Since Li Wei entered Chang'an, the world of the Han Dynasty has risen together, and there are countless horse bandits and bandits rising in various places.

However, in the northern region, the biggest horse bandit bandit force is, of course, the Montenegrin Army located between Jizhou and Bingzhou - the southern end of the Taihang Mountains.

The Montenegrin Army claims to have a million soldiers, and although this is not an accurate number, it controls at least four or five hundred thousand people.

This huge population made Han Cheng, who was in Yanmen County, a sparsely populated county in the northern part of Bingzhou, greedy and coveted for a long time.

For no other reason, the number of civilians controlled by the Montenegrin Army was greater than the number of people controlled by Han Cheng in Bingzhou.

Therefore, when Han Cheng and Fuyun talked about meritorious service, Fuyun hinted at his place of origin, and Han Cheng's first reaction was: This may be a good opportunity to subdue the people under the Black Mountain Army.

Qi County has been won, Taiyuan County is in a stable state for the time being, and other regions can indeed be considered.

The longer the preparation, the greater the chance of success.

The matter of the Montenegrin Army was a major matter, and Han Cheng was afraid that he would miss something in dealing with the Montenegrin Army alone, so he ordered his own soldiers to call his current think tanks, Li Ru and Fu Zhu.

At this time, Fu Zhu and Li Ru were working hard to write together, one was busy dealing with the huge loot harvested; A well-arranged job that was busy dealing with a large number of captives.

When Han Cheng's personal soldiers arrived, they conveyed Han Cheng's meaning.

The two looked at each other, knowing in their hearts that there must be something important to discuss, otherwise Han Cheng would not easily trouble the two of them at this time.

So, the two of them briefly summarized the work at hand, and hurried to the hall behind the county office.

Before entering the hall door, the two of them looked at Han Cheng and Fuyun sipping tea and laughing.

The two followed Han Cheng for a long time and knew what Han Cheng meant by inviting someone to drink tea: inviting people who are not familiar with each other to drink tea generally has only one meaning, and this meaning is that they attach great importance to you.

The two of them were surprised for a while: "What big thing has this floating cloud done to make the lord treat him like this?" ”

Seeing that the two of them had arrived, Han Cheng put away the joke he had just tasted tea and joked, and said to the two: "In the past few days, the two of you have worked hard!" After a few days, invite the two of you to the house for a drink. ”

Fu Zhu and Li Ru hurriedly replied politely: "It is our duty to share worries for the Lord. The subordinates didn't dare to ask for too much. ”

Of course, that is, Li Ru will say this when others are around, if there are only two people, Li Ru and Han Cheng, Li Ru will definitely say: "It's not enough to just drink, it's good to let Cai play a few songs." ”

Han Cheng would definitely say to Li Ru: "Get out!" Wish for the moon! ”

Han Cheng was just polite, these two people were too tired in the past two days, and Han Cheng saw it in his eyes.

Now seeing that the two of them were full of energy, they went straight to the point, and then said gently to Fuyun on the side: "Fuyun, these two are my closest people, you can just speak freely." You can continue to talk about the great deeds that you have not just said. ”

After Fuyun heard Han Cheng's words, he hurriedly got up and said, "Tell Lord Taishou, I want to return to the Black Mountain region and persuade the Black Mountain Army to return to Lord Taishou, so as to make meritorious contributions." ”

After hearing Fuyun's words, Li Ru and Fu Zhu knew that Han Cheng was planning the Black Mountain Army, which was indeed a big deal.

So the two cheered up and listened.

After listening to Fuyun's words, Han Cheng said calmly: "You have also seen the soldiers of my Fenwu Army, they are brave in battle, can't they directly send troops to take down the Black Mountain Army?" ”

Fuyun knew that this was Han Cheng testing himself, and replied respectfully: "Tell Lord Taishou, although I haven't been in Taihang Mountain in the past few years, my cronies are still in the Montenegrin Army, and I still know a little about the current situation in the Montenegrin Army.

The Black Mountain region, where the old nest of the Montenegrin army is located, is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Moreover, the Montenegrin army's claim to have a million people is not groundless, although some have been wiped out, but now there are at least 30,000 or 40,000 troops in the Montenegrin army that can fight, and there are at least 300,000 old and weak women and children left.

If Lord Taishou sends troops, they take advantage of the terrain, even if Lord Taishou sends an army of 100,000, there is no guarantee that they will take the Black Mountain Army within three years.

Therefore, if you want to subdue them, you can't use the method of forcible attack, but only use the strategy of lobbying. ”

After hearing this, Han Cheng looked pensive.

Li Ru was in charge of the intelligence battalion, but the old nest of the Montenegrin Army was loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and the personnel of the intelligence battalion could not penetrate into the Montenegrin Army, so the details of the Montenegrin Army were not clear.

After listening to Fuyun's words, he said with a serious face: "As far as I know, there is a leader of the Black Mountain Army named Zhang Yan, he is not so easy to lobby, right?" ”

Fu Yun knew that the two people in front of him were close to Han Cheng, otherwise it would be impossible for them to come to such a big matter, so he said respectfully to Li Ru:

"Back to Captain Han, on the surface, the Montenegrin Army seems to be very united, but in fact, the Montenegrin Army is not monolithic, how can a Zhang Yan pack up so many people and obey them?

Moreover, since the creation of the Montenegrin Army, it has been divided into a total of twenty-five tribes, and Zhang Yan is only one of the most powerful tribes, and he has the title of the leader of the Montenegrin Army.

Our tribe and the Lei Gong tribe used to be two of these tribes.

Although the twenty-five tribes have decreased by seventy-seven or eighty-eight over the years, new tribes will still join, and there are now at least twelve tribes in the Montenegrin army.

I lobbied the Black Mountain Army for Lord Taishou, even if I can't let Zhang Yan return to obedience, I will definitely let a few of these tribes lead the people under his command to submit to Lord Taishou, at least there will be a population of 50,000 or 60,000 people. ”

After listening to this, Fu Zhi continued to ask: "Even if it is as you said, how can so many tribes of the Black Mountain Army easily submit to us if they have established themselves as armies?" ”

Fuyun smiled and said, "My certainty, of course, is given by the lord."

None of you have ever been a horse bandit or a bandit, and you don't know what the life of a bandit is like.

Do you think that hundreds of thousands of people in the Montenegrin army are staying in that mountain range?

Some people had to run because of the war; Another part of the people are because life is difficult and they really can't live anymore.

If you are not forced to be helpless, who wants to be a bandit?

Drill into the deep mountains and old forests, and live a life of eating the last meal and not the next meal, who wants it?

If there is a chance, who doesn't want to guard a few acres of thin fields, and the wife and children are hot on the kang?

Now they have the opportunity, and the Lord Taishou is unparalleled in his righteousness, and treats everyone equally, even a person like me, who is a heinous sin; and promulgated such a decree on the division of land for the benefit of the people.

If there is anyone in the world who can subdue the Montenegrin army and properly settle the people of the Montenegrin army, then only Lord Taishou will be the one.

Lord Taishou is the hope of the Black Mountain Army to survive!

I persuaded them to surrender, firstly for my own merits, and secondly for the sake of the people of the Montenegrin army. ”

After saying these words, there were tears in Fuyun's eyes, as if he thought of something sad.

Han Cheng saw that Li Ru was frustrated and both of them were almost asked, and said, "Fuyun, you go down first!" ”

Fuyun knew that Han Cheng and the three of them were going to discuss it after listening to his words, so he bowed to each of them and turned to leave.