Zhang Yan, formerly known as Chu Yan, started to gather a group of teenagers from his hometown to become bandits at the age of seventeen. From then on, he embarked on the road of becoming a thief. He has been struggling all the way for seven years. The biggest setback he encountered was the failure to attack Yitao. He has always regarded him as

Zhang Niujiao, the leader of Big Brother, was shot by a stray arrow and died.

He was only eighteen years old that year, and Zhang Niujiao entrusted tens of thousands of thieves to him. At that time, he could not even grieve, because he was carrying the life and death of these tens of thousands of brothers and their families on his shoulders.

In order to commemorate Zhang Niujiao, he abandoned his surname Chu and changed his surname to Zhang.

He has never led a team with so many people, and bumps and bumps are inevitable. During this period, he also suffered several losses from his officers and soldiers, and was betrayed by his subordinates.

Over the past few years, the brothers around him died and changed, and they died again, but in the end he succeeded. He led his men to occupy the mountain and become the king. All the thieves in Zhongshan, Changshan, Zhao State, Wei County and other places recognized him as the king.

Boss, even His Majesty was afraid of his Montenegrin power and made him a general who would overcome difficulties.

He, Zhang Yan, was an official and a bandit, and he hoped that everyone in the two states would be afraid of him when they heard his name Zhang Yan. However, today, he suffered the biggest defeat since he became a thief. Not only did his tribe suffer heavy casualties, but his own family was also called Zhang Yan.

The officers and soldiers are here, what should he do now?

Just like when Zhang Niujiao died in battle that year, he once again showed a confused look.

"Before Zhang Liao's troops arrive, retreat quickly and return to attack Shangai!" Wang Dang said.

"What to do with these wounded soldiers?"

Of course Zhang Yan knew that he should return to the army immediately at this time, but these wounded soldiers were a burden and he couldn't bear to leave them behind. They were nearly 30,000 people!

Wang Dang had no idea, but he knew that if he continued to waste the wounded soldiers like this, it would not be good. He could only watch them die little by little, and eventually even the living would collapse.

"How about making peace with the government?"

Wang Dang said nicely that he was making peace, but bowing to the government in this situation was actually surrendering. If he lost to Lu Bu, Zhang Yan would admit it. Now that he was defeated by a woman, where did he put Zhang Yan's face when word spread?

How will he lead the millions of thieves in Montenegro in the future?

"After leaving 10,000 men behind, the entire army will return to Taihang. The headquarters will mobilize another 5,000 soldiers and horses. They will first surround Shangai, and then call other bandits nearby to gather at Shangai."

"This won't work. You can't walk fast with wounded soldiers. The Bingzhou cavalry will break through the troops behind them and will soon catch up. They are constantly harassing us from behind. Even if we return to Taihang, there won't be many people left. There are many thieves at this time.

Maybe they have all gone out to do things, but I’m afraid they won’t be able to gather many people, and I don’t know how many officers and soldiers there are in Shangai. This..."

"I have my own thoughts on this matter!"

Zhang Yan interrupted him, "Do as I say."

If that doesn't work, he would rather compromise with Yuan Shao than bow to a woman.

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Wang Dang opened his mouth and swallowed the next words. Zhang Feiyan was very loyal. Even if he knew that most of these wounded soldiers could not be saved, he still could not leave them to fend for themselves.

It is precisely because of his loyalty that millions of Black Mountain bandits are willing to listen to his orders.

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Two days later, Zhang Yan led his group of remnants and defeated generals slowly back to Taihang. At this time, Zhang Liao's two thousand wolf cavalry army also arrived. Zhang Mo ordered Zhang Liao and Hua Xiong to lead the troops to harass and pursue them, while Zhang Yan stayed behind.

The 10,000 people were no match at all, and more than half of them were killed and wounded, but they only blocked the Bingzhou Army's half-day journey.

However, when the Bingzhou cavalry pursued forward again, they found that roadblocks had been set up at every important crossing, and deep pits, rocks, and trees were piled up in a haphazard manner.

Zhang Yan chose the locations where he set up roadblocks very cleverly. Basically, there was no way around them. The roads were either blocked by lizu, or blocked by rivers, and some were at mountain passes. The cavalry returned the same way and then took a long detour, only to find that there were still obstacles.

Roadblocks were set up in many places.

Although Zhang Yan's troops could not defeat Bingzhou's elite cavalry, there were so many of them that one person could carry tens of thousands of stones and pile them on the road. Although the marching speed would be slower, it could effectively block Bingzhou's army from behind.

Worried about being harassed and chased by him from time to time.

Zhang Liao sent people back to report the matter to Zhang Mo, and asked the soldiers to clear the roadblocks.

In this way, one of the enemy and ours set up in the front, and the other cleared the rear. After several days of slow movement, both sides finally arrived outside Shangai County.

Other thief troops summoned by Zhang Yan also arrived one after another, but just as Wang Dang expected, everyone was busy fighting the autumn wind at this time, and there were only a few people who came. A total of more than 6,000 people from more than a dozen tribes came to share Zhang Yan's home base.

Five thousand men and horses together blocked the south gate of Shangai County.

Zhang Yan now only has more than 30,000 combatable soldiers, while Zhang Liao and Hua Xiong combined have 3,000 elite cavalry. Although the number is ten times less, the combat effectiveness is far beyond that of Zhang Yan's remnants.

However, the officers and soldiers did not immediately attack Zhang Yan's group of remnants, but instead set up camp five miles away. This made Zhang Yan, who was exhausted physically and mentally, breathed a sigh of relief. He led his troops to join forces with the bandits outside Shangai.

They set up camp outside the city, repaired their troops and horses, and the two armies entered the confrontation stage.

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At the Bingzhou Army camp, Zhang Liao looked at Zhang Mo standing in front of the camp and asked with confusion, "Why don't you take advantage of the victory and pursue it? At this time, the rebel army is in chaos, and Zhang Yan's troops and horses are exhausted. Our army only needs to launch an attack

If we charge, can we defeat it in one battle?"

Hua Xiong also looked confused, "Yes, one more battle will help us thoroughly understand Zhang Yan, the big boss of the Black Mountains. After we kill these remnants, we can drive straight into Zhang Yan's lair."

"Why should we destroy his lair? If Zhang Yan dies, Li Yan and Chen Yan will appear. What I want is not his life, but his surrender." Zhang Mo said lightly.

Although she has never met Zhang Yan, she has heard a lot about this man from Li Gui. He values ​​love and justice, has a clear sense of grudges, and always does what he says. He is a rare good man, and he is better than killing.

This is more beneficial to merging states.

"Then he should be completely crippled before he surrenders. Doesn't this stalemate give him a chance to breathe? When he repairs his troops and horses, won't it be more difficult to fight?" Hua Xiong asked doubtfully.

Zhang Mo looked at the corpses being carried out of the camp from afar, and said calmly, "His troops will only become more and more messy. After a few days, not only his own soldiers, but also the new ones will become more and more chaotic."

Morale is low and fighting spirit has been lost.”

"Moreover, my purpose of forcing him to a desperate situation this time is for the sake of one county, two systems, not to suppress thieves. I cannot provide them with a guarantee of life. These thieves will never be suppressed."

Hua Xiong didn't know what the so-called "one county, two systems" meant. He disagreed and said, "How can we not finish the campaign? Today we have destroyed Zhang Yan, the largest leader in Montenegro. All the thieves have lost their leader and will inevitably work on their own. No matter how slow we are,

Slowly clean up the other gangs of thieves and kill them one by one, I don’t believe we can’t finish them all.”

"Why are these people thieves?" Zhang Mo glanced at him and asked.

Hua Xiong replied, "It's just to survive."

"Then why did they not survive before?"

"Because there is no food." Hua Xiong answered firmly.

"It's over now!" Zhang Mo sighed quietly and turned back to the camp.

"What does this have to do with suppressing bandits?" Hua Xiong asked from behind.

Zhang Liao patted his shoulder and explained, "We can't let the people of the world eat. If you destroy this one today, and start a new one over there tomorrow, once there is a famine, Taihang will be full of people fleeing famine in an instant."

Can you wipe out all the people who are coming?"
Chapter completed!