The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 69 Zhang Yan's wishful thinking

At the same time, Guan Yu led his troops twenty miles outside Lunu City, but they were also blocked.

The army that blocked Guan Yu was also under Zhang Yan's command. The commander rode a white horse named Zhang Baiqi.

Guan Yu's treatment was better than Lin Chao's. At least Zhang Baiqi did not attack Guan Yu's camp at night, but set up a frontal formation to block Guan Yu with dignity.

Zhang Baiqi's troops consisted of at least 8000 to [-] people. Guan Yu knew that the opponent had a large number of troops, and because he was the subordinate of Zhang Yan, the general of Pingnan Zhonglang, he did not act rashly, but sent someone to report to Liu Bei immediately.

At the same time, Lin Chao received a letter of war from Zhang Yan in the barracks.

In fact, it is not appropriate to say that it is a letter of war, because Zhang Yan's words in the letter are not fierce, but instead invite Lin Chao to meet before the battle three days later.

After reading the war letter, Zhao Yun couldn't help frowning, and asked in doubt: "Supervisor, what does this piece of peace mean? Could it be that the meeting before the battle is to kill the teacher?"

Hearing Zhao Yun mention Zhishi, Lin Chao couldn't help laughing.

Sending a teacher is an ancient ritual, and it can also be said to be a challenge. In popular terms, it is a one-on-one challenge.

Zhang Yan wants to single out Zhao Yun?

Is he so brave!

However, Zhang Yan probably didn't mean that. Judging from the news revealed in the letter, Zhang Yan didn't seem to want to fight.

The only thing that makes people wonder is, if you don't want to fight, why send people to attack at night?

But the meeting in three days' time must be agreed.

Lin Chao looked at Zhao Yun, then at Dian Wei beside him, and he was immediately full of confidence.

Just kidding, with these two people by his side, what kind of waves can he, Zhang Yan, make!

Or, taking advantage of the opportunity of the meeting, directly kill Zhang Yan or capture him alive?
Lin Chao fell silent, and began to think about the success rate of this plan...

"Supervisor, how to deal with this letter?"

Seeing Lin Chao lost in thought, Zhao Yun asked again.

"Reply, just say that we agree, and three days later, ten miles south of Hengshui, we will meet before the battle."

This place is an open place, and there is nothing to hide in the surrounding ten miles, so there is no need to worry about ambush from each other, and it is expected that he, Zhang Yan, will not object.

Hearing this, Zhao Yun laid it on the table, picked up a pen, and wrote back to Zhang Yan in the name of the chief general of the first army.

After the letter was sent out, on the afternoon of the second day, soldiers patrolling the battalion came to report that they saw a large wave of troops crossing the river.

Lin Chao and Zhao Yun hurried out of the camp to watch. Just as the camp patrolling soldiers said, the river was covered in darkness, and it was almost impossible to see the end at a glance. There were at least tens of thousands of people.

"Supervisor, the enemy army is huge. In terms of numbers, it is at least twice as large as our army."

After observing for a while, Zhao Yun came to such a conclusion with a worried expression on his face.

Lin Chao actually smiled, and comforted him, "Don't worry about Zilong, it's just a mob."

"Oh, why did the supervisor make such a statement?"

Zhao Yun asked puzzledly.

Now the two armies are separated by nearly ten miles, even with Zhao Yun's eyesight, he can't see the details of Zhang Yan's army, he can barely see the black mass of heads.

So he really didn't know how Lin Chao saw that there was a group of mobs on the opposite side.

"If Zilong doesn't believe it, you and I will come forward and watch it, and we will see."

Lin Chao smiled meaningfully.

"This..." Zhao Yun took a serious look at Lin Chao's small body, and said hesitantly, "Supervisor, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. If the enemy takes the opportunity to attack..."

Before he finished speaking, Lin Chao galloped out and rode away to Zhang Yanjun.

"It's okay, I just need to watch from a distance."

The moment Lin Chao moved forward, Dian Wei had already led dozens of soldiers to follow.

Seeing this, Zhao Yun had no choice but to chase after him.

The crowd came to a place two or three miles away from Zhang Yan's army before they stopped advancing.

This distance is just right, if you get closer, you will easily put yourself in danger, and if you are farther away, you will not be able to see clearly.

Everyone watched intently, it didn't matter what they saw, Zhao Yun finally understood why Lin Chao said Zhang Yanjun was a mob.

I saw these tens of thousands of soldiers, all in ragged clothes, with weapons of different lengths in their hands, and their actions were even more chaotic.Only the faint murderous look on the soldiers can prove that this is an army that has seen blood, not a farmer who is good at wielding a hoe.

But this is not surprising, even though Zhang Yan has the official position of the general of Zhonglang, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the imperial court's inability to conquer, so it has to be bestowed on him.

Except that he himself considers himself a big Han official, people in the world are still willing to call him the Black Mountain Bandit.

If one day the imperial court is free, Zhang Yan is probably the one who will clean up immediately.

Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for the imperial court to provide financial and food support.

However, Zhang Yan has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and nearly 30 people. He can barely make ends meet only by collecting taxes from the Valley Road, and Zhang Yan beats the autumn wind from time to time.

Therefore, most of the troops under Zhang Yan's command took up arms to serve as soldiers, and laid down weapons to serve the people.It is not surprising that while wearing tattered clothes, they also use farm tools as weapons.

Although he has fought many battles, he is busy with farming and has no time to practice, which also leads to disorderly actions.

So Lin Chao said that they are a bunch of mob, it is not an exaggeration.

"The supervising army is really clever and clever. The army under Zhang Pingnan's command is so weak that even ten thousand people are not afraid."

Looking at the tens of thousands of people crossing the river ahead, Zhao Yun felt less nervous than before.

After all, when Liu Bei recruited soldiers, he was paid according to the monthly salary of the soldiers of the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty, which was doubled later.Coupled with the fact that the soldiers also practiced rigorously on weekdays, their combat effectiveness was close to that of the regular army of the imperial court. Naturally, this group of farmers in front of them could not compare.

"Let's go back to the camp and just wait for tomorrow. I want to see what kind of tricks this Yan is playing."

This situation was completely within Lin Chao's expectation. Seeing that Zhang Yanjun had already started to land, he opened his mouth and said.

Zhang Yanjun didn't notice these dozens of people. After the army landed, they began to set up camp, and they were busy until evening.

At night, Zhang Yan was sitting in the tent, still muttering to herself: "What kind of excuse can I use to hold that Liu Xuande back?"

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Yan didn't think of any good solution.

Half a month ago, the news that Hanchang City was breached reached Youzhou.

Zhang Chun was shocked when he got the news. He never expected that Zhang Yi would lose so quickly. At the same time, he also understood that once Hanchang was lost, the rest of Zhongshan’s counties would be powerless to resist. State.

Frightened in his heart, Zhang Chun thought of a plan, which was to send someone to ask Zhang Yan to send troops.

But Zhang Yan is not stupid, there is no reason to help him resist Liu Bei in vain.But at this time, the army was about to run out of food, so Zhang Yan had no choice but to agree to Zhang Chun.

In this way, Zhang Chun paid 30 shi, grain and grass as a price, and asked Zhang Yan to send troops to stop Liu Bei, and the time limit was two months.

This time is enough for Zhang Chun to hoard troops and horses and plunder money and food. Even if the imperial court sends troops to conquer, he will be able to hold on to the city and will not sit still.

Ever since, Zhang Yan, as a reinforcement, started a series of operations of his own.

First, Zhang Baiqi was sent to garrison Lunu, and he himself led the troops to guard Anxi, blocking all the two roads going north.

The night attack in the past few days was Zhang Yan's warning to Liu Bei's army, hoping to scare off Zhao Yun's army.Unexpectedly, Zhao Yun left them all, which made Zhang Yan feel distressed for a long time.

Because he doesn't want to fight Liu Bei desperately, it is best for the two sides to confront each other for two months before he can retire.

At that time, Liu Bei and Zhang Chun's brains will be like dogs, and they have nothing to do with him.

This is also the fundamental reason why he invited Lin Chao to meet before the battle.

(There will be another update later, the moon is full in the Mid-Autumn Festival today, and Lao Yu can't do much, so let's add another update for everyone.)
(End of this chapter)