Among the 15,000 Black Mountain cavalry, there is also a complete light cavalry, no more than 10,000 people, this is Zhang Yan's descendant cavalry - Feiyan light cavalry; The remaining 5,000 cavalry were also brave men selected from the tens of thousands of Montenegrin troops.

Therefore, these Montenegrin cavalry are the elite troops with the strongest combat effectiveness under Zhang Yan's command.

If all this elite cavalry were killed in this battle, the strength of the Montenegrin army would inevitably plummet by more than forty percent. In the future, if Yuan Shao transferred troops into the mountains to encircle and suppress again, wouldn't the Montenegrin army be wiped out?

Therefore, Zhang Yan was naturally unwilling to be cannon fodder for the allies, let alone give Yuan Shao his life. Because Yuan Shao's order was clearly to use the hands of the Xiliang Army to eliminate the most effective Feiyan light cavalry in the Montenegrin Army, after this battle, Yuan Shao would be able to wave his army to capture the nest of the Montenegrin Army, and then incorporate the Montenegrin Army, and win hundreds of thousands of women and children's families.

This is a two-pronged strategy that kills two birds with one stone. And Yuan Shao is sitting on the profits, no matter what the result is, he will make a steady profit and not lose money.

How could such a trick be concealed from Zhang Yan?

Therefore, he unceremoniously pointed out Yuan Shao's sinister intentions, and the implication was that he refused to fight.

And this is the difference between Zhang Yan and Lu Bu. Because Lu Bu was an extremely good-looking person, he led Yanzhou, became a prince all the way, and talked about his identity and wanted face in everything, so the identity of an ally trapped Lu Bu, so that he could not refuse Yuan Shao's order head-on.

Compared with it, Zhang Yan is completely different, what is his identity and what is his status?

Zhang Yan's identity is the leader of the Black Mountain thieves, as for the status. When he went down to Montenegro, he was nothing, just a thief. There is no status to speak of. For such a person, his identity and status are very strange to him, what he values is survival and strength, and as for other things that sell fame and reputation, they have almost nothing to do with him.

Therefore, whenever he encounters something related to his own interests, Zhang Yan will never bear to retreat. Every inch must be fought for, and there is no such thing as Lu Bu or other princes. Therefore, he can mercilessly refuse Yuan Shao's orders. didn't care about Yuan Shao's face as the leader of the princes' alliance at all. Because face is a complete luxury for him, no one has ever given him face, so he naturally doesn't need to take care of other people's face. Who made him a thief to this day?

"Hmph, the thief nature will not change! Yuan was kind enough to ask for your opinion. That's to give you face. Don't you know how to lift? Seeing that Zhang Yan was stubborn and made him lose face in public, Yuan Shao was furious and reprimanded him in a contempt manner.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Seeing Yuan Shao completely tearing his face and insulting himself, Zhang Yan sneered without blushing and heartbeat: "Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao, just because you also have the face to say good intentions in front of me?" I don't think you're at ease at all, and it's true that your intentions are sinister! ”

As he spoke, Zhang Yan pointed to the Xiliang army formation five hundred steps away. He said angrily: "Look at the enemy army on the opposite side, a whole hundred thousand war horses. That's it, you still let me and General Fengxian lead 50,000 cavalry to charge into battle? Ask yourself, what is your intention? Isn't this sinister intentions, but what? ”

"You ??????" was provoked by Zhang Yan in public, Yuan Shao's face suddenly turned red, and he stretched out his hand to point at Zhang Yan with a red face and a thick neck, but he was speechless.

"What are you? Quickly retract your claws, otherwise Hugh blames Zhang for being ruthless and chopping your claws with a knife! ”

Now that he has publicly torn his face, Zhang Yan no longer has any scruples, and simply puts on a clear posture and does not give Yuan Shao face. After scolding Yuan Shao sharply, he stared at Yuan Shao directly, and said with a solemn expression: "You don't have to pretend to be a good person, and don't want to use the hands of the Xiliang Army to get rid of my Zhang Yan and General Fengxian, so as to achieve your goal of monopolizing Hebei and dominating the Central Plains." At present, it is true that we are allies, but allies should trust each other and share weal and woe, instead of waiting for an opportunity to eliminate dissidents like you Yuan Benchu and wantonly weaken the soldiers and horses and strength of all princes. In today's battle, if you can tear apart the Chinese defense line of the Xiliang Army, Zhang and General Fengxian will lead the cavalry to attack, otherwise you don't want to order Zhang to fight.

Since you and I have torn our faces today, I simply leave the ugly words here. I, Zhang Yan, am just a yellow turban thief, a bad life, it is a fluke to be able to survive until now, and my brothers are all yellow turban remnants, and I don't know if I will be alive tomorrow after today. Therefore, even if I am defeated by the Xiliang Army today, I Zhang Yan doesn't care, it's just a big deal. I'm not afraid of death, what about you? ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Yan looked at Yuan Shao with great disdain and sneered: "Hey, hey, hey??? You, Yuan Benchu, are only afraid that you are reluctant to die at the moment, right? Monopolizing Hebei, dominating the Central Plains, competing for the world, and winning the country, these are probably the ambitions and ambitions that you Yuan Shao has always been obsessed with, right?

What an ambition! Just sounding enviable, I, Zhang Yan, have had such a dream, but I don't have such unrealistic thoughts now. I only hope that in my lifetime, my brothers can live and work in peace and contentment, and hundreds of thousands of women and children can settle down and live a good life. As for me Zhang Yan myself, if I can worship the marquis and my wife and son, my wish will be enough, and I will have no regrets in this life.

On the other hand, you Yuan Shao, who is ambitious and talented, is fierce and timid, and has no imperial ability but dreams of being an emperor all day long, as the leader of the princes' alliance, he does not want to defeat his opponents, but he always thinks about weakening the strength of the princes and allies from all walks of life. How can such a narrow-minded and short-sighted person achieve great things? Does Yuan Mengzhu think what Zhang said is true? “

"The thief insulted me too much, do you really think that Yuan can't help you?" Yuan Shao shouted angrily.

"Kill me? Hahaha! Zhang Yan looked at Yuan Shao with disdain on his face, and laughed unscrupulously: "Three years ago, you Yuan Shao wanted to take my head, what was the result?" To this day, Zhang is still standing in front of you unscathed.

Now that the enemy is present, you don't want to defeat the Xiliang army, but you want to kill me? Could it be that this is the Yuan Shao that I know Zhang Yan, the concubine of the Yuan family of the fourth and third dukes, and the true face of the lord of the Central Plains princes? If that's the case, Zhang Mou is ashamed to be in the company of people like you who have lost their reputation! ”

"Ah??????h Yuan Shao was really going crazy by Zhang Yan, gritted his teeth and scolded: "Zhang Yan thief, Yuan swears to you!" ”

Seeing that the dispute between Yuan Shao and Zhang Yan was intensifying, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Ce and Zhang Yang looked at each other, and then looked at the tragic battle in front of them, the four of them suddenly looked gloomy, their faces were full of haze, and their eyes were full of endless worry.

However, this is all superficial, in fact, some of the four of them are happy and some are sad. It's just that at this moment, they all unanimously expressed a worried look, after all, everyone is still an ally at the moment, and it is necessary to keep in step.

"The leader of the alliance is angry, and General Zhang Yan has said a few words, the enemy is at present, and there must be no chaos within our ally! Otherwise, once the Li thief discovers the opportunity, we will die today and have no place to bury! ”

Seeing that Zhang Yan and Yuan Shao were in a fight, Liu Bei, who was standing on Yuan Shao's left side, had to stand up and play a round. Otherwise, if the two of them are allowed to continue to argue, maybe Zhang Yan may turn against each other; At that time, the Xiliang Army had not yet fought, but the allies had fought first.

When he came forward to join the circle, Liu Bei deeply felt that it was an extremely wrong decision for him to lead his troops to join the alliance this time. Today, the princes of all walks of life are full of suspicions, deep grievances, who can really release the previous suspicions, no guilt, if you can't let go of grievances, how to unite as one to conspire for great things?

This time, the princes finally formed an alliance, but the result was ????? If the war goes well, it will be enough, but once the war goes badly, the princes will pass the buck to each other and refuse to go to war, and the deliberate preservation of strength will be unavoidable. Just like the current situation, the great enemy is currently in the dark and the Xiliang army is eyeing it, but the allies are fighting within themselves at this juncture.

With such a terrible allied army, how can it defeat the strong Xiliang army?

At this moment, Liu Bei was worried, and his mood was terrible. Not only him, but also several other princes were also full of sadness, and a lingering melancholy color appeared on their faces.

Therefore, at this moment, the princes from all walks of life no longer had the heart to persuade the dispute between Yuan Shao and Zhang Yan. After Liu Bei came forward to persuade a word, the others all watched coldly and remained silent, but their eyes were very unkind, and the corners of their eyes glanced at Yuan Shao intentionally or unintentionally.

Obviously, Zhang Yan's words just now made them suddenly alert, and they felt that Yuan Shao had a bad intention, which prompted them to have the same idea as Zhang Yan, and they had the same hatred for the enemy.

"Order, catapult attack!"

Yuan Shao was keenly aware of the different expressions of the princes from all walks of life, which made him feel that the shape was not good, but he was afraid that the princes from all walks of life would be bewitched by Zhang Yan and have different ambitions. So, he made a quick decision, taking advantage of the fact that the chariot array had not been completely wiped out by the Xiliang army, he raised his voice and ordered the catapult array to attack, trying to bomb the Xiliang Chinese army in the war, give the Xiliang army a center to bloom, and disrupt the position of the Xiliang army in one fell swoop. When the Xiliang army's position was in chaos, it was the time for the allied war cavalry to attack, and the allied 240,000 infantry army took the opportunity to crush the past. If the progress goes smoothly, it will still be the princes and allies who will win in the end, and it will not be too late for him to go back and clean up Zhang Yan after the war is over.

"No, the last general will obey!"

After receiving the order, Yuan Xi glared at Zhang Yan angrily, and then galloped to the rear army, commanded the catapult formation to return to the two flanks of the army, and then threw oil cans at the Xiliang army, bombarding indiscriminately.

After Yuan Xi left, Yuan Shao's cold gaze swept over Zhang Yan, and then he looked back at the open space behind the army. The clearing, located directly behind the Allied Central Army, was a low-lying wasteland with a radius of five miles, exactly five miles away from the Allied camp.

After his gaze lingered on the clearing for a while, Yuan Shao turned his head to look at the battlefield in front of the formation, although the battle in front of him was still not optimistic, but there was a bit of a treacherous smile between his eyebrows.

At this moment, Cao Cao inadvertently caught a glimpse of the sly smile on Yuan Shao's side face, and suddenly he became suspicious, and secretly thought to himself: "Could it be that Yuan Ben's dispute with Zhang Yan was deliberate, but in fact he had another plan?" If this is the case, then this decisive battle is really a battle of wits and courage, and the outcome is unpredictable! ”

―――――――――――― (To be continued......)