Chaoge County, once the capital of the Shang Dynasty, was called Qi County in later generations, and was adjacent to Hebi City in the north.

Twenty miles to the west, that is, about ten kilometers, is the Taihang Mountains. If you don't understand this, then you can further explain: a hundred miles west of Chaoge County, is where Montenegro is located!

Considering that twenty miles to the west, it is already the Taihang Mountains, and it can also be considered that that area is also an active area for Black Mountain bandits.

"What did my brother find?" Guan Yu asked curiously, after all, Lu Yan was currently busy elsewhere.

"As far as I know, there are several groups of thieves who are active in the Taihang Mountains. Led by ...... It seems to be called Zhang Niujiao. Liu Tao thought about it, when he used to read novels, he had read similar content.

In addition, as far as he knew, during this period, Zhang Niujiao actually did not raise troops to respond to the Yellow Turban Thieves. On the contrary, the year after the Yellow Turban Thieves were put down, that is, in 185 AD, the army was raised.

Speaking of which, did Zhang Niujiao really raise troops in Taihang Mountain? Because Zhang Yan is the leader of the Black Mountain Thieves, it is customary to see that they are all from the Taihang Mountains...... It's just that if the memory is correct, Zhang Niujiao seems to have been defeated in Julu County.

Vaguely he seemed to have grasped something, and in his memory, there was a deeply buried memory, which should be the description of Zhang Niujiao.

It's just that since I haven't recalled it now, it means that it's in my mind, it's the kind of thing, and I've seen it at a glance, but the purpose of the investigation at the beginning wasn't that, so the memory is not deep, and even in general, it's hard to recall.

If you can really do it, then your 'never forget' ability can be regarded as a great achievement, right?

Liu Tao was seriously recalling the information that he might have only seen once, but he didn't care about it soon. No one will accumulate so much knowledge specifically for the sake of traversing, at most, when reading novels, they are curious about this person, so go and take a look.

In addition, the time is a bit long, and it has to be dug out in his mind, thanks to the fact that he has 13 points of spirit.

"Boling County?" Liu Tao muttered a place name, "I remember Boling County, it doesn't seem to be east of Liwu County, right?" ”

"Yes, Boling County, Boling County. During the period of Emperor Huan, in order to honor his father's filial piety and worship the emperor, Boshui was used as a mausoleum to divide the land of Liwu County to establish Boling County. At the same time, it is divided into several counties of Zhongshan, Hejian and Anping County, and Boling County is set up and Boling County is governed. "Jian Yong has done a little homework.

That's true, so they didn't go to Boling County at that time, after all, it was no longer Zhongshan County.

"I see, we didn't go over......" Liu Tao pondered, and it should have passed at that time. It's just that I didn't think about it at the time, Zhang Niujiao is actually from Boling County.

I made a mistake before, in fact, Zhang Niujiao was in Boling County, and Zhang Yan was actually from Changshan Zhending, and he was a fellow villager with Zhao Yun. During this period, a group of robbers had gathered to roam in Taihang Mountain, and when they returned to Zhending, there were nearly 10,000 people under their command.

For a moment, I also wondered if Zhao Yun and Zhang Yan knew each other in the official history, and even mixed up together.

The final conclusion is: Zhang Niujiao will raise troops next year, Chu Yan will respond in Zhending, and finally join forces in Gall Tao. After Zhang Niujiao was hit by an arrow, he thought of the brothers who followed him, and asked them to recognize Zhang Yan as the leader. In order to better gather these people, the latter recognized Zhang Niujiao as his father-in-law and changed his name to Zhang Yan.

"Brother......" Guan Yu couldn't figure it out, after all, Liu Tao's behavior felt a little chaotic. Here and there.

"It's nothing, it's just that when I think about something, my mind starts to connect a lot of pieces together." Liu Tao looked at his worried look and hurriedly explained, "I probably know who the thief who covets the grain transportation team over there is in Chaoge." ”

"Oh, what the hell is sacred enough to let my brother know of his existence?" Guan Yu was a little curious, as far as he knew, Liu Tao had 'seen' what would happen in the future. It's just a bit embarrassing, so I can't see it exactly.

In such a situation, what he can remember must not be an unknown person.

"Chu Yan, Changshan Zhending people, there is also a nickname called Feiyan in the rivers and lakes. Yun Chang used to be a ranger, have you ever heard of this name? Liu Tao asked with a smile.

Chu Yan's words, I heard other rangers mention it, wandering in Taihang Mountain, and from time to time going down the mountain to do chivalrous righteousness. The powerful who specializes in robbing the rich and unkind, and supports the poor with wealth, are also quite famous among the rangers.

The key is that he is a bold person, not only is his strength first-class at a young age, but he will help others when they are in difficulty...... Honestly, there was a time when I wanted to hang out with him for a while. Guan Yu replied with some embarrassment.

Chu Yan was active in the Taihang Mountains, Youzhou and Jizhou, and even Bingzhou and Sili were all in his range of activities. It's just that Taihang Mountain is so big, it's difficult to catch him, and life has been very moist.

"Slow ......down," Guan Yu obviously realized something, "Is he the one who covets the army's food and grass?" ”

"If I'm not mistaken, there should be thousands of people under his command, and there may be more family members behind him. How can so many people, relying only on daily looting, be able to feed? Liu Tao thought for a moment.

After a pause, he added: "Even if they have a base in Taihang Mountain, and live and plant in it at the same time, I'm afraid it won't be enough." And the grain transported from Luoyang through Hanoi is enough for tens of thousands of troops to use in a month. ”

He even wondered if Zhang Yan had really plundered military rations in history, which led to a shortage of food in Lu Zhi's army.

The lack of food coupled with war weariness, it is good that the morale has not collapsed, and you still expect to be able to defeat Guangzong? Lu Zhi was able to support it for two months, and his morale has not collapsed, which is already very remarkable!

Of course, what didn't happen can only be regarded as speculation, but when the grain transport team passed through Chaoge, it was a fact that unidentified people were cruising around the grain team nearby. At least for now, it's happening.

"All in all......" Liu Tao looked back at everyone, including Lu Yan who had just come in, "Our enemy is a group of robbers, the number is estimated to be in the thousands, and the person at the head is Chu Yan, a person from Changshan Zhending." At the same time, if the battle is smooth, the thieves will escape into the mountains and forests at any time, and they should try to avoid chasing them in the forest. ”

Taihang Mountain is not a small mountain forest, even if there is an insight of the wind dragon, it can monitor every grass and tree within a radius of ten miles, so he must concentrate all day long to prevent thieves from sneaking attacks.

At the same time, it also means that you can march up to ten miles a day. Even for safety, they could only walk five miles.

Every time you don't enter, you must also abide by the Basic Law, otherwise you will accidentally play yourself to death, and it will be tragic.

"My lord, I've always wanted to ask this question...... Why do you know, these? Jian Yong still couldn't sit still in the end, after all, he felt that Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Lu Yan all knew, as if they were excluded.

"Xianhe, didn't I say that I can spell?" Liu Tao thinks that it can't be said directly, but it can be said in another way.

After a pause, he pointed to his brain and said, "The Heavenly Eye will be, so there is nothing strange about the oracle, right?" When I sleep, every now and then I 'watch' some fragments, some information, some events. It's piecemeal, but it's real. ”

"To put it simply, my brother can predict the future, and then it's just very fragmentary, and I don't know why." Lu Yan hurriedly added.

"Oh......" Don't talk about Jian Yong at this moment, even Liu Ge and Shangguan Yu next to him showed surprised expressions.