At the end of the third year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao took the general Ju Yi as the front lighter, and Yan Rou, Xian Fu, Qi Zhou, Xian Yuyin, Wuhuan Qiaowang and other soldiers and horses, a total of tens of thousands of Han soldiers and Hu soldiers, defeated Gongsun Zan in Baoqiu, and then besieged Yijing. Gongsun Chan sent his son Gongsun to ask for help from the Black Mountain Army, and agreed to raise fire as the number, the inside should be combined with the outside, and the inside and outside were attacked, but he didn't want to be seen through by Yuan Shao, so he planned to dig a tunnel under the city tower and destroy his watchtower, Gongsun Chan was desperate, so he had to kill his wife and children first, and then set himself on fire.

After the death of Gongsun Zhan, Zhang Yan, the first thief of the Montenegrin army, had no reliance in the northern Xinjiang, and was afraid of Yuan Shao's revenge, so he took the strategy of breaking the whole into parts, and divided the tens of thousands of Montenegrin troops under his command into several units, scattered and lurking in the mountains of Taihang, and all states and counties had scattered small shares, disappeared, in order to find the opportunity to find the right time, make a comeback, and then fight with Yuan Shao.

And Zhang Yan himself, with several other henchmen and important town commanders, such as Sun Qing, Wang Dang, Zuo Xiao, Guo Daxian and other robbers, led the most elite 20,000 soldiers, entrenched between Zhongshan County and the surrounding mountains and mountains of Changshan County, Han Guang raised obscurity, avoiding Yuan Shao's killing.

Because he didn't want to compete with the main force of the Yuan army, and was even more afraid of offending Yuan Shao, Zhang Yan ordered the main force of the Montenegrin army not to easily plunder the prefectures and counties, so its army rations and straw gradually decreased, and the soldiers all tightened their belts to live.

Seeing that his sons and daughters were yellow and thin, their morale was sluggish, and they were hungry like wolves, Zhang Yan, who was the head of the Black Mountain thieves, couldn't bear it, so he began to ponder the crooked ways.

His eyes wandered around, and finally stared at the rich side, the wealthy Zhongshan Zhen family.

When Zhang Yan first found the Zhen family, she threatened and intimidated, planning to use violence to kill the Zhen family.

I never thought that they were threatened by the Black Mountain thieves, but the Zhen family didn't take them seriously, they didn't pull out a hair, and they didn't pee on him much.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan was furious, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to hijack the valuable goods transported by the Zhen family to Bingzhou and Youzhou five times in a month, so that the Zhen family didn't even earn a single hair in this month.

Holding back without leaving, at this moment, the Zhen family was completely panicked.

If he wants to send someone to the county government for help, how can Zhang Yan's strength be close to that of a prince, and there are also a few overbearing generals under his command, which are not comparable to leisure, how can the ordinary local county guard be his opponent?

Yuan Shao, who wanted to use the old relationship to ask for help from Juancheng, was unfortunate at the time, Yuan Shao was pouring all the troops of the four states south to contend with Cao Cao, how could he have spare time to take care of them?

In all kinds of helplessness, the Zhen family had no choice but to be vain and wronged, and reluctantly helped Zhang Yan, never thinking that under this help, Zhang Yan tasted the sweetness and was stunned to entangle them.

Three days to ask for money, five days to ask for military food, the face of the Black Mountain Army is not under Yuan Shang, the slightest should be to rob the goods, cut off its financial route, poor Zhen family Xiongfu family, in Wuji County to call for wind and rain, stomp feet and tremble on the ground trembling big clan, in the face of the Black Mountain thieves but helpless, mixed like the third grandson, as soon as people stretch out their hands, they have to give money.

Time is long, so stretch and give, give and stretch. But it is mixed up with reason,

At.

After listening to Zhen Yan and Zhang's narration, Yuan Shang and Feng Ji couldn't help but be silent.

The two of them originally came for Xiong Zhen's money, but they actually let others take the lead and seize the opportunity, Zhang Yan had already lied to the Zhen family first, and kicked the two of them to the side to cool off, which was really annoying.

A thief is a thief, and the money is so low-level, and the quality is too low.

Turning his head to look at Feng Ji, Yuan Shang sighed helplessly, and complained: "Yuan Tu." ”

"Childe?"

"You said that Zhang Yan inserted a lever horizontally, is it considered to rob us of a deal?"

Feng Ji thought seriously for a while, and said: "Childe, it seems that we are the only ones who are right......

…,

After bowing his head and thinking for a while, Yuan Shang let out a long sigh and said to Zhen Yan: "On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly, the flying swallow thief is so rampant, it is not just as simple as slandering your Zhen family, but also slapping a loud ear scraper in this county, out of morality, my son should help you all."

Zhen Yan raised his head suddenly, looked at Yuan Shangyan in disbelief and said, "Lord County, is this true?" ”

Yuan Shang nodded and said: "The words of this county are naturally counted, but you secretly colluded with the Black Mountain thieves, although it was forced to be helpless, but after all, it was a violation of the law and discipline, and a big disaster, if you don't do the punishment, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public, alas, it's a dilemma." ”

Zhen Yan shrank his neck in surprise when he heard this, and began to feel uneasy in his heart again, and hesitated for a long time before he slowly spoke: "I don't know how to punish Lord County?" ”

Yuan Shang couldn't help scolding in his heart, what an elm head, this son's words are all on this, but he still doesn't understand? It's really a typical rich man who has never been frustrated, no matter how explicit it it is, how embarrassed to say that you let me be such a person with status.

At this time, I suddenly heard the sound of lotus steps moving lightly outside the hall, but I saw Zhen Mi change her outfit and slowly walked into the hall, her hair was still a little wet, her face was pale, her delicate lips trembled slightly, and she was obviously still a little chilled.

"Zhen Mi, a folk girl, has seen the county honor." Leaning over slightly, Zhen Mi has all the etiquette, showing an extremely high family teacher, and she is completely like two people in the ice tan.

Yuan Shang smiled at Zhen Mi embarrassedly, and asked weakly: "Zhen Xiao."

Sister, there's nothing wrong, right? In the next moment it was not intentional, accidental! Was it just an accident choking or not? ”

Feng Ji immediately wiped his sweat when he heard this.

Zhen Mi shook her head with a smile, and said lightly: "The people's daughter is fine, please rest assured, before the people's daughter entered the hall, I heard that the adult had said that she would punish the Zhen family, and there was a word in my heart, maybe it would be good for the adults and the Zhen family." I wonder if you would like to hear it? ”

Yuan Shang raised his eyebrows and said, "Miss, what do you have to say, you're welcome, let's give it a try?" ”

"The Zhen family secretly funded Zhang Yan of Montenegro, it is indeed a serious crime, today I woke up, I am willing to take three sins, in order to ask for forgiveness from adults, one move is to serve the county with ten thousand gold, rectify the county affairs, and assist the adults to benefit one party, the second move is to use the financial resources and connections of the entire Zhen family, and in the future, we will fully assist the adults, the sword mountain and the sea of fire, and pour all the family bags to help the adults to determine the world, based on the troubled times, and the family is ruined, and I will not give up, the three moves are a good strategy in the hearts of the people at this moment, as long as the adults can produce a few soldiers, you can capture the first Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain thief, Dingding, I don't know what adults want? ”

Yuan Shang's heart jumped suddenly, and he secretly sighed: "What a smart woman!" ”

Offering it with 10,000 gold and saying it to the county, it seems to be high-sounding, but in fact it is no different from giving it to Yuan Shang himself, to put it bluntly, it is a tactful bribe, and the second move is to devote the Zhen family to fully fund Yuan Shang, which is more subtle! It's not to fund the Yuan family, not to fund Yuan Shao, not to fund your eldest brother and second brother, but to fund you by name! Tie the entire Zhen family to your Yuan Shang's boat.

What does that mean? The meaning of the song is very intriguing. Of course, you can also use today's excuse to wipe out the Zhen family, but if the Zhen family is destroyed, the financial resources of the Zhen family will not belong to you, but to your Yuan family.

The third move after the most reluctant, designed to capture the black mountain thief Zhang Yan alive, and gave a big candy, but this woman still refused to open the candy paper, and hung you to agree to her first two requests.

It's nothing to look like a country and a city, he is outstandingly resourceful, and he speaks so well-cultivated and leveled, which is a bit against the sky.

Yuan Shang stared at Zhen Mi quietly, lowered his head and thought for a moment, and suddenly glanced at her, but his gaze was directed to the turbulent man sitting next to Yuan Shang.

…,

Zhen Mi was relieved, smiled, and turned his head to Feng Ji and said: "Lord County Cheng works for the people, and he is quite respected by us. ”

Feng Ji was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly shook his head with a smile: "Miss Zhen's words are serious, in Xia He De, I don't dare to be ashamed, ashamed." ”

Such a sentence has a deep meaning and strong flattery, and it is clear that it will not treat Feng Ji badly, but it is to block this guy's mouth again.

Yuan Shang turned his head to look at Feng Ji and said with a smile: "Yuan Tu, what Miss Zhen said is quite pertinent, in your opinion, what should we do?" ”

"Compassion, compassion! My lord, since the Zhen family has already repented, we are not too persecutive, I think Miss Zhen's words are appropriate, we might as well rely on it, and listen to her strategy to capture the black mountain thief Zhang Yan alive, and then it is not too late to make a conclusion. ”

"Okay, according to what Yuan Tu said."

Yuan Shang pulled Feng Ji into the water without leaving a trace, and randomly turned his head to ask Zhen Mi: "Miss Zhen, your proposal, this county can agree, but you have to tell me first, how can you capture the Black Mountain thief Zhang Yan alive?" ”

Zhen Mi smiled softly and said, "My lord, although Zhang Yan's command has more brave soldiers, they are scattered in the mountains and forests of Taihang and the counties of the four states. Adults may wish to secretly release the news, just say that you will come forward in person, contact the Zhen family by you, and buy a large amount of grain and armor in various places, among which there are also good horses, now it is already preparation, about to be transported to Yecheng, now Zhang Yan under the grain and materials are not complete, hearing the words will be moved, the identity of the adult is special, presumably it is not difficult to borrow some soldiers, then make a little arrangement on the road, set a trap, and capture Zhang Yan alive, but it is not impossible. ”

Yuan Shang frowned when he heard this, and said: "Although your strategy has some doorways, there are no omissions in it, and no matter whether there are more than 10,000 elite soldiers around Zhang Yan, whether he himself will personally come to hijack this cargo is still between the two words, in case we just catch one of his partial generals and startle the snake, wouldn't it be in vain?" ”

Zhen Mi smiled when she heard this, and said word by word: "My lord forgot, the current Zhen family has a secret deal with Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan wants to rob this heavy capital, he must first ask the Zhen family, the little woman has her own mediation in this matter, and she will let Zhang Yan lead the elite soldiers and light cavalry to rob in person, and the adults only need to deploy the troops, and everything else will be arranged by the Zhen family." ”

"Capture Zhang Yan alive?" Yuan Shang muttered to himself, thinking of the agreement with Changxi in the Central Plains, and his heart suddenly became clear!

"Okay, since that's the case, according to what Miss Zhen said, capture Zhang Yan alive, let's give it a try."