The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 66 Zhang Yan's Dilemma

Dense crowds were carrying various military flags and were walking eastward along the official road.

Most of them had sad faces on their faces, with a lifeless and lifeless appearance, as they walked eastward like corpses.

There was a sudden sound of hooves ahead.

A knight with a negative feather on his back and a yellow turban on his head was galloping on his horse, and there was a commotion in the crowd.

"Military emergency report, the blocker is dead!"

The knight raised the blood-red cavalry in his hand, and regardless of the crowd in front of him, he didn't slow down his horse at all, and rushed straight towards the crowd with his whip vigorously.

The sergeants who were marching on the official road hurriedly dodged, the crowd crowded and squeezed, some were pushed to the ground, some hurriedly ran forward, and stepped on the fallen person.

There was a flutter of chickens and dogs in the team, and the originally scattered queue became more chaotic.

It was not until the marching queue was stagnant because of chaos that officers at all levels began to yell at the sergeant.

The chaotic sergeants in the queue also shouted and scolded the distant messengers, and all the foul language from all over the place rushed out.

Zhang Yan had already returned to the central army to control the overall situation at this time, but he also specially left behind his own horse team and elite infantry troops, not the original Zhang Niujiao subordinates.

"Military emergency report, the blocker is dead!"

The shouting of the messenger reached Zhang Yan's ears. Zhang Yan followed the sound and saw that a knight with a messenger was coming upstream from the crowd not far away.

The messenger saw Zhang Yan's banner being refreshed, and he whipped the horse's stock a few more times.

The guards on Zhang Yan's left and right immediately stepped forward and stopped in front of Zhang Yan. A dozen spears had been stretched out, and the knights behind them also raised their swords.

Fortunately, the knight who sent the order wasn't stupid enough to attack Zhang Yan's personal guards, so he rolled over and dismounted directly in front of the personal guards, holding the flag in both hands and raising it above his head.

"Report to the general, Jingxing Pass has changed hands, and the red flags are not seen, but only yellow flags."

"what?!"

Hearing the scout's report, Zhang Yan felt a shock in her head and almost fell off her horse. After shaking a few times, she stabilized her body on the horse.

If a certain band of thieves in the mountains occupied Jingxing Pass, not many, as long as two or three thousand people, they can be stuck outside the pass.

At that time, I am afraid that all the more than [-] people under his command will be followed by the Han army, and all of them will be left under Jingxing Pass, and then there will be more "Jingguan" cast in the name of Huangfu Song.

"Yellow flag..."

After a while, Zhang Yan remembered the yellow flag that the messenger said.

Could it be the Yellow Turban army that Zhang Niujiao said before his death that occupied the middle of the Taihang Mountains.

The army that can capture Jingxing and still carry the yellow flag is most likely to be Xu An's subordinates.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yan's brows couldn't help frowning. Although Zhang Niujiao had explained that he had a token, Liu Pi and Gong probably wouldn't embarrass them, but Zhang Niujiao and Xu An had no friendship.

There are more than [-] men under his command. If Zhang Yan is placed in Xu An's position, I am afraid that he will not easily let go an army that can match it.

Sweat dripped from Zhang Yan's forehead, and things started to get tricky.

Now Jingxing is not just a checkpoint guarded by a group of [-] people alone, at least there are thousands of people at the checkpoint.

Moreover, Jingxing is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is called a majestic pass. Even if there is no Han army behind him, I am afraid that the soldiers under Jingxing will be killed and injured.

The Han army behind them hangs tightly behind them like a bone-eroding scorpion. Just waiting for Zhang Yan to reveal their flaws, they will pounce like a pack of wolves and tear the army to pieces.

Now the problem is in front of Zhang Yan. He has fallen into a situation of being a wolf before a tiger. Under the current situation, it is almost impossible to capture Jingxing. To enter the Taihang Mountains, he can only submit to Xu An.

The Han army in the rear pursued very urgently. Although the specific force is unknown, I am afraid that it is only a lot more than when outside the city of Yingtao, otherwise they would not dare to pursue such a deep pursuit.

The generals of the Han army were not scumbags either. There were many horses to explore, and they were distributed seven or eight miles away. Han Jun, this is almost impossible to do.

The generals behind Zhang Yan were silent, and they did not expect such a situation.

Zhang Yan got off his horse, pointed at a guard and said, "Take a map of the mountains and rivers."

"promise!"

The guard responded, quickly unwrapped the package on his back, and pulled out a map wrapped in silk. Several guards unloaded a desk from the horse and placed it in front of Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan pointed at the map, frowned and observed the mountains and rivers near Jingxing Pass, fell into deep thought, and kept moving her hands on the map, as if she was thinking about something.

The sergeants on the official road were still marching, and the noisy voices kept echoing in Zhang Yan's ears.A group of generals held their breath and stayed beside Zhang Yan, waiting for Zhang Yan's order.

After a while, Zhang Yan's fingers finally stopped by the beach outside Jingxing Pass, where there were several low mountains, and from there, the terrain began to rise.

Zhang Yan put away the map with a scroll, and made up his mind.

He looked at the group of generals and commanders surrounding him and ordered: "First set up camp here, the generals and their families are all placed in the innermost camp, the situation is unclear at the moment, first find out which force is in the pass, and then do other things, everyone. Any objection?"

"But at the command of the general."

The attitude of the generals and the school is now very respectful. Zhang Yan has come all the way, and he is resolute, expecting the enemy to come first.

Giving them enough respect, plus changing their surname, has completely won their loyalty.

Zhang Yan looked at the crowd surrounded by Yiyan without a trace, and was a little settled. Although he had more than [-] soldiers in his name, there were five or six thousand people in the army.

Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the army is far less than that of the county soldiers chasing after them.

Zhang Yan put away the map, and the generals at all levels returned to the queue, and then the sound of trumpets and drums sounded all over the team, and various military flags were waved wildly.

The men and horses of the brigade suddenly accelerated their marching speed along the official road, merged into the big river like a stream, and then rushed towards Jingxing Pass.

Zhang Yan looked up at the sky, the sun gradually dimmed, and half of the sun was hidden between the mountains.

The sky was rendered like blood by the sunset.

(End of this chapter)