The World of Yellow Sky

Not to mention, the Southern Huns quickly broke through Xihe County.

Therefore, after the Yellow Turban Army defeated the main force of the Han Army in Bingzhou, and repelled the Huns, when they came to receive other cities in Taiyuan County, they did not encounter too much resistance at all, and the Yellow Turban Army successfully entered Taiyuan County. .

The main force of the Han army was defeated in the north of Yong'an City, and the threat of the Huns was on the side.

The Yellow Turban Army who surrendered to Xu An's command can still survive as long as they keep themselves safe.

But if the Huns invaded, they would all be reduced to slaves, regardless of the powerful family or the townspeople, taking away all their money, and even their lives would not be guaranteed.

No one is stupid, including the two great families in Taiyuan County, the Guo family in Yangqu, the Wang family in Qixian County, and all the tyrants in Bingzhou also chose to submit. They have long been aware of the situation in Bingzhou.

But there was also one thing that made Xu An feel the threat of the aristocratic family again, the two great aristocratic families in Taiyuan.

First, the Guo family in Yangqu, before Xu An led the Yellow Turban Army to the north, got wind of it, and most of the important figures in the family disappeared in Yangqu.

Then came the Wang family of Qi County. Although it was in the south of Taiyuan County, when the Yellow Turban Army accepted Qi County, the main characters of the Wang family had disappeared.

However, it only made Xu An feel that these aristocratic families were deeply rooted and powerful, which further strengthened Xu An's determination to develop the Eagle Wolf Guard.

In the south of Hedong County, in early May, the Han army finally launched an offensive against Linfen, Yicheng, and Jiangyi.

But with Liu Pi and Zhang Yan sitting in the town, the Yellow Turban Army continued to increase its troops, and coupled with the defense of the city, the Han army still returned without success.

The news that Xihe County was breached by the Xiongnu Department also made the soldiers of Xihe County in Puzi City very excited and had no fighting spirit.

You must know that the families of most of the county soldiers are in Xihe County. At this time, Puzi City is already in panic. Xihe County was attacked by the Huns.

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Jinyang City, here is the most prosperous city in Bingzhou.

But at the moment Jinyang City is rather sluggish. There are not many pedestrians on the streets of the city. Most of the people passing by are the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army patrolling the city wearing yellow scarves, and the eagle wolf Wei Tiqi wearing the black wolf uniform. .

In the government office, all the generals were beaming and seated on both sides.

Xu An also smiled as he stroked the copy in front of him.

Xu An stood up, pointed to the surrounding furniture and said: "In the second year of Zhongping, I led the army to attack Jinyang and besieged Zhang Yi in the government office, but I had no troops to defend Jinyang, so I had to abandon Jinyang in the end. , retreat to the Taihang Mountains."

"It has been four years since Zhongping, and after two years, I returned to Jinyang again, and finally stepped into this mansion."

"The governing body of a state, Jinyang City..."

Xu An touched the wall, feeling somewhat unreal.

"When I came here in the past, it was because of the lack of money and food that we needed to plunder counties and counties in order to maintain the consumption of soldiers in the mountains."

Xu An turned to look at Liu Pi and Gong Du, and said with a smile, "Do you still remember when the three of us first entered Taihang Mountain together?"

"of course I remember."

Liu Pi and Gong both heard Xu An's question, they looked at each other and smiled, and replied.

After more than three years, things have changed.

Many of the comrades of the past have died, and Liu Pi and Gong Du have also changed a lot.

Liu Pi, who used to be the general of the Yellow Angels, is now the most important commander of the Eagle Wolf Guard under Xu An's command.

But Gong Du is no longer the reckless and impulsive Yellow Turban vanguard officer before, and his personality has become much calmer.

"In the past, escaping into the Taihang Mountains was like diving into an abyss." Xu An said with emotion. "It has taken off in nine days today!"

From being precarious to occupying the land of the three counties today, Xihe County and Yanmen County can also be captured soon, and then occupy Bingzhou, plus the five counties of Hedong.

Xu An finally has the foundation to compete with those heroes in the late Han Dynasty in history.

Yan Zhong shook the silk fan lightly, with a smile on his face, he did not misread the wrong person, he did not bet on the wrong treasure.

He chose to work for Xu An, and he really lived up to his expectations. Before the troubled times had fully unfolded, Xu An had already achieved higher achievements than he expected. Fortunately, he stopped for a while and did not choose to go to Liangzhou.

Although the entire territory of Liangzhou has been occupied by Han Sui and others, and the momentum is prominent, in Yan Zhong's view, the Qiang people, Yidi and Di can't get things done after all.

Moreover, even if the Liangzhou rebellion is successful, without major changes, it can only be a peaceful corner, unable to compete for the world.

With so many checkpoints, it is undoubtedly a dream to break into the hinterland of the Han Empire.

And Xu An now occupies the three counties of Hedong, Shangdang, and Taiyuan, all of which can threaten the hinterland of the Central Plains, and now the Yellow Turban Army has many generals and has repeatedly defeated the Han Army. Xu An is now famous all over the world, and the Yellow Turban Army is at its peak At the moment, it is the phase of chasing the stag.

Yan Zhong saw that Xu An was very happy at this time, although he didn't want to interrupt, but time was tight, so he said: "Ming Gong, Yanmen County and Xihe County are the barriers of Taiyuan County, it is better to regain them as soon as possible. "

"The Eagle Guards have already learned that the Huns who invaded Taiyuan County before have now retreated to the northwest of Xihe County and now occupy the pass. Now the soldiers of Xihe County in Puzi City are panicked and the morale of the army is unstable."

"Now Puzi City is an isolated city, and there is no more foreign aid, food and grass. I think I can send a lobbyist to Puzi City to bring Zhang Yi's letter to persuade the Han army to surrender in Puzi City."

"As the military adviser said, send a lobbyist to Puzicheng." Xu An heard Yan Zhong's words, sat down again, and said with a smile: "Order He Man to lead the troops to help Guo Tai and put pressure on the people in Puzicheng. Han army."

"Duke Ming thought carefully." Yan Zhong said with a smile.

"As for Yanmen County, the prefect of Yanmen County has already chosen to surrender after reading the documents left by Zhang Yi. The Xiongnu's recent offensive has become more and more fierce. They asked Ming Gong to send troops to help and provide food and grass."

Yan Zhong paused for a moment, then continued: "I think Duke Ming can send troops first to take over the hinterland city, take over the grain storage area of ​​Yanmen County, and control its lifeline. Although the defenders of Yanmen County are under pressure, they can still hold fast."

"Wait until the overall situation is stable, then dismantle the original Han army formation and reorganize and join the army."

Xu An thought for a while, and felt that Yan Zhong's suggestion was quite feasible, so he smiled and said: "Since the military division has a draft in mind, it's okay to implement it, but in terms of people's livelihood and government affairs, I ask the military division to take care of it."

Yan Zhong quickly put his hands down and said: "What is the duty, what should be done."

Just when Xu An was about to discuss with Yan Zhong again, an Eagle Guard Tiqi wearing a white eagle uniform hurried into the room and presented a silk letter to Xu An.

Chapter 244 Rebellion

Xu An frowned. He usually checks the information submitted by Eagle Wolf Guard at a fixed time.

The eagle wolf guard will report to him in the rest of the time only if it is urgent.

Xu An calmed down and unfolded the silk book. As the words on the silk book came into his eyes, Xu An's face also changed, and a trace of anger appeared in his eyes.

The atmosphere in the hall also gradually cooled down as the hundred households holding Yingwei walked in.

Seeing Xu An's sullen expression, Yan Zhong asked, "Duke Ming, what is this?"

"News from the Taihang Mountains."

Xu An put the silk book on the desk in front of him, and said in a cold voice.

"On the [-]th of May [-]nd, Zhang Baiqi met Ping Han, Daji, and Liu Shi in the camp, pretending to discuss the matter of attacking Bingzhou, but ambushed swordsmen outside the tent, and beheaded Pinghan, Daji, and Liu Shi. Be vigilant in advance, break out of the siege, and escape under the cliff, and now Zhang Baiqi has annexed the trilogy of Ping Han, Da Ji, and Liu Shi."

"Liu Shi was seriously injured, and was escorted by his personal guards to flee all the way south. Only dozens of people fled to the south with him."

When Zhang Baiqi violated Xu An's orders before, Xu An had already become murderous.

At the beginning, Xu An had planned to wait for the stabilization of Hedong County before he came to deal with Zhang Baiqi, but he didn't want to be attacked by the Han army, and the actions of the Huns disrupted the plan.

Originally, Xu An's plan was to use a two-pronged approach. First, he would send envoys to deliver the agreed money and food to Zhang Baiqi.

At the same time, a general was sent to lead the trilogy of Pinghan, Daji and Liu Shi.

Because of the power of the Yellow Turban Army, Ping Han, Da Ji, and Liu Shi had already surrendered sincerely, and they dared not neglect Xu An's general orders.

The total strength of the three men is tens of thousands. If Zhang Baiqi is beheaded, he can quickly receive Zhang Baiqi's trilogy. If Zhang Baiqi is not caught, he will attack instead.

After all, although Zhang Baiqi has five or six thousand troops under his command, most of them are cavalry, and they are not very good at mountain warfare. It is easy to defeat Zhang Baiqi.

It's just that Xu An never expected that such a change would occur. Now that the Yellow Turban Army is in full swing, Xu An didn't show any intention of killing Zhang Baiqi. It was just because the Huns and the Han army were late. Send envoys to deliver money and food to Zhang Baiqi.

Now the envoy is still on the road with money and food, but Zhang Baiqi has already torn his face and annexed the trilogy of Pinghan and Daji.

"Before, Zhang Baiqi had secretly united the bandits in the northern part of the Taihang Mountains. Now the bandits in the northern part of the Taihang Mountains, whether under threat or surrender, respect Zhang Baiqi as the leader. Now Zhang Baiqi is leading troops to plunder counties and counties everywhere. The momentum is huge, and now it is said to have a crowd of one hundred thousand."

At this time, the atmosphere in the hall was also completely cooled down by Xu An's words.

Yan Zhong looked around the hall and found that the atmosphere was not right, so he spoke.

"In the mountainous area in the northern part of Taihang Mountains, the environment is several times worse than in the central and southern parts. Pinghan, Daji, and Liu Shibuqu have no more than 2 people in total. Zhang Baiqi plundered counties and counties and engulfed villagers, but there are only more than [-] people." People, plus a small group of bandits, the number is only about [-], and the claim of [-] is actually exaggerated several times."

Yan Zhong tapped lightly on the desk in front of him, and continued.

"Minggong don't need to worry too much. The Taihang in the middle has its own natural dangers. Zhang Baiqi swallowed all the tribes. The bandits everywhere are just pretending to be submissive, not sincere surrender."

"My Taiping Dao is in full swing at this time, and Zhang Baiqi is just a thieves. It is even more ridiculous to choose this time to rebel."

Yan Zhong folded his handkerchief fan, stood up and said solemnly to Xu An.

"Nowadays, Guangjian Taoist temples around the world have cultivated a lot of literacy Fu Zhu. Before the Liangzhou rebellion, I also wrote letters to my friends. Now there are also a few people who have entered the curtain as officials. Government affairs, some of my friends, my friends, etc. With Fu Zhu and the civil servants from all over the country cooperating to deal with it, there will be no worries for the time being."

"Taiyuan County is initially determined, and the threat of the Huns has not been eliminated. Minggong still needs to sit in Jinyang to stabilize the situation in the four counties of Hedong, Taiyuan, Yanmen, and Xihe. Do not move without authorization."

Xu An's expression moved, and he heard Yan Zhong's implication, and asked: "The military division means that you want to go to the northern Taihang in person?"

Yan Zhong said with a smile: "I only need two thousand elite soldiers, with the assistance of Yingwei, and within ten months, it will be Minggong who will take down Zhang Baiqi's head."

"In the past, before the battle of Kuicheng, Duke Ming once said that this year Zhang Chun would join forces with Wuhuan in Youzhou to launch a rebellion and invade Youzhou and Jizhou."

"The northern part of the Taihang Mountain is adjacent to the two prefectures of Youji and Hebei. I am going to Taihang on this trip. One is to regain the northern Taihang for Duke Ming, and the other is to see if we can contact and form an alliance with Zhang Chun."

"Ming Gong once said that Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebellion is so powerful that the Han army cannot resist it. An alliance will definitely be a great help. Although the world is in chaos now, the Han Dynasty still has the remaining prestige. It is necessary to link all parties to be hostile to the Han Dynasty. Its forces fight against it and consume its energy."

Xu An didn't directly agree to Yan Zhong, frowning and lost in thought.

The Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju rebellion in history happened in August of the fourth year of Zhongping (187), but the current history has been completely changed by Xu An's disturbance, but I don't know if this rebellion will be brought forward. or backward.

It was already the end of May at this time, and it would be the first ten days of June before Yan Zhong rushed to Taihang in the north.

"According to what the military master said."

Xu An thought for a long time, and the matter was indeed as Yan Zhong said.

The northern Taihang is indeed the key point for the Yellow Turban Army. Apart from Yan Zhong, although Xu An needs Yan Zhong to handle political affairs for him, there is no better alternative under his command besides Yan Zhong.

After Lu Bu and others joined him, Xu An now has no shortage of warriors under his command. Zhang Yan, Xu Huang, He Man, and Yu Du can stand alone, but there is still a lack of advisers, only the mastermind Yan Zhong.

Xu An had also imagined the military staff system of later generations, but he had never studied and understood the modern and modern military staff system before.

And even if he has studied it, the military books that record the formation of troops and the drills of soldiers are all owned by those aristocratic families. Most of the generals and schools under his command even rarely have literate people. How can he find such a military counselor? .

Most of the generals and schools of the Yellow Turban Army have only actual combat experience, and they are not leading the army alone, because the same strength of the Yellow Turban Army is naturally difficult to defeat the Han army.

Therefore, the Yellow Turban Army's attack is usually a large army, commanded by Xu An himself, Yan Zhong is in charge of deployment, Zhao Le and others are in charge of logistics, and He Man, Yu Du, Zhang Yan, and Xu Huang also have generals to help.

The natural limitations of the Yellow Turban Army also led to Xu An's current difficult situation. Even though he occupied the three counties of Taiyuan, Shangdang, and Hedong, there were no advisers or literati who came to him.

The Yellow Turban Army and the aristocratic families are on opposite sides, and the two sides are even more incompatible. The great Han has ruled the world for hundreds of years. Even though the chaos has arisen and the country has declined, people as ambitious as Yan Zhong are still in the minority.

Chapter 345 The Inspector Wei Qing

The four years of Zhongping seem destined to be a turbulent year.

The formerly powerful Han Empire has shown signs of decline. With the help of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the removal of the party ban, the power of the ten permanent attendants has also been suppressed, and it is not as rampant as it used to be.

In the Luoyang Imperial Palace, Liu Hong's face sank like water, and he walked quickly into the main hall.

The officials had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw the emperor, they got up one after another, and sang: "Your Majesty, please greet me!"

Although Liu Hong was indulging in sensuality during the day, he could still distinguish the solemnity and etiquette in such occasions as the court meeting. Although he was very annoyed now, he sat down after returning the courtesy.

Liu Hong has received news from Bingzhou.

Taking advantage of the time when the Han army in Bingzhou was gathering to the south, the Huns invaded Bingzhou and Xihe County was destroyed.

Although Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou, repelled the Xiongnu with the soldiers of Taiyuan County, he was already exhausted.

The death of the governor of Yizhou was undoubtedly a major event that shocked the government and the public. Before that, Geng Bi, the governor of Liangzhou, was defeated and killed, which already made Liu Hong furious. However, within a month or so, the governor of Bingzhou, Zhang Yi, also committed suicide in defeat.

In just two months, two assassins died, which can be described as disgraceful and humiliating.

You must know that the most recent death of the governor was in the seventh year of Guanghe, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion in eight states, Guo Xun, the governor of Youzhou, was beheaded by the Yellow Turban Army.

The rebellion in Liangzhou has not yet subsided, the Han army was defeated, and the rebels occupied the entire Liangzhou. When Liu Hongzheng was angry, he heard that Hedong had fallen.

Then these ministers in the court vowed that the Xiongnu would send troops into the south of Hedong County, and then attack Hedong County from all sides at the same time, and attacking Hedong County from the north and the south, they would definitely be able to expel all the Huangjin County occupying Hedong County.

Now these disturbances have occurred, and Zhang Yi died, causing Taiyuan County to fall.

Bingzhou has become an isolated situation, separated by the Taihang Mountains, the Yellow Turban Army, and the Huns. The imperial court can't help Bingzhou at all. The only thing Liu Hong can do now is to watch Bingzhou be brought under Xu An's rule.

Liu Hong's face was gloomy, and his eyes were full of savagery: "Geng Bi, governor of Liangzhou, was defeated and killed, Zhang Yi, governor of Bingzhou, committed suicide after defeat, and the Xiongnu of Bingzhou rebelled. Do you have any good strategies?"

When Liu Hong's angry voice came, all the ministers of His Royal Highness were watching their noses and noses, and no one dared to touch Liu Hong's bad luck at this moment.

"I have already issued an edict to Jizhou Inspector Wang Fen to suppress the Taihang Yellow Turban. It has been several years now, why is the trilogy still outside Jingxing Pass, without any movement?"

"Xu An entered Taihang Mountain with only a few hundred remnants, but now it occupies three counties. Could it be that my big man can't wipe out hundreds of people?"