The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 154 Invading the Shangdang
In the third year of Zhongping (186), summer, August [-]th.

The outside of Gaodu City is full of camps of the Yellow Turban Army, and more than [-] Yellow Turban Army troops are stationed on the south and east sides of Gaodu.

Among the hills outside the city, rangers with yellow scarves flashed from time to time, and then disappeared behind the hills.

When the cavalry of the Han army in Gaodu first encountered the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army, they wanted to defeat the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army.

However, under the leadership of Xu Huang and Gong Du, the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army defeated the few cavalry in Gaodu with ease, and killed the cavalry generals of the Han army.

There are so many Yellow Turbans outside Gaodu, because the Han army in Hanoi County was almost wiped out, so they stayed with Yu Du at Tiaojingguan.

There must be wounded soldiers in Tianjing Pass who will recover, as well as the sergeants who stayed behind, which are more than enough to resist the possible invasion of the Han army.

In addition, after defeating Zhu Jun, Xu An ordered Huanglong, who guarded Baixing, and Pei Yuanshao, who guarded Fengfukouxing, to send a team of sergeants to Gaodu after intensive training.

Just a few days ago, these two Yellow Turban Army sergeants who set off from Taihang Mountain also arrived at the Yellow Turban Army camp outside Gaodu.

Therefore, the number of Sergeants of the Yellow Turban Army outside Gaodu has risen to more than 24000.

As of today, it has been the [-]nd day since the Yellow Turban Army besieged Gaodu.

Some places in Taihang Xing are quite narrow, and large siege equipment cannot pass through at all, so Xu An can only burn all the siege equipment outside the courtyard.

The result is that in the face of a fortified city like Gaodu, only relying on ants to attack the city, I am afraid that the yellow scarf army under Xu An's command will take more than half of the casualties to capture Gaodu.

However, this is of course not worth the loss. Xu An's purpose of seizing Shangdang County is to take Shangdang County as his foundation.
So Xu An is now stationed in the south and east of Gaodu, going up the mountain to cut wood, and let the artisans brought from Tianjing Pass to make siege equipment.

Gaodu has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times, known as "Hedong Pinghan, the throat of the Central Plains, and the gateway of the Three Jin Dynasties".

Although the flames of war have not reached Gaodu City for a long time, the original tall city walls and moats are still preserved, which can be called a solid city.

Moreover, since the Jinyang City of Bingzhou Government was breached by Xu An, Zhang Yi, as the governor of Bingzhou, also turned his focus to the Yellow Turban in Taihang Mountain.

After Zhang Yi wrote a letter to the emperor, he recruited some soldiers after getting permission, set up checkpoints on the roads going out of the Taihang Mountains, and sent more soldiers.

Because Gaodu is the northern passage of Taihangxing, Zhang Yi naturally dispatched some sergeants, and also renovated his military equipment.

Now there are about [-] Han troops in Gaodu, plus some powerful families in the city, Xu An feels a little bit tricky.

Many strong cities in the Han Empire not only have tall walls, but also very wide walls, which are completely different from the thin walls of some film and television dramas that can only accommodate a few people side by side.

The walls of some big cities are even more than ten meters long, not only can there be enough space for the sergeants defending the city to form an army formation against the enemy, but also allow cavalry to step on the wall for defense.

When Xu An led the army to attack Jinyang City before, the Han army led seven or eight armed men with elite Han soldiers to form an army formation to resist the attack.

To the south of Gaodu is the Yellow Turban Barracks.

The new wind is hunting, and the mountain wind is blowing the earthy yellow banners of the Yellow Turban Army all over the mountains and fields.

Under the big khaki banner, Xu An was wearing a red armor, a khaki battle robe, and a black iron helmet tied with a yellow scarf on his head. He stood in front of a mound outside the camp gate.

This red refined armor is exactly the armor that Zhu Jun wore in the past. After Xu An took off Zhu Jun's head, he asked the craftsmen in the army to remodel the red refined armor that Zhu Jun was wearing, and put it on himself. .

The protective ability of the red refined armor is much better than that of the general school armor that Xu An obtained in Jingxing Pass in the past, and it is more powerful. In Yan Zhong's words, this red refined armor is a symbol of Xu An's defeat of Zhu Jun.

At this time, Xu An was accompanied by Yan Zhong, Xu Huang, He Man and other generals of the Yellow Turban Army.

The battle of Kuicheng allowed Xu An to see Zhang Yan's commanding ability. Facing the attack of the Han army, he not only handled it with ease, but even launched several waves of counterattacks.

So Zhang Yan was sent by Xu An to the east of Gaodu to lead the [-] Yellow Turban Army in the east of Gaodu, and was responsible for the offensive in the east of Gaodu. Zhou Cang was also placed under Zhang Yan's command by Xu An.

Xu An closed his eyes slightly, looked at the red flags fluttering on the capital city, and the looming figures on the crenels of the city wall, turned his head slightly and asked Yan Zhong beside him, "How is the construction of the siege equipment going?"

Yan Zhong drove a few steps forward, and immediately replied: "As of sunset yesterday, the army has forty siege ladders, seven wells, and five hundred shield chariots."

"Gaodu has high walls, and the difficulty of building wells is several times higher than before, and there should be stone throwing machines in Gaodu."

Yan Zhong shook the silk fan in his hand, and continued to report to Xu An.

"Zhang Yi has received the news that our army's scouts have noticed the reinforcements of the Han army in the northern part of Shangdang County."

Xu An frowned and asked, "Where is Liu Pi now?"

"Zuo Xiao, Guo Daxian, and Zuo Miaozhangba have heard the transfer order from the lord, and they have already joined General Liu and cut off the connection between Shangdang County and the northern part of Bingzhou."

"Zhang Baiqi, Liu Shi, Ping Han, and Daji have also led troops to attack Bingzhou from the west of Feihuxing and Puyinxing. The tribes on the grassland in the north of Bingzhou are also not very peaceful. Zhang Yi can now mobilize The force is quite limited."

Xu An nodded lightly, Yan Zhong had been planning the attack on Shangdang County for a long time, almost nothing was missed.

Yan Zhong had considered Zhang Yi's reaction a long time ago, so when the Taihang Yellow Turban led the troops to go south, he asked the messenger to go to the north of Taihang Mountain with Xu An's order.

The original Yellow Turban Army, Zuo Xiao, Guo Daxian, and Zuo Miaozhangba were dispatched to the south, led by Liu Pi, starting from Jingxing, cutting off the connection between Shangdang County and Taiyuan County, and preventing reinforcements from Bingzhou from entering.

Then he ordered Zhang Baiqi, Ping Han and others to send troops to harass the northern part of Bingzhou, making it impossible for Zhang Yi to gather troops to go south and relieve Liu Pi's pressure.

Because although Liu Pi is guarding the area, the terrain is relatively favorable, but he also needs to guard against the Han army in the direction of Shangdang County, and the pressure is quite high.

The current situation is under control, but because Xu An insisted on going south to fight Zhu Jun, the Yellow Turban Army currently has much fewer troops than Yan Zhong planned.

Looking at the tall Gaodu, Xu An turned his horse's head and said to Yan Zhong: "There are mostly trebuchets in Gaodu, but we still need to make more wells. Without the suppression of the archers on the wells, our sergeants who attacked the city would definitely Casualties are going to increase a lot.”

"Build Jinglan with all my strength, and attack Gaodu in five days! Within ten days, I want Huang Tian's flag to fly over Gaodu!"

With a wave of Xu An's horsewhip, he set the time to attack Gaodu.

"promise!"

All the generals and academies of the Yellow Turban Army clustered under the big banner all agreed with a bang.

　There is another update around 11.30

　　
　
(End of this chapter)