The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 127 Reorganizing the Army (Please Subscribe!)
"Appreciate further details."

Xu An really has no experience in government and agriculture, and he really doesn't know much about people's livelihood and politics.

Yan Zhong shook his silk fan lightly, and said slowly: "My lord has experience in military strategy and training, and he is ten times better than me, but when it comes to people's livelihood and political affairs, my lord is not as good as me."

"It's this civil affairs thing I'm talking about."

"First, the bandits in the Taihang Mountains were at the beginning of peace, and the number of peasants and soldiers under the lord's command is increasing day by day. They need to spend a lot of money and food every day. Now they can go out to plunder the surrounding counties and counties to enrich the warehouses, but it is not a long-term solution. There are quite a lot of river valleys in the Taihang Mountains, so we should barely be able to maintain the cost of reclaiming the land."

"Secondly, my lord ordered the residents of the mountains and some soldiers left behind to reclaim the fields in the mountains, but some places were reclaimed blindly, which would have a great impact on the trees, soil and rocks in the mountains. When the mountain rains, the fields will definitely be destroyed, and human and livestock casualties will inevitably be damaged. The prestige of the lord."

Xu An frowned slightly. He was sure that he had given this order, but he basically spent all his time in the barracks, so he didn't know how it was actually carried out.

"Thirdly, it is often said that soldiers and horses do not move, but food and grass go first, but I see that the finances in the mountains are quite chaotic. The day before yesterday, I saw soldiers piling up food, and there were no officials to record it. So how do you know how long the remaining food in the warehouse can be used for? ? How can we know if the stored food is lost?"

What Yan Zhong said, Xu An actually noticed something, but the generals under his command led the troops to fight, and it was okay to charge into the battle and kill the enemy.

But when it comes to dealing with people's livelihood and political affairs, there is almost no one around him except Zhao Le.

Zhao Le was just the head of the family before, and there were only a few hundred people in the Zhao family. Now Zhao Le is asked to take care of the logistics of tens of thousands of people and the people's livelihood and political affairs of the entire Taihang Mountains. This is a bit difficult for others.

These days, Zhao Le is immersed in handling official business every day, but the business has not decreased, but has accumulated more and more.

Even now Xu An doesn't know the approximate number of sergeants under his command, and reports of training camps and casualties are all backlogged on the files.

Xu An glanced at the group of generals wearing armor next to him, and said helplessly: "What Enzhi said is very true, but there is no one who can be used by my side..."

Yan Zhong stretched out his silk fan and said with a smile: "Yan is not talented. He was once the county magistrate of Xindu. He spent tens of thousands of people's money and food, and people's livelihood and political affairs. If the lord approves, he will share the worries of the lord."

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Because Zhao Le was the person who helped Xu An deal with people's livelihood and political affairs before, and he was the chief historian in the army, so Zhao Le directly worked in the side hall of Xu An's residence.

Yan Zhong didn't change his position, and directly moved into the side hall with his entourage. These entourages had been following Yan Zhong all the time. Although they were not talented officials, they could still read and write.

Soon Xu An knew the benefits of having a counselor. Compared with Zhao Le, Yan Zhong was completely different.

The side hall, which was originally a mess, was organized by Yan Zhong in just half a day, and the money and food in the mountain began to be counted again.

Because of Yan Zhong's arrangements, the refugees in the mountain also had a fixed residence. Most of the residents in the mountain, like the original three families in Lutai Mountain, fled to the mountain to avoid bandits.

After Xu An pacified the Taihang Bandit Rebellion, many mountain people moved out of the remote mountains again, but Xu An didn't know anything about it before.

Although Yan Zhong was amazingly efficient, Xu An didn't receive the detailed information about the army until late October due to the excessive backlog.

Xu An spread out the bamboo slips in his hands. The bamboo slips clearly recorded the details of the army, from Xu An's oath to the south to the present.

When the oath master went south, there were 31536 sergeants under Xu An's command, which were divided into 13 divisions at that time.

Attack Lei Gong, Baique, Fuyun, and Wulu, and more than 5000 soldiers will be killed, and more than 2000 people will be lost.

Yu Du, Bai Rao, and Sui Gu led their troops to surrender, with a total of more than 29000 people.

Chishiling fought together and confronted Yang Feng, losing more than 4000 people and losing more than 6000 soldiers.

Yang Feng's general, Yuzai, fought against trapped beasts in Qingyanjue, and finally burned himself to death. The final backlash also caused more than 1300 injuries to the Yellow Turban Army.

Sili, who guarded Zhuoquan Valley, did not resist and simply surrendered. The Yellow Turban Army did not lose any soldiers, and had to surrender 3200 soldiers.

After unifying the Taihang Mountains, Xu An chose to go out of the mountains to plunder for money and food.

This time when they came out of the mountains, the soldiers directly under Xu'an suffered the most losses, with more than 5000 soldiers.

Although Zhang Yan's army had a confrontation with the Han army, they retreated back to the mountains in time. Counting the loss of the previous siege, only more than 2000 sergeants were lost.

However, when Yu Du attacked She County, he only lost more than 1000 sergeants, and brought He Man, Zhou Cang, and Pei Yuanshao's more than 2000 Yellow Turbans.

In addition, there were more than 800 people who followed Yan Zhong.

Also, after the unification of Taihang Mountain, bandits from all over the country were afraid of Xu An's military power, and chose to join him one after another.

Therefore, after Yan Zhong's statistics, there are now 67554 sergeants directly under Xu An's command.

Of course, this does not include the seven forces in the northern part of the Taihang Mountains.

Although the seven forces of Zuo Xiao, Guo Daxian, Zhang Baiqi, Liu Shi, Zuo Miaozhangba, Ping Han, and Daji have surrendered, Xu An has not yet sent troops to receive their trilogy.

Therefore, they still have a certain degree of autonomy, so their specific strength cannot be counted.

Now there are only nine generals in the army, Liu Pi, Gong Du, Zhang Yan, Xu Huang, Huang Long, Yu Du, He Man, Zhou Cang, and Pei Yuanshao.

Bai Rao and Sui Gu served as military commanders under Yu Du's command, and Bai Que and Sili, who surrendered, were appointed military marquis under Liu Pi's command.

When Xu An swore to go south, he appointed four lieutenants, Lieutenant Liu Pi of Dianjun, Lieutenant Gong Du of Anjun, Lieutenant Zhang Yan of Heishan, and Lieutenant Huanglong of Hujun.

Yu Du, Xu Huang, He Man, Zhou Cang, and Pei Yuanshao did not have official titles.

The momentum of Taipingdao's development in the mountains is very rapid. Not counting the residents in the mountains and the families of sergeants, nearly half of the people in the army have passed the assessment and joined Taipingdao.

Xu An put away the bamboo slips on the case file. Although there are 6 sergeants under his command, their equipment is messy. Not even full officers.

Now that the problem of money and food in the mountains has been temporarily resolved, and a large amount of military equipment has been harvested, Xu An also believes that it is time to integrate the troops under his command.

The successive battles also made Xu An better understand the wars of this era, and also made Xu An more aware of the Yellow Turban Army under his command.

Unlike other armies, many members of the Yellow Turban Army are followers of Taiping Dao.

The Battle of Jinyang made Xu An see the terrifying power of faith.

Morale is an extremely important part of war, and faith can strengthen people's will and improve the morale of the army.

The battle of Shijianshan was a coincidence and a god-given opportunity, so Xu An decided to fight. When the Han army scouts were unable to leave the camp due to the heavy rain, he made a surprise attack on the Han army camp, which made the Han army finally give up their plan to attack Jingxing.

Because during the Battle of Shijianshan, Xu An followed the weather forecast in the "Taiping Jing" and used Tianwei's power. Everyone believed that he had the ability to call wind and rain. His prestige has almost reached its peak.

So during the Battle of Jinyang, when Xu An went to the battle in person, the entire Yellow Turban Army outside Jinyang City boiled up, and then defeated the Han army defending stubbornly on the city wall.

And the Yellow Angels, which are composed of fanatics of the Taiping Dao, wear solid armor and hold sharp weapons. They are invincible in battle, and more importantly, they are not afraid of death!

Each of them is the most devout believer in Taiping Dao, he firmly believes that they are fighting for Huang Tian, ​​even if they die in battle, their souls will return to Huang Tian.

When Xu An saw the Yellow Angels for the first time, the first army similar to them that came to mind was the world-famous "trapped camp".

The momentum of charging, there is advance but not retreat, the ambition to fall into the battle, there is death but not life.

If the tens of thousands of people under his command had such fanatical beliefs as the yellow angels, what a terrifying army it would be, fearless of death, and would never flee.

But Xu An also knew that this was impossible.

Zhang Jiao has been deployed for more than ten years, and has millions of believers, but the number of yellow angels under his command was only a few thousand at the time.

There are more than 6 sergeants under Xu An's command in the Taihang Mountains, and the number of yellow angels is just over [-].

During the Battle of Jinyang, Xu An also noticed that the charge led by the warlocks of the Yellow Turban Army was much more effective in boosting morale than the charge led by ordinary officers of the Yellow Turban Army.

The most special thing about the Yellow Turban Army is different from other armies. With the blessing of religious belief, their morale and combat power can be significantly improved, and sometimes they can even reach the level of fearlessness.

During the battle of Guangzong, Zhang Liang used the yellow scarf alchemist to practice on the oar to boost the morale of the people.

When breaking through the encirclement, Zhang Liang threw talisman papers in front of the formation, and the talisman papers all over the sky spontaneously ignited in the wind, and the Yellow Turban Army, whose morale had fallen to the bottom, was agitated again. Quyang.

Xu An took out the "Taiping Jing" in his arms, stroked the cover of "Taiping Jing", feeling the touch in his hand.

In a trance, it seemed that he was back outside the city of Xiaquyang, and heard Zhang Liang's inquiry in the tent.

"A few days ago, you had a rough understanding of the scriptures of the Taiping Dao. I have three chapters of the Taiping Dao, Heaven, Earth, and Man. They are all supreme and wonderful methods. Which one do you want to practice?"

"Tianpian, learned by my elder brother Zhang Jiao, responding to people in the sky, guiding people according to the situation, decisively winning thousands of miles, is the timing of the sky."

"The chapter on land is learned by my elder brother Zhang Bao. It adapts to local conditions, relies on the terrain, and strategizes for the benefit of the location."

"People, what I have learned, the people's aspirations, the unity of the upper and lower, and the unity of one heart, is for the harmony of the people."

Xu An settled down and opened the "Taiping Jing" on the copybook.

"The people's aspirations, the unity of the upper and lower, and the unity of one heart, is for the sake of people and..."

As the "Taiping Jing" was flipped, Xu An's eyes gradually became clearer.

After traveling for so long and traveling thousands of miles, he finally found a road suitable for the Yellow Turban Army.

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Three days later, the news of the reorganization of the army spread from Xu An's residence, and then spread throughout the Taihang Mountains.

Following the transfer orders one by one, the sergeants of the Yellow Turban Army scattered all over the Taihang Mountains began to move closer to the direction of Banyun Mountain.

Until mid-November, in addition to the defenders staying at various passes, sergeants from all over the country came one after another, and more than 5 people were assembled in two gentle river valleys near Banyun Mountain.

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