The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 316
The power struggle within the Huns has entered its final stage.

Xu Bu Gu Du Hou has regained the upper hand in this confrontation, and most of the tribes have surrendered at his feet.

He has already begun to think about revitalizing the Huns and restoring their former glory after taking over as the Xiongnu Shanyu.

It's just that Xu Buguduhou didn't realize that a huge storm against the Huns was brewing just around the Xiongnu and in the four directions of the Xiongnu.

Zhongping five years (188), mid-February.

Beidi County, Liangzhou has assembled more than [-] cavalry.

Among the more than [-] people, [-] are elite Han cavalry under the command of Wang Guo, Han Sui, and Ma Teng.

The remaining [-] people are the Qiang cavalry from various ministries. Although they are numerous and powerful, the foundation of Liangzhou is too weak. Arm up.

Not even their direct line troops are able to wear armor and hold strong bows.

Most of the Qiang cavalry still only have light and soft bows in their hands, and they only rely on superb riding skills and large numbers.

But they are enough to deal with ordinary Huns cavalry.

Moreover, there are more than [-] elite Han cavalry in full armor, and they are not afraid of the Huns.

On the other hand, Xu An also lost all his money.

Xiaoqi Battalion and Ruishi Battalion, with a total of more than [-] people, all went north and stationed in Yanmen County.

The defense mission of Hedong County was handed over to Zhang Yan by Xu An, who took over Xu Huang's duties and became the chief general of the Yellow Turban Army in Hedong County.

As for Xu Huang, as the chief general of the Yellow Turban Army in Yanmen County, he commanded two divisions, the Xiaoqi Battalion and the Ruishi Battalion.

Gong Du and Lu Bu will serve as deputies.

There are more than [-] people in the white robe army, the trapped camp, the military soldier camp, and the yellow angels.

Gathered in Xihe County, this army was led by Xu An himself.

Li De, Gao Shun, He Man, Bai Rao, Song Xian, Wei Xu and a large number of Yellow Turban Army generals are among them.

The Xiaoqi Battalion has now expanded to a scale of [-] people, and the [-] white-robed troops stationed in Xihe County have also been trained by Xu An to become a cavalry trilogy.

Most of the soldiers in Xihe County can ride horses, and they are all quite skilled in riding.

After weighing the pros and cons, Xu An decided to pay a part of the money and food to train the white-robed army.

The only cavalry unit of the Yellow Turban Army, the Quxiao Cavalry Battalion, was commanded by Lu Bu.

The first reason is that Xiaoqiying cannot be allowed to become the dominant family, otherwise, Lu Bu may think that Xu An cannot do without Xiaoqiying, and thus develop arrogance.

The second reason is that two same parts can be compared with each other. Only with comparison and competition can they make progress and not stand still.

This point has been very well reflected in the military pawn battalion and sharp warrior battalion of the Yellow Turban Army.

Both the military pawn battalion and sharp warrior battalion are survival of the fittest. If they fail the assessment, they will be downgraded to the next level.

Military pawns are downgraded to sharp soldiers, and sharp soldiers are downgraded to ordinary sergeants.

The last reason is that Xu An really needs cavalry at this stage.

The turmoil within the Han Empire was relatively small for the time being, and it was mainly concentrated in the North, not the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Liu Hong is not dead, and although the Han Dynasty is declining, its power is still there.

Before the later generation Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, the emperor of the Han Dynasty was disgraced and was directly treated as a puppet.

It is very unrealistic to expand to Jizhou and Sili.

And when chaos is about to break out, Xu An also needs to eliminate the danger of the Northland first, so that the Yellow Turban Army's military strength will not be scattered as it is now.

And this threat came from the Southern Huns in the north.

The Southern Huns were mainly concentrated in the three counties of Yunzhong, Wuyuan, and Shuofang, as well as Xihe County and the area north of the Great Wall in Shangjun.

After defeating the Xiongnu, Xu Anneng got much-needed food, money, and a large number of livestock.

These livestock can be used for food, for breeding, and for improving the efficiency of farming.

and also……

The Yellow Turban Army is currently in urgent need of manpower.

There are quite a lot of craftsmen in Bingzhou, and the potential for war is relatively large, but the lack of raw materials largely restricts the Yellow Turban Army's weaponry.

Iron ore is scarce, although there are many iron mines in Taihang, Taiyue and other mountains.

However, the number of people under the rule of the Yellow Turban Army is really too few. A million people sounds like a lot, but they are distributed all over Bingzhou, which can only be described in four words - vast land and sparse population.

And Xu An didn't want ordinary farmers to become miners to mine iron ore.

Mine work has a high death rate, and there are fields in Bingzhou, Hedong and even now that are too late to cultivate.

In this era, the mining technology is too crude. Although the mining technology of later generations is relatively mature, which greatly reduces the casualty rate, Xu An has never done research on mining, so there is no good way to prevent casualties.

So Xu An set his sights on the Southern Huns who already had hatred.

Now that the Southern Huns waved their butcher knives, they should also be prepared to bear all the consequences.

The people of Xihe County cannot just die in vain!
To defeat the Huns, one needs to fight on the vast grasslands, so Xu An needs a large number of cavalry to enable him to achieve this goal.

Almost all the available war horses in Bingzhou were assembled by Xu An.

Under Yan Zhong's arrangement, a large number of civilian husbands were recruited, and the vehicles transporting grain and grass flowed to the north like a river.

Almost all the available war horses in Bingzhou were gathered in Yanmen and Xihe counties.

And the people in Bingzhou knew that the Yellow Turban Army was going to leave the fortress, and no one did not support the Northern Expedition of the Huns.

When the Yellow Turban Army went to the border of Yanmen and Xihe counties, they received a grand welcome from the people along the way.

The eagle wolf guard's Tiqi is also working day and night, strictly preventing the news of the guard from leaking out.

If the Xiongnu had learned the news too early, it would have greatly increased the pressure on the Yellow Turban Army.

In the north, Wuhuan King Nanlou personally led more than [-] Wuhuan cavalry from Shanggu County. According to the plan discussed with Xu An, they moved closer to Yinshan and intercepted the Xiongnu's retreat.

None of Xubuguduhou and the nobles of the Southern Xiongnu thought that in just a few short years, the Yellow Turban Army, which lacked cavalry and could not pursue, had secretly planned such a terrifying plan.

As of February [-]th, there are only a few days before the time for dispatching troops.

Xu An's plan to spread the net in all directions has already taken shape.

To the north were more than [-] Wuhuan cavalry led by Mr. Nanlou, Wuhuan of Shanggu County.

To the west is the coalition army jointly sent by Wang Guo, Han Sui, and Ma Teng, with a total of [-] cavalry.

To the east is the Yanmen Yellow Turban Army led by General Protector Xu Huang, with a total of more than [-] people.

To the south is the Yellow Turban Army of Xihe County, led by Xu An himself, with a total of more than [-] people.

For the First Battle of the Southern Huns, a total of nearly [-] soldiers were dispatched.

Spread the net on all sides and attack the Huns together.

Even those tribes at the outermost extent of the influence of the Huns, when they saw the arrival of the Wuhuan and Liangzhou armies, not only did not pass on the meaning to the Huns, but joined their ranks.

It is normal for them to take advantage of the fire to loot and attach themselves to the strong.

Survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest, this is the law on the grassland!

The fierce tiger has shown its sharp fangs, but the Southern Xiongnu tribe as the prey, their position of "Supporting the Plow and Gutu Shanyu" is still vacant, and no one has yet to inherit it.

Xu Bu Guduhou was still eliminating the last dissident, he was unaware of the imminent threat.

The butcher knife he raised was aimed at his compatriots.

(End of this chapter)