Chapter 3: Black Mountain Thieves
At this time, on a gentle slope not far from the camp where the 30,000 and state troops were stationed at the foot of Tongtian Mountain, in the darkness, a pair of green eyes emerged from behind the cover of those stones.
The moonlight faintly shone on their hideous and rough faces, as well as the various coarse linen shirts on their bodies, which were not very uniform, and it was obvious that these people were not in a good situation.
They were prostrate on the slope, but their eyes were all staring at the big camp in front of them, with different expressions of jealousy and greed.
"Yu Shuai, wouldn't this be too risky?" The one who spoke was a man with a sallow complexion that made people think that he was malnourished at first glance, but his body was sturdy, and his waist and arms were exposed, which was really an absolute contradiction.
On the other side, a gray-clothed man with sharp-beaked monkey cheeks and protruding eyes and ears that couldn't be seen also opened his mouth to persuade: "Yes, Yu Shuai, this idea is a prick at first glance, let's not peck the goose, but be blinded by this goose."
What they called "Yu Shuai" was a Chinese face, with a resolute appearance and different eyebrows, and when he heard the words of the two, he just raised his thick eyebrows, but did not answer.
In the end, the big man was left and said: "What did you say, Lao Mu, our handsome is the biggest goose, and he is afraid of being pecked by other geese?" ”
The gray-clothed man Mugen saw that it was Bai Huan who was talking on his side, this Bai Huan was not white at all, he was a black guy, with a rough personality and slow response, plus he had never read a book and couldn't read a few words, and even this goose was not a guy who couldn't make a fuss, Mu Gen was a little disdainful and explained to him, looking at Yu Poison, who was also the "Yu Shuai" in their mouths, and seemed to be waiting for him to have an answer.
This group of people is the famous Montenegrin Army in Hebei, of course, this so-called army is also their own name, in fact, it is also the Montenegrin thief, but probably few thieves will call themselves thieves, that doesn't sound majestic enough, or the Montenegrin Army sounds domineering, and look at these people. Yu Poison can be called "handsome" in the Montenegrin army. Mugen, Bai Huan, and Chen Ke also have their own subordinates, and they can all be regarded as the upper echelons of the Black Mountain thieves, but at this time, they are all concentrated in this place far away from Hebei.
But how could this black mountain thief appear in this Tongtian Mountain? This is a long story, and I have to talk about the current situation in Hebei.
The place where the Black Mountain thieves are raging is in Hebei, but now Hebei is not stable, and the three princes of Yuan Shao, Han Fu and Gongsun Zhan seem to have formed a confrontation, but in fact, there is an undercurrent. If it weren't for the fact that Dong Zhuo, Gongsun Du and other powerhouses were also around, I am afraid that the fight would have started into a mess long ago.
Zhang Yan's Black Mountain thief was secretly allied with Gongsun Zhan, and this alliance had to be pushed to the time when the Eighteenth Route Princes Alliance was against Dong, so in this confrontation and possible future melee, Zhang Yan naturally helped his ally Gongsun Chan to attack Yuan Shao, of course, he did it selfishly.
Both in terms of composition and intent. Black Mountain thieves have always been just thieves, even if Zhang Yan was once entitled by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, but he was just looking for a righteous name for himself, and after the death of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and the young ruler who succeeded the Son of Heaven was Dong Zhuo, Zhang Yan's so-called edict has long been remembered by many people, and even he himself has selective amnesia, so for Zhang Yan, a stable and unified Hebei is definitely not as good as a chaotic Hebei where the princes conquer each other. This is from the point of view of interests. Who called him this big gang, not the old and weak women and children waiting to be fed. It's the bandits who are used to looting for a living.
People's desires are endless, once you enjoy that feeling of being high, it is almost impossible to choose by yourself, Zhang Yan knows that now that he can obtain such status and power, who is the biggest dependent, and if he wants to continue to get their support, he can only try to satisfy them, as for satisfying them, it may affect the life and death of those ordinary people, who cares about it.
Looking at the heroes of Hebei, Yuan Shao's threat is undoubtedly the bigest, whether it is Han Fu or Gongsun Zan or the two together, they are not his opponents, with Yuan Shao's strength today, it is only a matter of time to sweep away Hebei, and when the time comes, Zhang Yan's interests will naturally be damaged, he can't sit back and watch this situation appear, so he can only stand on the opposite side of Yuan Shao.
It's just that he didn't expect Gongsun Zhan to deal with Wuhuan is a brave and courageous white horse general, but when the enemy he faced became Yuan Shao, who gradually became the overlord, he was so useless, or it can also be said that Yuan Shao is indeed too strong, at this time Yuan Shaoshang, who has not yet dominated Hebei, can not talk about being rigid and self-serving, and he is not worse than anyone else in adopting people's words, after all, he is still sober at this time and knows what he should do and what he should not do, he himself is not proficient in strategic matters, and what he is best at is to manage the local government, so his territory under his rule, whether it is the recovery of production or the stability of life, is undoubtedly in the forefront of the Hebei lands; In the march and fighting, he relied on Tian Feng and others, so even if Han Fu joined forces with Gongsun Zhan, and added a black mountain thief who disturbed Hebei, the foundation was not as good as the other party after all, and the foreign move would be lightly resolved, so the alliance of the three of them fell into disadvantage.
To this day, because of the many defeats of the Black Mountain thieves, coupled with the fact that Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and Han Fu were very strict under their rule, they could not allow the Black Mountain thieves to plunder lightly, so that they actually had a food crisis.
It's no wonder that there are millions of black mountain thieves with one mouth, most of them are waiting for people to raise, and they are originally born as thieves, except for looting, there seems to be no way to mix and eat.
Originally, as an alliance, Gongsun Chan should have supported Zhang Yan a little, but Gongsun Chan shirked Zhang Yan's request, what Youzhou is also a disaster year, the harvest is not good, and self-sufficiency is insufficient, how can he receive the food of the Black Mountain thieves?
The most annoying thing is that he didn't borrow food, and he actually took this opportunity to start refuting the Black Mountain thieves, saying that they were doing nonsense and making a mess in Hebei, if natural disasters were inevitable, then their human disasters were disgusting, and then he persuaded Zhang Yan to control the behavior of his subordinates in a timely manner, which was simply a slap in the face in front of Zhang Yan.
This made Zhang Yan secretly hate, although it would not break down the alliance, but he had rejection and faint vigilance towards Gongsun Zhan.
But no matter what, he had to find a way to get enough food, otherwise the disgruntled voices among the Black Mountain thieves alone would make him die of sorrow.
Zhang Yanzheng was worried, but he received news that someone had transported a large amount of grain at the border of Bingzhou, but it was a regular army of 30,000 people who transported the grain, and Zhang Yan hesitated for a long time. Finally made up my mind to take an adventure.
It can be said that the reason why they appear here is because of the poison. It was completely attracted by the grain and grass brought by the state army, of course, if possible, those weapons were also taken away by the way, after all, these things were also in short supply to the Black Mountain thieves.
The Montenegrin thieves who came here this time gathered a total of 30,000 people, all of whom were combatable soldiers, and they were also the only cavalry among the Montenegrin thieves, almost all of whom were here. It can be said that Zhang Yan also made a bloody investment, but he did not want to fight against the Bingzhou army, these cavalry were more used as a raid to contain the main attention of the Bingzhou army, while Yu Poison secretly led some people to wait for the opportunity.
Tonight was exactly what he thought was a good opportunity, and the 30,000 cavalry had not yet moved. But Yu Poison found that tonight the state army was suddenly stationed at the foot of this mountain, and it was actually holding a party, anyway, they were very relaxed at this time, if they took this opportunity to make a move, they would definitely be able to catch them off guard, and they would naturally be able to fish in troubled waters, and the 30,000 cavalry over there would also take the opportunity to go out to cooperate.
Thinking of this, Yu Poison suddenly frowned, glanced at the three people beside him, and felt that it was necessary for them to understand the importance of this matter. He spoke slowly. His voice was low, but magnetic. It sounds very comfortable: "This plan was set by the marshal, and the marshal said, in this army, there is grain looted from Taicang in Luoyang, which is enough for our 100,000 brothers and sisters to survive the whole winter, they are now stationed at the foot of this mountain, and they are defenseless. Although Gongsun Chan was pleased with Zhang Yan's alliance, he didn't think much of Zhang Yan and the origin of the Black Mountain thief, and he hadn't covered it up much, if it wasn't for Zhang Yan to stop him, he almost stepped forward to give that Gongsun Chan a few punches, and naturally expressed some of his dissatisfaction between his words at this time.
Bai Huan was silent, Mu Gen snorted, looking at Yu Xuan, who regarded himself as the head of everyone, a touch of jealousy flashed in his eyes from time to time, and the sallow-faced man Chen Ke suddenly shouted: "Someone is coming......"
As soon as his voice fell, several people were awe-inspiring in their hearts, and they gestured to the back, and suddenly there was a sound of rustling behind them, and when they looked at it later, it became quiet, as if nothing had happened.
At this time, a few figures finally approached here, these people were wearing armor, but they were dressed as authentic Bingzhou soldiers, and they were the scouts sent by the Bingzhou military camp to patrol the surroundings.
Mugen whispered: "Hey, we are worried that no one will guide us, so these people have come to the door, go and arrest them, as long as one person is left to ask about the situation in the barracks, how is it?" ”
Yu Poison did not refute, so it was regarded as a tacit acquiescence, and after communicating with a few other people, he ordered a few of his subordinates to step forward cleanly.
They moved quickly in the dark, obviously not the first time they had done this kind of thing, those junzhou scouts didn't have time to react, they were dragged back from behind one by one, no matter how they struggled, but how could these black mountain thieves, who were already good at captivity, miss.
However, it was not missed, but Baimi always had a mistake, and a strange noise suddenly broke out in the hands of one of the junzhou army scouts, and then they saw a fire rising into the sky, which was obviously a signal.
That Yu Poison screamed badly when he saw this, he didn't expect that it was these ordinary patrolmen who were so difficult, everyone was bound, and they still let them pass on the news, this time not only did not match their original plan, but also thought about it, they also knew that their rabble was incomparable with the 30,000 regular army that was serious.
Wanting to retreat, Yu Poison was a little unwilling, and after a while, he decided, and said to the left and right: "Let's lurk here first to see the situation, if there is no movement, then go to explore, if there is a slight movement, for the sake of safety, we can only leave this place first." (To be continued.) )