The World of Yellow Sky

The current Yizhou Yellow Turban Army not only has war drums, but also can understand the military orders conveyed by the sound of drums and horns, and can even understand the flags and fight according to the flags.

At first, Pang Xi thought that the Yellow Turban Army in Yizhou was still as weak as before. With such a mentality, he lost troops and generals in the first confrontation, and was defeated for a while, leaving hundreds of corpses outside Guanghan City.

If it was the former Yizhou Yellow Turban Army, then Pang Xi could withdraw the army completely.

But now the Yizhou Yellow Turban Army has undergone great changes in both style and appearance. After being defeated by the Yizhou Yellow Turban Army for a while, the morale of the Dongzhou soldiers was quite low.

In this case, retreating, once the Yizhou Yellow Turban army pursues from behind, there may be a risk of defeat.

Once defeated, it means that the eastern part of Guanghan County will be completely out of Liu Yan's control, and the front of the Yizhou Yellow Turban Army will be able to point directly at Mianzhu.

But if they don't retreat now, once Qianwei County is fully controlled by the Yizhou rebels, and the Yizhou rebels go directly north from Niudang, they can cut off the retreat path of the Dongzhou soldiers led by Pang Xi.

In just ten months, Berkshire is now completely out of control, Qianwei County is almost out of control, and the barrier in the south of Guanghan County has disappeared.

Liu Yan stood in the courtyard with his hands behind his back and a gloomy expression.

"There are more than [-] Yizhou rebels outside Wuyang City, who have blocked the north-south passage, and the southern part of Qianwei County has lost contact with us."

Wu Yi looked a little embarrassed. The situation in Yizhou is extremely bad now, and internal and external troubles all broke out at once.

In fact, not only the situation in Qianwei County and Ba County is not good, but also some tyrants in Shu County and Guanghan County.

Wu Yi has no doubt that once the Yizhou rebels gain the upper hand, even the local powerful families in the two counties will respond to the Yizhou rebels.

Liu Yan's killing of more than a dozen local powerful families in Yizhou had already aroused public outrage.

Wu Yi originally thought that after the rebellion of Ren Qi and Jia Long was quelled, the powerful families in Yizhou would stop for a while.

But things backfired, and now the Yizhou powerful family has joined forces with the Yizhou Yellow Turban Army.

"There are only some stable soldiers left in the northern part of Shu County, and the rest of the battle-ready soldiers are moving closer to Chengdu."

"It is estimated that by March 29, all the reinforcements from Shu County should be able to arrive in Chengdu. Even if Wuyang City is destroyed by then, the southwest of Mianzhu will still be guaranteed."

Liu Yan tilted his head slightly, and looked sideways at Wu Yi.

"Approximately how many people are there under Ren Xian and the Yizhou Yellow Turban Army?"

Wu Yi recalled it for a while, and replied: "There are more than [-] soldiers under Ren Xian's command, which are considered to be capable of fighting. Among these people, some are private soldiers from powerful families in Yizhou, and the other part are from Berkshire. , Jian is the county soldier of the two counties."

"The rest of the auxiliary army has about 3 to [-] people, but these people's combat power is not high, and they are all temporarily recruited civilians and can be ignored."

"Ren Xian should have learned his lesson and will not bring these auxiliary troops this time."

Liu Yan nodded slightly. The reason why Ren Qi and Jia Long were defeated before was because the auxiliary army was defeated by the Dongzhou Army. Yizhou rebels led by Qi Qi.

"Some of the soldiers on the Mothie's side are in Guanghan City. It's hard to count, but there are about [-] soldiers outside the city, and the rough number should be around [-]."

"In the north of Berkshire, we are still trying to get in touch. If we can get in touch, we should be able to find a support army to go south and threaten Anhan City in Berkshire, attracting some attention."

Wu Yi looked a little hesitant.

"This time the moth thief's face has changed a lot, and I'm afraid it has something to do with the Taiping Road in the north."

Liu Yan narrowed his eyes slightly. He was a little unbelievable when he received the news from Pang Xi.

He even came up with the idea of ​​going to see these moth thieves himself, but now he needs to solve the problems caused by the local powerful families in Yizhou and stop the rebellion.

The news in Yizhou is blocked, and they don't know a lot of news from the outside world.

If Liu Yan knew everything that happened in Qingzhou, then he would know why the Yellow Turban Army in Yizhou had changed so much.

Facts have proved that using officers with a certain degree of military literacy to train soldiers who are not even familiar with battle formations or even participated in battles can quickly equip them with certain combat capabilities.

The Taipingdao Army Academy that Xu An had previously established in Jinyang had indeed trained quite a few outstanding generals and schools. These mid- and low-level officers had greatly improved the combat effectiveness and organization of the Yellow Turban Army.

After receiving special training, the eagle wolf Wei Tiqi can serve as a military instructor after receiving certain military training.

For those peasants who had no battle experience at all, and not long ago, they were facing the loess with their backs to the sky, plowing and logging with farm tools, they knew nothing about marching and fighting.

A battle between two armies, especially a battle between large armies, is completely different from fighting with weapons in the countryside.

Although the fighting in the countryside is fierce, it is still a small-scale fighting, and a large army must be organized.

In a dignified formation, thousands of people lined up, the brave must not be the first, and the cowardly must not be the last.

Cong guns poked, Cong guns stabbed, slashed with random knives, and killed him indiscriminately.

Just rushing in together, it's hard to change hands, how can you move left and right.

When one person turns back, the public is suspicious, and when one person moves, the public will also seize their hearts, so there is no room for advancing or retreating.

In the battle with cold weapons, once the number of people exceeds a hundred or even dozens of people, as long as an army formation is formed, even a simple army formation can exert great combat effectiveness.

The Yizhou Yellow Turban Army had a huge momentum before, but the more than [-] people under Ma Xiang's command were easily defeated by the tens of thousands led by Jia Long.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, various battle examples were recorded and also proved the importance of military formation, organization, and military quality.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were many rebels and rogues, ranging from a few thousand to tens of thousands, but hundreds of thousands of people could be chased and fled all the way by thousands of people.

The battle formation is no better than fighting with weapons. The mandarin duck formation that Qi Jiguang rehearsed at the beginning killed a large number of Japanese pirates, but he himself suffered almost zero casualties.

"Don't worry about the Mothie, let Pang Xi turn back as soon as he finds an opportunity, and return to Mianzhu. It doesn't matter if the eastern part of Guanghan County is given to the Mothie."

"The Mothie's side is not important. Although the Mothie is colluding with Ren Xian and the others, it is absolutely impossible for the two families to be of one mind. If Ren Xian attacks Mianzhu, he will never ask the Mothie for help. If the Mothie is on the side, Ren Xian We still need to leave some soldiers to guard against moth thieves."

"When necessary..."

Liu Yan's eyes flashed sharply.

"Tell Pang Xi that you can let the soldiers of Guanghan County be the army..."

Wu Yi's heart trembled. What Liu Yan said was very explicit. He understood what Liu Yan meant.

"promise."

Wu Yi bowed his head and agreed.

Since Liu Yan entered Yizhou, Liu Yan's actions have undergone great changes.

Wu Yi was from Chenliu County, Yanzhou, and his uncle Wu Kuang was a subordinate of General He Jin of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

He Jin was killed, and the Wu family was also implicated.

At that time, Liu Yan moved to be the shepherd of Yizhou. Because his father had a good relationship with Liu Yan, Wu Yi brought his whole family to Shu with Liu Yan.

Wu Yi was not ignorant of Liu Yan's desire to establish himself as emperor.

Chapter 685 The Final Battle in Chengdu

In the fourth year of Chuping, May [-]nd

In Shu County and Guangdu, there was joy inside and outside the city.

Both sides of the street are full of people carrying food and water and wine.

There is an old saying: "Eat pots of pulp in a pot to welcome the king's teacher."

Only this time, the army they welcome is not strictly speaking a king's division.

Those people who donated food, water and wine were not ordinary people, they were all local powerful families in Yizhou.

When the soldiers of the Yizhou Army, dressed in solid armor and holding spears, entered the city of Guangdu, the noise in the city reached its maximum at this time.

At the city gate, hundreds of unkempt and blood-stained soldiers were tied up and knelt on the ground.

The people around were all sullen, staring at the soldiers with malicious intent.

These bound soldiers are Dongzhou soldiers under Liu Yan's command!

Holding a whip in his hand, wearing a Chinese armor and an iron crown on his head, Ren Xian sat on the saddle with his back straight, condescendingly looking down at the dead Dongzhou soldiers with expressionless eyes.

"Kill them on the spot, leaving no one behind."

Ren Xian's eyes only stayed on those Dongzhou soldiers for a moment, and then he took them back again.

"Hang the heads of these guinea pigs on the gate of Guangdu City."

Ren Xian had no expression on his face, but his tone was serious.

The Central Plains was in turmoil, and people from Nanyang and Sanfu areas fled to Yizhou. It would be fine if they obeyed the law.

But those people saw that Liu Yan's tenure as Yizhou Shepherd was not stable, so they approached Liu Yan.

Those Dongzhou people worked hand in hand with Liu Yan, and as Liu Yan's minions, they ran rampant and broke the law.

Dongzhou's military discipline is corrupt, breaking into private houses and looting property is just commonplace.

Because the powerful family in Yizhou was suppressed, Ren Qi and Jia Long led the army to attack Liu Yan. After being defeated by the Dongzhou soldiers, the Dongzhou soldiers became even more aggressive.

They didn't reflect on their behavior because they were resisted, and they became restrained.

They saw the resistance, so they sharpened the butcher knife in their hands, and made the armor on their bodies stronger. Wherever there was a voice of resistance, they could no longer speak.

Later, they even dared to loot settlements and caravans, but Liu Yan had a tacit attitude towards the actions of Dongzhou soldiers.

Even the matter of intercepting and killing the caravan may have been secretly instructed by Liu Yan, otherwise why would those Dongzhou soldiers dare to act so boldly and ignore the king's law.

The king's flag changes at the head of the city.

The banner flying above Guangdu City is still a fiery red banner, but the characters on the banner have already changed.

Ren Xian is not a fool, he captured Jiangzhou, and immediately sent envoys to Chendu to meet the emperor.

First, he wrote to Liu Yan that the emperor could only use the riding vehicle, and Liu Yan recruited Dongzhou soldiers as a private army, and sent Zhang Lu northward to attack Hanzhong County, deliberately cut off traffic, and no longer communicated with the outside world, intending to proclaim himself emperor in Yizhou .

It is also said that when Liu Yan was in charge of Yizhou, he plundered and plundered and slaughtered wantonly, so that people's resentment boiled.

They wanted to join the imperial court, but they were stopped by Liu Yan.

Liu Yan took control of Yizhou and didn't want to return to the imperial court. Instead, he wanted to occupy the land of Bashu and establish himself as king and proclaim himself emperor.

He also pointed out that the purpose of his letter to change the history of the governor and set up the prefectural pastor was to seek self-reliance in remote counties such as Yizhou and Jiaozhou.

In order to convince the court of Chen Du, Ren Xian also fabricated and included some rumors in it.

For example, Liu Yan, who originally wanted to lead Jiaozhou to avoid disaster, asked the imperial court to be the shepherd of Yizhou because Dong Fu said that Yizhou had the spirit of the emperor.So Liu Yan was appointed as the envoy of the supervising army and the shepherd of Yizhou, and he was granted the title of Marquis of Yangcheng, and ordered him to go to Yizhou to arrest Xi Jian and rectify the administration of officials.

Someone who is good at face said that Wu Yi's younger sister, Wu Shi, will have a very noble position in the future, so Liu Yan followed his son Liu Mao who had entered Shu to marry Wu Shi.

It has to be said that Ren Xian's judgment was correct. The reason why Liu Yan proposed to relocate the prefecture and invite Yizhou pastor was indeed quite ambitious.

"kill!"

The sound of ruthless killing sounded from the city gate, and the sound of swords piercing into flesh became one piece in an instant.

Howling again and again, screaming everywhere.

Hundreds of human heads rolled to the ground, and hundreds of headless bodies fell to the ground. The scarlet blood flowed out and gathered into streams one after another, and finally gathered in the low-lying place to form a small blood-colored pool. .

If there really is Abi Hell in the world, then I am afraid that the current scene at the gate of Heguangdu City should be the same.

Those howls and screams did not fluctuate too much in Ren Xian's mood.

Those Dongzhou people who are helping tigers don't deserve the slightest sympathy.

Leading the guards to the street, Ren Xian's face changed into a new one. With a smile on his face, he held the rein in his hand and kept bowing in return.

For a time, the streets of Fangshi were filled with congratulatory and mighty voices.

Ren Xian led the army to parade in the city, and then left some people to guard Guangdu City, and then led the other soldiers to withdraw from Guangdu.

Breaking Guangdu was indeed a big victory. After Guangdu was broken, only Chengdu remained as the southern barrier of Mianzhu.

"Chengdu..."

Holding the whip in his hand, Ren Xian led the horse forward slowly.

Walking out of the north gate of Guangdu, the sound of gold and iron horses that had faded away for less than a moment returned to his ears again.

In the north of Guangdu City, there are many camps, and the scouts on horses are flying towards the north with the command flag.

Team after team of soldiers in red armor walked into the camp with spears on their shoulders.

"Chengdu military situation!"

Just when Ren Xian led the personal guard cavalry to enter the camp, a cavalry with feathers on his back galloped over.

The cavalryman who delivered the message reined in his horse, stopped in front of Ren Xian's left, calmed down a little, and immediately reported.

"Liu Yan personally led 2 Dongzhou soldiers and 8000 county soldiers to station in Chengdu, and set up camps outside the city to echo each other."

"Pang Xi led about [-] Dongzhou soldiers to retreat to Luoxian County, Guanghan County. The Yizhou Yellow Turban Army did not pursue them. Our army envoys could not contact the Yizhou Yellow Turban Army. They seem to have the idea of ​​​​developing towards the north and east of Berkshire."

"I know that these thieves will definitely not be available at critical times."