The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 708 Check and Balance
The moon sets and returns to the forest, and the sun rises.

The dispute in Chengdu that lasted for nearly two months finally came to an end.

Liu Yan died by self-immolation, Leng Bao, Deng Xian, Wu Lan, and Pang Xi died in battle. Nearly [-] Dongzhou soldiers and countless strong men who were forcibly conscripted died in Chengdu.

Wu Yi, Liu Gui, and Pang Yi escaped from Chengdu with thousands of Dongzhou soldiers, but they were flanked by the ambush troops left behind by Xu An and the defenders of Mianzhu City. For fish and meat, Wu Yi had no choice but to take the remnants of the army and chose to compromise, put down his weapons, and submitted a surrender form to the Yellow Turban Army in Mianzhu.

In the city of Chengdu, Lei Tong and Wu Ban also chose to join with more than [-] surviving Dongzhou soldiers.

Since then, the last remaining [-] Dongzhou soldiers in Yizhou were all recovered by Xu An.

After the night, Xu An sent envoys and successfully recruited the Yizhou Army in Chengdu.

Their leader fled, and they were trapped to death in Chengdu, already in a desperate situation. At this time, the Yellow Turban Army stopped their offensive and threw an olive branch at them.

The trapped soldiers of the Yizhou Army in Chengdu were like drowning people grabbing the last straw.

They also knew that the Yellow Turban Army that invaded Chengdu and surrounded them was not the Yizhou Yellow Turban Army, but the Yellow Turban Army from the Northland. This also gave them hope and a little more luck.

There are still more than [-] Yizhou troops in Chengdu who have not escaped, and there are still many wounded.

These soldiers of the Yizhou Army were still placed in Dongcheng District by Xu An. All their armor and weapons were confiscated, and a large number of soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were arranged to supervise them.

Although the Dongzhou soldiers chose to surrender instead of being captured or surrendered, the Dongzhou soldiers were also placed under house arrest and concentrated in the northern urban area of ​​Chengdu. All their weapons and armor were also confiscated. Dongzhou soldiers were also treated in the same way, and they were placed outside Mianzhu City.

Generals Lei Tong and Wu Ban were made captains, but Wu Yi, Liu Gui, Pang Yi, and Xu An were not given official positions.

After all, the Dongzhou soldiers in the city of Chengdu counted as an uprising, and the two generals Lei Tong and Wu Ban also fought hard.

But Wu Yi, Liu Gui, and Pang Yi were forced to surrender. There are still subtle differences.

Moreover, Wu Yi, Liu Gui, and Pang Yi represented the three most powerful families in Dongzhou—the Wu family, the Liu family, and the Pang family.

The three of them are Liu Yan's trusted generals.

After Liu Yan entered Yizhou, he always asked Pang Xi about political affairs and Wu Yi when he was undecided about military affairs.

Pang Yi was assigned by Liu Yan to the area around Zitong and Baishui to guard against Zhang Lu. This position will definitely arrange cronies.

After all, Zhang Lu's rebellion was used as a lesson for the past, and Liu Yan has been cautious in employing people since then.

Pang Xi and Wu Yi can't be used, their prestige among Dongzhou people is too high, and Pang Yi can't be used either.

Pang Yi went all the way south, forced the strong men, and plundered counties and counties. Although he followed Liu Yan's military order, it was also what he committed.

Public opinion in Guanghan County is raging...

Xu An sat in the tidy tent, tapped the armrest of the chair lightly with his fingers, thinking about the next arrangement.

Although the conflict between Dongzhou people and Yizhou people was mainly caused by Liu Yan's arrangements.

But now that Liu Yan is dead, the conflict between Dongzhou people and Yizhou people still exists. Although Liu Yan has actually been targeting the powerful families in Yizhou, he has not paid much attention to the ordinary people in Yizhou.

However, the powerful families in Yizhou control the public opinion, and now the hatred of Dongzhou people in Yizhou is difficult to resolve.

Although this is actually beneficial for Taipingdao to want to control, after all, Dongzhou people want to continue living in Yizhou. Now that Liu Yan is dead, he can only live in Yizhou safely by relying on Taipingdao.

If there is no other force to stop them, I am afraid that millions of people in Yizhou will really eat them alive.

And Xu An needs a guaranteed loyal team to control Yizhou.

The larger the territory and the larger the population, it is undoubtedly a good thing.

However, the larger the territory, the more cities that need to be stationed.

A larger population means that there are countless affairs to be dealt with and countless troubles to be solved.

Today, Taiping Road occupies the land of Bingzhou, Liangzhou, and Zhongzhou.

Zhongzhou: Yingtian County (formerly Jing Zhaoyin), Hedong County, Hongnong County, Zuo Fengyi, and You Fufeng County.

The territory of the former Sili Xiaowei Department was assigned to Zhongzhou, but Hanoi County and Henan County were in the hands of Wei Ting.

Bingzhou originally had nine counties and ninety-eight cities, and now has nine counties with one hundred and twenty-three cities. Because of the entry of the Yellow Turban Army from the four states into Bingzhou, [-] cities have been added.

Liangzhou originally had ninety-eight cities in twelve counties, and now has one hundred and one cities in thirteen counties. One new county was established as Wu'an County, and three cities were built to control the old Xianbei land in the west. Thousands, to prepare for the northern captives, at the same time moved several old tribes of the southern Xiongnu to Wu'an County as a barrier, and moved several tribes of the Western Xianbei to Bingzhou to replace the pastures.

Zhongzhou originally had five counties and sixty-seven cities, but because it had just been occupied, there was not much change.

Youzhou originally occupied two counties and nineteen cities, and later expanded several cities, and now has twenty-three cities in two counties.

Now the Yellow Turban Army has a total of [-] counties and [-] cities.

If there are [-] garrison troops left in each city, [-] people will be garrisoned.

The border counties need to gather a large number of county soldiers, and more troops need to be left behind. Although the Qiang Di in Liangzhou is flat, the garrison troops must be kept. A rough calculation shows that only the garrison trilogy requires [-] troops.

With an army of [-], it is a big problem just to pay the military salary.

But in fact, so many are not needed, after all, not every city needs to keep [-] people.

Now the hinterland cities of the Yellow Turban Army are generally left behind by retired veterans due to injuries in the army, as well as local police forces composed of some young and strong recruits, as well as Tiqi from the Eagle Wolf Guards to maintain law and order. In the center of two or three cities A trilogy is stationed in the city to deal with special situations.

In the hinterland of Bingzhou, which has been affected by Taiping Road for a long time, there are basically not many Yellow Turban Army. They basically use the field soldiers who do not need to be paid to handle some inland affairs, and the soldiers are basically concentrated in the border area.

However, there are still more soldiers left behind in Liangzhou and the newly recovered Zhongzhou.

Among the Yellow Turban Army, after undergoing system reforms, there are only three military regions left.

The Taihang Military Region, the Two Counties Military Region, the Hongnong Military Region, and the three major military regions each have a fixed number of troops of [-], [-], and [-], for a total of [-]. Ren Bing prepares the way.

The state pastoral system and the three-division system are now parallel.

The state shepherd is the chief official of a state. Although the state shepherd set up by Xu An does not have as much power as after the Han court changed the state shepherd, and does not have the power to self-conscription, but it is also in charge of a state's administration, military, supervision, judiciary, etc. that power.

However, these powers were divided among the three divisions. In fact, the power of the state pastor was greatly weakened.

Yang Ji, the former internal affairs order, is currently serving as the envoy in Liangzhou, Li Heng, the original head of the Li family of the three Lutai families, and Li Heng, the former head of the Li family in Lutai, and the guard envoy of the military equipment, who used to be poisoned. The righteous brother Bai Rao is in charge.

The Yellow Turban Army is now divided into four ranks.

The first level refers to the troops directly under the leadership of Xu An, such as military soldiers and sharp soldiers.

The second level refers to the soldiers in the military area.

The third level is the garrison troops left behind in various places.

The fourth level refers to the field soldiers.

Except for the soldiers in the field who do not pay military salaries, all other units in the Yellow Turban Army now pay military salaries.

There is an evaluation every three months, and a promotion every six months.

The Yellow Turban Army has always relied on confiscating the assets of powerful families to enrich their treasury and use it to distribute military salaries.

Although the business was encouraged and the business prospered, Taipingdao's finances were relieved to a certain extent, but the army's expenditure was huge, and it was still somewhat beyond its means.

After occupying Guanzhong, the situation of sitting and eating mountains and empty places has been further alleviated.

Dong Zhuo was defeated, and most of the powerful families in Guanzhong fled in a hurry, and many craftsmen were stranded, including craftsmen who specialized in minting coins, and most of the equipment for minting coins were intact.

The Yellow Turban Army now has several large-scale copper mines, as well as several gold and silver mines. The Yellow Turban Army captured a large number of prisoners during the long-term campaign, including Xianbei, Huns, Wuhuan, and of course soldiers from the Han Army. .

Many of the Southern Huns who participated in the Battle of Shuofang back then are still mining ore in the mines.

The family members of powerful families in various states were convicted more, and they were all sent to labor reform. Now there is not much shortage of labor in the major mines on Taiping Road.

Just like what the slogan said when entering Taihang Workshop.

We are moving forward, we are doing an extremely glorious and great cause that no one has ever done before, our goal must be achieved, our goal must be achieved!

Now Taipingdao is developing rapidly and making continuous progress, but all this takes time.

It takes time to train the army, it takes time to implement government orders, and it takes time to enforce laws.

It takes time to smelt ore, cast it into a weapon, make it into armor, and make it into a harness.

Reclaimed farmland has to be cultivated for several years before the raw field becomes mature and the harvest will be better.

Repairing roads will take several months in the short term, and even years in the long term. The Yellow Turban Army is still repairing roads in various places.

Water conservancy projects are being built all over the country. Simple water conservancy projects such as wells and waterwheels take less time, but large-scale water conservancy projects such as river lifts and canals take a lot of time.

Recruits enlisted in the army, new students enrolled, craftsmen schools to train craftsmen, all have just entered the formal stage, the first batch of students enrolled are now only county students, and the two major national academies have no other students except for a few children from the powerful families who belonged to them .

Now the senior civil servants in Taipingdao are basically people from Liang Bing's powerful family. There are not many people in Taipingdao who are qualified for such a job.

In fact, there are not many students who graduated from the Jiangwu Hall, the Army Officer Academy on Taiping Road, and the Taoist Hall.

Literacy has begun to be promoted in the army and cities, but it is still far from popularization.

All major cities have set up newspaper offices, and some decrees and events of Taipingdao are recorded in detail in the newspapers and sent to people in the cities to watch, which has also achieved certain results.

In a word, there is a long way to go.

There must be no rush now.

The strength of Han Ting and Wei Ting is not weak.

Yuan Shao had the support of powerful families in Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, Sili and other places, and he also subdued the three counties of Wuhuan. The most important thing is that he has a good relationship with the Xianbei tribe in the north.

The Han court is located in the land of five states, and most of the famous generals and officials who left their names in history in the late Eastern Han Dynasty were concentrated in the Han court.

After experiencing the Battle of Dongjun and the Battle of Xuzhou, although Han Ting and Wei Ting lost a lot of generals, they also mobilized a large number of soldiers, and there are a large number of people in their territories can fight for them.

Years of wars have also allowed Han Ting and Wei Ting to raise several elite trilogy of considerable size under their command.

Now in terms of combat power alone, neither the Han Ting nor the Wei Ting could defeat the Yellow Turban Army in field battles, but the Yellow Turban Army did not have enough background to support them to control an overly vast territory and face a large number of powerful families at the same time.

After conquering Guanzhong and Liangzhou, the Yellow Turban Army, a dragon trapped in Bingzhou, was rescued.

The capture of Yizhou was when the Yellow Turban Army followed the clouds into the abyss.

There are millions of people in Yizhou, and there is still a lot of land available for cultivation, if they can be used for Taiping Road.

Build walls high, accumulate grain, and slowly become king.

Now Xu An's situation is much better than that of Zhu Yuanzhang in the past.

At this time, Yizhou is not counted as the Nanzhong area. The land of Bashu, Guanghan, Jianwei, Hanzhong and other prefectures have actually reached a relatively high level of development.

During the period of the Three Kingdoms, even though the Shu Han lost Jingzhou, they were still able to support Zhuge Liang's six expeditions to Qishan, and Jiang Wei's nine expeditions to the Central Plains, we can see the background of Yizhou.

It's just that the situation in Yizhou is still quite complicated.

Historically, after Liu Bei entered Shu, he also spent a lot of time maintaining stability.

The powerful families in Yizhou are powerful, and the steep terrain gives them confidence. Of course, they have lived in Yizhou for a long time, and many people ignore the development of the outside world.

The local powerful families in Yizhou all launched rebellions when Liu Yan, Liu Zhang, Liu Bei, and Liu Chan were in Yizhou.

Although the Yizhou Army was defeated here, the Yellow Turban Army still needs to attack the southern county of Yizhou.

It was quite easy for Zhuge Liang to pacify Nanzhong back then, but Xu An knew very well that the nature of Taiping Dao was fundamentally different from that of Shu Han. Drive out of Yizhou.

Although there is no news about the powerful families in Yizhou, how the Yellow Turban Army liquidated the powerful families in Bingzhou, Guanzhong, Liangzhou and other places is nothing new.

In the third year of Zhangwu in the Shu Han Dynasty (223 A.D.), Liu Bei died of illness in April.

In May, Liu Chan took the throne and changed his name to Jianxing.

Around June of this year, Yong Kai, a powerful Han nationality in Yizhou County, took advantage of the chaotic opportunity of Shu's new defeat in Yiling, Liu Bei's death from illness, and Huang Yuan's rebellion, and instigated Zhu Bao, the prefect of Zangke County, Gao Ding, the old man of Yuexi County, and others. Meng Huo, the leader of the ethnic minorities in Yizhou County, and others rebelled together.

The seven captures of Menghuo written in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms took place at this time. In history, this battle was called the "Nanzhong Pingding War".

It didn't take long to settle the war in Nanzhong, only about a year, but at that time, most of the Shu Han soldiers were already familiar with the terrain of Yizhou. They were originally from Yizhou, and the situation of acclimatization to the soil and water was not too serious.

As for a group of northern soldiers under Xu An's command, if they arrived at Nanzhong, the non-combat attrition during the march might cause Xu An endless headaches.

Subsequent pacification of Nanzhong must obtain the support of Yizhou people.

Now the Yellow Turban Army implements a three-division system in the state, and manages the three divisions with three envoys.

"Administrative Secretary for Proclamation, Procuratorate for Improving Sentences, and General Protector for Armed Forces..."

Xu An stopped tapping on the handrail.

The military guards must be appointed by people from Taipingdao. This is an insurance policy, and the military power must be held in the hands of their own people.

And the positions that can be given out are the positions of the Secretary of the Announcement and the Division of the Procuratorate.

The chief envoy is divided into two envoys, the left and the right, who are respectively in charge of the civil affairs and finance of a state.

Xu An thought for a moment, and had a draft in his mind.

For civil affairs and finance, the duties of the chief secretary cannot use Yizhou natives, but Dongzhou people should be used.

The procuratorate can be handed over to Yizhou people, and the two departments check and balance each other.

Then dispatch Eagle and Wolf Guards to monitor the area, and the Armed Forces Division to guard the area, and then set up a military region in Yizhou's Ba County to guard against Jingzhou and Yizhou's local forces. This should be able to control Yizhou and maintain the stability of Yizhou.

But these things come later.

Next, he needs to borrow the heads of some people to quell the enmity between Dongzhou people and Yizhou people.

"Let Wen Chou lead the cavalry northward, press Wu Yi to disarm the Dongzhou soldiers left behind in the northern part of Guanghan County, and then let Jia Xu lead the army southward at full speed."

Xu An stood up slowly, and issued the military order in a deep voice.

The clerk in charge of writing the military order in the account immediately began to write on the paper.

"Order the Eagle Wolf Guards to find out where they entered the Shu Han army. I want to know their exact location!"

"Send a letter to Guo Tai, and now we will send troops from Wuguan to harass Nanyang County. Once we receive news from the Eagle Wolf Guards that the Jingzhou Army is aiding Yizhou, we will immediately lead the army to attack Nanyang in a large scale. Return aid, not aid Yizhou."

"Order Zhang Lu to send troops to Shangyong, ready to respond to Guo Tai's attack on Nanyang County at any time."

"remember."

Xu An stared coldly at the clerk who was writing documents in the tent.

"at all costs."

　The follow-up Yizhou pacification battle will not be described in detail, and the pace will be accelerated.

　　In some parts of this chapter, it explains why the Yellow Turban Army does not leave the customs and confronts Han Ting and Wei Ting head-on.

　　It seems that the Yellow Turban Army is stronger and its morale is far higher than that of Han Ting and Wei Ting, but the war is not that simple.

　　It is not uncommon to win every battle, but lose entire wars.

　　Schools, military academies, and the like all take time to turn them into combat power.

　　Now the senior civil officials of Taiping Dao are basically people from Liang Bing's powerful family.

　　It is now 193 years, and a total of nine years have passed.

　　It took 187 years for Xu An to occupy Bingzhou, and only five years have passed in total.

　　There are also many problems within the Yellow Turban Army. If it can sweep the world by this time, then there are really some problems

　　
　
(End of this chapter)