The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 727
The internal situation of the Han court was turbulent, and the war between the Han and Wei Dynasties was about to break out.

Although the cold winter temporarily isolated the rivalry between the Han and Wei dynasties, everyone knew that once the spring came and the ice and snow melted, the war would break out.

Both courts of the Han and Wei dynasties were taking advantage of the winter to furnish their troops, mobilize soldiers, raise military funds, and store military rations.

The Central Plains has been in turmoil for a long time. From the original separatist regime, it gradually evolved into a confrontation between the Han and Wei courts and the north and the south.

In the third year of Chuping, the Battle of Dongjun broke out, which affected millions of people. The war was protracted and continuous, affecting tens of millions of people in several states.

Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Sili, and Bingzhou have all become battlegrounds.

The battle situation changed continuously, Xu An defeated Dong Zhuo and captured the Guanzhong.

Yuan Shao acquired the Luoyang area and proclaimed himself emperor.

The Han court temporarily stabilized the situation and quelled the internal rebellion.

Since then, the trend of the world has gradually evolved from a dispute between heroes to a tripartite confrontation.

In the fourth year of Chuping, the Battle of Yanxu and the Battle of Revolving Gate broke out, and the Han and Wei sides mobilized more than [-] troops to confront each other.

The war lasted until the end of the fourth year of Chuping. The Han army had the upper hand, and the Wei army's attack was frustrated. The Han army took advantage of the victory to pursue the second Northern Expedition.

Yuan Shao has the support of powerful families in the three prefectures of Youji and Qingzhou, with a strong army and sufficient supplies.

Although the Han court occupies the land of five states, the three states of Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou suffered large-scale turmoil and suffered heavy losses when the Yellow Turbans of the four states were revived.

Although Jizhou used to be the main battlefield of the confrontation between the Han army and the Yellow Turban Army, and experienced many turbulences, the power of the powerful families in Jizhou has not been weakened too much, and they have already stayed away from the dangerous place before the danger came.

The land of Jizhou was originally one of the most prosperous places, and it soon regained its vitality under Han Fu's administration.

In terms of financial resources, Wei Ting still has the upper hand.

The military strength of the Han court is superior to that of the Wei army. The Han army does not lack brave generals, and the Han army also does not lack warriors who charge into battle.

The two sides are gearing up, and the spring of the fifth year of Chuping (194) will soon come. Both the Han and Wei courts are doing their best to prepare for the war. In this battle, neither the Han court nor the Wei court can afford to lose.

Yuan Shao even raised Tian Feng, who was originally in prison, to the prison, and ordered him to go to Qingzhou to preside over Qingzhou military affairs, organize Qingzhou soldiers, and want to strengthen the combat power of Qingzhou soldiers. At the same time, he ordered Ju Yi to lead Youzhou to ride Wanqidu Cross the Yellow River and enter Le'an State, Qingzhou.

He also ordered Gao Lan to lead [-] infantry, and Wuhuan to ride [-] to garrison Luoyang to guard the revolving gate.

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Just when the Han and Wei courts were fighting in the Central Plains, Taipingdao, under the leadership of Xu An, has now completely occupied the land of Yizhou.

One hundred and eighteen cities in the twelve counties of Yizhou belonged to the Taiping Road, and all the places changed their banners. Except for Hanzhong County, they all followed the Taiping Road and built Taiping Road Taoist temples outside the city.

Although he now controls the entire Yizhou, Xu An did not break his promise and forcibly converted the followers of Tianshi Dao in Hanzhong County to believe in Taiping Dao, and even allowed the Taoist priests of Tianshi Dao to go to other counties controlled by Taiping Dao to preach, but If you want to preach, you must pass the assessment of Taipingdao.

Now the rules and regulations in the Taiping Dao are gradually being perfected. Fu Zhu who preaches must be familiar with the scriptures, have firm beliefs, and pass the assessment before being allowed to be sent to preach in the local area.

It turns out that in Taiping Dao, as long as you practice for a certain period of time, you can become a talisman and give alms to various places.

But that was already a matter of Taiping Dao in Zhang Jiao's time, and it obviously did not meet the current development requirements of Taiping Dao, so Xu An also set up an examination mechanism in Dao.

Xu An handed over the Daoist Examination of Tianshi Dao to Zhang Lu, and asked Zhang Lu to hold it in Hanzhong County by himself.

However, although Xu An fulfilled his promise, he did not interfere with Zhang Lu's preaching in Hanzhong, and even allowed Tianshidao to preach in other places.

However, when Zhang Lu saw that the Yellow Turban Army defeated the Han army in Yizhou within a few months, and the powerful families in the five counties of Nanzhong only had to prostrate to see them, Zhang Lu felt no dissatisfaction any more. Lu pressed down.

The Tao of Taiping is so prosperous, it has far surpassed the Tao of Heavenly Masters.

Only now did Zhang Lu understand why Tian Zhong dared to put forward such a generous condition to allow them to preach within the jurisdiction of Taipingdao.

How could these Taoists under his command be comparable to the current talismans in the Taiping Dao, there is a world of difference between the two.

The last thought in Zhang Lu's heart was wiped out, and he was able to be his own prefect of Hanzhong with peace of mind.

Now he, the prefect of Hanzhong, has actually become a idle job, and the officials sent by Xu An control the civil affairs and military affairs of Hanzhong County.

Most of the generals under Zhang Lu's command were also replaced, and they were arranged to enter the military station as Diannong officials. Xu An replaced Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei with General Xingyi Zhang Yang who was temporarily in charge of Hanzhong military affairs.

Of the twelve counties in Yizhou, except for Hanzhong County, the rest of the counties have been replaced by officials from Taipingdao as county guards. Among the more than one hundred counties, except for a few counties in the south of Yizhou, the rest of the county magistrates Both have been replaced.

The Yizhou Yellow Turban Army has more than [-] people, and most of the Yizhou Yellow Turban Army have been moved to the five counties in Yizhou: Yongchang County, Yizhou County, Qianwei Shu Kingdom, Yuelu County, and Canke County. .

Although the aristocratic families in the five counties of Nanjiang were forced to succumb to the powerful military strength of the Yellow Turban Army, because there are still many barbarian tribes in southern Xinjiang, the aristocratic families in the southern border counties and these barbarian tribes have actually communicated with each other for a long time. for many years.

Some of the powerful families in southern Xinjiang and those barbarian tribes even have a master-slave relationship.

In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times and quelled the Nanzhong Rebellion.

But in fact, it was Nanzhong's powerful family that really caused the rebellion.

Most of the tribes in southern Xinjiang are concentrated in Yongchang County. The Yong family is a common surname in Yizhou. ,

Yongkai (yōng, kǎi), a member of the Yong clan, secretly encouraged the people of Yizhou County and killed Zheng Ang, the governor of Yizhou County. In order to get the post of governor of Yizhou County, he sent envoys to deal with various places, and secretly colluded with Sun Quan .

Yong Kai was domineering in Jianning and acted recklessly. The guard Li Yan wrote six letters to Yong Kai, explaining the benefits and harms, and advising Yong Kai.

Yong Kai received six letters from Li Yan advising him, but only replied to one, and his attitude can be said to be simply reckless.

Said: "Gai heard that there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two kings in the earth. Today, there are three kings in Zhengshuo, so people far away are confused and don't know where to go."

"Han-Jin Spring and Autumn" records that Liu Bei defeated Yiling, and Yong Kai saw the emptiness inside the Shu Han during this time period, so he rebelled against the Han. Meng Huo and other tribes in southern Xinjiang gathered and followed.

Yong Kai secretly descended to Wu, and Wu Yao appointed Yong Kai as the prefect of Yongchang.

Yongchang County is in the west of Yizhou County, the roads are congested, and it is isolated from the hinterland of Yizhou, so it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Yong Kai thought that Yiling, the Shu Han, was newly defeated, and that he had a strong army and horses, and no one could do anything to him.

But I didn't want Zhuge Liang to send his troops to the south and advance together in three directions, and put down the rebellion in Nanzhong with a crushing force.

Because of this battle, the various tribes in the southern lands also worshiped Zhuge Liang as a god, and even in later generations, there are still stories of Zhuge Wuhou in various places in southern Xinjiang.

Xu An is naturally very familiar with the rebellion that broke out in Yizhou Nanzhong.

The Nanzhong rebellion in history was mainly based on the three counties of Yongchang County, Yuejuan County, and Zangcang County in Nanjiang, so Xu An's relocation of Yizhou Yellow Turban Army also mostly moved to these three counties.

Most of these Yellow Turban soldiers left their hometowns. Although they were county residents in the northern part of Yizhou, they lost all their land and ancestral properties. Therefore, Xu An wanted to move them to the southern part of Yizhou, and said that they would develop military settlements and distribute When they were in the farmland, they didn't show any resistance.

Although it is difficult to leave their homeland, they have already left their homeland for an unknown amount of time, and what they really want now is to survive.

Many of them are actually unwilling to join the army to fight, but the world does not want them to live an ordinary life, forcing them to embark on the road of resistance.

In order to encourage immigrants, Xu An also offered a lot of preferential policies. In order to make the hundreds of thousands of Yizhou Yellow Turbans willing to move to the three counties in southern Xinjiang, Xu An expressly stated that they would not be charged any taxes for three years.

As soon as the decree came out, the inner resistance of the Yizhou Yellow Turban Army weakened again, so they obeyed Xu An's arrangement and entered the three counties in southern Xinjiang with the sheriffs arranged by Taiping Road in the three counties.

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 elite soldiers, because they are directly led by Xu An, so they are also called "Tao Army".

The second level refers to the soldiers in the military area, known as the "main army".

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

The fourth level is the soldiers of various military stations.called "garrison"

This time the Yellow Turban Army attacked Yizhou. Apart from the Dao army led by Xu An, there were also many regular troops and garrison troops.

Xu An dispatched three garrison troops of [-] people to follow the prefects of the three counties into the three counties of southern Xinjiang to stabilize the situation and prevent possible rebellions in the counties of southern Xinjiang.

In addition to relocating the Yizhou Yellow Turban Army to the three counties in southern Xinjiang, Xu An also issued recruitment documents in various places in Yizhou, recruiting people from all over Yizhou to go to the three counties in southern Xinjiang for military settlements.

Because there are a large number of Nanman tribes in the three counties of southern Xinjiang, they are quite special and not suitable for the implementation of civilian villages.

The military camps of the Yellow Turban Army also have to receive regular military training and can be equipped with spears and other weapons, but they don't have armor.

In fact, the garrison soldiers in the Yellow Turban Army are equivalent to the reserve soldiers in the Yellow Turban Army. They need to receive regular training and can also participate in the assessment. Those who excel in the assessment can be upgraded and join the sequence of the garrison.

There is an assessment every three months in the Yellow Turban Army. Those who are good are promoted, those who are inferior are degraded, and those who are outstanding in the assessment can choose to upgrade.

Garrison - Garrison - Main Army - Dao Army, a soldier stationed in the army, in the best case, he can be called a member of the Dao Army after passing four assessments. Of course, this is the best situation.

As for the soldiers in the garrison army, the main army, and the Taoist army, if they don't want to be eliminated, they have to train hard and don't fall behind. As long as they are rated as the lowest in the two assessments, they will be demoted.

Although the promotion and demotion system in the Yellow Turban Army still has flaws and needs to be further improved, this simple system can guarantee the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army to a certain extent, and also provide a channel for the lower-level soldiers to rise.

There is no shortage of land in the three counties of southern Xinjiang, and the implementation of extensive military settlements in the land will allow Taiping Road to control the three counties faster and stabilize the situation in the three counties.

Most importantly, once the aristocratic families of the three counties in southern Xinjiang are dissatisfied, or are lobbied by the Han court or envoys from other parties, and want to launch a rebellion, the three counties arranged by Taipingdao can rely on their soldiers There are also troops from the three counties defending the city, thinking of defense, so that they will not be powerless in the face of rebellion.

The current strength of Taipingdao is not afraid of a rebellion in southern Xinjiang. Even if it is really like in history, the powerful family in Nanzhong unites with various ministries in southern Xinjiang to launch a rebellion, and the Yellow Turban Army can quickly extinguish it.

Now the Yellow Turban Army is in full swing, and has extensive experience in mountain warfare. Although the barbarians from various tribes in southern Xinjiang are brave, their military equipment is not sophisticated, even a generation behind.

And the powerful families in the three counties of southern Xinjiang were not strong enough to surpass the Yellow Turban Army.

The rebellion in Nanzhong, as long as the Yellow Turban Army fights steadily, it is only a matter of time before it wins.

However, if there is a rebellion, things will naturally be destroyed. The soldiers and horses are not moved, and the food and grass go first. Sending troops to quell the rebellion will inevitably require a lot of money.

Therefore, Xu An filled the garrison and entered southern Xinjiang in order to stabilize the three counties in southern Xinjiang.

In the three counties of southern border, Taiping Dao has enough power, so that the powerful families in the three counties of southern border can't see the opportunity to take advantage of it, so they can cut off some thoughts that they shouldn't have in their hearts.

In addition to strengthening the power of the Taiping Dao, another decree is the real dredging of the bottom.

In the rebellion of the three counties in southern Xinjiang, although the powerful family is the leader, in fact, it is the various tribes of the barbarians in southern Xinjiang who have the most troops.

If the barbarians in southern Xinjiang were divided into parts, then only the powerful and powerful families would be left alone.

And at that time, it was the best time to take action against the powerful families in the three counties of southern Xinjiang.

If the land of Yizhou wants to have long-term peace and stability, then these powerful and deeply rooted powerful families cannot be left behind.

Most of the mines and forest farms in the hands of these powerful aristocratic families have been handed over, but in fact there must be many that have not been handed over. All of this will need to be counted by the Eagle Wolf Guard in the future.

The army is used to maintain stability, the police are used to maintain law and order, the wolf guards are used to patrol and inspect, the judiciary is used to implement laws and regulations, and preaching is used to gather people's hearts.

The chief envoy governs, is supervised by the procurator, and the guardian is safe for the people.

The implementation of these policies in the county states in the interior can make a place long-term and stable, and it will soon be brought under the rule of Taipingdao.

But it is not enough in southern Xinjiang. There are a large number of Yi tribes in Yongchang County. If you want to govern southern Xinjiang, you must solve the problem of Yi tribes.

The bottom line is to take these barbarian tribes for their own use, fundamentally cut off the possibility of rebellion, isolate the powerful families in the southern border of Yizhou, and make the control of Taiping Road in the southern border reach the same level as that in the northern border .

(End of this chapter)