The World of Yellow Sky

The strength of Han Ting and Wei Ting is not weak.

Yuan Shao had the support of powerful families in Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, Sili and other places, and he also subdued the three counties of Wuhuan. The most important thing is that he has a good relationship with the Xianbei tribe in the north.

The Han court is located in the land of five states, and most of the famous generals and officials who left their names in history in the late Eastern Han Dynasty were concentrated in the Han court.

After experiencing the Battle of Dongjun and the Battle of Xuzhou, although Han Ting and Wei Ting lost a lot of generals, they also mobilized a large number of soldiers, and there are a large number of people in their territories can fight for them.

Years of wars have also allowed Han Ting and Wei Ting to raise several elite trilogy of considerable size under their command.

Now in terms of combat power alone, neither the Han Ting nor the Wei Ting could defeat the Yellow Turban Army in field battles, but the Yellow Turban Army did not have enough background to support them to control an overly vast territory and face a large number of powerful families at the same time.

After conquering Guanzhong and Liangzhou, the Yellow Turban Army, a dragon trapped in Bingzhou, was rescued.

The capture of Yizhou was when the Yellow Turban Army followed the clouds into the abyss.

There are millions of people in Yizhou, and there is still a lot of land available for cultivation, if they can be used for Taiping Road.

Build walls high, accumulate grain, and slowly become king.

Now Xu An's situation is much better than that of Zhu Yuanzhang in the past.

At this time, Yizhou is not counted as the Nanzhong area. The land of Bashu, Guanghan, Jianwei, Hanzhong and other prefectures have actually reached a relatively high level of development.

During the period of the Three Kingdoms, even though the Shu Han lost Jingzhou, they were still able to support Zhuge Liang's six expeditions to Qishan, and Jiang Wei's nine expeditions to the Central Plains, we can see the background of Yizhou.

It's just that the situation in Yizhou is still quite complicated.

Historically, after Liu Bei entered Shu, he also spent a lot of time maintaining stability.

The powerful families in Yizhou are powerful, and the steep terrain gives them confidence. Of course, they have lived in Yizhou for a long time, and many people ignore the development of the outside world.

The local powerful families in Yizhou all launched rebellions when Liu Yan, Liu Zhang, Liu Bei, and Liu Chan were in Yizhou.

Although the Yizhou Army was defeated here, the Yellow Turban Army still needs to attack the southern county of Yizhou.

It was quite easy for Zhuge Liang to pacify Nanzhong back then, but Xu An knew very well that the nature of Taiping Dao was fundamentally different from that of Shu Han. Drive out of Yizhou.

Although there is no news about the powerful families in Yizhou, how the Yellow Turban Army liquidated the powerful families in Bingzhou, Guanzhong, Liangzhou and other places is nothing new.

In the third year of Zhangwu in the Shu Han Dynasty (223 A.D.), Liu Bei died of illness in April.

In May, Liu Chan took the throne and changed his name to Jianxing.

Around June of this year, Yong Kai, a powerful Han nationality in Yizhou County, took advantage of the chaotic opportunity of Shu's new defeat in Yiling, Liu Bei's death from illness, and Huang Yuan's rebellion, and instigated Zhu Bao, the prefect of Zangke County, Gao Ding, the old man of Yuexi County, and others. Meng Huo, the leader of the ethnic minorities in Yizhou County, and others rebelled together.

The seven captures of Menghuo written in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms took place at this time. In history, this battle was called the "Nanzhong Pingding War".

It didn't take long to settle the war in Nanzhong, only about a year, but at that time, most of the Shu Han soldiers were already familiar with the terrain of Yizhou. They were originally from Yizhou, and the situation of acclimatization to the soil and water was not too serious.

As for a group of northern soldiers under Xu An's command, if they arrived at Nanzhong, the non-combat attrition during the march might cause Xu An endless headaches.

Subsequent pacification of Nanzhong must obtain the support of Yizhou people.

Now the Yellow Turban Army implements a three-division system in the state, and manages the three divisions with three envoys.

"Administrative Secretary for Proclamation, Procuratorate for Improving Sentences, and General Protector for Armed Forces..."

Xu An stopped tapping on the handrail.

The military guards must be appointed by people from Taipingdao. This is an insurance policy, and the military power must be held in the hands of their own people.

And the positions that can be given out are the positions of the Secretary of the Announcement and the Division of the Procuratorate.

The chief envoy is divided into two envoys, the left and the right, who are respectively in charge of the civil affairs and finance of a state.

Xu An thought for a moment, and had a draft in his mind.

For civil affairs and finance, the duties of the chief secretary cannot use Yizhou natives, but Dongzhou people should be used.

The procuratorate can be handed over to Yizhou people, and the two departments check and balance each other.

Then dispatch Eagle and Wolf Guards to monitor the area, and the Armed Forces Division to guard the area, and then set up a military region in Yizhou's Ba County to guard against Jingzhou and Yizhou's local forces. This should be able to control Yizhou and maintain the stability of Yizhou.

But these things come later.

Next, he needs to borrow the heads of some people to quell the enmity between Dongzhou people and Yizhou people.

"Let Wen Chou lead the cavalry northward, press Wu Yi to disarm the Dongzhou soldiers left behind in the northern part of Guanghan County, and then let Jia Xu lead the army southward at full speed."

Xu An stood up and issued the military order neatly.

"Order the Eagle Wolf Guards to find the location of the Shu Han army at all costs. I want to know their exact location!"

"Send a letter to Guo Tai, and now we are sending troops from Wuguan to continuously harass Nanyang County. Once we receive news from the Eagle and Wolf Guards that the Jingzhou Army is aiding Yizhou, we will immediately lead the army to attack Nanyang southward and force the Jingzhou Army to return to aid."

"Order Zhang Lu to send troops to Fangling, ready to respond to Guo Tai's attack on Nanyang County at any time."

Chapter 7 and Four Layout

"Then send an order to Zhao Zhi to leave a small number of soldiers to stay in the two cities of Guanghan and Anhan, and then divide the army into two, and attack the north and south of Berkshire at the same time, and one part will attack Lang in the north of Berkshire. [làng] The central line marched, and the other marched towards Jiangzhou, the seat of Berkshire in the south of Berkshire. After capturing Jiangzhou, they immediately returned to Yuyu"

"It is best for him to personally lead the South Route Army. Jiangzhou is of great significance."

Jiangzhou is the seat of Berkshire, located in the southwest of Berkshire, and its strategic significance is extremely important.

If you want to enter Yizhou from Jingzhou, if you want to go through Berkshire, there are only two ways to go.

One is to march in the north through Han[hàn] Pass of Yufu, and march all the way along the Yangtze River.

In the 25th year of King Zhou An (377 B.C.), the State of Ba attacked Chu, and the State of Chu built a pass to defend it, and later generations also called it the Pass of Chu.

At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Gongsun Shudong occupied the defense pass, which was also called Jiangguan, also known as "Qutang Pass".

It is named because it is located in Qutang Gorge, which is the gate of the Three Gorges, with two cliffs facing each other and a river running through it.

Jiangguan is located in a precipitous position, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even with war machines like trebuchets, a bloody battle is inevitable.

The Baidi City, which is famous all over the world in later generations, is not far from the west side of Jiangguan.

At this time, it still belonged to Bajun County, and it was not designated as Badong County. Baidi City was still a small city built on the mountain when Gongsun Shu occupied Shu.

The second is to march from the south, via Fuling in the south, and then go to Jiangzhou.

However, the roads on the southern route are inconvenient and difficult to transfer. Generally speaking, they march all the way to Jiangzhou in the southwest via Jiangguan and enter Berkshire.

However, the end of these two roads is Jiangzhou. As long as Jiangzhou is occupied, the safety of the hinterland of Yizhou can be guaranteed.

After the military order was written, the clerk took the military order and walked up to Xu An and handed it to Xu An.

After confirming that it was correct, Xu An stamped each military order.

The messenger soldier who had been waiting outside the tent to hand over the military order came in to receive the military order and the gold medal delivered together.

There are three command flags on the backs of the five messenger soldiers, and three command flags on their backs, which are "urgent military orders".

Those who pass on the urgent order of the military need to insert three flags on their backs, tie khaki ribbons on the horse's chest and tail, hold a gold medal, and gallop all the way without resting for a moment, day and night, and must travel more than [-] miles a day.

After the five messenger soldiers agreed, they hurried out of the tent with the gold medal and the military order without delay.

Liu Yan was defeated, Dongzhou soldiers have all surrendered now, and the main force of Yizhou army led by Ren Xian has also been destroyed.

Now the most powerful force in Yizhou is the Yellow Turban Army, but now the Yellow Turban Army only occupies Hanzhong County, Guanghan Dependent Country and Guanghan County.

If you want to hold Yizhou in your hands, at least you need to control Shu County and Shu County Shu Kingdom, as well as the four counties of Ba County and Qianwei County.

Shu County and Qianwei County are easy to say. Now there are not many soldiers in the two counties. Most of the soldiers were transferred to Chengdu by Liu Yan and Ren Xian.

Now the two counties can be said to be in an undefended state.

As for the more than 2 Yizhou troops in Jiangyuan City, they couldn't make any waves at all. If the [-] Yizhou troops went out to fight in the field, it would be nothing more than a few charges for the Yellow Turban Army led by Xu An.

The Eagle Wolf Guards had already inquired clearly about the news of the Jiangyuan defenders. Most of the Jiangyuan defenders were newly recruited auxiliary soldiers, and many of them were recruited by force. Sometimes they have to be used as cannon fodder to fight in the front line with weapons.

The combat power and morale are very low, and the main combat power is the private soldiers of various families under Jia Quan's command. There are more than [-] people in this part, and they are in charge of more than [-] auxiliary soldiers under Jia Quan's command.

It is said that Jia Quan was on his way leading troops at this time, and Xu An dispatched more than [-] soldiers to Lv Bu to lead them in ambush on the only way from Jiangyuan to Chengdu.

As long as Jia Quan really dared to bring troops to support, then no matter whether the ambush was successful or not, the final outcome would actually be the same.

If the [-] elite soldiers plus Lu Bu can't defeat the [-] Yizhou army, then Jia Quan should not be called Jia Quan. He can directly change his name to "Han Xin", which is more appropriate.

As soon as the five messenger soldiers left, the sound of horseshoes sounded outside the tent again.

Xu An's eyes moved slightly, and he turned to look at the tent door.

Before the curtain was lifted, a bloody smell rushed over.

Wearing a blood robe and holding a brocade box, Wen Chou strode into the tent.

"He did not fail the entrustment of the great virtuous teacher, the enemy general Ren Xian has been captured and beheaded by our army, and the head is now in the brocade box."

Wen Chou held the brocade box in both hands, raised it slightly forward, and said respectfully.

The scuffle outside the city was unknown until dawn, and the battle outside the city was not over. Although the Yellow Turban Army did not have night blindness, in the middle of the night, the moonlight was obscured by dark clouds, making visibility extremely low. They fled into the mountains and forests to the east.

Xu An didn't open the brocade box, he personally went into battle to kill the enemy, he saw a lot of bloody battlefields, not because he was afraid of the head in the brocade box, but because he didn't need it, Ren Xian was not an unknown person, his deeds were well known , Wen Chou must have been completely determined.

"The six generals of the Yizhou Army, of which Ren Xian, Ren Xie, Lou Fa, and Shen Mi were all beheaded by our army today, and their identities have all been confirmed. It is said that the enemy general Zhang Ren lost his life in Beicheng on the day he broke the city. According to the news, General Lu killed a general of the Yizhou Army in Beicheng before, and that person should be Zhang Ren."

"Zhang Ren..."

Xu An pondered for a moment.

When he was considering attacking Yizhou, he really thought about recruiting Zhang Ren.

Although Zhang Ren also came from a family, but his family background is relatively low, and he is in the ranks that can be won, and he is also famous in history for his loyalty and bravery. He is strict in running the army, and his talent is enough to guard one side.

But unexpectedly, Zhang Ren was already beheaded by Lu Bu.

To govern the land of Yizhou, Xu An's idea is that people from Dongzhou will serve as chief envoys, people from Yizhou will serve as inspectors, and generals from Taipingdao will serve as guards.

According to the position of inspector, Xu An originally wanted to hand it over to Zhang Ren, but now that Zhang Ren is dead, he needs to be replaced.

However, the most indispensable talents in Shu, in the original time and space, there were not a few famous officials who were born in Yizhou.

"Six Generals of the Yizhou Army?"

Xu An frowned slightly, he noticed that Wen Chou only mentioned five generals, but missed one.

Before Xu An finished speaking, there was already a commotion outside the tent.

There was a sound of footsteps, and there were only a few people outside the tent. Xu An noticed that many of the guards guarding the tent were concentrated in front of the tent.

"During the night battle, a cavalry formation of our army was rushed away by the cavalry of the Yizhou Army. A general of the Yizhou Army led a dozen cavalry to break out of the encirclement and went straight to the south. I sent troops to pursue them all the way. Halfway through, his general It has been captured by Eagle Wolf Wei Tiqi who ambushed on both sides of the road."

"After identification, his general is Gan Ning, the No. 6 general of the main force of the Yizhou Army."

"Gan Ning?!"

Xu An's eyes moved slightly, and his heart beat wildly.

He knew that Gan Ning was from Berkshire and had participated in the rebellion in Yizhou, but that was after Liu Yan died and Liu Zhang succeeded to the throne.

At that time, Jingzhou don't drive and Liu He persuaded the powerful families in Berkshire to unite and reacted to the rebellion against Yizhou, wanting to take Yizhou.

The world is undecided, and fighting generals like Ning are hard to come by.

The Yellow Turban Army now has no shortage of generals. Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Pang De, Ma Chao and other generals are all generals who charge forward and capture the flag.

Lu Bu once took the head of an enemy general from among the Huns' ten thousand armies, and Zhang Liao also destroyed the enemy, beheading the Wuhuan Khan Lu King Wuyan, and defeating the Wuhuan coalition forces of the three counties.

Although Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Ma Chao, and Pang De were not as famous as Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, it was easy to kill the generals and capture the flag.

But now most of the generals in the Yellow Turban Army are from the north, and there are many who are skilled in bow and horse, but many of them are not familiar with water warfare. This is the biggest problem.

When the Battle of Hedong was pacified, the Yellow Turban Army suffered from the navy's losses. Fortunately, the Han Army's navy was also relatively weak, and it had been abandoned for a long time, otherwise it would be difficult to cross the river.

Now the sailors in the Yellow Turban Army are all inland sailors, and there are only twenty small warships in Fenshui. Most of these sailors are Qingzhou people who followed Guan Cheng all the way from Qingzhou.

Guan Cheng used to be a pirate on the coast of Qingzhou, so his soldiers are quite good at water warfare, but the number of them is very small, less than a hundred.

Guan Cheng is just an ordinary pirate. The knowledge he has acquired is obtained through practice, which is extremely limited in itself, and he cannot teach others at all.

If Gan Ning can surrender, then Taipingdao can start training the navy.

At that time, no matter how the Central Plains changes, the Yellow Turban Army will be able to calm down.

The north can invade Jizhou, Sili, and Youzhou through passes such as Jingxing, Taihangxing, Jiguan, Hanguguan, and Juyongguan.

The south can attack Jingbei through Shangyong, Wuguan and other lands, and use the navy to attack Jingnan through Jiangguan.

You only need to keep a low profile and prepare your troops for a few years, and then you can become a trend that sweeps the world!

However, Gan Ning was born in a family, unlike the Dongzhou soldiers who had nowhere to go. His wealth and life were in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army and he could only choose to join him.