The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 83 The Emperor's Edict
At the gate of Ye City, merchants and passersby came and went, but there was not a trace of war.

As if the countless rebels in Jizhou were just a dream, they did not have any influence on the residents of Yecheng.

After all, not to mention the tens of thousands of county soldiers around Yecheng. At this time, the Mu Huangfu Song of Jizhou was in Yecheng, and there were still dozens of 'Jingguan' in Quyang and Guangzong. Who would dare to Flirting with the tiger whiskers of Jizhou shepherds?
At the city gate, a team led two sergeants to carefully check the documents of the businessman. On both sides of the city gate stood dozens of sergeants with top-heavy helmets, watching the pedestrians coming and going.

"The inquest is correct, you can enter the city."

The team leader of the Han army nodded, handed the bamboo piece to the leader of the caravan, and moved out of the way.

"Thank you for being accommodating."

The caravan commander grinned and cupped his hands, his broad sleeves brushed over the arm of the Han army leader, and then he greeted the caravan behind him and drove into the city.

The Han army led the way to feel the weight in his hands, a smile appeared on his face, and he stuffed the copper coins in his hands into his waist as if nothing had happened.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

A rush of hooves suddenly sounded, which was particularly harsh among the crowd.

The Han army's smile suddenly solidified on his face.

Could it be that someone rushed through?Wouldn't the patrol sergeants outside the city warn in advance?
"Disperse the crowd!"

This Han army rate also followed Huangfu Song from the mountain of corpses to kill the generals. In the battle of Quyang, Huangfu Song summoned soldiers from all over Jizhou to ask for the Yellow Turbans.

"promise!"

Dozens of sergeants responded and sang promises, quickly dispersing the crowd at the city gate.

The leader of the caravan was sweaty on his forehead, and he stood beside the Han army and said nervously, "This...my goods haven't entered the city..."

The team leader of the Han army frowned, and after thinking about it, he still said: "Enter the city quickly, and don't cause chaos!"

"Good, good, good..."

The commander of the caravan said a few good words, quickly pulled the pack horse, and greeted the people behind him to speed up the speed of entering the city.

The Han army led several sergeants against the flow of people in the caravan and walked outside the city gate. He seemed to hear only the sound of the hooves of a horse, which proved that it was impossible for a foreign enemy to invade.

Sure enough, when the Han army led the team out of the city gate, they saw a knight in red galloping towards the city gate with a negative feather on his back.

The knight saw four or five sergeants pouring out of the city gate, waved the official document in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Military emergency report!"

The Han army shrank its pupils and saw the blood-red flag on the knight's body clearly.

A roll of yellow dust is rolling, and the horse has already galloped past the side of the Han army.

The team leader of the Han army immediately reacted, and he shouted loudly at the sergeant waiting at the city gate: "Make way!"

The sergeant on guard at the city gate was also relieved when he heard the order, and quickly made way for a road, the knight jumped out of it, and the horse stepped on the blue brick at the city gate of Yecheng with four hooves.

The warhorse galloped past the caravan at the city gate like lightning. A pedestrian could not dodge in time, and was brought to the ground by the advancing warhorse, but the knight on the horse did not stop for a bit.

In the Yecheng Overwatch Council, Huangfu Song was flipping through the bamboo slips in his hands.

Huangfu Song frowned. He had already written a letter asking Jizhou to exempt the land rent for one year, but the ten permanent servants listed various items and charged various taxes.

The reason for the current rebellion in Jizhou, Huangfu Song knew very well, those people were simply unable to survive before they rose up. The chaos just settled, and the plague broke out again. Although Huangfu Song sent medical officers to help, it was only a drop in the bucket.

And the taxation is increasing, and finally all the remaining people are forced to rebel.

"Ugh--"

Huangfu Song let out a long sigh. He actually felt a little tired from fighting for the country all his life, as if all his efforts were not worth mentioning. The majestic giant, the big man, seemed to be terminally ill.

Long Shi Liang Yan looked at the tired look on Huangfu Song's face, and felt a burst of distress in his heart. The Yellow Turban Rebellion affected the eight states of the Han Dynasty, and the momentum was huge.

But what I did not expect is that just after the Yellow Turban Rebellion subsided, the emperor listened to the slanderous words of the ten permanent servants and sold officials to collect money.

"Military emergency report!!!"

A loud shout came from outside the house, interrupting their thoughts.

Huangfu Song opened his eyes and glanced at Liang Yan, the wooden door had been pushed aside by the soldiers outside the house, and a red-clothed sergeant with a negative feather and a blood-colored flag on his back had stepped into the house.

The clean and tidy ground instantly had several more shoe prints covered with mud, but no one would care about them at this time.

The sergeant knelt down on one knee and offered the document in his hands with both hands.

Liang Yan approached to take the document, only to see four big characters written in scarlet letters, "Immediately delivered", and looked back at Huangfu Song.

Huangfu Song stood up and saw Liang Yan looking back at him, so he nodded.

Liang Yan took a deep breath and opened the document. When he saw the text on it, he felt dizzy, his eyes darkened, and he could barely stand.

"Uncle Ying?"

Huangfu Song knew something was wrong. Liang Yan had known him since Yanmen Pass, and he had never seen him so rude.

Liang Yan has also experienced strong winds and waves. Although he lost his temper for a while, he immediately recovered. He stabilized his mind and said slowly to the sergeant in the room, "You should step back first."

"promise."

The sergeant sang a promise, and bowed his body and quickly exited the house. The soldier remained silent and closed the wooden door, isolating the communication between the house and the outside world.

Liang Yan looked at Huangfu Song and said bitterly, "Zhang He is defeated..."

"how come?"

Huangfu Song looked at Liang Yan in disbelief.

He chose Zhang He as the main commander. Naturally, he knew Zhang He's character. Zhang He was cautious, brave and skilled in the army. How could he be defeated by the mere ten thousand yellow turbans?

"The Yellow Turbans rushed out from Jingxing Pass while the torrential rain was on their way back to their camp."

Liang Yan fixedly looked at the document in his hand, and continued: "Zhang He was trapped in the enemy's line, our army suffered nearly [-] casualties, the Jingxing Pass was broken, and the main force of the Yellow Turban Army has entered Taihang..."

Huangfu Song said with a gloomy face: "If Chu Feiyan really has such ability, why can't he attack Ying Tao for a long time?"

Liang Yan sighed and replied, "It's really not Chu Feiyan who broke Zhang He, the flag of the Yellow Turban Army has the word 'Xu' written on it."

Huangfu Song had a solemn expression on his face. He remembered the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army who had escaped into the Taihang Mountains after the Jingxing Pass was broken. Their commander seemed to be Xu.

(End of this chapter)