Zhang Yan said unhappily: "Do you know what the art of war is? My Montenegrin army claims to be one million people, but in fact there are as many as 400,000 or 500,000 people. If he doesn't use some tricks, he will lead the army recklessly to attack, and I will laugh at him for being stupid. We all know that they will come to take revenge, but if they still do not take precautions, even if they are defeated, it is no wonder that others are defeated. ”

Everyone was indignant when they heard this, and the messenger looked at Zhang Yan playfully and shouted: "Daqu Shuai is so long about the morale of others and destroys his own prestige, why do you care?" Won't this revenge be avenged? ”

Zhang Yan snorted coldly and said: "Revenge is naturally to be avenged, but how to repay the law must be done in a particular way." Otherwise, as soon as we gathered a large army, the Han family thought that we had rebelled again, and took the liberty of intervening in this matter, thus expanding the war, wouldn't it be bad? Letting the real murderers flee in plain form would not have deviated from our original intention of revenge. ”

After hearing this, everyone nodded again and again, at the beginning of the incident, most of them were just ordinary people, and they were often bullied by the government and local magnates. Now that he has finally become a master, he has just enjoyed a comfortable and good life, how can he be willing to turn against the court.

As for the beautiful ideal of overthrowing the court and rebuilding a peaceful and prosperous world, since the death of the great virtuous and virtuous teachers of the three princes of heaven, earth, and man, as well as Zhang Niujiao, everyone has stopped thinking about him, and it is better to live one day at a time!

As for revenge, everyone is just a rabbit dead and a fox is sad, and things hurt their kind. If you can take revenge easily, everyone will be indignant or will send troops to help, if it is too difficult, I am afraid that it will only be lip service.

Although Zhang Yan could see that the Montenegrin Army was doing its own thing and giving different orders, he could not see that the people of the Montenegrin Army were scattered, and they no longer had the sharpness at the beginning of the incident. Especially after the rapprochement with the court, after the Montenegrin generals had no external pressure, most of them closed their doors to be their own soil emperors.

If it weren't for the sudden incurrence of He Bai's army, the generals had an inexplicable sense of crisis, and they regathered under Zhang Yan for a while. It will not take a few years for the Montenegrin army to be completely scattered and no longer a single unit. Even if Zhang Yan has great ability in the future, in the end, he can only command the soldiers and horses of Benqu to act, and cannot command the whole army.

An envoy asked: "Daqu Shuai, I don't know how I can do it so that I can take revenge without the court being afraid, so as to mobilize a large army to guard against me?" ”

Zhang Yan tapped the case table with his knuckles and said slowly: "Taiyuan Governor He Bai was humiliated because he was robbed by our army, this matter is not known to the world, but Changshan, Taiyuan, and Luoyang should have heard of it. Moreover, the imperial court also issued an edict allowing He Bai to seek revenge on our army. Therefore, for He Bai, this matter is a dignified and upright move, although our army is defeated, we cannot complain about the heavens and others. ”

"However, when He Bai had no conclusive evidence of which Black Mountain did it, he rashly sent troops to attack and kill the three commanders of our army, but this matter went too far, so I also have a reason to seek revenge on He Bai in a dignified manner. This matter can be spread to all directions, especially to let the imperial court know that we are only sending troops to avenge personal revenge. However, if it is a personal vendetta, it is not allowed to use a large army, and can only send the elite under the command of each department, as long as the number is not large, the court will not have much jealousy. ”

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but nod in agreement, the imperial court initially defined He Bai's matter as a personal vendetta, and the purpose was also to let the two armies settle it in private. Therefore, although the Montenegrin army suffered some losses at the beginning, it was not without the power of retaliation. As long as the imperial court did not intervene, the Montenegrin generals did not think that He Bai's 3,000 private soldiers alone would be able to block the random blow of the Montenegrin army.

Everyone asked again with satisfaction: "Daqu Shuai, I don't know how many soldiers and horses we need to send to the top of each department?" ”

Zhang Yan pondered for a while, and then said: "Each department can send 500 elite soldiers, and our department will send 1,000 elite soldiers, a total of 6,000 elite soldiers." The number of this army will not cause panic in the imperial court, and it is exactly twice that of He Bai, and it is easy to win. Even if you can't cut it down, you can let those who dare to offend me take the Black Mountain Ring. ”

"Daqu Shuai, I don't know who will be the commander in this battle? Is it Daqu Shuai? ”

Zhang Yan shook his head and said disdainfully: "My opponents are Huangfu Yizhen, Lu Zigan, Zhu Gongwei and others, and they are only the captains of every county, so why do you need me to go out in person." Liu Shi, who was friendly with Huanglong, was the main general, and the eight deputies of the left beard were the eight deputies, and the army was united to fight for He Bai Yu Lingshou. ”

"Daqu is handsome and wise."

"Report ...... Lord, the Black Mountain thief intends to send 6,000 troops, come to Lingshou to attack me, the lord will be Anxi thief Liu Shi, and the deputy will be the left beard of the house. ”

Zhang Yan had just finished discussing with the thieves and was selecting soldiers and horses, when He Bai got the news that the Black Mountain thieves had sent troops. He Bai, who came from later generations, naturally attached the most importance to intelligence, and sent a small person to infiltrate Luancheng to investigate the news in advance. It was just after the meeting of the Black Mountain Thieves that He Bai got the exact news.

When He Bai heard that the Black Mountain thieves only sent 6,000 troops, and they were not as large as he expected, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He Bai's initial prediction was that the Black Mountain thieves might send more than 10,000 troops, and at most more than 20,000 people. Therefore, He Bai prepared to use Jiumen County as the interception point, and the Che Jing Department delayed the advance of Zhang Yan and other thieves. He attracted the attention of Sun Qing and other thieves in Lingshou County, and then used Fu Xing and Yu Hua as a strange army to break through the lair of several thieves again, so that the Black Mountain thieves were terrified when they heard the name of He Bai.

It's just a pity that the Black Mountain thieves didn't put themselves in their eyes, and just sent twice as many soldiers and horses to fight. But that's okay, the Black Mountain thieves have fewer soldiers and horses, and the casualty rate of their own army is also small, as long as they can wipe out all the thieves, they can still make the Black Mountain thieves terrified.

In the place where He Bai is based, the CCP in Zhongshan County in the north is expected to have five black mountain thieves, including Sun Qing, Tang County Li Damu, Puyin Zhang Leigong, Anxi Liu Shi, and Ancheng Greentown, and in Changshan County in the south, there are Luancheng Zhang Yan, Gaoyi Zuoxiao, House Zuo Zhangba, Shangai Yu Yigen and the deceased Guo Daxian, Huanglong, Wang Dang seven black mountain thieves, and then Zhao Guo has two black mountain thieves of Bairen Tao Sheng and Zhongqiu Qingniujiao in the south.

These fourteen Black Mountain thieves gathered 250,000 people, and although three were destroyed, there were still more than 200,000 people. Sending 6,000 troops is just a small matter for more than a dozen Black Mountain thieves, but for He Bai, it is still a big trouble. Fortunately, the Black Mountain thieves are divided into two routes, north and south, so they can find an opportunity to break through one road first, and then fight a decisive battle with the latter road.

By the time He Bai received the war letter from the Black Mountain Thieves, Liu Shi of Anxi had already gathered five divisions of 2,500 elite soldiers in Anxi County, waved his troops westward, and came towards Lingshou County. Anxi County was the place where Liu Bei first served, and Liu Bei was still stable when he was there. But since Liu Bei abandoned his official position and left, he was occupied by the Black Mountain thief Liu Shibu. The turmoil has only been subsided for a year, and today it has once again become the attention of the military and civilians in the surrounding counties.

Out of Anxi, through Hanchang, to Wuji, the thief handsome Liu Shiyao pointed to the Wuji County where the enemy was on the verge of a great enemy and said with a smile: "I heard that there is a wealthy Zhongshan Zhen family in Wuji County, and his family has countless money and grain, and he was indiscriminately given to the people last year, which shows that he is extremely generous." Our army can borrow 10,000 stones of grain from it to make up for the shortage. ”

Wuji County has never been robbed, there is a lot of money and grain in the city, the thieves were overjoyed when they heard this, and immediately turned to Wuji County. The county lieutenant of Wuji was terrified, and urgently summoned the county people and the county soldiers to go to the city to defend the palace.

After the Montenegrin thieves besieged Wuji County, Liu Shi came out and shouted: "Well, the officials and people of Wuji County need to listen carefully, today my Montenegrin army passed by your land, and it happened that there was a shortage of soldiers' food, so I came to ask the Zhen family, a good man in your county, for food and ten thousand stones." If Zhen is generous, I will immediately transfer troops and leave. If you don't, I will break the county town of Wuji and slaughter the Zhen clan under the city. ”

The officials and people of Wuji County were terrified, and the county lieutenant urgently summoned Zhen Yu, the head of the Zhen family, to the city to discuss. Since Zhen Yu was treated by his brother-in-law Chengzhang's disease, although he is still sick and weak, he is no longer as dying as before. Although his body is weak, his face is quite energetic.

Zhen Yu pointed to the thieves under the city and said, "Lord County Lieutenant, the thieves borrowed grain on a fake, but the robbery was real. ”

The county lieutenant couldn't help but ask with some doubts: "Master Zhen, the Black Mountain thieves are besieging the city, who do they want to hijack?" ”

Zhen Yu explained: "My Zhen family is related to He Tianming, the governor of Taiyuan, and He Tianming once placed eight or nine members of his family in my house for a while. Today, I heard that He Tianming broke several Black Mountain thieves in Changshan Country, and killed the three Black Mountain Qu Shuai. When the Montenegrin thieves heard that He Tianming's family was located, they came to ask for it in the name of borrowing food. If the county lieutenant agrees, he will inevitably offend the governor of Taiyuan. If it is not allowed, it makes the Black Mountain thieves angry and attack the city. It's a troublesome matter......"

The county lieutenant was shocked and asked, "I don't know if the Zhen family master has a strategy to break the thief?" ”

Zhen Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Lingshou is only a hundred miles away from Wuji, and the army marches for only two days. We can send warriors to Lingshou County to report the news, and then why Tianming will defend the city for three days. If it doesn't come in three days, we can sacrifice people to retire. ”

After hearing this, the county lieutenant immediately nodded in agreement. After Zhen Yu returned to Zhen's house, he urgently summoned his family and Gongsun Linglong, Anova and others to discuss. Zhen Yu said: "I see that the county lieutenant of this county has the heart of abandoning the city and fleeing, so he is stable with kind words, but I am afraid it will not last long." So the rescue of the army under the command of the brother-in-law is urgently needed. Mrs. Gongsun can repair a book, so that I can make the warriors in the clan break through the siege and go to Lingshou County to find my brother-in-law. ”

Although Gongsun Linglong was about to give birth, she did not dare to slack off, and immediately repaired a letter and handed it to Zhen Yu. Zhen Yu immediately summoned Zhen Ge, a warrior in the clan, and ordered the letter to be placed close to him. He also selected a good horse in the clan and handed it over to Zhen Ge to ride. Zhen Ge was ordered to go out of the city, and the night black mountain thieves besieged the city is not dense, detoured to the southwest corner, quietly crossed the camp in the dark, and when he was discovered by the rangers, he killed several people with a single bow and a single horse, so as to stop the pursuit of the thieves, and then rushed to the west.

He Bai was shocked when he heard the news, Gongsun Linglong was about to give birth, but he was besieged by the Black Mountain thieves, which was really ominous. He Bai couldn't wait for Fu Xing to lead the troops back, so he hurriedly led Li Ping and Cheng Qi with about 800 cavalry to look at Wuji County.

Seeing that Wuji County should not meet his own requirements, Liu Shi was immediately furious and urgently ordered the army to attack the city. It's just that last year, the people of Wuji County received more food and life from the Zhen family, so they were almost more dedicated than the Zhen clan in protecting the city. It was hard to resist Liu Shi's 2,500 elite lines without moving, but Liu Shi lost more than 100 people.

Liu Shi was furious, and not only ordered his soldiers to attack the city regardless of life and death, but also intended to summon An Xi's army to come to support. In an emergency, He Bai had already led eight hundred fast horses to approach Wuji County.

It wasn't until He Bai led eight hundred horsemen to approach the Wuji County Five Miles that Liu Shi received news from the sentinel that He Bai came to help. Liu Shi was first surprised, and then rejoiced, he was afraid that He Bai's soldiers would retreat into the city and not come out of this battle. Now it's okay, He Bai has come from afar, and there is no danger to defend, and it is easy to break.