The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 245 Rebellion
Xu An frowned. He usually checks the information submitted by Eagle Wolf Guard at a fixed time.

The eagle wolf guard will report to him in the rest of the time only if it is urgent.

Xu An calmed down and unfolded the silk book. As the words on the silk book came into his eyes, Xu An's face also changed, and a trace of anger appeared in his eyes.

The atmosphere in the hall also gradually cooled down as the hundred households holding Yingwei walked in.

Seeing Xu An's sullen expression, Yan Zhong asked, "Duke Ming, what is this?"

"News from the Taihang Mountains."

Xu An put the silk book on the desk in front of him, and said in a cold voice.

"On the [-]th of May [-]nd, Zhang Baiqi met Ping Han, Daji, and Liu Shi in the camp, pretending to discuss the matter of attacking Bingzhou, but ambushed swordsmen outside the tent, and beheaded Pinghan, Daji, and Liu Shi. Be vigilant in advance, break out of the siege, and escape under the cliff, and now Zhang Baiqi has annexed the trilogy of Ping Han, Da Ji, and Liu Shi."

"Liu Shi was seriously injured, and was escorted by his personal guards to flee all the way south. Only dozens of people fled to the south with him."

When Zhang Baiqi violated Xu An's orders before, Xu An had already become murderous.

At the beginning, Xu An had planned to wait for the stabilization of Hedong County before he came to deal with Zhang Baiqi, but he didn't want to be attacked by the Han army, and the actions of the Huns disrupted the plan.

Originally, Xu An's plan was to use a two-pronged approach. First, he would send envoys to deliver the agreed money and food to Zhang Baiqi.

At the same time, a general was sent to lead the trilogy of Pinghan, Daji and Liu Shi.

Because of the power of the Yellow Turban Army, Ping Han, Da Ji, and Liu Shi had already surrendered sincerely, and they dared not neglect Xu An's general orders.

The total strength of the three men is tens of thousands. If Zhang Baiqi is beheaded, he can quickly receive Zhang Baiqi's trilogy. If Zhang Baiqi is not caught, he will attack instead.

After all, although Zhang Baiqi has five or six thousand troops under his command, most of them are cavalry, and they are not very good at mountain warfare. It is easy to defeat Zhang Baiqi.

It's just that Xu An never expected that such a change would occur. Now that the Yellow Turban Army is in full swing, Xu An didn't show any intention of killing Zhang Baiqi. It was just because the Huns and the Han army were late. Send envoys to deliver money and food to Zhang Baiqi.

Now the envoy is still on the road with money and food, but Zhang Baiqi has already torn his face and annexed the trilogy of Pinghan and Daji.

"Before, Zhang Baiqi had secretly united the bandits in the northern part of the Taihang Mountains. Now the bandits in the northern part of the Taihang Mountains, whether under threat or surrender, respect Zhang Baiqi as the leader. Now Zhang Baiqi is leading troops to plunder counties and counties everywhere. The momentum is huge, and now it is said to have a crowd of one hundred thousand."

At this time, the atmosphere in the hall was also completely cooled down by Xu An's words.

Yan Zhong looked around the hall and found that the atmosphere was not right, so he spoke.

"The environment in the northern mountainous area of ​​Taihang Mountains is several times worse than that in the central and southern regions. Pinghan, Daji, and Liu Shibuqu have a total of more than [-] people. Zhang Baiqi plundered counties and counties and engulfed villagers, but there are only more than [-] people." People, plus a small group of bandits, the number is only about [-], and the claim of [-] is actually exaggerated several times."

Yan Zhong tapped lightly on the desk in front of him, and continued.

"Minggong don't need to worry too much. The Taihang in the middle has its own natural dangers. Zhang Baiqi swallowed all the tribes. The bandits everywhere are just pretending to be submissive, not sincere surrender."

"My Taiping Dao is in full swing at this time, and Zhang Baiqi is just a thieves. It is even more ridiculous to choose this time to rebel."

Yan Zhong folded his handkerchief fan, stood up and said solemnly to Xu An.

"Nowadays, Guangjian Taoist temples around the world have cultivated a lot of literacy Fu Zhu. Before the Liangzhou rebellion, I also wrote letters to my friends. Now there are also a few people who have entered the curtain as officials. Government affairs, some of my friends, my friends, etc. With Fu Zhu and the civil servants from all over the country cooperating to deal with it, there will be no worries for the time being."

"Taiyuan County is initially determined, and the threat of the Huns has not been eliminated. Minggong still needs to sit in Jinyang to stabilize the situation in the four counties of Hedong, Taiyuan, Yanmen, and Xihe. Do not move without authorization."

Xu An's expression moved, and he heard Yan Zhong's implication, and asked: "The military division means that you want to go to the northern Taihang in person?"

Yan Zhong said with a smile: "I only need two thousand elite soldiers, with the assistance of Yingwei, and within ten months, it will be Minggong who will take down Zhang Baiqi's head."

"In the past, before the battle of Kuicheng, Duke Ming once said that this year Zhang Chun would join forces with Wuhuan in Youzhou to launch a rebellion and invade Youzhou and Jizhou."

"The northern part of the Taihang Mountain is adjacent to the two prefectures of Youji and Hebei. I am going to Taihang on this trip. One is to regain the northern Taihang for Duke Ming, and the other is to see if we can contact and form an alliance with Zhang Chun."

"Ming Gong once said that Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebellion is so powerful that the Han army cannot resist it. An alliance will definitely be a great help. Although the world is in chaos now, the Han Dynasty still has the remaining prestige. It is necessary to link all parties to be hostile to the Han Dynasty. Its forces fight against it and consume its energy."

Xu An didn't directly agree to Yan Zhong, frowning and lost in thought.

The Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju rebellion in history happened in August of the fourth year of Zhongping (187), but the current history has been completely changed by Xu An's disturbance, but I don't know if this rebellion will be brought forward. or backward.

It was already the end of May at this time, and it would be the first ten days of June before Yan Zhong rushed to Taihang in the north.

"According to what the military master said."

Xu An thought for a long time, and the matter was indeed as Yan Zhong said.

The northern Taihang is indeed the key point for the Yellow Turban Army. Apart from Yan Zhong, although Xu An needs Yan Zhong to handle political affairs for him, there is no better alternative under his command besides Yan Zhong.

After Lu Bu and others joined him, Xu An now has no shortage of warriors under his command. Zhang Yan, Xu Huang, He Man, and Yu Du can stand alone, but there is still a lack of advisers, only the mastermind Yan Zhong.

Xu An had also imagined the military staff system of later generations, but he had never studied and understood the modern and modern military staff system before.

And even if he has studied it, the military books that record the formation of troops and the drills of soldiers are all owned by those aristocratic families. Most of the generals and schools under his command even rarely have literate people. How can he find such a military counselor? .

Most of the generals and schools of the Yellow Turban Army have only actual combat experience, and they are not leading the army alone, because the same strength of the Yellow Turban Army is naturally difficult to defeat the Han army.

Therefore, the Yellow Turban Army's attack is usually a large army, commanded by Xu An himself, Yan Zhong is in charge of deployment, Zhao Le and others are in charge of logistics, and He Man, Yu Du, Zhang Yan, and Xu Huang also have generals to help.

The natural limitations of the Yellow Turban Army also led to Xu An's current difficult situation. Even though he occupied the three counties of Taiyuan, Shangdang, and Hedong, there were no advisers or literati who came to him.

The Yellow Turban Army and the aristocratic families are on opposite sides, and the two sides are even more incompatible. The great Han has ruled the world for hundreds of years. Even though the chaos has arisen and the country has declined, people as ambitious as Yan Zhong are still in the minority.

(End of this chapter)