The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 536
The implementation of the three decrees of enlistment, tax collection, and equal taxation has not been hindered too much.

Like most of the early days of the rebel army, the soldiers did not have military pay. They put their heads on their belts, fought desperately on the battlefield, and fought bloody battles on the battlefield.

What they are looking for is not glory and wealth, nor is it being named a marquis or general, what they are looking for is just to survive.

It can be said that the Yellow Turban Army at that stage would fall into a doomed situation if they were not careful, so no one asked for military pay or salary.

And just after occupying Bingzhou, Xu An had no choice but to pay official salaries to ordinary soldiers due to financial problems.

However, after occupying a certain territory, if the army is not given better treatment, it will inevitably affect the morale of the army.

So even though Xu An was in financial distress, he quickly promulgated the military merit granting system, as well as a certain bounty after each war, and a certain amount of money for soldiers on vacation during holidays to maintain the army.

However, this is only a temporary measure. It has been two years since Xu An took over Bingzhou, and Bingzhou's economy is recovering, even because of the entry of people from the four states, Xu An's encouragement of business development, and work-for-relief Actions are much more prosperous than in the past.

Don't suffer from lack and inequality, and don't suffer from poverty and anxiety.

As soldiers, they have to undertake more responsibilities than ordinary people. They throw their heads and blood on the battlefield, but they get much less than others. If they don't even have a basic salary, it is really chilling. .

So now Xu An has also set the salary standard for the Yellow Turban Army, which will be distributed from the first month of the first year of Chuping.

Now that the salary is being distributed, the financial pressure on the Yellow Turban Army is actually not too great.

Originally, the Yellow Turban Army had an army of more than [-] people, but there were only more than [-] to [-] people. Naturally, it was impossible to support such a huge army.

But now that the people of the four prefectures have entered Bingzhou, the hermits and powerful families in various places have been cleared out, and those house slaves and dependents have all escaped. Counting Wuhuan and Xiongnu, there are actually more than Three million people.

After several times of streamlining the army and streamlining administration, the number of Yellow Turban troops has also dropped a lot.

Xu An now has [-] personal guard cavalry under his command, named "Tengxiang Guard", and Xu Hong, the original guard commander, is the commander of Tengxiang Guard.

The Xiaoqi Battalion has [-] cavalry, and the cavalry of the Zhou Battalion and Shanggu Battalion each have [-] cavalry, totaling more than [-] cavalry.

The soldiers brought by Zhang Yang and Jia Xu have all been arranged, and most of the soldiers have been arranged to become soldiers in the fields.

However, the cavalry troops brought by Zhang Yang and Jia Xu were quite elite, and most of them met the requirements, so Xu An did not rule out many.

They will soon use troops against Liangzhou, and when the time comes for the battle in Liangzhou, they must not place all their hopes on Wuhuan and the Huns, but rely on their own cavalry.

More than [-] people passed the selection and were retained, but Xu An naturally would not put all the soldiers brought by Zhang Yang and Jia Xu together, this is undoubtedly a hidden danger.

So Xu An divided more than [-] people from the Xiaoqi Camp, and then [-] people from the more than [-] people after selection to form a new army, which was named "Wuxiang Camp" according to the original plan. .

The remaining [-] of the [-] were transferred to the Xiaoqi Battalion to fill the vacancy.

The arrival of Zhang Yang and Jia Xu led the army this time, which also allowed Xu An to solve a problem that had been troubling Xu An for a long time, but could not be solved.

Most of the Xiaoqi battalion is composed of the Han army cavalry that was originally attached to Bingzhou. The original Yellow Turban cavalry in Taihang Mountain is really less.

Although Lu Bu has always obeyed Xu An's orders, it is difficult to know people's faces and hearts.

Xu An doesn't have a system, nor does he have his own understanding, so he can't fully understand a person's heart.

For a long time, among the cavalry trilogy, Lu Bu has always been the leader alone, and the Xiaoqi Battalion has almost no competitors.

Li De's Du Liao camp used to be able to compete with the Xiaoqi camp, but after revenge, Li De has no intention of governing other outside affairs. The [-] Du Liao camp is now rooted in the grassland. They are always monitoring the Huns. And seem indifferent to other affairs.

Although they kept their promise and changed into the uniforms of the Yellow Turban Army, they still kept the original white robes and white flags. After Xu An finally weighed the pros and cons, he negotiated with Li De to allow Li De's Du Liao Battalion to continue to wear white robes as military uniforms.

Most of the family members of the soldiers in the Duliao camp were killed by the Huns in Xihe County. Their hatred for the Huns has not been completely eliminated with the death of the villain and the executioners. perish.

In fact, time can't heal all scars, it's just that people can bear the impact of scars.

Maybe after some time, they can get over it, remarry and have children, and live a new life, but now they are still recovering from their injuries.

Domination by one family will inevitably lead to bad consequences. Although Lu Bu does not show any signs of arrogance now, these things still have to be nip in the bud.

This is also one of the reasons why Xu An wanted to form Bingzhou Yicong and the Shanggu Camp composed of selected Wuhuan cavalry.

The establishment of the Wuxiang Battalion this time was not only able to compete with the Xiaoqi Battalion, but also gave Xu An a suitable excuse to reorganize the Xiaoqi Battalion and improve his control.

The Wuxiang Battalion was successfully established under such circumstances. Zhang Yang was the first battalion officer of the Wuxiang Battalion, Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao were the deputy generals, and most of the generals were officers from the Yellow Turban Army.

Zhang Yang naturally had no objection to this. He had anticipated this, so he did not raise any objections, and even delegated power to Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao.

It was also because of Zhang Yang's cooperation that Xu An's control over the Wuxiang camp was more than a level higher than that of the Xiaoqi camp.

After the reorganization of the Wuxiang Battalion and the Xiaoqi Battalion was completed, the cavalry army directly under Xu An's command now has one more battalion, which has become the fourth battalion.

The four camps are: Wuxiang Camp, Xiaoqi Camp, Bingzhou Camp, and Shanggu Camp, with a total of [-] cavalry.

In terms of infantry, there are more than [-] infantry in Xu An's direct subordinates.

There are about [-] people in the Yellow Angels, about [-] people in the trapped camp, and more than [-] soldiers in the second battalion of warriors and the fourth battalion of elite soldiers.

Among the trilogy directly under Xu An, there are no regular soldiers, and the worst is sharp soldiers.

The division of soldiers and sharp soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army is no longer the same as before, and the standards have also been raised several grades.

After passing the assessment, the field soldiers were first promoted to ordinary pawns and went to the garrison troops in various places.

And the soldiers among the garrison troops in various places have passed the assessment, and the most outstanding batch can be selected as sharp soldiers, and those who fail to pass the sharp soldiers will be demoted to the various garrison troops.

Therefore, there are no sharp soldiers in the garrison troops, but ordinary soldiers.

In the Shuofang defense area, the chief commander will be General Duhu Xu Huang, and the deputy will be General Du Liao Li De. The two will each lead [-] elite riders to garrison Dacheng and Meiji, with a total of [-] elite riders.

In the Taihang defense zone, the main commander is General Xuanwei Yu Du, and the deputy commanders are Tao Sheng, Bai Que, and Ku Sun, with a total of about [-] soldiers.

In the Hedong defense area, the main commander is General Baibo Guo Tai, and the deputy commanders are Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai, with a total of about [-] soldiers.

In the Youzhou defense area, the main commander will be Liu Shi, the rebellious general, and the deputy commanders will be Hao Zhao and Zhu Jiu, with a total of about [-] soldiers.

In the Shangjun defense area, the commander will be General Zhaode Zhang Yan, the deputy will be Sun Qing, Wang Dang, and Du Chang, with a total of about [-] soldiers.

Before using troops against Jizhou, Xu You led General Xu An to lead troops out of Puyinxing, conquered Gaonu, and occupied the northern part of Zhongshan State. Therefore, it was divided into a new defense area called Zhongshan Defense Area.

In the Zhongshan defense area, the main guard will be General Huang Long, and the deputy will be Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Huang Long has a calm personality and prestige in the army. Although his commanding skills are mediocre, he is enough to control Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou joined the Yellow Turban Army, and there was no way out, and they were more peaceful.

But Xu An naturally didn't dare to be too reassuring about Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and handed over the entire Zhongshan defense area to Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Although the two are top cavaliers, they also have their own shortcomings. They lack a little bit of strategic vision.

The Zhongshan defense area should focus on defense, and both are good at offense.

So Xu An put Huanglong, who was good at defense, in the Zhongshan defense area, and sat in Lunu City, the Zhongshan state government.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou each led the army, one was stationed in Shangquyang, and the other was stationed in Wangdu. They were in a corner and rushed to help at any time to guard against possible changes in the Han army in Jizhou.

There are about [-] soldiers in the Zhongshan Defense Area. Among these [-] people, [-] soldiers were from the original Taihang Defense Area and were dispatched. Therefore, the number of soldiers in the Taihang Defense Area has dropped to [-].

The other [-] people are a battalion of sharp soldiers directly under Xu An, who were sent to sit in Zhongshan, so now Xu An actually has [-] troops under his command.

The Shangjun Defense Zone was originally set at [-] troops in order to guard against Sili, but because Dong Zhuo's defeat was too rapid and his intention to retreat, the Shangjun Defense Zone was also in danger of being defended, and the number of troops in the Shangjun Defense Zone was finally set at [-].

Dong Zhuo's retreat also made the last Han army in the southern part of Shangjun give up resistance, escaped and dispersed. Just after the battle of Taigu Pass, Zhang Yan had actually fully controlled Shangjun, and Dong Zhuo was left with only Qiyuan in the end. One city, Qiyuan is the southernmost city in Shangjun, and it can be regarded as a small gateway in the Guanzhong area.

The Hedong defense area originally had [-] people, because Dong Zhuo was in a safe place and occupied the entire Hedong County. With the Yellow River as a barrier, the pressure has been relieved a lot, so the army has been streamlined and the administration has been streamlined. Now there are only more than [-] soldiers. .

The pressure on the two counties of Dai County and Shanggu County in Youzhou occupied by the Yellow Turban Army has also been greatly reduced. Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan are at odds and are fighting among themselves.

Shanggu Wuhuan now dominates the north, and Wuhuan of the Three Counties no longer has the prestige of following Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju.

They were first defeated by Zhang Liao in the first battle, and lost countless troops, and then they were secretly made things difficult by Gongsun Zan, and then they lost in the battle for the hegemony of the northern grassland with Gongsun Du, the prefect of Liaodong.

Therefore, the soldiers in the Youzhou defense area also further reduced their number of steps, turning the redundant soldiers into field soldiers.

There are only about [-] people left in the Youzhou Defense Zone today.

However, although the standing troops in various places have been reduced a lot, the combat effectiveness has not actually dropped much.

Once a foreign country invades, the local field soldiers can immediately take up weapons and form an army,

The biggest difference between military villages and civilian villages is that military villages still need to carry out certain militarized training after working.

In the Youzhou defense area, and even in some villages, Xu An sent some officers to conduct regular militia training for the young and strong in the villages. Of course, the number of trainings was less than that of the soldiers in the village.

These militiamen and field soldiers may not be able to play a big role in field battles, but they are more than enough to defend the city.

What Xu An wanted was for them to defend the city. Except for the Yellow Turban Army, no army had such a siege weapon like the counterweight trebuchet. It was difficult for ordinary troops to capture the city in a short time.

And once in a fierce battle, Xu An can quickly dispatch the elite cavalry and infantry directly under him to rush to the rescue.

The Yellow Turban Army currently has six major defense areas, including seven areas directly under it.

Shuofang, Taihang, Hedong, Youzhou, Shangjun, and Zhongshan are directly subordinate.

There are more than [-] soldiers in the seven lands, and the rest of the soldiers have become garrison soldiers.

It is these more than [-] people who need to distribute salaries, and more than [-] million people support [-] people. It is actually not difficult to support [-] people.

The cavalry unit, which consumes the most money, is actually nothing in the jurisdiction of the Yellow Turban Army, which has many fertile pastures.

The Shanggu Camp was stationed at the pasture in the northern part of Shanggu County. The Wuxiang, Xiaoqi, Bingzhou, and Sanying cavalry spent most of their time recuperating and training outside the Great Wall with fertile pastures. With the four-wheeled carriage as a vehicle, the consumption of food and grass on the road was greatly reduced.

There are wide official roads built from the garrison of the Third Battalion Cavalry Army to the neighboring cities, so the loss along the road is not too much, and the Yellow Turban Army now has enough food.

The terrain of Taihang Mountain is dangerous, and the Han army in the Central Plains is too busy to take care of themselves. The flames of war have not spread to Taihang Mountain for a long time.

Without the threat of the Han army, under the leadership of Yu Du, the Taihang army reclaimed land in the fertile valleys in the Taihang Mountains and some gentle slopes along the mountains to gather the refugees from Jizhou. The mountain people in the Taihang Mountains are now farming. Completed self-sufficiency, and even had surplus food.

As the Taihang Mountain that was first occupied by Xu An, backed by the rich Shangdang County, with the Eight Xings of the Taihang as a barrier, and with unique conditions, the Taihang Army can be said to be the most worry-free part for Xu An.

The consumption of grain and grass is completely self-sufficient, and there is even a lot of wealth.

For the Yellow Turban Army in Zhongshan, it was quite difficult to supply food and grass. The terrain in the northern part of the Taihang Mountains was complex, mostly mountain roads. If they transported food through Bingzhou or Youzhou counties, it would undoubtedly consume a lot of food.

Even the food and grass planted by the Taihang Army would consume a lot of food, so after careful consideration, Xu You made a suggestion.

This suggestion also successfully solved the food and grass problem in Huangjin County, Zhongshan State.

Although Jizhou is now under the control of Yuan Shao, it has been defeated repeatedly. Although Jizhou has enough background, its soldiers will be weak. Yuan Shao seems to have a gap with Gongsun Zan again.

Originally, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao planned Jizhou together, but Yuan Shao took over the entire Jizhou, but Gongsun Zan didn't get much benefit.

Gongsun Zan was stationed in the northern part of Bohai County, and Yuan Shao was preparing his troops to prepare for Gongsun Zan's advance. Naturally, he had no time to take care of the Zhongshan Yellow Turban Army, which occupied a favorable location.

So a rather strange scene appeared in Zhongshan Country.

Every once in a while, many civilians would transport food and grass from the southern area of ​​Zhongshan State controlled by the Han Army to Lunu City controlled by the Yellow Turban Army.

These grains and grasses were all legitimately "borrowed" by the Yellow Turban Army. They were borrowed from the powerful families of the Zhongshan Kingdom, as well as various cities.

At the beginning of the borrowing, those powerful families of course refused to lend it, so Huang Long arranged a few counterweight catapults for Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and with the friendly Yellow Turban Army, they broke down two or three forts one after another, and then smashed them to pieces. After passing a section of the city wall of Anxi City.

Huanglong successfully "borrowed" enough military rations, and after friendly negotiations, the two parties finally reached a consensus.

Therefore, food and grass are actually needed for maintenance. Only the trilogy directly under Xu An, as well as Xu Huang's troops in the Shuofang defense area, and soldiers from Hedong and Shangjun, have greatly eased the consumption of food and grass for the Yellow Turban Army.

The first year of Chuping was indeed a good year. This year, the Yellow Turban Army finally managed to get rid of the situation of making ends meet, and successfully entered the right track in all aspects.

However, the world is destined not to calm down just because of an era name. The Taiping Road, whose financial pressure has been relieved, is now slowly accelerating its progress.

The workshops all over Taipingdao are working day and night, because a storm is coming soon, and Taipingdao is the initiator of this storm.

(End of this chapter)