The World of Yellow Sky

"But it's just a mere yellow turban, I only need a thousand armored cavalry, and I will break Chu Yan."

Yan Liang snorted coldly, disdain for that Zhang Yan.

But of course, there were riots all over Jizhou, and when Yan Liang was ordered to fight the rebellion, he would rush into the battle with dozens of armored cavalry.

Wen Chou shook his head helplessly. Although his elder brother was extremely brave, he was also too arrogant for this reason.

Chapter 68 Comrades

It was almost dusk, and the chirping of old crows in the forest was vaguely heard outside Jingxing Pass.

A yellow war flag was erected on the wall, and the strong wind whistled past, making the hunting of the war flag blowing. The bow of Han, watching vigilantly at the end of the official road not far away.

The capture of Jingxing allowed Xu An to obtain more than 200 pairs of armor, thousands of long halberds and more than 100 pairs of Han bows.

These are some of the defensive armaments left by the Han army's withdrawal from Jingxing Pass before.

This only includes the original equipment of the Han army. There are more than 100 craftsmen under Xu An's command. In their hands, most of the damaged armor and weapons can be intact as long as they take time.

In another month, hundreds of armors and swords of various types were taken from the Han soldiers who were killed at Jingxing Pass and can be put into use. At that time, Xu An's strength will be further enhanced.

Except for the guards and the archers.

On the wall, there are still frightening crossbows standing, and bundles of spears are set aside. Near the crossbow, there are three or four Yellow Turban warriors waiting for the order.

Teams after teams of sergeants with halberds walked back and forth on the wall under the leadership of their respective chiefs. Above the wall, the flags and flags of the Yellow Turban generals and schools were filled.

Almost as soon as Zhang Yan's vanguard cavalry crossed the mountain and came into view of Jingxing Pass, the continuous sound of the horn sounded on the wall of Jingxing Pass.

Just when the horn sounded, countless sharp wooden whistles came one after another, and the wall was suddenly busy. The officers at all levels accelerated their pace, and the sergeants of each team followed the flags of the officers of their team and marched towards the wall.

Xu An was wearing a school armor and took the iron halberd from the armoured soldiers waiting outside the door. The guards camp was stationed outside the courtyard. When Xu An arrived outside the courtyard, the guards were ready to go, and they were lined up outside the courtyard. Been waiting for a long time.

"set off!"

Xu An raised his halberd slightly and shouted loudly toward him. The tip of the halberd pointed to the wall not far away. The soldiers behind him sang their promises in unison and filed out after Xu An.

Halfway through the journey, they met Gong Du and Huang Long, who had also arrived with the Guards, and the three of them led the brigade towards the wall.

When Xu An came to the wall, Zhang Yanjun's vanguard cavalry had already arrived at the beach outside the pass. Behind the cavalry, there were soldiers with yellow scarves on their heads pouring out from behind the mountain, but the formation was abnormally disordered. , weapons are also various.

Their target direction is not Jingxing Pass, but the mountains not far away.

Xu An looked at the dense crowd outside the gate. They were like ants on the ground, cutting down the surrounding trees, and soon a large camp slowly appeared in front of Xu An's eyes.

"Why is this Feiyan camping beside the mountains on the riverbank?"

Huang Long looked a little strange at the Zhang Yan army camp outside Guan who had built a fort beside the mountain. It made no sense to Huang Long to set up camp here, because that would not have any threat to Jingxing Pass at all.

Gong Du touched the armor and said solemnly, "Something's wrong..."

Xu An also saw Gong Du's expression, so he asked Gong Du, "What did you find?"

Gong Du nodded and replied, "There should be chasing soldiers behind them..."

Xu Anlue glanced outside the gate in astonishment, and frowned. He had never heard that the Jizhou soldiers dared to pursue Zhang Yan.

At this moment, a group of men and horses rushed over from Zhang Yan's army. The leading knight held a khaki military flag with a black silk thread embroidered with the word "Dou Da".

A knight carefully instigated the horse reins out of the queue. He looked vigilantly at the soldiers on the top of the wall, and then slowly controlled the horse to walk towards the gate, holding a high hand with one hand. The rod is similar to the jingjie.

"squeak----"

The heavy closed door slowly opened from the inside, making a harsh sound, and the sudden opening of the door shocked the knight.

At the gate, the soldiers who were wrapped in yellow scarves and covered in black iron heavy armor stood behind the gate and divided into two columns, leaving only a gap of three or four steps.

Although the ring-headed sword on the waist is still in the scabbard, the knights outside the gate can still feel a murderous murderous aura from this group of soldiers.

In fact, the gate is indeed the elite of a hundred battles. The soldiers of the Yellow Turbans standing at the gate are all Yellow Angels who followed Xu An from Xia Quyang to the Taihang Mountains.

The war horse snorted and threw the soil on the ground with its hooves uneasily. The knights outside the gate tried their best to control the mounts under their crotch.

Xu An rode a jujube red horse and led more than a dozen knights out of the gate. , only fell two or three steps behind him, this person is Gong Du.

Xu An restrained the war horse and shouted loudly, "You are Zhang Niujiao's followers? You are both the Yellow Turbans, why don't you come forward and talk."

Chapter 69 Entry

Although Zhang Yan had never met Xu An, he was sure that the cavalry general was Xu An.

He looked at the slightly younger face under Xuan Tie's armor, and involuntarily put his hand on the bow and arrow beside the saddle.

Within a distance of a few dozen steps, Zhang Yan has been brave and good at fighting since he was a child. When he was a child, he often went up to the mountains to hunt. He didn't say a hundred steps to penetrate Yang, but he was also a first-class archer. With a distance of only a few dozen steps, Zhang Yan felt that he had at least five or six. With a certainty of points, an arrow hit Xu An.

Zhang Yan closed her eyes slightly, constantly weighing the pros and cons in her heart, thinking about her own judgment.

At this time, the gate opened. If this person is really Xu An and shoots Xu An himself, if he dies without a leader, it will be very beneficial to the siege of the city.

However, Liu Pi and Gong are also under Xu An. These two are veterans of the Yellow Turban Army. I am afraid that it will be difficult to break through the city for a while. Moreover, there are not too many cavalry around me now, I am afraid that it will be difficult to stop the city gate. closure.

But if this person is not Xu An, he will not only anger the defenders in Guanshang, but also put himself and his army in danger.At that time, when the two sides are fighting fiercely, the following Han army will swallow their lives effortlessly.

Just as Zhang Yan was thinking about it, a burly horseman behind Xu An drove the horse up.

Zhang Yan's hand touching the bow and arrow also slowly stopped in the air.

He was burly and as strong as a bear, carrying a long-handled battle axe. This person might be Gong Du, the Taiping Daoqu handsome man mentioned by Zhang Niujiao in his lifetime.

Zhang Yan had long heard that Gong Du was quite famous in the army. In the battle of Guangzong, it was Gong Du who took the lead in defeating the army of the Han army and let Guangzong's Yellow Turban escape.

The opportunity is fleeting, and now that Gong Du is guarding Xu An, the probability of shooting Xu An is infinitely close to none.

Zhang Yan was also relieved, the pressure at that time was indeed too heavy.

Xu An seemed to be a little impatient, and tugged at the reins of the purplish red horse for a while. Seeing that no one responded, he seemed to be returning to the city.

Zhang Yan hurried out on horseback and replied loudly, "I'm waiting for Zhang Niujiao's followers."

Xu An noticed Zhang Yan who responded aloud, and the knight who answered him was dressed almost the same as the knights around him, but his voice was quite loud. Although he couldn't see his appearance, Xu An had a subtle feeling, he felt This person should be Zhang Yan, the commander of the Montenegrin Army who unified Taihang in later generations.

Xu An pulled the reins, turned to the side of the war horse, looked straight ahead and asked loudly, "Who are you?"

"Someone is Zhang Yan, whose real surname is Chu, and is called 'Feiyan' in the army."

Zhang Yan gently squeezed his horse's belly and walked forward. He knew very well that there were such majestic soldiers in the pass. I was afraid that even if he tried his best to attack the problem, the result would be in vain.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yan also made up his mind to stir up the situation with hundreds of people, attack Jingxing Pass by surprise, and dominate the middle section of Taihang in just over a month. With tens of thousands of troops, it is not a rat generation. Now that he has arrived in such a field, he will surrender Xu An is also a good strategy.

What's more, Zhang Yan is not even Qu Shuai in Taiping Dao, and Xu An is not only Qu Shuai of Taiping Dao, but also a disciple of the general Zhang Liang of Ren Gong. On Xu An.

Zhang Yan rode his horse to the front, and Xu An could see Zhang Yan's face clearly. It was different from what Xu An thought, and it was also different from games such as the Three Kingdoms in later generations. Zhang Yan was not a bearded, fierce look.

On the contrary, he looked quite upright and peaceful, with a short, pointed goatee, clear eyebrows, and a black battle robe covered with a half-body riding armor.

Zhang Yan hit the horse and looked at the cavalry in front of him and asked, "Dare to ask if the general is Xu An?"

"Exactly."

Under the dark iron helmet was an ordinary face, with a slightly dark complexion and a short beard, but it didn't look like it was well taken care of. It didn't look outstanding, but against the gorgeous general armor of the Han army, It can't help but make people feel a bit heroic.

But Zhang Yan was not disappointed. He never judged people by their appearance. People with mighty and majestic faces often have idiots, and people with mean and ugly faces are also heroes.

"Didn't you all hit Yingtao all the way? I sent troops to attack Jingxing just to help you rise up, so why did you arrive at Jingxing instead?"

Although Xu An knew the historical process, he still asked.

Zhang Yan sighed and said: "The reinforcements of the Han army are coming in a big way, and my elder brother Zhang Niujiao was unfortunately shot by a stray arrow in Yingtao, and died of illness in the army. The Han army pursued very urgently, and a certain person had no choice but to escape from Jingxing to Taihang to avoid the pursuit of officers and soldiers. ."

"The Han army may only be two days away from our army, and the vanguard cavalry may only be one day's journey away."

"I also heard about Zhang Niujiao's reputation in the mountains, but I didn't want to die of illness in the gall pottery.

Xu An agreed and said immediately.

"Since the Han army is approaching, General Zhang can let people enter the customs first. I see that there are many family members in the army. When the Han army arrives, I don't know what troubles will arise."

Zhang Yan was a little hesitant, his family members entered the customs first, Xu An almost got the lifeline of most of his soldiers, but now the situation is pressing, he still nodded, there is no better way. .

"This is not a place to talk, General Zhang might as well enter the customs for a brief introduction."

Seeing Zhang Yan nodding, Xu An invited him with a smile on his face.

Zhang Yan made up her mind, did not hesitate again, nodded, and followed Xu An into the pass with the accompanying knights.

Zhang Yan was a little scared in her heart, and followed Xu An's horse through the tall Jingxing Pass. The Yellow Turban sergeants of the Guannei brigade had already assembled and formed a neat army formation, with strange squeals and strange sounds. Zhang Yan was stunned when he saw the strange flags and military flags.

Following Xu An's dismounting and walking to the wall, a sergeant of the Yellow Turban Army led the warhorse, Zhang Yan felt a little more relaxed.

But along the way, Zhang Yan became more and more frightened. The soldiers of the Yellow Turbans along the way looked much stronger than the soldiers under his command. On the entire wall, almost everyone was wearing iron armor, and even if they were bad, they would wear it. He wears leather armor, and holds basically standard weapons in his hands.

And the sergeant patrolling above the wall, even the pace is almost the same, a crossbow with a crossbow stands on the strong head, and the erected spear is still glowing with a cold light.

All kinds of defense equipment are piled up on the wall, just like a copper wall and an iron wall.

Several people went up to the gate, and sat down first and second, surrounded by guards and sanitation.

Zhang Yan couldn't help but secretly sighed in relief, Qing Xin had no impulse at that time, otherwise even if he was lucky enough to kill Xu An, he would not have been able to capture this Jingxing Pass.

The surprise in Zhang Yan's eyes was all in Xu An's eyes, and Xu An asked with a smile, "General Zhang, how does General Zhang see the appearance of my army?"

When Zhang Yan heard Xu An's question, he quickly replied, "General Xu does not dare to call himself a general, just call a certain Zhang Yan.

Chapter 70 Zhang Yan Returns

Xu An sat on top, Gong Du and Huang Long sat on Xu An's right hand, and Zhang Yan was placed on Xu An's left.

Zhang Yan's location, through the railings of the gate tower, can just see the corner under the gate. The knights who followed Zhang Yan have been dispatched to dispatch family members and sergeants outside the gate to enter the gate.

Hundreds of horse troops and thousands of sergeants of the Yellow Turban Army poured out of the pass in turn, lined up outside the pass, and commanded the family members of the army under Zhang Yan to enter the pass.

Zhang Yan was quite frightened by the strict military appearance, Zhang Yan paid attention outside the city and did not speak, and the atmosphere was a little silent for a while.

Xu An glanced at Zhang Yan's expression, and was the first to break the silence and asked, "Then what are your plans in the future?"

Zhang Yan replied with a sad face.

"Since my brother died, I only wanted to bring people into Taihang, avoid officers and soldiers, and not be built into a 'Jingguan', but I didn't do what he wanted..."

Xu An thoughtfully said: "Now that the enemy is facing the enemy, you and I are both yellow turbans, why don't we join forces first and retreat to the Han army first?"

Zhang Yan was quite moved. He didn't know Xu An well, and he really didn't want to be controlled by others. He followed Zhang Niujiao because of their close personal relationship.

After hesitating for a while, he still gave up the idea. He was undecided, and he was burdened by it. Now he is under Xu An's subordinates, and he may be employed in the future, but if he refuses, if the means are stronger, he may not even be able to save his life in the future.

Zhang Yan paused for a while, and his eyes gradually became firmer. He wanted to confirm one last thing, which was very important to him. Although Zhang Yan cherished his life, he was not willing to serve a mediocre master.

Even if Xu An only brought a hundred people into the customs, and in just a few months, the Yellow Turban army commander who swept away all the bandits and bandits in the middle of the Taihang Mountains, but if he did not have lofty ambitions, he just wanted to be side by side and would eventually be eliminated by the general trend. In Zhang Yan's mind , is still a mediocre master.

Zhang Yanzheng turned around and faced Xu An and said solemnly, "Dare to ask General Xu what his ambitions are?"

Xu An's smile slowly converged.

What is my ambition...

Zhang Yan's words really caught Xu An. What he has done all the way is just to survive, but now he has completely controlled his own destiny, an ordinary yellow turban soldier who went to fight with Zhang Jiao from Jizhou , to today's Huangjinqu, who has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command.

He didn't seem to have any ambitions. He said he wanted to break the eastern capital of Luoyang, and questioned the great man and the emperor...

He said that he wanted to avenge the death of Paoze since the Yellow Turban Uprising...

All he said was to stretch his anger, and to cheer up the low morale at the time.

None of these seem to be aspirational...

What is my ambition?

Xu An fell into deep thought, his ambition seemed to be just to survive in this troubled world.

Xu An closed his eyes and recalled his past. The past experiences appeared in his mind one by one. The starvation on the roadside, the death in battle, the screams of the dying, the fierce faces of the Han army...

Zhang Liang's Chunchun teachings were inspired by the Yellow Turban warlocks who were brave enough to move forward without fear of death, and the Yellow Turbans who recited the scriptures and charged forward...

That was the last cry of the toiling people living at the bottom of the society who were unwilling to sink down here...

The "Book of Peace" fit on Xu An's chest, and the hard touch brought Xu An back to reality.

Xu An stood up and approached the railing of the city tower. The family members of the Yellow Turbans who dragged their children and daughters under the city wall rushed into the customs from outside the gate. Fortunately, the soldiers of the Yellow Turbans encouraged them to maintain order, and it would not be too chaotic, but from time to time There are still stampede accidents.

It was messy, and although the sound of crying was slight, Xu An could hear it clearly.

Xu An asked back, "What are your ambitions?"