Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

Cao Ang couldn't help but frowned when he heard Zhang Yan say that he only had 15 Montenegrin troops.

Originally, I thought that after Zhang Yan and others moved to Julu County, they would be disintegrated by the farming strategy.

After all, the Montenegrin Army was originally composed of refugees and bandits. If those refugees had the opportunity to own their own land, they would naturally pursue the policy of farming.

Originally, Cao Ang thought that under the influence of the farming strategy, it would be good if the Montenegrin Army had only 10,000 to [-] left, but it turned out that there were still [-]+.

Zhang Yan saw Cao Ang frowning and hurriedly explained: "Major General Mingjian, after I arrived at Julu County with the Black Mountain soldiers and civilians, they were affected by the farming policy and left the Black Mountain Army one after another."

"Julu County Sheriff and County Lieutenant can all testify to this matter, because after they left the Black Mountain Army, they were absorbed by Julu County and obtained their household registration, and some of them even joined the Julu County Army. The defenders."

"The remaining people actually wanted to leave, but they missed the spring planting season. It was no longer realistic for them to leave the Black Mountain Army to work in the fields, so they stayed."

"The general feels that if we wait until the spring planting next year, the general will only have 5 to [-] men left."

After hearing Zhang Yan's explanation, Cao Ang nodded.

Missing this spring planting season will indeed affect the weakening of the Montenegro Army. After all, there is no way to farm. Even if they leave the Montenegro Army, they will have no land to plant, and they will starve to death?
If you stay in the Montenegrin Army, you will at least get military pay, and you won’t have to spend money on food and accommodation.

After thinking about this, Cao Ang waved his hand to Zhang Yan and said: "It's okay, I know it's not easy for you, so in this battle, all the food and grass for your Montenegrin Army will be provided by the imperial court."

"And you can rest assured that I will not deduct any of your military food and salary. Your Montenegrin Army will be treated the same as the regular army of the imperial court!"

"Finally, when you fight with Xianbei's army or tribe, you can just deal with the spoils you get. I won't interfere!"

When Zhang Yan heard that Cao Ang had given him such generous treatment, she hurriedly bowed and thanked him, "Thank you, Young General, for your generosity!"

Upon seeing this, Cao Ang waved his hand and stared at Zhang Yan with a serious face: "I am generous to your Black Mountain Army, but you must be worthy of the military pay and food and grass I give you!"

"If I find out that you Black Mountain Army dare to go against me, then don't blame me for falling out with you!"

Zhang Yan looked at Cao Ang's cold expression and was so frightened that her descendants broke out into cold sweats, and quickly expressed her loyalty to Cao Ang.

"Don't worry, Major General. I will definitely go all out to defeat the Xianbei army!"

Looking at Zhang Yan's appearance, Cao Ang knew that the other party was completely convinced, so he put away his cold expression and looked at the other party seriously.

"Okay, then I will believe you and give you a chance to atone for your sins. You know, I originally planned to give this opportunity to Ding Yuan. After all, he made Bingzhou into this state, and his sin is still very serious. "

"If Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao hadn't recommended you to me, I would not have given you such an opportunity to atone for your sins. You must seize it!"

When Zhang Yan heard this, she hurriedly nodded and said: "Yes, yes, I will definitely go all out. Thank you, Young General, and Mr. Guo Jia."

Seeing Zhang Yan's grateful expression, Cao Ang held back his smile and looked at Guo Jia.

"Fengxiao, do you have anything else to tell General Zhang Yan?"

Hearing this, Guo Jia sighed helplessly, and cooperated with Cao Ang and said to Zhang Yan: "General Zhang, you must know that your mission in this battle is to defend the Xianbei tribe from the attack of the three armies." "Remember. , don’t be greedy for success and rush into the grassland. Without being familiar with the terrain, if you lead the Black Mountain Army deep into the grassland, I’m afraid the entire army will be annihilated!”

When Zhang Yan heard this, she bowed to Guo Jiazuo politely and said, "Yes, thank you Mr. Fengxiao for the tip. I will remember it."

Later, Guo Jia gave Zhang Yan several instructions to pay attention to, such as sandstorms in the north of Bingzhou, water sources and other issues.

Zhang Yan wrote down everything carefully, then said goodbye and left.

Before leaving, Zhang Yan also met with Xu You.

At this time, Zhang Yan still had a lot of resentment towards Xu You.

"Who do I think it is? It turns out to be Mr. Xu You." Zhang Yan looked at Xu You and said angrily to him.

And Xu You felt a little guilty for Zhang Yan, so when faced with Zhang Yan's strange aura, he just smiled softly and waved his hands indifferently.

"I know that you, General Zhang Yan, have complaints against me, but under the circumstances at that time, if I didn't take refuge with the young general, I would probably be killed by Yuan Shao!"

"It's just that in order to save your life, I have brought you down, General Zhang Yan. It is indeed my fault. Fortunately, now we are all following the young general. If anything happens to you, General Zhang Yan, you can just look for me. I will do my best." Come with all your strength to help General Zhang Yan."

After listening to Xu You's explanation, Zhang Yan's face looked much better.

So he waved his hand and said: "That's all, I am also a county magistrate now. Although I have no power, I can still be regarded as an official of the court."

"If sir, you hadn't surrendered to the Major General first, then I would have fought to the death with the Major General. If that had been the case, I might have been dead by now."

After Xu You heard Zhang Yan's words, he smiled with relief and said: "This is a blessing in disguise. I am very touched that General Zhang Yan can think like this."

Zhang Yan waved her hand after hearing this and said: "Okay, let's just wipe out all the grudges we had before. We will all be colleagues from now on. There is no grudge that cannot be resolved by flowers."

Xu You looked at Zhang Yan's frank look, and his heart moved. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

Zhang Yan had nothing to say when she saw Xu You, so she waved her hand gently and said, "Okay, Mr. Xu You, I'll leave first. The Black Mountain Army stationed at the border still needs me to lead it."

"Okay, then I wish the general victory!" Xu You agreed and sent Zhang Yan away.

Seeing Zhang Yan's back slowly disappearing above the horizon, Xu You couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

"I didn't expect that Zhang Yan is quite easy to get along with. It's just a pity that as the advisor of the Major General, I can't remind him too much."

Xu You could tell that Zhang Yan was the kind of person who was still counting money for others after being sold.

However, Cao Ang was in charge now, and even if he saw it, it would be hard for him to tell Zhang Yanming. (End of chapter)