Just when Fei Qian returned to Pingyang, Zhang Yan, who was far away in Montenegro, commanded the soldiers and horses, and finally walked out of the mountains and mountains from Taihang Mountain, and stationed in the mountainous area near Wugong County.

Yu Xuan, who had been wandering in the surrounding mountains with soldiers and horses, got the news, and hurriedly gathered his soldiers and horses and rushed to meet Zhang Yan. After a battle of Yecheng, most of the original Yu Poison people have been damaged, and only more than 3,000 people are left of the 8,000 people, and their faces are haggard and embarrassed.

Seeing the appearance of Yu Poison's troops, even if he was a little prepared, Zhang Yan was still taken aback, and couldn't help frowning and said, "How did it become like this?" ”

Yu Poison smiled bitterly: "Great Commander...... That's a long story......"

Zhang Yan beckoned Yu Yu to sit down, and said comfortingly: "It's okay, who can guarantee that he will succeed in all of them and not fail at all?" It's okay, it's okay, sit, what the hell is going on in Yecheng? ”

Zhang Yan asked, while having someone fetch a water bladder and dry food, and handed it to Yu Poison.

Yu Poison thanked him, first took a few bites of the black mixed bread, and then poured a few mouthfuls of water, Fang Chang sighed, put down the water bladder, and said, "Alas! In the beginning, we all went well......"

As Yu Poison said, the plan to rebel in Yecheng was indeed very smooth at the beginning. With the assistance of Han Fuyuan's chief Shi Geng Wenwei and Beijia Min Bodian, Yu Poison sent Hei Xi and Tao Sheng to infiltrate the city with their troops, and suddenly attacked, taking advantage of Yuan Shao's defenders to take advantage of the failure to react, and successfully captured the city in one fell swoop......

But what happened next was beyond their imagination.

As Yu Poison said, there was a reason why they suffered so many casualties, at that time, they had just captured Yecheng during the day, and at night, Tao Sheng suddenly rebelled again! Originally, Yecheng was only suppressed by the Montenegrin army, but Tao Sheng's rebellion caused great chaos among the Montenegrin army......

Later, when he heard that Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard the news, he immediately named Tao Sheng as the general of Jianyi Zhonglang to show his merits.

Tao Sheng's on-the-spot rebellion caused Yu Poison to immediately fall into an extremely unfavorable situation.

Originally, if you control the families of Yuan Shao and others, then whether it is Yuan Shao or some of the surrounding scholars, you naturally have to be careful, even if the people of Jizhou inside and outside the city have any thoughts, they need to consider what the consequences of the Montenegrin Army will be if they are forced to be urgent, but by Tao Sheng like this, the original idea of letting Yuan Shao and others throw a mouse bogey device all failed, and Yuan Shaojun, who was exempted from the worries of his family, quickly gathered together and attacked Yecheng, and at the same time, some big households in Yecheng also took the opportunity to resist, and under internal and external pressure, Even though Yu Poison is three heads and six arms, there is still no way to defend Yecheng.

The Montenegrin army was not a capable soldier in the first place, many of them were transformed from farmers, although they had seen blood, but after all, there were still some gaps, plus Yecheng was defenseless, and he was caught in a hurry, and now all of them have reacted, and even the surrounding county soldiers have come over to quell the rebellion, how can the poisonous Montenegrin army be able to resist?

After defending for less than a day, the casualties were so large that Yu Poison had no confidence, so he took advantage of the coming of night to break through and leave Yecheng, but he was ambushed by Yuan Shao, so that he would have confessed most of his entire combat strength......

Strictly speaking, the losses of Yu Poison's soldiers were not killed in and around Yecheng, but caused by hunger, flight, and injury during this period of time.

Far away from the Montenegro region, there is no timely logistical supply, and the nearby counties have seen Montenegro fall into the water, and all of them have come out to beat in an attempt to make some war achievements, so they don't dare to stay in one place for too long, they can only keep circling in the mountains, hungry, full, but there is a lack of medical treatment, and those soldiers who were injured in the battle could not be treated in time, and basically died of wound infections one after another.

After listening to this, Zhang Yan nodded silently, patted Yu Poison's shoulder, and didn't say anything. Zhang Yan has been leading the army for many years, as the commander of the Montenegrin army, he knows this situation too well, after a battle, in most cases, the injured people are far more than the people killed in the battle, if you can't get timely treatment, the loss of serious injuries is very amazing, if you add that the wounded soldiers can't eat enough, and their physical fitness can't be recovered, then even if it's a small wound, it will eventually lead to the death of the whole person, so it is reasonable that the loss of soldiers will increase sharply......

"It's okay, in such a bad situation, you can still have so many people left, and it also involves the rear of Yuan's army, and it is already a great achievement to capture Yecheng for a time......," Zhang Yan comforted.

During this period of time, for Yu Poison, the ups and downs were too difficult, and when he heard Zhang Yan's words, Yu Poison almost burst into tears.

After being silent for a while, Zhang Yan suddenly said, "Commander Yu, you just said it...... At first, there was no movement in the big households in Yecheng, and then after Tao Sheng's betrayal, he suddenly responded in the city? ”

Yu Poison pinched the water bladder, and said slowly while thinking: "...... Yes, at the beginning, there were indeed no big families in Yecheng...... We all thought that there weren't many troops in Yecheng, but we didn't expect ......."

Zhang Yan pondered for a while, suddenly gritted his teeth, scolded, and then saw Yu Poison's cautious eyes in a blink of an eye, so he smiled and said, "It's not scolding you, but scolding this group of dogs in Jizhou!" Believe it or not, even if that damn son Tao Sheng didn't rebel, I'm afraid these big families would still do it that night! Hmph, maybe, this son of a dog rebelled under the lure of these big households......"

Yu Yu was a little puzzled.

"Forget it, don't talk about this......" Zhang Yan didn't give Yu Poison a detailed explanation, and changed the subject, "How many of your subordinates can fight?" ”

Yu Poison said: "There are about two thousand, and other repairs can also be ...... Commander, what's next? Are you still fighting Yecheng? ”

Zhang Yan laughed twice and said, "Of course you have to fight, if you don't fight...... I'm afraid some people will have an opinion...... But how to fight, you still need to think about it......"

Yu Poison looked at Zhang Yan's gaze, and saw that a strong man in the valley was unusually eye-catching. The strong man seemed to notice Zhang Yan and Yu Poison's gaze, turned his head to look over, and bowed slightly.

Zhang Yan also nodded and returned the salute.

"This person ......," Yu Poison said, "Could it be the ...... sent by General Gongsun?"

Zhang Yan didn't say yes or no, but ordered: "Commander Yu, I'll give you two thousand additional troops, and then you have a good rest in the next two days......"

In fact, Zhang Yan didn't want to fight, because now Yecheng is no longer in his hands, and forcibly attacking it is equivalent to hitting a stone with an egg, but he also has to fight, after all, the previous agreement with Gongsun Chan was over there, and Gongsun Chan also sent two thousand war horses according to the agreement, and he retracted it like this, I am afraid that there will be no next cooperation on Gongsun Chan's side.

It's not very important what you look like now, but at least you have to show some kind of attitude.

Zhang Yan looked at the direction of Yecheng in the southeast, pondered for a long time, and said, "Commander Wei should have arrived in the past two days...... Yecheng, hum, okay, Yecheng has a lot of soldiers, we can't fight, but I don't believe it, the surrounding townships and counties will have so many troops! ”

Yu Poison said in understanding: "The commander is talking about attacking the surrounding areas and plundering the townships and counties?"

Zhang Yan nodded.

"Good!" Yu Poison was sorry that he had lost so many soldiers, but he didn't get anything, and when he thought of this, he gritted his teeth with hatred, so he didn't have any good impression of these big scholars in Jizhou, so he agreed with Zhang Yan's arrangement.

Zhang Yan looked at Yu Poison's expression, and guessed a few points, so she laughed softly: "This time, I promise to let the Yuan family not take care of it!" ”

"That's right!" Yu Poison said with some eyebrows, and then felt a little regretful, "It's a pity that it's not the autumn harvest time, otherwise we can snatch back all the surrounding Zhuang He!" ”

Zhang Yan blinked: "Who said now is not the time?" ”

Tian Fu's eyes widened and he said, "What does the Great Commander mean ......"

“…… This," Zhang Yan said slowly, "...... failed to take Yecheng, and there were traitors among our people, this ...... It's a little hard to talk to General Gongsun, but we also have to remedy it, don't we? What is the most important thing for Yuan Cheqi to compete with General Gongsun? ”

Yu Poison clapped his hands and said, "Grain and grass!" ”

Zhang Yan nodded and said: "That's right, since we can't take Yecheng according to the plan, then we have to at least do something, hehe, to ...... the value of those war horses that General Shanggongsun gave us."

Zhang Yan continued, "The war has come to this point, even if Yuan Jiazi originally had a reserve of grain and grass, it is estimated that it will be almost consumed, if we destroy this piece of Zhuanghe, the time has passed, even if Yuan Jiazi wants to replant, it will be too late!" Even if he still has grain and grass elsewhere, it will support him for four or five months, and by the end of winter this year and the beginning of tomorrow, the Yuan family will definitely run out of food! At that time, even if he was guarding Yecheng, what was the use? ”

Yu Poison thought about it for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Zhang Yan with admiration: "The Great Commander is really a very human being, why didn't I think of this......"

Zhang Yan was very satisfied with the undisguised worship of poison, so she laughed, patted Yu Poison's shoulder, and said kindly: "You are still young and have less experience, but I am old and have experienced more...... But as long as you use your brain more, it's okay, how do you say it? Well, the one who counts more wins...... If Yuan Jiazi wants to maintain the battle line with General Gongsun and maintain the army, how much grain will be consumed every day, and how much grain can be consumed in Jizhou now, and how much grain can be in the surrounding counties, these can be roughly calculated......"

Yu Poison said: "Then only the Great Commander can think of this, if it were me, I would definitely not be able to think of anything......"

Zhang Yan laughed and waved her hand slightly.

“…… However," Yu Poison suddenly thought of something, scratched his scalp and said, "...... However, the Great Commander, if all the surrounding Zhuang He is destroyed...... When we get to autumn, won't we have it? ”

This is also a little tacit understanding between the Montenegrin Army and the big families around Jizhou, every year during the autumn harvest, the Montenegrin Army will go down the mountain, at this time the Jizhou Scholars will prepare some grain and grass, and then the Montenegrin Army will take it and leave, of course, it can not be given, then it is necessary to pray that the harvest can be completed before the arrival of the Montenegrin Army, and the Montenegrin Army will not hold grudges next year......

Indeed, just like Yu Poison said, if the surrounding Zhuang He is destroyed, it will certainly hit Yuan Shao, but it will also affect the harvest of the Montenegrin Army this year.

Zhang Yan was silent for a moment and said, "I've already thought about this matter...... You don't have to worry about it, okay, go ahead, rest for two days, and then you can find Yuan Jiazi for revenge......"

"Good!" Since Zhang Yan didn't want to say it, Yu Poison didn't want to ask, so he stood up, saluted Zhang Yan, and turned to leave......

The smile on Zhang Yan's face slowly disappeared little by little, he lowered his head, picked up a dead branch from the ground, and sketched it on the ground.

Zhang Yan looked at it for a while, closed her eyes and pondered for a moment, then looked at it for a while, nodded from time to time, or shook her head, sometimes frowned, sometimes smiled slightly, as if thinking about something.

Zhang Yan stared at a sign on the map and did not move for a long time.

After a while, Zhang Yan stretched out his foot, erased all the patterns or marks drawn on the ground, then raised his head, squinted his eyes, looked at the gradually dim sky above, and looked at the Taihang Mountains in the distance, which gradually became a little blue, and his eyes gradually became fierce.

Zhang Yan has different emotions for this empty space and this mountainous land.

Ten years ago, he was still a teenager, and his name was Chu Yan.

When the Yellow Turban broke out in the first year of Zhongping, Chu Yan was just a prodigal, gathering a group of idle teenagers all day long to steal chickens and dogs, and sometimes he also attacked those one-legged merchants......

In the second year of Zhongping, when Boling Zhang Niujiao took advantage of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he also gathered a group of people, proclaimed himself a general, and then found Chu Yan......

Later, Chu Yan promoted Zhang Niujiao as the leader, plundered everywhere, and the team became bigger and bigger, and later when the army attacked the gall Tao, Zhang Niujiao was shot by a stray arrow, and was seriously injured, before he died, he ordered his subordinates to respect Chu Yan as the leader, and Chu Yan changed his surname to Zhang ......

Later, the Yellow Turban was defeated, and Zhang Yan did not dare to rashly fight head-on with the morale of the imperial army, so he hid in Montenegro. Although in Montenegro in the past few years, it can be regarded as the leading party, and even received the recruitment of Emperor Han Ling, but after all, Montenegro is too barren, and the mountains are either wood or stone, not a good place.

Definitely not.