The World of Yellow Sky

Zhao Rong saw that Liu Yu's complexion was slightly gloomy, and he was also a little nervous about the situation of Dai and Shanggu counties, so he asked.

Liu Yu shook his head and said.

"The current situation is still unclear. The military information I have received is all a few days ago. This time the Yellow Turban Army is well prepared, and the speed of marching is extremely rare. I am afraid that the Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army has entered Shanggu County today."

Zhao Rong's complexion changed slightly. The Yellow Turban Army entered Shanggu County. Doesn't that mean that Shanggu County is in danger? !

"It's okay, I have already asked the governor of Guangyang County to lead troops to support Duxing, and went to Juyongguan."

Liu Yu noticed Zhao Rong's expression and said in relief.

"Although the Yellow Turban Army in Bingzhou is gaining momentum under the leadership of the thief chieftain Xu An, the Yellow Turban Army is exhausted after repeated battles. The actual population of Bingzhou is only one million. How can it support him to use troops like this? Our army only needs to occupy With the military capital of Xing, we can rely on the military capital of Xing and the soldiers in Shanggu County to fight against the Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army."

"Drag into a fierce battle and consume the strength of the Yellow Turban Army, it would be better."

Seeing Liu Yu's confident look, Zhao Rong felt a little relieved.

Liu Yu nodded and continued: "The yellow scarves in Bingzhou are coming very fiercely this time. I am a little worried that Xu An will unite with Zhang Ju, so I also asked Captain Zhao to take the troops of the headquarters to Guangyang County to take over the defense of Guangyang County." , I will assign you two thousand newly trained county soldiers to enrich your defense, Zhang is powerful, you must remember to be careful, don't act rashly, the main thing is to be on guard."

"A military strategist should avoid fighting on two fronts at the same time, running back and forth, turning elite soldiers into tired ones."

"The top priority now is to deal with the Yellow Turbans of Bingzhou who want to attack the two counties. After you hand over the aid to western Liaoning to someone you can trust, immediately raise your troops and go north. I'm worried that Zhang Ju will have some other thoughts this time."

"Mr. Bo'an's entrustment, Rongding will keep it in mind."

Zhao Rong looked solemn, bowed his hands to accept the order, turned around and exited the house respectfully.

Zhao Rong is a person who knows how to advance and retreat, and he also knows how he came to the position of assistant lieutenant. He doesn't know much about military affairs, so Liu Yu's entrustment to him has always been carried out without any discount.

Liu Yu glanced at Zhao Rong's leaving back, and sighed imperceptibly.

Although he seemed to be well-rounded and seemed to have wisdom in his hands, in fact Liu Yu did not show that confidence in front of Zhao Rong.

Liu Yu was ordered to come to Youzhou to quell the rebellion this time. Naturally, he did some homework on the forces around Youzhou along the way.

Liu Yu was no stranger to Xu An's name.

From the half-walled Taihang to the current state of Hujuan, carefully reviewing Xu An's family history, Xu An has always made decisions before acting, and is definitely a cautious person.

After the destruction of the main force of the Yellow Turban Army, he led hundreds of people to fight for several years, and was able to defeat the Han army repeatedly, and even defeated Zhu Jun with an upright battle, and then established the Dingding and merged the state. Such a person is definitely not a mediocrity.

As we all know, Xing, the capital of the army, is easy to defend and difficult to attack, among which the section of Juyongguan is the most dangerous.

The Juyongguan section is dangerous, connecting Lulong and Jieshi in the east, Taihang Mountain and Changshan Mountain in the west, which is a real danger in the world.

It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. It has two passes, the north and the south. The south is called "Nankou" and the north is called "Juyongguan".

On both sides of Juyongguan, there are majestic mountains and a 36-mile-long valley in the middle, commonly known as "Guangou".

Now occupying the capital of the army is the Han army, and the city of Shanggu County is solid. Even if the Yellow Turban army advances rapidly, there is absolutely no way to break through it quickly, and it is bound to be dragged into a cruel tug of war.

The tug-of-war is all about manpower and material resources. Compared with the barren Bingzhou and the populous Youzhou with the financial assistance of the entire Han Dynasty, it is extremely unfavorable for the Yellow Turban Army to fall into the tug-of-war.

Liu Yu didn't believe that Xu An couldn't even see such a superficial situation.

Therefore, there is only one possibility. Since Xu An led the Yellow Turban Army to invade Dai County and Shanggu County this time, he must have something to rely on before he dared to invade the two counties.

But Liu Yu is still at a loss as to why Xu An dared to invade the two counties.

Liu Yu shook his head and cleared his mind. The successive bad news finally affected his judgment.

"Wei You."

Liu Yu said to Wei You, the chief minister beside him.

"I'm ordering [-] well-trained county soldiers to set off tomorrow at [-] o'clock and go to Xing, the capital of the army. I always feel that something is wrong."

"Send a letter to Feng Fang, the right captain of the assistant army, and set off with me to Xing, the capital of the army."

Chapter 364 A Long Drive

The waning moon hangs high in the sky like a hook, and countless stars surround the moon in all directions.

Above the closed wall of Juyongguan, a murderous atmosphere rose up.

Although it was already late at night, there were still many guards standing on the wall.

A bed crossbow was erected on the wall, and bundles of giant crossbow bolts were placed aside.

The soldiers of the Han army carrying halberds on their shoulders, led by Ben Shishi, wandered over the wall. Their eyes did not stay in one place, but kept scanning their surroundings.

On the wall of Juyongguan, there is a brazier placed every ten steps.

Every once in a while, these braziers will have special soldiers responsible for adding fire to keep them burning.

The reason why the defenders of Juyongguan put on a posture as if they were facing a big enemy was because not long ago, they received the news that Dai County had been breached by the Yellow Turban Army.

The Great Wall area in the north of Shanggu County has been attacked by the Yellow Turban cavalry and Wuhuan cavalry.

It is not difficult for cavalry to march a hundred miles in a day, so the defenders of Juyongguan are acting like this. It is hard to guarantee that the Wuhuan people and the Yellow Turban Army will not suddenly rush to the wall of Juyongguan.

Just the day before yesterday, a 3000-man army from Guangyang County entered Juyongguan, and the guard of Juyongguan Zhou Zaicai breathed a sigh of relief.

There were only more than 500 soldiers in the original Juyongguan, which was indeed too rare, and some were powerless.

……

In the tent, Xu You walked around in the tent, walked past the generals in the tent one by one, and then stood at the door of the tent, directly opposite to Xu An.

The rectangular sand table faces Xu An and Xu You at the front and back.

The left and right are facing Liu Shi, Lu Bu and others.

Xu You raised his hands, made a bow first, held the long whip in his hand, pointed to a long and narrow passage on the sand table, and said loudly.

"The key to our army's acquisition of the two counties lies in the military capital Xing, and the key to whether the Han army can drag us into a war of attrition also lies in the military capital Xing."

"In other words, the ownership of the military capital Xing determines the success or failure of the battle between the two counties."

"Using cavalry to attack long distances and block the army's capital Xing, waiting for our army to advance rapidly and gradually attack the city, this policy was originally determined by the army."

Xu You paused and smiled.

"Although this strategy is feasible, in my opinion, it is an extremely mediocre strategy. It is quite satisfactory. Although this strategy can be achieved, it has a little flaw. Because of this flaw, I think that this strategy should be discarded like an old shoe. .”

Guo Daxian looked displeased, this strategy was proposed by Xu Huang, and it has been reviewed by his mentor and Yan Zhong.

As soon as Xu You came, he rejected the battle plan they proposed in the military discussion.

Xu You didn't continue to speak, but glanced at the generals in the camp and Xu An's expression.

As expected, Guo Daxian and the others showed displeasure on their faces, but Xu You's focus was not on the generals in the tent, but on Xu An.

Xu You wanted to see if Xu An would feel unhappy when he vetoed Xu An's strategy in the military discussion before on the spot, but Xu You was a little disappointed that Xu An sat on the Hu chair, silent, There was no change of mood or anger on his face.

But this is just a small episode, Xu You just wants to see if Xu An has the capacity to accommodate others.

"Everyone, please see."

Xu You planted a small red flag at Juyongguan, and another similar small flag at the south entrance, and then pointed the long whip in his hand at the place where the red flag had just been planted on the sand table.

"The north of this place is the Beiguan "Juyongguan" of the military capital Xing, and the south is the "Nankou" of the southern pass of the military capital Xing."

"According to common sense, if you want to enter the hinterland of the Central Plains from Xing, the military capital, you must first break through the northern pass 'Juyongguan', and then break through the southern pass 'Nankou' before you can enter the hinterland of Youzhou."

Xu You smiled.

"However, the news of our army's defeat of Dai County may have already been sent to Guangyang County. When our army's infantry arrived at Juyong Pass with their siege equipment, the reinforcements from Guangyang County and Zhuo County must have arrived at Juyong Pass."

"Juyongguan is dangerous, with tall walls and a lot of armaments. If you want to break through it, it will be even more difficult. If you can pile up people's lives, you can pile them through. I'm afraid Duke Ming is not willing to exchange the lives of his subordinates for Juyongguan."

"Because it's not worth it at all. The two counties of Dai County and Shanggu County have a total of only more than [-] people. If tens of thousands of soldiers of our army die here, it will be a loss-making business."

"As I said before, there is a defect in the strategy set by the previous military agreement, and this defect is that if Liu Yu leads the army to fight and cooperate with the Han army in Shanggu County, our army will inevitably be unable to take care of the end."

"Outside Juyongguan, except for the two important roads, the rest of the place is surrounded by mountains. The Xiyuan Forbidden Army is the best in the world, and the Youzhou Tuqi is the world's famous cavalry. Our army has Wuhuan to help, although there is a great possibility to block Youzhou. The main force of the state army, but there will inevitably be a large number of casualties, I believe, this is not what Minggong can see, right?"

Xu An leaned slightly, since Xu You said this, and what he said was true, then Xu You must have a conspiracy, otherwise he would not have said such words.

With one stroke of his whip, Xu You pointed at "Juyongguan" at Beiguan, the capital of the army.

"Our army swept through Dai County and invaded Shanggu County. In order to guard against our army's surprise attack, the military capital Xing must use heavy troops to guard Beiguan'Juyongguan'."

"And there must be only some old and weak troops left in Nanguan, weak soldiers."

"People in the world go from one to two, and then to the third, but attacking the military capital Xing can be done in the opposite way."

A smile appeared on the corner of Xu You's mouth, and he looked up at Xu An who was listening attentively.

……

As time goes by, the soldiers on the wall of Juyongguan Pass have changed one after another.

The waning moon like a hook has also fallen into the mountains, the stars are dotted, and the thick clouds in the sky are slowly drifting over, covering the starlight and moonlight, the world gradually dimmed, and the light seemed to disappear completely.

On the wall, the light of those braziers seemed to have dimmed a lot.

This is the time when people sleep the most deeply.

"what----"

Zhou Zai, the guard at Juyongguan, was suddenly awakened from his sleep.

"Huh...huh..."

Zhou Zai broke out in cold sweat. In his dream, the Yellow Turban Army attacked Juyongguan at night, someone opened the city gate for the Yellow Turban Army, and Juyongguan was easily breached by the Yellow Turban Army.

And he was also decapitated by a burly general of the Yellow Turban Army who looked like a general.

"It turned out to be a dream..."

Zhou Zaichang breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat off his face, the lights in the room were not completely turned off.

"Captain, what happened!"

Two personal guards, holding ring-shouldered knives, rushed into the room where Zhou was sleeping in a hurry.

The two of them were in charge of Zhou Zai's safety tonight, and they rushed in as soon as they heard Zhou Zai's yelling.

"It's alright, you all leave."

The two guards who rushed into the house saw Zhou Zai sitting safely on the couch, and knew that it might just be a nightmare, and then heard Zhou Zai telling them to quiet down, so they quickly accused them and retreated.

After Zhou Zai waved his hand to repel the two guards, he couldn't help laughing at himself.

Thinking day by day and dreaming at night, I think it is because I am too nervous, I have been worried that Juyongguan will be breached, so I have this strange dream.

Juyongguan is now as solid as gold, with a large number of armaments. There are nearly [-] soldiers at Beiguan. According to the advancing speed of the Yellow Turban Army, the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army who can arrive in the past few days are nothing but the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army. Even [-] cavalry have not broken through Beiguan. .

Those Yellow Turban infantry who pushed the siege equipment and were capable of breaking through Juyong Pass probably didn't know that it would take the year of the monkey to reach Juyong Pass. By that time, the reinforcements from Guangyang County and Zhuo County would have arrived long ago.

Zhou Zai got off the bed, wanting to change into clean clothes, after all, the pajamas on his body were already wet with sweat.

But at this moment, he seemed to hear a slight noise in his ears.

Zhou Zai's complexion changed slightly, and he shouted sternly towards the door: "You two, go and see what's going on."

It is extremely unusual to hear loud noises in the middle of the night.

The camp rules are strict in the barracks, not to mention shouting loudly at night, even speaking, it is actually not allowed.

If it triggers a camp roar, it will be very bad.

Zhou Zai frowned. The pressure brought by the Yellow Turban Army was indeed too great. This atmosphere caused him to have nightmares. I am afraid that something happened to someone in the army.

Camp screams are extremely terrifying. When a soldier or prisoner yells because of a nightmare, it often triggers a chain reaction among other people, causing the whole group to fall into a state of hysteria, and even kill each other. The consequences are often very serious.

"Captain."

The door was pushed open again, and two guards walked in with solemn expressions.

"Could it be that there was a camp roar?!"

Zhou Zai didn't care what clothes to change, and quickly stepped forward and asked.

"no……"

The personal guard shook his head, pointed out the door, and said in a trembling voice.

"south……"

"south?"

Zhou Zai followed the direction of the guard's finger and looked to the south, his expression instantly became extremely embarrassing.

To the south, at the position of Nanguan, it should have been a thick night, but at this time it was already full of flames.