In the basin of Taihang Mountain, Gaodu City, the city lord's mansion, a lord dressed in aristocratic family gathered with ministers, singing and dancing.

A general wearing armor broke in, broke the atmosphere of singing and dancing, came to the lord, and whispered with his ears.

The lord's face changed and he threw the wine bottle to the ground.

The civil officials and military generals present, as well as dancers, were silent and did not dare to provoke the angry lord.

"A group of bandits who called themselves the Black Mountain Army appeared in the mountains. They captured a town and six villages and snatched at least 10,000 stones of food!"

The lord got angry, and everyone below shivered.

There are many basins in the Taihang Mountains, with many hills, broken terrain, not a large population, and a large amount of grain of 10,000 stones.

It is a pity that ten thousand stones of food were stolen by bandits like this.

What's more, they were considered regular soldiers of a dynasty. Ten thousand stones of food were stolen by bandits, and they really couldn't afford to lose this person.

"But the Black Mountain Army at the end of the Han Dynasty?"

"The leader of the Black Mountain Army is Zhang Yan, that person is difficult to deal with."

"The Black Mountain Army still has dozens of Qu Commanders, such as Yu Du, Li Damu and others. If these Qu Commanders plunder food and grass, it will be relatively easy to fight."

Everyone present talked and talked a lot, and they were obviously not unfamiliar with the Black Mountain Army at the end of the Han Dynasty.

"No matter who is the leader of this Black Mountain Army, if you dare to bully Sima Yue, the King of Donghai, I will destroy it!"

The noble lord's face gradually became ferocious, and he was slapping him in the face.

He was the fourth brother of Emperor Xuan of Jin, Sima Yi, the grandson of Sima Kui, the Marquis of Dongwucheng, Cao Wei, and the King of Donghai in the rebellion of the Eight Kings in the late Western Jin Dynasty.

In the late Western Jin Dynasty, in order to compete for imperial power, eight major princes fought, resulting in the destruction of the Western Jin Dynasty and the Five Barbarians invading China.

Sima Yue, the king of Donghai, led his troops to this world, established Gaodu Village in the basin of the Taihang Mountains, and then expanded around and upgraded to Gaodu City. He was also a hero.

Sima Yue considered himself a descendant of the Sima family in Heilongjiang. Unlike Zhang Yan, who had a low background, and other commanders of the Heilongjiang Army, he was bullied by the Heilongjiang Army. Sima Yue felt that he was dull and had to send troops to fight against the Heilongjiang Army.

In addition to the mutual attacks among the princes, there were also a large number of bandits in various places, which caused considerable trouble to the lords.

Some powerful bandits, such as Zhang Yan, Zang Ba, etc., may not even be opponents of some princes.

"Where is Gou Xi?"

Sima Yue glanced at everyone present and found that his first general Gou Xi was not present.

"The king, Gou Xi and Li Yun went to Changshan to form a coalition on behalf of the king and other princes to compete with Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, but have not returned yet."

"Qi Hong led Wuhuan's cavalry as the pioneer. The king personally led his troops to attack this group of Black Mountain troops to establish my prestige!"

Sima Yue decided to lead the army in person.

"Your Majesty, no!"

"The king has a noble status, how can he take a chance? He is just a group of bandits, and it is not worth the king's personal expedition. When Gou Xi and Li Yun return, they will lead troops to pacify the Heishan army, and the Heishan army will be easily defeated."

"Yes, Emperor Guangwu has already negotiated with the heroes of Taihang Mountain. The two generals will come back soon. Please wait patiently. The Black Mountain Army is just a group of bandits and cannot cause any storms."

Sima Yue’s civil and military ministers, they knew how bad Sima Yue’s military level was.

Sima Yue is far inferior to Sima Yi of the same clan. It can be said that he is a second-rate general and can easily beat Sima Yue and press Sima Yue to the ground to rub.

The reason why Sima Yue was able to conquer such a huge territory and become one of the heroes of the Taihang Mountains was not only his own military capabilities, but his subordinates.

There were still a group of cruel people in the late Western Jin Dynasty.

However, the Western Jin Dynasty was not destroyed by the Five Barbarians' invasion of China. The real reason for its destruction was the rebellion of the Eight Kings. The internal struggles of the Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty exhausted the national strength of the Western Jin Dynasty. Otherwise, the Hu people might not dare to do anything.

However, Sima Yue's use of troops is really bad.

Therefore, Sima Yue's subordinates dissuaded the lord and prevented Sima Yue from taking the initiative in person.

Many emperors like to lead the army to death because they end up dying.

Not all emperors were fierce men such as Liu Bang, Liu Xiu, Cao Cao, Li Shimin, etc. Even Liu Bang was almost killed by Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu. Emperor Yingzong of Ming was even captured by the Mongols in Tumu Fort, almost destroying the Ming Dynasty.

Sima Yue is even worse.

"Do you think I am not good?"

Sima Yue was furious, and his subordinates seemed to believe in his abilities.

In this way, if he lacks prestige, the generals under his command are likely to be highly capable of shocking the master.

"this……"

Sima Yue's subordinates looked at each other. They couldn't, and they dared not say that their lord was not good. Isn't this seeking death?

But the problem is that Sima Yue really can't do it.

"This group of Black Mountain troops does not exceed 5,000. I mobilize 20,000 troops. If you don't believe it, you can't wipe it out!"

"It turns out that there are only a few thousand bandits in the Black Mountains."

"The king will definitely win!"

"We are willing to send troops with our lord to attack the Black Mountain bandits!"

Sima Yue's subordinates finally breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that the Black Mountain Army had only a few thousand people.

As long as Sima Yue leads enough troops to attack thousands of bandits, it is still more than enough.

The Black Mountain Army should be a low-level army, with thousands of low-level army, and it cannot cause any storm.

This time, the generals used by Sima Yue of Donghai were Qi Hong's Wuwan Cavalry, which was a high-level army and had great military achievements in the Eight Kings Rebellion.

After Cao Cao conquered the Wuhuan in the three counties, the Wuhuan cavalry served for Cao Wei and became a famous cavalry to conquer the world.

When the Sima family usurped the Wei Dynasty and established the Jin Dynasty, the Wuhuan cavalry naturally served for the Sima family. Among them, the elite troops equipped with heavy armor were regarded as the Wuwan Tuqi, which was used to charge and trap the battle.

Sima Yue, the King of Donghai, has such a Wuwan Tuqi.

Everyone knew that there were few soldiers in Heishan, so they changed their words and supported Sima Yue to personally lead the expedition.

"Very good, the troops of each battalion will follow me to fight."

Sima Yue was full of energy.

In the Eight Kings Rebellion, there was no winner. Instead, the Huns Liu Yuan, Jie people, Shi Le and others took the opportunity to establish a regime.

This time, Sima Yue wants to prove that he is qualified to become the true dragon emperor.

Bailong Town, this is a town built on the mountain, it is only a first-level town level with a population of 8,000.

Three thousand bandits easily captured the town, plundered food, grass, weapons, and obtained supplies. Not only that, these three thousand bandits also used this as a base to recruit soldiers, select village warriors, and train them into soldiers.

This group of bandits claimed to be the Black Mountain Army.

"The young one has an eighty-year-old high hall and a two-year-old child. Please spare your life, the mountain kings! The villain is willing to offer all the gold, silver and jewelry. Please accept it with a smile!"

"Our Han family's 300 acres of land can be presented to all the kings. I just want you to surround our Han family!"

"Our Zhao family is willing to pay a thousand taels of silver to redeem themselves!"

The gentry and powerful people in Bailong Town were captured by this group of bandits.

The bandits recruited soldiers and needed money and food, so they squeezed out enough oil and water from the gentry and powerful people in Bailong Town.

A Confucian scholar wearing a white hat appeared in front of these gentry and powerful people, smiling slightly, and all of these gentry and powerful people were creepy.

A person who has the ability to become a bandit military advisor is not a great charity who is harmless.

"The Han family is the first big family in Bailong Town. Because they were sponsoring Sima Yue, the King of Donghai, to recruit soldiers and horses, Sima Yue reciprocates and rewards you with 2,000 acres of fertile land in Bailong Town of Han family. You only took out 300 acres of land. The richer you are, the more stingy you are."

"The Zhao family in Bailong Town is the second largest family. The family property is at least 8,000 taels of silver, but only one thousand taels of silver is taken out. It seems that the life of your Zhao family is not very valuable."

The white-hat military advisor swept through these gentry and powerful people and had already found out the situation of their families.

The information of the white-hat military advisor changed the faces of these gentry and powerful men.

The other party is a bandit, and even if it is bloody, it is not impossible to kill a few gentry.

"What the hell do you want?"

"Simple, all the gentry and powerful people will take out all the gold, silver, treasures and food, otherwise they will be killed without any hesitation!"

“Yes, yes…”

The gentry and powerful people in Bailong Town were shocked by the sudden and stern tone of the white-hat military advisor and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Giving up all your family wealth can save your life, otherwise you will be killed by bandits.

The families of these gentry quickly took out their wealth and redeem their lives to the bandits.

In this way, these gentry and powerful people were penniless and were no different from those of the civilians.

"Total of 30,000 taels of silver, 11,000 stones of food, 50,000 bows and arrows, and 400 war horses."

"I feel like being a mountain king is surprisingly good. No wonder many people become bandits."

Wu Jie, Wang Ping, and Ling Tong pretended to be bandits and felt that they were inexplicably happy to search the gentry and powerful people in Bailong Town.

Wu Jie wore an eye mask and a fake beard, and looked pretty, like a copycat king with one eye injured. He was known as the "one-eyed dragon" and was the leader of the Black Mountain Army.

Wang Ping was taciturn and deliberately smeared his face. He looked gloomy and terrible. He was known as the "Kunlun slave" and was the second leader.
To be continued...