The Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 338 Li Tiao: I hereby acknowledge your awareness and will as the leader

"Report, Chief, there is a man named Li Tiao wearing a yellow scarf on his arm outside who wants to see you." A messenger rushed into the meeting room of Zhang Yan and others and said.

"What, Li Tiao!?" Zhang Yan stood up suddenly. "Hasn't he already surrendered to Liu Xuande? Why is he here again?"

Zhang Yan didn't actually know Li Tiao himself, but he knew Li Tiao's name. In other words, anyone who was a Yellow Turban leader had basically heard of the names of other Yellow Turban leaders to a greater or lesser extent.

When Zhang Yan first heard that Liu Bei was willing to accept the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou, he envied those leaders of the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou and wished that someone would accept them as well.

Now, suddenly hearing that Li Tiao had tied the yellow scarf again, Zhang Yan couldn't help but feel a little angry. He was angry about why Li Tiao tied the yellow scarf again?

Obviously, he could be an ordinary citizen under Liu Bei's rule or continue to serve in the army, so why did he tie the yellow turban again?

Didn't General Tian Gong rebel just to allow these people to live well?

Now that you Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou are living a good life, why are you still wearing the yellow scarves that once represented rebellion?

Why were the two generations of Yellow Turban leaders in Qingzhou feared and guarded against? Wasn’t it because they could influence and mobilize the will of millions of people?

The Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou no longer exist, and the only ones left in the world are the people of Qingzhou under the rule of General Zhendong.

After the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou dissipated, the people of Qingzhou made Zhang Yan extremely eager to become one of them.

Before he took over the position of the leader of the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans, Zhang Yan had already returned to Mount Tai. Compared with Jizhou ruled by Yuan Shao, Liu Bei's place was more in line with Zhang Yan's yearning for a paradise.

To this end, Zhang Yan was willing to sacrifice himself and wanted to make the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans disappear into the world and transform their people back into ordinary civilians.

Zhang Yan had no idea what Li Tiao was thinking or what he wanted to do. He actually put on the yellow scarf again and ran to the Black Mountain Yellow Scarf.

However, Zhang Yan did not want those Qingzhou people who had a special past to be remembered again. It would be enough for the world to remember that they were just ordinary civilians.

"Zhang Yan, calm down. Things may not be what you think." Bai Rao stood up and held down Zhang Yan, who had a gloomy face.

Compared to the Black Mountain and Yellow Turban leaders other than Zhang Yan, Bai Rao saw a little more. Although not many, but there were some.

With this, Bai Rao has more possibilities than other Black Mountain and Yellow Turban leaders.

"That guy Li Tiao should be sent from Licheng specifically to contact us." After holding Zhang Yan down, Bai Rao continued.

After being held down by Bai Rao and calming down, Zhang Yan also reacted. Just as Bai Rao said, Li Tiao came here to join forces to fight against Yuan Shao.

Li Tiao chose to put on the yellow scarf again, probably to gain their trust. After all, most people only knew his name and not his face.

As for why Li Tiao tied the yellow scarf on his arm instead of wearing it on his head, isn't that nonsense? He is not a Yellow Turban bandit anymore, so why should he wear it on his head? It would be enough to tie it on his arm to show his identity.

At that time, although Liu Bei, a benevolent relative of the Han royal family, was willing to accept the surrender of the Yellow Turban Army, there were still many people who were unwilling to accept the surrender of the Yellow Turban Army and still believed that they were rebels.

"I'll go and bring Li Tiao over first. You stay here and think carefully about what to say to them." Bai Rao patted Zhang Yan's shoulder, then followed the messenger to pick up Li Tiao.

Watching Bai Rao's gradually disappearing back, Zhang Yan took a deep breath, then exhaled fiercely, as if he wanted to spit out all his previous resentment.

While Zhang Yan was happy that Liu Bei sent someone over, he also realized one thing, that is, why did Liu Bei send Li Tiao over at this time?

The Black Mountain Yellow Turbans are separated from Qingzhou by Jizhou, although they and the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans belong to the same Yellow Turban Army under the command of General Tiangong.

But ever since General Tiangong Zhang Jue averted the disaster and left, the various Yellow Turban armies under his command had no common leader and were reduced to fighting each other.

It was difficult for them to even survive, let alone actively collect intelligence, which was simply impossible.

The reason why he was able to receive such a major event as the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou being accepted by Liu Bei was because this matter was shocking enough. A relative of the Han royal family actually accepted the rebels who rebelled against the Han court. Isn't that shocking enough?

Zhang Yan sat down and thought about the problem carefully. Although he did not have the wisdom of those top sages, he had the survival instinct developed from being beaten by various tough guys.

[Yuan Shao?] Zhang Yan's eyes gleamed, [No, it should also be because of us.]

Relying on the instinct developed from being beaten, Zhang Yan almost instantly guessed the purpose of Liu Bei sending Li Tiao over.

In addition to joining forces with them to fight against Yuan Shao, Taishan also wanted to bring the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans under their command. After all, when Liu Bei first made his fortune, he relied on hundreds of thousands of young and strong men selected from the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou.

The scene of Yuan Shao's troops retreating to Jie Bridge was widely spread in Jizhou and even in the northern provinces. At least even Zhang Yan in Taihang Mountains received relevant news, and the information was quite detailed, which was extremely outrageous.

Therefore, Zhang Yan was very clear that at this time Yuan Shao would absolutely not be able to face the pincer attack from the north and south by two powerful enemies, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan, at the same time.

This is also the main reason why Yuan Shao took the initiative to recruit the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans at this time. His military strength was not enough to deal with the two major enemies in the north and the south.

You should know that a few months ago, Yuan Shao's attitude towards the Black Mountain and Yellow Turbans was quite disdainful, and he even sent troops to attack them from time to time.

Yuan Shao also needs to demonstrate his integrity as a Han minister from time to time. After all, the Han Dynasty has not collapsed yet.

Although Dong Zhuo's series of actions had destroyed the Han court's authority and made it almost exist in name only, with the efforts of Liu Bei and other Han royal family members, the Han court still maintained its ruling power over this land, even if it was only in name.

Liu Bei's purpose of letting Li Tiao come here should be to unite with them to trap Yuan Shao's army and bring the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans back to Qingzhou.

That’s right. In Zhang Yan’s eyes, bringing the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans back to Qingzhou was just a side task; striking at Yuan Shao’s strength was the top priority.

Although the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans have a million people, they can even mobilize 400,000 or 500,000 troops when necessary.

However, Zhang Yan did not think that the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans were necessary for Liu Bei. After all, the number of people under Liu Bei's rule had exceeded tens of millions.

Moreover, before Yuan Shao decided to recruit them, they had fought several large-scale battles with part of Yuan Shao's army led by Yan Liang.

It is also because of this that Zhang Yan and other leaders of the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans are very clear about how strong Yuan Shao’s army is.

Of course, Zhang Yan and Bai Rao also knew that Yan Liang's troops blocking their way to Qingzhou were not the strongest force that Yuan Shao's army could bring out. At most, they were a small army. Yuan Shao's main force must be guarding against Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei. However, it was such a small army of about 50,000 people that blocked the millions of Black Mountain Yellow Turbans here and cut off their way to Qingzhou.

Although Yan Liang's troops were only a detachment, their strength was not weak. At the very least, they did not have regular soldiers with elite talents.

Although Yan Liang's ability to command troops is not strong, Yan Liang himself is strong enough. As long as he charges in the formation, he can show enough explosive dominance.

Then the morale of the troops can be boosted, and then with the assistance of Tian Feng, the front line of the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans can be torn apart, and then it will be garbage time on the battlefield.

Just when Zhang Yan was lost in thought, Yu Du next to him poked Zhang Yan's waist, reminding him that Bai Rao was coming with Li Tiao.

From a distance, Li Tiao saw Zhang Yan sitting there with her head down, lost in thought, not knowing what she was thinking about.

On the surface, Zhang Yan is actually an ordinary person, but Li Tiao still felt a kind of will from Zhang Yan.

Li Tiao had also felt this kind of will in the two great leaders of the first and second generations.

Although Chief Xuan Gao was disguised by a general in the Taishan Army, the Yellow Turban leaders in Qingzhou who knew the truth still recognized him as the chief of the Yellow Turbans.

Because the great leader Xuan Gao really risked his life to pave a way for the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou to survive.

This is enough. The rest is beyond their consideration.

Although the great leader Guan Hai did not die at the hands of Guan Yu as the world believed, in the eyes of the world, the great leader Guan Hai, with his past as a member of the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou, did die at the hands of Guan Yu.

The Guan Hai who was under Yang Ji's command and was stationed in Wancheng with Yu Jin at this time was just a person with the same name and surname.

It can only be said that Yang Ji's methods were too advanced, and people who were not in the know had no way of connecting this Guan Hai with that Guan Hai.

[Do you also have such awareness?] Li Tiao looked at Zhang Yan who had hurriedly stood up in front of him, and did not greet him immediately. Instead, he was examining this third-generation Yellow Turban leader, as if he wanted to confirm whether Zhang Yan really had the awareness of a leader.

Facing Li Tiao's scrutinizing gaze, Zhang Yan looked into Li Tiao's eyes very calmly, allowing this... envoy sent by the government to scrutinize him.

Li Tiao used to be one of the generals who followed the great leader Guan Hai. The examination at this time must be to help his predecessor to see whether he, the new great leader, has such awareness.

Yu Du, Guo Daxian and other generals looked at Li Tiao who was silent in front of them and felt unhappy.

Although you are no longer a member of the Yellow Turbans, you were a member of the Yellow Turbans in the past, and even a leader of a faction. Don’t you know the significance of being a leader to the Yellow Turbans?
However, when Yu Du and others were about to attack Li Tiao, they were stopped by Bai Rao and told not to disturb Li Tiao and Zhang Yan at this time.

Compared to Yu Du and others, Bai Rao understood better what Li Tiao's scrutiny of Zhang Yan at this time meant.

Li Tiao was one of the leaders of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, which means that Li Tiao had met the two previous great leaders Xuan Gao and Guan Hai.

When leading Li Tiao in from outside, Bai Rao was observing this former leader of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou.

When Li Tiao saw Zhang Yan for the first time, Bai Rao could feel that Li Tiao's eyes had changed. It was a change of shock, shock that Zhang Yan actually possessed such will and awareness.

Bai Rao realized at that time that Li Tiao might have seen something similar in Zhang Yan.

What else could it be except the awareness and will of being a big leader?

Bai Rao looked at Zhang Yan, who had a calm expression on his face, and couldn't help but feel sad.

Probably when Zhang Yan took on the identity of the leader of the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans, he had already developed such awareness and will.

It is also possible that they had already developed such awareness and will before, otherwise why could these leaders of the Black Mountain and Yellow Turbans be unified by Zhang Yan?

As my thoughts flowed, it seemed as if a long time had passed, but in fact it was only a dozen breaths of time.

From the perspective of the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans who were observing from a distance, Li Tiao merely glanced at Zhang Yan a few times, or at most looked at him a little too long.

"Li Tiao, nice to meet Chief Zhang Yan." Li Tiao bowed his head and saluted Zhang Yan, acknowledging Zhang Yan's identity as the chief of the Yellow Turbans.

"We are brothers, why are you so polite?" Zhang Yan seemed to be blaming Li Tiao for being too polite, but there was also a hint of smile on his face.

Zhang Yan walked straight forward, shook Li Tiao's hand, looked into his eyes, and asked directly: "Brother Li Tiao, do you have anything to discuss with me this time?"

Zhang Yan knew very well what the two Yellow Turban leaders Xuan Gao and Guan Hai had done to enable the millions of Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou to wash away their identities as Yellow Turban bandits and live openly as ordinary civilians under the rule of Liu Bei.

At this time, it was finally his turn, the leader of the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans, to carve out a way for the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans to survive.

For the future of the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans, and for the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans to be able to live an upright life just like the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans in the past.

He, Zhang Yan, was willing to follow the same path as Xuan Gao and Guan Hai, and use his life in exchange for the future of the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans.

Li Tiao noticed that Zhang Yan said "I" instead of "we", which meant that the person in front of him was already prepared, the same preparation as the two big leaders Xuan Gao and Guan Hai.

Yu Du and others did not notice the difference, but Bai Rao, who had been paying attention to Li Tiao and Zhang Yan, noticed it.

Knowing what Zhang Yan meant, Bai Rao couldn't help but close his eyes and turn his face away, feeling extremely sad in his heart.

Li Tiao paused. He certainly knew what Zhang Yan meant, but he really didn't come here to make a deal.

"I came here this time on the orders of General An Dong stationed in Licheng to discuss with the chieftain about an alliance to fight against Yuan Shao's army."

Although I really want to explain to Zhang Yan, now is not the time to do so. Let's just deal with the important things at hand first.

Ju Yi, Gao Lan, and the vanguard of the death squad have already entered Yan Liang's camp.

(End of this chapter)