The World of Yellow Sky

The task Liu Hong entrusted to him was too difficult, and the cards in his hand were too few, so few that he had almost no chance of winning.

"Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong..."

Jian Shuo's eyes flickered as he chanted these names with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth.

Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others looked extremely ridiculous to Jian Shuo. They thought they had a good relationship with Queen Mother He, so they thought they could escape the butcher's knife.

Jian Shuo knew very well that the attitude of the princes in the court towards eunuchs was to kill them quickly.

No matter how powerful Queen He is, she is still just a queen. After Liu Hong died, she was only the queen mother, and He Jin was the real caller.

He Jin is reckless, impatient and irritable, and he trusts the party members behind him very much. Even if He Jin is willing to listen to his sister and not kill Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others, those party members will definitely prompt He Jin to cut them off. Get rid of these eunuchs.

"Send a letter to Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, asking them to come to Houde Hall."

Jian Shuo said coldly that he was going to try to win over Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others one last time.

He wants to support Liu Xie, but He Jin and other party members are indeed too powerful.

Although he looked down on Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and the others, it was undeniable that Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and the others had been in the court for many years, and they had also cultivated some cronies who were biased towards them.

Now Jian Shuo must unite all the forces that can be united, so as to find a glimmer of hope from this embarrassing situation.

……

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao walked out of the house together.

Under Yuan Shao's persuasion, General He Jin agreed to Yuan Shao's suggestion.

Several messengers quietly sneaked out of Luoyang City and headed west.

After walking a certain distance, Cao Cao stopped, but Yuan Shao didn't notice it, so he continued to walk forward.

"At the beginning."

Cao Cao stopped where he was, and looked at Yuan Shao with a serious expression.

"Well, Meng De, why did you stop?"

Yuan Shao heard Cao Cao's cry, turned around and looked at Cao Cao suspiciously.

Cao Cao was expressionless, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Benchu ​​has been asking to transfer Dong Zhuo to Beijing, but why?"

Yuan Shao was a little surprised, he didn't expect Cao Cao to ask such a question.

But soon Yuan Shao reacted.

"Naturally, it is to stabilize the situation and prevent the embroidered messenger from counterattacking."

"Brother Benchu, there are only you and me now. Now, you don't have to say something so solemn to me. No one is around. What comes out of your mouth enters my ears, and no one else knows."

Yuan Shao's face remained unchanged, staring at Cao Cao's face.

Cao Cao also looked at Yuan Shao expressionlessly.

He knew that Yuan Shao insisted on dispatching Dong Zhuo to the capital, which was very wrong. It seemed that a bloody storm was brewing and a conspiracy was brewing.

a long time.

Yuan Shao finally spoke.

"Meng De, you have read history books, right?"

Cao Cao was taken aback when he heard the words, he was a little surprised, but then nodded.

"My relatives are relatives after all. Although the general is on our side now, he will still establish a pro-party in the future. Even if the general has no intentions, there are He Miao and some people who are interested. One day they are likely to promote the general to a high position. ..."

Before Yuan Shao finished speaking, he came over and patted Cao Cao on the shoulder.

"We are the ones along the way..."

There was a little panic in Cao Cao's eyes. For the first time, he realized that he didn't seem to know his former best friend.

Yuan Shao sent troops to Beijing, probably because he wanted to kill the eunuchs, and if all the eunuchs were killed, the He family would lose their ties with the emperor, He Jin and He Miao would also be isolated, and the eunuchs' relatives would be eliminated. It's a family...

Chapter 385 The Meeting of the Wind and Cloud

October 21.

On the banks of the tributary of Zhangshui River, a rush of horseshoes shattered the harmonious beauty.

A cavalry formation composed of more than a hundred cavalry is galloping from the distant wilderness.

"Woo——"

The leading knight lightly pulled the reins, the horse neighed, raised its hooves, scratched in the air, and then fell to the ground.

"laugh--"

The snorting of the war horse sounded, and the knight on the horse patted the horse's back lightly. The war horse shook its head, and slowly fell silent.

This cavalry was one of the vanguard cavalry sent by Xu An, and the general leading the army was one of the eight captains of the Xiaoqi Battalion, Cheng Lian, who was once a military officer under Lu Bu's command.

Cheng Lian looked solemnly at the red cavalry roaming in the wilderness on the west bank. They were the vanguard cavalry of the main force of the Han army in Jizhou.

The red flag of the Han army was flying over the wilderness, and teams of heavily armed Han cavalry galloped over the wilderness on the west bank of Zhangshui River.

"call--"

Cheng Lian exhaled a foul breath, and he untied a long cylindrical object with a strange shape from his waist.

The long cylindrical object has a big head and a small tail, and a transparent thing is inlaid at the head and tail, like a lens.

Cheng Lian put the smaller tail of the long cylindrical object in front of his right eye, and then closed the other eye.

The Han army ranger, which was still somewhat vague before, instantly became clear in front of Cheng Lian, and even the infantry marching behind the Han army ranger could be seen by Cheng Lian in a panoramic view.

Cheng Lian observed carefully for a while, and finally saw the flag on the flag clearly.

The vanguard of this Han army is exactly the part directed by the right school Wei Chunyu of the Xiyuan Forbidden Army.

"The vanguard of the Han army actually sent a battalion of imperial troops here. It really makes me wait."

Cheng Lian laughed and put down the long cylindrical object in his hand.

"A distance of thousands of miles, just relying on this one treasure, it is as if it is right in front of you. It is indeed an invention of a great virtuous teacher."

Looking at the long cylindrical object in his hand, Cheng Lian couldn't help sighing.

The long cylindrical object in his hand is called "telescope", also known as "telescope".

The mirror body of the binoculars is made of brass. There are no gorgeous patterns on the mirror body, only the name of the craftsman and the date of manufacture are engraved on it.

The lens and mirror tail are each inlaid with a lens, which is made of natural transparent crystal.

As long as you look through the end of the mirror, the distant scene will be greatly shortened in an instant, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is close at hand.

Cheng Lian carefully placed the "telescope" in his hand on his waist, and fixed it carefully to ensure that it would not fall or be damaged due to the bumps, and then he held the reins again.

There are not many telescopes in the entire Yellow Turban Army. According to Xu An, because of the materials and craftsmen, there are only more than ten telescopes in the entire Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army.

Among them, Zhang Yan and Xu You took one, and the rest were also in the hands of several generals of the Yellow Turban Army.

If Cheng Lian hadn't been given the task of scouting the main intelligence of the Han army on the west bank of the Zhangshui River, it would have been impossible for the Han army to fly across the Zhangshui River.

That's why he got the temporary right to use a telescope. When he returned to the Chinese army, Cheng Lian still had to hand it back.

Only one general who leads the telescope alone is eligible to hold it for a long time, and Cheng Lian got the news that in case of danger, the first task is to destroy the telescope, and the Han army must never know.

"Walk."

Cheng Lian pulled the reins, turned the pier, and galloped towards the rear.

Hundreds of cavalry from the Yellow Turban Army turned their horses together and galloped away with Cheng Lian.

The wind fluttered, the flags fluttered, and the hooves of the horses sounded like thunder.

……

On the east bank of the Zhangshui tributary, the Yellow Turban Army camped.

Under the leadership of Xu An, the main force of the Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army set up a camp twenty miles west of Zhangshui crossing point in the south of Shan County.

Zhangshui diverged into a tributary from the south of Shan County, and the entire Zhangshui became a ">" shape.

Below the ">" is the mainstream of Zhangshui, the tributary of Zhangshui above, and the mainstream of Zhangshui below continues to extend to the northeast, cutting off the roads of Anping Country and Julu County.

The main force of the Jizhou army led by Lu Zhi is in the angle between the left and right sides of ">".

Fucheng and Tangyang occupied by the Yellow Turban Army are both below the mainstream, that is, below the line below ">".

If the main force of the Jizhou Han army wants to cooperate with the other two Han armies, they must cross the river at the tributary of the ">" symbol instead of detours.

If they make a detour, as a tributary of the Zhangshui River, there will be two tributaries, which are not conducive to the march of the army, and will greatly affect the time. They cannot correspond to each other, but can only be broken one by one.

The place where the Yellow Turban Army of the Four States crossed the river was on the extension line of the main stream, close to the county, and in the southern part of the county. It was not far from the crossing point selected by the Han army on the tributary of the Zhangshui River, but it was only fifty miles away. the distance.

Therefore, Xu An set up a camp [-] miles west of the Zhangshui river crossing point of the Yellow Turban Army of Sizhou in advance.

And that's why Xu An needed to go north alone to lead the army to intercept Liu Yu's march in the northern part of Shan County.

If not, not only will Shanxian County be exposed to the soldiers of Liu Yu's tribe, but the Yellow Turban people of the four states crossing the river will be threatened, and even the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in Bingzhou, a tributary above the ">" of the Zhangshui River, will also be threatened by Liu Yu's tribe. There is a danger of being attacked by the enemy.

Once the enemy is attacked from the front and back, and they are caught in a two-front battle, there is only one way to leave it to the Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army and Xu An.

The name of that road is called defeat.

Outside the camp of the Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army, troops in ragged clothes are marching. They hold agricultural tools, wooden spears and bamboo guns in their disheveled hands. .

Their banners are also pitiful, hundreds of people have only one narrow yellow banner, and most of them are dirty and covered with dust.

Standing on the wall of the camp, Xu An put down the binoculars in his hand, and withdrew his observing gaze.

These troops that were passing through the camp were the Yellow Turban Army from the four states. They had just crossed the pontoon bridge and crossed the turbulent mainstream of the Zhangshui River, and then they continued to advance towards the tributaries of the Zhangshui River without stopping.

On the way here, Fu Zhu of the Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army had already told them what they were about to face.

They all knew that there was an army on the west bank of the tributary of the Zhangshui River, a huge and terrifying army, belonging to the imperial court.

When the Sizhou Yellow Turbans are crossing the river, they will launch a fierce attack on the Sizhou Yellow Turbans who are crossing the river, and their duty is to block this terrifying army.

Because of Xu An's order, the Yellow Turban Army talismans who went to preach did not cover up any facts, but truthfully informed the Yellow Turban Army soldiers of the four states about the strength of the Han Army.

In Xu An's words, Taipingdao soldiers have the right to know what kind of enemy they are about to face.

If you feel timid, you can lay down your arms and you can join the ranks of the people.

If a timid person stays in the army, it will affect the morale of the army. The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army in the four states are insufficiently trained, and the military drills are weak. The battle almost depends on blood and courage.

If there are people who are willing to quit, cowardly, and opportunistic in the team, then it will reduce the combat power instead, so it is better to do a screening on this.

Unexpectedly, only a small number of soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army chose to join the ranks of the people, as few as or even less than a thousand people, and most of the remaining soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army remained.

The Yellow Turban Army in the four states had already made up their minds. From the moment they heard about the peace and prosperity of Bingzhou, and from the moment they rose up, they had been completely determined.

Huangfusong, Zhu Jun, and Lu Zhi put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion, beheaded Zhang Jiao, and passed it on to the world.

Huangfusong built "Jingguan" with hundreds of thousands of corpses of Yellow Turban soldiers, in order to frighten the world, and refused to accept the Yellow Turban soldiers.

The Yellow Turban Army in Wancheng surrendered, but were still all beheaded.

Because of this, all the people in the world know the strength of the Han Dynasty, and they also know that the Han army will never let any rebels go, and they have no luck.

They knew that even if they knelt down and begged for their lives, the Han army would never give them a way out.

The tyrants are addicted to money, extravagant and desperate, fertile land is vast, and money and food are piled up like mountains, but they are living in the hinterland of the Central Plains, but they are getting poorer and poorer, and they can't even guarantee two meals a day.

The four states can no longer survive. Natural disasters, man-made disasters, and the oppression of those high-ranking and powerful families, higher and higher taxes, and all kinds of exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes have driven one after another of the ordinary people to a dead end.

The final result is only to sell their children and daughters, their families are ruined, and they are reduced to slavery.

oppressed from birth, exploited until the moment of death, driven to the grave in droves

There are thirteen prefectures in the great Han Dynasty, but the world is so big that there is no room for them.

"The sky is dead, Huang Tian should stand, obey the sky and follow the righteousness, and enjoy peace!"

The million yellow turban soldiers in the four states chanted this deafening slogan and rose up. When they cut trees into soldiers, they had already made up their minds.

There were determined faces in the binoculars. Xu An pressed the camp wall and silently looked at the yellow scarf army marching outside the camp. Although he had put down the binoculars, the faces of those soldiers were deeply It burned into Xu An's heart.

In fact, these people can't be called the army at all. The weapons in their hands are extremely simple, not to mention the armor on their bodies, and some of them don't even have clothing to cover their bodies.

During the battle of Guangzong and the battle of Xia Quyang, the people who surrounded Xu An, who were close to Xu An, were dressed in the same clothes as them.

They faced the Han army, but they were not afraid. They shouted "Wan Sheng!" at the top of their voices.