The World of Yellow Sky

Usually, when Hanzhong is controlled by the southern regime, the two sides often use the Qinling Mountains as a boundary for offensive and defensive natural danger; when Hanzhong is controlled by the northern regime, the south can only rely on Daba Mountain for defense.

Needless to say, the strategic value of Hanzhong to Yizhou.

Hanzhong is the gateway to Yizhou. As long as Hanzhong is occupied, Liangzhou can be harassed to the west, Chang'an can be attacked to the north, and Xiangfan can be attacked to the east.

Hanzhong has a humid climate and rich products, which can provide sufficient manpower and logistics resources for the war.

There are two crops of rice and wheat in the territory, there are many rivers and lakes, and the water source is sufficient.

Han Dynasty borders Nanjun in the east, Guanghan in the south, Longba and Yinping in the west, and Qinchuan in the north.

Jue soil is fertile and beautiful, and it comes from the tribute, which is slightly three Shu.

Even if there is a famine in Guanzhong, the land of Hanzhong can increase a lot of food for the army.

Occupying Hanzhong, Yizhou can expand outward.

Lost in Hanzhong, Yizhou can only sit and wait to die.

From the first year of Xingping (194) to the second year of Jian'an (197), there were four consecutive years of locust plagues.

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In the summer and June of 194, there was an earthquake.big locust. "When the locusts rise, the people are hungry" ("Three Kingdoms·Wu Di Ji"); .It is 50 hu for a grain of time, 20 for a hu of bean and wheat.

In April 195, there was another severe drought.Xia, "Taizu's army was full of hunger, and people ate each other ("Three Kingdoms·Wu Di Ji")"; "It was the time when locusts arose, the year was dry and there was no grain, and the harem ate jujube vegetables ("Later Han Ji")".

In 196, "it is time, dry locusts and valleys are expensive, and the people eat each other ("Book of the Later Han·Gongsun Zan Biography")".

In 197, summer and May, locusts.In autumn and September, the Han River overflows. "It's the hunger of the year, and the people in the Jianghuai area eat each other." ("The Book of the Later Han·Xiandi Ji") "In addition to the drought and the yearly famine, the scholars and the people froze and starved, and the people in the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River ate each other completely." ("The Book of the Later Han·Yuan Shu Biography")

Chapter 681 Three-way Attack on Shu

Xu An calmed down and walked towards the big tent again.

The yellow angel guarding outside the tent had already lifted the curtain before Xu An approached.

Nowadays, when the Yellow Turban Army is marching and fighting, they no longer carry seats, desks and other things, but uniformly use long-legged tables and chairs, and everyone no longer kneels on the seats, but sits on chairs .

Although kneeling is a tradition, it is actually inconvenient to march and fight.

In fact, the Yellow Turban Army replaced part of the low desks with long-legged tables when they were marching a long time ago.

The Kanyu map is placed on the long-legged tables and chairs. People only need to lower their heads a little and can see the details of the Kanyu map without bending. Extremely inconvenient.

Efficiency is the number one priority when marching and fighting, and it is quite inconvenient to move if you sit on your knees, which is why Xu An popularized new tables and chairs.

"salute!"

Xu An stepped into the account.

In the big tent, all the generals got off their chairs, stood up in unison, and saluted Xu An together.

Xu An didn't move forward in a hurry, he stood in the tent and returned a salute before striding into the tent.

This is a military meeting, and the first seat is hung with a huge map.

The Kanyu map depicts two areas in the south of Liangzhou and the north of Yizhou.

Jia Xu and Xu Huang followed Xu An into the tent and sat on the right and left seats respectively.

This time the person sitting on the left was no longer Lu Bu, but Xu Huang.

Xu Huang had already joined the Yellow Turban Army when Xu An was still in the Taihang Mountains, and has always been Xu An's number one general.

Both Gong Du and Liu Pi were far behind Xu Huang in terms of force and strategy.

Even in the current Yellow Turban Army, when it comes to generals who can stand on their own, there are actually only a handful of them.

Among the yellow turbans, there are handsome and talented people, in fact, only Xu Huang, Zhang Yan, and Guo Tai.

The rest, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Yu Du, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou, could lead an army alone, but they couldn't be the coaches of one side. They didn't have the experience and knowledge to see the overall situation.

However, Xu Huang, Zhang Yan, and Guo Tai are different.

Both Zhang Yan and Guo Tai had the experience of leading an army of tens of thousands to battle, as well as management experience.

This is also the reason why Zhang Yan and Guo Tai, no matter how their positions change, are either leading the army alone or serving as the soldiers of a military region.

Xu Huang was strict in running the army, ordered and prohibited, and had outstanding military exploits. He also had a very high prestige among the Yellow Turban Army.

After practicing in the lecture hall, Xu Huang's understanding of military affairs has been raised to a higher level.

This time Dong Zhuo's surprise attack on Hedong County, all his attacks were resolved one by one by Xu Huang, even annihilating a considerable part of the enemy army, and then as a vanguard, he crossed the river first and defeated Dong Zhuo's army's support group.

It can be said that in the Battle of Guanzhong, the Yellow Turban Army was able to win, and Xu Huang contributed a lot.

After the Battle of Guanzhong, Xu Huang was directly promoted to General Pingbei by Xu An.

In fact, Xu Huang's achievements have long been able to be promoted to a heavy general.

But because when Xu Huang made meritorious service before, the nine-rank grading system among the Yellow Turban Army had not yet been established.

However, Lu Bu was the first to be promoted to General Pingdong, but in fact Xu Huang's position as the number one general in the Yellow Turban Army has not wavered much.

Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Hearing the Tao, Enlightening the Tao, Obtaining the Tao, Fang Zhu, Great Doctor, Seventh Level of Taiping Tao,

Xu Huang's rank in the Taiping Dao is Fangzhu, second only to the great doctor.

In the past, Zhang Jiao set up 36 squares in the world, with 36 Qu Shuai.

Today's Master Fang in the Taiping Dao is also the former Commander Qu.

Zhang Jiao once called himself a great virtuous teacher, and Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were called great doctors.

Now in Taiping Dao, there is only one great doctor, and that person is Yan Zhong.

Apart from Xu Huang, there are only eight Fangzhu: Liu Pi, Gong Du, Zhang Yan, Guo Tai, He Man, Huang Long, Ji Ang, and Guan Hai.

And they are actually the veteran Qu Shuai from Zhang Jiao's era.

As for Bian Xi, Xu He and the Yellow Turban Army who called themselves Qu Shuai, they were not actually counted among the Fangzhu. between.

In nine years, the only newly promoted party master was Xu Huang.

Even Lu Bu, who has made great military exploits and was named General Pingxi, has only just reached the level of enlightenment.

It is easy to be promoted in the military position, but difficult to be promoted in the Taoist position.

It's hard to get promoted, which is one of the reasons why the Tiqi of the Eagle Wolf Guard is so respected.

Those who can be selected into the Eagle Wolf Guard, with the exception of no doubt, are now in the post of Wendao.

36 parties must be unified.

There can be countless generals in the Yellow Turban Army.

But there will only be 36 people in the Fangzhu of Taipingdao, and there will always be only 36 people.

"I believe you have all heard the news from Hanzhong."

Facing the crowd, Xu An didn't procrastinate, he directly picked up the command whip and placed it on the position of Hanzhong County.

"Zhang Lu has chosen to join, but this matter has not been publicized for the time being. Now Yizhou still thinks that Hanzhong is in Zhang Lu's hands."

"Since Hanzhong has surrendered, all combat strategies must be overthrown and revised."

Xu An lightly tapped the table in front of him with his command whip.

Soon the two Yinglang Wei Tiqi, who got the hint, immediately walked to Xu An's side with the same huge geomancy map. The markings on the geomancy map were completely different, and the new geomancy map was covered there. On the original map.

There were slight commotion and small discussions in the big tent.

The command whip in Xu An's hand moved down a little, and explained.

"From the north to Yizhou, there are many difficult and dangerous roads, and there are countless pass points."

"Our army is strong and strong, but the roads are narrow and difficult to deploy. Therefore, I think that this attack on Yizhou can be divided into three groups, and the three groups will advance together, and the three groups will attack at the same time."

"The First Route Army is the East Route Army."

The command whip in Xu An's hand moved a little to the right and placed it on Yangping Pass.

"The Eastern Route Army marched all the way south from Yangping Pass, took the Jinniu Road, passed Baishui, and marched into Zitong."

Xu An paused and looked at the audience.

The Battle of Yizhou had a profound impact on the future, and now the important generals and schools of the Yellow Turban Army are basically in this army account.

Apart from Xu Huang, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, He Man, Zhang Yan, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, Gao Shun and other generals were also among them.

The young generals Ma Chao and Pound also set off with Xu An.

The lineup of generals and schools dispatched by the Yellow Turban Army this time is several times more luxurious than that in the previous Luoyang battle.

"The Yizhou army doesn't know that Hanzhong has already belonged to our army, so they must have no defenses. Our army has the upper hand and can attack them unprepared."

"However, the terrain of Jinniu Road is dangerous, and it is difficult for our army to deploy catapults. If we want to conquer Baishui and capture Zitong, it will take a lot of time and sacrifice a lot of soldiers. Once the enemy's reinforcements arrive, our army will definitely fall into a hard fight .”

"The Eastern Route Army, with Zhang Yan as the main general and Zhang Liao, Zhou Cang, and Pei Yuanshao as the deputy, led 1 troops and commanded the Hanzhong Army at the same time."

During the Three Kingdoms period, Hande County was the territory of Shu Han. ,

Zhuge Liang said that in Hande County, there is a "[-]-mile road from the big sword to the small sword pass, and the mountains are absolutely dangerous", so he "dug out the stone to make the Feiliang Pavilion road, so as to pass through the journey".

Also at the place where the two cliffs stand on the cliff of Dajian Mountain, leaning on the cliff to build stones as the gate, set up a pavilion guard, set up guards, and become a military pass, which is called "Jiange".

In the original time and space, Jiang Wei used tens of thousands of troops in Jiange to resist Zhonghui's 20 troops.

In the west of Jiange there are Xiaojian Mountain and Dajian Mountain connected to each other. The terrain is steep, the road is small and the valley is deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Jiang Wei took advantage of this terrain that is conducive to defense and set up a camp here to defend the danger.

In front of Zhonghui, there is Jiange Xiongguan, which is difficult to advance. After the gold pass, Lecheng pass and Seoul pass, it goes eastward to the Hanshui River, with thorns on its back.

Unable to tackle key problems, there are no scattered valleys in the wild, and thousands of miles of county food, naturally tired.

There is a poem that says: Jiange is towering and Cui Wei, one man guards the gate, and ten thousand men cannot open it.

But today's Liu Bei has not entered Shu, and the Jiange has not yet been established. Although the road to enter Shu is difficult now, it is far from the level of later generations.

However, despite this, Liu Yan now has a large number of soldiers, and the powerful families in Yizhou have been dormant after repeated failures in resistance. Once the Yellow Turban Army launches an attack, Liu Yan can quickly mobilize a large number of soldiers to go north to rely on favorable conditions. Use the terrain to resist the attack of the Yellow Turban Army and consume the vitality of the Yellow Turban Army.

What Xu An wanted to attack Yizhou was to capture the land of Bashu, a large amount of land in the land of Bashu, and the people, thinking of the rear.

In the past, the seven heroes of the Warring States Period fought for hegemony.

According to the solidity of Weihan, Qin State owns the land of Yongzhou.

Take Hanzhong in the south, lift Ba and Shu in the west, cut the fertile land in the east, and harvest the key counties in the north.

Afterwards, the first emperor of Qin fought the survivors of the sixth life, vigorously pursued strategies and impoverished the inner world, devoured the princes for two weeks, acted as the supreme and controlled Liuhe, beat and flogged the world, and vibrated the world.

There is an example of strengthening Qin, although the situation in the world has changed a lot now, Guanzhong is no longer as rich as it was when Qin State still existed in the past.

After Wang Mang usurped the Han, Guanzhong after the chaos of war is no longer the grand occasion of the past.

But it's still a good idea.

Now that there are many people in Taiping Road, the population is thriving, food and grass are abundant, and it is not a luxury to hope to revitalize Guanzhong.

Occupying Yizhou will allow Taipingdao to gain a large population and a stable rear.

The land of Yizhou is vulnerable and difficult to attack. If Jingzhou wants to attack Yizhou, it will undoubtedly be as difficult as heaven.

In the past, Liu Bei entered Shu because he was invited by Liu Zhang.

Even with the plans of Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang and others, and the help of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other battle-tested generals, Liu Bei took a lot of time to capture Yizhou.

Yizhou only needs to defend, and it can continuously import food and soldiers to Hanzhong. Although the transshipment consumes a lot, it is not a serious matter.

Once Yizhou is occupied, Taipingdao will truly become a potential dragon entering the abyss.

At that time, Xu An can attack Nanting from Hangu Pass, Hanzhong, and Yizhou at the same time, attacking Nanting from multiple lines, disrupting the deployment of Nanting, and making Nanting exhausted on the long border.

It occupies Hanzhong, Guanzhong and Yizhou.

In Taipingdao's eyes, Jingzhou is actually like a piece of fat on the cutting board.

Xiangyang is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Controlling Xiangyang is equivalent to controlling the entire Jingzhou.

Historically, Guan Yu's Northern Expedition flooded the seven armies and shocked China, but in the end he was defeated under Xiangyang, besieged by the two sides, and betrayed by Sun Wu.

In fact, if Guan Yu could conquer Xiangyang at that time, many problems would be solved.

Unfortunately, history has no ifs.