The World of Yellow Sky

Of the 120 million people, there may be less than 90 people who can finally reach Bingzhou. From the land of four states to Bingzhou, it is destined to be a death road made of countless flesh and blood and countless bones...

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The situation of the battle of Linping was not clear, and Ji Ang could have sent a part of the army to assist Zhang Yan. This was also something that had been discussed before.

Zhang Yan and Chen Bing were in the front to resist the Youzhou Army. After Ji Ang led the army across the river, he sent some troops north to Linping to support Zhang Yan's troops in the battle.

But in the actual situation, when the epidemic broke out, the troops under Ji Ang's command were simply stretched, and the originally planned reinforcements did not support at all. This is one of the reasons why Zhang Yan fought so hard and so hard.

At this time, the epidemic has begun to worsen. Although there is Hua Tuo's prescription, Hua Tuo can only treat part of the disease after all. He can't cure everyone's disease.

More importantly, the Yellow Turban Army is almost out of medicinal materials.

In just five days, the Yellow Turban Army's reserve of medicinal materials had dropped to half. The medicinal materials carried by the Yellow Turban Army in the four states were partly obtained from searching the medicinal material shops of the government and powerful families, so the reserve was very limited.

The other part is the reserve of the Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army. Because of his previous experience in escorting people to relocate, Xu An ordered people to prepare a lot of medicinal materials for treating common diseases in advance.

There were as many as one million people transferred from the four states, and there must have been many wounded soldiers. At the beginning, the number of people who moved north from Hanoi County was less than tens of thousands, but many people still fell ill during the journey.

There are more than [-] people in the four states, and the distance they need to travel is much longer than the original migration distance of Hanoi County.

Therefore, Xu An asked Yu Du and Huang Long, the generals of the Taihang Army, to send troops to collect herbs in the Taihang Mountains very early on.

Today's Taihang Mountains are mostly uninhabited places, and there is no shortage of medicinal materials at all. Under the planned arrangement, the all-night pharmacological talisman led the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army to search according to the map, and they really collected a lot of medicinal materials. .

This time when the Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army went on an expedition, Xu An even brought over most of the Fu Zhu and doctors who were proficient in pharmacology and could cure simple diseases, in order to ensure that more people who migrated from the four states would arrive in Bingzhou.

Xu An brought the main force of the Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army and the Sizhou Yellow Turban Army together, and at the same time left most of the medicinal materials and doctors to Ji Ang.

But even so, thousands of calculations, after all, was a little miscalculation. The sudden epidemic almost destroyed the fragile medical preparations of the Yellow Turban Army.

According to calculations, [-]% of the original medicinal materials are needed to save all the patients who can be treated. If there is no medicinal materials, some people are destined to be abandoned.

At this time, the camp of the Yellow Turban Army in Sizhou was already under martial law due to the impact of the epidemic. Ji Ang sent troops to block the camp on the north bank of Zhangshui River, and the camp on the south bank of Zhangshui River was also blocked. After five days During the observation period, none of the people outside the camp were infected with the disease, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

Now that the people in the camp on the south bank of Zhangshui River have been observing for a period of time, Ji Ang thought there was a high probability that there was nothing to do, so he re-selected a place to build a pontoon bridge. At this time, the people on the south bank also began to slowly walk to the north bank through the pontoon bridge. go.

Outside the big camp of the Yellow Turban Army of the Four States, at the wide-open camp gate, a group of dark-faced soldiers lined up and left. They tried their best to straighten their chests and straighten their waists as much as possible.

A crowd of generals with yellow scarves on their heads stood silently behind Ji Ang, no one spoke, no one spoke, only the sound of hunting being swept up by the banners and the wind, and galloping not far away. And go to the footsteps of the orderlies.

Ji Ang didn't stand still, he lowered his head, holding a helmet full of wind and frost in his arms, and his body was covered with wind and dust, just sitting on the ground in a decadent manner.

His eyes were dim, his complexion was very gloomy, and his back was very hunched, he didn't look like a general at all.

Most of his hair is already gray, and black hair is a minority in Ji Ang. No one would believe that he is a person who has just reached his thirties and is only in his thirties. He is more like a An old man in his twilight years.

"Da da da……"

A rhythmic sound of horseshoes came to Ji Ang's ears, and the four horse legs appeared in Ji Ang's field of vision from far to near.

Ji Ang opened his cloudy eyes and looked up to the front. At this time, the cavalier who delivered the order had already got off his horse, squatted on the ground, and said respectfully.

"General, the banner of the great virtuous and good teacher has been five miles away, and it will arrive in a blink of an eye."

Ji Ang raised his head, his cloudy eyes became slightly clearer, and he remembered the figure he saw in Xindu City in the past.

The affairs of the world seem to be under control, every word and deed is convincing, and any words spoken from his mouth seem to be extremely convincing.

He still remembered the scene when Xu An held his hands and solemnly entrusted all the Taiping Dao believers in the four states to him.

Ji Ang stood up slowly, his eye sockets were slightly red.

He really failed the entrustment of the great virtuous teacher, the expectations of the public, and the way of peace. He really didn't know how to face Xu An, how to face those soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who were fighting outside.

Ji Ang stood up straight and straightened his spine. He remembered very clearly that Xu An once said that one should live with a straight spine.

The world should be the world of the people, the court should be the court of the people, and the country should be the country of the people.

Chapter 434 The source of the epidemic

Outside the camp of the Yellow Turban Army in Sizhou, a cavalry army with bright armor and flying banners galloped from the side of the official road.

The common people who were slowly marching on the official road all stopped and looked sideways, watching the mighty cavalry galloping beside the official road. .

It's not that they haven't seen the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, or the cavalry army of the Yellow Turban Army. Along the way, the people who migrated from the four states are also well-informed.

It's just that they noticed a different kind of flag, an unusually tall and eye-catching flag.

That is the banner of the Taiping Dao great virtuous teacher—Xu An's banner!

All the Yinglang Weiti cavalry in the queue stopped, facing the direction of the banner, raised the Yanling knife in their hands, and saluted the cavalry army, while the yellow scarf soldiers walking outside the queue, He also held up the weapon in his hand with excitement on his face.

Xu An rode a horse in a khaki-colored coat and walked at the front of the queue. The guard cavalry guarding him all wore the same horse coat, just to distinguish them. The horse guards of the guard cavalry They are all solid colors, only the scriptures are written on the coat of Xu An's war horse.

Each guard cavalry was holding a khaki-colored banner with negative feathers on their backs, and followed behind Xu An.

The new wind blows into the formation, the flags flutter, the feathers flutter, and the yellow armor is like the heavenly soldiers and generals descending from the yellow sky.

The three flags lined up in a row, at the forefront of the queue.

The big khaki banner is in the center, and two banners are on both sides. On one side is the inscription "Taiping Dao Great Virtuous Teacher", and on the other side is a majestic general with the words "Huang Tian" written on it.

More than [-] guard cavalry and more than [-] elite armored cavalry from Xiaoqi Battalion followed closely behind Xu An.

The fast horses raised their whips, and a group of armored cavalry surrounded Xu An and galloped along the side of the official road like stars holding the moon. The originally noisy official road became quiet because of Xu An's passing.

During this period of time, the news of a possible epidemic disease in the camp spread like wildfire. I don’t know if the soldiers leaked the information, or it was rumors caused by speculation among the people, or it was intentional by people with ulterior motives. Want to cause panic.

The Embroidered Cloth Envoy, supported by the entire Han Empire, is now considered a giant in the true sense. The thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty all have their strongholds and spies.

So far, the Eagle Wolf Guard has captured more than 70 spies planted by the Embroidered Clothes Emissary from the ranks of the people in the four states.

Under the influence of many aspects, the people who migrated from the four states are indeed in panic now, and it is precisely because of these things that Ji Ang has been worried.

But when Xu An's big banner appeared, it seemed as if someone had cast some spell on them, and most of them calmed down.

In the past, there were tens of thousands of Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army with bright hangers in Xindu Division, which left a deep impression on the people of the four states. Xu An even led the Xiaoqi Battalion to inspect the entire formation of the Yellow Turban Army in the four states.

Now when the people of the four states saw Xu An again, they regained their confidence and their yearning for Bingzhou.

The sound of horseshoes that sounded like thunder gradually faded away, everyone looked away, and the noise in the queue resumed, but this time what they were talking about was about life after entering Bingzhou, and everyone ignited again. yearning.

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The sound of horseshoes was getting closer, and the unfurled banners almost obscured Ji Ang's vision.

Ji Ang's eyes gradually cleared up, and he saw a very familiar figure, with a burqa and belt, and a military uniform, with a dignified appearance, majestic but not angry, close but hard to offend, it was Xu An.

Xu An lightly pulled the reins, and the steed under his seat neighed, then slowed down, and all the armored cavalry behind him were Qiqile horses.

The sound of hooves continued, the neighing of the horse, and the cavalier's shouting suddenly rang out, and the horse galloped all the way to a distance of only five or six steps away from Ji Ang.

Xu An got off his horse and jumped off the horse. The horse was naturally held by Xu Da who was beside him, and he didn't move forward.

Seeing Xu An walking slowly, Ji Ang felt even more ashamed. If Zhao Ji, a thousand households of the wolf guards, hadn't noticed, perhaps not only these dozen camps would need to be quarantined, but as many as hundreds of thousands of people would be infected. All are sick.

The soldiers on the front line fought desperately, he only needed to command the people to relocate, but he didn't even do this well, he really failed Xu An's trust in the past.

"The last general, Ji Ang, is ashamed of the entrustment of the great virtuous teacher. I really have no words to be a general again. I ask the virtuous teacher to resign from the military."

Ji Ang bowed down and spoke sincerely.

"General Ji, you are too serious."

Seeing Ji Ang bowing down to plead guilty, Xu An quickly stepped forward to help Ji Ang up.

"I heard a report from the Eagle Wolf Guard before, saying that General Ji's hair had turned gray within five days because of the epidemic. At first, I still didn't believe it, but when I saw it today, I realized that what I said was true."

Xu An looked at the exhausted Ji Ang and sighed.

Back then when he believed in Metropolitan Master, Ji Ang followed Xu You in a very high-spirited manner, which can be regarded as majestic and impressive.

You know, the uprising led by Ji Ang was exactly the Xingyang Yellow Turban Uprising that shook the Han court. From Xingyang, he led hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops all the way northward, and the number of troops increased to tens of thousands. After breaking through the encirclement and interception of the Han army, Only then did they arrive in Qingzhou.

Afterwards, Xindu Division, Xu You led the East Route Army to intercept the Jizhou North Route Army led by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and the matter of Zhangshui crossing the river was given full authority to Ji Ang.

Seeing you today is a rebellious two people. If Ji Ang hadn't stood at the front to greet him, Xu An might not even recognize him.

The current Ji Ang can be said to have lost almost all of his energy, his eyes are bloodshot, although he is trying to straighten his back, but Xu An can also see that Ji Ang's spirit is about to reach its limit, It's holding on.

Because most of the Fu Zhu accompanying the army went to treat the epidemic, the daily expenses of the people, the arrangement of relocation, and the spread of rumors all kept Ji Ang very busy.

The military strength is stretched, and the epidemic affects not only the people, but also the army. The people are afraid of the epidemic, and the soldiers are even more afraid.

There were deserters constantly appearing in the team, Ji Ang made up his mind and killed more than 20 deserters in a row, which stopped the behavior of deserters, but there were signs of it again later.

Until the news of Zhangshui's victory and the news of Fuliu's victory came one after another, the news that the reinforcements would arrive soon reassured all the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army.

"General Ji has a good rest, and we will talk about the rest later."

Xu An gestured to the generals behind Ji Ang, and the two generals behind him supported Ji Ang, one on the left and one on the right.

"I will ask other people about the matter in the camp. General Ji can just rest."

Ji Ang was still about to say something, but Xu An had already spoken first, and left and right led Ji Ang down without any explanation.

Because of the epidemic and the relocation of the people, Ji Ang almost didn't have a good rest for several days in a row, and now he has got into a dead end.

In fact, this incident cannot be blamed on Ji Ang at all. So far, the source and cause of the outbreak of the epidemic have not been clarified.

Although there are some signs, it is too difficult to find them in time.

The threat of the Han army is not far away. The three armies of the Han army encircle and encircle at the same time. The Yellow Turban Army must gather all the forces that can be assembled to break through the encirclement of the Han army, break the blockade of the Han army on the relocation team from the four states, and lift the perimeter. threat.

At this time, it was the time when the control of the Yellow Turban Army was the weakest among the relocated people from the four states, and a large number of elite soldiers were dispatched outside.

There are only a small number of soldiers protecting the people of the four prefectures. In fact, these soldiers are strong men who were trained together according to the formation of the ranks, holding farm tools, and even the Han army's rural courage is incomparable.

Excluding these soldiers with little combat effectiveness, there are only a small number of Fu Zhu left in the Yellow Turban Army, and there are more than 1000 Eagle Wolf Guards, and the number of civil servants and officials in charge is extremely rare.

No matter who it is, even Yan Zhong, I am afraid there is no way to stop this situation well and find the epidemic in time.

Although there were signs of the epidemic outbreak, the Yellow Turban Army's control over the crowd was extremely limited. Fortunately, when Zhao Ji finally found out, the epidemic did not spread too far, and the infected people happened to be in the camps on the north and south banks. This can be regarded as luck among misfortunes.

The source of the outbreak of the disease is probably at the rear of the migration team.

If you think about it carefully, you will find a problem. It’s too coincidental. It’s too coincidental. If the source of the epidemic is the people of the original four states, it shouldn’t be. Without infection, not many people get sick, and the incubation period of this disease is not that long.

When entering Qinghe County, although the Yellow Turban Army encountered many dead people on the way because of the looting of Wuhuan Buqi, but if it was infected at that time, the epidemic should have occurred when Xindu was in charge. will explode.

But it happened that when Xu An led the main force of the Yellow Turban Army and the main force of the Jizhou Han Army led by Lu Zhi, and the other two armies were also fighting, the epidemic broke out among the people of the four states.

People are not allowed to speculate and doubt with the worst malice, whether someone deliberately did this, in order to move the people who want to be infected by the epidemic to Bingzhou...

Chapter 435 Solicitation

After crossing the heavy tents, after the pieces of guns and spears, there is a rather large tent with green curtains.

The surrounding area of ​​the big tent, which was originally quite empty, was now full of soldiers. One after another, the yellow angels wearing heavy armor and holding Yanling sabers looked around vigilantly. Soldiers patrolled the perimeter, looking out for anything suspicious.

There were more than ten banners erected in front of the big tent, except for Ji Ang's general flag, the other ten banners belonged to the other generals of the Yellow Turban Army who came with Xu An.

This is where the main tent of the Yellow Turban Army camp in Sizhou is located.

Xu Angao sat in the first seat, Yan Zhong sat behind Xu An on the right side, and Liu Pi sat behind Xu An on the left side

The rest of the generals were all seated on both sides of the tent, Gong Du, Cheng Lian, Wei Yue and others were all sitting upright, and all the Yellow Turban Army generals under Ji Ang's command were very reserved because of Xu An. Some people even dare not look directly at Xu An.

The reason for this situation is partly because of the Eagle Wolf Guard's help. The rumored Xu An has been mythized and has become the incarnation of Huang Tian. Some followers of the Taiping Dao even think that it is wrong to look directly at Tianyan without permission. respectful performance.

The other part was because of Xu An's prestige and status.

"My lord, everyone is here, and Zhao Ji is here too."

After the last person stepped into the tent and took a seat, Liu Pi leaned slightly and reminded Xu An who was still concentrating on flipping through the documents. .

Xu An put down the documents in his hand, and glanced at the generals in the account.

The document he had just read was the information about the epidemic that the eagle wolf guard had submitted.

With a cursory glance, he saw Zhao Ji, wearing a red wolf suit, sitting at a position a little closer to the tent door, and next to him was a middle-aged man in a commoner coat.

Although there were a few tatters on the cloth of the middle-aged man, it didn't make him look sloppy and unbearable, but he seemed to have an extraordinary bearing.

Xu An looked back, he knew that the middle-aged man in common clothes should be Hua Tuo.

The Eagle Wolf Guard's reports were always detailed. Hua Tuo offered a cure for the disease, so Xu An naturally knew of Hua Tuo's existence long ago.

So for this meeting, he specially asked Hua Tuo, the cavalry commander who sent the order, to also invite him.

Hua Tuo, Dong Feng, and Zhang Zhongjing are collectively known as the "Three Genius Doctors of Jian'an".

Hua Tuo traveled abroad to study and practice medicine in Anhui, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and other places when he was young, studying medicine without seeking official career.