In order to study how to better deal with the Montenegrin army, Yuan Xi summoned important generals and strategists under his command in the Assassin's Mansion. Yuan Xi summed up the results achieved in the past six months, and at the same time made a decision to crusade against Montenegro, hoping that everyone could put forward a suitable plan.

Tian Feng, as an important strategist under Yuan Shao, first put forward his own suggestion: a group of rogues in Montenegro come and go, they come and go, they fight for themselves, and it is impossible to fight in one battle. According to the report of the spies we mixed in half a year ago, most of the gathering places in Montenegro are Zhongshan, Changshan, Zhaojun and other places, and if we want to force Zhang Yan to fight a decisive battle, we must carry out a key attack on a certain place to cause their contradictions. Yuan Xi looked at Tian Feng with appreciation and said, "Tian Gong really deserves his reputation, so where do you think you should strike first?" ”

"I thought we should focus on Changshan, where the Black Mountain Army is weak, and the leader is Li Damu." Tian Yu also expressed his opinion without reservation, although Tian Yu is a local official in Youzhou, but it is rare for Tian Feng to recommend it, Yuan Xi values it, and he does his best. As soon as he heard about Changshan, Yuan Xi's interest came, although Zhao Yun is not very famous now, but later generations gave him a high evaluation, or he didn't get much opportunity to perform under Liu Bei. Even if the chance of encountering Zhao Yun was not high, Yuan Xi still decided to try his luck. "Do you have any other ideas, and if you have one, please speak up. If not, we will follow what the state said, go to Changshan to deploy first, and take Li Damu to attack! ”

In the deep mountains of Changshan, a very inconspicuous small cottage, a gathering place for a group of black mountain minions, is bored, one of them looks like a middle-aged man with sloppy eyebrows, and said secretly to a little brother next to him: "Brother Wang, how long have we not been down the mountain for activities, why hasn't Master Li come recently, is something wrong?" After hearing this, Wang Lao Er hurriedly booed: "Don't ask so much, be careful that others hear, the wind has been tight recently, I heard that our Li Da family went to borrow grain elsewhere." ”

The sloppy young man seemed to understand something, and still said to himself: "We haven't come down the mountain for a long time, and of course there is no food." Wang Xiaoer hurriedly wanted to cover this person's mouth, but it was still too late, and a small leader heard it, and came over and shouted angrily: "Guo Xing, shut up for me, what do you say, it's okay to go to patrol the mountain quickly, so as not to be discovered by the officers and soldiers, and find the next place to stay." ”

Guo Xing didn't dare to complain, so he stood up and prepared to patrol the mountain. At this time, a minion who thought he was smart helped Guo Xing: "Brother Zhang, look at how hungry we are, we have to patrol the mountains, and if we don't do something, even if Li Da's family borrows rice, we will starve to death." ”

Leader Zhang also subconsciously touched his stomach, a little hesitant: "But Master Li has instructed that he can't go down the mountain before he comes!" Guo Xing knew that the opportunity had come, so he volunteered: "Brother Zhang, we just want to get something to eat, and we don't need to send too many people." Give me twenty brothers, and I'll be sure to get food to share with everyone. ”

Wang Xiaoer also echoed: "Big brother, although Brother Guo hasn't been here for a long time, he is very clever, and he borrowed a lot of food last time." As if he had made a lot of determination, Zhang shook his teeth and said to Guo Xing: "Then you choose 20 brothers, I will give you three days, if you can't come back, don't come back, we will also change to another mountain." ”

Guo Xing and Wang Xiaoer selected a few members of Montenegro who had a good relationship, and assured everyone that they would definitely be able to get food, and then said goodbye to Leader Zhang. These Montenegrin members were very excited to go down the mountain for activities, Guo Xing said: "Now it's not as good as before, the wind is tight, are you so swaggering and noisy because you are afraid that others will not know that we are Montenegro?" After listening to Guo Xing's words, he suddenly quieted down a lot, and nodded one after another, showing a submissive look.

Guo Xing led these brothers to the first stop of the descent: the Zhao Family Inn. There are not too many people passing here, Guo Xing's plan is to work and always eat first, so he naturally shouted to the shopkeeper: "Boss, give our brother a few things to eat and drink, don't be afraid that we won't have money!" The boss looked at the shabby clothes of these people, and was also surprised, these people are afraid that they are bandits, although they know that they are here to eat and drink for nothing, but they don't dare to shout loudly, so as not to be killed, and they only hope that the officers and soldiers can patrol here as soon as possible. So, the shopkeeper ordered people to come according to their request, and good wine and food were served.

Just as everyone was drinking, a wagon of a merchant was also passing by, and when they saw a shop, they were about to stop and rest before leaving. Wang Xiaoer pulled Guo Xing's clothes and pointed to the group of merchants, Guo Xing looked at it, as if the leader was a little familiar, it might be the caravan of the son's family. Guo Xing thought for a moment, maybe it was sent by Gongzi to contact him, so he got up and prepared to say hello. When everyone watched Guo Xing walk towards the merchant, they were also vigilant and ready to make a move, Guo Xing waved his hand at them, signaling them not to act rashly.

"Villain Guo Xing, Changshan people, this eldest brother is born, where is the eldest brother from the merchant?" Guo Xing politely inquired to the leader of the merchant. This big man did not evade, and said proudly: "We are the convoy of the Zhen family in Jizhou, and we specially came to Youzhou to do business, and by the way, we came to visit our uncle, that is, Yuan Thorn Shi of Youzhou." Guo Xing nodded, but secretly exchanged glances with the merchant man, and the merchant man also nodded.

Guo Xing continued: "The Black Mountain thieves near Changshan are rampant, so they are not afraid of being robbed?" The strong man laughed and said, "I didn't dare to come before, but recently I heard that Yuan Tingshi came, and this area has calmed down a lot." Don't you know? Besides, we're just exploring the way......" The strong man seemed to remember something, afraid that he would shut up if he talked too much.

Guo Xing also nodded awkwardly, and was afraid that he would expose his identity, so he returned to his seat boringly, and continued to plot with his brothers below whether he could rob the merchant. Wang Xiaoer said secretly: "Brother Guo, with our manpower, I'm afraid we may not be able to succeed, in case we attract officers and soldiers, it will be bad." Guo Xing is also very embarrassed, seeing that he is about to finish eating, once he has an attack, he is afraid that his identity will be exposed, and it will be difficult to contact his son, originally he went down the mountain to deliver the news, what should I do?

At this moment, I saw the leader of the merchant say loudly to his subordinates: "Let's hurry up after eating, what the big brother said just now is that if we encounter black mountain thieves, we will lose a lot." After speaking, he also hugged Guo Xing, paid for the wine and hurried away. The people of Montenegro watched the truck convoy leave, and they also had the meaning of following and seeing, a big fish could not be missed, even if it was very dangerous. Guo Xing shook his head, the bandits were greedy, and they didn't even care about their lives when they saw the money, so he reminded: "With our little people, even if we rob it, we won't be able to return to the cottage." ”

Wang Xiaoer was a little unwilling, and then looked at the brothers below, who seemed to be predicting whether they could outrun the officers and soldiers, but he shook his head weakly and vetoed his idea. Seeing this, Guo Xing still comforted: "Brothers, don't be discouraged, I have a way, didn't the person say it just now, they are just exploring the way, what does that mean, it means that there will be more goods and food in the future, as long as we go back and gather more brothers, this wealth will definitely not be able to run!" ”