The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 651 Desperate?

"There was a change in the north. Mothie and Yuan Shao came from the east, west, and north. The mothie had a 'Thunderbolt Chariot' to help, but the city walls of the checkpoints were actually difficult to hinder. In the battle of Jizhou, the mothie came out of Jingxing Pass in the east and went down on the [-]th. Seven cities, swift as the wind."

Luo Jun frowned slightly, put down the silk book in his hand, and there was a trace of worry in his eyes.

"The situation has deteriorated to this point, Xu An and Yuan Shao must have secretly hooked up a long time ago."

"Dong Zhuo in Guanzhong was defeated, and now the moth thieves have quickly occupied Guanzhong by some unknown method. It is a fact that Xu An led troops out of Hangu Pass to attack Luoyang."

"Xu An probably won't stop in Luoyang. If he wants to gain a firm foothold in Luoyang, he must grasp the eight passes of Luoyang."

"Once Xu An occupies the eight passes, he can see Jingzhou in the south and Yanyu in the east. With fat horses and strong soldiers, he can leave the pass to plunder the land. If he retreats, he can also guard the pass and watch the disputes in the Central Plains."

Xun Yu, Kuai Yue, and Wang Lang all frowned, staring at the silk book on the desk.

There is nothing wrong with what Luo Jun said. The current situation is very bad, and Xu An will definitely not stop just because he captured Luoyang.

Luo Jun looked solemn, and said in a deep voice.

"At that time, Xu An will control the land of Henan, and the soldiers can threaten the land of Yan, Henan, and Jing. Our army will need several times its strength for defense."

"The battle in Dongjun was originally between brothers and sisters. They fought fiercely for several months, and the soldiers put their lives to the test. There is a slight advantage in fighting bloody battles. Our army's elite troops are now all in Dongjun, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou..."

Luo Jun stopped talking. Although the situation has not deteriorated to the point of being out of control, if he does not respond, the situation will soon turn sharply.

Now Xu An conquered Luoyang and approached the Eight Passes.

At this time, their main army was trapped in Dongjun, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou, without moving a bit.

"In the Moth Thieves Army, there is a catapult called 'Thunderbolt'. It is dragged by a horse, and wheels are installed under the equipment. It can be turned quickly. It is so powerful that it only takes a moment to push the city to break through..."

Luo Jun's eyes flashed, and he sighed.

"Just keep the pass with the usual method, I am afraid that the eight passes will be lost."

"If you want to fight against moth thieves, you still need field soldiers."

Xun Yu frowned, he knew what Luo Jun said was correct.

Relying on the passes, a small number of soldiers can resist a large number of enemy troops, but now the so-called thunderbolt chariots in the Yellow Turban Army make all the city walls useless.

Zhending City is tall, but it can't resist the repeated bombardment of the terrifying thunderbolt chariots of the Yellow Turban Army.

In the Battle of Zhangshui, the mobile and fast small trebuchets of the Yellow Turban Army dealt a surprise blow to the brave Xiyuan Forbidden Army.

If it weren't for the blow from the catapult, I'm afraid the battle of Zhangshui might have been reversed.

Even if the Yellow Turban Army can escape in the end, it must suffer heavy losses and be unsustainable.

Xun Yu frowned. He remembered the information he had received before, that there seemed to be a new type of weapon in the Yellow Turban Army - "Calbow Carriage".

The principle of the ballista is very simple. The original fixed bed crossbow is placed on top of the four-wheeled carriage, and the original carriage of the four-wheeled carriage for loading goods is changed into a chassis for preventing the bed crossbow.

The crossbow guns used as ammunition were placed directly on the carriage, and all the soldiers stayed on the carriage.

When the two armies meet, the pawns driving the chariot arrive at the designated place, then stop the chariot and manipulate the bed crossbow placed on the chariot.

Long before the Yellow Turban Army produced a new type of four-wheeled carriage, which solved the problem of turning and was used for transportation between military transportation and commerce.

However, that kind of four-wheeled carriage has high requirements for terrain and craftsmanship.

That kind of four-wheeled carriage exists for commercial use, not entirely for military use, and its secrecy cannot be compared with war weapons such as thunderbolt chariots.

It took several months for the embroidered clothes messenger to learn the figure of the four-wheeled carriage, and started a plan to imitate the four-wheeled carriage.

Today, the Han army's logistics department, which is driving from Chendu to Dongjun official road, has begun to use the four-wheeled carriage invented by the Yellow Turban Army.

However, there is still a lot of distance between the imitated four-wheeled carriage and the four-wheeled carriage that was put into production after many experiments and tests in the Yellow Turban Army.

There has never been a shortage of skilled craftsmen in the land of China. They have made many wonderful things that can be called treasures and amazing things.

But craftsmen under the jurisdiction of the government cannot reap a lot of money because of their excellent craftsmanship.

At this time, most of them can barely maintain food and clothing, and even some craftsmen have to endure the torment of hunger.

They live their lives in a daze, without any hope of success.

They dare not share their unique craftsmanship with others, because sharing will not make them respect, nor will it make them get money and make their lives better.

On the contrary, because of the loss of the unique craftsmanship, the income fell again, making the families who were not wealthy even worse.

Therefore, no craftsman will pass on his own private craftsmanship to others.

Many craftsmen have been hiding their unique skills. They will never pass them on to outsiders, and even their own children will not pass them on quickly. They often have to wait until they are about to die before revealing their skills. .

Do not teach the law lightly, do not sell the way at a low price, do not follow the path of the teacher, and do not knock on the door of the doctor.

But in Taipingdao, this is no longer the case.

Many of those craftsmen's experience in the Han court are no longer applicable. In the workshops on Taiping Road, they can receive quite generous remuneration.

Work more, get more, work less, get less, no work, no gain.

Every time a weapon or a set of armor is produced, a certain amount of money can be received.

In addition to the money obtained from the production of armaments, tools and other things, every craftsman in the Taiping workshop can get a corresponding salary according to the craftsman level assessed in Taiping Road.

Taiping Road divides craftsmen into [-] levels, according to the skill level of craftsmen.

After Xu An's reform, in the workshop of Taiping Road, contributing his own unique skills can not only bring him a lot of economic income, but also improve the craftsman's assessment level and increase the monthly salary. Salary.

When Xu An first reformed, no one was willing to donate their skills. After all, although they were good at Taiping Dao, they were the skills they depended on for their livelihood, and they still cherished their skills.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, and this situation was quickly changed after a craftsman dedicated his skills.

When everyone saw that the craftsman who dedicated his skills was rated as the [-]th-level "skilled craftsman", received a generous salary, and obtained a corresponding status, a trace of envy emerged in everyone's hearts.

Later, more and more people could not bear the temptation.

They successively contributed their own unique skills in exchange for improving the craftsman's rating, in exchange for money and fame.

Craftsman ratings, one, two, three are junior blacksmiths, four, five, six are intermediate blacksmiths, seven, eighty-nine are senior blacksmiths, and ten, eleven, and twelve are top-level blacksmiths.

The thirteenth level is "Skilled Worker", the fourteenth level is "Skilled Craftsman", and the fifteenth level is "Famous Craftsman".

Skilled craftsman, skillful craftsman, famous craftsman...

This kind of title is only given to a few people, and the names of those who can win this honor will be engraved in the craftsman's hall of the workshop and recorded in the textbook of the workshop school.

Some craftsmen may not care about the money, and they can live well in the workshops on Taiping Road.

But few people can resist the temptation to leave a name in history and be listed in the Hall of Craftsmen.

Because of this situation, the skills of the craftsmen in the military equipment workshops in various parts of Taiping Road have actually surpassed those of the Chen Du court, Yuan Shao, and other forces.

And Xu An not only reformed the system of artisans, but also reformed the original system of workshops, formulating a systematic and standardized development of workshops.

Some important workshops on Taiping Road, such as the most famous Taihang Workshop, have secret experiments.

The common craftsmen in this era rely on their own experience to forge weapons and equipment, and the quality of each batch of cast weapons and weapons cannot be uniform, and there will be more or less gaps. When it is taught, it is mostly jerky and difficult to understand, and even some skills can only be understood but cannot be conveyed in words.

And Xu An ordered the establishment of a laboratory, through a large number of experiments, that is, repeated casting processes, and recorded various data, that is, recorded the number of forgings, the size of the flame, the time used, all these numbers , and finally select the best result and implement it.

Every weapon and every set of armor in the Taipingdao workshop needs to be engraved with the name of the craftsman, and the responsibility rests with the individual.

The promotion of systematization and standardization made the craftsman skills of the Yellow Turban Army gradually widen the gap with the craftsmen under the command of other forces.

After receiving the report of the Battle of Huayin, Xun Yu also ordered the craftsmen under his command to make imitation crossbow carts. The originally imitated four-wheeled carriages had many shortcomings, because the effects of shock absorption and other problems were not good, so he suddenly ordered imitation crossbow carts car.

Until now, only one prototype car has been promoted, and the effect is not satisfactory.

Field battle, to put it lightly.

Xun Yu put down the silk book in his hand.

The Yellow Turban Army under Xu An's command today is not the group of Yellow Turban Army under Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Liang who cut wood into soldiers and raised poles into banners.

Entering Bingzhou, Pingliangzhou, and breaking customs, the Yellow Turban Army's statement became more and more popular.

The battle of Jizhou attracted the attention of the whole world, and no one dared to underestimate the Taiping Road entrenched in the northern border.

Since Xu An's rise in the Taihang Mountains, the Yellow Turban Army has rarely lost.

The Han army has won small-scale confrontations, but all large-scale battles have ended with the defeat of the Han army.

Han Sui and Dong Zhuo, one occupying Liangzhou and the other occupying Guanzhong, were considered to be strong soldiers under their command, but they were both defeated by the Yellow Turban Army led by Xu An, and finally hated the battlefield.

Marquis Zhu Jun of Qiantang, Yuan Pang Zhijinwu, Shangshu Lu Zhi, Han Sui, Ma Teng, Dong Zhuo and others were all defeated by Xu An.

Xu An's reputation can really be regarded as famous all over the world.

Compared with the reputation of Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun in the past, it is even more prosperous.

Huangfusong...

Xun Yu's eyes lighted up slightly, and a plan instantly appeared in his mind.

"Now the main force of our army is in a stalemate with Yuan Shao in Dongjun. After General Sun starts to retreat, Yuan Shao will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity and will definitely pursue our army."

"And the moth thieves entrenched in Luoyang, as well as the Qingzhou soldiers who have just settled in Taishan County, will definitely take the opportunity to march."

Yuan Shao has been suppressed in the Battle of Dongjun, but he still has a lot of power after all.

Although Sun Jian has the advantage now, the situation is deteriorating, and his advantage is slowly becoming useless.

Luoyang, Jibei Kingdom, and Taishan County are on the left and right of Yanzhou, and Yuan Shao is on the north.

Now Yanzhou is like an orange caught in a pocket, and this pocket is about to shrink.

Yanzhou is no longer defendable...

Xun Yu's face was serious, and he said solemnly: "The enemy army is encircling Yanzhou from three sides. Yanzhou is extremely dangerous and must be rescued."

"I think that Your Majesty can summon General Huangfu and Duke Yuangu to lead the trilogy as backup to support General Sun's southward retreat and guard Yanzhou."

Liu Xie who was sitting on the table blinked his eyes, he was no stranger to Huangfusong and Gai Xun.

The justice of Yuan Gu mentioned by Xun Yu is Gai Xun, and Gai Xun's character is Yuan Gu.

Gai Xun is good at military strategy, and he is also a rare minister who gets along well with Liu Hong.

In the past, Liu Hong organized a new army, set up the eight captains of Xiyuan, and recruited people with military talents to serve as officials in the court. Gai Xun was appointed as the prefect of Wudu County at that time.

When leaving the city, Liu Hong issued an edict to General He Jin and Captain Jian Shuo to see him off outside the city.

Before Gai Xun arrived in Wudu County, he was conscripted as the captain of the captives and returned to Luoyang, which shows that Liu Hong attached great importance to Gai Xun.

Because of this, Liu Xie also got to know Gai Xun. In Liu Xie's impression, Gai Xun was a somewhat rigid general who was strict in his writing and writing.

When Jian Shuo was alive, he also mentioned Gai Xun's name to him.

As for Huangfusong, Liu Xie was naturally more impressed.

Jian Shuo once told him in the past that although the imperial court is facing internal and external troubles, there are three people who can rely on it.

Shangshu Lu Zhi, Jing Zhaoyin Gaixun, Zuo General Huangfusong.

"General Huangfu is a famous general in the world, Duke Yuangu is good at military strategy."

Liu Xie nodded slightly, and then looked at Liu Chong who was sitting at the bottom.

"What does the chariot general think?"

Hearing Liu Xie's question, Liu Chong straightened his body, and said respectfully: "If General Huangfu and Duke Yuan Gu are in command, they will surely protect Yu and Jing Wuyou."

"good."

Liu Xie said good-bye, and stopped speaking.

He is not yet old enough to take charge of the government, and Liu Chong is basically in charge of all affairs in the court.

When you have no way to understand, you should listen more and read more. This is what Jian Shuo taught him.

As an emperor, there are some things that you don't need to personally do, but you must know people and do them well.

Those who are better than military strategy can be generals.

Those who are good at calculating can do tricks.

Those who are good at government affairs can be officials.

The meeting is still going on, and time is urgent. They must come up with a feasible plan in a short time to prevent the situation from deteriorating.

Liu Xie glanced at Wang Yue, who was standing not far in front of him with a waist knife, from the corner of his eye, but his eyes were a little sad.

The voice in his ear did not enter his mind.

Looking at the people in the hall who were solemnly discussing important national affairs, the feeling of uneasiness slowly crept into Liu Xie's heart again.

The situation is critical and the country is in turmoil.

Liu Xie has never met his mother, and actually rarely communicates with his father Liu Hong.

He was pushed to the throne by Jian Shuo, and climbed to the throne of the emperor stepping on the corpses everywhere.

There are three people he trusts most.

One is his grandmother, Queen Mother Dong, and the other is Jian Shuo. He knows how much his father trusts Jian Shuo.

The third person is his uncle Dong Zhong.

It's just that he couldn't understand why his uncle would kill Jian Shuo.

Then Dong Zhuo entered the capital, and he was no longer the emperor.

Sometimes, he really doesn't know who he should trust.

Although he nodded in praise of Huangfusong and Gai Xun, in fact he had extremely complicated feelings towards those ministers in Nanyang County.

Liu Xie has a very good memory, and he still remembers everything that happened when he was in Luoyang.

In the tall and majestic hall, he sat on the throne, and Dong Zhuo stood in front of him in a splendid attire, extremely arrogant.

"Dong Zhuo, the traitor minister, dare to plot to deceive the sky, I will splash blood on my neck!"

When Li Ru read out the imperial edict, he heard a loud bang.

He saw an extremely angry official, whom he knew.

That was Shangshu Ding Guan from Shangshutai. When Jian Shuo was still alive, he had seen Ding Guan and Jian Shuo fight with each other red-faced.

In the civil and military affairs of the Manchu dynasty, above the main hall, his Taifu Yuan Kui did not stand up, and those so-called iron-boned celebrities did not stand up.

In the end, only one person stood up, and only Shang Shuding was in charge.

Only Ding Guan, who used to fight with Jian Shuo, blushed and shouted angrily, was alone.

Ding Guan was pushed out of the hall, and then a Xiliang warrior walked into the hall with a blood-stained cloth bag.

Blood continuously seeped out of the cloth bag and dripped onto the main hall.

The ministers were silent, and no one dared to speak.

Situ Dinggong presided over the abolition ceremony, and his Tai Fu Yuan Kui helped Liu Xie down from the throne, lifted the jade seal and handed it over to Liu Bian.

Huangfusong did not stand up at that time, Gai Xun did not stand up, and Ding Guan was the only one who stood up among all the officials in the court...

No, strictly speaking, one more person stood up.

That person was Yuan Shao.

It's just that Liu Xie still can't understand why Yuan Shao, who was silenced by the crowd, still dared to stand up, drew his sword to confront Dong Zhuo, and shouted "Your sword is sharp, my sword is not bad!" It became like this.

However, in the Luoyang Imperial Palace, Yuan Shu, the seemingly unscrupulous Huben Zhonglang General Liu Xie met, stood with Sun Jian.

People are complicated...

Liu Xie suddenly felt a little helpless. After Jian Shuo died, there was no one to teach him, so he could only move forward bit by bit...

"General Huangfu and Duke Yuangu are good generals, but now the elite of the four prefectures are all in Dongjun, how can we find the soldiers to defend against the enemy?"

"If you have generals but no soldiers, how do you deal with it?"

Wang Lang, who works in Xuzhou Zhizhong, shook his head and said in a low tone.

"Xuzhou is in a critical situation. It has no soldiers to help. It can only barely maintain a balance of power. Qingzhou soldiers have gone south to Taishan County and Jibei Kingdom. Xuzhou has been unable to send troops to help. It may be difficult to stick to the state."

Wang Lang sighed. Some time ago, Zang Ba's offensive was so fierce that Xuzhou almost fell.

Fortunately, Zhu Zhi arrived at the last moment and repelled Zang Ba, and only then did the siege of Xuzhou be resolved.

Xuzhou's predicament has just been solved, and Taishan County, which borders the northwest, is in trouble again. The defense is under pressure, so how can we send troops.

Among the palaces and pavilions, the one with the heaviest heart is Wang Lang.

"When I came here, Tao Gong once said that what he entrusted was not human, and he was really ashamed of His Majesty and the country."

"After Xuzhou was settled down, Duke Tao still wanted to ask His Majesty to remove him from the position of Xuzhou Mu..."

Wang Lang's tone was heavy, he lowered his head, took out a silk book, and raised his hands above his head.

"This is Tao Gong's own handwriting, and it is presented to His Majesty."

Xiao Huangmen, who was on the sidelines, hesitated for a moment, and wanted to go forward to get it.

"It doesn't have to be presented."

Liu Xie waved his hand lightly, stopping the action of the little yellow gate.

"The situation in Xuzhou is already complicated. Mr. Tao was ordered to be in danger. This time is just a momentary oversight."

"If it weren't for Mr. Tao, I'm afraid Xuzhou would have been stolen by bandits just like Qingzhou. How can Mr. Tao feel guilty?"

Liu Xie's eyes were firm, and he said sincerely.

"Please also bring the letter back to Xuzhou, and report back to Mr. Tao, please don't blame yourself."

In the end, Wang Lang did not submit the letter, he took it back and thanked him again and again, before the matter was considered over.

Xun Yu looked at the emperor sitting above him, his eyes flickered.

Although Liu Xie is not yet old enough to take charge of the government, he has an extraordinary bearing and can properly handle some political and personnel affairs.

God bless the Han Dynasty, and finally a British lord descended.

Xun Yu felt deeply in his heart that some of the facts that Emperor Ling did were a bit absurd.

Seeing this country step by step into the abyss, but I have nothing to do, this feeling is really too uncomfortable.

"Although the thieves in southern Jingzhou are making trouble, their main force has already been wiped out. We can temporarily recruit some recruits as a supplement, and then mobilize elites to go north to support Yuzhou."

"Yangzhou's bandits have been in peace for the first time, and the evil must be eradicated to avoid resurgence. However, the situation is critical now, and we cannot act as usual. Yangzhou can temporarily slow down the offensive and focus on maintaining stability. In this way, we can dispatch a group of troops to go north to assist Xuzhou. Guarantee the safety of Xuzhou and take care of the safety of the eastern part of Yuzhou."

Kuai Yue's expression changed slightly, and he frowned.

"Jingzhou should only be able to send out [-] soldiers at most. Although the main force of the sect thieves has been wiped out, the rest of the party has escaped into the hills and mountains and is difficult to destroy. The remnants of the party will attack the city and have to guard against it."

In the past, Sun Jian relied on local clans to rule Jingnan. Liu Biao rode into Jingzhou and recovered Jingzhou by means of thunder, but it also planted the root of disaster.

The bandits in Jingzhou are constantly in chaos and bandits are rampant. Although the Jingzhou army is strong, the rebels are invincible.

However, the terrain of Jingzhou is complicated, with many hilly and mountainous areas. Those thieves hiding in the deep mountains and hiding in the mountains and forests still caused Liu Biao a lot of trouble.

The tens of thousands of Jingzhou soldiers taken away by Huang Zhong this time are almost the majority of the Jingzhou army that can be mobilized in the field.

"Nanyang has a large population, perhaps we can recruit brave men from the countryside to help defend the city..."

Xun Yu frowned, and stopped talking at the end.

Nanyang County is under the jurisdiction of Yuan Shu. Although there are many people, most of the elite were taken away by Yuan Shu, which is really unbearable.

Facing the Yellow Turban Army, you must have a regular army, and you can defend the city bravely, but the city defense is now useless to the Yellow Turban Army.

After the Yellow Turban Army broke the city with catapults, a large number of elite infantry poured into the city directly through the collapsed city wall, and directly engaged in street fighting.

The defense of the city is actually useless, and those village braves will often be defeated in hand-to-hand combat in street battles.

Jingzhou can only send out another [-] soldiers...

As for Chen Du, there were only [-] new companies of the imperial guards and [-] city defense troops left, and there were only more than [-] people called up temporarily from various places, for a total of [-] people.

There are [-] soldiers in each of the four passes, and [-] soldiers in Zhiyang City, Yuzhou Prefecture.

The defenders of the four gates cannot move, that is to say, there are actually less than [-] troops that can be mobilized.

And according to the information, there are a total of [-] light cavalry under Xu An's command...

Make bricks without straw.

Even Huang Fusong, the god of war, might not be able to withstand an enemy army several times his own with [-] soldiers.

They seem to have come to an end...

(big chapter)
　Today's chapter is 6370 words, and tomorrow will be supplemented with another day, and 2000 words will be added.

　　Tomorrow after tomorrow, there are so many tomorrows, let's wait for tomorrow together.

　　
　
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