My name is Huang Tian, ​​what the hell is this "Heaven is dead" nonsense?

Chapter 16 Liu Hong: Do you think I'm a fool?
Inside the magnificent palace, Liu Hong, wearing a towering crown, a dark robe, and jade pendants at his waist, had a ferocious expression.

He walked step by step to Zuo Feng, who was kneeling, and then suddenly kicked him hard, knocking Zuo Feng to the ground.

Zuo Feng dared not cry out in pain. He quickly got up, crawled on his knees to Liu Hong, and pressed his head to the ground. "Your Majesty, everything I said is the truth. There is no deception in the slightest!"

Liu Hong laughed in exasperation, "Yellow Heavenly God! Central Yellow Taiyi! Hehehe! Do you think I'm a fool?!"

He had read the Yellow Turban Rebellion's scripture, the "Taiping Jing".

"The Three Cardinal Guides and Six Disciplines ensure longevity and good fortune," "Words of loyalty and filial piety do not deviate from the will of Heaven and Earth," "The people's duty is to govern and sustain the nation and the king," "To govern and sustain the fields for the king"...

Every sentence teaches the emperor how to govern the country and tells the people that they must be obedient; it doesn't seem like a rebellious book at all.

This is also why Liu Hong pardoned Zhang Jiao after Zhang Jiao was arrested for his first rebellion; he simply did not believe that a great and virtuous teacher would rise up for a group of peasants.

It wasn't until the second time, when Zhang Jiao raised an army again and hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans swarmed across the land, that Liu Hong panicked and hurriedly sent troops to suppress them.

Even so, he did not consider the Taiping Jing to be a book of rebellion.

Moreover, the book rarely mentions ghosts and gods, and the so-called "Yellow Heaven Saint Venerable" and "Central Yellow Taiyi" are nowhere to be found, only circulating among the Yellow Turban soldiers.

How could Liu Hong believe the nonsense about the reincarnation of the Yellow Heaven God?
Zuo Feng cried so hard that tears and snot streamed down his face. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't you know what kind of person I am? I'm the most timid person, how could I dare to deceive you!"

Hearing this, Liu Hong suppressed his anger and gradually calmed down.

However, his long-term indulgence in wine and women made this twenty-something supreme ruler of the Han Empire look somewhat pale and weak.

He took a deep breath and slowly said, "You saw the Yellow God with your own eyes?"

Zuo Feng shook his head: "No, I just arrived in Lie Ren when I met General Lu Zhonglang and his men who had fled in defeat. I heard about this from them."

At first, I didn't believe it either, but after questioning them carefully, I slowly came to believe it. The fear on the faces of those defeated soldiers couldn't be faked..."

"So you didn't actually see the so-called god?" Liu Hong repeated.

"No." Zuo Feng shrank back. "This servant originally wanted to go to Guangzong to gather intelligence, but General Lu and others desperately stopped me. I also thought that if I died in Guangzong, who would report back to His Majesty? So I quickly returned to Luoyang."

Liu Hong snorted coldly.

He could easily tell that Zuo Feng was afraid of death, which was why he dared not go to Guangzong, but now was not the time to dwell on that.

He pondered for a moment and asked, "Was Lu Zhi's army truly wiped out?"

Zuo Feng answered honestly, "They're all gone, with less than two hundred cavalrymen left."

Liu Hong slammed his hand on the table in frustration: "Twenty thousand troops! Twenty thousand troops!"

Regardless of whether the Yellow Heavenly Holy Infant was real or fake, Liu Hong was certain that the 20,000 elite troops he had painstakingly gathered had been wiped out by Lu Zhi in one fell swoop, which made him extremely angry.

"Get out! Get out!" Liu Hong roared, pointing at Zuo Feng.

Zuo Feng kowtowed several times, then rolled out of the palace like a gourd on the ground.

Liu Hong returned to the folding chair and sat down, picking up several battle reports from the table.

"Zhu Jun is still attacking Wancheng, but he can't take it after a long siege. He's useless! A fool!"

"Huangfu Song fought against the Yellow Turban rebel Bu Si in Dongjun, winning several battles and killing tens of thousands of enemy soldiers. He claimed that he would annihilate Bu Si within ten days..." "Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao had just defeated a small Yellow Turban army, which happened to be near Ji Province..."

Liu Hong pondered for a moment, then began to write the imperial edict.

He ordered Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao's troops to go to Lie Ren and join forces with Lu Zhi. He then ordered Huangfu Song to kill Bu Si and pacify Dongjun in Yanzhou, and immediately send troops to Jizhou to join forces with Lu Zhi, Dong Zhuo, and Cao Cao.

As he wrote this, he hesitated for a moment. His idea was to send Lu Zhi back to Luoyang for trial, but after thinking it over, he decided to leave Lu Zhi alone for the time being.

The reason is simple: Lu Zhi is currently the most familiar with the situation of Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban tribe. If he is escorted back to Luoyang, Huangfu Song and the others will know nothing about Guangzong's side.

However, even if Lu Zhi was not brought back to Luoyang, he still had to be punished. He ordered Lu Zhi to be removed from his position as a general and to serve in the army as a "white-robed" soldier. The commander-in-chief of Ji Province was changed to Huangfu Song.

Compared to Lu Zhi, a defeated general, Huangfu Song was more in line with Liu Hong's preferences.

He's a ruthless killer, cruel in his methods, and fiercely loyal—truly a vicious hound of his own men!
After the decree was issued, Liu Hong paced back and forth in the palace hall, muttering, "Yellow Heaven God, Central Yellow Taiyi..."

During the Han Dynasty, prophecies and apocryphal texts were popular, and both the court and the common people were skeptical about ghosts and gods. Liu Hong was inevitably influenced by this. Although he did not really believe in ghosts and gods, Lu Zhi, Zong Yuan, and Zuo Feng all swore to be true.

Especially Lu Zhi, a famous figure, claimed that the Yellow Turban Army was aided by gods, which made it impossible for Liu Hong not to believe it.

"Could it be that there are indeed gods in the world, and that Emperor Taizu Gao was actually the reincarnation of the Red Emperor's son?"

He fell into deep reverie.

……

……

Having been in the world of the late Han Dynasty for nearly a month, Huang Tian not only grew a year older every day and transformed back into a handsome and dashing young man, but also cultivated to the third level of Qi Refining!

I've almost reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, and I might break through in the next second.

During this month, under his orders, the Yellow Turban army conducted a large-scale military training exercise, using surrendered Han soldiers as their models.

While we can't say they're incredibly elite now, they're far better than before, barely reaching the training level of the county and state troops.

With the addition of armor, spears, and halberds captured from the Han army camp, the Yellow Turban Army was completely transformed.

On this day, Zhang Jiao arrived at Huang Tian's place of cultivation and respectfully bowed:
"Master, after a month of training, tens of thousands of soldiers have a completely new look and are eager for battle. They wish to request permission to lead the troops to sweep through Ji Province and create a glorious era!"

As the leader of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhang Jiao was accepted as a disciple by Huang Tian. Although he had not yet been taught "immortal techniques," he had been tempered by spiritual energy and became full of energy.

Huang Tian focused on his cultivation, while Zhang Jiao was responsible for handling all affairs in Guangzong. He managed the more than 50,000 troops and more than 60,000 elderly and weak people in an orderly manner.

However, the small city of Guangzong was struggling to accommodate 120,000 people, especially since its food supplies were running out and could only last for a month at most. As a result, it had to wage war to obtain food from outside.

Huang Tian wore a cloud-patterned Taoist robe, without a crown, his hair tied back with a jade hairpin. His eyes were clear and bright as he looked at his first disciple, "What do you think?"

During their time together, Zhang Jiao gained some understanding of Huang Tian's personality and knew that he didn't want to hear nonsense like "I will obey my master's orders." After thinking for a few breaths, he spoke his mind.

"I believe that a detachment of 15,000 men can be sent to advance into Quzhou, Guangping, and Pingxiang counties, and then head north to join forces with the Xiaquyang troops, so that they can support each other."

(End of this chapter)