The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 417

Xu You unfolded the folding fan with one hand, fanned it gently, and led the white horse under the seat forward with the other hand.

"I noticed that after the pursuit of Jingxing, Yan Sima, you seem to be quite cautious about countering the rebellion. You should have found some clues, but you are right."

Yan Liang raised his eyebrows slightly, noncommittal.

"The current situation is very clear. The five hundred forwards under Wen Sima's command have all been wiped out, and the more than a thousand reinforcements of Yan Sima have also been blocked by our troops. I have already set up multiple ambushes along the official road. With a large number of followers, I can guarantee that even if you are not ambushed, you will definitely be at a disadvantage."

As soon as Xu You's voice fell, it seemed to prove that what Xu You said was not a lie. Several puffs of wolf smoke rose into the sky almost at the same time, and they rose from all directions and positions at the same time.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou looked into the distance with solemn expressions. Standing here, they could clearly see that a part of the wolf smoke was rising from the northeast, and that was where they came from.

Surprise flashed in Yan Liang's eyes, and he looked back at Wen Chou.

Wen Chou led the scout cavalry first. Logically speaking, if there was an ambush among them, it would be difficult to escape the scout's detection.

"Wen Sima has been in battle for a long time, and if it is an ordinary ambush, he will naturally be unable to escape the eyes and ears of the scouts, so I did not arrange soldiers to set up an ambush near the official road in advance."

Xu You smiled, and said without haste.

"The scouts on the two wings could not detect too far because of the obstruction of the forest, so I ordered the soldiers to wait on the periphery first, and when the signal sounded, they marched immediately and attacked them from three sides together."

Yan Liang withdrew his gaze and looked at the confident Xu You again. Although his heart was full of waves, he still tried to calm down and retorted: "Mr. Xu only has three thousand Hu Qi under his command, and almost all of them are here. , As for the pawns, there are only four to five thousand pawns under his command that are worthy of battle.

"That is to say, as an ambush soldier, there are at most only three or four thousand soldiers who are worthy of a battle. The rest of them are yellow scarves that are no more than village braves. I'm afraid there is nothing they can do with the farm tools in their hands Break open the armor of my son-in-law."

Xu You seemed to have known that Yan Liang would refute his words.

"If Gao Yuanbo is in command of the army, the ambush will naturally be impossible and difficult to win. Although you have shown the banner of Gao Lan in the army, I know that it is not Gao Yuanbo who is leading the army now, but someone else. The real Gao Uncle Yuan is still in Hejian Kingdom."

Wen Chou's face froze, the Eagle Wolf Guard's penetration into Jizhou was deeper than they imagined.

Gao Yuanbo in Xu You's mouth is Gao Lan. Both Yan Liang and Wen Chou are cavalry generals, but they are very lacking in infantry warfare. Gao Lan is not only brave, but also proficient in infantry combat. Law, but also take into account some military training talent.

Unlike Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Gao Lan was born in a Gao family in Bohai, and he was able to learn books and tactics that can only be found in many aristocratic families.

"Apart from the two of you in the Jizhou army, only Gao Lan and Han Meng can be called generals, and the rest are mediocre people who are not worth mentioning. The official career is only four thousand. The rest of the infantry, destroying their troops, is like the palm of luck!"

Xu You smiled coldly, and his voice gradually became cold.

"Its sound is like a thunderbolt, throwing boulders, and breaking the city wall is like a child's play. You should be familiar with the thunderbolt car."

Yan Liang and Wen Chou were speechless, they didn't know why Xu You brought up the Perak car at this moment.

"In our army of the Yellow Turban Army, there is also a kind of catapult vehicle that can throw stone bullets and can be transported quickly. These catapult vehicles have already fired stone catapults at the troops marching on the official road before the smoke rose. bomb."

"When the smoke rises, it is the order to attack. Do you think that just [-] people can stop the attack of [-] troops under my command?"

"The three armies can win the spirit, and the general can win the heart. Both of you are trapped in the battle. How can the morale of the soldiers under your command not be low? On the contrary, our army treats the near to the far, the weak to the labor, and the full to the hungry. How invincible are you?" ?”

Xu You stepped forward again, put away the folding fan in his hand, stared at Yan Liang and Wen Chou with stiff faces, and spoke slowly.

"Right now, Yan Sima and Wen Sima should worry more about you. Now you are surrounded from all sides, and thousands of ballistas have been deployed."

"I know that the two of you are extremely brave and have the reputation of being the champion of the three armies, but even the former overlord Xiang Yu was unable to escape death under heavy siege. You should also be very clear. But compared to the overlord Xiang Yu, he is still much inferior, and there is no reason for him to be spared under the siege from all sides."

In fact, Wen Chou had already heard some clues, but he couldn't figure out what Yan Liang was thinking. Seeing that Yan Liang didn't say anything, he hesitated for a while, and finally chose to take Xu You's talk.

"Mr. Xu told me so many things. There should be a reason. Otherwise, two people who are destined to die are not worth wasting so much Mr. Xu's words."

Xu You smiled lightly and raised the folding fan in his hand.

Among the dozens of riders behind him, two riders rushed out suddenly, Wen Chou's complexion changed slightly, and the pupils in his eyes shrank involuntarily.

Among the two riders, there was a horse on the back of which was none other than Cheng Feng who had gone to intercept Zhang Liao earlier.

"Untie him and let him go."

Xu You shook his folding fan, and the Yellow Turban cavalry escorting Cheng Feng carried out Xu You's order without hesitation.

Cheng Feng didn't know, so although he was puzzled and guessed whether there was some conspiracy in his heart, when the cavalryman untied the rope, he rode his horse back to Wen Chou's side again.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou's nerves were tense all the time. After all, thousands of ballistas were facing them, and there were two murderous figures, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, beside them. How could they not be tense.

"Are you okay?"

Wen Chou glanced sideways at Cheng Feng and asked in a low voice.

"I lost to Zhang Liao and was knocked off my horse, and then I was tied up hand and foot by the soldiers rushing up, but I still felt a little vibrating in my heart, and I didn't hurt my muscles and bones."

Cheng Feng moved his red wrist that was bound by the rope, and then he glanced at Xu You who was not far away, and said doubtfully.

"Why is Mr. Xu in the 'Moth Thief' army..."

Yan Liang turned his head to look at Cheng Feng, and said in a muffled voice: "I'll talk about this later, this is not a place to talk now."

"The government forces the people to rebel, and the people have to rebel."

"The people have suffered from tyranny and persecution by the imperial court. It has reached a time when they are not afraid of resistance even to death. How can the imperial court threaten them with death? At the beginning of the second year of Zhongping, more than ten seats in Xiaquyang and Guangzong used the corpses of yellow scarf soldiers The built 'Jingguan' is still there, but under such circumstances, civil uprisings still occurred in Jizhou."

Xu You's voice rose.

"Yan Liang!"

Yan Liang raised his head, not avoiding Xu You's gaze.

"You should know why, right?"

Faced with Xu You's questioning, Yan Liang still chose to remain silent.

why?
Yan Liang naturally knew why, because if he didn't resist, he would sell his sons and daughters, sell himself into slavery, starve to death at home, and even had to exchange children for food in order to survive.

But how can he say that this is the policy of the imperial court, this is the constitution of the imperial court, it is an order from the capital, it is a law from the palace, and it is an edict from the mouth of the emperor.

In the second year of Zhongping, the plague raged, and thousands of families mourned for a while, and people were in panic.

The famine was not over, and the people could not get enough to eat. Wang Fen devoted all his efforts to relief the disaster, gathered the refugees, and put a sliver of peace, but the order was issued, which directly plunged Jizhou into despair again.

The incomparably noble Son of Heaven ordered the whole world that, in addition to the normal rent and tax, an additional tax of [-] qian per mu was required to repair the palace, and ordered the distribution of wood, aragonite, and stones to the prefectures and counties to transport the capital.

All kinds of exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes have no intention of slowing down. The tax collectors who were frightened by the Yellow Turban Rebellion did not restrain themselves even a little after they were restored to their posts. Instead, they became more rampant.

This also led to the second Jizhou civil uprising that later shocked the world.

Xu You's face was solemn, his eyes stayed on Yan Liang's face, no subtle expression on Yan Liang's face could escape Xu You's eyes.

Now Xu You is already at a very dangerous distance from Yan Liang. If Yan Liang gets into trouble, he can kill Xu You in an instant, but Xu You has no fear at all.

Xu You's courage came not only from Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, but also from the personal guards behind him, thousands of heavily armed soldiers, and his understanding of Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

"I have received news a few days ago that the main force of the Jizhou army led by Lu Ziqian has almost arrived near Zhangshui. If we want to fight the main force of our army, it is no harm to tell you now. In the battle of Zhangshui, the Jizhou army led by Lu Zigan did not have half a point at all." The odds of winning, everything is in my Taiping Road, the great virtuous teacher's prediction, even the location of crossing the river has been calculated clearly."

"Meat eaters are contemptuous, and fail to seek far."

Facing Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Xu You continued to speak, his tone was slightly sarcastic, obviously he looked down on those senior officials above the temple.

"Maybe you don't believe it, but the yellow scarves from the four prefectures came all the way to Zhangshui, King Wuhuanqiao went south, and the Xiliang army marched east to Chencang. All of these were planned by the great virtuous teacher. Otherwise, why would you think it was such a coincidence? .”

Xu You sneered.

"If the military merits of Yan Sima and Wen Sima were placed on the generals of any powerful family, they would have already become captains, but now they are just Sima in the army. This is the result of spending a lot of money. Could it be that Yan Sima Don't Sima and Wen Sima find it ridiculous?"

"Su You, Meng Dai and the others are nothing but fools, without much merit, but they are able to rank high in the army's Sima."

Xu You noticed that Yan Liang's eyebrows were sinking slightly, he calmed down a little, and continued to speak.

"Wang Shijun committed suicide. Jian Shuo designated us as rebels. Anyone who has anything to do with Wang Shijun can't get away. Even if there is no evidence to prove that you were involved, the Embroidered Cloth Messenger will not let go of any suspicious people. My fellows, I believe you have also learned that generals like Han Meng and Jiao Chu who came from powerful families were arrested and imprisoned by the Embroidered Clothes Emissary even if they couldn't protect themselves."

"The two of you can be counted on the hand of Wang Shijun. No matter what you think, in the eyes of outsiders, the two of you have already been grouped into Wang Shijun's party. If it weren't for the threat of Youzhou before, Jian Shuo wanted to make a fool of himself, so it would be of some use to keep you, but you would have already entered the prison of the Embroidered Clothes Envoy."

Xu You smiled contemptuously, a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes, the turmoil of abolishing the emperor was so involved that it almost cost him his life, that was the closest he was to death, and he would never do this will forget.

Embroidered clothes captain Shen Yu, and Jian Shuo, in the past Wu Zixu led Wu's army to attack the capital of Chu, Ying, in order to avenge his father and brother.

Xu You's hatred for Jian Shuo and Shen Yu was no less than Wu Zixu's hatred for King Ping of Chu.

"If you are able to win this time, maybe with your military exploits, you can save a life from the Prison of the Embroidered Cloth Envoy."

"However, before the more than [-] cavalry of King Wuhuanqiao went south, you did not stop them, and now they are defeated in an ambush. You two feel that after we enter the Taihang Mountains from Jingxing Pass and enter the boundary of Bingzhou, the danger of Jizhou will be lifted. You two Can people still live?"

Xu You snorted disdainfully.

"I'm afraid that as soon as we left, embroidered clothes envoys would lock you into the prison. What happened to those defeated generals in Youzhou? You don't know much about it. Gao Lan is well-informed and naturally knows." , you should also have a conversation, right?"

Yan Liang tightly held the saber between the eyebrows in his hand. Those generals and schools in Youzhou who were defeated in the battle were dismissed from their posts. They even knew that some people were directly beheaded on the spot after being questioned.

It's not that he didn't think about what would happen if they failed to stop the cavalry led by King Wuhuanqiao from heading south.

But what Yan Liang thinks is that the three of them can only count more than [-] people, and they are really powerless.

Moreover, Gao Lan, as the main general, bears most of the responsibilities, and his family background also gave Gao Lan an extra gold medal for avoiding death. Their relationship with Gao Lan is not bad, as long as Gao Lan can say a few words to them , Spend a little more money, no matter how bad it is, you can save your life.

But this time Zhongfu was defeated, and the defeat was so miserable that the death penalty can be avoided, and the living penalty cannot be escaped...

Seeing the change in Yan Liang's complexion, Xu You knew that Yan Liang's heart had begun to shake.

"There is only one chance. Once lost, it will not reappear. Today, the southern part of Anping Kingdom is still under the control of our army. If I remember correctly, Yan Sima, you should be from Anping Guotang Yang, and Wen Sima, you should be Anping. People from Nangong, after our army invaded Anping Kingdom, we have always taken good care of your two families."

"The world is becoming more and more chaotic, and there are endless rebellions. It is not a powerful family, but after all, it is just fish and meat. All the checkpoints entering Bingzhou are controlled by our Yellow Turban Army. The Wuhuan and Huns in the north are all surrendered. The territory of Bingzhou is very stable. Even Yan Sima and Wen For the safety of his family members, Sima should also choose Bingzhou."

Xu You drove the horse forward again, he thought of what Xu An said when he talked with him.

"The world is turbulent, the people are suffering, and the imperial court is extorting. How can such a country deserve to be called a country? The world should be the world of the people, the court should be the court of the people, and the country should be the country of the people!"

(End of this chapter)