The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 654 Survival to death, life to death
In the third year of Chuping (192), June [-]th.

Gong Du and Xu Huang respectively led troops to break through the Yique and Taigu passes. Most of the guards at the two passes were killed, and the rest were captured and sent to Luoyang as manpower for repairing Luoyang.

The Yellow Turban Army rarely recruited and surrendered hostile enemies. All enemies captured by the Yellow Turban Army were screened and then assigned to various labor reform teams for labor reform according to their skills and abilities.

Generally speaking, soldiers captured by the Yellow Turban Army will undergo a three-year labor reform before they can regain their freedom.

Wanting to become a soldier of the Yellow Turban Army is not an easy thing, and it is not something you can do if you want to.

Today in Taiping Road, the highest social status is actually not officials, but soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army.

To become a member of the Yellow Turban Army, the first thing is to meet the physical strength standard, not too thin, and the other point is to be of the right age, not too old or too young.

Now the Yellow Turban Army directly under Xu An's command has gone through layers of screening.

Those who served as general officers were slightly older, and most of the soldiers were actually young people and people just entering their prime.

In addition to the physical requirements, in fact, if you want to become a soldier of the Yellow Turban Army, you must pass an assessment—ideological assessment.

Not long after Xu An entered Bingzhou, he started to reform the Taiping Road.

Taipingdao has gradually become more compact from the original loose organization, from the original slightly disordered state to order little by little.

Entering the Tao, Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Hearing the Tao, Enlightening the Tao, Obtaining the Tao, Fangzhu, and Great Doctor, there are currently eight levels in the Taiping Tao.

In the past, the so-called entry into the Taiping Dao only required you to say that you believed in the Taiping Dao and were willing to obey Huang Tian.

But now the Taipingdao has been reformed. It is not that you can enter the Taoism or become a Taoist just because you believe in the Taipingdao.

Taipingdao's talismans spread the word everywhere, and there are many pilgrims in the Taoist temples of Taipingdao who come to worship, but none of them actually entered the Tao, and they are not considered Taoists. He belongs to the category of believers.

They are just believers and are called "believers", and only those who have entered the Tao can be called "Taoists".

Only by becoming a Taoist and joining the Taiping Dao can one become a Yellow Turban Army.

It is extremely difficult for the people of the states and counties under the jurisdiction of Taiping Road to become a member of the Yellow Turban Army, so how can those enemies easily join the Yellow Turban Army.

At the beginning, Jia Xu said that Zhang Yang would withdraw to the north and enter Bingzhou, and came here to serve. The tens of thousands of soldiers under his command went through layers of screening, and there were not many people left in total. This is because those soldiers were indeed good at fighting. The soldiers came to surrender again, so the net was opened.

After conquering the two passes of Yique and Taigu, the Yellow Turban Army did not stop marching.

Gong Du led two battalions of [-] sharp men and [-] Bingzhou cavalry to go south.

There were not many defenders in the new city to the south of the Yique and Taigu passes. Soon after the Yellow Turban Army's counterweight catapults arrived, they quickly opened a gap in the city wall of the new city.

In fact, the Han army had already abandoned Xincheng and retreated to Guangcheng Pass.

The county magistrate of Xincheng was unwilling to give up the city, so he recruited Xiangyong to resist.

After Gong Du ordered the sharp men to rush into the city, the outcome was already decided. The Xincheng county magistrate and Xincheng county lieutenant died in battle, and the rest surrendered.

After conquering the new city, Gong Du did not stop. After leaving only hundreds of sharp men to control the new city, he led his troops to continue southward, attacking Guangcheng Pass, the southernmost of Luoyang Eight Passes.

It's just that this time the Yellow Turbans didn't go as smoothly as when they attacked Yique and Taigu.

When Gong Du led his troops to Guangcheng Pass, nearly [-] soldiers had gathered at Guangcheng Pass.

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

After Huangfusong and Gai Xun received the edict, they also knew that the situation was urgent, neither of them neglected in the slightest, and directly led the troops under their command to go north.

When Dong Zhuo and Xu An fought fiercely before, Wang Yun planned the palace coup and assassinated Dong Huang, the servant who was in charge of the imperial army at that time.

Huangfusong and Gai Xun gathered the defenders and forbidden troops of Chang'an City, and recruited a group of family soldiers from the accompanying powerful families.The two have a total of [-] people under their command.

The edict was delivered by a fast horse.

Gai Xun led [-] soldiers and went north directly to Guangchengguan. Along with the imperial edict, Chen Du and others also sent letters from Xun Yu and others. Those letters were passed into the hands of the heads of various families in Nanyang and Runan.

The aristocratic families in Nanyang and Runan counties quickly gathered a large number of family soldiers, and those family soldiers were eventually brought under Gai Xun's command.

By the time Gai Xun arrived at Runan Yangguan, the number of soldiers under Gai Xun's command had expanded from the original [-] to [-].

There are not many stupid people among those powerful families that can last for hundreds or even thousands of years. It is absolutely impossible for a stupid person to become the head of a century-old family.

The threat of the Yellow Turban Army is close at hand. As long as the Guangcheng Pass is broken, the Yellow Turban Army will firmly control the initiative of the war by guarding Guangcheng Natural Danger.

The terrain of Runan County is flat, while Nanyang County has a basin terrain, but there are not many dangerous barriers to defend.

If the Guangcheng Pass is breached, the Yellow Turban Army's troops will be able to reach Runan and Nanyang counties within a few days.

On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore.

The existence of the Yellow Turban Army made the aristocratic families in Nanyang and Runan counties like a thorn in their backs. Some powerful aristocratic families even moved some of their clan members to Yangzhou and Jingzhou.

They recalled an old event in the seven years of Guanghe again, a frightening old event.

At the beginning of the seventh year of Guanghe, both inside and outside rose up, eight prefectures developed concurrently, the sea was boiling, and the world was shaking.

Under Zhang Jiao's order, millions of yellow scarves raised poles as banners and cut trees as soldiers. The whole world gathered to respond, and everyone called Huang Tian together.

The soldiers of various counties suffered repeated defeats, and the Yellow Turban Army marched forward triumphantly.

At that time, the Yellow Turban Army in Runan was so powerful that many powerful families in Runan suffered from the disaster of ruining their families.

Hanling Emperor Liu Hong was still indulging in the luxurious Luoyang Palace at that time, after receiving news of rebellions from various places.

Liu Hong was in a hurry, ignoring other things, announced that the ban on the party would be lifted, the party members in the world would be pardoned, and he took out the hidden money and the stables in the West Garden to give to the soldiers.

Later, he personally appointed Lu Zhi as the general of the North Zhonglang, Huang Fusong as the general of the Zuo Zhonglang, and Zhu Jun as the general of the Right Zhonglang.
Huangfusong and Zhu Jun dispatched the infantry from the five schools and the cavalry from Sanhe, and at the same time recruited strong men, totaling more than [-].

Huangfusong and Zhu Jun each led a unit to suppress the Runan Yellow Turban Army.

Everyone thought that the turmoil would subside soon, but no one expected it.

Shuai Bocai of Runan County actually led his troops to defeat Zhu Jun, and then advanced all the way, besieging Zhu Jun and the troops of his headquarters with Changshe.

The capital was shaken, and everyone was shocked.

Zhu Jun was defeated, and Huangfusong rushed south to help.

However, Bocai's troops were much larger than Huangfusong and Zhu Jun's combined. The Han army was terrified. Huangfusong attacked several times, but was repelled by Bocai.

Defeat seems to be only a matter of time.

But perhaps the true fate still favored the Han Dynasty, Bocai relied on the grass to build a camp, and the wind howled all day and night, which lasted for a long time.

Huangfusong made a prompt decision and led the entire battalion of his headquarters to dispatch to raid Bocai's camp, set fire to it, and Bocai's army retreated.

Cavalry captain Cao Cao just came to rescue Huangfusong and others, joined Huangfusong and defeated Bocai.

The Bocai army suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and finally retreated to Yangdi. The Runan Yellow Turban Army, which was in great prosperity for a while, has never recovered from this battle.

Bocai also had no way to reproduce the previous results. The Runan Yellow Turban Army has since declined and is on the verge of extinction. More than [-] Yellow Turban troops were killed in Wancheng and became the ladder for Zhu Jun to climb the ladder and the leader of the Han Army under his command. military exploits

At that time, the waves that were so powerful all the way shook the world.

Just a few months later, the Yellow Turban Army was quickly defeated. Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Liang were beheaded, and millions of Yellow Turbans were wiped out. The terrifying scene began to be forgotten by everyone.

Even if Xu An led the rest of the Yellow Turban Army to slowly develop and grow, Runan County and Nanyang County are far away in Yuzhou and Jingzhou, which are hundreds of thousands of miles away from Bingzhou.

Although every year, every few months, news about the Yellow Turban Army could be heard from the North, but the things said in the news were far apart after all.

Whatever happened in the Northland Grassland, no matter how horrific and shocking it was, on the bamboo slips, it was just a light sentence of words.

But now, everything is different.

In a short period of two or three months, the Yellow Turban Army who had been entrenched in Bingzhou, Liangzhou, and Youzhou, and circling the northern border took the land of Guanzhong into their pocket like a gust of wind.

Then they sent out troops suddenly and captured Luoyang.

With the fall of the two capitals, the Yellow Turban Army was unstoppable all the way, powerful and powerful.

The two passes of Yique and Taigu fell within three days, and the Yellow Turban Army fought successively. It seemed that there was nothing in this world that could block their way forward.

Today's Xu An made all the powerful families in Runan County and Nanyang County feel fear, a kind of fear born from the bottom of their bones.

What Xu An did in Bingzhou, Liangzhou, and Youzhou made them feel intimidated. They knew the attitude of the Yellow Turban Army towards powerful families.

It is not false to destroy the family.

They themselves know what they have done.

The Eagle Wolf Guards used their dossiers to tell the world that even for the crimes they committed decades ago, they still found clues and brought them to justice.

Can the ninth world still take revenge?Although it can last forever.

All the powerful families in Runan County and Nanyang County knew very well that none of them was stupid enough to think that Xu An would forgive their sins.

Although the aristocratic and powerful families in Liangzhou who took refuge in the Taiping Road were preserved to a certain extent, that was because Liangzhou was located in the border area, and the Han people had always been closely united. The ordinary people relied on the local aristocratic and powerful families, Huddle together to keep warm.

Therefore, the oppression of the powerful families in Liangzhou on the locals is far less than that of the rich places in the Central Plains such as Runan County and Nanyang County.

And even Xu An's current wife's family, Liangzhou Wang's family, the Eagle Wolf Guard found out that someone in the Wang family had committed a crime, and did not leave a trace of sympathy.

When Gai Xun arrived at Guangcheng Pass with [-] soldiers, it was already dusk on July [-]st.

The once tall and magnificent Guangcheng Pass had been bombarded indiscriminately by the counterweight catapults of the Yellow Turban Army for two full days.

The city wall of Guangchengguan was damaged in many places, and gaps have been opened in many places.

However, the Han army was also well prepared. A large number of craftsmen and civilian husbands were recruited. Their task was to repair the broken city walls in time.

The huge stone bomb belt made people feel chills, and the piercing sound flew over the heads of the people in the pass, or smashed hard on the pass wall, making a huge explosion and shaking a lot of smoke and dust.

The gap in the wall was stained with blood.

One after another, blood-stained soldiers were dragged down the gap. Among them were soldiers of the Han Army in red clothes, and soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army wearing yellow scarves.

Many of them did not die completely. They were seriously injured, but they still had consciousness. They lay on the ground and wailed, and stretched out their hands to the craftsmen and peasants who were cleaning up the gaps.

They want to live, they want to keep living.

But it is a pity that waiting for their fate, whether they are the Han army or the Yellow Turban army, there is actually only one-death.

Holding the ring head knife, the stern-faced soldiers of the Han army will send them to Huangquan one by one after receiving the signal from the craftsmen and civilian husbands.

Those who were slightly injured by the Han army had been dragged off the battlefield and received medical treatment. For those soldiers who remained in the gap battlefield, their condition, even if a famous doctor came, there was nothing they could do. is a relief.

At least there is no need to endure the endless, painful torture.

It's just that people want to live after all, and people have the instinct to survive, and that survival instinct will make them do their best to survive.

But people are contradictory, they want to live, they desire to live...

But at some moments they are willing to take the initiative to sacrifice their lives, choose to sacrifice, and resolutely walk towards death, abandoning the survival instinct that a person should have, and choose to die generously.

To live is to die, to die to live.

Outside Guangcheng Pass, more than [-] sharp soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were arranged in more than ten huge army formations, standing proudly outside the pass.

Banners and flags are hunting, swords and guns are like forests, and spears and halberds are like rain.

With white feathers on their heads and yellow flags on their backs, the cavalry troops of the Wuxiang camp roamed the two wings and the rear of the Yellow Turban Army's formation, protecting the safety of the formation.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

On the four-wheeled carriage, one after another of the Yellow Heaven War Drums was beaten by a warrior wearing a yellow scarf, and the sound of the drums was heard far away.

Several high platforms were built in the gaps of the Yellow Turban Army's formation.

On the high platform, several Yellow Turban soldiers, Fu Zhu, were preaching and praying. They recited scriptures and prayed to Huang Tian, ​​asking Huang Tian to guide those soldiers who were about to die on the battlefield, and let those soldiers who were about to die fighting for Huang Tian's world Pawns can find peace, at least they can reach that paradise after death.

"call out------"

A sharp whistle sounded from the Central Army, which instantly attracted everyone's attention.

Under the high platform, Guo Daxian, who was half kneeling under a high platform while leading his war horse, also opened his eyes at this moment.

Guo Daxian stood up slowly, his eyes turned to the rear, to the direction of the Chinese army.

That whistle was the harbinger of an impending attack.

Guo Daxian solemnly put the nameplate engraved with his name into the clothes on the left chest and heart.

The metal nameplate was put into the chest, and the nameplate had already been warmed by Guo Daxian, like a ball of flame.

"Bless Huang Tian, ​​lead us to victory."

With his eyes closed, Guo Daxian prayed in a low voice.

"call out------"

Another whistle sounded from the direction of the Chinese army.

Guo Daxian opened his eyes, picked up the helmet on the ground with his right hand, then raised his hands, and solemnly put it on his head.

The chanting on the high platform also slowly stopped at this time.

Guo Daxian stepped on the stirrup and stepped onto the horse beside him in one step.

Beside him, dozens of bodyguard cavalry followed Guo Daxian on their horses.

The leaves are clattering, and the cold light suddenly appears.

The strong wind howled, blowing from the north.

Although the weather is year-round, in Guangcheng in July, under the scorching sun, people can sweat profusely in a short period of time.

But the sun is not as dazzling and hot as it was at noon.

The sun in the sky was shining red, the time was slowly approaching dusk, and the sultry heat in the air was slowly disappearing.

Guo Daxian led the horse, and looked at the solemn yellow scarf warriors in front of him.

He didn't speak a word of encouragement.

Because there was no need, the morale of those Yellow Turban soldiers had already reached the peak.

All the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were staring ahead, with their heads held high and their chests held high, tightly holding the weapons in their hands, their eyes were full of flames.

"call out------"

Another louder whistle sounded from the Central Army.

Guo Daxian pushed the reins forward slowly, and then a deafening shout suddenly sounded from behind him.

The catapults in front of the Yellow Turban Army roared again at this time, and the huge stone bombs whizzed past the heads of all the elite soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, pierced the dark sky and smashed hard into Guangcheng. Shut off the wall.

"boom……"

Maybe it was really Huang Tian's blessing.

More than a dozen stone bombs accurately bombarded the wall of Guangcheng Pass. The stone-throwing attack at such a long distance was the counterweight catapult of the Yellow Turban Army, coupled with well-trained stone-throwing soldiers, the hit rate They were all quite touching, but this time, more than a dozen stone bullets hit all of them.

Shocking shouts followed, and all the elite soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were greatly encouraged.

"Boom-rumble--"

A huge roar sounded, and the eyes of everyone were covered with smoke.

Guangcheng Pass let out a painful cry, and a section of the pass wall that was already broken collapsed, raising countless smoke and dust.

The scene in Guangcheng Pass was also exposed to the eyes of all the elite soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army at this time.

"go ahead!"

Guo Daxian held up the spear in his hand.

Countless soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army shouted "Good luck to the world" and rushed forward.

They raised their spears, halberds, swords and shields and swept towards the fragmented Guangcheng Pass.

Iron armor clattered, swords and guns were like forests, and turbulent waves were like waves.

　This wave is breaking my promise and getting fat, I'm cracking......

　　I sincerely apologize for overestimating myself......

　　
　
(End of this chapter)