After Zhang Yan entered Jizhou, he set his sights on these thieves, once the power of these thieves can be gathered in one place, it is also a big help, and it is not easy to attract the attention of the government by working the thieves.

In the half year since entering Jizhou, Zhang Yan relied on his means and outstanding martial arts to integrate the thieves in Julu County, and at this time, the number of thieves under Zhang Yan's control reached 5,000.

With the strength of 5,000 bandits, even the defenders of the cities in Julu County did not dare to provoke easily.

Julu County in Jizhou is the most devastating place in Jizhou, and under the suffering, the local people are extremely strong, and the slightest exploitation will cause chaos among them.

Especially when the Jizhou army attacked and merged with the state, Zhang Yan took the opportunity to recruit troops and buy horses, and won over thieves from all over the country, and his strength rose rapidly.

If Yuan Shao was in Jizhou, Zhang Yan would not dare to be so blatant, but at this time, after the officials in Jizhou saw that the thieves under Zhang Yan were so powerful, they did not send troops to encircle and suppress them, but sent people to befriend Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan scoffed at Jizhou's usual methods, this time, he had to make Yuan Shao pay a heavy price, not only that, but even Yang Feng, who was far away in Qingzhou, had to use his hand in order to relieve the hatred in his heart.

In the face of the solicitation of Jizhou officials, Zhang Yan agreed, what he had to do at this time was to wait for the action of the Youzhou army, and cooperate with the Youzhou army to take Jizhou, and the treatment of the people who fled to Youzhou by the Black Mountain Army made Zhang Yan very relieved, and Zhang Yan was already determined to take refuge in Lu Bu, and he would do his best to help Lu Bu seize Jizhou.

In Zhang Yan's opinion, the situation in Julu County is a bit chaotic, mainly with the inseparable relationship between the family and the officials, and the family thinks more about how to maximize the interests of the family for their own interests, rather than caring about whether ordinary people can survive.

In terms of treating the people, Zhang Yan and Lu Bu have the same understanding, that is, to make the people more able to live a stable life, when Zhang Yan was in the Montenegrin Army, he treated the people very leniently, which has a great influence in the Montenegrin Army.

After Yang Feng cooperated with the Jizhou army to break through the Montenegrin army, he did not win the support of the Montenegrin army, and more Montenegrin troops continued to fall into the grass after the camp was breached, and some people went to Julu County without hesitation after receiving the order from the people sent by Zhang Yan, which was out of trust in Zhang Yan.

The Taishou of Julu County is Yuan Shao's clansman Yuan Liang, although Yuan Liang is a side branch of the Yuan family, he is also a relatively capable person, and in Julu County, he can also compete with the families of all parties.

And Yuan Liang understands that if you want to completely settle down in Julu County, you not only need a strong army, but also need to win the support of officials from all over Julu County, and what is the situation in Julu County today, Yuan Liang is very clear, what worries Yuan Liang the most is that there is a thief force that is gradually growing in Julu County, and this force of thieves has now threatened the stability of Julu County, but for the sake of the overall situation, Yuan Liang can only appease Zhang Yan.

Of course, Yuan Liang didn't know Zhang Yan's identity at this time, otherwise he wouldn't have such an optimistic idea about the situation in front of him.

Yuan Liang even thought of uniting with Zhang Yan to fight against the family of Julu County, which is also a common means used by officials in various places, to win over and divide, so that their own policies can be implemented, such a strategy is very common in the territory of the princes, mainly because the power of the representatives of the family is too strong, even if Yuan Shao and other princes who are in charge of one side, they have to be cautious about the attitude of the family.

After Zhang Yan got the news from Yuan Liang's faction, he smiled secretly in his heart, what he was thinking about now was how to make Julu County take the lead in chaos, as the most rampant place of the Yellow Turban back then, even if Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou, he did not take a short action against the Yellow Turban remnants, and there were still many Yellow Turban remnants operating in Julu.

Zhang Yan was one of the most important figures in the Yellow Turban Army back then, and she had a lot of prestige among the Yellow Turbans, so it became much easier to win over these people.

"Tell Yuan Liang that it is absolutely impossible to let General Ben go to the city, if Yuan Liang is sincere, let him go to the place designated by General Ben." Zhang Yandao, after dealing with the government for a long time, you will understand their style of acting, if you take the initiative, they will come with a shy face, once they are in control, everything will change, they will show their butcher knives when you are in a weak position.

The envoy sent by Yuan Liang said that although Zhang Yan's identity is now a thief, no one dares to ignore the energy of this thief, there are thousands of thieves under his command, if these people go crazy, it will have a great deterrent to Julu County.

After thinking about it for a long time, Yuan Liang decided to go to meet Zhang Yan in person, he had only heard about how this thief who was active in Jizhou was good, and only after determining that Zhang Yan was a suitable partner could he make up his mind, and now Jizhou needs stability, as the Taishou of Julu County, he is very worried about the situation in Julu County.

Jizhou is facing a threat from Youzhou, and the Youzhou army has been moving frequently recently, and there is a possibility of attacking Jizhou at any time, so he wants to stabilize the situation in Julu County before the Youzhou army attacks Jizhou.

Originally, when Zhang Yan did not enter Julu County, although the thieves in Julu County were rampant, they were not as vast as that, because they lacked a leader, and it was Zhang Yan's arrival that changed all this.

According to Zhang Yan's instructions, Yuan Liang came to the mountains not far from the county seat, and when he saw such a magnificent cottage, Yuan Liang's heart jumped, and judging from the shadowy bandits on the cottage, these bandits had obviously undergone some training, and from their bodies, Yuan Liang even felt the momentum that only sergeants and soldiers have.

Before seeing Zhang Yan, Yuan Liang raised his vigilance in his heart.

After the more than ten guards who followed Yuan Liang saw the scene in the cottage, their hands and feet couldn't help but tremble, and they saw a dense crowd of bandits, I don't know how much there was, but at this time, these bandits automatically dispersed a road that allowed one person to pass, and walked on the road where the bandits dispersed, even if it was Yuan Liang, he was a little nervous in his heart.

Yuan Liang has a set of local governance, but the management of the army is very different from Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan sat in the top position, and there were leaders in the cottage on the left and right, most of whom were the Montenegrin Army who originally followed Zhang Yan from Youzhou to Jizhou, which was also Zhang Yan's absolute control over the situation in the army.

"General, Yuan Liang has led more than ten people into the cottage." One of the bandits shouted with his fists clenched.

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