The World of Yellow Sky

Xu An rode his horse back under the banner and said to the two generals.

"The two of you each led [-] fine cavalry to attack from the left and right sides to find out the reality of the Han army, and harass the Han army that has not yet built their camps. The Han army is acting strangely, so be careful in ambush."

Xu Huang and Gong Du agreed and hurried away with Xu An's command flag.

A moment later, two cavalry troops rushed out of the Yellow Turban Army formation.

Two khaki-colored banners flew out from the left and the right, and the horses were galloping, and the sound of horseshoes was like thunder.

Six hundred cavalrymen of the Yellow Turban Army had crossed the formation of the Yellow Turban Army.

Zhang Yan, He Man and other generals stood beside Xu An, holding their breath and concentrating on observing the Han army in the distance.

Then a stunned scene appeared in the eyes of everyone.

Seeing the arrival of the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army, those Han troops fled back one after another, and there seemed to be commotion in the camps that had been built.

Moreover, no cavalry of the Han army came out to expel those cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army.

The cavalry led by Xu Huang and Gong Du easily caught up with the fleeing Han army, without encountering any effective resistance at all, and the Han army fell under the iron hooves of the Yellow Turban Army.

Zhang Yan frowned, and said in doubt: "Is the Han army defeated?"

Those Han soldiers in the distance, as well as the Han soldiers who were building camps, were fleeing back sparsely.

The cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army was still far away, and the Han troops had already started to flee.

The rest of the camps of the Han army were all closed, and there was no army to help resist the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army.

The cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army led by Xu Huang and Gong Du felt as if they had entered the land of no one.

Xu An carefully observed the surrounding terrain, but there was no place to place an ambush around.

"He Man." Xu An whipped his whip, "You take the sharp men from the headquarters first, and support Xu Huang and Gong Du to attack the Han army."

"Zhang Yan, why are you leading the front army to suppress the formation, be careful, there may be ambushes from the Han army ahead."

Although he was puzzled, Xu An still chose to march. After all, the Han army in front of him was in a mess, and his vision was fairly wide. Even if the Han army had reinforcements, the Yellow Turban Army had a strong force, and they could stabilize their formation and remain invincible.

Chapter 162 The Turtle in the Urn

The actual situation was actually far less complicated than Xu An imagined.

The Yellow Turban Army marched too fast, and the Han army in the north of Changping had just completed its assembly, and it hadn't even had time to build a camp for the troops who arrived later.

At this time, the vanguard cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army had already arrived. Wang Gong himself was just a county guard and did not have much battle experience.

Sima of the two counties of Shangdang County, Guo Huashang was in the south of Bachi Mountain, and Qin Xi had already died in Gaodu.

The regular Han army has only more than 1000 people, and there are even fewer cavalry, only more than [-] horses. Fortunately, those powerful families have many horses, and they have cobbled together more than [-] horses.

It's just that after the forwards of the Yellow Turban Army arrived in the south of Changping, the scout battle just broke out. Those seemingly mighty and powerful family soldiers were not opponents of the Yellow Turban Army scouts at all.

Shangdang County is quite far from the border area, and it has been peaceful for a long time, but there are a few bandits, and the soldiers of Shangdang County are more than enough to deal with them. How can it be the turn of these powerful family soldiers.

The immediate skills of these mighty soldiers and generals may be pretty good, but the scouts of the Yellow Turban Army are almost all selected by the elite of each team, and they are established as scout teams. How can those powerful family soldiers beat them.

After several rounds of fighting, they lost all courage and retreated to their respective camps.

But even so, logically speaking, the scouts of the Yellow Turban Army would not be allowed to control most of Changping.

Fearing that the precious cavalry of the Han army would be damaged, Wang Gong, the county guard, ordered the cavalry to withdraw, voluntarily relinquished control of a large area, and successfully completed an assist for the Yellow Turban Army.

Among Wang Gong's more than [-] county soldiers, although some knew that they should not retreat at this time, the highest position among them was no more than a military officer, so how dare they try to dissuade a county guard.

The result of this is that the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army rushed into the surrounding area of ​​the camp of the Han Army without any hindrance, and those strong men and powerful family soldiers who had no shelter from the camp were just a wave of charges by the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army, and they all broke up.

And the rest of the sergeants who were temporarily summoned in the camp did not dare to rush out to help. After all, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army is not far to the south.

And Wang Gong was even more at a loss when he saw the sudden charge of the Yellow Turban Army.

This sudden shocking change was beyond his ability, and he was naturally good at governing the villagers and talking about scriptures.

But the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the military books that Wang Gong once read describe this situation word by word. .

There is no supporting Han army, no scolding from the generals, and no leadership from the chief general.

First came the defeat of the sergeants of the first battalion, the slaves of those tyrannical families who fled first, and then the young men who were summoned, and those tyrannical soldiers and generals.

The entire camp of the Han army in the north of Changping was in chaos because two cavalry from the Yellow Turban Army, Xu Huang and Gong Du, joined.

Wang Gong was at a loss, and just ordered to stick to the camp, but at this time Xu An had sent He Man and Zhang Yan to lead the army to kill.

In front of the Yellow Turban army, the front turban army, and even a sergeant in a camp opened the gate of the camp and fled north.

The earth-yellow torrent overflowed the land like water leaking out of Yinchuan, flooding the camp of the Han army in the north of Changping.

The Yellow Turban Army of the brigade crossed the hills and the wilderness and rushed into the tide of the fleeing Han soldiers, bringing a bloody storm

The defeated soldiers of the Han army were driven back by the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army and fled away.

The defeated soldiers of the Han army then crashed into the chaotic front of the rest of the Han army. Amid the screams of the Yellow Turban Army's roar and tsunami, more and more Han soldiers began to collapse.

Xu Huang led the cavalry behind him to dash left and kill again, smashing through the formations of the Han army that were still stubbornly resisting one by one.

At this moment, Xu Huang saw a civil servant in brocade clothes standing on the wall of the best built camp.

Xu Huangfu was deeply moved, and he decided that this person might be the commander of the Changping Han Army.

At that moment Xu Huang didn't hesitate any longer, and got off the Hualiao seat with his legs between them. During the gallop, Xu Huang took down the Han bow hanging from the saddle.

The Hualiu horse neighed, and the war horse galloped up and down. When the Han army along the way saw Xu Huang coming alone, they all opened their bows and arrows, but they all fell behind Xu Huang's horse in a hurry.

With a tiger roar, Xu Huang bowed to the full moon.

But when he heard the sound of the bowstring, the brocade-clothed civil servant on the wall of the village fell down, and the surrounding Han army immediately became a mess, and no one cared about Xu Huang.

"call out"

The whistle sounded, and the khaki wave had already surged, and a large number of short ladders were built on the camp of the Han army.

"Wan Sheng!"

Countless yellow turbans shouted Wan Sheng and climbed onto the wall of the village.

At this time, Xu An was finally convinced that the Han army had no tricks. As the drums of the Chinese army sounded, more soldiers of the Yellow Turbans joined the battle.

Under the pursuit and encirclement of the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army, only a small number of Han cavalry escaped.

In the battle of Changping, the Han army suffered 100 casualties, and more than 3000 people chose to surrender under the fierce offensive of the Yellow Turban Army.

According to the intelligence of the captured Han army, Xu An knew that the brocade-clothed civil official shot and killed by Xu Huang was none other than Wang Gong, the prefect of Shangdang County.

And these more than 6000 Han troops are the family soldiers assembled by the powerful families in the county, as well as the last remaining Han army in Shangdang County.

In other words, after Changping was defeated, the Han Empire had no soldiers to use in the entire Shangdang County.

How could Xu An miss such a good opportunity? In the northern part of Shangdang County, Liu Pi had already fallen into a bitter battle under the onslaught of the Han army led by Lu Zhi.

More than 2 yellow scarves were divided into two parts by Xu An.

One, led by Zhang Yan, captured the eldest son and kept him there.

On the other side, Xu An took the Yellow Turban Army's pawns and elite battalion, as well as some sergeants, a total of more than [-] people, and went north directly to bypass the eldest son and Tunliu to attack Xiangyuan.

As for the logistics supplies, Wang Gong has already dispatched most of the sergeants from the pass to establish a defense line in Changping.

Xu Anda could send someone to send a letter into Taihang Mountain, and mobilize grain and grass from Taihang Mountain to Shangdang County.

Without the worry of food and grass supplies, Shangdang County has no invincible soldiers, and the entire Shangdang County is now a turtle in the urn.

On August [-]th, Zhang Yan's army rushed all the way, arrived at the south of the eldest son city, and besieged the eldest son.

At the same time, Xu An also led troops to pass through Huguan from the west. The Han army at Huguan had only about [-] men, and counting the people in Guanzhong, there were no more than [-].

Moreover, when the Han army saw the Yellow Turban army coming from the south, they already understood that the army led by the county guard had already been defeated in Changping. The Han army in Huguan did not resist and chose to surrender directly.

Along the way, Xu An ordered the vanguard cavalry to hold the banner of Wang Gong, the prefect of Shangdang County. The towns passing by along the way saw the Yellow Turban army passing by, and they all surrendered in anticipation.

Only those tyrants hid in the dangerous terrain of Tungsten Fort, but Xu An didn't pay attention to these tyrants now.

Xu An needs to capture Xiangyuan as soon as possible, control the northern part of Shangdang County, and rush to aid Liu Pi.

Lu Zhi now has tens of thousands of soldiers, although Xu An is confident of winning.

But what Xu An needs now is a stable environment to seek development, prepare for the coming troubled times, and accumulate strength.

If Lu Zhi was allowed to lead the Han army into Shangdang County, even if Xu An won, the casualties would be heavy.

And once the Han army repelled Liu Pi, it occupied the important passage between Bingzhou and the northern part of Shangdang County.

The initiative is in the hands of the Han army, and if Xu An wants to regain it, it will probably take a lot of manpower and material resources.

Chapter 163 The Time Is Just Right

On August [-]th, at the foot of Bachi Mountain, the fierce battle between the Han army and the Yellow Turban army continued.

Under the fiery red banner, Lu Zhi had already received a report from the eldest son's messenger yesterday, knowing about the defeat of Changping, and a group of generals of the Han army stood behind Lu Zhi silently.

"Not enough successes, more failures." Lu Zhi gritted his teeth and cursed, "Chang Ping, Chang Ping! Another Zhao Kuo who can only talk on paper!"

Lu Zhi frowned and looked at the Han army who was still fighting with the Yellow Turban army not far away on the mountain road.

The "moth thieves" on Bachi Mountain have blocked the progress of the Han army for too long.

Originally, Lu Zhi thought that the soldiers in Shangdang County could persist for a while, and wanted to preserve some strength as much as possible, and did not want the soldiers to suffer too much damage.

According to Lu Zhi's experience during the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the seventh year of Guanghe, the Yellow Turban Army's siege was quite weak and was often blocked by strong cities.

Including when Zhang Niujiao and Zhang Yan gathered together to besiege Yingtao City, Yingtao's defenders were only more than 3 people, but they still defended the city in the face of more than [-] Yellow Turbans.

Although according to Zhang Yi and Huangfusong's description, Lu Zhi had already overestimated the combat power of Xu An's Yellow Turban Army a lot.

But Lu Zhi really didn't expect that Gaodu City would be broken by the Yellow Turban Army after only holding on for five days.

And Wang Gong, the governor of Shangdang County, directly buried the last soldier of Shangdang County in Changping.

As long as Wang Gong has some brains, he should either summon the bravery of the village and unite the powerful to defend the city, or he should have set up defenses in Changping early.

It's really not enough to succeed, but more than to fail. Lu Zhi didn't expect the changes in Shangdang County at all, which also disrupted his plan.

After all, what Lu Zhi learned was that Xu An fought against the Han army led by Zhu Jun in the wilderness of Kuicheng, and won with a majestic formation.

Zhu Jun's level of command and strategic vision, Lu Zhi is naturally clear, and there are Sun Jian and other generals to help in the battle, so he suffered such a disastrous defeat.

It was precisely because of this that Lu Zhi naturally had scruples about Xu Anxin. He now has only more than 2000 people under his command. After fighting for more than ten days, more than [-] people have died at the foot of Bachi Mountain.

"It can't be delayed any longer."

Lu Zhi got up suddenly, and the Yellow Turban Army defeated the Han Army in Changping. As long as Xu An is not a fool, he will definitely rush all the way to capture Xiangyuan, a strong city in the north of Shangdang, and then go north to support Liu Pi.

At that time, the entire Shangdang County will be in his hands, and Xu An will also take over the main throat from the northern part of Shangdang County to the Jinzhong area.

The entire Taiyuan County was exposed to the soldiers of the Taihang Yellow Turbans. Although the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army was weaker than that of the Bingzhou Army, there was no need to worry about the Han army in Shangdang County threatening Taiyuan County.

But the Han army will also lose control of Shangdang County for a long time, and the Han army no longer has enough troops to support the recovery of Shangdang County.

Although Zhang Wen temporarily repelled the main force of the Qiang cavalry in the Northwest Qiang Rebellion, there is no sign of calming down now, but it is getting worse.

The main force of the Han army is now delayed in the northwest, and the main force of the Hanoi Han army led by Zhu Jun was also defeated by Xu An in Kuicheng.

In addition to the imperial guards in Luoyang City, the defense force of the entire Sili was only the more than [-] soldiers temporarily summoned from various places under the command of Huangfusong.

In February of this year, Zhao Ci led Jiang Xia's soldiers to rebel and killed Nanyang prefect Qin Jie to stand on his own, which was a disaster.

It was not until June that Wang Min, the governor of Jingzhou, led his troops to conquer successfully. Zhao Ci was defeated and killed, but the rest of the people did not dissipate.

Moreover, Xu An's reputation has slowly spread at this time, and even the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army have begun to make trouble everywhere.

Avenging the heroic general Zhang Liang and defeating the world-famous Han general Zhu Jun has already brought Xu An's reputation to a peak.

Rebellions in various places, the Qiang people in the northwest, the Xiongnu in the north, and the Wuhuan who are about to move, are all involving the national power of the Han Empire.

Shangdang County is surrounded by mountains on three sides, Taihang Mountain, Wangwu Mountain and Taiyue Mountain.

Taihang Mountain has long been occupied by the Yellow Turban Army led by Xu An. There are also a large number of bandits in Wangwu Mountain and Taiyue Mountain. The complex terrain in the mountain is impossible for the Han army to pass through.

Shangdang County is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the main road leading to the northern part of Bingzhou from Shangdang County is also taken down by the Taihang Yellow Turban, the Han army will be completely passive.

Xu An set up a battlefield wherever he wanted, but the Han army could only be exhausted, and Xu An led him by the nose.

And the most important thing is that the Han Empire is now affected by various factors and has been infinitely weakened.

Shangdang County is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and in the middle is a basin suitable for farming. If Taihang's Yellow Turban Shangdang County can be developed as a foundation...