The World of Yellow Sky

In fact, the ordinary soldiers of the Yizhou Army are also among the ranks that can be won, and their interests are actually on the opposite side of the powerful family.

It is just a big problem to resolve the hatred between Yizhou people and Dongzhou people.

But no matter how difficult the problem is, it can be solved, and it must be solved.

There are millions of Yizhou people in Yizhou, but only tens of thousands of Dongzhou people.

In order to govern Yizhou in the future and maintain the stability of Yizhou, the [-] to [-] Yizhou soldiers in Chengdu cannot kill easily.

This is also the main reason why Xu An didn't take advantage of the situation to defeat the Yizhou Army in one go, but gave Ren Xian a breathing space.

It is naturally best for Ren Xian to escape, so he can slowly recruit these Yizhou troops.

When Xu An captured Guanzhong and entered Chang'an, Huang Fusong and others evacuated in a hurry, and many documents were preserved, including records about the population of Yizhou.

Counting from the second year of Guanghe (179) to the fifth year of Zhongping (188), during these nine years, Shu County, Guanghan County, Qianwei County, Ba County and other counties suffered two large-scale destructive forces. Widespread war.

During the time of Emperor Huan, there were many rebellions by the barbarians. In the second year of Guanghe during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, a rebellion broke out in Ba County, and the rebels fought all the way to Shu County, Guanghan County, Qianwei County and Hanzhong County.

In October of the second year of Guanghe, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty used the imperial censor Zhongcheng Xiao Yuan to supervise Yizhou's troops. As a result, the rebellion could not be quelled year after year, so that the prefectures and counties suffered year after year.

In the seventh year of Guanghe, the Yellow Turban Uprising in the Central Plains, in autumn and July, Zhang Xiufan in Bajun, and Koujun County opened the first scene of the Yizhou Uprising.

In the fifth year of Zhongping, Ma Xiang and Zhao Zhi revolted, and spread to Bajun, Qianwei, Shujun, Guanghan and other counties, beheading Xijian, the governor of Yizhou.

Qianwei County, Ba County, and Yuexi (xī) County, these three counties originally had a large number of people. When statistics were collected during the Yonghe period, there were more than two million people in total.

Although the statistical population in Han Dynasty is more complicated, the data is also biased.

According to the records in "Bajun Tujing", in the second year of Yongxing (154 years), there were 87 million people, that is, more than 530 million people.

However, in the Yonghe period (136-141), the record was "49 population", with only 80 people. There was no war for several years, but the population differed by nearly [-].

But now Xu An has no way to immediately check the population. According to the documents left by Chang An, there are only more than one million people left in the three counties.

Most of the ordinary people trapped in the Yizhou Army in the city were from these three counties.

If these 4 to [-] people were all beheaded, it might be a bit exaggerated to say that every household in the three counties wears hemp and mourning, but white pans must be hung in cities and towns.

It is best for these Yizhou soldiers to be used as a help, rather than to slaughter them all.

"When sending orders to Lei Tong and Wu Ban, the tone should be tougher. If there is any disobedience, they will be executed immediately."

Xu An didn't look back, and dropped a word to Ma Chao lightly.

The conflict between the Dongzhou Army and the Yizhou Army has been going on for a long time, but the huge contradiction must also be suppressed.

To govern Yizhou well, for the Yellow Turban Army, Dongzhou people and Yizhou people are indispensable, and the balance needs to be carefully grasped by Xu An.

In fact, there is no need to worry about the disputes outside the city. The winner was doomed from the very beginning. When the Yellow Turban Army arrived in Chengdu and the Dongzhou Army and the Yizhou Army Sea did not decide the winner, the Yellow Turban Army was already sure to win.

The news in Yizhou was blocked, and the cavalry of the Yizhou Army still stayed in the old era, and they were not equipped with new harnesses at all.

The cavalry weapons and equipment of the Yellow Turban Army are already an era ahead of the Yizhou Army, not to mention that these cavalry troops who can follow Xu An all the way south are all elites among the five cavalry battalions.

The battle of Chengdu was doomed from the beginning.

The cool wind blew past, Xu An looked up at the stars all over the sky, and stretched out his hands to feel the cool wind blowing.

The sound of hunting banners came from the side of the city.

The flying dragon leaves the sky and enters the abyss with the clouds.

The potential dragon is in the abyss, and it goes to the sky with the clouds.

Dalinlong came out of Tianhe, and the four library soils ranked ninety-five.

This land of Yizhou, known as the "Land of Abundance" by later generations, is already in the pocket of Taiping Dao!

Chapter 7 and Three Checks and Balances

The moon sets and returns to the forest, and the sun rises.

The dispute in Chengdu that lasted for nearly two months finally came to an end.

Liu Yan died by self-immolation, Leng Bao, Deng Xian, Wu Lan, and Pang Xi died in battle. Nearly [-] Dongzhou soldiers and countless strong men who were forcibly conscripted died in Chengdu.

Wu Yi, Liu Gui, and Pang Yi escaped from Chengdu with thousands of Dongzhou soldiers, but they were flanked by the ambush troops left behind by Xu An and the defenders of Mianzhu City. For fish and meat, Wu Yi had no choice but to take the remnants of the army and chose to compromise, put down his weapons, and submitted a surrender form to the Yellow Turban Army in Mianzhu.

In the city of Chengdu, Lei Tong and Wu Ban also chose to join with more than [-] surviving Dongzhou soldiers.

Since then, the last remaining [-] Dongzhou soldiers in Yizhou were all recovered by Xu An.

After the night, Xu An sent envoys and successfully recruited the Yizhou Army in Chengdu.

Their leader fled, and they were trapped to death in Chengdu, already in a desperate situation. At this time, the Yellow Turban Army stopped their offensive and threw an olive branch at them.

The trapped soldiers of the Yizhou Army in Chengdu were like drowning people grabbing the last straw.

They also knew that the Yellow Turban Army that invaded Chengdu and surrounded them was not the Yizhou Yellow Turban Army, but the Yellow Turban Army from the Northland. This also gave them hope and a little more luck.

There are still more than [-] Yizhou troops in Chengdu who have not escaped, and there are still many wounded.

These soldiers of the Yizhou Army were still placed in Dongcheng District by Xu An. All their armor and weapons were confiscated, and a large number of soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were arranged to supervise them.

Although the Dongzhou soldiers chose to surrender instead of being captured or surrendered, the Dongzhou soldiers were also placed under house arrest and concentrated in the northern urban area of ​​Chengdu. All their weapons and armor were also confiscated. Dongzhou soldiers were also treated in the same way, and they were placed outside Mianzhu City.

Generals Lei Tong and Wu Ban were made captains, but Wu Yi, Liu Gui, Pang Yi, and Xu An were not given official positions.

After all, the Dongzhou soldiers in the city of Chengdu counted as an uprising, and the two generals Lei Tong and Wu Ban also fought hard.

But Wu Yi, Liu Gui, and Pang Yi were forced to surrender. There are still subtle differences.

Moreover, Wu Yi, Liu Gui, and Pang Yi represented the three most powerful families in Dongzhou—the Wu family, the Liu family, and the Pang family.

The three of them are Liu Yan's trusted generals.

After Liu Yan entered Yizhou, he always asked Pang Xi about political affairs and Wu Yi when he was undecided about military affairs.

Pang Yi was assigned by Liu Yan to the area around Zitong and Baishui to guard against Zhang Lu. This position will definitely arrange cronies.

After all, Zhang Lu's rebellion was used as a lesson for the past, and Liu Yan has been cautious in employing people since then.

Pang Xi and Wu Yi can't be used, their prestige among Dongzhou people is too high, and Pang Yi can't be used either.

Pang Yi went all the way south, forced the strong men, and plundered counties and counties. Although he followed Liu Yan's military order, it was also what he committed.

Public opinion in Guanghan County is raging...

Xu An sat in the tidy tent, tapped the armrest of the chair lightly with his fingers, thinking about the next arrangement.

Although the conflict between Dongzhou people and Yizhou people was mainly caused by Liu Yan's arrangements.

But now that Liu Yan is dead, the conflict between Dongzhou people and Yizhou people still exists. Although Liu Yan has actually been targeting the powerful families in Yizhou, he has not paid much attention to the ordinary people in Yizhou.

However, the powerful families in Yizhou control the public opinion, and now the hatred of Dongzhou people in Yizhou is difficult to resolve.

Although this is actually beneficial for Taipingdao to want to control, after all, Dongzhou people want to continue living in Yizhou. Now that Liu Yan is dead, he can only live in Yizhou safely by relying on Taipingdao.

If there is no other force to stop them, I am afraid that millions of people in Yizhou will really eat them alive.

And Xu An needs a guaranteed loyal team to control Yizhou.

The larger the territory and the larger the population, it is undoubtedly a good thing.

However, the larger the territory, the more cities that need to be stationed.

A larger population means that there are countless affairs to be dealt with and countless troubles to be solved.

Today, Taiping Road occupies the land of Bingzhou, Liangzhou, and Zhongzhou.

Zhongzhou: Yingtian County (formerly Jing Zhaoyin), Hedong County, Hongnong County, Zuo Fengyi, and You Fufeng County.

The territory of the former Sili Xiaowei Department was assigned to Zhongzhou, but Hanoi County and Henan County were in the hands of Wei Ting.

Bingzhou originally had 98 cities in nine counties, and now has 120 and three cities in nine counties. Because of the entry of the Yellow Turban Army from the four states into Bingzhou, 25 cities have increased.

Liangzhou originally had 98 cities in twelve counties, and now has [-] cities in thirteen counties. A new county was established as Wu'an County, and three cities were built to control the old Xianbei land in the west. In order to prepare for the northern captives, at the same time, several old tribes of the Xiongnu in the south were moved to Wu'an County as a barrier, and several tribes of the Xianbei in the west were moved to Bingzhou to replace the pastures.

Zhongzhou originally had 67 cities in five counties, but because it had just been occupied, there was not much change.

Youzhou originally occupied two counties and 23 cities, and later expanded several cities, and now has [-] cities in two counties.

Now the Yellow Turban Army has a total of 29 counties and 280 six cities.

If there are 500 garrison troops left in each city, 14 people will be garrisoned.

The border counties need to gather a large number of county soldiers, and more troops need to be left behind. Although the Liangzhou Qiang Di is flat, the garrison troops must be kept. A rough calculation shows that only the garrison trilogy requires 20 troops.

With an army of 20, it is a big problem just to pay the military salary.

But in fact, so many are not needed, after all, not every city needs to keep 500 people.

Now the hinterland cities of the Yellow Turban Army are generally left behind by retired veterans due to injuries in the army, as well as local police forces composed of some young and strong recruits, as well as Tiqi from the Eagle Wolf Guards to maintain law and order. In the center of two or three cities A trilogy is stationed in the city to deal with special situations.

In the hinterland of Bingzhou, which has been affected by Taiping Road for a long time, there are basically not many Yellow Turban Army. They basically use the field soldiers who do not need to be paid to handle some inland affairs, and the soldiers are basically concentrated in the border area.

However, there are still more soldiers left behind in Liangzhou and the newly recovered Zhongzhou.

Among the Yellow Turban Army, after undergoing system reforms, there are only three military regions left.

The Taihang Military Region, the Two Counties Military Region, the Hongnong Military Region, and the three major military regions each have a fixed quota of 2 troops, 5000 troops, and 5000 troops, for a total of 6 troops. prepare road.

The state pastoral system and the three-division system are now parallel.

The state shepherd is the chief official of a state. Although the state shepherd set up by Xu An does not have as much power as after the Han court changed the state shepherd, and does not have the power to self-conscription, but it is also in charge of a state's administration, military, supervision, judiciary, etc. that power.

However, these powers were divided among the three divisions. In fact, the power of the state pastor was greatly weakened.

Yang Ji, the former internal affairs order, is currently serving as the envoy in Liangzhou, Li Heng, the original head of the Li family of the three Lutai families, and Li Heng, the former head of the Li family in Lutai, and the guard envoy of the military equipment, who used to be poisoned. The righteous brother Bai Rao is in charge.

The Yellow Turban Army is now divided into four ranks.

The first level refers to the troops directly under the leadership of Xu An, such as military soldiers and sharp soldiers.

The second level refers to the soldiers in the military area.

The third level is the garrison troops left behind in various places.

The fourth level refers to the field soldiers.

Except for the soldiers in the field who do not pay military salaries, all other units in the Yellow Turban Army now pay military salaries.

There is an evaluation every three months, and a promotion every six months.

The Yellow Turban Army has always relied on confiscating the assets of powerful families to enrich their treasury and use it to distribute military salaries.

Although the business was encouraged and the business prospered, Taipingdao's finances were relieved to a certain extent, but the army's expenditure was huge, and it was still somewhat beyond its means.

After occupying Guanzhong, the situation of sitting and eating mountains and empty places has been further alleviated.

Dong Zhuo was defeated, and most of the powerful families in Guanzhong fled in a hurry, and many craftsmen were stranded, including craftsmen who specialized in minting coins, and most of the equipment for minting coins were intact.

The Yellow Turban Army now has several large-scale copper mines, as well as several gold and silver mines. The Yellow Turban Army captured a large number of prisoners during the long-term campaign, including Xianbei, Huns, Wuhuan, and of course soldiers from the Han Army. .

Many of the Southern Huns who participated in the Battle of Shuofang back then are still mining ore in the mines.

The family members of powerful families in various states were convicted more, and they were all sent to labor reform. Now there is not much shortage of labor in the major mines on Taiping Road.

Just like what the slogan said when entering Taihang Workshop.

We are moving forward, we are doing an extremely glorious and great cause that no one has ever done before, our goal must be achieved, our goal must be achieved!

Now Taipingdao is developing rapidly and making continuous progress, but all this takes time.

It takes time to train the army, it takes time to implement government orders, and it takes time to enforce laws.

It takes time to smelt ore, cast it into a weapon, make it into armor, and make it into a harness.

Reclaimed farmland has to be cultivated for several years before the raw field becomes mature and the harvest will be better.

Repairing roads will take several months in the short term, and even years in the long term. The Yellow Turban Army is still repairing roads in various places.

Water conservancy projects are being built all over the country. Simple water conservancy projects such as wells and waterwheels take less time, but large-scale water conservancy projects such as river lifts and canals take a lot of time.

Recruits enlisted in the army, new students enrolled, craftsmen schools to train craftsmen, all have just entered the formal stage, the first batch of students enrolled are now only county students, and the two major national academies have no other students except for a few children from the powerful families who belonged to them .

In fact, there are not many students who graduated from the Jiangwu Hall, the Army Officer Academy on Taiping Road, and the Taoist Hall.

Literacy has begun to be promoted in the army and cities, but it is still far from popularization.

All major cities have set up newspaper offices, and some decrees and events of Taipingdao are recorded in detail in the newspapers and sent to people in the cities to watch, which has also achieved certain results.

In a word, there is a long way to go.

There must be no rush now.