The World of Yellow Sky

However, Xu Hong, who was in charge of the guards, still led the yellow angels to inspect the entire camp, and after confirming that it was safe, he entered the camp with Xu An

By the time Xu An stepped into the camp, it was completely dark.

The illuminated brazier in the camp was lit, and the Han army was in the Ming camp, without any hidden thoughts.

Xu An glanced at the layout of the camp. He had seen many enemy camps, but this was the first time he had seen such a neat and orderly camp.

The roads between ministries, ququs, and villages are in good condition, so there is no need to worry too much even if it rains heavily, because there will not be much stagnant water, and the sentry towers in each place are also arranged just right.

Xu An withdrew his gaze and stared at the big tent that was opened in front of him.

If one can get the art of war learned from the Huangfu family, I am afraid that the quality of the students in the entire military academy and lecture hall will be greatly improved.

Among the four schools of military strategists, the school that is most suitable as a commander is undoubtedly military strategy.

Military strategists, that is, strategists, Ban Gu said that their characteristics are "defending the country with righteousness, using troops with odds, planning first and then fighting, taking into account the situation, including yin and yang, and using skills."

As for the knowledge of strategy, even in the lecture hall, there is not much relevant knowledge.

Military strategists pay attention to the study of military strategy, and also understand the strengths of various factions of situation, yin and yang, and skills.

Xu An walked into the big tent. Although it was a big tent for marching, it looked simple, but in fact it was unimaginably luxurious.

The seats in the first seat are even covered with silk, not ordinary mats. Sitting kneeling on it, the legs and feet will not feel the slightest discomfort. There are all kinds of utensils in the tent, which are very valuable at first glance. Even lacquerware for drinking water is rare and good.

Compared with the luxurious big tents of the Han army, the camp of the Ming army is much simpler.

Among Xu An's large tents, the most expensive one is the tent outside. There are usually only a dozen stools and a table inside. They are all made of ordinary wood and are easily used for military strategies such as maps. There are no other superfluous furnishings at all, and everything is based on convenience.

The generals who entered the big tent of the Han army were also shocked by such luxury.

They have all seen the luxury of palaces and buildings in Chang'an City, but many of them from Taipingdao do not know that a large marching tent can be decorated so gorgeously. It is Ma Chao, Pound and other Liangzhou soldiers. The general was also a little tongue-tied.

How can the Han army be so undefeated?

A style of extravagance has begun to rise among the top ranks of an army, and it is getting worse.

Even Huangfusong, who is a general who stops his desires, is like this. It would be even more unbearable if it were other generals of the Han army.

I'm afraid that there are many generals and schools in the Han army who are hungry and drink blood, and the military equipment of the Han army is uneven, as Xu An can also see from these few battles.

"Boom."

Xu An tapped lightly on the desk in front of him, attracting the generals' attention.

On the desk, there is a map of Wei County.

All the generals and schools in the big tent came to their senses as if they had just woken up from a dream. Their brief curiosity was quickly overwhelmed by their excellent military quality.

Xu An cast his eyes on Bai Rao.

Bai Rao understood, without waiting for Xu An to ask, he knelt and sat up straight, and replied respectfully.

"The right formation of the Han army has also been defeated by our army, and the beheading and captives are also being calculated. For the time being, the banner of Ling Cao, the leader of the right formation of the Han army, has not been found."

"How's the situation on the left?"

Xu An turned to look at Xu You. It was not a big deal that Ling Cao ran away. He was actually more concerned about the situation of the left formation. After all, it was Liu Bei who commanded the left formation of the Han army.

Although he is in command of the army, sometimes there is no way to grasp some specific information.

Xu You also straightened up, raised his head slightly, and replied.

"The left formation of the Han army has collapsed, and most of them are scattered. The beheading and captives are still being counted. Liu Bei, the leader of the left formation, was beheaded by our army!"

Xu An's eyes narrowed slightly. He thought he would receive the news of Liu Bei's escape, but instead he heard Xu You tell the news that Liu Bei was beheaded.

Xu An was silent for a while, he couldn't believe that Liu Bei would die so easily.

However, the news that came out of Xu You's mouth could not be a false report of military information. Xu An knew Xu You's character very well.

Liu Bei...

Xu An remembered the first time he saw Liu Bei's name.

A hypocrite who brings people across the river, but a real villain who does not flow in Surabaya.

Some people in later generations called Liu Bei a hypocrite, and the so-called carrying people across the river was just to use the people as a shield.

But they forgot one thing at this time, they forgot who gave the order in Xuzhou to stop the flow of Surabaya.

Among the many princes and warlords in the Three Kingdoms at the end of Han Dynasty, Liu Bei was probably the only one who really treated the ordinary people of Liming as human beings.

Unfortunately……

It's a pity that they are in different positions. Although Liu Bei is benevolent, he is a feudal nobleman and a scholar-bureaucrat after all, and he takes it as his duty to help the Han Dynasty.

They will always be enemies, never friends, never sitting together and talking.

Xu You noticed that Xu An's expression was dim, and he was a little puzzled, but he could tell the occasion clearly, so he didn't ask any questions.

"He Man."

Xu An woke up from his brief distraction.

He knows very well that only by seizing the world can he change the future and everything.

Even if Liu Bei really rejuvenated the Han Dynasty, the destiny of the Han Dynasty is stable, and it has been stable for thousands of years since then, and the country will last forever, but the lives of the ordinary people will never get much improvement.

The situation of the Han Empire is not something that a benevolent monarch can change.The establishment of the Han Empire and its system have determined the development of the Han Empire and the lives of ordinary people in the Han Empire.

"You send some people into Fanyang City, I want to know the situation in Fanyang City."

"promise."

Xu An still doesn't know anything about Fanyang City.

Wei Jun did not come out to disrupt the situation during their battle, Xu An only saw Wei Jun's cavalry suddenly collapsed, and a large number of people fled Fanyang.

After dark, the lights in Fanyang City were dimmed, and there were only a few lights on the city wall.

It is not yet time for complete victory, Xu An is still cautious.

Xu An's eyes were on the map again. The Han army crossed the river and occupied five cities in total. From left to right, they were Chaoge in Hanoi County, Liyang and Beicheng in Weijun's crossing, Neihuang City, And Dunhill in the Eastshire.

Now Chaoge has been taken by Yu Du, but there are still four cities in the hands of the Han army.

There are only [-] defenders in Beicheng, Yu Du is besieging, and it is only a matter of time before it falls.

Dunqiu and Liyang are not important. The main force of the Han army has been defeated. I am afraid that as soon as the rout and news reach these two places, the defenders in the two places will immediately flee to the south. empty city.

It's just that Inner Yellow City is a slight variable.

Now it is Yuan Shu who is guarding Inner Yellow City. He has tens of thousands of Han troops under his command, including a considerable number of cavalry troops.

Should someone be sent forward to cut off Yuan Shu's southward route? It's not convenient for the army to move at night, but it can't stop the messenger from reporting the message.

Sun Jian definitely sent a messenger to deliver the message shortly after the Ming army arrived in Fanyang, and Yuan Shu probably knew what happened in Fanyang City.

Knowing that the main force was defeated, Yuan Shu would never be so stupid as to bring tens of thousands of soldiers under his command to fight to the death with the Ming army.

The greatest possibility for him is to escape to Liyang at night, and then cross the river down the river.

Xu An pondered for a moment, but finally gave up his plan to send cavalry to intercept.

It was night now, and they did not prepare many torches for this march, and even if they had enough torches, traveling at night would be more dangerous, especially when the roads were muddy, and the horses might get sprained and injured. The march of the army may cause a lot of non-combat attrition, and it may not be able to intercept the Han army fleeing south.

The most important thing is that the Ming army actually marched in the rain for a while. Although it was not heavy rain, if it was not handled properly, the disease might spread in the army. This time the march was in a hurry, and the Ming army did not bring much medicinal materials. If there is no epidemic, then the plan to march will have to be delayed, but the loss outweighs the gain.

Even if you let Yuan Shu go back, it won't hurt much.

The main force of the Han army has been destroyed, and the Han court has almost completely lost the opportunity to compete for world hegemony.

Most of the Han army under Yuan Shu's command came from Nanyang, but they were stronger than Yanzhou soldiers and inferior to Yuzhou soldiers, and the cavalry troops were only a thousand.

Xu An took the towel from the guard's hand, wiped off the water droplets on his face, and turned his gaze back to the map, to the plain of Qingzhou.

Next, the place that determines whether the general trend of the world will completely turn to Taiping Road is not the current Jizhou, nor is it in Youzhou, but in Qingzhou, in the city of Pingyuan.

Everything depends on Qu Yi's choice.

Chapter 788 Abandoning Darkness and Turning to Brightness, Quyi Returning to Brightness

Qingzhou, Pingyuan County, Pingyuan City.

The main force of the Wei army who evacuated from Qingzhou is now stationed in Pingyuan City.

The atmosphere in Pingyuan City is dull, there are few pedestrians on the streets, and there are few people on the official roads.

The war brought a large number of casualties and brought about the decline of all walks of life.

Bandits are like carp crossing the river, and it is difficult to stop them. Among the caravans that are still trading, only a few families in Jizhou dare to do business. After all, their caravans have many guards and official protection. Ordinary bandits dare not easily offend them.

Ordinary Guizhou heads and ordinary people stayed in the countryside. They gathered together, strengthened the defense of the settlement, and took up crude weapons to protect themselves.

The entire Qingzhou to the north of the Yellow River is said to be under the administration of Wei State, rather than under the jurisdiction of Qu Yi.

Qingzhou, north of the Yellow River, has two counties, one is Pingyuan County and the other is Le'an County.

There was only a small part of Le'an County in the northern part of the Yellow River, and there were no decent cities, and the prefect of Le'an County had already fallen into the hands of the Han army. The jurisdiction of Le'an County in the north was naturally in the hands of Qu Yi.

The power in the hands of the sheriff of Pingyuan County appointed by Yuan Shao was deprived by Qu Yi on the day after Qu Yi arrived in Pingyuan City.

After Qu Yi learned the news of the Han army's Northern Expedition, he made the choice of sitting on the sidelines after weighing the pros and cons.

First, he summoned all the generals in the name of a military discussion, and then made indirect remarks to find out what everyone thought.

In the end, it was revealed that those soldiers who were loyal to Yuan Shao and wanted to quickly support Wei County's war were all imprisoned by Qu Yi.

Jiang Yiqu's military power was deprived by Qu Yi and placed under house arrest in the government office of Pingyuan City, and the tiger and leopard riders were also firmly in the hands of Qu Yi.

Lu Zhao was not under house arrest, and still commanded the generals under his command, but his personal guards were replaced by private soldiers under Qu Yi's command. In fact, the military power was also controlled by Qu Yi, and his wealth and life were controlled by Qu Yi.

Then Qu Yi used his confidants as generals to divide his troops across Qingzhou in the north of the Yellow River, and at the same time led his own army to station in Pingyuan City.

In fact, the entire Qingzhou area north of the Yellow River was already under Qu Yi's control.

The news of Wei County's battle was also blocked by Qu Yi. Now the Wei army in Qingzhou only knows that the Han army crossed the Hebei Expedition and captured Liyang. The situation in Wei County is a bit dangerous, but they don't know what happened.

However, compared to those generals who were a little bit emotional, even arguing with Qu Yi at the beginning, the ordinary Wei soldiers were extremely indifferent.

They didn't care about Wei Jun's situation at all, and they still did what they had to do every day.

In fact, this is also normal. Most of them were forcibly recruited into the army. If they could live in peace, how many of them would want to fight.

Whether it is the Han court or the Wei court, they have to pay so much taxes, the people who collect the taxes are still the same group of people, and the generals and schools who let them fight are still the old generals and schools, but they just changed their titles.

They don't have any loyalty to Wei Ting. When they serve as soldiers, they only know that the food and military salary are paid by the Shangguan, so they just obey the Shangguan's orders.

As for what kind of emperor or emperor, that is too far away from them, so it has nothing to do with them.

Tian Zhong glanced at the soldiers sitting sluggishly on the ground outside the tent, the most he saw on the faces of those soldiers was depression and numbness, without much life at all, like walking dead.

Xu An handed over all the matter of recruiting Qu Yi to Yan Zhong, but since Qingzhou is so far away, it is naturally impossible for Yan Zhong to go there in person.

Therefore, the task of sending envoys fell to the Foreign Affairs Department of the Ministry of Rites. Tian Zhong, as the director of the Foreign Affairs Department, took the initiative to invite Ying to go to Pingyuan County after a short period of thought to take on this important task.

After all, Qu Yi has [-] troops under his command, and one of them is a heavy general. He served as General Zhengdong in Wei Ting. In fact, his position is higher than that of Tian Feng. After all, Tian Feng was imprisoned for a long time. Tian Feng The reason why he was able to be the commander-in-chief at that time was also because of Yuan Shao's order.

This is also the reason why after Tian Feng's death, Qu Yi could easily control the Wei army in Qingzhou.

Tian Zhong once saw the appearance of the regular army of the Han army. He was ordered to recruit the soldiers of Xihe County who were trapped in the north of Hedong County.

Although those county soldiers were poorly equipped, surrounded by heavy siege, and suffered repeated defeats, their spirits were not bad, and they were not as sluggish as these soldiers.

Compared with the old Han army he had seen, these Qingzhou soldiers in front of him were far from the old Han army. Whether it was in terms of energy or military equipment, they were more than a star and a half behind.

Said the army...

Rather, a group of farmers...

These Qingzhou soldiers seem to be weaker than those in the Taipingdao army. Many of them are thin and thin, which makes people wonder how long they can last on the battlefield, or can they really fight?

Tian Zhong didn't know the details of the Wei army currently stationed in Qingzhou, but it is said that there seem to be more than 3 Wei troops who were born in Qingzhou, more than half.

The place where he is now is the camp of the former Qingzhou soldiers. If the Qingzhou soldiers are like this, the evaluation of Qu Yi's troops may be even lower.

Tian Zhong's eyes turned slightly, and he also had a plan in his mind. After observing for a long time, he also took advantage of the time to go to other military camps a few times. The scene he saw was similar, and he was even more determined. Convincing Qu Yi, but seeing the appearance of Qingzhou soldiers, he was already [-]% sure in his heart.

It has been some time since he arrived in Pingyuan City. He set off before Xu Andong's expedition. He rode a horse all the way through Jingxing from the four counties of Changshan, Julu, Anping, and Hejian in Jizhou, under the cover of Yinglangwei. Down into Qingzhou.

Along the way, Tian Zhong did not encounter too many obstacles, and it can even be said that he passed through many places in an open and aboveboard way.

After all, at that time, the main force of the Wei army and the main force of the Han army were already in a stalemate in Wei County, and Youzhou and other places were in emergency one after another. Yuan Shao focused all his attention on the Han army, and he was constantly dispatching troops. There is no time to take into account what is happening elsewhere.

Tian Zhong was also able to easily enter the territory of Qingzhou.