The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 797
Depending on the position and interests, the way people think will change accordingly.

Shen Pei and Yuan Shao are powerful families. In order to protect their own interests, they must think from their own perspective and do things that are beneficial to themselves.

Although Yan Zhong and others are also powerful families, except for a few big families in Lianghe, the rest of the powerful families have no way to enter the center of Han court politics.

When Yan Zhong first started, he was actually more of an ambitious man. He had seen the hardships of Xiaomin, he knew what happened at the bottom, and he also understood the darkness of the temple. Although he had some sympathy, he was just pity.

The reason why Yan Zhong was willing to join Taiping Dao at the beginning was also because he liked Xu An's rare goods to live in and had a bright future.

As for Yang Ji, Pang Bo, and Fu Qi, it was because of their friendship with Yan Zhong, and because giving charcoal in the snow is better than icing on the cake, and they have now reaped benefits.

However, the Taiping Dao system determined their upper limit. In the current Taiping Dao, there would never be a big family like the Yuan family with four generations and three princes.

Instead, there is a brand-new official system, with civil and military divisions, the military regardless of government, and the government regardless of the military.

Now whether it is a military officer, a civil servant, a doctor who lectures, or a teacher who teaches, these positions that originally belonged exclusively to the aristocratic and powerful people in the world are no longer exclusive to the aristocratic and powerful. The education system implemented by the Taipingdao makes even Being a commoner can also be one of these people.

The high-spirited spirit and brand-new trend of thought in Taiping Dao finally changed Yan Zhong's thinking, Yang Ji and others, and also influenced the younger generation like Hao Zhao and Zhang Liao.

Although Yuan Shao was hostile and turned his back on what he said, his repeated actions also put the Taishan Yellow Turban Army in danger, but that is a matter of position.

Although Yuan Shao was indecisive, indecisive, scheming and indecisive, Yuan Shao could indeed be called a real man.

However, the reason why Xu An allowed the judge to bury Yuan Shao with the ceremony of a prince was not because he really admired Yuan Shao, but because Yuan Shao was the emperor of Wei State and controlled Wei Ting after all.

It is of course impossible to bury Yuan Shao with the emperor's ceremony, but Xu An's goal has been achieved by taking a step back.

And this sum of money naturally does not need to be paid by Xu An, the property of the Yuan family and the Shen family must be used for the trial and allocation, or other powerful families will contribute the money together.

Burying Yuan Shao with the royal ceremony was actually a signal from Xu An, a friendly signal.

Compared with a broken Hebei, a complete Hebei is undoubtedly much better for Taipingdao.

It's just a name, and it doesn't cost much to get some people's support and eliminate some people's hostility, which is undoubtedly worth it.

Xu An walked into the backyard, looked up at the lush trees in the courtyard, and his heart was as calm as water.

The most difficult hurdle has been overcome by them, and the general trend is set. Everything now is just a side effect and will not affect the overall situation.

Suddenly there was a buzzing sound in his ears, and Xu Anxun looked in the direction of Nancheng.

Soon, the buzzing sound became clear. It wasn't the hustle and bustle, but cheers, extremely high cheers.

"Heaven is dead, Han Zuo will end, follow the sky and follow the righteousness, and enjoy peace!"

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In the second year of the Ming Dynasty (195), June [-]rd.

The last thousand or so Wuwei soldiers in the central government office of Fanyang City put down their weapons, and Shenpei and Gao Lan led the troops out of the government to surrender. The Ming army entered the government office and took over the control of the government office from the trial office. Since then, Fanyang City has been completely controlled by the Ming army.

The examiner found a coffin and carefully packed away Yuan Shao's body. Xu An separated an empty four-wheeled carriage from the convoy as a driver.

On the same day, in the afternoon.

Xu An led his soldiers to march to Yecheng, and at the same time ordered the sharp soldiers to collect Yin'an under Hao Zhao's command, and then marched into Weiguo and other places in Dongjun County.

Shen Pei led his personal guards, guarding Yuan Shao's coffin, followed the Ming army's soldiers, and marched towards Yecheng together.

In the second year of the Ming Dynasty, June [-]th.

At this time, Yecheng was already in chaos. The news of Wei Jun's defeat in Fanyang City had already been heard. Those routs brought the news of Yuan Shao's death, and the whole Yecheng fell into panic.

As soon as the news came out, a large number of powerful families in Yecheng left Yecheng with their private soldiers. They drove horse-drawn carriages, followed the official road, and fled towards Handan in Zhao County.

The powerful families in Yecheng were well informed and responded quickly, but they did not expect the Ming army to march faster.

Just when many aristocratic families escaped from Yecheng, Xu You had already rushed to the outside of Yecheng with the cavalry from Shangguying, and the scouts who scattered out soon found the convoy of those fleeing aristocratic families.

Without any mercy, Xu You ordered the cavalry under his command to directly cut off those aristocratic families who wanted to escape from Yecheng.

How could those private soldiers and retainers hurriedly gathered by powerful families be the opponents of the cavalry cavalry of the Shanggu Camp who were skilled in archery and horses and well-armed?

Seeing this situation, those aristocratic families in the convoy all got out of the car and surrendered, not daring to resist.

They know that there may be a way to survive if they don't resist, but if they resist, they will die.

It is no secret that the so-called Yellow Turban Army is brutal, killing wantonly, and looting places. These are all used to deceive those foolish people. This is no secret. Most of them know the real situation of the Ming Army. After all, they are the spread of rumors Or, in order to fool the group of people below to continue to defend them and fight with their lives.

In the previous battle of Jizhou, when the Yellow Turban Army of Bingzhou took over the Yellow Turban Army of the Four States, in addition to breaking the powerful Wubao, they did not commit any crimes in the cities and towns, and even people or horses trampled on the farmland. They will lose money and apologize.

They knew their identities, they belonged to a powerful family, as long as they surrendered, they could survive without a public trial.

Their choice was correct. Xu You, as the official of the Zhongshufu, knew all aspects of Taiping Dao. The Judiciary was a subordinate institution of the Zhongshufu, so he naturally knew the laws in the "Taiping Law".

Therefore, when those powerful families knelt down and surrendered, he ordered the cavalry under his command to stop attacking and tied them all up.

And those cars full of property became the spoils of the Ming army.

Xu You led the Shanggu camp and set up a military camp to the northeast of Yecheng to prevent the people of Yecheng from fleeing to Handan in the north and Buqiu in the east.

Although Yecheng was chaotic, but still managed to maintain the last bit of reason, Zhu Ling, the general under Yuan Shao's command who stayed in Yecheng.

After a short period of panic, Zhu Ling quickly regained his senses. He first declared martial law in the four cities, not only forbidding anyone from going out of the city, closing the city gates, but also making all the squares and cities in the city martial law and prohibiting activities.

Immediately afterward, Zhu Ling led troops into the Imperial Palace of Yecheng and protected Yuan Shang.

After confirming Yuan Shang's safety, Zhu Ling began to gather the remnants outside the city, and built a fort outside the city as a barrier.

Zhu Ling was worried that there were spies from the Ming army among the remnants of the soldiers. If they were allowed to sneak into the city, the situation would really get out of hand.

He's not a judge, and he's directing the unmovable demons to catch those spies.

Yecheng successfully stabilized the situation under Zhu Lingqiang's powerful means, but with more and more routs and the news of Yuan Shao's death spread, the people in Yecheng were panicked and it became more and more difficult to stabilize.

Although the Eagle Guards who were among the defeated soldiers failed to sneak into Ye City, this did not hinder the actions of the Eagle Guards in Ye City.

Although they didn't have much communication with the outside world, after they learned of Yuan Shao's death and the defeat of the Fanyang Wei army, they immediately spread the news in Yecheng.

They not only spread the news of Yuan Shao's death and the defeat of Fanyang's Wei army, but also added fuel to it, causing the residents of Yecheng to panic even more.

Zhu Ling has been on the battlefield for a long time. He is an excellent general, but he is definitely not a qualified livelihood official. The panic among the residents in the city is increasing day by day, but Zhu Ling is helpless.

In the second year of the Ming Dynasty, June [-]th.

Beicheng was destroyed, and Yu Du and Bai Rao defeated the six thousand Han troops in Beicheng together.

Sun Ben was beheaded by Pang De's formation, and more than [-] Han soldiers were captured.

In the second year of the Ming Dynasty, June [-]th.

When Bai Rao went south to Liyang, the Han army in Liyang was retreating, and Yuan Shu's troops were crossing the river in Liyang.

The Han army in Liyang had a large number of defense equipment, but Bai Rao did not find an opportunity, so he camped north of Liyang, waiting for the infantry led by Yu Du to go south, and Li Heng to lead his infantry eastward.

On the same day, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Ming army arrived in Yecheng under the leadership of Xu An.

At this time, Yecheng was in internal and external troubles, and Zhu Ling was overwhelmed by the affairs of the cities every day, and various affairs had already popped up.

In the court of Wei, many ministers had already escaped from Yecheng at the first time, so Zhu Ling was the only one who took care of many messes, how could he do it.

Not only the hearts of the people, but also the hearts of the army fell to the bottom because of Fanyang's defeat.

Now Yecheng only has a few thousand old and weak newly recruited soldiers. The Ming army is said to have hundreds of thousands of people encircled from all directions. No matter how high the city wall is built, it is said that it will be reduced to ashes under the attack of the thunderbolt chariot.

Those thunderbolt cars, I heard that Xu An had affixed them with thunder charms, could have the power of thunder, and it would be easy to destroy cities and walls.

Tens of thousands of elites were defeated in Fanyang, how could they resist the Ming army's attack.

And even if they temporarily blocked the Ming army, so what, they have no chance to counterattack, they have lost the ability to fight again, they are just dying now, and it is only a matter of time before they lose.

Many people have already planned to surrender, but because of Zhu Ling's prestige in the army, no one dared to mention it.

And when everyone was on the city wall and saw a group of brightly armored soldiers of the Ming army advancing like a wall on the official road, the generals stopped Zhu Ling on the city wall and began to persuade him. .

Zhu Ling looked at the soldiers of the Ming army who were slowly advancing along the official road not far away, while listening to the noisy voices of the crowd, he felt his head was as big as a bucket, and it was difficult to think at all.

One after another, the khaki-colored banners gathered on the official road to form a huge yellow dragon.

Huge yellow dragons meander on the official road.

The banners were flying, Huanglong opened his mouth in the gust of wind, revealing ferocious sharp teeth.

The cavalry galloped, and the yellow dragon stretched out its claws on the land, showing the sharpness between the claws.

Zhu Ling did not endure such torture all the time, and the arrival of the trial match made Zhu Ling relieved.

Yuan Shao's coffin shattered the last sliver of luck in everyone's hearts. They understood that they had really lost, and it was a crushing defeat, with no chance of recovery.

In the second year of the Ming Dynasty, June [-]th, Shenshi.

Zhu Ling led his generals out of Yecheng and offered the city to surrender.

Xu An accepted Zhu Ling's surrender, dispatched a large army to gradually take over Yecheng, and announced that Yecheng would be under military control.

Unitary time two quarters (17:30).

The defense of Yecheng was quickly taken over by the Ming army from the Wei army. All the Wei troops in Yecheng put down their weapons and were escorted out of Yecheng.

The camp they built outside the city to house the remnants is now the camp where they are held.

If Xu An wanted to enter Yecheng, he must ensure the safety of Yecheng, so he would not let the original Wei army remain in the city.

Under the protection of a group of Tengxiang guards, Xu An rode a war horse into the corridor of the city gate of Yecheng.

"Is this Ye City?"

Hao Zhao looked at the messy streets and low-rise houses in front of him, with doubts in his eyes.

"Compared to Chang'an, it's really far behind."

In this era, Yecheng is definitely considered one of the best large-scale cities, but compared to Chang'an, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, it is insignificant and pales in comparison.

Today, the central government office of Taiping Road is located in the original Han Dynasty imperial palace, and Chang'an City has undergone a lot of expansion, and it is an optimized version of Chang'an City in the later Tang Dynasty.

It is the exchange center of politics, culture and economy inside and outside the Ming Dynasty.

The road to the Western Regions starts from Chang'an, the road to Shu also starts from Chang'an, and the end point of doing business in Monan is also Chang'an City.

Xu An couldn't help laughing. After tempering in the two counties' military regions, Xu An thought that Hao Zhao must have a calmer personality, but he didn't expect that Hao Zhao would become a lot more detached.

Hao Zhao didn't notice at all that what he said made the faces of the Wei Ting officials who greeted him turn darker again.

However, none of them dared to speak out to refute. They had already lost, and the losers had no right to speak.

March all the way to Yecheng Imperial Palace.

Xu An's eyes moved slightly. Compared with the palace in Chang'an, the imperial palace in Yecheng seemed a little petty, but it was extremely luxurious, but it didn't look like there was a lot of construction going on.

Yuan Shao was not so stupid that he spent a lot of money on pleasure and blessing before he unified the world.

At this time, the main gate of the Imperial Palace in Yecheng had been opened, and on the palace wall of the Imperial Palace in Yecheng, the khaki flags of the Ming army were also planted, while the blue flags of the Wei army had been pulled out and thrown into unknown places. in the warehouse.

The layout of the Imperial Palace in Yecheng is somewhat similar to that of Weiyang Palace, but the proportion is much smaller. Because of this, Xu An couldn't help but feel a little familiar while riding in the Imperial Palace in Yecheng.

Xu An rode a war horse, passed the imperial road, and walked all the way to the front of the main hall of the Imperial Palace in Ye City, surrounded by a group of Tengxiang guards.

In the main hall, a group of Wei Ting ministers in court clothes and hats had been waiting in the hall for a long time. They were all kneeling and bowed, facing the outside of the hall, waiting for Xu An's arrival.

(End of this chapter)