Recently, the Jizhou region had been in turmoil.
First, the famous Wuji Zhen Merchant Band of Hebei was looted by a group of mountain bandits. Then, the Zhongshan Prefecture was occupied by mountain bandits. Then, even the imperial court army sent by Han Fu, the herdsman of Jizhou, returned in defeat.
This news appeared on the tables of the surrounding dukes like snowflakes.
Of course, that included Black Mountain's Zhang Yan.
Taihang Mountain ran through Hebei and Bingzhou, and millions of Yellow Turban remnants were gathered here. Naturally, they were very concerned about the situation in the surrounding counties…After all, it was hidden deep in the mountains, and there was no way to farm or feed a million people.
He could only rely on snatching!
Because of this, the million soldiers of the Black Mountain Army wanted to go down the mountain all the time to occupy a piece of territory!
But it had been several years, and they still couldn't get out!
It wasn't that he couldn't, but he didn't dare!
"Attacking a city and seizing territory is easy, but defending it…is difficult!”
In the Taihang Mountain stronghold, Zhang Yan waved her hand to dismiss the scout. She looked around at her subordinates and sighed deeply in her heart." Even if they manage to survive, how can a group of boorish men who only know how to fight achieve great things without the assistance of a talented ruler and the management of officials at all levels…"
After Zhang Jiao's defeat, she was able to raise a large Black Mountain Army. Zhang Yan's ability was unquestionable.
Of course, he knew how important it was for the Black Mountain Army to have a place to establish themselves and develop.
But whether it was him, Guo Tai of Bai Bo, Guan Hai of Xu Prefecture, or the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou and Runan, they all relied on the banner of the Yellow Turban to pull up their respective teams.
However, their identities as the Yellow Turban remnants had restricted them!
It was like a cage that could not be broken no matter how hard he tried!
There was a lack of political talents, a lack of strategists who were good at military strategies, and a lack of officials at all levels who managed the territory... Most of those who had studied these days came from the aristocratic families and the powerful. No one was willing to work for the Yellow Turban bandits!
This was the natural opposition between the two classes!
Of course, Zhang Yan did not know the concept of " class ", but in her eyes, this was the reason why Zhang Jiao failed!
Sadly, he realized that he was repeating Zhang Jiao's mistake.
But he was powerless.
The Black Mountain Army could only rely on robbing from the mountains to survive.
Most importantly, they had also taken down many cities, but in the blink of an eye, they were suppressed by the Imperial Court.
Ding Yuan from Bingzhou beat them up, Han Fu from Jizhou beat them up, Zhang Yang from Shangdang beat them up, and Wang Kuang from Hanoi beat them up!
Just like whacking a mole, he was beaten up the moment he appeared!
How the f * ck was he supposed to play this?
"General, the scouts said that this group of bandits seems to be from the Yellow Turban…"
Just as he was thinking, his subordinates were already discussing,"Our Black Mountain Army is also of the Yellow Turban lineage. Should we send someone to take them in?”
"Yeah, a few hundred people were able to conquer the county and defeat Han Fu. This group of people can't be underestimated!”
"Zhou Cang was a valiant general under General Zhang Bao. He is extremely brave. If we can obtain his loyalty, our Black Mountain's strength will definitely increase greatly!”
The Black Mountain Army had a million people, but they were actually quite chaotic. Not all of them belonged to Zhang Yan.
Guo Daxian, Li Damu, Zuo Muzi, and so on, as many as a dozen of them, all revolted under the name of the Yellow Turban, and some were even one of the thirty-six canal marshals.
It was just that Zhang Yan had the highest prestige, the greatest reputation, and the strongest strength. All the bandits were led by him.
He was equivalent to the head of the Black Mountain Green Forest.
The ones who spoke were the canal marshals.
Zhang Yan's main generals, Yang Feng, Yu Du, Sui Gu, and Bai Rao, all looked at him.
"Recruit?"
When Zhang Yan heard this, she said expressionlessly,"I'm afraid that they will be annihilated by the Imperial Court before we can send our men over…Han Fu underestimated the enemy too much previously. After this battle, she will definitely not let this matter rest!”
"Don't forget, Juyi is still in Zhao County!”
The moment the two words "Ju Yi" left his mouth, everyone in the hall was speechless.
Although Han Fu relied heavily on Pan Feng, everyone in Black Mountain knew that the strongest general under Ji Prefecture Mu was Ju Yi!
Just the 800 personal guards he brought from Liangzhou were the first to fight in every battle. They were extremely brave and good at fighting.
It was terrifying!
At this moment, they were garrisoning their troops in Zhao County to guard against the Black Mountain Army!
"Han Fu will send Ju Yi to suppress the bandits?”
Yang Feng and the others came back to their senses and were in disbelief."No matter how stupid Han Fu is, he wouldn't mobilize Juyi's troops, right? Isn't he afraid that we will rob Zhao County?”
"What are you talking about!"
His left moustache said teasingly," General, you submitted a request to surrender to the court last year. Now, you are a proper general of pacification. We are also officials of the court. How can we say that we are robbing the Zhao County to borrow some food and money?"!”
"I'm afraid that even if our army descends the mountain now, Juyi won't stop us!”
Hearing this, the generals laughed.
Yang Feng, Yu Du, and the others were generals under Zhang Yan and were usually deeply influenced by Zhang Yan.
At this moment, even though he knew that it was a joke, he still felt helpless about the short-sightedness of the people.
"The so-called General of Peace is just a title. It's true that the Emperor has conferred the title. How many of the dukes in the towns really treat us as government troops?”
"Besides, the Spirit Emperor who conferred the title of General has passed away!”
"If Han Fu really mobilizes Juyi's army this time, it might be an opportunity for our Black Mountain!" Yu Du could not help but say.”
"What opportunity?"
Zhang Yan's eyes flashed.
"General, we can send someone to contact Zhou Cang and attack Juyi from both sides!”
As Yu Du spoke, he seemed to think that it was feasible and became excited."Without Ju Yi, Han Fu will be a toothless dog. When the time comes, my Black Mountain Army and Zhou Cang will join forces and conquer Ye City in one battle.”
"We can hand over Zhongshan, Changshan, and Hejian to them and let them guard Youzhou in the north for us!”
"In this way, our Black Mountain Army only needs to guard the south and Si Li before we can truly carve out a province and establish ourselves in the world!”
Zhang Yan did not respond.
Left Mustache Zhang Ba and the others slammed the table and stood up."My Black Mountain has millions of people, how can we rule separately from a few hundred bandits? What a joke!"
"You…"
Yang Feng and Yu Du were also furious and stood up without showing any weakness.
Zhang Yan was extremely helpless. Just as she was about to persuade him, a voice suddenly came from outside." General, we caught a spy in the mountains. He claims to be a subordinate of Sun Yat-sen's Fang Mu. He's here to…"
"For what?"
Zhang Yan was troubled by the factions under her, and her face could not help but sink when she heard this.
The scout hesitated and said,"
"To provide a way out for the millions of soldiers and civilians of Black Mountain!”
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