When running away in embarrassment became a habit that was about to be formed, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei didn't get used to it yet. Thanks to the Montenegrin thief's follow-up offensive ability, it is really insufficient. In addition to listening to Zhang Yan's hands-on order, when killing the defenseless Youzhou soldiers, there was also a bit of a bandit, and when the Youzhou soldiers reacted, the gap in combat power between the two sides was greatly revealed.

The 7,000 Youzhou soldiers who were arranged in the rear army to protect Liu Beijun Wenchen, under the leadership of Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, who were anxious and red-eyed, almost used their strength to eat milk and rushed into the 30,000 Black Mountain bandits. In the shadow of the sword and gun, the two soldiers with a huge disparity actually killed each other.

Zhao Yun, a white-robed general who was already blood-stained and red, had in his heart the guilt of having just "abandoned" Liu Bei and made Liu Bei fall into a critical situation, and rushed to the front without hesitation before Guan Yu's father and son, almost with the strength of one person, creating considerable resistance to the Black Mountain thieves who came like a tide. Unlike the escape of Changbanpo in history, this is a real hard fight, let alone a person, even if it is a piece of iron, it can't withstand such a high-intensity offensive rhythm, it has been almost half an hour, and it has advanced a distance of less than fifty zhang, Zhao Yun is already clearly visible The blood and sweat on his forehead are mixed together, and the wheezing sound is a lot heavier. And Guan Yu's father and son, who followed closely behind, were not easy, and the Black Mountain thieves on both sides who were several times their own seemed to be expecting that this group of Youzhou soldiers who dared to rush in had no return, and although the thieves who were used to fighting with the wind were not badly damaged, they still came up one after another. Zhang Yan said before that anyone who kills a Youzhou soldier can exchange for a full meal. If you hurt Liu Beijun's generals, you can add a jar of wine, God knows what year and month the last time you drank. This kind of reward. But it is really much more tempting for the Black Mountain thieves than how much gold and silver they are rewarded.

"Second brother, you see, it's ...... It's the lord's big anvil! "The Black Mountain thieves are killing more and more, but Zhao Yun's spear momentum at the forefront is getting slower and slower, and after more than half an hour of fighting, Zhao Yun has already felt that his strength is almost exhausted. In his heart, he had quietly given birth to the idea of martyring Liu Bei with death, and he was waiting to kill a few more black mountain thieves to accompany him for burial, and it was not in vain that Liu Bei treated himself very well on weekdays. When comparing the righteousness of Taoyuan, Zhao Yun suddenly noticed that the pressure of the spear in his hand had dropped sharply, and the thief soldiers in front of him had a bit of chaos. The offensive of the thieves, who were originally very aggressive, actually slowed down, and the momentum of rushing up gradually became panicked. A large beetle-like flag that rises and falls. Appeared not far away.

"Kill! Kill! Kill all these thieves! Zhao Yun's words seemed to be a booster. Suddenly, under the attack of the Black Mountain thieves, the spirit of the Youzhou soldiers, who had already begun to appear a large number of casualties, changed suddenly. The blade, which had become heavy in his hand, seemed to be lighter, and under the sudden decrease in pressure, it was even more stubbornly pushed forward by more than 20 zhang.

"Marshal, the sons seem to be defeated by the red-faced thief's generals, do you want to continue to increase the troops and leave these Youzhou soldiers here?" The battle in the array, in the eyes of Yu Poison, the leader of the Black Mountain Bandit Cavalry, is not optimistic. cautiously glanced at Zhang Yan, whose face had become iron-blue, and people didn't know what to think in their hearts at this time. Yu Poison asked in a low voice.

"It can't be consumed any longer! Just for the sake of 20,000 people, almost half of my troops were lost! Not cost-effective! Yu Xuan, who was close to him, even heard the sound of Zhang Yanyin gritting his teeth angrily, the leader of the Black Mountain who had been dealing with the Han army in the mountains and forests for more than ten years after the failure of the Yellow Turban Uprising, seemed to have encountered a difficult problem, and after his cheeks twitched for a long time, he slowly put away the angry eyes of Liu Bei's Youzhou troops, who had successfully joined the army and was slowly retreating to the northwest, and said in a deep voice: "And leave that Liu Bei's dog thief a dead man, the big thing is important." As long as you succeed, sooner or later you will avenge this murderer! Go, let's go to Yecheng! ”

"No!" Yu Poison also looked at Liu Bei's army, which was withdrawing step by step from the siege of the Black Mountain bandits, nodded heavily, promised a promise, and beckoned the thief who was waiting for the order to give the order to withdraw the troops.

"Hah! Our great hero, General Zhang, is here! Open the gates! Seeing that Liu Bei's army finally retreated after paying nearly forty percent of the casualties, Yuan Xi, who was faintly sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, was full of joy on the top of the city tower, seeing that Zhang Yan's banner was close to the city of Ye, he hurriedly jumped out from behind the female wall, and was about to order the city gate to open the city gate to welcome the Black Mountain thieves into the city.

"Slow down!" Speaking is the Euphorbia Commander Zhang Jaw, who has been on full guard around Yuan Xi since the beginning of the Great War. When he listened to Yuan Xi's order to open the city gate, he hurriedly stopped: "Lord, the Black Mountain thieves suddenly turned back, I don't know what the cause is, although it is to help us and others break the enemy, but the Black Mountain thieves are uneven, and they have just met the big battle, and the blood is thick, so they are so easy to let them into the city, if they ......"

Zhang Jaw didn't continue, but the meaning was already very clear. The Black Mountain thieves who have ravaged Hebei for more than ten years, whether it is in the soldiers and people of Jizhou or in the eyes of these Yuan generals, can never be classified as themselves. Although it was indeed the Montenegrin thieves who "helped" Yuan Xi just now, he repelled Liu Bei's army who intended to seize Jizhou. It will take some time for these Jizhou generals and the people to accept this fact. If they really listened to Yuan Xi's orders, they were let into the city. God knows that if it doesn't cause chaos, it's fine, but if the thief nature of Montenegro doesn't change, then for Yecheng, it will be a catastrophe. Wen Chou, who also came to Yuan Xi's side at this moment, also nodded yes after listening to Zhang Jaw's words.

"Jun Yaoxin is also cautious!" For the few generals in his own army who can stand alone, Yuan Xi still relies on it. Although he didn't care much about Zhang Jaw's words, Yuan Xi still held back his temper and explained with a smile: "I don't hide it from Jun Yao until now, this Montenegrin volunteer soldier had secretly taken refuge in Yuan when Kong Rong's ill-intentioned rebel came to my Jizhou half a month ago. Today's matter has also been discussed a long time ago. As for hiding it until now, it's not that he doesn't trust Junyao, but that this matter is very important, and Liu Xuande is a clear-minded character, and it is easy for some clues to leak out, and it is very easy to be detected by him, for the sake of my Yecheng affairs. In order to prevent Jizhou from being deceived by the big-eared thief and disgrace my father, Xi has been hiding it until now, and Xi is here to accompany Junyao and General Wen Chou! ”

"The last general will not dare!" See Yuan Xi say so. Zhang Jaw and Wen Chou praised again and again. When Yuan Shao was there, he had never been very close to the people in the army, and after he took charge of Jizhou, he became friendly, but he had never had such a courteous corporal as this time. Although Zhang Jaw had the heart to persuade Yuan Xi a few more words, the words came to his lips. However, there is no evidence, and Yuan Xi has repeatedly said that Zhang Yan has already surrendered, and he will be a minister in the future. Zhang Jaw didn't want to sweep the face of his lord too much, so he had to stop saying nothing with a worried face, but he was determined to make Yuan Shao leave the last bit of Jizhou under his command to Jizhou, which can be called the world's elite soldiers, and carefully watched this group of Black Mountain thieves with unknown intentions "visitors".

"Squeak!" Let Liu Bei be stationed outside Yecheng for five or six days. It is also due to the high wall of Yecheng and the gate of Yecheng that does not dare to attack the city easily. Finally, when Zhang Yan's banner arrived outside Yecheng City, it was slowly opened. Seeing that whether it was Yuan Xi who was on the high wall, or Zhang Yan who was on a horse under the city, they all showed a smile on their faces.

"Let's go, go with a certain one to pick up General Zhang to vote!" Seeing that Zhang Yan dismounted in front of the moat suspension bridge at the city gate, Yuan Xiruo smiled at the nervous Zhang Jaw, didn't say anything, and slowly walked down the city tower with Wen Chou.

"The sin will be Zhang Yan. I didn't know Yuan Envoy Jun Tianwei before, and I repeatedly offended. Sin is unforgivable! Today, I repented and led the crowd to vote, and I hope that the general will not hesitate to accept it! The sinners are waiting for a hundred bows to welcome the prince! Outside the gate of Yecheng, Zhang Yan's low profile was the same as when he "took refuge" with Liu Bei before, which suddenly made Yuan Xi, who led Jizhou's civil and military forces to greet him, and the smile on his face couldn't help but become a little thicker.

"Oops! General Zhang led the volunteers to solve the great disaster in Jizhou! Yuan Xi hasn't thanked the general yet, how can he blame the general, hurry up, please get up! Seeing that Zhang Yan didn't say a word, he bowed down after seeing himself, and Yuan Xi, who also saw the large number of Black Mountain thieves behind Zhang Yan and had a little jealousy, suddenly felt a little unable to find the north, and hurriedly walked a few steps, rushed to Zhang Yan's side, stretched out his hand to help Zhang Yan, and said loudly: "Come on, go and order a feast, Yuan wants to take the wind and wash the dust for General Zhang, the great hero who saved me in Jizhou!" ”

"Thank you Yuan Yuanjun for your kindness!" Zhang Yan took advantage of the situation, still looking low eyebrows and pleasing to the eyes, but after listening to Yuan Xi's words, his rough face showed a trace of embarrassment, and said to Yuan Xi: "Yuan Zhijun treats Yan so well, a certain deep inscription has no inside, and in the future, he can only die effectively to repay Jun's kindness, but ......"

"General Zhang has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" Not to mention that he had a long relationship with Zhang Yan before, only at this moment, seeing Zhang Yan give himself face like this, let himself face in front of Yecheng Wenwu, Yuan Ximei's snot bubbles are about to bubble up, holding Zhang Yan's arm, looking like a big bag, and said: "General Zhang doesn't have to be so polite in the future, not to mention that the general has a great favor to me in Jizhou today, even if he is a minister in the future, he must continue to rely on the general's bravery, but if there is a request, the general just says it clearly!" ”

"No!" Zhang Yan bowed to the ground with a full number of courtesies, without the slightest hypocrisy of "armor is on the body, and I will not be able to see each other in the end", and said to Yuan Xi, who was more and more satisfied with his "performance": "Yuan Yuanjun also knows that my Montenegrin brothers have always been very difficult, even if they have been fighting for Yuan Yuanjun for the rebels in the past few days, they have not even eaten a full meal, let alone fighting with the big-eared thief this time, and the casualties are also very great. Therefore, I also hope that Yuan Yuanjun will be gracious and allow Yan and other Montenegrin brothers to enter Yecheng to rest temporarily, so that they can recuperate themselves and continue to serve Yuan Yuanjun to repay you. ”

"Well said! It's easy to say, then ......" This is also a matter that Yuan Xi and Zhang Yan discussed before, and at this moment, Zhang Yan said it in public, Yuan Xi was not surprised at all, not to mention that now Wen Chou and Zhang Jaw's 20,000 Jizhou soldiers and euphorbia soldiers are also in full combat readiness, and it is not enough for the Black Mountain thieves to have chaos, Yuan Xi is even more about to respond in one bite, in order to fully agree to Zhang Yan's request on the same day.

"My lord!" Seeing that Yuan Xi, who was not very familiar with the military formation, was about to agree to Zhang Yan's request, Zhang Jaw and Wen Chou, who had been on alert since seeing the murderous Black Mountain thieves behind Zhang Yan, invariably stopped him this time.

"Huh? What do you mean by the two generals? "If Zhang Jaw raised an objection alone, Yuan Xi didn't care much, after all, when he was just above the city tower, Zhang Jaw had already expressed his hostility to these Black Mountain bandits who had battle damage, but the total number was still twice that of his own army. But now not only is it open jaws, but even Wen Chou, another Jizhou general who can handle it, has also expressed his opposition. had to make Yuan Xi cautious. Unlike Zhang Jaw, who was originally a Jizhou guard general, and the commander of the halberd warriors was different from the dispute between the sons when Yuan Shao was there, Wen Chou was for him Yuan Xi. and his old friend and old partner for many years, Yan Liang, served the two masters, and this friendship had to make Yuan Xi attach great importance to Wen Chou's words, not to mention, Wen Chou also controlled almost all the troops in Jizhou, and the weight of what he said was quite unusual.

"My lord, the Montenegrin brothers have fought hard this time. It was in need of renovation! But the barracks in Yecheng were already narrow, and General Wen's 20,000 troops plus auxiliaries were already tightly settled, let alone vacating the camp tents for the Montenegrin brothers to rest. Look at it according to the jaw. It is better to let the brothers of Montenegro rest outside the city for the time being, and of course, once the food in the military tent is provided, please refer to the highest standards of the army. Just wait for me to pack up and vacate a piece of land and camp tents. Then invite the Montenegrin brothers into the city, so that the lord can show that the lord attaches great importance to it! Zhang Jaw can see that Yuan Xi is determined to accept the Black Mountain thieves. Although the more vigilant he is, it is not good to sweep Yuan Xi's face in front of these many people, but fortunately, the ugly words also offset part of Yuan Xi's rebellious psychology. But if they are allowed to enter Yecheng so easily and harm the people of Jizhou, it will definitely not work.

"Not bad! I also hope that the lord will be considerate of the Montenegrin brothers. You can't let the Montenegrin brothers who have just made great contributions to my Jizhou have nowhere to stay and scatter on the streets, right? This is too little to show that the lord is benevolent and loves the soldiers. "Don't look at Wen Chou's rough appearance, he can be favored by careful people like Yuan Shao back then, but he also has his own unique way of dealing with the world.

"This ...... General Zhang, look at ......" With the opposition of the two Jizhou generals, Yuan Xi really can't wait to refute the face of the two, and what Zhang Jaw and Wenchou said is also true, Yuan Xi had to laugh dryly twice, and asked Zhang Yan, whose face was already a little gloomy.

"I'm afraid that the two generals are not worried that the military tents in the city are not enough to accommodate our brothers, but that they can't accommodate us and others, right?" Zhang Yan said in a gloomy voice, Chong Wenchou, and the two of them said.

"General Zhang, what are you talking about?" Hearing that Zhang Yan, who was still humble just now, suddenly became such an attitude, Yuan Xi's face was also unswerving. I blame Zhang Yan for not giving herself face, right? Although it was said that the two had a secret agreement before, but at that time, when they learned that Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Liu Bei were attacking together, and they were at a loss, they were naturally allowed to control tens of thousands of Black Mountain elite soldiers, Zhang Yan, the thief, was presumptuous, but now, although Cao Cao and Yuan Tan did not move their troops, they were also in a stalemate, Lu Bu's side did not move, and Liu Bei, who came blatantly, had also been defeated, and the Black Mountain thieves were also seriously damaged. It can be said that Yuan Xi, who has 20,000 Jizhou elite soldiers and halberd warriors in his hands, has unprecedented confidence after seeing the fierce battle between Liu Beijun and the Black Mountain thieves. Regarding Zhang Yan's attitude, he is more concerned.

Aren't you Zhang Yan just a black mountain thief, a group of rabble thieves under his command, with 60,000 elite soldiers against Liu Bei 20,000 soldiers, including no less than 5,000 auxiliary soldiers, can only kill less than 30% of the opponent but lose half of themselves, it can be seen how the combat power is. Originally, he used Zhang Yan's elite soldiers to create a descendant army for himself, but if he only got a thief soldier who was not very obedient and had low combat effectiveness, Yuan Xi's interest was not very great now. Therefore, for Zhang Yan's change of attitude, Yuan Xi's tone also added a bit of reproach.

"Yuan Yuanjun! My brother Montenegro sacrificed his life and forgot his life to relieve the siege of Yecheng, and the one who finally benefited was Yuan Yuanjun! Zhang is a rough person, and he has also heard the allusion of the bird hiding the rabbit and the dead dog, could it be that Yuan Yuanjun also wants to follow suit and do it! Seeing Yuan Xi's attitude, the corners of Zhang Yan's mouth showed a sneer and said.

"Zhang Yan! Hugh is rude! Before Yuan Xi, who reacted to Zhang Yan's attitude, could speak, Wen Chou roared angrily first, pulled Yuan Xi behind him, and said angrily to Zhang Yan.

"Why, my brother Montenegro saved Yecheng, but he was not even allowed to enter the city gate, and Zhang was just telling the truth, so Yuan Yuanjun had already denied it? When Yuan Yuanjun conspired with Zhang and begged Zhang to send troops to rescue Yecheng, this was not the attitude! Zhang Yan's words became more and more vicious, and seeing that Yuan Xi's face also turned from stunned to ashamed, Zhang Yan sneered and said: "Let's be honest, Brother Zhang has been admiring the prosperity of Yecheng for a long time, and wants to enter the city to have a look, Yuan Envoy Jun may have it, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't allow it!" ”

"Zhang Yan thief, what do you want!" Now that Zhang Yan's abnormality can no longer be seen, Zhang Jaw is blind to his body, which is one pillar and one pillar of the four courts in Hebei.

Is Zhang Yan crazy? The sudden change in the situation almost made everyone in the field who followed Yuan Xi out to greet the "heroes" a little puzzled. Zhang Yan: What is this picture? First of all, he desperately solved the "old difficulty" problem of Liu Bei's attack for Yecheng, and when he was asking for merit and reward, he suddenly showed such a meaning of turning his face, is this whether he is happy or sure that he is still good luck when facing the 20,000 Jizhou soldiers and euphorbia soldiers that Yecheng still has, and when he fights with Liu Beijun? Almost everyone is a little confused about what Zhang Yan wants to do!

"To tell the truth, Zhang, the head of the Black Mountain thief in your eyes, has been doing it for too long! Enough of the days of living under the people! It's like doing Jizhou Mu for a few days, and I hope that Yuan will make you complete! In the stunned eyes of the civil and military people in Yecheng, Zhang Yan suddenly waved at the head of Yecheng City and made a strange gesture, and said with a cruel smile. (To be continued......)