"Master Confucius has governed Beihai for many years, and the people have always been wealthy. Beihai has also been hoarding a large amount of grain, grain and grass is not a problem, and the rest of the materials for defending the city are also well prepared, and it is estimated that they can last for many days without worry. Thank you to the general for sending troops to the rescue, as long as Yuan Shao returns, Ci can keep Master Kong safe when he returns. Tai Shi Ci thought for a moment and said. This Tai Shi Ci is called Master Kong from beginning to end, not the lord, which implies that Chu Xiong is still an ownerless person.

"Good. Now the king will attack Jizhou with peace of mind, waiting for Yuan Shao to come back to help, thinking that the siege battle, often have to triple the number of soldiers defending the city before breaking the city. Now Kong Beihai's soldiers, horses, grain and grass are quite abundant. The North Sea will not be easily breached. You also go down to rest first, don't be in a hurry, and this king will arrange to send troops immediately. I said reassuringly.

After Tai Shi Ci went down by the tiger guard. I immediately began to give orders.

"Since Yuan Shao's army is fighting in Qingzhou, this king will give him a hard time.

"Wenhe, Fengxiao, do you have any comments to add?"

Although I decided, I still asked the opinions of these military advisors.

"I think it's good. With the army of tigers and wolves, the tens of thousands of miscellaneous soldiers who attacked Yuan Shao did not have much pressure, and during the period, they only needed to let the generals be more cautious about the black mountain thieves, and they would be able to successfully obtain Jizhou. ”

"Jia also feels that this is the right time, but Jia also agrees with Wen He's opinion, he should pay more attention to the Montenegrin thief Zhang Yan, since he has taken refuge in Yuan Shao, he will inevitably help Yuan Shao to defend Jizhou, the Montenegrin Army is known as a million, the lord needs to specially remind Lu Bu, and there are Montenegrin thieves in the Taihang Mountains of Bingzhou, so that Lu Bu can find an opportunity to eradicate or subdue it."

"Okay, pass on the order of this king, order Guan Yu and Lu Bu to send troops to Jizhou immediately, let them be careful of the black mountain thief Zhang Yan, and strive to take Jizhou for this king when Yuan Shao returns to help."

"Yes!" Cao Xuan heard Chu Xiong's order, so he took the order to arrange the messenger.

Zhang Yan, Changshan Zhending. In fact, he is neither surnamed Zhang nor Yan, his original surname is Chu, and his name cannot be examined. As for why she is called Zhang Yan, it's a long story.

The era in which Zhang Yan lived was the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty when everyone wanted to be the emperor and had a gun as the king of grass. In 184 AD, the Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Jiao first raised the banner of righteousness, and then the whole country was full of wolves. At that time, Zhang Yan gathered a group of young people to occupy the land as the king, and moved to the mountains, with a crowd of 10,000 people. Boling Zhang Niujiao also led the crowd to raise an incident and called himself a general. These two forces were united together, Zhang Yanzun Zhang Niujiao was the commander, and attacked the Tao together, Zhang Niujiao was shot by an arrow in the battle, was seriously injured, and told his subordinates when he was dying: "Yan must be the commander." Zhang Yan was very moved, so she changed her surname to Zhang. Zhang Yan has a fierce personality, quick action, light as a swallow, and extremely fast, so the army is called "Zhang Feiyan". This kind of title was very popular in the rebel army at that time, such as Zhang Baiqi for those who rode white horses, Zhang Leigong for those who were loud, and Li Damu for those with big eyes, and so on.

Zhang Yan's rebel army was like a spark burning the plain, developing very rapidly, and Changshan, Zhaojun, Zhongshan, Shangdang, Hanoi and other small groups of rebels liaison, the small leaders in this area, Sun Qing, Wang Dang, etc., led their troops to join Zhang Yan, the number of troops once reached one million, known as the "Black Mountain Army". This was already a great force at that time, and Cao Cao had only 800,000 troops at the time of the Red Cliff War. According to relevant information, Hebei, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Jilin, and Inner Mongolia all have Montenegro, but the Montenegro occupied by Zhang Yan should be in the northwest of Jun County, Henan, which is recorded in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty and the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms. This Black Mountain was originally called Moshan, and it was named because Mozi once lived here.

In the face of the increasingly powerful Montenegrin army, Emperor Ling of Han was unable to conquer, so he came up with a way to recruit An. The premise of recruiting peace is that the imperial court is unable to exterminate it, and the second is that the recruiter wants to obtain a legitimate name to preserve his strength. Like many leaders of the peasant rebel army in history, Zhang Yan could not refuse the temptation of high-ranking officials, so he asked for the title of "General of the Peace", but the army was not absorbed, and the Montenegrin Army was still a powerful force.

Dong Zhuo burned, killed and looted in Luoyang, arousing public indignation. The princes of all walks of life formed an alliance, and the whole world discussed it. Zhang Yan also led his troops to join the joint operation against Dong Zhuo, but all the princes had their own calculations and used Dong Zhuo to expand their power, so as soon as Dong Zhuo was destroyed, the coalition forces pinched each other. First of all, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan fought for Jizhou, and Zhang Yan allied with Gongsun Zhan, sent his subordinate general Du Chang to fight together, and took advantage of the emptiness in Yuan Shao's rear to seize Yecheng.

Yuan Shao, who was born in a noble family, did not take Zhang Yan, who was born as a "thief", in his eyes, and only then did he feel that this person should not be underestimated, so after the death of Gongsun Zhan, he began to confront Zhang Yan head-on. Yuan Shao, with the assistance of Lu Bu, launched a fierce battle with Zhang Yan in Changshan, but Zhang Yan was defeated and his vitality was greatly damaged, so he had to go to the mountains to be a hero in the green forest. Zhang Yan's final outcome was to submit to Cao Cao, and he was named the Marquis of Anguo Pavilion, with 500 households.

Historically speaking, although this Zhang Yan was a thief, he was also a capable and powerful warlord in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Jizhou was originally the base of Huangfu Song, and now it is Yuan Shao's rear base. The grain and grass of Yuan Shao's army in Qingzhou were all transported from Jizhou.

Although Jizhou is very important to Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao did not leave much army here, the total strength is only 100,000 people, but there are a large number of Zhang Yan's black mountain thieves to help guard, the defense of the Eastern Han Dynasty, is a little bit of defense, that is, in some military places to station troops, generally some passes, cities, so it is very easy to enter the boundary of Jizhou, just pay attention, here are many mountains, trails, the army is easy to be ambushed.

After waiting for Chu Xiong's order to reach Guan Yu and Lu Bu. Lu Bu and Guan Yu immediately hurriedly gathered their respective troops and set off.

Lu Bu's army out of Huguan, closer to Yecheng than Guan Yu's army, so go straight to Yecheng, because the army has many cavalry, Lu Bu opened the way to take the wolf cavalry first, and the rear army infantry was led by Zhang Xiu, marching slowly, cleaning up the wreckage of Lu Bu's destruction along the road, and Lu Bu's wolf cavalry army marched fast.

When the army marched along the official road to Yecheng, Lu Bu pointed to a strange rocky mountain four or five miles to the west, which stretched very treacherously and horizontally, and asked Gao Shun: "Zhongyi, your home is in Wei County, not far from here, do you know what this is?" ”

Gao Shun looked at it for a while, frowned, I don't know how Gao Shun talked more after being with Lu Bu for a long time, thought about it and replied: "This is Fushan, there is a Fukou in the north according to Fushan Mountain, south according to Shenlu Mountain, the two mountains are sandwiched, forming a narrow passage about a thousand meters long and only 100 meters wide, which is the main road for Yecheng to go west out of Taihang." It is also the territory of Montenegro, which is actually located between Yecheng, Hanoi, Jijun and Zhongshan, that is, the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain. Here are high mountains and dense forests, endless, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the terrain is dangerous. It is precisely because of this that the Han officials and soldiers are helpless against them, because they have long been evil in Montenegro, they are called Montenegrin thieves! ”

Lu Bu took a closer look in the direction of Nafu Mountain, and sure enough, the mountain was high and steep, which was conducive to ambush.

"Fengxian, this place is close to Montenegro, in case that Zhang Yan knows that our army is attacking and launches a million Montenegrin thieves to attack, this is a very likely ambush location, the lord has told me to be careful of Montenegro Zhang Yan, we don't kill them but they are attacked first." Chen Gong reminded in a timely manner.

"Mr. Gongtai is really careful, it's just a group of thieves, with me Lu Fengxian here, he doesn't dare to sneak attack." Lu Brown laughed loudly.

Chen Gong shook his head violently and shouted: "Feng Xian, how can the march and fight be such a child's play, but don't despise this Zhang Yan." Gong heard that this person used soldiers to defend the speed, and the Black Mountain thieves called it Feiyan. The Montenegrin thieves have been in the mountains and forests for a long time, crossing the mountains and mountains, as if walking on flat ground, and the valleys of Changshan, Zhaojun, Zhongshan, Shangdang, and Hanoi are all connected, and Zhang Yan travels between these valleys, and may attack in various places at any time. Moreover, in the Taihang Mountains, there are still Huanglong, Zuoxiao, Niujiao, Wulu, Zhenggen, Bitter Frog, Liu Shi, Pinghan, Dahong, Sili, Yuancheng, Luoshi, Lei Gong, Fuyun, Baijue, Yang Feng, Yu Poison and other hundreds of Yellow Turban remnants of the same size for the big ones 20,000 or 30,000, and the small ones are not reduced by thousands. ”

Lu Bu has been sweeping the Huns, exterminating Xianbei, and he is full of ambition, and he despises the combat effectiveness of these Yellow Turban remnants in his heart, but out of respect for Chen Gong, he also laughed and said: "Mr. Gongtai, remind me that Bu Meng Lang!" ”

Chen Gong saw that Lu Bu knew that he was wrong, and he also smiled with satisfaction: "Feng Xian can listen to the palace's advice, the palace is very pleased, in fact, the palace has long heard that Zhang Yan is strict in governing the army, and he is cunning in his use of soldiers, and the Black Mountain Army has been fighting with the official army for many years, and the combat power is tenacious, not comparable to other yellow turbans, Feng Xian must not despise Zhang Yan." ”

Gao Shun also nodded: "**The master is reasonable, I fought with Zhang Yan when I was in Bingzhou, and I know that this person is cunning and erratic in using soldiers, and he is a thief who is good at using soldiers, and the terrain of the Taihang Mountains is complex, even if I lead the army, I can't win easily." Marshal, don't underestimate the enemy. ”

"Lord, Zhang Yan has already taken refuge in Yuan Shao, and his forces are all over the Taihang Mountains, presumably the matter of our army's garrison Huguan, he has long known, if he is not afraid of our army, that is, he is preparing to ambush our army in a favorable position, if our army is just planning to take Yecheng, it is better for us to march overnight, away from Montenegro and let Zhang Yan pounce." Xu Huang has been in Luoyang for a long time, and he has rarely dealt with black mountain thieves, so he judged according to common sense.

"Gongming, you are wrong, I have never encountered the enemy and fled without a fight, and there will be no one in the future, anyway, the lord has an order for me to wait for the opportunity to eliminate Zhang Yan's Montenegrin thieves, as long as we defeat the Montenegrin army, we can make a great contribution, this Jizhou is still Marshal Yu's army is marching, the Montenegrin army is called millions, but it must not be like our army to fight collectively, it must be fought separately, there will not be many people at a time, we just need to send people to climb the mountain, first conduct reconnaissance, if there is no enemy army, in a hurry, By the way, look for their cottage, if you find it, it will be good to level it directly, and our army no longer needs to worry about Zhang Yan's attack. If you want the Sky Wolf Army to enter the mountains to destroy the Black Mountain Army, it is very difficult, the Black Mountain Army marches in the mountains very quickly, and it is not comparable to these cavalry such as us. "Zhang Liao led Gao Shun to fight with Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army several times in Bingzhou, and some of them knew the habits of the Black Mountain thieves, joined the Sky Wolf Army, and also knew the pros and cons of the use of the Sky Wolf Army.

"Wen Yuan is right, the Black Mountain thieves, especially Zhang Yan's department, march very fast, and our Sky Wolf Cavalry can't enter the mountain, and the speed after dismounting is beyond the reach of the dust, if you want to avoid them, you can't only set up camp here first, and send scouts to investigate first." Gao Shun also continued.

Lu Bu asked again: "Then do you have any good strategies to fight against the Black Mountain Thieves?"

Chen Gong thought about it, then thought about it and said: "The palace has a feasible plan, the black mountain thieves, come out to rob the house, it means that they are still not rich, even if they take refuge in Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao has been fighting and has no time to meet them regularly, they will inevitably have a shortage of food, since our army cannot enter the mountain, then we will use a plan to lure them out of the mountain."

Since they need grain and grass, we just need to spread the news that our army is carrying a large amount of grain and grass all over the Black Mountain, even if Zhang Yan is not tempted, there will naturally be other leaders who are tempted and come together, but the reputation of our Sky Wolf Army, presumably the Black Mountain thieves also know, so they will definitely not choose to confront our army face to face, the simple way is to come to the surprise attack while our army is asleep and negligent in defense."

It is necessary to attract them very well, and give them enough courage and temptation to live. Our army camped, put the grain and grass in an obvious place, where the army played, pretended to be proud and complacent, disdainful of the Montenegrin thieves, reduced the grain and grass guards, let the sergeants pretend to be scattered, so that the Montenegrin thieves thought that our army despised them, Fengxian could also take the wolf cavalry everywhere to play, and also camped at the foot of the Fushan Mountain that night, in fact, sent heavy troops to ambush in a hidden place, ready to encircle and suppress at any time.

Hearing Chen Gong say this, Lu Bu nodded: "Okay, according to Mr. Gongtai's intentions, immediately send someone to investigate, and find that the Black Mountain thieves should not alarm them, and find an opportunity to despise the Black Mountain Thieves of our army, and did not send heavy troops to protect the grain and grass of the army. Don't go into the mountain road for the time being, otherwise it won't be good to be ambushed. ”

Gao Shun had traveled in this area in his early years, so he pointed to an empty wasteland a mile away: "Marshal, look, the right side of that wasteland is facing the Fu Mountain, and the other three sides are not far away with dense woods and wild grasses more than one person high, which can ambush our army, which is suitable for the implementation of the strategy."

"Okay, our army will set up camp here, and immediately start their own operations." Lu Bu dispatched troops and asked all the generals to be ordered to prepare.