The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 196
In the fourth year of Zhongping, on February [-]th, Yong'an City surrendered, and the county magistrate, county lieutenant, and county magistrate of Yong'an were all martyred.

On February [-], Guo Tai finally occupied the southern area of ​​Luliang Mountain, but due to the reinforcement of the Han army in Xihe County, the Han army also occupied the northern area of ​​Luliang Mountain in Hedong County.

And the Han army also assembled more than a thousand county soldiers in Caisangjin, as well as more than a thousand private soldiers recruited by the powerful, totaling more than [-] people.

Part of the Baibo army led by Guo Tai stayed in Luliang Mountain to confront the Han army, so at this time there were only more than [-] soldiers around.

These Baibo troops have not been trained by Xu An, and they have not all been equipped with new weapons. Although Xu An allocated a group of armor and swords to Guo Tai, they were extremely limited. All the soldiers were armed.

The rest of the Baibo army still used old weapons and wore tattered leather armor, or even no armor.

Guo Tai also tried to launch an attack on Caisangjin, but under the strong bow and crossbow of the Han army and strong resistance, the Baibo army led by Guo Tai was soon defeated.

And after Zhang Yan captured Yong'an, he also encountered strong resistance from the Han army in Pingyang City. There is no impenetrable wall in the world. What the Yellow Turban Army did in Shangdang County naturally made the gentry in Hedong County tremble. shock.

They abandoned Wubao and concentrated in Pingyang City, trying to rely on Pingyang City to stop the Yellow Turban Army from advancing.

In fact, they did. Pingyang City blocked Zhang Yan's offensive. Zhang Yan's army lacked large-scale assault equipment, so they could only choose to besiege the city and build siege equipment.

The offensive of the Yellow Turban Army in the northern part of Hedong County was temporarily stalemate.

Xu An was not surprised by this situation, he had discussed it with Yan Zhong.

The power of the Haoqiang family in Hedong County is almost a level stronger than that of Shangdang County. The Wei family in Hedong County alone is stronger than the powerful forces in the entire Shangdang County.

The Wei family in Hedong was first established in Wei Qing, a famous general in Han Dynasty, who was established as the empress' Wei Zifu. The Wei family has been on the rise since that moment.

"The Eighty-Four Biography of Women in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty" records: "(Cai Wenji) Shihe Dongwei Zhongdao. The husband died and had no children, so he returned to his home."

The first husband of Cai Wenji, a talented woman, was Wei Zhongdao from Hedong Wei's family.

It's a pity that Wei Zhongdao died early, otherwise Cai Wenji would not have been taken away by Hu Qi during the war with the power of the Hedong Wei family.

Seven years after Guanghe, turmoil occurred one after another in the world. The Yellow Turban Army revived and rose again in Shangdang County, which also made the Hedong Wei family feel dangerous.

The Patriarch of the Wei family is naturally not a mediocre person, and naturally has the means to protect the family, and the Wei family has continued to this day, and the forces in Hedong County are even more intertwined.

The family members of the Wei family were countless, even after Xu An led the Yellow Turban Army out of the Taihang Mountains, the Wei family received the news before the Han army.

The governor of Hedong County, Wang Yi, is not a fool either. He also knows all about the threat of foreign races in the north, the powerful gentry in the county, the recruitment of private soldiers, and the establishment of Wubao.

And at this time Hedong County was being threatened by the Yellow Turban Army of the Shangdang, and even Wang Yi took out part of the military equipment from the arsenal of Hedong County and provided it to the nobles in Hedong to help them arm their private soldiers.

Military intelligence reports from the north came one after another, just as Xu An led the main force of the Yellow Turban Army to capture Yicheng and marched towards Jiangyi.

Wang Yi wrote to Liu Hong, requesting to expand the military establishment of the county was also approved, and the messenger rushed to bring this good news to Wang Yi.

In just three days, Hedong County re-armed [-] county soldiers. Wang Yi took out all the armor and weapons in the arsenal and distributed them to the Neijun soldiers in Hedong County to supplement their combat power.

And the reason why Wang Yi was able to arm so many soldiers in just three days was not because he forced the people to enlist in the army, nor was it just a pretentious act.

These more than [-] county soldiers are all the private soldiers of the Wei family and several big families in Hedong County. Even the one who can really command this army is not the army Sima sent by Wang Yi at all. He held it firmly in the deputy sent by the Hedong Wei family.

On February [-]th, the Yellow Turban Army besieged Linfen and Jiangyi, and the armies led by Gong Du and Xu An successfully joined forces in Fenshui.

In the Anyi area, Hedong County has quietly assembled more than [-] county soldiers.

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February eighteenth.

Jiangyi City was broken, and when the defenders of Jiangyi City saw the siege equipment of the Yellow Turban Army approaching, they gave up resistance directly.

After all, there is only one Han army in Jiangyi City.

The Yellow Turban Army officially settled in Jiangyi, and then Linfen was also destroyed.

Along the way, the Yellow Turban Army's plan to capture Hedong County went so smoothly that it was terrifying.

As for why it went so smoothly, it was actually Wang Yi's plan to delay the attack.

In Wang Yi's vision, Xu An would have to allocate part of his troops to garrison these surrendered cities, further weakening the main force of the Yellow Turban Army.

At present, in the south of Baibo Valley, the several cities captured by the Yellow Turban Army are actually cities that the Han Army in Hedong County voluntarily gave up and threw to the Yellow Turban Army.

The Han army organized militias in various cities to resist and prolong the time, but as soon as the Yellow Turban Army's siege equipment was delivered, these Han troops would immediately surrender with all the militiamen.

The reason why Wang Yi did this was because the Taihang Yellow Turban Army went to Dangjun again, and the previous invasion of Hanoi and Jizhou.

It also let them know that the Yellow Turban Army under Xu An's command attaches great importance to people's livelihood and cares about the opinions of the people, and there are strict orders in the army not to harass the people, plunder the people, and the city.

And every time the Yellow Turban Army captured the city, the Han army's secret work left by Wang Yi would set fire to the houses in the city, disrupting the Yellow Turban Army, and further hindering the advance speed of the Yellow Turban Army.

He also dispatched sailors from the east of the river to harass the supplies of the Yellow Turban Army along the way.

This is a conspiracy, and the purpose is to delay the speed of the Yellow Turban Army's actions.

As for why some soldiers were not stationed in the city to stand firm, there has been no war in Hedong County for a long time, and the city is much lower than the city of Shangdang and Bingzhou, so it is impossible to hold on for long.

Wang Yi knew that the Yellow Turban Army had plundered a group of skilled craftsmen from Jinyang City, and now they have been supplemented by craftsmen from Shangdang County.

Now that the strength of the Yellow Turban Army has been strengthened, sticking to those cities with weak defenses will undoubtedly weaken the power of the Hedong Han Army.

Moreover, these abandoned cities are not worth mentioning in Wang Yi's eyes. The property and personnel of those powerful families who took advantage of the city have already been moved to a safe place by them.

The Yellow Turban Army will not burn down the city and loot wantonly, so there is nothing to worry about.

The Han troops who came to support from Meiyang were basically selected elites.

The chief general of the commanding army is Yuan Pang, the executive Jinwu, with a total of [-] people, plus [-] county soldiers from Hedong County, and one or two thousand private soldiers, the total force will exceed [-].

The Shangdang Yellow Turban Army dispatched troops this time, with a maximum of more than [-] troops, not concentrated in one place, but scattered in various places.

According to the report of the scouts of the Han army, the number of the Yellow Turban Army directly under Xu'an is probably more than [-], and the cities in various places have been weakened again, and when they reach the vicinity of Anyi, there are only more than [-] people at most.

But when the time comes, there will be [-] Han troops stationed around Anyi. Even if Xu An defeats Zhu Jun head-on, he will not be able to defeat an elite Han army that is twice the size of the Yellow Turbans with more than [-] people.

At that time, not all of the fallen cities can be restored.

As for the responsibility for the fall of the city.

The Yellow Turban Army invaded massively, with tens of thousands of troops. You must know that when the Yellow Turban Army invaded, the apparent armed forces in the entire Hedong County were only more than [-] county soldiers. It was normal for them to be unable to resist.

Wang Yi also gave Liu Hong his secret strategy long ago, and got Liu Hong's tacit approval.

Therefore, Liu Hong will not pursue Wang Yi's responsibility too much, which also makes Wang Yi more confident.

And the Yellow Turban Army did follow Wang Yi's idea and was delayed by these cities.

The military situation transmitted from the front line, as well as the reaction of the Yellow Turban Army, everything proved that Wang Yi's strategy seemed to be working.

　I feel a little drowsy due to a cold, and the chapters I wrote have been revised and revised repeatedly. I am really dissatisfied. I will publish a chapter first today, and the third update tomorrow will make up for today's owed updates.

　　I accidentally posted a free chapter just now, embarrassing.

　　
　
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