Although the Montenegrin Army had a large number of people at this time, it still had not fully reached its heyday in history.
When the Black Mountain Army reached its heyday in history, although its overall strength was far inferior to that of Yuan Shao, the leader of Hebei, it was still a headache for Yuan Shao.
However, although the Black Mountain Army at this time has not yet fully achieved the historical momentum that shocked Hebei, it does not necessarily have the strength to compete with the newly established Jizhou Army and Liyang Camp.
It's just that the current commander-in-chief of the Montenegrin Army, Zhang Niujiao, is far inferior to Zhang Yan, the commander-in-chief of the Montenegrin Army during its heyday in history, both in terms of courage and bravery.
It's just that the Montenegrin Army has too many people participating in the war this time. Even if it makes a strategic mistake, the number of people alone will not necessarily lead to defeat.
But Zhang Niujiao did not have such boldness and courage.
They could take advantage of the Shen family's carelessness and sneak in, but they would not fight to the death with the Jizhou army, which was fully armed and came to fight them with all its strength.
This is not in line with Zhang Niujiao's vision and interests.
However, apart from Zhang Niujiao himself, there are many courageous and courageous people in the Black Mountain Army.
Chu Yan is one of them.
The current Chu Yan has not changed his name to Zhang Yan, and he has not been ranked particularly high among the commanders of the Montenegrin Army. Although Zhang Niujiao admires him very much, the young Chu Yan is now ranked among the many commanders of the Montenegrin Army.
Among them, it still ranks relatively low.
Similar to Bai Rao, Yu Du, Yang Feng, Tao Sheng, Yu Digen and other Qushuai who are older and have more control over the tribes and food, their current reputation is far higher than that of Chu Yan.
Therefore, Zhang Niujiao could only send young Chu Yan to cut off the queen this time.
One is that Zhang Niujiao trusts Chu Yan more.
Secondly, Zhang Niujiao still cannot command the other big-name Montenegrin army commanders.
The Montenegrin Army's organizational structure is different from that of the official army. To put it bluntly, they don't have any organizational structure yet.
There is no distinction between high and low commanders. Although they are all in the Black Mountains, they are not unified. Zhang Niujiao is only a relatively powerful branch among the commanders of the Black Mountain Army. This does not mean that he can command
Motivate other people from all walks of life.
Just like this time, Zhang Niujiao, a prominent member of the Yin'an family of Zhang and Sun, invited Yudu Daqushuai from Heishan to come with him to rob.
Although the others, Yang Feng, Bai Rao and others, received Zhang Niujiao's invitation, they didn't even urinate in his pot.
At this time, the Montenegrin Army retreated, and Yu Du could not possibly pay attention to Zhang Niujiao's tactics, nor would he specifically instruct his men to block Zhang Niujiao's sword.
Therefore, only Chu Yan stood up at this moment and cut off Zhang Niu's horn.
"Kill! Kill!"
Chu Yan held the Huanshou Sword in his hand and led a group of capable Black Mountain soldiers to fight at the front of the team, covered in blood. The bandits around him fell down like wheat.
Chu Yan is one of the few people in the Black Mountain Army who can wear armor all over his body. In addition, he fights bravely, so he also stands out among the Black Mountain Army.
At this time, Zhang Fei and Han Dang, who were charging in the Black Mountain army formation, both noticed Chu Yan's presence.
Looking from a distance, I could see Chu Yan leading a group of followers, fighting left and right. Their morale was as high as a rainbow, and they seemed to have an unstoppable momentum.
Zhang Fei laughed loudly, stabbed a Black Mountain knight in front of him to death with a spear, and said loudly: "I didn't expect there to be such a hero among the bandits! Let me kill him and make a contribution!"
Han Dang, who was following Zhang Fei, said: "He Lao, Captain, take action, and wait for the officials to capture him..."
Before Han Dang could finish what he said... Suddenly, a man on a white horse was seen, his horse flashed past the two of them, and sprinted straight towards Chu Yan, like a white meteor, exceptionally
Dazzling and dazzling.
Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment when he saw it. He quickly looked at it and saw that the knight on the white horse was extremely fast. The soldiers of the Montenegrin Army he encountered during the gallop were all stabbed down easily by him swinging their weapons.
On the ground, his movements are light and smooth, without any sense of jerkiness. He is really brave and brave.
"Who is this? He is so amazing!"
Zhang Fei looked at Han Dang in surprise.
When the white knight rushed past just now, Zhang Fei didn't pay attention, but Han Dang saw it clearly.
"The school captain is Shaojun's newly appointed Sima of the Department, Changshan Zhao Zilong!"
"ah?"
Zhang Fei was surprised: "It's that kid!"
He turned his head again and looked in the direction of Zhao Yun's sprint, murmuring: "I can't tell that this person has such bravery!"
Han Dang said helplessly: "I don't know if I'm brave or not. It's just the credit of you and me. I'm afraid this kid will monopolize it!"
When Zhang Fei heard this, he immediately reacted.
This kid Zhao Yun clearly went in the direction of Chu Yan!
"How dare you, kid!"
As soon as Zhang Fei pulled the reins of his horse, he was about to chase him: "Yi Gong, you go with me! You don't believe that I can take the credit and I can't take the credit from him!"
After saying that, he urged the black knight who was sitting down to follow Zhao Yun's direction and chase him.
Han Dang hurriedly followed up on his horse.
The two men led the troops and killed the Black Mountain bandits on the road, while following Zhao Yun.
On the way, Han Dang hesitated and said: "Colonel, in fact, as you and I, we go to compete with a young man who has just been appointed as a Sima by Shaojun. If word spreads, it will be somewhat disgraceful. Besides, Shaojun seems to be like this."
I really admire Zhao Zilong, but if I get upset over this trivial matter, I'm afraid it won't look good on Mr. Shaojun's face."
The spear in Zhang Fei's hand suddenly stopped.
He reined in the horse and shouted "Uu, Uu", causing the Wuzui war horse to stand on the spot.
Then, Zhang Fei showed an expression that seemed to have enlightenment.
"Yes, that's right. I am now a captain of the Liyang Battalion with a rank of two thousand stones, and I am at the same level as the captain of the 5th Battalion of the Northern Army. How can I compete with a young man who has just become an official? It will not sound good if it is spread out!
It’s the best, it’s the best! If it hadn’t been for the reminder from Lord Righteous, I would have almost lost face!”
Han Dang said cautiously: You said he was a brat... In fact, you are not much older than Zhao Yun!
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At the same time, Chu Yan was rushing back and forth among the army's formations.
Every time he killed someone, he would shout:
“Black Mountain is victorious!”
"Black Mountain is victorious!"
In just such a short time, no fewer than ten Jizhou officers and soldiers died under his sword. Chu Yan looked up to the sky and roared, and suddenly pointed forward with the sword in his hand, as if to guide the soldiers behind him, and spoke loudly again
call:
"Wan Sheng!"
But following the direction of his blade, a young warrior in black armor and white robes appeared opposite him.
Chu Yan looked closely and felt that this young man looked quite familiar.
But now that he was on the battlefield, he had no time to find out whether the other party was someone he knew.
Then, Chu Yan suddenly clamped the horse's belly and shouted: "Kill!"
Then he rushed towards the young man.
Zhao Yun pointed the spear in his hand to the sky and shouted loudly: "Changshan Zhao Zilong is here! Brother Chu, long time no see!"
This shout made Chu Yan feel a little dazed for a moment.
There was no slowness in his movements, but a thought suddenly arose in his mind.
Changshan Zhao Zilong? Sounds familiar. Could it be that he has something to do with Zhao Jun?
However, ideas are ideas, and Chu Yan showed no mercy in his hands. He used all his strength to chop off Zhao Yun's head with a single knife!
Zhao Yun was not afraid. He raised his spear horizontally and effortlessly swung Chu Yan's sword away.
Chu Yan and he passed by each other on horseback, and suddenly turned to look at Zhao Yun. In addition to being fierce, his eyes also revealed surprise!
Just now, I had almost used all my strength to strike with my sword, but the other party seemed unmoved by me and easily deflected my sword.
Is there really such a person in Changshan?
Even his fellow countryman Zhao Jun himself might not be able to do it!
But at this moment, Zhang Yan couldn't let Zhang Yan think about it, and saw that Zhao Yun had already galloped forward, charging towards him with his spear!
The soldiers in the front were charging at the front, and Liu Jian himself was supervising the troops in the rear.
Not long after, Cheng Pu, who had just been in charge of commanding at the front, rode up to Liu Jian.
"Your Majesty, the Black Mountain Army has retreated. There is only one lone army at the rear. It is not difficult to break it. The disaster in Shenshi's Wubao has been solved. Should we send troops to rescue the Zhang family and the Sun family?"
Liu Jian looked at Cheng Pu with a half-smile but said, "Waiting for a while."
Obviously, Liu Jian was not in a hurry to save those two families.
Cheng Pu didn't know why and said: "Why is the envoy doing this? If there is any delay, I am afraid that the two big families will suffer huge losses and they may be blamed when they turn around."
"It's a joke. I returned my troops to rescue them. I was benevolent and righteous. The earlier and the later were limited by the battlefield situation but beyond my control. Why should they blame me?"
"Besides, when the father-in-law of the Shen family sent someone to ask me for help, he said that he was wrong... No one from the two families came to ask for help from me."
When Cheng Pu heard this, he immediately understood what Liu Jian was thinking.
He stepped forward on horseback and came to Liu Jian's side, saying: "The envoy's intention is understood by the junior officials, but there is one thing that I still need to advise the envoy."
"It's okay to speak out."
Cheng Pu said: "It seems that the Sun family and the Zhang family, which are wealthy Confucian scholars and have been in the family for hundreds of years, have relied on their profound knowledge to be arrogant. Today, you have sent troops to help. You first rescued the Shen family, and then postponed going to their two families. I
I am afraid that they will have resentment in their hearts afterwards, which may harm your great cause."
Liu Jian said calmly: "De Mou, you are wrong. People like them refused to ask for help from me when they were forced under Wu Bao in Montenegro. This is enough to prove that even if I rescue them now, they will not be able to govern in the future."
Jizhou, as long as there is something that does not go their way, they will definitely oppose me. Such a family is not well-raised. If they don’t hate me today, they will hate me tomorrow. There is no way I can’t govern Jizhou.
If the interests of their family come into play, conflict will happen sooner or later!"
Liu Jian knew very well that he not only wanted to compete in the world, but also wanted to take advantage of the chaos to change the shortcomings of the dynasty. However, in this world, there has never been a transformation without bloodshed.
To achieve a prosperous age, you must destroy some people. This is the law of history!
In history, there has never been a harmonious and bloodless restructuring.
Cheng Pu heard this and said: "In that case, just don't save them and let Heishan destroy them!"
Liu Jian shook his head and said: "Heishan is looking for an opportunity to attack them and rob them of some property, but it won't touch their foundation."
Cheng Pu suddenly said: "What does your Majesty mean?"
"Sooner or later I will have to do it myself."
Cheng Pu was startled when he heard this and hurriedly said in a low voice: "If you kill famous people without permission, you may leave a bad name in the world."
Liu Jian smiled and said: "So we cannot kill without permission, we must kill with reason, and purge them with reason. We are determined to destroy them, and we must also make the world's nobles stand on my side for justice and disdain to associate with them."
Cheng Puqi asked: "How could there be such a reason?"
"Why not? Isn't rebellion just a reason!"
When Cheng Pu heard this, his eyes widened immediately.
Rebellion? Who rebelled? Did they rebel?
Liu Jian said slowly: "I don't want to live a life where everything in Jizhou has to be discussed with local prominent families and has to go through their approval. What I want is in the land of Hebei: I will keep my word, and anyone who goes against me will perish."
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"But if you want to do this thoroughly, you must go through one cleaning, or even several cleanings."
"No matter what I do, I have to be honest. If I directly kill the family that is disobedient to me, I will put myself on the opposite side of the world's noble families, and they will label me as a murderer."
"So, we must force these people who do not want to obey and want to rule Jizhou with me to rebel!"
"Even if they are from a prominent family, as long as they are convicted of rebellion, the prominent families and scholars in the world will definitely criticize them verbally and in writing. If they stand against them, they will definitely support me,"
"Scholars, the most important thing is dignity and orthodoxy. Any kind of person, as long as they get the title of rebel, they will be eliminated from the world! No matter how high the prestige of a famous family is, it will be destroyed in an instant. When the time comes,
, Even if I wipe out all their families, the righteousness is still with me, and the heart of the scholars is still with me."
"Why are you so sure?"
Liu Jian smiled and said, "I'm sure. Not to mention them, even the Yuan family in Runan, once they bear the label of rebellion, they will be extinct from the world. No one wants to be with them, and they will never be able to stand up."
Cheng Pu suddenly said: "So you want to force them to rebel once?"
"Yes, but they won't rebel for a while. I will slowly guide them to rebel, using the Zhang family and the Sun family as the leads. It is best for them to contact more families who are dissatisfied with my future policies.
Bringing them out one after another will save me the trouble of checking them one by one. It is safest to do it once and for all."