But 192 Qingzhou yellow turban insurrectionary army had nothing to do with the yellow turban insurrectionary uprising eight years ago. These Qingzhou Yellow Scarf Troops are just large-scale robbery groups composed of farmers who can't survive. Their purpose is to survive, they just want to survive through robbery. Qingzhou Yellow Scarf Army has a large number, with 300,000 combat troops, but the accompanying family members add up to one million people, and they carry cattle with them. The only purpose of these yellow turban insurrectionary troops who are married with their children is to live and live wherever they go to play. At that time, wars were frequent, food and clothing were scarce, and the gentry and the government seized it. Ordinary poor people just want to keep warm.
Since A.D. 19 1 year, Qingzhou Yellow Scarf Army has been fighting in Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and has been besieged by local governments. At the same time, Qingzhou Yellow Scarf Army has been attacking the city and plundering the village. After being defeated by Gongsun Zan, it entered Yanzhou and killed Liu Dai, the secretariat of Yanzhou. After that, Cao Cao took over Yanzhou Secretariat and began to attack Qingzhou Yellow Scarf Army. Cao Cao's army is less than one tenth of the Yellow Scarf Army, but Cao Cao is not afraid. Instead of fighting recklessly with the yellow turban insurrectionary army, we constantly carry out all kinds of harassment and sporadic attacks. The yellow turban insurrectionary army has a large number and lacks fixed base areas and supplies. After a long time, the yellow turban insurrectionary army could not hold on any longer, and all surrendered to Cao Cao.
Why did the Yellow Scarf Army surrender to Cao Cao? Because Cao Cao put these Qingzhou yellow turban insurrectionary army in a very proper place. First of all, Cao Cao selected elite soldiers from 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Scarf Army, and formed Qingzhou Army, which became Cao Cao's army, Cao Cao's army. Cao Cao is naturally responsible for the expenses of this part of the army, and food and materials are guaranteed. And these elite Qingzhou soldiers only obey Cao Cao's orders. Secondly, Cao Cao, the family member of the Yellow Scarf Army, also recruited these people to reclaim land, and Cao Cao provided land and seeds for the family members of the Yellow Scarf Army to cultivate. After they harvested the grain, half of them were handed over to Cao Cao and the other half were kept for themselves. The families of these yellow turban insurrectionary army were originally farmers, bringing their own farm tools such as cattle. What they pursue is nothing more than a stable living environment and a full meal.
At that time, there was no shortage of land in troubled times, only people and a stable environment. Cao Cao killed two birds with one stone by doing so, which not only solved the resettlement problem of these families, but also brought food income. Finally, Cao Cao provided security for Qingzhou Yellow Scarf Army. Although these people plundered everywhere before, they had no security at all, and they would face armed attacks from government forces or landlords at any time and die at any time. Since Cao Cao has been incorporated, he will certainly provide security, and Cao Cao is not weak. Cao Cao's behavior and the Qingzhou Yellow Scarf Army achieved a win-win situation, which was beneficial to both sides and solved each other's biggest problem. For the yellow turban insurrectionary army, Cao Cao is simply a food and clothing parent, and of course he will surrender to Cao Cao unconditionally.