Reborn in the Three Kingdoms Novel - Chapter 111

Chapter 111 Heishan Army
Looking at Sun Wen’s anxious expression, Li San smiled and suggested, “Don’t panic, Milord. Tomorrow is Madam Zhang Yangzheng’s birthday. Why don’t you use this as a name to go and celebrate her birthday? This way, you can win the favor of the governor and avoid disaster. Isn’t it the best of both worlds?”

‘”Ah, Li San, I find that you have a lot of brains. Alright, things are settled like this. After I leave, you will greet the Great General on your behalf. Do you understand?” As Sun Wenshi spoke, he began to tidy up his clothes. Obviously, he was going to leave now.

“Yes, Li Sanding will not let you down.” Li San also stood there with a loyal expression on his face.

Actually, Li San had already colluded with Heishan Army. His task was to spy on Chao Ge’s movements. It was like Zhang Chao was going to pass by here with a large number of financial matters. He would definitely report to the higher ups.

Amidst the continuous high mountains, there was a place that looked extremely concealed from the wind. There was a cave that no one knew about.

The headquarters of the Montenegrin Army was located here.

The cave was very spacious. It could accommodate hundreds of people at the same time without appearing crowded. At this moment, there were a dozen men wearing yellow scarves sitting in the square in the cave. They were holding a meeting about how to deal with Zhang Chao.

The leader was Zhang Mingyan, the leader of the Montenegrin Army.

Zhang Yan’s original name was Chu Yan. In the first year of Zhongping (184), the Yellow Scarf Uprising broke out. Chu Yan gathered a group of youths as bandits and attacked between the mountains and rivers. By the time she returned to reality, the tribe had already reached more than 10,000 people. In the second year of Zhongping (185), at that time, Boling (now Lixian County, Hebei Province) people Zhang Niujiao also gathered a group of people, claiming to be generals, and Chu Yanhe soldiers. Chu Yan chose Zhang Niujiao as the leader and invaded to attack Yingtao (now Ningjin County, Hebei Province). Zhang Niujiao was shot by a flowing arrow and was seriously injured. Before he died, he ordered his subordinates to worship Chu Yan as the leader. After Zhang Niujiao died, everyone supported Chu Yan as their leader, so Chu Yan changed her surname to Zhang and called her Zhang Yan.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were endless chaos and wars, which gave Zhang Yan and other powers ample room to develop. Just like the current Heishan Army, it claims to have millions of people. Of course, there weren’t that many, but when added together, 500,000 to 600,000 was still there.

With these troops, Zhang Yan dared to hit on anyone, just like Zhang Chao, who had the title of Great General, was no exception.

At the beginning of the meeting, Sui Gu (White Rabbit), the general in charge of intelligence, reported first, “General Zhang, generals, I have received a secret report that General Zhang Chao is about to take up his post in Bingzhou City. He will be accompanied by nearly a hundred carts of belongings, 5,000 soldiers, and 100,000 refugees.” They will arrive at Chaoge County tomorrow. At that time, someone will naturally inform us where Zhang Chao lives. ”

“Great General? Didn’t Great General enter? Didn’t he already die? Why did he create another Great General?” Yellow Scarf Leader Li Da Mu said with a look of disdain.

‘”Ah, the imperial court is already in a precarious situation. In order to survive, we have made him a general today and a general tomorrow. This is not surprising. Maybe one day, we can be fooled by a general, hahaha.” The person who said this was called Yu Du, another leader of the Yellow Scarf Army with a high status.

These people here don’t put the Emperor and the Imperial Court in their eyes. In their eyes, in the chaotic years, it’s up to the fist to decide. If you can beat me, you are the boss. On the contrary, you won’t enter my eyes. I’ll bully you as much as I want. If you don’t accept it, beat me with your fist.

“That’s right, then why are you being so courteous? Just rob him of his mother. If this great general is more sensible and sees us, he will immediately slip away, or he will be able to take his life. Otherwise, he will be killed. If he robs, what can he do to me?” Another irascible leader of the Yellow Scarf Army said in a whisper.

Several people spoke in succession, all of them suggesting to snatch Zhang Chao’s goods. As the leader, Zhang Yan nodded her head gently and said, “Even so, I can do a job.”

“Slow.” Just as Zhang Yan’s words fell, there was a voice of opposition.

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

“General Zhou, do you have any comments?” Seeing Zhou Cang jump out, Zhang Yan frowned slightly. Just now, you didn’t say anything against it. I’ve decided that you don’t want to give me face if you slow down.

Zhou Cang didn’t think too much, much less challenge Zhang Yan. He had been thinking about one thing, but he still hadn’t figured it out. Seeing that everyone was about to make a decision, they had no choice but to stand up.

‘”Zhang Yanjun, generals, I agree with the robbery. Is that what we’re doing? But is this operation going to be announced by the 1st legion? Everyone has already agreed that there’s something important to inform each other about. If we eat alone this time, will it cause some unnecessary trouble?” Zhang Yanjun said. Zhou Cang said as he looked at everyone’s faces. (1st legion, the name used by Guo Jia when developing in Bingzhou City as suggested by Zhang Chaozhi.)

The so-called 1st legion was a mysterious force that appeared in Bingzhou City two years ago.

Although their numbers weren’t large, they were well-equipped and mysterious. Several times, they clashed with the Montenegrin Army because of their interests, but on several occasions, they were able to take advantage of them.

Truth comes out of the fist. In the end, Zhang Yan’s Heishan Army had to unite with him. Of course, this alliance was also very limited. Normally, they would not interfere with each other. Only when they encountered sounds of action would they communicate with each other.

As the contact between Heishan Army and the 1st legion, Zhou Cang naturally had to make a suggestion to communicate with the 1st legion for such a major operation.

‘”Ah, there’s no need this time. The opponent is on the surface, and we’re in the shadows. Didn’t we say that there are only 5,000 soldiers? Then we’ll settle it if we send 10,000 people randomly. What’s the need to talk to the First Army?” Chief Yu Du waved his hand at Zhou Cang, signaling that he didn’t need to make a fuss.

‘”That’s right. What legion? It’s quite impressive. When I first heard it, there would still be a 2nd legion and 3rd legion. But after waiting for so long, there hasn’t been a single letter. Haha, shit.” Leader Bai Zhou laughed wildly as he spoke. His voice also attracted the laughter of other leaders.

It could be seen that although they had some cooperation with the 1st legion, the degree of cooperation was still limited and selective.

“Yes, everyone is right, it is better not to inform others about the good things. In this way, I order you to surround Chaoge County at night with twenty thousand troops under the leadership of General Poison. If someone escapes, then let him go. However, if there are any goods coming out, it is absolutely impossible. In addition, Li Damu and Yang Feng were the vanguards on the left and right. They each brought 5,000 troops into the city to snatch property. Zhang Yan’s high-pitched voice rang out and made arrangements for Zhang Chao.

“Yes.” They answered in unison, and then burst into laughter. Obviously, with 30,000 to 5,000, they were determined to obtain it.

After saying that Zhang Chao was here, after another two days of traveling, everyone finally arrived at Chaoge County in Hexi Prefecture after traveling seventy kilometers.

At the entrance of Chaoge County, temporary county magistrate Li Sanzao was already waiting respectfully with a group of yamen attendants. Upon seeing Zhang Chao arrive on a white horse, he immediately knelt down and bowed, “Greetings, young general.”

“En, which one of you is the county magistrate of Chaoge?” Zhang Chao looked at the costumes of the yamen attendants and was curious.

“Great General, our county magistrate has gone to Hexi Prefecture for business and hasn’t returned yet? This place is now under my charge. My name is Li San.”

“En, that’s fine. Then Li San, you can arrange for us to stay tonight. Also, you can get some food from the treasury to help these refugees. I will pay you the money for the food.” As if knowing that Li Sanhui would not agree, Zhang Chao immediately blocked his refusal.

Hearing that Zhang Chao knew how to pay, Li San could only pretend to be aggrieved and said, “Alright, there are still dozens of stones of rice in the county government vault. I’ll take them out now. I think each of these people can still get a bowl of water.”

“Alright, this is also a matter of accumulating public morality. You can do it.” Zhang Chao nodded, and then waved his hand. The five thousand soldiers and one hundred thousand refugees behind him followed him to Chaoge County.

Zhang Chao and the others were naturally resting in the county government, and Li San had also made preparations in this regard.

Zhangjiajun cavalry a total of 1,500 people also stationed in the county government to defend; Zhaoyun according to zhang chao meaning with two thousand dragon and tiger army cavalry guarding the gate, such an arrangement is convenient for things to happen and can support each other; The other 1500 city guards that Chen Liu had followed were with 100,000 refugees to prevent these people from being unscrupulous.

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

It was said that it was cooking porridge, but in fact, it wasn’t much different from water. No wonder, after all, 100,000 people ate tens of stones of grain, and it was already very rare for them to be able to share it with each person.

‘”Head Li, why are we still giving them food? Didn’t you say that there will be an operation tonight to let everyone find a place to hide? Then after tonight, this extra money is all ours, so why bother?” One of Li San’s trusted aides asked with a puzzled expression.

“What do you know? This is called deceiving the enemy. If he says he takes the silver and I say he doesn’t have any food, then he will be suspicious. Do you understand? Alright, do what you should do.” Li Sanyi scolded the attendants beside him as if he was teaching them a lesson.

Li San thought that he was doing things secretly, but in reality, Zhang Chao had already noticed that the Montenegro Society might take action, and his Heavenly Eye members had been paying attention to it.

In the backyard of the county government, Zhang Chao was sitting with Lu Su, Jia Xu, Zhao Yun, Bai Tong, Zhang Rui and the others, analyzing the situation in front of him.