The World of Yellow Sky

Everyone knew that Xu An was cautious in using his troops, if he didn't move, he would move like thunder.

But no one can stop the Ming army's offensive.

Han Sui didn't block it, Dong Zhuo didn't block it, Liu Yan didn't block it, and even Huang Fusong and Sun Jian didn't count.

Sun Jing's expression was gloomy. He had no confidence at all in the upcoming battle of Pengcheng. Even if he just relied on the camp to hold on, he didn't think he could really stop the Ming army from attacking.

The army always likes to exaggerate the enemy's losses and minimize their own casualties when reporting their military exploits.

But Ming Ting has never exaggerated or shrunk.

Because every soldier who died in battle must be engraved on the monument and sent to the Taiping Temple, and every enemy killed is a military achievement, which must be recorded and carefully inspected.

In the Battle of Fanyang, the casualties of the Ming army were not large, and it can even be said to be extremely small.

The battle report described the scene of the battle in detail. The Ming army came from afar and defeated the remaining Han army led by Huangfusong head-on.

After Huangfu Song's army was defeated, the Han army that invaded Fanyang fought against the city under the leadership of Sun Jian, but was also defeated by the Ming army and fell apart.

The elite generals under Huangfusong and Sun Jian's command were almost wiped out, while the casualties of the Ming army were minimal, which is enough to show the horror of the Ming army's combat power.

In the Battle of Qingzhou, Cao Cao led an army of 8000 people to encircle and suppress the [-] Ming army cavalry who were transferred into the encirclement network with mental calculations and unintentional calculations, but thousands of people were killed and injured.

Although the army gathered in Pengcheng seems to be large in number, Sun Jing is not Han Xin, and the more soldiers the better, he is not capable of commanding such a large army, so he can only use this method of building a stronghold and fighting tough battles.

Among the 20 troops that can be called elite, there are only about 6. Sun Jing even feels that the quality of most of the 6 soldiers under his command is comparable to that of the garrison troops in the Ming army. , Not even reaching the level of a soldier in a military region.

However, their armor and weapons are a bonus item. Their combat power should be barely equal to that of the soldiers of the Ming military region, but there are very few soldiers who can reach the same level as the military soldiers and sharp soldiers of the Ming army.

Lu County is more than [-] miles away from Pengcheng. This distance is not far or close.

According to the marching speed of the Ming army, even if the march is a little slow in winter, it only takes two days to arrive, and the marching speed of the cavalry is faster.

The igniting of three beacons in the distance represented the news that the main force of the Ming army had appeared.

The vanguard cavalry of the Ming army had already appeared in the southeast of Pengcheng, and set up camp, occupying several hills and foothills in the east.

This battle was really a battle of the Han court. Liu Xie collected war horses from various places, pieced together, obtained a lot of horses from various families, and unexpectedly managed to gather more than four thousand horses. Above are the horses of war horses, used as cavalry, as scouts and pioneers.

However, the combat power of these cavalry is much lower than that of the Ming cavalry.

As soon as the cavalry of the Ming army appeared on the battlefield in Pengcheng, all the cavalry of the Han army were expelled and could only move around the camp.

The place occupied by the Ming army did not exceed Sun Jing's expectations. The Ming army attacked from east to west. The best place to camp was the hilly and mountainous areas in the east. Relying on the mountains and rivers, it not only had a good location for defense, but also facilitated water and water. firewood.

In the eastern hilly area and those hills, Sun Jing chose to give up voluntarily.

Although it can be regarded as easy to defend and difficult to attack, but this is easy to defend and difficult to attack compared to attacking the east from the west, and attacking from the east, the eastern part of Pengcheng is not a good place.

The southern part of this area is the fertile field, and the Ming army, which has the advantage of cavalry, can easily take the south, besiege it in the eastern hilly area, and wipe it out in one fell swoop.

So Sun Jing directly chose to give up guarding here, and instead guarded the mountains in the southwest, forming a line with Pengcheng and Jiuli Mountain in the north as a defense.

Since it is impossible to decide when and how the Ming army will attack, at least the right to set up the war is in your hands.

The battlefield that Sun Jing set up was the three points connected in a line, and the plains in the middle of the mountains in the east and west.

If the Ming army wanted to attack Pengcheng, they had to leave the camp first and pass through the wilderness between the two places.

The Han army occupying the top of the mountain can see clearly the actions of the Ming army based on their condescending heights, so as to grasp the opportunities of the battle situation and make timely responses.

When she came to her senses, Sun Jing had already walked less than thirty steps away from the Qingmu army tent.There are a few hills and mountains in the central and eastern part of Xuzhou.

The fiery red flag was erected in front of the Qingmai military tent, fluttering and hunting in the wind in the weakened snow.

Although the big flag is tall, it is still much inferior to the canopy next to it. Just beside it, there is a twelve-fold multicolored canopy that is ten feet high.

There are countless armored soldiers standing outside the tent. They are uniformly dressed, with helmets and feathers, heavy armor, burqa belts, standing with swords, martial law everywhere, and checkpoints on all roads.

All personnel entering and leaving the camp had to take off their sabers and weapons before being put into the military tent.

This green curtain army tent is the large tent of the Chinese army in the southwestern Han army camp, and the person who sits in charge of the Chinese army and controls the entire army is the current emperor!

Sun Jing took a deep breath, passed Luka, and walked towards the large tent of the Chinese army.

As soon as Sun Jing walked into the military tent, he attracted the attention of all the generals in the military tent, and all eyes fell on him.

Liu Xie was wearing a golden armor, a burqa with a belt, and his whole body was fiery red. He sat at the head of the big tent, calm, majestic, and heroic.

His eyes followed everyone else's, and fell on Sun Jing who walked into the big tent.

"The vanguard of the Ming army has arrived at Dongshan. The middle army and the rear army are stationed in Dongshan along the official road. From the watchtower of the military camp, you can see the overall situation."

Liu Xie's expression was slightly concentrated, he stood up with his sword, and stepped down from the first seat.

"Know the enemy and know yourself, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. All generals will go to the watchtower with me. I haven't seen the strength of the Ming army yet, so I just happened to see it."

Liu Xie's voice is firm and powerful. Although he has not reached the crown yet, he has already passed the period of changing his voice. Because he did not slack off in training, his figure is quite strong and tall, even higher than many generals, and even more so. Added a bit of power to it.

"promise."

The generals agreed and followed Liu Xie out of the tent.

Wang Yue, who was wearing heavy armor, followed Liu Xie's near side, and a group of Habayashi guards with helmets and armor were loyal to their duties, accompanying them to the left and right.

The place where the watchtower is located is not far to the northeast of the big tent. Compared with the watchtower in Pyeongchang, it is wider and taller, and it can accommodate more people.

Liu Xie led a group of generals to the watchtower, but they didn't rush to the crowd at all.

There were many snowflakes, but they didn't too much affect the line of sight.

Liu Xie approached the railing of the watchtower and looked towards the east.

In the field of vision, more than a dozen cavalrymen of the Ming army with hundreds of soldiers galloped back and forth across the wilderness, recklessly.

Just between the hills and mountains in the east, two cavalry formations with a size of more than 3000 people stood on the snow on the left and the right.

Under the dark sky, the ochre-yellow banners and the white snow all over the ground complement each other, conveying a strong visual stimulation, and the air is filled with a sense of chill.

There are yellow dots flickering on the hills and mountains in the east. The vanguard of the Ming army has occupied these places, and they are checking whether there is any remaining danger.

Farther to the east, countless ochre-yellow banners were fluttering in the cold wind, and countless soldiers of the Ming army in ochre-yellow robes were braving the wind and snow, marching forward.

One team after another, one after another, as if endlessly, they kept coming.

The ochre-yellow ocean flooded Liu Xie's entire field of vision, and the mountains and plains were filled with ochre-yellow banners.

Chapter 883 Come out!

Xiaoqi, Xiliang, Shanggu, and Bingzhou Ming Army's four cavalry battalions each formed a cavalry formation, lined up from north to south at the foot of Pengcheng Dongshan Mountain, looking forward to the Han Army camp on Xishan Mountain.

The fourth battalion cavalry has a total of more than [-] cavalry, several times that of the Han cavalry.

The sphere of influence of the scout cavalry of the Han army was compressed again, and they were all driven to the vicinity of their own camp, relying on the archers on the camp to stabilize their position.

Although the cavalry of the Han army had evacuated very quickly, they still left hundreds of corpses in the center of the battlefield.

The scouts of the Ming army were all the best of the best in the army, and those who were not proficient in bows and horses and brave enough to serve as others could not be employed. The horses they rode were all fine horses from the Northland.

The Dawan Kingdom was destroyed, and Dawan's famous horses were also brought into Liangzhou. Now most of the Ming army's scout cavalry either rode improved war horses or directly rode Dawan war horses.

After losing all the horse farms in the north, and the loss of Jiyouliang and the four states, the Han court not only had no way to replenish the lost horses, but even had no way to recruit qualified cavalry.

The heaviest loss in the Battle of Fanyang was actually the loss of the [-] Youzhou fine cavalry under Liu Bei's command and the cavalry directly under Sun Jian's command. This part of the loss cannot be made up at all.

In terms of the combat power of the infantry, the Han and Wei courts were far inferior to the Ming army at that time, but compared with the cavalry, except for the number, the cavalry of the Han and Wei courts were not weak.

Liu Xie stared at the cavalry of the Ming army who were arrayed behind the mountain, and felt a huge sense of powerlessness in his heart.

He had read the newspapers and periodicals printed and distributed in the Ming country, and he knew how terrifying the scale of the wars Ming Ting launched in the Western Regions, Northern Borders, and Liaodong.

These newspapers and periodicals were basically intercepted by him, some of which even Wang Yun and Liu Chong didn't know about.

Although those aristocratic families have their own sources of information, they are not perfect. Liu Chong, Wang Yun, Yuan Shu and others are of high status and hold power. They know the Ming court in detail, but the whole Han court knows the strength of the Ming army best. Still Liu Xie.

In the battle of Rao Le level to destroy Xianbei, if you count the civilian husbands, auxiliary soldiers, and allied troops, the cavalry mobilized by the Ming army has exceeded 20, which is not counting the cavalry of Xianbei in the east.

And in the distant Western Regions, the Ming army actually mobilized more than [-] cavalry to attack Dawan.

There were [-] Ming troops attacking Jiaozhou in southern Xinjiang.

This number is not much weaker than the offensive launched by the Ming court in Liaodong and Northern Xinjiang, but the weight of these 3 people in Southern Xinjiang is not much worse than Liaodong and Northern Xinjiang.

Many places in southern Xinjiang are inaccessible, and the transportation of luggage is difficult. The logistics needs more people and more resources to support.

Now the Ming Kingdom has become a giant in the true sense, but the Han Court is getting weaker and weaker under his hands.

Qingxu was lost, leaving only the five prefectures of Yang, Jiao, Yu, Yan, and Jing, which were even less than one-third of the current Ming state.

Even if this battle is won, the entire territory of Yanzhou in the south will not be able to keep it. Naturally, Nanyang County in Jingzhou cannot be preserved. Most of Xiayang, Jiaozhou and Jingzhou, as well as the southernmost part of Yuzhou.

Although Yuan Shu's new army has practiced for about two years, they haven't seen any blood, and it's impossible to know how powerful they are.

What's more, if Yanzhou is abandoned at that time, I don't know how many of the [-] troops in Yanzhou can safely withdraw to Huainan.

If Xu An wants to mobilize, he can easily mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops capable of conscripting and fighting.

But in today's Han army, there are not many troops that can fight, and the numbers on the paper are only kept on the paper after all, and they are easily smashed by Xu An.

From Shangyong's offensive and defensive battle, Liu Xie has actually seen the gap between them and the Ming army.

The reform was nothing more than drinking poison to quench his thirst, but drinking this glass of poisoned wine still did not quench his thirst.

Revitalizing the Han Dynasty...but it's just an illusion...

Even if Pengcheng is defended and the navy relying on the Huaishui River controls the entire line of the Huaishui River, it will be powerless.

Now he is not even left with a chance to be safe.

The national power of the Ming country is unprecedented, and Liu Xie doesn't know how Xu An developed the Ming country to its current scale.

Even the national strength of the Han Dynasty in the past was much worse than that of the Ming Dynasty today.

Why is Ming Court's tax collection so low, but it can support such a large-scale use of troops.

Not only did the finances not collapse, but they got better and better. Everywhere was thriving, caravans flowed in an endless stream above the official road, and even ordinary people had spare money to spend.

Looking back at the people under his rule, many of them didn't even survive the winter of this year, so let's talk about expenses, even the average small landlord's life is quite tight.

These are all the information reported by the embroidered clothes messenger, and the authenticity has been confirmed.

The cavalry of the Ming army in the wilderness were unscrupulous, and even galloped in front of their camp.

Liu Xie moved his eyes, and he noticed that all the generals around him looked embarrassed and gloomy, and the momentum of the troops in the camp was also greatly affected.

For this situation, Liu Xie had no way at all. He patched together under his command, and in the end it was only more than [-] cavalry, which was far from the cavalry of the Ming army.

He is not a person who does not know military affairs, Sun Jian and Huangfusong also taught him military strategy when they were still there.

Now the cavalry can't compete with the Ming army at all, which also means that the Ming army can camp and build a stronghold in Dongshan without any scruples.

However, they were constrained within a limited range. Unless a large army went out, they would have nothing to do with these Ming army rangers outside the camp.

This situation is like a heavy blow to morale.

Even if he had already made up his mind to defend, the drop in morale was still unstoppable.

Liu Xie's eyes were cold, and his heart was extremely depressed.

But he still controlled his expression. He knew that everyone could be afraid and panic at this time, but he must not show any hesitation or panic.

Once he showed timidity, the morale of the army would inevitably be shaken, and then there was really no hope for this battle.

Liu Xie clenched the sword around his waist, stabilized his mood, and was about to turn around and return to the camp, when a wave of cheers suddenly came from a distance, one after another for a long time.

Liu Xie's eyes were dimmed, and there was commotion in the Ming army's cavalry formation. He saw a large ochre-yellow flag rising slowly above the horizon.

The cheers from a distance also reached their maximum at this moment. Although the two armies were separated by miles, it was still deafening.

With the hoisting of the big flag, the infantry, the main force of the Ming army, also stepped into the battlefield at this time.

On the several miles long front, whistles and drums sounded like raindrops.

Amidst the sound of high-spirited war drums and harsh military whistles, the Ming army slowly spread out an army formation under the foothills of Dongshan Mountain.

The originally pale snow was gradually being engulfed by the yellow tide. Accompanied by the sound of orderly footsteps, the infantry of the Ming army poured into the battlefield continuously.

The ranks of the Ming army changed from column to horizontal, and then arranged into neat square formations one after another. Under the leadership of generals and schools at all levels, they entered the battlefield, and the military flags at all levels were erected one after another.

The spears on the shoulders of Ming army infantry are like a moving steel forest,

The fourth battalion of Ming army cavalry separated into two, one on the left and one on the right, forming a large formation and protecting the infantry phalanx in the center.

Let the flag fly and the dust fly.

The Ming army has already completed the formation, and the sound of drums and horns followed.