The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 133 Opening
In the third year of Zhongping (186), July 3th, Maoshi 6:45 a.m.

On the north side of Yongcheng, the Han army camp, in a huge Qingmu army tent.

"Taihang Yellow Turbans set off from Tianjing Pass at about five quarters of Yinshi (5:15) and marched towards Sunflower City!"

A scout of the Han army, full of travel and dust, stood in the tent holding a command flag, and reported the military request from the front to Zhu Jun, who was sitting at the head of the big tent.

Zhu Jun, who was sitting behind the copybook, put down the bamboo slips in his hand, stood up, and said with a sneer, "The ignorant are fearless. Knowing that I, Zhu Jun, is in Hanoi, he dares to launch an invasion."

In the camp, all the generals of the Han army had been waiting for orders for a long time, Sun Jian and other generals were all lined up on both sides of the big tent with helmets and armour.

Zhu Jun hurriedly walked up to the crowd, with a look of contempt on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Since these 'moth thieves' want to die, I will fulfill them today."

"Get out!"

The Han army was already ready to march. General Zhu Jun issued an order, and all the generals in the tent sang promises in unison, and then stepped out of the big tent. People in the Han army camp in Yongcheng suddenly neighed.

The high-spirited gathering drums sounded everywhere, and several camp gates of the Han army opened one after another, and a fiery red army flag embroidered with the word "Sun" rushed out of the camp gates first.

Sun Jian wore leopard-headed chain armor, a scarlet battle robe, a red headband, and an ancient ingot knife with pine patterns in his hand. He rode a bearded horse at the forefront of the cavalry formation.

Holding the ancient ingot knife high, Sun Jian raised his head to the sky and let out a long roar. The more than [-] armored cavalry of the Han army behind him all cheered and responded, and nearly [-] horseshoes trampled on the ground, making a loud roar like a tide.

"Ugh——"

The drums had stopped, and the desolate horns sounded from all over the barracks.

At the position of the central army of the Han army camp, an extremely luxurious carriage drove out from the camp gate, and countless Han army soldiers in red and black armor surrounded the carriage like stars holding the moon. The big banner followed by it was slowly raised from the gate of the camp.

The camp of the Han army in Yongcheng was full of eruption at this time, and countless Han troops poured out from the gate of the camp. They held up their weapons and cheered loudly in the direction of the big banner. The north is slowly moving,
……

At two quarters past (9:30), the Yellow Turban Army had reached the hilly area on the northwest side of Kuicheng.

The scouts of the Han army along the road had all been driven away by the cavalry led by Gong Du, only several groups of scouts of the Han army were still wandering in the field outside Kuicheng.

The more than [-] defenders of Kuicheng were treated as nothing by the Yellow Turban Army. The Yellow Turban Army strictly enforced Xu An's military orders, relying on the barracks set up on the hills to the northwest of Kuicheng.

Xu An set up the Chinese army on a relatively low and gentle slope, about ten miles away from Kuicheng.

By a quarter past noon (11:15), the Yellow Turban Army had set up a simple camp, and a high platform was also built by the sergeants.

Xu Anduan sat on the high platform, and the big khaki-colored banner stood behind him, condescending from here, the entire wilderness on the west side of Sunflower City was under Xu An's eyes.

Xu Huang, Yan Zhong, Gong Du, Zhou Cang, and He Man sat on both sides of Xu An, and a group of soldiers dutifully guarded the upper and lower sides of the high platform.

The Central Army of the Yellow Turban Army has almost concentrated all the elites under Xu An's command. The Central Army has more than 5000 sergeants in two divisions, as well as a battalion of crossbow soldiers, a battalion of military soldiers, and a battalion of sharp soldiers.

The left and right armies of the Yellow Turban Army were led by Zhang Yan, who led three sergeants with nearly 8000 soldiers stationed on the left side of the slope.

The right army was handed over to Yu Du, who also led three sergeants with more than 8000 soldiers to set up a camp on the right side of the slope.

Xu An also divided the bow battalion into two teams and incorporated them into the left and right armies, so as to enrich the strength of the two wings.

"The camp of the Han army is in Yongcheng, about 50 miles away from Kuicheng. Even if we go north immediately after receiving our army's movement, it will take more than three hours, that is, about four quarters before the hour."

"Order the whole army to bury the pot and make food immediately." Xu An turned his head to the orderly who was standing by and ordered, "Next, it will be a bitter battle..."

"promise."

After the orderly sang a promise, he walked down the high platform quickly.

……

At seven quarters in the afternoon (12:45), some small black dots faintly appeared on the horizon in the distance.

The scouts of the Han army in red and black armor appeared in the eyes of everyone, and all the scouts of the Yellow Turban army on the plain clenched their weapons.

"The scouts of the Han army are only two miles away from our army!"

The scouts of the Yellow Turban Army with feathers on their backs hurriedly boarded the high platform and reported loudly to Xu An.

Xu An clenched the command flag in his hand, and replied in a deep voice, "Explore again!"

After the scout of the Yellow Turban Army who reported got the order, he quickly walked down the high platform, but before he could get on the horse, the sound of horseshoes sounded, and the second scout for communication had already arrived.

The two scouts passed each other, and the voice of reporting the military situation sounded again from the high platform.

"Our scouts are fighting with Han scouts!"

Xu An raised his eyes and saw that on the wilderness outside Sunflower City, those black spots had been entangled together, sometimes closing and sometimes separating.

The scouts of the two armies chased and fought in the plains outside Kuicheng.

The well-trained scouts of the Han army and the scouts of the Yellow Turban army who were not afraid of death fought into a group, fighting desperately on the plain.

……

Not even a moment (13:15).

"The main force of the Han army is less than five miles away from Kuicheng!"

There were more and more scouts of the Han army, and the scouts of the Yellow Turban Army were forced to withdraw from the wilderness of Kuicheng, wandering around the periphery of the Yellow Turban Army's position.

The Han cavalry led by Sun Jian had also arrived outside the city of Kuicheng, and cheers suddenly erupted in the city of Kuicheng, and countless red flags waved on the top of the city.

……

No time two quarters (13:30).

On the southern horizon, traces of the main force of the Han army have appeared.

A fiery red flag appeared in front of Xu An and the others.

Accompanied by the sound of the low-pitched horn, more and more Han troops appeared in Xu An's field of vision, and countless Han troops gathered into a red tide, pressing towards the north.

The armored cavalry of the Han army galloped across the mountains and plains on the plain outside Kuicheng. They tied up the corpses of the Yellow Turban scouts that had not been brought back with nooses, dragged them behind the horses, and galloped wildly, boasting loudly.

Countless Han troops lined up on the several-kilometer-long front. Under Zhu Jun's command, the Han troops arranged in neat square formations in an orderly manner, and marched to the wilderness on the west side of Kuicheng.

And Sun Jian had already brought a large group of cavalry from the Han army to a place two or three miles in front of the Yellow Turban camp.

"The Han army set up camp on the west side of Kuicheng. The Han army has about [-] cavalry and more than [-] infantry."

"As expected." Xu An stood up and said with a sneer, "The Han army still thinks that my Yellow Turban cavalry is weak."

Xu An turned around abruptly, his eagle eyes seemed to have spotted a prey, and there was a palpitating killing intent in his pupils.

"Xu Huang, Gong Du, Zhou Cang!"

"The end is here."

Xu Huang, Gong Du, and Zhou Cang stood up, clasped their fists and obeyed.

The strong wind blew, and all the flags on the high platform were hunting and moving under the strong wind.

(End of this chapter)