The World of Yellow Sky

As a wealthy man in Xuzhou with billions of dollars in assets, isn't there anyone watching him?

The reason why so many servants and servants are raised is to protect the assets of the clan.

And this is the strength above the surface, and there are still many things hidden under the surface that are unknown.

On the city wall, it has become a purgatory at this time.

The group of family soldiers and retainers with sharp knives and armors brought by Mi Zhu was not on the city wall at all, and these recruits who had just joined the army were resisting.

On the city wall, a group of people fell to their knees. After seeing the death of Lu Kang and Chen Deng, these soldiers were completely scared out of their wits.

The gate of the city was opened, and with the rumbling sound and the sharp whistle, soldiers of the Ming army were rushing towards the city of Tan County rapidly along the corridor of the gate.

In the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty, in the second year of Zhangwu, December [-]th.

Xuzhou prefecture governed Tan County fell, and Xuzhou Mu Lukang of the Han court died, along with Chen Deng, who was in charge of Xuzhou, and a group of officials in the prefecture.

There are two main routes connecting the south of Xuzhou, one is from Qu County to the north, and the other is from Tan County to the north.

However, Lu Bu led the army into Tan County, and Qu County also left a garrison, which directly cut off the two most important communication channels between the north and the south of Xuzhou.

Under Lu Bu's instruction, the Mi family had already stopped transferring military rations, and even burned down several granaries for storing food with the assistance of the Eagle Wolf Guards, which made the situation of the army trapped in the north of Xuzhou even worse.

In the entire north of Xuzhou, the grain stored there can only last for ten days, that is, almost ten days.

ten days

It seems that there is still a little wiggle room and a certain amount of time to react.

But in fact, because of the time when the news was delivered, it was not until the fifth day, that is, on December 24th, that Zhu Zhi and Cao Ren, who were still in Pingchang City at this time, learned the news.

At this time, the entire Xuzhou Northern Army was completely in chaos.

Lu Kang and Chen Deng died, the Mi family rebelled, and the news that the north and south were intercepted by the Ming army could not be concealed.

The commander of the Xuzhou Northern Army is Cao Bao. Whether it is prestige or ability, he is not good enough to command the army. The reason why he can become a general is because there are not many generals in the Xuzhou Army.

When Zang Ba rebelled, a large number of generals and schools of the Xuzhou Army died in battle. Later, because of the need to help Qingzhou and Yanzhou, the remaining generals and schools of the Xuzhou Army were sent to Qingzhou and Yanzhou.

Cao Bao was able to become the general who commanded the northern army of Xuzhou not because of his outstanding ability, but because he was the only one left in the Xuzhou army who was still able to lead the army.

Originally, it was only as a partial teacher, supporting Cao Ren and Zhu Zhi, and sticking to the city, Cao Bao was barely able to do it.

But in the current situation, Cao Bao couldn't control the field at all, nor could he stabilize the situation.

The food was getting less and less day by day, panic spread among the soldiers below, and this extremely pessimistic atmosphere permeated the camp city.

Even though the food ration has been reduced, the food will not last for at most six or seven days.

The shortage of food and the cut off of the rear not only made the soldiers in northern Xuzhou panic, but also lingered in the hearts of Zhu Zhi and Cao Ren's trilogy.

In Pingchang City, the atmosphere was silent.

On the watchtower in the city, Zhu Zhi's face was ashen. He finally understood why the Ming army only bombarded the city wall with catapults during this period of time, but basically did not send troops to attack the city.

What the Ming army was waiting for was the opportunity of chaos in the rear of Xuzhou.

Zhu Zhi withdrew his gaze, he didn't look outside the city again.

Today, many sections of the city wall of Pingchang City have been broken, but fortunately the city wall has been reinforced to a certain extent, at least it has been repaired and perfected, and the gaps left are not too big, so that the Ming army will not rush into the city.

"There are still a few days of military rations in the city."

There were so many trebuchets deployed by the Ming army, it was too dangerous to stand on the city wall to observe, so another earth mountain was built in the city, and a watchtower was set up on it to observe the situation of the Ming army.

"Barely able to last seven days."

Cao Ren sat on the ground, his eyes glazed over. The repeated defeats and blows made him lose almost all his energy.

He didn't know how to face the Cao and Xiahou clansmen.

"The passage over Taishan County has been blocked, and there is no way to transport the army food. The defeated soldiers in Xuzhou are now fleeing to Taishan County."

"And even if the road is clear, there is no way to supply our tens of thousands of troops."

Zhu Zhi sat down slowly, and smiled helplessly.

"It seems that we have also reached the end."

"Pyeongchang Pyeongchang"

"Peace and Prosperity"

Zhu Zhi raised his head and looked at the dark sky.

At the beginning, he followed Sun Jian's command to fight in the north and south for this wish.

Because of his military exploits, he was promoted to general and even a marquis.

But if he had a choice, he would rather spend his life doing nothing in Danyang County.

"Peace and Prosperity"

Cao Ren still lowered his head, and when he heard what Zhu Zhi said, he repeated it.

As a result, there was a little light in his eyes, but it dissipated in his pupils immediately.

Their era is over, the pioneers of the new era are not them, but Ming Ting

December 25.

Zhu Zhi and Cao Ren led the soldiers who were willing to follow them out of Pingchang City, and died in a fierce battle.

Thirty thousand Han troops in Pingchang City surrendered.

December 26.

Xu An led the Ming army south to the counties.

Ammunition and food were exhausted, and it was difficult to support alone. In the end, Cao Bao led the troops to surrender and sacrificed the counties.

After that, under Cao Bao's lobbying, most of the Xuzhou Han army chose to surrender.

The few recalcitrants were unable to stir up any disturbances at all, and even the Ming army did not need to do it themselves, and the soldiers under its command had already solved the problem.

The Battle of Xuzhou ended faster and faster than the Battle of Qingzhou.

Like dominoes, all the cities of Xuzhou had already planted yellow flags and banners of the Ming Court before they saw the Ming army or even the Ming army's envoys. God knows, in such a short period of time How did they make these banners within a short period of time.

The 26 cities of Langya and Donghai counties surrendered within five days, which is the New Year Yin Shi.

Before the beginning of the new year, the Ming army completely took over the two counties, and Xu An led Teng Xiangwei to Tan County.

In 198, the fifth year of the Ming Dynasty, Xu An ordered a grand banquet to be held in Tan County, opened the granary in Xuzhou, and distributed rice to ordinary people in Xuzhou.

Then on January [-]rd, the second day after the banquet ended, the Ming army went south again.

The West Route Army was led by Xu Huang to attack Xiapi County, and the East Route Army was composed of a land division and a navy. The land division was led by Lu Bu, and the navy was led by Gongsun Du. They jointly attacked Guangling County.

In the fifth year of the Ming Dynasty, January [-]th.

After a five-day siege, Xiancheng, the governor of Xiapi County, surrendered.

For the rest of the cities, it is determined by the spread and call, and the flags will be changed.

At the same time, under the leadership of Lu Bu and Gongsun Du, the Eastern Route Army entered Guangling County by land and water.

The Ming army officially entered Guangling County, crossed the Huai River, and completely cut off the last retreat of the Han court.

As a result, even if the Han court wants to move its capital to the south, it cannot succeed.

Because Nanting, which has lost the dominance of the Huaihe River, cannot defend the north's attack by relying on the Yangtze River alone.

After defeating Qing Xu and destroying tens of thousands of troops of the Han court, the Ming court is now sweeping the world, and it is completely unstoppable!

Chapter 877 The Royal Conquest

In the fifth year of the Ming Dynasty (198), the third year of Zhangwu, January [-]th.

This time during the New Year, there was no New Year atmosphere in Chendu.

A fast horse galloped into Chendu from the east, spreading the news of Guangling County's invasion to the palace, adding a few gloomy atmosphere to the already cloudy Chendu.

The feeling of the palace is mostly majestic and majestic, but when night falls, it often makes the originally majestic and majestic palace cast a layer of mystery and horror.

The carved beams and painted buildings, jade steps and golden pillars in the daytime all become grotesque, cold and distorted because of the nightfall.

Inside the Dongming Hall, the palace lanterns were dimly lit.

A huge map of the territory is hung at the first seat in the hall.

With his hands behind his back, Liu Xie looked gloomy as he quietly looked at the territory map in front of him.

On the map, the ochre-yellow shadow is wider and wider, and the encirclement has been completed from the east, north, and west.

The lights flickered, and in the dimness, countless shadows were dancing, and those ghosts and monsters hiding in the dark were swimming.

Liu Xie closed his eyes, everything in front of him made his consciousness extremely tired.

He didn't understand what he did wrong.

Pro-virtuous minister, Yuan Xiaoren, he did it.

He worked hard to develop embroidered clothes envoys, and let them report all the details of officials in the court, big and small.

Instead of reusing those villains who can only flatter, he ignored them.

All the courtiers appointed are those with good reputation and outstanding abilities.

After he escaped from Luoyang, he never dared to slack off.

He just entered Chendu, and he was ignorant of everything. Under the guidance of Wang Yue and those famous teachers who were invited, he walked forward step by step.

He always remembered what Jian Shuo said.

Regarding the words of ministers, even if they are loyal ministers, they should only believe [-]% of their words, not all of them.

Because the interests of those ministers are sometimes opposite to his interests.

As the son of heaven, he must have his own ideas and not be led by the nose by the aristocratic family and Confucian scholars.

What Jian Shuo said, he did.

He even managed to have enough military power.

He trained a new army, a new army that belonged only to him.

No one told Liu Xie that his military power has never been slack.

These are all from Liu Xie's own experience. He knows very well why he was forced to step down in the first place. Everything was because he didn't have enough military power in his hands at that time.

This reform can be carried out smoothly precisely because he has military power in his hands.

but……

But why has he not slacked off and done so many things, the national power is getting stronger and stronger, why is the situation getting worse day by day.

Once slaughtered 36 parties in a few months, Huangfusong, the division of Yihuangjin, died in Fanyang.

Sun Jian, who was so powerful in the army and so powerful in the world, was never able to stand up again.

The deep-eyed Cao Mengde in Dongming Hall also lost in Qingzhou.

……

Liu Xie clasped his hands tightly, the ocher yellow in front of his eyes was constantly expanding, but he couldn't stop it at all.

The Battle of Qingzhou was originally thought to be a protracted battle.

When it was discovered that the Ming army was planning to attack Qingzhou, all the officials in the court thought that the Ming army might not have many soldiers left in Wuguan and Shangyong.

Under the support of the Embroidered Clothes Emissary, thirty carts were secretly transported into Nanyang County.

If the Ming army does not have many troops in Wuguan and Shangyong, but they are just partial divisions, then the main force of the Jingzhou army can be ordered to attack Wuguan and Shangyong.

Once you have mastered Shangyong and Wuguan.

Enter the land that can threaten Hanzhong, Guanzhong, and Wang Yizhou,

If you retreat, you can use a small number of soldiers to defend Nanyang County without losing it, and transfer the main force of the Jingzhou Army northward to Qingzhou and Yanzhou.

At the same time, he ordered the Jiaozhou Army to try to attack Yizhou along the mountain road as a diversion.

As long as Shangyong and Wuguan are captured, the Ming army can be forced to retreat, which can also lift the siege of Qingzhou.

For this reason, he even sent more than [-] imperial troops under his command to assist Jingzhou soldiers in attacking Shangyong and Wuguan instead of rushing to help Qingzhou.