The World of Yellow Sky

However, during the battle, Tian Feng suddenly dispatched tiger and leopard cavalry, and at the same time sent cavalry to outflank, almost wiped out the Eastern Army led by Zhu Zhi. In the end, Sun Ce led the Danyang soldiers to fight desperately. At the cost of more than half the casualties, this It was only then that the army was stabilized without a rout.

Then Zhu Zhi commanded the Han army on the East Road to withdraw southward and arrived at Yingling City, and temporarily lost the ability to attack.

After the Han army from the West Road invaded Jinan, they did not dare to act rashly. There are still many Wei troops in the Yellow River in the north. Once they go too deep into Qingzhou, the rear road may be cut off. In this way, the whole army fell into Qingzhou, and finally It was completely wiped out by the Wei army.

At this time, Tian Feng didn't have much offensive ability.

Although the Qingzhou soldiers have undergone reorganization, the reorganization time is not long. There is more than enough defense, but not enough offense.

The two sides fought fiercely for more than four months, and the situation in Qingzhou fell into a stalemate in July.

Originally, everyone in the Han court thought that the situation would be overwhelming, but the reality was that they were slapped heavily.

The cavalry equipped with new-style riding equipment not only greatly improved the ability of the cavalry to charge into battle, but also greatly improved the accuracy of riding and shooting, as well as the range of riding bows.

Wuhuan's cavalry army and Wei army's cavalry army used cavalry and shooting to cause heavy casualties to the Han army's East Route Army. Without Sun Ce's rear, the East Route Army may have been completely wiped out by this time.

And those men and horses were all wearing heavy armor, and the heavy armored knights like canned food refreshed everyone's perception.

Those heavy cavalry can penetrate several battalions with ease, it is like destroying the dead.

Most of the Eastern Han Army led by Zhu Zhi were elites from previous battles, but facing the charge of the tiger and leopard cavalry, they broke through six formations in an instant. If it weren't for the Danyang soldiers led by Sun Ce to block the charge of the heavy cavalry , I am afraid that the situation in Qingzhou has reversed now.

"Tiger and leopard cavalry...heavy cavalry..."

Although he had already heard of the tiger and leopard cavalry in Wei Junzhong, Xu An still felt a little ironic when he saw the three words of tiger and leopard cavalry again.

Originally, the King of Wei should be Cao Cao, and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was also established by Cao Cao, but now they have all become Yuan Shao's title and army.

Although Cao Cao has now become Yanzhou Mu, the generals and counselors who originally belonged to him have basically fallen into other hands.

Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu and others went to Liu Chong's side, but Xu Chu and others went to Sun Jian's tent.

The five good generals were originally Zhang Liao, Le Jin, Yu Jin, Zhang Ying, and Xu Huang, but now Zhang Liao and Xu Huang are in the Taiping Road, Zhang He died, and Le Jin and Yu Jin followed Cao Cao.

But Xu Chu was abducted by Sun Jian, and even the tiger guards were gone, but Dian Wei still belonged to Cao Cao's army, and now he seems to have been promoted to a school lieutenant.

In the changed timeline, Cao Cao is definitely the one who has been plucked the most.

However, the Sun family has received a wave of epic-level strengthening, and Liu Bei has also strengthened a lot, at least it is much better than not even having a base in history.

The Qingzhou battlefield should not have fallen into a stalemate, because after the war broke out, Sun Jian was able to dispatch part of his troops to Qingzhou to rush to help.

However, the plague of locusts affected Yanzhou, and even spread to the land of Yuzhou. Of course, the Luoyang area was not avoided.

Because of the impact of the locust plague, both Yuan Shao and Sun Jian fell into the same situation - lack of food.

The lack of food in Wei Ting was not serious, because there were not many people in the Luoyang area, and it was located in the rich land of Qingji, and it was supported by powerful families in Jizhou.

However, the Han court has reached a stalemate. Because of years of military use, the Han court's food reserves have almost bottomed out. This time, for the northern expedition to Qingzhou, it has been several months of raising military food, and it was only made up of pieces. Supplies for the Northern Expedition.

But this time the locust plague directly destroyed half of Yanzhou and a small half of Yuzhou's fields. Food prices in various places soared, and the reserves were completely insufficient. They could only barely support the army and could not help the civilians at all.

As a result, a large number of farmers in Yan and Henan lost their land, had to sell themselves into slavery, and declared bankruptcy.

However, the Han court was helpless about all this. Liu Xie had more than enough energy to deal with this situation. At this moment, although Liu Xie was young, he also understood one thing.

It seems that those powerful families and him are not really standing together...

Xu An didn't care what Liu Xie thought.

The Battle of Pingshou is really valuable for reference. Originally Xu An was still considering whether to cultivate a heavy cavalry unit, but this time the Battle of Pingshou, the heavy cavalry showed their majesty.

A heavily armed heavy cavalry can indeed affect a large-scale battle of [-] people, and can play a decisive role. The horror of heavy cavalry was fully revealed in the Battle of Pingshou.

The Ming court now needs to form a new army, a real heavy cavalry.

Just thinking about the need to form a new army gave Xu An a headache.

The city defense of the outer city of Chang'an was the responsibility of the local garrison, while the city defense of the inner city was still in charge of military pawns and sharp soldiers.

Military pawns and sharp soldiers are mainly engaged in foreign wars, so naturally they cannot serve as the imperial army for a long time, and the establishment of a new army is imminent.

"correct."

Xu An raised his eyebrows slightly, and opened the unopened letter.

At the same time, he also remembered a new army that Jia Xu was asked to supervise a long time ago.

At that time, Taiping Road only occupied Bingzhou, and its influence was not great. At that time, the Yellow Turban Army did not have military pay, because the finances could not afford it. Of course, they already had military pay now.

At that time, after joining the army, the family could be exempted from certain taxes to subsidize the family's loss after temporarily losing a man, so that they could maintain their livelihoods. Military service is also a kind of obligation.

At that time, the Scarf Army did not have much pension for the families of the war dead.

Therefore, Jia Xu remonstrated that he could follow the example of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in setting up a Jianzhang battalion and set up a battalion to recruit orphans of fallen soldiers.

Raising the orphans of the soldiers and collecting them into a battalion can not only appease the hearts of the generals, but also stabilize the emotions of the family members. It can also get an extra strong soldier and kill three birds with one stone. Xu An also agreed to this matter and handed it over to It was given to Jia Xu to supervise.

Taipingwei was established at the end of the first year of Yonghan (189), and actually officially formed an army in the first year of Chuping (190).

It has been five years since the Taipingwei was established.

"Where is Taipingwei now?"

After all, Xu You was not the person in charge, but Xu An still asked Xu You tentatively.

"Taipingwei used to be training in Shangdang County, but after our army liberated Zhongzhou, the Taipingwei's station was moved to the south of Chang'an City."

Although Xu You was not in charge of the military and government, he knew the troops around Chang'an City very well.

Moreover, because of the particularity of the Taipingwei, its logistics is directly in charge of the household department, not the army logistics department under the Chinese Army Mansion, so Xu You is very clear about the situation of the Taipingwei.

"The Taiping Guard is now divided into the Youth Camp and the Youth Camp. The Youth Camp has more than [-] people, and the Youth Camp has more than [-] people. There are more than [-] people in total."

"More than four thousand people..."

Xu An's eyes narrowed slightly, this is undoubtedly an extremely heavy number.

The Yellow Turban Army has been fighting for many years, and countless soldiers died on the battlefield. The blank steles in the Taiping Temple have already been engraved, and many more steles have been made later, and the inscription has started again.

The teenagers of the Taipingwei are all orphans of the Yellow Turban Army martyrs. They naturally have an unforgettable hatred for the Han court. Let them guard the inner city, and it is naturally possible to eliminate the existence of traitors.

Moreover, guarding the inner city of Chang'an City and staying away from the battlefield can be regarded as giving some explanation to those soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who died.

Xu An put his hands on the desk, leaned on it with his elbows, and rubbed his temples on both sides with his palms.

The biggest problem now is balance.

This time the famine hit the Yellow Turban Army's economy too hard, and the land tax, service money, and money obtained from quarrels collected by Taiping Road now, the gold, silver and copper mines in various places are barely maintaining the situation.

The current economic situation in Taipingdao is no longer able to support large-scale foreign military use, so it can only maintain the fragile balance between the Central Plains and Mobei.

Xu An looked at the silk book in his hand, and his expression suddenly became complicated.

After a long silence, Xu An finally broke the silence.

"Tell Lu Bu that after he leads the army to the north, the central Xianbei can suffer some defeats. As long as Qianman is kept alive, the strength of the central Xianbei will not suffer a heavy blow..."

Xu You's pupils shrank slightly, and he was a little curious for a moment where the silk letter Xu An received came from.

The Yellow Turban Army always used "Yellow Sky Paper" to transmit information, and the news sent back by the Eagle Guards was also recorded on Yellow Sky Paper, but what Xu An held in his hand was a silk scroll.

Could it be...

7Chapter 16 Wuhuan in the three counties, the soldiers will be exhausted

Xu An changed his original mind, and now Ming's dilemma in Mobei has been solved.

And all because of the arrival of this letter.

This letter was delivered from the state of Wei, to be precise, from the Wuhuan tribe in the three counties of Youzhou.

The person who delivered this letter was none other than the current commander of Wuhuan in the three counties, the marquis of Wuhuan Guiyi who was pardoned by Wei Ting——Ta Dun.

Youzhou has eleven counties in total, of which Dai County and Shanggu County are in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army, while Lelang County, Liaodong County, Xuantu County, and Liaodong Dependent States are in the hands of Gongsundu, and the remaining five counties belong to Yu Wei Ting.

Gongsundu accepted the pardon and is now the governor of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty. In fact, the Ming Dynasty has already mastered the six counties of Youzhou.

However, the five prefectures belonging to the State of Wei are all elite lands. The three prefectures of Zhuojun, Guangyang, and Yuyang are densely populated, and the people are strong, and the Han people in Youbeiping and Liaoxi are relatively small. After that, Yuan Shao moved Wuhuan of the Three Counties to this place, and the population of Wuhuan of the Three Counties filled the vacancy here.

Yuan Shao aided the battle between Xianbei in the east of Mobei and Xianbei in the west. In addition to sending a small part of his own cavalry to participate in the battle, he also recruited some cavalry from Wuhuan from the three counties to participate in the battle. At the same time, he supported some obsolete weapons for the eastern Xianbei. This allowed the Eastern Xianbei to gain a short-term advantage in the fight for the throne.

And this advantage was offset after Xu An sent Shanggu Wuhuan tribe and Duliao battalion to participate in the war, which made the situation in Mobei stabilize again.

Qianman and Kuitou are naturally not mediocre people who can be the commanders of the central and eastern Xianbei respectively. They command the army, separate one side, and stand against each other, so they are naturally capable.

External intervention can only intervene for a while, absolutely impossible for a lifetime, and now the situation in Mobei has shown signs of getting out of control.

But this silk letter secretly sent from Wuhuan, the three counties of Youzhou, gave Xu An a chance to regain control of Mobei, so Xu An changed his previous order.

In the hall, apart from Xu An himself, there were only Xu You and Yan Zhong, and Xu An naturally had nothing to hide.

"This letter is stamped with the seals of Qianhu and Zhen Fushi of Yingwei. The information is accurate. It is printed as Marquis of Guiyi, Wuhuan of the Great Wei Dynasty, and the money is reserved-Ta Dun."

Xu You raised his head suddenly, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Yan Zhong was originally leaning on the chair, drinking the tea in the cup slowly and methodically, but when he heard Xu An's words, he also froze slightly, and turned his head to look at Xu An, his eyes condensed slightly.

Both of them knew very well what this meant. After all, Xu You was the official of the Zhongshu Mansion, and had always been concerned about the situation in Mobei.

Although Yan Zhong has been recuperating in Taiye Pond and has not been in charge of politics for a while, he occasionally hears a few words, and he has always been very clear about the development of the general trend of the world.

As early as the Yellow Turban Uprising, he had already seen that the world would never be peaceful in the future, and he also knew that Huangfusong's end might not be good, so he persuaded Huangfusong to take the opportunity to claim rebellion, but later Huangfusong did not agree to him.

As expected, the world has gone into turmoil as Yan Zhong expected, and peace has not been regained because of the demise of the Yellow Turban Army.

Taipingdao can go to the near future, Yan Zhong's contribution is indispensable, without Yan Zhong's advice and strategies for Taipingdao, I am afraid that the battle of Kuicheng would be difficult to win.

"Ta Dun said in the silk script that Wuhuan, the three prefectures, chose to join the Han court because they were favored by Liu Yu and respected Liu Yu, but later Gongsun Zan killed Liu Yu, and in order to avenge Liu Yu, they allied with Yuan Shao , and agreed that after the defeat of Gongsun Zan and the unification of Youzhou, Liu Yu's son Liu He would be appointed as the Shepherd of Youzhou. "

"Yuan Xi treats them like domestic slaves. They come and go as soon as they are called, and wantonly beat and scolded them. The Wuhuan tribes of the three counties have long been dissatisfied with them. However, Wei Ting conscripted soldiers year after year, first rushing to help Xianbei in the east, This time in the battle of Qingzhou, nearly [-] troops were mobilized to go south."

"Wuhuan of the Three Commanderies and Wuhuan of Shanggu come from the same lineage. Tadun asked to be merged into our Ming Dynasty as a vassal. He is willing to return to Yihou for our Ming Dynasty. When our army attacks Youzhou, it will be used as an internal response, and the internal and external forces will jointly take over Youzhou."

Yan Zhong put down the teacup in his hand, the situation in Youzhou had been settled a long time ago, and he knew the situation in Youzhou very well.

Now the three prefectures of Wuhuan are scattered in Youbeiping County and Liaoxi County, just south of Xianbei in the east.

If Tadun is really willing to lead the three counties Wuhuan to surrender, then it doesn't matter if the eastern Xianbei defeats the central Xianbei.

Xu An arranged for Lu Bu to go north, no matter how bad it was or how bad the situation was, the central Xianbei could retain about half of its combat power.

The upper hand held by Xianbei in the east will be wiped out because of Wuhuan's participation in the war.

Tadun could lead Wuhuan, the three prefectures, into the hinterland of the eastern Xianbei's rear, causing the eastern Xianbei to lose a large number of people, cattle and sheep, making it difficult to look after each other head to tail.

At this time, Lu Bu can lead the Ming army to attack the eastern Xianbei from west to east, and Shanggu Wuhuan, located in Daijun and Shanggujun, can also attack the eastern Xianbei at the same time.

A three-way attack can directly divide the Eastern Xianbei into three scattered tribes, so the victory or defeat on the Mobei battlefield is no longer important.

Ta Dun's attachment gave Ming Ting more choices.

Since we can get a weaker Xianbei who is better controlled, why risk the backlash and let that disobedient Qianman lead a strong Xianbei?

"How credible is this matter?"

Yan Zhong wasn't impatient. The matter of attachment was not something that could be determined in a single letter. It took a comprehensive consideration of all aspects to determine whether it was true attachment or Wei Ting's strategy.

Xu You also pricked up his ears at this time, looked at Xu An, and waited for Xu An's reply. The question he wanted to ask was the same as that of Yan Zhong.

If Ta Dun really surrendered, then Mobei's predicament would be solved easily, and he could finally have a good night's sleep.

If the Mobei issue is resolved, the Ming Court today will not have any worries.

Monan is stable, the four prefectures have dangers to defend, the three military regions are impenetrable, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, the army is fine and the generals are brave, the momentum of strengthening Qin has already been achieved.

The probability of unifying the world will increase by another [-]%.

It only takes a few years to hide your strength and bide your time, and Beike can gather tens of thousands of elite cavalry, and countless righteous congregations will sweep the entire Hebei and secluded land.

In the south, you can go down the river, and attack Jingzhou with two routes, and take all the land of Jingchu.

The world can be determined!

"The Eagle Guards of Youzhou have found out that Yuan Xi, as the shepherd of Youzhou, treats Wuhuan of the three counties as if he were a domestic slave. Sometimes there are even incidents of Youzhou soldiers harassing the Wuhuan Department of the three counties."

"From the Battle of Dongjun in the second year of Chuping (191) to the present, in the four years, Yuan Shao recruited soldiers from Wuhuan in the three counties several times, and went south to fight. These are all facts, especially this time. , and recruited more than [-] cavalry to go south, and Wuhuan and the various tribes of the three counties also complained about it, and what Yuan Xi did was to punish all those who complained and were dissatisfied."

Xu An paused, glanced at the silk script on the desk, and added.

"Liu Yu's son, Liu He, is now in the Bohai Kingdom. He is enfeoffed as the Marquis of Le Cheng and has eight hundred households. He is only an idle official and has no real power."

"Ta Dun has another request, that is, he hopes to save Liu He's life as much as possible."

"The Wei army is at a disadvantage in the battle of Qingzhou. Tadun may not be optimistic about Yuan Shao. This silk letter is the determination to make the tribe stronger."