The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 693 Smuggling to Yinping
In the fourth year of Chuping (193), March [-]th.

Under Yinping City, countless khaki-colored banners fluttered in the wind.

"put!"

Outside Yinping City, more than [-] counterweight catapults were suddenly fired in the Yellow Turban Army formation.

More than [-] stone bullets passed by the Yellow Turban soldiers in the front line, and slammed down towards the rather low wall of Yinping City in the distance.

Yinping City is a hinterland city, located in Yizhou, which belongs to the Guanghan Kingdom.

In the cities of the Han Dynasty, no matter the height of the city walls, the size of the city towers, or the size of the land occupied by the city, there were certain regulations. If these regulations were exceeded, officials would be dismissed from office at least, and they could even be classified as rebellious.

Therefore, in the Han Dynasty, the cities on the frontier were often high-walled and high-rise, and the city was solid, while the walls of the cities in the hinterland were often quite low.

Although due to years of disputes, the cities in various places are being reinforced and heightened.

After Liu Yan took Yizhou Mu, he had the heart of proclaiming himself emperor. After cutting off communication with the Central Plains, the city defenses in all parts of Yizhou were strengthened to a certain extent.

But after Liu Biao took over Jingzhou, he has always been eyeing Yizhou.

At that time, Guanzhong was in chaos, and Liangzhou rebels were confronting the Han army, so Liu Yan had been strengthening the capital city pass at the junction with Jingzhou. Although there was also reinforcement in the north, it was extremely limited.

Yizhou's fiscal revenue was not handed over to the imperial court, and all of it was intercepted by Liu Yan. Part of the revenue was used to strengthen the city pass and maintain the army, and the other part was used to maintain Liu Yan's own extravagant life.

Although the city of Yinping City has been strengthened a little, it is still not enough to face the counterweight catapults of the Yellow Turban Army that have spanned several eras.

How could the walls of Yinping City withstand such indiscriminate bombing?

There are only more than [-] defenders in Yinping City. This time, Xu An brought a full [-] troops. Although there is no conventional siege equipment such as wells and ladders, Xu An still used four to break through Yinping quickly. Wheeled carts and various means brought counterweight trebuchets.

Xu An stood on the earth hill north of Yinping City, and Xu Hong stood in front of Xu An, with a special binoculars placed on his shoulder.

This binoculars is very different from the binoculars popularized by the Yellow Turban Army. This special pair of binoculars is much longer. Ordinary binoculars can be used by one person with both hands, but this pair of binoculars is much longer. The observation distance is much farther, so when using it, a person needs to stand in front and stabilize the telescope with his shoulders.

Now the telescope in the Yellow Turban Army has been popularized to the school lieutenants in the army. What restricts the popularization of the telescope is not the technical problem or the production problem, but the confidentiality problem.

Only by being limited to the captain level can the safety of the telescope be guaranteed, and its technology will not be stolen by hostile forces.

Now, Han Ting and Wei Ting, after many battles with the Yellow Turban Army, and the investigation by Mi Mei and the Embroidered Clothes Envoy, have also discovered that there seems to be a kind of artifact in the Yellow Turban Army that can see far away, and can see everything on the battlefield. You can see all the wind and grass.

"boom----"

Under the camera, the walls of Yinping City let out a mournful wail and collapsed.

"Wan Sheng!!!"

Although they were far apart, Xu An could still hear the deafening sound of Wansheng.

"call out------"

There was a sharp sound, and under the earth mountain, the formation of the Yellow Turban Army suddenly changed, and the earth-yellow torrent swept towards the dilapidated Yinping City.

At this time, Yinping City has actually fallen.

More than [-] defenders, even without any decent battles, may be able to withstand the Yellow Turban Army for a period of time under the condition of the city wall they are relying on, but under the condition of the broken city wall, they are dragged into positional warfare, street fighting , It doesn't take half a day, and the Yellow Turban Army can defeat it.

"Yinping..."

Xu An looked down at the whole situation from a high position.

The war in the south is becoming more and more urgent. According to the latest report from the Eagle and Wolf Guard, Ren Xian has united with the tyrants from all over Bashu and mobilized a large number of soldiers. The three counties have been basically stabilized, and now they are advancing towards the north of Jianwei County.

I am afraid that the final decisive battle will break out at the end of April or May.

Now it is almost the end of March. According to historical records, the Yinping Road has a total length of more than [-] miles. More than [-] miles are uninhabited, with high mountains and deep valleys, and difficult food transportation.

For more than seven hundred miles, if it is marching at a normal speed, the ordinary infantry of the Yellow Turban Army can walk fifty miles a day with luggage under the condition of ensuring combat effectiveness, and the soldiers and sharp soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army march faster.

But that is on the official road, in the flat and hilly areas.

According to historical records: "Winter and October, Ai traveled more than [-] miles from Yinping Road to the uninhabited land, digging mountain passages and building bridges and pavilions. The mountains are high and the valleys are deep, which is extremely difficult and dangerous, and food transportation will be scarce, so it is often in danger. Ai Yi felt Wrap yourself, push and turn down. The soldiers all climbed the wooden edge cliff and filed in."

When Deng Ai sneaked across Yinping, he even had to dig mountain passages and build bridges and pavilions. In some places, there were no passable roads at all. Deng Ai even took the lead in wrapping his body in a blanket and rolling down the hillside.

In Pei Songzhi's citation, there is a saying that "ten thousand people entered the river", and nearly two-thirds of it was lost on the way. At the beginning, Deng Ai also led more than [-] people, but in the end only ten thousand people followed him out of the Yinping ancient road. , Such a marching loss is not insignificant.

This is actually the main reason why Xu An decided to lead the West Route Army himself.

The current Taiping Dao foundation is still lacking. Although the population under its rule is close to [-] million, this still includes the surrendered Southern Huns, Shanggu Wuhuan, and the Xianbei who fled from the North, as well as Liangzhou The local Qiang people, Di people, and the Western Xianbei who have surrendered.

This time Xu An specially brought along craftsmen who are good at repairing roads and building bridges and pavilions. These craftsmen are all high-level craftsmen recruited from workshops in various places, and there are even many craftsmen at the level of famous craftsmen.

In addition, Xu An also ordered people to bring a large amount of felt. Felt is considered a luxury item for ordinary people in the Han area, but it is not a rare item outside the Great Wall. Even ordinary herdsmen also have a lot of felt. After all, the Northland is extremely cold, and enough felt must be needed for the winter.

This time Xu An directly recruited a large number of felts and objects that could be used as cushions from tribes all over Liangzhou.

Although the current Taiping Dao is much stronger than before, the lives of soldiers cannot be sacrificed casually.

At any time, human life is more important than those money.

"Let the Second Battalion of Ruishi stay to guard Yinping, and the rest of them will set up camp in the south of Yinping City, hurry up and repair."

"Send an order to the Eagle Wolf Guards to guard all the intersections, and not let any news leak, exposing our army's military intentions."

Xu An put down the binoculars and asked the guards beside him to put it into the package.

Smuggling to Yinping is the top military secret, except for Jia Xu and a few generals, Xu An never told anyone.

That is, Ma Chao, Pound and the other generals who accompanied the army do not know where they will march next.

Xu An stepped on the horse again, and the horse under the seat seemed to have a good understanding. It raised its head and rubbed Xu An's hand, as if it also understood that its master was about to go to a dangerous place.

"Yizhou..."

Xu An narrowed his eyes slightly, looking down at the bottom of the earth mountain,

Yinping City has been broken by the Yellow Turban Army, and the banners of the Han Army on the city wall have been replaced with khaki banners representing Taiping Road.

The biggest problem now is actually no longer the difficulties and obstacles of the Yinping Road.

It is the trend of the local war in Yizhou.

Once entering the Yinping Ancient Road, it means that it is basically isolated from the world. It is difficult for the eagle wolf guards to transmit information. There are no roads that can be passed by war horses in the [-]-mile Yinping Road, and all need to rely on two feet to walk. The difficulties and obstacles are indescribable.

The real challenge is after the army walks out of Yinping Road.

Going deep alone, if you are not careful, you will lose everything.

If Taiping Road wants to go further, it must bring Yizhou into its jurisdiction.

　During the Chinese New Year in my hometown, I overslept, broke down, and broke my promise to gain weight, gaining ten catties!

　　Conscience, I want to sleep for two hours at nine o'clock in the morning to make up for my sleep...

　　Then I slept for more than nine hours...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)