The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 653

Xun Yu tapped the desk lightly, drawing everyone's attention to himself.

Kuai Yue also tacitly stopped talking.

"Our army was superior in the battle of Dongjun, so Xu An and Yuan Shao reached an alliance and sent troops to Luoyang to threaten our army's hinterland, forcing our army to retreat."

"But Xu An definitely doesn't want to see our army suffer heavy losses, making Yuan Shao a big deal."

"The Eight Passes of Luoyang. Now our army occupies the four passes of Yique, Guangcheng, Taigu, and Yuyuan. I think we should give up the two passes of Yique and Taigu."

Xun Yu stood up and walked to the stand where the map of Kanyu was hung in the palace.

"Yique and Taigu are only a hundred miles away from Luoyang, and moth thieves arrive in no time. With Luoyang as a convenient means of transportation, there are advantages in transportation. Moreover, Yique and Taigu are very important to Luoyang. Xu An will take them no matter what. It's in your hands."

"The moth thieves turn like the wind. Xu An has always made a plan before moving. When a thunder strikes a wind, a move is like a thousand-thousand thunder. Now the moth thieves in the Luoyang area may have already approached two passes. The two passes totaled no more than [-] soldiers. Most of them are already insecure..."

Xun Yu looked solemn and stated his views clearly.

It has to be said that Xun Yu's analysis did not deviate too much from the reality.

While they were talking, the Yellow Turban Army's army had actually approached the two passes of Yique and Taigu.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the catapults in the Yellow Turban Army, the walls of the two passes gradually became dilapidated and gapped.

Then the Yellow Turban Army, under the leadership of Gong Du and Xu Huang, launched an attack on Yique and Taigu respectively.

Facing the Yellow Turban Army, which was almost several times larger than itself, with high morale and well-equipped equipment, the Han army defending the city actually had no hope at all.

But they didn't retreat. The captains of Yique and Taigu are all generals under Sun Jian's command. They understand the importance of Luoyang's eight passes. Even if the reinforcements have not arrived, they still grit their teeth and wait. The reinforcements that could never arrive.

They didn't know that just above the temple in Chendu, in the palace hall, someone had already judged their life and death within a few words.

"The Yique and Taigu passes are probably under attack by moth thieves. The two passes are only a hundred miles away from Luoyang, but they are hundreds of miles away from Yuzhou and Nanyang. Transshipment is extremely difficult."

"If there is a fire and you draw water from the sea, even though there is plenty of sea water, the fire will never be extinguished, and the fire will not be extinguished if the water is far away."

"Yique and Taigu are bound to be lost, but we may think of a way to keep Guangcheng and Shenyuan."

"Guangcheng is located in the south of Yique and Taigu, close to Nanyang County and Yuzhou..."

Xun Yu paused and continued.

"The terrain of Guangcheng Pass is narrow. Even if there is no pass wall, our army can rely on the location to hold on."

"Guangchengguan has a total of more than [-] soldiers, Nanyang County has only [-] soldiers, and Yingchuan County has [-] soldiers, a total of [-] soldiers. I'm afraid it will be difficult to defend Guangcheng Pass, how can a glass of water save a carload of fire."

Wang Lang shook his head and vetoed.

"At present, the elites from all over the country are in Dongjun, and most of the left-behind trilogy are actually newly edited trilogy. How can they take on such a big responsibility?"

Kuai Yue remained silent, and Xun Yu also stopped speaking.

What Wang Lang said was not wrong, they all knew how much combat power the remaining county soldiers had.

Those so-called county soldiers were just ordinary people not long ago, and the war intensified. After thinking about it, Liu Chong ordered to recruit new soldiers and make up a company after he got a little financially richer.

Although those recruits have gone through several months of training, they have not made any mistakes as local garrisons in various places.

But no one thought that with the help of those recruits who hadn't even seen blood much, they could defeat the wolf-like cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army.

Xun Yu showed hesitation on his face. He hesitated for a moment. He looked at Yuzhou on the map and hesitated for a while, but finally made up his mind.

"Yingchuan County and Nanyang County have a large population, and they can recruit local bravery on the spot. The two counties are heroic in martial arts, and there is no shortage of generous and tragic people. If you choose good generals to lead, you can be a strong army."

Kuai Yue's eyes moved slightly, but he looked directly at Xun Yu, observing Xun Yu's face without any trace.

Wang Lang also stopped speaking, and set his eyes on Xun Yu.

In fact, Xun Yu's words are not just superficial.

Xun Yu said that the two counties had strong martial arts, but Nanyang and Yingchuan mostly had famous men, and there were not many generals.

If it is said that the writing style of the two counties is outstanding, it fits well, but the martial style is strong, but it is not true.

Xun Yu said that the military style is strong, and he said that he can recruit local bravery on the spot, choose good generals to lead, and then he can become a strong army.

The subtext of those so-called bravery in the countryside actually refers to the soldiers and generals of the powerful families in Nanyang and Yingchuan counties.

"Duke Yuangu is well-known, good at military strategy, and famous for his good defense. Duke Yuangu is now in Nanyang County. You can first order Duke Yuangu to recruit troops in Nanyang County, then go north to Yingchuan County to recruit troops, and finally call all the troops. Help Guangcheng Pass."

"The wall of Guangcheng Pass is so high that even if the moth thieves have a 'thunderbolt car' to urge the city to break through the pass, Guangcheng Pass is close to Yingchuan and Nanyang counties. In a short time, the moth thieves will be difficult to capture. Gu Gong leads the reinforcements to rush to the rescue."

"What's more, in fact, Guangcheng Pass is strictly speaking the pass of Henan Yin, not Luoyang. Therefore, the moth thief does not have to seize Guangcheng, and his determination is not as firm as capturing Luoyang."

……

The camp of the Yellow Turban Army in the south of Luoyang City, with banners like the sea, swords and guns like a forest, countless soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army stayed in the barracks.

In the handsome tent, a huge sand table was placed in the center of the big tent, in front of everyone.

The sand table is drawn in great detail, and every ferry, every city, and every pass is shaped on it.

Even the general deployment of the Han army is recorded in great detail.

Xu An leaned his hands on the desk, and all the generals and schools of the Yellow Turban Army stood around the center.

Jia Xu was wearing a Qingjuan Taoist robe and a Taoist crown on his head. He pointed to Luoyang City on the sand table and told everyone about the battle situation on the front line.

"The walls of the Yique and Taigu passes have been broken. Our army has broken through the pass. Now we are competing with the Nanting army for the pass. Our army has not encountered the main force and elite of the Nanting army. The resistance we received was not strong. The terrain in the Yique and Taigu passes is equally complicated, and we have fallen into a fierce battle for a while, but our army will take the Yique and Taigu passes by tomorrow evening at the latest."

"The two generals Xu Huang and Gong Du have issued a military order."

Xu An nodded, thoughtfully.

"It seems that in order to deal with Yuan Shao, Nanting has put all its elite into Dongjun."

Such a situation was also within Xu An's calculations.

"Since Yique and Taigu are under attack, order Gong Du to lead Bingzhou camp and Wuzu camp to continue southward to capture Guangcheng..."

Xu An paused, stopped speaking, and finally changed his decision.

"Let Gong Du lead the troops to march to the east at Yuyuan Pass, and let Xu Huang lead the Wuxiang Battalion and Ruishi Battalion southward to attack Guangcheng Pass."

Guangchengguan is the gateway to the southern part of Henan Yin. Although the elite of the southern army should be in the north, they may also have backhands.

In the end, Xu An did not lead the army with Gong Du, who had a somewhat reckless personality, but let Xu Huang, who had a more calm personality, lead the army.

After Xu An gave the order, Jia Xu then threw the long whip in his hand to the east.

Xu An's eyes followed the long whip in Jia Xu's hand and looked towards the east.

"The ownership of Guangcheng Pass doesn't really affect much. Taking Guangcheng Pass, but we got Xincheng and Liang County, with Yique and Taigu Pass as barriers. Our army doesn't need to worry too much about the situation in the south of Luoyang. , The two cities of Xincheng and Liangxian were handed over to Nanting, and our army occupied the two passes, staring at them, and it was difficult for Nanting to develop."

"The important thing is the Yuanguan..."

Yuanyuanguan is the biggest test for the Yellow Turban Army.

Yuanyuanguan is a dangerous pass in the true sense. One man guards the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open it. It has nine twists and eighteen bends, twists and turns.

There are a total of twelve related cities in Shenyuanguan, which are independent of each other and support each other. They are easy to defend but difficult to attack.

There are only one or two checkpoints that can be attacked with catapults, and the rest of the checkpoints can only be filled by the Yellow Turban Army with human lives, and the only siege equipment that can be brought is even a long ladder.

At the beginning, there was only one small path up the Lutai Mountain, but the checkpoint of Yuyuan Pass was just like that of Lutai Mountain, there was only one small path to go up, and it was even more dangerous, because the terrain of Lutai Mountain was not as steep as that of Shenyuan Pass.

And there are a total of twelve such checkpoints!
In a sense, this place is not much different from the Jiange in the Three Kingdoms period.

This is Xiongguan, which has been in operation for hundreds of years in the Han Dynasty!

Even if Sun Jian had tens of thousands of strong troops under his command at the beginning, and the garrison at Zhiyuan Pass was only a thousand, he never thought of attacking Luoyang through Shenyuan Pass.

Instead, they chose to detour through Guangcheng Pass, then went north to attack Taigu, and entered Luoyang via Taigu Pass.

Xu An didn't want to attack Zhiyuan Pass, but Shenyuan Pass was a checkpoint that the Yellow Turban Army had to conquer if they wanted to control the Luoyang area.

……

"The western front, the truly important battlefield lies in Shenyuan..."

Xun Yu looked solemn, and pointed to the Yuanyuan Pass in the northwest of Yangcheng, Yuzhou.

"Xianyuan Pass is the barrier of Yangcheng in Yuzhou, and there must be no loss at Shenyuan Pass."

"Although Xu An occupies the eight passes of Luoyang, it is absolutely impossible to attack on a large scale, because this will inevitably give Yuan Shao a great advantage when fighting our army."

"But once our army loses Yuanyuanguan, the initiative of the war will be handed over to Xu An and Taipingdao."

Xun Yu's face was as dark as water, and he said in a solemn voice.

"At that time, Xu An can rely on Luoyang to regulate the confrontation between our army and Yuan Shao. If our army is superior, he can go east to Luoyang, threaten our army's hinterland, prompt our army to divide our troops, and help Yuan Shao."

"And when Yuan Shao has the upper hand, he occupies Hanoi and Henan, so he is naturally invincible and can also restrain Yuan Shao."

Xun Yu glanced at Wang Lang, who was a little puzzled, and continued.

"The Qingzhou soldiers on the eastern front don't need to worry. As long as General Sun can evacuate safely, the Yellow River is naturally dangerous enough to stop Yuan Shao's army from invading. When the natural danger is guarded, the tens of thousands of soldiers under General Sun's command can match the tens of thousands of Qingzhou soldiers under Yuan Tan's command."

Xun Yu smiled indifferently, Qingzhou soldiers didn't even enter his eyes.

Although there are many Qingzhou soldiers under Yuan Tan's command, their combat power is weak.

When the four prefectures came together, although the Han troops in Yu, Yan, and Xu prefectures also had defeats, they were still attacking and chasing most of the time, but Qingzhou soldiers were always timid and did not dare to act rashly.

Everyone cleared the snow in front of their own doors. Even if the surrounding cities were besieged, they did not dare to go out to help, for fear of being angered by the Yellow Turban Army.

But Gongsun Dunan traveled to Donglai, and went down to Donglai for nearly ten cities. The road was so overwhelming that no one could stop it.

In fact, Qingzhou soldiers have already become synonymous with weakness.

……

Jizhou and Liyang.

The red flag was unfurled, and Yuan Shao stood on the city tower, looking down at the soldiers standing on the city wall one after another.

The sound of the hunting of the banners rang in his ears, and a group of generals with helmets and armor and robes and belts stood behind him.

When the sound of communication sounded, Feng Ji adjusted his appearance, slowly stepped onto the gate tower, and walked up the stairs side by side with the examiner and assistant, neither of them willing to give in.

Feng Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, and he noticed that besides Ju Shou standing beside Yuan Shao, there was also a sullen man wearing a black robe and an iron crown standing beside Yuan Shao. It seemed to be whispering something to Yuan Shao.

If it wasn't for the scar on the man's right cheek, his appearance should be considered handsome.

The man's face was gloomy and his eyes were sharp. He just glanced at him but didn't look at each other, and Feng Ji felt an extremely uncomfortable feeling in his heart.

"Yuantu, Zhengnan, you came at the right time."

Yuan Shao saw Fengji and Judgment, and said with a smile.

Although Yuan Shao was rather casual, Feng Ji and Shen Pei did not neglect, and the two of them finished their proper etiquette before coming to Yuan Shao's back.

"Since the two military advisers have arrived, then Shen will take his leave first."

The man cupped his hands slightly, and after saying goodbye to Yuan Shao, he quickly walked down the tower without looking back.

The examiner frowned slightly. The Meimei established by Yuan Shao was not an important secret. As the head of Yuan Shao's shogunate, he naturally knew that Yuan Shao had established the Meimei.

It's just that even if he is in charge of the shogunate and the military, he rarely comes into contact with the enchanted people.

The embroidered clothes envoys are directly responsible to the emperor, acting under the imperial edict, wearing embroidered clothes, holding scepters and tiger charms, patrolling and inspecting everywhere, and acting on behalf of the emperor if they find illegal problems, they are called direct pointing embroidered clothes envoys.

The evil spirit originally belonged to an organization that fought against the Yellow Turban Army Eagle Wolf Guards, but then the evil spirit gradually changed.

They are acting more and more secretly, and they are really like the ghosts in the novels of ghosts and ghosts.

And Yuan Shao has more and more trust in that charming leader Shen Yu.

The judge had never met Shen Yu before, but he was almost certain that the person just now was definitely Shen Yu.

"The news came from Qi Mei that Sun Jian's army has already taken action. They may want to withdraw their troops. Not long ago, Sun Jian secretly summoned Yuan Shu, Cao Cao and others to return to Puyang Camp."

Yuan Shao's face showed a smile, and he laughed loudly.

"The long-term bad breath can finally be relieved!"

Sun Jian's continuous attacks, sometimes almost day and night, made Yuan Shao feel a heavy sense of crisis, making it difficult for him to catch his breath.

"This time, Sun Jian must be made to pay the price!"

Yuan Shao clenched his fists and said viciously.

The examiner made a bow with both hands, and said: "Xu An has taken advantage of Luoyang, and will stop expanding soon."

"The land of Sili is extremely vast and has a large population. Taipingdao's swallowing of Sili this time must take a long time to digest. Now it is indeed taking advantage of the panic in Nanting to annihilate its subordinates."

"The dispute between Xu An and Nanting will not last long. Xu An and us seem to be at odds, so he will definitely not do his best."

"Now the only place that can buy us time is here..."

The examiner walked up to him, and pointed to a pass on the map in front of Yuan Shao—Xuyuan Pass.

"Xianyuan Pass is extremely important, Nan Ting and Xu An need to control it..."

"However, for us, having the Nanting with Zhiyuan Pass is much more beneficial than the Yellow Turban Army with Shenyuan Pass..."

A stern look flashed in the judge's eyes, and he walked a step closer to Yuan Shao, his voice slowly becoming cold.

No permanent friends, only permanent interests.

How could Yuan Shao be willing to let the Yellow Turban Army occupy Luoyang?

If the Yellow Turban Army got the Luoyang area, wouldn't it mean that besides Taihang Baxing, the Yellow Turban Army would have one more place to threaten him?
If the Yellow Turban Army really gets Luoyang, then even if Yanzhou is captured later, it will be difficult to preserve Yanzhou, and it will be exposed to the front of the Yellow Turban Army.

As for the covenant with the Yellow Turban Army?
Where did the covenant come from?He, Yuan Shaoke, has never signed it.

(End of this chapter)