Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Chapter 115 The Montenegro Army is coming (please subscribe)

I saw dense crowds of people rushing out from the hillsides, valleys, and woods. It was impossible to count how many people there were. They were like a black torrent, rushing towards Huai County.

Even though Lu Bu was a brave man and had fought in big and bad battles, he couldn't help but feel numb at the moment.

"What are you doing standing still, retreat quickly!" Lu Bu shouted loudly, leading all the soldiers and horses of the Yueqi battalion to retreat to the city.

He immediately set up camp. Now Lu Bu had no complaints against Zhu Jun. Facing a strong enemy, he set up camp under the city to form an angle with the county seat and correspond to each other. This was the best choice.

In the county town, tents, fences and other materials for camping were also sent out of the city, and the county soldiers helped to set up camp together.

In about half an hour, this unknown army had rushed to the foot of Huai County and surrounded the county, with more than 30,000 people.

More importantly, soldiers and horses are arriving one after another, and we don't know how many people will come in the end.

I saw that although this group of soldiers and horses had uneven armor and messy flags, their attire was more than a little better than the Baibo army.

"It's the Black Mountain Bandits." Zhu Jun recognized it from the flag, "I didn't expect that they dispatched so many soldiers and horses at once. It seems that the Black Mountain Bandits and the White Wave Bandits are very likely to join forces. By the way, how many soldiers and horses are there in the city? , How much food and grass?”

At this time, Fang Yue had already led the county soldiers back to the city. He looked at the dark enemy under the city with lingering fear and said with a heavy heart: "There are only three thousand county soldiers, but half of them are injured. We can still defend the city, but we can't go out to fight." .As for the food and grass...if you use them sparingly, it can only last for two days."

"Two days... should be enough." Zhu Jun thought to himself that in two days, His Majesty should know what happened in Huai County. As soon as the army arrives, with the eliteness of the troops this time, he should be able to deal with the 30,000 Black Mountain Army. Not a big problem.

Of course, the premise is that the Montenegrin Army does not increase its number of troops.

The Montenegrin Army did not attack the city directly because they were a little confused now.

In fact, they have been in a state of confusion recently.

First, the leader Zhang Yan inexplicably received an imperial edict from the emperor, reprimanding Zhang Yan for lax military management. Black Mountain bandits robbed the Queen Mother's car and killed the Queen Mother.

Zhang Yan was startled, and sent someone to investigate, and found out that this was really the case. It was a Qu Shuai named Sui Gu who led his men to rob and kill the convoy that the imperial court was using to protect Empress Dowager Dong as she returned to her hometown to visit her relatives.

But none of them knew whether Empress Dowager Dong was killed or not. Anyway, they killed everyone on sight at that time.

According to Zhang Yang, a prisoner of the captured government army, Empress Dowager Dong was indeed killed by the Montenegrin Army. He saw it with his own eyes and the body was buried on the spot.

Zhang Yan was scratching her head now. If she killed the Queen Mother, the emperor would definitely be furious. What should she do? Do you want to hand Sui Gu over?

Will the emperor let the Montenegrin army go in this way? not necessarily! On the contrary, you will lose your military morale.

He once wanted to persuade Zhang Yang to return to Luoyang and explain to the emperor, but Zhang Yang refused to return to the court no matter what. He would rather follow them as a bandit in this remote mountainous area than return to the capital.

The reason Zhang Yang gave was very simple. As a general who protected the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother was killed. If he went back, he would die. The Emperor would definitely kill him, so he might as well join the Montenegrin Army.

Zhang Yan ran out of ideas for a moment. Now the Black Mountain Army and the emperor had a hatred for killing their mother. It must be a feud that will never end. The only way now is to throw away the illusion and prepare to fight.

Immediately afterwards, the Baibo Army invaded Hanoi. Then Zhang Yan heard that the emperor wanted to personally conquer the Montenegrin Army, so he quickly sent people to Hedong to find Guo Tai to discuss the two families joining forces to fight against the imperial court.

Guo Tai naturally wanted it. In terms of power, the Baibo Army was far behind the Black Mountain Army. How could they refuse if they took the initiative to come to their door and beg for joint action.

After all this trouble, it took some time, but Zhang Yan moved quickly. After receiving Mrs. Guo's affirmative reply, he immediately organized all the troops, went down the mountain in batches, and went straight to Zhihuai County, Hanoi County.

He has already heard that Li Le, the commander of the Baibo Army, is blocked in his attack on the city. If he comes to help now, the cooperation will be smoother in the future.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they came down the mountain, they saw the Baibo army fleeing in all directions, like a flock of frightened sheep driven by wild wolves.

You must know that Li Le's Baibo army has more than 10,000 people. If he can defeat 10,000 people in such a mess, how many soldiers and horses are there in the city?

Zhang Yan felt uncertain for a while, so she could only besiege him temporarily and send someone to find Li Le to inquire about the situation.

In the camp of Sui Gu of the Black Mountain Army, Sui Gu was chatting with his two capable men, Zhang Yang and Yang Chou, while warming themselves over the fire.

"Uncle Zhi (Zhang Yang's nickname)." Yang Chou said suddenly, "Remember when you were first captured by us, you had five companions. Why did you disappear later?"

"Kill." Zhang Yang seemed to be saying something very ordinary.

"Kill?" Even Sui Gu was surprised this time, "Why?"

"They can't bear the hardships of Montenegro and want to return to Beijing to surrender and ask the emperor for leniency." Zhang Yang explained, "I know that once they go back, they will definitely bring the army over. For the safety of Montenegro, we can only bring them all Cleaned up.”

"Ruthless enough!" Sui Gu stretched out his thumb and said, "If you have this ruthlessness, you will definitely be successful in Montenegro."

"Where is it?" Zhang Yang hurriedly waved his hand modestly and said, "I'm new here, so I have to rely on Sui Qushuai and Brother Yang to take care of me." Sui Gu and Yang Chou didn't take it seriously and continued chatting.

They didn't know that Zhang Yang felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart.

That day, when Zhang Yang was leading a team to massacre the entourage of Empress Dowager Dong, Sui Gu and the Black Mountain Army suddenly arrived and killed them by surprise. In addition, the strength of the troops was quite different. After most of them were wiped out, only Zhang Yang and five relatives were left. The soldiers were captured.

Zhang Yang insisted that there was just a small dispute within their convoy at that time, which caused the chaos of the fight, and that the person who killed Queen Mother Dong was the later Black Mountain Army.

Sui Gu couldn't be sure who killed him. Murder and arson were commonplace for them, and they didn't know whose car it was before the murder. They just looked like a convoy of a wealthy family, and there was internal strife. Aroused by greed, he came to rob the Tao.

There was a random killing spree, and it was entirely possible that some short-sighted person might have killed the old lady.

Feeling that he had gotten into trouble this time, Sui Gu did not dare to report this matter to Zhang Yan when he returned to Montenegro.

Zhang Yang was ordered by Jian Shuo to kill Empress Dowager Dong on the way, and then framed the crime of the bandits. Jian Shuo clearly told him that after returning to Beijing, he would be protected by Jian Shuo and he would not be afraid of the emperor's blame.

Only then did Zhang Yang dare to carry out this task. Even so, when the matter came to pass, he did not want to kill Empress Dowager Dong with his own hands. Instead, he wanted Empress Dowager Dong to commit suicide. Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager directly bumped into his sword and died.

Then the Black Mountain Army Robbery Road appeared.

Originally this was a perfect closed loop, but what Empress Dowager Dong said before she died: The emperor was fake.

Zhang Yang was sweating coldly on his back - was the killing of the Queen Mother not just a solo act of Jian Shuo, but also a conspiracy between Jian Shuo and the emperor?

If the emperor is fake, then the emperor will inevitably care more about the death of the queen mother than the real emperor. So can he let himself go if he goes back like this? I'm afraid Jian Shuo's promise is also empty talk.

Since there is no doubt that he will die if he returns to Beijing, he might as well hide in Montenegro, a place where the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

So Zhang Yang followed Sui Gu and became a member of Heishan.

But he was always thinking about this matter. One time he drank too much and a companion told him the next day that after he fell asleep after drinking too much last night, he said something in his sleep: The emperor is fake.

Ask him what he means!

Zhang Yang was so frightened that his soul almost flew away. If this word spread, no matter whether the emperor was true or false, he would have to find a way to kill himself.

So Zhang Yang was cruel and killed all five of his companions who were captured together, one after another looking for opportunities.

He really wanted to ask Jian Shuo himself if there was anything wrong with the current emperor, but he didn't dare.

This time Zhang Yan led a team down the mountain to capture the emperor. Zhang Yang was both looking forward to it and nervous. He wanted to see the emperor's true face, but he didn't know how to face it.

I don’t know if Jian Shuo came with him. If this powerful eunuch could really protect himself, he would still be willing to return to the capital to serve as an official. Kyoto is much more comfortable than this inhospitable place.

The three of them chatted for a while and then dispersed.

Zhang Yang returned to his tent, and when he was sorting out his armor, he found a piece of paper under his helmet, which read: Your Majesty is waiting for you in Hanoi, please return quickly!

Zhang Yang was startled, quickly put away the note, ran to the tent and asked others who had entered his dormitory just now, but no one said they saw it.

He is currently just a junior commander under Xiaoqu Commander Suigu. He has his own tent, but he has no personal guards, so no one cares about who comes in and out of his sleeping tent.

Zhang Yang returned to his sleeping tent and carefully took out the note and read it again: Your Majesty is waiting for you in Hanoi, please return quickly!

Then he fell into deep thought.

I was sent to Kyoto by Ding Yuan to work as a military attache with Jian Shuo, and I didn’t have much contact with the emperor. The closest I had was probably when His Majesty made me a fake Sima. At that time, I thanked His Majesty from the bottom of my heart, and of course I also thanked Jian Shuo. .

But now His Majesty's tone... It seems that this personal expedition is just for me!

Just from the surface meaning of the note, there is no hint of His Majesty's anger. There is even a hint of ambiguity. This is unusual.

Zhang Yang's heart was beating wildly when he thought of this.

What is Your Majesty waiting for me to do?

If he is the real emperor, then he will probably kill me to avenge the Queen Mother.

If he is a fake emperor, then he will probably kill me to silence me.

If it was Jian Shuo's summons, he might have given it some thought. Now that the emperor had summoned him personally, there would be a problem. Regardless of whether the emperor was true or false, he would be dead if he went back.

Therefore, he put the note away without intending to go back to see the emperor.

But another question came to mind, who sent this note to his tent?

Obviously, the emperor has already penetrated the details into the Montenegrin Army.

(End of this chapter)