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Chapter 199 From Luoyang to Montenegro
On the first morning after the war, Su Yao fell asleep.

There was a heated discussion going on in the morning in Luoyang Palace City.

"No, absolutely not!"

The speaker was Shangshu Lu Zhi, and he spoke with an upright face:

"The Black Mountain bandits are greedy by nature, and their desires are insatiable. If you bow to them because of temporary difficulties, it will only encourage the bandits' arrogance!"

What were they discussing, and where did Lu Zhi's statement of bowing to the Black Mountain bandits come from?
It turned out that it had been more than half a month since the Baibo Army blocked traffic, blocked roads, and lost information from Luoyang to Jinyang.

His Majesty the Emperor was looking forward to when the money that came from heaven would arrive at his home.

After he learned of the situation, he even specially sent someone to increase the rank of Su Yao so that he could carry out the task of capturing the prisoner school captain, and asked him to coordinate the people from Shangdang and Taiyuan to complete the escort mission.

However, half a month has passed so far, and no news has come back from the front line or the courier. On the contrary, bad news has come one after another.

Not only Bai Bo caused trouble, but now he even killed the Black Bandit.

Taiwei Fan Ling looked disapproving:

As a result, many people proposed to accept the Montenegrin Army's proposal, recruit them, and give them official posts to deal with them first.

But that's it.
"Lu Shangshu's righteousness is admirable"

He was very happy to see the Black Mountain Army succeed, but he didn't think it was enough to block the way back to Beijing. It would be best to team up with the White Wave Army to kill that bastard who didn't know the heights of the world.

Now that the position has been reversed, it can be described as a spectacle in the court.

But at that time, the opposition was Zhang Rang and others.
Even their objections at the time were similar to what Lu Zhi said.

Hearing the criticism from the officials in the court, Fan Ling almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

After all, he had just suffered a big loss from Bai Bo's army, and the Black Bandits were more difficult to deal with than Bai Bo.

Of course it was because of Su Yao.

However, compared to the transport team blocked in Jinyang, these people were more worried about whether Hanoi Dingyuan could be defended.

The imperial court was unable to grasp the specific situation in Jinyang, but the information from the Shangdang eunuch was very clear. The news that the Black Mountain bandits were going south was untrue.

He was referring to the fact that Lu Zhi led Bei Zhonglang to work with Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun to put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion four years ago. This was Lu Zhi's pride.
Immediately after Fan Ling, Situ Xuxiang also came out and nodded in agreement:
"Today, the Black Mountain bandits invaded Shangdang, approaching Hanoi, blocking traffic, and will threaten the capital at any time. For this reason, Your Majesty has trouble sleeping and eating.

So before this court meeting, they colluded and decided to agree to this motion.

However, why is this agreement agreed to now?

You gang of shameless people, instead of defending me, you actually engage in personal attacks!

According to an urgent report from the Shangdang eunuch, Zhang Yan, the bandit chieftain in Fuzhou County who was entrenched in the Taihang Mountains, actually joined the Shangdang army at the same time, approached Hanoi, and sent a arrogant letter to the emperor asking for surrender. Book.

"How shameless!"

This Black Mountain bandit leader claimed that he had besieged Jinyang together with the Bai Bo army, and asked the imperial court for official canonization.

"But righteousness alone cannot solve the problem. Didn't Lu Shangshu rely on the yellow scarf to equalize the army in the past?"

The two men were shaking their heads as they spoke, feeling that their words were really the opposite. They stood on the high ground and no one could refute them.

It can be said that Zhang Rang was very happy after learning that the Black Mountain Army had taken action this time.

You are right to arrogantly ask for surrender.

Otherwise, when the city of Jinyang is defeated, they will raise a hundred thousand troops and sweep down, vowing to break Hanoi.

However, Fan Ling was really unable to refute.

Zhang Rang's words are indeed correct. Recruiting and surrendering Zhang Yan from Montenegro is indeed something that these intellectuals have long discussed.

"Flatterers!"

"Now that Zhang Yan of Montenegro has offered to surrender, why are you so inconsistent and flatly refuse?!
What's the point? Does Mo Feier think that this national event is child's play? "

In this regard, Lu Zhi's attitude was categorically opposed.

Compared with Xu Xiang, who has been working for a year, Fan Ling just joined the job last month and is thin-skinned and cannot listen to these words.

Now that these Qingliu gang are attacking like this, he is ashamed and angry!
Seeing that these two people were useless, Zhang Rang had no choice but to come out and ask on behalf of the emperor what should be done:
"Zhang remembers that the recruitment issue was the first thing you and other party members mentioned."

No one dares to bear the consequences of losing all the barriers to the north of Luoyang.

In the event that Hanoi is lost, Baibo and Heishan will be completely in control of the capital north of the Yellow River.

Zhang Rang looked gloomy:

As ministers, we, who are deprived of the emperor's salary, should regard the emperor's worries as our own and solve problems for His Majesty. How can we ignore the overall situation for a moment and ignore the overall situation? "

"puff--"

Therefore, the court became a mess.

There is no other reason. What they said is right. Both his Taiwei and Xu Xiang's Situ were bought, and they followed the eunuch route.

Therefore, Zhang Rang and his faction tried their best to obstruct the sending of troops to suppress the bandits and attack the Montenegro Army.

It saves him the embarrassment at Nalaoshizi's prisoner presentation ceremony.

Agreeing to Zhang Yan's request and giving him an official status, in Zhang Rang's view, he could legitimately establish contact with Zhang Yan through the Huangmen and jointly attack Nasu Yao.

However, they did not expect
"How can these people who rely on their wealth to steal their fame have the nerve to say such things?"

Who would have thought that Lu Zhi would use their old rhetoric to oppose him vigorously? It's really...
"The so-called world changes and time changes, it is precisely this time and that time."

Lu Zhi talked eloquently:

"How can we compare the initiative of recruiting people to peace with the people who are now being forced to be banned by the Black Mountain thieves?"

Stalemate, anxious.

The party members headed by Lu Zhi and others have now reversed their position and are also frantically opposing the eunuch issues of Zhang Rang and others.

The emperor had a splitting headache when he saw it. It was true that the public was right and the mother-in-law was right.
Zhang Rang's faction was headed by Taiwei Fan Ling, the minister in charge of military power. He repeatedly exaggerated the threat and promoted the enemy's power. He said that the court had no troops available and the Black Mountain bandits were invincible, and asked for compromise.

The party faction, headed by Lu Zhi, the minister, laid out their interests and interests, resolutely took the lead in the battle, and never showed weakness. They came up with a two-pronged approach of using both suppression and appeasement, with suppression as the mainstay and appeasement as a supplement.

In the end, the dispute in the court was not over until noon.

As a result, frankly speaking, no one has fully achieved the goal.

What was ultimately adopted was a relatively partisan compromise.

Zhu Jun was appointed as the governor of Hanoi, and he was allowed to take his troops to the post and cooperate with Ding Yuan to guard Hanoi and prevent Montenegro from invading invaders.

Yes, Xu leads his family soldiers
It is completely an attitude that the court has no soldiers to use, so please solve the problem yourself.

But fortunately, while no troops were sent to support him, Zhang Yan was also not sealed.

Naturally, Zhang Rang's attempt to hook up with the Black Mountain Army failed.

As for Jinyang, Shangdang, and Su Yao on the road?
Sorry, I really can't care.

This is the normal situation in the court right now. It is extremely difficult to advance anything. The two parties are constraining each other and almost nothing is accomplished.

"I am incompetent and have failed to fulfill my normal duty!"

Fan Ling said with a face of shame after the meeting.

"That's all." Zhang Rang waved his hand:

"I heard that Zhang Yan from Black Mountain has always been tough and brave, and the county guards around him are very troubled by him.

Now that he has also gotten involved, there is nothing that the man named Su can do about it.

Even if we don't take action, with two groups of fierce bandits like Heishan Baibo in front, it is certain that he will be unable to fly. "

"Yes Yes Yes"

Xu Xiang said flatteringly:
"Zhang Chang served in the temple well, but the little governor may be blocked to death this time, and no one can save him!"

Listening to the praise from everyone, Zhang Rang was not as confident as he seemed.

Although he hated Su Yao, he had to admit that the bravery this guy showed in the previous series of battles was indeed quite frightening.

But at the moment, he couldn't do anything else. He could only hope that the Black Mountain bandit was as brave as the rumors.

With the geographical blessing of the mountains, there are so many people.

These bandits who dare to speak out and threaten the court are by no means easy people.

Not to mention killing Su Yao, but just blocking him, it should be possible.

As long as he is dragged on for a few months, the cattle, sheep and prisoners will be almost dead, and the boy will not be able to hold the ceremony and be in the limelight.

Your Majesty will definitely be disappointed by then, and they will continue to operate from this.
Yes, just block that kid!
"What kind of monster is this?
If this is true, what else in the world can stop him? "

Juyi Hall in Shixia Village.

Zhang Yan, the great master of Montenegro who had high hopes from Zhang Rang and others and who had once brazenly threatened the imperial court, let out an extremely shocking cry in his heart.

"How do you make someone believe this is true?" Zhang Yan had a sullen face.

Previously, after listening to the pitiful cry of the young commander Hong Po, Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment and even lost the demeanor of a commander. She held her head with both hands and violently stroked her hair.

"You are saying that General Yang Feng's army of nearly ten thousand was actually defeated on the battlefield we are most familiar with. Not only did we lose the stronghold, but the entire army was annihilated...

Are you the only ones running back? "

Looking at Hong Po who was leaning on the ground, Zhang Yan tried hard to calm down and asked in as calm a tone as possible:

"Moreover, the cause of this tragedy was just a man whose name no one even knows?"

"General Zhang, that guy is simply not a human being!"

Zhang Yan asked calmly, but Hong Po felt his heart beating when he heard this tone and attitude.
Damn it, General Zhang doesn’t believe it.

Don't you want to be like General Yang Feng and implement some strategy of dividing your troops to fight against thieves?

This frightened Hong Po into hurriedly halting his head and answering in rapid succession:

"You have to believe what I say."

"General Yang Feng simply underestimated the enemy and ignored the scout's report, thinking that he was just a slightly brave general."

"But - that's not the case at all!"

"That guy is simply a monster!"

"Not only is his archery skill superb, he shot Lei Cheng to death with one arrow among the rebels, but he is also gifted with divine power. He can dance with a big sword so airtight that it will break into pieces within a ten-foot radius and die if he touches it!"

"As you know, our Broken Mountain Sword Tiefeng couldn't resist even a single blow in front of that monster. He was immediately smashed into pieces, leaving no body behind."

"General Yang Feng was also brutally attacked. Even his body and his body were cut off with a single blow."

"If it weren't for the villain's duty to guard the back door, and if he saw something was wrong and came back to report to you, he would have been killed with a single sword."

"Such divine power, such magical skills, in my opinion, the legendary Overlord of Western Chu is probably nothing more than this."

Listening to Hong Po's words, Zhang Yan's face became more and more ugly, so gloomy that she could squeeze out water.

However, Hongpo seemed invisible and kept emphasizing:

"More, more"

"The most terrifying thing is that these people seem to have never-ending energy and no need to rest at all!"

"We fought with more than 10,000 people day and night, and we were not exhausted at all. The fighting became more and more fierce!"

"If not, we wouldn't do it either"

——"Come here, take Hong Xiaoshuai down to rest. He is exhausted. Make him some ginger soup to calm his shock."

Before Hong Po finished speaking, Zhang Yan waved his hand:
"The broken soldiers who came back were also arranged accordingly, and they were strictly prohibited from contact with other soldiers."

"General Zhang, you have to believe me, you have to believe me, I'm really not talking nonsense!"

"I don't dare to fight. I really can't."

While Hong Po was being dragged, he did not forget to persuade him loudly. Seeing how ignorant this man was, the soldier was so angry that he cut off his cuffs with a knife and stuffed rags into his mouth.

At this moment, this huge Juyi Hall ushered in peace or should be said to be silence.

The news was so shocking that no one dared to speak easily.

They are heroes from Montenegro, and since their leader was killed in battle, this is the second time they have faced such a huge crisis.

The second master died, and nearly ten thousand troops were killed in one fell swoop.

This was completely different from the relaxed and happy plan they had planned to annihilate the imperial treasure transport team.

"Why, you all are silent, are you afraid?"

In the silence, Zhang Yan's voice suddenly sounded, full of displeasure.

Generals, you look at me, I look at you, they all have wry smiles on their faces.

Zhang Yan's tone was unkind, but what could they do?

This news is so shocking that most people are still confused.

Can one person achieve this level of success? That person is no longer a human being, but can be called a ghost.

is it possible?
"In broad daylight, the sky is clear, and I have never heard that demons can cause trouble on the battlefield."

The tall young general cupped his fists and said:

"General Zhang, I think these people are either scared out of their wits, or they are afraid of punishment, so they are deliberately serious."

The young general who spoke was named Sun Qing. He was Zhang Yan's direct general. He was young and promising, brave and daring to fight. He had been following Zhang Yan before he became famous.

At this moment, he saw that everyone in the hall was so frightened by Hong Po's words that no one dared to speak, so he decisively broke the deadlock:

"The top priority is to recover the captured mountain stronghold as soon as possible, which is the entrance to our Shixia Village, and Shixia Village is the west gate of our stronghold in Shangdang.

If we let the mountain stronghold fall, the officers and soldiers can threaten our Shixia Village at any time. And if Shixia Village is lost, the large river valley behind us will be undefendable.

At that time, tens of thousands of mountain people are afraid that they will never have peace again. "

Sun Qing's words made sense. The mountain stronghold at the valley entrance built by Yang Feng relied on its stone box barrier to advance, attack, retreat and defend.

"So you think we should attack now?" Zhang Yan said in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)