The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

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Zhang Yan couldn't decide to pay attention, her heart was in a mess, and she was in a panic.

If he resisted, his army would definitely not be an opponent of the regent Zhang Yan, and it was very likely that he and all his brothers would lose their wealth and lives.

Zhang Yan has never been a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but at this moment, he has a lot of considerations. If he dies, what will happen to the brothers who follow him, and what will happen to the people who are attached to him?
The reason why his Black Mountain Army can exist on this land for a long time is because of the troubled times and his strategy of being both right and left.

At the beginning of the troubled times, all heroes rose together. In order to seize the territory, Zhang Yan also wanted to seize the prefectures and counties in the past. He had crossed paths with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Zhang Yang, Wang Kuang, Gongsun Zan, Liu Yu and others. Whoever is stronger today, Whoever he is attached to, in order to ensure his own interests, has been playing around with the wind, so that he can preserve Montenegro and gradually grow stronger.

Today, there are very few heroes left in the world, and Yuan Shao and Zhang Yan who are next to him are both a hundred times stronger than him, and his skill of being able to use both sides is no longer of great effect.

Taking refuge in one side is bound to provoke the other side.

It's only strange that Zhang Yan placed the wrong bet on Yuan Shao at the beginning, so that now he has fallen into such a dilemma.

It is absolutely impossible to defeat Zhang Yan's army, but if he surrenders, will Zhang Yan accept him?After all, he had betrayed Zhang Yan before, and he was afraid that if he surrendered, he would be dead.

When Zhang Yan was in trouble, his son Zhang Fang walked in together with his confidants Sun Qing, Gu Gu and others.

"Father, my son heard that the regent Zhang Yan led an army to attack, and he is already approaching Chaoge County..."

Zhang Yan looked at Zhang Fang, Sun Qing, and Gu Gu, and said slowly, "You all already know?"

Zhang Fang, Sun Qing, and Gu Gu all nodded, Zhang Fang said: "Not only we know, but the whole village has already known the news."

Zhang Yan asked: "How did the brothers in the cottage react?"

Zhang Fang, Sun Qing, and Gu Gu looked at each other, but they didn't speak, but their expressions were serious.

Seeing the expressions on the faces of the three people, Zhang Yan sighed heavily, and said, "Even if you don't tell me, I know that there must be rumors and panic in the cottage now, right?"

Zhang Fangdao: "Father, just after Zhang Yan defeated Yuan Shao, he led an army to attack. The whole village is naturally terrified. However, father, don't worry, we have been in Heishan for many years and are very familiar with the terrain here. Although Zhang Yan's army is powerful, But that is on flat ground, here is a mountainous area, and the road is rugged, which is not conducive to the advance of the army, as long as we guard all the main roads into the mountain, we will certainly be able to block Zhang Yan."

Sun Qingdao: "Brother, what Fang Er said is very reasonable, there are tens of thousands of brothers in our village, they are enough to fight Zhang Yan!"

After Zhang Yan heard this, he sneered and said, "Even if we can stop Zhang Yan from entering the mountain, so what? Zhang Yan won more with less, not only defeated Yuan Shao, but also killed Yuan Shao. Even Yuan's 35 troops were helpless." Zhang Yan, we only have tens of thousands of people, how can we be Zhang Yan's opponent? Besides, you should know better than me that although there are tens of thousands of brothers in our village, there are less than a thousand people who are really used to fighting. , it must be our army that suffers.”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Fang and Sun Qingbian stopped speaking, and instead frowned tightly.In fact, they also know the current situation in the village. Since they belonged to Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan handed over the two counties of Chaoge and Dangyin to Zhang Yan for management, and allowed the people to naturalize on the spot. The hundreds of thousands of people who followed them before, basically They all went down the mountain and entered the household registration of Chaoge and Dangyin counties. They have become local people, farming fields, marrying wives and having children, and living a happy life.

And the people in the cottage already have wives and children, and their peaceful life for several years has eliminated their thieves. Back then the famous Montenegro Army.

Zhang Yan went on to say: "The regent's visit this time is nothing more than wanting to punish the teacher. We betrayed him, secretly took refuge in Yuan Shao, and let Cao Cao's army enter the pass. All the guilt is mine alone. I am going to go See the Regent, take the thorns and plead guilty, and use my life alone in exchange for the peace of Montenegro."

"Daddy, you can't go. If you go, you will die. How about, why don't we run away..."

"Escape? Where can we escape?"

"Flee to Jizhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou, Liangzhou, anywhere. This is not Zhang Yan's territory. Even if Zhang Yan wants to catch Dad, he can't catch him!"

Zhang Yan sneered, and said slowly: "The world is so big, is it the land of the king, and the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers. Zhang Yan used the emperor to order the world, and this time he defeated Yuan Shao with less. I am afraid that the position of the overlord of the Central Plains will be difficult for others to shake. Even if we escaped for a while, can we escape for the rest of our lives? It is not my style to hide and hide and be timid. I died gracefully under Zhang Yan's knife, at least, I didn't live in this world in vain."

"But Daddy..."

Sun Qing hurriedly pulled Zhang Fang back, and said, "It's not like you don't know the character of big brother. You can't change the things he is sure about."

"Do you want me to watch daddy go to die like this?" Zhang Fang asked sharply with tears in his eyes.

Gao Gu, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said: "The regent led the army to come here this time, with the intention of mobilizing the teacher to question the crime. But in my opinion, I'm afraid it has some deep meaning."

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Yan hurriedly asked, "What's your opinion, brother?"

After all, Xi Gu had been by Zhang Yang's side, and his knowledge was slightly higher than that of Zhang Fang and Sun Qing. Since Zhang Yang was defeated and executed, he had taken refuge in Zhang Yan and won Zhang Yan's trust.

Gu Gu said: "It's not a good opinion, but there are still some foolish opinions. If Zhang Yan really wants to kill the eldest brother, he doesn't need to lead the army in person. He can appoint a tiger to attack Black Mountain in the future. But However, Zhang Yan chose to lead the army in person, can't the eldest brother see Zhang Yan's intention?"

Zhang Yan carefully tasted the meaning of Pin Yugu's words, suddenly enlightened, and hurriedly asked: "You mean, the army in my hand?"

Gu Gu said: "I'm just guessing, but you might as well give it a try."

Zhang Fang and Sun Qing were both taken aback by the conversation between Zhang Yan and Xie Gu, not knowing what the two of them meant.

At this time, Xie Gu immediately clasped his fists and said: "He is a defeated general, thanks to his elder brother for taking him in and trusting him, Xie Gu is willing to go to see the regent instead of his elder brother, and find out the real intention of the regent."

Zhang Yan said: "Alright, if you go to see the regent, I will feel relieved, but be careful."

Xi Gu bid farewell to Zhang Yan immediately, rode alone, and then went down the Black Mountain, and ran directly to Chaoge County.

At this time, in Chaoge County, the cloud of war has shrouded the entire city, and the person in charge of stationing here is another confidant of Zhang Yan, called Wang Dang.

When Wang Dang heard that the regent Zhang Yan was leading an army, he actively deployed defenses and prepared to fight Zhang Yan.

Xi Gu rushed to Chaoge and saw that Wang Dang was ready to fight, so he conveyed Zhang Yan's order not to let Wang Dang do anything.Afterwards, he asked about the movement of Zhang Yan's army, and knowing that Zhang Yan's army was less than [-] miles away from Chaoge, he immediately rode out of the city to meet Zhang Yan's army.

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Zhang Yan led the cavalry ahead, and ran all the way from Ji County to Chaoge County. Seeing that they were about to arrive in Chaoge County, Zhang Yan suddenly saw several scouts walking over with a person.

Zhang Yan stopped the team, faced the scouts, glanced at the bound man, and asked, "What's going on? What does this man do?"

"My lord, this person claims to be Zhang Yan's emissary, saying that he has something important to see the lord."

Zhang Yan immediately asked someone to remove the stuff stuffed in that mouth, and asked, "Who are you?"

"The villain is so strong, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent."

Zhang Yan asked: "Zhang Yan sent you here, what's the matter?"

Gu Gu said: "Zhang Yan knew that the regent was coming, so he specially asked me to welcome the regent. Moreover, Zhang Yan also knew that he had done some wrong things before, and now he regretted it, and hoped to be forgiven by the regent."

Zhang Yan asked: "Since Zhang Yan has regrets, why didn't he come here in person?"

"Zhang Yan was afraid that the regent would kill him, so he didn't dare to come in person, so he sent me here to convey his sincerity to the regent."

"Sincerity?" Zhang Yan sneered and asked, "Then I would like to hear about Zhang Yan's sincerity."

Gu Gu hurriedly said: "Zhang Yan listened to slander before, and mistakenly believed in Yuan Shao's nonsense, so he did such a wrong thing. But all this is also Zhang Yan's decision to protect himself. After all, Black Mountain and Yuan Shao's territory On the border, Yuan Jun is so powerful. If Zhang Yan did not agree to him, Yuan Jun would probably attack Montenegro, and hundreds of thousands of local people would be tortured. I also hope that the regent sees that Zhang Yan is also for the protection of the people. For the sake of this, forgive Zhang Yan's betrayal this time. As long as the regent does not pursue this matter, in order to show his sincerity, Zhang Yan is going to disband all the tens of thousands of Black Mountain troops under his command and let them disarm and return to the fields. Zhang Yan himself will also move to Pengcheng. Stay under the watchful eye of the Regent."

Hearing what Xi Gu said, Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Zhang Yan to have such awareness.This time, he personally led the army to conquer the Black Mountain Army in the north, and his purpose was to completely wipe out this grass-roots army.Since Zhang Yan was willing to dismiss the troops of the Black Mountain Army by himself, it saved him a lot of trouble.

It is indeed a good deal to exchange Zhang Yan's life for the peace of Montenegro.

However, Zhang Yan did not show the joy in his heart, but said to Gu Gu: "If Zhang Yan is really sincere, let him come to see me in person, and I can promise not to kill him."

After hearing this, Hao Gu immediately said: "The regent will keep his word, and he will not break his promise to the world. The little one will go back to Montenegro and let Zhang Yan personally come to plead guilty."

Zhang Yan waved his hand, signaling to let the scouts release Xie Gu, and Xie Gu thanked him again, mounted his horse, and quickly returned to Montenegro.

(End of this chapter)