In September of the fourth year of the first peace, the prelude to the troubled times is about to begin. However, the state still looks peaceful, and most of the people are still content with farming. I don't know if Cang Tiantian really has eyes, since Lu Bu became the pastor of Bingzhou, the harvest in the past two years has been okay, and the harvest in many places is quite rich. If it weren't for those Taihang bandits, then the state would really be considered smooth and peaceful.

But even so, many people are still very satisfied. Regardless of these Taihang bandits, the security in this place is much better than before. After Lu Bu took office, everything he did was not pretentious. This plague is much better than before, especially in Taiyuan, where some bandits occupying small hills have been cleaned up by the officials and soldiers. Only those black mountain thieves who are rooted in the Taihang Mountains have not been solved. However, each county also has guards and officials to maintain law and order. Even those Black Mountain thieves can't come and loot as they used to.

Otherwise, according to the habits of those Taihang bandits, I am afraid that the last robbery was not Yangqu, but Jinyang!

However, the increased defense of the guards of each county is naturally excellent for the people of the nine counties of the state, but this is a disaster for the millions of black mountain thieves in the Taihang Mountain Range! Seeing that winter is coming, the millions of bandits in the Taihang Mountains are short of food and clothing, and the leaders of the various mountains can't sit still. If they don't go down the mountain and loot, will they be able to survive the winter? The life of the bandits has really gotten worse and worse these years. They don't have the ability to loot this rich Jizhou, so they can't merge the states and loot them, right?

Even they have cultivation in the Taihang Mountains, but just with the little land they cultivate, how can they feed so many bandits! What's more, warm clothes are also a must, right? Otherwise, I don't know how many people will die of illness or freeze to death in the cold winter! In such a situation, looting is also a must. It's just that how this loots should also be weighed carefully. With them, it is naturally impossible for these people to plunder Jinyang, which is heavily guarded and the city is strong, right? That Jinyang is the foundation of Lu Bu, just like Yuan Shao's foundation Yecheng.

It must be known that the Yecheng that Yu Poison and these people went to loot was still able to succeed when the people of Yecheng were unstable and Yuan Shao's army was on an expedition. But even so, after Yuan Shao's army returned, he defeated Yu Poison and these people without much effort, and pursued them endlessly into the old forests deep in the mountains, and forcibly cut off the head of the poisonous land. This incident made these Black Mountain Bandit Leaders extremely shocked! Only then did they understand their strength, they looked very strong, but there was still a lot of gap between them and the elite soldiers of those real princes. That is, there are thousands of miles of Taihang Mountain Range to hide in, otherwise I don't know how many times these strongmen will be destroyed.

Yuan Shao is very strong, strong enough to be able to go over the mountains and mountains to attack the poisonous old supernest, and he will be cut down by the poison. And Lu Bu, who can defeat Yuan Shao, where is it easy to mess with? In order to avoid Jinyang's heavy troops, these Taihang bandits thought about it, and it was only reliable to loot some cities that were a little farther away from Jinyang. This choice came and went, and he still took a fancy to the two places of Wolf Meng and Yuxian.

Yes, two cities!

This time, they are targeting these two cities. There is also a reason why they chose to plunder these two cities. First, the two cities of Wolf Meng and Yuxian are relatively close to each other, so they can kill two birds with one stone. Second, these two cities are not close to Jinyang, but they are not far away. Why not be close? If it is too close to Jinyang, then it is easy for reinforcements to come to the rescue. Second, if the small city is too far away from Jinyang, then its wealth is far from comparable. This Jinyang is the seat of the state of Bingzhou, and it is also the most prosperous place in Bingzhou, and the prosperity of Jinyang also makes the counties around it rich. Just look at the two places of Wolf Meng and Yuxian, don't look at only two cities, but there are tens of thousands of households and tens of thousands of people. If this is placed in other parts of the state, small cities with hundreds or thousands of households, with a population of only a few thousand, how many things can be looted? Of course, there is this last point, Yuxian County and the east of Wolf Meng is Jingcheng, if the raid is successful, they can quickly transfer from Jingcheng Road into the Taihang Mountains, at that time, even if the officers and soldiers come, there is no way to take them.

Yangqu is an excellent example.

On the road to Yucheng, the dense Taihang bandits swept towards Yucheng like a violent wind, and the momentum can be described as huge! There are also 100,000 Taihang bandits dispatched this time! However, these 100,000 people are not the rabble of the last time they plundered Yangqu, most of these bandits are young and strong, and this combat power is not comparable to that of the group of old and weak women and children.

From a distance, these black mountain thieves with yellow scarves on their heads are like a yellow ocean, and they can't see the end at a glance. The pole flag erected high also covers the sky and the sun. After this large number of foot soldiers who rushed forward, there were many horsemen in leather armor! It's like a regular army. In front of this cavalry field, Zhang Yan, who was wearing gold armor, was looking at the advancing soldiers and horses with his head held high, and his face was very solemn.

Even though the commander of the Montenegrin Army this time is him, this is only in name. The Montenegrin army is a large number, but it is all gathered together by the leaders of all the mountains. There are dozens of thief chieftains in this Taihang Mountain Range, the big ones are twenty or thirty thousand people, and the small ones are six or seven thousand. And Zhang Yan is just one of the leaders, but Zhang Yan is everyone's boss, that is, their commander. It's just a matter of bringing them together and commanding them.

"General."

As soon as he rode a flying horse, he said to Zhang Yan, "The pioneer still has ten miles to reach Yucheng!" Zhang Baiqi asked people to come and inform the general that he would definitely break through the gates of Yucheng before the general arrived in Yucheng! ”

said that the head of the thief who was towards Zhang Yan was also burly, his face was dark, his face was full of beard, and he looked like a fierce general. This person is Zhang Yan's general, surnamed Sun Mingqing. This Sun Qing was also a small marshal with thousands of men, and later led his subordinates to obey Zhang Yan together with Wang Dang, these small bandit leaders, and thus became Zhang Yan's subordinates, and now he is also valued by Zhang Yan. As Zhang Yan's subordinate, Sun Qing did not call Zhang Yan a marshal, but a general. This is also the difference between Zhang Yan and other leaders, he likes others to call him a general, rather than a commander.

Not to mention this Zhang Yan's special preference, after listening to Sun Qingdi's words, Zhang Yan's face became more serious, "Let Zhang Bai ride don't be careless!" Although there are not many Han soldiers in Yucheng, it is inevitable that there will be no accidents. ”

Zhang Baiqi, this is also one of the leaders of the Montenegrin Army. It's just that this Zhang Baiqi is not an ordinary small leader, he has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he is also strong among the many leaders in the Montenegrin army. And the real name of this Zhang Baiqi is not called Zhang Baiqi, but his surname is Zhang, and he likes to ride white horses, so people call him "Zhang Baiqi." "These Montenegrin and Yellow Turban marshals are all uneducated, have very low backgrounds, and have no characters, so they all have their own names based on their respective characteristics. For example, the loud one is Zhang Leigong, the beard wrapper is Yu Zhengen, and the big-eyed one is Li Damu. Even Zhang Yan's name Zhang Feiyan came from this.

But don't look at the humble origins of these leaders of the Black Mountain Army, but now they are the leaders of various mountains. This Zhang Bai rode tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he didn't blow it out blindly, otherwise Zhang Yan wouldn't let him be the vanguard to attack the city first. It's just that Zhang Yan has always been cautious on weekdays, even though the plan is very thorough, but she still doesn't dare to be careless.

"General, don't worry, I'll go and say it!"

Sun Qing was about to turn around and leave, but Zhang Yan stopped him, "Wait! You also send someone to Kuaima to tell Yu Yigen and Li Damu the two commanders, so that they don't be careless! Wolf Meng is close to Jinyang, if it can be reached at the speed of cavalry in half a day, you must send more scouts to investigate. ”

"Yes!"

Sun Qing responded.

Seeing Zhang Yan say this, Wang Dang, who was beside Zhang Yan, sneered, "General, I look at what you say, they can't listen to it!" Now that this Wolf Meng and Yucheng are close in front of them, these people's eyes are red, how can they do anything more? ”

Zhang Yan glanced at Wang Dang, "This is not an extra move!" That Jinyang's Lu Bu has a fine cavalry, if he knows that this wolf Meng and Yucheng are in danger, they will definitely be killed in an instant! ”

"The guards and brothers of Jinyang have inquired clearly, most of them are foot soldiers, this cavalry is less than a thousand, is it possible that this thousand cavalry still dares to come out in the face of our hundreds of thousands of troops?"

Wang Dang smiled.

Zhang Yan also nodded slightly, their main force was exhausted, unless this official army was prepared, it was impossible to organize soldiers and horses to resist in such a short time. It's just that this Zhang Yan is really a little jealous of the cavalry under Lu Bu's command. He knew very well that the nemesis of these bandits was the cavalry. The reason why he Zhang Yan was able to become the most powerful person in the Black Mountain Army was not that his subordinates were much more than those other commanders, but because he had three thousand horsemen under his command!

The mighty Black Mountain Army continued to sweep forward.

And at this time, the battle in Yuxian County is also the most intense moment! Under the command of the white horseman, tens of thousands of bandits were fearless of life and death and besieged Yucheng. Even though the siege methods of these bandits are extremely chaotic, they are better than the number of people! Tens of thousands of thieves surrounded Yucheng and attacked it from all sides! And even though the guards on Yucheng are extremely fierce, there are also some situations that cannot be supported.

Under Yucheng, a person is riding on a high-headed white horse, with a white robe and white armor, looking very mighty!

This person is Zhang Baiqi.

Zhang Baiqi is tall and handsome, and he has been riding a white horse all day long, looking very handsome.

And the white horse, that is also a status symbol.

The price of a white horse is extremely expensive, it is not something that ordinary people can have, such as Zhang Baiqi, a person from such a background, if it is a peaceful era, he will not ride a white horse in his life. But in this troubled era, it is the times that create heroes, he is tall and brave, but he has made him famous in the Montenegrin army. Later, in the robbery of a city, a county monarch was killed, and a white horse was obtained, and from then on he rode a white horse to fight, so he was called Zhang Baiqi.

"Keep going! This city is about to break! ”

"Break through Yucheng, and all the money in this Yucheng will be brothers! Brothers, keep attacking! ”

At this time, Zhang Bai was riding, his eyes were red.

The fierce resistance of this Yucheng was beyond his expectations, and the casualties paid for a while were not small! Zhang Baiqi just wants to break through this Yucheng first, and then enter this Yucheng first!

"Qu Shuai! The Han pawns in the city are too strong! ”

A small leader came over with a sad face, "The brothers can't attack it!" ”

"Nonsense!"

Zhang Baiqi picked up the little leader, pointed to the city and scolded, "Open your dog's eyes and take a good look, there are only hundreds of soldiers in that city!" We have tens of thousands! You told me you couldn't attack it? ”

The little leader made Zhang Baiqi so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything more.

Zhang Baiqi hatefully threw the man off the horse, and then rode the white horse around Yucheng, urging the soldiers to step forward.

In this way, the momentum of those bandits is really boosted! Push forward one by one!

Seeing that Yucheng is in danger, I don't know where hundreds of more people came out! It turned the tide in an instant! The offensive of those fierce bandits has stalled again.

"Reinforcements, reinforcements have arrived!"

"The Han army has reinforcements!"

The appearance of these hundreds of people definitely affected the morale of both sides.

And Zhang Baiqi, who watched the battle under the city, saw it really! What kind of reinforcements from the Han army, it is clearly just dozens of Han soldiers and some strong men! These hundreds of people are not reinforcements of the Han army at all! This is just some cunning tricks of those Han troops to boost morale!

"Keep attacking!"

Zhang Baiqi roared angrily!

But at this time, he didn't notice the commotion behind him!

I saw that the left and right sides of these people did not know when there were cavalry rushing in! The sound of horses' hooves made many people's faces pale in an instant!

"Cavalry! Lots of cavalry! ”

One of the thieves opened his mouth wide and his eyes widened, as if he had seen something incredible.

"What?"

In the confusion, Zhang Baiqi couldn't hear what the people behind were shouting clearly, but he could also feel the commotion in the rear. The instinctive reaction was to look behind him, but before he could turn to his side, a stray arrow flew from somewhere, and it hit him! He just fell headlong off his horse!

"Zhang Qushuai is dead!"

Someone shouted so loudly!

When the thieves who were besieging the city saw this situation, they also turned around and fled!

There was a noise everywhere!

Zhang Baiqi, who fell to the ground, watched these people scatter and wanted to struggle to get up! He wanted to shout that he was alive!