Chapter 679: Response

Zhang Yan's expression made all the excited leaders feel like a duck being strangled by the neck, and all of a sudden they fell silent.

Zhang Yan quickly walked up to the main seat, sat down, then slowly glanced at everyone present, and then said to everyone: "Everyone, Yuan Shao is going to attack Zhongshan and Changshan!"

Zhang Yan's words were like a bolt from the blue, shocking everyone present so that they didn't speak for a long time, and everyone looked at Zhang Yan with their mouths wide open.

After a long time, Zhang Baiqi, who was the first to react, jumped up and shouted: "Yuan Shao, that's the Yuan Shao of the Fourth Generation and Three Dukes, what... ha..."

Seeing Zhang Baiqi hanging there for a long time without saying anything, Qing Niujiao pulled him away and said, "Shuai Yan, are you sure about the news?"

Zhang Yan nodded and said: "There should be nothing wrong. Otherwise, why do you think Huangfu Chaobo led tens of thousands of cavalry to Zhending to pick up these people, regardless of the risk of exposure? He went directly to Zhending and returned From Yecheng, wouldn’t it be better to enter Hanoi?”

After listening to Zhang Yan's words, several generals with more flexible minds in the Black Mountain Army also reacted. Only Zhang Baiqi was still there and kept laughing. Qingniujiao stepped forward and slapped him twice on the forehead. He was like this. Then it became quiet.

You know, now Yuan Shao's reputation is really great in the entire Han Dynasty, especially after the princes challenged Dong, he was at the height of his power. He took over the two counties of Hejian and Anguo without any effort, and then easily persuaded Jizhou Mu to surrender. This can be seen from several generals of Han Fu.

If Yuan Shao really wants to send troops to Zhongshan and Changshan, the Blackshan Army will suffer the most. Fortunately, Zhongshan Kingdom has several counties and cities in the Changshan Kingdom that are within the sphere of influence of the Blackshan Army. If Yuan Shao is really allowed to invade Changshan Kingdom, the Black Mountain Army's living space will be even smaller.

For a moment, the meeting hall was in a commotion, and everyone was talking at random, but Zhang Yan didn't hear anyone clearly.

"Bang!" The steel knife in Zhang Yan's hand was slapped directly on the table in front of her, shocking everyone into silence instantly. After everyone calmed down, Zhang Yancai said: "If you have any questions, please tell me one by one, don't talk all over the place, like a chicken and a duck in a cage."

Qing Niujiao said: "Shuai Yan, we need to prepare early, otherwise our hundreds of thousands of Black Mountain troops will really have to retreat into the mountains to be with tigers and wolves."

"That's right!" The others immediately responded;

At this time, even Yu Du, Bai Rao, Qi Gu and Wu Lu, who usually did not deal with Zhang Yan, did not object, but nodded in response. They also knew that if things went wrong, the Black Mountain Army would be doomed.

After the Luoyang War, everyone's strength has been greatly damaged. Yu Du and Bai Rao now have less than 40,000 people, among whom there are only more than 10,000 real soldiers. The two now occupy Fangfang County, while Qigu and Wulu The two families only have more than 30,000 people and less than 10,000 real soldiers. They now occupy Zhongqiu County.

Zhang Yan, on the other hand, led his subordinates to occupy the four county towns of Shangai, Jingxing, Shiyi, and Yuanshi, plus there were dozens of villages of various sizes in the Taihang Mountains. The total population is between 600,000 and 700,000, and the number of soldiers is about 112,000. Among them, Zhang Yan has 60,000 elites in his own hands, and the remaining 50,000 to 60,000 are scattered in the hands of others. Thousands of people. Of course, these people are Zhang Yan's real subordinates.

In fact, the original Montenegro Army was much larger than this, but the Battle of Luoyang severely damaged his vitality, and he had to abandon many places. In addition, many people fled the area controlled by the Montenegro Army, so it became what it is today. This is also the reason why the Montenegrin Army hates Huangfu Chaobo so much. However, now that the situation is stronger than others, Zhang Yan has to consider the idea of ​​intercepting Huangfu Chaobo after repeated consideration.

After thinking for a moment, Sili said, "Shuai Yan, if that's the case, then should we look for the bad luck of Huangfu Chaobo?"

Daji is called Daji because he has a better brain. He is also a well-known strategist-level figure in the Montenegrin Army.

After listening to Sili's words, he stood up, shook his head and said: "No, Commander Yan, according to my subordinates' estimation, this news should have been passed on to us by Huangfu Chaobo, so this is also an indirect show of goodwill to us. Besides, , Compared with Huangfu Chaobo who is far away in Luoyang, the enemy in front of us is Yuan Shao. "

"Not bad," Zhang Yan nodded, finally there were a few people who understood. "So the general's intention is that we should give up attacking Huangfu Chaobo and instead capture all the cities that can be captured in Changshan Kingdom."

As he spoke, he slapped the map hanging on the wall and said: "Then, move all these people and materials around our current territory. By then, even if Yuan Shao captures these places again, there will be no population and Materials have become a burden to him.”

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up, yes, Yuan Shao, don't you want the territory? I will occupy the place first, and then, like Dong Zhuo, empty it out to see how much food and population Yuan Shao has to fill it. Zhang Yan had been thinking about this idea for a long time. Although Orange Bear had given him some hints, Zhang Yan thought about Dong Zhuo's move of the capital for almost half an hour, and then thought about Huangfu Chaobo's direct move of Zhaojiacun. The population moved back to Luoyang, but it is still unclear what happened.

Seeing that most people agreed with his idea, Zhang Yan stood up and said: "Two leaders, Yu Du and Bai Rao!"

After hearing this, the two of them stood up in response and said, "What are your orders from Commander Zhang!"

"If the two leaders occupy Fangfang County, they should still be able to gather 10,000 soldiers, right?" Zhang Yan said;

Seeing the two nod, he continued: "Please ask the two leaders to lead the troops to attack Gaoyi City immediately, and then move all the people and materials in the city back to the houses, leaving only a few thousand soldiers to defend Gaoyi."

Then, Zhang Yan arranged the troops of Qi Gu and Wu Lu to attack Bairen County, and then dealt with it in the same way as Gaoyi. Zhang Yan's headquarters was divided into several parts. Zhang Yan led tens of thousands of troops to attack Zhending County, which was the county town of Changshan State, and the rest were divided into several parts to attack Luancheng, Jiumen, and Pingji. After the three county towns were captured, part of the population moved to Zhending, the other part was built back to Jingxing, and some were arranged in Huolu Town and Zanhuang Town, and the two towns were upgraded to county towns in the shortest time.

According to Zhang Yan's plan, Shangai, Jingxing, Huolu, Zanhuang, Shiyi, and Yuanshi will be the core areas of the Black Mountain Army and must be strictly guarded. The four cities of Zhending, Gaoyi, Luancheng, and Bairen are second-tier areas, heavily guarded, and many people live here. As for the two county towns of Jiumen and Pingji, they are the outermost defenses, with no ordinary people except soldiers.