The World of Yellow Sky

From the north, it goes south from Hanzhong County via the plank road.

And there are only two roads from Hanzhong County to Shu, one is Jinniu Road, and the other is Mi Cang Road.

The Jinniu Road is more convenient. It can go directly to Mianzhu in the hinterland of Yizhou through Jianmen and Zitong. It is a must-win road to enter Shu.

From Micang Road South Xiazhong, you can go to Langzhong, threatening the communication line between central Sichuan and southeast.

There is Jianmen Mountain, also known as Dajian Mountain, 25 miles to the north of Jianmen, and Xiaojian Mountain is [-] miles to the east.

The two mountains are connected, the mountain is extremely dangerous, and Feige is the thoroughfare, which is called Jianmen.

The big and small sword mountains stretch for more than 200 miles, stretching like a city, and there are narrow roads below.

He originally thought that Xu An would pass through Tazhong, and then he would attack Yinping with the Central Route Army, and then set out from Yinping to the southeast to attack Baishui and Jianmen.

But after the military discussion was over, when Jia Xu and Xu An talked in detail, they learned that Xu An was above the military discussion, and actually had something to hide.

Xu An's so-called route to Yinping means to go directly to Jiangyou through the small road on the south side of Yinping, and then take the Zuodan road from Fucheng to attack Mianzhu.

After talking with Xu An, Jia Xu immediately went to the office of Yinglangwei to ask for information about Yinpingdao.

Jia Xu is the official of the Central Military Mansion, so he naturally has news about Yinping Road, but according to the information, Yinping Road is inaccessible, and it seems that there is no feasible way at all, let alone allowing the army to pass?

The so-called Yinping Road can indeed lead from Longshang to the hinterland of Bashu, but strictly speaking, this is not a road, but a small path that can theoretically reach Chengdu.

Even many local people in Bashu don't know anything about this so-called "Yinping Road", and only a few hunters know that there are some small Xings that can be used for pedestrians.

These small Xings may be fine for pedestrians, but it is not an exaggeration to say that it would be as difficult as climbing the sky if the army went there.

The march of a large army is not as good as traveling alone. A large number of soldiers need to pass through, and horses and luggage need to be transported. The requirements for roads are extremely high.

"Yinping Xiaoxing is very dangerous, the terrain is steep, there are countless beasts and birds, there are many miasmas, and there are many snakes and rats. It is only a rumor among mountain people and hunters that they can pass through this Xing. Pass Yinpingxing and arrive at Jiangyou."

"Duke Ming is also aware of this situation. Duke Ming recruited more than [-] craftsmen from the workshop to dig mountain passages and build bridges and pavilions."

Jia Xu quickened her pace and walked directly in front of Xu An, blocking Xu An's way.

Xu An has always been a follower of good people, good at accepting advice, and rarely acts arbitrarily.

But I don't know why, this time Xu An is determined to go his own way, no matter how much he advises, he is unwilling to change the battle plan.

"Ming Gong has a body of ten thousand gold, and as the master of the way of peace, he shoulders the lives of thousands of people and bears the rise and fall of the way of peace, how can he take risks with his body?"

Jia Xu frowned, he stood in front of Xu An, with a sullen expression on his face, and asked in a deep voice.

"Yinpingxing is full of dangers, but walking out of Yinpingxing is not a flat road."

"In the south of Yinping, there is a town named Jiangyou. It is naturally dangerous and surrounded by mountains. The Fu River flows, and the dangerous peaks stand straight into the sky. The river is turbulent and the turbid waves are rolling, so it got its name."

"Once Liu Yan learns that someone is going south from Yinpingxing, he only needs to send [-] troops to Jiangyou to block the passage!"

Xu An looked at the sullen Jia Xu in front of him, but there was a smile on his face.

At first, Jia Xu talked Zhang Yang into joining the Taipingdao, but in fact it was just for self-protection.

When Xu An went to meet Jia Xu, it was obvious that Jia Xu only wanted to protect himself at that time, and had no intention of continuing to climb up.

However, with the passage of time, Jia Xu's mentality has also changed after the establishment of Liangzhou, the closing of Guanzhong, and his promotion to the Commander of the Chinese Army.

At the time of Luoyang, Jia Xu contributed two strategies of "two tigers competing for food" and "driving tigers and swallowing wolves". The sacrifice of these two strategies represented that Jia Xu began to make suggestions for the Taiping Road sincerely.

However, Jia Xu has always been cautious and cautious, step by step. Many times, in order to protect himself, he just turned a blind eye.

But now Jia Xu is outspoken and does not hesitate to stand in front of Xu An.

"There is nothing wrong with what the military adviser said. It is indeed a dangerous move to take the route to Yinping. The military adviser has checked the information in the Yinglangwei Yamen Office, so he must already have an understanding of Yinping."

"The Yinping road is steep and dangerous. The Eagle Wolf Guard's Tiqi scouted all the way, and many places were impassable. That's why I brought craftsmen along."

"The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky."

Xu An's face was solemn, and he said the matter solemnly.

"Liu Yan is not a fool. Even if there is a civil strife in Yizhou, he probably wouldn't mobilize the troops stationed around Jianmen and Baishui?"

"As long as you look south from the north, you can't bypass Jianmen, Baishui, and you must pass through Zitong."

"The Yizhou army occupies the dangerous pass, and our army's catapults can't approach it at all. We have to attack the pass with flesh and blood like the Yuanyuan pass. Our army will surely suffer heavy casualties if we attack it."

"The battle of Yizhou is far better than expected. Ren Xian is like a comet breaking through the sky. He has already defeated Berkshire within ten months. Now he is going south to Jianwei and advancing towards Wuyang. The decisive battle is imminent, and there is no delay."

"Drive the tiger to devour the wolf, order one to attack the other, and make them kill each other, so that the third party can reap the benefits of the fisherman, but now the fierce tiger Ren Xian is about to swallow Liu Yan, the evil wolf, and the news from Jingzhou According to the news, Nan Ting seems to have also been involved, and will send an army into the territory of Yizhou."

"Ren Xian is now appointed as the governor of Yizhou, and he is under the command of the general. If our army fails to arrive in time, once Yizhou is occupied by Ren Xian, all our army's plans will come to naught."

Xu An walked up and looked at Jia Xu sincerely.

"Nearly [-] yellow scarves in Yizhou will also die because of this, and all our efforts will be in vain."

"How can the military master not know the details of the plan offered by the military master?"

Jia Xu said nothing, just looked at Xu An silently.

The strategy of driving tigers and devouring wolves must be cautious. Once an accident occurs, and the hunter is not present when the tiger devours the wolf, then no benefit will be obtained, and there may even be a risk of backlash.

"Son of a thousand pieces of gold, if you don't sit still, I will definitely not do something that is personally dangerous."

Xu An walked slowly to Jia Xu's side.

"This time, I have to go."

Xu An bypassed Jia Xu and continued walking forward.

The first battle in Luoyang caused the morale of the Yellow Turban Army to be extremely low. Although it has recovered more than half of it now, it still has not achieved the same morale as before.

The theory of gods and ghosts was popular in the late Han Dynasty. This was caused by the general environment, and it was difficult to change it in a short period of time.

In the Battle of Luoyang, although the Yellow Turban Army was not defeated, it finally shook the myth of invincibility.

This time, what Xu An has to do is to regain the confidence of the tens of thousands of Taoists in Taiping Dao.

In the fourth year of Chuping (193), March [-]rd.

The two armies of the Yellow Turban Army, the Middle Route Army and the East Route Army, remained on hold. Xu An swore an oath in Qiang Dao and led more than [-] people from the West Route Army to the south to station in Tazhong.

Chapter 688 Smuggled into Yinping

In the fourth year of Chuping (193), March [-]th.

Under Yinping City, countless khaki-colored banners fluttered in the wind.

"put!"

Outside Yinping City, more than [-] counterweight catapults were suddenly fired in the Yellow Turban Army formation.

More than [-] stone bullets passed by the Yellow Turban soldiers in the front line, and slammed down towards the rather low wall of Yinping City in the distance.

Yinping City is a hinterland city, located in Yizhou, which belongs to the Guanghan Kingdom.

In the cities of the Han Dynasty, no matter the height of the city walls, the size of the city towers, or the size of the land occupied by the city, there were certain regulations. If these regulations were exceeded, officials would be dismissed from office at least, and they could even be classified as rebellious.

Therefore, in the Han Dynasty, the cities on the frontier were often high-walled and high-rise, and the city was solid, while the walls of the cities in the hinterland were often quite low.

Although due to years of disputes, the cities in various places are being reinforced and heightened.

After Liu Yan took Yizhou Mu, he had the heart of proclaiming himself emperor. After cutting off communication with the Central Plains, the city defenses in all parts of Yizhou were strengthened to a certain extent.

But after Liu Biao took over Jingzhou, he has always been eyeing Yizhou.

At that time, Guanzhong was in chaos, and Liangzhou rebels were confronting the Han army, so Liu Yan had been strengthening the capital city pass at the junction with Jingzhou. Although there was also reinforcement in the north, it was extremely limited.

Yizhou's fiscal revenue was not handed over to the imperial court, and all of it was intercepted by Liu Yan. Part of the revenue was used to strengthen the city pass and maintain the army, and the other part was used to maintain Liu Yan's own extravagant life.

Although the city of Yinping City has been strengthened a little, it is still not enough to face the counterweight catapults of the Yellow Turban Army that have spanned several eras.

How could the walls of Yinping City withstand such indiscriminate bombing?

There are only more than [-] defenders in Yinping City. This time, Xu An brought a full [-] troops. Although there is no conventional siege equipment such as wells and ladders, Xu An still used four to break through Yinping quickly. Wheeled carts and various means brought counterweight trebuchets.

Xu An stood on the earth hill north of Yinping City, and Xu Hong stood in front of Xu An, with a special binoculars placed on his shoulder.

This binoculars is very different from the binoculars popularized by the Yellow Turban Army. This special pair of binoculars is much longer. Ordinary binoculars can be used by one person with both hands, but this pair of binoculars is much longer. The observation distance is much farther, so when using it, a person needs to stand in front and stabilize the telescope with his shoulders.

Now the telescope in the Yellow Turban Army has been popularized to the school lieutenants in the army. What restricts the popularization of the telescope is not the technical problem or the production problem, but the confidentiality problem.

Only by being limited to the captain level can the safety of the telescope be guaranteed, and its technology will not be stolen by hostile forces.

Now, Han Ting and Wei Ting, after many battles with the Yellow Turban Army, and the investigation by Mi Mei and the Embroidered Clothes Envoy, have also discovered that there seems to be a kind of artifact in the Yellow Turban Army that can see far away, and can see everything on the battlefield. You can see all the wind and grass.

"boom----"

Under the camera, the walls of Yinping City let out a mournful wail and collapsed.

"Wan Sheng!!!"

Although they were far apart, Xu An could still hear the deafening sound of Wansheng.

"call out------"

There was a sharp sound, and under the earth mountain, the formation of the Yellow Turban Army suddenly changed, and the earth-yellow torrent swept towards the dilapidated Yinping City.

At this time, Yinping City has actually fallen.

More than [-] defenders, even without any decent battles, may be able to withstand the Yellow Turban Army for a period of time under the condition of the city wall they are relying on, but under the condition of the broken city wall, they are dragged into positional warfare, street fighting , It doesn't take half a day, and the Yellow Turban Army can defeat it.

"Yinping..."

Xu An looked down at the whole situation from a high position.

The war in the south is becoming more and more urgent. According to the latest report from the Eagle and Wolf Guard, Ren Xian has united with the tyrants from all over Bashu and mobilized a large number of soldiers. The three counties have been basically stabilized, and now they are advancing towards the north of Jianwei County.

I am afraid that the final decisive battle will break out at the end of April or May.

Now it is almost the end of March. According to historical records, the Yinping Road has a total length of more than [-] miles. More than [-] miles are uninhabited, with high mountains and deep valleys, and difficult food transportation.

For more than seven hundred miles, if it is marching at a normal speed, the ordinary infantry of the Yellow Turban Army can walk fifty miles a day with luggage under the condition of ensuring combat effectiveness, and the soldiers and sharp soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army march faster.

But that is on the official road, in the flat and hilly areas.

According to historical records: "Winter and October, Ai traveled more than [-] miles from Yinping Road to the uninhabited land, digging mountain passages and building bridges and pavilions. The mountains are high and the valleys are deep, which is extremely difficult and dangerous, and food transportation will be scarce, so it is often in danger. Ai Yi felt Wrap yourself, push and turn down. The soldiers all climbed the wooden edge cliff and filed in."

When Deng Ai sneaked across Yinping, he even had to dig mountain passages and build bridges and pavilions. In some places, there were no passable roads at all. Deng Ai even took the lead in wrapping his body in a blanket and rolling down the hillside.

In Pei Songzhi's citation, there is a saying that "ten thousand people entered the river", and nearly two-thirds of it was lost on the way. At the beginning, Deng Ai also led more than [-] people, but in the end only ten thousand people followed him out of the Yinping ancient road. , Such a marching loss is not insignificant.

This is actually the main reason why Xu An decided to lead the West Route Army himself.

The current Taiping Dao foundation is still lacking. Although the population under its rule is close to [-] million, this still includes the surrendered Southern Huns, Shanggu Wuhuan, and the Xianbei who fled from the North, as well as Liangzhou The local Qiang people, Di people, and the Western Xianbei who have surrendered.

This time Xu An specially brought along craftsmen who are good at repairing roads and building bridges and pavilions. These craftsmen are all high-level craftsmen recruited from workshops in various places, and there are even many craftsmen at the level of famous craftsmen.

In addition, Xu An also ordered people to bring a large amount of felt. Felt is considered a luxury item for ordinary people in the Han area, but it is not a rare item outside the Great Wall. Even ordinary herdsmen also have a lot of felt. After all, the Northland is extremely cold, and enough felt must be needed for the winter.

This time Xu An directly recruited a large number of felts and objects that could be used as cushions from tribes all over Liangzhou.

Although the current Taiping Dao is much stronger than before, the lives of soldiers cannot be sacrificed casually.

At any time, human life is more important than those money.

"Let the Second Battalion of Ruishi stay to guard Yinping, and the rest of them will set up camp in the south of Yinping City, hurry up and repair."

"Send an order to the Eagle Wolf Guards to guard all the intersections, and not let any news leak, exposing our army's military intentions."

Xu An put down the binoculars and asked the guards beside him to put it into the package.

Smuggling to Yinping is the top military secret, except for Jia Xu and a few generals, Xu An never told anyone.

That is, Ma Chao, Pound and the other generals who accompanied the army do not know where they will march next.

Xu An stepped on the horse again, and the horse under the seat seemed to have a good understanding. It raised its head and rubbed Xu An's hand, as if it also understood that its master was about to go to a dangerous place.

"Yizhou..."

Xu An narrowed his eyes slightly, looking down at the bottom of the earth mountain,

Yinping City has been broken by the Yellow Turban Army, and the banners of the Han Army on the city wall have been replaced with khaki banners representing Taiping Road.

The biggest problem now is actually no longer the difficulties and obstacles of the Yinping Road.

It is the trend of the local war in Yizhou.

Once entering the Yinping Ancient Road, it means that it is basically isolated from the world. It is difficult for the eagle wolf guards to transmit information. There are no roads that can be passed by war horses in the [-]-mile Yinping Road, and all need to rely on two feet to walk. The difficulties and obstacles are indescribable.

The real challenge is after the army walks out of Yinping Road.

Going deep alone, if you are not careful, you will lose everything.