The World of Yellow Sky

It's just that the Yanzhou Han Army and the Yuzhou Han Army are in the northwest and southwest of Pengcheng State, closely following the defeated Yanzhou Yellow Turban Army that retreated to Pengcheng State, and the Gepi Yellow Turban Army led by Ji Ang.

They would never let the Yellow Turban Army retreat northward to Jibei State so easily, and join forces with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army in victory.

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September [-]th.

The Yellow Turban Army of Gepi, the defeated Yellow Turban Army of Yanzhou, and the Yellow Turban Army of Xiapi successfully joined forces in Donghai County, Xuzhou, and Yinping City.

The three Yellow Turban forces joined forces and crossed the Pengcheng Kingdom in Xuzhou, intending to march from the Lu Kingdom in Yuzhou to the Jibei Kingdom in Yanzhou in the north.

The Yellow Turban Army of Langya County in Xuzhou did not join forces with the Yellow Turban Army of Sanzhou, but withdrew northward, passing through Beihai State in Qingzhou in the north, and then marched towards Pingyuan County through Le'an State.

September [-]th.

The former army of the Sanzhou Yellow Turban Army led by Ji Ang fought against the Yuzhou Army. The Yuzhou Army occupied a favorable location and repelled several attacks of the Yellow Turban Army.

September tenth, dawn.

Ji Ang once again mobilized the army and went to the battle in person. The former army of the Yellow Turban Army broke through the defending Yuzhou Army in one go.

September [-]th.

The Yellow Turban Army of the Three States began its transition in Surabaya.

Until September 28, a total of 40 Yellow Turbans from the Three States finally crossed Surabaya.

But on the way across the river, even though Ji Ang was strictly guarded, but 40 people crossed the river, they were still unable to guard against the attack of the Yuzhou army.

The Sanzhou Yellow Turban Army left more than [-] corpses by the Sishui River.

On October [-]th, after throwing off the Yuzhou Army, the Sanzhou Yellow Turban Army also accelerated its march a lot, and finally entered the territory of Jibei on this day.

The governor of Yuzhou had nothing to do, but he couldn't lead troops out of the state, and he was powerless, so he could only watch as Ji Ang led the Yellow Turban army and evacuated to Jibei Kingdom.

Qiao Mao, the governor of Yanzhou, has no choice. After all, the state of Lu belongs to Yuzhou, and he can't interfere in the war in Yuzhou without an order. Leading troops out of the state is tantamount to rebellion, especially now that the governor of the state has been abolished and changed to state shepherd, embroidered messenger Monitor the place.

It is extremely worthless to let go of the Yellow Turban military officer and be deemed as treason.

As for the Jibei Kingdom in Yanzhou, Qiao Mao has no idea at all, because at this time, the Jibei Kingdom has been occupied by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army. More than 40 Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army are in the Jibei Kingdom, as well as the remnants of the Yanzhou Yellow Turban Army that was defeated by Qiao Mao before. , Now the Sanzhou Yellow Turban Army has crossed Surabaya and went north to the Jibei Kingdom, which means that the Jibei Kingdom will add nearly [-] Sanzhou Yellow Turban Army.

Unless Qiao Mao was insane, he would not be able to deal with more than 1 Yellow Turbans at the same time with the help of more than 50 county soldiers under his command and some township bravery.

Taking advantage of the geographical advantages of the State of Lu, the Yuzhou Army failed to stop the Yellow Turban Army from the Three States from marching northward, but instead lost troops and generals.

Do less and make less mistakes, and it's not bad if you don't do it. The main force of the Yanzhou Yellow Turban Army has been repelled by Qiao Mao, which is also a great achievement.

The current Yanzhou is the state with the smallest loss among the four states that have returned to the Yellow Turban, and has achieved considerable results. The best situation now is to maintain the status quo. It has evolved into a corrupt situation like Qingzhou.

Chapter 376

On October [-]rd, the atmosphere in Jizhou became more and more tense.

Under the leadership of Xu An, the main force of the Yellow Turbans in Bingzhou successively conquered the four cities of Puwu and Zhending in Changshan Kingdom, Xiaquyang and Yan County ([qiāo) in Julu County by virtue of the siege weapon and counterweight trebuchet.

Controlled the central part of Changshan State into the Jingxing area, and the northern part of Julu County.

At this time, a lot of pontoon bridges were built on the Zhangshui River in the south of Shan County, and groups of Yellow Turban soldiers armed with weapons marched towards the south bank of Zhangshui in an orderly manner under the command of the generals.

At this time, many Yellow Turban troops had gathered on the south bank of Zhangshui. As the vanguard, Wuhuan Tuqi had already been walking on the south bank of Zhangshui to guard.

And the cavalry of the surrendered Southern Huns, that is, Bingzhou Yicong, they were also led by the Xiaoqiying Battalion, and went straight to Fucheng (fù) not far to the south.

"Ho-ha--ho-ha-"

At the ferry, the warriors of the Yellow Turban Army suffocated their strength and dragged the rope in their hands vigorously.

"One, two, pull!"

"Ho-ha--ho-ha-"

"Oh!"

The tall trebuchet was finally pulled onto the ferry, and the heavy weight caused the ferry to tilt a little to one side, splashing a lot of water.

The ferry leaned slightly to the side, and the yellow-turban wrestlers on the boat did not dare to relax when they saw this, and pulled the trebuchet to the center of the boat again, and the ferry slowly began to stabilize again.

"call out----"

The wooden whistle sounded, and the six ferries slowly left the ferry in Shan county.

The sail was raised, and the speed of the ferry was slowly increasing. With the shaking of the water waves, the ferry also began to shake slowly, but it was still moving towards the south bank.

Of the six ferries, five carried a catapult, but one ferry did not carry a catapult.

There are more flags on this ferry than the other five, and there are many soldiers standing on the ferry, and this ferry is Xu An's boat.

Xu An withdrew his gaze from looking at the ferry. Although it was already October, the weather in Jizhou was still a bit hot.

"Military division, how long will it take to cross the river?"

Xu An turned his head and asked Yan Zhong on the side. Xu An was in charge of logistics and overall planning, and Yan Zhong was in charge of crossing the river.

Yan Zhongwei thought for a while and replied: "According to the current speed, all of them should be able to cross the river before You hour today. The pawns cross the river earlier. The main thing is to transport the siege equipment across the river. It is really time-consuming."

Xu An crossed his hands in front of his chest, his eyes flickered slightly: "That means we won't be able to reach Fucheng in Anping Kingdom until tomorrow."

"October [-]th, sixteen days before the scheduled plan..."

Xu An looked solemnly at the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who were slowly advancing on the pontoon bridge.

The Yellow Turban Army of the Four States has just crossed the Yellow River not long ago and is still near Pingyuan City in Pingyuan County. According to the report of the Yingwei, the total population of the Yellow Turban Army gathered in Pingyuan City has exceeded 120 million.

The time left for the withdrawal of the Yellow Turban Army was indeed a bit tight, and there were only [-] short days, half a month left.

However, to the northwest of Pingyuan City is the Qinghe Kingdom, which is considered to be in the border area. Currently, more than half of the Qinghe Kingdom has fallen into the hands of King Wuhuanqiao.

Although Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Gao Lan are also famous generals, the Jizhou Army is congenitally deficient and has few cavalry, and they are far at a disadvantage in the confrontation in terms of strength and quality of soldiers.

Among the [-] cavalry led by King Wuhuan Qiao, most of the cavalry are brave and skilled Wuhuan Tuqi. Unbelievable posture, and because they have broken through several counties in Youzhou, they have also obtained a lot of weapon supplies, and they are no longer as backward as in the past.

Of course, if they were facing the Han army cavalry in the border counties, they would naturally be no match, but for the Han army cavalry in the hinterland like Jizhou, these Wuhuan cavalry were simply irresistible.

Moreover, many of the infantry brought by King Wuhuan Qiao this time were also elite members of Zhang Ju's army, somewhat stronger than the county soldiers in the interior.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and there are huge differences in strength. Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Gao Lan have extraordinary experience in battle, but they still have no way to resist the cavalry led by King Wuhuan Qiao going south.

Therefore, King Wuhuanqiao swaggered into the hinterland of Jizhou. The main force of the Han army in Jizhou located in Hejian State and Bohai County was unable to resist King Wuhuanqiao's army, let alone the thousands of counties in Qinghe State. Soldiers.

Moreover, Zhang Ju's Yan army not only plundered Qinghe country, but also extended its tentacles to Pingyuan County, which borders the east of Qinghe country.

The Sizhou Yellow Turban Army, which is now in Pingyuan County, has successfully established contact with Zhang Ju's Yan Guojun.

However, before Xu An was worried that the army led by King Wuhuanqiao would conflict with the Yellow Turban Army from the four states, but the actual situation told Xu An that he was thinking too much.

Jizhou is too rich, and the army of Wuhuanqiao, who went south this time, almost grabbed a lot of money. They were more keen to rob those wealthy tycoons and families, and directly robbed the barracks in the warehouse.

For Kuhaha, the Yellow Turban Army, who seemed to have no oily water, they didn't like it at all.

What are the benefits of looting the Yellow Turbans?Not only may it attract a counterattack from the Yellow Turban Army, but at most it will loot a little money and some food.

Although the Yellow Turban Army of the Four States broke through many cities and villages and obtained a lot of money and food, they did not hold much money. Most of the carriages were used to transport food and grass, and some gold and silver were divided up. , It was in the pocket of the soldier general, and it was not concentrated at all.

With this skill, it is better to grab the big households in Qinghe Kingdom and Yuanyuan County. This is not only easy and comfortable, but also does not need to bear much risk. After all, at this time, the soldiers of Qinghe Kingdom in Jizhou are all huddled in the city and dare not come out.

The Yellow Turban Army of the Four States has millions of people, and it is also a huge monster. After attacking the Yellow Turban Army of the Four States, not to mention whether Zhang Ju will punish the Yellow Turban Army after fighting against the Yellow Turban Army.

Even if the teeth are not very good, before you find any benefits, you will be in danger of losing your troops.

But correspondingly, the army led by King Wuhuan Qiao came here purely for the sake of benefit, and it was not actually the main task to cover the transfer of the Yellow Turban Army from the four states, but just incidentally.

When the Qinghe Kingdom is finished, King Wuhuanqiao will definitely lead his troops to retreat northward, and it is impossible for Xu An to ask Zhang Ju for an explanation on this matter. Everyone already knows it well.

Xu An sent envoys to ask Zhang Ju to send troops to support him, but he was just afraid that because of his appearance, history would change, and Zhang Ju might not send troops to the south as an insurance, not because he really put all his hopes in the hands of Zhang Jujun .

"There should be enough time."

Yan Zhong glanced at the busy soldiers on board, and said in a deep voice.

"But we seem to have underestimated Liu Yu and Jian Shuo."

Yan Zhong looked a little dignified, walked up to Xu An, and said in a low voice.

"Liu Shi's side has already been countered by Liu Yu. The soldiers from the prefectures in the northern part of Changshan and Zhongshan will gather much earlier than we expected."

"Jian Shuo has now also integrated the army of Wei County, Julu County, Zhao State, and the four counties in the south of Changshan State. Now the total strength of his troops is about [-]. Now he is stationed in Taocheng (yǐng). We also received the information that the Yellow Turbans from the four prefectures of our army gathered in Pingyuan County, and made clear our intentions."

The Yellow Turban Army of the Four States made such a big commotion, broke through countless blockades all the way, and all gathered in Pingyuan County of Qingzhou, and Xu An personally commanded the main force of the Yellow Turban Army of Bingzhou to attack from Jingxing Pass, breaking through Zhending and other cities all the way, and even Entered the hinterland of Jizhou Anping State.

You only need to spread out the map and look at the marching route of the Yellow Turban Army. Even the most incompetent general can understand that Xu An wants to lead the Yellow Turban Army from Jizhou to Bingzhou.

All the gates entering Bingzhou were controlled by Xu An. Now Xu An defeated the Southern Huns, won the loyalty of the Southern Huns, and broke through the two counties of Dai County and Shanggu County in Youzhou. Also joined the team of the Yellow Turban Army, both in strength and potential are not what they used to be.

If the million yellow scarves were allowed to enter Jingxing and Bingzhou calmly, then the total population under Xu An's rule would probably approach the 300 million mark, and the power would expand even more.

Among the millions of people, there are hundreds of thousands of young and strong, and many of them have experienced the war and met qualified soldiers with blood.

This will undoubtedly expand the power of the Yellow Turban Army to an extremely dangerous situation.

The capital of the Han Empire was in Luoyang, and it was not far from Taihang Xingtianjingguan, which was controlled by the Yellow Turban Army in Bingzhou. It just said that if the Yellow Turban Army wanted to attack Luoyang, it must first break through Hanoi County, then cross the Yellow River, and break through dozens of roads. You can enter the Luoyang Basin only after passing the checkpoint.

This is an almost impossible task for the Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army, which had only [-] to [-] people who could mobilize the standing army.

After all, the Wuhuan and the Xiongnu are forces on the grasslands, living north of the Great Wall, they also have to guard against the Xianbei in the north, and cannot fully support the Yellow Turban Army.

But once a million people from the four states join Bingzhou, then as long as the Bingzhou army keeps a low profile for a while, there will inevitably be forces that threaten Luoyang.

On the side of the couch, how could others be allowed to sleep soundly? No matter what, the Han army could not let the millions of yellow scarves from the four states enter Jingxing and Bingzhou safely.

But the reputation of Xu An and the Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army is really, a little daunting.

Several battles between the Han army and the Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army ended in the failure of the Han army. The "prestige all over the world" Zhu Jun died in the hands of Xu An, Lu Zhi was repelled by Liu Pi, and even the rebellious Southern Huns And Shanggu Wuhuan, who has hundreds of thousands of people who control strings, both chose to surrender.

If some rumors in the market are not curbed, the scope and abyss of its influence may far exceed everyone's imagination.

In the seventh year of Guanghe, both inside and outside rose up, eight prefectures developed concurrently, and millions of yellow turbans rose up, forming a trend of crossing states and counties. .

But at this moment, Xu An suddenly appeared. Starting from Taihang Mountain, he traveled thousands of miles all the way, revived the Yellow Turban, raised the Dao flag, and defeated the Han army in a row.

There is no way for Han Ting to cover up Xu An's various victories, so all kinds of things, along with those victories, spread far away.

Coupled with the help of a few Yingwei Tiqi in the Han area, the rumors are even more exaggerated.

A considerable number of people even believed that Xu An was indeed Huang Tian's incarnation, giving Xu An a tinge of mythology.

One person said that there are tigers in the market, but the king of Wei did not believe it;

Three people become tigers, this is not a lie.

The wider the spread of rumors, the more their credibility will be increased, and then at a faster speed, more and more people will hear these rumors.

Moreover, there are even supplementary theories in it, and those who supplement the loopholes one by one are even more convincing.

People in this era attach great importance to the theory of ghosts and gods, and even some generals and schools have to choose auspicious days when they send troops or hold important events.

The scourge of witchcraft by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also reflected from the side that in the Western Han Dynasty at that time, theories about ghosts and gods did indeed have a wide market.

The current emperor of the Han Dynasty is also known as the Son of Heaven. The title of Son of Heaven means the co-lord appointed by heaven.

Abandoning hundreds of schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone, Dong Zhongshu systematically proposed the "interaction between heaven and man".

Even major events such as natural disasters and famines can be interpreted as the emperor losing his virtue, or there are evils in the court.

The governance of a country is still superstitious about ghosts and gods, and there are those mysterious and mysterious things, not to mention the rural gatherings where education is not universal, and those villagers who cannot read.

The theory of ghosts and gods in the land of the Han Dynasty far exceeded the imagination of later generations.

From the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the period of the Three Kingdoms, there was Taiping Dao in the front, and Wudou rice in the back. There were also some sects that disappeared in history and were not recorded, and there were even a considerable number of evil gods.

Even under the rule of Xu An, and under the jurisdiction of the Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army, some evil gods can be seen.

Of course, no matter the Han army or the Yellow Turban army is the same for this kind of evil god worship, they can be arrested and destroyed as soon as they are discovered.

This time Xu An led the Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army out of battle, which was no less than an earthquake for Jizhou.

Even Jian Shuo, who temporarily succeeded Wang Fen and is in charge of Jizhou's military administration, is actually a little afraid of Xu An. This is one of the reasons why Jian Shuo did not take the initiative to attack the Yellow Turban Army led by Xu An .

Even if the Yellow Turban Army now controls the four important cities of Changshan State and Julu County, they are attacking towards Fucheng in Anping State, intending to control Anping State, so that the Yellow Turban Army of the four states can have a relatively stable crossing point.

Jian Shuo also held his temper and did not take the initiative to send troops to attack the Yellow Turban Army.

Although Xu An's troop has been reduced to half its size because it has to garrison the cities along the road.

But Jian Shuo didn't think that with the more than 1 soldiers under his command, he could defeat the more than [-] Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army led by Xu An.

After all, Xu An was in Kuicheng, and defeated the Hanoi Han army led by Zhu Jun in a series of battles.