After dawn, the mountain bandits in the village woke up one after another, and when they opened their eyes, what greeted them was not the aftertaste of the siblings' hangover last night, but the big knife that was caught in the camp, and they were very confused, and even scratched their heads and looked around, a little at a loss.

By the time they had fully reacted, they could do nothing but follow the guidance of the trapping camp to the designated place where the prisoners were to be held, after all, they had no weapons in their hands, let alone armor.

There are 3,000 people in the whole village, and there is no one in their hands, which is no different from a lamb to be slaughtered.

No one dared to try to resist, because they saw with their own eyes that Du Chang, the second master, was honestly holding his head and obeying the command.

Don't talk about them, even Zhang Yan, who was woken up by Yan Liang, who had lost patience, poured cold water on her, her first reaction was to ask, who are the brothers.

Zhang Yan didn't know Zhao Yun, but he had seen Yan Liangwen and ugly, and he also knew that they had already surrendered to Lu Bu, so naturally, he understood the fact that he had become Lu Bu's captive.

For a while, my heart was full of chagrin, and I couldn't imagine that just because of a carelessness, the Montenegrin Army, which had been cultivated for more than ten years, was put in.

Even Yuan Shao, who was at the peak of his strength, took his own helpless Black Mountain Army, and in just one night, it was about to be dispersed

It's just that he couldn't figure it out, shouldn't these two people follow Lu Bu to fight in Youzhou, Fan Yang is five or six hundred miles away from here, how could they appear here.

Moreover, there are more than 30 cottages on this thousands of miles of Taihang Mountain, and they will move their nests regularly, and before they turn, even their subordinates don't know how they can accurately locate themselves.

This thing is very weird.

However, everything is no longer important, in the end, it is a man who has seen strong winds and waves, even if the identity of the mountain bandit is true, but more than ten years of military career, it has long made this legendary mountain bandit get rid of the ordinary banditry, and have a bit of general demeanor, he glanced at Yan Liangwen in the room, and the unknown general, sneered.

"Okay, with you, it only took one night to smash the Montenegrin army that I had worked hard for more than ten years, and the two of them can be regarded as the famous Daxu of the northern country, planted in your hands, I admit it, if you want to kill and scrape, just give the master a good time."

Probably, they didn't expect that Zhang Yan was still a hard bone, tougher than many fierce generals on the battlefield, and they didn't know how to say the threatening words prepared in advance.

After Yan Liang glanced at Zhao Yun and Wen Chou, he stepped forward and stepped on the bed, and shouted: "It's quite crazy to be a prisoner, give you a chance to live, and help Wen Hou clean up Xiahoudun, and don't kill you!" ”

Zhang Yan didn't even look at him, and raised his head nonchalantly, exposing his neck in front of Yan Liang, Chi Guoguo's provocation.

In fact, it is true that Zhang Yan is a hard bone, otherwise where did he have the confidence to dare to deal with Yuan Shao for so many years, and he can still be left and right in the face of Lu Bu and Cao Cao's solicitation.

But his current move is just because he thinks that he is dead anyway, and he is not willing to make a wedding dress for Lu Bu.

Lu Bu did not intercept the secret letter between him and Cao Cao from beginning to end, but Zhang Yan did not know about this, but after letting the messenger fool him, he also believed that Lu Bu had the secret letter on hand.

According to his understanding of Lu Bu's heart, or in other words, the mental understanding of a prince who can become so big that he is now dominant in the northern kingdom, he will definitely not tolerate a mountain bandit who once passed Cao to stay on his land as a taishou.

What's more, all these years of looting in the northern country, which family, Haoqiang and rich businessmen have not suffered their own losses, and now that Lu Bu is the lord of the northern country, even if he is willing to open the net, the people below will not agree.

"You"

Yan Liang, who felt insulted, picked up the gold-backed knife and was about to make a move, "See if your neck is as hard as your mouth!" ”

Wen Chou on the side hurriedly stopped him, Wen Chou didn't know what Lin Mo's plan was, but he took a lot of trouble to capture Zhang Yan alive, and he definitely couldn't kill him like this.

"General Zhang, what benefits did Cao Cao give you, why did you make you die for him?" Zhao Yun, who had been silent, finally spoke, he stared at the once beautiful Black Mountain bandit leader in front of him, and he really didn't understand why the other party would be so resistant to Guishun Lu Bu.

Zhang Yan just sneered, and didn't even look at Zhao Yun, "Who are you?" ”

"Zhao Yun."

Zhang Yan's heart chuckled, and she slowly looked at Zhao Yun, and even wanted to stand up and walk forward to see it more realistically, but she was pressed down by Yan Liang.

Then he frowned and asked, "Changshan Zhao Zilong?" ”

Seeing Zhao Yun's head, Zhang Yanlang laughed loudly, and he didn't stop laughing for a long, long time.

"Okay, good, you are Zhao Zilong, I finally saw the deity today, not bad, you really made face for us."

Zhang Yan wiped away the tears that flowed out of laughter, and continued to smile: "In the past, there were always people who scolded me for smearing our Zhending's name, calling Zhending a bandit county, until you Xiao Guan showed your prestige and was famous in the world in World War I, who doesn't know that our Changshan Zhending's Zhao Zilong Yongguan Three Armies, I admire you." ”

The two don't know each other, but the two are real fellow villagers, both of whom are from Changshan Zhending, that is, different villages.

At first, Zhang Yan was very happy when he heard Zhao Yun's Xiao Guan record, because he saw the glory of Zhending in Zhao Yun's body, and his hometown would no longer be named a bandit.

Therefore, for Zhao Yun, he is out of respect from his heart.

It's just that I didn't expect to meet in this desperate road.

"General Zhang, I am willing to cool down with you, and in the future, you and I will join forces, and it may not be true that it will be a double match." Zhao Yun took the opportunity to persuade.

However, Zhang Yan did not change his mind because of this.

In his eyes, Zhao Yun is of course a radiant true glory, but in the end, he is just a martial artist under Lu Bu, how can he help himself.

As a fellow countryman, don't help him, just don't pull him back at this time, then it's really a shame for the real people.

"General Zilong, if you think of the friendship of your fellow villagers, please burn down the cottage and dismiss the people after my death, don't kill the little cubs, many of them are from our Changshan." Zhang Yan looked at Zhao Yun deeply.

This is his only wish.

These words made Zhao Yun feel something, and felt that he was far from the rumored image of the mountain bandit.

"General Zhang, let me ask you, I hope you will tell you the truth in the friendship of your fellow villagers, have you agreed with Cao Cao that when Wenhou conquers Youzhou, Yuan Xi will not come out, and you will lead your troops to attack Changshan, Zhongshan and other places, and Xiahoudun will take advantage of the situation to cross Taihang Mountain and enter the hinterland of Jizhou to conquer the city?"

At this moment, Zhang Yan couldn't calm down, and an unusually frightened face appeared.

Coupled with the timing of their appearance, and their precise positioning, they subconsciously blurted out: "Is there your eyeliner in the village, is it Du Chang, Chen Xi, Wang Mao, or Zhang Quan?" ”

The four people in Zhang Yan's mouth are the four captains of the Montenegrin Army, and they are actually the 2345 bandit leaders of the Montenegrin bandits.

Only a few of them knew about this matter, and it was impossible for Zhao Yun to even know about it.

Zhao Yun breathed a long sigh of relief, and slowly bowed his head and said, "Sure enough, it's the same as Yunwen guessed." ”

Yunwen?

Lin Yunwen?

Zhang Yan was suspicious, what is speculation, can he guess this kind of secret?

This guy won't really know the Six Ding Six Armor Demon Law as rumored.

Zhao Yun walked up to Zhang Yan, stared at him intently, and said in a deep voice: "General Zhang, Yun guarantees with personality, if you assist Wen Hou to destroy Xiahou Xuan, don't say that you are a person in the stockade, even General Zhang can be safe and sound, just see if the general can trust Yun." ”

Zhao Yun, who was able to break into the encirclement of thousands of Cao troops in Xiaoguan for the sake of Lin Mo, who was able to know the grace of encounter, had long been named in the name of trustworthiness and righteousness.

In addition, he is also a true person, Zhao Yun's words are very impactful to Zhang Yan.

"Zhang Yan, Zilong is different from us, under the command of Wen Hou, he is by no means an ordinary general, if there is one person in this world who can save you, it must be Zilong." Wen Chou took the opportunity to help.

Zhang Yan and Zhao Yun looked at each other, and the firmness in their eyes made him feel at ease.

After a long time, he finally sighed, "General Zhao, even if I am willing to help, but Xiahoudun is not assigned by me, and the two parties are each carrying out Cao Cao's battle orders, if I believe him secretly, it will only make him suspicious." ”

In the current situation, there are indeed only 20,000 people in Bingzhou, but if Lu Bu leads the army to conquer it in a grand manner, Xiahoudun only needs to hold on and wait for help, and Cao Cao will have plenty of time to send troops to rescue, and he will not be able to ask for any benefits.

The only way is nothing more than to write a letter to lure Xiahoudun out.

However, this path simply does not work.

Even before he sent troops to attack the northern country, Xiahoudun didn't dare to rush over the Taihang Mountain, and after a few defeats, that guy was much more cautious.

Zhao Yun just smiled and shook his head, "General Zhang, you only need to send troops to attack Changshan, Zhongshan and other counties according to the original plan, and we will take care of the rest." ”

"What the hell are you trying to do?" Zhang Yan was a little confused, now that he knew Cao Cao's plan, he still played like this?

It is definitely not an ambush, because there is no need for this at all, as the soul of the Montenegrin army, as long as he slaughters himself, no one can lead this team at all, even Du Chang does not have this prestige.

"Just do it, I'll tell you later."

Zhao Yun stepped forward to help Zhang Yan who was sitting on the couch up, and said in a deep voice: "It's not me who threatens you, but I still have to convey Yunwen's original words to you." ”

"Marquis of Lanling? What did he say? ”

Zhao Yun's mouth opened, as if he was a little embarrassed, after all, he was a fellow villager, and he was so cooperative.

Wen Chou on the side coughed, clasped his hands to his chest and said: "The original words of the Marquis of Lanling, we can arrest you once and catch you a second time, if you dare to play tricks, not only the 20,000 or 30,000 people of your Black Mountain Army, but also their families, and the people on the entire Taihang Mountain, will be buried with you, regardless of men, women and children." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yan's eyebrows tightened, this was the first time he had heard such a threat.

When he wanted to reply with a few cruel words, Zhao Yun patted him on the shoulder, "Yunwen can do what he says, don't doubt him."

However, as long as you follow our plan, there will be no trouble, not for yourself and for the old and young people on the mountain. ”

Zhang Yan squinted, he had long heard that these boys were unparalleled, but he didn't know that his mind was so vicious.

But it's right to think about it, can you help a desperate Lu Bu to become so powerful that he is so powerful today, can he be a good kind.

He took a deep breath and said with a wry smile: "Okay, let's talk, when to do it." ”

"Don't worry, wait for our fast horse to send the letter back first."

Seeing that Zhang Yan had completely softened, Zhao Yun's tone also eased a lot, "General Zhang, we still have to talk to you on the mountain these days, so bear with me." ”

Understand, hostage, if you don't do what you say, you're going to dismantle me.

Zhang Yan nodded helplessly, "Okay, anyway, I have been friends with General Zhao for a long time, and I do have something I want to say to you, but the little cubs still have to be released, otherwise the news will leak sooner or later." ”

"It's nature." Zhao Yun nodded.

In this matter, it is impossible to do it without leakage, and the only thing that can be done is to employ people.

Therefore, Zhao Yun simply let the trapped camp release the people from the prisoner camp, and then let Zhang Yan appease the army.

Even, in the process, their people have already taken weapons, and if they want to resist, they can actually do it.

Because since dawn, people have begun to kill the surrounding cottages, but because Zhang Yan and Du Chang have all been captured, some of them have been trapped, and they are also missing the backbone, so they have not taken action for a long time, just guarding outside the village.

Maybe it's because Zhang Yan really promises a lot of money, or maybe it's because Lin Mo's threat is too serious, and there are too many incredible things about this action, Zhang Yan feels that Lin Mo really has the ability to bring him down again.

So, he chose to compromise.

After a reassuring meal, the people in the village returned to calm, and at dusk, the other people in the cottage also returned the same way, as if all this had never happened.

But Zhang Yan knew in his heart that it would not be long before the number of the Black Mountain Army would cease to exist, and the name of Zhang Yan of Taihang Mountain would also be annihilated in the world.

However, he was quite curious about how Lin Mo wanted to use himself to catch Xiahoudun because he was not assigned by himself.

On the front line of Fanyang, receiving the letter sent by Zhao Yun, Lin Mo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that this time the luck is good, Zhang Yan just moved the den to the south for more than a hundred miles, if he walked out of the boundary of Zhongshan Kingdom, it is estimated that this time it will be empty.

"Capture the thief and capture the king first, this battle is beautiful, Yunwen."

I really didn't expect that the problem that had plagued the northern country for more than ten years would have collapsed with hundreds of people overnight with zero casualties, or Cao Thief could say that his son-in-law alone could block a million troops.

"I don't understand, though."

Lu Bu looked at the bamboo slips on the table, groped his chin and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Yan has been doing evil in the north for many years, and the major families in the north will be grateful to us for killing him, and we can also take the opportunity to cross the Taihang Mountain and attack the state directly, why not." ”

"It's useless."

Lin Mo shook his head, it was late March, but there was still snow in Youzhou that had not yet melted, so he still had to wear a big coat to ward off the cold, and his hands could not leave the brazier, "Now Cao Cao in the north must have arranged a lot of eyeliner, and we will know it as soon as we move Xiahoudun, so if we want to move, we must move reasonably."

Moreover, even if we can successfully reach Bingzhou, if he defends Taiyuan, 20,000 people, we will not be able to attack, once the war is frustrated, I am afraid that we will not be able to resist Cao Cao's reinforcements, and even Yuan Xi will take the opportunity to attack. ”

"Makes sense."

As soon as he said this, Lu Bu's face showed a sudden expression, "Then, we can only wait for Zhang Yan's people to come out in Changshan and Zhongshan Kingdom, and then transfer troops to rescue?" ”

Lin Mo nodded, "Before that, let's move Dazhai forward for a hundred miles to form a siege of Zhuo County, at least let Xiahoudun believe that now we can't retreat." ”

It is true that Xiahoudun is indeed a defeated general, but he is not a fool, he will not be reckless in transferring all the remaining people out of Taiyuan.

If you want to catch a big fish, you must be willing to give up the bait.

Lu Bu nodded knowingly and then gave the order happily, and the army marched out.

On the way, because of the coordination of the troops, the speed of the march was a little slow, and Lu Bu was very unhappy in his eyes.

There is no way, the generals who can be used have all been transferred out, Zhang Liao, Zhang Xiu, Gan Ning, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, Wei Yue and even Xu Sheng, Yu Ban, Zang Ba, and Sun Guan are not there.

Sure enough, in order to achieve a great cause, it is necessary to absorb more generals.

At the end of this war, if Zhang Yan can be absorbed into his subordinates, he should be a very useful talent.

He can lead the Black Mountain thieves to toss in the northern country for so many years, and he has the ability.

Moreover, he is quite capable of fighting.

Zhang Yan's personal martial arts can compete with Wei Yue, you must know that before Lin Mo assisted him, the three people under his command who could fight the most were Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and Wei Yue.

Therefore, after such an analysis, Zhang Yan is definitely a general, even a handsome person.

I hope he can understand the current affairs a little.

The next direction is basically following Lin Mo's thoughts.

The army besieged the city of Zhuo County, but only besieged but not attacked, in this process, Yan Liangwen and the ugly general flag has been floating under the city pass, and the Yuan army in Zhuo County was frightened and panicked.

Yuan Xi is very hard, and he has been trying to appease everyone's emotions, because he firmly believes that as long as he can't hold on, they won't be able to attack for a while.

According to the original plan, Zhang Yan of Taihang Mountain and Xiahoudun of Bingzhou would take advantage of this opportunity to attack Lu Bu's rear, let him fall into the quagmire of fighting on all sides, and drag this giant beast down.

The only thing that made him happy was that Lu Bu did not storm the city, probably, he hoped to attack the heart, and the city defense of Zhuo County was also quite solid.

The trend of the overall situation did not disappoint him, and the Black Mountain thieves went down the mountain and began to wreak havoc and plunder in the two counties of Changshan and Zhongshan.

However, this time it was different from the past, and it didn't attack the city to loot, more often it seemed that it was just to make some noise.

After receiving the emergency documents from the two counties, Lu Bu mobilized 20,000 troops to come to the rescue.

At the same time, the flag of Yan Liangwen and Chou who stood outside Zhuo County also disappeared.

Therefore, although Yuan Xi, who was besieged in the city, did not receive the battle report, he guessed that there must be something wrong in the rear, so Lu Bu would transfer them away before the battle.

Naturally, the Yuan army in the city also breathed a sigh of relief, as if he really saw the hope of survival, and for a while, the morale of the army improved a lot.

Naturally, they didn't dare to go out of the city, but anyway, the Lu army didn't attack the city, so don't worry, Cao Cao and Zhang Yan won't let us down.

(End of chapter)