Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 196 Black Mountain Army 1
The news that Gongsun Xu led the army to the Northern Expedition is like a signal, which seems to imply that the princes of the world can start a big fight.

Yuan Shao has already planned how to seize Jizhou. Because Jizhou is too big and the situation in Jizhou is relatively special, Yuan Shao is now trying his best to appease the forces around Jizhou.

Not to mention, Jizhou is adjacent to Youzhou and Bingzhou, and Jizhou Mu Hanfu is indeed a man. Although he has not much friendship with Gongsunxu and his son, the entanglement in this interest is very big. If Yuan Shao can't If this problem is handled well, I am afraid that there will be conflicts with Gongsun and his son in the process of seizing Jizhou.

After thinking about it, Yuan Shao couldn't make up his mind, let's talk about friendship, Yuan Shao and Gongsun and his son really didn't have any, even if they did, I'm afraid it was almost wasted during the last alliance. , Yuan Shao felt that Youzhou and Bingzhou would definitely send troops to attack him.

When Yuan Shao was worried about this matter, Guo Tu, who had always been on good terms with him, wrote him a few letters. This Guo Tu, whose hometown is in Jizhou, is currently working in Jizhou. Tu got close to Yuan Shao, as if he was Yuan Shao's chief adviser.

During the alliance, Guo Tu was like Han Fu lent Yuan Shao. After the alliance ended, Guo Tu left Yuan Shao on the pretext that the family had important matters to deal with. In fact, he was the first to take care of everything for Yuan Shao. up.

This is also due to the generosity of Han Fu, who didn't care how close his subordinates were to Yuan Shao. In addition, Yuan Shao was the leader of the alliance at the time, and Han Fu always believed that he was a student of the Yuan family and was greatly favored by the Yuan family. I didn't care even more.

As for Han Fu, I really shouldn't say that he is stupid or that he is too honest. Even Xiao Jiujiu of those people under his command didn't figure it out, so he boldly let people like Yuan Shao get in touch with them. Moreover, he now provides food and grass for Yuan Shao was undoubtedly feeding a wolf, an ungrateful wolf.

However, in this world, ungratefulness seems to be nothing. Yuan Shao is not one of those Northern Xinjiang boys who value righteousness and despise life. Thanks to the gift from the Yuan family, Yuan Shao is just trying to find a way to reward Han Fu.

In the letter, Guo Tu believed that he described the current situation in Jizhou. Moreover, Guo Tu was already building up momentum for Yuan Shao. He had already contacted some aristocratic families. Yuan Shao asked Jizhou.

In the letter, Guo Tu advised Yuan Shao to try his best to unite with other forces to attack Jizhou. If a side force attacked Jizhou first, then Yuan Shao could enter Jizhou under the pretext of reinforcements. In this way, Yuan Shao would have the opportunity to take Jizhou without any effort. .

However, this is simple to say, where can there be such a powerful strength near Jizhou?Could it be possible for Yuan Shao to send someone to pretend to be a bandit or bandit?
In the end, it was Guo Tu who showed Yuan Shao a clear path. First, write a letter to Gongsun Zan to discuss the conquest of Jizhou. As long as Yuan Shao can persuade Gongsun Zan to attack Jizhou together, Yuan Shao's plan will be almost successful.

The specific implementation of this plan depends on Yuan Shao's plan. Yuan Shao believes that in the face of absolute temptation, Gongsun Zan should agree. Moreover, now that the court is in Youzhou, as long as Liu Bian gives an order, Gongsun Zan will also send troops. Normal thing.

Besides Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao still had someone to contact, which was also a crucial step, and this person had to act as a villain.

This person is Zhang Yan who has been leading the army to hide in Montenegro since Zhang Jiao failed to raise an army. Zhang Yan's reputation in the north is getting bigger and bigger. Back then, he had fought with Gongsun Xu and the others, and was almost captured alive by Zhao Yun.

However, at that time, he was not very famous, he was just a young general in the Yellow Turban Army, and, at that time, people who knew him more often called him Chu Feiyan.

Zhang Yan's adoptive father is Zhang Niujiao. After Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Army was divided into three, Zhang Yan followed Zhang Niujiao to the north. After Zhang Niujiao died, Zhang Yan became the actual leader of the Yellow Turban Army. However, there is another person in the Yellow Turban Army whose influence is no less than that of Zhang Yan. However, this person doesn't show up very much, and she seems to have no interest in the Yellow Turban Army.

In order to avoid being chased by the Han army, Zhang Yan brought his troops to Heishan and Yanshan. Since then, Heishan has become his base camp. As time goes by, his Yellow Turban Army is called and no longer called himself The Yellow Turban Army is gone, and now the Yellow Turban has been defeated, no one wants to call themselves the Yellow Turban Army anymore.

However, as the means of suppressing uprisings in various places continued to strengthen, many Yellow Turbans who failed fled to the north. Zhang Yan also absorbed a group of refugees to strengthen himself. , Guo Daxian, Yu Digen, Qingniujiao, Zhang Baiqi, Liu Shi, Zhangba, Pinghan, Dahong, Sili, Lei Gong, Fuyun, Li Damu, Bairao, Qigu, Luoshi, etc.

These people used to be some of the commanders of the Yellow Turban Army. After the uprising was suppressed, they led their subordinates to find a way to survive.These simple titles often reflect certain characteristics of the leader: for example, "Lei Gong" means a loud voice, and "White Rider" means a love of riding white horses.

After these insurgents entered Montenegro, they were called the "Black Mountain Army". They were active in Changshan, Zhaojun, Zhongshan, Shangdang, and Hanoi counties. Most of them had 3 people, and the small part had 7000 people, totaling one million. People fight on their own and do not belong to each other.

However, on the surface, these people all promoted Zhang Yan as handsome and obeyed Zhang Yan's orders. After all, Zhang Yan was the most powerful among these people, and Zhang Yan had a trump card that they did not have. It is also necessary to buy people's hearts, so Zhang Yan acquiesced in the existence of these independent forces.

Zhang Yan was originally from Changshan Zhending. After counting, he and Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan were still fellow villagers. He and Zhao Yun were actually acquainted when they were young. After Zhang Yan occupied Montenegro, he continued to train soldiers and strengthen the base camp. At the same time, he did not He completely treated himself as a rogue, and in order to allow his subordinates to have a full meal, he ordered to resume production in the Montenegro area and open up a large area of ​​wasteland.

Ordinarily, these statements by Zhang Yan are very wise. When other princes occupy a certain big city, they will have a source of income. Make the best use of it, in this way, Zhang Yan is really not a rogue.

The Black Mountain Army is known as a million, with a large number of people, and a lot of water in it. Many of the Yellow Turban Army who were unwilling to surrender to the court came to join the Black Mountain Army. One person was a soldier, and the whole family was a thief, all in order to have a meal eat.

However, Zhang Yan's ability is limited after all, and the major forces near Black Mountain are not easy to provoke. Youzhou Gongsun Zan is a white horse general who makes foreigners fearful, and Zhang Yan knows the skills of Bingzhou Gongsun Xu, so , these two places, Zhang Yan is clearly not to be violated.

Han Fu in Jizhou is rich, and Jizhou's military strength and military combat effectiveness are not as abnormal as Youzhou and Bingzhou, so Zhang Yan's usual looting targets are in Jizhou.Everyone likes to pinch soft persimmons, and Han Fu is indeed a soft persimmon.

It was normal for Yuan Shao to be able to think of him. In Yuan Shao's eyes, the Black Mountain Army was bandits, and if they were given some benefits, would they still obey orders?Therefore, Yuan Shao secretly wrote letters to several powerful leaders of the Black Mountain Army, and made an appointment to attack Jizhou together.

Several other leaders were very excited after receiving Yuan Shao's letter. They were tired of staying in Heishan, and Zhang Yan didn't allow them to kill the people, and they were not allowed to invade Youzhou and Bingzhou. Yan has long been dissatisfied. For this reason, this time, they decided to cooperate with Yuan Shao. If possible, they even wanted to kill Zhang Yan secretly.

After Zhang Yan received Yuan Shao's letter, he felt that the matter was not so simple. Zhang Yan might not know who Yuan Shao was, but what Zhang Yan understood was that Yuan Shao definitely wrote this letter with ill intentions. In this situation, Zhang Yan decided to ask someone for advice.

In the Black Mountain camp, there is a house built in the depths of the quiet mountain forest, and there lives a person whom Zhang Yan respects very much.

After Zhang Yan came here with a few soldiers, the two servant girls who were doing farm work at the door knelt on the ground in shock. Zhang Yan stepped forward and asked, "Miss is inside, I have something urgent to see him."

The two maids didn't dare to answer, but just nodded.After explaining to the soldiers around her a few times, Zhang Yan knocked on the door alone and said, "Miss, I am Zhang Yan, and I have something important to report to you."

A voice came from inside saying, "General, please come in."

Zhang Yan pushed open the door and walked in with her head down. After entering the door, Zhang Yan knelt on the ground and said, "Zhang Yan pays my respects to miss."

"General, why should you be so polite? I've said it many times. I'm no longer a young lady. How dare I bear such great etiquette from you." The woman on the opposite side didn't look back, he was just fiddling with the medicine jar in front of him.

Zhang Yan replied with a serious face: "I was ordered by General Tiangong and Yifu to protect Miss, how dare I disobey it, today I rashly disturb Miss Qingxiu, there is an important matter, Yuan Shao, the prefect of Bohai Sea, wrote a letter to invite me to Montenegro The army attacked Jizhou together, and after the event is completed, Yuan Shao will give us the food and grass from the two floors of Jizhou. If the situation is true, our people in Montenegro will have food and grass for this winter."

The woman finally stopped what she was doing after hearing about the people in Montenegro. He turned to look at Zhang Yan, but Zhang Yan didn't dare to look at this delicate and elegant face. In Zhang Yan's heart, the woman in front of him was a fairy .

This woman is actually Zhang Ning, Zhang Jiao's daughter. After Zhang Jiao's death, he retreated with Zhang Niujiao and the others, and then moved to Heishan. Handing over all the troops to Zhang Yan, he himself devoted himself to studying the important techniques of peace left by Zhang Jiao.

(End of this chapter)