Zhang Yu invaded Taishan County, which was very smooth at first, and connected several cities.

Sure enough, the Cao army in Yuzhou did not dare to rescue as Zhang Yu judged them.

In the absence of rescue, of course, it is not Zhang Yu's opponent.

They had previously transferred part of their forces to the Western Front to attack the Yuan family, but they were dragged back by Zhang Yu.

Now on the Eastern Front, there are not many soldiers and horses.

When Zhang Yu attacked Mount Tai, he suddenly encountered obstacles.

This Cao army had more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, resisted all the way, and finally fled into Mount Tai.

After entering the mountain, half of Zhang Yu's cavalry suddenly lost its effect.

This Mount Tai, Zhang Yu really wants to go into the mountain to encircle and suppress, and he doesn't know when he can destroy them, and even whoever destroys them is not certain.

Zhang Yu stopped at the foot of Mount Tai and did not enter the mountain to encircle and suppress Cao's army.

But it was not a matter of letting Cao Jun go untreated like this, when Zhang Yu attacked other places, or after occupying the entire Mount Tai, they could still cause Zhang Yu a lot of trouble.

"It's really troublesome, I actually got into the mountains." Zhang Yu went around the periphery for two days, and there was no good way.

In the deep mountains, the most important thing is food, and Cao Jun is prepared, and it is no problem to hold on for a while.

Zhang Yu felt a little unable to advance or retreat.

At this time, Zhang Yu considered whether to beat other places first, and left Mount Tai to clean up slowly.

Ling Cao's side, there has been no movement now, so if you cooperate with yourself, you will definitely be able to make a breakthrough.

Zhang Yu continued to attack Mount Tai, knocking down the places around Mount Tai, and moving away the surrounding villages, leaving the Cao army who entered Mount Tai without support.

It took three days to clean up the surrounding villages and forcibly relocate them with the army.

After cleaning up the surroundings, Zhang Yu continued to clean up the periphery and cleaned up all the surroundings.

But at this time, there was still a group of people in Tarzan who quit.

Zhang Yan is also the remnant of the Yellow Turban, and settled in Mount Tai.

He led hundreds of thousands of people to carry out activities in the area of Mount Tai, and there were 100,000 soldiers and horses alone.

They cultivated inside Tarzan and hid inside.

At this time, Zhang Yan was very troubled.

The two armies went to war, and there was nothing to do with him, but Cao's army entered Mount Tai, and then Zhang Yu cleaned up the villages around Mount Tai.

Many of these village chiefs were actually controlled by Zhang Yan, but Zhang Yu relocated them all.

In addition, Zhang Yan and the others also need to purchase a large number of materials from outside, such as salt and cloth, but Zhang Yu is still expanding the scope and wants to relocate all the villages and towns here.

What will they do when hundreds of thousands of people are in the mountains?

Although food can barely sustain itself, what about salt and other things?

Therefore, this Zhang Yan is unusually troubled.

Zhang Yan called a few of his subordinates to discuss.

"The battle between the two armies did not expect to affect us, and it seems that we will not be able to continue like this." Zhang Yan said.

A few subordinates, you look at me, I look at you, and there is no good way.

Zhang Yan knew that they couldn't do it, so he said: "I want to go out of the mountain, there are two paths, one is to return to Zhang Yu, and the other is to return to Cao Cao, there are only two ways to go." ”

At this time, Zhang Yan didn't want his subordinates to put forward any clever ideas, but just came to inform them and unify their opinions, so as not to cause a big mess at that time.

"General, we should surrender to Cao Cao, he is weak at this time, and he should be able to give us a good official position."

"If we go to Zhang Yuna, the army will definitely not be protected, they will not do anything to us, but the army will be disbanded by him."

"Zhang Yu doesn't even need Yuan Shao's troops, just go to mining, maybe we will be sent to mine too."

"No, we should surrender to Zhang Yu, after all, the saint is now Zhang Yu's wife, and she is considered her own family."

Several of his subordinates had their own opinions.

"Let's send someone to contact Zhang Yu first and see what Zhang Yu has to say." Zhang Yan said.

Several people agreed, but said that the treatment of several of them must be guaranteed.

At this time, they were more thinking about themselves and surrendered to Zhang Yu, even if the army was disbanded, then they had to ensure their certain interests.

Soon, Zhang Yan sent someone to find Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu was more surprised, he didn't think about Zhang Yan when he was fighting.

Zhang Yan often makes trouble in Mount Tai, and he is a thief in Mount Tai, so he naturally knows.

It's just that no one has time to pay attention to him at this time, and when Cao Cao is defeated, there is naturally time to clean up slowly.

Cao Cao also didn't have the energy to slowly clean up Zhang Yan, as long as he didn't attack the big city and didn't leave Mount Tai, this Cao Cao didn't think about conscripting him.

To conquest him, not to mention the use of a large army, it will be protracted, and it is very not cost-effective.

"Zhang Yan actually wants to surrender?"

"It is impossible to keep the army, the qualified army can stay, the unqualified don't, we are responsible for the placement, and the other generals can continue to lead the troops, and those who don't want to continue to be soldiers can be given a large sum of money and become a rich man."

"We are also responsible for the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of people, and we will not leave a single person behind, so as to ensure their normal life."

"Nothing else, there's nothing to talk about."

Zhang Yu replied after thinking about it, he naturally would not accept all of Zhang Yan's conditions.

Zhang Yan's offer was very high, asking Zhang Yu to continue to keep 100,000 troops and let them command, but where did Zhang Yu dare.

Zhang Yan also made a price all over the sky, and he also understood that Zhang Yu would not agree, but he could bargain.

Soon, Zhang Yu asked for the position of county guard, and other generals also gave certain high-ranking officials.

Zhang Yu replied: "The position of county guard and other positions, you must pass the exam, and you can't pass it, you can be given the position of a general, and you will receive a high amount of money every year." ”

Zhang Yu didn't want to deceive them, and then regretted it, a Taishan thief was not worth it.

If he surrendered to Cao Cao, Zhang Yu would naturally not be afraid, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, except for his own ability to resettle, Cao Cao was incapable.

After some bargaining, Zhang Yan agreed to submit to Zhang Yu, and at the moment Zhang Yu was not the emperor and could not be knighted, Zhang Yan asked Zhang Yu to promise them that they would be knighted in the future.

Zhang Yu did not hesitate at this point, and only gave more than a dozen generals led by Zhang Yan to be rewarded, and others did not have this treatment, but there would also be heavier rewards.

And so, it's done.

"Since they want to submit to this king, Cao Jun fled to Mount Tai and wiped them out together." Zhang Yu said to Zhang Yan again.

Zhang Yan replied: "I have been entrenched in Mount Tai for a long time, and I am familiar with the grass and trees here, and I can find them and eliminate them in a few days." ”

The appearance of the Tarzan thief was a surprise.

With the help of Taishan thieves, Zhang Yu believed that attacking Taishan would be much smoother.

When Zhang Yu was busy working under Mount Tai, on the side of Xuzhou, Cao Ang surrounded the 100,000 troops who went out of Xuzhou with 200,000 troops.

This Cao army carefully designed and used stratagems to surround the 100,000 army.

When Zhang Yu was about to attack Taishan Cao's army, he received the news.

Cao Ang surrounded them on a hill.

(End of chapter)