Therefore, since the fourth year of the first peace, the entire Montenegrin army, including Zhang Yan's subordinates, has never invaded Yuan Shao's territory on a large scale.

In fact, not long before the defeat in the fourth year of Chuping, Zhang Yanhui and another small commander in the Montenegrin army, Yu Poison, broke through Yecheng.

When resting on the road, Gongsun Xu asked Jian Yong directly, and said: "Lord Jian, the letter from Xuande Gong to my father, the kid has also read it, and the above did not mention too much to the Black Mountain Thief, what is your intention to make this trip to the Black Mountain Thief?" If you borrow troops from Zhang Yan and others to rescue my father, you don't need to risk meeting Zhang Yan and them at all, right? ”

Jian Yong was in a hurry to leave, and Gongsun Chan didn't think of this level, but the people around Gongsun Chan were not all fools, such as Gongsun Xu, such as Guan Jing, they all thought of this joint. Because Guan Jing didn't want to make a fuss, Gongsun Chan changed his decision, so he never mentioned this stubble in front of Gongsun Chan.

And Gongsun Xu didn't mention it in front of his father because he knew that even if he said it, Gongsun Chan would not change his original intention.

However, Jian Yong didn't want to answer Gongsun Xu's question, at least, at this time, in front of Gongsun Xu and his subordinates, he didn't want to explain the purpose of taking the initiative to meet Zhang Yan to everyone and others.

Because, Jian Yong's trip was not for Zhang Yan to send troops to rescue Gongsun Zhan, but for other purposes.

For this reason, the relationship between Gongsun Xu and Jian Yong is no longer as harmonious as when the two set off from Yijing City.

The two took their respective subordinates, no longer did too much communication, and hurried away against the cold wind along the way, fortunately, when they arrived near the hermitage of Zhang Yanshuai's department, God was very face-saving, except for a little cold wind, the heavy snow did not fall.

To Jian Yong and Gongsun Xu, both of them were amazed, when their group was still ten miles away from Zhang Yan's hermitage, Zhang Yan suddenly appeared in front of them with a large group of men, and the dynasty roughly estimated that the army behind Zhang Yan was as many as 5,000 people, and he could see that although these 5,000 people were not very well dressed and complexed, it was obvious that these were all elite soldiers in Zhang Yan's army.

"Gongsun Gongzi, Mr. Jian, Zhang Yan has been waiting for a long time again!" Zhang Yan immediately rushed to the two people led by the opposite side, clasped his fists and said.

Obviously, Zhang Yan not only learned the whereabouts of the two of them in advance, but also discovered the identities of the two of them in advance.

Hearing this, Jian Yong and Gongsun Xu glanced at each other, but they both shook their heads.

Originally, before Jian Yong and Wang Chao went to Yijing City together, Wang Chao wanted to go to Montenegro to find Zhang Yan by himself, but was persuaded by Jian Yong to stay.

Jin Jue is famous, but it is only south of the Yellow River, as well as in Bingzhou, among the other three states in Hebei, there are very few people who know Jin Jue's name, even if they know, how can these people care about a teenage lame?

What's more, in this place of Hebei, unless it is an envoy sent by the imperial court, only Gongsun Zan has contact and interaction with the Black Mountain thieves, and Yuan Shao and Zhang Yan have a grudge.

Zhang Yan once sent his subordinate Du Chang to assist Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao in fighting for control of Hebei, as a result, Gongsun Chan was defeated, Du Chang was killed, because of this battle, Zhang Yan's reputation among the Black Mountain thieves plummeted, and the few big forces among the Black Mountain thieves have now chosen to fight on their own territory and no longer listen to Zhang Yan's orders.

You must know that there is also Lu Bu's 'credit' in this.

Back then, Lu Bu escaped from Guanzhong and worked for Yuan Shao for a period of time, and during that time, it was the Black Mountain thieves who fought against Lu Bu. It is conceivable that the Black Mountain thieves are just thieves after all, they are just rogues or bandits composed of homeless people and the Yellow Turban Army, no matter how brave and good Zhang Yan is, but compared with Lu Bujun, let alone Lu Bu, Cheng Lian, Wei Yan, or Gao Shun or Zhang Liao, Zhang Yan may not be able to match Hou Cheng or Song Xian.

Jin Jue once stayed under Lu Bu for a period of time, and everyone in the world knows that if the dynasty met Zhang Yan in person, when he introduced himself, the two sides had a conflict because of Lu Bu, it would be a bit wronged.

Therefore, under Jian Yong's persuasion, the dynasty finally accepted his suggestion, and when contacting Zhang Yan, it was better to have Gongsun Zhan's person as an intermediary, which would be more secure.

Zhang Yan was able to learn the identities of the two in advance, since it was not Jian Yong or Gongsun Zhan's leaked news, it was obvious that this was Zhang Yan's own intelligence network that had found out in advance and informed Zhang Yan.

"General Zhang Zhonglang, hello!" Jian Yong also immediately returned the salute without humility or arrogance.

Next, after greeting and greeting Gongsun Xu, Zhang Yan proposed: "Two, this is not the place to talk, you can go back to the mountain with me!" ”

In this way, Jian Yong and Gongsun Xu led people to follow Zhang Yan's army and rode slowly into the mountains.

Coincidentally, just when everyone had just entered the mountain road, it was snowing like goose feathers, and if they didn't hurry up and enter the mountain, it seemed that they would probably be trapped in the mountain road.

Even Zhang Yan, an old thief, couldn't help but be amazed when he saw this scene, and he said in amazement: "Mr. Jian, Gongsun Gongzi, look at this snow, if you are a day late, not half a day late, this year, you and I will not be able to meet?" ”

Not only Zhang Yan, but even Gongsun Xu looked at Jian Yong in great surprise, he knew better than Zhang Yan in his heart, if it weren't for Jian Yong's repeated insistence, he would have to leave the next day after arriving in Yijing City, if it weren't for the fact that Jian Yong had been urging his own people to hurry along the way, they really wouldn't have seen Zhang Yan this time.

"Hehehe, coincidence, before coming, this brother warned again and again that this trip to Youzhou was very urgent and very hurried, and he couldn't delay it for a moment. His lord also warned him that if he was delayed for more than a day or two, he would definitely not see General Zhang Zhonglang next year. Taking advantage of the whole opportunity, Jian Yong introduced the dynasty that had been hidden in his ranks to Zhang Yan for the first time.

"Oh!" Hearing this, Zhang Yan looked back at the dynasty deeply.

The dynasty is very ordinary, he is only in his thirties this year, his stature is neither high nor low, and his appearance is also very ordinary, he is still in Jian Yong's guards, if it is not someone who knows him in advance, he can't tell how he is different from other guards. If Jian Yong hadn't specifically pushed him out to introduce him, he wouldn't have been able to attract the attention of the others present at all.