The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 104
Apart from the problem of the army, the biggest problem facing Xu An now is the problem of money and food.

These days, after the long history, Zhao Le has been following the army, counting the money and rations and the number of soldiers. The rations consumed by the army before, and the daily training of people eating horse chews have become a terrifying figure.

Moreover, Xu An issued another training order, and the military training consumed more money and food than usual, which was another heavy burden.

Fortunately, the army under Xu An's command does not need such things as salary, otherwise unless Xu An is really a true fairy in the sky, who can turn stones into gold and create things out of thin air, he will definitely not be able to support such a huge army.

Those ordinary people under Yu Du's command, now the weather in Taihang Mountain is not good, but the weather is normal, but they have some harvests, they can barely support themselves, and they can compensate some for the army, but it is also very limited.

As for the people who followed Huanglong in the Banyun Mountain Valley, the harvest in the Banyun Mountain Valley was good last year.

However, at that time the bandits in the north and south of the Taihang Mountains were not pacified, so they could only cultivate land in the valley, so the scope of planting was also very limited, and they could only feed hundreds of people.

So for so long, in fact, the sergeants under Xu An's command have been eating the food stored by those bandits.

It is worth celebrating that these thieves and bandits also revolted during the famine, most of them were frightened of hunger, and thus looted a lot of food, which was enough for Xu An to squander.

But in March this year, with the addition of the 6000 family members of sergeants brought by Zhang Yan, and more than [-] troops, the money and food suddenly became stretched. This is one of the reasons why Xu An was eager to go south.

Going south to wipe out Lei Gong, Wulu and other bandits, and after receiving Yu Du's money and food, it was a little full, but it was also very limited.

Not counting Zhang Baiqi and others in the north, the grain in the mountains is only enough to last for two months. After two months, the grain depot in Xu An's army will have to run away from mice.

At this time, Taihang Mountain was different from later generations. Most of the area was virgin forest, and it was extremely difficult to reclaim cultivated land, so it could only be reclaimed in some relatively flat river valleys.

Moreover, if it is necessary to reclaim arable land on a large scale, it is basically impossible to gather it together, and transportation becomes a major problem during the harvest season.

Basically, it can only meet the needs of ordinary people. It is really unrealistic for the people in Taihang Mountain to farm and support the army.

Not to mention the issue of cultivated land, but livestock and agricultural tools are very scarce in Xu An's territory. Almost all iron tools are supplied to the army, and some soldiers even use wooden weapons.

There are very few craftsmen under Xu An's command. Now counting Zhang Yan, and the craftsmen under Yu Du and others, there are only two to three hundred people.

At this moment, Xu An only felt that his head was as big as a fight. He had never been responsible for the logistics and supplies of so many people. When it comes to marching and fighting, he relied on the "Taiping Jing" and Gong Du and Liu Pi. As for the black eyes, you can make progress slowly.

At worst, he would fight a slow battle, fight a tough battle, step by step, and attack head-on. Anyway, in the Taihang Mountains, the training speed and equipment of the Yellow Turban Army under his command are among the best, even if he loses, he can afford to lose.

But in terms of logistics, Liu Pi and Gong Du didn't participate at all when they were in the Yellow Turban Army. Fortunately, Huang Long knew a little bit. After all, he was the commander of the Yellow Turban Qu in the Taihang Mountains. Everyone was arrested.

Coupled with the local requisition of the bandits' supplies, this barely kept the army's supplies.

When Xu An thought about how to make the money and food income and expenditure not a deficit all the way, and brought the army back to Banyun Mountain and Valley in July, he suddenly remembered one thing.

Why do I always think about farming?

After Zhang Yan unified the Taihang Mountains, the first thing he did was to go out to loot the mountains, and the counties and counties north of the Yellow River were invaded. The situation of the Han court at that time was the same as it is now.

He even sent back Huangfusong, who had just been promoted to Jizhou Mu, and now the two sides are at a stalemate.

What happened later was quite strange. Zhang Yan, who was the Yellow Turban Army at that time, sent an envoy to Luoyang, the capital city, and wrote to the court requesting surrender.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty then appointed Zhang Yan as the general of Zhonglang, and let him manage the administrative and public security affairs in the mountainous area north of the Yellow River. He could even recommend Xiaolian to the imperial court every year, and sent planners to Luoyang to report.

The same is true in the history of Yang Feng. If it hadn’t been for Xu An’s difficult defeat of Yang Feng, at this moment in history, after Yang Feng went out of the mountain to defeat the Han army many times, Emperor Hanling sent envoys to worship Yang Feng as the captain of Heishan and lead the mountains Thieves have to be filial and honest officials.

Of the Taihang Eight Xings, only the northernmost Jundu Xing and the Taiguan Xing at the end are no longer under Xu An's control, but these two are quite far from the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains.

The elite main force of the Han army is now tired of dealing with Beigong Boyu, and they are weak. There is no need to worry about entering the pass from Zhiguanxing, and the same is true for the military capital Xing.

So if Xu An goes out to plunder, then he only needs to face the local county soldiers.

Going north to Youzhou, the first one was vetoed by Xu An. The military capital Xing is now in the hands of the Han army, and there are many cavalry in Youzhou, and Gongsun Zan is in Youzhou at this time.

Xu An didn't think that Taihang Mountain was invincible against the bandits in the mountain, defeating the county soldiers in Jizhou would be able to defeat Gongsun Zan's Baima Yicong.

Guo Daxian and others once attacked Junduxing, but Junduxing was heavily defended, and the combat effectiveness of the Youzhou frontier army was more than a star and a half stronger than that of the county soldiers in the inland states and counties.

Even if the army captured Duxing by force, most of the Yellow Turbans were infantry, and there was almost no chance of winning against a large number of well-equipped cavalry on the plain.

The second option is Jizhou. However, although the civil unrest in Jizhou is calm now, it is also seriously injured. Although Zhang Ying has been captured, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Gao Lan are still there. Although they will not be defeated, only the Jizhou treasury I'm afraid I don't have any money.

So Xu An finally set his sights on Sili's Hanoi County and the map of Bingzhou.

The reason for choosing Hanoi County is that although it is the land of Sili, Sili is being threatened by Beigong Boyu at this time, and the main force of the Han army has no time to take care of it for the time being, and it will make the current emperor feel pressure.

Moreover, Yang Feng was able to defeat the county soldiers in Hanoi many times in history, so these county soldiers are naturally nothing to worry about.

As for Bingzhou, most of the Taihang Mountains were originally in Bingzhou, and the Yellow Turban Army could leave the mountain from more checkpoints, so they didn't need to worry too much about being rounded up by Bingzhou's county soldiers.

Although there are cavalry in Bingzhou, most of the southern terrain is mountainous, and most of the cavalry are in the north, and the combat effectiveness of the southern county soldiers is relatively weak.

　These chapters will be a little dull. As a transitional bedding, we are working hard to speed up the codewords. I hope that readers will understand that in order to ensure updates, they can only be updated once a day before they are put on the shelves.

　　
　
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