The World of Yellow Sky

Dong Zhuo's eyes were cold, he glanced at the direction where Tian Zhong left and said in a deep voice.

"This Tian Zhong's tongue is like a sharp knife, a true eloquent man, one man can be worth a soldier..."

If Dong Zhuo had a choice, he didn't want to let Tian Zhong go, but unfortunately Tian Zhong had to go back safely.

If Tian Zhong really couldn't go back, then the more than [-] Xiliang troops led by Niu Fu would definitely not be able to come back either.

In Dong Zhuo's eyes, although Tian Zhong was worth one army, the Xiliang army in Fenyin was far more than one army.

With 3000 people, dozens of generals are exchanged for one debater, but it is not worth it.

"15 stones of grain and grass, 300 million yuan, Xu An's asking price is not high."

Dong Zhuo sneered with his hands behind his back.

In fact, Xu An's asking price was much lower than what Dong Zhuo had expected.

Li Ru's face was not serious.

"Xu Anzhi is not here, so the asking price is not high. Now that the Yellow Turban Army has occupied Hedong County, its main purpose has been achieved. A little money and food is just a foil. I am afraid that General Niu being besieged in Fenyin is just a surprise for Xu An. "

"Yu Fuluo should take the initiative to seek refuge, otherwise Xu An would never choose to send troops to Hedong County at this time."

Li Ru crossed his steps, thinking about Xu An's actions quickly.

But in the blink of an eye, Li Ru had already thought of some tricks.

As Li Ru said, after the Yellow Turban Army of the Four States entered Bingzhou, the Yellow Turban Army is in the best period of development, and the soldiers will be exhausted, so it is reasonable to say that they will never use large-scale troops.

This is why Dong Zhuo later chose to transfer Niu Fu back to Luoyang, preparing to concentrate his forces to confront the Kwantung Allied Forces.

Although you have used the Yellow Turban Army twice, the scale of the two deployments is actually not too large.

For the first time, only ten thousand people were used against Shangjun, many of whom were recruited soldiers who had not experienced the Battle of Jizhou, and Shangjun did not have much ability to resist.

The same is true for the second attack on the six cities of Zhongshan. Most of the recruited soldiers who had not experienced the battle of Jizhou and had a rest took advantage of it.

In fact, the Xiliang army led by Niu Fu was besieged, which was really a surprise to Xu An.

Xu An really didn't expect that Lu Bu had started to use some tactics to avoid the mountain road where there might be ambushes.

Then they ran around the starry night for a long distance, and before the Xiliang army could react at all, they had already arrived outside the city of Fenyin, scaring off the Xiliang army who were about to cross the river.

Afterwards, there were successive battles and victories, and even the night attack arranged by the Xiliang Army was blocked by Lu Bu, besieging the [-] troops led by Niu Fu in Hedong County.

Lu Bu's performance in this battle made Xu An also take it to heart, because Lu Bu was really eye-catching in this battle.

After Xu An led the army to Fenyin, he immediately summoned Lu Bu.

Lu Bu answered all the questions raised by Xu An.

Xu An couldn't help laughing when he mentioned that the enemy was ambushing on Shandao. Lu Bu was really bitten by a snake once, and he was afraid of well ropes for ten years.

There is also Lu Bu's method of guarding against night attacks, which is also a technique that Lu Bu learned from Gong Du and other veteran generals of the Yellow Turban Army.

When Xu An's army was not strong, he mostly used night raids. Therefore, the generals of the Yellow Turban Army who originally followed Xu An had more or less profound insights into night raids.

After Lu Bu experienced the ambush on the mountain road, he almost died. It seemed that some extraordinary switch had been turned on. In addition to practicing martial arts and training soldiers, he had been studying some means of defense against attacks.

If you want to sum up the current Lu Bu's words in one sentence, then the sentence "This Lu Bu is obviously super strong but overly cautious" is really appropriate.

Li Ru stopped in his tracks, his eyes clear.

"And the reason why Xu An made such a big commotion and asked Xiangguo to send troops to Hedong County is to show his force and further injure our army, making our army lose the idea of ​​counterattacking Hedong County."

Xu An's intentions were also seen by Li Ru. The reason why Xu An was so fanfare, waiting for them to transfer Niu Fu back to Hedong County, was very simple.

I just wanted to complete the battle in one battle. In the first battle, the Xiliang Army was hurt, and the Xiliang Army felt the oppression of the Yellow Turban Army.

In this way, the Yellow Turban Army occupied Hedong County, and there was no need to continue the tug-of-war with the Xiliang Army.

The Yellow Turban Army has a new population of one million, and the tug-of-war requires a lot of money and food, which is obviously extremely disadvantageous for the Yellow Turban Army.

"Now that our army is confronting the Kwantung Allied Forces, the Yellow Turbans of the Four States have just entered Bingzhou for a short time. This is undoubtedly a great opportunity for the Yellow Turban Army to recuperate. , causing Xiangguo to abandon the army of Fenyin."

Li Ru said in a deep voice, he has already figured out the key points.

Xu An's plot was dissected bit by bit by him, and it unfolded before Dong Zhuo's eyes, and Dong Zhuo's face became obviously serious.

"With these 3000 people, Xu An certainly doesn't want our army to give up. Xu An doesn't want our army to lose too much strength. He still needs us to fight fiercely with the Kwantung Allied Forces. Only in this way can he develop calmly in Bingzhou, sit in the mountains and watch the two Tigers fighting each other."

"When our army and the Kwantung Allied Forces are exhausted from fighting, it will be the time for Xu An to leave Bingzhou again."

Although Li Ru could see it, there was nothing he could do.

Even if Dong Zhuo didn't want to fight with the Kwantung Allied Forces, the Kwantung Allied Forces would definitely not give up.

This is a conspiracy and there is no way around it.

Even if he saw Xu An's plan, but the arrow is on the string, Dong Zhuo can't tolerate another plan.

The Kwantung Allied Forces have now gathered a large number of troops in three places, and the battle is imminent.

They could only smash their teeth and swallow them with blood.

Dong Zhuo pondered for a while, then asked: "That Tian Zhong also said that they can send troops from the Taihang Mountains and Zhongshan to harass Jizhou and disperse the forces of the Kwantung Allied Forces. Wen You thinks what Tian Zhong said is true."

Li Ru pondered for a while, then replied: "In my opinion, the Yellow Turban Army is at most sending a small number of soldiers to symbolically harass and harass them, which has little effect."

When Dong Zhuo heard Li Ru's answer, although he also guessed it, he still had some hope in his heart.

The Kwantung Allied Forces are now very powerful. Although Li Ru analyzed it for him many times and proved to him that he still has the upper hand, Dong Zhuo actually still has some worries.

If Xu An is really willing to send troops to help him disperse some pressure, this will undoubtedly be extremely beneficial.

"However, we can still agree to Tian Zhong's request and give them a sum of money and food to let them harass Jizhou."

Li Ru's eyes flickered, and he said in a low voice.

"I will personally negotiate the price at that time, prompt the Yellow Turban Army to send troops, agree on details, and pay in batches, so as to prevent the Yellow Turban Army from taking money and not doing things."

Dong Zhuo was puzzled.

"Wen You didn't have much effect before, and didn't have much influence on the Kwantung Allied Forces?"

Li Ru said with a smile: "The Yellow Turban Army's dispatch of troops is really of little use, but as long as we pay this amount of money and food and discuss the details, Xu An will definitely restrain the Yellow Turbans in Hedong County when our army's money and food have not been paid. The army does not harass our army's borders."

Dong Zhuo's eyes brightened slightly, and Li Ru's move really solved a major worry for the Xiliang Army.

Now that Hedong County is lost, the Yellow River can be crossed in many places, which cannot be regarded as a natural danger at all.

The Yellow Turban Army can actually attack Zuo Fengyi to the east and Hongnong County to the south at any time.

Estimated according to the current combat power of the Yellow Turban Army, it can indeed expand the results of the battle.

However, Dong Zhuo's current army is mainly concentrated in the Luoyang Basin, and it is really difficult to defend only by the county soldiers in the west.

Although the internal pressure of the Yellow Turban Army is also very huge now, and the soldiers will be exhausted, but the Guanzhong area is rich, if Xu An is short of food and money, it is not allowed to set his sights on the wealthy hinterland of Guanzhong.

And there is one more terrifying thing.

Luoyang is located in the center of the basin, surrounded by mountains, with mountains and rivers as barriers, located among the eight passes, seemingly unbreakable.

But this is under the premise of occupying Guanzhong, or sitting on the premise of occupying Guandong.

But Kanto is now in the hands of the princes of Kanto, and a new emperor has been introduced to confront each other.

To protect Luoyang, we must protect Guanzhong, otherwise Luoyang alone will not be able to maintain it.

If Xu An gathers an army, he will go south from Hedong County and take Hongnong County directly.

As long as Xu An occupies the main points of Hongnong County, he will really trap Dong Zhuo to death in Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo's eyes were slightly cold, he looked at Li Ru, Li Ru's expression was also very bad at this time, both of them thought of the same point.

Li Rujin said: "Money and food are supplemented by appeasement. A little money and food can only be used as a tactic to delay the troops. It may be able to stabilize Xu'an for several months, but I don't think it will be too long. If the Yellow Turban Army sees that our army is still in Luoyang, I am afraid they will really go south. intention."

Li Ru pointed to the side and said in a deep voice.

"Xiangguo should remember the resurgence of the Yellow Turban. Xu An planned a nine-way attack, one of which was Han Sui..."

Li Ru didn't finish speaking, but Dong Zhuo felt a little chill in his heart.

Han Sui and the Yellow Turban Army seem to have reached an alliance. Before Xu An's battle against the Huns, there seemed to be shadows of the Liangzhou rebels in it.

After a few months of autumn harvest, the Yellow Turban Army, who had rested and harvested money and food, might not be so peaceful.

Xuan Tingwei inherited most of the inheritance of the Embroidered Cloth Messenger, and a lot of information that the Embroidered Cloth Messenger inquired was not destroyed, but kept.

Among them are records about the territory under the jurisdiction of the Yellow Turban Army.

The Yellow Turban Army practiced the system of garrisoning land, and there were two modes of military garrison and civilian garrison. Even the original Southern Xiongnu and Shanggu Wuhuan tribe joined the sequence of garrisoning land.

Although the harvest of the newly reclaimed land is not good, it can be seen that after the autumn harvest, although the Yellow Turban Army will not be too full of food and grass, it will definitely not be too short.

With an army of 4 to [-] troops, it should be able to last for several months.

And at the time of the autumn harvest, if the Xiliang army was still concentrated in Luoyang, Xu An's [-] to [-] soldiers could become the last straw that overwhelmed the Xiliang army.

Xu An made good use of cavalry tactics, moving like thunder, waiting for an opportunity to move.

Even if the defensive force is arranged in Hongnong County, it may not be completely safe. Once Xu An quickly occupies Hongnong County, the Xiliang Army will be completely trapped in Luoyang.

Although the Liangzhou rebels are currently fighting internally, if external forces intervene, Xu An will choose to join forces with the Liangzhou rebels.

It is profitable. According to Dong Zhuo's understanding of Han Sui, the Liangzhou rebels who are fighting among themselves will probably join Xu An and join forces to seize the hinterland of Guanzhong.

Jing Zhaoyin, Zuo Fengyi, and You Fufeng don't have many soldiers left behind. Most of the elite soldiers under Huangfusong's command were sent back by Dong Zhuo to guard against the Kwantung Allied Forces.

In Youfufeng, there are only more than [-] people left to guard against the Liangzhou rebels.

Jing Zhaoyin only has an army of nearly [-] people, and he can defend the city, but he doesn't even think about being aggressive.

This is also the reason why Gai Xun wanted to resist Dong Zhuo at the beginning, but he had to contact Huangfusong first, because he was really powerless.

With less than [-] soldiers from the prefecture and state, how could they defeat Dong Zhuo's wolves and tigers from Xiliang?

The three counties of Jing Zhaoyin, Zuo Fengyi and You Fufeng have no more than [-] soldiers.

I'm afraid it's really hard to resist, and this kind of situation must not happen.

To maintain more than [-] soldiers, Dong Zhuo must have a sufficiently stable rear to provide him with food and grass.

During this period of time, Dong Zhuo ransacked his family and exterminated his family, and even stole the imperial tomb, just to raise military funds and accumulate food and grass.

Dong Zhuo is not Xu An. The Xiliang Army, Bingzhou Army, and the original Sanhe Five Schools, and the Forbidden Army in Eight Gardens under his command are not Yellow Turban Army either.

Among the Yellow Turban Army are refugees who fled due to disasters, people who were forced to pay taxes and had nowhere to go, deserters who could not endure years of fighting, tenant farmers who lost their land and were oppressed, and family members of soldiers whose families were ruined because of the conquest of Xianbei Qiang people...

But no matter what it is, they have one thing that the Xiliang Army and the Bingzhou Army will never be able to do.

The Yellow Turban Army does not need military expenses. Those traffickers and soldiers, those farmers and soldiers, all they need is a full meal.

Even the school lieutenant general is the same, there is no salary to speak of.

It's just that the board and lodging given is slightly better, but many officers from Taipingdao even actively chose to give up a slightly better life and eat and live with ordinary soldiers.

As generals and officers, they took more risks and responsibilities, but they voluntarily gave up the preferential treatment.

The generals and schools of the Yellow Turban Army have strict regulations. The generals and schools of the Yellow Turban Army are never allowed to hide in safer military formations on the battlefield.

Husband battle, courage also!

As the chief general of an army, one side is guarding, so naturally he cannot attack easily.

However, the vast number of middle and lower-level officers have to lead their personal guards to take on the most difficult task during combat.

When retreating, as the palace army, keep the army formation intact, and when attacking, it is necessary for the middle and lower rank officers to lead the personal guards to charge the formation in person to open up the situation for the army.

The casualty rate of the middle and lower officers of the Yellow Turban Army has always been high because of this. Their equipment is indeed better than that of ordinary soldiers, but they also take greater risks.

The Yellow Turban Army has certain things that no other army can emulate, and it is these things, these particularities that make the Yellow Turban Army.

Among the Yellow Turban Army, the casualty rate of Fu Zhu is higher than that of the middle and lower rank officers. The Fu Zhu of the Yellow Turban Army are all devout Taiping Taoists.

They often choose to stand before the crowd and die generously in times of crisis, in order to boost their morale.

During the battle, the middle and lower ranks of the Yellow Turban Army took the lead in charging. Although ordinary soldiers were encouraged, it was quite limited.

But once the Fu Zhu of the Yellow Turban Army walked out of the army formation and took the lead in charging, it would often arouse the enthusiasm of the surrounding soldiers.

This is the power of faith.

It was precisely because of their faith that a large number of Yellow Turban soldiers picked up their weapons, raised their spears and halberds to follow Xu An's command and Huang Tian's banner.

They believed that as long as they followed Xu An, the world of Huang Tian would surely come.

After Xu An's revision, the Taiping Road is slowly expanding its influence, and Fu Zhu has spread to the team and taken root in the army.