The World of Yellow Sky

On February [-]th, Zhang Yan led three yellow scarf troops, and about [-] people came out from the pass of Taiyue Mountain and besieged Yong'an City.

On February [-]th, Guo Tai led the Baibo army into the Baibo Valley, entered Luliang Mountain, and advanced westward, but this time because the pass of Luliang Mountain was basically controlled by the Han army.

Therefore, the advance speed of the Baibo army led by Guo Tai also slowed down, and the Han army tried its best to resist the assault of the Yellow Turban army by virtue of the dangerous pass.

It was also the news on February [-]th, but it was not from Hedong County, but from Bingzhou. The Taihang bandit Zhang Baiqi sent troops to harass Yanmen and Taiyuan counties.

On February [-]th, the army camp led by Xu Huang arrived in the north of Yicheng City and set up camp four miles north of the city.

For a while, urgent documents from all over the country were passed into the court of Luoyang like snowflakes.

At this moment, Henan Yin Hemiao also brought Liu Hong a more immediate news.

There was a civil uprising in Xingyang, and now thousands of people have gathered. The main force of the Han army is now mainly stationed in Meiyang, Hanoi, and the capital area.

And not long before the civil uprising in Xingyang, the Yellow Turban Army also harassed the surrounding counties from three places: Tianjingguan, Baixing, and Fukouxing in Taihangxing, attracting the attention of the Hanoi Han army.

Xingyang is just a few miles south of Ao Cang. Ao Cang now stores a large amount of grain, and if it is lost, the consequences will be disastrous.

Fortunately, the defenders of Ao Cang were vigilant. When the people in Xingyang changed, they did not attack without authorization.

But although Aocang was defending, Xingyang was in Henan County, not far from Luoyang, so Liu Hong couldn't sit idly by.

Therefore, Liu Hong urgently ordered He Miao to mobilize the imperial army, and also recruited the county soldiers from all over the country to lead the troops to Xingyang to suppress the rebellion.

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In the northern part of Yicheng, the Yellow Turban Barracks was full of voices.

The Yellow Turban army led by Xu An walked out of the mountains one after another. In three or four days, Xu An's more than [-] troops will all arrive at Yicheng and complete the siege of Yicheng.

Night had already enveloped the mountains, and the Yellow Turban Army went down to the Ming camp in the north of Yicheng, not shying away from the Han army in Yicheng.

After all, the Han army guarding Yicheng is only a few hundred people.

However, the Yellow Turban Army was not too slack in this regard. The scouts and sentries were still vigilant at all times.

At this time, the perimeter of the big tent in the military camp was full of heavily armed yellow angels.

Yan Zhong was standing in the big tent, discussing the situation in Hedong County with Xu An and Xu Huang in front of a map.

"At present, according to the intelligence obtained by the Eagle Guards, the Shangjun Han Army has not acted for the time being. The role of the Shangjun Han Army is mainly to guard against and control the Huns in the north, so I think it will take more than ten days for them to gather to support Hedong County."

"The Han army of Xihe County has already entered the Luliang Mountains from the northern part of Hedong County, but due to the change of the Xiongnu, the number of supporters should not be too many."

"What we need to pay attention to now is the reinforcements of the Han army in the direction of Meiyang. They are the most elite troops of the Han Empire. When we attack Hedong County, the Han court will never just sit idly by and lose Hedong County."

"Although Zhang Wen's military strategy is not as good as Huangfu Yizhen's, he is a stable person. The troops sent to counter the rebellion are naturally well thought out. After comparing the strength of the two sides, the combat power of the Han army is definitely higher than ours."

Yan Zhong pondered for a while, then continued.

"Under Zhang Wen's command, General Zhou Shenxin was defeated, so naturally he would not be chosen as the general. General Dong Zhuo, who defeated the captives, is arrogant and domineering, and he is not the leader of the army, so there is actually only one person to lead the army."

Yan Zhong turned his head to look at Xu An, and said seriously, "Yuan Pang and Yuan Gongxi."

"Although I have never met this man, I have heard rumors. This man has a calm personality, is cautious in using troops, and the troops under his command are more powerful than our army. This is the biggest obstacle to conquering Hedong."

"It is about 500 miles from the Han army station in Meiyang to Hedong County. There is not much time left for us to attack Hedong County, at most only [-] days. Once Yuan Pang leads the troops into Hedong County, the battle situation is likely to be tense. into a stalemate."

Xu An stared at the map in front of him. He had considered this situation before, "Fifteen days is enough."

Chapter 195 Yang Mou

In the fourth year of Zhongping, on February [-]th, Yong'an City surrendered, and the county magistrate, county lieutenant, and county magistrate of Yong'an were all martyred.

On February [-], Guo Tai finally occupied the southern area of ​​Luliang Mountain, but due to the reinforcement of the Han army in Xihe County, the Han army also occupied the northern area of ​​Luliang Mountain in Hedong County.

The Han army also assembled more than 1000 county soldiers in Caisangjin, as well as more than [-] private soldiers recruited by the powerful, totaling more than [-] people.

Part of the Baibo army led by Guo Tai stayed in Luliang Mountain to confront the Han army, so at this time there were only more than [-] soldiers around.

These Baibo troops have not been trained by Xu An, and they have not all been equipped with new weapons. Although Xu An allocated a group of armor and swords to Guo Tai, they were extremely limited. All the soldiers were armed.

The rest of the Baibo army still used old weapons and wore tattered leather armor, or even no armor.

Guo Tai also tried to launch an attack on Caisangjin, but under the strong bow and crossbow of the Han army and strong resistance, the Baibo army led by Guo Tai was soon defeated.

And after Zhang Yan captured Yong'an, he also encountered strong resistance from the Han army in Pingyang City. There is no impenetrable wall in the world. What the Yellow Turban Army did in Shangdang County naturally made the gentry in Hedong County tremble. shock.

They abandoned Wubao and concentrated in Pingyang City, trying to rely on Pingyang City to stop the Yellow Turban Army from advancing.

In fact, they did. Pingyang City blocked Zhang Yan's offensive. Zhang Yan's army lacked large-scale assault equipment, so they could only choose to besiege the city and build siege equipment.

The offensive of the Yellow Turban Army in the northern part of Hedong County was temporarily stalemate.

Xu An was not surprised by this situation, he had discussed it with Yan Zhong.

The power of the Haoqiang family in Hedong County is almost a level stronger than that of Shangdang County. The Wei family in Hedong County alone is stronger than the powerful forces in the entire Shangdang County.

The Wei family in Hedong was first established in Wei Qing, a famous general in Han Dynasty, who was established as the empress' Wei Zifu. The Wei family has been on the rise since that moment.

The female biography of Volume 84 of the Later Han Dynasty records: "Cai Wenji is suitable for the East Wei Zhongdao. Her husband died without a child, and she returned to her home."

The first husband of Cai Wenji, a talented woman, was Wei Zhongdao from Hedong Wei's family.

It's a pity that Wei Zhongdao died early, otherwise Cai Wenji would not have been taken away by Hu Qi during the war with the power of the Hedong Wei family.

Seven years after Guanghe, turmoil occurred one after another in the world. The Yellow Turban Army revived and rose again in Shangdang County, which also made the Hedong Wei family feel dangerous.

The Patriarch of the Wei family is naturally not a mediocre person, and naturally has the means to protect the family, and the Wei family has continued to this day, and the forces in Hedong County are even more intertwined.

The family members of the Wei family were countless, even after Xu An led the Yellow Turban Army out of the Taihang Mountains, the Wei family received the news before the Han army.

The governor of Hedong County, Wang Yi, is not a fool either. He also knows all about the threat of foreign races in the north, the powerful gentry in the county, the recruitment of private soldiers, and the establishment of Wubao.

And at this time Hedong County was being threatened by the Yellow Turban Army of the Shangdang, and even Wang Yi took out part of the military equipment from the arsenal of Hedong County and provided it to the nobles in Hedong to help them arm their private soldiers.

Military intelligence reports from the north came one after another, just as Xu An led the main force of the Yellow Turban Army to capture Yicheng and marched towards Jiangyi.

Wang Yi wrote to Liu Hong, requesting to expand the military establishment of the county was also approved, and the messenger rushed to bring this good news to Wang Yi.

In just three days, Hedong County re-armed [-] county soldiers. Wang Yi took out all the armor and weapons in the arsenal and distributed them to the Neijun soldiers in Hedong County to supplement their combat power.

And the reason why Wang Yi was able to arm so many soldiers in just three days was not because he forced the people to enlist in the army, nor was it just a pretentious act.

These more than 5000 county soldiers are all private soldiers of the Wei family and several big families in Hedong County. Even the one who can really command this army is not the army Sima sent by Wang Yi at all, and the command power is firmly established. It was held by the deputy sent by the Hedong Wei family.

On February [-]th, the Yellow Turban Army besieged Linfen and Jiangyi, and the armies led by Gong Du and Xu An successfully joined forces in Fenshui.

In the Anyi area, Hedong County has quietly assembled more than [-] county soldiers.

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February eighteenth.

Jiangyi City was broken, and when the defenders of Jiangyi City saw the siege equipment of the Yellow Turban Army approaching, they gave up resistance directly.

After all, there is only one Han army in Jiangyi City.

The Yellow Turban Army officially settled in Jiangyi, and then Linfen was also destroyed.

Along the way, the Yellow Turban Army's plan to capture Hedong County went so smoothly that it was terrifying.

As for why it went so smoothly, it was actually Wang Yi's plan to delay the attack.

In Wang Yi's vision, Xu An would have to allocate part of his troops to garrison these surrendered cities, further weakening the main force of the Yellow Turban Army.

At present, in the south of Baibo Valley, the several cities captured by the Yellow Turban Army are actually cities that the Han Army in Hedong County voluntarily gave up and threw to the Yellow Turban Army.

The Han army organized militias in various cities to resist and prolong the time, but as soon as the Yellow Turban Army's siege equipment was delivered, these Han troops would immediately surrender with all the militiamen.

The reason why Wang Yi did this was because the Taihang Yellow Turban Army went to Dangjun again, and the previous invasion of Hanoi and Jizhou.

It also let them know that the Yellow Turban Army under Xu An's command attaches great importance to people's livelihood and cares about the opinions of the people, and there are strict orders in the army not to harass the people, plunder the people, and the city.

And every time the Yellow Turban Army captured the city, the Han army's secret work left by Wang Yi would set fire to the houses in the city, disrupting the Yellow Turban Army, and further hindering the advance speed of the Yellow Turban Army.

He also dispatched sailors from the east of the river to harass the supplies of the Yellow Turban Army along the way.

This is a conspiracy, and the purpose is to delay the speed of the Yellow Turban Army's actions.

As for why some soldiers were not stationed in the city to stand firm, there has been no war in Hedong County for a long time, and the city is much lower than the city of Shangdang and Bingzhou, so it is impossible to hold on for long.

Wang Yi knew that the Yellow Turban Army had plundered a group of skilled craftsmen from Jinyang City, and now they have been supplemented by craftsmen from Shangdang County.

Now that the strength of the Yellow Turban Army has been strengthened, sticking to those cities with weak defenses will undoubtedly weaken the power of the Hedong Han Army.

Moreover, these abandoned cities are not worth mentioning in Wang Yi's eyes. The property and personnel of those powerful families who took advantage of the city have already been moved to a safe place by them.

The Yellow Turban Army will not burn down the city and loot wantonly, so there is nothing to worry about.

The Han troops who came to support from Meiyang were basically selected elites.

The chief general of the commanding army is Yuan Pang, the executive Jinwu, with a total of 6000 people, plus 6000 county soldiers from Hedong County, and one or two thousand private soldiers, the total force will exceed [-].

The Shangdang Yellow Turban Army dispatched troops this time, with a maximum of more than [-] troops, not concentrated in one place, but scattered in various places.

According to the report of the scouts of the Han army, the number of the Yellow Turban Army under the direct control of Xu'an is probably more than 2 people. The cities in various places have been weakened again, and when they reach the vicinity of Anyi, there are only more than 6000 people at most.

But when the time comes, there will be 1 Han troops stationed around Anyi. Even if Xu An defeats Zhu Jun head-on, he will not be able to defeat an elite Han army that is twice as large as the Yellow Turbans with more than [-] people.

At that time, not all of the fallen cities can be restored.

As for the responsibility for the fall of the city.

The Yellow Turban Army invaded massively, with tens of thousands of troops. You must know that when the Yellow Turban Army invaded, the apparent armed forces in the entire Hedong County were only more than [-] county soldiers. It was normal for them to be unable to resist.

Wang Yi also gave Liu Hong his secret strategy long ago, and got Liu Hong's tacit approval.

Therefore, Liu Hong will not pursue Wang Yi's responsibility too much, which also makes Wang Yi more confident.

And the Yellow Turban Army did follow Wang Yi's idea and was delayed by these cities.

The military situation transmitted from the front line, as well as the reaction of the Yellow Turban Army, everything proved that Wang Yi's strategy seemed to be working.

Chapter 196 It's in my heart

The situation in Hedong County seems to be developing according to Wang Yi's wishes.

Zhongping four years, February 23.

The Yellow Turban Army led by Xu An finally arrived at the Nandu Ferry in Fenshui, only about [-] miles away from Anyi City in a straight line.

But the scouts of the Han army also brought exciting news to the Han army in Hedong County.

The Han army in Meiyang is crossing the river, and it is estimated that the army will reach the vicinity of Anyi by early March at the latest.

At the ferry on the north bank of Fenshui, the Yellow Turban Army led by Xu An gathered here.

At this moment, the pier is full of boats, big and small, as if they are preparing to cross the river.

At this time, the camp of the Yellow Turban Army was full of excitement, people came and went, whistles sounded everywhere in the camp, countless soldiers were mobilized, and the atmosphere was tense.

On the surface of Fenshui, the navy of the Han army is swimming, and on the south bank is the camp of the Han army in the east of the river.

At this time, Wang Yi was full of ambition. With the help of Fenshui and the existence of the Navy, unless the Yellow Turban Army on the other side had wings, it would be impossible to reach the city of Anyi.

He had already received the scout's report that the Yellow Turban Army left about a thousand people in each city. Now the main force of the Yellow Turban Army led by Xu An only has [-] people, but the defense is definitely more than enough.

It's a pity that the navy in Fenshui has not fought for many years, so there are not many ships that can fight. Otherwise, the navy alone can completely block the Yellow Turban Army from crossing the river.

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In the camp of the Yellow Turban Army, the tents of the Chinese Army were full of yellow angels carrying banners, and the generals and schools of the Yellow Turban Army had already gathered in the tents.

With his hands behind his back, Xu An stood beside the sand table, and around the sand table, Yan Zhong, Xu Huang, Zhou Cang and other generals were still standing.

The environment around the camp of the Yellow Turban Army was shaped on the sand table. The cavalry of the Eagle Wolf Guards cooperated with the scouts in the army, and combined with the map, it only took more than a day to use the sand table to map the surrounding environment of the Yellow Turban Army camp. , shaped clearly.

Xu An looked at the small red flag on the sand table, and said helplessly, "Sure enough, the Han army has left a defensive force here."

"Of course." Yan Zhong said with a smile, "Our army came all the way, Linfen City was broken, and our army went south, the Han army will naturally be prepared."

Xu An carefully looked at the surrounding terrain, and suggested: "Although this ferry is located on an important road, it is a pity that the terrain is quite steep. If there is a city here, the Han army will definitely set up defenses here, but we can stay. The soldiers of the next section will build a city here to prevent the Han army from going north."

Yan Zhong pondered for a moment and replied: "That's fine, but for the part left behind, we need to choose a general, otherwise the main force of the Han army will come and lose our strength in vain."

Xu An waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about these future things for now. Enzhi, please tell us about the current situation of our army."

"promise."

Yan Zhong clasped his hands in agreement, and then described the situation of the Yellow Turban Army in recent days.

"In the past few days, Zhang Yan has successively conquered two small towns in Yong'an and Yang County, and arrived in the north of Pingyang City. However, the Han army in the northeastern part of the river is now gathered in Pingyang City, so Pingyang has not yet been conquered, and is still in the middle of a fierce battle."