Black Mountain is located at the southern end of the Taihang Mountains. It is a group of valleys with mountain roads leading to Zhongshan, Changshan, Zhaojun, Shangdang, Hanoi and other places. For bandits, this is a treasured place where they can attack and escape.

Zhang Yan of Heishan took over the subordinates of the early Yellow Turban Zhang Niujiao, contacted bandits in many places in Changshan and Zhao counties, and recruited a large number of deserters and rebel generals from Jizhou. The number of his tribe grew to nearly one million, and eventually they became the Black Mountain bandits threatening all counties north of the Yellow River.

In the early years, the Black Mountain bandits reclaimed the barren mountains and lived in seclusion in the village.

As more Jizhou troops dragged their families into the army, Zhang Yan, who was unwilling to be a thief, gradually changed his goal and set the action policy of the Black Mountain Army to crusade against the unjust Yuan Shao.

Although plunder is still indispensable, it is usually under the banner of resisting Yuan Shao.

It should be said that Zhang Yan was also born in the Yellow Turbans, but she was wrapped up in the Yellow Turbans at a very young age. Ever since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Zhang Yan has wanted to give up being a traitor and become a good person more than once.

Especially after the Bai Bo bandit became a full-time official and Yang Feng was transformed into a cavalry general, Zhang Yan's thoughts became even stronger.

If you want to become a regular employee, you have to go to Luoyang or Chang'an.

Luoyang? I don’t dare to go.

When Liu Cang killed the Yellow Turbans, Zhang Yan did not dare to go, nor did the leaders and generals under his command.

Chang'an, right?

Ma De, it seems that Guo Si and Li Jue made Chang'an even poorer than them back then. If they took refuge there, I'm afraid they would have to rely on us to support them. What would we do with all the young and old in our family?

Without a suitable reason, the Jizhou army who joined the army hated Yuan Shao. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Zhang Yan stabbed Yuan Shao in the waist while Gongsun Zan was fighting with Yuan Shao.

But seeing Yuan Shao getting bigger day by day, Gongsun Zan was so angry that he was ready to go abroad. The Black Mountain Army was still called a Black Mountain bandit by the outside world.

Zhang Yan was very distressed.

Without the restraint of Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao collected all the troops from Youji and Hebei Provinces. It was only a matter of time before he turned around and attacked the Black Mountain Army.

Although the Black Mountain Army does have millions of people, 70% of them are old and weak. In terms of soldiers, there are only about 50,000 Jizhou rebels who can reach the conventional level of the Han army.

The reckless lord.

As for Jizhou, we still have to fight. At the very least, we must occupy some cities to prevent Yuan Shao from entering the mountains unscrupulously. After all, those old and young in the mountains cannot withstand disasters.

Can we fight? Zhang Yan has absolutely no confidence in winning.

Just when Zhang Yan was worried and at a loss, Liu Bei, Cao Cao and even the generals of Hussar Mansion successively sent letters of appointment.

【In view of the general environment,

In the Heishan Assembly Hall, Zhang Yan gathered all the leaders and generals of the Heishan Army, and assembled a lineup of nearly a hundred people to receive envoys from all parties.

Zhang Yan knew very well that these princes and forces were all cannibals, but in contrast, Liu Bei, who came in person, made Zhang Yan feel closer to them.

"Haha, you guys, it's time to change the plaque in the Juyi Hall. After all, it's a military palace, so we should change it to a general plaque earlier." When everyone entered the hall, Yang Xiu, under Cao Cao's command, took the lead and started laughing and singing.

Yang Xiu looked familiar, followed Cao Hong, and spoke frivolously, but there were many people in Heishan who showed joy in the hall.

"Haha, thank you for your help, sir. The world is in chaos, and countless people have gone to the mountains to avoid disaster. You are here to look after me, and there are countless people alive. In comparison, I am deeply ashamed. All of you, please accept Liu's worship."

Yang Xiu spoke up, and Liu Bei did not lag behind. Brother Bei Bei played harder and bowed before him, which made everyone present in Heishan dare not sit down and hurriedly got up and returned Liu Bei's bow.

"I don't dare, I don't dare to treat you as an envoy." Everyone in Montenegro said in unison without even bothering to sign up.

Yang Xiu's eyelids twitched: "Ma De, you met a cruel person."

"Alas, please don't be humble, but Bei is not worthy of the title of Lord. General Cao has both talent and political integrity. Xuzhou should be governed by General Cao, but now Bei is just an official in charge of the county." Liu Bei sighed, and there was no room in the hall.

The young man looked at Yang Xiu, and his eyelids twitched even more.

Liu Bei said it was miserable. Among the people who came, he led the most people. Wen Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, Chen Qun, Wu Guan, Zhang Zhao

Yun. Coupled with his previous self-deprecation, it shows that his visit is solemn.

Well, in the past two years, the Mi family has been run against by the Chen family and the Zhen family. Looking left and right, Mi Zhu finally joined Liu Bei.

Chen Qun went to serve in Xuzhou. Although he lost Xuzhou, Liu Bei went to Yuzhou to establish himself. Chen Qun was not recruited by Boss Cao and still stayed with Liu Bei.

Yang Xiu and Liu Bei were both very impressive. Zhang Yan, the first person in the hall, did not bother to greet Liu Bei and others. Everyone in Montenegro could not help but look at Pang De, who vaguely represented Liu Cang.

The two elders over there have spoken out. Isn't it your turn?

General Pound was dressed in military attire, holding his own sword, and behaved rigorously, and Xu Shu was with him.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Pang De frowned slightly and glanced at the Black Mountain people in the hall, his eyes constantly aimed at people's vital points. It felt like a cold wind was blowing directly on the backs of everyone's necks.

"Ahem." Xu Shu coughed slightly, and Pang De looked away.

The sound of "Winter!" The sword struck the ground, attracting everyone's attention.

"Yuan Shao led the nomads into Jizhou and disturbed the people of Jizhou. If you want to attack Yuan Shao, you must not plunder counties." When Pang De said coldly, everyone in the hall frowned and felt uncomfortable. However, Pang De did not finish his words. Liu Cang gathered his power and said,

No one said much for the time being.

"My lord has given an order to give the Black Mountain army five thousand barrel armor, one thousand mail armor, three thousand leather shields, five thousand spears, one thousand crossbows, and one thousand warhammers." Pound said again, and the hall suddenly became cold.

gas.

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What are you doing? You didn't say anything. Are you here to show off your wealth?" Not to mention the Black Mountain people, even Liu Bei, Yang Xiu and his entourage felt uncomfortable.

Tube armor is also armor. If you put it in a regular army, you can become an elite if you wear tube armor. Plus a thousand mail armors, these things are very expensive, and there are actually a thousand military crossbows. Nowadays, the princes are fighting

, that thing is hard to buy even if you have money.

It is no exaggeration to say that if this batch of military equipment is issued, it will directly increase the combat effectiveness of the Montenegrin Army by 30%.

"I don't know.

I wonder what King Dongping wants?" Neither Yang Xiu nor Liu Bei made Zhang Yan lose her composure, but when she arrived at Pang De's place, Zhang Yan broke into cold sweat on her forehead and asked tentatively.

Is it easy to get Liu Cang's things? What kind of virtue does Liu Cang have when he robs money? Montenegrin thieves who were born in the Yellow Turbans know very well. The Montenegrin people in the hall were also cautious about the big gift Liu Cang sent.

Pang De glanced at Zhang Yan and pursed his lips, as if he was too lazy to talk anymore, causing Zhang Yan to be embarrassed.

Xu Shu chuckled and stood up: "Haha, General Pang has already stated that when you prepare your military equipment, you must not plunder the people during the war."

"There are many plains in Jizhou, and the nomadic troops come and go like the wind, and they are good at riding and shooting. After all, most of the lieutenants of the Black Mountain Army are from Han Chinese."

"Our lord specially adjusts the armor stomach to give those people who have no choice but to join the army more life-saving means." Xu Shu explained and turned to look at Zhang Yan.

"General Zhang, do you understand your lord's intention?" Xu Shu smiled faintly, seeming to be pointing out something.

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"Zhang Yan was silent, and the expressions of some of the Black Mountain people in the hall suddenly changed.

What did Liu Cang mean? Well, they really understood.

Liu Cang sent them armaments, but these armaments were for the Han people.

This sounds a bit like nonsense, but the Black Mountain Army belongs to the coalition army integrated by Zhang Yan, and there are a large number of defeated Yellow Turban generals among them. As for the main components of the Yellow Turbans back then, there is no need to say more.

Sure enough, Liu Cang was still the same Liu Cang. Some people in Black Mountain were happy, some were indifferent, and some were conflicted, but did not dare to say anything.

To say that Liu Cang differentiated between Han people and foreigners who returned to the Han Dynasty, in the eyes of many people, it was definitely a character flaw, or even a stupid behavior asking for trouble.

In his early years, Liu Cang also paid more attention to restraint in this aspect, but as his strength increased, Liu Cang began to let himself go a little bit more.

"Thank you King Dongping for the gift, Yan knows." Zhang Yan nodded in response.
Chapter completed!