The World of Yellow Sky

After entering the territory of Qingzhou, Tian Zhong disguised himself as a merchant who rewarded the army, was able to meet Qu Yi, and then handed over the letter written by Yan Zhong himself to Qu Yi.

Tian Zhong was not worried that his life would be in danger. After all, if Qu Yi really wanted the Han Dynasty, he should turn against Wei now.

If he was really loyal to Wei Ting, then Qu Yi would definitely not be in Qingzhou now, but would rush to help Wei County with his army early.

After Qu Yi received the letter, as expected, he neither agreed nor refused. He said some insignificant words, and then found an excuse to say that he really wanted to join the Taiping Dao, but there were different opinions in the army. Let Tian Zhong wait for a while.

Regarding Qu Yi's excuse, Tian Zhong naturally did not expose it, but was very reasonable and even filled in some details of the reason for Qu Yi.

Although Qu Yi's communication time was not long, Tian Zhong's years of experience made him understand Qu Yi's inner thoughts.

Qu Yi is just evaluating the value now, he will rely on whoever has the greater advantage.

Yan Zhong's evaluation of Qu Yi is not wrong, Qu Yi is indeed temperamental, unpredictable, and ambitious.

There was a complete meal in the tent, and Qu Yi even sent a few maids to take care of Tian Zhong's daily life, but Tian Zhong refused in the end.

The reason why Qu Yi has such a good attitude towards Tian Zhong is firstly because the letter written by Yan Zhong roughly wrote down some directions for the Taiping Dao to use troops.

The second is that he received an urgent letter from the eastern coastal area, and learned that hundreds of naval warships flying the flag of the Ming army passed the offshore area.

A burst of footsteps came from outside the tent, interrupting Tian Zhong's thoughts.

"Tian Lingjun, General, please see me if you have something to do."

A general of the Wei army in a blue robe stood outside the tent and shouted in a low voice.

Tian Zhong narrowed his eyes slightly, with a smile on his face.

When he heard the word "please", he already understood what happened.

Regarding the Battle of Wei County, Tian Zhong never thought about the possibility of losing. Of course, this is not because Tian Zhong understands military affairs and made a judgment. Although he is a foreign affairs order, he is not qualified to participate in the planning of the battle. Unaware.

The reason why he thought he would win was because Xu An was not someone else who led the main force of the Ming army to Weijun.

Tian Zhong doesn't think that there is any army in the world that can defeat the current Ming army.

"Wait."

Tian Zhong stood up, straightened his robes, and walked out of the big tent.

Following the general who led the way, Tian Zhong walked from the outer camp to the inner camp.

When Tian Zhong first met Qu Yi, Qu Yi met Tian Zhong in the government office of Pingyuan City, he only saw the soldiers guarding the government office, and the soldiers guarding the government office were indeed elite.

This is the first time for Tian Zhong to enter the inner camp. The soldiers in the inner camp and the outer camp are completely different. Different from the idleness of the soldiers in the outer camp, most of the soldiers in the inner camp are busy with their own affairs in silence, or arranging their armor. Or wipe down weapons.

Occasionally, the conversation was very short, and there was a sense of murderousness in his body.

During the occasional conversations, Tian Zhong also had an idea in his mind that most of the soldiers stationed in the inner camp were from Jizhou, because they all spoke Jizhou dialect, and they should have been from the Wei army of Jizhou.

After walking for a while, Tian Zhong saw more soldiers. These people even seemed a little frightened. The words they spoke were mostly Liangzhou dialect, and some even spoke Hu language soldiers.

These people looked a little stronger than the soldiers in the Ming army, and they should be the personal guards and Yi Cong brought by Qu Yi from Liangzhou, or the battalion soldiers who entered the camp first.

"Tian Lingjun has gone out of the tent."

Outside the big tent, the blue-robed general stopped at the tent door and respectfully reported.

Then the blue-robed general lowered his head, waiting for the order from the tent.

But there was no call from the tent, but the sound of footsteps.

While Tian Zhong was in doubt, the curtain had been lifted, revealing Qu Yi's tall figure, he grabbed Tian Zhong's hand, and enthusiastically pulled him closer to the tent.

"Recently, the military affairs are busy, and I have neglected the distinguished guests. Please forgive me."

Qu Yi took Tian Zhong's arm and walked all the way into the military tent, even sitting on the same mat.

"Where is it."

Tian Zhong laughed.

"I'm busy with official duties in Chang'an City, but this time I'm at General Qu's place, I have a lot of leisure time, and I can take advantage of this free time to rest for a few more days."

"That's good, that's good."

Qu Yi laughed a few times in agreement, and then turned bitter, and said to Tian Zhong with a sincere look.

"Yan Gong and I are old acquaintances. He once recommended me, and he has never forgotten his righteousness. However, most of the generals in the army are former officials of the Yuan family. Although I am the chief general, I still want to control the entire army. But it also takes time.”

"Thanks to Huang Tian's blessing, he was able to understand the righteousness and persuade the generals in the army."

Tian Zhong's expression was as usual, what Qu Yi said was righteous and convinced the generals in the army, and he said it sounded grand, but in fact the so-called righteousness was those swordsmen buried in the government.

All the generals and schools who opposed him were either killed or imprisoned. The Qingzhou Wei Army had long been what Qu Yi said.

"The world is in turmoil, the people's livelihood is suffering, wars are everywhere, and bandits are rampant. Every time I see it, I am heartbroken. I wish to lead the whole division of Qingzhou to join the Taiping Dao to respond to the people."

Qu Yi spoke earnestly, holding Tian Zhong's hand, with an upright expression on his face.

Even though Tian Zhong was well-informed, he hesitated for a while.

If he didn't know Qu Yi's true face, just looking at Qu Yi's tone and expression now, he would even think that Qu Yi had joined the Taiping Dao as early as the first year of Zhongping.

"General Qu's words are serious. General Qu's ability to abandon the dark and turn to the bright is really a blessing for all people."

But even if he knew, Tian Zhong didn't have much contempt, and just continued to follow what Qu Yi said.

After all, as long as Qu Yi was persuaded, then they could take over the entire Qingzhou north of the Yellow River without bloodshed, and at the same time get a large number of high-quality soldiers.

The Qingzhou soldiers were unbearable, but those Jizhou soldiers and the soldiers who entered the camp first were all first-class elite soldiers, and the more than 1000 tiger and leopard cavalry were even more elite among the elite.

The cost of raising heavy cavalry is extremely expensive. The cost of raising a heavy cavalry is even higher than the cost of raising five or six heavy infantry. There are still people who eat horse chews. Various logistics and the selection of war horses are extremely complicated.

Up to now, the Ming army has only raised a thousand heavy cavalry, and it still gnawed at the money left by the past, as well as the war wealth obtained by searching for powerful families.

The training of heavy cavalry is different. After getting the tiger and leopard cavalry, the number of heavy cavalry in the Ming army will exceed two thousand, which is already an extremely terrifying number.

Combined with bow cavalry, light cavalry, and ranger cavalry to form a cavalry formation, the cavalry of the Ming army will truly become an invincible existence.

"General Qu led the uprising, which is really an act of righteousness, and I will definitely ask for the title of General Qu in front of the Taoist Lord."

"All the official positions of the generals in the army are now reserved. General Qu can ask Changshi to record the names of the generals. When I return to my post, I can also submit the list to the Zhongshu Office for a new certificate."

"Tian Lingjun is bothering you."

Qu Yi's attitude was quite respectful. Tian Zhong first said that he would retain his official position, and then asked Qu Yi to record the name of the general and school. It was undoubtedly to let Qu Yi assign military positions by himself to win over people's hearts.

He also said that in front of the Taoist monarch, he asked for a title. The subtext is that, on top of the original official position, additional officials will be added to the rank.

Both of them tacitly did not mention the outcome of the battle in Wei County.

Chapter 789 Ming court hawks, the germs of expansionism

In the second year of the Ming Dynasty, June [-]rd, Pingdan.

Xu An was basically aware of the situation in Fanyang, the news of Yuan Shao's death was not a secret, it had already been disseminated and removed.

In most areas of Fanyang City, there are only a small number of remnants of the Wei army left. Most of them are wounded soldiers, unable to move. The rest of the people have already fled Fanyang, but they have no way to leave Fanyang , they were abandoned in Fanyang, waiting to die.

However, the government offices in Fanyang City are still occupied by Wei Jun.

The Wei troops stationed here are all wearing iron armor. They are all wearing sharp clothes. There are a large number of crossbowmen standing beside the courtyard wall. There are also watchtowers built in the government office as guards. A strong attack, in such a narrow place, without knowing the situation in the government office, will inevitably cause heavy losses.

The Ming army entered Fanyang City at the second watch. After Xu An received the report, he ordered the Ming army entering the city to bypass the government office, but set up sufficient guards around the city, and it was not suitable for fighting at night.

The defenders had the upper hand in the battle of fortifications, and it was very strange that the Wei army was left in Fanyang City. Most of them had fled, but this one remained.

To be cautious, Xu An was going to wait until daytime to check on Wei Jun in the Fanyang government office.

As one yellow flag after another was planted on the city wall of Fanyang City, the Ming army of the brigade also marched into the city.

90.00% of Fanyang City has been occupied by the Ming army, and the walls and gates on all sides have been taken over by the Ming army.

The dwellings in Fanyang City were ten rooms and five empty, and many households were overtaken by Wei Jun to the city wall as civilian husbands, or as a supplementary source of soldiers, and were pushed into this cruel tug-of-war.

There were traces of looting in many places. When the Ming army entered Fanyang City, many places in Fanyang City were still on fire. It took the Ming army a lot of time to rescue and put out the fire.

Although the original Wei army recruited civilian husbands, it still retained basic military discipline and was not too presumptuous.

After Yuan Shao's death, the cloud of defeat fell on the heads of all the Wei troops. They took advantage of the Han and Ming armies fighting outside Fanyang City, and took the opportunity to escape from Fanyang City. When they escaped from Fanyang City, some of them Wei Jun ransacked the houses, looted property, and even set fire to the houses to cover up the crimes he had committed.

This act later spread among the Wei army.

The entire prosperous North City was devastated. When the Ming army entered the city, the North City and West City were almost completely destroyed, and most of the people fled to the relatively safe East City.

To the east was the area occupied by the Han army, and most of the Wei army fled to the north and west.

The order of the entire Fanyang City was basically stabilized until the fifth watch and Pingdan.

The east is getting brighter and the sun is rising.

The sun rose in the distance, and the golden light broke through the layers of clouds and radiated towards the four directions.

Gentle sunlight fell on the outside of Fanyang City.

Just above the fields in the southern suburbs of Fanyang City, many soldiers in white clothes, masks, and yellow scarves were walking on the battlefield.

The blood had already solidified, but the strong smell of blood still did not dissipate.

Those Ming soldiers in white clothes were the ones in the Ming army who specialized in cleaning the battlefield. They rescued the survivors, sent the undead enemies into the places they had already entered, collected weapons and armor, and cleaned up the remains.

In order to avoid the plague, they all have to carry out tasks under the command of the military doctor of the army.

Xu An raised his left hand and opened his palm.

The sun was shining on his palm, and a slight warmth flowed slowly from his palm to his heart.

Xu An's expression was slightly gloomy, he didn't feel comfortable because of the sunny day.

He can still feel the warm sunshine now, but the many soldiers who followed him are trapped in eternal nothingness, they have no chance to observe the world with their eyes, and they have no way to go Feel the warm sunshine.

Xu An withdrew his gaze, and cast it again to Fanyang City not far in front of him.

The road to Fanyang City has been cleared in advance, and the army has to pass through the official road when entering the city, so this is the first place to clean up when cleaning the battlefield.

Even in a victorious war, the victor still needs to pay a price, and countless people will die.

The victor does cheer loudly when he wins, celebrating his hard-earned victory.

But after the cheers, I found that the old robe has turned into a cold corpse, and found that the old friend has closed his eyes forever, such pain will make everyone silent.

Holding the reins, Xu An slowly led the horse under his seat forward.

A group of soldiers of Tengxiang Guard behind him, Xu An Huanwei, took the central position and followed Xu An closely.

Victory doesn't come without a price.

In the Battle of Fanyang, although the main forces of the Han and Wei armies were defeated, the war was not over yet. The Han court still occupied the six prefectures of Yan, Qing, Yu, Yang, Jiao, and Jing south of the Yellow River, and still resisted. Ability.

Those aristocratic families will never tolerate Taipingdao's domination of the world. They will use all means and thought to eliminate Taipingdao.

They are naturally on the opposite side of Taipingdao, and now Taipingdao represents the interests of ordinary people, not the interests of aristocratic families.

Education is no longer exclusive to the tyrannical families like them, and being an official is not to see one's background, but to see real talents and real learning.

Forest farms, lakes, mines, land, everything they own will be collected by Pacific Road.

Even slavery is no longer legal, and it is strictly prohibited by the Taiping Dao. Although it is not directly banned across the board, it is still fundamental.

Taipingdao will send eagle wolf guards to ask the slaves what they think. If they want to be free, no one can stop them, and they will be restored to freedom.

It is no longer allowed to buy and sell people by any means. Buying and selling people is a felony in Taiping Road.

If the slaves are not all disbanded, the remaining slaves will be heavily taxed.

The right to be an official and the right to own slaves are all deprived, and those land properties will also be deprived. What's more terrifying is that they will be liquidated for their previous crimes.

The Taipingdao used to be relatively restrained, but the current Taipingdao is already ostentatious, making no secret of its purpose.

The reform of the land has become the program of the Taiping Dao, and the world will be invented.

The aristocratic families in Zhongzhou and Bingzhou have already been subdued by the Taiping Road, and the aristocratic families in Bingzhou are as afraid of Xu An as they are of a tiger. When they first met Xu An, they could only walk on their knees.

Because of Hao Zhao and Zhang Liao, the two great families of the Bingzhou, the Hao family and the Zhang family, also joined the Taiping Dao. Although they lost a lot of benefits, they saved the family.

Most of the powerful families in Zhongzhou with a little more power followed Huangfusong, Wang Yun and others to Nanyang County.

The rest of the aristocratic families didn’t have much energy at all. After Xu An moved the capital to Chang’an, the large troops of the Ming army were stationed in the border of Zhongzhou, and Chang’an was expanded, so that Taipingdao’s control over Zhongzhou was even higher than that of Bingzhou. All powerful families were killed.

All the powerful families in Yizhou have also given in, because most of the powerful families in Yizhou surrendered voluntarily, so Xu An still relaxed some irrelevant requirements as appropriate, but forest farms and mines were still banned, and the land was also destroyed. Charged the bulk.

And gave up part of the benefits, allowing the aristocratic families in Yizhou to raise silkworms and weave brocades, and participate in the trade in the Western Regions.

People have to bow their heads under the roof.