The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 686
Xu An calmed down and walked towards the big tent again.

The yellow angel guarding outside the tent had already lifted the curtain before Xu An approached.

Nowadays, when the Yellow Turban Army is marching and fighting, they no longer carry seats, desks and other things, but uniformly use long-legged tables and chairs, and everyone no longer kneels on the seats, but sits on chairs .

Although kneeling is a tradition, it is actually inconvenient to march and fight.

In fact, the Yellow Turban Army replaced part of the low desks with long-legged tables when they were marching a long time ago.

The Kanyu map is placed on the long-legged tables and chairs. People only need to lower their heads a little and can see the details of the Kanyu map without bending. Extremely inconvenient.

Efficiency is the number one priority when marching and fighting, and it is quite inconvenient to move if you sit on your knees, which is why Xu An popularized new tables and chairs.

"salute!"

Xu An stepped into the account.

In the big tent, all the generals got off their chairs, stood up in unison, and saluted Xu An together.

Xu An didn't move forward in a hurry, he stood in the tent and returned a salute before striding into the tent.

This is a military meeting, and the first seat is hung with a huge map.

The Kanyu map depicts two areas in the south of Liangzhou and the north of Yizhou.

Jia Xu and Xu Huang followed Xu An into the tent and sat on the right and left seats respectively.

This time the person sitting on the left was no longer Lu Bu, but Xu Huang.

Xu Huang had already joined the Yellow Turban Army when Xu An was still in the Taihang Mountains, and has always been Xu An's number one general.

Both Gong Du and Liu Pi were far behind Xu Huang in terms of force and strategy.

Even in the current Yellow Turban Army, when it comes to generals who can stand on their own, there are actually only a handful of them.

Among the yellow turbans, there are handsome and talented people, in fact, only Xu Huang, Zhang Yan, and Guo Tai.

The rest, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Yu Du, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou, could lead an army alone, but they couldn't be the coaches of one side. They didn't have the experience and knowledge to see the overall situation.

However, Xu Huang, Zhang Yan, and Guo Tai are different.

Both Zhang Yan and Guo Tai had the experience of leading an army of tens of thousands to battle, as well as management experience.

This is also the reason why Zhang Yan and Guo Tai, no matter how their positions change, are either leading the army alone or serving as the soldiers of a military region.

Xu Huang was strict in running the army, ordered and prohibited, and had outstanding military exploits. He also had a very high prestige among the Yellow Turban Army.

After practicing in the lecture hall, Xu Huang's understanding of military affairs has been raised to a higher level.

This time Dong Zhuo's surprise attack on Hedong County, all his attacks were resolved one by one by Xu Huang, even annihilating a considerable part of the enemy army, and then as a vanguard, he crossed the river first and defeated Dong Zhuo's army's support group.

It can be said that in the Battle of Guanzhong, the Yellow Turban Army was able to win, and Xu Huang contributed a lot.

After the Battle of Guanzhong, Xu Huang was directly promoted to General Pingbei by Xu An.

In fact, Xu Huang's achievements have long been able to be promoted to a heavy general.

But because when Xu Huang made meritorious service before, the nine-rank grading system among the Yellow Turban Army had not yet been established.

However, Lu Bu was the first to be promoted to General Pingdong, but in fact Xu Huang's position as the number one general in the Yellow Turban Army has not wavered much.

Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Hearing the Tao, Enlightening the Tao, Obtaining the Tao, Fang Zhu, Great Doctor, Seventh Level of Taiping Tao,

Xu Huang's rank in the Taiping Dao is Fangzhu, second only to the great doctor.

In the past, Zhang Jiao set up thirty-six squares in the world, with thirty-six Qu Shuai.

Today's Master Fang in the Taiping Dao is also the former Commander Qu.

Zhang Jiao once called himself a great virtuous teacher, and Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were called great doctors.

Now in Taiping Dao, there is only one great doctor, and that person is Yan Zhong.

Apart from Xu Huang, there are only eight Fangzhu: Liu Pi, Gong Du, Zhang Yan, Guo Tai, He Man, Huang Long, Ji Ang, and Guan Hai.

And they are actually the veteran Qu Shuai from Zhang Jiao's era.

As for Bian Xi, Xu He and the Yellow Turban Army who called themselves Qu Shuai, they were not actually counted among the Fangzhu. between.

In nine years, the only newly promoted party master was Xu Huang.

Even Lu Bu, who has made great military exploits and was named General Pingxi, has only just reached the level of enlightenment.

It is easy to be promoted in the military position, but difficult to be promoted in the Taoist position.

It's hard to get promoted, which is one of the reasons why the Tiqi of the Eagle Wolf Guard is so respected.

Those who can be selected into the Eagle Wolf Guard, with the exception of no doubt, are now in the post of Wendao.

Thirty-six directions must be unified.

There can be countless generals in the Yellow Turban Army.

But there will only be thirty-six people in the Fangzhu of Taipingdao, and there will always be only thirty-six people.

"I believe you have all heard the news from Hanzhong."

Facing the crowd, Xu An didn't procrastinate, he directly picked up the command whip and placed it on the position of Hanzhong County.

"Zhang Lu has chosen to join, but this matter has not been publicized for the time being. Now Yizhou still thinks that Hanzhong is in Zhang Lu's hands."

"Since Hanzhong has surrendered, all combat strategies must be overthrown and revised."

Xu An lightly tapped the table in front of him with his command whip.

Soon the two Yinglang Wei Tiqi, who got the hint, immediately walked to Xu An's side with the same huge geomancy map. The markings on the geomancy map were completely different, and the new geomancy map was covered there. On the original map.

There were slight commotion and small discussions in the big tent.

The command whip in Xu An's hand moved down a little, and explained.

"From the north to Yizhou, there are many difficult and dangerous roads, and there are countless pass points."

"Our army is strong and strong, but the roads are narrow and difficult to deploy. Therefore, I think that this attack on Yizhou can be divided into three groups, and the three groups will advance together, and the three groups will attack at the same time."

"The First Route Army is the East Route Army."

The command whip in Xu An's hand moved a little to the right and placed it on Yangping Pass.

"The Eastern Route Army marched all the way south from Yangping Pass, took the Jinniu Road, passed Baishui, and marched into Zitong."

Xu An paused and looked at the audience.

The Battle of Yizhou had a profound impact on the future, and now the important generals and schools of the Yellow Turban Army are basically in this army account.

Apart from Xu Huang, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, He Man, Zhang Yan, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, Gao Shun and other generals were also among them.

The young generals Ma Chao and Pound also set off with Xu An.

The lineup of generals and schools dispatched by the Yellow Turban Army this time is several times more luxurious than that in the previous Luoyang battle.

"The Yizhou army doesn't know that Hanzhong has already belonged to our army, so they must have no defenses. Our army has the upper hand and can attack them unprepared."

"However, the terrain of Jinniu Road is dangerous, and it is difficult for our army to deploy catapults. If we want to conquer Baishui and capture Zitong, it will take a lot of time and sacrifice a lot of soldiers. Once the enemy's reinforcements arrive, our army will definitely fall into a hard fight .”

"The Eastern Route Army, with Zhang Yan as the main general, and Zhang Liao, Zhou Cang, and Pei Yuanshao as the deputy, led [-] troops and commanded the Hanzhong Army at the same time."

During the Three Kingdoms period, Hande County was the territory of Shu Han. ,

Zhuge Liang said that in Hande County, there is a "[-]-mile road from the big sword to the small sword pass, and the mountains are absolutely dangerous", so he "dug out the stone to make the Feiliang Pavilion road, so as to pass through the journey".

Also at the place where the two cliffs stand on the cliff of Dajian Mountain, leaning on the cliff to build stones as the gate, set up a pavilion guard, set up guards, and become a military pass, which is called "Jiange".

In the original time and space, Jiang Wei used tens of thousands of troops in Jiange to resist Zhong Hui's [-] troops.

In the west of Jiange there are Xiaojian Mountain and Dajian Mountain connected to each other. The terrain is steep, the road is small and the valley is deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Jiang Wei took advantage of this terrain that is conducive to defense and set up a camp here to defend the danger.

In front of Zhonghui, there is Jiange Xiongguan, which is difficult to advance. After the gold pass, Lecheng pass and Seoul pass, it goes eastward to the Hanshui River, with thorns on its back.

Unable to tackle key problems, there are no scattered valleys in the wild, and thousands of miles of county food, naturally tired.

There is a poem that says: Jiange is towering and Cui Wei, one man guards the gate, and ten thousand men cannot open it.

But today's Liu Bei has not entered Shu, and the Jiange has not yet been established. Although the road to enter Shu is difficult now, it is far from the level of later generations.

However, despite this, Liu Yan now has a large number of soldiers, and the powerful families in Yizhou have been dormant after repeated failures in resistance. Once the Yellow Turban Army launches an attack, Liu Yan can quickly mobilize a large number of soldiers to go north to rely on favorable conditions. Use the terrain to resist the attack of the Yellow Turban Army and consume the vitality of the Yellow Turban Army.

What Xu An wanted to attack Yizhou was to capture the land of Bashu, a large amount of land in the land of Bashu, and the people, thinking of the rear.

In the past, the seven heroes of the Warring States Period fought for hegemony.

According to the solidity of Weihan, Qin State owns the land of Yongzhou.

Take Hanzhong in the south, lift Ba and Shu in the west, cut the fertile land in the east, and harvest the key counties in the north.

Afterwards, the first emperor of Qin fought the survivors of the sixth life, vigorously pursued strategies and impoverished the inner world, devoured the princes for two weeks, acted as the supreme and controlled Liuhe, beat and flogged the world, and vibrated the world.

There is an example of strengthening Qin, although the situation in the world has changed a lot now, Guanzhong is no longer as rich as it was when Qin State still existed in the past.

After Wang Mang usurped the Han, Guanzhong after the chaos of war is no longer the grand occasion of the past.

But it's still a good idea.

Now that there are many people in Taiping Road, the population is thriving, food and grass are abundant, and it is not a luxury to hope to revitalize Guanzhong.

Occupying Yizhou will allow Taipingdao to gain a large population and a stable rear.

The land of Yizhou is vulnerable and difficult to attack. If Jingzhou wants to attack Yizhou, it will undoubtedly be as difficult as heaven.

In the past, Liu Bei entered Shu because he was invited by Liu Zhang.

Even with the plans of Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang and others, and the help of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other battle-tested generals, Liu Bei took a lot of time to capture Yizhou.

Yizhou only needs to defend, and it can continuously import food and soldiers to Hanzhong. Although the transshipment consumes a lot, it is not a serious matter.

Once Yizhou is occupied, Taipingdao will truly become a potential dragon entering the abyss.

At that time, Xu An can attack Nanting from Hangu Pass, Hanzhong, and Yizhou at the same time, attacking Nanting from multiple lines, disrupting the deployment of Nanting, and making Nanting exhausted on the long border.

It occupies Hanzhong, Guanzhong and Yizhou.

In Taipingdao's eyes, Jingzhou is actually like a piece of fat on the cutting board.

Xiangyang is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Controlling Xiangyang is equivalent to controlling the entire Jingzhou.

Historically, Guan Yu's Northern Expedition flooded the seven armies and shocked China, but in the end he was defeated under Xiangyang, besieged by the two sides, and betrayed by Sun Wu.

In fact, if Guan Yu could conquer Xiangyang at that time, many problems would be solved.

Unfortunately, history has no ifs.

However, the reason why it is said that Taiping Road occupies Hanzhong, Guanzhong, and Yizhou, and that Jingzhou is equal to the scope of Taiping Road's control is not alarmist.

Although Xiangyang City is strong, it can restrict the six counties of Jingnan in the south and Nanyang County in the north.

But Wuguan in Guanzhong leads to Nanyang, Hanzhong also leads to Nanyang, and Yizhou leads to Jingnan.

If the three roads advance together, Xiangyang will lose its strategic advantage, only the geographical advantage.

And once the army from Yizhou goes well and can reach the south of Xiangyang, then they can join forces from Guanzhong and Hanzhong in the north to attack Xiangyang from north to south.

In this way, there is no possibility of defending Xiangyang City.

Once Yizhou is occupied, Taipingdao can become the trend of Qiangqin sweeping the world.

"The Second Route Army is the Central Route Army."

The command whip in Xu An's hand moved a little to the left.

"The Central Route Army, starting from Biancheng under the Wudu County Government, headed south all the way, along the west side road, and marched towards Qiaotou and Baishui to support the East Route Army's actions."

"The road on the west side is narrower than the Jinniu Road, but according to the letter from the Eagle Wolf Guard, its guarding force is quite weak. The Central Route Army temporarily stands still. After the East Route Army launches an attack, they will start from Xiabian City and rush to the bridgehead. Cut off the retreat of the Yizhou army."

"The Central Route Army..."

Xu An pondered for a while, and finally his eyes rested on Xu Huang.

"Xu Huang is the main general, He Man and Gao Shun are the deputy, commanding a battalion of military soldiers and a battalion of elite soldiers, with a total of [-] people, leading the camp to fight."

The role of the Central Route Army is crucial, and it is necessary to support the east and west routes, compose and observe the overall situation, and make the best decision.

Among the generals and schools in the big tent, only Xu Huang is the most suitable to be the commander-in-chief of the Central Route Army.

"West Route Army."

Xu An put away his command whip and looked towards the westernmost side of Kanyu map.

"I will personally lead the West Route Army, from Wudu County to Gansong and Tazhong, via Yinping, Lu Bu, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Pang De, Ma Chao, all of you will go south with me!"

All the generals of the Yellow Turban Army in the tent agreed with a loud bang.

Jia Xu, who was sitting on the right, narrowed his eyes slightly. Although Xu An had already discussed this strategy with him, Jia Xu still felt that it was a bit risky.

Jia Xu looked at Xu An, he was convinced that Xu An only started thinking about attacking Yizhou after he offered the plan to drive away tigers and wolves.

But for some reason, Xu An quickly formulated a strategy to attack Yizhou, and the progress was frighteningly fast.

Obviously Xu An didn't know much about Yizhou, but when they withdrew into Guanzhong, Xu An proposed this strategy.

"Our army will triumph!"

Just as Jia Xu was thinking, Xu An's firm and powerful voice came from above.

Xu An looked at Jia Xu who was a little confused, and couldn't help showing a smile on the corner of his mouth.

The reason why he was able to immediately come up with a plan to attack Yizhou was not because of anything else, but because he knew how Ji Han was destroyed by Sima Zhao in history.

In 263 A.D., Sima Zhao ordered all the armies to attack the Shu Han on a large scale. Sima Zhao sent General Deng Ai to lead [-] people from Didao to Gansong and Tazhong to contain Jiang Wei.

Zhugexu, the governor of Yongzhou, led more than [-] people from Qishan to Wujie and Qiaotou to cut off Jiang Wei's retreat.Zhong Hui led more than [-] troops to Hanzhong from Xiegu, Luogu, and Ziwugu respectively.Let Ting Weiwei hold the Talisman Festival to supervise the military affairs of Deng Ai and Zhong Hui, and also to be the commander of Zhenxi Army.

Deng Ai adopted a devious strategy. When the main forces of the Wei and Shu armies were facing each other in Jiange, he led his elite troops to detour to Yinping, crossed more than [-] miles of uninhabited areas, dug mountains to open roads, and attacked Jiangyou by surprise.He defeated Zhuge Zhan in Mianzhu, the hinterland of the Shu Han, captured Fucheng and advanced to Chengdu.The later master Liu Chan surrendered to the Wei army because of Deng Ai's soldiers approaching the city.

Now Xu An wants to replicate this classic battle in history.

(End of this chapter)