Han family achievements

Chapter 242 Where is Cao Cao?

They originally guessed that the change in Xi Zhicai's attitude was due to the pressure from the court, but they didn't expect that it was all due to the Black Mountain Army!
The Black Mountain Army invaded Shangdang County from Changshan Kingdom, and then threatened Luoyang. The imperial court absolutely cannot tolerate it!

In panic and anger, the spearhead naturally pointed at Cao Cao, who was ordered to conquer the Black Mountain Army!

Everyone's expressions changed, but Cao Cao remained expressionless, and said calmly, "How does Bingzhou respond?"

Xi Zhicai shook his head and said, "That's all the news I got."

Guo Jia took a sip of wine slowly, his eyes became sharper, and he said: "There are [-] Habayashi troops in Luoyang City, so there is nothing to worry about. However, the Black Mountain Army must not let the Black Mountain Army besiege Luoyang!"

It is a big deal for the rebels to attack the imperial capital, even if there is no worry, no one can bear to be held accountable afterwards!
And Cao Cao bears the brunt!

Cao Cao stood up abruptly and said, "Send troops immediately!"

Xi Zhicai said: "General Cao wants to send troops to Luoyang?"

Cao Cao's long and narrow eyes were cold and silent, and said: "Changshan Kingdom!"

Xi Zhicai coughed lightly, pretending to think.

Cao Cao's decision, in terms of military strategy, is no problem. Whether it is to encircle Wei and save Zhao, or go to the bandit den, it is indeed the best tactic.

But the consequences are also very serious. In the future when the siege of Luoyang City is relieved, someone in the court will impeach Cao Cao for "sit and watch the rebels invade Jifu, support the soldiers and fail to save them, with ulterior motives"!
This crime was enough to cause Cao Cao to be executed by the Nine Tribes!

Guo Jia, Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun and others all looked at Cao Cao in silence.

They are not stupid, so they naturally understand the terrible consequences of Cao Cao's actions.

But none of them voiced their objection.

Cao Cao raised his troops to the north, without any further cover, and went straight to Changshan.

Cao Cao, who had been marching in hiding, suddenly revealed his whereabouts, causing shock in Yanzhou and Jizhou.

The Montenegro Army, in particular, got the news and knew Cao Cao's position, so they took more targeted actions.

Jizhou, which was originally relatively calm, suddenly operated at a high speed. Ying Shao and Zhang Liao dispatched troops to deal with everything that might happen.

The Black Mountain Army in Huguan, Shangdang County, originally intended to test Luoyang, but now they dare not move, as if they are waiting to see the direction of the wind.

Cao Cao crossed the prefecture and came to Changshan Kingdom. The army rushed straight to the well path like wind and thunder.

The year before last, the Black Mountain Army was so powerful that it besieged Ying Shao in Changshan Kingdom for more than half a year. Afterwards, the Black Mountain Army was defeated and Ying Shao and others were unable to completely wipe out Chang Shan Kingdom, so there were many Black Mountain Army entrenched.

This time, Zhang Yan gathered the leaders and brains of the Black Mountain Army from all over the place, gathered in the well, and prepared to fight head-on with the officers and soldiers, so as not to be defeated one by one.

Jingjing Mountain.

Zhang Yan sat at the main seat, and below him were Yu Du, Yang Feng, Sui Gu, and the so-called Black Mountain Army Qu Shuai, who were slightly older leaders, and Liu Shi, Qing Niujiao, Huang Long, Zuo Xiao, Guo Daxian, Li Damu, and Yu Digen and many other small bosses.

Zhang Yan still has more than 6 people under his command, while Yu Du, Yang Feng and others only have [-] to [-] people, and the others are even fewer, with [-] to [-] being more, and several thousand and hundreds being the most.

The small ones depend on the big ones, and the big ones are half independent and half dependent on Zhang Yan, living by plundering everywhere on the hills.

Although Zhang Yan, Yu Du and others were recruited by the imperial court and had official positions such as school lieutenant, the imperial court never gave them salaries.

The imperial court became more and more powerful, and the officers and soldiers were no longer as easy to bully as before. Their life had been difficult since the year before last.

Zhang Yan sat in the seats, looked around at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "You all know, please tell me."

Yu Du snorted coldly and said, "What's there to say? If you resist danger and defend, is it possible that you have to fight head-on with the army?"

Everyone else's expressions of deep understanding.

They came here in response to Zhang Yan's call, and they were afraid of the officers and soldiers. Who would want to go out to fight with the officers and soldiers?

Yang Feng looked like a scholar, obviously different from the burly men present, but he sat there silently, like an outsider.

Zhang Yan had a panoramic view of everyone's expressions. She looked at Yang Feng calmly and said, "Yang Qushuai, what do you think?"

Being careless often means having a special emotion towards scholars, including contempt and disgust, but also uncontrollable envy and reverence.

When the others saw Zhang Yan asking, they all looked at Yang Feng, waiting for his 'wonderful plan'.

Yang Feng was silent for a long time, and said: "Joining the Shangdang, attacking Huguan is a clever plan. Now trapped in Jingjing Mountain, it is a dead end."

"Nonsense!" Huang Long almost threw the cup and shouted at Yang Feng.

"Why is there a dead end? With 10 of us, can't we defend a mere [-] officers and soldiers?"

"Could it be that we have to go out of the mountains and fight with the officers and soldiers? Haven't we fought enough the year before last?"

"Anyway, I'm not going out of the mountain, you want to fight, you fight!"

Yang Feng sat there, turning a deaf ear and not looking at anyone.

Zhang Yan frowned, looked at Yang Feng, and then at the others. After everyone stopped, she said, "Where is Bai Rao now?"

Yu Du and Bai Rao got a little closer, and when he heard the words, his expression was not friendly, and he said, "I don't know what's going on when I'm surrounded in Dongjun County. Commander, tell me, how do you deal with the officers and soldiers now?"

In the first battle of the year before last, the Black Mountain Army not only suffered heavy losses, but also suffered a severe setback in their spirit, and lost their previous ambitions to conquer cities and territories.Especially those small bosses, they want to occupy the mountain as king and not mess with the officials and soldiers.

Zhang Yan obviously felt that his prestige was not as good as before, so she stood up and said, "You guys discuss it, I'll come as soon as I go."

Seeing that Zhang Yan left just like that, everyone couldn't help but peep at each other.

The officers and soldiers are about to fight to the front, so they just leave without discussing a countermeasure?
Yu Du glanced coldly at Yang Feng, knowing very well in his heart that the so-called small meetings are held for small matters, and small meetings are held for big events, Zhang Yan is going to hold a small meeting.

Sure enough, not long after Zhang Yan left, someone came to invite Yang Feng.

Yang Feng turned a blind eye to other gazes and walked straight into the back hall.

Zhang Yan smiled warmly and said, "Yang Qushuai, sit down, we haven't been close for a long time, let's have a good chat today."

Yang Feng showed no expression. After raising her hand, she sat down opposite Zhang Yan.

After the maid served tea and retreated, Zhang Yan looked at Yang Feng and said, "I heard that Yang Qushuai repelled Zhang Liao last year, which is really impressive."

Yang Feng's eyes moved slightly, and then he said lightly: "I just attacked."

Last year, after Ying Shao, Zhang Liao and others were overwhelmed, they carried out a large-scale suppression of the bandits in the territory. When attacking Qiyang Mountain where Yang Feng was located, Zhang Liao was defeated and could only withdraw his troops.

This can be regarded as giving the Montenegro Army a chance to breathe.

Zhang Yan smiled more and more and said: "Zhang Liao probably didn't expect that Yang Qushuai would dare to leave the city. He deserves to be defeated!"

Yang Feng's reaction was dull, without any joy or pride.

Zhang Yan said a few polite words, seeing that Yang Feng could not see the depth of his expression, he restrained his expression, and pretended to think: "Shuai Yang Qushuai should see the current situation clearly. In your opinion, we should resist danger and defend ourselves, and confront the officers and soldiers. ?"

They are now trapped in a dangerous pass, and the only way to win is actually to wait for the officers and soldiers to run out of food and grass and have to retreat.

Yang Feng shook his head and said: "This time, it is the Han court's decision, and with the Huguan being broken, we will definitely not give up easily. If we are trapped in Jingjing Mountain, we will be the first to fail."

Zhang Yan remained silent and poured tea by herself.

Jingjing Mountain now has tens of thousands of people gathered, some of them came with money and food, many came with empty hands and mouths.

The consumption of hundreds of thousands of mouths is a terrifying figure every day!

Zhang Yan took a sip of tea, slowly raised her head and said, "What do Yang Qushuai have in mind?"

Yang Feng straightened up, with a serious expression, and said: "Commander, go to Huguan, then transfer to Liangzhou, I can't stay here any longer."

Zhang Yan originally thought that Yang Feng would come up with a plan to attack the government troops again and force them to withdraw, but he never expected that Yang Feng wanted to go to Liangzhou.

Don't talk about the foundation for so many years, just now, Zhang Yan still doesn't feel like running away.

"Really, can't you fight?" Zhang Yan asked after thinking for a long time, staring at Yang Feng.

Yang Feng's eyes were stern, and he said: "After fighting this time, what about the next time? The army is getting stronger and stronger, not like before. Now we have no food inside and no help outside. If we drag on, we will only be defeated!"

Zhang Yan frowned deeply.

He agreed with Yang Feng's words, he couldn't hold Jingjing Mountain and confront the officers and soldiers, they must be the first to fail.

But if you want him to run away directly, he can't do it!
He felt that he could still fight Cao Cao!

Zhang Yan still has tens of thousands of elite troops under his command. Together with others, they can assemble an army of [-]. How can he be afraid of Cao Cao's mere [-] troops?
Seeing this, Yang Feng said more seriously: "Marshal, there is still time to go now, once the officers and soldiers encircle Huguan, we will have no way out!"

Zhang Yan moved her butt unconsciously, her eyes flickered with solemnity.

He had to admit that Yang Feng's words were very reasonable, but he was reluctant to leave, not reconciled!

However, there are more and more officers and troops in Bing, Hebei, Yan, and You, and their control over the states and counties continues to strengthen. They can no longer plunder wantonly and be invincible as before.

Even if Cao Cao is supported this time, the days to come will still be very sad.

Perhaps, as Yang Feng said, defeat will come sooner or later.

Seeing his hesitation, Yang Feng said further: "Commander, Yuan Shu in the south is trapped in the four counties. According to my judgment, he won't last this year! How long can we last until the court solves Yuan Shu?"

Zhang Yan's expression became more and more unnatural, and he still said unwillingly: "Really, we can't fight? The Han Dynasty is in decline, and the change of dynasty is just around the corner. How can we escape to a remote place?"

Yang Feng sighed and said: "Commander, the decline of the Han Dynasty was said many years ago. The current imperial court is already hiding its power and biding its time and concentrating on running the northern states. Can't you see it? First Bingzhou, then Yanzhou, Qingzhou the year before last and Jizhou last year, if we pacify them again, the northern states, except Liangzhou, are all in the hands of the imperial court. Yuan Shu has been defeated, who can change the dynasty?"

Zhang Yan looked at Yang Feng, hesitated to speak, but silently picked up the teacup and drank quietly.

The tea, which was originally very hot, was already cold, and the cold tea entered Zhang Yan's stomach, making Zhang Yan tremble all over.

"Marshal! The officers and soldiers are here!" Suddenly, a guard rushed in and shouted in a panic.

Zhang Yan's expression changed immediately, and he asked, "Where is Cao Cao?"

"In less than a hundred miles, the Yuan family has already been captured." The guard said.

Zhang Yan's face sank like water, and she was both shocked and angry.

(End of this chapter)