defense cannot defend against hard-core siege equipment such as catapults, but it can weaken the generals and counselors by a large margin.
The fact that a general can break through a city with one strike can only happen in mountain strongholds and small towns. If you ask Zhang Bao to attack the Luoyang city gate, he will be exhausted to death and only a few holes will be left on it.
Guo Hao finally understood why Zhang Jue, who could obviously fly, did not take his two brothers with him to directly attack Luoyang City.
If Zhang Jue and his two brothers had gone there and landed in Luoyang city, once the soldiers defending the city formed a military formation and their auras were connected as one, and then the human aura on the city walls was released, Zhang Jue and his two brothers would not be able to even make a splash and would be killed instantly.
Of course, the city wall of Beifeng Village is just a prototype now. If it wants to reach the level of Luoyang City, it will take at least several decades of nurturing.
Speaking of which, the Han Dynasty court had a policy that was very friendly to players. That is, players who wanted to build a city on their own only needed to go to a nearby county town to register and then they could build the city directly. There was no such thing as breaking the law.
Perhaps this was the last love that the game system had for the players. Guo Hao was happy to see it happen. He followed the process and successfully turned Beifeng Village into Beiliang City. He then became a proper official appointed by the imperial court, was appointed as a county magistrate, and enjoyed a salary of 1,000 stones.
In this way, even if Guo Hao was tied to the Han Dynasty's chariot, if he wanted to get off, he would have to abandon Beiliang City, otherwise it would be considered a rebellion.
He didn't know whether Zhang Jue could withstand the imperial army, but he knew that the mere Beiliang City was simply not capable of withstanding it.
Any second-rate general could come and lead his troops to raze Beiliang City to the ground.
Abandoning all illusions, he began to welcome the players who came one after another with full of fighting spirit. In his eyes, every player was moving silver. As long as he could continue to train, it would not be impossible for Beiliang City to become a large city.
Moreover, during the training, Guo Hao discovered that his command and training characteristics were changing. The color of his training characteristics had visibly deepened, gradually darkening from the initial light blue.
After training nearly three thousand players, Guo Hao even saw a hint of purple in the dark blue of the characteristic training.
It is worth mentioning that the characteristic of Brave (Green) became Hero (Blue) when Guo Hao became famous in Wuwei County.
"Hero (Blue): A warrior who is famous in a region can be called a hero, with +3 force and +3 command."
All the players trained by Guo Hao received a task from Guo Hao.
Yes, when Guo Hao became an official appointed by the imperial court, he actually had the authority to assign tasks to players. Unfortunately, he had to pay for all the rewards himself, and the system did not give him any help at all.
Without saying a word, Guo Hao made capturing the Hu people the first task of Beiliang City. He gave 30 taels of silver to each Hu person, regardless of whether they were men or women, and those who captured more would also be given war horses.
Guo Hao ushered in the dark era of Hu people's trade with great fanfare. No matter whether it was the Southern Xiongnu or the Qiang people, Guo Hao accepted everyone who came.
No matter how much Guo Hao resisted, time did not stop.
When Guo Hao's career was in full swing, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out.
…
On the twenty-fifth day of the first month of the first year of Zhongping, Taiping Religion was established.
The great and wise teacher Zhang Jue ascended the altar and said: "The blue sky has died, the yellow sky should be established. The year is Jiazi, and the world will be blessed."
"Today I am the General of Heaven, Zhang Bao is the General of Earth, Zhang Liang is the General of Man, and under them are the 72 generals..."
"Now that the Han Dynasty is about to end, a great sage will appear. You should follow the will of Heaven and follow justice, so that you can enjoy peace."
After Zhang Jue finished speaking, he went up to the altar and performed a ritual. Endless thunder descended from the sky. The Julu City in front of him was shrouded in thunder and soon lost the power to resist.
Witnessing Zhang Jue's divine power, the Taiping believers underground became even more excited.
"The blue sky has died, the yellow sky should be established, the year is Jiazi, and the world is blessed."
"The blue sky has died, the yellow sky should be established, the year is Jiazi, and the world is blessed."
Listening to the roar of the mountains and the sea, a relieved smile appeared on Zhang Jue's face. He did not expect that things would go so smoothly. The strange man was indeed not affected by cause and effect. He could actually tell him what would happen in the future. With the help of the strange man, his chances of winning were even better.
Deliberately spreading false information to confuse the noble families, and then announcing it to the world in advance, catching everyone off guard, can be said to have taken the initiative.
"The time is right, the place is right, the people are right, God, I want to see how you can turn the tables."
"March! Take over Julu City!"
…
"The blue sky has died, the yellow sky should be established. The year is Jiazi, the world is auspicious, the Yellow Turban Rebellion has begun, please choose a camp."
"Support the Han Dynasty or the Yellow Turban Camp"
"The system has started updating online. Players please choose your camp carefully."
"During faction activities, the penalty for player death is reduced."
Listening to the system prompt, Guo Hao felt no wavering at all. Tied to the Han Dynasty's chariot, he had no choice.
He casually chose to support the Han Dynasty, and then put this matter behind him. The Yellow Turbans were unstoppable in the early stage, and anyone who went would be a fool. Going would just be wasting time with his life. It would be more realistic for him to focus on presiding over the trade with the Hu people .
But Guo Hao did not expect that if he wanted to keep a low profile, the Han court would have to agree to it.
