The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 521 Thriving
"Dong Zhuo is completely finished."

Xu An looked at the secret letter sent by the Eagle Wolf Guard, shook his head and sighed.

Luoyang City is surrounded by four fortresses, and there are many majestic passes. The situation is dangerous and solid, and there are eight defensive passes. As long as there are sufficient troops, it is almost impossible to lose the place, especially when the two sides are almost equal in strength.

In the battle of Taigu Pass, Dong Zhuo had [-] soldiers under his command, and Sun Jian had only [-] more soldiers under his command. Of course, attacking and defending the city cannot be equated.

Although Dong Zhuo had a large number of cavalry troops, which were better than field battles, but the defensive side had a good location, so it stands to reason that Taigu Pass would never be breached.

Although Taigu Pass is not as steep as Hulao Pass and Hangu Pass, it is not an ordinary pass and can be called a dangerous place.

But it happened that Dong Zhuo led the army to conquer Taigu Pass by Sun Jianqiang, and even in the follow-up field battle, he was also defeated by Sun Jian.

You must know that Sun Jian did not have the powerful stone throwing machine in the Yellow Turban Army, but the [-] army did not persist for seven days, and was conquered by Sun Jian's troops.

Bingwei Jinluo also made Sun Jian completely step on Dong Zhuo's head and became famous all over the world.

Tens of thousands of Kwantung allied forces stopped in Kwantung, and only Sun Jian led the Yuzhou army all the way northward, defeating Dong Zhuo and conquering the old capital.

Sun Jian increased the number of food towns to [-] households, which is [-] more than the [-] households of Huangfusong who quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Wan Huhou, this kind of glory has not been seen for many years.

When Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, there were only three people in ten thousand households.

In his early years, Cao Shen followed Liu Bang to raise troops and conquered everywhere, making great contributions.After Liu Bang unified the world, he granted the title of "[-] households".

Xiao He was first awarded [-] households, and then added [-] households. Zhou Gong, who also followed Liu Bang in the early years, was initially sealed to [-] households. household.

Although today is different from the past, all those who have been granted ten thousand households in history were all prominent at that time.

Sun Jian was conferred the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households by the Jin Dynasty. This kind of honor has completely surpassed Huangfusong, Lu Zhi, and Zhu Jun.

Today's Sun Jian has far surpassed Dong Zhuo in prestige.

From the original governor of Yuzhou, he was promoted to be the shepherd of Yuzhou, and he was granted the title of Marquis of Wanhu by granting false festivals. No one in the world can match his honor.

If it weren't for Sun Jian's lack of qualifications, he might have already ascended the position of Sangong by now.

Xu An closed the letter, Dong Zhuo lost too quickly, but the good thing is that Xu An still managed to get the final payment from Dong Zhuo.

Just half a month before the battle of Taiguguan, Dong Zhuo delivered the last batch of grain and entered Hedong County.

Xu An also fulfilled his promise and sent troops to occupy part of the city of Jizhou.

But in fact Xu An did not choose to send troops to invade Jizhou because of the food supply promised by Dong Zhuo, but more because of Qu Yi who is now rebelling in Jizhou.

Qu Yi rebelled against the cavalry in Julu County. Han Fu had no choice but to gather troops to attack Qu Yi, but was defeated by Qu Yi's troops.

Now that Yuan Shao is leading the army back to aid, Han Fu relies on Yuan Shao in everything, and serves Yuan Shao as the governor of the state.

This is a very good opportunity for the Yellow Turban Army.

Xu An instructed Yan Liang and Wen Chou to continue marching. At the end of August, Yan Liang and Wen Chou had conquered Lu Nu, the governor of Zhongshan Kingdom.

At the same time, Yu Du also sent troops out of Jingxing Pass and broke through the two cities of Puwu and Lingshou in Changshan Kingdom.

So far, most of Changshan Kingdom has actually been controlled by the Yellow Turban Army.

In the two countries of Changshan and Zhongshan, the area that Han Fu can control has also been reduced to an extremely limited area.

What Han Fu of Changshan Kingdom can still control is only the southeast part. There are seven cities in total, five cities in the northeast, west, and southwest, and the Taihang Mountain area are all controlled by the Yellow Turban Army.

The southern part of Zhongshan is still under the control of Han Fu. In fact, the Yellow Turban Army has the strength to take these places, but because most of them are in the plains, they can't develop if they take them. They can only increase the consumption of money and food, and increase the burden. The army only conquered the rulers of the Zhongshan Kingdom, and did not raise troops to go south.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou are now stationed in Lu Nu, the former Zhongshan state government, and Hao Zhao, who was supposed to guard Juyongguan, was also reassigned to Lu Nu by Xu An.

Now Liu Yu doesn't have much time to manage the affairs of Dai County and Shanggu County.

Gongsun Zan supported his own self-respect, and had many conflicts with Liu Yu, and he often contradicted him.

Now that there are turmoil in Youzhou, Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan have gradually become real fire.

Gongsun Zan recruited troops, raised troops, and let his troops harass the common people.

As the state shepherd, Liu Yu naturally couldn't tolerate Gongsun Zan's behavior, and conflicts gradually emerged between the two.

Wuhuan of the Three Counties surrendered to Liu Yu, and Gongsun Zan robbed the property that Liu Yu was going to give to Wuhuan of the Three Counties many times.

Gongsun Zan also reported on Liu Yu's failure to handle affairs, and the two blamed each other, and the memorial was sent to Chendu.

But Liu Xie didn't have a good solution. For the two of them, Liu Xie naturally believed in Liu Yu more, so he followed Liu Chong's suggestion.

Liu Xie issued an edict to punish Gongsun Zan, cut off part of his food, and ordered him not to allow the people to be looted.

Because of this, Gongsun Zan hated Liu Yu even more, and now Youzhou has actually reached the point where swords are drawn.

After Hao Zhao arrived in Lunu, he immediately commanded the soldiers to build defenses and started construction.

According to Xu You's plan, at that time, Lunu City will be the core, and the Taihang Mountains and the six northern cities of Zhongshan will be supplemented to build a solid line of defense.

When the defense line is fully formed, the seven cities in the north of Zhongshan will also become a piece of metal. If the Han army wants to regain Zhongshan, at least twice as many people will be killed to fill this defense line before regaining the lost ground.

Originally, Xu An planned to let Hao Zhao enter the lecture hall, but after recruiting Hao Zhao later, he found that Hao Zhao had basically mastered everything taught in the lecture hall.

So during the two months of studying in the lecture hall, except when Xu An taught in person and Hao Zhao went to the school to listen to the lectures, the basic time basically did not go to class, but read the military books written by other famous masters in Zangshuge.

Hao Zhao is so talented that he can even memorize some classics after reading them several times.

Seeing Hao Zhao's performance in the martial arts lecture hall, Xu An also knew that the current lecture hall courses actually had limited improvement for Hao Zhao.

The current lecture hall mainly teaches the basic methods of commanding troops, and there are some advanced methods, which are suitable for generals like Gong Du and He Man who have never seen military books and have never systematically studied methods of commanding troops.

And people like Hao Zhao, Zhang Liao and others have been educated since they were young to lead soldiers in battle, and what they learned was the art of war.

Therefore, after Xu An weighed the pros and cons, he asked Hao Zhao to graduate directly from the lecture hall, and sent Hao Zhao to Lu Nu to assist Yan Liang and Wen Chou in defending the city.

After all, although Yan Liang and Wen Chou are top-notch generals, they are good at attacking and fighting in the field, rather than defending the city and defending.

Although Hao Zhao is not very old, after a period of experience, he can be regarded as a qualified officer, and it is more than enough as an assistant.

Xu An stood up, the big tree in the courtyard only had a few sparse leaves still stubbornly staying on the branches, unwilling to fall on the ground.

Autumn is over, and winter is coming soon.

All the areas under the jurisdiction of Taiping Road have also completed the autumn harvest. Perhaps Taiping Road is in good time. The twelve counties under Taiping Road this year are all in good weather.

However, in the Han area, all kinds of famines have not been cut off, which forms a sharp contrast.

But in fact, only Xu An knew why.

In fact, since Xu An moved into Bingzhou, he has been building water conservancy projects and infrastructure.

Xu An improved a large number of farm tools, such as Quyuan plow, water wheel, and a series of tools.

Farm tools in the Han Dynasty were actually quite labor-saving and relatively advanced, but due to economic reasons, they were still not popular among ordinary farmers.

This was one of the intelligences that Xu An ordered the Eagle Wolf Guard to collect.

Because of the Eagle Wolf Guard, Xu An also had a certain understanding of agriculture in this era.

The current population of Bingzhou is sufficient. Xu An encourages the reclamation of wasteland and expands the cultivated area, but at the same time slows down the production of armaments and asks craftsmen to make a large number of farm tools to increase productivity.

The gradual implementation of intensive farming has also increased the grain yield per mu to a certain extent.

It is precisely because of these infrastructures and water conservancy projects that the disasters are not obvious. In most places, neither floods broke out nor crops were lost due to drought.

This year is definitely considered to be a bumper harvest year. In order to promote the unity of the army and the people, Xu An even arranged for the army to harvest grain, and let the soldiers who have nothing to do for the time being to help the surrounding villages and gathering areas to harvest together. grain.

The [-] million yuan Dong Zhuo gave was used for this purpose.

Xu An didn't ask his soldiers to do this for free, but chose to sign up voluntarily and give a certain reward.

After all, even though it was advertised as a family of soldiers and civilians, Xu An couldn't let the soldiers under his command help for free.

Volunteering is one thing, but forcing is another.

Encouraging the military to help the people, and the military spontaneously helping the people in peacetime, is indeed conducive to the integration of the military and the people.

But forcing the army to help the people to win the hearts of the people is not worth the loss, and it is very easy to form a rebellious sentiment in the army.

In this way, it is almost equivalent to driving soldiers to act as slaves, and it is easy to form a trend in the army where superiors wantonly drive subordinates.

Now Xu An is working hard to improve the status of soldiers, and to improve the image of soldiers.

The army should be the army of the people.

When people see the army, their first feeling should be safety, not fear.

And the people should also respect the soldiers and not discriminate against them.

Today is still in the Han Dynasty. At this time, the recruits, county soldiers, and army soldiers are basically from good families, or people with clean family backgrounds and no criminals, so their status is actually relatively high.

Although the right to recruit soldiers is now open everywhere, many people with poor morals have joined the army, leading to the deterioration of military discipline.

The most typical one is the trilogy under Dong Zhuo's command. Dong Zhuo's army absorbed a large number of Qiang people, and he indulged the soldiers under his command.

But now the military discipline has been corrupted to such an extent that it is only a few people who kill civilians without permission and treat civilians like dogs.

Now is not the Song and Ming Dynasties when exile was prevalent and Confucianism flourished.

In fact, the Han Dynasty did not have too detailed a distinction between civil and military.

Now there is no such thing as "the one who sings the number one scholar outside the Donghua Gate is a good son, how can this be a good son".

Soldiers are not called Qiu Ba, and generals do not need to bow their heads to civil officials to listen to orders.

Although Lu Zhi is a master of Confucian classics, he can be called a great Confucian, but he can also mount a sword and lead an army to fight.

Huangfusong and Zhu Jun, like Lu Zhi, were both worshiped as Generals of Zhonglang by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. Although they had never been in Shangshutai, they also became Yilang and Doctor Guanglu later.

At this time, the style of martial arts in the great Han Dynasty was still prevailing, and the style of knight-errantry had not been cut off.

This is a fairly good era, an era that has not completely distorted human nature.

With the Tao of Peace as the basis, it is not extremely difficult to change people's thinking.

Autumn goes to the east, and the end of the year is approaching.

This was the time when Xu An first entered Bingzhou, and more than two full years had passed.

It has been a year since the Yellow Turbans of Sizhou entered Bingzhou.

During the past year, the Yellow Turbans of the Four States were negotiated, overthrown and revised countless times according to Xu An, Yan Zhong and others, and finally settled down successfully.

Although there were many difficulties during the period, they were all resolved one by one.

Relief from work has enabled the people who migrated from the four states to obtain the necessary income and the most basic living security, obtained a certain amount of money, and also increased the income of farmers during the slack time.

And this move also made Xu An gain a lot of popular support.

Because building roads and bridges is originally corvée, and there is no corvee with half wages. If you delay, you will be punished by the supervisor. If you don’t have enough food and clothing every day, there is no wages for you.

Therefore, these migrant workers are very active, and there is absolutely no need for the Yellow Turban Army officer in charge of management to say anything.

The roads and public facilities in Bingzhou have been repaired as a result, which is many times better than when Xu An first entered Bingzhou.

The Yellow Turban Army confiscated a large number of rich and powerful families’ money. Most of the forts of the powerful families were completely vulnerable to the counterweight catapults. Only a few of the forts were not in good terrain and could not be deployed. They were not hit by the counterweight catapults. .

However, those Wubao escaped the counterweight trebuchet and the regular army of the Yellow Turban Army, but they did not escape the eagle wolf guard and the six gates.

The pacification of Hedong County made Xu An get another huge fortune.

The wealth of the aristocratic family in Hedong County is far better than that of Bingzhou in the past. Even if the powerful family in Hedong County transferred a lot of assets in advance, the remaining assets still made Xu An rich overnight.

The wages paid for relief by work were more than enough, and the food was even more plentiful after receiving the military rations brought by Dong Zhuo.

The surplus wages not only improved the lives of ordinary people under the rule of the Yellow Turban Army, but also made the economic recovery in the area under the Yellow Turban Army's jurisdiction faster.

Some quick-witted common people also seized the opportunity and became shopkeepers, wandering around villages and settlements, and selling things in villages everywhere.

The caravan is wandering on the official road, and now Bingzhou is no longer as popular as when Xu An just took over Bingzhou.

Bingzhou, which lost its aristocratic family and power, has regained its vitality.

Facts have proved that without those high-ranking aristocratic families, without those rampant village tyrants, without the original collusion between government and businessmen, society would still function, and it would continue to function well.

The creators of material wealth are the people, not those aristocratic families, those tyrants, let alone those merchants.

(End of this chapter)