The head-to-head confrontation between the Zhenyong battalion and the Montenegrin rebels in the north of Jishui and west of Yuanshi City did not last long, although this was the first major battle fought by the Zhenyong battalion since it became an army, and they faced several times the enemy of their own, but the result was a devastating and devastating victory.

The combat effectiveness of the Montenegrin rebels should not be underestimated, and the fact that these gangs and armed forces from the homeless people were able to survive in the great brawl fighting to eliminate the Yellow Turban rebels in various places is enough to show that they are more difficult to deal with than ordinary Yellow Turban rebels in the face of danger. However, no matter how powerful the outcastic armed forces are, they cannot escape defeat and annihilation when they face the well-disciplined and well-trained regular troops.

The establishment and equipment rationing of the Zhenyong battalion are strictly in accordance with the standards of the Zhenwei and Zhenwu battalions, and the training methods are also carried out in strict accordance with the training program issued by the Commander's Office.

By noon, the battle had ended, except for a few people who resisted fiercely and were killed by the army, most of the rest abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and sat on the battlefield in piles, waiting for the troops from all walks of life in Jizhou to come and take care of them.

Sun Li carefully looked at the five bloody heads in front of him, pouted and said, "That's it, when the blade slashes into the necks of these thieves, it will bleed and lose its life." ”

Adjutant General Tang Meng said unsatisfactorily: "Yes, these guys are fierce when they bully unarmed ordinary people on weekdays, and when they really see a high and low on the battlefield, they are a group of cowards, and they don't see a few bold ones." ”

Chen Rong, the military advisor, reminded: "It's better to quickly order the battlefield to be cleaned up and order restored." Other than that. Then send someone to send the heads of these thief chieftains to Sun Jin's tomb and tell the people of Changshan that their great revenge has been avenged. ”

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to the orders of the military advisor, and I'll go to General Taishi to discuss the disposal of the prisoners." Sun Li threw the post-war chores to Chen Rong, and rode his horse for a while before running away.

Chen Rong was more than ten years older than Sun Li, and when he saw that the young general's ambition did not change, he could only shake his head and smile and take on the rest of the things.

South of Jishui. Zhang Yan has just received accurate news.

"Qiqi Marshal, more than 60,000 people in the five villages out of the mountain were killed on the spot, more than 4,000 were killed, and the rest were all taken prisoner, and none of the leaders escaped.

"Can you find out how many of Jizhou's troops directly participated in the war? How many casualties were there? ”

"Back to the marshal, the Jizhou troops who came to participate in the battle this time were mainly composed of the 6,000 infantry cavalry of the Zhenwei battalion, the 5,000 infantry of the Youyan army and the 15,000 infantry of the Zhenyong battalion, and it was the Zhenyong battalion that was directly put into the battlefield in the morning. One of the Zhenwei battalions and the Youyan army was responsible for breaking the rear, and the other was responsible for defending Yuanshi City and House County. According to the military judge of the Zhenyong battalion, after the battle, the Zhenyong battalion suffered more than 2,000 casualties, of which most were wounded. No more than five hundred soldiers were actually killed in battle. ”

"It's really unbelievable that a Zhenyong battalion that has never really experienced a big war would have such a strong combat power, if it were replaced by Zhenwei and Youyan Army, who had experienced many bloody battles. Isn't it even more terrifying? Sun Qing said with some emotion.

"Dashuai, should we go back to the mountain immediately? It seems unsafe right now. Wang Dang reminded.

Zhang Yan shook her head and said, "Do you think we can go back now?" Although the cavalry brought by Tai Shi Ci from Huguan was only 3,000, it was a sharp knife to chase his life. Arrived at our back road. Besides, even if Tai Shici let us go back to the mountain, the soldiers of the six large and small villages together would be destroyed, and the remaining five would all be destroyed, but we would be safe and sound, what would those people who stayed in the mountains think? ”

"What do we do now?" Du Yuan asked worriedly.

"We're going to do nothing, waiting for Tai Shici to come over in person."

"Will he risk his life?"

"Tai Shi Ci is very brave, I can guess if it is not you." Before Zhang Yan's words landed, he saw a cloud of dust rolling up in the distance. "People are coming, a few of you will go down separately to appease the brothers, don't let people see the jokes."

Tai Shi Ci came from the north bank of Jishui, with only three hundred neatly draped elite cavalry, although compared to the tens of thousands of Zhang Yan's subordinates stationed here, it was a little weak, but from the sharp eyes and uniform movements of the knights on the horse, the soldiers of the Black Mountain Army on both sides of the road felt an awe-inspiring and inviolable majesty.

Tai Shi Ci galloped on the horse, as if entering a no-man's land, when there was still a hundred steps away from Zhang Yanshuaiqi, his arms pulled the reins, and the snow-white war horse neighed, and his front hooves kicked a few times in the air, and the people stood in place.

Such a majestic horse and such a vigorous knight suddenly made Zhang Yan and the onlookers of the Black Mountain Army soldiers envious.

"Zhang Shuai, the last meeting of Jishui was suddenly like yesterday, I don't think we will meet here again today!" Tai Shici sat upright on the horse and saluted Zhang Yan with his fists clenched.

"Zhang has been waiting for the general here for a long time, and I hope that the general will bring a goodwill that can make the whole of Montenegro feel sincere enough!" Zhang Yan returned the salute to Tai Shici, and did not pretend to be polite.

"Zhang Shuai rest assured, he came here today, with the general's handwritten message, whether the sincerity is enough, you will know after reading it!" Tai Shici took out a letter from his bosom as he spoke, motioned for the guards on his side to dismount and take it, and presented it in front of Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan did not doubt that he had him, carefully tore open the seal of the letterhead, and then carefully read the handwritten letter written by Liu He to himself.

In the letter, Liu He promised not only to fully fulfill the original agreement with the Montenegrin army, but also expressed his willingness to give the young men in the Montenegrin army who were accustomed to fighting a place to display their skills, and would not force them to disarm and return to the field. As for the leaders of all walks of life in Montenegro from Zhang Yan down, Liu He did not hesitate to add officials and rewards, in short, the conditions were so generous that they completely exceeded Zhang Yan's expectations.

"Thank you, General Taishi, for personally sending the letter! From now on, we will all be subordinates under the command of the general, why don't we go into my tent and drink hard? Zhang Yan greeted Tai Shici warmly.

"Haha...... that's exactly how it should be!" Tai Shi Ci is a bold and upright person, so naturally he will not refuse Zhang Yan's invitation, so he turned over and dismounted, and entered the camp with Zhang Yan.

The onlookers of the Montenegrin Army soldiers saw that the matter of recruiting an had been decided, and from then on they no longer had to face the encirclement and suppression of hundreds of thousands of troops under Liu He's command. Bursts of jubilant cheers rang out.

That night, Tai Shici and Zhang Yan got drunk, two majestic men with completely different backgrounds met each other, and the more they talked, the more they fell in love, and they slept together in the Chinese military tent after getting drunk. Zhang Yan's three juniors were carefully and vigilantly guarding outside the account to ensure the safety of Zhang Yan and Tai Shici.

On the second day, Tai Shici left 100 cavalry for Zhang Yan as cavalry instructors for the reorganized Montenegrin Army, and then left in the dust. After Tai Shici left, Zhang Yan immediately took his subordinates to the Fengshan area of Zhao County to streamline and reorganize. A few days passed. A group of thousands of soldiers from the Zhenyong battalion sent over the 20,000 Montenegrin soldiers captured on the battlefield.

According to Liu He's instructions, Zhang Yan wanted to eliminate the old, weak, sick and disabled under his command in the Fengshan area, even if the total strength of the army was only one-third of the original, and it was necessary to ensure that the remaining were good soldiers with strong bodies and tenacious fighting will. For Liu He's instruction, Zhang Yan didn't dare to have any dissatisfaction and disobedience, after all, this was the first order he received after his official submission, if he didn't do it well, he would not only lose face. It will even lose its lizi.

As for how to reorganize and eliminate the Black Mountain tribes, Zhang Yan already had a general framework in his mind after Tai Shici's prompts, but when it came to implementation. only to find out that things are not as simple as I imagined. Zhang Yan is also a person who dares to think and do, he feels that since he doesn't know the law, it is better to go to Jicheng in person and meet Liu He. In this way, he not only showed his sincerity, but also got Liu He's personal guidance.

Zhang Yan then divided the military power into three parts and handed them over to Sun Qing, Du Yuan and Wang Dang. Then he took the hundred cavalry given to him by Tai Shici to Jicheng to meet the hussar general Liu He.

Liu He learned that Zhang Yan only brought a hundred horsemen to Jicheng to ask to see him, and he was quite happy and satisfied, so he personally went out of the city to greet him and gave Zhang Yan enough face.

Zhang Yan visited many places in Jicheng, and also met with many celebrities in military and political circles, and gained many valuable experiences from them. When Zhang Yan left Jicheng, Liu He not only assigned him with the Taishou of Zhao Jun and Dingxiang, but also specially transferred a group of instructors from several training regiments, and selected more than a dozen capable senior staff officers from the General Staff Department of the Command Office. At Zhang Yan's repeated insistence, Liu He reluctantly parted his love and assigned a total of 500 students from the sixth batch of students who were about to graduate from various colleges of Yenching University to Dingxiang and Zhao Jun. Zhang Yan repeatedly assured Liu He that he would ensure the safety of these good seedlings in managing internal affairs, and if any of them were missing a finger, it would be regarded as a dereliction of duty.

Jicheng and his party made Zhang Yan reap a bumper harvest, and also let Zhang Yan see the future of hundreds of thousands of people in Montenegro. After returning to Fengshan, Zhang Yan first announced a discipline, that is, in the future, the military and government will be separated, and all the soldiers who leave the three battalions of Feiyan, Beiwei and Zhenze of the Black Mountain Army will return to the township and be managed by Zhang Zhan, the Taishou of Zhaojun and the Taishou of Dingxiang, while the soldiers who remain will obey the orders of the Jicheng Commandery.

Zhang Zan and Wei Dun first led troops to defend the pass, and then turned to the local Taishou, both in military and internal affairs, both in the military and internal affairs, they faced the half-army and half-civilian Montenegrin people, they did not fright at all, but scolded the disobedient Montenegrin leaders to the blood, dare not squeak.

Zhang Zan reprimanded a cottage leader in this way: "As for the thousands of rabble in your cottage armed with wooden sticks and firewood forks, you dare to ask Benshou for the establishment of a county?" To tell you the truth, I can give you a township establishment, and I have already seen Zhang Shuai's face! I think that at the beginning, when a certain army was stationed at Wuruan Pass, there were 8,000 elite soldiers under his command, and you were still fucking playing in the mud at that time! ”

Tail Dun also did not save face, and once scolded his Black Mountain leader, he said: "Do you think you are great after a few days of drilling in the mountains and forests?" At the beginning, I stayed in Jundu Mountain for eight years, and the Hu people who were shot to death by myself were not fifty but thirty, and those guys were much more fierce than you. Don't look at the current defense of the army and government, as long as the general gives an order, you can get on the horse and bend the bow to kill the Hu people, if you are not convinced, you can find a few guys to compete with me! ”

After Zhang Yan's subordinates had more than a dozen senior staff, they moved very quickly to streamline and reorganize the troops, and soon selected 30,000 people from the more than 20,000 prisoners sent by his descendants and the Zhenyong battalion, and then assigned them to the three battalions of Feiyan, Beiwei and Zhenze. The rest of the eliminated soldiers were resettled on the spot, and each of them was given dozens of acres of land, which could be regarded as a permanent production for a safe life.

After the refinement of the troops was completed, Liu He sent people to send a large number of standard weapons, armor and various military supplies to the Montenegrin Army, and the Montenegrin Army took on a new look and fought highly. (To be continued......)