The World of Yellow Sky

The chief's mouth kept bleeding, and his eyes were filled with fear. He clung to the grass, trying to raise his head. He wanted to tell everyone that the arrow that pierced his throat was not from the Xianbei team. It was Zhang Yang who stabbed him in the throat.

But he couldn't help it, he couldn't speak anymore.

The continuous gushing of blood made Kuitou's body temperature gradually disappear.

No matter how hard Kui Tou struggled, everything was useless. Kui Tou slowly let go of the grass, and the last trace of expression in his eyes finally disappeared along with the dilated pupils.

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In the second year of the Ming Dynasty, the first ten days of October.

Nearly four months have passed since the Battle of Fanyang.

Today, there is only one city in the three states of Hebei that has not been planted with a yellow flag.

Outside the city of Yijing, Xu An stood on a mound with a whip on his horse, looking at the city of Yijing surrounded by layers of mounds.

No wonder in the original time and space, even though Yuan Shao had an army of tens of thousands, he was helpless against Yi Jing. Gongsun Zan could hide in Yi Jing for four years.

Yi Jing was really built into an iron wall by Gongsun Zan, as impregnable as gold.

Looking at the crooked ravines and the mounds one after another, Xu An couldn't help but feel a little troubled.

If there is no siege weapon such as a counterweight catapult, if you want to attack Yi Jing, then you can only take your life to pile up.

Unlike those cities with tall walls, the Yi Jing built by Gongsun Zan was actually more difficult to attack.

After all, those well-built cities still have people in the city, and they were built to protect the people, while the Yi Jing built by Gongsun Zan is completely a military fortress group.

There are only relatively narrow roads on one mound after another, and the rest of the places that can be seen are just gullies. The outermost gully is even more than ten. If you want to attack Yi Jing, you must first destroy those ten or so extremely The deep gullies are filled first, and this will undoubtedly take a lot of time.

The soil dug out of those gullies has been built into "Beijing", which is used as a peripheral and internal defense for direct internal use.

What Gongsun Zan did the most during his stay in Yijing in the past few years was digging ditches, and then used the soil dug out of the ditches to build mounds, which was also the construction of "Jing".

And attacking a capital in one place will be attacked by several other capitals, making the attack even more difficult.

Gongsun Zan didn't know what method he used. The mound he built was able to persist for a long time even under the bombardment of the counterweight trebuchet.

After the Battle of Fan Yang was won and Liu Shi led the Youzhou Army to defeat the withdrawing Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Zan immediately fled into Yijing with the remnant soldiers.

It has been more than a month since Liu Shi led an army to besiege Yi Jing.

It was also the filling of the gullies in the main attack locations, and the use of catapults to pull out the surrounding capitals.

Liu Shi didn't bring many catapults, and there were less than [-] counterweight catapults in the entire two-county military area. Counterweight catapults were strictly confidential affairs among the Ming army.

The selection conditions for the catapult soldiers need to be innocent, believe in the way of peace, and have passed the previous selection and multiple assessments before they are eligible to control the catapult.

The ideological selection conditions of the catapult soldiers are not even inferior to those of the yellow angels.

Many soldiers who met the requirements of the Yellow Angels ideologically but could not meet the physical fitness eventually became catapult soldiers.

It can be explained that the catapult soldiers in the army are the reserves of the Yellow Angels.

There are no more than 150 siege weapons such as counterweight catapults in the entire Ming army, [-] in the two counties military region, [-] in the Taihang military region, ten in the Padong military region, and the main force of the Ming army has [-].

In order to prevent leakage, there are special team members following the catapult convoy, who are responsible for fire-proofing and burning the catapult in case of emergency, so as to prevent the catapult from falling into the hands of the enemy.

The technology of the counterweight catapult is far ahead of this era. If the technology of the counterweight catapult falls into the hands of the enemy, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

A faint sound came from not far away, Xu An turned his head and looked aside, it was the catapult that had been calibrated and activated again.

In sight, dozens of stone bullets flew across the low sky and flew towards Yi Jing.

In an instant, smoke and dust rose, and several stone bullets hit the ground, rolled forward along the ground, and then fell into the gully, disappearing before Xu An's eyes.

The other few stone bombs hit the mounds around Yi Jing fiercely, and a mound suddenly collapsed, revealing the structure inside the mound. The soldiers inside the mound were obviously a little panicked At a loss.

Xu An has seen such a scene here many times.

It has to be said that Gongsun Zan is really a genius for defending the city. Even Hao Zhao was stunned when he saw Gongsun Zan building mounds like this, and how he built the capital to protect himself.

Seeing Gongsun Zan's approach, Xu You shook his head helplessly.

He Man also launched an attack with his pawns. He first used a shield cart to open the way, and then tried to attack a mound, but soon after being attacked by several mounds, He Man decisively ordered to retreat. Order.

Then this siege battle became a unique public siege battle.

Staff officers from the Privy Council, Taipingdao Army Academy, instructors from the Martial Arts Hall, and many instructors came to Yijing to study Yijing in detail and learn from its construction experience.

Xu An felt that Yi Jing's model could be implemented in the North and the frontiers as a military fortress for the Ming army.

Only a few thousand soldiers are needed to resist the protracted attack of tens of thousands of troops. It has to be said that Gongsun Zan still has his own things.

During this time, Xu An ordered soldiers to attack Yi Jing many times to observe how Gongsun Zan defended.

In some places, Gongsun Zan left enough space, and even hid cavalry in some mounds, and suddenly launched an attack on the siege troops. Fortunately, the soldiers battalion was well-trained and did not allow them to make meritorious deeds and cause losses.

Because it was just a test, the soldier battalion had also put on their armor, so the casualties were not serious, but they got a lot of useful information.

Xu An raised the binoculars in his hand and looked at Yi Jing in the distance.

Among the layers of mounds, there is a particularly tall building, which is the residence of Gongsun Zan, and the family members of Yi Jing's defenders also live in the earthen huts near the high building, which is already the core area of ​​Yi Jing.

Yi Jing can't last long, Xu An will not let Gongsun Zan stay in Yi Jing for four years like in the original time and space, he still has a lot to do, he can't waste so long on a city.

When the catapults from the Taihang Military Region and the eastern border of Youzhou arrive in another week, dozens of catapults will bombard them together, which can shorten the attack time to a minimum.

The battle of Rao Leshui that took place in September has ended, and the news was delivered to him yesterday.

Lv Bu defeated the central Xianbei in Rao Leshui, and the captives collapsed. Lv Bu was in the midst of the rebellious army, beheading Qianman, beheading the kings below [-] ranks, and the central Xianbei collapsed.

Yu Fuluo led the army to catch up with the old and weak women and children of the central Xianbei who were at the foot of the Great Xianbei Mountain in the north at that time. He killed the guards and captured all the old and weak women and children of the central Xianbei. .

The Ming army suffered [-] casualties, the Wuhuan cavalry suffered more than [-] casualties, and the eastern Xianbei army was not counted, and the Eastern Xianbei Shanyu Kuitou died.

After the Rao Le Shui campaign, more than [-] people surrendered from the central Xianbei.

The Xianbei tribe in the east also lost its command, and its army, as well as more than [-] old and weak women and children, were temporarily under the jurisdiction of the Ming army.

Xu An put down the binoculars in his hand, and pinned it to his waist.

He has no intention of conferring on anyone else as Xianbei's Marquis of Guiyi.

Although the Wuhuluanhua has not happened now, Xu An will never allow any hidden dangers.

Xianbei is different from the Wuhuan and Xiongnu tribes who have surrendered to China for many years, and they have a great awe of China. These Xianbei people entrenched in Mobei, once they become stronger, they will not hesitate to attack China.

The threat of northern Xinjiang must be eliminated.

Northern Xinjiang cannot be ruled by the Xianbei, nor can it be ruled by any other tribe.

After this battle, the vast land of Huaxia's northern border will not belong to the Xianbei people, nor will it belong to any of his tribes, but will belong to Daming and Huaxia.

The land named Xianbeilia will be renamed the Northern Border Province of the Ming Empire!

Chapter 8 and four provinces

"Xianbeilia..."

Xu An is well aware of how large a piece of land there is in the north of China.

That piece of land is not of any use to Huaxia now, but with the development of the times, that vast land is real wealth.

There are few people on that vast land now, and it is not suitable for human habitation. Even in later generations, it will still be sparsely populated and sparsely populated.

It's just the rich mineral deposits, the vast deep forest, and the long strategic depth that make it a real treasure.

Xianbeilia is not just the Mobei area currently occupied by the Xianbei tribes, but also the area farther away, and the northern part of Xianbei is the location of the Dingling tribe.

After a long campaign, Xu An often doesn't need a map in front of him. In his mind, a complete and clear map has emerged.

The Dingling Tribe lived on water and grass with the North Sea as the center. It used to be considered a large tribe, but since it was defeated by Xianbei led by Tan Shihuai and lost a lot of pastures, it has fallen into a slump and is not worth mentioning.

The North Sea is today's Lake Baikal, and the place where Su Wu herds sheep is around the North Sea.

To the west of Mobei is Hujie, and to the northwest is Jiankun. The total number of people who control the strings of the two departments is only [-], otherwise they would not have been driven to such a remote place.

Xu An plans to divide Monan and Mobei into three provinces, namely Monan Province, Modong Province, and Beijiang Province.

The state pastoral system is basically useless now. There are neither governors nor state pastors in various places. Instead, there should be governors. Most of their powers are also entrusted to the three divisions of the announcement of the political department, the punishment and inspection department, and the military equipment and protection department. share.

The provincial system has been implemented in various places.

The first province is the Monan area currently occupied by the Ming army, which will be classified as the Monan province.

Monan Province, starting from the Surrender City in the west, is located in the Mobei Grassland in the northwest of Gaoque Pass, Shuofang County, Bingzhou. It was built in the sixth year of Yuanfeng (105 BC) to accept the surrender of the Huns Zuo Dadu.

It reaches Danhan Mountain in the east, once the seat of Xianbei Shanyuting, Bingzhou in the south, and Northern Xinjiang Province in the north.

The second province, Modong Province, will include the pasture beyond the Great Wall of Wuhuan in Shanggu, the area beyond the Great Wall controlled by Wuhuan in the three counties, and the southern part of Xianbei in the east, that is, the Raole River and the Wuhou Qin River Basin.

It starts from Danhan Mountain in the west, borders Monan Province, reaches Daliaoshui in the east, connects with Fuyu Kingdom, and is located in the north of Xuantu County.

It reaches Youzhou in the south and northern Xinjiang province in the north.

The third province is the place originally occupied by the Xianbei tribes, and it is set as the Northern Xinjiang Province.

It reaches Monan and Modong provinces in the south, Dingling in the north, Jiankun in the west, and Daxianbei Mountain in the east.

Xu An didn't want to keep Xianbei, he was going to treat Xianbei like the Southern Huns, and remove him from now on.

Since Xianbei was removed from the name, the name of Da Xianbei Mountain could not be kept, so Da Xianbei Mountain was also renamed to "Beishan".

In the three provinces, Xu An is planning to relocate people from the mainland to fill the vacancies.

In fact, a considerable part of the Han people already existed in both Monan and Modong, but no one had migrated to Mobei for the time being.

For those Xianbei soldiers who were captured, Xu An chose to use them all as labor servitors and put them into the labor reform team. They built roads and buildings in the three provinces of Han and Beidi, and they would not be released until a certain labor period was reached.

Nowadays, there are only Dingling, Hujie, and Jiankun tribes that can pose a slight threat to the northern Xinjiang province. Xu An is going to let Lu Bu take the Xiaoqi battalion to pay a friendly visit to these three tribes to ensure the safety of the northern Xinjiang province. Safety.

In today's Mobei and Monan, there are no prosperous tribes except the Xianbei people.

There are many reasons why the Mobei and Monan regions were not occupied by China for a long time.

Although the Turks and Mongols that rose later were defeated by Tang and Ming, no matter how many times they were defeated, there was no way to completely wipe out their remaining forces. Naturally, it was impossible to immigrate there.

Now the Turks and Mongolia have not yet risen, and there are not such people on the grassland. Today, the overlord on the grassland is still the Xianbei people.

And Xianbei has now prostrated at the feet of the Ming army, and was wiped out by the Ming army. The western Xianbei was wiped out, and the two Xianbeis in the east and middle were also destroyed. All their leaders died, and there were not many remaining forces.

Another point is that the feudal dynasties influenced by Confucian culture may even take the initiative to give up their territory, either to cut expenses or for other reasons.

However, the current Ming court has not been influenced by this kind of Confucianism, and the current Confucianism has not completely broken its backbone.

In today's Confucianism, there are still people who rule rams.

There are still people who agree, is it possible to take revenge for nine lives? Even for a hundred lives!

But now Ming Ting has a new thought, which is neither Confucianism nor Legalism, but the Taipingdao thought after Xu An's revision.

With the spread of Taipingdao, Taipingdao thought has become more and more widespread, and Taipingdao has gradually shed its religious cloak and developed in the direction of thought.

As the founding monarch of the Ming Dynasty, Xu An has a high prestige both in the army and among the people. Basically, there are not many people who will object to the decision he has made now.

If Xu An wants to promote a decree, it can basically be said that there will be no major obstacles at all.

The plan to relocate people to the Western Regions has been drawn up, and it has indeed begun to be implemented.

Naturally, there will not be much opposition to the plan of immigrating to open up northern Xinjiang.

Now the overlord of the grassland has become the Ming army, and security has been guaranteed.

The plan to move north must be implemented, otherwise new tribes will inevitably appear on this land.

And the newly born tribe will threaten Huaxia when the Central Plains is in turmoil again, and even affect its survival.

This time's big victory around Leshui will be able to occupy the northern border for a long time.

As long as the immigration plan can be implemented smoothly, it is not impossible to occupy northern Xinjiang for a long time.

The influence of Chinese culture is extensive and far-reaching.

Xu An is going to send another expedition team. After Ding Ling is stabilized, he will plant the flag of the Ming Dynasty further north and build some buildings.

Nothing needs to happen, anyway, plant the flag first, and then modify the map to delineate the land there as a territory.

bring it into jurisprudence.

"Don't call Xianbeili by her name."

Xu An pondered for a moment, then spoke to Xu You who was beside him.