The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 251 Coordination
Standing in the courtyard for a while, and blowing a cool breeze, Xu An's mind was also cleared up a lot.

Xu An tilted his head and asked, "What time is it now?"

A soldier standing by the door replied: "Back to the great virtuous teacher, it is already the third watch (12 o'clock)."

There is a person in charge of reporting and timing in the government office. Not long ago, the person who reported the report passed by Xu An's place, but Xu An was too focused at the time, so he didn't hear it.

"It turned out to be midnight."

Xu An laughed, no wonder he felt so groggy before, it should have been time for him to go to bed long ago.

I still remember that when I was in school, I often played on my mobile phone until three or four o'clock in the night without feeling sleepy. Now it's midnight, but it feels like it's late.

Work at sunrise, and rest at sunset.

After Xu An chatted with the guards outside the room, he sat back in the room again.

Now Xu An occupies the land of Dingxiang, Yanmen, Taiyuan, Shangdang, and Hedong counties. Although the two counties of Dongxiang and Dingxiang only account for half, the population of Hedong County and the pastures of Dingxiang County make Xu An The strength has been enriched again.

The invasion of Hedong County, the Battle of Fenshui, the defensive battle of Jiangyi, and the fierce battle between the North of Yong'an City and the Huns.

It also killed and injured more than [-] people in the Yellow Turban Army under Xu An's command. Among them, the Baibo Army belonging to Guo Tai and the troops who followed Zhang Yan accounted for a relatively high proportion of casualties.

At the beginning, Xu An occupied Shangdang County with a total of more than [-] soldiers, and sent a total of nearly [-] soldiers before and after the invasion of Hedong County.

Taihang four Xing, except for Taihang Xing, Hanoi County, which has the largest number of Han troops, left two soldiers, and the other three Xing each had only one soldier guarding them, which left more than [-] soldiers.

Although Yu Du did not perform well in the battle of Kuicheng, Xu An let Yu Du lead troops to attack Hanoi County when he invaded Hedong County. Yu Du did not live up to Xu An's expectations and successfully held back a large number of Han troops.

After Xu An thought about it, he decided to hand over the defense of the entire Taihang Mountain area to Yu Du, and Huang Long and Pei Yuanshao were also classified as Yu Du's restraint.

The trilogy of Sixing in Taihang Mountain was reorganized into an army by Xu An, named Taihang Army.

With General Xuanwei Yu Du as the officer, General Huang Long and Ying Yang Xiaowei Pei Yuanshao as the deputy, a total of five departments were compiled, and the full number of troops was rated at [-], but now the Taixing Army actually only has [-] troops. More than a thousand people.

The garrison in Shangdang County has [-] soldiers in Bachi Mountain. Among the thirteen cities, several big cities and border towns left three soldiers, and the rest have only two soldiers.

However, most of the trilogy left behind in the interior were not fully compiled, but there were also more than [-] soldiers. There were [-] soldiers in the interior of Shangdang County and the defenders of Bachi Mountain in total.

It turned out that when Xu An was not around, it was handed over to the heads of the three Lutai families, Li Heng, Wang Ren, and Zhao Le.

Although the Lutai family was the first team to follow Xu An in the Taihang Mountains, Xu An still kept Liu Pi, so it was Liu Pi who actually controlled Shangdang County at that time.

However, because Xu An captured Hedong County later, he summoned Liu Pi to come, and now the military and government in Shangdang County have been separated.

Zhao Le is in charge of political affairs. Zhao Le has studied under Yan Zhong for several years. Although he was just the head of a small family with hundreds of people before, he can be considered to be in charge now.

During the invasion of Hedong County, Zhao Le was the one who contributed the most in the logistics arrangement plan to supply more than [-] Yellow Turbans.

Although Zhao Le's personality is a bit timid, Zhao Le seems to be naturally sensitive to numbers. When he was in Shangdang County, because of the lack of civil servants for internal affairs, Xu An opened a Taoist hall.

There are four colleges of Taoism, Classics, Justice, and Medicine in the Taoist hall. Later, Xu An added another college dedicated to teaching arithmetic, called "Shu Yuan". Relying on previous memories, he wrote a textbook on mathematics.

Zhao Le is indeed talented in mathematics, and can draw inferences from one instance to another. Now he even serves as the lecturer of mathematics in the Taoist hall of the eldest son city.

Li Heng and Wang Ren were also promoted to lieutenants in the army by Xu An because of their military exploits.

When invading Hedong County, Xu An dispatched a lot of soldiers from the interior and Bachi Mountain. Now there are only [-] soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army in the interior of Shangdang County.

As for the remaining soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army on Bachi Mountain, under Xu An's order, Li Heng led them northward to collect Taiyuan County, and now they are directly under Xu An's command.

Of the seven Baibo armies that originally belonged to Guo Tai, four are currently stationed at various passes in Wangwu Mountain.

Guo Tai led the other three for the defense of Hedong County, and together with He Man's [-] infantry defended against Puzi City, the first line of the Han army in the county.

On the southern defense line of Henan County, there were more than [-] soldiers in the camp on the north bank of Fenshui, and there were more than [-] soldiers on the front line of Jiangyi and Yicheng.

In Yanmen County of Bingzhou, Gong Du assigned another group of elite soldiers with more than [-] people.

The towns controlled by the Yellow Turban Army in the county also left a lot of parts, so the current field force of the Yellow Turban Army, the soldiers directly under Xu An's command is about [-] people, this is counting the direction of Bachi Mountain After the reinforcements.

Although Xu An has only [-] field troops under his command, except for the [-] reinforcements from Bachi Mountain, the rest of the troops are basically elites from various armies, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

The Yellow Turban Army invaded Henan County this time, and lost more than [-] people. However, the results were remarkable. Not only did they take the northern part of Hedong County as planned, but they also took down the three counties of Bingzhou, and surrendered more than [-] Han people. The surrender of the army.

Xu An put down the military data compiled by the Chinese officials. The military of the Yellow Turban Army has not stopped for the time being, and the finances have always been maintained by robbing the money of the powerful families in the ruling land.

Although the previous financial situation was pretty good and there was a lot of surplus, this expedition cost a lot of money, such as food, armor and weapons, and the recruitment of civilians.

Moreover, the two border counties of Yanmen County and Dingxiang County do not have much food, and they will need the assistance of the Yellow Turban Army soon.

Therefore, the original seizure of the money of the powerful gentry in Shangdang County is not enough now.

"Sure enough, maintaining such a huge military force is still a bit difficult."

Xu An rubbed his temples. Although he said so, Xu An did not want to disarm the army, and even planned to continue to expand the army.

The current finances of the Yellow Turban Army can still maintain such a huge military strength of the Yellow Turban Army for more than half a year.

There is also good news from Shangdang County. This year is considered to be a good one. Some of the surplus grain collected can support the soldiers in Taihang Mountain, so there is no need to consume too much grain.

The Yellow Turban Army only collected two kinds of taxes in Shangdang County, one was agricultural tax and the other was commercial tax.

For ordinary farmers, the Yellow Turban Army only collected [-]% of the agricultural tax, while farmers who leased the land that the Yellow Turban Army had previously seized from the gentry and tyrants collected [-]% of the tax.

The commercial tax is only for shops in cities and towns, and only [-]% of the commercial tax is charged. It does not target mobile vendors. Walkers and pawns do not need to pay any tax.

Now Xu An also owns a lot of shops in towns and cities. These belong to the powerful gentry in Shangdang County. After they were arrested by Eagle Wolf Guards, the shops they originally owned were also confiscated.

Later, it was rented out by Xu An at a relatively low price, which can be regarded as earning part of the money.

However, except for the many powerful nobles in Shangdang County, there are also bad influences. The towns in Shangdang County have indeed declined a lot, but now they are slowly stabilizing with the society.

Most of the merchants in Shangdang County also joined the Yellow Turban Army one after another, so the business in Shangdang County slowly prospered again.

(End of this chapter)