The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 249
"In Yanmen County, the fourteen cities of Guangwu, Lucheng, Yinguan, and Pingcheng have all been taken over by our army. Gong Du has led a group of elite soldiers to Yanmen Pass three days ago."

Liu Pi knelt and sat about one meter beside Xu An, holding a bamboo slip in his hand and reporting the situation in Bingzhou to Xu An.

"The two cities of Shanwu and Zhongling in Dingxiang County were also taken over by our army, but the three cities of Wuding, Tongguo and Luoxian on the west side of the Great Wall are still in the hands of the Huns."

"In the arsenals of Yanmen, Taiyuan, and Dingxiang counties, there are still 227 iron armor collars, 1720 leather armor collars, 1000 ring-head knives, 800 tower shields, 700 curved edge shields, 2000 halberd handles, and 50 armored horses. There are more than 1000 pairs of crossbows and 600 pairs of bows.”

Xu An's brows were slightly frowned. He had seized the arsenal of Taiyuan County once before, and it was understandable that it was missing a little bit. But why are Dingxiang and Yanmen border counties so lacking in military equipment?

It stands to reason that the military equipment of the county soldiers in the border counties is definitely better than that of the inland county soldiers, because they need to face the threat of the enemy at all times.

The finances of the Han Empire at this time were not as desperate as they were at the end of the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, the emperor Liu Hong kept a large amount of wealth in his hands by selling officials and nobles, and relying on various taxes.

Xu An asked: "How many Han troops have been incorporated into the two counties, and how are they equipped?"

"There are about [-] soldiers in Dingxiang County, including [-] infantry and [-] cavalry."

"There are about [-] people in Yanmen County. There should have been more than [-] soldiers in Yanmen County. However, before the Huns went south, although they relied on the city gate to repel the Huns, they also suffered nearly a thousand casualties. Now Yanmen County has more than [-] troops. [-] infantry, [-] cavalry."

"As for armaments, the infantry of the two counties basically wear leather armor, and the iron armor is mainly concentrated on the cavalry. There are [-] armors."

Xu An took the bamboo slips from Liu Pi, and carefully examined the recorded events.

After Zhang Yi slayed himself, Li En led his troops back to surrender. Most of the remaining soldiers were about [-] infantry, and only [-] cavalry remained.

The loss of infantry was caused when the Huns attacked the Han army's camp, and the Han army's cavalry was reduced by more than half, which was the result of the fierce battle between Zhang Yi and Xu Bugu in the wilderness.

As for the remaining soldiers in Taiyuan County, there are more than [-] soldiers, all of whom are infantry.

Counting the surrendered troops from Dingxiang and Yanmen counties, Xu An now has 4700 infantry and 3700 cavalry under his command.

It's just that most of these troops cannot be mobilized, and Xu An still needs them to guard against the Huns in the north.

They couldn't reorganize for the time being, and the threat of the Huns has not retreated. They are still hovering outside Xihe County and Yanmen County, eyeing a tiger, ready to prey on their prey.

"Yanmen, Dingxiang and the Xiongnu have been fighting each other all year round. They all have blood feuds with each other. Now that they have surrendered, there is basically no risk of rebellion."

Xu An put down the bamboo slips. He had already ordered Gong Du to take a yellow scarf army soldier northward and take over the defense of Yanmen Pass.

Bai Rao and Bai Que, as Gong Du's deputy, each led a thousand soldiers to go north together. Bai Que led the troops to sit in Shanwu, Dingxiang County, and Bai Rao, to sit in Yinguan, the county government of Yanmen County.

Xu An pondered for a moment and said: "Leave a thousand cavalry for Gong Du, and the rest of the cavalry will all gather in Jinyang City."

Liu Pi was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "My lord, are you planning to build a cavalry trilogy?"

Xu An nodded and said: "In addition to keeping the scouts of the various armies, I also plan to build another cavalry regiment. In field battles, our army's cavalry is far inferior to the Han army. If we win, we can't take advantage of the victory to expand the victory. There is a danger of capsizing..."

Xu An stopped talking, he saw something wrong with Liu Pi's expression.

Liu Piqiang smiled and said: "In this way, we no longer need to fear the cavalry of the Han army."

Xu An suddenly remembered that Liu Pi was the leader of the Yellow Angels.

In the first battle of Guangzong, in order to cover the retreat of the army.

Zhang Liang ordered Huang Shao to lead all the yellow angels to stay behind as the rear of the army, and let Liu Pi follow beside him.

Liu Pi's most proud disciple was the leader of the Yellow Turban cavalry outside Guangzong City.

It was the Yellow Turban cavalry that was left by Zhang Liang to fight against the most valiant Sanhe knights of the Han Empire, who used their lives to win a respite for the army.

In the first battle of Guangzong, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Liang lost all the cavalry and all the Yellow Angels.

For a moment, Xu An also remembered some old things from the past.

Of those Paoze who slept in the same military tent with him, only two people are alive now, one is Xu Da, his bodyguard Qu Quchang, and the other is Zhang Ji, the child who has been carrying the military flag for him.

It's just that his small team flag has now been replaced by a tall flag. Although Zhang Ji has grown up a lot, he can't continue to hold the flag for Xu An.

Thinking of this, Xu An continued: "The Eagle Wolf Guards Office in Bingzhou should be a waste of time, right?"

"A lot of waste is waiting to be done?"

Liu Pi was a little puzzled, but immediately understood the meaning of Xu An's words.

"Before, my lord allocated another sum of money. The Eagle Wolf Guard planned to set up a thousand-household office in Taiyuan County, and a hundred-household office in Yanmen and Dingxiang. There is indeed a shortage of manpower, and there are still affairs that have not been processed. There is no way to deliver them for the time being. information."

"Do you still remember Zhang Ji?" Xu An smiled, "It's the kid who has been holding the flag for me."

Liu Piwei thought about it, and a thin half-grown child appeared in his mind, the kid who had been closely following Xu An, holding Xu An's military flag.

"I remember." Liu Pi also showed a smile on his face. He had taught that kid how to practice swords before.

It's just that he has been busy with the affairs of the Eagle Wolf Guard for a long time, but he hasn't seen Zhang Ji much.

"My lord, could it be that you want to arrange for Zhang Ji to enter my Eagle Wolf Guard?"

Liu Pi's heart moved, and he also guessed Xu An's thoughts.

"In Taiyuan County, there are quite a lot of vacancies in the hundred households..."

"No need." Xu An interrupted Liu Pi's words, "The official of a hundred households started too high. Zhang Ji is only a senior leader in my personal guard, and he has no merits. How can he be appointed as a hundred households?"

"I remember that the hundred households in Jiangyi City are Zhao Jike."

Liu Pi responded, "Exactly."

Xu An lightly knocked on the case table and said: "Let Zhang Ji go to Jiangyi City to be a banner officer and experience it under Zhao Ji."

"promise."

Liu Pi clasped his fists and agreed.

Xu An finished arranging Zhang Ji's affairs, and continued to speak to Liu Pi: "This time, the selection of personnel, the Eagle Wolf Guards should not choose from the scouts in the army, and the cavalry. Cavalrymen, fill the vacancy of the Eagle Wolf Guard."

"there's one more thing."

Xu An seemed to suddenly remember something.

"In Yanmen County, there should be a county official or military officer named Zhang Liao, named Wenyuan, please invite him to Jinyang City."

"There is nothing wrong here for the time being, you can go back to the government office now."

Xu An unfolded the other scrolls of bamboo slips on the case table. After Yan Zhong left, although several of his friends and Zhao Le were there to help with government affairs, they had just taken over Bingzhou, and Xu An still had a lot of affairs to deal with.

(End of this chapter)