The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 223 Unrecognizable
In Hedong County, on the outskirts of Anyi, a farm house was already ablaze.

Outside the courtyard, countless Han troops in helmets and armour, armed with swords and shields, and bows and crossbows, were waiting in full force.

The screams of killing were deafening, and there were constant screams from the house. Amid the monstrous flames, a dozen men dressed in sackcloth and holding ring-headed knives and dressed as farmers were desperately resisting.

But even if they tried their best, they couldn't stop the advance of the Han army.

In the courtyard, the fire had already spread, thick smoke lingered on the beams of the house, and the scorching air made the lungs of the people in the house almost explode.

A blood-stained man stuffed a roster into his arms. He tremblingly opened the tunnel door, turned over and crawled into the dark tunnel.

"kill!"

The shouts outside the tunnel became more and more urgent, and the sound of Jin Ge clashing was endless.

Zhang Ping firmly grasped the roster on his chest, staggered, and walked towards the depths of the tunnel with difficulty.

……

In the courtyard, three blood-soaked men in sackcloth were standing in the courtyard, supporting each other with ring-shoulders full of gaps.

Surrounded by fire soaring into the sky, there are countless soldiers of the Han army holding sharp knives.

A chief of the Han army took a step forward and persuaded: "There is no way out, as long as you surrender, you will have a way out, everything can be discussed, why waste your life?"

The persuasion of the head of the Han army to surrender did not receive any response.

"The sky is dead..."

The man in the center raised the ring sword in his hand without hesitation.

He made an oath, he swears to Huang Tian under the altar, becomes the Yellow Angel, he swears to fight for Huang Tian till the last drop of blood.

He swore to the sculpture in the Yazhong of the Eagle Wolf Guard that he was willing to monitor the world for Taipingdao.

"Huang Tian is standing!"

The two eagle guard tiqi who were also covered in blood beside him also raised their ring swords.

The deafening shouts of killing soared into the sky, engulfing the farm house.

……

Hedong County, Pingyang City Government Office.

"The Han Ting ordered the Southern Xiongnu to send troops to cooperate with the rebellion, and to send troops together with the Hedong Army and the Bingzhou Army..."

Xu An looked at the bamboo slips sent by the Eagle Wolf Guard, and his expression gradually became embarrassing.

Historically, Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, recruited the Southern Huns to send troops to counter the rebellion, but because Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun in Youzhou rebelled against the Han, they attacked prefectures and counties.

At the beginning of the rebellion in Liangzhou, the Han Empire mobilized elite soldiers from all over the country. Taiwei Zhang Wen recruited [-] Wuhuan Tuqi to attack Ma Teng, Han Sui and others in Liangzhou.

Zhang Chun volunteered to take charge of the three thousand Wuhuan cavalry, but Taiwei Zhang Wen refused, saying that he was only the magistrate of Zhuo County at that time, which also planted a seed of hatred in Zhang Chun's heart.

"The general Zhang Wen, who was riding a chariot, begged the thief Bian Zhang, etc., and dispatched three thousand cavalry from Wuhuan, Youzhou, and they all rebelled and returned to their own country." —— "Book of the Later Han·Gongsun Zan Biography"

In the fourth year of Zhongping (187), because the imperial court was in arrears with the Wuhuan cavalry, all these Wuhuan people defected back to their homeland.

Soon after, the Liangzhou rebels defeated the last Han army in Liangzhou in one fell swoop, captured the entire territory of Liangzhou, and Taiwei Zhang Wen was dismissed.

Zhang Chun also saw the weakness of the Han Empire at this time, and the Wuhuan cavalry who returned to the country strengthened his belief and he found an opportunity.

Zhang Chun, who was once the prime minister of Zhongshan, joined forces with Zhang Ju, the former Taishou prefect, and Qiu Liju of Wuhuan to launch a rebellion.

The rebel army led by them even attacked Jixia at one point, burned down the city walls, captured the people, and killed Jichou, the captain of Wuhuan, Liu Zheng, the prefect of Youbeiping, and Yang Zhong, the prefect of Liaodong.

Zhang Chun also sent [-] troops, including King Wuhuan Qiao, into Qing and Ji prefectures, broke through Qinghe and plains, and killed officials and people.

So far, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's power has reached its peak, and they have gathered more than [-] people under their command. They have garrisoned troops and plundered Youzhou and Jizhou.

Zhang Ju claimed to be the Son of Heaven, and Zhang Chun called himself "General Mitian" and "King Anding". He was Marshal Karasuma of the three counties.

They sent documents to the state and county governments, saying that Zhang Ju, as the emperor, would replace the Han court, and asked the emperor to abdicate, and asked the officials to welcome them.

At the same time, rumors were spread, propagating that there was a vision in Luoyang and the world was in turmoil, which was a symbol of the end of luck in the Han Dynasty.

"To be called the Son of Heaven, purely called General Mitian and King Anding, moved to the prefectures and counties, said to be in the contemporary Han Dynasty, told the Son of Heaven to avoid the throne, and ordered the officials to welcome him." —— "Zi Zhi Tong Jian"

Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun raised troops to rebel against the Han, and almost swept the entire Beidi counties and counties of the empire, but the Han Empire was powerless to fight back.

At that time, in the Han Empire, there were Liangzhou rebels in the west, Quxing rebellion in the south, and the Yellow Turban Army under the command of Zhang Yan in Taihang Mountain.

At that time, the Shanyu of the Southern Huns and the Shanyu of the Qiangqu sent his son Yu Fuluo to lead troops to Youzhou to attack Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju in response to the imperial edict.

And it was precisely because of this dispatch of troops to suppress the rebellion that it also led to changes in the northern border of the Han Empire.

The southern Xiongnu was united by many tribes, and the main decision-making was not made by the Qiangqu family alone.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Liangzhou Rebellion, the Taihang Yellow Turban, and the Youzhou Rebellion, they saw the weakness of the Han Empire and saw that the Han Empire was in extreme turmoil.

They worried that the Han Empire would never stop conscripting troops, so the Xiongnu tribes in Dingxiang County, Wuyuan County, Shang County, Yunzhong County, Shuofang County, and the five counties all united, with more than [-] people.

Until the fifth year of Zhongping, 188, in March, the tribes of the Southern Huns completely emptied the Qiangqu Shanyu and sent troops to attack Bingzhou.

Now that Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju did not rebel, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty dispatched the army of the Southern Huns in advance, trying to recover the Hedong County occupied by Xu An.

The trajectory of history has undergone serious changes, which made Xu An feel panicked for a while.

The impact of Xu An's attack on states and counties is now several times greater than that of Zhang Yan in history, and the original Guo Tai did not rise up in Baibo Valley until 188, the fifth year of Zhongping.

Could it be that the southern Huns rebelled in history, would it happen in advance?

Xu An tightly held the letter in his hand, history was changing little by little, and the wings flapped by his butterfly were about to whip up a hurricane and sweep across the entire Han Empire.

The history he was familiar with was gradually changing beyond recognition, and a strong sense of uneasiness occupied Xu An's heart.

All kinds of thoughts and thoughts flowed into Xu An's mind in an instant.

All the heroes rise together, and the world is in turmoil.

The bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster in a thousand miles.

Life and people are left with one hundred, and the thought of it will break the human gut.

It was the first time that Yan Zhong saw a look of fear on Xu An's face, and he knew that the letter in Xu An's hand would definitely bring an extremely shocking news.

Yan Zhong lowered his voice and called, "Duke Ming."

The chaotic thoughts dissipated like a tide, and Xu An finally came to his senses when he heard Yan Zhong's voice.

He turned his head to look at Yan Zhong, who was also observing Xu An's expression.

The terrified expression on Xu An's face had disappeared, but there was some bewilderment.

Yan Zhong made a series and asked: "I don't know what the letter said, which made Ming Gong lose his composure."

Hearing Yan Zhong mentioned the content of the letter, Xu An's expression kept changing.

Xu An pondered for a long time, and finally said: "The Han court ordered the Southern Huns to cooperate with the Han army in Hedong County to recapture Hedong County. Qiangqu Shanyu sent his son Yu Fuluo to lead [-] taels of cavalry. Thousands of riders go south."

What made Xu An even more disturbed at this time was that Yu Fuluo had already led the troops to the city of Anyi.
The Han army was already preparing to launch an offensive in secret, but the Ti cavalry of the Eagle and Wolf Guards under him, after capturing the secret operations of the Han army in Jiangyi City, learned the information that the Ti cavalry of the Eagle Guards deployed in Dong County No news came.

This proves that the Han army has discovered the role of the Eagle Guard, and has begun to send people to launch countermeasures.

"This..." Yan Zhong turned his mind, still puzzled, and said suspiciously, "there are no more than ten thousand soldiers of the Southern Huns who can send orders, and the cavalry of the Huns can do field battles on the plains, but it is not satisfactory to attack cities on rugged mountain roads. Besides, the Huns The cavalry is several times weaker than the Han army, so there is nothing to fear."

Yan Zhong was originally from Liangzhou, so he naturally knew the fighting power of the Huns and Qiangs in the north.

Although they were indeed quite brave and skilled in bows and horses, their military equipment was several grades behind that of the Han army. They didn't have much iron weapons or armor.

The same number of Han cavalry can easily defeat the same number of Hun cavalry.

Although the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army in the east of the river is scarce, there are city walls to rely on, and the northern crossings such as Caisangjin were occupied by the Yellow Turban Army, and the Luliang Mountains in the north were also occupied by the Yellow Turban Army.

The Southern Xiongnu cavalry issued by the Han Empire could only attack from the south of Hedong County, or pass through Xihe County, and attack from the south of Taiyuan County.

Passing through Xihe County and attacking from the south of Taiyuan County, the first thing to do is to be ruled out.

Yong'an City lies between Luliang and Taiyue Mountains. The Yellow Turban Army is good at mountain warfare, and the Huns' cavalry are useless in the rugged mountain roads.

No one would be so stupid to use one's own shortcomings to attack the other's strengths.

However, when attacking from the south of Hedong County, the more than [-] Han troops led by Yuan Pang failed to do it. These conscripts would not fight the Huns desperately. How could it be possible?

"I'm not worried about these conscripted Hun soldiers..."

Xu An shook his head and said solemnly.

"I'm worried about the interior of the Southern Huns."

"The Southern Huns nominally belong to the Han court, but in the past few years, there has been constant friction with the area controlled by the Han court."

"If the southern Xiongnu rebelled, do you think the existing troops in Bingzhou can resist the counterattack of tens of thousands of Huns?"

Xu An's words reached Yan Zhong's ears, and instantly set off a huge wave in Yan Zhong's heart.

If the Southern Xiongnu rebelled, the current Bingzhou would be absolutely unable to resist. The trilogy of Shangjun's assistance to Hedong County was completely defeated by Xu An, and the Han army in Xihe County was delayed in Puzi City.

Shangdang County was occupied by the Yellow Turban Army, as was Hedong County. Even if the Han Empire wanted to help Bingzhou, it had no choice.

The Taihang Mountains were also occupied by the Yellow Turban Army, and You, Ji, and the two prefectures were out of reach, and Bingzhou had been reduced to an isolated island.
Today, in the trilogy of the Han Empire in Bingzhou, only Taiyuan County and Yanmen County still have the strength to fight.

But only relying on the troops of these two counties, how can they defeat the Southern Huns army with tens of thousands of troops.

"The Southern Huns...how could they rebel..."

The silk fan in Yan Zhong's hand fell to the ground.

"Liangzhou Rebellion, Battle of Sunflower City..."

In the past few years, all the things that happened have been connected together in Yan Zhong's mind.

As a native of Liangzhou, Yan Zhong knew a thing or two about the situation of the Southern Huns. He naturally knew that the Southern Huns were composed of multiple tribes.

The tribe led by Qiang Qu Shanyu was the largest tribe in the Southern Huns. The relationship between the Southern Huns and Bingzhou was not very good, and the friction gradually increased.

At this time, Yu Fuluo led [-] cavalry to the south, and his own strength would definitely be greatly weakened. If the various tribes of the Southern Huns rebelled, they would be powerless to suppress it...

"If the southern Xiongnu rebelled, I'm afraid they will be able to invade Bingzhou within ten months..."

Yan Zhong was shocked, he thought of a terrible thing.

Will the Huns who captured Bingzhou give up the richer Hedong County?

When the Han Empire was getting weaker and weaker, these nomadic peoples in the north had begun to rise gradually...

Xu An glanced at Yan Zhong with a stern expression, but he didn't fully tell Yan Zhong what he was thinking.

In fact, he was not worried about the Southern Huns. There were Luliang Mountain, Taihang Mountain, Taiyue Mountain and other places as natural dangers, and his troops could still deal with them.

For the time being, the Southern Huns could not threaten the area currently controlled by the Yellow Turban Army, and Guo Tai and Zhang Yan in history, as well as Shangdang County controlled by the Han Empire, all repelled the attack of the Southern Huns.

Xu An fell into panic just because history had begun to change beyond recognition, and he felt as if everything had suddenly lost control.

Now that I come back to my senses, my heart has settled down a lot.

Although the history has changed, he has already established a foundation before the chaos of the world.

Sitting in the land of Shangdang and Hedong counties, there are more than [-] soldiers and civilians under his command, and there are nearly [-] generals and schools under his command after taking over Lu Bu.

Taoist halls in various places have also been established one after another, and the number of available civil servants has gradually increased. Coupled with the establishment of the Eagle Wolf Guard, Xu An's ability to govern the local area has also been greatly strengthened.

Xu An walked all the way, and there are countless more thrilling things than now. When he was standing alone in the forest of Quyang, he walked over Kuicheng and Fenshui when he was standing alone at Jingxing Pass.

"Draw--"

The wooden door was opened by the guards guarding the courtyard, followed by the voice of the guards guarding outside the house.

"Commander Liu Pi of the Eagle Wolf Guard, please see me."

Xu An's frown relaxed a little, he was still wondering when the Eagle Guard made such a big mistake, when would Liu Pi report to him.

"Let him in."

"promise."

After the personal guard sang a promise, there were several whispers from outside the house.

Then Liu Pi's figure appeared in front of Xu An and Yan Zhong.

"See my lord, military advisor."

Liu Pi entered the house and bowed first, his face was extremely embarrassed.

Before Xu An could ask a question, Liu Pi had already revealed a very bad news.

"Eagle Guard's intelligence department in Hedong County was wiped out overnight by the Han army, and only one escaped by chance..."

Xu An narrowed his eyes slightly. Although the Han Empire was decaying, there were still capable people. The role of the Eagle Guards was finally discovered by the Han Empire.

The aristocratic and powerful families in Hedong County are deeply rooted. At this time in the Han Dynasty, only a few people except rangers would go hiking, and ordinary farmers and residents would stay in one place for a long time.

The sudden new faces can be recognized as long as you put in the effort. If the Eagle Wolf Guard wants to develop into the scale of Jin Yiwei in the future, it still needs more time and experience.

Just when Xu An was thinking, Liu Pi told Xu An the good news again.

"The roster of detectives and eyes and ears for development was in the hands of the man who escaped, and was not captured by the Han army."

Xu An closed his eyes, and was able to keep the roster under the surprise attack of the Han army. He couldn't imagine what happened to the Eagle Guard Intelligence Department in Hedong County.

After a long silence, Xu An asked, "How many people died..."

Liu Pi took out a roll of bamboo slips from his sleeve, and the bamboo slips recorded the list of the dead Tiqi. He pushed it forward and replied: "Two from a hundred households, ten banner officials, and forty-two Tiqi. people……"

Liu Pi was silent for a while, then spoke again.

"The reason why Yingwei was attacked in the intelligence department of Hedong County has been found out. Most of the agents and eyes and ears of the development are local people who believe in the way of peace. The Han army seems to have accepted orders. It is said that the false emperor Liu Hong ordered a strict investigation. Taipingdao, this has involved our Eagle Guard."

Xu An was a little surprised. "Liu Hong?"

Liu Pi went on to say: "I have already selected ten Tiqi from the Eagle Guards, and at night let them set off from Pingyang and sneak into Hedong County to use the roster to directly develop the local scouts and eyes and ears as Tiqi."

"Those aristocratic families are powerful and powerful. If a stranger's face appears, they cannot escape their eyes and ears. Therefore, I plan to let all the Yingwei Tiqi who are outside switch places, and then all hide in the dark, and let the locals spy and develop. The Tiqi who came out came forward."

Xu An stared into Liu Pi's eyes and said, "Since you have a plan in mind, then go ahead and implement it. I believe you will never let me down."

"Liu Pi, I will live up to my lord's trust."

Liu Pi solemnly bowed to Xu An.

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