The World of Yellow Sky

After all, Zhang Yi was disappointed, Zhao Qi and Sun Fu did not rush to the direction of the granary and arsenal at all, and they fled the west city directly with the army.

……

Xu An's big banner did not continue to go to the city, but stayed on the tower of the east city.

Although Jinyang City has been broken, it is not a place to stay for a long time. The Han army will never let it go if the government of a state is breached by bandits.

This is also one of the reasons why Xu An only besieged Zhang Yi, but did not enter the government office to capture and kill Zhang Yi. The defeat and death of the governor of a state will inevitably attract crazy revenge from the Han army.

Although the Yellow Turban Army has long been defined as traitors, and everyone in the world can punish them, in fact, after the death of the three brothers Zhang Jiao, there are still activities of the Yellow Turban Army all over the country.

After Zhang Yan unified the Taihang Mountains, all counties and counties north of the Yellow River were invaded, but the imperial court was unable to send troops to encircle and suppress them.

Zhang Yan even sent envoys to Luoyang, the capital city, to write to the court requesting surrender.Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty also appointed Zhang Yan as a general in the middle of the disaster, and asked him to manage the administrative and public security affairs in the mountainous area north of the Yellow River. He could recommend Xiaolian to the imperial court every year, and sent planners to Luoyang to report.

But at this time Zhang Yan was called the "Black Mountain Bandit".

In addition, Guo Tai and other former units of the Yellow Turban Army revolted in the Baibo Valley of Xihe, which was called the "Baibo Army" by the court.

Then in the fifth year of Zhongping (AD 188), the Gepi Yellow Turban Army in Runan County rose again and attacked counties and counties.

In October, the Yellow Turban bandits rose again in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, attacking prefectures and counties.

In November, the Han court sent Bao Hongjin to fight against the most powerful Gepi Yellow Turban. The two sides fought in Gepi, and Bao Hong's army was defeated.

The various ministries of the Yellow Turbans rose up one after another. Although the momentum was not as strong as the first Yellow Turban Uprising, it caused a headache for the Han Dynasty.

In order to effectively suppress the uprising, in March of the fifth year of Zhongping, Emperor Ling accepted Taichang Liu Yan's suggestion and changed some of the governors to state pastors, who were appointed by the clan or important ministers, allowing them to have the power of the local military and government, so as to strengthen the local regime With stronger strength, it is easier to control the place, and effectively suppress the remnants of the Yellow Turbans.

And it was precisely because Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty devolved power that it encouraged the local army to support their own self-respect.

Only then did the later generations of the Eastern Han Dynasty have a separatist regime, attacking each other, and competing for the Central Plains.

As for the other reason for not killing Zhang Yi, it was because Xu An knew who Zhang Yi would succeed as governor of Bingzhou.

Historically, Ding Yuan was the next governor of Bingzhou after Zhang Yi's death. Although Xu An didn't know if killing Zhang Yi in advance would change history, he didn't want Ding Yuan to become governor of Bingzhou as long as it was possible.

Not to mention Ding Yuan's own bravery, just mentioning that Ding Yuan's subordinates, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, made Xu An put out the idea of ​​killing Zhang Yi.

A single Sun Jian made the entire Guangzong's Yellow Turban Army group into a mess, as unstoppable as his name Jiangdong Tiger.

Xu An still remembers the battle of Shijianshan, the oppressive feeling when Zhang Yun and Yan Liang rushed towards him, the soldiers and guards under his command were almost no one of them, and they barely managed to fight against him by relying on strong bows and crossbows. Zhang He was left behind.

As for Yan Liang, not to mention that he and Wen Chou defeated Zhang Yan's army with a hundred cavalry, but that Yan Liang alone managed to defeat the Yellow Turban cavalry formation and escape from the siege, it was terrifying enough.

Although the Yellow Turban Army under Xu An's command is not a powerful army, it is not a decoration made of clay and paper.

These fierce generals in the cold weapon era are on the battlefield, and beheading generals and capturing the flag has a great effect on boosting one's own morale.

If they put on solid armor and bring a large number of personal guards, facing the Yellow Turban Army who lacks armor and cavalry, it will undoubtedly cause a lot of damage to it, and even trigger a chain reaction, leading to the collapse of the army.

This is not sensational, nor is it a dream. The battle of Guangzong, the crazy assault of Sun Jian and Jiangdong's four generals, caused the collapse of the army, but Zhang Liang did not retreat an inch, which re-inspired the morale of the Yellow Turban Army. The angels still had a large number of troops to abruptly stop the rout.

There is also a record in the biography of Lu Bu in the Later Han Dynasty: Shao and Bu attacked Zhang Yan in Changshan.Yan has more than ten thousand elite soldiers and thousands of horses.

Bu Changyu's fine horse, nicknamed Chitu, can gallop through the city and fly over the moat, and dozens of his best generals, Cheng Lian and Wei Yue, gallop through the formation of swallows.

After fighting for more than ten days, the Yan army was defeated.

Xu An really didn't want to become Zhang Yan's role.

At this time, the main force of the Han army was delayed by Beigong Boyu and others in the Sanfu area, unable to move, but Xu An knew that it would not be long before Beigong Boyu would be defeated by Zhang Wen in Meiyang in November of this year.

It's funny to say that the record is that on a certain night in November, a meteor streaked across the sky, and the light shone into the rebel camp. The donkeys and horses neighed. The rebels thought it was an ominous sign and planned to retreat.

Then Dong Zhuo and You Fufeng Bao Hong attacked together, defeated the rebel army, beheaded thousands of people, and the danger in the Sanfu area was officially declared to be lifted.

It is already the first ten days of September, and even if Xu An occupies Jinyang, he will only have a stable time of more than two months at most.

This only counts the main force of the Han Dynasty, and does not count the frontier troops in the northern part of Bingzhou.

In this Battle of Jinyang, although the Yellow Turban Army has the advantage of cavalry, in fact Bingzhou has a large number of cavalry on the border. As long as these Bingzhou troops go south, a large number of Han cavalry will instantly control the entire battle situation, making Jinyang City a An isolated city trapped Xu An to death in Jinyang.

Jinyang City is now like chicken ribs, tasteless to eat and a pity to discard.

At this stage, Xu An's strength is not enough for him to swallow the big cake of Jinyang. He still needs to wait, and wait for the rebels rising up from all over the place to consume the power of the Han Empire.

Wait until the fifth year of Zhongping, when the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army will be revived, and when the heroes will compete.

So there is actually only one choice left for Xu An, that is, just like those nomads in the grassland, just grab it and run away.

At this time, there was a rush of horseshoes on the wall of the East City from far to near, and a scout of the Yellow Turban Army got off his horse and hurried up the tower.

"Report, our army has taken control of the granaries and arsenals in Jinyang City, and the Chinese military officials are counting them. As for the aristocratic families in the city that the general said, Captain Xu has led the troops to surround all their residences according to the military order."

Chapter 119 Arsenal

"The doors of the aristocratic families mentioned by the general are all open. The sergeants went in and searched and found that there were only a few servants inside."

"really……"

These aristocratic families can last for so many years, and they are all as cunning as foxes.

But that's good too, Xu An doesn't need to think about how to deal with these aristocratic families.

After all, the capture of Jinyang City was not only difficult for Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou, but also for the aristocratic families in the city.

The two great families in Taiyuan County, the Wang family and the Guo family, are located in Jinyang City.

Xu An sent troops from the Taihang Mountains to capture Shangai and Zhan counties, and then when he marched into Jinyang, he had already understood the general situation of Jinyang.

The two families are quite powerful in today's Han court, and their roots are intertwined. When Dong Zhuo was in chaos, Wang Yun, who offered a beauty trick to get rid of Dong Zhuo, was a member of the Taiyuan Wang family.

As for the Guo family, there are many high-ranking officials in the court, and there are not a few serving in the army. Guo Zun, one of the eight heroes of the Eastern Han Dynasty, came from the Guo family in Taiyuan. After the early Tang Dynasty, the Guo family in Taiyuan developed into one of the eight surnames in the Central Plains.

No matter which side the heroes are, there are shadows of these families behind them. If Xu An slaughters these families, it may even lead to even crazier revenge than after killing Zhang Yi.

Xu An didn't want to draw too much attention before he was fledgling.

"It is impossible for them to take away all the belongings and food in a short period of time."

Xu An cast his eyes on the chaotic city of Jinyang, and ordered in a deep voice.

"Pass down the order to take away all the belongings left by each family. Those servants are also hard-working people like us, so don't embarrass them."

"promise."

After the scouts of the Yellow Turban Army sang a promise, they immediately turned around and walked down the tower without stopping.

The sound of horseshoes sounded again, and the knight had already disappeared.

Xu An turned around, and besides the guards led by Xu Da, there were more than a dozen messengers with feathers on their backs on the tower.

"The order!"

"exist!"

An orderly on the far left stepped forward to accept orders.

"Order Li Heng not to count anything. First search for all the carriages and livestock in the city, first transport the armor in the arsenal, and then the food and grass. We will leave Jinyang within two days!"

Standing beside Xu An, Zhang Ji took out a small apricot flag from his waist and put it in the hands of a messenger.

"promise!"

After the orderly sang a promise loudly, he turned around and walked down the tower quickly.

"The order!"

"exist!"

The No.2 messenger also stepped forward.

"Order Gong Du to lead five hundred cavalry to approach Langmeng and guard Yanmen County."

"promise"

The messenger took over the small flag and quickly left the tower.

Xu An issued several military orders, one after another small flags were handed out, and one order after another was dispatched.

The rapid sound of horseshoes resounded continuously on the city wall of the East City.

Until dusk, the entire Jinyang City was finally completely controlled by the Yellow Turban Army.

The city walls on all sides, all the important places and government offices, all fell into the control of the Yellow Turban Army.

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Even if he can't live in Jinyang for a long time, the harvest in Jinyang is still far beyond Xu An's imagination.

As the sky was getting darker, Xu An was on the tower of the East City, watching vehicles loaded with armor and weapons passing through the Urn City of the East City, the joy on his face could not be concealed at all.

Speaking of the arsenal, I have to mention the Donghai County arsenal in the Western Han Dynasty.

This report from the Arsenal of Donghai County was produced in the fourth year of Yongshi Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty (13 BC)

Just in the winter of the previous year, the Tieguantu uprising broke out in Shanyang County. The mobs of the uprising moved to the 19 eastern counties of the Han Empire and "sent out soldiers from the arsenal" to rob the arsenal of weapons to equip themselves.

Therefore, the central government urgently ordered that the weapons and armor of the counties invaded by the mob be concentrated in Donghai County (not invaded) for protection and registered.The so-called Donghai County arsenal inventory includes about 20 arsenal inventory of the counties

In the "Arsenal Collection Book of Weapons and Weapons in the Fourth Year of the Yongshi Fourth Year of the Arsenal" on the inventory of Donghai County's arsenal in the fourth year of Yongshi Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty.

It is recorded that there are a total of storage in the arsenal:

99910 shields, 142322 leather armors, 63324 iron armors, and 587299 armors;

There are 97584 sets of horse armor and more than 5000 sets of cavalry armor

The total number of crossbows reached 537707, the total number of spears reached 52555, and the number of Youfang (ge weapons) reached 78392.

156135 ring swords and 99901 swords

Although Jinyang is not the location of the important arsenal of the Han Empire, it is still considered a frontier state and county. The military equipment it possesses is not so exaggerated, but it is not too small. Counties get a lot more.

Even if it wasn't for the strange movements of the alien races in the north, Jinyang City had mobilized part of its military equipment to arm the defenders of Yanmen County. I'm afraid there would be more equipment in the arsenal.

Although Shangai County and Zhan County say they have arsenals, they actually have very little military equipment, which can only barely maintain the cost of defending the army.

According to Li Heng's simple statistics when he was about to load the car, there were about 4000 iron armors from the city, but they were not heavy armors that covered the whole body, but only protected the vital parts. Knowing the quantity, there are four or five large vehicles loaded, but the number is really impossible to count.

There are 6000 curved edge shields, 1000 tower shields, 8000 spears, 3000 halberds, more than 3000 ring-shoulders, 2000 Han bows, 10000 crossbows, and countless feathered arrows.

It's no wonder that the Han army's defense in Dongcheng had almost never cut off their arrows, and those temporarily recruited men were all wearing leather armor, and the weapons they held were much better than those of the Yellow Turban Army.

As for the bed crossbow in the arsenal in Jinyang City, there are some spares, but the delivery of the bed crossbow is really inconvenient, and the bed crossbow in the Taihang Mountains is enough for the Yellow Turban Army to defend the Taihang Mountains.

So after receiving Xu An's military order, Li Heng simply burned all the bed crossbows on the spot.

What surprised Xu An the most was that there were more than 100 cavalry armor hidden in the arsenal of Jinyang City, which were equipped by the most elite Sanhe cavalry in the Han Empire.

The horses are selected for the horses, and the candidates are the athletes. Not only the riders are covered with iron armor, but also the horses are also covered with horse armor. This kind of heavy cavalry is called "armored heavy cavalry."

In the face of light cavalry, even if the knights wear armor, infantry can still use bows and crossbows to cause mass destruction to cavalry, and dense spear arrays can also block cavalry attacks.

But in the face of this kind of armored cavalry with all men and horses wearing heavy armor, the damage caused by bows and crossbows to them is greatly weakened. Even if groups of heavy cavalry directly attack the spear formation, the spear formation cannot stop the heavy cavalry. The charge of the cavalry.

But even if the heavy cavalry can rely on a strong impact to destroy the enemy, they will suffer considerable damage.

The value of heavy cavalry is extremely high. Whether it is training or maintenance, it will consume a lot of money and resources. Even war horses are several times more precious than ordinary war horses. Therefore, few people will be so prodigal and use heavy cavalry to charge straight into the spear formation.

1 Chapter Twenty

Luoyang, the capital city, is still prosperous. Pedestrians come and go on the streets, and there is a constant stream of traffic.

Even if Beigong Boyu and Zhang Wen, the leaders of the Qiang tribe, are still confronting each other in Meiyang, even if the banditry in Taihang Mountain has become more and more serious, and the rebellions in various places have not subsided, but the prosperity of Luoyang has not been affected at all.

This is the most heavily guarded place in the Han Empire. It is the capital of the Han Empire and the residence of the emperor.

Just in February of this year, a fire broke out in Luoyang, the capital of the capital. Several palaces in the Nangong Palace were burned down by the fire. However, with the sale of officials and the collection of money, the renovated palace is even more magnificent than the original palace. But also magnificent.

At this time, the emperor Liu Hong was sitting in the newly built palace and having a banquet with the ten permanent servants in the palace.

Liu Hong's face was flushed at this moment, the alcohol had already had an effect on his brain, he felt his body was shaking a little, and the graceful figure of the dancer in front of him aroused Liu Hong's interest even more.

The beautiful voice of Sizhu echoed in his ears.

He simply dropped the wine glass, stood up, and when he got up, he overturned the copybook in front of him on the ground.

Liu Hong staggered forward, grabbed the jade hand of the beauty in front of him with exclamation, and embraced her in his arms.

After Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong looked at each other, they put down the wine glasses in their hands in a heartbeat, and the rest of them also stood up with them. Just when they wanted to go to the back of the hall, they heard a burst of crying.

The cry came from Situ Chen Dan's throat. The warriors outside the hall had no time to react, so he rushed into the hall from outside the hall. The dignity of court officials.