The World of Yellow Sky

There was an endless stream of patrolling soldiers, and there were many soldiers with bows and crossbows near the wall.

After entering the camp, Yang Mu's queue was divided into several teams. Yang Mu took a rough look, and there were about 50 or [-] people in his team.

They were taken to an open space by soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army and ordered to stand in a square formation.

Yang Mu and the others obeyed the order of the escorting Yellow Turban Army sergeant, and it took half a minute to form a phalanx crookedly.

Yang Mu was selected to be the vanguard of the second row. The first row was a dark-skinned burly man, but this man was a head taller than him, and his physique was also much stronger. Stand out from the crowd.

However, although this man was tall, he was a little dull. When he was lining up, the sergeant of the Yellow Turban Army called him several times but did not answer, so he was beaten firmly by the third and fourth army sticks.

Yang Mu and the others were forced to stand in the queue in a particularly weird posture. After standing for only a moment, Yang Mu already felt the pain from his feet, and even his back began to ache.

The sergeants of the Yellow Turban Army who were holding military sticks were walking through the queue to check their standing posture. If someone in the queue moved a little, the back or buttocks would be hit with a solid military stick, because everyone dared not move. I had to persevere hard.

It was noon at this time, and the glaring light shone in the valley, and there was no cover in the open space, and it shone directly on the people, sweat rolled down their faces, there were army sticks at the side, and there was no People dare to erase.

I don't know how long it took, until Yang Mu felt that his legs didn't seem to be his own, and finally a yellow scarf soldier dressed as an officer appeared in his sight.

Looking at the group of straight captives, Zhao Ji couldn't help but curl his mouth. He was once ordered to stand in a military posture like this, and even received the Tenth Army Stick instead of his younger brother Zhao Xu.

From curling up in Lutai Mountain, hunting in the mountains every day, farming to satisfy hunger, and now that the Yellow Turban Army has unified Taihang, but in a few years, if Zhao Ji hadn't followed the Yellow Turban Army all the way from Lutai Mountain, he would hardly have I can't believe that all this happened for real.

After he was promoted to team leader, he had already joined Taiping Road under the recommendation of Qu Nei's military marshal.

After a series of battles, most people in the army have deified Xu An, especially after the battle of Shijianshan, after a lot of chanting, and the conscious guidance of the Yellow Turban alchemist, the respect for Xu An in the army is almost has reached its peak.

"Let me tell you the truth, in my Yellow Turban Army, I didn't enter as I wished. According to the order of the superior officer, I trained for [-] days. Those who failed were sent back to the mine."

Zhao Ji glanced coldly at the prisoners in front of him.

"There are many mines in the Taihang Mountains, and there is a shortage of manpower to mine them. Don't blame me for not reminding you."

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At this time, Xu An had already led his division north again, on the way back to Banyun Mountain.

After defeating Yang Feng's main force, Xu An sent Xu Huang and Gong Du to lead the trilogy, and went around to attack the two men who were guarding Qingyanjue and Zhuoquan Valley.

When Sili saw the army surrounded by the Yellow Turban Army, he simply surrendered. He was not a fool. He knew that there was only one possibility for the Yellow Turban Army of the brigade to appear behind him, and that was that Yang Feng's main force was defeated. up.

However, Yuzai did not surrender, and defended Qingyan and wanted to resist stubbornly. However, Qingyanjue's terrain was more dangerous than defending the north. Yes, Yuzai chose to burn himself to death on the top of Qingyanjue mountain in desperation, which can be regarded as his devotion to the Lord.

The troops under Xu An's command, counting the surrendered Yang Feng tribe and the seven forces in the north, now number in the tens of thousands, and new problems are also placed in front of him.

After experiencing the repeated battles between Guangzong and Xia Quyang, Xu An also knew that there are not many soldiers, but the truth that the Han army often wins more with fewer, in fact, it is not the weak that wins the strong, but the strong that wins the weak.

The Han army under Huangfusong was fully armored, well-equipped, and well-trained. With such a sergeant, only [-] soldiers could defeat ten times the enemy.

These tens of thousands of people have complex compositions and uneven levels of combat power. If you pull such an army to resist the Han Dynasty, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

So Xu An issued an order for the training camp, and the outstanding officers of the generals were selected and sent out to serve as instructors, and weeded out those old, weak, sick and disabled, as well as those who sneaked, raped and played tricks.

Those who have serious thieves' habits must not stay in the army, and there is no need for such people in Taipingdao.

Those who are slick and have serious habits of banditry will not only be of no help to the combat effectiveness of the army, but will actually lower the combat effectiveness of an army.

Chapter 1 Money and food

Apart from the problem of the army, the biggest problem facing Xu An now is the problem of money and food.

These days, after the long history, Zhao Le has been following the army, counting the money and rations and the number of soldiers. The rations consumed by the army before, and the daily training of people eating horse chews have become a terrifying figure.

Moreover, Xu An issued another training order, and the military training consumed more money and food than usual, which was another heavy burden.

Fortunately, the army under Xu An's command does not need such things as salary, otherwise unless Xu An is really a true fairy in the sky, who can turn stones into gold and create things out of thin air, he will definitely not be able to support such a huge army.

Those ordinary people under Yu Du's command, now the weather in Taihang Mountain is not good, but the weather is normal, but they have some harvests, they can barely support themselves, and they can compensate some for the army, but it is also very limited.

As for the people who followed Huanglong in the Banyun Mountain Valley, the harvest in the Banyun Mountain Valley was good last year.

However, at that time the bandits in the north and south of the Taihang Mountains were not pacified, so they could only cultivate land in the valley, so the scope of planting was also very limited, and they could only feed hundreds of people.

So for so long, in fact, the sergeants under Xu An's command have been eating the food stored by those bandits.

It is worth celebrating that these thieves and bandits also revolted during the famine, most of them were frightened of hunger, and thus looted a lot of food, which was enough for Xu An to squander.

But in March this year, with the addition of the 6000 family members of sergeants brought by Zhang Yan, and more than [-] troops, the money and food suddenly became stretched. This is one of the reasons why Xu An was eager to go south.

Going south to wipe out Lei Gong, Wulu and other bandits, and after receiving Yu Du's money and food, it was a little full, but it was also very limited.

Not counting Zhang Baiqi and others in the north, the grain in the mountains is only enough to last for two months. After two months, the grain depot in Xu An's army will have to run away from mice.

At this time, Taihang Mountain was different from later generations. Most of the area was virgin forest, and it was extremely difficult to reclaim cultivated land, so it could only be reclaimed in some relatively flat river valleys.

Moreover, if it is necessary to reclaim arable land on a large scale, it is basically impossible to gather it together, and transportation becomes a major problem during the harvest season.

Basically, it can only meet the needs of ordinary people. It is really unrealistic for the people in Taihang Mountain to farm and support the army.

Not to mention the issue of cultivated land, but livestock and agricultural tools are very scarce in Xu An's territory. Almost all iron tools are supplied to the army, and some soldiers even use wooden weapons.

There are very few craftsmen under Xu An's command. Now counting Zhang Yan, and the craftsmen under Yu Du and others, there are only two to three hundred people.

At this moment, Xu An only felt that his head was as big as a fight. He had never been responsible for the logistics and supplies of so many people. When it comes to marching and fighting, he relied on the "Taiping Jing" and Gong Du and Liu Pi. As for the black eyes, you can make progress slowly.

At worst, he would fight a slow battle, fight a tough battle, step by step, and attack head-on. Anyway, in the Taihang Mountains, the training speed and equipment of the Yellow Turban Army under his command are among the best, even if he loses, he can afford to lose.

But in terms of logistics, Liu Pi and Gong Du didn't participate at all when they were in the Yellow Turban Army. Fortunately, Huang Long knew a little bit. After all, he was the commander of the Yellow Turban Qu in the Taihang Mountains. Everyone was arrested.

Coupled with the local requisition of the bandits' supplies, this barely kept the army's supplies.

When Xu An thought about how to make the money and food income and expenditure not a deficit all the way, and brought the army back to Banyun Mountain and Valley in July, he suddenly remembered one thing.

Why do I always think about farming?

After Zhang Yan unified the Taihang Mountains, the first thing he did was to go out to loot the mountains, and the counties and counties north of the Yellow River were invaded. The situation of the Han court at that time was the same as it is now.

He even sent back Huangfusong, who had just been promoted to Jizhou Mu, and now the two sides are at a stalemate.

What happened later was quite strange. Zhang Yan, who was the Yellow Turban Army at that time, sent an envoy to Luoyang, the capital city, and wrote to the court requesting surrender.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty then appointed Zhang Yan as the general of Zhonglang, and let him manage the administrative and public security affairs in the mountainous area north of the Yellow River. He could even recommend Xiaolian to the imperial court every year, and sent planners to Luoyang to report.

The same is true in the history of Yang Feng. If it hadn’t been for Xu An’s difficult defeat of Yang Feng, at this moment in history, after Yang Feng went out of the mountain to defeat the Han army many times, Emperor Hanling sent envoys to worship Yang Feng as the captain of Heishan and lead the mountains Thieves have to be filial and honest officials.

Of the Taihang Eight Xings, only the northernmost Jundu Xing and the Taiguan Xing at the end are no longer under Xu An's control, but these two are quite far from the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains.

The elite main force of the Han army is now tired of dealing with Beigong Boyu, and they are weak. There is no need to worry about entering the pass from Zhiguanxing, and the same is true for the military capital Xing.

So if Xu An goes out to plunder, then he only needs to face the local county soldiers.

Going north to Youzhou, the first one was vetoed by Xu An. The military capital Xing is now in the hands of the Han army, and there are many cavalry in Youzhou, and Gongsun Zan is in Youzhou at this time.

Xu An didn't think that Taihang Mountain was invincible against the bandits in the mountain, defeating the county soldiers in Jizhou would be able to defeat Gongsun Zan's Baima Yicong.

Guo Daxian and others once attacked Junduxing, but Junduxing was heavily defended, and the combat effectiveness of the Youzhou frontier army was more than a star and a half stronger than that of the county soldiers in the inland states and counties.

Even if the army captured Duxing by force, most of the Yellow Turbans were infantry, and there was almost no chance of winning against a large number of well-equipped cavalry on the plain.

The second option is Jizhou. However, although the civil unrest in Jizhou is calm now, it is also seriously injured. Although Zhang Ying has been captured, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Gao Lan are still there. Although they will not be defeated, only the Jizhou treasury I'm afraid I don't have any money.

So Xu An finally set his sights on Sili's Hanoi County and the map of Bingzhou.

The reason for choosing Hanoi County is that although it is the land of Sili, Sili is being threatened by Beigong Boyu at this time, and the main force of the Han army has no time to take care of it for the time being, and it will make the current emperor feel pressure.

Moreover, Yang Feng was able to defeat the county soldiers in Hanoi many times in history, so these county soldiers are naturally nothing to worry about.

As for Bingzhou, most of the Taihang Mountains were originally in Bingzhou, and the Yellow Turban Army could leave the mountain from more checkpoints, so they didn't need to worry too much about being rounded up by Bingzhou's county soldiers.

Although there are cavalry in Bingzhou, most of the southern terrain is mountainous, and most of the cavalry are in the north, and the combat effectiveness of the southern county soldiers is relatively weak.

Chapter 1

At the beginning of August in the second year of Zhongping, the people around Shangai County were still working in the fields. The weather was the hottest time of the year, and the children ran to the fields to play and play. It was a peaceful scene.

Last year's severe drought did not affect Bingzhou too much, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion did not affect Shangai, a paradise near Bingzhou. The climate has also begun to change. Everyone is looking forward to a good year, even the sun seems to be Intentionally take care of this land full of peace.

Suddenly, a sound of horseshoes came from a distance, and a strong man who was buried in the field suddenly raised his head, with a look of fear on his face.

Sure enough, the warning bell rang soon.

Immediately afterwards, several people with yellow scarves on their heads and riding tall horses galloped past between the rice paddies, breaking the peaceful atmosphere of the field.

Yellow Turban!It's "Moth Thief"!

Although these people in Shangai County have never seen the Yellow Turban Army, they have heard the officials of the court talk about the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the evil things those moth thieves have done, burning, killing, looting, slaughtering settlements, and bewitching people's hearts with demon methods.

The people who were working in the fields were so frightened that they fled back without looking back when they saw the scouts riding the Yellow Turban Army.

But the few children in the settlement were still playing on the rice paddies, standing in front of the knights, completely ignoring the coming danger.

The mother of one of the children happened to be right next to her. Seeing the tall war horse rushing towards her, and seeing her child in danger, she didn't care about it, and ran from the field to the rice fields in a few steps. The child of God is held in his arms.

Use your thin back to cover the child in your arms tightly.

Those who were still in place in the field closed their eyes, not daring to look at the bloody scene.

"咴——"

The horse neighed, and when everyone opened their eyes in fear, they found that the expected bloody scene did not appear, and those vicious "moth thieves" also stopped their horses.

Several children who reacted, some sat down on the ground in fright, while others ran away crying and howling in fright.

Only the child in the woman's arms was still waving the wooden branch in her hand and giggling, but she didn't know that his mother was so frightened that she couldn't stand up, she just thought that she was dead and was in the underworld up.

"Call-"

Several knights comforted the horses under them.

"Don't you have eyes!"

The leading knight yelled at the knights beside him, and raised the whip in his hand high, as if to strike.

"Children are ignorant, so please spare your life, Lord Jun. I will make way for this, and I will make way for this..."

The child's father also rushed over, knelt down in front of his wife, and kept kowtowing to the Yellow Turban soldiers in front of him to make amends.

Seeing this situation, the leading knight was stunned for a moment, and the whip in his hand stopped in mid-air.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, and took a moment to react.

The leading knight got off his horse and stepped forward.

At this time, although the child's father was trembling, he still knelt down on his wife. He watched the knight approaching, and the actions of those "moth thieves" that the officials said flashed through his mind, and he closed his eyes in despair. Eyes, waiting for the moment when the butcher knife arrives.

The butcher's knife did not fall, the man only felt his hands being grabbed, and a few cold things were placed in his hands.

"I was eager to hurry and bumped into you by accident. The money should be used as an apology."

The man opened his eyes and could hardly believe it. If it wasn't for the three five baht coins in his hand, he would almost have thought it was a hallucination, and the rest of the people who had already fled also stopped at this time.

The rest of the children were also boldly taken away by their respective parents.

The leading knight got on his horse and shouted loudly: "There will be a large group of soldiers and horses passing by later, but you can rest assured that we are the Yellow Turban Army, and we will never do banditry."

"drive!"

The road ahead was clear, and the few people didn't delay much. With a flick of the reins, the horse galloped away.

"There are also soldiers and horses in the brigade, what should I do..."

"It's a disaster..."

Everyone gathered around one after another, and someone helped the two people on the ground up.

"The person just said that there will be a brigade of soldiers and horses passing by later, or else, go up the mountain to avoid it?"

"The summer harvest is just over, if the "moth thief" tramples all the grain grown in this world, what will happen to our winter."

Some people stamped their feet and beat their breasts, almost to the point of tears. They finally survived the severe drought, but there was another disaster.

"Didn't it mean that this 'moth thief' was wiped out by General Huangfu? Why did such a disaster happen again?"

The man kneeling on the ground was pulled up by the crowd, he spread his palms, and said in shock, "This 'moth thief' doesn't seem to be what the government said, it's like a ghost...and he gave me a few copper coins..."

"It's better to ask the clan elders to come out and explain how to do it."

"Walk around..."

After discussing, everyone went to the clan elder's residence.

……

"Those who trample on the crops will receive twenty lashes! Those who violate the residents will be cut immediately!"