Looking at Sun Wen's anxious appearance, Li San smiled and said: "Don't panic, my lord, tomorrow is Mrs. Zhang Yangzheng's birthday, why don't you go to celebrate your birthday in the name of this, so that you can win the favor of the county guard and avoid disaster, isn't it the best of both worlds?" ”

"Hey, Li San, I found that you are very smart. Okay, that's it, after I'm gone, you'll be on your behalf to greet the general, understand? Sun Wen began to tidy up his clothes as he spoke, obviously he was about to leave now.

"No, Li Sanding will not live up to the trust of the adults." Li San also stood upright, looking like he was loyal.

In fact, Li San had already colluded with the Montenegrin Army, and his task was to spy on Chaoge's movements, such as Zhang Chao was going to pass by here, and he was carrying a large amount of finances, and he would definitely report to the top.

In the middle of the high mountains, in a seemingly secluded shelter from the wind, there is a cave unknown to outsiders.

The headquarters of the Montenegrin Army is located here.

The cave is very spacious, can accommodate hundreds of people at the same time without looking crowded, at this time in the square in the cave, there are more than a dozen men with yellow scarves on their heads, they are holding a meeting here on how to deal with Zhang Chao.

The person who is the leader, surnamed Zhang Mingyan, is the leader of the Montenegrin Army.

Zhang Yan's original name was Chu Yan. In the first year of Zhongping (184), the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, Chu Yan gathered a group of teenagers as robbers, and attacked in the mountains and rivers, and when he returned to Zhentime, the number of troops had reached more than 10,000 people. In the second year of Zhongping (185), Zhang Niujiao, a native of Boling (now Lixian County, Hebei), also gathered a group of people, proclaimed himself a general, and joined forces with Chu Yan. Chu Yan promoted Zhang Niujiao as the leader, marched to attack Gauntao (now Ningjin County, Hebei), Zhang Niujiao was shot by a stray arrow, seriously wounded, and before dying, ordered his subordinates to honor Chu Yan as the leader. After Zhang Niujiao's death, everyone embraced Chu Yan as the leader, so Chu Yan changed his surname to Zhang and called Zhang Yan.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were constant wars, which made forces like Zhang Yan have sufficient room for development. It's like the current Montenegrin Army, which claims to have millions of people to the outside world. Of course, there won't be that many, but together, there are still five or six hundred thousand.

With these troops, Zhang Yan dared to fight anyone's idea, just like Zhang Chao, who had the title of general this time, was no exception.

At the beginning of the meeting, the general in charge of intelligence, Su Gu (the word White Rabbit), first reported: "General Zhang, generals, I have received a secret report that General Zhang Chao is about to go to Bingzhou to take up his post, accompanied by nearly 100 carts of property, 5,000 soldiers, and 100,000 displaced people. They will arrive in Chaoge County tomorrow, and someone will inform us of Zhang Chao's place of residence at that time. ”

"General? Isn't the general He Jin? Isn't he already dead? How did you make a big general again? Li Damu, the leader of the yellow scarf, said with a sneer.

"Hey, the current court is already in danger, in order to survive, today he will be named a general, tomorrow he will be a general, this is not surprising, maybe one day, we can also mix a general as a general, hahaha." The person who said this was named Yu Poison, another leader of the Yellow Turban Army.

In their opinion, in the troubled years, fists have the final say, if you can beat me, you are the boss, otherwise, you will not be in my eyes, I can bully you as much as I want, if you are not convinced, use your fists to beat me.

"yes, what's the politeness? Just rob the fuck. If this general knows a little bit and sees us going, he will immediately slip away, or he may be able to surround him with a small life, if not, someone will kill him, and the goods will be robbed, what can I do? Another grumpy Yellow Turban Army leader, Bai Wan, said in a voice.

Several people spoke in a row, all of them suggesting that Zhang Chao's goods were robbed, and Zhang Yan, as the big leader, nodded lightly and said: "Even so, you can do a vote." ”

"Slow." As soon as Zhang Yan's words fell, there was a voice of opposition.

The person who spoke was a tall, black-faced and bearded Kansai man. This person's surname is Zhou Mingcang, the character Yuanfu, and he is also the leader of the Yellow Turban Army.

"Does General Zhou have any opinions?" Seeing Zhou Cang jump out, Zhang Yan frowned slightly, you didn't say anything against it just now, as soon as I said that it was decided, you come slowly, is this obviously not giving me face?

Zhou Cang didn't think about it so much, not to challenge Zhang Yan. He's been thinking about one thing for a long time, and he hasn't figured it out yet. Seeing that everyone is about to make a decision, they have to stand up.

"Zhang Yanjun, generals, if you want to say that you want to rob money, this is what we do. But is this operation going to be heard by the first legion of the ward? Everyone has said that there are any major actions to notify each other, and if we eat alone this time, will it cause some unnecessary trouble? Zhou Cang said as he looked at everyone's faces with his eyes. (The First Army, the name used by Guo Jiayi and Zhang Chaozhi in the development of the state.) ）

The so-called First Army is a mysterious branch of the military that appeared in the Bingzhou region two years ago.

Although they are not many in number, they are well-equipped and elusive, and they have clashed with the Montenegrin army several times because of their interests, but several times, they have taken a lot of advantage.

Truth comes down from the fist. Eventually, Zhang Yan's Montenegrin army had to unite with it. Of course, this alliance is also very limited, and it will not interfere with each other in normal times, only when it encounters the voice of action, it will communicate with each other.

Zhou Cang, as the contact person between the Montenegrin Army and the First Army Corps, naturally put forward a proposal to communicate with the First Army Corps for such a major operation.

"Hey, this time it's not necessary, the opponent is in the open, we are in the dark, didn't we say that there are only 5,000 sergeants? Then we can send 10,000 people to be pacified, so why do we need to communicate with an army? Yu Poison Leader waved his hand at Zhou Cang, signaling that there was no need to make a fuss.

"Yes, what is the first legion, it's quite majestic when it comes to it, when I first heard it, there will be two legions and three legions? But after waiting for so long, there is no letter, haha, shit. The White Ring Leader laughed wildly as he spoke, and his voice drew laughter from some of the other leaders.

It can be seen that although they have some cooperation with the First Army, the degree of cooperation is still limited and selective.

"Yes, what everyone said is that it is better not to inform others if there is something good. In this way, I order that this battle is led by the poisonous general, and you take 20,000 horses to surround the county town of Chaoge at night, and if anyone escapes, let him go, but if there is a cargo to come out, it will definitely not work. In addition, Li Damu and Yang Feng were the vanguards on the left and right, each with 5,000 men and horses, rushed into the city and robbed the property. Zhang Yan's high-pitched voice sounded, and arrangements were made for Zhang Chao.

"No." The following answered in unison, and then there was a burst of laughter, and it was clear that with thirty thousand against five thousand, they were determined to win.

After saying that Zhang Chao was here, after two days of hurrying, everyone traveled seventy miles and finally came to Chaoge County in Hexi County.

At the gate of Chaoge County, the temporary county magistrate Li San had already waited here with a group of officials, and when he saw Zhang Chao riding a white horse, he immediately knelt down and bowed his head and said, "The little one asks the general for peace." ”

"Well, which of you is the county magistrate of Chaoge?" Zhang Chao looked at these as the costumes of the officials and was a little curious.

"General, our county magistrate went to the Hexi County Government on business and hasn't come back yet? This is now the head of the small one, my name is Li San. ”

"Well, okay, then Li San, you can arrange a place for us to live tonight. In addition, some grain can be taken out of the government treasury to help these displaced people. I'll pay you for the food. As if knowing that Li San would disagree, Zhang Chao directly blocked his refusal.

Hearing that Zhang Chao would pay the silver, Li San had no choice but to pretend to be aggrieved and said: "Okay, there are still dozens of stones of rice stored in the treasury of the county government, so I will take it out, and I think that these people can still get a bowl of thin water for each person." ”

"Okay, this is also a matter of accumulating public morality, you can do it." Zhang Chao nodded, and then with a wave of his hand, the five thousand soldiers and one hundred thousand homeless people behind him followed him into Chaoge County.

Zhang Chao and the others naturally rested in the county office, and Li San also made preparations in this regard.

A total of 1,500 cavalry members of the Zhangjia Army were also stationed in the county government for defense; Zhao Yun took two thousand dragon and tiger cavalry to guard the city gate according to Zhang Chao's wishes, and this arrangement was to facilitate the occurrence of things and support each other; The other 1,500 city guards who came with Chen Liu were with 100,000 homeless people to prevent unscrupulous people from doing so.

In the kitchen of the county government, Li Sanzheng arranged for someone to take out dozens of stones of grain to cook porridge.

It is said that it is porridge, but in fact it is not much different from clear water, which is no wonder, after all, 100,000 people eat these dozens of stones of grain, and there are very few when they can be distributed to each hand.

"Li Tou, why do we still give them food, didn't you say that there will be an action tonight to let everyone find a place to hide? After tonight, the money for this super is ours, so why do we need to do more? A confidant of Li San looked at no one on the left and right, and asked with a puzzled expression.

"You know what? This is called deceiving the enemy, and if he says to take silver, and I say that there is no food, it will arouse his suspicions, you know? Okay, let's do what we need to do. Li San reprimanded his followers with a teaching look.

Li San thought that he was doing things secretly, but in fact, Zhang Chao had already paid attention to the things that the Black Mountain Society might do, and the members of Tianyan under him had also been paying attention.

In the backyard of the county government, Zhang Chaozheng sat with Lu Su, Jia Xu, Zhao Yun, Bai Tong, Zhang Rui and others to analyze the situation in front of them.