Chapter 971 Zhang Yan's Helplessness

With a population of two million under the control of the Montenegrin Army, plus hundreds of thousands of troops, the daily consumption of food and grass is huge. In desperation, Zhang Yan decided to buy grain from Huangfu Chaobo. After all, he had also bought a lot of large yellow crossbows from Huangfu Chaobo.

Another reason why Zhang Yan made up his mind to come to Huangfu Chaobo is that the Yellow Turbans who were captured when they attacked Luoyang are now in trouble under Huangfu Chaobo. Although he is not the leader of one side, he is still a general. The position of battalion deputy general commanded thousands of elite troops, such as Yang Feng and Zuo Xiao. After Zhang Yan sent someone to contact Zuo Xiao, he introduced him to Zhu Hao, the prefect of Wei County.

According to Zuo Xiao, his lord should still agree to the alliance. As long as the Montenegrin Army can pay a high enough price, what else can the Montenegrin Army pay now? Apart from people, the Montenegrin Army can only pay a high enough price. There is nothing else to give.

It’s just the population of the Anton Army. Oh, no, it should be called the Zhengdong Army now. They are not in short supply. If Lu Bu said that he was short of people, Zhang Yan would still believe it, but about the Zhengdong Army. Thinking of this, Zhang Yan couldn’t help but smile bitterly. Shaked his head.

According to Zuo Xiao, they now have a population of almost 10 million and nearly a million soldiers and horses, and he himself is now a high-ranking general in the Fu army. Although he is not as good as the big boss Ping Nan, he still ranks from five to five. A great general. Not only that, Zuo Xiao now has no worries about food and clothing. He already has several wives and concubines in Luoyang City, and has given birth to several sons for him. Now that he has left a son for the old Zuo family, what Zuo Xiao wants now is to fight to the death for his lord. Kill the enemy to repay his kindness.

In addition to the population, there are only the properties collected from Jizhou over the years, but those are the only properties, and they will be gone after they are used up. Therefore, if you want to buy food and weapons from the Eastern Expedition Army for a long time, you have to think of other things. That’s it.

It is precisely because of this that after Zhang Yan received the news that Huangfu Chaobo was in Wei County and was willing to negotiate with him, he led thousands of guards to the south without stopping. It has been a day since he arrived here, but Huangfu Chaobo still didn't come, but he had to wait patiently.

Fortunately, General Shi, who was in charge of liaison on the opposite side, said that General Zhengdong was already on his way.

At this moment, the rumble of horse hooves sounded in the wilderness to the south of the town. Soon, you could see red clouds all over the sky coming from the south like a wave. Those were the 10,000 cavalrymen who were guarding Huangfu Chaobo. They stopped a few miles south of the town, and then separated a team of 1,000 people from the army, guarding a few people in the middle and driving towards the river in the north. Come.

Soon, a group of cavalry arrived two miles away from the river. All the cavalry stopped, while a few people in the middle continued to walk towards the small pavilion by the river.

Seeing this, Shi A hurriedly said to Zhang Yan: "General Lin is in trouble. It is my lord who is here. The ones next to him are several military advisors and the lord's bodyguard commander, General Dian Wei."

Zhang Yan knew what Shi A meant. Five or six people came from his side, and he was afraid of causing Zhang Yan misunderstanding, so Shi A made a point of explaining it.

Zhang Yan nodded and said: "Don't worry, General Shi. I believe in Lord Marquis, so I will come alone to keep the appointment!"

Zhang Yan led an army of 5,000 people, but they all stopped on the north bank of the river. There were less than 200 people who followed him across the river, and they all stopped at the bridgehead by the river. He had only two personal guards by his side.

While they were talking, Huangfu Chaobo and others had already arrived outside the pavilion. Shi A quickly went out to greet him: "I've met my lord!"

Huangfu Chaobo nodded and walked towards the pavilion. He saw a middle-aged man sitting inside the pavilion. He was about forty years old, with a full beard and a yellow turban on his head. He looked like an ordinary man. No one can associate him as a mountain villager with the Yellow Turban Commander who commanded hundreds of thousands of Montenegrin troops.

Seeing Huangfu Chaobo and his entourage walking into the pavilion, Zhang Yan had already stood up, bowed to Huangfu Chaobo and said, "General Zhang Yan, who is in trouble, pays homage to General Zhengdong!"

"General Zhang, there is no need to be polite. We have been friends for a long time!" Huangfu Chaobo smiled and saluted Zhang Yan.

Then he joked;

Zhang Yan was stunned and quickly understood what Huangfu Chaobo was referring to, so he said in a panic: "What happened back then was an act of helplessness by the general. Please forgive me, general!"

Huangfu Chaobo waved his hand: "Hey, to be honest, I would like to thank the general. If the general hadn't united with hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers, the population of Luoyang would not have recovered so quickly. The battle in Luoyang only increased the number of people in Luoyang. The population is nearly 100,000.”

Huangfu Chaobo's words made Zhang Yan even more ashamed. He had originally invited hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops to surround Luoyang, but in the end he lost many soldiers and generals, and sent several generals and 100,000 prisoners to the other side. In the end, he failed to complete the integration of the world. Yellow Turban's Wishes.

To put it bluntly, Zhang Yan himself used the decline of the Yellow Turban to promote the rise of Huangfu Chaobo. This sounds so ridiculous, but the facts are indisputable. Thinking of this, Zhang Yan couldn't help but shook his head secretly. .

Thinking of this, Zhang Yan said calmly: "In this case, Mr. Hou really should thank Zhang properly!"

"So when I heard that the general was in trouble, I rushed over immediately."

Along the way, Huangfu Chaobo was discussing Zhang Yan and the Black Mountain Army with Pang Tong, Guo Jia, and Lu Su. He had already guessed the purpose of Zhang Yan's trip. Although Huangfu Chaobo had fought against Zhang Yan several times, he had not been able to see him in person. However, Huangfu Chaobo knew that Zhang Yan was not a stupid person. On the contrary, Zhang Yan was very smart, otherwise he would not surrender to Yuan Shao and face Cao Cao's surrender without saying a word.

Yuan Shao valued famous scholars and despised Qiong Shou. He could be said to be disdainful of Zhang Yan, a mud-legged and bandit, so he had never thought of surrendering the Black Mountain Army, which made it impossible for the Black Mountain Army and Yuan Shao Army to reconcile. But Cao Cao was different. He only promoted talents, and he had surrendered millions of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, so he had no pressure to surrender Zhang Yan.

The situation in the world is not clear now, so Zhang Yan is still waiting for the price. Huangfu Chaobo believes that if one day he pacifies Henan and marches to Hebei, Zhang Yan will surrender.

Besides, it is not a bad thing to have such an indestructible cockroach next to Yuan Shao, harassing him from time to time. So this time, Huangfu Chaobo had already made up his mind to help Zhang Yan so that he could live more tenaciously, disgust Yuan Shao from time to time, and pull his legs.