The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 360
In the fifth year of Zhongping (188), May [-]th.

All the troops under Xu An's command have rushed to the outside of Jinyang City one after another. At this time, the two camps in the north and south of Jinyang City are full of fiery scenes.

The vacancies caused by the casualties of the Yellow Turban Army's Martial Soldiers Battalion and Ruishi Battalion at Shuofang were also filled by elites dispatched from various armies, and the total number of troops was even expanded.

Today's military soldier battalion has more than [-] sergeants, and the sharp soldier battalion has reached more than [-] soldiers.

Not only has the number of people increased, but the military equipment of the soldier battalion and sharp soldier battalion has also improved a lot.

In the previous military camps, it was said that all members had iron armor, but in fact it was just an iron breastplate, and the rest was leather armor.

When the army was first built, there were only one tower shield and a few curved edge shields among ten or ten people.

As for the Ruishi Battalion, only all members can wear leather armor, hold halberds or spears, and wear a small amount of curved edge shields. Only officers can wear iron armor similar to soldiers in the Wuzu Battalion.

But now, with the Yellow Turban Army occupying Bingzhou, the production capacity of the workshop is fully opened.

A steady stream of iron ore was transported from mines and caves to workshops in various places. Loggers also worked day and night, felling wood suitable for assembling spears and making bows and crossbows.

The money and food in the treasury of the Yellow Turban Army are disbursed like running water, the freight of the peasants, the wages of the craftsmen, the wages of the loggers, the maintenance of the mine...

The money and food in the treasury of the Yellow Turban Army has decreased, but the arsenal of the Yellow Turban Army has become increasingly busy.

A piece of armor, a long spear, a long halberd, a strong bow, and a bundle of arrows were taken out of the workshop and transported to the arsenal in Jinyang, where they were sent to Soldiers of all armies.

For a long period of time, the official road was full of busy civilian husbands, as well as soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who were in charge of escorting them.

Today's soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army have really faintly resembled the military soldiers of Wei State, who were so powerful in the Warring States Period.

The weapon configuration of the military pawn battalion, ten people and one shrine, equipped with ten long halberds, ten ring-headed knives, three tower shields, and four "crossbowmen" in the shrine, who are at the bottom of each shrine, each holding three crossbow arrows. ten.

Generally, a battle formation with one hundred men is the smallest battle unit, with tower shield soldiers on the outside, halberd soldiers next, and crossbowmen at the end.

In Bingzhou's arsenal, crossbows and arrows are the most stocked, and there are quite a lot of craftsmen who can make crossbows, but the supply is still in short supply.

If it weren't for the conditions, Xu An even thought that except for the tower shield soldiers, the rest of the soldiers should be equipped with crossbows.

In this way, when fighting, it can inflict great damage on the opponent, and further increase the combat effectiveness of the military pawn battalion.

Although the Yellow Turban Army seems to have a large number of people now, Bingzhou is actually sparsely populated, and every soldier, especially the veterans, is actually extremely valuable.

The armor equipped by the soldier battalion has also made great progress.

The original armor was the armor of the Han army seized from the arsenal, and only the breastplate was obtained. As for the arm armor, there was no skirt armor at all, and they could only be replaced by leather armor, or not at all.

This is why the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army suffered heavy casualties in the battle of Kuicheng despite the armor protection, while the casualties in the battle of Shuofang were relatively few.

Now nearly one-third of the soldiers in the military camp are equipped with a new type of arm armor, that is, the original veterans, the more than [-] soldiers who won the bloody battle in Shuofang.

The new arm armor equipped by the military camp is not like the armor currently equipped by the Han army, but is composed of curved iron pieces connected together.

This arm armor was exactly made by Xu An's drawing, and it was the ring arm armor of the Ming Dynasty.

One piece of iron sheet after another is connected in series to protect the arm, while providing the best protection without affecting the movement of the arm.

However, limited by the output of the armor workshop, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army still cannot be equipped with skirt armor.

The iron armor that can cover the legs and feet is only eligible to be worn by the first-ranked tower shield soldiers.

More ordinary soldiers, the newly added soldiers are still only equipped with iron breastplates, and their iron armors are remade by craftsmen from the broken armor of the original soldier camp, the eliminated armor, and the iron armor captured by the Huns. Yes, the defense is weaker.

The sharp warrior battalion has also been strengthened to a certain extent, and the sharp warriors who have retreated from the battle of Shuofang have also finished changing their outfits. The original leather armor of more than [-] sharp warriors has been filled with some iron armor pieces.

Bingzhou is located on the border, and the number of craftsmen is more than that of the mainland. However, due to the forging technology, the production capacity is not very high.

As for the technology of forging weapons, Xu An didn't have any good ideas. Although he used to like cold weapons, it was limited to books and online videos. As for how to forge and how to improve the forging technology, Xu An didn't have any clues. .

However, Xu An still knew some common sense about forging, which he had learned in history books.

In the current workshop, Xu An has issued several decrees, one of which is to encourage craftsmen to update their technology, as long as they can effectively increase production and weapon strength, they will give high rewards.

The experienced craftsmen in the workshop were also gathered together, allowing them to do some experiments while forging generals' armor and weapons, and arranged documents to record the experimental data.

Today, the output of the workshops of the Yellow Turban Army is still limited, but the current Yellow Turban Army is still not what it used to be.

You must know that many ordinary soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army did not even have iron weapons, and some of the weapons they held were just spears made of wood.

The current Yellow Turban Army has been fully refitted. The combat troops directly under Xu An's command are not only equipped with all-iron weapons, but also equipped with a large amount of armor.

There are a total of 100 soldiers in the military pawn battalion and sharp warrior battalion that participated in this battle. The armor rate is 40%, and the iron armor accounts for nearly [-]%.

Although this kind of military equipment is not as good as the Xiyuan Forbidden Army newly established by the Han Dynasty, it is still several times stronger than the local troops of the Han Army.

The military equipment of the Xiaoqi Battalion basically does not need to be made by workshops. Most of the Xiaoqi Battalion are soldiers of the Han Army. Before Xu An accepted it, a lot of iron armor had already been installed.

But in the battle of Shuofang, the Xiaoqi Battalion also lost many soldiers and damaged a lot of armor, but this only accounted for a part of the manpower used for repairs.

There is not much in Bingzhou's arsenal, but there are quite a few armor pieces for repair.

The worst equipped were Bingzhou righteous conscripts recruited from the original Xiongnu tribe, with a total of [-] men, [-] cavalry and [-] infantry.

Among them, [-] cavalry were used as combat soldiers, but even if they were soldiers, most of these Huns only wore robes, and a small number of them had leather armor.

Almost [-]% of the iron armor of the Huns was taken away by Xu An, leaving only [-]% for the Huns.

None of the [-] Xiongnu infantry were wearing armor, and they had all kinds of weapons, not even iron weapons. They just served as auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands.

Xu An's original plan was to send [-] troops, but the battle between the two counties will definitely break out into a siege battle. The troops directly under Xu An's command will be deployed in this battle. Consumed in siege warfare.

Moreover, the logistical recruitment of civilian husbands also consumes a lot of money and food, while the recruitment of Huns only needs to be responsible for the meals of the Huns.

It can also reduce the pressure on Du Liao General Li De outside the Great Wall. After all, Xu An led the main force of the Yellow Turban Army to advance eastward in this battle. some trouble.

After thinking about it, Xu An recruited [-] more Hun infantry, but it was just to consume more rations.

On the one hand, it saves the money for recruiting civilian husbands, and on the other hand, it suppresses the possible rebellion of the Huns, which kills two birds with one stone.

Outside Jinyang City, all the troops of the Yellow Turban Army were in place.

Tian Zhong and An Puyan also took Xu An's order and returned to the Wuhuan tribe in Shanggu with Nanlou's daughter Yujin.

The marriage was arranged after the capture of the two counties.

With Xu An's consent, An Puyan didn't stay long, and happily left Jinyang City with Xu An's letter.

And on May [-]th.

Shanggu Wuhuan also launched an attack on Daijun and Shanggu counties.

Nanlou first sent a letter to the sheriff of Shanggu County, saying that he wanted to restore the old treatment and wanted to enter the southern part of the Great Wall to resettle some clansmen.

The sheriff of Shanggu County naturally rejected Nanlou, and Nanlou just wanted an excuse to send troops without letting the two counties be vigilant against the Yellow Turban Army.

Having got an excuse, Nanlou recruited more than [-] Wuhuan cavalry in one go, and even personally led the army to attack Shanggu County.

However, Nanlou also knew that he was only acting as a containment party, and the main attack was the Yellow Turban Army led by Xu An, so it was only a partial harassment.

Otherwise, if the offensive is too fierce, the Han army officials in Dai and Shanggu counties ask for support, and let Liu Yu lead troops to come to support in advance, it will be extremely uncomfortable.

Nanlou was able to command more than [-] tribes and lead so many Wuhuan people, so his experience in battle was naturally incomparably rich.

The grasslands are no different than the Han lands. Surviving on the grasslands in the north is extremely difficult.

The weak prey on the strong, natural selection, and the prosperity and decline of the tribes. Nanlou can lead so many Wuhuan people to maintain their prosperity. Naturally, it cannot be underestimated.

Although more than [-] cavalry were recruited, Nanlou only caused the Wuhuan people to try to go southward for the soldiers guarding the Great Wall. The offensives were frequent, but not violent, and they only needed a little support to hold on.

Zhang Ju's rebellion in Youzhou separated part of the troops of Shanggu County and Dai County, especially the cavalry troops, which were basically transferred to Liu Yu's command.

After all, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun have a large number of cavalry, and the best way to fight against cavalry is cavalry.

Therefore, Shanggu County and Dai County were harassed by the Shanggu Wuhuan tribe, and there were not enough cavalry for them to attack and investigate the truth.

Nanlou stayed in the Han area for a long time, so he naturally had his own dark chess, and the details of the Han army were also left behind by him in the dark chess and sent to Nanlou, so Nanlou's grasp of the strength of the attack was naturally just right.

The soldiers in the central and southern parts of the two counties are heading north to support them, but Liu Yu of Zhuo County has no intention of supporting the two counties.

May thirteenth.

Xu An swore an oath to the south of the city and raised his troops to fight.

With Xu Huang as the commander-in-chief of the northern army, with a total force of [-], they marched to the north of Daijun, Banshi and Beipingyi.

Xu An personally led the Southern Army, with a total strength of [-], to the south of Dai County, Lingqiu, and Dai County.

With a total force of [-] people, plus [-] Xiongnu infantry as auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands and soldiers who transported supplies, the number of the Yellow Turban Army's expedition this time has reached a terrifying level.

Bingzhou has not seen such a large-scale use of troops for a long time.

The last time the Yellow Turban Army went to Shuofang was only a few months ago, but when the Yellow Turban Army went out, it didn't attract too many people's attention.

But this time, the appearance of the Yellow Turban Army attracted everyone's attention.

The reason why the Yellow Turban Army's expedition this time can attract the attention of Bingzhou is not only because of the achievements of the Yellow Turban Army in attacking the Huns from the north, but also because of its huge scale, which is twice as large as that of the Northern Huns.

And this time, the Yellow Turban Army has more cavalry, and the impact brought by the cavalry is more intuitive than the infantry.

[-] soldiers from Bingzhou set off as the vanguard under the leadership of the generals of the Yellow Turban Army, and Lu Bu led the [-] Xiaoqi Battalion behind them.

The team of the Yellow Turban Army was mighty, countless yellow banners fluttering above the official road, one after another flags were erected high in the queue, together with the ups and downs of the helmets wrapped in yellow turbans, they merged into a khaki ocean.

The sound of the hooves of the horses, the footsteps, and the waving of the banners were as stirring as a surging river.

Xu An rode a maroon horse and walked at the front of the team.

On the war horse was a khaki-colored horse coat, which was made by Xu An's garment maker. It was almost the same shape as the horse coat nicknamed a bed sheet worn by medieval western knights on their war horses.

Not only the horse that Xu An was riding was wearing horse clothes, but Xu An's fifty bodyguard cavalry were also riding war horses that were also wearing khaki horse clothes.

However, it was only limited to Xu An and the guard cavalry behind him wearing horse clothes, and the rest of the cavalry did not wear horse clothes.

Horse clothes have two functions, the first is sun protection in summer, and the second is protection from cold in winter.

But these two points are not the reasons why Xu An chose the horse clothes. There is only one reason Xu An chooses to make these horse clothes. The horse clothes are qualified as decorations for war horses.

Husband and courage also.

In wars in the era of cold weapons and wars in the era of firearms, morale still has a great influence on the outcome of the war.

Therefore, ordinary generals and schools will wear gorgeous and conspicuous armor, with tall and eye-catching banners.

The clothes of the soldiers will also use eye-catching colors as much as possible, and there are all kinds of military flags, all of which can improve morale.

During the Napoleonic period, the colors of military uniforms on the European battlefield were relatively bright.

The function of the horse clothes is used here. The fifty war horses are arranged neatly, wearing khaki horse clothes, each holding a flag, and the momentum is daunting.

Apart from the fact that the guards and knights are all equipped with horse clothes, there are three tall banners behind Xu An.

The first banner behind Xu An was the big khaki flag.

Behind the big banner there are two banners, one with the inscription "Taiping Dao Great Virtuous Teacher." On the other side, a majestic general is drawn, with the words "Huang Tian" written on it.

After several years of baptism, the soldiers of the original Yellow Turban Army wore all kinds of clothing, and they could only be identified by wearing the Yellow Turban.

Today's Yellow Turban Army has completely changed its appearance. The Yellow Turbans are now tied on top of the helmets. The clothes they wear are all military uniforms dyed khaki, covered with black armor, and holding brand-new weapons.

Xuanjia in yellow clothes, the armor is distinct, like a heavenly soldier descending from the yellow sky.

(End of this chapter)