The World of Yellow Sky

If Taiping Road wants to go further, it must bring Yizhou into its jurisdiction.

Chapter 689

"Pay attention to the mountain road under your feet, the road ahead is wet with water, be careful to slip!"

On the narrow mountain road, reminders from the military academy could be heard from time to time among the ranks.

"Everyone keep a distance, don't get too close, wait for the people in front to leave before leaving!"

Shouts continued to come from the queue on the mountain path, but soon the shouts were blown away by the strong mountain wind.

"Ming Gong, the mountain road ahead can only be used by one person, and there are traces of running water between the mountain roads. There should be a stream of running water. The road surface is wet and slippery. There are already several people..."

Xu Hong looked a little embarrassed, he didn't finish his sentence, but Xu An already understood what he meant, although he had a certain amount of mental preparation, but he didn't expect how difficult the road on Yinping Road would be.

Taihang Mountain is rugged, with narrow mountain roads and steep terrain, but compared with Yinping Road, it is completely insignificant.

Some of the soldiers who fell off the cliff were even old soldiers who had experience in mountain marching.

It is said that it is a road, but in fact it is not even a trail.

"Duke Ming, we have an agreement before that if the road is too dangerous, Duke Ming must hand over the military power to General Lu. Now the road ahead is wet and slippery, and several soldiers have fallen off the cliff. Duke Ming will stop here. "

Jia Xu took advantage of Xu Hong's report and walked forward quickly.

"Hanzhong County is now ready to send troops to the south. General Xu Huang has led the Central Route Army to break through the bridgehead. Duke Ming can go to the bridgehead and attack Baishui with the East Route Army."

"General Lu only needs to lead the surprise troops out of Yinping Road, and then he can directly attack the Baishui and Zitong areas from the rear. If they attack from inside and outside, the Yizhou army will definitely be defeated."

"At that time, even if the war in Yizhou has been decided, whether it is Liu Yan's victory or Ren Xian's victory, as long as our army breaks through the Zitonghui and the Yizhou Yellow Turban, we will still be able to pacify Yizhou."

"Wenhe should have known the latest news a long time ago, right?"

Xu An didn't turn his head to look at Jia Xu, but just mentioned the news from Yinglangwei not long ago.

"The Han court assembled more than ten thousand soldiers from Jingzhou to Yizhou, and Liu Biao recruited new recruits in Jingzhou in order to strengthen their strength in Yizhou."

"The only mistake in our plan is the miscalculation of Liu Yan's control over Yizhou."

Xu An squinted his eyes, everything now is beyond recognition, he has already lost the ability to know the future, everything has changed.

In the original time and space, Yizhou experienced several rebellions, affecting several counties, and Liu Biao's shadow was still entrenched in it.

The greatest of these was the rebellion of Zhao Wei, who was born in Bajun, Yizhou.

In his early years, he entered Shu with Liu Yan. After Liu Yan died, he enshrined his son Liu Zhang as the governor of Yizhou.

In the fifth year of Jian'an, Zhao Wei united Jing and Yi prefectures to rebel, with Liu Biao's support, and Zhao Wei was leading a new force in Yizhou at that time. He was appointed by Liu Zhang as the general of Zhengdong Zhonglang to attack Jingzhou.

They did not lack armaments and soldiers, but in the end, this massive and premeditated comeback was suppressed.

So this is why Xu An chose to stand still for Jia Xu's plan to drive away tigers and devour wolves, and wanted Liu Yan and Ren Xian to fight first.

Xu An, Jia Xu, and Xu You all thought that Liu Yan was a tiger and Ren Xian was a hungry wolf.

So Xu An secretly sent a large number of Eagle Wolf Guards to support the Yizhou Yellow Turban. Another very important reason was to prevent Ren Xian from being defeated by Liu Yan soon.

What Taipingdao needs is a divided Yizhou, a Yizhou that loses both sides, not a unified Yizhou, a strong Yizhou.

The inconvenient transportation and numerous passes make Yizhou stand out from the outside world, and can block the attacks of other forces with very little defensive force.

But no one thought that the real tiger was not Liu Yan, but the little-known Ren Xian.

Jia Xu and Xu You's judgments were based on the collected records of Dongzhou soldiers.

The previous rebellion by Ren Qi and Jia Long also made Jia Xu and Xu You think that Ren Xian is still doomed to lose this time.

But Xu An ignored the influence he brought, which caused the butterfly effect.

The main body of the Dongzhou soldiers were powerful families and ordinary people who escaped from the war in Nanyang and Sanfu, that is, the Guanzhong area.

In the original time and space, Dong Zhuo was assassinated, Li Jue and Guo Si rebelled, and then they attacked and killed each other, making Guanzhong dilapidated and forcing a large number of Guanzhong people to leave their homes.

And Nanyang County was also in turmoil because of the discord between Yuan Shu and Liu Biao.

In the original time and space, Sun Jian died in the third year of Chuping (192).

In April of the third year of Chuping (192), Yuan Shu sent Sun Jian to conquer Jingzhou and attack Liu Biao.

Liu Biao sent Huang Zu to fight between Fancheng and Dengxian.Sun Jian defeated Huang Zu, took advantage of the victory and pursued, crossed the Han River, and surrounded Xiangyang.Liu Biao closed his doors and did not fight. He sent Huang Zu out of the city at night to gather soldiers.

Huang Zu returned with his troops, and Sun Jian fought again.Huang Zu knew that Sun Jian was brave and that it would be difficult to defeat Sun Jian in a frontal battle, so he pretended to be defeated and fled to Mount Xian, where Sun Jian led his troops in pursuit.

The ambush soldiers buried on both sides saw Sun Jian's figure and immediately fired arrows from the bamboo forest. Sun Jian was caught off guard and was shot dead by random arrows.

But now Nanyang is taken over by the Han court, and there is no conflict between Yuan Shu and Liu Biao. There is no turmoil in Nanyang again, and the Guanzhong area has also stabilized due to the entry of the Yellow Turban Army.

The Dongzhou soldiers under Liu Yan's command were actually not as strong as they were in the original time and space, but much weaker.

However, Ren Xian not only received the assistance of the Yizhou Yellow Turban Army, but also let the powerful families in Yizhou see Liu Yan's weakness, so more powerful families joined the rebellion team.

To be precise, it cannot be called a rebellion, because now Ren Xian is the governor of Yizhou personally appointed by the emperor, they are the real Han army, and Liu Yan is a traitor.

Under the ebb and flow, the situation in Yizhou took a turn for the worse, which also forced Xu An to take risks.

Xu An tightly held the Yanling Saber at his waist, looking at the steep mountain road ahead.

There is a steep wall on one side, and a cliff on the other side. There is only one path that can only be used by one person to lead to the front. The path is overgrown with weeds, and most of them are fresh footprints. Along the way, there are traces of human habitation and oldness. Enough to see that this trail is largely unused

The most dangerous place on Yinping Road is Motian Ridge.The slope in the north and west of the ridge is relatively gentle, while in the south there are cliffs and cliffs, and there is no way to go.

Xu An raised his head and looked forward. Deng Ai led the army to climb over Motian Ridge wrapped in felt.

It is said that the [-] troops under Deng Ai's command lost tens of thousands of people by crossing Motian Ridge.

"Let the craftsmen build simple plank roads and protect them well."

Xu An didn't look at Jia Xu, but asked Wen Chou who was beside him.

"Have all the follow-up troops passed Jinggu Road?"

"General Lu has led the rear army through Jinggu Road."

"Believe me."

The mountain wind howled, Xu An closed his eyes.

Time seems to have returned to Guanghe Seven Years.

After Quyang was defeated, he fled all the way with more than two hundred remnants, and finally captured Jingjing Pass...

When he was standing on the wall of Jingjing Pass, the mountain wind was as eager as it is today.

He had no choice at the time, he could only risk his life by pretending to be a postman and cheating to open the well. Fortunately, he succeeded in the end, and he succeeded in becoming the leader of the two hundred remnants.

At that time, he had nothing to lose. If he could not break through the well, all of them would die under the siege of the Han army.

But now, he is already the leader of a faction, and he has countless elite soldiers and strong generals. He no longer needs to charge forward, but only needs to sit in the middle army and mobilize the army to command.

Xu An understood very well that what Jia Xu said was correct.

The son of a daughter can't sit down.

Taipingdao must not lose him now, once he dies, the entire Taipingdao will collapse, just like the old things of Zhang Jiao.

But in this battle, he must personally lead the army.

Otherwise, once Yizhou is returned to Nanting, the situation of the Three Kingdoms will come earlier, and the Yellow Turban Army will lose Yizhou and lose its barrier, and it will be difficult to stay out of it.

Chapter 6 Ninety Wrapped in Felt, Pushing and Turning Down

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

At this time, it was the No. 15 day when Xu An led the army into Yinping Road.

But in the past fifteen days, the Yellow Turban Army has advanced less than sixty miles.

On the mountain road, the wheelbarrow transporting the luggage could only be operated by one person, but at this time it was protected by several ropes and three or four people at the same time, just to prevent falling off the cliff.

Many roads have steep walls on one side and cliffs on the other. It is no exaggeration to say that they are climbing mountains.

The horse was led by the knight and moved forward slowly, step by step.

The soldiers in light military uniforms only carried short soldiers such as Yanling Dao, and all the armor was handed over to the auxiliary soldiers in the rear, and the long soldiers were also carried by the auxiliary soldiers.

This time he went to Yinping Road, Xu An brought the most elite two battalions of 8000 military soldiers, 4000 sharp soldiers from the first battalion, 1000 Tengxiang guards, 5000 and [-] yellow angels, recruited from all over the country. A total of [-] garrison troops served as auxiliary soldiers to transport supplies and armaments, totaling more than [-] people.

Counting the personal guards of each general and school, there are more than [-] people.

High birds fly in the sky, and Lingyun swims together.

Motianling, the reason why it is named Motian, is because its peak penetrates into the clouds and lives on the clouds, like a pillar of the sky, approaching the sky.

The mountains are high and densely forested, with thorns and thorns, steep and steep, covered with clouds and fog.

Although Taihang Mountain is steep, it is still much worse than Motianling.

The highest point of Motian Ridge is 730 meters above sea level, and the southern foot of Motian Ridge is also 2000 or [-] meters above sea level.

The further Jia Xu walked, the more frightened she became. This so-called Yinping Tao is not Tao at all.

The reason why they only traveled [-] li in [-] days was that there were no roads at all along the way, and the Yellow Turban Army dug mountain passages and built bridges and pavilions all the way.

Open roads in the mountains, build bridges in the water, build stacks on cliffs, and pave roads in the mountains.

Wearing a thin military uniform, Xu An stepped forward slowly on the widened plank road. In front of him and behind him were yellow angels who were also wearing military uniforms. The angels go first, as the vanguard of the army.

"Om——"

Just as Xu An was walking forward, there was a sudden noise in front of him.

Following Xu An, Jia Xu, who was supported by the yellow angel, looked at Xu An with a slight expression.

Xu An and Jia Xu met each other's eyes, and were taken aback for a moment, but they reacted quickly, and then walked forward together quickly.

The yellow angels on the road all gave way to allow Xu An to pass smoothly.

As Xu An moved forward, all the yellow angels along the road focused on Xu An, and followed Xu An.

The plank road built quickly passed by, and Xu An also set foot on the road full of weeds.

At this time, all the yellow angels along the road stopped. They didn't move forward, but looked at Xu An together.

The noisy sound came from the corner of the mountain road. Xu An knew the direction, and also knew that after turning the mountain road ahead, it was the south of Motian Ridge.

"call----"

Turning around the mountain road, the howling wind slowly dissipated in Xu An's ears.

Xu An also finally understood why there was such a noisy sound.

The road ahead has ended, and now they have reached the south side of Motian Ridge.

It was early morning, and the fog had not dissipated.

The road is cut off, and there is a cliff in front of you.

The valley under the cliff is surrounded by mountains, deep valleys, gurgling water, singing birds and cicadas, entwined with clouds and mist, and it is ethereal. It feels like you are in a fairyland.

But Xu An has no intention of appreciating such a beautiful scenery.

If they can't reach Chengdu in time, once Yizhou falls into the hands of the Han court, the development of Taipingdao will be greatly curbed. This is something that Taipingdao cannot accept anyway.

Xu An regained his composure and walked forward.

After reaching the edge of the cliff, Xu An stopped in his tracks.

The mountain wind howled, and the roar of beasts and birds in the valley continued. It may be because of the noise made by the yellow angels before, a group of birds in the valley were startled and flew to the sky.

The so-called road down the South Ridge to the valley is full of cliffs, and there is clearly no way to go.

Even the most loyal yellow angel, seeing such a dangerous journey, has a look of embarrassment on his face. It is hard to believe that this is the road to the south that Xu An said.

"Is this the place where Motian Ridge goes south?"

Xu An turned around and looked behind him, and asked the guide who was leading the way.

"Don't dare to lie to the general. This place is the unpredictable and gentlest slope of Motianling. I hunt and gather herbs all from the slope here to the bottom of the valley."

Hearing Xu An's question, a middle-aged man who was dressed completely differently from the others in a rough hemp skirt hurriedly fell to the ground, hurriedly bowed his head and said.

"The villain has made it clear to the general before that going down from here must be tied with a rope, and slowly approaching the bottom. With so many troops under the general's command, there is definitely no way to get there."

The middle-aged man's face was as dead ashes, shaking like chaff.