As soon as Tao Qian finished speaking, the man sitting in the first position on his left suddenly stood up, patted his chest, and said aloud: "What are you afraid of mere Cao army? Tonight, all of you are sleeping peacefully in the city. When tomorrow dawn, I will lead our troops out of the city to fight. I will cut off Cao Cao's head with my own hands and present it to the envoy."

Zhang Yan glanced at the man and saw that the man was wearing a strong suit, tall, burly, square face, and beard. It was Cao Bao, the thief-captain who led the cavalry outside the city for a while.

After hearing Cao Bao's bold words, Chen Deng hurriedly said: "Cao's army is strong and powerful. Since invading Xuzhou, it has been invincible in every battle. It must not be underestimated..."

Cao Bao waved his hand and smiled, "Mr. Chen is worried too much. The reason why Cao's army is so rampant is because he didn't meet me, Cao Bao."

Seeing that Cao Bao felt good about himself, Chen Deng said bitterly: "It is an indisputable fact that Master Cao is very skilled in martial arts and skilled in archery and horses. But Cao's army is really strong, and there are more than ten generals under Cao Cao's corps, each of whom is brave and good at fighting and extremely brave. Yuan Long just wants to remind Lord Cao that he must not underestimate the enemy!"

Unexpectedly, Cao Bao disagreed and sarcastically said, "I said to Lord Chen, how can you gain ambition and destroy your own prestige?"

Tao Qian suddenly interrupted, "Okay, okay, whether Cao's army is strong or weak, let's not talk about it for now. I just want to hear if you have any strategies to get rid of the enemy?"

There was a silence in the hall, and no one answered Tao Qian's words.

Zhang Yan noticed that everyone present frowned and said nothing.

"What? Are you all mute?" Tao Qian saw that no one responded, a layer of dark clouds covered his face.

Even though Tao Qian showed some displeasure, no one here said anything, and the whole hall was silent.

"Yuanlong, you have always been resourceful. Do you know if you have any good plans to retreat to the enemy?" Tao Qian fell on Chen Deng's body, looked at him with his hot eyes, and asked sincerely.

Chen Deng frowned, and looked thoughtful. After a moment of silence, he wriggled his lips and said slowly: "Cao's army came from Yanzhou and entered our Xuzhou. The speed was really shocking. In this way, it would be relatively difficult to replenish food and grass. According to the scouts, Cao's army's food and grass were transported from Changyi and headed south along Sishui. It is currently stockpiled in Pei County. If our army can launch a surprise attack on the food and food storage area of ​​Cao's army in Pei County, once the Cao army loses food and grass, it will definitely not stay in Xuzhou for a long time, and may retreat on its own. But..."

"It's just something?" Tao Qian asked hurriedly.

Chen Deng immediately revealed the questions he could think of: "It's just that the person responsible for escorting food and grass is Le Jin, the general of Cao's army. It is said that this man was born in a ranks, not only brave and good at fighting, but also well versed in military tactics. He is a general under Cao Cao's tent. Moreover, escorting food and grass is an extremely important matter, I am afraid that Le Jin will have some precautions in the morning. If the person who leads the army attacks rashly, he will be trapped by Le Jin. Therefore, the candidate who leads troops to attack Cao's army's food and grass camp must be both wise and brave..."

Zhang Yan, who had been sitting there without saying anything, heard Chen Deng's words, a thought flashed quickly in his mind. He suddenly stood up, picked up his fist towards Tao Qian, and volunteered: "Sir, I am willing to lead the troops there!"

Tao Qian glanced at Zhang Yan who was volunteering, and did not respond immediately. Instead, he turned his eyes to Chen Deng and stared at Chen Deng with his hot eyes, as if asking: "Yuan Long, this Zhang Yan is highly recommended by you. Do you think he can do it?"

Chen Deng and Tao Qian looked at each other, and from Tao Qian's eyes, they read the hidden meaning.

He pondered for a moment, stared at Zhang Yan with his deep eyes, wriggled his lips, and said slowly: "Person Zhang, your courage is commendable, but this time, going to Pei County to sneak attack the Cao army's food camp is a very important thing. If the sneak attack is successful, the Cao army will have no food, and they will soon withdraw. But if the sneak attack fails, it will not only alert the snake, but you yourself are likely to be surrounded by the Cao army. You will be in danger of your life at any time, and there will be absolutely no rescuers..."

"Mr. Chen, you don't have to say it anymore. I am very clear about the dangers of this trip, and I also know that this trip must be successful and not failed. If I don't have the confidence to win, I will never stand up and recommend myself." Zhang Yan interrupted Chen Deng again, and every word he said was sonorous and powerful, giving people a confident look.

Seeing that Zhang Yan had a confident look on his face and insisted on going, if he stopped him again, he would probably get bored. He frowned and said bitterly again: "Person Zhang, when you arrive in Pei County, don't be impatient and think twice about everything. If the Cao army's defense is too strict, you can give up the sneak attack to avoid alarming the enemy."

"Thank you, Lord Chen, for reminding you, Zhang Yan, to keep it in mind."

Chen Deng then turned his gaze to Tao Qian and nodded slightly.

Seeing that Chen Deng had no objection, Tao Qian immediately made a decision and shouted loudly: "Zhang Yan obeys the order!"

"The last one is here!" Zhang Yan immediately clasped his fists and said.

Tao Qian immediately stretched out three fingers and said excitedly: "I will allocate three thousand elite soldiers under my command to you, and I hope you can help you."

"Thank you sir!"

"Sir, as the saying goes, soldiers are very fast. I thought that in a short while, you can order three thousand elite soldiers to deliver them to Zhang Xiaowei. The leader of Zhang Xiaowei rushed to Pei County at night, so as not to have too many dreams." Chen Deng suggested.

Tao Qian nodded, turned his face to Cao Bao and said, "You go and summon three thousand elite soldiers and obey the orders in front of the prefect's mansion."

"Here!" Cao Bao immediately stood up and left his seat and walked out of the hall.

In the hall, the lights flashed and darkened. When Tao Qian saw that Zhang Yan was still wearing the bloody clothes dyed red due to the fierce battle, he called his personal soldiers and asked them to get a new set of strong suits and a brand new pair of iron armor, so that Zhang Yan could change the blood-stained outfit on his body.

Zhang Yan followed Tao Qian's instructions and went to the back hall to change into a new outfit.

It turns out that people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles. After Zhang Yan put it on, he looked completely new and showed a majestic appearance, attracting the praise of Tao Qian and Chen Deng.

Soon, Cao Bao walked into the hall from outside, clasped his fists and said, "Sir, the three thousand elite soldiers have been assembled and are outside the prefect's mansion, waiting for dispatch at any time."

Tao Qian stood up and left his seat, walked straight out of the hall, and said to everyone in the hall, "Come with me."

Zhang Yan followed Tao Qian to the front of the prefect's house and suddenly saw densely packed people arranged neatly on the avenue in front of the prefect's house.

Everyone was burly and tall, with a vermilion headscarf tied on his head, a long knife tied in his waist, and a shield on his back. They all had a blue face and a torch-like look, which was obviously different from any Xuzhou soldiers he had seen before.

Tao Qian pulled Zhang Yan to his side and shouted loudly to the three thousand elite soldiers standing in front of the prefect's house: "This is Zhang Yan, the captain of the Wuwei School. From now on, you will be his subordinates."

"Here!" The three thousand elite soldiers answered in unison, their voices were very loud and deafening.

Zhang Yan suddenly remembered that Tao Qian had a very powerful elite soldier under his command. Because they all came from Danyang, they were called Danyang soldiers.

He carefully observed the three thousand people and felt that the three thousand elite soldiers Tao Qian assigned him were probably the Danyang soldiers.

It seems that Tao Qian still attaches great importance to this sneak attack on Pei County, otherwise he would not have transferred Danyang soldiers to him to lead him.

Tao Qian turned his face and said to Zhang Yan: "Do you have anything to say to them?"

Zhang Yan nodded, took a step forward, glanced at every Danyang soldier he could see with a sharp look, and said sternly: "Since Lord Zhou Mu has allocated you to my command, you must listen to my orders in the future. I let you forward, you must never retreat, I let you go west, you must never go east, you must obey my orders unconditionally. If anyone dares to disobey my orders, they will be beheaded and displayed in public! Do you understand?"

These three thousand elite soldiers are indeed the elite soldiers under Tao Qian's tent and are part of the Danyang soldiers. Although Tao Qian does not have good generals, he has an elite Danyang soldiers, which is also the reason why he can gain a foothold in Xuzhou.

The Danyang soldiers usually follow Tao Qian to eat delicious food, and their welfare benefits are the best in the entire Xuzhou army, so they will inevitably have some arrogance.

Zhang Yan was just a captain and a new official took office. He was afraid that he would not be able to lead the Danyang soldiers under Tao Qian, so he had to take corresponding measures. First, he had to give this Danyang soldiers a warning to let them know that they were not easy to mess with.

His words made the faces of the three thousand Danyang soldiers chill. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yan was such a harsh person. Due to Tao Qian's presence, although the three thousand people were reluctant to be led by Zhang Yan, they still answered in unison: "I understand!"

"Very good. Since you all understand, from now on, if anyone dares to disobey my orders, he will definitely be killed! Next, I will issue the first order, and everyone will take off their pants!"

Once Zhang Yan's order was issued, the three thousand Danyang soldiers immediately looked at each other. The monk who was just two years old couldn't figure it out. He didn't know what he was selling in Zhang Yan's gourd, and why he asked them to take off their pants.

Tao Qian, Chen Deng, Cao Bao and others were also surprised, not knowing what Zhang Yan was going to do.

Seeing that no one of the three thousand Danyang soldiers took off their pants, Zhang Yan's face became gloomy and said sternly: "I asked you all to take off your pants. Are you all deaf? This is an order. If anyone dares not take them off, I will cut off anyone's head! Take them off quickly!"

"Why are you asking us to take off our pants?" A Danyang soldier standing opposite Zhang Yan was furious and shouted out directly.

After hearing this, Zhang Yan sneered, without saying a word, took a step forward, stood directly in front of the Danyang soldier, instantly pulled out the long sword he was wearing, and slashed at the Danyang soldier.

He raised his hand and fell, a head fell to the ground, and blood kept gushing out of the Danyang soldier's cavity.

Everyone present was extremely surprised and looked at Zhang Yan with a terrified look, and there was a hint of fear in his heart.

Zhang Yan held the bloody long sword and said angrily: "Whoever disobeys my orders will end!"
Chapter completed!