The World of Yellow Sky

Desperation made them eat everything they could see, anything they could eat...even things they couldn't eat.

Later generations said that eating dirt is just a joke, but Xu An really saw what it was like to eat dirt, and also saw how the person who ate dirt died miserably under the torture of pain...

Xu An finished the last bit of corn porridge in the bowl, licked up the last residue left at the bottom of the bowl, and then put down the clay bowl in his hand.

He finally understood why many people of the older generation cherished food so much, and why his grandfather couldn't see himself wasting a little food.

Now Xu An can finally understand that many people of the older generation really experienced the famine, endured hunger, and endured suffering.

Xu An finally realized how sorry his grandfather felt when he saw him dump the leftovers directly into the trash can.

Plant a millet in spring and harvest ten thousand in autumn.

There is no land in the world, and the farmer still starves to death.

When the hoe was on the day of the day, Khan dripped down the soil.

Who knows dishes on the menu, A Journey.

When he was besieged by Lu Zhi in Guangzong City, Xu An was lying in the tent. In order not to consume as much energy as possible, when he was starving, all he thought about was the food he had dumped and wasted.

Xu An looked up at the open window, and the moon was just outside the window at this moment.

The bright moonlight spilled into the house, and the surrounding candlelight seemed a little dim.

"It's already late at night..."

Xu An was a little stunned, time flies by like a fleeting horse, this year is the fourth year of Zhongping (187), and it is his fourth year in Dahan.

He was finally no longer that little pawn who often woke up in a dream, trembled every day, and struggled with all his strength on the line of life and death.

Now Xu An already has five counties, and has gained a firm foothold in this troubled world.

Xu An didn't need to suffer from hunger and fear anymore, but the burden on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier.

Every decision he makes will affect the people under his rule, the soldiers under his command, and the rest of the forces.

The heavy burden almost made Xu An unable to breathe.

In the eyes of Yan Zhong, Xu Huang and other Yellow Turban Army generals, Xu An is a calm and calm leader who knows everything well.

In the hearts of the Taoists of Taiping Dao, he is a majestic and majestic teacher who looks like a god, but in the eyes of the Han court, he is a heinous traitor.

As the power gradually expanded, the burden on Xu An's heart became heavier and heavier.

"I'm so tired..."

Xu An raised his hands and looked at his palms, which were already thickly calloused.

It was the callus from holding the sword for a long time, and the blade was worn out.

Even if he has become a great virtuous teacher, Xu An has never relaxed and honed his martial arts for a day.

He also searched for war books from the powerful families under his rule, studied hard every day, and never relaxed for a day.

For the past four years, Xu An has spent every day like this, and it is precisely because of this that he has the ability to lead the army under his command to this point.

Just knowing the history, relying on this alone, maybe even the Taihang Mountains can't get out.

Xu An let out a foul breath, remembering that Zhang Yan once asked him what his ambition was, but he could only dryly say that he was just trying to survive.

At the beginning, Xu An really just wanted to survive, and he just wanted to try his best to survive. The threat of death was right in front of him, and he couldn't allow him to be distracted at all.

Holding a long spear, he stood in the army formation, leaning shoulder to shoulder with the same scrawny robes wrapped in yellow scarves. When fighting together, he never thought about being a hero in troubled times, an overlord who ruled one side .

Those were too far away from Xu An, he tried his best, and it was almost impossible for him to survive.

Human life is really extremely fragile, a three-foot-long short knife can easily deprive a person of his life.

Xu An no longer knew how he survived the battlefield of the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood.

It's cruel.

In the past, Xu An sat at the desk, holding "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and looked at that period of history, watching those heroic, passionate, and yearning stories, but never paid attention to those little people struggling to survive in the history books .

In the second year of Zhongping (185), a plague broke out in Jizhou, and countless people died.

But only a short paragraph in "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" was exchanged.

Emperor Xiaoling was in the second year of Zhongping.

Spring, the first month, a great epidemic.

Xu An was slightly absent-minded as he touched the "Taiping Jing" in his arms.

Today's conversation with Liu Pi reminded him of the past again.

Although he and Zhang Liang had only been masters and apprentices for a short period of ten months, they also understood Zhang Liang's character and understood the Huangtian world in Zhang Liang's heart.

"Han general Huangfusong besieged Guangzong again with his combined forces, winning seven battles in a row, and then attacked Guangzong at night, beheading the general Zhang Liang, capturing and killing more than [-] people from the Yellow Turban Army, and more than [-] people went to the river and died."

5 people died in the river. In history, none of these Yellow Turban soldiers surrendered, but threw their bodies into the flowing river.

Xu An opened the door, and there were more than a dozen personal guards standing in the courtyard. They all looked around vigilantly, guarding against any possible enemies.

Even though there were hundreds of yellow angels and guards outside Xu An's house, the guards in the courtyard still did not relax at all.

"See the great virtuous teacher!"

When all the guards saw Xu An, they all lowered their heads and saluted Xu An almost at the same time.

They admire Xu An from the bottom of their hearts, and they are also extremely devout to the Taiping Dao. Each of them can sacrifice their lives for Xu An at any time.

Xu An raised his head, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, his eyes gradually became clear.

He must move forward, no matter how many thorns there are on the road ahead, but he must move forward.

He cannot fall, no matter how heavy the burden is.

He must not fall, absolutely not!

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Standing in the courtyard for a while, and blowing a cool breeze, Xu An's mind was also cleared up a lot.

Xu An tilted his head and asked, "What time is it now?"

A soldier standing by the door replied: "Back to the great virtuous teacher, it is already the third watch (12 o'clock)."

There is a person in charge of reporting and timing in the government office. Not long ago, the person who reported the report passed by Xu An's place, but Xu An was too focused at the time, so he didn't hear it.

"It turned out to be midnight."

Xu An laughed, no wonder he felt so groggy before, it should have been time for him to go to bed long ago.

I still remember that when I was in school, I often played on my mobile phone until three or four o'clock in the night without feeling sleepy. Now it's midnight, but it feels like it's late.

Work at sunrise, and rest at sunset.

After Xu An chatted with the guards outside the room, he sat back in the room again.

Now Xu An occupies the land of Dingxiang, Yanmen, Taiyuan, Shangdang, and Hedong counties. Although the two counties of Dongxiang and Dingxiang only account for half, the population of Hedong County and the pastures of Dingxiang County make Xu An The strength has been enriched again.

The invasion of Hedong County, the Battle of Fenshui, the defensive battle of Jiangyi, and the fierce battle between the North of Yong'an City and the Huns.

It also caused more than 1000 deaths and injuries to the Yellow Turban Army under Xu An's command. Among them, the Baibo Army belonging to Guo Tai and the trilogy that followed Zhang Yan accounted for a relatively high proportion of casualties.

At the beginning, Xu An occupied Shangdang County with a total of more than [-] soldiers, and sent a total of nearly [-] soldiers before and after the invasion of Hedong County.

Taihang four Xing, except for Taihang Xing, Hanoi County, which has the largest number of Han troops, left two soldiers, and the other three Xing each had only one soldier guarding them, which left more than [-] soldiers.

Although Yu Du did not perform well in the battle of Kuicheng, Xu An let Yu Du lead troops to attack Hanoi County when he invaded Hedong County. Yu Du did not live up to Xu An's expectations and successfully held back a large number of Han troops.

After Xu An thought about it, he decided to hand over the defense of the entire Taihang Mountain area to Yu Du, and Huang Long and Pei Yuanshao were also classified as Yu Du's restraint.

The trilogy of Sixing in Taihang Mountain was reorganized into an army by Xu An, named Taihang Army.

With General Xuanwei Yu Du as the official, and General Huang Long and Ying Yang Colonel Pei Yuanshao as the deputy, there are five departments in total. The full number of troops is rated at 7000, but now the Taixing Army is actually only [-] Yu people.

The garrison in Shangdang County, Bachishan, has 8000 soldiers. Among the thirteen cities, several large cities and border towns left three soldiers, and the rest have only two soldiers.

However, most of the trilogy left behind in the interior were not fully compiled, but there were more than 4000 soldiers, and there were a total of 2000 soldiers in the interior of Shangdang County and the defenders of Bachishan.

It turned out that when Xu An was not around, it was handed over to the heads of the three Lutai families, Li Heng, Wang Ren, and Zhao Le.

Although the Lutai family was the first team to follow Xu An in the Taihang Mountains, Xu An still kept Liu Pi, so it was Liu Pi who actually controlled Shangdang County at that time.

However, because Xu An captured Hedong County later, he summoned Liu Pi to come, and now the military and government in Shangdang County have been separated.

Zhao Le is in charge of political affairs. Zhao Le has studied under Yan Zhong for several years. Although he was just the head of a small family with hundreds of people before, he can be considered to be in charge now.

During the invasion of Hedong County, Zhao Le contributed the most in the logistics arrangement plan to supply more than 4 Yellow Turbans.

Although Zhao Le's personality is a bit timid, Zhao Le seems to be naturally sensitive to numbers. When he was in Shangdang County, because of the lack of civil servants for internal affairs, Xu An opened a Taoist hall.

There are four colleges of Taoism, Classics, Justice, and Medicine in the Taoist hall. Later, Xu An added another college dedicated to teaching arithmetic, called "Shu Yuan". Relying on previous memories, he wrote a textbook on mathematics.

Zhao Le is indeed talented in mathematics, and can draw inferences from one instance to another. Now he even serves as the lecturer of mathematics in the Taoist hall of the eldest son city.

Li Heng and Wang Ren were also promoted to lieutenants in the army by Xu An because of their military exploits.

When invading Hedong County, Xu An mobilized a lot of soldiers from the interior and Bachi Mountain. Now there are only 1000 soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army in the interior of Shangdang County.

As for the remaining soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army on Bachi Mountain, under Xu An's order, Li Heng led them northward to collect Taiyuan County, and now they are directly under Xu An's command.

Of the seven Baibo armies that originally belonged to Guo Tai, four are currently stationed at various passes in Wangwu Mountain.

Guo Tai led the other three for the defense of Hedong County, and together with He Man's [-] infantry defended against Puzi City, the first line of the Han army in the county.

On the southern defense line of Henan County, there were more than [-] soldiers in the camp on the north bank of Fenshui, and there were more than [-] soldiers on the front line of Jiangyi and Yicheng.

In Yanmen County of Bingzhou, Gong Du assigned another group of elite soldiers with more than [-] people.

The towns controlled by the Yellow Turban Army in the county also left a lot of parts, so now the Yellow Turban Army has a field force of more than 4000 soldiers directly under Xu An's command, including those who came from the direction of Bachi Mountain After reinforcements.

Although Xu An has only [-] field troops under his command, except for the [-] reinforcements from Bachi Mountain, the rest of the troops are basically elites from various armies, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

The Yellow Turban Army invaded Henan County this time, and lost more than 8000 people. However, the results were remarkable. Not only did they take down the northern part of Hedong County as planned, they also took down the three counties of Bingzhou, and surrendered more than [-] Han troops. surrendered troops.

Xu An put down the military data compiled by the Chinese officials. The military of the Yellow Turban Army has not stopped for the time being, and the finances have always been maintained by robbing the money of the powerful families in the ruling land.

Although the previous financial situation was pretty good and there was a lot of surplus, this expedition cost a lot of money, such as food, armor and weapons, and the recruitment of civilians.

Moreover, the two border counties of Yanmen County and Dingxiang County do not have much food, and they will need the assistance of the Yellow Turban Army soon.

Therefore, the original seizure of the money of the powerful gentry in Shangdang County is not enough now.

"Sure enough, maintaining such a huge military force is still a bit difficult."

Xu An rubbed his temples. Although he said so, Xu An did not want to disarm the army, and even planned to continue to expand the army.

The current finances of the Yellow Turban Army can still maintain such a huge military strength of the Yellow Turban Army for more than half a year.

There is also good news from Shangdang County. This year is considered to be a good one. Some of the surplus grain collected can support the soldiers in Taihang Mountain, so there is no need to consume too much grain.

The Yellow Turban Army only collected two kinds of taxes in Shangdang County, one was agricultural tax and the other was commercial tax.

For ordinary farmers, the Yellow Turban Army only collected [-]% of the agricultural tax, while farmers who leased the land that the Yellow Turban Army had previously seized from the gentry and tyrants collected [-]% of the tax.

The commercial tax is only for shops in cities and towns, and only [-]% of the commercial tax is charged. It does not target mobile vendors. Walkers and pawns do not need to pay any tax.

Now Xu An also owns a lot of shops in towns and cities. These belong to the powerful gentry in Shangdang County. After they were arrested by Eagle Wolf Guards, the shops they originally owned were also confiscated.

Later, it was rented out by Xu An at a relatively low price, which can be regarded as earning part of the money.

However, except for the many powerful nobles in Shangdang County, there are also bad influences. The towns in Shangdang County have indeed declined a lot, but now they are slowly stabilizing with the society.

Most of the merchants in Shangdang County also joined the Yellow Turban Army one after another, so the business in Shangdang County slowly prospered again.

Chapter 251 Xiaoqi Battalion, Trapped Camp

The whole night passed while writing, and Xu An didn't know when he fell asleep.

When I woke up again, the sun had already climbed up to the head of the club, and it was already around two quarters of the next day (around 9:30).

Hearing the sound of Xu Anshui waking up, Xu Da, who had been waiting in the courtyard for a long time, quickly came in from outside the courtyard with food and a facial handkerchief.

"How long have I been asleep?"

Xu An took the mask, wiped his face and asked.

Xu Da thought for a while, and replied, "A little more than three hours."

"Zhang Ji is gone?"