Garrison barracks.

In the raised tent, the exclusive throne that originally belonged to Lu Yi, Lu Bu sat on it at this moment. The generals and scribes who accompanied him sat down in order according to their military ranks.

Koji Yi ordered the people to hang up a huge military map and explain it in detail: "Lord, please see, this is Jizhou, also known as Hebei. This place is surrounded by mountains and seas, surrounded by mountains and seas on three sides, bordering the Central Plains in the south, the vast sea in the east, and the two mountain ranges of Taihang Mountain and Yanshan stretch for thousands of miles, surrounding its west and north sides. The rivers in Hebei originate from these two mountain ranges, cut through the mountains, and form traffic channels, which also form some dangerous passes. ”

"The eastern part of Hebei has the Taihang Mountains that stretch for hundreds of miles from north to south, and the west of the Taihang Mountains is Shangdang and Taiyuan in Bingzhou, and the east is Changshan County, Zhao State and Wei County in Jizhou.

To the south of Wei County, it is adjacent to Dongjun County, demarcating the boundary between Jizhou and Yanzhou. ”

"Along the line of the mountain range, the Bauhinia Pass, the Baoma Pass, the Jingjing, the Fukou and other passes contain their passages, so whether or not they can control the situation in the Taihang Mountains is related to the success or failure of the Hebei forces."

Koji Yi talked eloquently, and he had a few treasures about the topography and important stops of Hebei.

Looking at the places marked on the map, Lu Bu nodded thoughtfully.

The situation of mountains and rivers in Hebei is enough for heroes.

This is what Xi Ce said when he talked with Lu Bu Bing at night in Luoyang.

Today's Taihang Mountains are neither in the hands of the state nor under the jurisdiction of Jizhou, but are occupied by a group of bandits called 'Black Mountain Thieves'.

It is said that after the failure of the moth thief uprising called by Zhang Jiao that year, the people in the Black Mountain area of Jizhou revolted one after another and organized themselves under various names.

Compared with the moth thieves riot at the beginning, this group was obviously much smarter, they did not fight the officers and troops in the wide area, but rose from the valley to the valley, relying on the terrain to counterattack layer by layer.

During this period, the government sent troops to recruit and suppress on a large scale several times, but each time it was a loss of troops and a return in vain.

With the helplessness of the government, gradually, the power of the Black Mountain thieves became extremely large.

At first, there were many bandits in the Taihang Mountains, and they each occupied the top of the mountain to set up camps, with two or three thousand people in the large camps and six or seven thousand people in the small ones.

Counting the bandits and people in the entire Taihang Mountains, there are hundreds of thousands, and they are known as millions to the outside world.

None of these thieves are convinced, there are many internal contradictions, and there are not a few who fight hard. However, whenever an official army came to crusade, they firmly hugged the regiment and worked together to unite with the outside world.

It wasn't until a few years ago that a character named 'Zhang Yan' was born and completed the unification of the Black Mountain thieves.

Regarding Zhang Yan, the information given by the local government is that this person was originally surnamed Chu, and after the moth thieves were suppressed, he followed Zhang Niujiao, one of the leaders of the moth thieves, to fight around, and later when the troops attacked the gall Tao, Zhang Niujiao was shot by a stray arrow and was seriously injured.

Before he died, Zhang Niujiao ordered his subordinates to honor Chu Yan as their leader. After Zhang Niujiao's death, everyone embraced Chu Yan as the leader, and in order to be grateful, Chu Yan changed his surname to Zhang and called Zhang Yan.

After Zhang Yan entered Montenegro, the strength of the team continued to grow, and in the battle with the official army, he was full of courage and performed very dazzlingly. As a result, he gained the trust of many small leaders, such as Sun Qing, Wang Dang and others, and later all of them brought their subordinates to Zhang Yan's command.

The leaders of the rest of the villages also admired Zhang Yan, although the troops were not combined, but they all publicly expressed their submission and were willing to take Zhang Yan as the commander and listen to his orders.

At the beginning of the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, they also threw olive branches to the Black Mountain thieves one after another, hoping that Zhang Yan could join his camp and work together to dominate the industry.

But Zhang Yan didn't agree to anyone, guarding the Taihang Mountains and watching the general trend of the world.

"My lord, now the Black Mountain thieves are entrenched between the mountains, cutting off the connection between Jizhou and Jizhou. Bingzhou is also the place where you made your fortune, so the last general thinks that before attacking Hebei, our army can first put down the many thieves in the Taihang Mountains. If we can take it here, we can put pressure on Hebei if we advance, and we can hold the barrier to the east of Bingzhou when we retreat.

In this way, the initiative is firmly in our hands. ”

Koji Yi expressed his opinion, if he didn't defeat the Black Mountain Thieves first, even if he took Wei County, he would have worries.

Everyone in the tent thought about it carefully, and they all thought it was true.

Zhang Yan.

Lu Bu whispered the name, and a look of remembrance appeared on his face.

In the previous life, after Li Dao and Guo Yan broke through Chang'an, the defeated Lü Bu led his troops to Yuan Shao in Hebei. At that time, it was also when the Black Mountain thieves were harming various places, so Yuan Shao joined forces with Lu Bu, Yuan Shao supplied materials, grain and grass, and Lu Bu led troops to attack.

Although Lu Bu in the previous life had no city government and a relatively simple mind, his combat effectiveness was as strong as a horse, and he took his brothers and charged to the camp of the Black Mountain thieves every day.

In just over ten days, Lu Bu successfully defeated Zhang Yan.

Looking back now, my memory is a little vague, but it was indeed Lu Bu who led his troops to defeat Zhang Yan and swept away the black mountain thieves who were in trouble in Hebei.

Now that the attack on Hebei is imminent, just like Liyi said, if the Black Mountain thief is not dealt with, it will always be an uncontrollable variable factor, like a thorn stuck in the throat, which may cause harm at any time, and even take people's lives.

Therefore, the attitude towards the Black Mountain thieves is either to surrender or exterminate.

Gongsun Zhan and Yuan Shao promised many benefits before, but they failed to convince Zhang Yan to surrender this road, which may not be realistic.

Lu Bu glanced at the generals sitting below and asked, "Crusade against the Black Mountain Thieves, who are you willing to lead the troops there?" ”

Now that he is the lord and a high-powered general, he is just a black mountain bandit, so he naturally doesn't need to take action personally.

As the saying goes, killing chickens is done with a knife.

As soon as these words came out, the tent suddenly seemed to explode.

"The last will go!"

"My lord, I wish!"

"None of you should compete with Lao Tzu for this opportunity, the lord will send me!"

Ma Chao, Hua Xiong and other generals got up and hugged their fists and argued loudly, all wanting to take this opportunity to make meritorious contributions and show their skills.

The tent was noisy like a market, and Lu Bu tapped on the table and raised his hand to make a quiet gesture. The generals quickly calmed down, waiting with anticipation for Lu Bu's final answer.

"Lord, you seem to have forgotten about yourself." Guo Jia reminded.

Lu Bu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then suddenly laughed, tacitly acknowledging Guo Jia. Indeed, this chess piece, which has been buried for so many years, can finally come in handy.

Looking away from the generals, Lu Bu looked at the sharp young man sitting next to Guo Jia: "Zhongda, tomorrow I will ask you to dress up and go to the den of the Black Mountain thieves!" ”