Xu You looked at the generous gift that Yuan Shao prepared for Zhang Yan, shook his head slightly, and said to Yuan Shao: "Lord, there is no need to prepare such a generous gift. ”

Yuan Shao frowned slightly when he heard this, and asked, "If you don't prepare a generous gift, how can Zhang Yan be willing to help us?" ”

When Xu You heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Lord, let's go to Zhang Yan this time to ask him to send troops to help, but he sent troops to save himself." ”

"If we go with a generous gift, he will feel that this is what we ask him for, and in this way, he will not necessarily send troops to help, but will fall into the ground."

"On the contrary, if we go forward with an equal attitude and analyze the truth of this cold tongue and tooth for him, then he will naturally send troops to help."

In fact, Xu You knew that when he went to Montenegro this time, he would inevitably have to waste his tongue.

This Zhang Yan, the leader of the Black Mountain Army, known as General Feiyan, is actually a peasant uprising.

Even in a peaceful and prosperous era, there are few literate people among ordinary people, let alone this troubled era.

Zhang Yan was born in the peasant rebel army, and his cultural level is naturally low, and if he told him that he was not the same, it was estimated that he would be driven down the mountain directly.

Fortunately, Xu Yu is a good person to make friends, and he has been in contact with all kinds of people, so he also knows how to deal with these Montenegrin bandits.

Because it was Xu You himself who proposed the matter of persuading the Montenegrin Army to send troops, Yuan Shao didn't say anything more, and directly let Xu You watch and do it himself.

Looking at Xu You, who was traveling lightly, Yuan Shao directly lost confidence in him.

"If you don't bring anything, you want to persuade Zhang Yan to send troops? I'm afraid you want to run away, or for the sake of knowing each other for many years, you can go. ”

Yuan Shao looked at Xu You's back, muttered, and then led the troops back to the city and continued to deploy defenses, even to boost morale.

After Xu Yu left Wei County, he went north non-stop and went to Montenegro.

This Montenegro is located in the territory of Zhongshan State, at the junction of the three states of Bingzhou, Youzhou and Jizhou.

At the beginning, this was a three-way zone, and the governors of the three states were unwilling to spend money and food to suppress bandits, so the Montenegrin army slowly grew stronger.

Displaced people from all over the country have poured into the surroundings of Montenegro, causing it to grow and develop.

As for Zhongshan itself, it is not capable of suppressing bandits at all.

After the Montenegrin army grows stronger, even if the surrounding states and counties want to suppress bandits, they are powerless.

……

Along the way, Xu Yu came to Montenegro non-stop.

As soon as I came to the foot of the mountain, I was stopped.

"Stop, who are you, the camp of the Black Mountain Army, you dare to trespass?"

After Xu You was stopped, he didn't argue with him, but said politely: "Xu You Xu Ziyuan is here, I came to meet General Feiyan." ”

Seeing this, the man who blocked the road snorted coldly and said, "Do you think that the king of our family, no, the general of our family, can you see it if anyone wants to?" ”

When Xu You heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Below is the advisor under the command of Yuan Shao, the Taishou of Bohai, you just need to make a statement, I believe that your general will meet me." ”

Speaking of this, Xu You quietly stepped forward and stuffed a few coins into the other party's hands.

After the man blocking the road got the money, he was overjoyed and said quietly: "Okay, you wait here, I'll go and report to you." ”

Soon, the news of Xu You's arrival reached Zhang Yan's ears.

At this time, Zhang Yan was discussing with a group of henchmen where to loot next.

Although they have plenty of food, who would dislike the lack of food in their hands?

Zhang Yan put down the map in his hand and muttered, "Yuan Shao sent someone?" Isn't this guy holding a grudge and trying to attack me? ”

At this time, Zhang Yan was a little surprised, he didn't know that Yuan Shao and Cao Ang had already fought, he just wanted to live by guarding his own one-third of an acre.

In addition, there had been a conflict between Zhang Yan and Yuan Shao before, so he subconsciously thought that the other party was coming to attack him.

"Then how many people did Yuan Shao bring?" Zhang Yan asked the soldier who was giving the order.

At this time, Zhang Yan squinted his eyes, he was thinking about how to rely on the steep terrain of Montenegro to thwart Yuan Shao's attack.

When the soldier who gave the order heard this, he hurriedly said: "General, it is not Yuan Shao who came in person, but one of his advisers, whose name is Xu You." ”

"Xu Yu?" Zhang Yan frowned: "Then how many people did he bring?" ”

"There were only ten of them, including himself." The herald answered in a hurry.

"Ten people? What does that mean? Zhang Yan couldn't figure out what the other party meant, and her face suddenly became a little ugly.

Zhang Yan paced back and forth, and after a long while, he frowned and said, "Could it be that this guy Yuan Shao wants to Zhao'an me?" ”

After thinking about it, Zhang Yan didn't have a clue, so she had to shake her head and order with an unkind face: "Okay, invite the person at the door in!" ”

"Yes!" The herald answered, and went to invite Xu Yu and his party in.

Xu You and his entourage came all the way to the outside of Zhang Yan's meeting hall.

Looking at the slightly humble hall in front of him, Xu You's eyes flashed with a hint of imperceptible banter, and then he spoke to the entourage.

"Wait here, I'll go in myself."

After saying this, Xu You approached the hall directly.

This hall is a council hall at best, but a simple bandit's den made of earthen walls and wood.

People like Xu Yu are naturally a little disdainful of this.

After Xu You entered this so-called hall, he saw a middle-aged man of medium stature, with a sallow complexion, a stubble on his face, and a turban wrapped around his head, sitting on the main seat.

"Presumably this is the famous General Feiyan." Xu You stepped forward and greeted Zhang Yan with a smile, and at the same time introduced himself.

"Xu Ziyuan, who is under Xu Ziyuan, is a strategist under Yuan Shao's account of Bohai Taishou, and he has come to visit the general in place of my father-in-law."

Hearing this, Zhang Yan squinted his eyes and looked at Xu You, and then asked, "I have never had anything to do with that Yuan Benchu, why did he send you to visit me?" ”

Xu You couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and his eyes flashed with wisdom.

"When my lord heard the name of General Feiyan, he thought that the two of you had misunderstood before, so he specially sent him to come forward to turn the war into a jade silk and fight against foreign enemies together."

Zhang Yan looked at Xu You's style and couldn't help laughing: "Fight against foreign enemies? ”

(End of chapter)