The World of Yellow Sky

On August [-]st, the Taifu Ma Rizun and Lu Shangshu, appointed by the Chang'an court, arrived in Jizhou on festivals.

The court of Chang'an recognized Yuan Shao's status as a general of chariots and cavalry, and promoted him to be Marquis of Ye and received a holiday. Jiao He, the governor of Qingzhou, was also appointed as Shepherd of Qingzhou and worshiped as Marquis of Yun[yùn]ting.

Yuan Shao, Mu Yuan Shao of Jizhou, Jiao He, governor of Qingzhou, followed Liu Bian as the emperor, and called the court of Chen Du a false court.

Yuan Shao's move immediately caused a shock in the world. Liu Xie escaped from Luoyang and proclaimed himself emperor in Chendu. Although this move was indeed somewhat inappropriate, Liu Xie had once been the emperor after all.

Dong Zhuo was unscrupulous at the time and controlled the government. Liu Xie was not at fault, but Dong Zhuo abolished the emperor without authorization.

Although Liu Xie ascended the throne under the support of a group of ministers, although it was against the rules, no one jumped out to publicly oppose it.

Most of the county guards and state shepherds are waiting and watching, and they all remain neutral, neither obeying Chen Du nor Chang'an.

Liu Yan of Yizhou and Shixie of Jiaozhou closed their doors to ignore right and wrong in the Central Plains, while Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Tao Qian of Xuzhou had an affair with Chen, but they did not want to offend Chang'an, so they have not sent troops to help until now. The domestic banditry is serious, and the state needs to be rectified first.

Only Chen Wen from Yangzhou is more respectful, but his respect is only because Sun Jian's hometown is in Wujun and has far-reaching influence, so he can't help being disrespectful.

But now Yuan Shao is blatantly blaming Liu Xie's succession name for being unfair, and even denouncing him as a false court and respecting Liu Bian as emperor.

On August [-], the day after Yuan Shao issued his call for action.

Dong Yue, the general of Zhonglang, led the troops to attack Taigu, Yique, and Shenyuan Pass suddenly. The two passes of Taigu and Yique were defeated by Dong Yue.

Hua Xiong led [-] troops in Goushi City, and Dong Yue led [-] troops in the south of Luoyang.

The court of Chen Du responded immediately, recruiting more than [-] soldiers from all over Yuzhou, rushed to Yangcheng, Yuzhou, and handed them all over to Sun Jian's nephew, Captain Sun Ben, to guard Yangcheng and Shenyuan Pass.

Yuan Shu was also ordered to lead more than [-] soldiers from Nanyang, and more than [-] newly established Northern Army soldiers led by Hou Lu Yu of the Northern Army to station in Yinliang County, Henan Province, to guard against Dong Zhuo's army who might go south from Taigu and Yique Pass.

"The chaos in this world is almost out of shape..."

Xu An put down the document in his hand, the general trend of the world has completely changed in the first year of Yonghan (189), the world has changed beyond recognition, and he has lost his greatest advantage - the prophet of the general trend of the world .

Today's world is divided into three major groups.

The two emperors of the East and the West stand side by side, and the two groups of the East and the West are now in a stage of confrontation.

East Emperor Liu Xie, West Emperor Liu Bian.

The court of Chendu now occupies Henan, Yang, and Yan states, as well as Nanyang County with a large number of people, and a small part of Henan Yin.

With Sun Jian, Chen Wang, Liu Chong, Yuan Shu and others as the leading players, the morale is booming because of the continuous victories.

Sun Jian's reputation today is even higher than that of Huangfusong, Zhu Jun, Lu Zhi and others in the past, and some people have even placed Sun Jian as the No. 1 general in the world.

In the battle of Taigu Pass, Dong Zhuo was defeated in the first battle, and became famous all over the world, shaking Kyushu.

In the first battle of Yanzhou, he drove straight in and captured Yanzhou in ten days. Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, surrendered with his hands bound, and the world looked at him.

Henan, Yang, and Yan have large populations, and Liu Yu of Youzhou has already supported Liu Xie, while Tao Qian of Xuzhou and Liu Biao of Jingzhou have not yet announced their lineup, but they are also biased towards Liu Xie.

There were nearly [-] million people under the rule of the Chen Du court, and Sun Jian, Liu Chong, Yuan Shu, Liu Yu, Gongsun Zan and others had tens of thousands of people, and countless elite soldiers and strong generals.

The Chen Du Imperial Court is now among the three major groups, and its comprehensive strength is undoubtedly ranked first.

The second place is the Chang'an court that respects Liu Bian as the emperor.

The Chang'an imperial court occupied Sili, Jizhou, and Qingzhou, with Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, and Jiaohe as the leaders.

Although the strength is slightly inferior to the Chendu court, there are tens of millions of people under the rule of Sili, Jizhou, and Qingzhou.

Although the Xiliang Army under Dong Zhuo's command has experienced several major defeats, there are still more than [-] soldiers. The soldiers of Xiliang, who fought all the way from the south to the north, were powerful in combat.

The Jizhou Army under Yuan Shao's command was formed from the Xiyuan Forbidden Army that was originally left in Jizhou by Lu Zhi, as well as the private soldiers under Qu Yi's command and the original elite soldiers of Jizhou. Waiting for a fierce general, proficient in battle formation.

Although they were defeated by the Yellow Turbans and Xu An in the Battle of Jizhou, the Jizhou soldiers grew up after going through the war.

Now they are no longer weak young soldiers who have never seen blood.

They announced to the world in the Battle of Jieqiao that the Jizhou soldiers were no longer what they used to be, showing their courage.

Although the soldiers in Qingzhou are slightly inferior, Mu Jiaohe in Qingzhou is a steady and steady man. All the local powerful families obey Jiao He, and now Jiao He firmly controls Qingzhou.

The third group is the Lianghe Group headed by Xu An.

Although Han Sui and Ma Teng attacked each other, Xu An, Han Sui and Ma Teng still belonged to the alliance in name.

The people under the Liang Bing Group were far less than the Chen Du court and the Chang'an court.

Xu An occupied the nine counties of Bingzhou, the two counties of Youzhou, the Hedong County of Sili, the northern area of ​​Changshan State in Jizhou, the western area, and the northern area of ​​Zhongshan State. The people of the four prefectures migrated thousands of miles after the surrender, and the people under the rule have already broken the 300 million mark.

Han Sui and Ma Teng occupied Liangzhou, and the people under their rule were only more than [-]. However, the Qiang tribe, Xiongnu tribe, and Xianbei tribe were scattered in many places, and the number was actually close to one million.

Of course, the household registrations of these statistics only count the population recorded in the registered households of prefectures and counties, such as slave households of tribal clans of aristocratic families, and a large number of hidden households, etc. are not included in the calculation. There is no way to calculate it.

Xu An stood in the hall, staring at the huge map in front of him.

This huge geomancy map clearly draws the thirteen states in the world, marking the locations of various forces.

The huge map that Xu An glanced at, the situation in the world is changing, and countless disputes are going on on this map.

Apart from the Chen Du court, the Chang'an court, and the Liang Bing Group, there is actually a fourth force in the world. This force is not condensed into a group like other forces. They are either conservative and neutral, or vacillating.

Liu Yan of Yizhou, Shixie of Jiaozhou, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, and Tao Qian of Xuzhou occupied the four prefectures respectively, standing still and watching from the sidelines.

With his hands behind his back, Xu An looked at the map in front of him, his thoughts diverged a little.

Huaxia occupies the wealthy land in the center, but it is still surrounded by powerful enemies on all sides.

There are Xianbei in the north, Nanman in the south, Baiguo in the west, and Baiyue in the east...

Xu An let out a breath of turbid air slowly, he withdrew his divergent thoughts, and cast his gaze in the direction of Liangzhou.

Liangzhou on the Kantu map is occupied by blue and purple, with jagged teeth.

Blue is in the northwest and purple is in the southeast. Blue represents Han Sui and purple represents Ma Teng.

Now Liangzhou is still in chaos, Han Sui and Ma Teng have already fought a real fire, and now a large number of soldiers have been mobilized, and the battle between the two sides has entered a fierce battle.

The time has entered August, and autumn is about to enter. Once the autumn harvest is over, it is time to send troops!

Not long ago, the Eagle Wolf Guard in Liangzhou also sent good news.

The commotion in the Central Plains was really big, and this time Xu An spent a lot of trouble entering the workshop in the Taihang Mountain area, which caused Han Sui and Ma Teng to misjudge.

They mistakenly believed that Xu An made such a big commotion in Taihang Workshop this time, and Xu An ordered people to capture Changshan Kingdom and Zhongshan Kingdom and other places in Jizhou to expand his power in order to prepare to attack Jizhou or Youzhou.

So when the battle began to intensify, Han Sui and Ma Teng also began to mobilize their reserve troops. Both of them mobilized a lot of troops in Beidi County to guard against the Yellow Turban Army to support the frontline war.

The timing is right now...

"The 'nails' buried in my Taiping Road in Liangzhou have been investigated clearly. The wolf guard's Tiqi and the six-door arrest have been arranged. As long as the lord gives an order, the Liangzhou dark guard will be eliminated immediately. .”

Liu Pi came from not far from Xu An's side.

"Planting flowers will not bloom, planting willows unintentionally will make a shade."

The corners of Xu An's mouth turned up slightly, looking at the map hanging in front of him, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Unexpectedly, I wanted to prevent the leakage of secrets, but I hit the right one, making Han Sui and Ma Teng take it lightly."

Han Sui and Ma Teng abolished the defenses of Beidi County, the nearest county to Bingzhou, which undoubtedly helped him a lot.

"How is the arrangement of the Eagle Guards in Liangzhou?"

Xu An walked two steps forward slowly, looking at the map of Liangzhou, he did not turn around, but faced the Kanyu map and asked Liu Pifa behind him.

"All arrangements have been made properly. The Wang family of the Northland and the Wudu Jia family are willing to cooperate with our army. The Wang family has already hoarded a large amount of food and grass, and most of their clan members serve as generals in counties and counties. They can directly As an insider, you should open the city gate for our army."

Liu Pi's voice hesitated.

"However, the Jia family in Wudu seems to be a little hesitant. Although Mr. Jia is a captain in our army, they don't trust our army's ability to gain a foothold in Liangzhou."

"Although the Wudu Jia clan promised to serve as our army's internal support, the prerequisite is that our army successfully enter Beidi County and occupy the northern part of Anding County, and show a strength that is worthy of their attention. Only then can they join us without any scruples. army camp."

"Promise them."

Xu An was not angry. It was a very common thing not to scatter eagles without seeing rabbits. What's more, Xu An wanted to occupy Liangzhou now. The matter has not reached the final step, and the ending is still between simulation and uncertainty.

In the past, Wang Mang assembled an army of more than [-] to besiege Kunyang. Everyone in the world believed that Kunyang was difficult to defend, and even the defenders in the city were desperate.

But Liu Xiu did not give up, and finally defeated Wang Mang's army with more than [-] soldiers, and the world was decided in one battle.

Sometimes the one who wins is often not the one with the advantage, Xu An understands this truth.

Today's Yellow Turban Army is not enough for the Wudu Jia family to unscrupulously put the accumulation of hundreds of years and the prosperity of the family on the Yellow Turban Army.

Because once it fails, Jia Shi cannot afford the price.

The Jia family lived in Liangzhou for generations, with deep roots, and has been running Liangzhou for hundreds of years. Although there are side branches in other places, they are far inferior to the main family in Liangzhou.

The choice this time was crucial to the Jia family, so even if Jia Xu had voted under Xu An's shadow, the Jia family did not choose to go all out to support Xu An.

Instead, he promised that if Xu An could quickly occupy Beidi County and gain the upper hand in the subsequent battle with Han Sui and Ma Teng, the Wudu Jia family would spare no effort to help.

Xu An turned around slowly, with his back to the huge map and everyone in the hall.

The hall is brightly lit, just like daytime.

Yan Zhong, Xu You, and Jia Xu sat on either side of Xu An.

Liu Pi, Gong Du, Lu Bu, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and other generals were all sitting in the hall.

Except for the generals and schools guarding the border counties in various places, all the officers of the first rank of lieutenants were sitting in the lobby. Everyone's eyes were surprisingly the same, and their eyes were all on Xu An.

In the Taihang workshop, they saw the new harnesses developed by Xu An, and they also tried them out by themselves, and understood the horror of those new harnesses.

They also understood one thing at that moment, Xu An had already set his sights on Liangzhou!

"Thirteen prefectures in the world, our army has already won one prefecture, and the world's thirteen tripods, and our army has already won one tripod!"

Xu An's face was solemn, and the gazes of everyone in the hall did not make him feel the slightest discomfort, he was used to staring at them.

"I once said that the state has been decided, but our footsteps will not stop..."

"Until the day when the world is liberated, we will never stop fighting, we will never give up resistance, we will never stop!"

"The end of the autumn harvest is the day to send troops to Liangzhou!"

Xu An's voice gradually became colder, and he made no effort to hide the dreadful killing intent on his body.

"We have been silent for too long. It has been so silent that the Han Dynasty has almost forgotten our existence. It has been so silent that the believers in Taiping Dao think that we have lost their enterprising spirit. It has been so silent that the people who are still suffering in the world are about to despair of us!"

From the beginning of the first year of Yonghan (189) when the Yellow Turbans of Sizhou entered Bingzhou, to August of the first year of Chuping (189), more than a year has passed.

For more than a year, the struggle between the eastern and western emperors of the Han Dynasty has attracted the attention of the world, and the existence of the Yellow Turban Army has become negligible.

"We can't go on in silence like this..."

Xu An's sharp gaze swept across the hall, and all the generals touched by Xu An's gaze seemed to have a flame ignited by Xu An.

"Take down Liangzhou! Let the world sing about my reputation of Taiping Dao again!!!"

Chapter 548 Allies?

In the first year of Chuping (190), August [-]th.

In the Liyang Yuan Army camp, red flags are flying everywhere.

There are a total of [-] soldiers of Yuan Shaojun stationed here, and it is the base camp of Yuan Shaojun's Liyang defense line.

The atmosphere in Yuan Jun's camp was more than a little bit more relaxed than usual, all because the situation on the battlefield had changed.

News has come that Dong Zhuo's army has captured the two passes in the south of Luoyang and re-occupied Luoyang.

At this point in the war, it was no longer Yuan Shao who was surrounded by two sides in Jizhou.

Gongsun Zan suffered a major defeat in the battle of Jieqiao, and had completely lost his opportunity to make progress. Even the Pingyuan County and Le'an Kingdom that he had captured might not be able to survive.

The rebellion of Zang Ba and Sun Guan in Xuzhou, as well as the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army of Sizhou who entered Taishan County, made Qingzhou Mujiaohe no worries.

Now Jiao He is preparing his troops, ordering his generals to lead the Qingzhou Army to advance northward, intending to recover Pingyuan and Le'an. Now one-third of Le'an has been captured by the Qingzhou Army.

Gongsun Zan already had no time to spare, so how could he cooperate with Sun Jian to attack Yuan Shao in Jizhou?

The trend of offense and defense has actually been reversed in just ten months. Now it is no longer Yuan Shao in Jizhou who is surrounded, but the court of Chendu who occupies the three states of Henan, Yan, and Yang!

In the north there is Yuan Shao staring at the tiger, in the west there is Dong Zhuo's army showing his fangs, in the east there is the Yellow Turban Army of Mount Tai, who is waiting for death, and in the south there are even a group of bandits such as Yan Baihu.

It would not even be an exaggeration to say that he was besieged on all sides, but compared to Xiang Yu who was desperate at the time, the current Chendu court is far from reaching the end of its rope.

It's just that the Northern Expedition is destined to be anticlimactic, and it will stop at Puyang City in Yanzhou.

Sun Jian must withdraw his troops and return to Chendu to guard against the attack of Dong Zhuo's army. At the same time, he must not relax Yanzhou's defense.

Although the Chen Du court has great potential for war, it is at the top of the list among the three major forces.