The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 195
On the mountain road, a group of cavalry with yellow flags galloped past, which also startled the birds that lived in the forest, circling outside the forest, not daring to fly into the forest again.

A goshawk was also startled by the change, swept out of the nest, leaned over and quickly fell towards the mountain road.

The strong wind was blowing in the mountains, and the goshawk took advantage of the wind to move forward again, but its sharp eagle eyes seemed to find something, flapped its wings, and disappeared among the mountains in a circle.

One after another yellow flags were fluttering on the mountain road being blown by the mountain wind. On the mountain road, the queue of the Yellow Turban Army was winding.

……

At the pass of Baibo Valley, the startled flying birds in the forest not far away attracted the attention of the Han army.

"There seems to be something wrong."

A Han army leader had some bad premonitions in his heart, turned his head and told the soldiers beside him: "Quickly report to the commander."

After receiving the letter, the head of the Han army hurriedly led his soldiers up to the pass wall.

At this moment, several scouts from outside the pass also arrived at the pass on horseback.

"Tun chief, open the door quickly! The Yellow Turban Bandit is only three or four miles away from the pass!"

The Han army stationed at the pass immediately opened the closed gate and let the Han army's scouts in.

They also got the general situation of the Yellow Turban Army from the scouts.

A few days ago, a letter was sent to tell them that the Yellow Turban Army in Shangdang County seemed to have made some changes, and was preparing to move westward and invade Henan County.

However, there were no additional soldiers, because at this time, the people of Hedong County were already in panic, and the main force of the county soldiers were concentrated in several important cities for defense.

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Guo Tai led the vanguard and hurried all the way, and finally arrived at the Han army pass outside Baibo Valley. They thought it was a tough battle, but unexpectedly, they did not encounter any resistance at this pass.

The more than one hundred Han troops that the intelligence said seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. It was not until Guo Tai walked into the pass that he discovered the clues.

Many of the camps here have not been lived in, only the stables and a few barracks are inhabited.

It seems that the Han army has given up blocking the Yellow Turban Army's westward advance at the pass, leaving only a small number of Han cavalry for reconnaissance.

I have to say that this decision is quite wise. The soldiers of Hedong County suffered heavy casualties in the last battle of Kuicheng. Although some new soldiers were recruited, the number of soldiers is still scarce. From Taiyue Mountain to Baibo Valley, they can go out There are also many roads, but in fact there is no danger to defend.

The best way is indeed to retreat to the main cities, delay time, and wait for the main force of the Han army to return to help.

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On February [-]th, Zhang Yan led three yellow scarf troops, and about [-] people came out from the pass of Taiyue Mountain and besieged Yong'an City.

On February [-]th, Guo Tai led the Baibo army into the Baibo Valley, entered Luliang Mountain, and advanced westward, but this time because the pass of Luliang Mountain was basically controlled by the Han army.

Therefore, the advance speed of the Baibo army led by Guo Tai also slowed down, and the Han army tried its best to resist the assault of the Yellow Turban army by virtue of the dangerous pass.

It was also the news on February [-]th, but it was not from Hedong County, but from Bingzhou. The Taihang bandit Zhang Baiqi sent troops to harass Yanmen and Taiyuan counties.

On February [-]th, the army camp led by Xu Huang arrived in the north of Yicheng City and set up camp four miles north of the city.

For a while, urgent documents from all over the country were passed into the court of Luoyang like snowflakes.

At this moment, Henan Yin Hemiao also brought Liu Hong a more immediate news.

There was a civil uprising in Xingyang, and now thousands of people have gathered. The main force of the Han army is now mainly stationed in Meiyang, Hanoi, and the capital area.

And not long before the civil uprising in Xingyang, the Yellow Turban Army also harassed the surrounding counties from three places: Tianjingguan, Baixing, and Fukouxing in Taihangxing, attracting the attention of the Hanoi Han army.

Xingyang is just a few miles south of Ao Cang. Ao Cang now stores a large amount of grain, and if it is lost, the consequences will be disastrous.

Fortunately, the defenders of Ao Cang were vigilant. When the people in Xingyang changed, they did not attack without authorization.

But although Aocang was defending, Xingyang was in Henan County, not far from Luoyang, so Liu Hong couldn't sit idly by.

Therefore, Liu Hong urgently ordered He Miao to mobilize the imperial army, and also recruited the county soldiers from all over the country to lead the troops to Xingyang to suppress the rebellion.

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In the northern part of Yicheng, the Yellow Turban Barracks was full of voices.

The Yellow Turban army led by Xu An walked out of the mountains one after another. In three or four days, Xu An's more than [-] troops will all arrive at Yicheng and complete the siege of Yicheng.

Night had already enveloped the mountains, and the Yellow Turban Army went down to the Ming camp in the north of Yicheng, not shying away from the Han army in Yicheng.

After all, the Han army guarding Yicheng is only a few hundred people.

However, the Yellow Turban Army was not too slack in this regard. The scouts and sentries were still vigilant at all times.

At this time, the perimeter of the big tent in the military camp was full of heavily armed yellow angels.

Yan Zhong was standing in the big tent, discussing the situation in Hedong County with Xu An and Xu Huang in front of a map.

"At present, according to the intelligence obtained by the Eagle Guards, the Shangjun Han Army has not acted for the time being. The role of the Shangjun Han Army is mainly to guard against and control the Huns in the north, so I think it will take more than ten days for them to gather to support Hedong County."

"The Han army of Xihe County has already entered the Luliang Mountains from the northern part of Hedong County, but due to the change of the Xiongnu, the number of supporters should not be too many."

"What we need to pay attention to now is the reinforcements of the Han army in the direction of Meiyang. They are the most elite troops of the Han Empire. When we attack Hedong County, the Han court will never just sit idly by and lose Hedong County."

"Although Zhang Wen's military strategy is not as good as Huangfu Yizhen's, he is a stable person. The troops sent to counter the rebellion are naturally well thought out. After comparing the strength of the two sides, the combat power of the Han army is definitely higher than ours."

Yan Zhong pondered for a while, then continued.

"Under Zhang Wen's command, General Zhou Shenxin was defeated, so naturally he would not be chosen as the general. General Dong Zhuo, who defeated the captives, is arrogant and domineering, and he is not the leader of the army, so there is actually only one person to lead the army."

Yan Zhong turned his head to look at Xu An, and said seriously, "Yuan Pang and Yuan Gongxi."

"Although I have never met this man, I have heard rumors. This man has a calm personality, is cautious in using troops, and the troops under his command are more powerful than our army. This is the biggest obstacle to conquering Hedong."

"It is about 500 miles from the Han army station in Meiyang to Hedong County. There is not much time left for us to attack Hedong County, at most only [-] days. Once Yuan Pang leads the troops into Hedong County, the battle situation is likely to be tense. into a stalemate."

Xu An stared at the map in front of him. He had considered this situation before, "Fifteen days is enough."

(End of this chapter)