The World of Yellow Sky

Xu An asked outside the door that Zhang Ji was basically doing things like delivering meals for him before.

Xu Da laughed and said: "I received a transfer order from the Eagle Wolf Guard at Maoshi today. Originally, that boy Zhang Ji wanted to bid farewell to the lord, but he saw that the lord was sleeping, so he didn't disturb him."

Xu An put down the mask, he found that he seemed a little sentimental recently, and he didn't know why.

Sui Gu and Huang San died outside Kuicheng.

Huang San, the bandit who was tied up in front of him by Wuhuada and solemnly said he wanted to live, climbed up desperately after he was attached, and was promoted to army commander all the way, but finally died outside the city of Kuicheng.

I don't know if he regretted it...

Although Xu An and Sui Gu only met for a short time, Sui Gu really impressed Xu An. In the first battle at Chishiling, he issued a military order to charge at the forefront, and then he must go first in every battle.

Xu An stopped his confused thoughts and asked, "Has the order to mobilize the Bingzhou cavalry been issued?"

Xu Da quickly replied: "At the hour of Hai last night, messengers were sent to Yanmen and Dingxiang counties."

Xu An nodded. Now that the transfer order has been sent out, the work of building the camp has to be done.

Bingzhou does not lack too many war horses. Those local powerful families still have a lot of war horses, and military horses are not very scarce. What are really scarce are military equipment, such as bows, armor, and arrows.

Xu An plans to form a cavalry team of 4000 people. The whole battalion is composed of about 3000 Han cavalry and more than 1000 Yellow Turban cavalry.

It turned out that Xu An had no way to control the proportion of cavalry in the Han army, because the cavalry knights in the Yellow Turban Army who were able to ride were basically exhausted in the Battle of Fenshui, the Battle of Kuicheng, and the previous attack on the Southern Huns. .

The [-] Yellow Turban cavalry that Xu An can find now are still filled in the scouts in each trilogy.

"4000 people..."

Xu An tapped the desk lightly, thinking about the military system of the new cavalry trilogy in his mind.

The candidate for the chief general of the cavalry is actually only Lu Bu.

Although Xu Huang is brave and often leads cavalry into battle, his experience in using cavalry is definitely inferior to that of Lu Bu.

Moreover, Xu Huang has now been transferred back to Hedong by Xu An, and now Xu An has handed over the defense of the entire Hedong County to Xu Huang. Zhang Yan, He Man, Guo Tai and others are all controlled by Xu Huang.

In the Battle of Fancheng, it was Xu Huang who led the army to repel Guan Yu, followed Guan Yu to pursue and kill him, and took the opportunity to break through Guan Yu's ten-fold siege, completely lifting the siege of Fancheng.He was also praised by Cao Cao for "having the style of Zhou Yafu" because of his strict military management.

In history, Xu Huang was not only a general, but also a general who could stand alone, and Xu An lacked such generals.

Although Xu Huang does not have so much battle experience now, Xu Huang still shows his ability far superior to others.

The defense of Hedong County is the same as Bingzhou's top priority. Although the southern line has repelled the attack of the Han army, but now there is only Zhang Yan, Xu An is still a little worried.

"Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, Song Xian, Wei Xu..."

Xu An read these familiar names. These people all appeared in history as brave cavalry generals.

With Lu Bu as the chief officer, and with these brave cavalry generals, perhaps this cavalry trilogy formed by himself will have a great reputation in the future like the "Bingzhou Tuqi", "Xiliang Iron Cavalry", and "Tiger and Leopard Cavalry" in history. prestige.

"Xiaojiang, Xiaoqi..."

Xu An's eyes brightened slightly, and he said with a smile.

"The title I gave to Lu Bu is General Xiaoqi. I intend to let Lu Bu be the chief officer. Why don't this branch be called Xiaoqi Battalion?"

"Xiaoqi Battalion?"

Xu Da repeated it several times, and also echoed with a smile: "This name is not bad."

"Then it's settled."

After deciding on the name, Xu An was in a good mood, but just deciding on the name was not enough, he also had to think about who he would arrange to enter the Xiaoqi Camp as generals.

There were eight generals who followed Lu Bu, namely Gao Shun, Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, Song Xian, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, Hao Meng, and Cao Xing.

[-] cavalry can be composed of eight soldiers and two lieutenants. Although the formation is sufficient, Xu An certainly cannot choose all the eight people who followed Lu Bu.

Although Lu Bu is still loyal and respects Xu An very much, and his family members are now sent to the eldest son city in the hinterland of Shangdang County, Xu An still has certain precautions against him.

After pondering for a moment, Xu An also made a decision, taking Lu Bu as the chief officer of the Xiaoqi Battalion and Zhou Cang as his deputy.

Put Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, Hao Meng, Cao Xing, and four people into the Xiaoqi Battalion, and let Lu Bu choose from these four for the remaining lieutenant general.

The remaining three were temporarily assigned as military marquis, and the other five were temporarily selected from among the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army.

"Song Xian, Wei Xu, Gao Shun..."

Wei Xu and Lu Bu are related by marriage, so if he and Lu Bu are not placed in the same army, it can be regarded as more chips in their hands.

When the name "Gao Shun" was pronounced, Xu An also thought of the army that was famous among fans of the Three Kingdoms in history - trapped in the camp.

"There are more than [-] soldiers, numbered as a thousand men, and their armors are all refined and neat. Every attack is invincible, and they are called 'trapped camp'"

Xu An remembered that when they attacked Lu Bu's trilogy, with the combat power of the Yellow Angels, they failed to resolve the battle in a short time, and Gao Shun and the others persisted until Lu Bu returned to defense.

But it didn't take much time for the Yellow Turban Army to defeat the rest of the Shangjun soldiers.

After the war, Xu An also asked about the training of Lu Bu's trilogy, and Lu Bu truthfully told Xu Anyan that Gao Shun was basically responsible for the training of his trilogy.

From this point of view, Gao Shun should have learned the methods of battle formation and soldier training very early, but he doesn't know where he learned it.

Now that the Yellow Turban Army is occupying Hedong County, the hinterland of Bingzhou, and Shangdang County, there is no shortage of craftsmen, and there are also many iron mines that can be excavated under Xu An's rule.

After a while, Xu An made a decision, and said to Xu Dayan who was kneeling at the side: "Xu Da, call Gao Shun to the Jinyang government office."

Xu An plans to form two armies at the same time, the Xiaoqi camp and the trap camp.

Soldiers are expensive, not expensive.

The huge military power brought Xu An huge financial pressure.

Chapter 252

When the appointed silk book was delivered to Lv Bu by Gao Shun, Lv Bu could hardly believe his eyes.

Cheng Lian, Wei Yue and the others also stood crowded behind Lu Bu, scrambling for a place to read the words on the silk script.

"Fengxian actually became the commander of Xiaoqi Battalion, hahahahaha."

In the end, it was Wei Yue who had the better skills and managed to squeeze in front of the crowd. He also saw clearly the first words on the silk script, and immediately laughed loudly.

"Xiaoqiying?" Song Xian popped his head from the other side, a little confused. "what is that?"

Cheng Lian said excitedly: "Look at the silk script, it says that the army will gather [-] cavalry to form the Xiaoqi Battalion, and the first commander of the Xiaoqi Battalion is Feng Xian!"

Cheng Lian made a gesture of four and said loudly, "4000 people!!!"

"I think when we were in Shangjun, there were only more than 3000 soldiers on the front line of the Great Wall, but now we can command 4000 soldiers, which is more than the entire county soldiers, and these 4000 people are all cavalry. !"

"Then we? There is Feng Xian's appointment, and there should be our appointment."

Wei Yue pressed Song Xian's shoulder and stretched out his head to look at the silk book in Lu Bu's hand.

"Wei Yue, do you want to see it so much? It seems like you know how to read." Song Xian was pressed by Wei Yue, and his body lowered a little. Seeing Wei Yue's impatient expression, he couldn't help joking.

"Ha ha ha ha--"

When everyone heard Song Xian's joke, they suddenly burst into laughter, which made Wei Yue's face full of embarrassment.

"Okay, don't make trouble."

Lu Bu unfolded the silk book in his hand, and stopped it with a smile.

"You have all the appointments, all of you should go back to your seats and sit down. Now everyone is a captain. Why are they still the same as the soldiers back then?"

In fact, I don’t blame the people in the tent for being so excited. When they joined the army with Lu Bu, Lu Bu was a military marshal and Gao Shun was a military marshal. Just team rate.

The commander's soldiers are not full, and there are only over 400 people under Lu Bu's jurisdiction, and the deduction of food and military equipment is even more common. Those children from aristocratic families can easily reach high positions, but all the dirty work is handed over to them, common people The pawns of birth will handle it.

Even though they were promoted to officers by virtue of their military merits, they were still belittled by those nobles and powerful men, with no dignity at all, and the military merits gained by fighting to the death could be deprived immediately by the superiors with just a few words.

After Caisangjin was ambushed, they were recruited by Xu An to join the Yellow Turban Army, and they rose to high positions and followed Xu An. They also enjoyed the treatment of mountains and tsunami, and received the respect of countless soldiers. .

Cheng Lian, Wei Yue and others still remember the warm welcome they received when Lu Bu led their cavalry back to the camp after the Battle of Fenshui.

When they fell asleep, the cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami lingered in their ears for a long time.

"Tongdao", two heavy words, were deeply engraved in their hearts that day.

However, although Lu Bu was awarded the title of General Xiaoqi, they were also awarded the title of school lieutenant, but they did not have the right to command the troops. This made Cheng Lian and the others quite uncomfortable, so when the letter of appointment came today, Cheng Lian and others were all excited up.

Lu Bu looked at the silk script and said, "Master... Minggong gave me the right to serve as three military candidates and one as a lieutenant general. Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, Hao Meng, and Cao Xing, you four, will follow me into the Xiaoqi camp. .”

"The Xiaoqi Battalion has two lieutenants and one lieutenant. Duke Ming has appointed Tiger Wing Colonel Zhou Cang."

Lu Bu originally wanted to talk about the lord, but he remembered Xu An's words a few days ago.

At that time, Xu An used the word "Master", and among those powerful families, those servants also called him the same way, so this word was banned, and the name of him in the army was changed to "Ming Gong".

It's just that although Xu An said so, everyone said it smoothly before, and it will be hard to change for a while.

"Zhou Cang?" Wei Yue crossed his arms and said, "That general who usually follows Duke Ming, who is good at wielding long knives and has a black face and beard?"

Lu Bu nodded and said, "Exactly."

Cheng Lian hesitated for a moment, but still said: "I had a competition with him before, we couldn't decide the winner in the foot battle, but I was lost in the horse battle, and I only lasted less than twenty times under his hands. He was stabbed by him."

Cheng Lian touched his right ear, which was the place Zhou Cang had slashed with a wooden knife before, and Song Xian could clearly feel that Zhou Cang had withdrawn his strength.

Wei Yue pondered for a moment, and then said: "This man is quite brave. Since he can beat Cheng Lian, he is brave enough to be a deputy general, and it seems that Zhou Cang was also the chief general under the command of Digong General Zhang Bao before this week. In terms of seniority, he is much older than us."

"Don't you have any of our names?"

Song Xian was a little puzzled, he didn't hear his name, but he was a little impatient at this moment.

Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, and Hao Meng also felt a little scratchy, and they all looked at Lu Bu intently.

Lv Bu felt terrified at the sight, and quickly continued: "In addition to the Xiaoqi Camp, Minggong also created a new camp called the Suppressed Camp, with a fixed quota of [-], wearing Persistence Sharp, and equipped with heavy armor."

"In the camp, there is one captain, one deputy captain, and two military officers. Gao Shun is the captain, and the deputy captain is Bai Rao. This person seems to be the general of Xuanwei General Yu Du. He is waiting to be a military officer. A military candidate is called Zuo Xiao, I don’t have much impression of this person.”

"As for the two of you, Hao Meng and Wei Xu, Duke Ming has reorganized the soldiers of Bachi Mountain, and now he has drawn up a part of the army and handed it over to you two to command. Just like us, they are all under Duke Ming's command. Wei continued to serve as the army Sima, and Hao Meng was appointed as the army's false Sima."

Lu Bu put away the silk paper, and no one had any objection to the appointment. Before that, they were only the head of a village and the leader of a team, but now they suddenly climbed to a high position that was once out of reach with the help of Lu Bu.

Even if most of them are military candidates, they are the military candidates of the newly formed elite troops, and they can naturally tell the gold content in them.

At this time, Lu Bu was full of joy, looked at the beaming crowd, and continued: "Cheng Lian was the first to follow me, and he also saved my life, Lu Fengxian, in battle. As for bravery, everyone should know it well. You can see it."

Lu Bu picked up the silk book, stood up, and said solemnly: "I have decided to let Cheng Lian take the post of deputy commander of the Xiaoqi Battalion. Do you have any objections?"

When everyone saw Lu Bu stand up and speak solemnly, they also stood up together and bowed respectfully to Lu Bu.

"But let the general decide!"

Chapter 253 Messenger

On Puzi City, the county magistrate Chen Shen looked worriedly at the Yingtian camp outside the city.

In the past few days, there have been several commotions among the soldiers of Xihe County outside the city, and the generals and officers of Xihe County are becoming more and more anxious day by day.

Finally at today's Maoshi, several commanders of Xihe County soldiers walked into the county government office and bid farewell to Chen Shen.

The soldiers of Xihe County were pulling out their camps. They left Puzi City and headed north towards Xihe County.

Their families, their clansmen, are all in Xihe County, and now Xihe County has fallen into the hands of the Huns. It is only a miracle that they can persist in Puzi City for two months without mutiny.

It is already July, and since Xihe County was captured in May, bad news came one after another.

Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou, was defeated and committed suicide. Xu An, a virtuous and good teacher of the Yellow Turban Army, led his troops to the north and captured Taiyuan County in one fell swoop. Yanmen County and Dingxiang County both surrendered.

In just two months, the three counties of Bingzhou had changed hands, changed their flags, and all the soldiers surrendered. In the entire northern region, only Puzi City was still flying the red flag of the Han army.

And in two months, the last trace of patience of these Xihe County soldiers was about to be worn away.

They know that the Huns are powerful, they know that they lack cavalry, and they know that any force from the Huns to the Yellow Turbans can destroy them, but they still want to go home, to their family in Xihe County where you live.

No one is a fool, Puzi City is already an isolated city, with the Yellow Turban in the south and the Huns in the north, no strong support from outside, no food and grass in the inside, staying in Puzi City is a dead end, no matter whether it is active attack or passive defense, it cannot escape the result of extinction .

The result is already doomed, there is only one road to choose from, so why not die in your hometown and fight to the death. ?

So after these Xihe County soldiers made up their minds, they chose to leave Puzi City under the leadership of Captain Zhang Lang. Even if they died, they would die in their hometown.

Then, before dying, take as many Huns as possible into Huangquan, so that it is a worthy death

The soldiers of Xihe County had been in Bianjun for a long time, so they naturally knew the nature of the Huns. They didn't take any chances. They knew that most of their families and clansmen in Xihe County were in danger.

The Huns were like locusts. Few people survived the cities they conquered, and those who survived existed as the most humble slaves, and life was worse than death.

"The wind is shaky and the water is cold, and once the strong man goes, he will never return."

Chen Shen looked at the soldiers of Xihe County who were pulling out the camp, and let out a long sigh.