The World of Yellow Sky

"The reinforcements from Taiyuan County haven't arrived yet. Zhang Baiqi and Ping Han seem to be effective."

Xu An nodded. Pingyang City is considered the most well-defended city in the eastern part of Hebei. The Han army gathered in Pingyang to defend against Zhang Yan's attack. Xu An was not surprised.

Moreover, the Han army in Pingyang plus the powerful private soldiers are nothing. Now the end of Pingyang City is doomed, but it is just a stubborn resistance.

Taiyuan County in the north is now being harassed by Taihang bandits and threatened by Shangdang County, and is unable to support Hedong County.

The main force of the Yellow Turban Army has occupied the north bank of Fenshui River, and now the Pingyang area has been completely isolated. It is only a matter of time before the city of Pingyang, which is isolated and helpless, will be destroyed.

"Gong Du brought some soldiers to support Guo Tai before, and now Guo Tai has led the Baibo Army to control most of the mountainous areas of Luliang Mountain, but the reinforcements of the Han army from Xihe County in the north have arrived, and the two most critical cities have not yet arrived. capture."

"Now there are more than [-] Han troops gathered near Puzi City. Counting the powerful private defense forces in the Northeast of Hebei Province, there should be more than [-] people. Guo Tai is under a lot of pressure now and can barely hold the pass."

"Puzi City?"

Xu An glanced at the sand table, and sure enough, around Puzi City, there were four small flags of the Han army, and the yellow flags of the Yellow Turban Army were distributed in three passes.

Yan Zhong pondered for a moment, and continued to speak: "The Han army is still increasing its troops, and it has also begun to attack the pass. The Baibo army's combat power is much worse than that of the soldiers under the lord's command. If you don't send troops to the north, you may The Han army will regain control of the northern regions."

Holding his silk fan, Yan Zhong pointed to another city in the southwest of Puzi City, and said, "Beiqu City's defenses are weak, but there are more than a thousand defense troops, but most of them should be recruited temporarily. The tyrants seem to be huddled in their respective docks, not gathered in the city."

"It's not difficult to capture Beiqu City. If it weren't for the strengthening of the Han army in the north, Beiqu should have been captured by our army long ago."

Xu An folded his hands on his chest, and after thinking for a moment, he asked, "Have the reinforcements from Shangjun arrived?"

Yan Zhong patted the silk fan and said with a smile: "Fortunately, we made it in time. The Han army in Shangjun is now collecting mulberry and crossing the river. The scouts are scouting. Now more than a thousand Han troops have crossed the river, and there are more than a thousand people on the way. cross the river."

……

The north wind was hunting, and the fierce north wind whizzed in, rolling up the yellow scarves on the heads of countless yellow scarf soldiers in the mountains.

Wang Yi thought that both Yan Zhong and Xu An had fallen into his schemes, but on the contrary, Wang Yi's move played into Xu An's hands.

Xu An had discussed many matters with Yan Zhong as early as the strategy of invading Hedong County was made.

Xu An is not a saint, a genius, nor a military god. His only advantage is that he clearly knows the major events that will happen in the future and the changes in the world situation.

But Xu An also knows that his actions will also cause a butterfly effect, changing the occurrence of some events in future generations, and these advantages will be gone by then.

But fortunately, I have traveled all the way from Guangzong, to Taihang Mountain, and to Shangdang County.

Xu An has learned a lot, the most important of which is caution. Every time Xu An goes out, he tries his best to anticipate all the possibilities and come up with a solution.

The strategy of attacking Hedong County was the result of his long-term contemplation. After he informed everyone, he discussed with Yan Zhong for a long time and formulated a clearer plan, taking into account the return of the Han army, the defense of the city, and the water supply of the Han army. teachers and other issues.

He even considered the situation where Lian Wangyi thought of exchanging space for time, waiting for the main force of the Han army, and then recovering the lost ground.

So at this time, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army led by Xu An was not at the ferry on the north bank of Fenshui, preparing to cross the river, but had arrived in the southwest of Luliang Mountain in Hedong County.

That is to say, the mountain area in the west of Caisangjin, ten miles away.

As for the Yellow Turban Army Dazhai on the north bank of Fenshui, only He Man and more than 5000 soldiers remained.

Xu An asked He Man to lead the army, build an empty stronghold, and collect ships everywhere, creating the illusion that he was about to go south in a big way, so as to confuse the Han army on the south bank.

The Han army on the south bank was on the defensive. Although they sent out scouts, there were not many of them. It was only based on the camps and what they saw along the way that the approximate number of the Yellow Turban Army was estimated.

Chapter 197 Attacked!

The ferry on the north bank of Fenshui is located where three roads meet, facing Fenshui in the south, connecting Wenxi and the southern area of ​​the Anyi River.

The northeast is connected to the northeast Linfen Basin of Hedong County, leading to the northeast of Hedong County.

The northwest is a passage leading to the northwest of Hedong County, in Luliang Mountain.

Xu An left He Man to lead the army, creating a false appearance to deceive the attention of the Hedong Han army, but he himself led the cavalry and a brigade of soldiers and horses to attack the northwest from the Luliang Mountain Pass.

Finally on the 25th, we arrived west of Caisangjin.

However, the Han army who picked Sangjin did not expect that the main force of the Yellow Turban Army, who should have been preparing to cross the river on the north bank of Fenshui at this moment, was in the mountains less than fifteen miles away from them.

……

Pick sangjin.

In the early morning of the 26th, heavy fog filled the ferry of Caisangjin and the surrounding mountains.

More than [-] Han troops from Shangjun were eating in silence. They were about to set off at Maoshi and go north to support Beiqucheng.

The latest military order is for them to cooperate with Xihe County and Hedong County soldiers to attack the Baibo Yellow Turban Army in Luliang Mountain from both sides and retake Luliang Mountain.

This was the strategy formulated by Yuan Pang. He learned of the existence of the Baibo Army from the scouts' reports and the past information from Hedong County.

I also know the specific situation of the Baibo Army. The combat power of the Baibo Army is not as strong as the Yellow Turban Army directly under Xu An's direct control. The predecessor is the Wangwu Yellow Turban Army newly incorporated by Xu An.

Persimmon still needs to be picked softly. Both Shangjun and Xihe Commanderies can support the northwest of Hedong County. The advancement of the Baibo Army has been hindered, and it seems that the army is only more than [-] people. In addition, the soldiers under Guo Tai's direct control were still reduced to more than [-] people. Facing the Han army in Bozicheng, they were on the defensive, but they were still a little powerless.

In this way, the Baibo army led by Guo Tai became a soft persimmon in Yuan Pang's eyes.

It happened that the reinforcements from Shangjun also arrived near Caisangjin, so Yuan Pang made a plan to regain control of Luliang Mountain.

The recapture of Luliang Mountain by the Han army could threaten the main force of the Yellow Turban Army led by Xu An, who now occupies the north bank of Fenshui.

The main force of the Han army went to Anyi again, and the Yellow Turban army was attacked from the front and back, and the chances of winning the Han army increased by several percent.

But now it seems that Yuan Pang's plan is going to be in vain and go to waste.

"woo"

The low sound of the horn sounded in the camp of the Han army.

Mao time has arrived, and the Han army in Zhongshang County in the camp hastily finished the dry food in their hands and stood up.

Soon the drums of the soldiers gathering in the Han army camp sounded slowly, and the soldiers of the Han army began to form a team under the leadership of their respective corporal leaders and commanders, and walked towards the open space established by the camp.

Although the Han army in Shangjun recruited a new batch of recruits under Zhang Yi's order, due to their dealings with the Huns all the year round, the folk customs are quite tough, and the people in Shangjun are also soldiers and people.

Recruits were recruited, and the combat power did not decrease because of this. The gathering of more than 2000 Han troops was only a little chaotic, but it quickly returned to calm.

After a quarter of an hour, more than 2000 Han troops slowly walked out of Caisangjinzhong and headed north along the official road.

The scouts of the Han army had already stepped out of the camp to check the surroundings for the army.

It's just that they didn't notice that there was a pair of shiny black eyes in the bushes in the forest.

Not long after the scouts of the Han army left, a soldier of the Yellow Turban Army wearing simple leather armor hunched over, turned around and quietly disappeared into the mountain forest filled with white mist.

……

Xu An climbed a hill, and in the dense forest, he looked down at the Han army marching on the official road.

The armor on his body was not the red refined armor that Zhu Jun wore back then, but a pair of iron armor with a stronger protective force. This iron armor with a basin collar was seized from the arsenal of Shangdang County.

It was caught by Xu An at a glance, and then the craftsmen in the county were called to make a tailor-made one. Not only was the protection a bit stronger than the red armor, but the action did not receive too many constraints.

It has to be said that the iron armor with the basin collar is indeed comprehensive in protection, even the vital points of the neck are covered by it, and from the aesthetic point of view, Xu An thinks it is the most beautiful type of armor he has come into contact with.

It's just that the manufacturing process is really cumbersome, and the Yellow Turban Army has only seized one set so far, otherwise Xu An would have wished for Xu Huang and other Yellow Turban Army generals to put on this pot collar iron armor.

"It's really vigilant, as expected of the Han army."

Xu An sighed. He had fought the Han army so many times. He noticed that the Han army would send scouts to check the surroundings most of the time when they were marching, almost without exception.

Hearing Xu An's exclamation, Yan Zhong on the side also smiled and said: "Fortunately, these scouts of the Han army are all from Shangjun. They walk on the grassland all the year round and are not familiar with fighting in the mountains."

If it wasn't for the heavy fog, and Xu An's Yellow Turban Army scouts had years of experience in mountain exploration, I'm afraid most of them would have been discovered by these sharp Shangjun Han Army scouts.

Xu An looked back at Yan Zhong and asked, "Are you all ready?"

"Ready." Yan Zhong nodded, and spread out the silk fan in his hand, trying to block the north wind whistling through the forest. "Zhou Cang led two hundred cavalry and set up an ambush in front of the Han army's marching direction."

"Using the sound of the whistle, after Zhou Cang leads the cavalry to attack the Han army in front, Bai Rao will lead [-] cavalry to attack the rear of the Han army from behind the official road."

Xu An looked at the Han army marching under the official road with cold eyes, and slowly clenched the sword around his waist.

……

On the official road, no one is talking.

There are only the sound of messy footsteps, and the sound of weapons and armor colliding.

Beside the marching Han army column, a military officer dressed as a military officer rode on a war horse, followed by several personal guards.

The military marquis was quite burly, and although the horse riding on his crotch was taller than the horses of the guards behind him, it still seemed a little uncoordinated under his seat.

Seeing him looking at the woods on both sides of the official road, a personal guard behind him stepped forward with some doubts and asked, "Feng Xian, what's wrong?"

Lu Bu reined in his horse, stared at the woods beside the official road and said, "Since we arrived at Caisangjin, I always felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't tell..."

Cheng Lian's face changed slightly. When Lu Bu had the same premonition last time, they were immediately besieged by the Huns and fled back to the barracks after almost dying.

Hao Meng looked at the woods on both sides, frowned and said: "The dense forests on both sides of the official road are too close. If there are ambushes hiding, there is no time to react. It's really not good..."

"Our army's scouts are all in front, and there are scouts on the marching route. Even in the dense forest, there is no way to hide an ambush..." Cheng Lian pondered for a moment, then shook his head and vetoed.

"I also feel that something is wrong." Wei Yue pulled the uneasy horse, "I heard that Xu An won consecutive battles, captured Taihang and Shangdang all the way, and even Zhu Jun was defeated by Xu An, but the Luliang Mountain The Yellow Turbans are at a disadvantage now, I always feel that it is not that simple."

Cao Xing rolled his eyes and suggested, "Fengxian, how about I ask Gao Shun, Hou Cheng and Wei Xu to order the soldiers in Qunei to be more careful?"

Lu Bu nodded and agreed to Cao Xing's request.

Cao Xing obeyed the order and left behind Lu Bu, twitched his horsewhip, and drove the horses to the front of the formation.

"call out"

In the dense forest, there was a sharp chirping sound suddenly. This chirping sound was quite strange, and it was unknown what was chirping. A large number of birds were suddenly startled in the dense forest.

Lu Bu suddenly turned his head and looked towards the east side of the dense forest.

"call out"

Louder chirps sounded, one after another, the chirping sounds spread to the surroundings, and finally synthesized into unison.

"not good."

The pupils of Lu Bu's eyes suddenly widened in astonishment, and he saw a dark shadow in the dense forest on the east side, speeding towards the official road.

The howling mountain wind pierced into Lu Bu's ears, the thunderous sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded in the dense forest, and there were also humming sounds in the mountain forest, gathering together in his ears, it sounded like countless people were chanting Scripture in general.

Lu Bu led the uneasy horses under his seat, and shouted sharply: "Every village forms a square formation!"

Although these soldiers didn't know what happened and were still terrified when they heard the voice, Lu Bu had a high prestige in the army. With the military flags of their respective commanders, they hurriedly arranged in a square formation on the official road.

Just when Lu Bu ordered the soldiers under Qu on the official road to form an army formation, yellow banners appeared on both sides of the official road.

"The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world will be prosperous!"

Lu Bu finally heard the buzzing sound clearly, it was the shout of the Yellow Turban Army!

The mountain wind suddenly became stronger, and the dense fog in front of Lu Bu was completely blown away by the whistling mountain wind, and the white mist in the forest was rolled up like a window screen.

A khaki banner suddenly flashed out from the forest, a yellow turban warrior wearing a white robe and holding a long ax suddenly broke through the white mist, jumped out of the dense forest at the head of the horse, followed by hundreds of cavalry from the yellow turban army Will file out.

"Xu..."

Lu Bu's face changed slightly, he saw the large characters embroidered on the banner.

The reputation of Xu Huang and others also spread with the Battle of Sunflower City. Lu Bu knew about the Battle of Sunflower City, so he naturally knew that the white-robed Yellow Turban general in front of him might have fought against Sun Jian in the Battle of Sunflower City. , Xu Huang who beheaded Zu Mao and Huang Gai.

"call out"

The sharp whistle sounded again.

"Wan Sheng!!!"

A tiger-patterned battle flag suddenly flashed out of the dense forest, followed by the roar of mountains and tsunami, breaking through the white mist wrapped around the dense forest, and suddenly reaching the ears of the Han soldiers on the official road.

Wei Yue's complexion changed, and he pointed at the tiger-striped battle flag, "This is..."

"Yellow Angel!"

Cheng Lian's eyes flickered, and he also noticed the strange situation over there.

From the dense forest, a large number of yellow angels wearing heavy armor and with flags on their backs jumped out suddenly.

These yellow angels held curved edge shields and halberds and strode forward. The thick armor almost covered their whole bodies, even their faces were covered.

Covering their faces are iron visors, all of which brought an unparalleled impact to the Han army formed on the official road.

Fear spread in everyone's hearts, and panic filled their hearts, which also made those wearing masks even more terrifying.

"demon……"

A soldier of the Han army was trembling all over, unable to control his body at all, his teeth chattered constantly.

He had heard all kinds of terrifying rumors about the Yellow Turban Army, and they all came to his heart. Fear filled his heart. Suddenly, his eyes darkened, and he fell limply.