Zhang Yan has been annoyed lately. Since Cao Cao conquered Yecheng, he sent people to contact him. There is enmity between him and Yuan Shao, not Yuan Shao, he would not still be nesting in the mountains now. But there is not much contradiction between him and Cao Cao, Zhang Yan is now up and down, and he has no heart to mix like this, and he is ready to pack and sell himself at a good price.

However, the official positions and titles he wanted, Cao Cao's side were all discounted, which made him quite dissatisfied. He originally wanted to seal a township, but Cao Cao only gave a Guannei marquis, and even a person like Guan Yu who surrendered alone, came and left, had a Hanshou Pavilion marquis, and he led tens of thousands of people to surrender like this, so he shouldn't be a townsman. The townsman is the marquis of ten thousand households, and this status is not the same.

In addition, his brothers also have to settle down, and the group of people who follow him have come over for so many years, if the Marquis of Linfeng can't be evenly wetted with rain and dew, then his own boss will be too much of a failure. However, the quota given by Cao Cao was not so lenient, which made him annoyed.

He was thinking again, and someone outside pushed the door in, and saw that it was Sun Qing and Wang Dang. These two people have followed him from the beginning, and they are the little marshals of the Montenegrin Army, and they have always looked at him as the leader. These two people, when they arrived at Cao Cao's side, they could only be a team leader in the army, which made Zhang Yan unable to agree no matter what.

"Dashuai, there's new news outside." Before the king had even entered the door, he began to shout. This guy has a loud voice, and before the person arrives, the voice arrives first.

Zhang Yan asked, "What's the news?" ”

The thief's family is not very particular, Xuehu people made a few stools, everyone sat around a table, put a pottery bowl on it, and also got some tea to learn the elegance of the scholar.

Sun Qing poured himself some tea and said, "Jinyang has changed, and the senior cadres have made people angry." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Yan immediately raised her head, and her mind immediately calculated.

This high-level cadre can be regarded as his biggest obstacle to Zhang Yan. Since such a guy came out of his head, his own territory has been compressed into the mountains. This high-ranking cadre has no other ability, he suppresses bandits every day, and sends officers and soldiers to harass the Montenegrin army when he has nothing to do, which makes them tired of coping. There are many mountains in the area of Bingzhou, and there are many checkpoints, and under such a tug of war between the two sides, the Montenegrin army suffers a lot. Zhang Yan has not been able to help this kraft candy-like high cadre. This time, when he heard that Gao Gan had been planted, he suddenly felt alive in his heart.

"What's going on?"

"I heard that it was the generals under my command who came to mess around, and somehow, I killed Gao Gan too."

"Dead?"

"Seems like so."

"Hah, that's great."

Zhang Yan clapped her hands, couldn't sit still anymore, and paced back and forth in the room.

"Now that the Jinyang group of dragons is leaderless, it is our opportunity to seize the entire state." Zhang Yan groaned: "Cao Cao annexed Youzhou, Yuan Shao also died, and Jinzhong was in turmoil, this is a godsend." ”

After a while, Zhang Yan shook her head again: "It's a pity, it's a pity, if Gao Gan died a year or two earlier, I might still have a chance, and now, the overall situation has been decided." ”

Now, the overall situation of Hebei has been decided, even if he captures the state, it will only add some chips to him Zhang Yan, so that he can be crowned a little higher. Do you really want to control and merge the state, so as to tear the land and seal the marquis? He thought a little too much about this, Cao Cao would not allow a person like him to be a prince.

But in any case, since the opportunity has come, you have to seize it.

"Sun Qing, you quickly order your troops. Wang: When you send someone to verify the news, see if it's true? Gao Gan didn't have an accident in the morning, and he didn't have an accident in the evening, but at this moment, I think it's a little strange. ”

"Yes."

"Yes."

After four days, Sun Qingwang came together.

"Dashuai, the news has been verified, and our people in Jinyang have already said that Gao Gan is indeed gone."

"Marshal, the soldiers and horses are ready."

"Report - Marshal, Jinyang soldiers and horses are mobilized, and there are 10,000 troops marching towards Montenegro, which seems to be coming towards us."

"What?" Zhang Yan was shocked, looked at Wang Dang and said, "Didn't you say that Gao Gan was not there?" Why did you send troops and horses out? ”

Wang Dang scratched his head and said, "Gao Gan is gone, could it be the person who will replace him?" ”

Zhang Yan said: "The leader is gone, and the people below have already made a mess, how can they still have the strength to deal with us?" I think there's a problem. ”

Sun said lightly: "Dashuai, look at this season. ”

Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment, it is almost autumn now, and this time is really the season for the government to suppress bandits. In order to prevent the Montenegrin army from going out of the mountains to loot and destroy the autumn harvest of the farmers, when the high-ranking cadres were usually there, they would always send troops to pretend to scare the bandits. Therefore, Zhang Yan and the others are already familiar with this rhythm.

Sun said lightly: "Could it be the usual action of the officers and soldiers?" Gao Gan did not command? How many days shall we observe? ”

After a few days, there was news that some officers and soldiers stopped moving, wandered for several days, went around in circles, and went back.

Zhang Yan was relieved at this time, ordered all the soldiers and horses, and led his brothers to prepare to go down the mountain. Before I could go down the mountain, I was suddenly blocked by a person.

"Dashuai, where are you going with so many people?"

The person who came was Zhang Baiqi. Zhang Baiqi is a person with strong martial arts and righteousness, and even Zhang Yan admires him very much. However, he also has a problem, all the brothers who fought side by side, even if they unfortunately died in battle, he had to take care of the orphans and widows of these brothers to the end. He's a very affectionate person. However, as a result, there were more and more old, weak, sick and disabled people on his side, and the looting income was not enough, which restricted the expansion of the department. In the end, the development is not as good as Zhang Yan's side. After all, everyone is here to be a bandit, of course, they want to eat meat and drink wine in a big bowl, who will follow Zhang Bai to drink the northwest wind.

However, among so many rebels, the one who buys Zhang Yan's face the most is Zhang Baiqi. If it weren't for Zhang Baiqi supporting him, he wouldn't be able to take the position of the leader of the Black Mountain Army. This made him have to pay attention to this man.

Zhang Yan was also very frank with Zhang Baiqi: "Something happened to the senior cadres in Jinyang, and now Jinyang City is unstable, it is the opportunity we are waiting for." Brother Baiqi, don't blame my brother for not carrying you, bring your people along, and when the time comes, the property looted in the city will be divided in half. ”

Although they have accepted the recruitment of the Han family, Zhang Yan's gang is still a thief, and they have to burn, kill, and plunder everywhere they go, and they are used to licking blood from the knife edge. Jinyang is the center of the state, a rich place, if you can take Jinyang, you won't get rich?

Zhang Bai rode and said: "Dashuai, my brother is here to stop you." Now Cao Cao is about to take the whole of Hebei, and then the annexation of the state will also be his territory. Why should we take the lead for Cao Cao and then hand over Jinyang to him? Anyway, it's about to be recruited, so why let the brothers sacrifice again? ”

Zhang Baiqi is also a bright person, seeing that his brothers are about to become rich, it will not be good if he doesn't protect it later. At this juncture, who is willing to fight for their precious life, they all count on Zhao'an to surrender and get a petty official to do.

Seeing that he was so outspoken, Zhang Yan was afraid of disturbing the morale of the army, so he scolded: "Brother is not right to say so, as soon as this Jinyang is taken, we will gain more benefits in the future." Not to mention the treasure woman in Jinyang City, even if she takes refuge in Cao Cao in the future, she can estimate a good price. Don't say any more, either go with me or stay and guard the village. This wealth is made with all your life, how can anyone fall from the sky? Brothers, come with me. ”

Zhang Baiqi saw that he couldn't move him, so he had to give up and silently watched Zhang Yan lead three thousand people down the mountain.