Out of the Taishou's mansion, and Liu Guanzhang and the three brothers converged, seeing everyone's concerned looks, Lu Peng felt infinite comfort in his heart, sometimes he felt a little guilty, brothers are still brothers, although there is no name now, but everyone is already a brother in their hearts.

Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Lu Peng's hand: "What Mr. talked about is going well, there is nothing wrong, right?" ”

Zhang Fei was more direct, slapped over, and said loudly: "We have merit, if you are embarrassed, Zhang Yide, a Yanren, will immediately go in and snatch you out." ”

Yan? Sheet? Just this sentence, at that time, Lu Peng felt the thunder rolling, not the warmth between brothers, but the guy named Chu Yan suddenly flashed in his mind, by the way, it was this guy, in fact, his later name was Zhang Yan, this is one of the most famous people in the Three Kingdoms period, and he is also one of the best guys in the Yellow Turban Thieves, first from Zhang Niujiao, Zhang Niujiao died, because of his prestige, he was promoted as the leader of the Yellow Turban Thieves, and after the failure of the national gold, he was the only one who stood out, and finally went to the Yellow Turban Army scattered all over the country, There are 100,000 people, which shows how extraordinary this person's organizational ability is, and at the same time, today, in his tent, those dozen or so golden ones are looking at his horse's head, which can be regarded as showing his edge, such a person must not let him run away, and it is necessary to take it for his own use.

After Zhang Jiao's uprising, Zhang Jiao's disciples launched uprisings in various places, but they were quickly exterminated by local officials. However, although the authentic Yellow Turban Army is silent, there are many newcomers who have risen, and these people are also under the banner of the Yellow Turban Army, attacking cities and plundering land, and seizing one side. Chu Yan is one of them. "Since the yellow scarf, Yan Heju teenagers are a group of thieves and turn to attack in the mountains." The rise of Chu Yan is, first of all, to choose the right place of the incident, between some remote mountainous areas and lakes and rivers. It is the only way to surround the city in the countryside.

The power of the imperial court in these places was greatly weakened, and there were not many soldiers and horses. And Chu Yan traveled around the country, annexing other small groups of rebel forces, and finally returned to Zhending, an important town in Hebei, Zhang Yan had gathered more than 10,000 people. At this time, Chu Yan officially captured Zhending and openly made enemies of the imperial court. This is called occupying the city as the foundation, which is in line with the essence of Taizu. It can be described as the living study and application of Taizu's thought in later generations.

Gather strength, wait for your moment, and strike when it's time to strike. As soon as Chu Yan appeared on the stage, he opened up a gap with other leaders of the peasant rebel army.

At that time, thieves rose all over the country, and the "Spring and Autumn Period of Kyushu" recorded: "Black Mountain, Baibo, Huanglong, Zuoxiao, Niujiao, Wulu, Zhenggen, Kushi, Liu Shi, Pinghan, Dahong, Sili, Yuancheng, Luoshi, Lei Gong, Fuyun, Feiyan, Baijue, Yang Feng, Yu Poison, etc., each raised troops, the big ones were twenty or thirty thousand, and the small ones were not reduced by thousands. Among the various Yellow Turban forces, Chu Yan is known as "Feiyan", which is an independent one, but Chu Yan has done something that is difficult for many people to understand. Give up the leadership of the Feiyan Army, lead all, and join Zhang Niujiao.

This is the same as the old commander said. If you don't say that smart people are always smart, preserve their strength, and attach themselves to the big man, you have to give a thumbs up.

At that time, Zhang Niujiao raised troops in Boling, and at the beginning of the army, Zhang Niujiao "called himself a general". It can be seen that Zhang Niujiao is a person with great ambitions and is unwilling to be ordinary. However, at the beginning of the army, he established his name, and it can be seen that Zhang Niujiao did not understand the embarrassing situation faced by the Yellow Turban Army. And what about Chu Yan? "Yan pushes the horns of the ox to be handsome, and he attacks the gall pottery." Chu Yan let Zhang Niujiao be the coach, which was for another purpose. First, since ancient times, it has been "shooting the first bird". Chu Yan has always been very low-key when he raised his army, and at the beginning of Zhang Niujiao's army, he established his name, which will inevitably attract the attention of the imperial court and will inevitably send a large army to suppress it. Although Chu Yan has more than 10,000 people, after all, most of his subordinates are rabble, and they can use their power to shelter themselves from the wind and rain and work together to resist the soldiers and horses of the imperial court. Second, after the merger, the two immediately launched a fierce attack on the official army station. It was the first and last large-scale offensive after the merger of the two. Regardless of the success or failure of this attack, Chu Yan is the biggest beneficiary. Zhang Niujiao won, and Chu Yan was naturally the first hero; Zhang Niujiao failed, and Chu Yan could take over his subordinates.

Sure enough, Zhang Niujiao was shot by a stray arrow during the battle, and was seriously injured, and when he was dying, he told his generals: "Yan must be the commander!" "You must treat Chu Yan as your boss. Although there is not too much exaggeration in the official history, it is conceivable that Chu Yan's performance in front of Zhang Niujiao must have been very good in the process of interacting with Zhang Niujiao. So when Zhang Niujiao was dying, he didn't play tricks like Chao Gai, and whoever caught the person who released the cold arrow was your boss.

Chu Yan is a person who has a deep understanding of power, which can be seen from his performance after Zhang Niujiao's death. "The horns died, and everyone Fengyan changed his surname to Zhang." In order to show the memory of the eldest brother.

Chu Yan did something that moved many brothers very much, and even gave up her original surname and changed her surname to Zhang with her eldest brother. So Chu Yan disappeared, and the yellow turban tycoon Zhang Yan was born, which was the first change in Zhang Yan's life.

How decisive is this to buy people's hearts? Is that a change of surname to Lu after following yourself? Lu Peng thought

After Chu Yan changed his surname, he had 350,000 people with the original horns, plus more than 10,000 of his own, so he became the most powerful Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou. And Zhang Yan relied on his eloquence and vision to lobby other Yellow Turban forces. Everyone gradually understood that only by taking the road of merger was the only way for the Yellow Turban Army to survive. And Zhang Yan's generosity and resourcefulness have made countless confused "Yellow Turban Thieves" see the hope of survival.

As a result, in just one or two years, Zhang Yan's forces spread all over Changshan, Zhaojun, Zhongshan, Shangdang, and Hanoi, with more than one million men under his command, known as the "Montenegrin Army". Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty sent troops to conquer many times, but they were successfully repelled by Zhang Yan, and most of the counties in Hebei were already out of the control of the imperial court.

After making the imperial court realize the strength of the Black Mountain Army, Zhang Yan began the second important change in his life.

This is talking while fighting, and having strength first. It seems that no one is doing it.

"Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" recorded: "Yan sent people to Kyoto to beg for surrender, and worshiped Yan Ping and made it difficult for the general." "Song Jiang and Zhang Yan in "Water Margin" took the same route, didn't the imperial army come to conquest? At the beginning, if you want to recruit An, it is impossible, only by fighting, fighting until the court admits defeat, and then talking about Zhao'an at that time, you will have bargaining chips. And Zhang Yan also took the initiative to send people to the capital to contact Zhao'an under the premise that "Emperor Ling can't be recruited". Zhang Yan didn't go in person, although it was sincere enough, it was too dangerous. Sending someone is the best choice, which not only shows that you will surrender voluntarily, but also can avoid the scourge of being arrested by the imperial court. You must know that few of the officials in the imperial court are faithful.

Since it can't be beaten, then it can only be recruited, so Emperor Ling of Han appointed Zhang Yan as the "general of the middle of the difficulty". Zhonglang would be a rank lower than a general in the Han Dynasty. The official position is not big, but for the imperial court, it is already a big concession. However, judging from the official name, it is really ironic to let the traitor Zhang Yan serve as the general of the "Ping Difficulty".

However, when Zhang Yan was negotiating with the imperial court, he did not dwell too much on Zhonglang's position, but wanted the imperial court to ask for it, and he must have a special power to promote filial piety and honesty and officials to the imperial court every year. Emperor Han Ling didn't care, so he agreed. What Emperor Ling of Han ignored was what Zhang Yan valued.

In the Han Dynasty, filial piety and honesty were the main ways for scholars in the Han Dynasty to enter the official career. Zhang Yan is not willing to be a traitor all the time, if he wants to truly integrate into the class of scholars, he not only needs to give gifts to the courtiers, bend the knee to all kinds of heroes, but more importantly, obtain personnel rights. You can recommend filial piety and accountant, which means following him Zhang Yan, and you can also get an officially recognized diploma. As long as he has the power to issue passes, Zhang Yan naturally has a different position in the heart of Hebei Haoqiang.

So, Zhang Yan took the throne, as for how he died, there is no record, and from the fact that there is no record, this kid died a good death.

You see, such a person will be the head of his organization in the future, how can he let him run?

No, hurry back and ask the brother who is staring at him, but don't that Zhang Yan has slipped away, or simply cut this person with a knife, then he will lose a lot.