The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 118 Looting
Outside the government office, there was another sound of messy footsteps.

A civil official boldly looked out through the window, and saw another group of yellow scarf archers with long workers coming at a fast pace. There are exits erected everywhere, forest-like spears stand behind the shield, and knights coming and going gallop on the street.

The clerk still had lingering fears after withdrawing his gaze. He looked at Zhang Yi who was resting beside the pillar, and tried to persuade him: "Master, now that the 'moth thief' is powerful, it is better to withdraw from Jinyang temporarily and return to the north to transfer to the north." Soldiers."

Zhang Yi didn't turn his head, squinted at the clerk and sneered disdainfully: "Are all the disciples of the Guo family in Taiyuan so timid?"

The civil official blushed, but he did not refute Zhang Yi's words after all.

Zhang Yi didn't pay attention to the clerk anymore, he stood up and frowned and looked into the distance. It had been a long time, but he didn't see smoke, dust or fire.

After all, Zhang Yi was disappointed, Zhao Qi and Sun Fu did not rush to the direction of the granary and arsenal at all, and they fled the west city directly with the army.

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Xu An's big banner did not continue to go to the city, but stayed on the tower of the east city.

Although Jinyang City has been broken, it is not a place to stay for a long time. The Han army will never let it go if the government of a state is breached by bandits.

This is also one of the reasons why Xu An only besieged Zhang Yi, but did not enter the government office to capture and kill Zhang Yi. The defeat and death of the governor of a state will inevitably attract crazy revenge from the Han army.

Although the Yellow Turban Army has long been defined as traitors, and everyone in the world can punish them, in fact, after the death of the three brothers Zhang Jiao, there are still activities of the Yellow Turban Army all over the country.

For example, after Zhang Yan unified the Taihang Mountains, all the counties and counties north of the Yellow River were invaded, but the imperial court was unable to send troops to encircle and suppress them, so they had to ask Zhang Yan to call for peace.

But at this time Zhang Yan was called the "Black Mountain Bandit".

In addition, Guo Tai and other former units of the Yellow Turban Army revolted in the Baibo Valley of Xihe, which was called the "Baibo Army" by the court.

Then in the fifth year of Zhongping (AD 188), the Gepi Yellow Turban Army in Runan County rose again and attacked counties and counties.

In October, the Yellow Turban bandits rose again in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, attacking prefectures and counties.

In November, the Han court sent Bao Hongjin to fight against the most powerful Gepi Yellow Turban. The two sides fought in Gepi, and Bao Hong's army was defeated.

The various ministries of the Yellow Turbans rose up one after another. Although the momentum was not as strong as the first Yellow Turban Uprising, it caused a headache for the Han Dynasty.

In order to effectively suppress the uprising, in March of the fifth year of Zhongping, Emperor Ling accepted Taichang Liu Yan's suggestion and changed some of the governors to state pastors, who were appointed by the clan or important ministers, allowing them to have the power of the local military and government, so as to strengthen the local regime With stronger strength, it is easier to control the place, and effectively suppress the remnants of the Yellow Turbans.

And it was precisely because Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty devolved power that it encouraged the local army to support their own self-respect.

Only then did the later generations of the Eastern Han Dynasty have a separatist regime, attacking each other, and competing for the Central Plains.

As for the other reason for not killing Zhang Yi, it was because Xu An knew who Zhang Yi would succeed as governor of Bingzhou.

Historically, Ding Yuan was the next governor of Bingzhou after Zhang Yi's death. Although Xu An didn't know if killing Zhang Yi in advance would change history, he didn't want Ding Yuan to become governor of Bingzhou as long as it was possible.

Not to mention Ding Yuan's own bravery, just mentioning that Ding Yuan's subordinates, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, made Xu An put out the idea of ​​killing Zhang Yi.

A single Sun Jian made the entire Guangzong's Yellow Turban Army group into a mess, as unstoppable as his name Jiangdong Tiger.

Xu An still remembers the battle of Shijianshan, the oppressive feeling when Zhang Yun and Yan Liang rushed towards him, the soldiers and guards under his command were almost no one of them, and they barely managed to fight against him by relying on strong bows and crossbows. Zhang He was left behind.

As for Yan Liang, not to mention that he and Wen Chou defeated Zhang Yan's army with a hundred cavalry, but that Yan Liang alone managed to defeat the Yellow Turban cavalry formation and escape from the siege, it was terrifying enough.

Although the Yellow Turban Army under Xu An's command is not a powerful army, it is not a decoration made of clay and paper.

These fierce generals in the cold weapon era are on the battlefield, and beheading generals and capturing the flag has a great effect on boosting one's own morale.

If they put on solid armor and bring a large number of personal guards, facing the Yellow Turban Army who lacks armor and cavalry, it will undoubtedly cause a lot of damage to it, and even trigger a chain reaction, leading to the collapse of the army.

This is not sensational, nor is it a dream. The battle of Guangzong, the crazy assault of Sun Jian and Jiangdong's four generals, caused the collapse of the army, but Zhang Liang did not retreat an inch, which re-inspired the morale of the Yellow Turban Army. The angels still had a large number of troops to abruptly stop the rout.

There is also a record in the biography of Lu Bu in the Later Han Dynasty: Shao and Bu attacked Zhang Yan in Changshan.Yan has more than ten thousand elite soldiers and thousands of horses.

Bu Changyu's fine horse, nicknamed Chitu, can gallop through the city and fly over the moat, and dozens of his best generals, Cheng Lian and Wei Yue, gallop through the formation of swallows.

After fighting for more than ten days, the Yan army was defeated.

Xu An really didn't want to become Zhang Yan's role.

At this time, the main force of the Han army was delayed by Beigong Boyu and others in the Sanfu area, unable to move, but Xu An knew that it would not be long before Beigong Boyu would be defeated by Zhang Wen in Meiyang in November of this year.

It's funny to say that the record is that on a certain night in November, a meteor streaked across the sky, and the light shone into the rebel camp. The donkeys and horses neighed. The rebels thought it was an ominous sign and planned to retreat.

Then Dong Zhuo and You Fufeng Bao Hong attacked together, defeated the rebel army, beheaded thousands of people, and the danger in the Sanfu area was officially declared to be lifted.

It is already the first ten days of September, and even if Xu An occupies Jinyang, he will only have a stable time of more than two months at most.

This only counts the main force of the Han Dynasty, and does not count the frontier troops in the northern part of Bingzhou.

In this Battle of Jinyang, although the Yellow Turban Army has the advantage of cavalry, in fact Bingzhou has a large number of cavalry on the border. As long as these Bingzhou troops go south, a large number of Han cavalry will instantly control the entire battle situation, making Jinyang City a An isolated city trapped Xu An to death in Jinyang.

Jinyang City is now like chicken ribs, tasteless to eat and a pity to discard.

At this stage, Xu An's strength is not enough for him to swallow the big cake of Jinyang. He still needs to wait, and wait for the rebels rising up from all over the place to consume the power of the Han Empire.

Wait until the fifth year of Zhongping, when the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army will be revived, and when the heroes will compete.

So there is actually only one choice left for Xu An, that is, just like those nomads in the grassland, just grab it and run away.

At this time, there was a rush of horseshoes on the wall of the East City from far to near, and a scout of the Yellow Turban Army got off his horse and hurried up the tower.

"Report, our army has taken control of the granaries and arsenals in Jinyang City, and the Chinese military officials are counting them. As for the aristocratic families in the city that the general said, Captain Xu has led the troops to surround all their residences according to the military order."

(End of this chapter)