Now everything is ready, just wait for an opportunity.

That night, not long after Zhang He fell asleep, he was woken up by the guards guarding outside.

"What time is it now?"

Zhang He asked with his hazy sleepy eyes looking at the dark night.

The guard replied: "It's the third watch! ”

"Why did you call me so early?"

"General Yan has a call."

Zhang He immediately perked up, quickly got dressed, touched his face indiscriminately and went straight to the Chinese army. Yan Liang sat on the main seat with a serious face, Han Meng, Gao Lan, Lu Kuang, Fu Zhu and others had already arrived.

Zhang He was not too slow to come, and after he nodded with everyone, he sat down next to Han Meng.

After a long time, several Yizhou military academy captains led by Chun Yuqiong yawned for a long time, and the arrival of a few of them meant that everyone had arrived, Yan Liang glanced around and spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the report from the night watchman, there has been movement in Dingxiang City, there is a large-scale mobilization and gathering of soldiers and horses, and the day of the decisive battle may be today."

Yan Liang said a shocking news in just a few words, the Black Mountain Army in Dingxiang City was about to have a decisive battle, and the following immediately lifted their spirits, and even Chun Yuqiong and the others, who were sleepy, were awakened.

"General, is there a mistake in the news?"

Chun Yuqiong asked nervously.

Yan Liang glanced at him, he didn't bother to explain, Zhang He turned his head and looked at him like an idiot, if the news was uncertain, why did the big guys come over in the middle of the night?

It is not surprising that the Montenegrin army in Dingxiangcheng will choose to fight a decisive battle at this time, because it really can't drag on, since the heads of "Zhang Yan" and Tao Sheng were displayed in Yuanmen, all kinds of rumors have spread, Zhang Yan has not appeared for a long time, and the military spirit of the Montenegrin sergeants has begun to slacken.

After all, the commander of the top platoon is almost dead, how can the soldiers of the Montenegrin Army still see hope?

Many die-hard Montenegrin soldiers have even surrounded the mansion and have to see Zhang Yan, Yang Feng has been explaining to the Montenegrin soldiers that Zhang Yan is sick and is being treated.

At the beginning, Zhang Yan's personal guards were on the side to help testify, and it was effective, but after a long time, the soldiers of the Montenegrin Army were all suspicious of Zhang Yan if he was really in the city.

Was he murdered by Yang Feng? For a while, rumors were flying all over the sky, and Zhang Yan was already extremely weak, and he was still in a coma from time to time, how could he come out and personally announce that Yang Feng would lead the soldiers of the Black Mountain Army to continue the rebellion?

Without Zhang Yan being famous in person, Yang Feng didn't dare to announce the news! Doesn't this make people even more suspicious that they hurt Zhang Yan?

Seeing that this so-called rumor has a tendency to be confirmed, the confidence of the soldiers began to collapse, and the morale fell, and two days ago, the news came that the Black Mountain Army of Zhenggu was defeated and fled when attacking Wuyuan County, Yang Feng finally couldn't sit still.

He had to have a decisive battle, because if it went on like this, there would be no need for Yuan Shao to fight at that time, and the interior would fall apart and be chaotic first.

Taking advantage of the fact that he can still control the army now, launch a decisive battle, and still have a slight chance, if he wins, he will have no troops to resist the Montenegrin army! can win and merge states to gain a place in this world, and if you lose, you can only consider breaking through!

In the military tent of Yuan's army, Yan Liang has already arranged tomorrow's formation, Lu Xiang and Lu Kuang each led 20,000 soldiers and horses as the left and right wings, Gao Ran led 30,000 soldiers and horses to sit in the middle army, Zhang He led 5,000 cavalry as the rear army, and Yan Liangze was responsible for coordinating the overall situation.

As for Chun Yuqiong, Yan Liang didn't dare to arrange for him to participate in the war, one was because of his lack of ability to hear, and the other was because Chun Yuqiong was also Yuan Shao's friend, if he really went into battle, he might not know how to die if he died, so Yuan Shao would definitely blame Yan Liang.

Seeing Yan Liang's arrangement, Zhang He knew that the opportunity to break the enemy was on him. The Chinese army led by Gao Ran blocked the enemy head-on, and the left and right flanks led by Lu Xiang and Lu Kuang were just to protect the flanks of the Chinese army, and they should not be taken by the Montenegrin army.

There was not a single cavalry in either part, and all the cavalry gathered in the rear army and handed over to Zhang He's command. He needed to take the 5,000 cavalry to cut through the left flank of the Montenegrin army, thus threatening to disrupt the Chinese army.

"How long will it take you to crush the left flank of the Black Mountain Army?"

"An hour."

"An hour is too long, and the left flank of the Montenegrin Army must be defeated in half an hour."

Zhang He gritted his teeth and said, "No! ”

"Fight the thief today! You and the others will return to their base camp to rectify the soldiers and horses, assemble the four watches, and send out the troops! ”

Everyone agreed and got up and left. Zhang He fell last intentionally or unintentionally, and looked back at Yan Liang. Yan Liang is only thirty-six years old this year, it should be said that he is in the prime of life, but a trace of his sideburns has turned gray, and his eyes are full of exhaustion and confusion.

He showed confidence in front of everyone and looked like he was winning, but in fact, he was the one with the most bottomless heart.

It is true that he has won many battles before, and even defeated 200,000 Yellow Turbans with 30,000 horses against Zhang Yan, although at that time it was with the help of Lu Bu.

Now he has more than 70,000 soldiers and horses, and the yellow turban is only about 200,000, which seems to be more grasping.

However, after all, war is not a simple comparison of numbers, past experience is meaningless, the form of the battlefield changes rapidly, and sometimes a rain or a gust of wind may change the outcome of the war.

Moreover, although the number of the Montenegrin army has decreased, its combat effectiveness has become stronger.

In the baptism of blood and sweat, these simple peasants who gathered in the Taihang Mountains to rebel quickly grew up and became a qualified soldier, although they were skinny one by one, but they gave people a sense of oppression like a beast.

Tao Sheng's division of troops brought a lot of dross, and the rest were basically the old foundation of the Black Mountain Army, and fifty percent of this part survived from the Yellow Turban Uprising to the present.

They are brave and good at fighting, not afraid of life and death, no matter whether there is a mountain of swords or a sea of fire in front of them, as long as they give an order, they will rush forward one after another, just for a belief, such soldiers are the most terrifying.

Yan Liang rubbed his eyebrows, raised his head, and found that Zhang He hadn't left yet, so he pretended to smile at him relaxedly.

Yan Liang led a group of county soldiers who had not been trained at all, and tried his best to beat the Montenegrin army, which was several times his size, into the city and couldn't move.

On the one hand, he still had to bear the pressure of Yuan Shao during this time, Yuan Shao sent messengers many times to urge Yan Liang to end the rebellion as soon as possible and lead the army back to Yizhou to prevent Gongsun Zan from sneaking attack.

As a courtier, a loyal courtier, there is nothing more painful than this.

He gave Yan Liang a firm look: "General, don't worry, today's battle will be won!" ”

"Hurry up and get ready."

Zhang He nodded, turned to leave, and returned to his camp in the night. The battalion had already received orders, the soldiers were burying pots for cooking, and Jiang Yiqu and others were already waiting for him in the tent.

At the fourth watch, the camp gate was wide open.

The various units of Yuan's army left the camp in the order of arrangement and lined up outside the camp. After Zhang He explained a few words to Jiang Yiqu, he followed Yan Liang to the corner tower and waited for his life.

During the siege of the city before, Yan Liang dug a trench and built a low wall outside Dingxiang City, and now it has been filled in by the soil bag carried by the Montenegrin army that went out to fight first.

The Montenegrin army was summoned earlier than Yuan's army, but it still looked chaotic at this time. The overwhelmed Montenegrin soldiers barely lined up under the kicks and beatings of the small leader, and followed the team before they could react.

poured out of the camp, in a mess. Seeing that the Yuan army had successfully lined up, the commanders and small leaders of the Montenegrin army stepped up the formation, but the effect was still not good.

Yang Feng hurriedly sent all the remaining more than 1,000 cavalry out to guard to prevent Yan Liang from suddenly attacking.