I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 27 Counterinsurgency Assistance

During the years when Zhang Yangang was a thief, he had also been active around the Taihang Mountains. Those years were the most chaotic times in the world, especially the Jizhou where Zhang Jiao was located, with Julu County as the center, being ravaged back and forth by the Yellow Turban Army and the Han Army.

After the war subsided, Liu Yu was appointed as the Prime Minister of Ganling. Ganling was located in Qinghe State, just next to Julu County.

Emperor Ling ordered Liu Yu to go to Jizhou to comfort and rescue the people affected by the disaster. Liu Yu started from himself and set a frugal style as an example for his subordinates. He wore shabby clothes and only had one or two vegetarian dishes for each meal. Soon after, Liu Yu was promoted to Zongzheng. , listed as one of the Nine Qings.

Later, in conjunction with the petition by Huangfu Song, who was temporarily in charge of the herdsman of Jizhou, "the land rent in Jizhou was exempted for one year and used to support the hungry people", which finally stabilized the situation in Jizhou.

In Zhang Yan's view, Liu Yu had a very good reputation in Youzhou before, and his performance in Jizhou was also very good. This was one of the main reasons why he met Liu Yu after hearing that the imperial court sent Liu Yu to Youzhou.

Liu Yu has a good reputation, and Zhang Yan thinks that she will not be betrayed.

But it is impossible for him to work in vain.

Zhang Yan quickly complained to Liu Yu: "Liu Gong really doesn't know my difficulties! I am not the only one who has the final say in the Black Mountain Army. There are more than 20 leaders of different sizes. If these thieves don't give If you get some benefits, you will never move away."

Liu Yu also had a new understanding of Zhang Yan. He had previously scolded Zhang Chun for being a traitor with righteous words when he was Zhang Ju, but now he was scolding his subordinates for being a traitor without hesitation.

He pointed to the yard outside, and then pointed to the old clothes on his body, and said: "I am going to work alone and have nothing to offer you. What good can I do to you? It can't be my old clothes!"

Zhang Yan immediately stared straight at the seal ribbon that Liu Yu had collected around her waist. The purple ribbon symbolizing the right general was particularly conspicuous.

"If General You is willing to mobilize two thousand war horses from Youzhou for the sake of the people of Jizhou, Yan Ke will guarantee that not a single rebel will escape from Jizhou!"

Liu Yu shook his head. Of course he understood that as long as the Erzhang entrenched in the east of Youzhou could be eliminated, the scattered cavalry wandering in Youzhou and Jizhou would be nothing more than stragglers. He decisively refused: "Youzhou still needs to attack the rebels. We still need war horses!”

Zhang Yan was well prepared and said: "The Black Mountain Army is naturally willing to contribute to the suppression of the rebellion in Youzhou. Liu Youzhou, two thousand horses is really not much. One point with the more than 20 leaders is really not much!"

Liu Yu said: "If the Black Mountain Army does not need Youzhou to provide food and grass, and there is no need to ask the imperial court for credit afterwards, I can naturally agree!"

Zhang Yan was not happy, but he heard that Liu Yu meant that he was willing to treat the Montenegrin Army as a regular army of the imperial court, which was exactly what he wanted.

So he took a step back: "Liu Youzhou is a just man. Zhang Yan can trust me. As long as I have a thousand horses, I will definitely be able to bring people down the mountain to help Liu Youzhou put down the rebellion!"

In fact, for Liu Yu, he had considered Zhang Yan before setting off, but he was not thinking about how to get Zhang Yan to come down from the mountain to participate in countering the rebellion, but he was worried about Zhang Yan's coming down from the mountain to cause trouble.

Now Zhang Yan's tendency is an unexpected surprise for him.

Little did he know that for Zhang Yan, he had long regarded Taihang Mountain and its surrounding areas as his sphere of influence, and most of the people in the Black Mountain Army were actually from surrounding counties. As a result, a group of Youzhou and Hu people suddenly came to plunder this place. The Black Mountain bandits themselves had not done this business in their own territory for several years. How dare these outsiders ignore them? The Black Mountain army had already become angry. Excited.

Liu Yu asked: "How many people can you bring?"

Zhang Yan stretched out her palm: "If Liu Youzhou can provide food and grass, it will be at least fifty thousand!"

It has been several years since Liu Yu left the post of governor of Youzhou, but he still has a general understanding of the situation in Youzhou based on the situation in Youzhou in the past two years.

He was not sure how long it would take to suppress the rebellion. If it took too long, it would be hard to fill 50,000 mouths!

Liu Yu didn't know about soldiers. He thought that in order to deal with the Liangzhou rebels some time ago, the imperial court only sent 40,000 troops and prepared more than 400 million yuan. Suddenly he had an idea and emphasized to Zhang Yan: "Youzhou only needs soldiers who can fight, preferably elite soldiers. I wonder how many of Zhang Ping's 50,000 people are wearing armor?"

Zhang Yan couldn't answer and said harshly: "Although there are not many people wearing armor, there are 30,000 veterans of hundreds of battles."

Liu Yu finally took out the gold seal and said to Zhang Yan: "I will grant you a thousand war horses. If you make meritorious service in suppressing the rebellion, you will also report to the court for rewards. All the food and grass for the troops in Youzhou will be provided by Youzhou." The supplies provided by each state and county are only warm clothing, and you must prepare your own armor and weapons. Do you want me to write an official document first?"

"Liu Youzhou is famous throughout the country, so he won't trick me." Zhang Yan pretended to be generous. Seeing that Liu Yu seemed to be putting away the gold seal and was really not ready to write an official document, he immediately became anxious again, "It's just those ignorant people in the mountains. If you don’t know about Liu Youzhou’s reputation, I’m afraid they will think I’m lying to them, and if I don’t bring in many veterans, it won’t be good.”

Liu Yu looked at it and found Zhang Yan interesting.

Only when she saw Liu He taking out pen, ink, paper and inkstone did Zhang Yan realize that she had made a mistake.

After writing the official document, Zhang Yan carefully dried the ink and put it in her arms.

Zhang Yan asked: "Liu Youzhou is setting off now? Where should I go back to the mountain and take my people to wait?"

Liu Yu was curious: "How could Zhang Ping not know why I stayed in Jixian?" However, he thought about it and realized that it was normal for Zhang Yan not to know, so he simply told him about waiting for Cao Cao here.

He also talked about Cao Cao being the general who came to help him fight against thieves.

Zhang Yan originally only inquired about Liu Yu's general overview of Youzhou's military affairs. When he heard this, he thought it was a check and balance strategy for the imperial court, and hurriedly said: "Yan only listens to Liu Youzhou's orders!"

Liu Yu also thought that Zhang Yan did not want to be under Cao Cao, who was also the general of Zhonglang, so he comforted him: "I will ask Cao Mengde to discuss with you more, but in terms of military affairs, Cao Mengde still needs to be the leader."

Zhang Yan only thought it was Liu Yu's pretext and said yes again and again.

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Cao Cao was a man who acted vigorously and resolutely. He rushed non-stop towards the agreed-upon Jixian County. While resting on the way, he was thinking about how to establish prestige in the army.

When he rushed to Jixian County exhausted, he suddenly found that Liu Yu had added a guest army to him.

Although Cao Cao had doubts about the combat effectiveness of the Montenegrin Army, having an additional non-local army would give him enough room to play. At least he would not be constrained by local generals, but it would only make his efforts on the road in vain.

After Liu Yu discussed with Cao Cao, he agreed with Zhang Yan to meet at Zhending, Zhang Yan's hometown, Changshan.

Afterwards, Zhang Yan returned to the mountain to gather the army. Cao Cao couldn't care less about rest and set out with Liu Yu.

Both of them had brought guards, and now they were in a team, so they didn't have to worry about safety issues.

Occasionally encounter some marauding loose riders on the road, and you can also send out guards to eliminate harm to the people.

(End of this chapter)