On the night when the envoy of the Black Horse Thieves came to see Zhang Dan, he was in a shrine a little further away from the mainland.

At this time, the black light blinded the fire, and the natural dogs of this dilapidated Li Society were silent.

Suddenly, there was a murmuring sound.

Then a dark shadow hid by the inner door, and then a few night owls were heard.

This time, the sound of the night owl was heard a few times, and there was a little movement on the inner door.

Then I listened to the inner gate supervisor cat here behind the inner door and asked:

"Who's out there."

There was a smile in the darkness outside:

"It's me."

The inner gate supervisor froze for a moment, and then said to the outside:

"Wait a minute, I'll open the door secretly."

Before the words fell, with a creaking sound, the inner door opened.

The dark shadow muttered:

"Why is it so slow this time? I haven't given you less money and food for a year, have I? ”

But before he could finish his sentence, his feet stopped as he stepped into the door.

I saw that five or six strangers were looking at me with bad intentions, and my own brother who had stayed in the club was being tied up and looking at him with frightened eyes.

At this moment, the man's soul was so angry that he turned his head and was about to run.

But he was thrown to the ground by a strong man running from behind and grabbing his collar, and was thrown out along with the baggage he was carrying, revealing the luster of a golden copper coin.

The man was about to get up, but he was held back by the man who caught up behind.

Then he listened to the strong man's order:

"Light the torch."

Someone then lit the prepared pine resin torch and approached the face of the captive.

At this time, this person was bearded and wide-eyed, with fierce eyes, and was looking at the strong man fiercely.

The strong man turned to the gate and said:

"This person is Uncle Huang?"

The prison keeper nodded hurriedly and said:

"That's right, this person is the five burly yellow uncles of the black horse thief."

The strong man laughed and said happily to a few of his subordinates:

"Let's go, let's go back with this person, and take everyone who is present with us."

After speaking, he also said to the doorkeeper there:

"Let's go back and stay for a few days, let's get out of the way."

There is no choice for the inner gate supervisor at this moment, so he can only nod his head.

……

This time the arrest went very well.

The spies in charge of this capture were the spies of the Flying Army's foreign army, who had been lurking around for a long time, and finally learned some valuable information from these local people.

It turned out that in this place, which was not close to the mainland, there was a dark horse thief Wukui.

This person's name is Huang Bo, and he was a member of the society here in his early years, and he entered Zeluo grass later. By various coincidences, he became the fifth leader of the dark horse thieves.

The spies of the Flying Army lurking here knew from the villagers that this Huang Bo would come back in the middle of the night every once in a while to send money and food to his family.

This matter is not a secret in the Li Society, but no one will take the initiative to hold officials, but this does not prevent them from being jealous, so there are a lot of gossips.

After obtaining this information, the spies reported it to the military government. In the end, Zhang Dan and Xun You unanimously decided to use this man named Huang Bo as a breakthrough in this battle.

After Huang Bo was arrested, he didn't last long and threw up.

Now the Taishan army not only knows the location of the black horse thieves in Zezhong, but also knows the route of how to enter Ze.

As for how Huang Bo was recruited? Needless to say, after all, no one wants their children to be without a father, do they?

After obtaining this information, Zhang Dan urgently discussed with Xun You and other officials, and decided to quickly launch an attack on the black horse thieves while the news of Huang Bo's arrest had not leaked.

From Huang Bo's mouth, I learned that the dark horse thieves at this time should not be underestimated. Thanks to the funding of the five counties of the Han Dynasty, the Black Horse Thieves successively annexed a number of Zezhong Water Bandits, forming a card of 10,000 bandits on the periphery and 5,000 on the inside.

So this time in this attack, Zhang Dan decided to set off with the whole army, and it was necessary to go out of the thieves.

……

It was also on this night that the envoys of the five Han counties and the black horse thief Zheng Fu celebrated wine in the water village together.

Although the black horse thieves are powerful, they are actually still a group of water bandits, so this drinking party is messy, crooked, and drunk and falling to the ground everywhere, and drinking and fighting to make trouble.

But in the central lobby of the water village, Zheng Fu and his party members listened carefully to the suggestions of the five counties.

One of them, Diao Liang, was sent by Bohai County, and he was talking about the Taishan Army.

His clear voice is so out of place with the fishy here:

"Zheng Kuitou, now has more than 10,000 people, but the plan is undecided, which is a pity. Taishan Army Zhang Dan, I know it, both wise and brave, if you don't plan early, I'm afraid there will be something unbearable. ”

Zheng Fu listened to this hard, but he still listened hard, he was very respectful of a scholar like Diao Liang, and he had always hoped that a few scholars would come to him, but unfortunately, who would take a group of water bandits seriously?

So after listening to Diao Liang's words, Zheng Fu frowned and asked Diao Liang for advice:

"I don't know what Diao Sheng can teach me?"

Diao Liang exchanged glances with a few people on the side, and then explained the strategies and plans discussed by several people:

"Now that the enemy is strong and I am weak, Zheng Kuitou should take the lead when the Taishan army has not yet taken the leader seriously and the troops have not yet been concentrated. The leader can urgently lead troops to take the giant deer, with the city, according to the treasury. Another 5,000 troops were sent to defend Pingxiang and build a barrier to block the enemy in the west. Later, he was connected with the Yellow Turban of Guangzong, saying that he would block the thieves of Mount Tai in the west, and he would definitely be able to gain the support of his generation. ”

Seeing that Zheng Fu had not spoken, Diao Liang continued:

"Once the leader can hold on to the giant deer with the Tarzan thief, the rear will be empty. When the time comes, after I attack the thieves in Anping, Qinghe, and Bohai, the north of Changshan, Zhongshan, and Hejian will inevitably be captured in one fell swoop. ”

But Diao Liang saw that Zheng Fu didn't seem to be very interested in this set of rhetoric, so he immediately changed it:

"And when the rear of the Tarzan thieves becomes chaotic, can they still hold on to you? When the time comes, the leader can drive to the west of the giant deer and plunder the Zhao State to fill the army. In this way, you can get all the land of the giant deer, and when the time comes, we can be the leader of the giant deer. I don't know if the children and grandchildren can keep it, but the leader of your life will be worry-free. ”

When he said this, Zheng Fu's eyes really lit up, but he didn't know what else he was thinking, this Zheng Fu smashed his mouth and said foolishly:

"Drunk, drunk, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

After speaking, Zheng Fu pretended to be drunk, and put his face in his arms with a woman in his arms.

Seeing that his plan was not used by this person, Diao Liang was also irritable in his heart, and he also left the hall with drunkenness.

As soon as Diao Liang and the others came out, the envoy from Anping's side and Xia Bo Limo also came out.

Seeing Diao Liang and the others blowing the wind in loneliness, Li Mo stepped forward to talk:

"If Diao is a deputy envoy, is it a hero's doing? Who is Zheng Fu? It's just a mediocre dog, it's all the views of the household. As soon as he heard that he was going to go out, he must have been unhappy in his heart. So Vice Diao is playing the piano to the cow. ”

Diao Liang saw that it was Li Mo who spoke, and snorted coldly:

"You don't talk about it here, don't you know what the situation is now? Don't talk about my Bohai County, just say that you are in Anping Country, there is the Yellow Turban Army in the south, and the Taishan Army in the west, and you are in danger, shouldn't you be more anxious than our Bohai County? ”

Li Mo was silent, and he honestly said to Diao Liang:

"Brother Diao, you blame me wrong, I have no ill will towards you. On the contrary, I'm here to cooperate with Brother Diao, and now it's hopeless to convince Zheng Fu, so why don't you listen to our plan? ”

Diao Liang turned his head, looked at Li Mo, and read:

"You guys? Who else are you? ”

Li Mogu told him:

"Now Xianrong on the Qinghe side and Zhang Jiu on the river are on our side, and they plan to take another road?"

Seeing that Diao Liang was interested, Li Mo smiled:

"This water village is all muddy wine, and it's not refreshing, so Brother Diao might as well come to me and use a few more together."

So, Diao Liang and the others started the next one, and these Zheng Fu, who was already drunk in the hall, didn't know.

The wind in this night is really big, oh, it's a real demon.

……

On the second day, on the wild road to the mainland, an army of five or six thousand people was marching around, surrounded by green willows and red flowers, and washed away a lot of what should have been slaughtered.

But before the Great Army, it was not the case.

The sentinels, composed of flying soldiers and spies, began to scout for thirty miles, supervising all the woodcutters and settlements they saw along the way to ensure the secrecy of their actions.

There are not many settlements on this road, so so far, the actions of the Taishan army are still under control.

It was also on this road that Zhang Dan, the general of the bandits, was riding a horse and chatting with Xun You:

"Changshi, this eradication of the dark horse thieves is the beginning, what should we do later?"

Xun You replied seriously:

"After the Black Horse bandits were exterminated, our army had already performed thunderous methods, and the bandits in Naze must have no heart to resist again. At this time, it is necessary to show softness and recruit the bandits in Ze to settle in Ze, so that the mainland can be leveled by Ze. ”

Zhang Dan bowed his head and agreed with Xun You's judgment, in fact, this was also what Zhang Chong repeatedly reminded him that he could not blindly suppress with violence, but should give ordinary bandits a way to live.

Zhang Dan didn't seem to have done anything in this action, but behind what many people can't see, Zhang Dan has already made a big move.

Before, Zheng Fu took some of the Ren County, although he withdrew later, but there were a lot of spy detectives hidden in the city, these people colluded with the small officials in the city, as early as the day when the city was broken, these people had sold themselves to Zheng Fu in order to save the lives of their families.

And with the supply and protection of the local cunning officials, these meticulous workers are well aware of the situation in the city, so to speak, before the Taishan army to suppress the bandits, although Ren County belongs to the Taishan army on the surface, but everyone knows that the dark horse thief Zheng Fu is the real master of the city.

As soon as Zhang Dan entered the city, he asked the foreign troops of the Fei Army to investigate the situation in the city. When outsiders thought that the Taishan Army was sitting in peace, in the shadows, the intelligence system of the Taishan Army had already been fighting.

It was also after completely destroying the fine workers in the city that Zhang Dan decided to send out the army, otherwise he would have been discovered by the water bandits on the mainland.

After Zhang Dan entered the city, he also did one thing, that is, to let Julu counties open warehouses to help the poor and weak people.

At that time, there were still a lot of words in the army, such as Pan Zhang, who advised Zhang Dan:

"The mainland Zeshui bandits have not been extinguished, these cangs of rice are to be used for this matter, so don't let them go."

But Zhang Dan smiled, pointed at Pan Zhang, and said to Xie Bi:

"Lao Xie, take more Pan Zhang with you in the future, this little Pan is still not very good."

At that time, the generals present burst into laughter, and Pan Zhang didn't know what was wrong.

In addition to these, Zhang Dan also did something that made everyone incomprehensible, that is, it was okay to stand still, but why didn't they build a beacon, so that after the thieves came out, they could send troops to support as soon as possible.

But these people don't understand what Zhang Dan wants at all, will he Zhang Dan kill a thief for a few years? Do you still spend money repairing beacons?

Zhang Dan has Zhang Dan's pride, although he is stable, he has long made plans to destroy the thief in his heart. For this reason, Zhang Dan has made too many preparations.

In the guide, Zhang Dan specifically found more than 100 locals.

Each of these locals has a grudge against the black horse thieves, and they have either been oppressed or have family members killed at their hands.

Don't think that the black horse thief is a righteous thief, and pay attention to what rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest. In fact, thieves are thieves, and they need villagers to pass on information and resell stolen goods, not to protect them.

So the dark horse thieves only need to collude with a few powerful people, as for the other leaders? Instead, they want to work with those powerful people to jointly squeeze.

As soon as Zhang Dan came, he knew the importance of human affection, and he also knew that the enemy also had friends within him, and which ones could become his friends, so he settled down and found these locals with blood feuds and absorbed them as guides.

And now the road taken by the Taishan army is taken by the locals, which is indeed very secretive, but the disadvantage is that it cannot walk in a big car.

If you can't walk in a big car, you can't carry a lot of baggage, and you can't wear armor. It's certainly risky, but it's worth it.

Just when Zhang Dan and Xun You were chatting all the way here, the specific rules for recruiting Shui Kou later. A rider came from the front and said a message:

"Captain, Xie Sima in front of me came to report, and Xu Jian, the little marshal of the other department guarded by the thieves, led his troops out of the village to surrender."

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Dan frowned, and then asked Xun Yu on the side:

"Long history, is this a leak?"

Xun You thought about it and said to Zhang Dan:

"Captain, now that you control the other handsome, why do you want to put it first?"

Zhang Dan bowed his head, and then led the Chinese army to the front of the team.

At this time, Zhang Dan saw a group of refugees-like water cubus lying on the ground, and Xie Bi was standing next to a black man like an old peasant, not knowing what he was talking about.

Zhang Dan first dismounted, and then walked to Xie Bi's side:

"You're that Jane?"

The kneeling black man was lean, as if there was a skeleton left. After hearing Zhang Dan's words, this person immediately realized that this was a big man in the Taishan Army, so he cried bitterly:

"The general came so late. I waited for the Taishan army to be blind, and the black horse thieves were all brutes, and they bullied us so hard. ”

Then Zhang Dan knew the whole story from this Xu Jian's mouth.

It turned out that Xu Jian's group was also a group of small water cowards in Zezhong, but they were attacked by dark horse thieves some time ago. After being annexed, Xu Jian and others were thrown to the mouth of this waterway as soldiers, obviously not treating them as their own.

There are no supplies, and there are no settlements nearby, so Xu Jian and the others can only catch some fish and shrimp in Zeli indiscriminately to satisfy their hunger, but the more they eat, the hungrier they become.

It was also at this time that they saw the soldiers and horses of the Taishan army, and they also knew what was going to happen later. So Xu Jian discussed with a few henchmen, and decided to surrender to the Taishan army.

After hearing the news, Zhang Dan estimated the authenticity in his heart, and then ordered:

"You can surrender is the right way, but you also need to make a meritorious contribution to show your difference from the thieves, I want your ministry to be the vanguard and use your boat to lead the troops to Zedao, are you willing."

After hearing this, Xu Jian suddenly raised his head and said hoarsely with those hungry green eyes:

"Can you give us a bite to eat first?"

(End of chapter)