The World of Yellow Sky

Huangfu Song held up the seal of the Jizhou Mu, turned his head to look north, and said with a wry smile: "It is advisable to hang the head of the barbarian mansion on Gao Street to show that thousands of miles away, those who violate the strong Han will be punished even if they are far away!"

Liang Yan sat quietly and watched Huangfu Song muttering word by word, although the old man in front of him had already grayed his hair, but in a trance, Liang Yan seemed to see the high-spirited young general again.

There was silence again in the tent, as always.

When Yan Zhong walked out of the tent, he was also shocked and covered in cold sweat. If Liang Sheng heard the slightest bit, he would not only be eaten with no bones left, but also implicate his clansmen. This is a crime of rebellion!

However, when Liang Sheng left, he looked fine, and had a few laughs with him. Yan Zhong loosened his shirt and looked at the coming and going sergeants in front of him, and calmed down.

Although he was safe for a while, Huangfu Song's vague words still made Yan Zhong uneasy. At this time, he took over another mess. Even if he wanted to take the opportunity to escape, it was not the right time, so he could only bite the bullet and check Jingxing first.

It's just that when Yan Zhong held the command flag and went to mobilize the troops and horses, the sergeants below showed displeased expressions, and even whispered comments came from time to time, but even so, the well-trained Han troops were in the generals. Under the sound of shouting, they quickly assembled.

Yan Zhong frowned and looked at the soldiers in front of him. He hurriedly called them together when he was celebrating the victory. It was normal to have some resentment.

In the past, Yan Zhongding was supposed to boost his morale, but now Yan Zhong was very worried in his heart, so he just briefed a few military commanders about the military order, and then led his own soldiers to leave first.

The door of the Han army camp was full of people, and the camp door slowly opened. Yan Zhong and a group of county soldiers slowly left the Han army camp in Xia Quyang.

Huangfu Song and Liang Yan stood on the wall of the village to bid farewell to Yan Zhong, and all the soldiers passing by along the way cheered to Huangfu Song with their weapons high.

"It's over at last." Huangfu Song tightened his cloak, looking a little absent-minded at the distant Han army.

"Yeah, it's finally over." Liang Yan looked at Huangfu Song who was leaning against the wall, and his thoughts were full of thoughts.

"Let's go home." Huangfu Song said as if all his strength had been drained in an instant, from the mighty Han army general in front of the battle to a twilight old man.

The howling north wind is blowing, and the land of the Central Plains is getting colder and colder. Fortunately, it is finally over. Whether it is the Yellow Turban Rebellion or the famine, it is finally over.

The land around Guangzong and Xiaquyang will surely be fertile for thousands of miles in the near future.

I got out of my car and went to her husband.From the Son of Heaven, it is said that I am here.Summoning his servant, it is called carrying.The king's affairs are so difficult that they are thorny.

The people's song said: The world is in chaos and the city is ruined. The mother does not protect the child and the wife loses her husband.

When the army is all set, the generals are put away; the cooks are all cooked, and the generals are eaten; the army does not raise fire, and the generals do not raise them either.

Chapter 27 Arsenal

When Xu An saw the Jingxing arsenal, the corners of his mouth almost went to the back of his ears.

The tower shields stacked up like a hill, the small double-arc shields, and the neatly arranged dark iron armors came into view first, and then there were bundles of halberds and ring-shoulders standing aside, Rows of bows are placed on bow racks, and bundles of feathered arrows are wrapped together.

"Really!"

Liu Pi slapped his thigh and was so excited that he couldn't help himself. He lost his armor and armor all the way to the defeat in Quyang. The original armor and halberd shields of the two hundred Yellow Angels who escaped have long since been lost.

Fortunately, these yellow angels are veterans who have been in battle for a long time, and more or less left a life-saving ring-head knife and a short knife.

With these armors and weapons, the combat power of their army has almost doubled. The Han army often defeated the Yellow Turban army several times more than theirs in field battles because of their amazing armor rate.

The popularity of iron armor in the Han army has almost reached an astonishing level, and even county soldiers who do not often fight in the interior are equipped with a large number of iron armor.

Why do you always say "One Han becomes five Hu"?It is not only that the Han army is well-trained, but also that the Han army has a strong and sharp blade.

During the Battle of Guangzong, the Han army, who was wearing heavy armor, attacked the front army of the Yellow Turbans, who had no armor or blades, and almost caused a devastating blow.

The crude leather armor and linen clothes of the Yellow Turbans could not stop the sharp soldiers of the Han army. The bamboo spears and agricultural tools in their hands could not even break the armor of the sharp soldiers of the Han army. The only thing they could do was to consume the Han army with their flesh and blood. Rishi's stamina.

Gong Du stood by and danced, his voice almost trembling: "I did a rough check before I came. There are more than 500 armors in the arsenal, nearly a thousand halberds and ring swords each, and two hundred strong bows. , [-] arrows, and a winter robe inside!"

Originally, everyone in the Yellow Turbans was pleasantly surprised when they saw the armor and the sword, but the moment they heard the winter clothes, everyone was not calm.

The average altitude of Taihang Mountain is 2000 meters high. It is already late October. Fortunately, everyone is an elite of the Yellow Turban Army. They are dressed slightly better than ordinary sergeants and have a few more clothes, so they are not frozen in the forest.

However, Rao is so cold that it is not too cold, and many people's clothes are still from the Han soldiers who died in Jingjingguan.

"Then why are you still standing there? Xu Da, take someone to move the winter clothes." Xu An tightened the clothes on his body, the joy on his face could not be concealed at all, not only the corners of his mouth were grinning almost to the back of his ears, but even his eyes were fast. Laughing into a crack.

"No!" After Xu Da made a promise, he ordered a team of sergeants to walk straight into the warehouse. A set of winter coats were taken out from Jingjing's arsenal and distributed to the Yellow Turban people. Everyone hurriedly removed the linen on their bodies They played with each other and changed into the red winter clothes of the Han army.

A yellow angel put on his clothes and touched it left and right. He didn't seem to get tired of it. He said with envy: "Damn, these Han soldiers are really thick and warm."

"This is thicker than what the military officers wear." Another Yellow Angel kept looking at the robes he had put on, saying.

Suddenly seeing a person beside him touching the robe in his hand, he leaned over and asked, "What's the matter, don't change clothes quickly in the cold weather."

The man sighed and said, "If I had these winter clothes, my little sister wouldn't be cold to death."

Huang Angel patted the man on the shoulder and said nothing. Poor people have their own misfortunes.

Xu An took a robe and wanted to put it on, but the robe was snatched by Liu Pi next to him.

"The generals of my Taipingdao can't wear the robes of ordinary sergeants." Gong Du signaled Xu An not to worry, and then clapped his hands. Several sergeants came out carrying a set of black iron armor for generals, and a crimson red one. jersey.

"This is?" Xu An looked at Gong Du with a little doubt.

"This is the armor of the Jingxingguan guard. As a general now, you must wear different clothes from ordinary soldiers. Otherwise, how can the soldiers see you on the battle formation?"

Xu An stroked the exquisite ornaments on the black iron armor, and felt a cold touch in his hands. There were two bright pheasant feathers inserted straight beside the iron armor, and a ferocious beast was painted on the crimson red battle robe, which was full of power. There are people in battle who don't like armor?

Liu Pi smacked his tongue again and again: "I never imagined that you, Gong Manzi, would have a thoughtful day."

Hearing this, Gong Du was quite annoyed, and couldn't help but scolded: "Hey, Liu Pi, why do you look down on others, you only know a few words better than me."

Just when Liu Pi and Gong Du were arguing, several sergeants had finished putting on the full set of armor for Xu An.

Xu An wore a black iron helmet with a feather on his head, a black iron armor inlaid with red generals, a crimson battle robe, and a gold belt inlaid with beasts. Sure enough, people rely on clothes. Xu An, who was originally ugly, is now Like a majestic general of the Han Dynasty.

Looking back at the arsenal, he suddenly remembered something and immediately turned his head and said to Gong Du: "We have been at Jingjing Pass for almost two days, and there are more and more Han army scouts outside the pass. Send troops to retake Jingjing Pass. The black flag on the wall will not scare the Han army back. Jingjing is too important to them. You find all the livestock that are hauling things in Jingjing Pass, and we will leave today. "

"promise."

Gong Du restrained his delighted expression, sang a promise, and led a dozen sergeants to gather livestock in the pass.

Zhang Ji didn't know where to find a yellow flag, wearing a robe that was obviously one size larger, carrying the yellow flag and ran to Xu An's side.

"There are a lot of Han army scouts outside the pass. I'm evacuating at this time, I'm afraid the Han army will follow the trail to catch up." Liu Pi was worried about the Han cavalry outside the pass, so he said to Xu An.

Xu An had long considered how to deal with the matter of the Han army scouts. After all, it was a matter of life and family. If he was entangled by the Han army scouts, he would almost certainly die, so he said: "Isn't there still goats in Jingjing Pass? The goat is tied to a tree, and a war drum is placed on the front hoof. When the goat moves around, there will be a drum sound. When the Han army scouts approach and find that there is no one in the pass, we are afraid that we have reached Lutai Mountain."

Liu Pi asked with a puzzled look, "Is this useful?"

Xu An said helplessly, "What else can you do besides this? Could it be possible to insert some grass figurines into the city wall?"

"This method is good." Liu Bi rubbed his hands and said, "Anyway, there are a lot of clothes."

"You don't think Qi Henggong's drumming with hanging sheep is inappropriate, but you think it's good to plant grass." Xu An really couldn't laugh or cry.

Chapter 28 Puzzles

The mountain wind of Taihang Mountain carries a cold chill, whizzing through the layers of mountain forests, passing through the lonely Jingxing, and the leaves are fluttering in the air with the wind.

The sound of this sound of war drums echoed from time to time in Jingxing Pass.

The gate on the west side was slowly opened, and a team of sergeants in Han army uniforms and yellow scarves tied their arms drove the cattle and horses out of Jingxing Pass slowly.

This Han army is indeed Xu An and his party, who have all changed into Han army uniforms. The food, grass and weapons in Jingxing Pass are too much for Xu An and others.

Even if the cattle and horses and other livestock in the entire Jingxing Pass were found, and even the war horses were used, it was still not enough.

And then... the Yellow Turban Army, an old miser, started a series of salacious operations.

Xu An couldn't help laughing bitterly when he saw the yellow angels around him, not to mention the various cattle and horses they drove away, the clothes on his body seemed too bloated.

Wearing black iron armor on his body, he straddled a ring-headed knife on his waist, carried a curved shield on his back, held a long halberd in his other hand and slung it over his shoulder, and hung a halberd on his waist on the other side. Several bags of dry food.

They even took all the remaining 200 longbows in the Jingxingguan arsenal, and the [-] people also brought a pot of arrows each, which weighed less than a few dozen catties.

This idiot, Gong Du, was originally tall and burly, but in the end he not only wore a black iron armor, but also added a layer of leather armor inside, almost like a brown bear.

The shield was not on his back, but he carried the big iron halberd of Ji He, the guard at Jingxing Pass, on his shoulders, and Liu Pi naturally scolded him as a barbarian.

But Liu Pi was not much better. He himself carried three ring-shoulders on his waist, a barrel of feathered arrows on the other side, a long halberd made by the Han army, and a halberd on his back. Han bow.

But even so, a lot of baggage was left in Jingxing Pass.

Originally, Xu An was worried that it would seriously affect his physical strength and the speed of the march and wanted to stop it, but Liu Pi and Gong Du, two miser, gave Xu An a reassuring look at the same time.

And now Xu An really couldn't help smacking his tongue in secret.

During the Warring States period, the standard for the selection of soldiers in the Wei State was that the soldiers put on heavy armor and iron helmets, were able to open a twelve-stone crossbow, each carried fifty crossbow bolts, held a long Ge or an iron halberd, a sharp sword on his belt, and carried three One day's combat food and grass, and half a day's march of more than 3 miles.

Because of such physical strength, Wei Wuzu fought in the north and south, and achieved the great feat of "72 battles, 64 total victories, and the rest are evenly resolved (no winner or loser)".

Although these yellow angels do not have the terrifying physical strength of Wei Wuzu, nor can they open the twelve-stone crossbow, and travel more than 100 miles in half a day, but their load is not much different from that of Wuzu, marching from morning to evening, marching in a day After traveling for more than 60 miles, we stepped into the mountains around Lutai Mountain.

Liu Pi felt that Xu An was a little too cautious, because the cattle and horses, the livestock that carried or dragged their luggage, had all their hooves tied up with cloth pieces and strips of cloth in their mouths.

Xu An was worried that the ox and horse would make a sound, which would arouse the vigilance of the bandits on Lutai Mountain.

The sky is getting darker, the sunset glow on the horizon has already appeared a dull blood light, and the darkness is quietly invading the earth.

There is only one road from Jingxing Pass to Lutai Mountain, but the road is quite wide.

At least the road to the Lutai Mountain Bandit's outpost is still so wide.

The outpost of the Lutai Mountain thieves is very simple. A simple arrow tower built of wood, including the top cover, is only four meters high. The road is blocked by a simple block of wood tied up at the intersection.

Three or four thieves in common clothes sat or stood aside to chat, only one person in leather armor sat beside a log cabin drinking hot soup.

There were only six people in the entire outpost. In a thick bush not far from the outpost, two pairs of black eyes leaked out. It was the Yellow Turban scout who went to investigate first.

Although these scouts are not as well-trained as the Han army scouts, they are still more than enough to deal with a group of bandits who obviously have no military literacy.

Several torches beside the sentry tower were lit. At this time, a man in leather armor appeared on the road to the mountain, and he slowly walked down with five bandits in commoner clothes.

These people seem to be the thieves who came to replace the guards of the previous sentry tower. Four of them are holding different weapons, and one person is holding a short bow.

The two scouts of the Yellow Turban Army had a panoramic view of all of them, observed them for a while, and then hid in the night again.

After the two Yellow Turban scouts quietly retreated from the bushes, they walked a few hundred meters, found the warhorse tied to the shelter, and exited the range of the Lutai Mountain bandits.

In a valley near Lutai Mountain, dozens of military tents were built. There was no stove in the camp. The soldiers around the tent were eating the unbearable dry food in the bag with water.

Dozens of sergeants dressed as Han troops around the camp were watching the surrounding mountains and forests on alert, when suddenly there was a sound in one of the woods.

A sergeant dressed as a Han army, slowly raised his right hand and pointed to the place where the movement was heard. Several sergeants behind him put their hands on the knives around their waists, and two sergeants holding Han bows touched them. Quiver at the waist.

The people in the camp also noticed the movement here, and three people dressed as Han army generals walked out from a large tent.

"Good luck in the world."

There was a sudden cry in the forest, and the tense atmosphere around the camp disappeared in an instant.

This group of Han army costumes is exactly Xu An and his party who have been on the road for a day.

"What's the situation, Ma Zhong?"

The Han army led a man dressed up and stepped forward, punched one of the sergeants who came out of the woods on the shoulder and asked.

"There are only six people guarding the outpost. This group of thieves really don't look like thieves, but rather like peasants in the ground." Ma Zhong rubbed his shoulders and muttered.

While talking, Xu An came over and asked, "Have you seen any other outposts?"

When Ma Zhong saw Xu An coming, he bowed first, and then replied: "The road to Lutai Mountain was cut off by the guard tower of the bandits, but when we came back, we found that apart from the guard tower, There are a few fires not far away, most of which are also sentry towers."

"It's hard work, let's rest first." Xu An patted Ma Zhong on the shoulder.

Attacking the camp on the mountain is another problem. Xu An's experience in battle has always been fighting in the plains.

But just by imagination, I can imagine that if the thieves on the top of the mountain are rashly disturbed, even the rolling stones on the narrow mountain road can cause considerable casualties.

It seems that there is only one way to deal with these thieves hiding on the Taihang Mountains. In history, the Han army was really powerless to destroy the thieves in the Taihang Mountains, and could only accept some conditions for the thieves to recruit them.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty sent envoys to worship Yang Feng as the captain of Heishan, and led all the bandits. He was able to raise filial and honest officials. Later, Zhang Yan, the leader of the bandits of the Heishan Army, was even awarded the title of Marquis of Anguoting, with [-] households.

Chapter 29 Han Army?

The sky just started to light up, and even the sound of beasts was rare in the mountains and forests.

The dense camps in the valley had completely disappeared last night, replaced by more than [-] yellow angels wearing heavy armor and holding tower shields and halberds.

Liu Pi and Gong Du had already put on their armors and joined the queue of the Yellow Angels.

All the provisions and equipment in the camp were loaded into the car, and there were more than a dozen yellow angels guarding the car with halberds.

Xu An glanced at the stern yellow angel, turned over and straddled the warhorse beside him, raising his right hand slightly and waving forward.

Several Yellow Turban scouts who were still on standby on the warhorse drove the warhorse, and the warhorse trotted all the way into the woods with four hooves.

More than two hundred fully armed yellow angels were silent in the woods. The only sound was the sound of iron armor and swords colliding, and the sound of heavy footsteps.