The World of Yellow Sky

Sun Jian got off his horse. He stroked his long-time companion, and mist appeared in front of his eyes.

……

"There are armored heavy cavalry in the 'Moth Thief' army..."

Zhu Jun stood on the top of Sunflower City with his hands behind his back, with a solemn expression.

After a while, Zhu Jun turned around and said to Sun Jian who was beside him: "This battle is not your fault, it's me who underestimated the enemy. This 'Moth Thief' is really extraordinary as Zhang Yi said."

Sun Jian stepped forward and said, "General..."

Zhu Jun waved his hands and said, "No need to say too much, let's all go back to camp and rest, tomorrow will be a tough battle."

"promise."

Sun Jian's expression changed, but he did not speak again, and followed the generals back down the city wall.

"How about the casualties, have you counted them?" Zhu Jun turned his head to look at the clerk beside him.

The civil official unfolded the bamboo slips in his hand and said: "This time, a total of 2152 cavalry went out, and only 1227 cavalry came back, 320 were injured, and only 856 were still able to fight. Our army still has a total of 1246 cavalry that can go to battle."

Zhu Jun's face was gloomy. The Yellow Turban Army had hidden armored cavalry. He never expected that he would suffer a dark loss.

After this battle, the advantage of the cavalry of the Han army disappeared. Although the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army also suffered casualties in this battle, the more than a hundred cavalry equipped with heavy cavalry can infinitely reduce that last advantage.

And the most important thing is that the defeat in the first battle had a big blow to the morale of the army. With the ups and downs, the battle situation was a bit unfavorable for the Han army.

Moreover, according to Sun Jian and the Han knights who fled back, the three generals of the Yellow Turban Army who led the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army to fight this time are all brave generals, and they are several times braver than those generals and schools of the Yellow Turban Army during the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the past. The general with heavy cavalry.

The sky had gradually dimmed, and the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army galloping in the distant wilderness was like a thorn in Zhu Jun's heart.

Zhu Jun looked at the Han army camp from the crenel of the city wall.

The high morale when the army was raised today has disappeared, and the haze of defeat hangs over the heads of the Han army at this moment.

There was a dead silence in the Han army camp.

……

Unlike the silent Han army barracks, the morale of the Yellow Turban army was extremely high at this time.

"Wan Sheng!!"

Xu Huang, Gong Du, and Zhou Cang led the troops back to the camp, and the cheers of the Yellow Turban soldiers resounded in their ears.

Xu Huang stepped onto the high platform and bowed to Xu An, and said with a smile, "Fortunately, life is not disgraceful."

Xu An stepped forward quickly, supported Xu Huang and said with a big smile, "Gong Ming, do you know who the cavalry general of the Han army is today?"

Xu Huang looked puzzled, and only remembered the word "Sun" written on the flag.

"He is Sun Jian!" Gong Du excitedly slapped Xu Huang on the shoulder and said loudly, "Gong Ming took a breath of anger for waiting for me today!"

This battle can be said to have been planned by Xu An for a long time. He used the Han army's underestimation of the enemy to prompt him to attack, and then confronted him head-on, riding in the cavalry formation with hidden armor.

The victory of the Yellow Turban Army could not expand the results of the victory, and the defeat was as out of control as the collapse of Zhoushan. To a large extent, it was because of the disadvantages of the cavalry. Xu An trained this heavy cavalry to offset the advantages of the Han Army and the Yellow Turban Army cavalry.

"The war will start, and our army's chances of winning will increase by [-]%!"

Xu An clenched his fists, hammered the railing hard, and looked at the Sunflower City in the south. He knew that Zhu Jun was in the Sunflower City right now.

Historically, Zhu Jun, Huangfusong and Lu Zhi were collectively known as the three generals in the late Han Dynasty, and now he has been promoted to Marquis of Qiantang with the reputation of suppressing the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and his prestige is all over the world.

Everyone on the high platform was smiling, but Yan Zhong was worried. Seeing Xu An's excited expression, he couldn't help but sighed.

In fact, he completely disapproved of Xu An's going south this time, to face Zhu Jun in Hanoi and face to face in Kuicheng.

In Yan Zhong's view, going south to Hanoi was of no benefit at all. If Xu An was defeated, Xu An's prestige would be wiped out, and his elite would be exhausted.

And even if Xu An defeated Zhu Jun, he would only become a thorn in Han Ting's side, a thorn in his flesh, and lead to a stronger rebound from the Han army.

After the victory, it was not easy to plunder Hanoi. Now with the help of Hanoi's aristocratic families, the cities are much stronger than before, and there are many more guards.

The Yellow Turban Army did not carry any siege equipment, and it was foreseeable that the losses from the siege far exceeded the looted supplies.

"Enzhi, is it because I didn't listen to your strategy that I sighed?"

Xu An also noticed that Yan Zhong sighed, thought for a while, and asked.

Yan Zhong frowned slightly, and still considered it carefully: "I still think that the lord should first take Shangdang as his foundation. Now that the lord is still fledgling, he still needs to temporarily avoid the edge of the Han army. Fighting the Han army in Hanoi will only increase the loss. benefit."

When Xu Huang and the others heard Yan Zhong's words, they all looked at Xu An. Although they did not raise any objections, they did have some doubts about Xu An's choice to go south.

Before going south, Xu An and Yan Zhong had an argument.

At the military meeting in the Taihang Mountains that day, Yan Zhong suggested that the checkpoints on the east and south sides of Taihang Baxing should be guarded, and Shangdang County should be taken from the west.

The terrain of Shangdang County is high and dangerous, and it has been a strategically important place since ancient times. There are two basins in the territory, the Changzhi Basin and the Jincheng Basin, which can develop people's livelihood and hoard grain and grass.

Di Ziqi's "National Policies and Place Names" said that "the earth is extremely high, and it is a party with the sky, so it is called Shangdang", which means this.

The east is Taihang, the south is the royal house, and the west is Taiyue. As long as you occupy the mountain pass and hold the main road with a very small force, you can slowly plan it, take it as your foundation, enter Jinyang, and plan to merge the state.

Although Xu An agreed with Yan Zhong's general strategy, he insisted on defeating Zhu Jun in Hanoi County before going north to capture Shangdang County.

"From the present point of view, there is really no benefit. Even if you defeat Zhu Jun and get supplies, you will not be able to make ends meet, which will weaken your strength."

Xu An glanced at the people on the high platform, looked at their puzzled eyes and said, "If I told you that in the sixth year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turbans in Qingxu, Yanzhou and Sanzhou would rise again, would you believe me?"

Yan Zhong's pupils dilated slightly, and he looked at Xu An in astonishment, and everyone was also shocked.

Xu Andu stepped forward and continued, "I can also tell you that Zhang Wen, who was just promoted to Taiwei next year, will be dismissed because of his inability to suppress the rebellion in Liangzhou."

"Zhongshan Prime Minister Zhang Chun recommended himself as a general, but was rejected by Zhang Wen. Instead, he chose Gongsun Zan as a general. As a result, Zhang Chun launched a rebellion and invaded Youzhou and Jizhou."

"This……"

Yan Zhong looked at Xu An in horror, and Zhou Cang even took half a step back involuntarily.

Xu An turned his head to look at Gong Du, and asked, "I know why I dare to say something about the future?"

Gong Du's heart trembled, he suddenly remembered the night when Xia Quyang fled, Xu An asked everyone to go to Taihang Mountain when everyone was confused.

I also thought of the battles and victories all the way, and today I have tens of thousands of troops and occupy Taihang.

Xu An turned his head to look at Yu Du again, and continued: "Yu Du, I know that you actually chose to join because you admire Zhang Yan's heroic name."

Yu Du's expression changed slightly, but he said nothing.

Xu An looked at Yan Zhong in front of him and said, "I also know why you, Enzhi, escaped to Taihang Mountain. You used to work under Huangfusong."

Yan Zhong turned pale in shock when he heard the words, and suddenly raised his head to look at Xu An.

"After the Yellow Turban Rebellion was quelled, you advised Huangfu Yizhen to take advantage of the power to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion and rebel."

Yan Zhong's body shook, he retreated a few steps, and fell to the ground.

"This this……"

Yan Zhong's face was full of disbelief, he was sure that when he persuaded Huangfusong to rebel that day, there were only three people in the tent, Huangfusong and Liang Yan, there was absolutely no outsider, how could Xu An know about it.

Seeing Yan Zhong's attitude, Xu Huang, Gong Du and the others knew in their hearts that Xu An's words were true, and they couldn't hide the shock on their faces when they looked at Xu An again.

Could it be that Xu An really has the ability to predict the future!

Xu An turned around and looked at the setting sun in the distance.

The setting sun in the sky is like blood, and the sunset is more like a burning fire.

"Although I have unified the Taihang Mountains, I am only famous for eight hundred miles. Even if I take Shangdang County, I am only famous in Bingzhou. Who knows my name, Xu An, outside the boundary of Bingzhou?"

"At that time, the millions of yellow turbans will rise again, and the result will only be defeated by the Han army one by one, so I want Kuicheng to defeat Zhu Jun!"

"Only by defeating Zhu Jun and becoming famous all over the world, can we attract the attention of the Yellow Turbans all over the world and let them know who to follow when the Yellow Turbans rise again!"

Xu An slowly turned around to face the people behind him, his sharp eagle eyes scanned the people in front of him, behind him was the gradually dimming sky, and the setting sun like blood.

Yan Zhong stared at Xu An in a daze. He never believed in the theory of immortals, gods and ghosts before, and even sneered at it. He chose to join Xu An because he valued Xu An's potential.

But now Xu An's words completely subverted his concept.

Are there really gods in this world?Is there really Huang Tian in this world?

Seeing everyone's shocked expressions, Xu An sat back on the chair again.

He knew the direction of this period of history at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he had always kept it hidden in his heart.

But during this period of time, he discovered that he didn't need to hide it at all. He is now a great teacher of Taiping Dao and the leader of nearly [-] Yellow Turbans.

The generals under his command, Xu Huang, Yan Zhong, Gong Du and others know that he can really predict the foresight and predict the enemy's opportunity beforehand, so they will only believe him more, and the followers of Taipingdao will only be more fanatical.

Moreover, Xu An has the "Taiping Sutra", and all affairs can be pushed to the "Taiping Sutra", because only four people in this world have read the "Taiping Sutra", Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, Zhang Liang, and him Xu An.

In the camp of the Yellow Turban Army, the cheers of countless sergeants gradually became more and more orderly, and finally converged into the same sentence.

"The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world will be prosperous!"

Chapter 135 Come out!

At the fourth quarter of Yin time (4 o'clock), there is still about an hour before dawn.

The Han Army camp outside Kuicheng and the Yellow Turban Army camp on the northwest side have already started to bury pots and cook food. The continuous sound of horns sounded in each camp, breaking the silent darkness, and the lights were connected in the camp. The sea of ​​stars on the ground is generally bright.

The vanguard of the Han army has already stepped out of the camp gate and marched towards the designated location. His task is to stand up for the army and drive out the rangers of the Yellow Turban Army.

Yang Mu lowered his head and ate the jerky in his hand, no one was talking around, everyone was eating their own food with big mouthfuls.

Although the Yellow Turban Army in Taihang Mountain had been training for many days under Xu An's order, in fact this was their main force to face the Han army directly.

The sound of footsteps came slowly from behind, Yang Mu turned his head, and it was Zhao Ji, their team leader, who came.

"There is still half a quarter of an hour, hurry up."

Not long after everyone finished their meal in silence, the drums of the gathering soldiers sounded from the center of the camp.

The sergeants of the Yellow Turban Army stood up from the ground one after another, lined up in Shi units, and then gathered under the flags of the team leaders following their respective leaders.

The flag led by the team moved forward slowly, and Yang Mu walked in the queue, staring at the flag on Wang Qi's back, slightly dazed.

The sergeants of the Yellow Turban Army gathered more and more people, the flags of each team stood high in the formation, and the flags of the military marquis and military Sima were also fluttering in the wind.

……

Outside the big tent of the Yellow Turban Army, Yan Zhong, Xu Huang, Zhou Cang, and He Man lined up on both sides of the big tent.

The three-way drum had stopped, Xu An took a deep breath and walked out of the big tent slowly.

Zhang Ji has been waiting outside the tent with his bay red horse for a long time, his personal guard Qu and the yellow angels have also been in formation for a long time.

Xu An turned over and stepped on the bay red horse. At this time, the sky was twilight, and the camps in all directions were full of sparks. Xu An had a panoramic view of the rangers and infantry formations of the Han army in the wilderness outside Kuicheng not far away.

"Get out!"

Xu An rode on the horse, swung the halberd in his hand suddenly, and pointed to the south.

"promise!"

The four generals outside the tent promised loudly, and there was a burst of voices and horses screaming outside the large tent of the Chinese army.

At the moment of time, the Taihang Yellow Turban came out!

The cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army, led by Gong Du, had already marched to the wilderness outside Kuicheng, and Zhang Yan and Yu Du also set off from the camp with their soldiers.

In the position of the central army, Yan Zhong commanded the crossbowmen and a group of sergeants walked out of the camp first, He Man led the two sharp soldiers as follow-up, Xu An led the personal guard Qu and the yellow angels, and marched between the two sharp soldiers. In the middle, and finally as the reserve team are the two soldiers led by Xu Huang.

Zhang Yan and Yu Du only left a few hundred people guarding the stronghold, and each led more than [-] soldiers to the battle.

More than 31000 people participated in the Taihang Yellow Turban this time.

……

The Han army camp outside Kuicheng was also very noisy at this time, and countless Han army soldiers came out from the gate of the camp.

Red streams flowed from various camps, and tens of thousands of soldiers of the Han army gathered under the military flags to form a dense formation.

The generals of the Han Army riding tall horses walked in the gaps in the queue, loudly boosting the morale of the soldiers, telling the achievements of the past, and describing the post-war military achievements to the soldiers.

"Ugh——"

The majestic and loud horn sounded outside the Han army's central army camp, and it spread to the entire Han army's camp in a short time.

Everyone turned their heads to look in the direction of the Chinese army, only to see that the fiery red banner representing Zhu Jun was slowly moving forward.

Zhu Jun was wearing red armor and a bright red battle robe, standing on the luxurious frame.

Surrounded by his personal guards, the soldiers surrounding Zhu Jun's frame are the family soldiers and generals he brought from his hometown.