About twenty miles northwest of Linli County, this place is a small valley.
The valley is about hundreds of square kilometers, extremely wide, with a large amount of cultivated land, residential areas, villages and fortresses. It is the location of one of the Black Mountain Army, the White Bird Army.
Linlu Valley was originally huge. Later it became Linzhou City, covering an area of more than 2,000 square kilometers and with a population of one million.
At this time, it became an important place occupied by the Black Mountain Army. Because it is surrounded by mountains and is in the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Once the army breaks through the defenses at the valley entrance, they can retreat and escape into the Taihang Mountains at any time. It can be said to be an extremely dangerous place.
Excellent strategic location.
The reason why Guan Yu was able to capture this place was thanks to Zhang Yang. In the early years, Linli was occupied by Sui Gu, Yu Du, Bai Rao and others. Later, Sui Gu surrendered to Zhang Yang, and this place became Zhang Yang's territory.
When Lu Bu, Zhang Yang and his troops went south to attack Yanzhou, Zhang Yang's forces withdrew from Linli. Yu Du Bairao and others were too weak to occupy the entire Linlu Valley, which caused the defense at the mouth of the valley to leak from all sides, allowing Guan Yu to seize it.
Opportunity sent Xu Huang to stationed in Linli County and occupied the east and south valley mouths.
Xu Huang stayed in Linli County for several years, while fighting against the Montenegrin forces who were in conflict with the imperial court, while at the same time wooing the Montenegrin forces who were devoted to farming. He did not want to fight anymore, and at the same time, he did not want to surrender to the imperial court and pay taxes to the imperial court. He used trade to gain trust and secretly made many friends.
The leader of the Montenegrin Army.
Including Bai Que, the leader of the White Que Army in the valley now, he is the leader of the Black Mountain Army who is closest to Xu Huang. Therefore, Chen Mu asked Zhang Yan, the most powerful member of the Black Mountain Army, to send out an invitation to all the leaders of the Black Mountain Army.
We met here.
Baique Valley is surrounded by mountains, with only two valley entrances to the east and north. There are a large number of traps set up above the valley. Soldiers' fortresses are on the cliffs on both sides, and there are clouds of archers. It is also easy to defend but difficult to attack.
After Zhang Yan arrived in Linli, he walked around and invited many leaders to gather here. Many Black Mountain troops were still very resistant to the imperial court. However, Zhang Yan was the most powerful Black Mountain army in the north after all, and among Lingxiao Village
He had hundreds of thousands of supporters and had many interactions with them, so he did not want to offend and reluctantly agreed.
By the end of June, more than a dozen leaders of the Black Mountain Army forces around Lin Liu, large and small, arrived in the White Que Valley one after another. Because Bai Que was good at dancing and had good relations with the surrounding forces, everyone believed in him.
Naturally, there was no doubt that this was a trap by the army.
In fact, Chen Mu will not set up a trap, because even if he kills all these leaders here, it will not be able to eradicate the stubborn Black Mountain Army forces. Instead, it will arouse the common hatred of many forces, which will make it more troublesome and cut off his own escape route.
.
He came to negotiate, but he did not want to push the Montenegrin Army to Yuan Shao's side. It would be too uncomfortable for the Montenegrin Army, which is familiar with the complex terrain inside the Taihang Mountains, to cooperate with Yuan Shao's army to continuously harass Hanoi.
On June 24th, Guan Yu had already captured Youli City. He did not know that Chen Mu had gone to Linli, so he sent people to inform Chaoge. Zhao Yun got the news and also sent people to inform Chen Mu.
.It's just that it's a hundred miles from Dangyin to Chaoge, and another two hundred miles from Chaoge to Linli, so Chen Mu doesn't know the news yet.
Chen Mu is not a god. How could he have expected that his third brother would be so brave, and how could he have expected that Yuan Shao would be so miserably cheated by Chun Yuqiong, a pig teammate, so he is still planning to use the Taihang Mountains to attack Anyang. When Anyang is besieged, the frontline
During the turmoil, we will take back Youli City in one fell swoop.
The sun was shining high, and under the protection of rows of fully armed soldiers. The carriage slowly drove into the valley. Xu Huang and Guan Hai raised their heads and looked around. There were rows of soldiers of the Montenegrin Army standing on the hill without weapons.
, just holding the flag and looking down the mountain.
Although Xu Huang had a good relationship with Bai Que, he also murmured in his heart that it was his territory after all. It would be really terrible if Bai Que became crazy and wanted to die with the officers and soldiers.
Fortunately, the Xuanjia heavy cavalry is fully armed, and its defensive power is comparable to the elite armored soldiers in the Tang and Song Dynasties. Ordinary bows and arrows have almost no effect on them. Including the trapped camp, the black armored heavy cavalry and the trapped camp are already the two most important forces in the world.
Army A cannot use ordinary weapons to deal with them, but can only use blunt instruments such as hammers.
With the protection of the heavy cavalry of black armor, and the large number of officers and soldiers ambushing outside the valley, I believe that no matter how crazy Bai Que is, he will not dare to suddenly make a cold move.
It was very safe along the way. The carriage entered the valley smoothly. Chen Mu looked around and saw that he was not actually in the carriage. Instead, he was wearing a suit of armor and was among the heavy knights. With his greedy and fearful character, of course he had to
Keep a guard up, the carriage is too obvious, and once he is greeted, he will immediately be the target of public criticism. He can take advantage of the carriage to attract firepower, turn the horse's head and run away.
But since it was very safe out of the valley, it didn't matter. Anyway, he was just ensuring his own safety. People's hearts are inherently unpredictable. Xu Huang couldn't guarantee whether Bai Que, who had the best relationship with him, would rebel, let alone him.
If you put all your life in the hands of others, you still have to save one.
After entering the valley, the view suddenly opens up. There are mulberry fields in the distance and the roads are in order. There are farmers working in the fields. There are mountain springs in the distance that are diverted into the village. There are also densely distributed octagonal wells, forming a unique living environment.
.
The team walked forward for a while, stopped, and Chen Mu got into the carriage and changed his clothes. When they started again, they could see a large group of people waiting at the entrance of the village in the distance.
"Fourth General, that person is Bai Que, and I have a very good relationship."
Xu Huang came to the carriage and pointed to a man in his forties who was at the front of a group of people at the entrance of the village in the distance.
"oh?"
Chen Mu opened the curtain and watched, and when he was about to take a closer look, the man rode his horse and came over alone. When he got close, he turned over and dismounted, and was about to get closer, but was stopped by the guards.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Let him in."
Seeing Chen Mu's signal, Xu Huang waved his hand and asked Bai Que to go inside.
Bai Que had no weapons on him, was dressed in ordinary clothes, and had a very honest face. He quickly ran to Chen Mu's carriage, raised his hands and said, "Bai Que has seen the young master."
Chen Mu looked him up and down in surprise, and then suddenly thought of something. He stepped out of the carriage with a smile, stepped forward and held Bai Que's hand and said, "Chief Bai Que, I'm sorry to trouble you in today's parliament."
.”
Bai Que was flattered and said: "They are all working for the imperial court."
Chen Mu sighed: "Yes, the Han Dynasty has governed the world for hundreds of years. Although there are occasional troubles, most of the time for hundreds of years, the country is safe and the people are happy. I know that you had no choice but to rebel. Now the world has changed greatly.
, the world-famous virtuous Bo'an Gong ascended the throne as emperor and pardoned you. You should do your best and do not go further and further down the road of banditry or take the wrong path."
Bai Que's face turned red and he muttered: "We don't want to do anything wrong, but we were forced by harsh government in the early years. Now that the imperial court has pardoned us, we should be grateful to God."
"In that case, why not submit to the imperial court?"
Chen Mu said with a smile.
Bai Que was overjoyed and said, "Will the young master accept us?"
Chen Mu said with a smile: "I'm here on behalf of the imperial court, isn't it just to bring the blessings of the imperial court to everyone? No one wants to be trapped in this deep mountain and old forest and bear the reputation of a bandit and traitor all his life. What's more, the imperial court is about to attack the rebellion.
Once Yuan Shao is overthrown, do you think you can resist the king's orders by hiding in the mountains? Only by submitting yourself to the imperial court can you have a chance to survive."
Bai Que said without hesitation: "I am willing to surrender."
In fact, Bai Que has long wanted to submit to the imperial court these years. If Zhang Yan can submit, why can't he?
Including making friends with Xu Huang and being friendly with the officers and soldiers, they were all in preparation for surrender.
The reason is very simple. Although the Montenegrin Army has millions of people and a huge momentum, it is extremely scattered internally and cannot form a unified force.
Except for Zhang Yan, who is slightly stronger, the other 20 or 30 groups have tens of thousands of people, and only a few thousand people. They are all large and small, and they have no strong combat effectiveness at all.
Anyone with a little foresight should understand that with internal chaos and no effective organization, once either the imperial court or Yuan Shao attacks, it will be a matter of time before they are destroyed. Even if Baique does not think about himself, he has to think about the thirty thousand people who follow him.
Consider multiple populations.
The reason why he didn't surrender earlier was because there were too many forces around him and he didn't dare to take risks. If his intention to surrender was known to others and everyone called him a traitor and attacked him, it would be a disaster, so
I am worried and dare not execute it.
But the arrival of Chen Mu gave him courage. The Nine Ministers of the Imperial Court were one of the highest-ranking officials in the world. As a representative of the imperial court, he was full of sincerity, which made Baique feel that as long as he had the support of the imperial army, he would not be afraid of other Black Mountain troops attacking him.
With the imperial court supporting him outside the valley, he came alone just to express his submission. Chen Mu happened to see his intention and followed the trend. Hello everyone, hello me, everyone, everyone was happy.
Baique's surrender was an unexpected surprise, but it also increased Chen Mu's courage. The people who control Baique Valley now are his, and the Black Mountain Army cannot make waves.
The group of people slowly entered the village. There were a large number of Black Mountain Army soldiers outside the village, staring at the carriage like wolves and tigers. These people were the escorts of the leaders of various walks of life. The Xuanjia heavy cavalry was stopped outside the village. Everyone's troops
No one is allowed to enter.
Bai Que led the way. Chen Mu saw that the village was not big, mostly thatched houses. There was only a larger wooden house in the center with three entrances and three exits. But even the surrounding wall was just a symbolic fence.
, the house is very simple, with "White Bird General's Mansion" engraved on the forehead.
"General Baique's Mansion?"
Chen Mu looked at Bai Que with interest.
Bai Que looked embarrassed and said: "This was built with the help of the villagers, and the plaque was written by the literate villagers. It was not my intention."
"It seems that you are quite popular among the villagers."
Chen Mu smiled and stepped into this simple wooden house.
There is a fence around the house, and then there is the front courtyard. There is a wooden fence around it. There are no spikes on it, so it will definitely not be able to prevent thieves. There are only 30,000 people living in Baique Valley, including several thousand soldiers.
, I guess there are no thieves either.
After passing the atrium, we arrived at the front hall. There were already people sitting in rows inside. Including Zhang Yan, seven or eight forces gathered here, each with a few personal bodyguards, and each of them stared at the court envoy fiercely.
With Xu Huang and Guan Hai protecting him, Chen Mu didn't panic.
In fact, Xu Huang's martial arts value is not necessarily very high. The pinnacle of his life was a draw with Xu Chu in the second year of Jian'an.
But the problem is that Xu Chu was probably not at the peak of his combat prowess at that time. He was very young when he first joined the army. He was not much different from Zhang Fei in his early years. He was only 70-80 at most. Therefore, it was not surprising that Xu Huang and Xu Chu, who had just debuted, drew a draw.
Later, Xu Huang was easily defeated by Yan Liang in twenty rounds. At the same time, Xu and Chu fought against Guan Yu. The result was defeated by Guan Yu one against two, which proves that he is by no means a first-rate general.
As for the draw with Guan Yu in the later period, Guan Yu scraped his bones to treat poison, and he was already 60 years old. Xu Huang, who was younger than him, had an arm injury, and the older Guan Yu fought 80 rounds. Other than that,
In addition, they also sent ten generals to besiege the enemy, and then they managed to achieve a draw. It was really not a glorious thing.
So overall, Xu Huang's force value is probably about the same, and even Guan Hai's force value should be higher than him.
But no matter how weak Xu Huang's strength is, and Guan Hai is still much stronger than the leaders of the Black Mountain Army present, when these two people enter the scene, there is a high probability that they will join the herd and kill them all.
Therefore, Chen Mu had nothing to be afraid of. He calmly walked into the hall, smiled and bowed to many of the leaders, and then Bai Que introduced them to everyone.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Young Master, this is Zhang Yan, the big leader from Lingxiao Village."
Bai Que first introduced Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan quickly stood up and saluted: "Zhang Yan has met the young master."
"General Zhang is polite."
Chen Mu responded with a smile.
Bai Que pointed at another person and said, "This is Yu Du, the leader of the Kusi Army."
"oh?"
Chen Mu looked at Yu Du in surprise, but saw that Yu Du was also looking at him in surprise.
The two looked at each other. After a moment, Yu Du stood up with a wry smile, bowed his hands to Chen Mu and said, "I didn't expect that the young master of Jiuqing sent by the imperial court would be Mr. Chen."
"Do you know each other?"
Bai Que and even the other leaders were quite surprised.
Yu Du sighed: "In my early years, I followed General Tiangong. Mr. Chen and his three sworn brothers were in Lu Gong's army. They killed us and defeated us, including Yang Feng, Guo Daxian, Yu Digen, Zuo Zhuzhangba and so on.
The handsome leader of Qu was killed by his three brothers."
"Lucky, lucky."
Chen Mu smiled.
At this moment, another leader of the Montenegrin Army stood up and said loudly: "Mr. Chen, you are fine."
Chen Mu stared at his face for a while, thought for a moment, and asked tentatively: "Chief Liu?"
"I didn't expect Mr. Chen to still remember me."
Liu Shi was surprised.
Chen Mu smiled and said: "Although the two leaders only separated in the early years, your loyalty is still admirable. If we had not had different positions, I think we could become friends."
This Liu Shi was the same Liu Shi who originally traded with King Anping.
Including Yu Du, Liu Shi and Yu Du did follow Zhang Jiao in their early years.
Later, Zhang Jiao was defeated, and most of his Qu commanders defected to Zhang Bao.
As a result, in the Battle of Quyang, Huangfu Song broke through the city, massacred the entire city, and made more than 100,000 people into the capital. Except for a few people such as Yu Du and Liu Shi, most of the generals who followed Zhang Jiao in Jizhou died.
These Montenegrin troops are rebel armies from other places, such as the rebel armies in Hanoi, Changshan Kingdom, Zhongshan Kingdom and other places.
There are also the Luo Shi thieves that Guan Yu killed in his early years. They were the uprising bandits in the name of the Yellow Turbans by Wu An. They should have escaped into the Taihang Mountains. Because the appearance of Liu Guan and Zhang Chen changed their fate, they were hacked to death on the way.
After the surrender, Hu Zhi, Hu Ping, Hu Yong and his son were recruited into the army at that time.
Therefore, Yu Du and Liu Shi knew Chen Mu, but the other leaders did not know him.
Destiny is indeed unpredictable.
Chen Mu never thought that one day he would meet Yu Duliu Shi. In such troubled times, human life is inherently fragile. How could he know that more than ten years later, there would still be such a fate.
After meeting Yu Du, Bai Que introduced the Huanglong Army, Feiyan Army, Bai Rao Army, Wulu Army, Fuyun Army, Baiqi Army, etc. one by one.
Including Bai Que and Zhang Yan, there are a total of twelve forces.
Except for Zhang Yan, these eleven groups are all the leaders of the Black Mountain Army around Lin Lu. They control the transportation arteries at the southern foot of Taihang Mountain. If they can establish a good relationship with them, then the imperial army will not only fight Yuan Shao in Hanoi, but also
They can even raid into the hinterlands of Jizhou such as Zhao and Weijun to threaten his central areas.
Chen Mu negotiated with them on behalf of the imperial court. After meeting them one by one, he and Bai Que sat on the main seat, kneeling on the left and right. Others in the hall below also sat cross-legged and looked at him together.
No one spoke.
Even Chen Mu was thinking carefully about how to choose the words to persuade them.
Because this meeting is extremely important, it can be said that as long as the negotiation can be successful today, the Taihang Mountains will become the back garden of the imperial court in the future.
Yuan Shao will have a fire in the backyard and have trouble sleeping and eating. Therefore, the negotiation must be successful and no sloppiness is allowed.