The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 194
Zhongping four years, February [-]th.

Guo Tai cited the three divisions of the Baibo Army, a total of more than [-] people had arrived on the west side of Taiyue Mountain, and the forward troops were only [-] miles away from Baibo Valley.

At this time, Guo Tai camp was stationed in a slightly lower mountain area on the west side of Taiyue Mountain.

A Tiqi of the Eagle Guard hurried into Guo Tai's military tent, and also brought specific information about Baibo Valley and the surrounding terrain information.

After a while, several Eagle Wolf Wei Tiqi who accompanied the army roughly restored the terrain of Baibo Valley on the sand table.

Baibo Valley is adjacent to Fenshui, fifty miles to the southwest is Linfen City, thirty miles to the southeast of Linfen City is Jiangyi, and about seventy-three miles to the north is Pingyang City.

"General Zhang Yan sent a letter saying that he is scheduled to arrive at Huo Dashan on the evening of February [-]th, and launch an attack on Yong'an City in the early morning of February [-]th."

Guo Tai pondered for a while, and then asked: "Where are the parts of the great virtuous teacher now?"

"Here." The courier in charge of communication looked at the topographic map of mountains and rivers hanging in front of Guo Tai, pointing to the northern area of ​​Yicheng.

"General Xu Huang's vanguard military pawn battalion is stationed in the northern mountainous area of ​​Yicheng at this time. The great virtuous and good teacher is going to take down Yicheng first, and then move westward along the Wei River."

"Wing City..."

Guo Tai frowned, looked at the map of mountains and rivers in front of him, thought for a moment, then turned his head to look at Hu Cai beside him and asked, "How is Han Siam?"

Hu Cai replied immediately: "Han Siam has already passed the mountain road and entered Zhongtiao Mountain, but the terrain of Zhongtiao Mountain is unknown, so the marching speed is relatively slow, but it is expected to arrive at the predetermined position when the great virtuous teacher attacks Anyi."

Hearing Hu Cai's report, Guo Tai breathed a sigh of relief, and so far everything is going well.

It's just that the narrow mountain road really caused a lot of obstacles to the march.

……

The large-scale mobilization of the Yellow Turban Army under Xu An's command was naturally not hidden from the Han Empire. Even though Xu An established the Eagle Wolf Guard to monitor the place, the news was sent to the court of the Han Empire by the spies of the Han Army.

After half a year, the Yellow Turban Army took another big move. The Yellow Turban Army in Shangdang County moved westward, which also attracted the attention of the Han Army.

The edict to send troops to support Hedong was quickly spread from Luoyang to the Han army camp in Meiyang, and Taiwei Zhang Wen also learned of the abnormality of the Yellow Turban Army and the crisis in Hedong.

The land in Hedong County is fertile, and it can be regarded as a granary of the Han Empire.

Moreover, there are quite a lot of salt and iron mines in the Hedong area, which has strangled the main transportation routes of Guanzhong and Shandong. Anyone in power who occupies and manages Hedong will bring very favorable conditions for his military struggle.

According to the "Three Kingdoms Du Ji Biography", Cao Cao once said to the counselor Xun Yu: "Hedong is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and its neighbors are changeable. It is an important place in the world."

From this information, it is natural to know the importance of Hadong County's geographical location.

Not to mention that Hedong County belongs to the Sili Xiaowei Department. Originally, Xu An occupied Taihang Mountain and could send troops to Hanoi County at any time, which already made Liu Hong uncomfortable like a stick in his throat.

At this time, if Xu An is allowed to occupy Hedong County again, the Han army will have more areas to guard against.

Moreover, if Hedong County falls, it will undoubtedly put Bingzhou in an embarrassing situation, and the tribes of the Xiongnu who are nominally subject to the Han Dynasty outside the country will have different thoughts when they see the weakening of the Han Empire.

Meiyang, the camp of the Han army.

This is where the main force of the Sili Han army is located, and it also gathers almost the most elite troops of the Han Empire today.

The Imperial Army of the Five Schools and the Knights of Sanhe are all listed here. They fought in the north and south, and made great contributions to the Han Empire.

Numerous military tents are densely intertwined, passing through layers of military tents, passing countless soldiers, in a large tent with green curtains.

Zhang Wen was looking at the edict in his hand, his head slightly dizzy.

Now he can finally understand how heavy the burden was on Huangfusong's shoulders in the past.

But who can Zhang Wen send to counter the rebellion now?

Zhou Shen, the general of the Dangkou, was defeated in Yuzhong City and lost a lot of supplies. There were more than [-] Han troops, but only a few thousand returned.
If Zhou Shen hadn't bribed the Ten Permanent Attendants with money, he might have been dismissed from office by now.

Dong Zhuo, the Polu General, had a bunch of arrogant soldiers under his command, and his military discipline was corrupt. When he was sent to Hedong County, he was afraid that the Yellow Turban Army would not do harm to Hedong, but let Dong Zhuo take the lead.

But Sun Jian, the only general Zhang Wen was optimistic about in the army, was still under Huangfusong's command at this time.

"Looks like Yuan Pang is the only one holding gold..."

Zhang Wen frowned tightly and called for his personal guard.

"He ordered Jin Wu, Yuan Pang, to lead the infantry, the two schools of Changshui, and a thousand cavalry of the Sanhe knights, and then lead the eight county soldiers to rush to the aid of Hedong County."

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Although the emperor Liu Hong is addicted to pleasure, he can also distinguish the priorities of things, and he can't just sit idly by and ignore anything that challenges his imperial power.

Although the Liangzhou rebels were powerful, they were finally blocked from Sili after the defeat in Meiyang, but the Taihang Yellow Turban Army repeatedly pushed Liu Hong's bottom line and wanted to invade Sili.

Liu Hong's face was gloomy and terrifying. He felt threatened. For the first time, he began to face up to this unique Yellow Turban Army.

Even if Zhu Jun was defeated before, he was not too worried, but now the news of the Han army's careful investigation comes one by one, which proves that the Yellow Turban Army led by Xu An is very different from the Yellow Turban Army in Guanghe Seven Years before. Same.

Xu An preached everywhere in Shangdang, Taihang, Taiyue, Wangwu and other places, healed patients, set up Taoist halls to train low-level civil servants, and they were no longer eager to fight the Han Empire, but were seeking development.

Although Liu Hong is addicted to pleasure, he is not a fool. He knows what Xu An is doing, what he wants to do, and why Xu An captured Hedong County.

Liu Hong had a feeling that Xu An seemed to be waiting for something, that's why he was so reassured in planning a place to start a business.

First is Taihang, then Shangdang, Taiyue, and Wangwu, all connected together, and then Hedong County.

According to the area currently controlled by the Yellow Turban Army, as long as it occupies Hedong County, controls the ferry, and the hilly area, it will be difficult for the Han Empire to regain its land again in a short time.

If the Yellow Turban Army really occupied Hedong County, the Han Army in Bingzhou could only barely maintain its inherent territory and would not be able to provide any help at all.

Even the inherent territory may not be able to be maintained if the Yellow Turban Army wants to continue to attack.

Liu Hong stood in front of the Kanyu map, carefully looked at the situation on the Kanyu map, and muttered to himself: "Xu An...what are you waiting for..."

"Could it be..." Liu Hong's eyes gradually became sharper, and he suddenly thought of a possibility. "Did he predict that there would be even greater turmoil in my big man?"

"Taiping Road... Zhang Jiao..."

All kinds of rumors about Taipingdao flashed through Liu Hong's mind, he suddenly turned around and said sharply: "Jian Shuo!"

"The minister is here."

Jian Shuo, who was standing not far from Liu Hong in the hall, immediately agreed.

"Order the officials everywhere to strictly investigate the Taiping Dao matter!"

(End of this chapter)