Chapter five hundred and forty-seven the discussion of Montenegro
The next day, Bai Rao excitedly took the pottery merchant's letter and led Sui Gu to meet Zhang Yan, the leader of the Black Mountain Army, Pingnan Zhonglang General.
Zhang Yan's real surname was Chu. He was known as the Flying Swallow Thief because of his swift and fierce actions. When the previous leader of the Black Mountain Army, Zhang Niujiao, passed away, he designated him as the next leader of the Black Mountain Army. Zhang Yan was grateful for his kindness, so he changed his name to Zhang.
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In this way, Zhang Yan is really a real person. He even disowned his ancestors in order for Zhang Niujiao to inherit the kindness of the leader of the Black Mountain Army.
He was so righteous! He was so righteous that if Zhang Yan's biological father knew about this, he would jump out of the graveyard and slap him in the face.
Today, Zhang Yan is known as the leader of the Yellow Turbans in the world, and is also the number one official thief in the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty. Not only does he rank first among the Yellow Turbans, but he also has the right to promote filial piety and integrity in the court! It can be said that there are two ways of black and white.
Take it all.
It's a pity that no matter how strong Zhang Yan is, she can't score with anyone else.
The best thief in the world is no match against the best princes in the world!
When Yuan Shao attacked Gongsun Zan last year, Zhang Yan responded to Liu Bei's invitation and sent troops to attack Yuan Shao together with Gongsun Zan.
Zhang Yanxiong left in high spirits and returned in a panic.
He never dreamed that Yuan Shao could be so fierce, he was like an animal!
Not only did he not gain any advantage in this battle, he almost got beaten up by Yuan Shao.
The so-called "million" generals of the Montenegrin Army were also beaten to pieces. The important Qu Commander under Zhang Yan was killed and wounded. The soldiers, horses and people fled in all directions. It can be said that their vitality was severely damaged. How tragic it would be.
How tragic.
This situation occurs simply because although Zhang Yan's men are said to be in the millions, there are only a dozen or two hundred thousand young men who can really fight, and the remaining more than 800,000 are just people who make up the numbers, including an old man with epilepsy.
There are old ladies with cerebral thrombosis, little boys and girls without teeth, and housewives doing laundry and cooking.
Although such troops are powerful, if they want to defeat Yuan Shao, there are only two words that can describe it. Haha.
After this battle, the Black Mountain Army in Hebei no longer had the capital to challenge Yuan Shao. They could only huddle in the Taihang Mountains and linger. No matter how many people there were in the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans, they did not dare to cross the thunder pool easily.
But after all, Zhang Yan herself is a heroic figure with a very high spirit.
Although he was defeated by Yuan Shao three times and four times, he still had a heart that refused to admit defeat.
Zhang Yan was nostalgic for the vast land of Hebei. No matter how much Yuan Shao tried to cut him, he would not leave, and he would die here.
Moreover, he was still restless and eager to try, looking for an opportunity to bite Yuan Shao back hard, so that the old thief Yuan Shao would feel pain and fear!
Now, after getting Bai Rao's letter, Zhang Yan knew that this opportunity had come.
In fact, the Battle of Guandu was such a major event that shocked the world. How could Zhang Yan not know about it? It's just that he didn't find a suitable opportunity to send troops to Yuan Shao.
Now that the pottery merchant took the initiative to send a letter, Zhang Yan knew that the opportunity had come.
"This can be done!"
After Bai Rao told Zhang Yan about the potter's invitation, Zhang Yan immediately made up his mind.
He slapped the table and said to Qu Shuai, the confidants present: "Today, the two major princes who can fight against Yuan Shao are Cao Cao and Tao Shang. Now the two of them join forces to fight Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses
It’s hard to escape! This is a thousand-year opportunity for revenge. I intend to send troops to Jizhou to first wipe out the counties and counties around the Taihang Mountains as a foundation. Then slowly engulf the territory of Hebei. I must do anything to let Yuan Shao know our power in order to repay the past.
hatred!"
When everyone heard the words, they were all happy and inspired.
After all, all the Black Mountain generals present had suffered losses from Yuan's army, and many of their relatives and friends had died tragically at the hands of Yuan Shao. Now that they heard that they were going to deal with Yuan Shao, they wished they could immediately go to Jizhou and massacre the Yuan clan to avenge their past.
The person named Yuan was the mortal enemy of the Montenegrin Army. Every day, everyone drew circles and made little people to curse the Yuan family.
Zhang Yan was very pleased to see that everyone was enthusiastic and excited about this matter.
He immediately decided on a strategy for dispatching troops, and asked the commanders of all ministries to quickly go back to gather their troops and act in accordance with the order.
After everyone accepted the order, Zhang Yan asked everyone to prepare for the war, but four people were left behind to say something alone.
After the battle between the Black Mountain Army and Yuan Shao last year, basically all the main commanders of the old team of the Black Mountain Army were killed by Yuan Shao. They were hacked and bloodbathed, and there were not many living creatures left.
Nowadays, Zhang Yan has been picking and choosing the cronies she relies on most, and there are only four people left.
Yang Feng, Yu Du, Bai Rao, Tao Sheng.
To Zhang Yan, these four people were like the Four Great Vajras.
Why are these four compared to King Kong?
Because King Kong generally doesn’t have a brain and can only yell “woo woo woo” and eat bananas!
Zhang Yan looked at the four Vajras back and forth, and suddenly said: "The four of us left today just want to discuss with you, where should our Black Mountain Army... go in the future?"
This sentence makes everyone a little confused when asked.
Bai Rao looked at Zhang Yan in confusion and said: "Our Black Mountain Army has always crossed the Taihang Mountains, across Changshan, Zhaojun, and Zhongshan counties. Where is it going? I don't know what the commander-in-chief means.
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Zhang Yan sighed, shook his head, and said: "That was before, not now! At that time, the world was in chaos, and the Emperor of Heaven granted me the title of Commander-in-Chief of Pyongyang, and the Han Dynasty also decreed that Brother Yang Feng was appointed Captain of the Black Mountain School. We are here
In name, it is actually a subsidiary of the Han Dynasty, no different from a prince! But now, all the small princes in the world have been destroyed, and not many of them are left. Especially in the north, there are only three families left... Now
These three families will inevitably lose one, or even two, in the future. By then, there will be one person in charge of the northern land, and the power will be overwhelming. Can we be accommodated? So we in Montenegro should make plans now and make decisions as soon as possible.
chosen."
Everyone naturally understood what he meant.
Yu Du said: "I understand what Commander Qu said, but there are some things that you don't need to be so anxious about. After all, Commander Qu is a general who has been appointed by the imperial court as a general in times of trouble. For some things, we have to look at the imperial court's intention and direction."
Zhang Yan smiled helplessly when he heard this: "The imperial court? The imperial court has long been gone! Now that the emperor is dead, the two sons are separated. One was taken away by the pottery merchant, and the other was taken to Jingzhou by Fuwan. Although there is no battle to establish an heir for the time being because the Battle of Guandu has not yet ended.
But according to certain estimates, it will only happen sooner or later... I am afraid there will be two imperial courts in the world, which side should we belong to?"
These words truly touched everyone's hearts.
The world is turbulent and the situation has suddenly changed.
Yu Du scratched his head with a headache and said: "These two princes are of the blood of the Tian family and both are orthodox. When His Majesty passed away, did he issue an edict to the world? One is the eldest son and the other is the legitimate son. If he succeeds to the throne of the emperor,
It's all possible... Well, it's really hard to decide whether to follow someone or not."
Zhang Yan sighed and said: "This is what I am worried about."
Bai Rao suddenly said: "Commander, I have some friendship with the pottery merchant. Since he supports his eldest son Liu Xi, if this man can win the battle of Guandu, we might as well just follow him? And I also heard that I
It seems that Huang Tianwu is also under the rule of Tao Shang. With him, we can find a good destination in the future..."
Before Bai Rao could finish his words, he heard a sneer: "Absurd!"
Bai Rao's face suddenly turned red: "Who? Who said that! Who dares to laugh at me!"
Everyone looked over and saw that the speaker was Tao Sheng.
Bai Rao looked at Tao Sheng angrily and said, "What do you mean by that?"
The pottery merchant said calmly: "I dare to ask Brother Bai, how close are you to that pottery merchant? How many times have you met that pottery merchant? What benefits can the pottery merchant promise to me? With your words of friendship, I can
If so many of our brothers leave their families and careers to join him, Tao must be too good at taking advantage."
Bai Yao was stupid and not very smart. His face turned red when he heard what he said, but he didn't know how to refute.
"Then what do you mean? The pottery merchant is a gentleman after all..."
Tao Sheng cupped his hands and said: "Zhang Qushuai, I don't know what friendship is or is not, or whether a gentleman is a gentleman. I only know that we cannot rely on the current pottery merchants or Liu Biao, Dong Cheng and others in the south."
Zhang Yan heard this and said curiously: "Brother, what do you mean by this?"
Tao Sheng cleared his throat and said: "First of all, Tao Shang and Fu Wan each support the prince. There will be a fight between them, and the losing party will definitely be a rebel who will bear eternal infamy. Let me ask our brothers
, who has the eyes to tell which one of them will win? Therefore, the most unreasonable thing right now is to easily join these two forces that support the prince. Instead, stay out of the situation, watch calmly, and wait for the two Han emperors to fight for it.
It is the best policy for us to do the best we can."