The World of Yellow Sky

Luoyang was dilapidated, except for a few people who fled into the mountains and forests, most of the people were forcibly moved to Chang'an by Dong Zhuo, and more than [-] miles around Luoyang were turned into ashes.

Although Luoyang was captured, it was not of much use. Originally, Sun Jian wanted to let Liu Xie relocate the capital to Luoyang after the capture of Luoyang.

But the current situation in Luoyang is extremely bad. The palace city is completely destroyed, and there are ruins everywhere. Even if someone is sent to clean it, it will take several months to complete the cleaning. It is impossible to live in it. The fire has burned all the houses and residences .

Today's Luoyang has become a ruin. Even if it is given another hundred years, it may be difficult to restore the prosperity of the past.

The century-old ancient capital is no longer the same.

The north wind howled, and it was snowing in Luoyang in the first month of the lunar year. Snowflakes fell from the sky one after another, and slowly covered the ground of Luoyang, which had been turned into ruins, with a thin layer of silver-white clothes.

Under the night, Luoyang City was pitch black, and the crows sounded from time to time, adding a touch of fear to the dark background.

In the camp of the Han army in the ruins of the Hall of Houde, the soldiers of the Han army wearing leather armor for vigil sat together in twos and threes, sitting around the fire.

The cold wind blew, and the flames in the brazier kept beating, flickering and flickering.

Cheng Pu scanned the situation in the camp with the ring-sword on his waist. He was on duty tonight. Although Luoyang City had been emptied, Dong Zhuo's army was now huddled west of Hangu Pass. The courage to fight again.

But even so, Cheng Pu still did not relax at all, and continued to patrol the camp with all his heart.

Cheng Pu walked slowly among the military tents with two personal guards. The camp was quite quiet, with occasional slight snoring sounds, other than that, there was only the sound of birdsong. It is the location of the palace city of the Han Empire.

"Who?"

When Cheng Pu walked to the camp wall, he suddenly saw a figure in the darkness. He immediately woke up, and almost at the same time he pulled out most of the ring-swords around his waist.

The man in the darkness was slightly taken aback when he heard Cheng Pu's shout, and seemed to turn his head away. Cheng Pu didn't hear any answer, and he couldn't help but feel nervous at the moment.

The black shadow approached slowly, and two-thirds of the ring-shou knife on Cheng Pu's waist had been pulled out.

But when the black figure appeared under the firelight, Cheng Pu's face changed slightly, he retracted the knife, bowed down, and saluted him respectfully.

"See Duke Ming."

That black shadow was none other than Sun Jian.

Sun Jian walked over slowly. He was wearing a battle robe and a red hood around his head, but he didn't wear a helmet.

"Dong Zhuo's army huddled in Hangu Pass, and you are the only one who patrols the camp every day until late at night."

Sun Jian shook his head slightly and laughed softly.

"If Sun Ben and Wu Jing are all hiding in the tent."

Cheng Pu bowed his head and said respectfully.

"When marching and fighting, you still have to be more cautious. Dong Zhuo's army is full of cavalry. If you rush to Luoyang from Hangu Pass, you can arrive in one day. You still have to be careful to prevent accidents."

"Minggong can't sleep?"

Looking at Sun Jian's expression, Cheng Pu knew that Sun Jian was thinking about something, and those things bothered him so that he could not fall asleep.

"Accompany me to the Taimiao."

Sun Jian patted Cheng Pu on the shoulder and walked towards the camp gate.

Cheng Pu didn't hesitate, he took the lantern from the hand beside him, and followed Sun Jian.

The camp gate opened slowly without making too much noise.

Sun Jian was in the front, Cheng Pu was behind with a lantern, and a group of about [-] armored soldiers held their ring swords and fell a little behind.

The stars and the moon were shining together, there was no cloud in the sky, and the moon was shining in the sky. The moonlight shone in front of Sun Jian, illuminating his way forward.

All the way to the outside of Houde Hall, Sun Jian stopped and sat on a ruin.

"I was here back then, waiting for the emperor to summon me..."

Sun Jian pointed to the ruined walls, recalling the scene of the past.

At the beginning, Zhu Jun walked in front with his hands behind his back, and he followed behind. The little old man was in the Hall of Houde, asking for credit for him.

Liu Hong's appreciation also echoed in Sun Jian's ears again.

"In the past, I heard your name mentioned many times by the palace people. When I saw you today, you are indeed very majestic. You are worthy of the name of Jiangdong tiger."

It's a pity that Kuicheng was defeated and failed. They miscalculated the strength of the Yellow Turban Army and Xu An's danger.

This was the first time Sun Jian suffered a major defeat, and it was also the worst defeat.

But it was the defeat in Kuicheng that allowed Sun Jian to grow. After the first battle in Kuicheng, Sun Jian became more and more calm, and he was no longer the reckless and impulsive Sun Wentai he used to be.

After Xincheng was defeated in the first battle, he was able to quickly adjust, and it was precisely because of the experience in the first battle of Kuicheng.

Sun Jian looked up at the bright moon hanging high in the night sky, and sighed: "Thieves and ministers have disrupted the country, the people have been ruined, and the capital has been emptied. It is a pity that they are still unable to clean up the world!"

After Kuicheng's defeat, Liu Hong didn't pursue his fault, and he didn't even pursue Zhu Jun's fault.

When Zhu Jun was buried, Liu Hong even sent Jian Shuo to present funeral supplies.

Later, Changsha County rebelled, and Liu Hong continued to appoint him to quell the rebellion.

"The sky and the earth are turning upside down, and the fire is burning; the building is about to fall, and it's hard to support a tree..."

"Could it be true that the ballads from Taiping Dao are going to come true..."

A sense of powerlessness welled up from Sun Jian's heart, and then spread throughout his body.

Cheng Pu's eyes changed slightly, and he shuddered involuntarily.

Sun Jian didn't look at Cheng Pu, but still looked at the stars and moon in the night sky.

"Jizhou Mu Hanfu wants to resign his official position and give way to Yuan Shao."

Cheng Pu suddenly turned his head to look at Sun Jian, with horror in his eyes.

"The embroidered clothes envoy sent a secret letter some time ago, Qu Yi's rebellion was actually planned by Yuan Shao secretly, in order to find an excuse to take control of Jizhou."

"It's Qu Yi alone, even if Han Fu can't resist, but defending the city shouldn't be a problem, right? Qu Yi's private soldiers are brave, but they don't have the strength to fight for a long time. Han Fu won't be at the point of resigning his official position, right?"

Cheng Pu frowned and said doubtfully.

Qu Yi had only a few thousand troops under his command, while Han Fu was sitting in the entire Jizhou. Even if the strength of the Jizhou army was greatly damaged because of Xu An's attack on Jizhou, there were still [-] to [-] troops, including the remaining Xiyuan Forbidden Army. .

If you can't fight in the field, you won't be able to defend the city. As long as you persist for a few months, Qu Yi can be defeated if he has no power to continue. How could Han Fu directly think of letting Jizhou belong to Yuan Shao?

"It's true that only Qu Yi's words, Han Fu would not be like this."

Sun Jian's face was serious, and he said in a deep voice.

"The key is that there is still Gongsun Zan."

"Yuan Shao secretly conspired with Gongsun Zan. When Han Fu and Qu Yi were fighting, Gongsun Zan went south and invaded Bohai County, and then marched all the way west. Han Fu was defeated and retreated again. The two sides were sandwiched. The continuous defeat made Han Fu already It's out of order."

Sun Jian sighed.

Yuan Shao sent his nephew Gao Gan and Yingchuan famous scholar Xun Chen to persuade Han Fu.

Successive defeats made Han Fu lose his ability to judge. Han Fu felt that he was not as good as Gongsun Zan and less famous than Yuan Shao, so he listened to the advice of senior officials and Xun Chen, regardless of the objections of his subordinates, and wrote to Liu Xie to hand over Jizhou Mu. With Yuan Shao.

Now the court of Chendu has developed for a period of time, and there are many officials, but most of these officials are from Yingchuan County.

The four generations and three princes of the Yuan family are deeply rooted and far-reaching. Yuan Shao is now a chariot general, and all members of the Yuan family in Luoyang were killed by Dong Zhuo for begging for Dong.

Han Fu's letter was sent to Liu Xie, but Liu Xie had no good solution at all. Under pressure, he could only agree to Yuan Shao's succession of Jizhou Mu.

The situation in the north was beyond the control of the Chendu court, and Gongsun Zan's excuse to attack Han Fu was also reasonable. He said that he wanted to lead troops to attack Dong Zhuo, but was blocked by Han Fu, so he attacked Han Fu.

Yuan Shao took over as Jizhou Mu in such a grandiose manner.

Jizhou is now one of the top three most prosperous prefectures in the Han Empire. Although the four prefectures of Qing, Xu, Yu, and Yan also belong to the Central Plains, they have just experienced the revival of the Yellow Turban, which can be described as a serious injury.

Although the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in the four prefectures went northward and successfully reunited with Xu An, there are still many Yellow Turban Army in the four prefectures of Qing, Xu, Henan, and Yan, harassing the cities.

Among them, the largest Yellow Turban Army is now entrenched at the junction of Yanzhou and Xuzhou. It claims to have more than [-] soldiers, and its momentum is extremely large.

This yellow scarf army first set out to Xuzhou, and the Xuzhou army retreated steadily at first, but then Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, appointed Zang Ba, a native of Taishan who had fled to the East China Sea, and his fellow countryman Sun Guan as generals.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan wantonly recruited generals, and then led the Xuzhou Army to defeat the Yellow Turban Army advancing eastward in Linqi, Langya County.

The remaining Yellow Turban Army was also forced to escape from Xuzhou and marched towards Yanzhou.

After the Yellow Turban broke away, Tao Qian worshiped Zang Ba and Sun Guan as riding captains, ordered them to station Langya County in Kaiyang, and stationed in the north of Xuzhou, so Xuzhou was pacified.

However, although Xuzhou obeyed Liu Xie as emperor in name, Tao Qian seemed to have ulterior motives. He firmly controlled Xuzhou, and outsiders still could not intervene in Xuzhou's internal affairs.

The original [-]th road begged Dong Jun, but now there are only [-]th roads left, and the [-]th road has been gone.

Kong Ni, the governor of Yuzhou, died of illness. Li Min, the prefect of Yingchuan County, and Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun County, were killed by swordsmen. Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou, gave way to Yuan Shao.

The situation is very uncertain now.

Jizhou was occupied by Yuan Shao. Although Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, was a relative of the Han family, he only sent envoys to meet with the public when Liu Xiegang entered Chen County. Afterwards, there was no movement, but it seemed that he had no relationship with Yuan Shao. Fei.

Wang Kuang, governor of Hanoi, Zhang Miao, governor of Chenliu, Zhang Chao, governor of Guangling, Yuan Yi, governor of Shanyang, and Kong Rong, governor of Beihai, all seemed to follow Yuan Shao's lead.

After General Fenwu Cao Cao recruited soldiers in Yangzhou, he would go to other places to recruit soldiers with other generals. Now more than [-] people have gathered. Liu Xie followed Liu Chong's suggestion and made Cao Cao the prefect of Jiyin County. Xiang Baoxin is next to each other.

However, although Cao Cao was in Yanzhou, he sent envoys to the court of Chendu many times.

In the past, Cao Cao raised an army in Chenliu, but Cao Song did not accompany him, and took many people from his tribe to Langye County in Xuzhou to avoid disaster.

After Sun Jian defeated Dong Zhuo and marched into Luoyang, he took his clan southward and traveled all the way to Chendu.

Therefore, many members of the Cao clan are now officials in the court of Chendu, and even Cao Song was re-worshiped as Jiuqing.

Cao Cao and Bao Xin were respectful and did not turn to Yuan Shao.

Today's thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty are controlled by thirteen prefects or governors.

They are:

Dong Zhuo of Sili, Han Sui of Liangzhou, Xu An of Bingzhou,

Sun Jian from Yuzhou, Liu Biao from Jingzhou, Tao Qian from Xuzhou,

Yuan Shao of Jizhou, Liu Yu of Youzhou, Jiaohe of Qingzhou,

Liu Dai from Yanzhou, Liu Yan from Yizhou, Shixie from Jiaozhou, and Chen Wen from Yangzhou.

Among them, Dong Zhuo occupies most of the Sili school's lieutenant department, the land of Guanzhong, holding all the officials of the court and the emperor Liu Bian hostage.

Xu An occupied Bingzhou, proclaimed himself General Zuo, led Bingzhou Shepherd, Dingding Bingzhou, coerced Xiongnu and Wuhuan, now entrenched in the north, and did not participate in the chaos of the Central Plains. Then there was not much movement, and he closed the door and developed with all his heart.

The three prefectures of Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Hanoi County are actually in a state of listening to the tune and not listening to the announcement, and are controlled by Yuan Shao.

As for the court of Chendu, there are five prefectures of Yuzhou, Jingzhou, Xuzhou, Youzhou, and Yangzhou.

However, Liu Yan of Yizhou and Shixie of Jiaozhou were quite far away from the Central Plains. They did not choose to stand on either side, but chose to stick to it and sit and watch the situation.

On the surface, it seems that Liu Xie is the most powerful in the court of Chendu.

But in fact, the areas that the Chendu court can really control are actually only Yuzhou and Yangzhou.

To the north of Yangzhou is Yuzhou, while to the west is Jingzhou, and Sun Jian's hometown is Wujun, Yangzhou.

Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, sent envoys to report to the court of Chendu shortly after Sun Jian marched into Luoyang, and paid taxes on time.

Jingzhou, Xuzhou, and Youzhou are not the case.

Liu Biao is still dealing with the chaos in Jingzhou, while Tao Qian is in a semi-independent state.

Youzhou is separated by Jizhou and is independent in the north. Liu Yu seems to be unable to subdue Gongsun Zan. There are many conflicts between the two, even if it develops into a sword-to-army confrontation, it is not unexpected.

Sun Jian took a deep breath and stood up.

All the heavy burdens were on his shoulders, and Yingchuan County and Runan County in Yuzhou had not been controlled by him yet.

Dong Zhuo tore down the last fig leaf of the Han Dynasty. The princes from all walks of life had different ideas, and the aristocratic families in Yingchuan County bet in many ways, and there was no way to stop them.

And Runan County is the territory of the Yuan family. The four generations and three princes of the Yuan family have disciples and former officials all over the world. Yuan Shao is not showing shame at the moment, and it is not easy for Sun Jian to do it directly.

The forces of the Yuan family in Runan County are intertwined and deeply rooted.

Sun Jian was good at military strategy, but he didn't know anything about these internal affairs. Fortunately, Chen Guoguo's chancellor, Luo Jun, had a lot of power and tactics, and Runan County was barely under the jurisdiction of Chen Du's court.

"Let's go back."

Sun Jian tightened his shirt. The north wind at night was getting colder and colder. They had been out for a while.

Cheng Pu also stood up according to his words, and at this moment, Cheng Pu narrowed his eyes slightly, let out a little surprise, and showed a look of surprise on his face.

Chapter 535 Sun Jian

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