Zhang Yan was ready to concentrate his soldiers to fight Zhao Yi to the death, and several leaders under him had different opinions. A middle-aged man with a long scar on the left side of his face bowed slightly, explaining his opinion: "Lord, at this time, the momentum of the officers and soldiers is like a rainbow, and the soldiers in our army have very little experience in fighting with the officers and soldiers. Zhao Yi's department is famous for his courage and good fighting, and he chose such a strong opponent in the first encounter. I'm afraid that it will be difficult for our army to resist. ”

The rest of the leaders nodded in agreement when they heard this, although the Montenegrin army lost 30,000 soldiers, but it did not shake its foundation. The total number of soldiers in the various units was 150,000, twice the number of officers and soldiers. However, against a strong opponent like Zhao Yi, the number of people can't tell the story. In the battle of Guangzong and Changshe, Zhao Yi did not win more with less. The Montenegrin Army has been established for less than a month, and the belief in victory has not yet been immersed in the hearts of these soldiers, and the Montenegrin Army has suffered two successive defeats in the hands of Zhao Yi, which has already made the soldiers of the headquarters panic.

If the soldiers are defeated in a decisive battle with Zhao Yi, it is easy to say, but if the first battle is lost, the soldiers are very likely to collapse at the touch of a button if they fight with Zhao Yi's soldiers again. At that time, the army that he had worked so hard to recruit would collapse in an instant.

Zhang Yan's eyes flashed when he heard the ringleader's words, the angry look on his face slowly froze and collapsed, and he sighed and sat down on his knees again. Gritted his teeth and spit out two words: "Zhao Yi!" "Zhang Niujiao and Zhang Yan raised the banner to create the Montenegrin Army The timing was very good, and the plague was rampant, and it took the opportunity to rise, and it really achieved good results, and more than 100,000 people were called upon in a short time.

Originally, the two wanted to recuperate in Taihang Mountain, and wait until after this plague before acting, the plague spread to the four states, and the affected villagers were as many as hundreds of thousands, such a big plague, if you want to solve it, it will take three months, with this three months, Zhang Yan will order all departments of the Montenegrin Army to gather as many soldiers as possible, and can also train his soldiers to reduce the fear of the soldiers in their hearts. At that time, even if Zhang Yan met Zhao Yi on a narrow road, he had an absolute chance of winning. Annihilated the official army of Zhao Yisuo, then the official army of the county on the boundary of Jizhou will not be able to stop Zhang Yan's aggression, as long as it is to develop in Jizhou for a few years to stabilize the army's morale, it is not impossible to take the opportunity to seize the Central Plains at that time.

However, this matter was broken by Zhao Yi, it was Zhao Yi who controlled the spread of the plague in a very short time, so that Zhang Yan's plan to recruit soldiers again through the plague incident failed, and this incident also made the soldiers in the Montenegrin army unstable, and the soldiers were homesick, if Zhao Yi came up with a way to deal with Yu Poison to deal with Zhang Yan, the result of Zhang Yan's department was not much better than Yu Poison.

On that day, Zhang Niujiao wanted to learn from the Yellow Turban Army to capture the city, but the Black Mountain Army, which had never experienced a major battle, was not the opponent of the official army at all, and the soldiers who attacked it head-on were suppressed by the official army, and even the leader Zhang Niujiao was shot by a stray arrow. As a result, the Montenegrin military achievements were defeated. Zhang Yan had to change his strategy and enter the Taihang Mountains, but the imperial court sent a Zhao Yi to find trouble with them.

The predicament of the Montenegrin Army at this time was all due to Zhao Yi, Zhang Yan and the leaders of the department hated Zhao Yi very much, but they had nothing to do with Zhao Yi. "But if we don't gather the soldiers, how can our army confront Zhao Yi's 60,000 officers and soldiers?" Zhang Yan sighed and said, and analyzed the situation at this time in detail, "Zhao Yi is well aware of the shortcomings of our army, so he integrates the army in one place and deals with our soldiers in various departments, all of which are as simple as the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves. ”

Zhang Yan's analysis is good, at this time, the plague in Jizhou has been pacified, coupled with the arrogance of Zhao Yi's department, which makes the rising star of the Black Mountain Army become bleak in an instant. Under Zhao Yi's oppression, not to mention replenishing the troops, it is excellent not to find deserters in the cottage.

"Lord, if we break up the soldiers and hide them in the countryside, and wait until Zhao Yi's troops return in vain, we will make a plan." One of the leaders said with a deep groan.

Hidden in the countryside? Zhang Yan smiled bitterly, if the soldiers were allowed to return to the countryside, under that stable life, how could they come back to live this kind of life of licking blood with him. Using this strategy, it is estimated that without Zhao Yi's action, the Montenegrin army will collapse. Zhang Yan told everyone about the disadvantages of this plan, "At this time, the only way for our army to survive is to fight to the death with Zhao Yi's subordinates." Zhang Yan finally made preparations for a battle to the death with Zhao Yi.

Now Zhang Yan is a little resentful, when the uprising was made, he and the remnants of the Yellow Turbans scattered in Qingzhou and Xuzhou passed letters, and the two sides agreed to act together, but at this time, many days have passed since the uprising of the Montenegrin Army, and the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou and Xuzhou has not moved. As a result, Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army became a lone army, squeezed into this narrow Taihang Mountain Range by the four states, if the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army met to make an appointment, the Black Mountain Army and they could echo the north and south, and with the Yellow Turban Army to contain part of the imperial court's troops, their Black Mountain Army would be a little better.

Zhang Yan knew that the Yellow Turban Army was waiting and watching, and asked them to make a decision, but they were afraid that after separating the victory with Zhao Yi, if the official army won, they would be dormant, and if Zhang Yan won, they would take the opportunity to rise up and seize the Qing and Xu places.

Zhang Yan had made up his mind, and his leaders had to order the soldiers to quickly report the matter to the leaders of the various departments, so that they could lead their troops to come quickly.

Unlike Zhang Yan's eagerness to dispatch troops, Zhao Yi, who had won two battles in a row, did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but rested his army in Changshan County, and asked his soldiers to quickly transmit Zhao Yi's official letter to Zhao Guojun and Guangping County. This official document is a warning to the Montenegrin army, with only a few words, go with life and death.

There are two living examples of Bai Rao and Yu Poison, and the commanders of several squads of the Black Mountain Army, after receiving this news, their expressions changed greatly. Yu Poison had written them a distress letter, but by the time they arrived, the battle was over. Yu Poison Cottage has become a ruin, and then the detectives of the department found the traces of Zhao Yi's department. The leader went out to investigate, and was bluffed by the overwhelming number of officers and soldiers.

"Zhao Yi's army has exterminated the Yu Poison Department, and it is very likely that we will be next, what is your opinion?" The leader copied the official documents of the official army and showed them to several small leaders under his command, and looked at the panicked expressions of everyone in their eyes, waiting for the answers of these people.

After the little leader saw it, he put the cloth in the leader's hand respectfully with trembling hands, looked at the leader and a few colleagues, because he couldn't figure out the leader's thoughts, and said tentatively, "Brother Zhuang, we are not Zhang Yanyan's generals, the soldiers of the department are all gathered by our hard work, and the black mountain army joined the Black Mountain Army that day just to enjoy the shade with their backs against the big tree." Although the little leader did not explain this, Brother Zhuang already understood that he did not owe the Montenegrin army, at this moment Zhao Yi's army was pressing, the Montenegrin army was in critical condition at this time, and Brother Zhuang led the soldiers to surrender Zhao Yi was also forced by the situation, so there was no need to feel guilty.

This person even said the words to persuade Brother Zhuang, so he was naturally inclined to surrender to Zhao Yi's army.

At this time, the plague in Sizhou has been controlled, and the soldiers under him are homesick, and after learning about Zhao Yi's official document, their emotions are even more difficult to control. The soldiers under him are all relatives of our county and county, does Brother Zhuang want to see these corpses all over the field? There was a small leader who said reasonably, as if Brother Zhuang was doing something that made everyone angry when he confronted the official army.

Be obedient, all of you. Brother Zhuang actually had a decision in his heart to surrender to Zhao Yi's department. Brother Zhuang is self-aware, before he succeeded, he was just a gangster, where did he have the courage to confront Zhao Yi's official army. Moreover, Zhao Yi's department is incomparable, and his prestige is still heard of in Jizhou, in Brother Zhuang's opinion, even if Zhang Yan integrates the scattered tribes together, he is not the opponent of Zhao Yi's official army.

The battle between the official army and Zhang Yan is imminent, and Brother Zhuang naturally wants to take refuge on the powerful side and use it as a protective umbrella. "Write to Ding Bo and say that our department has decided to join the official army, and ask him what his plans are."

Five days have passed in the blink of an eye, and Zhao Yi's official army has arrived in Zhaoguo County, and under the oppression of Zhao Yi's military power, several armies on the periphery of the Montenegrin Army, such as Brother Zhuang and Ding Bo, have surrendered to the official army, and informed Zhao Yi of the plan of the Montenegrin Army. Zhao Yi did not embarrass the soldiers under these people, and let them return to the county. He personally led the army to Zhaoguo County to fight to the death with Zhang Yan's army.

Zhang Yan gathered the scattered troops, this move was already expected by Zhao Yi, if Zhang Yan did not gather and gathered, then Zhao Yi would be scattered and outnumbered.

Although the Montenegrin army lost a lot of manpower, there were still 120,000 people, the soldiers shouted and shouted to shake the heavens and the earth, and the waving flags covered the sky and the sun, seeing the 120,000 soldiers in front of him, Zhang Yan's sad face only improved slightly. The defection of Brother Zhuang, Ding Bo and others made Zhang Yan very angry, and he wanted to devour these two people alive, but this was not the time to deal with those defected soldiers, and the top priority at present was to encourage the soldiers to face Zhao Yi.

Zhang Yan sat in the right seat, and on both sides were the leaders of the various departments. They had just led their troops here today, and when they heard that Ding Bo and the others had defected to the enemy, their faces were not very good-looking.

When discussing with Zhang Yan about dealing with Zhao Yi's army, the answer was very inactive, and he had his own little calculations in his heart. Zhang Yan asked a few questions, and found that the atmosphere in the field was depressing, as if he was asking questions and would answer, and there was no sense of urgency that the big war was imminent.

Zhang Yan looked at everyone's faces, his mind turned, and he understood the thoughts of these people, his eyes rolled twice, and he laughed twice, "Are you worried about fighting with Zhao Yi's troops?" ”

These words hit the hearts of these generals, and Ding Bo and the others left, reducing the Montenegrin army by nearly 30,000 soldiers. They were not confident that the Montenegrin army would be able to defeat the official army. Before the war began, many soldiers on their side fled, which greatly affected their morale.

Looking at these silent generals, Zhang Yan knew that he had guessed their thoughts, and the defection of Ding Bo and others not only affected these generals, but also affected Zhang Yan, but he did not dare to reveal it in front of others, and still had to ensure that he looked confident, only in this way could his soldiers have the confidence to fight with the officers and soldiers.

Zhang Yangang wanted to organize language to comfort his subordinates, and at this time, the soldiers at the camp gate walked into the military tent, "Lord, Zhao Yi sent an envoy to send a war letter." ”