The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 74 The Eve of the Great War
The darkness engulfed the mountains, disappearing the traces of the mountains, the bright moonlight sprinkled on the official road outside Jingxing Pass, and the wide river beach was crowded with restless people, like the tide, they merged into the narrow pass.

Countless sergeants outside the pass were holding torches and working hard to maintain the order of the pass. The voices and horses were hoarse, and they looked out from the wall, like a sea of ​​fire.

The gate tower of Jingxing Pass is brightly lit, and the scouts' reports are copied one by one by Zhao Le. As the head of the Zhao family in Lutaishan, Zhao Le, although he lacks courage and is rather timid, can be regarded as having attended school for a period of time. , The work of the military and Chinese documents is a good job.

Xu An frowned and flipped through the documents. He had studied hard for a period of time in the past few months. He no longer needed Liu Pi's explanation, and could already understand most of the documents. He looked at the information reported by the scouts, while From time to time, he looked up at the sand table in front of him, pulling and plugging the small flag on the sand table.

At this time, Liu Pi had also rushed from the river valley to Jingxing Pass. He was looking at this strange object called a sand table with great interest.

The sand table is made of white rice, and it is made according to the topographic map of mountains and rivers in their hands. Compared with the map of Yuping, the sand table made by Xu An is indeed a lot more intuitive.

Inside and outside Jingxing Pass, a group of small khaki flags were planted to represent the Yellow Turbans, and not far from the pass, a large number of red flags were planted to represent the Han army.

According to Xu An, the sand table has been around for a long time, and it was invented by a famous general named Ma Yuan. Ma Yuan was once sent by Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty to scout Longxi, and when he came back, he piled white rice into mountains and rivers. Topography, road distribution, tell Liu Xiu the situation in Longxi.

But Liu Pi is still a little strange, but it is clearly made of white rice, but it is not a sand table, but this does not affect Liu Pi's liking of this novelty.

It may not be very useful on the plain, but the sand table in the Taihang Mountains is not very useful. When he went to attack several small cottages of small bandit forces, the topographical pictures of mountains and rivers were vague. Although he could understand it, he could not walk. It's a waste of time and energy.

"The Han army chasing after is a part of Zhang He and Gao Lan, with more than [-] armored cavalry and more than [-] infantry troops."

Every time I read a document, Xu An's face darkened even more. Bad news came one after another. The last document was put down by Xu An.

The four courtyards in Hebei were complete, Xu An frowned slightly, thinking that Zhang Yan's surrender was a good thing, but it turned out to be hell.

Now Xu An's first thought is to let Gong Du withdraw to the pass. If the Han army launches a night attack now, Gong Du will probably be folded outside the pass.

Although Gong Du is known for his bravery in the Yellow Turban Army, he is actually only a third-rate general, and he can be regarded as a hundred generals. Facing the Four Court Pillars in Hebei, even Gao Lan is the worst martial artist. , I am afraid that it is also invincible.

Not to mention the other three, when they were under Yuan Shao's tent, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were known as the brave champions of the three armies, and Zhang He later became the five best generals.

Taking a peek at Zhang Yan who was on the side, Xu An was a little bit sour, and his evaluation of Zhang Yan couldn't help but be a little higher. In history, he actually escaped into Taihang Mountain from the hands of these four fierce men, and finally reunited. The power of the entire Taihang Mountains.

But Xu An didn't know that he had changed history unconsciously.

Zhang Liang did not die in Guangzong, but was captured by Zhang He, and history began to deviate.

Zhang He was dispatched by Huangfu Song as the main general, and even Huangfu Song dispatched elite troops to this general who made military exploits in the uprising against the Yellow Turbans, so this Han army supporting Yingtao City was not like the historical They were defeated the same way, but instead they followed the trail of Zhang Yan's troops on their backs.

In real history, after Zhang Yan evacuated from Yingtao City, due to the inability of the Han army to encircle and suppress it, he wandered for a while in Zhending, and then swaggered into the Taihang Mountains and began to unify the Taihang Mountains.

Now, inside and outside Jingxing Pass, Xu An's army has only gathered more than [-] horses, while the Han army has more than a thousand armored cavalry, so basically, Xu An has lost the opportunity to fight against the Han army.

The armored cavalry of the Han army could easily divide Xu An's army on the fertile fields, but the Yellow Turbans had no effective means to punish this group of arrogant Han army knights.

The archers under Xu An's command were full of calculations, and even the soft bows were only a mere [-] people.

Not to mention the armored cavalry of the Han army, even Xu An, an infantryman of the Han army, did not have the confidence to face it. Although everyone in the Yellow Turban army under Xu An had trained for two or three months, Xu An would not be arrogant. To think that by virtue of this, he can defeat the monthly training, Jia Jian sharp blade and the Han army led by famous generals.

This is undoubtedly a fool's dream. In the era of cold weapons, equipment has a huge impact on the combat effectiveness of the army.

An army in the cold weapon era has a lot to go through from forming an army to becoming an elite army. It is definitely not just a few months of training to become a strong army.

"Send the order to Gong Du, be careful, and return to the customs immediately at dawn."

Xu An was still worried about Gong Du's safety and ordered the guard beside him.

"promise."

The guard sang a promise and quietly exited the tower.

Xu An stared at the sea of ​​fire under the wall, the mountain wind became more and more violent, blowing the sea of ​​fire under the gate, feeling the howling mountain wind, Xu An seemed to remember something, and took out the "Tai Ping Jing" in his arms. Book.

His eyes gradually brightened.

……

Thirty miles away from Jingxing Pass, the Han army's main camp is located here.

At this time, the Han army's tent was also brightly lit. Zhang He, Gao Lan, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou were surrounded by a topographic map of mountains and rivers, and they were discussing battle plans.

Although Zhang He was named the main general, he had to listen to the opinions of the other three. After all, they were actually at the same level.

Because Huangfu Song had to deal with the government affairs piled up in Jizhou, he did not lead the troops to fight in person, and more importantly, Huangfu Song knew that his military exploits had already attracted the suspicion of the emperor, so he did not plan to fight in person.

As a result, this embarrassing situation has been created, but fortunately, the other three have not raised any objections to most of Zhang He's decisions, and only have a slight dispute with Zhang He on the details.

For example, for Yan Liang and Wen Chou, the task Zhang He gave them was originally to detect whether there were ambushes, but Yan Liang chose to advance lightly and fight against Zhang Yan's rear troops.

(End of this chapter)