Chapter 172 - Encirclement and Annihilation of the Black Mountain Army (II)

Pei Yuanshao has always given people the feeling that he is upright, as if he has no scheming, but he is often such a person, once he deceives people, he can be invincible and let people be deceived. In addition to the relationship between Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang, from his point of view, it was doubtful at first, but once it was connected, it was all reasonable, because he would not exist in the false accusation.

It was precisely because of this that Pei Yuanshao was entrusted with a heavy task and became the bait to lure Zhang Yan to attack.

This is also the idea of Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Lu Su and others.

Even if Zhang Chao wanted to quickly solve the affairs of the Montenegrin Army, he had to risk his life, so they came up with such a solution. still uses Zhang Chao as a bait, only in this way can Zhang Yan be lured to attack and achieve the goal in the shortest possible time.

Of course, this method is also applicable to Zhang Chao, if it is replaced by a timid lord, such an idea will never dare to mention.

Pei Yuanshao's performance successfully deceived Zhang Yan. He thought that even if it was fake, he wouldn't lose anything by going to see it, on the contrary, if it was true, then he could kill Zhang Chao here, and the entire state would fall back into a leaderless state, if that was the case, the Montenegrin Army would become the biggest beneficiary.

Thinking like this, Zhang Yan looked at Pei Yuanshao and said, "Okay, that's the case, I'll accompany you to take a look." It's just that the ugly words are in the head, if you dare to lie to me, you know what the consequences will be. On the contrary, if what you say is true, then you have made a great contribution, and after killing Zhang Chao, you will be rewarded for your meritorious deeds. ”

"Xie Dashuai." Pei Yuanshao replied with a grateful look and a confident look.

Immediately, Zhang Yan ordered three thousand henchmen near the cave.

These 3,000 people can be said to be the most capable of fighting in the entire Montenegrin army, and they are also loyal to Zhang Yan's soldiers.

With 3,000 Black Mountain troops, and at the same time arranged other personal soldiers to recruit more generals and soldiers, this Zhang Yan thought that after arranging everything, he first led the army and Pei Yuanshao towards the cave where Zhou Cang was.

Here, as soon as Zhang Yan's army was assembled, news spread to Zhou Cang from that side.

When Jia Xu heard Zhang Yan move, he said with a happy face: "Lord, the fish has been hooked, but it will be very dangerous in the future, do you want me to play you?" ”

"Not really? This is a rare opportunity, and there is no room for mistakes. If it's you who plays me, once you are recognized, everything will be lost, so it's up to me. Having said that, I am also relieved to have Zhongkang by his side to protect me. ”

As soon as Zhang Chao said this, Xu Chu on the side immediately straightened up, looking like he was there, and there would be no danger.

"Well, that's it, my lord, please be careful, everything has to go according to plan." Jia Xu saw that Zhang Chao had made up his mind, so he did not dissuade him, but gave a few words. This lord was so willing to take risks that he was afraid that something else might happen.

"Don't worry, Wenhe, I can tell the weight of the matter." Knowing what Jia Xu was worried about, Zhang Chao smiled and patted the other party's shoulder, and then said to Zhou Cang on the side: "General Zhou, you are ready." ”

"Don't worry, the lord is ready, now I just wait for Zhang Yan to appear." Zhou Cang also said with a confident expression. Even Zhang Chao dared to risk his life, he was just a useless reckless man, so what was there to fear?

"Haha, well, that's it, do what you planned." Zhang Chao laughed and said, and then took Xu Chu and the rest of the guards out of the cave.

At this time, Zhang Chao was already dressed in white, this is his standard clothing, at this moment he was whispering something to Zhou Cang in front of the cave, waiting for Zhang Yan to lead the army to arrive far away, and it was this scene that he saw.

"That person is Zhang Chao?" Seeing a man in white beside Zhou Cang, Zhang Yan asked excitedly.

"Dashuai, that person is undoubtedly Zhang Chao, I have seen this person in Jinyang City." A soldier who had been a spy said in a very positive tone.

"Oh? Hahaha, that's God help. Hearing that the man in white was indeed Zhang Chao, Zhang Yan laughed happily. The presence of this person made him unable to sleep in his dreams, and now that he finally had the opportunity to catch him, he was very excited.

"Come on, everyone listen, but whoever can kill Zhang Chao will be rewarded with 10,000 gold and sealed 10,000 households, come on, everyone will go up together." After setting up a high reward, Zhang Yan finished speaking, and the long sword in his hand moved forward, and the three thousand troops behind him rushed forward.

Zhang Chao, who was in the distance, had already noticed the movement here, and seeing that the other party suddenly attacked, he said to Zhou Cang: "Quick, we have been discovered, run away." ”

Zhou Cang also cooperated at this time and said, "Oh no, the big man is here, run away." ”

After shouting at Zhang Chao's Zhou Cang, who had been preparing to run away, he turned around and fled, running in the direction he had set.

Seeing that Zhang Chao was about to escape, where could Zhang Yan agree, he immediately ordered his soldiers to speed up, and killed Zhang Chao at the moment no matter what.

Three thousand people chased after him, Zhang Chao, Zhou Cang, Xu Chu and other iron guards, as well as some of Zhou Cang's Black Mountain Army ran in front, and for a while, the originally quiet forest became very lively.

If it is said that it is above normal times, the distance is only less than 200 meters, and the possibility of being caught up by the army is still very huge. But this is in the dense forest, which does increase a lot of difficulty and makes Zhang Chao and the others look embarrassed, but in fact, there is no danger for the time being.

Zhang Yan, who was chasing behind him, saw that the distance between the two sides was not closer, and couldn't help but be very annoyed, he abandoned his horse and began to chase with his legs.

"Dashuai, it's not a matter to pursue like this, I'm afraid that Zhang Chao will escape, so it's better to send someone to outflank him from the side." Pei Yuanshao followed behind Zhang Yan, and after running for a distance, he came up with an idea.

"Not bad." Being reminded by Pei Yuanshao, Zhang Yan also patted his forehead as if he was waking up like a dream, and then said to a deputy general beside him: "Go, you take 500 people to outflank from the left, you take 500 people to outflank from the right, no matter what, you can't let Zhang Chao escape." ”

After the two lieutenants got the order, they took away a thousand people, but compared to Zhang Chao, who only had dozens of people, Zhang Yan still had a great advantage.

Zhang Chao was in front, Zhang Yan was behind, chasing one after another, running in the dense forest.

Zhang Yan seems that the target is in front of him, as long as a while passes, waiting for the left and right sides to include the encirclement, Zhang Chao is difficult to fly away even if he has wings.

In Zhang Yan's eyes, everything seems to be beautiful. But what he didn't know was that behind him, the entire Montenegrin army was in chaos. There is a news that is spreading at a very rapid speed, that is, the general's men and horses have been killed in the mountains, and Zhang Yan has been killed.

All this is naturally Jia Xu's credit. He stayed in the cave, avoiding the edge of Zhang Yan's army. After watching him walk by, this came out of the cave, and under the protection of several iron guards, and under the spread of Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao's henchmen, the news began to spread to the Black Mountain army.

The camps of the Montenegrin army are one after another in this dense forest, and the advantage of this is that if there is any trouble, everyone can support each other.

But such a layout can also make the news unblockable once it spreads. Just like the news about Zhang Yan being killed, and Zhang Chao's killing of the mountain, once spread, it was uncontrollable and blocked.

When some of the Black Mountain Army generals in the other mountains and forests heard the news at the beginning of the first day, they immediately went straight to the cave where Zhang Yan was located with their henchmen, and they also wanted to see what was going on. It's just that Zhang Yan was destined not to be in the cave at this time, and some of the remaining subordinates were also killed by Jia Xu with Tie Wei, Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao's men.

In front of the cave, all you can see is the corpses of some Black Mountain soldiers.

The generals of the Montenegrin army, Guan Hai and Bian Xi were the first to arrive here, and as far as the eye could see, there was a scene of the corpses of the Montenegrin army lying on the ground. Seeing that the people who died were some of Zhang Yan's henchmen, both of them frowned.

"There's no body here." After Guan Hai looked through it, he didn't find Zhang Yan's body, and he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.

Zhang Yan is the core and symbol of the entire Montenegrin Army. It is no exaggeration to say that his position is the same as Zhang Chao's in Bingzhou, everyone is closely united around him, if there is something to this person, then the entire Montenegrin army will be in chaos, and there will be no cohesion.

"Not necessarily, although there is no here, there is no guarantee that his body will be taken away by Zhang Chao." After Bian Xi did not find Zhang Yan's body, he did come to another conclusion.

"What? Does Brother Bian mean that Dashuai is dead? Guan Hai couldn't help but ask with a shock after hearing this.

"Is it possible, do you remember the death of Bai Huan and Zhenggu? This Zhang Chao likes to take away the corpses of the enemy the most. Bian Xi was not very sure, but he still said his own physiognomy.

"That's so..."Guan Hai's heart also had a sense of surprise, if this is the case, then things will not be good. As a high-status Montenegrin general, he also needs to think about his future.

"Report." While Guan Hai and Bian Xi were thinking about their own thoughts, a scout in the army ran over. As soon as he saw the two generals, he knelt on the ground and said: "Detan, General Yu Poison has fled with 10,000 horses from his headquarters, and is now fleeing due west." ”

"Yu Yu fled?" While this news shocked Guan Hai and Bian Xi, they didn't think about whether the handsome Zhang Yan was really dead, and all they needed to do now was to escape from this place. Even if Zhang Chao can even kill Zhang Yan, then he may not be able to kill them as well.