The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 821
Even though more than half a year has passed since the Northern Expedition failed, it still hasn't calmed down.

At the beginning, Liu Xie escaped from Luoyang under the escort of Lu Zhi, fled all the way to Chendu, and re-enthroned as emperor with Liu Chong's support.

Kong Ni, who was the governor of Yuzhou at that time, died of a serious illness. Sun Jian was ordered to take over the post of governor of Yuzhou and lead the Northern Expedition. Except for Jiangdong soldiers, the army he led at that time was mostly composed of recruits from Jingzhou and Yuzhou.

Sun Jian led this army to attack Dong Zhuo in the north and defeated the Xiliang elite under Dong Zhuo's command.

Because Sun Jian was the governor of Yuzhou, this army was collectively called Yuzhou soldiers by everyone.

The Yuzhou soldiers have also become the main force of the Han army. Whether it is in terms of record or combat power, the Yuzhou soldiers are at the top of the Han army, and they are the first-class elites in the Han army.

However, the most elite troops of this Han army were wiped out under Fanyang City except for the more than [-] people Zhu Zhi took away at the beginning.

Yuan Shu was the governor of Nanyang County at the beginning. With Nanyang County as the cornerstone, he recruited a group of soldiers in Nanyang County. After several battles, he could be regarded as training a group of elite soldiers. However, compared with Yuzhou soldiers, Nanyang soldiers But it was a notch lower.

The elite soldiers in Yuzhou were not much different from the military soldiers of the Ming army, and they could barely be regarded as the same level.

The elite of the Nanyang soldiers can only be at the same level as the elite soldiers of the Ming army at most.

Then the Nanyang soldiers also suffered heavy casualties during the Northern Expedition. Yuan Shu only led [-] people out of Inner Yellow City.

In addition to the defenders stationed in Liyang, Yuan Shu led his troops back to the south of the Yellow River. When they arrived at Puyang City, less than [-] of the [-] Han troops who had originally set out for the expedition fled back to Yanzhou with him. All are trapped in Hebei.

The situation in the world has undergone earth-shaking changes.

They are not the ones who have the initiative now.

To put it bluntly, he is now in adversity, so he can only bow down and wait for the right time.

To put it bluntly, they have already lost the qualification to regain the lost land, and the destiny no longer favors the Han Dynasty. The best result now is to be able to rule by rowing the river, or even rowing the river...

Ming Ting is scary.

Conquer the Three Koreas in the east, chase Xianbei in the north, settle the barbarians in the south, and settle the kingdoms in the west.

Ming Ting is now very powerful, like the sky.

Not only on land, but also on the sea, they also saw the fleet of the Ming army.

A huge fleet composed of hundreds of warships sailed slowly past the coast of Qingzhou. No one could calm down in such a scene.

"What is the current situation in Yanzhou and Qingzhou, and what assistance is needed? All the court officials are here, but it doesn't matter."

Liu Xie withdrew his thoughts, his eyes regained clarity, and he looked at the people in the hall again.

The Northern Expedition suffered a disastrous defeat, but the Han army was not completely defeated and lost all their wealth.

There are still more than [-] Nanyang soldiers under Yuan Shu's command. Now their morale has been restored and they have a certain combat power.

After weighing and discussing, Cao Cao was appointed as Qingzhou Mu, in charge of Qingzhou affairs.

And Yuan Shu was appointed as Yanzhou pastor to manage Yanzhou.

The Ming army was staring at the north. Although it seemed that there was no intention to go south in the short term, the Han army did not dare to mobilize troops at will. After weighing the pros and cons, they made this decision.

When Sun Jian was still there, he guarded Yanzhou, and Yuan Shu also led the army to guard one side, second only to Sun Jian.

Yuan Shu stayed in Yanzhou for a long time, and he was also familiar with Yanzhou's defense, and his achievements were not inferior to Sun Jian's in Thailand. In the battle of Yanshi, he completely demonstrated the prestige of Nanyang soldiers.

So in the end the post of Yanzhou Mu was in the hands of Yuan Shu.

After Yuan Shu took office, he recruited famous scholars, first he recruited Chen Gong as an officer, and later recruited Lu Qian as Yanzhou Biejia.

Yanzhou Biejia Lu Qian and Qingzhou Biejia Kong Rong looked at each other, they both waited for a while, and finally it was Lu Qian who spoke first.

"Recruitment of soldiers in all parts of Yanzhou is proceeding in an orderly manner. There is still enough money and food for half a year, but there is an extreme shortage of soldiers and armor. The new army has a total of [-] soldiers, but only [-] armored soldiers and [-] leather armors."

Relying on his own reputation, Yuan Shu restored the morale of his troops in a short time, and was ordered to recruit [-] troops locally, bringing the strength of his troops to [-] again.

Although the combat strength of the [-] soldiers was worrying, most of them were conscripted by force, and it was okay to defend the city, but the field battle would probably collapse at the first touch.

Yuan Shu also naturally knew the level of these recruits. Some of the [-] new recruits were selected by Yuan Shu to be directly under the jurisdiction, and most of them were sent to the rear to replace the local garrison soldiers.

Yuan Shu used this method to transfer most of the county soldiers from various places, including about [-] people, into the directly-controlled army to strengthen the frontier defense.

Yuan Shu mixed veterans, recruits, and county soldiers and arranged training.

The Han army is now following the Ming army's military training methods, and they have also made certain summaries.

No one knows exactly how effective it will be, but now the new "Yanzhou Army" under Yuan Shu's command looks like a regular army.

After the defeat of the Han army in the Battle of Fanyang, Yuan Shu immediately ordered to abandon all the luggage and run all the way to Liyang Ferry. All the armor and military equipment were abandoned in the Inner Yellow City. the weapon.

Most of the remaining armors are equipped by the defenders who stayed in Liyang and the inventory of Yanzhou arsenal, and a small part are new products produced by Yanzhou's workshop after Yuan Shu withdrew to Yanzhou.

Liu Xie frowned slightly and looked at Liu Chong.

Knowing that the Ming court set up workshops to make weapons, the ministers of the court also advised to set up workshops, centralized management, and make weapons.

It is Liu Chong who manages the workshops in various places in the middle school, and at the same time Liu Chong is also in charge of the logistics of the army.

"Previously, I ordered the workshops all over Yanzhou to make full efforts to make armor and weapons to supply the needs of the Yanzhou army."

"In Yuzhou's arsenal, we can temporarily take out [-] collars of sharp warrior armor, [-] collars of iron armor, and [-] collars of leather armor, and transport them to Yanzhou. This is already the limit of the current arsenal."

Liu Chong looked solemn and said in a deep voice.

The so-called sharp warrior armor refers to a full set of iron armor, the armor worn by the sharp warriors of the Han army, which can cover the hands and legs.

Except for the sharp armor, the iron armor is just a breastplate, not a complete set.

However, with the armor of eight thousand collars, he is now able to mobilize all the armor. Not counting Chen Du's arsenal, there are only more than eight thousand collars left in the entire inventory of Yuzhou.

The successive wars almost exhausted the accumulation of hundreds of years of the Han Empire.

Thousands of armaments and supplies were left in the northern border, and the Battle of Fanyang really hurt the vitality of the Han army.

"In terms of Qingzhou, workshops have been established in various places, and the mines have resumed normal operation. We only need to wait a little longer before the workshops can be officially started, and then we can continuously deliver weapons."

Liu Chong naturally did not forget Qingzhou. As a chariot and cavalry general, he has been in charge of logistics affairs all along, so he is naturally watching the overall situation.

"Qingzhou is not too short of military equipment, and food and grass are relatively abundant."

Kong Rong saluted with both hands.

"The situation in various places has been stabilized, order is being restored in various places, the dilapidated farmland has been repaired, and the cities along the Yellow River have been repaired, but..."

Kong Rong paused.

"Cao Shijun believes that the Ming army will most likely bypass the river, follow the example of Gongsun Du in the past, invade Donglai County from the sea, and then advance by sea and land, attacking Qingzhou from east and west."

The atmosphere in Dongming Hall was heavy, and everyone in the hall looked dignified.

The Ming army is really very likely to cross the sea to the south and attack Donglai County.

When Gongsun Du's fleet was only a few dozen ships, they all successfully captured Donglai County.

Now through development, the warships of the Ming army have reached a hundred, including many giant ships and large ships.

After the Taishan Yellow Turban fled to Donglai before, the fleet under Gongsun Du relied on sea ships to transport all the more than [-] surviving Taishan Yellow Turbans from Donglai County.

Of course, the more than [-] Taishan yellow scarves were not directly transported to Liaodong in one go, but were first transported from Donglai County to the islands in the center of the tsunami, and then sailed from the islands to Liaodong. This took a lot of time and manpower. force.

But this also means that the Ming army can cross the sea to attack Donglai County, Qingzhou.

Since the navy of the Ming army can transport a large number of people by sea, it can also transport the same number of soldiers.

Today, the archipelago in the middle of the Bohai Strait is still under the jurisdiction of the navy of the Ming army.

At the beginning, Wei Ting didn't pay attention to the development of the navy at all, and directly handed over the control of the sea.

After all, the navy is really a costly thing, and although Gongsundu captured Donglai at that time, Yuan Shao didn't take him too seriously at all. After all, the Han court was the main opponent at that time, and naturally they wanted to vigorously develop the army.

Liu Xie frowned slightly, he remembered the report from the embroidered clothes envoy before.

The total number of naval warships of the Ming army is about two hundred, which is already an extremely terrifying number.

"If I remember correctly, should Luoganjin and Changdongjin in Qingzhou be completed in the spring?"

Liu Xie turned to look at Kong Rong and asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Luoganjin and Changdongjin will be completed at the beginning of spring, and the people in several surrounding settlements have been relocated. They moved out of the residence under the pretext of building workshops. The construction of Luoganjin has always been a It was carried out in secret, and nothing suspicious was found around during the construction period."

Liu Xie nodded slightly, exhorting.

"The defense of Luoganjin and Changdongjin is no small matter. We must be extremely careful and not relax."

"Wait until Luoganjin and Changdongjin are completed..."

Liu Xie's eyes moved from Kong Rong to Yangzhou Biejia Wang Lang and Xuzhou Biejia Mi Zhu.

"At that time, the Yangzhou and Xuzhou naval divisions will immediately go north and station in Changdongjin first."

"promise."

Wang Lang, Biejia in Yangzhou and Mi Zhu, Biejia in Xuzhou, both bowed to each other and agreed quickly.

Sikong Zhang Xi, Jingzhou Biejia Kuai Yue, Yanzhou Biejia Lu Qian looked at each other, all looking at them.

"This matter is my big man's secret, because it is necessary to prevent the spies of the Eagle Wolf Guard, so it is rarely known."

Liu Chong coughed, and pulled everyone's gaze back.

"At the end of the third year of Chuping (192), when the battle in Xuzhou was in full swing, Yangzhou had already started building Haijin, making seagoing ships, and training sailors."

"Because there was an example of Gongsun Du crossing the sea to attack Donglai, at that time Sun Wentai proposed to attack Qingzhou and Xuzhou by sea."

"Afterwards, after Xuzhou was recovered, Haijin was also built in Xuzhou, sea-going ships were made, and sailors were trained."

"Because of money, food and technology, up to now, there are only more than [-] warships in Yangzhou and Xuzhou."

Zhang Xi's expression didn't change much, he was already an old man on the verge of death, he basically didn't care about the affairs above the court, and he didn't have much real power in his hands.

Jingzhou Biejia Kuai Yue and Yanzhou Biejia Lu Qian heard this for the first time, and it was hard to hide the expressions on their faces.

However, the worried look on the faces of the two of them has also faded a little. Although there are [-] warships far less than the more than [-] ships of the Ming army navy, compared to the previous situation where they could only be beaten passively and could not fight back It's already much better.

At least if the Ming army wants to cross the river to attack Qingzhou, it may not be an easy task.

If there is a navy, there is one more means that can restrain the Ming army.

and……

Perhaps this secret hand planted early can reap unexpected results.

After Liu Xie finished asking, he didn't speak any more.

This time, the palace meeting was mainly based on Liu Chong, who decided on defense matters.

"The defense of the northern line is mainly based on the Yellow River. Build a line of defense to prevent the Ming army from going south. At the same time, Qingzhou implements a sea ban to prevent people from colluding with the false Ming and delivering intelligence."

"A total of [-] reinforcements from Yangzhou and Xuzhou have gone north to Yanzhou. Now Yanzhou has a total of [-] soldiers, scattered along the Yellow River. Our army has the strength to fight."

"The defense on the western front is mainly focused on Nanxiang, together with the two cities of Danshui and Xi. Jingzhou will send a general with [-] troops to guard the northwest of Nanyang County and block the southward movement of the fake Ming Dynasty."

"The defense of the southern line is mainly in Jiaozhou. The road from Yizhou to the state has been cut off, and a pass has been set up. The brick-packing method has also been implemented to Jiaozhou. The terrain on the southern line is complicated. The possibility of falsely attacking from the southern line is the least, but our army I've already made all the preparations..."

Sun Jian was originally in charge of the military, but Huangfu Song took over the military jurisdiction after he became a Taiwei.

But this time in the defeat of Fanyang, Sun Jian died in battle, and Huangfu Song was also captured and killed.

In the battle of Xiaquyang in the past, Huangfu Song led the Han army to kill Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, and even dissected Zhang Jiao's coffin and poked his body, passing it on to the capital.

The remnants of the Yellow Turban Army and their families retreated all the way to the Zhangshui River Beach, and eventually more than [-] people drowned and died.

The corpses of nearly [-] Yellow Turban soldiers were built into appalling "Beijing Temples" and stood on the fertile fields of Xiaquyang. Many days have passed, but there are still thousands of corpses of moth thieves floating on the Zhangshui River. .

The Ming army beheaded Huangfusong by the Zhangshui River outside the city of Quyang, and dumped his body into the water to commemorate the Yellow Turban Army who threw themselves into the river in Quyang.

Huangfu Song and Sun Jian died, Liu Chong's original management of government affairs was gradually taken over by Wang Yun, and Liu Chong began to take over the power in the army. Now Liu Chong has become the chief officer in charge of the military.

The discussions in the hall continued, and Liu Xie sat on the first seat, but he was thinking about other things.

He remembered the secret letter that was submitted to his case.

"The world is full of labor, the country is exhausted, and the only way to reform is feasible..."

　I will not deliberately delay the rhythm, and write according to the original outline.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)