Since Li Jinwu brought Zhang Yan to see Zhao Xing, he was sure that Zhao Xing would definitely agree to meet Zhang Yan, so after listening to Zhao Xing's words, he was not surprised at all, but immediately turned around and walked out of the big tent.

Pang Tong on the side was a little worried, and said to Zhao Xing: "Do you need to make some arrangements to prevent that Zhang Yan from suddenly breaking out and hurting people." ”

Zhao Xing shook his head and said confidently: "It's not necessary, there are Wenyuan and Meng Xiao in the tent, and my kung fu is not inferior to that Zhang Yan, forgive him for not daring to act rashly!"

Not long after, Li Jinwu led a slender man with electric eyes into Zhao Xing's tent. Li Jinwu first opened his mouth and said to the man: "The person in the middle is Mrs. Zhao, don't hurry up and see him!"

The man raised his head and looked at Zhao Xing carefully, then took a few steps forward, stopped when he was still some distance away from Zhao Xing, knelt on one knee, clasped his hands into fists and made a big salute to Zhao Xing, and then said: "Sin General Zhang Yan has seen Master Taifu!"

Zhao Xing has been observing the other party since Zhang Yan came in, and he has always maintained a flat and casual expression on his face, which will not make people feel indifferent or deliberately disguised. Seeing that Zhang Yan honestly gave him a great salute between soldiers, Zhao Xing stretched out his hand to help Zhang Yan from a few steps away, and then said: "General Zhang can come to meet Yu Wu in person, which shows that he is brave and sincere, you and I will be brothers and sisters in the future, and I don't have to make this big salute when I see me." ”

"The last general obeys the order!" Zhang Yan stood up following Zhao Xing's gesture as he spoke, standing beside Li Jinwu in a proper manner, revealing the characteristics of a standard soldier between his words and deeds.

"General Zhang can put the overall situation first, consider the people of Li and his brothers, and attach himself to my Jin Kingdom, which is really a great achievement, I don't know what requirements and wishes he has?" Zhao Xing asked Zhang Yan with a sincere face.

Zhang Yan took a step forward, and then said loudly: "In the past, the Montenegrin brothers offended and harassed the Jin Kingdom a lot, but fortunately, Lord Meng Taifu was broad-minded and never rushed to kill them all. Today, the Montenegrin brothers can attach themselves to the Jin Kingdom, and Yan only asks the brothers to make up for their mistakes in the future and return the citizenship certificate issued by the Jin Kingdom!"

Zhao Xing nodded, indicating that he was quite satisfied with Zhang Yan's answer, and then asked, "I don't know how the Black Mountain Army is going to make meritorious service in the future?"

Zhang Yan replied without hesitation: "Everything is just according to the orders of Master Taifu, even if the Black Mountain Army is allowed to go up the Sword Mountain and go down to the Sea of Fire, the brothers will not frown!"

After hearing this, Zhao Xing finally showed a smile and said to Zhang Yan with a pleasant face: "You don't have to say it so pitifully, who in the world doesn't know that the Protector Army has the best treatment? How can you let the Black Mountain brothers go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire! As long as you can restrain and manage your subordinates well, and let them do the 'three chapters of the law', there will be meritorious deeds waiting for you to earn in the future!"

Zhang Yan was broken by Zhao Xing's words, and her dark face also showed an embarrassed expression, and then said curtly: "What are the three chapters of the 'Three Chapters of the Law', please also ask Master Taifu to make it clear." ”

Zhao Xing put away the smile on his face and said with a serious face: "First, once you join the Jin State Protector Army, the military orders are like a mountain, and the military law is ruthless, you must restrain the words and deeds of the subordinates in accordance with military discipline and regulations, and you can no longer use mountain bandits and road tyrants to control themselves and do some evil things that harm the township and ordinary people!"

"The last general obeys!" Zhang Yan replied without hesitation.

"Second, I order you to temporarily take the position of the commander of the Montenegrin Army, with Jia Mu as the military advisor, and after leaving for and returning tomorrow, the Montenegrin Army will be reorganized immediately, and only 30,000 of the original 50,000 people will be retained, and the remaining 20,000 old, weak, sick and disabled will be discharged and returned to their hometowns, and the county and county governments will distribute the fields and cattle to cultivate cattle, and no longer gather in the mountains and forests!"

"The last general will obey!" Zhang Yan replied without hesitation.

"Third, in the future, the transfer and promotion of officers of the Montenegrin Army will be uniformly implemented by the Command of the National Protector Army, and the mountains and factions within the original Montenegrin Army will be completely disrupted and cancelled.

"The last general obeys the order!" After a slight hesitation, Zhang Yan still accepted the third article. Although his power will be weakened in the future, there is no doubt that this selection system of "the capable and the mediocre" is very meaningful for improving the combat power of the Montenegrin army, so Zhang Yan still agreed.

After Zhao Xing and Zhang Yan finished the three chapters of the agreement, he turned to Pang Tong and said: "Shiyuan drafted a document for the Protector Army Command, and asked him to prepare the banner, various military uniforms, and weapons and equipment for the Black Mountain Army, and the preparation should be completed within half a year. ”

Zhao Xing said to Li Jinwu again: "Select hundreds of soldiers with rich combat experience and loyalty and honesty to the Jin State from the Xiongwu Army to serve as instructors in the Montenegrin Army to teach Montenegrin soldiers military discipline and regulations, tactical movements, formation changes, etc. Tell them that in the future, I will personally review the results of the training, and the instructor of the company with good performance will directly serve as the officer of the company!"

Zhang Yan, who was standing on the side, looked at the young commander in front of him, who was seven or eight years younger than himself, with clear thinking, and clearly issued orders and instructions, and the feelings in his heart were very complicated. He had heard of Zhao Xing's experience more than once, and thought that this person was just the son of a tenant farmer in Huang County, Wei County, Jizhou, and in just a dozen years, he actually snatched a huge territory from the hands of the Han Dynasty.

Zhang Yan secretly made a careful comparison between Zhao Xing and Yuan Shao, and then found that Yuan Shao seemed to be unable to compare with Zhao Xing in any other aspect except for the resounding name of "After the Fourth World and the Third Duke". is such a legendary figure, now standing in front of Zhang Yan vigorously, although Zhao Xing's words did not have too much violence and viciousness, but his increasingly formed commanding temperament still deeply convinced Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan followed Li Jinwu's advice to see Zhao Xing this time, and she also had the same heart, with the intention of making a living for the 50,000 Montenegrin brothers. After the failure of the Yellow Turban Uprising, many rebellious troops who had been accustomed to the bloody days on the knife edge fled into the depths of Taihang Mountain with Zhang Yan, and since then they have lived a life of mountain bandits who are not human, ghosts and ghosts. In recent years, many Montenegrin soldiers heard that their families had taken root and settled there with the influx of displaced people into the Jin Kingdom, and they lived a stable and happy life, so they secretly found various excuses to escape from the mountains and forests and went to defect.

It is also strange to say that the Jin State only checked and monitored these young men of unknown origin for half a year at the beginning, and if they found nothing abnormal, they were allowed to fall among the dealers they went to. If you perform well for three consecutive years, or even achieve certain meritorious deeds, you can also obtain a citizenship certificate issued by the Jin State, and since then you have whitewashed the identity of the Yellow Turban remnants and Montenegrin bandits.

As some bold soldiers fled from Montenegro, and then the good news came back to affect more people, just last year's Chinese New Year's Eve when the Jin Kingdom gave out red packets, more than 3,000 Montenegrin troops disappeared inexplicably in just five days. As the supreme leader, Zhang Yan suffered four big losses in front of the Jin State, and he was naturally extremely concerned about the internal affairs of the Jin State, so he knew very well where the more than 3,000 soldiers who suddenly disappeared had gone.

Just when Zhang Yan was anxious about the continuous escape of his subordinates, the Xiongwu Army stationed in Fan County suddenly sent some veterans who had switched to the Jin State from the former Yellow Turban Army to Montenegro to contact the relationship. These veterans were only armed with dried meat and long river songs, and did not have any weapons on them, so they were warmly welcomed by the lower-ranking soldiers of the Montenegrin army.

After the two armies tacitly and secretly tried to communicate for several months, Li Jinwu suddenly sent a heavyweight, that is, Jia Mu, the military commander of the Xiongwu Army, to visit Zhang Yan. Although this person is young, he has won the true biography of Zhao's thirty-six strategies, not only speaks deeply in the hearts of the people, but also speaks sincerely, is frank and open, and soon won Zhang Yan's favor.

After some contact, the two sides finally talked about the topic of submission. The envoy sent by Li Jinwu explained how Zhao Xing treated his generals well, especially the current situation of the group of soldiers who had switched from Ding Yuan and Gongsun Zhan, and then explained how Zhao Xing treated the people of Li well, especially the Yellow Turban refugees who fled from Jizhou to Bingzhou.

After Zhang Yan listened, he finally strengthened his plan to defect to the Jin Kingdom, and then the two sides entered the substantive cooperation stage, all of which Yuan Shao did not know. Therefore, it will later appear that Yuan Shao's front foot sent an envoy to fool Zhang Yan into sending people to set up an ambush to assassinate Zhao Xing, and Zhang Yan told Li Jinwu about the oolong incident on the back foot.

After seeing Zhao Xing, Zhang Yan felt more down-to-earth, and her determination to serve the Jin Kingdom was even firmer. For Zhao Xing, who was preparing for a big fight, it was really gratifying to have an extra available soldier out of thin air, and one less hidden danger. Although the combat power of the Montenegrin army was relatively low, it was victorious in numbers, and if used properly, it was likely to become a decisive force that would defeat Yuan Shao.

As for how Zhao Xing used the Black Mountain Army, everyone will naturally know when the war is stalemate in the future.