The World of Yellow Sky

In the third year of Zhongping, 186, summer, August [-]th.

The outside of Gaodu City is full of camps of the Yellow Turban Army, and more than [-] Yellow Turban Army troops are stationed on the south and east sides of Gaodu.

Among the hills outside the city, rangers with yellow scarves flashed from time to time, and then disappeared behind the hills.

When the cavalry of the Han army in Gaodu first encountered the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army, they wanted to defeat the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army.

However, under the leadership of Xu Huang and Gong Du, the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army defeated the few cavalry in Gaodu with ease, and killed the cavalry generals of the Han army.

There are so many Yellow Turbans outside Gaodu, because the Han army in Hanoi County was almost wiped out, so they stayed with Yu Du at Tiaojingguan.

There must be wounded soldiers in Tianjing Pass who will recover, as well as the sergeants who stayed behind, which are more than enough to resist the possible invasion of the Han army.

In addition, after defeating Zhu Jun, Xu An ordered Huanglong, who guarded Baixing, and Pei Yuanshao, who guarded Fengfukouxing, to send a team of sergeants to Gaodu after intensive training.

Just a few days ago, these two Yellow Turban Army sergeants who set off from Taihang Mountain also arrived at the Yellow Turban Army camp outside Gaodu.

Therefore, the number of Sergeants of the Yellow Turban Army outside Gaodu has risen to more than 24000.

As of today, it has been two days since No.20 of the Yellow Turban Army besieged Gaodu.

Some places in Taihang Xing are quite narrow, and large siege equipment cannot pass through at all, so Xu An can only burn all the siege equipment outside the courtyard.

The result is that in the face of a fortified city like Gaodu, only relying on ants to attack the city, I am afraid that the yellow scarf army under Xu An's command will take more than half of the casualties to capture Gaodu.

However, this is of course not worth the loss. Xu An's purpose of seizing Shangdang County is to take Shangdang County as his foundation.

So Xu An is now stationed in the south and east of Gaodu, going up the mountain to cut wood, and let the artisans brought from Tianjing Pass to make siege equipment.

Gaodu has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times, known as "Hedong Pinghan, the throat of the Central Plains, and the gateway of the Three Jin Dynasties".

Although the flames of war have not reached Gaodu City for a long time, the original tall city walls and moats are still preserved, which can be called a solid city.

Moreover, since the Jinyang City of Bingzhou Government was breached by Xu An, Zhang Yi, as the governor of Bingzhou, also turned his focus to the Yellow Turban in Taihang Mountain.

After Zhang Yi wrote a letter to the emperor, he recruited some soldiers after getting permission, set up checkpoints on the roads going out of the Taihang Mountains, and sent more soldiers.

Because Gaodu is the northern passage of Taihangxing, Zhang Yi naturally dispatched some sergeants, and also renovated his military equipment.

Now there are about [-] Han troops in Gaodu, plus some powerful families in the city, Xu An feels a little bit tricky.

Many strong cities in the Han Empire not only have tall walls, but also very wide walls, which are completely different from the thin walls of some film and television dramas that can only accommodate a few people side by side.

The walls of some big cities are even more than ten meters long, not only can there be enough space for the sergeants defending the city to form an army formation against the enemy, but also allow cavalry to step on the wall for defense.

When Xu An led the army to attack Jinyang City before, the Han army led seven or eight armed men with elite Han soldiers to form an army formation to resist the attack.

To the south of Gaodu is the Yellow Turban Barracks.

The new wind is hunting, and the mountain wind is blowing the earthy yellow banners of the Yellow Turban Army all over the mountains and fields.

Under the big khaki banner, Xu An was wearing a red armor, a khaki battle robe, and a black iron helmet tied with a yellow scarf on his head. He stood in front of a mound outside the camp gate.

This red refined armor is exactly the armor that Zhu Jun wore in the past. After Xu An took off Zhu Jun's head, he asked the craftsmen in the army to remodel the red refined armor that Zhu Jun was wearing, and put it on himself. .

The protective ability of the red refined armor is much better than that of the general school armor that Xu An obtained in Jingxing Pass in the past, and it is more powerful. In Yan Zhong's words, this red refined armor is a symbol of Xu An's defeat of Zhu Jun.

At this time, Xu An was accompanied by Yan Zhong, Xu Huang, He Man and other generals of the Yellow Turban Army.

The battle of Kuicheng allowed Xu An to see Zhang Yan's commanding ability. Facing the attack of the Han army, he not only handled it with ease, but even launched several waves of counterattacks.

So Zhang Yan was sent by Xu An to the east of Gaodu to lead the [-] Yellow Turban Army in the east of Gaodu, and was responsible for the offensive in the east of Gaodu. Zhou Cang was also placed under Zhang Yan's command by Xu An.

Xu An closed his eyes slightly, looked at the red flags fluttering on the capital city, and the looming figures on the crenels of the city wall, turned his head slightly and asked Yan Zhong beside him, "How is the construction of the siege equipment going?"

Yan Zhong drove a few steps forward, and immediately replied: "As of sunset yesterday, the army has forty siege ladders, seven wells, and five hundred shield chariots."

"Gaodu has high walls, and the difficulty of building wells is several times higher than before, and there should be stone throwing machines in Gaodu."

Yan Zhong shook the silk fan in his hand, and continued to report to Xu An.

"Zhang Yi has received the news that our army's scouts have noticed the reinforcements of the Han army in the northern part of Shangdang County."

Xu An frowned and asked, "Where is Liu Pi now?"

"Zuo Xiao, Guo Daxian, and Zuo Miaozhangba have heard the transfer order from the lord, and they have already joined General Liu and cut off the connection between Shangdang County and the northern part of Bingzhou."

"Zhang Baiqi, Liu Shi, Ping Han, and Daji have also led troops to attack Bingzhou from the west of Feihuxing and Puyinxing. The tribes on the grassland in the north of Bingzhou are also not very peaceful. Zhang Yi can now mobilize The force is quite limited."

Xu An nodded lightly, Yan Zhong had been planning the attack on Shangdang County for a long time, almost nothing was missed.

Yan Zhong had considered Zhang Yi's reaction a long time ago, so when the Taihang Yellow Turban led the troops to go south, he asked the messenger to go to the north of Taihang Mountain with Xu An's order.

The original Yellow Turban Army, Zuo Xiao, Guo Daxian, and Zuo Miaozhangba were dispatched to the south, led by Liu Pi, starting from Jingxing, cutting off the connection between Shangdang County and Taiyuan County, and preventing reinforcements from Bingzhou from entering.

Then he ordered Zhang Baiqi, Ping Han and others to send troops to harass the northern part of Bingzhou, making it impossible for Zhang Yi to gather troops to go south and relieve Liu Pi's pressure.

Because although Liu Pi is guarding the area, the terrain is relatively favorable, but he also needs to guard against the Han army in the direction of Shangdang County, and the pressure is quite high.

The current situation is under control, but because Xu An insisted on going south to fight Zhu Jun, the Yellow Turban Army currently has much fewer troops than Yan Zhong planned.

Looking at the tall Gaodu, Xu An turned his horse's head and said to Yan Zhong: "There are mostly trebuchets in Gaodu, but we still need to make more wells. Without the suppression of the archers on the wells, our sergeants who attacked the city would definitely Casualties are going to increase a lot.”

"Build Jinglan with all my strength, and attack Gaodu in five days! Within ten days, I want Huang Tian's flag to fly over Gaodu!"

With a wave of Xu An's horsewhip, he set the time to attack Gaodu.

"promise!"

All the generals and academies of the Yellow Turban Army clustered under the big banner all agreed with a bang.

Chapter 155

Zhongping three years, summer, August [-]th.

Taiyuan County, Jinyang City.

All the civil servants in the government office lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at Zhang Yi.

"There are Xiongnu in the north, Yellow Turbans in the south, and no support army. What am I supposed to do to rescue Shangdang!"

Zhang Yi kicked over the copybook in front of him. At this moment, he only felt his head was as big as a bucket.

Just one day after Zhang Yi received the warning from Luoyang, he sent the messenger to Jincheng to report, and the news that Jincheng was besieged by the Yellow Turban Army had already spread to Jinyang City.

The news of Zhu Jun's defeat in Kuicheng made Zhang Yi's expression even worse.

The Taihang Yellow Turban Army led by Xu An defeated the [-] Han Army led by Zhu Jun in Kuicheng, and now with the victorious army, they went north to attack the Yellow Turban.

The imperial court asked him to defend Shangdang County, but what would Zhang Yi do to defend it!

The connection between Shangdang County and the northern part of Bingzhou has been cut off by the Yellow Turban Army in Taihang Mountain. If you want to enter Shangdang County through the official road, you want to wipe out the more than 1 Taihang Yellow Turban Army entrenched around the official road.

Just relying on the county soldiers who have just been formed in his hands?

Now the Han army gathered outside the city of Yangyi in Jinzhong only has more than 7000 county soldiers. Zhang Yi does not think that these county soldiers under his command can break through the defense line of the Taihang Yellow Turban Army in a short time.

The Battle of Jinyang took place last year, and he could not be more clear about the strength of the Yellow Turban Army under Xu An's command.

Moreover, even Zhu Jun was defeated by Xu An, making Zhang Yi even less confident.

These more than [-] county soldiers are the only field troops that Zhang Yi can mobilize now. If they lose the battle, it means that Bingzhou has no strength to take the initiative to attack.

"If it wasn't for the change of the Huns in the north, An Neng would have allowed you jumping clowns to be rampant!"

Zhang Yi slammed the wall hard and cursed angrily.

Nowadays, the Xiongnu in the north frequently change, and the bandit Zhang Baiqi and others from Taihang Mountain come out to attack again. The Huns in the north are obviously more threatening.

Zhang Yi was able to rely on the county soldiers in the interior of Bingzhou, although Zhang Yi sent messengers to summon the army when he received a warning from Luoyang.

But it will take time for the soldiers from Shangjun and Xijun to gather here. At this time, the Han army coming from Shangjun and Xijun is still half a day away from Yangyi City.

However, there has been no news from Jincheng for two days. With Jincheng's more than 2000 county soldiers, Zhang Yi doesn't think Jincheng can last long.

A messenger quickly walked into the government office, and Zhang Yi's face changed slightly. In the past few days, bad news came one after another. Every time the messenger came in, he always brought bad news, which made Zhang Yi's nerves All a little tense.

"General Lu has arrived at Yangyi City."

"It's finally good news..." Zhang Yi's tense nerves finally relaxed a little.

The situation in Bingzhou was urgent, Zhang Yi needed to guard Jinyang City, and could not lead the army himself, and to be honest, he did not have the confidence to beat Xu An.

So he sent several memorials to ask the imperial court to send soldiers to come. The Taihang Yellow Turban defeated Zhu Jun, and the soldiers pointed directly at Luoyang, the capital, shaking the world, and finally made this behemoth feel a little vigilant.

When Huangfusong confirmed that the Taihang Yellow Turban Army was going north to invade Shangdang County, the court in Luoyang changed from the usual sluggishness, and in just half a day, they agreed on the candidates to go to Bingzhou to lead the soldiers of each county.

Huangfusong wanted to lead the troops to guard against the capital Luoyang, so naturally he couldn't be easily mobilized. Only with Huangfusong around could the emperor of the capital feel at ease.

Although the Ten Permanent Attendants held a grudge against Huangfusong, but the situation was critical, they needed to rely on Huangfusong to guard the capital, they were not stupid, and they were more life-saving than ordinary people.

So they thought of Lu Zhi who is now serving as a minister in Luoyang.

After agreeing on the candidate, Lu Zhi was soon named General of Chariots and Cavalry, and went to Bingzhou to conquer the Yellow Turban of Taihang.

The Luoyang imperial army could not be mobilized, and the main force of the Han army was in the northwest at this time. Lu Zhi also knew that the situation was critical, so he took hundreds of soldiers and headed towards Bingzhou, and finally arrived at the Han army camp in Yangyi in early August.

……

"Meet the General!"

The Han army camp outside Yangyi City, and all the Han army generals and schools in the Chinese army tent bowed down together.

With a Han sword hanging on his waist and a crimson battle robe, Lu Zhi quickly stepped into the Chinese army's tent with several personal guards.

"Gossip interview, you should know something about the southern moth thief these days, report it quickly now."

Lu Zhilong walked to the first seat of the Chinese army tent, and then asked all the generals in the tent.

An officer dressed as a military commander hurried forward and explained the current situation to Lu Zhi.

"The Taihang moth bandits who cut off our army's access to the south of Shangdang County are divided into four groups. One is the general Liu Pi under Xu An's command. About [-] people are stationed beside the official road, [-] miles south of our camp. place."

"The other three moth thieves are Zuo Xiao, Guo Daxian, and Zuo Miao, with a scale of about [-] people. Their camps are centered on Liu Pi, and they are located in dangerous positions beside the official roads, helping each other."

Taking advantage of the army Sima's explanation, the two guards also unfolded the terrain map of the mountains and rivers near Yangyi on the desk in front of Lu Zhi.

After listening to the information about the Taihang Yellow Turban that was intercepted by Sima of the Han army, Lu Zhi said calmly: "The moth bandits in Jincheng are powerful, and the defenders in Shangdang County should not be stupid enough to support Jincheng."

"Did the soldiers from Shangdang County gather at the south of the official road?"

Sima of the Han army wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied: "Five days ago, I got in touch with Shangdang County from Xiaodao. The Han army from Shangdang County camped twenty miles south of Mothie camp. Commanded by Sima Guo Hua of the Shangdang County Army."

Lu Zhi tapped his finger on the copy in front of him, as if he was thinking about something, all the generals of the Han army in the tent did not dare to speak, Lu Zhi had a resolute character, and he studied under Taiwei Chen Qiu, his temper was similar to those of the generals of the Han army heard.

After Huangfu Song quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Lu Zhi was promoted to be the General's meritorious service, and Lu Zhi became Minister, and now he has been added as General of Chariots and Cavalry.

After a while, Lu Zhi raised his head and looked at the Sima of the Han army who reported, and asked coldly, "How long will it take for the reinforcements from Shangjun and Xijun to arrive?"

"There are 3000 reinforcements from Xijun. We can reach Yangyi before dusk today. The journey to Shangjun is a bit farther. There are 4000 reinforcements. It may take another three days."

Staring at Lu Zhi's sharp eyes, Sima of the Han army felt as uncomfortable as a light on his back.

"Guo Hua, Sima of the Messenger Army, will attack moth thieves near the official road at five o'clock tomorrow."

Lu Zhi stood up, walked to the side of the Sima of the Han army and gave instructions.

After receiving the echo from the Sima of the Han Army, Lu Zhi stood in the tent, looked around with a pair of eagle eyes at the generals of the Han Army in the big tent, and said in a deep voice.

"Time is running out, don't wait for the reinforcements from Shangjun, cook at Maoshi tomorrow, and go out at four o'clock."

"promise."

In the tent of the Han army, all the generals and schools of the Han army agreed in unison.

Chapter 156 The Battle of Bachi Mountain ([-])

In the third year of Zhongping, summer, August 6th, at [-] o'clock at four o'clock.

The Han army stationed in the south of Yangyi, led by Lu Zhi, went out on time.

The official road leading from the Jinzhong area to Shangdang is surrounded by mountains and hills on both sides.

Bachi Mountain is one of the big hills. Liu Pi's camp was set up on the top of Bachi Mountain, while Zuo Xiao, Guo Daxian, and Zuo Miaozhang Basan were stationed in three low-lying places around Bachi Mountain. The mountain, in the form of a triangle, defends Liu Pi's camp.

Among them, Zuo Miaozhangba was located on the south side of Liu Pi's camp, and was arranged by Liu Pi to guard the defenders in the direction of Shangdang County.

On the watchtower of the Yellow Turban Barracks on Bachi Mountain, a sentry was standing on it nervously observing the situation on the official road.

At this time, it was 7:15 a.m., the sun had risen from among the mountains, and there were ribbons of mist lingering in it. Although there was light, the mist still affected people's vision.

Suddenly the sentry of the Yellow Turban Army seemed to hear something, he bowed slightly, and made a silent gesture to the surrounding sergeants.

The other two sergeants in the watchtower also held their breath, pricked up their ears, and looked down the hill of Bachi Mountain.