Chapter 422: Destroying the withering and decaying
Zhang Yan is not an ordinary Taihang thief.
Zhang Yan in her previous life was still quite judgmental. Based on the hundreds of thousands of thieves in the Taihang Mountain Range, he circled among the major princes. Instead of being defeated, it became a force that attracted the attention of all major powers.
Gongsun Chan wooed Zhang Yan and fought against Yuan Shao together, and even before Gongsun Chan died in a tall building, he regarded this Zhang Yan as the last straw. After the defeat of Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao's power in Hebei was strong for a while, but he never exterminated this Zhang Yan.
When the battle of Yuan Cao Guandu was fought, there were many forces that could change the overall situation in the northern part of the Central Plains. For example, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Sun Ce in Jiangdong, or Han Sui Ma Teng in Xiliang. Of course, there is also Zhang Yan who is in Taihang. It's just that from the beginning to the end of the battle of Guandu, this Zhang Yan didn't have any reaction. Whether it was Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, he did not support or oppose it, and quietly watched the success or failure of the battle of Guandu.
It is conceivable that during that period, I am afraid that both sides will promise a lot of benefits in order to win over his forces. Zhang Yan was able to resist those temptations, which is really not something that an ordinary person can do.
If such a person can't see the current situation, it is absolutely impossible. After the destruction of the main force of the Montenegrin army, Lu Bu marched into Taihang almost non-stop, with an army of 100,000 and a huge momentum. How could this Zhang Yan not see Lu Bu's determination?
The reason why there is no information for a long time, in Lu Bu's opinion, is nothing more than only one reason, that is, this Yan is unwilling! At this time, he has been in Taihang for so many years, and he is not the former thief chieftain. In this heart, there is no ambition, and ambition will arise! Let him surrender easily, and no one will be reconciled.
Lu Bu has only been here for more than a year, but he Zhang Yan has been in Taihang for ten years! How much courage is it necessary to abandon the work of the past ten years? Thinking about it this way, Zhang Yan's hesitation is reasonable.
"If this Zhang Yan can really surrender, then these hundreds of thousands of Taihang thieves can be easily solved."
Li Ru said, "It's just that this Zhang Yan has been in Taihang for ten years, and he will never surrender willingly!" In my opinion, this Zhang Yan also understands that after the main force is destroyed, it will be difficult to fight with our army, and he can only retreat into the depths of the mountain range! The lord marched into Taihang with 100,000 troops, and this Zhang Yan would also feel panicked, and within a few days, a letter would be delivered! ”
"Letters?"
Lu Bu looked at Li Ru with interest, "If this Zhang Yan doesn't surrender, why do you give me a letter?" ”
"It's nothing more than bowing down and being forced to admit the lord's rule in this state."
Li Ru smiled faintly.
"Hahaha!"
Lu Bu smiled, "I know! This Zhang Yan still wants to think that these three words can fool me back? ”
Requisitioning this 100,000 army, Lu Bu is not as simple as making Zhang Yan surrender on the surface. He wants to completely solve this Taihang bandit! What is thoroughness? Naturally, all the hundreds of thousands of thieves between the Taihang Mountains were relocated down the mountain, and all the robber chieftains who resisted were wiped out! If Zhang Yan really surrendered, then he would go to Jinyang! For example, Yu Fuluo in the north also wants to send proton Liu Bao to Lu Bu's side. This is the real surrender! What's the use of superficial submission? Surrender today, rebel tomorrow.
I don't know if it's to confirm Li Ru's words, as soon as Lu Bu's words fell, a pawn really handed Zhang Yan's letter! And after reading this letter, Lu Bu also laughed for a while, and looked at Li Ru, "As Wen You expected!" Until this time, this Zhang Yan still had a fluke in his heart! This whole article is full of flattery, but it has never mentioned the matter of these hundreds of thousands of thieves, nor has it been said that they are going to Jinyang! He wants to make a false deal with me, but he doesn't really surrender! ”
"Zhang Yan, as the commander of these hundreds of thousands of thieves, has been in this Taihang for ten years, and he has gradually become ambitious in his heart. He prides himself on being a prince, and he is also on an equal footing with the Lord. Let him surrender for a while, how can it be so simple? Now I can give this letter to the lord, but it is also forced by the situation, otherwise it would be this subservient words, which will definitely not be said. ”
Li Ru explained.
Lu Bu's complexion gradually turned cold, and he tore the letter into two pieces and stomped on his feet fiercely, "If you don't surrender, you will die!" This merge state is no longer the merge state of the past, and he Zhang Yan still doesn't know how powerful my Lu Bu is! ”
"Immediately, the soldiers will march into Taihang and destroy the thieves!"
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Not to mention that Lu Bu felt a burst of anger because of Zhang Yan's letter, and entered the army in anger. Just to say that this Zhang Yan racked his brains to write such a flattering letter, he also felt extremely ashamed! He, Zhang Yan, has never been so low.
But this situation forced Zhang Yan to make some choices! Originally, he thought that he could fool Lu Bu, and even if he couldn't fool him, he could delay for some time, so that he could be fully prepared to resist Lu Bu's army. But who would have thought that his letter not only did not delay Lu Bu's army, but also aroused Lu Bu's anger, and the army marched even faster.
In just a few days, this Lu army swept away more than a dozen valleys! The prosperity of the soldiers made everyone unable to sit still. They had rarely fought with the elite before, and how could the county guards who had plundered in the past be compared to the tiger and wolf soldiers under Lu Bu? This march is too good, those elite Han troops, in the face of such a rabble, it can simply be described as devastating.
For this reason, Zhang Yan is also helpless!
No one knows better than him the combat power of this Han army! To say that the combat power of their Black Mountain Army, the bandits who have survived so many years of fighting are not comparable to the previous rabble, but the battles of Yuxian and Wolf Meng still let the Han army kill without leaving a piece of armor, and he Zhang Yan almost gave the Han army a prisoner. The elite of the Montenegrin army can't fight those Han troops, let alone some old and weak women and children today.
All he can do now is shrink his forces and hold on to this base camp. Some of the outer valleys, according to his ideas, had to be completely abandoned. It's just that Zhang Yan thought that the Han army would take no less time to sweep away these large and small valleys. The terrain of this Taihang Jing Road is very complicated, and the valleys are also intertwined, and it is not so easy to really flatten it.
Now it seems that he has thought too much. Lu Bu has so many captives, I'm afraid that this Jing Dao is also well understood! The terrain of this place is also clear. This is also the reason why the Han army was able to advance so quickly.
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