The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 643 The Uninvited Guest

In the third year of Chuping (192), April, [-]th.

The Eastern Army, headed by Sun Jian, with Yuan Shu and Cao Cao as deputy, marched towards Liyang.

Only Yuan Shao was able to defend Liyang in the western army. Dong Zhuo attacked the Taipingdao camp and did not participate in the battle of Dongjun. Zang Ba and Yuan Tan sent troops from Qingzhou and Xuzhou to attack Xuzhou.

The outbreak of the Battle of Dongjun caused hundreds of thousands of soldiers to be involved in the war.

June [-]st, the forty-second day when the Battle of Dongjun broke out.

It was also on this day, when Xu Anyu Yingtianfu became General Chariot and Marquis of Jin, all the forty-seven cities in the four counties in Guanzhong had been captured by the Yellow Turban Army.

On June [-]st of the second year of Chuping, Xu An prayed to Huang Tian in Liangzhou, ordered the tripod to Liangzhou, and transported the Liangzhou tripod back to Jinyang.

After a lapse of one year, Taiping Dao took another step forward and liberated the Guanzhong area in one fell swoop.

The battle in Guanzhong finally ended with Dong Zhuo's defeat. Dong Zhuo died in Huayin, Li Ru, Niu Fu and other followers all died, and Duan Yan, Fan Chou, and Xu Rong led the crowd to surrender.

In the battle of Guanzhong, Taiping Dao won a complete victory, Xu An became the master of Yingtian Mansion, and Jing Zhaoyin was renamed Yingtian County because of this.

Zhang Yan led troops to guard You Fufeng, Yan Zhong led troops to guard Zuo Fengyi, and Lu Bu led troops to guard Hongnong County and Hangu Pass.

Nearly [-] Yellow Turban troops poured into Guanzhong, and the cities in Guanzhong either surrendered or were destroyed by the Yellow Turban Army without any suspense.

Wang Yun, Huangfusong, and Gai Xun took away Liu Bian and most of the powerful and powerful families. Except for a few powerful families in Guanzhong, the rest were powerful and powerful They were all just mediocre people, they dared not speak or act presumptuously in front of Dong Zhuo, so how dare they resist the Yellow Turbans in person.

Most of the officials in Guanzhong are from Dong Zhuo's side. Most of them are just flatterers, and few have outstanding abilities. What's more, Dong Zhuo's army has been defeated. is normal.

In this way, all the land in Guanzhong fell into Xu An's control and was incorporated into the territory of Taiping Road.

Today's Taiping Road is really counted as crossing states and counties. Bingzhou, Liangzhou, Youzhou, Sili, and Jizhou all have the figure of the Yellow Turban Army, and all have the power of the Yellow Turban Army.

There are thirteen counties in Liangzhou, the original twelve counties, plus the newly established Wu'an County occupying the old land of the western Xianbei royal court.

Nine counties of Bingzhou, two counties of Shanggu County and Dai County of Youzhou, five counties of Sili Xiaoweibu, Hongnong, Hedong, Zuofengyi, Youfufeng, Yingtian County, and only Henan Yin and Hanoi counties in the east were not taken. Down.

Henan Yin was occupied by Sun Jian, and Hanoi County was controlled by Yuan Shao.

Jizhou only occupies the northern part of Changshan State and the northern part of Zhongshan State.

After Yuan Shao unified Jizhou, he had to face Gongsun Zan and Sun Jian in the south. He didn't want to and couldn't fight on both sides at the same time, so he could only pinch his nose, accepting this division, and didn't dare to attack the Yellow Turban Army who occupied Jizhou.

Today, Taiping Road has occupied a total of twenty-nine counties.

Strictly speaking, there is a [-]th county in Taipingdao, the Wuhuan Department of Shanggu.

After Nanlou got permission, he lived in Jinyang for a long time, and the affairs of the tribe were gradually handed over to Liu Shi, the rebellious general.

Liu Shi has commanded the two counties of Youzhou for many years. When Zhang Liaodong conquered Wuhuan in the past, he served as a deputy general and made a lot of military exploits. He already had a reputation for bravery in the Taihang Mountains, and was ambushed by Zhang Baiqi secretly Hand, but still escape from birth.

On the grassland, he also won the name of bravery with swords and soldiers. In the battle of Rushui, although Zhang Liao was the first to kill Wuyan, the king of Khan and Lu, Liu Shi also captured and killed many officers in Wuhuanzhong of the three counties, breaking the Several Wuhuan cavalry troops fought, so they also won a lot of prestige in the Wuhuan tribe of Shanggu.

Today, among the warriors identified in Shanggu Wuhuan, the first is Zhang Liao, and the second is Liu Shi.

After the two counties of Youzhou were captured, they were basically under the command of Liu Shi, and the Wuhuan tribe of Shanggu was also controlled by Liu Shi.

After Nanlou lived in Jinyang later, Xu An changed Liu Shi's rebellious general to protect Wuhuan, and Liu Shi also slowly began to control the Shanggu Wuhuan tribe.

The Shanggu Wuhuan tribe provided a lot of development for the expansion and development of the Taiping Road. In every subsequent battle of the Yellow Turban Army, almost all the people of Shanggu Wuhuan were involved. Originally, Shanggu Wuhuan was more sinicized.

After the honeymoon period with Taipingdao in recent years, a large number of Shanggu Wuhuan people joined the sequence of Mintun and began to believe in Taipingdao.

The independence of the Shanggu Wuhuan tribe has also been greatly reduced now, and it can actually be counted as the control area of ​​Shangtaipingdao.

Although Nanlou has ambitions, it is actually not that big.

In the original time and space, Nanlou had a large number of tribes under his command, but in the end he chose to give up fighting for the Shanyu position and support Taton as Shanyu.

In the land of thirty counties, the area actually controlled by the Yellow Turban Army has reached a very large level.

Compared with Sun Jian and Yuan Shao, Taiping Road occupies a larger area.

It starts from Rushui in Youzhou in the east, reaches Dunhuang in Liangzhou in the west, reaches Shoujiang City in Bingzhou in the north, and reaches Shang County in the north of Sili Wuguan in the south.

The population has always been the short board of Taipingdao.

But now the population is no longer a problem. Adding the population in Guanzhong, Taipingdao now has more than [-] million people under its command.

Now Taipingdao is no longer afraid of competition and consumption, and has the strength to wrestle with Dongting and Yuan Shao in a tug-of-war.

The chaos in Guanzhong subsided, Taipingdao officials gradually took over the cities in Guanzhong, Eagle Wolf Guards were stationed in the localities, and police forces in various places were formed one after another.

Taipingdao established Taoist temples in various places to publicize the thought of Taipingdao and guide people to believe in it.

Public trials and grievance meetings were held under the auspices of the Eagle Wolf Guard, with the help of the local police, and in cooperation with officials, and the Guanzhong area gradually stabilized.

After Xu An prayed to Huang Tian at the Shenming Terrace of Taiping Temple, he abolished the name of Sili Xiaowei Department and changed it to Zhongzhou. He ordered people to cast Zhongzhou Ding and put it in the front hall of Yingtian Mansion. Moved out from Jinyang and transported to Yingtianfu.

Of the thirteen states in the world, Taiping Dao has won the third.

And just when Xu An entered the Guanzhong, Taipingdao gradually took control of the place, and once again prepared his troops to march eastward to Henan Yin.

Sun Jian and Yuan Shao, who were fighting in Dongjun, also played real fire.

With the end of the probing and outpost battle, Sun Jian went out of Puyang to attack Liyang in person, and Yuan Shu led Nanyang soldiers, Jingzhou soldiers and Liu Bei to attack Dongjun Weiguo area hand in hand.

The two sides fought fiercely in Liyang and Weiguo areas, which stretched for hundreds of miles. In just three days, tens of thousands of soldiers fell on the battlefield.

Both sides knew the importance of the Battle of Dongjun, Yuan Shao and Sun Jian almost invested all their wealth in this battle.

Sun Jian, who has been invincible and invincible all the time, did not repeat the miracles of the past this time.

Although with the help of Jingzhou soldiers who are good at water warfare, they successfully landed in the south of Liyang, but Yuan Shaojun showed amazing resilience. Even the fierce attacks of various generals and schools of the Eastern Army failed to shake Liyang's defense.

Yuan Shao set off from Yecheng and directly stationed in Liyang, which greatly boosted the morale of the entire Liyang defenders.

At the same time, for some unknown reason, several big families in Jizhou once again bet heavily on Yuan Shaojun's side, and Yuan Shaojun was supplemented by more than [-] recruits again.

The originally shaky Li Yang line of defense became stronger again with the addition of more than [-] recruits.

Although the recruits do not have much combat effectiveness, they are also useful as reserve soldiers to join the various divisions to supplement the casualties of the veterans.

In Xuzhou, Yuan Tan sent Qingzhou Biejia Wang Xiu to lead Qingzhou soldiers and Zang Ba to join forces. Zang Ba was supported by Qingzhou soldiers.

The crisis in Xuzhou was not relieved until Zhu Zhi led his troops to Donghai County.

In the first battle, Zhu Zhi led the army to defeat Sun Kang's army, and then he personally led the armored cavalry to break into the rebellious army, beheading Sun Kang, the general under Zang Ba's command.

Sun Guan and Wu Dun were defeated again, Sun Guan retreated, Wu Dun was beheaded by Zhu Zhi, and then Zhu Zhi won five battles in a row.

Zhu Zhi led the army, marched towards Tan County, continued to rescue Xuzhou, and threatened the flank of Zang Ba's army.

If Zang Ba didn't withdraw his troops to clear the siege, he would definitely be attacked by Zhu Zhi. At that time, both inside and outside the city would attack at the same time, and it would be difficult to parry because of the enemy's front and back.

Zang Ba had no choice but to lead his troops back. Tao Qian was greatly moved when he heard that Zhu Zhi had come to rescue Zang Ba.

When Chen Du heard the good news, he promoted Zhu Zhi to General Weilu, in charge of Xuzhou's military affairs.

Tao Qian naturally did not object, and handed over the military power of Xuzhou to Zhu Zhi.

Zhu Zhi was assisted by [-] Xuzhou soldiers, so he continued to advance eastward.

But at this time, Zang Ba also led the main force and the Qingzhou soldiers led by Qingzhou Biejia Wang Xiu had already set up an army formation at the foot of Yushan Mountain east of Tan County.

Zang Ba personally led the army, and Wang Xiu led the Qingzhou soldiers to cover the flanks. Zhu Zhi's several attacks were all disintegrated.

In the Battle of Yushan in Xuzhou, the two sides invested a total of nearly [-] soldiers.

Zang Ba and Wang Xiu were temporarily unable to advance westward, and Zhu Zhi had no way to attack again. Yuzhou soldiers suffered heavy casualties and needed to rest.

The battlefield in Xuzhou has since fallen into a stalemate.

In the battle between Sun Jian and Yuan Shao, there were three main battlefields, one was Dongjun, the other was Xuzhou, and the third was Luoyang, Henan.

Zhou Ang, the governor of Yuzhou appointed by Yuan Shao, once again led his army south to attack Luoyang. Luoyang was besieged, and Sun Jian had no time to divide his troops, so he ordered Luoyang to defend.

The defense of Luoyang is Wu Jing, a general under Sun Jian's command.

Wu Jing is as famous as Zhu Zhi in Sun Jianzhong, but the two have completely different military styles. Zhu Zhi is good at attacking, which is similar to Sun Jian, while Wu Jing is good at defending. Therefore, Sun Jian used Zhu Zhi to attack Xuzhou and Wu Jing to defend Luoyang.

The city wall of Luoyang has been repaired at this time, relying on the strong city, under the leadership of Wu Jing, the Eastern Army stubbornly resisted Zhou Ang's attack.

Zhou Ang couldn't attack several times, so he dug tunnels to attack, but Wu Jing disintegrated them one by one.

Zhou Ang could only besiege but not attack, and his troops were not many, so he did not dare to divide his troops to attack the rest of the checkpoints.

With the chaos in the Central Plains at this point, Xu An naturally would not let go of this opportunity. After a short rest, Xu An once again assembled the soldiers and sharp men of Chang'an City, and summoned the cavalry from the three battalions of Wuxiang and Xiliang , personally led the army to station in Huayin, preparing to advance towards Hangu Pass, and from Hangu Pass to attack Luoyang, which was in the middle of a fierce battle.

Lu Bu led the Xiaoqi Battalion, and some infantry from Hedong County guarded Hangu Pass.

Originally, Xu An's plan was to let Lu Bu and Zhang Yang lead the Xiaoqi battalion and Wuxiang battalion to march in a hurry, and lead the cavalry to attack Zhou Ang who was besieging Luoyang.

Equipped with new-style riding equipment, the Yellow Turban cavalry has reached a very high degree of mobility, and is equipped with high bridge saddles and double-footed stirrups, which also makes the impact of the cavalry reach a terrifying level.

Now there is no need for both men and horses to wear heavy armor, but they can also have considerable impact.

The Yellow Turban Army, which owns the two major horse producing areas of Liangzhou and Bingzhou, does not lack good horses. The horses used by the cavalry battalions of the Yellow Turban Army, such as Wu Xiang and Xiaoqi, have all been carefully selected, and they are said to be one out of a hundred. It's not an exaggeration either.

Caught off guard, Zhou Ang must be unable to resist.

In fact, even if he was prepared, Xu An didn't think Zhou Ang could stop Lu Bu's attack.

The two battalions of Wu Xiang and Xiaoqi had a total of ten thousand cavalry, and the soldiers under Zhou Ang's command were now only more than [-] at full strength, including the auxiliary soldiers responsible for transporting food and armor, etc.

Once Zhou Ang's army outside Luoyang was defeated, Lu Bu led the cavalry to roam outside the city.

Just wait for the follow-up pawns to arrive, and then slowly bombard the walls of Luoyang City with the counterweight trebuchet.

Finally, enter the most familiar scene of the Yellow Turban Army, building a mound and attacking the city from the destroyed city wall.

When it comes to field battles and military battles, the current Yellow Turban Army is not afraid of any army.

The thousands of partial teachers led by Wu Jing in Luoyang City are just turtles in a urn, and their survival is only in their hands.

After capturing Luoyang, he quickly advanced to attack the eight passes of Luoyang. After taking control of Henan Yin, he went north to attack Hanoi County.

At this time, Yu Du had already led the army to garrison at Tianjingguan in Taihang Xing in the northern part of Hanoi County. When Xu Anbing left Hanoi County, he led the army to the south, sandwiching Hanoi County.

Now Yuan Shao and Sun Jian's two armies are fighting inextricably in Dongjun, and they have no time to look around. This is the best time to control the entire territory of Sili Xiaowei's department in one fell swoop.

If the soldiers and horses are not moving, the grain and grass will go first.

Huayin, the camp of the Yellow Turban Army.

Xu An had just finished his tour of the camp, and all the supplies were ready. He Man led the army and recruited some people from Hongnong County to repair the dilapidated road sections.

The road can be built soon, and then the four-wheeled carriages of the Yellow Turban Army's logistics system can be put into use, and the large ships in the river are also ready. Transported to Hangu Pass, and then transported to Hanoi and Henan.

This is good news, but Xu An's face is not filled with joy, but with a hint of doubt.

A person from the east was waiting for his arrival in the camp. It was the arrival of this person that made Xu An feel puzzled.

Xu An walked slowly towards the big tent, Teng Xiangwei who saw Xu An coming outside the big tent saluted first, and then raised the curtains of the big tent from left to right.

It was noon at this time, and the scorching sun hung high. Even though it was covered by a tent, it was still very bright inside the tent.

Xu An narrowed his eyes slightly, and in the big tent, a scholar wearing a Jinxian concept on his head and a deep crimson coat was facing the curtain with his back, looking at the Kanyu map hanging in the big tent.

The scribe seemed to have heard the movement behind him. As soon as Xu An walked into the tent, he had already turned around.

The scribe smiled lightly, clasped his hands together, bowed slightly, and saluted solemnly.

"Don't drive Tian Feng in Jizhou, and pay homage to the great virtuous teacher."

(End of this chapter)