As soon as Tao Qian's words fell, the man sitting in the first position on his left suddenly stood up, patted his chest, and said loudly: "Cao Jun, what are you afraid of? Tonight, you will sleep peacefully in the city, but tomorrow at dawn, I will lead my troops and horses out of the city to fight, and I will personally cut off Cao Cao's head and present it to the envoy. ”

Zhang Yan squinted at the person, and saw that the man was wearing a strong suit, tall, burly, with a square face and a beard, it was Cao Bao, the thief captain who led the cavalry to fight with Cao Jun outside the city for a while.

After Chen Deng heard Cao Bao's words, he hurriedly said: "Cao's army is strong and strong, since the invasion of Xuzhou, it has been invincible, and it must not be underestimated......

Cao Bao waved his hand and smiled: "Lord Chen is too worried, the reason why Cao Jun is so rampant is because he didn't meet me, Cao Bao." ”

Chen Deng saw that Cao Bao felt good about himself, so he said bitterly: "Lord Cao's martial arts are strong and his bow and horse are skilled, it is indeed an indisputable fact. But Cao's army is really strong, and there are more than ten generals under Cao Cao's account, all of whom are brave and good at fighting, and their bravery is unmatched, Yuanlong just wants to remind Lord Cao that he must not underestimate the enemy! ”

Who knows, Cao Bao disagreed, and sneered: "I said Lord Chen, how can you grow the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige?" ”

Tao Qian suddenly interjected: "Okay, okay, whether Cao Jun is strong or weak, don't care for the time being." I just want to hear if you have any plans to retreat from the enemy? ”

There was silence in the hall, and no one answered Tao Qian's words.

Zhang Yan noticed that everyone present frowned and didn't say a word.

"What? Are you all dumb? Tao Qian saw that no one responded, and his face was covered with a dark cloud.

Even though Tao Qian showed some displeasure, no one in the audience said anything, and the entire hall was silent.

"Yuanlong, you have always been resourceful, don't you know if there is any good strategy to retreat from the enemy?" Tao Qian fell on Chen Deng's body, looked at him with hot eyes, and asked very sincerely.

Chen Deng frowned, looked thoughtful, and after a moment of silence, he squirmed his lips and said slowly: "Cao Jun came all the way from Yanzhou and went deep into my Xuzhou territory, and its speed is really staggering. As a result, it would be relatively difficult for Cao Jun to supply food and grass. According to the scouts, Cao's grain and grass were all transported from Changyi and traveled south along Surabaya all the way, and are currently hoarded in Pei County. If our army can send a surprise army to attack the Cao army's grain hoarding place in Pei County, once the Cao army loses its grain and grass, it will definitely not stay in Xuzhou for a long time, and may retreat on its own. It's just ......"

"Just what?" Tao Qian hurriedly asked.

Chen Deng immediately explained the questions he could think of in his heart: "It's just that the person who is responsible for escorting the grain and grass is the general of the Cao army, Le Jin, it is said that this person was born in the army, not only brave and good at fighting, but also proficient in the art of war, and is a general under Cao Cao's account. What's more, escorting grain and grass is an extremely important matter, and I am afraid that Lejin will take precautions early on. If the people with the troops rashly attack, they are afraid that they will fall into the trap of Lejin by mistake. Therefore, the candidate who led the troops to attack the Cao Army's grain and grass camp must be wise and brave......"

Zhang Yan, who had been sitting there without speaking, heard Chen Deng's words at this time, and a thought quickly flashed through his mind. He stood up suddenly, raised his fist towards Tao Qian, and volunteered: "Lord Qiqi, I am willing to lead the troops there!" ”

Tao Qian glanced at Zhang Yan, who volunteered, and did not respond immediately, but moved his gaze to Chen Deng, staring at Chen Deng tightly with hot eyes, as if asking: "Yuanlong, this Zhang Yan is highly recommended by you, do you think he can do it?" ”

Chen Deng and Tao Qian looked at each other, and from Tao Qian's eyes, they read the hidden meaning.

He pondered for a moment, stared at Zhang Yan tightly with a pair of deep eyes, squirmed his lips, and said slowly: "Captain Zhang, your courage is commendable, but this time it is very important to go to Pei County to attack Cao Jun's grain and grass camp, if the sneak attack is successful, Cao Jun will have no food, and he will soon retreat." But if the sneak attack fails, not only will you be startled, but even you yourself will likely be surrounded by Cao's army, and your life will be in danger at any time, and there will definitely be no rescuers......"

"Master Chen, you don't have to say it. I am well aware of the dangers of this trip and the fact that it must be a success, not a failure. If I didn't have the confidence to win, I would never have taken the initiative to stand up and recommend myself. Zhang Yan interrupted Chen Deng's words again, and every word he said was sonorous and powerful, giving people the appearance of confidence.

Chen Deng saw Zhang Yan's confident face, and insisted on going, if he stopped it again, he was afraid that it would be annoying. He frowned, and once again said bitterly: "Captain Zhang, when you arrive in Pei County, you must not be impatient, think twice about everything, if the defense of the Cao army is too tight, you can completely give up the sneak attack, so as not to startle the snake." ”

"Thank you Lord Chen for reminding me, Zhang Yan keep it in mind."

Chen Deng then moved his gaze to Tao Qian and nodded slightly.

Tao Qian saw that Chen Deng didn't have any opinions, so he immediately made a decision, and shouted loudly: "Zhang Yan listens to the order!" ”

"The last general!" Zhang Yan immediately hugged his fists.

Tao Qian immediately stretched out three fingers and said excitedly: "This government will allocate 3,000 elite soldiers to you, I hope you can help you." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

"My lord, as the so-called soldiers are fast, I thought that I would be able to order three thousand elite soldiers to be delivered to Captain Zhang in a while, led by Captain Zhang, and rush to Pei County in the starry night, so as not to have too many dreams at night." Chen Deng suggested.

Tao Qian nodded, turned his face to Cao Bao and said, "You go and gather three thousand elite soldiers and listen to orders in front of the Taishou Mansion." ”

"Whoa!" Cao Bao immediately got up and left his seat and walked towards the outside of the hall.

In the hall, the lights flickered on and off, and Tao Qian saw that Zhang Yan was still wearing the bloody clothes dyed red by the fierce battle, so he called his own soldiers and asked them to get a new set of power clothes and a new pair of iron armor, so that Zhang Yan could replace the blood-stained outfit on his body.

Zhang Yan followed Tao Qian's instructions and went to the back hall to change into a new outfit.

Sure enough, people rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, and after Zhang Yan put it on, the whole person took on a new look, showing a mighty and extraordinary appearance, which attracted a burst of praise from Tao Qian and Chen Deng.

Not long after, Cao Bao walked into the hall from the outside, hugged his fists and said: "Lord Qiyu, three thousand elite soldiers have been assembled and are outside the gate of the Taishou Mansion, ready to be dispatched at any time." ”

Tao Qian got up and left his seat, walked straight to the outside of the hall, and said to everyone in the hall, "Come with me." ”

Zhang Yan followed Tao Qian to the door of the Taishou Mansion, and saw that the avenue in front of the Taishou Mansion was neatly lined with dense people.

Each of them was burly and tall, with a scarlet turban tied around his head, a long knife tied around his waist, and a shield on his back.

Tao Qian pulled Zhang Yan to his side, and shouted loudly to the three thousand elite soldiers standing on the avenue in front of the Taishou Mansion: "This is Zhang Yan, the captain of the Wuwei Academy, from now on, you are his subordinates." ”

"Whoa!" The three thousand elite soldiers all replied in unison, and the voice was very loud and deafening.

Zhang Yan suddenly remembered that Tao Qian's men had a very strong elite soldier, and because they were all from Danyang, they were called Danyang soldiers.

He observed the 3,000 people again, and felt that the 3,000 elite soldiers that Tao Qian allocated to him were very likely to be Danyang soldiers.

It seems that Tao Qian still attaches great importance to this sneak attack on Peixian, otherwise, he would not have transferred the Danyang soldiers to him to lead.

Tao Qian turned his face to Zhang Yan and said, "Do you have anything to say to them?" ”

Zhang Yan nodded, took a step forward, scanned every Danyang soldier he could see with a sharp gaze, and said sharply: "Since Lord Zhou Mu has transferred all of you to my command, then you must listen to my orders in the future." I let you go forward, you must not go back, I let you go west, you must not go east, you must obey my orders unconditionally. If anyone dares to disobey my orders, they will be beheaded! Do you understand? ”

These 3,000 elite soldiers are indeed the elite under Tao Qian's account, and they are part of the Danyang soldiers. Although Tao Qian did not have haode generals, he had an elite Danyang army, which was why he was able to gain a foothold in Xuzhou.

The Danyang soldiers usually follow Tao Qian to eat and drink spicy, and the welfare treatment is the most haode in the entire Xuzhou army, so it is inevitable that there will be some arrogance.

Zhang Yan is just a school captain, and he is a new official, and he is afraid that he will not be able to lead the group of Danyang soldiers under Tao Qian, so he must take corresponding measures, first of all, he must give this group of Danyang soldiers a dismount, let them know that they are not easy to mess with.

His words made the faces of the three thousand Danyang soldiers suddenly feel cold, I didn't expect Zhang Yan to be such a stern person, because of Tao Qian's presence, although the three thousand people were reluctant to be led by Zhang Yan, they still replied in unison: "I understand!" ”

"Very well, since you have all understood, then from now on, if anyone dares to disobey my orders, he will not be spared! Next, I'm going to give the first order, all of them take their pants off! ”

As soon as Zhang Yan's order was issued, the three thousand Danyang soldiers immediately looked at each other, and the monks of Duzhang Erzhang couldn't figure it out, and they didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Zhang Yan's gourd, so they wanted to take off their pants.

Tao Qian, Chen Deng, Cao Bao and others were also surprised, and they didn't know what Zhang Yan was going to do.

Seeing that none of the three thousand Danyang soldiers took off their pants, Zhang Yan's face became gloomy, and he said sharply: "I asked you all to take off your pants, are you all deaf?" This is an order, if anyone dares not to take it off, I will cut off their head! Take it off! ”

"Why are you telling us to take our pants off?" A Danyang soldier standing opposite Zhang Yan was annoyed and angry, and called out directly.

After Zhang Yan heard this, he sneered, didn't say a word, took a step forward, stood directly in front of the Danyang soldier, instantly pulled out the long knife he was wearing, and slashed towards the Danyang soldier.

The knife fell, a head fell to the ground, and blood kept gushing out from the cavity of the Danyang soldier.

Everyone present was extremely surprised, looking at Zhang Yan with frightened eyes, and there was also a trace of fear in their hearts.

Zhang Yan carried a bloody long knife and said angrily: "Whoever disobeys my orders again, he will be doomed!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the rest of the Danyang soldiers took off their pants without hesitation and stood motionless.