The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 204 Unexpectedly
When Lu Bu and others broke through the defenders at the city gate, the Yellow Turban Army outside the city rushed up and rushed into Beiqu City.

Han Yu, the chief officer of the army, died in battle, Wei Jianwen of Beiqucheng County was killed, and the Yellow Turban Army's offensive was as swift as a raging fire. No one in Beiqucheng could effectively organize the scattered soldiers to resist.

Among the Yellow Turban Army were Lu Bu, Xu Huang and other generals in front. Some Han generals who tried to resist were wiped out by the galloping Yellow Turban cavalry without even setting off the waves.

The county magistrate and county magistrate of Beiqucheng committed suicide, and most of the officials and civil servants in the county government chose to surrender.

The melee in Beiqu City did not last long. The Han army's small-scale resistance lasted only a quarter of an hour, and more than a thousand Han troops in the city chose to surrender.

Those who were temporarily recruited were sent home by the Yellow Turban Army.

The red flags originally lined up on the city wall of Beiqu were all replaced with yellow flags before dusk.

As night fell, in the entire Beiqu city, except for the military barracks in the city that were still flickering with fire, there was only one attic in the county government office with a light that had not been extinguished.

Xu An rubbed his temples. Although many lights were lit in the room, the topographic map of mountains and rivers in front of him still looked a little blurry.

Yan Zhong stood beside Xu An, looking at the map in front of him together with Xu An.

In the entire northern part of Hedong County, the only place that still belongs to the Han Empire is Puzi City, which borders Xihe County in the north.

According to the latest news, nearly [-] soldiers have gathered in Puzi City, and the number is still increasing.

It seems that the Han army wanted to gather heavy troops on the front line of Puzi City, and then break through the defense of the Yellow Turban Army at Luliang Mountain in one fell swoop, and recapture Luliang Mountain.

Xu An sat down cross-legged again. In the past few days, his sleep time has become less and less, and it has become more and more shallow.

With the increase of the Han army, the current situation of the Baibo army in Luliang Mountain is not optimistic. The Han army began to attack the Baibo army camp guarding the northern part of Luliang Mountain. Now several camps have been broken.

The Baibo army is currently retreating. Fortunately, Gong Du, who is located in the Baibo Valley, led troops south because of Xu An, and Zhang Yan also surrounded Pingyang City.

Therefore, Gong Du who was stationed in Baibo Valley was also freed, and led his troops into Luliang Mountain to support Guo Tai.

Guo Tai got the support of Gong Du, which stabilized the situation in Luliang Mountain.

The shortcomings of the Baibo army, such as insufficient training, incomplete military equipment, and uneven quality, are also fully exposed in Luliang Mountain.

Yingwei's Tiqi also sent news that the support Han army from Meiyang has crossed the Yellow River and is marching towards Anyi and Wenxi. It is expected to arrive at Wenxi around March [-]rd.

Moreover, after careful observation, Tiqi reported that the Han army brought by Yuan Pang this time was about [-] people.

As for Anyi, the Yingwei Tiqi in the Wenxi area also roughly figured out the situation of the Han army in the east of the river. Now the Han army gathered in the north of Wenxi City has more than [-] people.

Once the two Han armies join forces, the Han army will have more than [-] troops on the south bank of the Fen River.

This was totally unexpected by Xu An. After all, based on the information Xu An had obtained before and the memory in his mind, he calculated that the reinforcements from the Han army would be at most [-] people.

After all, there are not many Han troops gathered in Meiyang. The Xiliang army in Liangzhou defeated the Han army's pursuit one after another. According to Xu An's calculation, the Han army needs to guard against Liangzhou's invasion of the central area, and can send support There must not be many soldiers in Hanoi.

But the current situation was unexpected by Xu An.

"Why did Zhang Wen send so many soldiers to Hedong?"

Xu An was sitting in front of the desk, with no thoughts in his mind. The situation in Hedong had exceeded his expectations, and he still underestimated the strength of the Han Empire.

He thought that in the battle of Kuicheng, the entire army of the county soldiers supporting Hanoi in Hedong County was annihilated, and they should be seriously injured.

But what I didn't expect was that in a short period of time, the powerful family in Hedong instantly helped the Han army organize a trilogy of more than [-] people.

Sure enough, in the land of Sili, those entrenched families are not comparable to the tycoons of Shangdang County.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the entire Shangdang County had a population of only 60 to [-], while Hedong County had nearly [-] people, not counting the hermits and the slaves of powerful families.

The powerful family in the land of Sili is naturally not as barren as Shangdang County, and the place that used to be a border county can not be compared.

Xu An only considered military issues, but he didn't know that those aristocratic families in Hedong County had many high-ranking officials in the court.

The Yellow Turban Army's invasion of Hedong County naturally caused a strong reaction from these aristocratic families.

The pressure of those aristocratic families in the court was on Zhang Wen's shoulders, and the emperor Liu Hong didn't want to lose Hedong County. After all, Hedong County belonged to the Department of Sili Xiaowei, and Sili was invaded. For an emperor, it can be described as a great shame. .

Beigong Boyu and others invaded the Sanfu area before, which shocked the government and the public, not to mention losing the entire Hedong County.

Moreover, Hedong County is still a tax-heavy place. Losing such a vast land and such a large population in Hedong County is tantamount to taking away Liu Hong's money bag.

In Liu Hong's mind, five Shangdang counties are no better than one Hedong county.

Under the pressure of all parties, Zhang Wen finally chose to take risks after repeated weighing, and sent a trilogy of as many as [-] people to Hedong County to help in the battle.

"More than [-] people..."

This is a heavy number. Xu An still remembers that in Xiaquyang, Huangfusong defeated the entire [-] Yellow Turban army with [-] Han troops in one fell swoop.

The city of Pingyang was so strong that Zhang Yan could not attack it for a long time, so a large number of soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were dragged under the city of Pingyang.

The Baibo army in Luliang Mountain was also trapped in a bitter battle because of the reinforcements from Xihe County and the alliance between the local tycoons and the Han army. They were unable to withdraw and even needed support.

Even if a group of soldiers was transferred from Shangdang County before, now under Xu An's command, all he can call is the more than [-] soldiers who are directly under his control.

In other words, Xu An now has [-] people to face the Han army's [-] people. This situation is simply terrible.

"Minggong."

Yan Zhong interrupted Xu An's meditation.

"Ming Gong, are you worried that the Han army has a large force and our army's offensive has reached a stalemate in the two places?"

"Correct."

Xu An nodded and admitted, he glanced at Yan Zhong, feeling a little relieved.

Fortunately, in the Taihang Mountains, Yan Zhong was a counselor, otherwise he might not be able to make it to this point on his own. For a long time, Yan Zhong has been responsible for the internal affairs and logistics of the Yellow Turban Army.

Moreover, when Xu An was formulating a strategy, he could finally find someone to discuss with him.

"The combat power of the elite of the Han army and those of the inland county soldiers are completely different."

Xu An remembered what happened to him in Quyang and Guangzong, and his complexion became gloomy.

(End of this chapter)