The World of Yellow Sky

In the battle of Chengdu, the backbone of the entire powerful family in Yizhou was completely broken. The military parade at the founding ceremony of Chang'an was even more frightening for all the powerful families. They couldn't even beat Liu Yan. Ming army?

As for Liangzhou, the dissatisfied aristocratic families in Liangzhou have all disappeared in the long river of history, and the rest of the aristocratic families are basically tied to Taipingdao.

The land in many places in Liangzhou is not suitable for farming. They don’t have much land. They are located in the cold and far away from the political center. , the fourth choice besides Dong Zhuo, and a chance to enter the political center of the country.

The Liangzhou scholars headed by Yan Zhong placed almost all bets on Xu An.

And Liangzhou’s aristocratic and powerful families basically rarely bully the local villagers. Most of Liangzhou is a mixture of Han and Qiang. There are far fewer regions. In the public trial held by the Eagle Wolf Guard in Liangzhou, there were far fewer criminals from aristocratic and powerful families investigated and dealt with than in the other three states.

Now a group of powerful families in Liangzhou have obtained the permission to trade in the Western Regions. Not only have they not lost much of their interests, but they have also gained more things.

The re-established Protectorate of the Western Regions gave them another way to make money.

Among the four Ming court factions, the old Taipingdao faction had the most far-reaching military influence, but politically it was led by the Liangzhou faction.

The Liangzhou faction is the most steadfast in supporting Ming Court's expansion and unification of the world, and they are even more radical than the old Taipingdao faction.

What the generals and officials of the old Taipingdao line sought was to liberate the world, unify the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, establish the world of Huangtian, and make the world peaceful.

But the Liangzhou faction was not satisfied with this. The battles in Monan and the Western Regions made them feel like sharks smelling blood and saw benefits.

With Monan's victory, the entire Monan pasture became Ming Ting's official pasture, and they also obtained the right to use the pasture.

The hegemony of Monan makes their caravans unimpeded in the whole of Monan. Apart from worrying about the Xianbei and the Huns, they don’t even need to worry about the existence of horse bandits. Mingting’s official caravan flag is the best guard.

In the entire Monan, no tribe or bandit dared to challenge the majesty of the Ming army.

Once a small tribe robbed the caravan of the Liangzhou Wang family in Wu'an County, which was newly established in Liangzhou. As Xu An's wife clan, and the caravan holding the official trade flag was ready to rob, the Eagle Wolf Guard soon Found traces of the tribe.

The Ming army dispatched more than [-] cavalry and crushed the tribe the next day. All the looters were beheaded, and the rest were incorporated into the sequence of labor reform.

Guo Tai reopened the Protectorate of the Western Regions, opened up trade routes, and opened up a way to make money for them.

The war between the Western Regions and Monan gave them a taste of the sweetness, and the people who went to the Western Regions brought them a piece of news about Guishuang and Dawan.

Dawan's famous horses and Guishuang's utensils, they can easily exchange tea, silk, ceramics and other items from their hands for a lot of wealth.

It is said that in the West, gold and silver are everywhere, and the transactions between them are even directly traded with gold and silver as currency.

They even came up with ideas about the plateau in the southwest. The map remade by Xu An described the situation there in detail. He learned of the existence of Cordyceps sinensis, and also learned that there were many residents on it, and The existence of some precious animals, fur has always been extremely expensive.

In the current Ming court, there are no doves at all, only hawks.

The casualties caused by the successive years of war did not make the people in the country feel disgusted.

From the very beginning, Xu An has made it very clear that he has been promoting one thing, why they are fighting and why they are fighting.

The people under the jurisdiction of Taipingdao also understood one thing under Fu Zhu's evangelism. Everything they enjoy now is precisely because of the fighting soldiers on the front line, and it is precisely because of their struggle and support, not because of any Human charity, anyone's kindness.

The liberation of the world was bought by blood staining China.

The idea of ​​public trial and Taipingdao, land reform, brought most of the people together.

They understood that there are no nobles and nobles in this world at all. It is not the common sense of the world for those powerful families to be superior, and it should not be taken for granted that they are inferior.

The mobilization order issued by Xu An did not cause backlash and dissatisfaction among the people, but support that flew like snowflakes.

After receiving the mobilization order for food requisition, almost all the people in Bingzhou came to support them with the food stored at home. They even took the initiative to transport the food to the car. Originally, Huang Long was worried about the shortage of food and grass, and the boiling of the people, but everything he worried about did not happen. occur.

Even the food supplied to the Mobei army has been replenished, and there is no longer any shortage.

The Taipingdao policy aroused a strong reaction from the powerful families in the Han and Wei Dynasties.

But how?

The momentum of the Taiping Dao is like a fire burning in the original place, so it cannot be approached.

This raging fire has already been ignited, and everything that was old will be burned. The remnants of the old era, the old aristocrats who have never changed, will be submerged in the torrent of history along with the times.

The entire county of Hanoi County has been liberated, and the northern part of Zhongshan County, the central part and the northern part of Changshan County have all been liberated by the Taihang Ming Army and the Ming Army of the two counties.

The main forces of the Han and Wei armies in Wei County collapsed, Wei Ting has collapsed, Yuan Tan is now in Jizhou Bohai County, Yuan Xi is now in Youzhou, and only Yuan Shang is in Yecheng.

Yecheng has been surrounded from all sides, even if the judge and the remnant army fled back to Yecheng, there is nothing they can do.

Wei Ting's downfall is an inevitable result.

On the official road outside Fanyang City, there are still a lot of bloodstains left, and on both sides are corpses in disorder.

Xu An raised his head and looked at the dilapidated Fanyang City ahead.

Those who travel hundreds of miles, half ninety, have not yet won the final victory, it is far from the time to stop, and it is not yet the time to be sentimental.

Undercurrents surged in Taipingdao, and with the innovation of ideas, various new trends of thought also emerged.

New challenges and choices have been placed in front of Taipingdao.

7 Chapter Ninety, Please Surrender

Xu An led the army into Fanyang City, and at this time the identity of the army in the Fanyang City government office was also known.

Those soldiers who are still standing in the government offices of Fanyang City, they are the most elite army under Yuan Shao's command except tiger and leopard cavalry - Wuwei Army, the only heavy infantry under Yuan Shao's command.

No one knew why they stayed in the government office. Although Xu An was also suspicious, the current Fanyang city government office had already been forged into an iron bucket by the Wei army during many days of fighting.

If it weren't for the heavy rain that made the bows and crossbows lose their original strength, I am afraid that the Han army would spend a lot of time and soldiers' lives if they wanted to attack here.

This heavy rain, in a sense, did help the Han army and speed up their offensive.

But it was precisely because of this heavy rain that the Han army lost everything.

Xu An did not make the mistake of being indecisive, but chose to continue marching very decisively, turning all the way into Rufeng, and found the time when the Han army's defense and vigilance were weakest.

The fate is not in Wei Ting's body, nor in the hands of Han Ting.

The current destiny is taking care of Ming Ting.

Even though most of Fanyang City has fallen into the hands of the Ming army, if they want to capture the government office of the Wei army, instead of transporting catapults into the city, they just attack with infantry, even if they are elite soldiers of the Ming army, they will suffer a lot. Small casualties.

Wei Jun's layout in the city is indeed somewhat exquisite, with interlocking circles and successive squares, and finally spread out with the Fanyang government office as the center, relying on each other.

There are also a lot of bed crossbows in the Fanyang government office, and at some important points, this brings a lot of pressure to attack the Fanyang government office.

Looking at the scene of the Fanyang government office through the lens of the telescope, Xu An also felt a little tricky.

The biggest problem is that he doesn't know how many Wei Jun there are in the Fanyang government office. Naturally, he can't procrastinate like this with these Wei Jun. Now every second counts, and it is already daytime. What he has to do is to take advantage of Yuan Shao's body. When Wei Ting was leaderless, he quickly attacked the Sanzhou area north of the Yellow River.

Not long ago, the scouts of the Ming army also rushed to Inner Yellow City, but at this time the Inner Yellow City was already empty.

By the time the news came, it was already the dawn of the next day, that is, not long after Xu An entered the city.

So Xu An sent Bai Rao to take the cavalry from the Bingzhou camp to Liyang to see if he could intercept the Han army fleeing from Neihuang City to Liyang.

If Yuan Shu's army withdraws too quickly, they will rush to help the poison and besiege Beicheng.

There are [-] Han troops in Beicheng, most of whom are soldiers from Yuzhou, the elite of the Han army.

The leader is Sun Ben, who is Sun Jian's nephew. His status in the Han army is second only to Zhu Zhi and Wu Jing who died in the battle of Luoyang, and his status is comparable to Cheng Pu. A fierce general.

The city of Beicheng was fortified, and Yu Du's soldiers were exhausted from fighting for a long time, while Sun Ben waited for work with ease. Xu An was a little worried that Yu Du would suffer, so he added an order to rush to help Yu Du.

Xu You led the cavalry army from the Shanggu camp to Yecheng. If Yecheng had an opportunity, he would attack Yecheng in one go.

If the defense of Yecheng is relatively strict, they will lead the cavalry army north to Changshan, and will join the Taihang Ming army attacking from Jingxing, and then lead the Taihang Ming army southward to march eastward together.

Yecheng is already a turtle in the urn, so there is no need to be nervous, it is only a matter of time before it falls.

Now for the Ming army, Jizhou, Youzhou, and the area north of the Yellow River in Qingzhou are basically in their pockets.

The Han army has been newly defeated and its main force has been exhausted. They are now powerless and unable to occupy any area north of the Yellow River.

Even, whether Yanzhou can be defended is a matter of opinion. I am afraid that after receiving the news of the failure of the Northern Expedition, the officials of the Han court are not thinking about how to counterattack, but how to defend the Yellow River, how to defend Yanzhou and Qingzhou.

Unless Qu Yi chooses to belong to the Han court at this time, the Han court will have the power and ideas to influence the North Shore.

The city of Pingyuan was built in a solid manner. At the beginning, Liu Bei occupied Pingyuan City, and Yuan Shao sent troops to attack Pingyuan City many times, but all ended in failure.

If Gongsun Zan hadn't retreated again after repeated defeats, leaving Liu Bei alone and helpless, Pingyuan City might still be in Liu Bei's hands.

Just nothing if.

The probability of Qu Yi's joining the Han court at this time is absolutely infinitely close to zero. It is clear at a glance who has the advantage now, without doubt.

Qu Yi was not a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. If he was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, he would not choose to obey Yuan Shao.

But even so, Xu An did not relax his vigilance, he still had certain precautions against Qu Yi.

Xu An didn't know the situation in Jingzhou yet, but he handed over the elites of the Siege Camp and the Xiliang Camp to Xu Huang. Xu An believed that any problems would not be a problem in front of Xu Huang.

Now Liu Biao is afraid that he can no longer be calm and calm as usual, and he can stay out of everything he encounters.

This time the Ming army attacked Nanyang County from Wuguan and Shangyong, and then entered Nanjun County from Jiangguan Waterway, threatening Xiangyang City from the north and the south.

How could Liu Biao still sit firmly in the Chinese army?

You know, on the frontal battlefield, the Ming army invested no less troops in Jingzhou than the Han army.

If Liu Biao took it lightly, the Ming army's feigned attack would probably turn into a real offensive battle. This is not without precedent.

When attacking Liangzhou, Xu An asked Xu Huang to lead a partial division just to contain the strength of the Liangzhou army.

But Xu Huang directly killed two generals of the Liangzhou Army, and then went down several cities, directly eliminating the threat from the north.

The Qiangdi tribe in Liangzhou also trembled when they heard Xu Huang's name in the first battle, and they were frightened when they saw the banner of the Ming army.

Zhang Liao was powerful in Wuhuan, and Xu Huang was famous in Xiqiang. The prestige of the two of them in the army was second only to Lu Bu, and their military exploits were actually even more prominent than Lu Bu.

It's just that Lu Bu's credit for beheading the general and capturing the flag is too much, and his force is superior, so his prestige overwhelms the two of them.

Going to Mobei this time, Lu Bu also took a deep breath, ready to fight in Mobei.

In today's Ming army, if you don't kill a few foreign chiefs, Shan Yu, destroy a few small countries, and kill a few tribes, the credit may not even rank in the top ten.

Guo Tai killed three small countries in the Western Regions who disobeyed the Ming Court and even interfered with the Silk Road. His prestige in the army has not yet caught up with Zhang Liao and Xu Huang.

Xu An put down the binoculars in his hand, and the information coming from various places was sorted out in his mind, and the general context also emerged in Xu An's mind.

Because of the roads in Youzhou, no definite information has been received yet, but in the battle of Youzhou, under the command of Gong Du, Liu Shi led the soldiers from the military regions of the two counties and the Wuhuan tribe of Shanggu to attack eastward from Juyongguan, threatening Youzhou from the north. Gongsun Du led his troops out of Liaodong and marched westward, threatening Youzhou from the east. Zhu Jiu led soldiers from the two counties out of Puyinxing to attack from south to northeast, threatening Youzhou from the west.

Youzhou Mu Yuanxi of Wei Ting is now leading the main force of Youzhou Wei army to confront Gongsun Zan's army in Fanyang City.

At this time, Youzhou's defenses are unprecedentedly empty, surrounded by three sides, both inside and outside, there is no reason for it to be invincible.

After Qu Yi is attached, he only needs to order him to go north, and he can easily capture the Bohai Sea, and at the same time threaten Youzhou from the south, and encircle him on all sides.

The liberation of Youzhou is only a matter of time, it is a foregone conclusion, there is no room for turning around, even if Han Xin, the soldier fairy, is reborn, he will be unable to recover.

Xu An put down the binoculars in his hand, he was going to order to leave a battalion of military soldiers and a battalion of elite soldiers to guard against the Wei army in the Fanyang government office, and then lead the army to set off towards Yecheng.

For Liyang and the cities around Weiguo, Xu An has sent an order for the Zuo school to join Li Heng's command. Under Li Heng's leadership, they will march eastward along the Yellow River and occupy all the cities and ferries along the Yellow River.

At the same time, Yu Po was also ordered to recruit troops from the Taihang Military Region, as well as a part of the troops from Henan County.

There are too many areas captured this time, and the standing troops are no longer enough. If they are scattered to defend in various cities, then the troops available for attack will be less and less. In the end, it may be difficult to capture even the slightly larger and powerful Fortress. Although the quality of the troops stationed in the army is not as high as that of the standing troops, they have all received certain military training. Although they are reluctant to fight in the field, they are still qualified as a city defense force.

"Xu Hong..."

Xu An opened his mouth to issue a military order, but at this moment, a commotion ahead caught Xu An's attention.

A scout with a command rider on his back galloped up on a war horse.

The scouts galloped all the way to the front of Xu An. Before the horse stopped, they dismounted and even ran a few steps with the horse.

"In the Yamen of Fanyang Mansion, the Wei Army sent an envoy to request an interview with the Daoist Lord. The envoy claimed to be the judge, and claimed to be Wei Ting's Taiwei."

"Adjudication?"

Xu An's eyes were slightly condensed, showing suspicion.

"The trial is in Fanyang?"

Xu An was a little puzzled, if the judge wanted to escape, how could there be a way to escape? They fought fiercely with the Han army outside the city for a long time, and the judge had enough time to evacuate, but it was unexpected to stay in Fanyang.

The judge is young, loyal and generous, and there are rules that cannot be violated. In his early years, he was an official of Taiwei's mansion, and later he was unwilling to pursue Han Fu, Jizhou Mu, because of his integrity.

In the original time and space, Yuan Shao was in charge of Jizhou, appointed as a judge and appointed as a confidant, thinking that he would not drive in the middle of governance, and he was in charge of the shogunate.

Hebei was pacified, and Yuan Shao unified the military with the aid of trial and discipline, and insisted on maintaining its strength, and advocated a decisive battle with Cao Cao.

This choice was contrary to the judgments of Jushou and Tian Feng, but it cannot be said that his military vision was wrong. Yuan Shao had the advantage at that time, and the battle of Guandu actually had a very high chance of winning.

Although the trial politics is short-sighted, its military vision is not bad.

It's just that Yuan Shao chose all the wrong options later, which eventually led to the defeat of Guandu.

The battle of Guandu was defeated, and the second son of the trial partner was captured, so he was misunderstood and suspected.