Just when Gongsun Zhan took the lead and settled Youzhou in the first battle, a new change also broke out in Jizhou!

In the Taihang Mountains, in the territory of Montenegro, in an inconspicuous canyon, about 20,000 soldiers in yellow robes and yellow armor stood in formation, and dozens of fierce generals stood at the front of the team.

On the high platform not far in front of them, a military general stood on it, his posture was upright, and his aura was lofty, giving people a sense of sharpness.

"Brothers!"

The military general glanced around at everyone and shouted: "From Jizhou to the Western Regions, and then from the Western Regions back to Jizhou, after traveling millions of miles, we have finally returned home!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the scene immediately fell silent, and many of the iron-blooded elites who had survived the battle couldn't even hold back their tears.

These people are the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army who traveled to the Western Regions with Zhang Jiao at the beginning!

More than three years ago, Zhang Jiao died suddenly after completing the sweep of all the resistance forces in the Western Regions, and only the last Dumiao Digong general Zhang Bao remained.

In terms of strength, prestige, and ability, Zhang Bao is far inferior to Zhang Jiao.

The main sources of the Yellow Turban Army are Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou and other inland states and counties, and now they have wandered thousands of miles to the Western Regions, and their homesickness is becoming more and more intense. In addition, the generals of the Shaozhuang faction led by Zhang Yan, Pei Yuanshao, Guan Hai and others were unwilling to withdraw from the Central Plains battlefield, and their calls for returning to the Central Plains were getting louder and louder.

In particular, the arrival of Dong Zhuo's demise and the melee of the heroes made many Yellow Turban Army generals see the hope of creating a peaceful and prosperous era again.

Zhang Bao did not have enough prestige to suppress the increasingly powerful Shaozhuang faction, and before his death, Zhang Jiao repeatedly emphasized that he was not allowed to get involved in the war in the Central Plains, and told him that once the real True Dragon Son was produced, he would lead the rest of the Yellow Turban to surrender.

Zhang Bao had unconditional trust in Zhang Jiao, resolutely obeyed Zhang Jiao's will, and led the crowd to hide in the Western Regions to watch the excitement.

But in the face of the increasingly strong call to return home, Zhang Bao was also helpless.

In the end, seeing that the differences were getting bigger and bigger, and there was even a rush to fight, in order to prevent the Yellow Turban Army from falling into a terrible situation of cannibalism because of this, Zhang Baoyi gritted his teeth and agreed to the Shaozhuang faction's request to return to the Central Plains.

However, Zhang Bao also put forward three prerequisites.

First, in a voluntary form, those who return to their hometowns for reasons must not be forced in any form if they do not want to.

Second, after returning to the Central Plains, this group of people must no longer act in the name of the Yellow Turban Army.

Third, according to the actual situation, the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate will issue a one-time subsidy to them. He promised to always maintain maximum cooperation in the future, and some of these returnees wanted to return to the Western Regions, and the Protectorate of the Western Regions always welcomed them to return to the Western Regions at any time.

The first condition was set without any doubts, Zhang Yan and the others wanted to find like-minded comrades, and did not advocate forcing the entire Yellow Turban Army to return to the Central Plains.

Although the second condition made the young Zhuang faction a little emotionally unacceptable, Zhang Bao resolutely did not agree to make concessions, and they could only choose to compromise. After all, Zhang Bao is the real supreme leader of the Yellow Turban Army, if it weren't for the brotherhood, Zhang Bao ruthlessly launched a purge of the Shaozhuang faction, and the Shaozhuang faction really didn't have much confidence that it would be able to withstand Zhang Bao's suppression.

As for the third condition, it is not so much a condition as Zhang Bao's last support for them, and there will be no objections.

Finally, under the auspices of Zhang Bao, a comprehensive survey of the Yellow Turban Army was carried out to inquire whether they intended to return to the Central Plains.

The final investigation results shocked the Shaozhuang faction, and only more than 100,000 people were willing to return to the Central Plains!

You must know that at the beginning, the Yellow Turban Army and Dong Zhuo converged, and those who finally moved to the Western Regions were all in tens of millions, and now there are less than 200,000 people who are willing to go home.

According to the previous analysis of public opinion, there must be millions of people who are eager to go back.

After careful investigation, everyone suddenly realized.

The first is that longing to go home and really wanting to go home are two different things. Wandering hundreds of thousands of miles and missing their hometown, this is human nature, just like ordinary people miss their childhood life at every turn.

However, you must know that the Yellow Turban Army is generally from a humble background, and many people have a problem with even having enough to eat before (if they can eat enough, they will not rebel with Zhang Jiao). But now, in the Western Regions, they are the conquerors of the Eight Classics, and they are the best men. Except that life was a little hard at the beginning of the expedition to the Western Regions, and later as Man Man gained a firm foothold in the Western Regions, life was getting better and better.

The Yellow Turban Army that accompanied Zhang Jiao on the expedition, as long as they were still alive, there were herds of cattle and sheep, double-digit slaves and hundreds of acres of land mixed poorly, and those who mixed a little better could get three or five concubines!

In this case, how many people are willing to give up their wealth and return to the Central Plains to live a life and death?

Although the life of childhood is simple and beautiful, do not forget the hardships and sufferings of childhood!

As for the general belief that the idea of returning home in the army was strong, on the one hand, it was because most of them were talking about it and regretted it when it came to the end, and on the other hand, it was because there were problems with the survey sample.

All the people who can appear next to Zhang Bao are the high-level leaders of the Yellow Turban Army, and many of them are still historical generals. These people are generally strong and ambitious, and they don't care much about the wealth in front of them. What they are eager for is fame and fortune, and they will be famous in history, and it is obvious that they will not be able to realize this wish if they stay in the Western Regions.

It is these people who have the strongest desire to return to the Central Plains.

They got along with Zhang Bao day and night, which naturally affected Zhang Bao's own judgment, and mistakenly thought that the Yellow Turban Army had reached the verge of a great split, and in order to maintain the unity of the Yellow Turban Army, they had no choice but to agree to their proposal.

Seeing the new investigation results, Zhang Bao was happy and sad in his heart.

The good news is that the Yellow Turban Army did not have the crisis of splitting, but the sad thing is that there is now...

Although the results of the investigation were unfavorable to the returnees, Zhang Yan and the others did not intend to compromise and insisted on returning to their hometowns.

In the end, Zhang Bao took a step back, fulfilled his promise, and supported Zhang Yan and them to return to the Central Plains.

There are not many people who are willing to return to their hometowns, but the quality is very high, about sixty percent of the historical generals of the Yellow Turban Army are eager to return to the Central Plains, and the average quality of the more than 100,000 people is extremely high, and the combat effectiveness is very strong, which also gives Zhang Yan a little comfort.

Of course, returning home is not something you can go back to if you want to. Now the way back to the Central Plains is controlled by Diao Chan, and they want to go back to depend on Diao Chan's mood.

Fortunately, Diao Chan and the Yellow Turban Army continued their friendship from Dong Zhuo's period, and after understanding that the main destination of the Yellow Turban Army was Qingzhou, Jizhou and other places, Diao Chan decisively opened the door to assist Zhang Yan and them in transferring.

It took two years for Zhang Yan and his team to quietly take more than 100,000 people back to the Central Plains without the princes noticing it.

The Yellow Turban Army that returned to the Central Plains was divided into two parts, one of which was destined for Jizhou, and its leader was Zhang Yan. The other part takes Qingzhou as the destination, and the commander is Guan Hai, who is known as the first fierce general of the Yellow Turban!

Today is the date when Guan Hai and Zhang Yan will meet to start again.

Zhang Yan's target was Changshan County, Jizhou, while Guan Hai listed Beihai County, Qingzhou as the target of this battle.