The World of Yellow Sky

After the attack on Jingjingguan failed, it was already more difficult to survive among the bandits, and he really didn't think about his future plans.

Huang Long made a series, and solemnly said to Liu Pi, who was the first one:

"I would like to be a Sima of the Yellow Turban Army."

Chapter 56 Integrating the Forces

It's been less than a month since Xu An and others entered the mountain.

The four forces entrenched in the central Taihang Mountains, Yu Digen, Li Damu, and Qingniujiao, gave their heads, and Huanglong joined them.

When Li Damu and the troops left behind in Qingniujiao Village saw the head of their leader, as well as the Yellow Turban army outside the village, they all gave up their resistance unexpectedly.

In the First Battle of Aishan, the Yellow Turban Army captured more than 2000 Qingniujiao soldiers, and Li Damu's 500 soldiers captured more than 400 people. The remaining troops in the two villages were [-] and [-] respectively.

It's been less than a month since Xu An and others entered the mountain.

The four forces entrenched in the central Taihang Mountains, Yu Digen, Li Damu, and Qingniujiao, gave their heads, and Huanglong joined them.

When Li Damu and the troops left behind in Qingniujiao Village saw the head of their leader, as well as the Yellow Turban army outside the village, they all gave up their resistance unexpectedly.

In the First Battle of Aishan, the Yellow Turban Army captured more than 2000 Qingniujiao soldiers, and Li Damu's 500 soldiers captured more than 400 people. The remaining troops in the two villages were [-] and [-] respectively.

The soldiers who were truly loyal to Qingniujiao and Li Damu had already died in the battle of Diaoshan, and the leaders of the bandits, big and small, were also found out one by one.

More than 200 headless corpses and heads were stacked together to form a hill outside the wall of Banyun Mountain.

All the thieves in the valley entering from Zhaimen only need to look up to see this sensational "Jing Guan".

Counting the more than 900 sergeants originally in Huanglongzhai, Xu An's army strength had expanded to more than 1 at this time.

The yellow flag of the Yellow Turban Army was erected high on the wall of Banyun Mountain, but the former Huanglong Village no longer exists.

Xu An's base camp also officially moved from Lutai Mountain to the valley of Banyun Mountain, where Huanglong was originally stationed.

The terrain in the Banyun Mountain Valley is open, and its altitude is much lower than the other mountains. With the Banyun Mountain like a gentle slope, it is more than enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people in the village. There are even a lot of fields on the riverside of the valley.

The facilities in the river valley are complete, even military villages. After all, Huanglong had tens of thousands of troops. After the defeat of Jingxing Pass, these military villages were abandoned because they were uninhabited.

Truck after truck of grain was transported into warehouses in the river valley, and teams of fearful thieves were pressed into the camps in the river valley.

The sergeants of the four villages were broken up and reorganized by the Xu Security Department and divided into four divisions.

If each department is full, there are 580 people, including five military officers, 25 village chiefs, 50 team leaders, and 250 special chiefs.

Xu An led the first division, and all the military marquis to the team were served by Huang Angels. They are all followers of Taiping Dao, and the rest of the subordinates selected some relatively honest people from the other three villages to join the army.

Excluding the yellow angels who served as officers, there were still 72 people left. This time Xu An did not assign them to the army again, but kept them by his side as the personal guards and handed them over to Commander Xu Da.

The remaining three divisions were led by Liu Pi, Gong Du, and Huang Long, and Huang Long's original remaining subordinates were incorporated into Liu Pi and Gong Du's division.

Of these three divisions, only the military marquis and the colony chiefs are appointed by the Huang Angels, the team leaders are appointed by the army candidates, and the even chiefs are selected by the team leaders.

In addition to dozens of personal guards, Huang Long's current subordinates are basically made up of the forces of the other three thieves.

The flag-bearer in the army only has a special flag-holding officer at the level of the colony chief.

In the previous Battle of the Low Mountains, the high-pitched whistles were made by wooden whistles cut from trees.

Xu An had learned how to make a whistle before, and there were more than ten craftsmen in Luohu Mountain, but he also made some of them.

The whistle is sharp and penetrating, and the drum is inconvenient to move on the mountain road in mountain operations. The wooden whistle is small and exquisite, and it is hung on the necks of the military officers for easy portability.

There are very few trumpets and drums in the mountains. These bandits and bandits usually rely on various leaders in the mountains to shout and fight indiscriminately while looking at the flags. How can they listen to any orders and act, and they express the meaning of the trumpets and drums. Difficult to understand, after all, there is no formal training.

Although these bandits in the mountains gathered in the mountains and forests and occupied a place in the Taihang Mountains, they were not the Montenegrin army gathered by Zhang Yan in history to be able to compete with Yuan Shao.

A large house by the river has been cleaned up, and the yellow angels in armor have surrounded the place.

This house was Xu An's current residence at this time.

A famous general in the hospital reported the situation in the army to Xu An who was sitting at the desk one by one.

From more than [-] people to tens of thousands of people today, Xu An gradually felt a little powerless, and he was almost exhausted.

Although Liu Pi's method of beheading the leader was indeed effective, and when the bandits saw the stacked "Jing Guan", they were indeed a lot more honest.

But Xu An knew that it was time to stop the expansion. The current situation was like a python swallowing an elephant. If it wasn't for Huang Long's addition, Xu An's belly would have been pierced by thousands of thieves.

Time passed, and it was the end of the year, but there was no New Year's atmosphere in the river valley, and the sergeants were still training in the school field as usual.

When Xu An finished his last political affairs, the sun had already set among the mountains, and the lights in the house had been lit by the guards.

Xu An looked out the dark window and sighed, "It's already so late..."

"Dong dong..."

There were several knocks on the door, followed by the guard's voice.

"Liu Qushuai and Gong Qushuai invite the general."

Xu An put down the "Book of Taiping" in his hand, stood up and said, "As long as the two commanders come over, there is no need to report."

"promise."

The guard outside the door responded and immediately opened the wooden door.

Seeing Liu Pi and Gong Du with gloomy faces outside the door, Xu Anxin asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Gong Du said in a trembling voice, "Han Zhong also lost..."

Liu Pi sat on the ground as if he had been drained of all his strength.

"One hundred thousand Yellow Turbans died in Wancheng, and the Yellow Turbans in Jingzhou also lost..."

Although Xu An already knew the result, but when he heard the news of Han Zhong's defeat, there was still a burst of bitterness in his heart.

Now that the two largest Yellow Turban forces in the world have perished, this is a catastrophic blow to the morale of the Yellow Turbans who are still fighting in the remaining states.

Chapter 57 A Spark of Fire

The second year of Zhongping (185), the year of Yi Chou, the first month of spring, and the great epidemic.

In the same year, a fire broke out in Luoyang, the capital, and destroyed the Nangong Palace.

Among the eunuchs, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, etc. persuaded Emperor Ling to tax the land to repair the palace and cast bronze figures.

The counselor, Liu Tao, saw this, and he sparsely stated eight rules for political affairs, believing that all the chaos in the world was caused by eunuchs.

So he was hated by the eunuchs.He was falsely accused of communicating with foreign thieves, so he was imprisoned.Prison officers tortured very urgently.Liu Tao knew that he would die, and committed suicide in prison.

The emperor Liu Hong (Lingdi of Han) listened to the slander and ignored the Yellow Turbans at first, and the world was still in turmoil.

He also issued an edict to distribute wood, wood, and aragonite in the prefecture of the prefecture, and transported the capital to the capital.

In addition, it is stipulated that the removal of governors, prefects, Maocai, and Xiaolian will all have to pay money to help the army and repair the palace, except for those who are awarded big counties.

Even before the new official took office, he had to go to the West Garden to negotiate the amount of money.At that time, there may be people who commit suicide if they fail to submit the request.

Therefore, when new officials take office, they must compete to plunder the people and amass wealth as compensation.

Plagues spread everywhere, wars and chaos began to settle, and taxes were heavy. The emperor's edict was issued from Luoyang, which completely overwhelmed the poor peasants who had already been overwhelmed...

The land of Shenzhou has never lacked warriors, even if the "Jingguan" made up of the corpses of thousands of Yellow Turbans is still standing outside the three cities of Guangzong, Wanping and Xiaquyang.

Countless rebels swarmed up, ignited like a spark of fire, and even merged into a prairie fire!

The largest group of rebels was Zhang Niujiao. Zhang Niujiao raised an army in Boling and joined forces with Chu Feiyan. Chu Yan elected Zhang Niujiao as the leader. The two sides combined nearly [-] troops to attack Yingtao, shaking the entire Jizhou.

Outside the city of Yingtao, at a glance, there are yellow flags...

Under the crowd, there were all sergeants wrapped in yellow turbans, and even the skinny chests could be seen through the tattered clothes...

But they still defeated the mighty Han army outside the city of Yingtao, and let those Han army, who were wearing thick armor, eating and drinking dried meat and corn, huddled in the city and did not dare to go out to fight.

"Boom-thump-thump-"

The thundering drums sounded again.

"Wan Sheng!!!"

Countless yellow turban sergeants slapped the walls of Yingtao City like a khaki tide.

Countless cloud ladders were erected, and sergeants wrapped in yellow scarves one after another climbed up with tattered round shields.

The soldiers of the Han army on the city wall shouted loudly at their soldiers. The soldiers of the Han army kept pouring out the arrows in their hands. The cry of the sergeant fell below the city.

Looking down from the clouds in the sky, the dense khaki ants almost covered the western city wall of the whole Gingtao City, and the red Han army was struggling to support the city wall...

Outside the city, Zhang Niujiao was sitting on the top of a low slope, looking at the majestic Gingtao City with a solemn expression.

Yingtao City is where Huangfu Song and Julu Prefect Guo Dian meet. As long as Yingtao City is captured, the armaments in the arsenal can instantly arm Zhang Niujiao's tens of thousands of troops, which is of great significance.

"Report!"

A dust-covered Yellow Turban rider galloped in the direction of Zhang Niujiao and others with a flag in his hand, and the soldiers along the road retreated to give way.

Seeing Zhang Niujiao, the Yellow Turbans' flag-bearer turned over and dismounted and reported back.

"A Han army was found twenty miles away, about 3000 of them..."

Zhang Niujiao stood up and asked, "Have you seen what flag you are playing?"

The Yellow Turban rider who reported the letter paused and replied in a hoarse voice: "We were soon discovered by officers and soldiers' scouts after we approached. We fought a lot, broke seven brothers, and failed to see the flag..."

Zhang Niujiao patted the rider who reported the letter on the shoulder: "Does the broken brother have a family in the army?"

The rider looked up at Zhang Niujiao in front of him and replied subconsciously, "Yes..."

Zhang Niujiao turned his head and instructed one of the guards: "Take my command flag and go get seven days' rations to send to their families. If you have children and nephews, take them to the guard camp."

"promise."

The personal guard took the flag, and Zhang Niujiao turned his head to look at the rider who reported the letter and said, "Let's go with you."

The rider who reported the letter fell to his knees, buried his head on the ground, and even said with a trembling voice, "Thank you, General!"

"Go..."

"promise!"

Chu Yan was standing beside Zhang Niujiao, and the bad news came one after another in the past few days.

The rebels from all over the country who came to support were stopped by the county soldiers and could not come to Yingtao City to join forces. On the contrary, more and more county soldiers gathered around Yingtao City. More than 3000 county soldiers.

……

Twenty li outside the city of Yingtao, a cavalry army with bright clothes and armor galloped on the official road.

The blood-red flag is embroidered with a big "Zhang" character, and a cavalry is standing under the flag. Behind the flag, countless knights are clinging to the red flag, and the flags are hunting in the wind. ring.

The cavalry was wearing a bright red battle robe, with a black iron robe exclusive to the cavalry of the Han army on his head. On the top helmet, a bunch of red tassel fluttered in the wind, and a pair of double armors covered his upper body and thighs. In fact, the shoulder armor is also decorated with two leopard-headed gold-devouring beasts.

This cavalry general was Zhang He, the military waiter who captured the general Zhang Liang of Ren Gong. After fighting the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou and Huangfu Song moved to Jizhou Shepherd, Zhang He was promoted to the military commander and stayed in Jizhou because of his merits, and still belongs to Huangfu Song. under the account.

This time the Yellow Turbans resurged, and the army besieged Yingtao City. Huangfusong first ordered Gao Lan to lead the army to rescue, but Gao Lan's headquarters had only 3 soldiers. When they arrived outside Yingtao City, Zhang Niujiao's troops had already gathered Thousands of yellow scarves.

Gao Lan did not dare to act rashly, and sent a letter to Huangfu Song asking for reinforcements, so Huangfu Song sent Zhang He to lead two thousand infantry troops and one thousand cavalry troops to help.

The scouts of the Yellow Turbans were expelled by Zhang He's cavalry, and soon disappeared from the sight of the Han army.

The large camp of the Han army in the distance is also becoming more and more clear.

Zhang He stopped the galloping horse, and the knights behind him also slowed down and slowly walked towards the heavily guarded Han army camp.

The guards of the Han army camp had long seen this cavalry army flying the red flag, and the village was filled with cheers of "mighty".

In the night battle in the forest, Zhang He captured Zhang Liang's record in less than a dozen times. Coupled with the neat formation of the cavalry, the officers and soldiers in the Han army camp seemed to have taken a reassurance. Not far away, Zhang Niujiao's fear disappeared completely.

Chapter 58 Stormy Storms

Beacon fires erupted outside the Taihang Mountains, and the chaos continued, and the power struggle in the Luoyang court gradually intensified.

The Taihang Mountains are also turbulent, with countless forces coming and going, and a new generation replaces the old.

Although Xu An pacified the bandits in the middle of the Taihang Mountains, beheaded Yu Digen, Li Damu, and Qing Niujiao, and subdued Huanglong, the power in the Taihang Mountains did not decrease but increased.

Among them, Zuo Jiao, Guo Daxian, Zhang Baiqi, Liu Shi, Zuo Maozhangba, Pinghan, and Daji are located in the north of Taihang Mountain.

Sili, Yezai, Lei Gong, Fuyun, Baique, Yang Feng, Yudu, Wulu, Bairao, Qigu and Kusui are located in the south of Taihang Mountain.

There are still seventeen large and small forces in the Taihang Mountains.